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I have a problem in studing which is forgeting the materials I study, so I hope you show me the best way for controlling them,htanks thanks for any one who will help me***
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One way to prevent forgetting while you study is to study a little every day. This way, you have more time to practice before you need to take the test. Then, you can keep studying every day until the test. As you get closer, focus on the information you're forgetting.
As others have said, the first step involves you figuring out the type of study techniques that work best for your learning style. Then find lots of ways to incorporate those practices into your study time.
If you learn best by seeing things, note cards may be helpful - color coded for different subjects, highlighting or underlining for most important points, numbered in order of importance, mounted on posterboard, whatever gets it visual for you!
If you learn best by hearing - read aloud, record what you're reading and replay it, if your textbooks include access to the internet and someone reading the text take advantage of listening to that reader, talk aloud as you're thinking through answers to review questions, tell others (even if they are your pets) what you have learned and what it means, and so on.
If you learn best by doing, find ways to make your learning physical. Write your notes using a finger on sandpaper as well as writing on note cards, retype your notes in a different font, make a diorama or mobile that displays your notes physically (and remember to study it frequently!), create a PowerPoint program to review your information and any illustrations or music or effects that help you make associations and remember the material.
I would suggest (where applicable) that you should not simply try to memorize the things that you are studying. Instead, I would suggest trying to use the facts that you are studying in as many ways as possible.
For example, if you are trying to learn vocabulary, don't just try to memorize definitions. Instead, try to use the words in sentences of your own making. If you are studying history, instead of trying to memorize dates, try to put the dates in order on a timeline. By doing different things with the facts, you will force your brain to think about them in more ways and you will be able to remember them better than if you simply try to memorize them.
The reason why you keep forgetting what you studied is probably because you cram for exams the night before. Instead of spending for long hours infrequently, try studying for a shorter period of time, but more frequently. Studying a little bit each night and reviewing the previously learned material is the key to remembering what you studies.
Make flashcards to help you study. Throughout the day and whenever you have time, briefly review the lesson plans and ask questions from your fellow peers when needed. Rewrite your notes into a separate notebook to understand information and concepts more. Study a little bit in the morning to retain information as well.
Write it down somewhere what you are trying to remember. Quiz yourself on it and try to retain the information and remember it whenever you can. Take online tests or practice tests and make flashcards.
Sometimes I forget what i'm studying too. I can't help it when I have to learn other things in school or there are things in my personal life going on. As a student, in order for me to learn the information, I have to study it everyday so that, on other days, I also catch what information I learned on previous days and what information I missed out on. It's okay, I make flash cards or take very detailed notes because i'm a visual learner and I need to see what i'm learning. Take a test online to see what type of a learner you are and research what study skills are useful for you.
I have a problem in studing which is forgeting the materials I study, so I hope you show me the best way for controlling them,htanksthanks for any one who will help me***
Something that always helped me is making rhymes or linking my work to something that you like and always will remember so when you think of it or see it you will remember your work.
Another thing is making acronyms with certian things you need to remember.
SAME PROBLEM: first of all I would like to tell you that I encountered the same problem when I was a student. now I m an educationest and have done masters in ma subject.
DETECTION: I dont know exactly what is your level
- there are few things which needs rote memorization(not evereything) e.g u will memorize alphabets, numbers and tables.
- some other material need be understand...pick up a topic....set on internet....search out its interseting parts and discuss its difficult ones....watch many videos regarding the topic and just try to understand ur topic notmemorize it every time...
- associate the difficult and those section (which u r sure that u will forget) with some of other ideas...infact there are different rooms in our mind regarding each and every information that is alrady stored....u can make new rooms or u can store new information in old rooms.....for later u will have to associate the new information with the old ones....
- chunk the information i.e break them into pieces and then try and make ur effort on those small parts only at one time.
- keep the importance of those things in ur mind which u want to remember because if ur mind is not ready for anything to be important it will never store.
- still any confusion message me back i will be happy to guide u
Well, in class write down the things you think you need to critically study, then what I would do is know the due date that you would have to have this stuff down. If it's days later then don't cram everything into one study session. But if it's due the next day try to take breaks inbetween, then come back and quiz yourself on what you just studied if you have it down move on to the next subject. If that doesn't work then I suggest you do what some americans do is say it over and over again your head untill you get it down.
Here is an excellent article with even more ideas on ways to boost your memory!
Here are some little things to add which are guaranteed to help:
1) One of the best ways to lock something in is to re-explain it to somebody else (until they get it). The harder you have to work to help someone else "get it" the more you will own it. (little kids are great here ;-) )
2) Know what kind of learner you are! Some people are audio (learn by listening) others are oral (meaning:speak it "to own it") some are only visual (meaning 1 must see or read it) & others have to write it out... Most people are a hybrid of any of those... Pay attention to what things you do remember easily, not the things you care about, but odd stuff you just pick up...(everyone does) where did it come from? Did you hear it? Copy it down? Repeat it? Read it? Knowing will help. I read books into a tape-recorder & taped lectures & played it 24/7 thru earbuds no matter what i was doing
3) Try to drink gatorade when you study, proper hydration and electrolytes help the synapses in your brain function. Bananas, water and orange juice are great too, andeat lots of protein, particularly fish!!!
4) Chew gum while studying! It gets you into a subconscious rhythm condusive to memory! (it's true! ... But please don't swallow it, and dispose of it properly & considerately :-D)
Excellent ideas tantesaka!
On point #2 I would add making note cards and using colored markers to write down key points you want to remember. You can flip through for a quick review. For vocab words put the word on one side and definition on the other.
Sing or make up songs to remember lists of things. Make it into a rhyme or rap. Type it in to a computer. They say that you are most likely to remember things that you see, hear and write/type. It puts them into your memory several different ways. Also reviewing things you really want to remember the hour before bedtime puts them into your brain.
Here is a great article on more ways to boost your memory!
My study method consists of equal, daily study. Before my first class i read the first assignment in the textbook and make a rough topic outline. After the first class I will fill in my topic outline with information from the textbook along with my notes. About a week before the exam I reduce my outline to 4x8 note cards. Each card should contain all the information needed for a particular topic/concept. Three to four days prior to the exam I again condense the information on my 4x8 note cards to 3x5 cards. The 3x5 cards should primarily consist of topical words, bullet points, and acronyms. I memorize each 3x5 card like flash cards. Using the material each day allows for maximum learning and permanent placement within your brain each night when you sleep. I have found that this type of system allows me to go into a test and actually recall the exact page of text that a particular concept was located.
5) Sleep!!! Long term memory does not begin to set in until one has been asleep for hours! Cell repair, renewal and generation happen first... After all that then the brain begins to set in long term memory...
6) Finally: music... Music is great, and can help, but while studying no lyrics! (oh, no tv or texting either :-))
Oh- & try to study in natural or non-fluorescent -type light. Much of the energy saavy light vibrates (you wouldn't even notice) but it interferes w/tracking & memory
You'll do great!


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Andrey Andreyevich Vlasov | |
Андрéй Андрéевич Влáсов | |
Lieutenant General A. A. Vlasov.
Chairman of the Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia | |
In office 14 November 1944 – May 1945 |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Lomakino, Russian Empire |
September 14, 1901
Died | August 2, 1946 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
(aged 44)
Awards |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Soviet Union (1919–1942) Nazi Germany (1942–1944) Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia (1944–1945) |
Years of service | 1919 — 1945 |
Rank | Lieutenant general |
Commands |
Andrey Andreyevich Vlasov or Wlassow (Russian: Андрéй Андрéевич Влáсов, September 14 [O.S. September 1] 1901 – August 1, 1946) was a Russian Red Army general and collaborationist. During World War II he fought in the battle of Moscow and later was captured attempting to lift the siege of Leningrad, after which he defected to Nazi Germany and headed a so-called Vlasov Army or ROA. At the war's end he changed sides again and aided the Prague uprising but was tribunaled in Moscow for treason and hanged.
Early career[edit]
Born in Lomakino, Nizhny Novgorod Governorate, Russian Empire, Vlasov was originally a student at a Russian Orthodox seminary. He quit the study of divinity after the Russian Revolution, briefly studying agricultural sciences instead, and in 1919 joined the Red Army fighting in the southern theatre in Ukraine, the Caucasus, and the Crimea. He distinguished himself as an officer and gradually rose through the ranks of the Red Army.
