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CAS operations and locking using CouchbaseSessionStateProvider
We are experience 100% cpu on our web servers in some cases and we suspect that it may have something to do with couchbase/memcache session state provider.
We can see CAS hit persecaround 1.2k and some spikes up to 2-2,5k and then down to 0.5k and back to table 1.2 k.
We also have 10-20 CAS badval requests.
The question is what is CAS and can CAS affect our website in an negative way. If i understand correctly then CAS has something to do with securing the information between requests!?
I have seen something about an option "exclusiveAccess" in the configuration for the session state provider. Is this flag related to CAS?
We have 4 web frontend servers running IIS and using sessionstateprovider.
Glad for any answer that can give more information or exclude this as a problem.
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CAS stands for "Check And Set" and is used as form of providing optimistic or pessimistic concurrency. It essentially only lets the user with the most recent key the ability to update it's value.
Here is some more in-depth documentation:
And a few blogs discussing optimistic and pessimistic concurrency using CAS:
As for "exclusiveAccess", yes, it looks like it using CAS as a means to provide exclusive access to a session key in the provider. Note that this can be disabled by setting it's value to false in the Web.Config:
<sessionState customProvider="Couchbase" mode="Custom"> <providers> <add name="Couchbase" type="Couchbase.AspNet.SessionState.CouchbaseSessionStateProvider, Couchbase.AspNet" section="couchbase-caching" factory="Couchbase.AspNet.CouchbaseClientFactory" exclusiveAccess="false"/> </providers> </sessionState>
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Renzo Gracie is a world renowned jiu jitsu practitioner and teacher that has helped teach the fine art to the likes of UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre, Matt Serra, Ricardo Almeida, Frank Edgar, Roy Nelson and UFC middleweight challenger Chris Weidman. Gracie obviously comes from the great family tree Helio Gracie, but life wasn't always easy growing up just because of the family name.
Gracie lived an interesting childhood that helped mold him in to the odd ball character that he remains to this day, but luckily for us the stories that he has from childhood make some great afternoon fodder that will leave you shaking your head and laughing out loud.
According to an interview with Paul "The Mauler" Lazenby for his new Facebook page, Famous Bouncers, Gracie spent time as a young 14-year-old boy serving as a bouncer in a whore house.
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This was in the city of Manaus, in Brazil, where me and a very good friend of mine were living. I was fourteen and he was sixteen, and we raised some money to go to the "ladies' house." But when we get there and we sit down to wait for a room to be vacant, a huge problem arise.
A guy, he didn't wanna pay and it was a mess. He started pushing the ladies around, so the bouncer came in, an older guy. And when the bouncer came in, the guy head butt him and knock him out! And I just think, "Oh, man, this is it! I was able to put the money together to come here and enjoy a good time, and now this guy's gonna ruin everything!"
So I look at my friend and I say, "You shoot on the legs, I am gonna choke him out". So my friend shot on his legs and grabbed them, and I jump on his back and choke him out! And after I choke him, I grab his wallet and I pay the lady what he owe, and then I wake him up and kick him out. Tell him not to come back.
When the bouncer woke up, he saw what happened, and right away he ask us to work there with him. So we did work there, helping him. In reality it was a great thing, because before that I didn't [have anything] to eat, anywhere to sleep, and they hook me up with everything. I stayed there for three months and a half, and I not only work as a bouncer in a nice house, but they even give me the ladies' service for free! It was unbelievable!
Good ole Renzo. That certainly isn't the typical job for a 14-year-old boy, but the Gracie family has always been anything but ordinary. He was always quite the character but learning this little bit of knowledge about his childhood explains a lot.
Luckily for most of us, we don't have to spend our childhood beating up creepy, shady men to protect women who are selling themselves, but it obviously didn't hurt Gracie too much.
The experience as a much smaller kid taking on much bigger men certainly helped him later down the road as a mixed martial artist. Well, until he ran in to the likes of Dan Henderson and Matt Hughes.
What is the craziest job you had growing up as a kid? I would be willing to bet that Gracie's takes the cake for most interesting and unique. Sound off in the comments section and share your thoughts.
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It's in the silent moments, when I find myself in deep thought. Like right now, I am lying on my bed, while the whole house is sound asleep. And here I am, soaking up the silence. I reflect upon my day before I delve further into my week and before I know it, I start reminiscing about the past and foretelling my future. I have been doing that a lot lately, though. I mean, who doesn't think about their life and where they're going to end up. Will I be successful or will I fail? Will I be married or will I be alone? Will I be happy with what my life comes to be?
I'm happy. I mean right now I am, anyways. How could I not be? I have amazing friends and an amazing family that spoil me in so many more ways than you can imagine. And I have so much going for me - so much opportunity that is just waiting to be grasped. Yet, for some unknown reason, I'm not taking it. I feel my hand reaching out, my fingertips hovering over this "opportunity", but I just can't bring myself to stretch a lil bit further and snatch it from its place. I guess I'm scared that if life see's me take it, it will find a way to rip it away from me. I hate to lose. But even worse, I hate feeling lost.
That's kind of what I am feeling right now, though. I'm lost and confused and scared about my future and about growing up. I still have no realistic idea of what I want to be in the future and that scares me because I feel like the clock is ticking. Because honestly, what are the chances of me becoming a superstar or the CEO of E! Entertainment? Before I know it, another year will pass, and then another, and another. What if after all those years, I'm still stuck in the same place I am now? Lost. Confused. Scared.