Vlasov joined the Communist Party in 1930. Sent to China, he acted as a military adviser to Chiang Kai-shek from 1938 to November 1939. Upon his return, Vlasov served in several assignments before being given command of the 99th Rifle Division. After just nine months under Vlasov's leadership, after an inspection by Semyon Timoshenko, the division was recognized as one of the best divisions in the Army in 1940.[1] Timoshenko presented Vlasov with an inscribed gold watch, as he 'found the 99th the best of all. The historian John Erickson says of Vlasov at this point that [he] 'was an up-and-coming man.[2] In 1940, Vlasov was promoted to major general, and on June 22, 1941, when the Germans and their allies invaded the Soviet Union, Vlasov was commanding 4th Mechanized Corps.
Shortly after the invasion began, Vlasov's corps retook Przemyśl, holding it for six days. As a lieutenant general, he commanded the 37th Army near Kiev and escaped encirclement. He then played an important role in the defense of Moscow, as his 20th Army counterattacked and retook Solnechnogorsk. Vlasov's picture was printed (along with those of other Soviet generals) in the newspaper Pravda as that of one of the "defenders of Moscow". Described by some historians[who?] as "charismatic", Vlasov was decorated on January 24, 1942, with the Order of the Red Banner for his efforts in the defence of Moscow. Vlasov was ordered to relieve the ailing commander Klykov after the Second Shock Army had been encircled.[3] After this success, Vlasov was put in command of the 2nd Shock Army of the Volkhov Front and ordered to lead the attempt to lift the Siege of Leningrad—the Lyuban-Chudovo Offensive Operation of January–April 1942. Other forces (the Volkhov Front's 4th, 52nd, and 59th Armies, 13th Cavalry Corps, and 4th and 6th Guards Rifle Corps, as well as the 54th Army of the Leningrad Front) failed to exploit Vlasov's advances and his army was left stranded in German-held territory. The 2nd Shock Army was surrounded and, in June 1942, destroyed.
After Vlasov's army was surrounded, he himself was offered an escape by aeroplane. The general refused and hid in German-occupied territory; ten days later, on July 12, 1942, a local farmer exposed him to the Germans. Vlasov's opponent and captor, Nazi general Georg Lindemann, interrogated him about the surrounding of his army and details of battles, then "had Vlasov imprisoned in occupied Vinnytsia."
Vlasov claimed that during his ten days in hiding he affirmed his anti-bolshevism, believing Joseph Stalin was the greatest enemy of the Russian people,[4] and there is evidence that suggests Vlasov may have changed sides in a bid to give his countrymen a better life than the one they had under Stalin.[5] His critics, including Marshal Kirill Meretskov (who had endorsed Vlasov's promotion to executive officer of the Volkhov front) and most Soviet historians, argued that Vlasov adopted a pro-Nazi German stance in prison out of opportunism, careerism, and survival, fearing Stalinist retribution for losing his last battle and his army.[citation needed]
In 2016 Russian historian Kirill Alexandrov in his habilitation thesis analyzed the careers of 180 Soviet generals and officers who joined the Vlasov army and concluded that most of them personally experienced atrocities committed by the NKVD during the Great Purge and previous purges in the Red Army, which made them disillusioned with the leadership of Stalin and motivated them to defect to the Nazis. Alexandrov's work was reported to the FSB by Russian nationalists as "inciting hatred" but his university, regardless of the political pressure, voted in favor of its scientific value.[6]
German prisoner[edit]
While in prison, Vlasov met Captain Wilfried Strik-Strikfeldt, a Baltic German who was attempting to foster a Russian Liberation Movement. Strik-Strikfeldt had circulated memos to this effect in the Wehrmacht. Strik-Strikfeldt, who had been a participant in the White movement during the Russian civil war, persuaded Vlasov to become involved in aiding the German advance against the rule of Joseph Stalin and bolshevism. With Lieutenant Colonel Vladimir Boyarsky, Vlasov wrote a memo shortly after his capture to the German military leaders suggesting cooperation between anti-Stalinist Russians and the German Army.
Vlasov was taken to Berlin under the protection of the Wehrmacht's propaganda department. While there, he and other Soviet officers began drafting plans for the creation of a Russian provisional government and the recruitment of a Russian army of liberation under Russian command.
Vlasov founded the Russian Liberation Committee, in hopes of creating the Russian Liberation Army—known as ROA (from Russkaya Osvoboditel'naya Armiya).
In the spring of 1943, Vlasov wrote an anti-Bolshevik leaflet known as the "Smolensk Proclamation", which was dropped from aircraft by the millions on Soviet forces and Soviet-controlled soil. In March of the same year, Vlasov also published an open letter titled "Why Have I Taken Up the Struggle Against Bolshevism".
Even though no Russian Liberation Army yet existed, the Nazi propaganda department issued Russian Liberation Army patches to Russian volunteers and tried to use Vlasov's name in order to encourage defections. Several hundred thousand former Soviet citizens served in the German army wearing this patch, but never under Vlasov's own command.
Adolf Hitler was very wary of Vlasov and his intentions. On April 3, 1943, Hitler made clear in a speech to his high command that such an army would never be created, then issued directives to dismantle any such efforts and to sequester all of Vlasov's supporters in the German army[citation needed]. He worried that Vlasov might succeed in overthrowing Stalin, which would halt Hitler's dreams of expanding Greater Germany to the Urals. Hitler began taking measures against Eastern Volunteer units, especially Russian ones, arranging for their transfer to the west.[when?]
Vlasov was permitted to make several trips to Nazi-occupied Russia: most notably, to Pskov, where Russian pro-German volunteers paraded. The populace's reception of Vlasov was mixed. While in Pskov, Vlasov dealt himself a nearly fatal political blow by referring to the Germans as mere "guests" during a speech, which Hitler found belittling. Vlasov was even put under house arrest and threatened with being handed over to the Gestapo. Despondent about his mission, Vlasov threatened to resign and return to the POW camp, but was dissuaded at the last minute by his confidants.
According to Shalamov,[7] Vlasov emissaries lectured to the Russian prisoners of war, explaining to them that their government had declared them all traitors, and that escaping was pointless. As Vlasov proclaimed, even if the Soviets succeeded, Stalin would send them to Siberia.[8] Only in September 1944 did Germany — at the urging of Heinrich Himmler, initially a virulent opponent of Vlasov — finally permit Vlasov to raise his Russian Liberation Army. Vlasov formed and chaired the Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia, proclaimed by the Prague Manifesto on 14 November 1944. Vlasov also hoped to create a Pan-Slavic liberation congress, but Nazi political officials would not permit it.
Commander of the ROA[edit]
Vlasov's only combat against the Red Army took place on February 11, 1945, on the river Oder. After three days of battle against overwhelming forces, the First Division of the ROA was forced to retreat and marched southward to Prague, in German-controlled Bohemia.
On May 6, 1945, Vlasov received a request from the commander of the first ROA division, General Sergei Bunyachenko, for permission to turn his weapons against the Nazi SS forces and aid Czech resistance fighters in the Prague uprising. Vlasov at first disapproved, then reluctantly allowed Bunyachenko to proceed. Some historians maintain it was the bitterness of the ROA against the Germans which caused them to switch sides once again, while other historians believe the sole purpose of this action was to win favor from the western Allies and possibly even the Soviet side, in the light of the nearly completed military annihilation of the German Reich.
Two days later, the first division was forced to leave Prague as communist Czech partisans began arresting ROA soldiers in order to hand them over to the Soviets for execution. Vlasov and the rest of his forces, trying to evade the Red Army, attempted to head west to surrender to the Allies in the closing days of the war in Europe.
Final days[edit]
Vlasov's division, commanded by General Sergei Bunyachenko, was captured 40 km south-east of Plzeň by the Soviet 25th Tank Corps. Vlasov was found hiding wrapped in two blankets in a motor car and was identified with the help of his own driver. Captain M. I. Yakushev of the 162nd Tank Brigade had Vlasov dragged out of his car, put on a tank and driven straight to the Soviet 13th Army HQ. Vlasov was then transported from the 13th Army HQ to Marshal Ivan Konev's command post in Dresden, and from there sent immediately to Moscow.[9]
Vlasov was held in the Lubyanka prison. A trial held in the summer of 1946 and presided over by Viktor Abakumov sentenced him and eleven other senior officers from his army to death for treason. The twelve men were hanged on August 1, 1946. These were among the last death sentences in the Soviet Union carried out by hanging (from then on Soviet death penalty was carried out by firing squad; later a group of Cossack leaders allied with the Germans, including Pyotr Krasnov, Andrei Shkuro, and Helmuth von Pannwitz, suffered the same fate).