I guess everyone goes through this stage at some point in their life and eventually, or hopefully, they all overcome it. That thought is what's giving me hope. Knowing that everyone eventually finds their way. But this hope at the end of the tunnel is so far down that I don't know if I can really hold on to it as tightly as I wish I could. Because right now, I honestly don't know what I am doing. I'm just living life, day by day, hoping for a miracle. Wishing that, one of these days, I will find some clarity in my life and in my future.
Until then, all I have are these moments of solitude. These moments of peace. These moments of fear.
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In August 2006, Kelsey released her debut EP Apocrypha at the 10th Anniversary of the Maple Ridge Jazz & Blues Festival. Since then, her touching, original compositions have been received in venues around the world and have garnered a loyal fan-base and the on-stage support of well-respected local talent. In addition, Kelsey has performed in line-ups with some of the best in Vancouver's music scene – including Carly Jepsen, David Morin, Alex Maher, The Airtights and DB Buxton.
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Monetary Union, Fiscal Crisis and the Preemption of Democracy
AbstractThe European Monetary Union (EMU) has removed crucial instruments of macroeconomic management from the control of democratically accountable governments. Worse yet, it has been the systemic cause of destabilizing macroeconomic imbalances that member states found difficult or impossible to counteract with their remaining policy instruments. And even though the international financial crisis had its origins outside Europe, the Monetary Union has greatly increased the vulnerability of some member states to its repercussions. Its effects have undermined the economic and fiscal viability of some EMU member states, and they have frustrated political demands and expectations to an extent that may yet transform the economic crisis into a crisis of democratic legitimacy. Moreover, present efforts of EMU governments to rescue the Euro will do little to correct economic imbalances and vulnerabilities, but are likely to deepen economic problems and political alienation in both, the rescued and the rescuing polities.
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"Wow, they suck." Kate said.
"Mmmhhmm. At least we're here for them...at least Gerard's not drunk anymore...did you ever hear them then?"
"No...They had clips of it on Fuse but that was it."
"Oh. Good thing you didn't hear it."
"Okay, there was this one show, this was funny but Gerards pants fell down and he really didn't care, another time where he was cursing out his dead grandmother. Then he was gonna kill himself but luckily he didn't say, or do it on stage."
"Wow." Kate said. "He seemed horrible!"
"Beleive me..." Cloe laughed. "There's been worse that I can't repeat."
About maybe...an hour later the dudes were walking off the stage.
"Woo! I've feel ENERGIZED!" Gerard yelled.
"You sure look it!" Cloe said. Gerard was hopping up and down.
"Try to keep your pants on Gerard!" Frank said.
"Very funny!" He was still jumping.
"Soo?" Mikey asked. "How'd we do?"
Kate and Cloe laughed.
"We'll, after hearing the same songs again and again. This one just seemed boring!" Cloe said.
"Sorry to agree." Kate said.
"Gerard seriously...calm down." Frank said.
"How could you hate it?" Gerard said who was now sitting down.
"Hey, hey, hey! Never said we hated it. It was just boring!" Kate said.
"Yeah. Next time I'll stay in the bus." Cloe laughed. "It wasn't bad though."
"Thats what they want you to think..." Gerard said.
"No Gerard, we were good! Thge girls mean it in the best way." Ray said. "Is that right?"
"Yes." Kate said.
They heard the crowd chanting. "AUTOGRAPHS!"
"Brian?" Bob asked. "Tell them to shut up. We're not coming out. Get over it. Got it?"
"Sure Bob. So heartless." Brian said.
"Not heartless. Just tired." Ray said.
"Heartless." Brian coughed.
"WE'RE NOT IDIOTS!" Ray yelled. "We heard what you said."
Back in the bus...Everyone as usussal is just sitting down. Except for Bob who isn't here. Bob is a mystery.
"Put on Rocko's Modern Life!" Frank yelled.
"What the hell?" Gerard asked.
"It's a good show."
"Whatever." Gerard turned on Rocko's Modern Life.
(Authors note-I love that show!)
"Night of the shaved kittens! MMMhaahaahaahaahaahaa" The tv volume was up.
"Awkward." Ray said. "Frank, your crazy."
"And I'm proud!" Frank said.
"Anything else on?" Mikey asked.
"NO!" Frank said.
"O-kay. Don't wanna know." Gerard said.
"Gerard, wheres Bob?" Cloe asked.
"Ha. I don't know. Don't ask me."
"To late. I already did!"
"Frank, you know where he is?"
"No! Last time I saw him he was...with the camera." Frank said. After that Bob popped up from behind the couch.
"Ha! Got this on film!" Bob said.
"Oh no you don't!" Frank started chasing Bob around the bus. "Give me that camera!"
"Thank god it wasn't me." Ray said.
"Yes." Gerard said.
"Can't you see I'm trying to watch tv here?" Mikey said.
"Um..." Kate said. "Awkward moments. Gotta love 'em."
"Yes." Gerard said.
Roxy walked out of the bunk room. "What in the hell is going on?"
"Um...nothing!" Mikey said. He quickly turned off the tv.
Gerard leaned over to Mikey. "Better get used to those kind of shows. I love Spongebob."
"Who doesn't?" Ray asked.
"IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO HATE SPONGEBOB!" Frank said. "If you do hate him you ain't a human!"
"Wheres your grammer?" Carla asked.
"Ain't, ain't in the dictionary!" Kate said.
"That was a good one." Ray said.
"An old math teacher gave that one for me beleive it or not."
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UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey tries to emulate her favorite fighter, Fedor Emelianenko, in her fights.
"My favorite fighter to watch ever I would say is Fedor Emelianenko," Rousey said during a Facebook chat sponsored by Metro PCS on Wednesday.
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"He's always going to be my favorite. It was the first highlight reel I ever saw of MMA. I loved his style and how he came from a Judo-Sambo background, and I really try to emulate his style every time that I fight," said Rousey.
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She should spend less time trying to emulate him in the ring, and more trying to emulate him in her personal life: all class, respect and humility all the time.
Never a classier fighter than Fedor, that's for sure.
Good call. Fedor the best mma hw in the world! Not only because he kicked ass but also for how he conducted himself in the sport.
best MMA HW = best MMA fighter.
All that p4p junk was invented to make little guys feel good about themselves.
Fedor = GOAT
Well, you got a point there! But I am not sure a fat, cheeseburger-fed, 220 lb Anderson would lose to Fedor. I think it would be a pretty even fight. I also think the same about Silva vs JDS. Cain, however, I would concede would beat Silva. Not via standup, but via takedowns and GnP. Cain is just too big for Silva, and will take him down at will. Plus he's a wrestler, so imagine a huge Chael Sonnen or Weidman with massive cardio and top control….that's Cain.
Prime Fedor vs 220lbs Anderson Silva.
I agree that Fedor now wouldn't beat Silva easily, if at all.
Fedor was the little guy !
the funny thing is you have no idea how she conducts herself in her private life nor should it matter. yall cant criticize her skill so you have to go another route.
I am not a big fan of how she has been acting in front of cameras as of late. In the beginning, she was super humble. As of late, she's been calling out people left and right, and expressing her opinions in a very Mir-like way.
I see the same thing with JBJ. He can be smug about his talent.
Overall, however, I do think these two young fighters are super talented and not unbearably annoying.
idk… Bones has been much worse and more annoying than Ronda.
but as annoying as Mir or Tito?
Nobody cares…
Who cares? If people in the world would spend less time trying to control others, it would be a better place. Everybody has a different personality, drop your bible and worry about your own issues.
It will be interesting to see if her career matches the same trajectory as Fedor's, with her going on a long streak and gaining legend status merely by being a step ahead when the sport is in its infancy and your opponents aren't that talented. I mean people argue Fedor is the best ever because he beat guys that Gary Goodridge, Mark Coleman, and Kevin Randleman. What amazing complete martial artists those were. His only good wins were Nogueira and Sylvia, and then as soon as he began fighting modern top guys like Werdum he was exposed and had to retire before he was 35. Rousey is ironically going to have the same fate as her boosting of women's MMA in popularity will lead to more young women willing to learn and catching up to her level.
Wow, I almost never reply to comments but Timothy you are a joke. So I guess Babe Ruth wasn't any good either because he didn't face any black pitchers. Wilt Chamberlain wasn't any good because there weren't as many tall players as there are now. Fedor, Wilt, Babe dominated their eras. Fedor retired not because he couldn't compete but because he's been through hellacious wars for over 10 years. Your fluffy, out-of-shape sorry self wouldn't understand what that does to a body. Not to mention his wife was constantly pressuring him to retire and spend time with his family. Oh yes, he was "exposed" because he got caught in a triangle by the best heavyweight BJJ in the world. Or was he "exposed" when he faced Bigfoot and was so undersized that it looked like a heavyweight vs. a middleweight in there. Maybe he was exposed when he took a big Hendo right which would knock anyone out but Fedor looked like he was still ready to defend himself but referee decided he was out which happens in the sport.
There is a reason why most MMA "fighters" (not nerdy MMA fans) consider Fedor to be the greatest heavyweight of all time.
I would really like to see a discussion spur from this because strangely enough, I agree with elements of what each of you said, also, to add to Fedor's list of what I would consider "good" opponenets: Arlovski, Mark Hunt, Cro Cop, Babalu…
I will say though, I believe at any point of his career in an openweight bout Anderson Silva would have ended that streak if the two were to have fought…haha I understand this may spur a bit of controversy but I sincerely believe Silva could have owned Fedor on his best day, fedor's best day that is
Alright, I am going to end this discussion here.
First, it's unfair to compare Fedor to JDS and Cain. Different generation. MMA is a young sport and fighters have improved dramatically, along with the pay. It is no surprise that JDS/Cain would beat prime Fedor the same way JBJ would beat prime Wandy/Chuck.
Second, Fedor's best wins are against Sylvia, Arlovski, Cro Cop, and Nog who were former UFC or PRIDE champs and ranked in the top 5 when Fedor fought them. No other HW during that era did this. This is no different from Anderson Silva whose best wins are against Chael, Hendo, Belfort, and Franklin (sorry but Leben, Thales Leites, and Travis Lutter are not top wins). The difference between the two is that one had no competition while the other (fedor) had competition (Mir, Brock, Carwin) but did not fight. Of course, had Fedor joined the UFC and beat Mir and Brock/Carwin then there would have been no question as to who is the GOAT.