A controversial memorial dedicated to General Vlasov and the participants in the Russian Liberation Movement was erected at the Novo-Diveevo (ru:Новодивеевский монастырь) Russian Orthodox convent and cemetery in Nanuet, New York, USA. Twice annually, on the anniversary of Vlasov's execution and on the Sunday following Orthodox Easter, a memorial service is held for Vlasov and the combatants of the Russian Liberation Army.
Review of his case[edit]
In 2001, a Russian Federation-based social organization, "For Faith and Fatherland", applied to the Russian Federation's military prosecutor for a review of Vlasov's case,[10] saying that "Vlasov was a patriot who spent much time re-evaluating his service in the Red Army and the essence of Stalin's regime before agreeing to collaborate with the Germans".[5] The military prosecutor concluded that the law of rehabilitation of victims of political repressions did not apply to Vlasov and refused to consider the case again. However, Vlasov's Article 58 conviction for anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda was vacated.
See also[edit]
- Bronislaw Kaminski
- Constantine Kromiadi
- Engelen des doods (Angels of death)
- Operation Keelhaul
- Russian Liberation Army
- Russian Liberation Movement
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- ^ Коллектив авторов. «Великая Отечественная. Командармы. Военный биографический словарь» — М.; Жуковский: Кучково поле, 2005. ISBN 5-86090-113-5
- ^ John Erickson, The Soviet High Command, MacMillan, 1962, p.558
- ^ Bellamy, Absolute War, pg 384
- ^ http://www.korolevperevody.co.uk/korolev/vlasov.html
- ^ a b http://www.sptimes.ru/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=5830
- ^ Резунков, Виктор (2016-05-03). "ФСБ и генерал Власов". Радио Свобода (in Russian). Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ^ see his tale: The last battle of major Pugachov
- ^ Gerald Reitlinger. The House Built on Sand. Weidenfeld and Nicholson, London (1960) ASIN: B0000CKNUO. pp. 90, 100–101.
- ^ Konev, I.S. (1971). "Year of Victory". Progress Publishers. pp. 230–231.
- ^ Valeria Korchagina and Andrei Zolotov Jr.It's Too Early To Forgive Vlasov The St. Petersburg Times. 6 Nov 2001.
Literature and film[edit]
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- Wilfried Strik-Strikfeldt: Against Stalin and Hitler. Memoir of the Russian Liberation Movement 1941-5. Macmillan, 1970, ISBN 0-333-11528-7
- Russian version of the above: Вильфрид Штрик-Штрикфельдт: Против Сталина и Гитлера. Изд. Посев, 1975, 2003. ISBN 5-85824-005-4
- Бахвалов Анатолий: Генерал Власов. Предатель или герой? Изд. СПб ВШ МВД России, 1994.
- Sven Steenberg: Wlassow. Verräter oder Patriot? Verlag Wissenschaft und Politik, Köln 1968.
- Russian version of the above: Свен Стеенберг: Генерал Власов. Изд-во Эксмо, 2005. ISBN 5-699-12827-1
- Sergej Frölich: General Wlassow. Russen und Deutsche zwischen Hitler und Stalin.
- Russian version of the above: Сергей Фрёлих Генерал Власов. Русские и Немцы между Гитлером и Сталиным (перевод с немецкого Ю.К. Мейера при участии Д.А. Левицкого), 1990. Printed by Hermitage.
- Александров Кирилл М.: Армия генерала Власова 1944-45. Изд-во Эксмо, 2006. ISBN 5-699-15429-9.
- Чуев Сергей: Власовцы - Пасынки Третьего Рейха. Изд-во Эксмо, 2006. ISBN 5-699-14989-9.
- И. Хоффманн: История власовской армии. Перевод с немецкого Е. Гессен. 1990 YMCA Press ISBN 2-85065-175-3 ISSN 1140-0854
- Joachim Hoffmann: Die Tragödie der 'Russischen Befreiungsarmee' 1944/45. Wlassow gegen Stalin. Herbig Verlag, 2003 ISBN 3-7766-2330-6.
- Russian version of the above: Гофман Иоахим: Власов против Сталина. Трагедия Русской Освободительной Армии. Пер. с нем. В. Ф. Дизендорфа. Изд-во АСТ, 2006. ISBN 5-17-027146-8.
- О. В. Вишлёв(preface): Генерал Власов в планах гитлеровских спецслужб. Новая и Новейшая История, 4/96, pp. 130–146. [Historical sources with a preface]
- В. В. Малиновский: Кто он, русский коллаборационнист: Патриот или предатель?' Вопросы Истории 11-12/96, pp. 164–166. [letter to the editor]
- Martin Berger: Impossible alternatives. The Ukrainian Quarterly, Summer-Fall 1995, pp. 258–262. [review of Catherine Andrevyev: Vlasov and the Russian liberation movement]
- А. Ф. Катусев, В. Г. Оппоков: Иуды. Власовцы на службе у фашизма. Военно-Исторический Журнал 6/1990, pp. 68–81.
- П. А. Пальчиков: История Генерала Власова. Новая и Новейшая История, 2/1993, pp. 123–144.
- А. В. Тишков: Предатель перед Советским Судом. Советское Государство и Право, 2/1973, pp. 89–98.
- Л. Е. Решин, В. С. Степанов: Судьбы генералские. Военно-Исторический Журнал, 3/1993, pp. 4–15.
- С. В. Ермаченков, А. Н. Почтарев: Последний поход власовской армии. Вопросы Истории, 8/98, pp. 94–104.
- Jurgen Thorwald: The Illusion: Soviet Soldiers in Hitler's Armies. English translation, 1974.
- General for Two Devils 1995
- Europe Central by William T Vollmann
- Angels of Death 1998, director: Leo de Boer.
External links[edit]
- It's Too Early To Forgive Vlasov, The St. Petersburg Times, November 6, 2001
- Władysław Anders and Antonio Muňoz: Russian Volunteers in the German Wehrmacht in WWII (describes role of Vlasov)
- Congress of Russian Americans article on Vlasov
Military offices | ||
Preceded by Unknown |
Commander of the 99th Rifle Division January 1940 – 17 January 1941 |
Succeeded by Eventually Colonel Dionisy Lisetsky (unit reformed in 1943) |
Preceded by Major General Mikhail Potapov |
Commander of the 4th Mechanized Corps 17 January 1941 – July 1941 |
Succeeded by Eventually Major General Vasily Volsky (unit reformed in 1942) |
Preceded by Position established |
Commander of the 37th Army July 1941 – September 1941 |
Succeeded by Major General Anton Lopatin |
Preceded by Position established |
Commander of the Russian Liberation Army September 1944 – May 1945 |
Succeeded by Position abolished |
Political offices | ||
Preceded by Position established |
Chairman of the Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia 14 November 1944 – May 1945 |
Succeeded by Position abolished |
- 1901 births
- 1946 deaths
- People from Gaginsky District
- People from Nizhny Novgorod Governorate
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
- Executed military leaders
- Executed Soviet collaborators with Nazi Germany
- Executed Russian people
- Soviet lieutenant generals
- Russian anti-communists
- Russian Liberation Army personnel
- Russian people executed by the Soviet Union
- People executed for treason against the Soviet Union
- People executed by Russia by hanging
- Executed Soviet people from Russia
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner
- Recipients of the Order of Lenin
- Soviet people of the Second Sino-Japanese War
- Executed people from Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

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I have been blessed in my life to have made many very close friends (Read that as: There are many people who are lucky enough to call me a close friend.)
That means I have been lucky enough to be a groomsman, a best man, and even an internet minister. There's only one thing I have not been, but come September, that all changes. Yes, your favorite purveyor of sports and pop culture witticisms will be a male bridesmaid. (For a second, you thought maybe I was getting married. I am not. But if you know anyone..)
In keeping with tradition, I attended a bachelorette party over the weekend. And so, I found myself being pulled on stage by a drag queen on the Lower East Side. It reminded me very much of past experiences with the Philly Phanatic.
Allow me to explain.