Third, Fedor did fight a lot of cans. Fujita, Nagata, Zulu, HMC were not even in the top 15 when Fedor fought them. He also fought a lot of weaker top 10~15 guys like Coleman and Randleman. He did not, however, fight anyone in the top 5 ~10 range during his prime (e.g., Sergei, his own brother Aleks, Barnett, Werdum, Overeem). Anderson Silva did fight EVERYONE (literally everyone) in the top 10. I have a feeling this is due to PRIDE's business model. PRIDE didn't let anyone outside of Cro Cop and Nog challenge Fedor unless they just wanted to throw a show (example, Mark Hunt or Zulu). Cro Cop and Nog, of course, beat everyone else in the HW division. Nog, especially, mopped the HW division beating Sergei, Werdum, and Barnett (1-1 with Barnett).
Combined, Cro Cop and Nog beat: Werdum, Barnett, Aleks, and Sergei. These guys were top 5~10 guys during Fedor's heydays. And, of course, Fedor beat Cro Cop and Nog.
In the UFC, this would not have happened because of the way they promote fights from a promotion's perspective, example of this being Weidman vs Silva. Weidman hasn't beaten Chael, Okami, Belfort or other top 5 guys yet still getting a title shot because from a promotional perspective the fight makes sense. Otherwise, you would be seeing Belfort vs Silva three times a year.
Sry Dude but Fedor fought tougher comp in pride than he ever would have in the UFC. Crocop in his prime would ko any ufc hw in about two min ! Mir ?Brock ? are you kidding me ?
Nog's win over Zulu is legit compared to Fedor's.
disagree.. Fedor in his prime would've taken down Anderson like Chael but would've caused alot of damage. Not to diss Anderson but Fedor would have the size and strength advantage, and prim Fedor had amazing movement, deceptive quickness, and can close the distance in an instant.
For the same reason, I see Bones taking down Anderson (not b/c he's the best overall fighter) by using his size/reach advantage and using his wrestling. Once taken down, it's ground control and g&p.
Agreed…Fedor in his prime would have beaten Silva, and that fight could have happened, because they walk around at close to the same weight.
This is one of the most ridiculous comments ive ever read. Not a chance in hell. Owned fedor?????? Youre completely insane.
I'm not saying Fedor isn't good, I'm saying he isn't great. Compare him to people who are actually great and you can see that. He had to retire when he was 35 because "he has been through hellacious wars for 10 years?" Anderson Silva started in 1997, years before Fedor. He seems to be doing alright. Maybe Fedor did retire just because he wants to be with his family but he wasn't on anyone's top 10 rankings by that point.
Fedor didn't just get submitted by Werdum, it was the fastest submission Werdum has ever gotten in his whole career. And yeah Fedor may have given up 30 lbs in that Silva fight, but he isn't any shorter than Velasquez or Cormier who handled Silva with ease. And again, an over-the-hill Dan Henderson (also fighting since 1997, those hellacious wars you know) knocked him out in the first round. Henderson can hardly knock out his fellow light heavyweights anymore.
Of course alot of fighters pick him, because people pick guys they watched coming up and were inspired by. They have rose-colored glasses for the good old days. I don't buy the "best for their time" arguments. It doesn't make sense. Whoever the first fighter ever was must be the best because well no one else at the time could match him, right? No, MMA is at it's highest level now and whoever can dominate today is truly an amazing fighter.
Again, Fedor is good, he's above average, but I don't see how you can look at his record and say he is one of the greatest p4p ever.
Herring, Schilt, Arlovski, CroCop: all relevant at the time when defeated by Fedor. Plus submitting an Olympic Gold Medal winning Judoka with an armbar in under one minute is quite impressive.
Silva medalist.
Silver? I was positive that Ogawa was gold medalist. Thanks for the correction!
Yoshida was a two time Gold medalist
One amazing Judoka. He also submitted Ogawa at one of the Shockwave events.
You forgot to mention he threw that Judoka on his head then arm barred him !
That's right too.
I daresay you have rose-colored glasses for your own butthole if you think pointing out that Fedor lost a tiny fraction of his fights and beat a few cans makes him merely above average. You might as well claim Anderson Silva got 'exposed' by Daiju Takase then got lucky fighting washed up cans, or that GSP got 'exposed' by Matt Serra then just gave everyone greasy hugs until superchampion. Pffff all he did was be better than everyone at everything that only makes him above average DURRRRRRRR
Anderson fought at middleweight that's why he can fight longer. Not as much damage. Also he fought in the weakest division. Besides Henderson who else did he beat that is good? Don't even say Chael cause he's a joke and anderson was getting his ass beat. Not to mention Anderson lost to 2 natural lightweights, lets not forget about that.
Again, Fedor retired following his father's death.
Big foot had over 50 pounds over Fedor come fight night.
Velasquez is slightly bigger than Fedor, at his prime and a Wrestler. Styles make fights. Your Big foot fights comparison is like saying Velasquez could not finish Kongo in 3 rounds, Nelson finished Kongo in 2 minutes, therefore Cain is not as good as Nelson. It is stupid.
"MMA is at it's highest level now and whoever can dominate today is truly an amazing fighter."
There were just as good of fighter twenty years ago as there is today, there is just a lot more of them now !
A would bet on a prime Marco Ruas against any current UFC LHW !
Fighters only get exposed after going undefeated for a decade. That's the rule for MMA marks.
It's interesting that people say Fedor fought cans yet he's fought similar opponents as Big Nog, who people call a warrior (including myself). Also, the same people saying Fedor is a fraud will immediately applaud Wanderlei for his wars yet some of Wanderlei's championship opponents were Japanese cans too.
dummy, babe ruth is considered great because prior to him a homerun was rare. he marks the end of the dead ball era.
pre-ruth someone had A LOT of homeruns if they had 10 in a season.
had nothing to do with how good pitchers were especially considering that spitballs and doctoring the ball were still legal at that point in time.
gain some knowledge before you start spewing garbage you see through your kaleidoscope
A prime Cro-cop would would send Cain to the ER in about 2 mins.