As a heterosexual gentleman, I was, understandably, a bit uncomfortable being pulled up on stage by a male impersonator. Said impersonator clearly sensed my discomfort and decided to talk me through the process, thus putting me at ease (and probably protecting him/herself from any potentialy violent reactions from a random guy they've pulled up on stage)
And so, whispers.
"I'm gonna grab your belt, but only your belt. Don't worry,"
"I'm gonna jump now, you have to catch me. Don't worry,"
"Now turn around, but DON'T worry."
And so, a fantastic time was had by all. Everyone had a chuckle, no one felt like they were being raped, and no one ended up getting punched or knocked off a stage.
Where had I seen this technique before? Let's travel back in time a bit. The place is Veterans Stadium in the early 90's. The Phillies and playing the Cubs. A young man is sitting behind the Phillies dugout, but he's wearing a Cubs hat, a Cubs tshirt and a Cubs jacket. You see, friends, this young man, who we will call Izzy, is a Cubs fan. We will call him this because it is his name.
As the game goes on, the Philly Phanatic begins doing his routine on the home team dugout. He spots our young friend decked out in Cubs regalia. He approaches. He leans in. He whispers:
"I'm gonna take your hat. Don't worry."
"I'm gonna take your jacket. Don't worry."
"Someone's going to bring all this stuff back to you. Don't worry."
Whats' it all mean? Well, I think it's obvious. The next time someone in a disguise approaches you and whispers into your ear… DON'T WORRY.


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I bought three boxes of masks, sheet and eye, online. The two sheet masks are My Beauty Diary and the eye mask is My Scheming. I will review these in the future.
They had this promotion for new users to get a sampler BB Cream set online with a purchase. I've been curious about the BB Creams so it gave me a good opportunity to try them. The stupid person I am I thought I ordered the full sized BB Cream, but I ended up with a travel sized. :/ I will review these too.
I purchased Clarisonic Mia online when they had the 30% discount and free bag with a head brush. For years, I told myself I did not need Clarisonic and that it would be too rough on the skin. I changed opinion. :X
When they had the holiday discount, I could not resist the offer. To be honest, I really did not know what I wanted. After seeing swatches of these eyeshadows and lipsticks in person, I could not resist especially the container. You can use the container for other things once you're done. :)
When they had the sale online, I could not resist the blushes and pencil I've been wanting to try for some time. Yeah pencil not pencils. I ordered one pencil, black, and two blushes. When I received the package, it only came with one blush and two pencils. I called the customer service and they sent the other blush I ordered and told me to keep the silver pencil. How nice of them! :)
CVS Clearance Sale:
I've been wanting to try the Revlon eyeshadow palette, as well as, the Maybelline concealer. This was a good opportunity to get it, as well as, heard good things about the Physcians Formula powder/bronzer set.
I told you I bought way more than I should had, and these do not include the new drugstore products that came out *sigh*. :X
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it is...
Congratulations to Spankedelic! :)
You have 48 hours to contact me with your name and address. E-mail me at aly_4realz (at) hotmail (dot) com. If you don't contact me within 48 hours, I will draw a new winner. If you did not win, do not worry there will be more giveaways in the future. Thank you all for joining the giveaway.
Thank you Aveeno for the wonderful giveaway! :)
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Warm the milk to between 90 and 110 degrees F.
Mix all of the ingredients together minus the optional water.
(If you have a mixer with a bread hook you can use that or just mix by hand)
Once all the ingredients are added if the dough seems very dry add 1 tablespoon of water. A second tablespoon of water can be added if still needed. I rarely need to add the water unless the air in my home is extremely dry.
See picture for how the dough should look.


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Yeah, thankfully. If I'm gonna be stuck with the old style straight plug, I'm paying 75 for em instead of 130. :)
Yeah, thankfully. If I'm gonna be stuck with the old style straight plug, I'm paying 75 for em instead of 130. :)
Monster Outlet is actually a producer of counterfeit Monster products operating out of China. Monster's website has a blacklist of dealers and a whitelist of authorized dealers. There is no mention of Monster Outlets as an authorized dealer and there are many posts on the internet regarding their production of imitation products. My roommate is currently on the phone with his credit card company filing a claim against the company and is currently emailing Monster with the information. Fake Monster products are usually spotted by inferior cabling quality and inferior material construction. Most clone products have cables that fray within the first couple of uses.Just be aware.
Are these genuine? If so, why so cheap?
My experience was that Monster has done multiple versions but not necessarily updated the boxing. I bought new Turbines off Amazon a while back. I got the older angled plug, two cases, and all the tips. The outside of the box showed that they had an adjuster for the cord (no version has had that), and a different plug (some versions do). I'd say contact Monster with pics and possibly a description, if you're very worried.


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This section discusses the following topics:
You can set initialization parameters to determine resource limits. The parameters that establish resource limits are discussed in the following topics:
See Also:
Oracle Database Reference for information about initialization parametersThis parameter specifies whether a SQL statement executed in parallel is restricted to a single instance in an Oracle RAC environment. By setting this parameter to TRUE
, you restrict the scope of the parallel server processed to the single Oracle RAC instance where the query coordinator is running.
The recommended value for the PARALLEL_FORCE_LOCAL
parameter is FALSE
PARALLEL_THREADS_PER_CPU x CPU_COUNT x concurrent_parallel_users x 5
In the formula, the value assigned to concurrent_parallel_users
running at the default degree of parallelism on an instance is dependent on the memory management setting. If automatic memory management is disabled (manual mode), then the value of concurrent_parallel_users
is 1. If PGA automatic memory management is enabled, then the value of concurrent_parallel_users
is 2. If global memory management or SGA memory target is used in addition to PGA automatic memory management, then the value of concurrent_parallel_users
is 4.
The preceding formula might not be sufficient for parallel queries on tables with higher degree of parallelism (DOP) attributes. For users who expect to run queries of higher DOP, set the value to the following:
2 x DOP x NUMBER_OF_CONCURRENT_USERS
For example, setting the value to 64 enables you to run four parallel queries simultaneously, if each query is using two slave sets with a DOP of 8
for each set.
When concurrent users have too many query server processes, memory contention (paging), I/O contention, or excessive context switching can occur. This contention can reduce system throughput to a level lower than if parallel execution were not used. Increase the PARALLEL_MAX_SERVERS
value only if the system has sufficient memory and I/O bandwidth for the resulting load.
You can use performance monitoring tools of the operating system to determine how much memory, swap space and I/O bandwidth are free. Look at the run queue lengths for both your CPUs and disks, and the service time for I/O operations on the system. Verify that the system has sufficient swap space to add more processes. Limiting the total number of query server processes might restrict the number of concurrent users who can execute parallel operations, but system throughput tends to remain stable.
You can limit the amount of parallelism available to a given user by establishing a resource consumer group for the user. Do this to limit the number of sessions, concurrent logons, and the number of parallel processes that any one user or group of users can have.
Each query server process working on a parallel execution statement is logged on with a session ID. Each process counts against the user's limit of concurrent sessions. For example, to limit a user to 10 parallel execution processes, set the user's limit to 11. One process is for the parallel execution coordinator and the other 10 consist of two sets of query servers. This would allow one session for the parallel execution coordinator and 10 sessions for the parallel execution processes.
See Oracle Database Administrator's Guide for more information about managing resources with user profiles and Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide for more information about querying GV$
This parameter enables users to wait for an acceptable DOP, depending on the application in use. The recommended value for the PARALLEL_MIN_PERCENT
parameter is 0 (zero).
Setting this parameter to values other than 0 (zero) causes Oracle Database to return an error when the requested DOP cannot be satisfied by the system at a given time. For example, if you set PARALLEL_MIN_PERCENT
to 50, which translates to 50 percent, and the DOP is reduced by 50 percent or greater because of the adaptive algorithm or because of a resource limitation, then Oracle Database returns ORA-12827
. For example:
SELECT /*+ FULL(e) PARALLEL(e, 8) */ d.department_id, SUM(SALARY) FROM employees e, departments d WHERE e.department_id = d.department_id GROUP BY d.department_id ORDER BY d.department_id;
Oracle Database responds with this message:
ORA-12827: insufficient parallel query slaves available
This parameter specifies the number of processes to be started in a single instance that are reserved for parallel operations. The syntax is:
The n variable is the number of processes you want to start and reserve for parallel operations.
Setting PARALLEL_MIN_SERVERS
balances the startup cost against memory usage. Processes started using PARALLEL_MIN_SERVERS
do not exit until the database is shut down. This way, when a query is issued, the processes are likely to be available.
This parameter specifies the minimum execution time a statement should have before the statement is considered for automatic degree of parallelism. By default, this is set to 10 seconds. Automatic degree of parallelism is only enabled if PARALLEL_DEGREE_POLICY
is set to AUTO
or LIMITED
. The syntax is:
PARALLEL_MIN_TIME_THRESHOLD = { AUTO | integer }
The default is AUTO
This parameter specifies the number of parallel server processes allowed to run parallel statements before statement queuing is used. The default value is:
PARALLEL_THREADS_PER_CPU * CPU_COUNT * concurrent_parallel_users * 2
In the formula, the value assigned to concurrent_parallel_users
running at the default degree of parallelism on an instance is dependent on the memory management setting. If automatic memory management is disabled (manual mode), then the value of concurrent_parallel_users
is 1. If PGA automatic memory management is enabled, then the value of concurrent_parallel_users
is 2. If global memory management or SGA memory target is used in addition to PGA automatic memory management, then the value of concurrent_parallel_users
is 4.
When PARALLEL_DEGREE_POLICY
is set to AUTO
, statements that require parallel execution are queued if the number of parallel processes currently in use on the system equals or is greater than PARALLEL_SERVERS_TARGET
. This is not the maximum number of parallel server processes allowed on a system (that is controlled by PARALLEL_MAX_SERVERS
). However, PARALLEL_SERVERS_TARGET
and parallel statement queuing is used to ensure that each statement that requires parallel execution is allocated the necessary parallel server resources and the system is not flooded with too many parallel server processes.
Parallel execution requires memory resources in addition to those required by serial SQL execution. Additional memory is used for communication and passing data between query server processes and the query coordinator.
Oracle Database allocates memory for query server processes from the shared pool. Tune the shared pool as follows:
Allow for other clients of the shared pool, such as shared cursors and stored procedures.
Remember that larger values improve performance in multiuser systems, but smaller values use less memory.
You can then monitor the number of buffers used by parallel execution and compare the shared
to the current high water mark reported in output from the view V$PX_PROCESS_SYSSTAT
If you do not have enough memory available, error message 12853 occurs (insufficient memory for PX buffers: current stringK, max needed stringK). This is caused by having insufficient SGA memory available for PX buffers. You must reconfigure the SGA to have at least (MAX
) bytes of additional memory.By default, Oracle Database allocates parallel execution buffers from the shared pool.
If Oracle Database displays the following error on startup, you should reduce the value for SHARED_POOL_SIZE
low enough so your database starts:
ORA-27102: out of memory SVR4 Error: 12: Not enough space
After reducing the value of SHARED_POOL_SIZE
, you might see the error:
ORA-04031: unable to allocate 16084 bytes of shared memory ("SHARED pool","unknown object","SHARED pool heap","PX msg pool")
If so, execute the following query to determine why Oracle Database could not allocate the 16,084 bytes:
Your output should resemble the following:
NAME SUM(BYTES) -------------------------- ---------- PX msg pool 1474572 free memory 562132 2036704
If you specify SHARED_POOL_SIZE
and the amount of memory you specify to reserve is bigger than the pool, Oracle Database does not allocate all the memory it can get. Instead, it leaves some space. When the query runs, Oracle Database tries to get what it needs. Oracle Database uses the 560 KB and needs another 16 KB when it fails. The error does not report the cumulative amount that is needed. The best way of determining how much more memory is needed is to use the formulas in "Adding Memory for Message Buffers".
To resolve the problem in the current example, increase the value for SHARED_POOL_SIZE
. As shown in the sample output, the SHARED_POOL_SIZE
is about 2 MB. Depending on the amount of memory available, you could increase the value of SHARED_POOL_SIZE
to 4 MB and attempt to start your database. If Oracle Database continues to display an ORA-4031
message, gradually increase the value for SHARED_POOL_SIZE
until startup is successful.
After you determine the initial setting for the shared pool, you must calculate additional memory requirements for message buffers and determine how much additional space you need for cursors.
You must increase the value for the SHARED_POOL_SIZE
parameter to accommodate message buffers. The message buffers allow query server processes to communicate with each other.
Oracle Database uses a fixed number of buffers for each virtual connection between producer query servers and consumer query servers. Connections increase as the square of the DOP increases. For this reason, the maximum amount of memory used by parallel execution is bound by the highest DOP allowed on your system. You can control this value by using either the PARALLEL_MAX_SERVERS
parameter or by using policies and profiles.
To calculate the amount of memory required, use one of the following formulas:
For SMP systems:
mem in bytes = (3 x size x users x groups x connections)
For Oracle Real Application Clusters and MPP systems:
mem in bytes = ((3 x local) + (2 x remote)) x (size x users x groups) / instances
Each instance uses the memory computed by the formula.
The terms are:
= the number of concurrent parallel execution users that you expect to have running with the optimal DOP
= the number of query server process groups used for each query
A simple SQL statement requires only one group. However, if your queries involve subqueries which are processed in parallel, then Oracle Database uses an additional group of query server processes.
= (DOP2 + 2 x DOP)
If your system is a cluster or MPP, then you should account for the number of instances because this increases the DOP. In other words, using a DOP of 4 on a two-instance cluster results in a DOP of 8. A value of PARALLEL_MAX_SERVERS
times the number of instances divided by four is a conservative estimate to use as a starting point.
Add this amount to your original setting for the shared pool. However, before setting a value for either of these memory structures, you must also consider additional memory for cursors, as explained in the following section.
The formulas in this section are just starting points. Whether you are using automated or manual tuning, you should monitor usage on an on-going basis to ensure the size of memory is not too large or too small. To ensure the correct memory size, tune the shared pool using the following query:
SELECT POOL, NAME, SUM(BYTES) FROM V$SGASTAT WHERE POOL LIKE '%pool%' GROUP BY ROLLUP (POOL, NAME);
Your output should resemble the following:
POOL NAME SUM(BYTES) ----------- -------------------------- ---------- shared pool Checkpoint queue 38496 shared pool KGFF heap 1964 shared pool KGK heap 4372 shared pool KQLS heap 1134432 shared pool LRMPD SGA Table 23856 shared pool PLS non-lib hp 2096 shared pool PX subheap 186828 shared pool SYSTEM PARAMETERS 55756 shared pool State objects 3907808 shared pool character set memory 30260 shared pool db_block_buffers 200000 shared pool db_block_hash_buckets 33132 shared pool db_files 122984 shared pool db_handles 52416 shared pool dictionary cache 198216 shared pool dlm shared memory 5387924 shared pool event statistics per sess 264768 shared pool fixed allocation callback 1376 shared pool free memory 26329104 shared pool gc_* 64000 shared pool latch nowait fails or sle 34944 shared pool library cache 2176808 shared pool log_buffer 24576 shared pool log_checkpoint_timeout 24700 shared pool long op statistics array 30240 shared pool message pool freequeue 116232 shared pool miscellaneous 267624 shared pool processes 76896 shared pool session param values 41424 shared pool sessions 170016 shared pool sql area 9549116 shared pool table columns 148104 shared pool trace_buffers_per_process 1476320 shared pool transactions 18480 shared pool trigger inform 24684 shared pool 52248968 90641768
Evaluate the memory used as shown in your output, and alter the setting for SHARED_POOL_SIZE
based on your processing needs.
To obtain more memory usage statistics, execute the following query:
SELECT * FROM V$PX_PROCESS_SYSSTAT WHERE STATISTIC LIKE 'Buffers%';
Your output should resemble the following:
STATISTIC VALUE ------------------- ----- Buffers Allocated 23225 Buffers Freed 23225 Buffers Current 0 Buffers HWM 3620
The amount of memory used appears in the Buffers
and Buffers
statistics. Calculate a value in bytes by multiplying the number of buffers by the value for PARALLEL_EXECUTION_MESSAGE_SIZE
. Compare the high water mark to the parallel execution message pool size to determine if you allocated too much memory. For example, in the first output, the value for large pool as shown in px
is 38,092,812 or 38 MB. The Buffers
from the second output is 3,620, which when multiplied by a parallel execution message size of 4,096 is 14,827,520, or approximately 15 MB. In this case, the high water mark has reached approximately 40 percent of its capacity.