Fedor beat him at his own game.
Gary Goodridge ? maybe he is not the most well rounded fight, it's not that Fedor beat these guy, it how he beat them. Goodridge still has decent heavy hand a solid chin and is a K-1 tourny champ. Fedor stood with him and almost punches a hole in his head. Fedor vs Coleman 1 was one of the slickest sub in mma history !
What made Fedor so great was that his number one priority wasn't winning it was giving 100% and leaving it all in the ring every time. No body before or since goes for it the way Fedor did.
He respected everyone and fear No one !
And he sure as hell never ran from anyone the was Silva ran from Maia and Leites !
Sry Bro i usually agree with you but not this time
Fedor p4p great mma fighter of all time.
I agree …however no way does cro cop put Cain in the er..prime or no prime..I think Cain tears through prime cc like the tazmanian devil. Takedown..GNP..rinse and repeat.
He couldn't take a fresh JDS down if his life depended on it, He couldn't take Bigfoot down either No way he would of been able to take a prime Crocop down. His Take down defence was some of the best ever !
He actually took both of them down..you do know he fought both of them twice right? cc would not have gone 5 rounds with Cain without being taken down. No way!
Second fight Cain didn't take JDS down until the second round when he was dead(shouldn't have even been fighting). First round JDS stuffed nine straight take downs.
Bigfoot got caught throwing a kick in the first fight. Second fight Cain shot twice and Bigfoot stuffed them both !
I don't think Cain would take Crocop down. Crocop fought more than a couple high level wrestlers.
Just my opinion, guess we'll never know though !
You are right we never will know for sure…a takedown is a takedown though…Cains successful wrestling in mma has a lot to do with his cardio and his ability to out pace many of the heavies. We will just have to agree to disagree. Enjoy the fights !
She's pretty much legendary already, she's the reason female fighters are even in the UFC.
She uses the same technique every time and wins, they can't stop her.
Fedor fought above his weight, he was overweight, like Roy Nelson but not as much. He could have easily fought at 205. So his entire career he was at a disadvantage and still managed to be hugely successful. Ronda doesn't have that problem.
Thing is, many feel that the heavyweight division is actually easier to find success in than the light heavyweight. Myself included.
I'd much rather face 90% of the fighters in the top 10 HW division than those that are to be found in the top 10 LHW division. Compare the two list of names and tell me I'm wrong. And this despite a potential 30lbs weight disadvantage.
Cain and JDS are exceptions to that rule. The only two I can think of really.
I agree and disagree.
For some reason, I have to agree that the talent level in HW is not deep in a sense that there aren't many well-rounded guys in that division compared to, say, LW.
But I have a hard time accepting the above perception the more I think about it. Big guys are bound to be less dexterous than smaller guys. And there is less pressure to well rounded since fights often do not go beyond the first or second round. One mistake and you are done at HW.
At the end of the day, MMA is essentially a fighting sport. And the baddest man on the planet is the HW champ. And that is where its popularity comes from.
No offense to lighter guys, but sometimes I don't really want to see 3 rounds of technical back and forth battle of skills. I want to see some raw beast power KOs.
The 205ers often walk around at 230 – 240lbs.There are very few heavyweights that actually have to cut weight to make 260lbs.
The true 205ers (not the blokes that can cut weight and fight at 185lbs) are not far removed from the size of a heavyweight. Few would argue that Jon Jones, for example, could not easily fight in the heavyweight division.
How many truly cut heavyweights do you see walking around? Big Country and Cormier are the obvious ones. But even folks like Werdum walk around with a few extra pounds that don't necessarily add to their athleticism. There is a deeper talent pool at 205 and the 205ers are generally far more athletic than the heavyweights.
Dude, so what is your point?
Are you saying that all top LHWs are intentionally fighting at LHW even though they know that they can destroy the untalented HW division?
Your thing about blokes that are true 185s applies to LHWs as well.
Don't you see that Nog could weigh-in any where between 245 and 220? Nog's natural weight is 245, he cuts down to 220 when he believes that he needs the speed.
So…you see no size difference between:
1. Cain – JBJ
2. JDS – Lyoto
3. Cormier – Gustafsson
4. Werdum – Rashad
5. Bigfoot – Hendo
6. Barnett – Lil Nog
7. Frank Mir – Shogun
8. Overeem – Glover
Big Country, Cormier, and Cain (the shorter HWs) are BIG BONED. Their bone structure is larger than skinny bros like JBJ and Gus.
You're creating an argument that wasn't there. And making blanket comments that I never intimated. And being an arrogant douche in so doing.
Dude, Rashad 240 is when he doesn't work out for several months chillaxing eating/drinking.
No LHW "walks around" at that weight, unless "walks around" means not working out and chillaxing/eating/gorging.
U sound so doomb.
You really do go off the deep end in discussions don't you.
Are you saying that LHWs would do better at HW but choose to fight at LHW because that's where the challenge is at??
You gotta be shitting me. Rashad wouldn't break top 10 at HW. End of story.
No. I'm saying smaller heavyweights like Cormier and Big Country are caught between a rock and a hard place (losing the extra "empty" calories should land them closer to LHW than HW). Moving down to LHW does not land them on easy street because, I feel, the top echelon in the LHW division is more rife with talent and athleticism.