Before considering the following section, you should read the descriptions of the MEMORY_TARGET
and MEMORY_MAX_TARGET
initialization parameters in Oracle Database Performance Tuning Guide and Oracle Database Administrator's Guide for details. The PGA_AGGREGATE_TARGET
initialization parameter need not be set as MEMORY_TARGET
autotunes the SGA and PGA components.
The first group of parameters discussed in this section affects memory and resource consumption for all parallel operations, in particular, for parallel execution. These parameters are:
A second subset of parameters are discussed in "Parameters Affecting Resource Consumption for Parallel DML and Parallel DDL".
To control resource consumption, you should configure memory at two levels:
At the database level, so the system uses an appropriate amount of memory from the operating system.
At the operating system level for consistency.
On some platforms, you might need to set operating system parameters that control the total amount of virtual memory available, totalled across all processes.
A large percentage of the memory used in data warehousing operations (compared to OLTP) is more dynamic. This memory comes from Process Global Area (PGA), and both the size of process memory and the number of processes can vary greatly. Use the PGA_AGGREGATE_TARGET
initialization parameter to control both the process memory and the number of processes in such cases. Explicitly setting PGA_AGGREGATE_TARGET
along with MEMORY_TARGET
ensures that autotuning still occurs but PGA_AGGREGATE_TARGET
is not tuned below the specified value.
You can simplify and improve the way PGA memory is allocated by enabling automatic PGA memory management. In this mode, Oracle Database dynamically adjusts the size of the portion of the PGA memory dedicated to work areas, based on an overall PGA memory target explicitly set by the DBA. To enable automatic PGA memory management, you must set the initialization parameter PGA_AGGREGATE_TARGET
. For new installations, PGA_AGGREGATE_TARGET
and SGA_TARGET
are set automatically by the database configuration assistant (DBCA), and MEMORY_TARGET
is zero. That is, automatic memory management is disabled. You can enable it in Oracle Enterprise Manager on the Memory Parameters page. Therefore, automatic tuning of the aggregate PGA is enabled by default. However, the aggregate PGA does not grow unless you enable automatic memory management by setting MEMORY_TARGET
to a nonzero value.
See Oracle Database Performance Tuning Guide for descriptions of how to use PGA_AGGREGATE_TARGET
in different scenarios.
The PARALLEL_EXECUTION_MESSAGE_SIZE
parameter specifies the size of the buffer used for parallel execution messages. The default value is operating system-specific, but is typically 16 K. This value should be adequate for most applications.
The parameters that affect parallel DML and parallel DDL resource consumption are:
Parallel insert, update, and delete operations require more resources than serial DML operations. Similarly, PARALLEL
and PARALLEL
can require more resources. For this reason, you may need to increase the value of several additional initialization parameters. These parameters do not affect resources for queries.
For parallel DML and DDL, each query server process starts a transaction. The parallel execution coordinator uses the two-phase commit protocol to commit transactions; therefore, the number of transactions being processed increases by the DOP. Consequently, you might need to increase the value of the TRANSACTIONS
initialization parameter.
The TRANSACTIONS
parameter specifies the maximum number of concurrent transactions. The default assumes no parallelism. For example, if you have a DOP of 20, you have 20 more new server transactions (or 40, if you have two server sets) and 1 coordinator transaction. In this case, you should increase TRANSACTIONS
by 21 (or 41) if the transactions are running in the same instance. If you do not set this parameter, Oracle Database sets it to a value equal to 1.1 x SESSIONS
. This discussion does not apply if you are using server-managed undo.
If a system fails when there are uncommitted parallel DML or DDL transactions, you can speed up transaction recovery during startup by using the FAST_START_PARALLEL_ROLLBACK
This parameter controls the DOP used when recovering terminated transactions. Terminated transactions are transactions that are active before a system failure. By default, the DOP is chosen to be at most two times the value of the CPU_COUNT
If the default DOP is insufficient, set the parameter to HIGH
. This gives a maximum DOP of at most four times the value of the CPU_COUNT
parameter. This feature is available by default.
This parameter specifies the maximum number of DML locks. Its value should equal the total number of locks on all tables referenced by all users. A parallel DML operation's lock requirement is very different from serial DML. Parallel DML holds many more locks, so you should increase the value of the DML_LOCKS
parameter by equal amounts.
Parallel DML operations are not performed when the table lock of the target table is disabled.Table 8-4 shows the types of locks acquired by coordinator and parallel execution server processes for different types of parallel DML statements. Using this information, you can determine the value required for these parameters.
Table 8-4 Locks Acquired by Parallel DML Statements
Type of Statement | Coordinator Process Acquires: | Each Parallel Execution Server Acquires: |
Parallel |
1 table lock SX 1 partition lock X for each pruned partition or subpartition |
1 table lock SX 1 partition lock 1 partition-wait lock S for each pruned partition or subpartition owned by the query server process |
Parallel row-migrating |
1 table lock SX 1 partition X lock for each pruned partition or subpartition 1 partition lock SX for all other partitions or subpartitions |
1 table lock SX 1 partition lock 1 partition-wait lock S for each pruned partition owned by the query server process 1 partition lock SX for all other partitions or subpartitions |
Parallel |
1 table lock SX Partition locks X for all partitions or subpartitions |
1 table lock SX 1 partition lock 1 partition-wait lock S for each partition or subpartition |
Parallel |
1 table lock SX 1 partition lock X for each specified partition or subpartition |
1 table lock SX 1 partition lock 1 partition-wait lock S for each specified partition or subpartition |
Parallel |
1 table lock X |
None |
Table, partition, and partition-wait DML locks all appear as TM locks in theV$LOCK
view.Consider a table with 600 partitions running with a DOP of 100. Assume all partitions are involved in a parallel UPDATE
or DELETE
statement with no row-migrations.
The coordinator acquires:
1 table lock SX
600 partition locks X
Total server processes acquire:
100 table locks SX
600 partition locks NULL
600 partition-wait locks S
The parameters that affect I/O are:
These parameters also affect the optimizer, which ensures optimal performance for parallel execution of I/O operations.
When you perform parallel update, merge, and delete operations, the buffer cache behavior is very similar to any OLTP system running a high volume of updates.
The recommended value for this parameter is 8 KB or 16 KB.
Set the database block size when you create the database. If you are creating a new database, use a large block size such as 8 KB or 16 KB.
This parameter determines how many database blocks are read with a single operating system READ
call. In this release, the default value of this parameter is a value that corresponds to the maximum I/O size that can be performed efficiently. The maximum I/O size value is platform-dependent and is 1 MB for most platforms. If you set DB_FILE_MULTIBLOCK_READ_COUNT
to an excessively high value, your operating system lowers the value to the highest allowable level when you start your database.
The recommended value for both of these parameters is TRUE
These parameters enable or disable the operating system's asynchronous I/O facility. They allow query server processes to overlap I/O requests with processing when performing table scans. If the operating system supports asynchronous I/O, leave these parameters at the default value of TRUE
. Figure 8-6 illustrates how asynchronous read works.
Asynchronous operations are currently supported for parallel table scans, hash joins, sorts, and serial table scans. However, this feature can require operating system-specific configuration and may not be supported on all platforms.


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The jury trial for a man accused in the March 3 shooting death of a teenager at Lawrence and Delaware avenues continued yesterday in Lucas County Common Pleas Court.
William Braylock, 39, is charged with one count of murder with a firearm specification. He is accused of shooting Christopher Ross, 17, twice in the back. County assistant prosecutors said Braylock shot at the teenager because he was an "angry" man with a gun.
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How A.J. Antunes & Co. jump-started its lean journey
A.J. Antunes started down the path of lean manufacturing about a year ago. Its managers say they are in the "baby steps" of lean--but those steps have been pretty big.
Jorge Montalvo is not one for subtlety. As he pointed to a pile of formed sheet metal parts in the spot welding area, he shouted, "There it is. We're not hiding it! This is our overproduction. We hate it. Do we want to get rid of it? Yes. Do we have a plan? Yes!"
Montalvo manages the sheet metal fabrication department at A.J. Antunes & Co., a Chicago-area manufacturer of cooking equipment for the quick-service industry. He was leading a tour group during LeanFab Workshop & Tours, a conference on lean manufacturing in metal fabrication, organized by the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association International®.
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If you visit a quick-service restaurant for a burger in this country you'll probably be served food made by equipment that came from A.J. Antunes' Carol Stream, Ill., plant. Do the same in Asia, the food was likely prepared on equipment made in the company's 40,000-sq.-ft. plant in Suzhou, China.
"Our family owners, since they founded the business, have envisioned that we need to manufacture where we sell," said Hector Martinez, director of operations at the Carol Stream plant. "We build here to sell here, and we build in Suzhou to sell to the local market."
Vertical Integration
The company's hot dog corral looks like the bottom half of a cone with a flat top. The dogs travel around in a circle, a bit like luggage does on a baggage claim carousel.
The company tried to find manufacturers that could make the corral, but ultimately couldn't, so Antunes decided to make it in-house. Thus began a tradition of vertical integration. The company assembles its products and fabricates the sheet metal, but it also fabricates and assembles the circuit boards that go into them.
Performing all those manufacturing processes requires space, and for years space constraints forced the company to spread them out over five buildings. Then in 1999 the company built its current 115,000-square-foot facility. Home to about 221 employees, the facility has 95,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing space. At one end is electronics assembly, where the company has invested in new technology that follows some key lean principles.
A prime example is an adhesive application. Previously the company used a stencil and squeegee approach. The squeegee passed over the stencil to apply paste in a certain pattern. The process cycle time was extremely short, but it also used a lot of paste. And if a design change occurred, they often had to order a new stencil, which cost time and money.
So the company invested in a machine that takes a different approach. The cycle time actually is a little longer than the previous method, but cycle time wasn't the constraint. The constraint was in adapting to changing demand. With its lightning-fast nozzle, the new machine applies paste where needed. It uses less adhesive and, most important, it's flexible. When a design change occurs, technicians just need to change the program. And it's speedy enough to meet the demand of downstream assemblers.
Transforming Fabrication
About a year ago the company launched its improvement initiatives in earnest. They implemented various tools in the continuous improvement toolbox, including gemba walks and gemba boards with visual improvement metrics. It has instituted structured problem-solving using another lean tool, the A3, which includes identifying the problem and its root causes, brainstorming countermeasures, and implementing a plan.
Early on managers in the fabrication area analyzed on-time delivery and found how abysmal it really was. Only about 13 percent of orders made it to downstream assembly departments (the internal customer) on time. So the company used an A3 to overcome the department's significant backlog. It instituted a first-in first-out lane. It also started kitting jobs, with various parts needed for a welded assembly on one cart.
But this wasn't quite enough for this high-product-mix operation. The company produces many products, each of which can be customized. For all intents and purposes, the fabrication area works like a job shop, producing a high variety of parts. Knowing this, workers realized they needed more visual management tools that could help identify job priorities.
Now the department uses heijunka boxes, a visual scheduling method in the lean toolbox that A.J. Antunes adapted to its high-product-mix environment (see Figure 2). The shop simply places work orders for a specific day in a stack of colored in-boxes. Work orders for Monday are white, Tuesday is blue, Wednesday is black, and so on. So after a quick glance, everyone can see where work orders are and whether they are on time or behind. White and blue work orders in use on a Wednesday immediately shows everyone that these jobs are behind schedule.
This labeling extends to the material handling carts. Monday orders have white flags on them, Tuesday orders have blue, and so on. Hot orders have red flags that plainly say "hot," which are given priority. Again, after a quick glance, workers know which job to tackle next, with no need to ask a scheduler or supervisor. If it's Wednesday and a worker sees a white flag (a Monday job), he knows to grab that job first (see Figure 3).
For consistent quality, the company installed a workmanship standards board that shows what represents acceptable quality levels, and what does not (see Figure 4). This improved communication and reduced defects.
All this was key in improving the department's on-time delivery. Within weeks the department's backlog plummeted, and on-time delivery improved from just 13 percent to 82 percent.
Now that workers could see which jobs were late, they started asking why. This got people talking, thinking, and asking questions. Soon workers began approaching Montalvo and other lead personnel about specific problems they experienced, with ideas on how to improve matters.
Why does it take so long to change over? Allen wrenches and other tools for changeover weren't available or organized. So now every brake has a labeled board with tools needed to switch out tools quickly.
Why are all these batches of small parts late? It's because it takes a long time for an operator to bend them on the brake. Why don't we put these parts on the panel bender? They're too small for the bender's hold-down tooling, which requires workpieces to be of a certain width. So why don't we nest these parts together with common-line cutting, and microtab them, so that we can bend a group of small blanks at once? That way they could be bent on the panel bender or on the brake set up with longer tools. But we have to deburr the microtabs; why add an extra step? Because the extra time isn't much, and it's far outweighed by all the time we save bending these parts in a microtabbed group.
"The old way took 1 hour and 45 minutes to form 500 of these parts," Montalvo said (see Figure 5). "The new way takes 15 minutes [on the Salvagnini panel bender]. Yes, we're deburring, but it used to take more than triple the time to form all these parts separately."
He added that the company soon will be investing in a slitting tool, for use on the company's punch/laser combination system, that will eliminate microtabs and, hence, the need for deburring.
During the tour, attendees saw an A3 sheet for that nagging overproduction sitting ahead of spot welding—the one Montalvo didn't bother hiding. The A3 sheet showed the plan, the person in charge of it, and the timeline for cleaning up those extra parts.
At this writing, the plan was to change how the department scheduled jobs for spot welding, so that work orders are released at the right time. They also found that when the planner released a work order, she simply ordered as many pieces as a job required, and didn't have access to anything that told her what was in existing inventory. So if a job called for 50 pieces, she'd create a work order for 50 pieces, even though 10 pieces were already sitting ahead of the spot welding department. Now the planner has a physical count of existing inventory.
"When we now get a job for 50, we know we have 10 in inventory, so we start the work order for only 40 parts," Montalvo said.
Safe, Ergonomic Assembly
The company's improvement efforts focus on increased throughput, of course. But first comes something that's much more important: worker safety and ergonomics. Improving these, in fact, leads naturally to greater throughput. This is particularly evident in assembly.
"Since last year we've changed every single line," said George Oglesby, assembly manager. "It has all been rearranged."
Previously assembly cells were arranged in a U-shape, with all workers stationed mere steps away from where fork trucks passed.
"See these worn tracks in the floor? This is where fork trucks would pass back and forth," Oglesby said, extending his arm and pointing where assembly stations used to be—which were dangerously close to those tracks. "An assembly worker would be here, standing a few feet away from where a fork truck ran back and forth. It just made my heart sink. Everybody was used to it. It just didn't faze them." Today assembly technicians still work inside a U-shaped cell, but it's away from vehicle traffic.
The company assembles more than 100 different pieces of food preparation equipment models, grouped into product families, and several families may be produced in one cell. Like many manufacturers, A.J. Antunes must deal with highly variable demand for different products. Several years ago the assembly department saw a big uptick in orders for a particular product, so they built a 20-station assembly line to handle it. Once those orders fell off, though, the 20-station line remained—even though it now had only two workers. "They were walking through different stations to get the product assembled," Oglesby said. "It just didn't make a lot of sense." That's a lot of unneeded movement.
So the company separated its larger assembly cells. Each line has a rail system that allows products to roll smoothly and quickly from one assembly station to the next (see Figure 6). "We went from having seven production lines to 11 smaller ones," Oglesby said. "It's working out a lot better, and the inventory is a lot easier to control." He added that having 11 small lines allows more to be dedicated to certain product families.
Material handlers used to deliver large batches of parts, which required assemblers to walk back and forth, numerous times a day, to retrieve them. This, again, was a lot of unneeded movement. So now material handlers deliver material on smaller carts that can be wheeled into the assembly cell, where assemblers can retrieve them quickly.
Oglesby pointed to a board that represents one of the most significant improvements, particularly for a high-product-mix operation like this: cross-training. Workers used to learn how to assemble certain products and, over the years, became specialists in those products. Of course, when a person called in sick or was on vacation, and an unexpected order came in, managers in the assembly area discovered they couldn't produce products, because those with the assembly expertise weren't there. This led to a significant cross-training effort.
With more than 100 product variations, managers know it's unrealistic for all employees to become proficient in assembling every product. Instead, they're limiting cross-training to 10 pieces. That's enough to make them flexible and adaptable, but not so many that they forget certain assembly steps.
"Within six months we hope to have most people knowing how to assemble at least five pieces," Oglesby said. "And in a year and a half, we hope to have everyone cross-trained on 10 products."
About Engagement
It was evident during the tour that the company takes cross-training seriously. Many in the fabrication area, for instance, were gathered around the company's new TRUMPF laser/punch system for training.