I'm not saying every light heavyweight can beat any heavyweight by default as in certain situations the size differential is too extreme. Though not as extreme as some may think.
I think a lot of LHW could defeat many in the HW division.
Forrest has always walked around at 240 when not getting ready for a fight, and Dolce said that Sonnen is walking around at about 240 now. Most of the lhw's are walking around between 220-240 now.
Not to mention Rashad who at only 5′-11″ fought at HW during Ultimate Fighter. Rampage Jackson hits 240lbs off season as well. Jones walks around at 230lbs these days too.
discuss what Forrest does when "not getting ready for a fight."
And compare that to what most top 10 HWs weigh when not getting ready for a fight.
Trust me, after the 12 weeks of camp Forrest is around 215. He cuts 10 pounds prior to the fight. 240lbs is when Forrest is not going to the gym, eating anything he wants, and just being a lazy bum.
Forrest at 240lbs is FAT.
nobody just cuts 10 lbs to fight…GSP walks around at 195 and that's with very little bodyfat. Jones at 230. Anderson Silva at 220. Maybe a couple guys fight near their natural weight, but in general fighters cut a lot of weight, which is why trainers like Dolce are so busy these days.
Fedor was never 'exposed'. He took on all comers and was undefeated in his prime. He is the best of all time, in my opinion, and fought at heavyweight weighing less than most light heavyweights walk around at nowadays.. and slightly more than Anderson Silva walks around at. He earned legendary status by beating legendary fighters who were in their primes at the time, including coleman, nogueira, cro cop, arona, etc.
That you mention people thinking of Fedor as the best because he beat Gary Goodridge, Mark Coleman, and Kevin Randleman, shows how biased and false you are.
People considered Fedor as the best because he dominated his era like no one else. At his era the best HW's were considered to be Nogueira, Crocop, Sylvia, Arlovsky and Couture. He fought 4 and beat them all. We all know what would have happened if he had also fought Couture..
That he lost to 2 top 5 HW's and was on the bad end of an early stoppage with Dan Henderson does not make him over rated.
By the way, he did not retire after his 3 losses (which he got 3 wins after) but following his father's death at which point he decided to retire to spend more time with his family.
Always nice to see some Fedor love.
b/c it means they're actually knowledgeable about MMA and not just UFC fanboys or MMA noobs.
Sure, if Fedor was a one trick pony.
She still lacks the standup to fight like Fedor. At this point she has to rely heavily on her judo.
So far she has been a hybrid of Royce Gracie and Brock Lesnar or WMMA. While I wouldn't say the current talent level of WMMA is comparable to that of Men's MMA during Royce's days, I do think women are not yet ready to face a world-class grappler in Ronda.
Also, the level of athleticism in WMMA might not be comparable to that of Men's MMA. Essentially, like Brock Lesnar, Ronda is able to out muscle her opponents.
Fedor came into MMA when fighters started getting more and more well-rounded. Let's give Ronda 2 to 4 years to see if she can still remain at the top.
Rhonda and the rest of the female fighters are the best the thing to happen to the UFC
the only fighter that ever inspired me was fedor. watching ronda do all those wins via arm bar is amazing. i'd watch her fights anytime. I bet you she'd even finish off that trans-gender fighter. lol
I can't stand that bitch.
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The performance of the $750 system is great for the price and i certainly agree with your statement "Yet the real winner is not the machine but its builder, as Paul Henningsen achieved a best value coup with AMD's low-cost, overclockable, and unlockable Athlon II X3 435 processor."
A big +1 to Mr. Henningsen and the other builders.
I too agree that the credit should go to the builder - Mr. Henningsen
But I would say that it should also go to AMD for giving such a CPU...
Low-Mid segment, AMD still rules in terms of value and performance...
Now I'm even more impressed with the Athlon II X3 435.
The 750$ Rig was the most impressive for me.
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4DearSX , March 19, 2010 6:09 AMGreat comparison. I guess being poor is not all bad.
The performance of the $750 system is great for the price and i certainly agree with your statement "Yet the real winner is not the machine but its builder, as Paul Henningsen achieved a best value coup with AMD's low-cost, overclockable, and unlockable Athlon II X3 435 processor."
A big +1 to Mr. Henningsen and the other builders.
Now I'm even more impressed with the Athlon II X3 435.
The 750$ Rig was the most impressive for me.
7skora , March 19, 2010 8:33 AMIts nice to know "Go BIG or Go Home" can GO AWAY!!!
Drop to a 500gb HDD and step up for the 1gb 4850s, and you have a very well balanced high power system with budget parts. Bravo Paul. Good showing Don and Tom.
I too agree that the credit should go to the builder - Mr. Henningsen
But I would say that it should also go to AMD for giving such a CPU...
Low-Mid segment, AMD still rules in terms of value and performance...
4Onus , March 19, 2010 10:20 AMOutstanding results. I hope this helps kids who are building with Daddy's money understand that they don't need to waste it on a big edong. Furthermore, for all practical intents and purposes, FPS may be capped at 120Hz for 3D displays and 60Hz for the other 99.9+% of us, and higher [minimum] framerates ignored in the value comparisons as not being a visible improvement. Unlocking being partly a matter of luck though, it does still support the value of a quad-core processor, even in a budget build.