The company scheduled Wednesday morning training because there was a planned lull in orders. But, alas, a big order unexpectedly came in. That explained all the white (Monday) and blue (Tuesday) material carts near the brake area. But Montalvo said he wasn't worried. He knew workers should be able to catch up in time. He saw what orders were behind schedule, and he said he knows roughly how long the late jobs should take.
He also knows his workforce is flexible, in part because the fabrication department works an unusual schedule. Most work Monday through Thursday, 10 hours a day. Others work 12 hours on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday; they put in 36 hours but get paid for 40.
Because the shop is always staffed, machines continue running and parts continue flowing, which has made overtime less common. And because workers have at least three consecutive days off, they have more time with their families and more time to mentally recharge before the workweek. This, in turn, makes many people more engaged—which, ultimately, can be one of the most potent ingredients for continuous improvement.
Tim Heston
FMA Communications Inc.
Elgin, IL 60123
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Safety Study of PZ-128 in Subjects With Multiple Coronary Artery Disease Risk Factors
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This study is a Phase I, intravenous, single-dose escalation study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of PZ-128 (pepducin inhibitor of PAR1) in subjects with vascular disease or who have 2 or more coronary artery disease (CAD) risk factors.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
Vascular Disease Coronary Artery Disease Risk Factors Multiple |
Drug: PZ-128 |
Phase 1 |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment Masking: Single Blind (Subject) Primary Purpose: Treatment |
Official Title: | Demonstration of the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamic Antiplatelet Effect of PZ-128 in Subjects With Multiple Coronary Artery Disease Risk Factors |
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Summary of Participants Experience with Safety and Tolerability [ Time Frame: 30 days after drug infusion ]Safety and tolerability of a single dose of PZ-128 as determined by adverse event reporting, clinical laboratory results, vital signs, physical examination, pulmonary function tests and electrocardiograms (ECGs).
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Pharmacokinetic profile of PZ-128 [ Time Frame: Assessments will be done up to 7 days post dosing ]
- Evaluate inhibition of ex vivo platelet function in response to multiple agonists [ Time Frame: Assessments will be done up to 7 days post dosing ]
- Correlate PZ-128 plasma levels with inhibition of platelet aggregation [ Time Frame: Assessments will be done up to 7 days post dosing ]
- Evaluate changes in clotting characteristics at each dose level of PZ-128 relative to baseline [ Time Frame: Assessments will be done up to 7 days post dosing ]
Enrollment: | 32 |
Study Start Date: | April 2013 |
Study Completion Date: | November 2014 |
Primary Completion Date: | November 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
Experimental: PZ-128 |
Drug: PZ-128
Sequential single-dose escalation; 1 to 2 hour continuous intravenous infusion
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Male and female subjects between the ages of 18 to 75 with documented vascular disease (peripheral vascular disease, carotid artery disease or coronary artery disease) or 2 or more coronary artery risk factors.
- Women of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test prior to enrollment and immediately before drug administration and agree to use two methods of effective barrier contraception, or a hormonal contraceptive to prevent pregnancy throughout the study.
- The subject is able to read and give written informed consent and has signed and dated an informed consent document and authorization permitting release of personal health information approved by the Investigator's Institutional Review Board (IRB).
Exclusion Criteria:
- The subject has participated in an investigational drug study within the last 30 days.
- The subject has a medical or surgical condition that may impair drug absorption or metabolism.
- Anticoagulants, P2Y12 inhibitors, nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (no more than three times a week) or any other drug that the investigator deems to have potential interaction with platelets or PAR-1 receptor inhibition are prohibited from 2 weeks prior to study drug dosing through 2 weeks post dosing. Aspirin is allowed.
- The subject has previous history of anaphylaxis to drugs or any environmental stimuli including foods or hymenoptera (e.g., ants, bees, wasps) stings.
- Asthma requiring bronchodilator/inhaler therapy.
- Currently smoking ≥2 pack/day.
- Herbal supplements (i.e., Fish Oil/Omega-3, St. John's Wart, Ginseng, Garlic, Ginkgo, Saw Palmetto, Echinacea, Yohimbine, Licorice, and Black Cohosh) are prohibited from 1 week prior to dosing through 24 hours post dosing.
- Prior history or clinical suspicion of cerebral vascular malformations, intracranial tumor, transient ischemic attack, stroke, gastric ulcers and any form of bleeding disorder.
- Prior history of myocardial infarction within the last 3 months or unstable angina.
- Thrombocytopenia defined as a platelet count of <130,000/mm3 or low hematocrit defined as <30%.
- Renal function: serum creatinine >1.5 x ULN. However, subjects with an estimated creatinine clearance eGFR ≥60 mL/min, calculated using the Cockcroft-Gault formula, are eligible.
- Liver enzymes ≥ 3 x upper limit of normal.
- Alcohol consumption within 48 hrs prior to dosing, and for the duration of the in-house study period.
- Evidence of history of substance or alcohol abuse at screening, including positive urine test results for drugs or positive breath test for alcohol.
- Uncontrolled hypertension or hypotension defined as a sustained supine systolic pressure >160 mmHg or <100 mmHg; or a diastolic pressure >90 mmHg or < 50 mmHg.
- International normalized ratio (INR) >1.5
- Poor venous access (i.e., insufficient for intravenous drug delivery).
- History of hepatitis or HIV.
- The subject has undergone an invasive surgical procedure within the last 3 months, is anticipating one during the course of their study participation or is planning to have one within 1 month post dosing with the study drug.
- The subject has any condition which could interfere with or for which the treatment might interfere with the conduct of the study, or which would, in the opinion of the Investigator increase the risk of the subject's participation in the study. This would include, but is not limited to alcoholism, drug dependency or abuse, psychiatric disease, epilepsy or any unexplained blackouts, previous hypersensitivity to drugs, and severe asthma.
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01806077
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01806077
United States, Maryland | |
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore (Sinai Center for Thrombosis Research) | |
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21215 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
Tufts Medical Center
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
Principal Investigator: | Paul A. Gurbel, MD | Sinai Hospital of Baltimore (Sinai Center for Thrombosis Research) |
Study Director: | Athan Kuliopulos, MD, PhD | Tufts Medical Center (Hemostasis and Thrombosis Laboratory) |
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Keywords provided by Tufts Medical Center:
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on March 30, 2017
Responsible Party: | Tufts Medical Center |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01806077 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
TMC-A2012-04 P50HL110789 ( US NIH Grant/Contract Award Number ) |
Study First Received: | March 1, 2013 |
Last Updated: | April 20, 2016 |
Keywords provided by Tufts Medical Center:
Cardiovascular Diseases Vascular Diseases Coronary Artery Disease |
Coronary Disease Arteriosclerosis Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Coronary Artery Disease Myocardial Ischemia Coronary Disease Vascular Diseases Heart Diseases |
Cardiovascular Diseases Arteriosclerosis Arterial Occlusive Diseases Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on March 30, 2017


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I got hosed by the bus system last night. They were running limited bus service, which meant my usual bus wasn't running on its usual schedule. I ended up having to lounge around for an hour, so made some good use of my time taking more pics of the final hours of Kansas City's daylight in 2007.
We had some friends over last night, so I had a lot of last-minute work to get done. After the smoke cleared and people went home, I didn't feel like posting while slightly intoxicated.
So here you are.
Here's the Western Auto building that was in the reflection of Union Station in my last photoset:
A full shot of the front of Union Station. You can see my bike in the lower part of the photo, on the left side.
Westin Crown Center from a different angle
And from the other side
People skating at the Ice Terrace
Some goofy shots of my bike with Crown Center in the background. Tilting intentional.
2555 Grand, the "Shook, Hardy & Bacon" law firm building.
Not sure what this sculpture/structure is called, but it frames Liberty Memorial quite nicely.
"The Link" skywalk. This was pretty much a goof-off photo. I tested my camera's zooming functionality on the display screen that's inside the walkway and then took this photo zoomed all the way out. I liked it for the skyline underneath, though.
Finally, closer to home, there was a train going under the Quivira pedestrian bridge, so I took a long exposure. You can't see the train but for a blur, but you can see the ghostly appearance of the stuff behind the train. I thought it was an interesting photo to share.
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
Some parting photos from 2007
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- Warren T said...
Years ago I told my wife that the sculpture was named "Fishing Poles in Trunk."
- January 02, 2008 5:22 PM
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