On the subject of AVG, I'd leave it in the benchmarks as a valid example of a program a lot of people use, making its results relevant even if they look a little odd.
-2axekick , March 19, 2010 10:57 AMI built my first build last October using a very similar setup.
Antec 300 Illusion (same case)
Gygabyte GA-MA790GPT-UD3H (same motherboard)
Western Digital Caviar Black WD5001AALS
G.Skill (2x2GB) DDR3 1333
AMD Phenom II X3 720
Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon HD 5750 (recently added)
Corsair 450VX
Samsung SH-S223B DVD Burner
At the time it cost slightly less, without OS and including the recently added Radeon HD 5750 totals $737.55
I have very similar benchmarks, slightly better actually and am very satisfied with the system. I have successfully unlocked the fourth core of the BE 720 and ran benchmarks after overclocking the processor and video card. It's an outstanding system for the price, more than I need. Actually I have locked back down the fourth core and do not keep it over-clocked as I don't do a lot of gaming.
2gilbertfh , March 19, 2010 11:07 AMIMO both the $750 and $1500 systems perform extremely well for the cost. From the looks of it the $3000 pc would be more of a status symbol.
10bustapr , March 19, 2010 11:34 AMI hope u guys start selling PCs on Newegg. "THG SMB Gaming PCs", I would like to buy that $750 PC, already built at that price or similar. It would save me alot of trouble building and ordering parts and it will become an instant best seller. You guys can destroy cyberpower and alienware and others. Paul Henningson, you can get rich fast.
2jeverson , March 19, 2010 12:05 PMI'm just a little curious though about the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. results. It says that the benchmark is using DX11. The $750 system is being evaluated there but is using HD4xxx video cards. How are you getting results for DX11 for that build? Anyway, great job as always guys! Although, I would have to say that to me the winning PC would be the $1500 OC as it was capable of staring down the $3k box and not flinch. Of course, I also say it because I have a 24" monitor and the $750 rig just doesn't cut it there unfortunately. Lastly, in one of the articles you guys asked if you should go back to the old $500/$1k/$2k builds. I think you guys are now in the new "sweet spots" for PC now. $750-$800/$1200-$1500/$2500-Obscene are good ranges these days. Hmm... maybe the "Obscene" should be a forth "bonus" build
0schwizer , March 19, 2010 12:22 PMI believe there are certain elements of DX11 that are backwards compatible with 10.1 cards. I could be wrong though.
3coldmast , March 19, 2010 1:01 PMWhat really ..... is newegg is in Canada, and I still can't join these delectable contests. Lucky 'Mericans.
0huron , March 19, 2010 1:54 PMThanks for another fine series. Congrats again to Paul for such a great build at a very respectable price-point. I love seeing how well the lower-priced rigs do.
Great work!
0CBaca , March 19, 2010 2:12 PMI enjoyed reading about all 3 SBM builds. Very impressive and congratulations to Paul. Based on the results I am seriously considering going with AMD whenever I get the money to build a new computer. Hopefully by then, RAM and video card prices will have dropped.
0maydaynomore , March 19, 2010 2:22 PMThe rules for the giveaway state that you DO NOT get the assembled PC, but the parts instead. I wonder why that is. Can someone from Toms comment on this?
1dlochinski , March 19, 2010 3:02 PMQuote:The rules for the giveaway state that you DO NOT get the assembled PC, but the parts instead. I wonder why that is. Can someone from Toms comment on this?
Probably for shipping purposes. Shipping as is would be iffy, and plus, this is a SYSTEM BULDERS marathon, so it wouldn't make since to send the pc built already
0triculious , March 19, 2010 3:24 PMGreat marathon this time. While the most expensive builds have nearly never interested me due to budget constrains, this time the cheapest one is a hell of a machine!
Usually I set for the 'enthusiast' build, but this marathon brought up a real champion of the masses with the 750 build.
With a little budget Paul achieved what should be the core of the SBM series: the best performance on a given budget.
Mind you: not awesome synthetics that almost never translate into real world performance, not best bang/buck with cramped performance... real value where it really matters.
Grats to Paul and here's to waiting for the next SBM, you've set a really high bar here, mister.
0heartburnkid , March 19, 2010 3:56 PMTwo things that strike me here:
1) That $750 rig packs an impressive amount of power for something so inexpensive.
2) You actually get very, very little for the money jumping from $1500 to $3000.
0soulbro , March 19, 2010 4:51 PMGreat job, guys. The SBM articles are always my favorite, and this batch was even better than usual!
-4notty22 , March 19, 2010 4:51 PMI enjoyed the whole series. Heres MY solution for a ultimate bargain rig. Use the case,psu,gpu's,ddr3 from the 750 build. Replace with Intel i5 750, and GA-P55A-UD4P. That would raise your costs about 150.00 dollars. Not counting a possible combo savings.
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Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret is a Lifetime movie of the first-degree, a true crime story ripped from the headlines and sensationalized for your entertainment.
But is it any good? Therein lies the problem. Dirty Little Secret reveals scant few secrets, and leaves one wondering if the film was released too soon.
Just last month, an Arizona jury found Jodi Arias guilty of killing her former lover, motivational speaker Travis Alexander, in unspeakable fashion.
Arias unpersuasively argued that she killed him in self-defense, when police believed she came at him in a jealous rage, stabbing him 30 times.
Dirty Little Secret was clearly fast-tracked into production, and was filming while Arias was still on trial for the 2008 murder of Alexander this spring.
As such, Lifetime provides us with a straightforward tale of passion gone awry which, while compelling, pales in comparison to the real-life court saga.
For 18 days, Arias took the stand and produced gripping TV with salacious claim after salacious claim, making for America's most talked-about reality show.
Yet her arrest, trial and conviction is crammed into the last 15 minutes of the film and feels secondary to a crime of passion story based on conjecture.
Which isn't to say there aren't still bright spots.
You would never call this kind of thing art, or give it credit for making any profound points, but as a primetime soap goes, it ranks pretty high up there.
Tania Raymonde (Alex from Lost) does a nice job of portraying Jodi's humanity, even as her behavior deteriorates and ultimately turns sociopathic.
By and large, Tania sells us on all of the romance, sex, obsession, betrayal and vengeance one would expect in a made-for TV film of this nature.
She also bears a remarkable likeness to Jodi, which helps.
As for Travis, he's played by Jesse Lee Soffer in a way that surely won't leave the family and friends of the real Alexander sending thank you notes.
He's conflicted by his desire to screw Arias on one hand, and his lack of willingness to commit to a real relationship on the other hand. That's about it.
Even when she becomes increasingly erratic and regresses to the point where he should run away scared, he can't resist the pleasures she provides.
He does not come across as a very deep thinker, and trouble brews when Jodi starts to realize she's playing something of a time-passing role.
She's love struck, but to her, she's a booty call and nothing more. When he makes this abundantly clear at last, Jodi snaps, and the rest is history.
If only we'd gotten to see the best parts unfold.
Absolutely this movie was a disgrace and compete humiliation added more to Travis Alexander, Not only having sex photos of him and also a phone sex recording on the web for thousands of people to view. They had to make a movie with untrue events that didn't even occur in the first place. The actors of this movie was horrible, they both didn't truly portray who they were suppose to present. I know for a fact Travis or his family and his friends wouldn't want him to suffer through this humiliation. Nor I would doubt they would watch this movie. Out of respect of Travis Alexander and his family I wouldn't waste your time watching.
I enjoyed this movie. Ms. Raymonde is much more attractive then Jodi but we got the point. Also, the movie was not said to have revealed any new secrets. SHE was the dirty little secret, along with their sexual exploits, kept from those that knew him. Sad to think if he didn't decide to do her that one last time, he might still be alive. I think the movie got it pretty right.
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As usual, they based the movie from the Prosecution point of view. Just once Id like to see the other side done.. they showed nothing of his texts, and abusive talk, which was clear at the trail, the way he used her, then dumped on her.. and put the Morman Church in an untrue light. Both were sick sex addicts, and both were using each other. He clearly degraded her,. I also think she shot him first, then she went crazy. No one really knows. He was NO saint. And that actor looked nothing like him. ID rate it about a c.
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Well than, if they would have based this movie on the defenses point of view and the devils disciple{Jodi Arias} it would have all been based on lies! Than again I guess you think that this poor man should have died because of his sexual behavior,like he deserved to die that way.That's an absolutely brilliant take on the movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Simply sweet! I love the interactivity. The font as used now (no longer times-new-romany, I missed that interation) looks pretty good.
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Ok here is the village of sulindal, i will add this map to the interactive world map (but i will do this later on very sleepy right now). It is my first time doing a map of a town, let me know what you guys think and i hope my updates are not coming up too fast.
The overall look is lovely, though. The autumnal gold makes it feel a bit sad, but in a dreamy-fantasy way.
And your updates can never come too fast around here; the maps can never arrive fast enough to feed the Map Hunger!
ok update for the interactive map, follow the link below, click on sulindal then click on the image of the town that appears with all the info, you will get the map of the town, click the area inside the map once and get all the info of the main locations, click it again and it will disappear allowing you to view the map without any text.
P.S As i add stuff the map will get bigger and it will take longer to load, i intend this as an interactive map for my players to always have in their pcs not to host it on a website (i put it up so you guys can enjoy it will i work on it).
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Yep. Still tres cool.
(also... I have no useful critiques... though I did wonder what significance such small villages had... but then I saw the map scale is pretty small, so in a small region, they might be more significant)
Those small villages are where your seven paladin characters can make a last stand for honor.
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a bit of history for the town:
As u can see in the map Sulindal is the town between the upper kingdoms and the united nations of the south, during the times of war between them, sulindal was an important post for the military (hence the old guard towers and the military post) but after the war, peace reigned in the south, rumors spread that the king from the Upper kingdom was missing and thus until this day the north has no king. After the war the mining town was giving back to the clan of dwarf miners who settled there.
The town slowly started to decline as well as kanna and rosbur, and the last descendant of the mining dwarf clan Kremli Stonehammer, sold the town to a group of adventurers under the condition that he would still keep the mines. Kremli saw how the town died out and in a desperate attempt to raise it from its ruins (and to put a few gold pieces in his pocket) he decided to sale the town as stated above.
The adventurers (1 female tiefling, two male humans) took over the temple of moradin and made it their residence (with a few modifications), they established the Sulindal Council (consisting on themselves) and raised a tavern at the south entrance of the town. They also built sort of a museum where they periodically display wondrous items they have found in their adventures, mostly shiny useless magic items (to them that is), however that draws many adventurers and potential thieves to the town, something that the adventurers are aware of and planned for in the hopes to loot those who dare steal something. So as small as Sulindal is, its the gateway between two kingdoms and a haven for adventurers.
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Very nice indeed. Like it a lot.
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