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Here is a SQL Server challenge as I have failed so far:
Describe a reproducible workload that would see significant throughput improvement when trace flag 1118 is enabled.
I have seen a lot of chatters, anecdotes, and stories on the impact of trace flag 1118 on reducing tempdb contentions. But I have not seen any concrete evidence or test cases that actually show its impact on SQL Server 2005 or SQL Server 2008. The empiricist in me just itches for some solid data points.
I have also talked about the impact of trace flag 1118 in two posts here (1, 2). In either case, I was not able to find very strong evidence that T1118 was significantly useful in alleviating the tempdb contention in SQL Server 2005. Recently, there have been some more discussions on T1118. Many questions on T1118 were asked and answered in various SQL Server forums, newsgroups, websites, and lists. Two blog posts, in particular, caught my attention: Bob Dorr's and Paul Randal's. They approach the topic from different angles, but both are worth reading.
The consensus—not just from Dorr's and Randal's posts, but from the SQL Server community in general—seems to be that while in SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008 trace flag T1118 is no longer that useful because of the improvement made to the tempdb storage allocation internals, but it may still be useful in some cases.
The trouble is that I have not seen any specific cases that show the trace flag to make a huge difference. Since I can't seem to be able to generate a test workload that shows T1118 to make a significant difference, I have been on a vigilant lookout for any cases others may wish to share.
To that end, what Bob Dorr mentioned in his post especially piqued my interest. He said:
"For example, I am working with a customer on a TEMPDB PFS page contention. The stored procedures heavily use "select into ... #tmp where 1=2" This syntax is not moving rows because of the where clause limitation but is creating tables. This will place pressure on the allocation mechanisms. Use of trace flag 1118 may still be required to force uniform allocation behavior. "
So I decided to give it another shot on SQL Server 2008 with two test workloads described below.
Test workloads
Two versions of a single stored procedure were used to create tempdb contentions:
-- Version 1
CREATE PROC dbo.spT1118_v1
select * into #tmp1
from sysobjects
where 1=2
select * into #tmp2
drop table #tmp1
drop table #tmp2
This proc does nothing but to create two temp tables and then drop them. In particular, no data is inserted into either of the two temp tables.
The second version of the proc included inserting data:
-- Version 2
CREATE PROC dbo.spT1118_v2
insert #tmp1
select * from sysobjects
insert #tmp2
Two tests were conducted: Test I with spT1118_v1 and Test II with spT1118_v2.
In each test, I fired the respective proc against a SQL Server 2008 instance (10.0.1600) from a multi-threaded C# program with each thread simulating a user, making calls to proc spT1118_v1 in Test I and making calls to spT1118_v2 in test II.. No wait time was included between two consecutive calls. Throughout was measured in terms of the number of calls to proc spT1118_v1 (or proc spT1118_v2) that could be processed per second on the SQL Server 2008 instance.
The test server was a DB365 with four 2.8GHz cores (two dual-core AMD Opteron 2220 sockets) and with 4GB of RAM running 32-bit Windows Server 2003 SP2 and 32-bit SQL Server 2008 (10.0.1600).
Now for the tests to be informative, the workload levels should range from light to heavy so that we don't end up drawing any conclusion that may be applicable to, for instance, lighter load only. In this particular test environment, through experiments, I found that 6 users (i.e. 6 client threads) proved to be too light, 8 ~ 10 users produced the best transaction throughput (i.e. the highest number of calls to the proc could be made), and the throughout started to drop as the number of users continued to increase.
Consequently, the number of users tested in both Test I and Test II includes 4, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, and 20.
In addition, looking at various wait stats and wait types on the spids from the C# test client program that were calling the spT1118_v1 proc or the spT1118_v2 proc, I found that with around 8 or fewer users, waits on tempdb internal resources--especially PFS (Page Free Space) pages--were light. With around 10 users, waits on PFS pages were frequently observed, but not severe enough to reduce the throughout. Beyond 14 users, massive waits on PFS pages were consistently observed, users were blocking each other on these tempdb internal structures, and the throughput dropped significantly.
In other words, whether or not actual data was being inserted into the temp tables did not change the contention on the PFS pages.
Test results
The charts below summarize the test results. Chart I is for test I and Chart II is for Test II.
From these two charts, you may be able to argue that there was a few percentage of a difference in throughout whether or not trace flag 1118 was used. At least, in Test I where no data was inserted into the temp tables, we see that the maximum throughput difference was ~7%.
But taking into consideration margin of error, you can't really conclude the difference was significant, especially not across all the load levels. With the users heavily waiting on the tempdb PFS pages, you could argue that the two charts actually suggest that enabling T1118 produced lower throughput than disabling T1118 in some cases, though again the difference was not significant at all.
Just want to mention that in addition to the tests already described and whose results are presented in the above two charts, I checked many other cases including more temp tables and/or large amount of data inserted into the temp tables in the test procedures. In all the cases I saw significant tempdb contentions, but in no case did I see any significant improvement when T1118 was enabled.
If T1118 is indeed useful in some cases as suggested by Microsoft, it would be nice that Microsoft publishes a test workload that clearly shows T1118 to make a significant difference. And given the specific and narrow focus of this trace flag, such a test workload should not be difficult to come by. Without seeing any such concrete proof, enabling T1118 on SQL Server 2008 remains to be one of those fuzzy feel-good and just-in-case best practices. Since there does not seem to be any downside risk to enable it and anyone else seems to believe there is potential benefit, why not just enable it?
I'm not going to argue against the desire to be on the safe side. But until I see specific evidence, it doesn't make me feel any better about this fuzzy feel-good just-in-case best practice. So far, I have not been able to find any specific evidence, and that takes us back to the SQL Server challenge at the beginning at this post.
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How many file did you have in the tempdb? Can you re-run these test w/o T1118 and jsut one tempdb file and w/ T1118 and 4 (eq. to number of cores) <sic>equally sized<sic> tempdb files?
Tempdb had 8 data files, 500MB each. I believe I did run the tests with one data file, but will double check.
I posted the following SQL Server challenge yesterday: Describe a reproducible workload that would see
I, too, would like to see the evidence you seek. I've done experiments in which multiple tempdb data files enhanced throughput, but have never had the opportunity to test T1118 such as you have. Nicely done.
I too was non-believer until I came to work one morning and my 24 core, 96 gig RAM server was completely bogged down. This is a server who's CPU and Memory is extremely underutilized. I share the details in my blog posting here:http://www.sqlservercentral.com/blogs/sqldownsouth/archive/2009/09/25/trace-flag-1118.aspx. As I stated, Trace Flag 1118 did not completely solve the problem, but it did relieve some of the contention. Unfortunately, I could not reproduce the behavior on a machine with fewer resources.
Did you remove T1118 to see if the problem recur? I know this may not be possible in a prod environment. But just in case you did. The difficulty with the prod environment is often that the ultimate goal is to get the problem resolved first with the root cause analysis taking a secondary priority. As such, multiple changes may be made and we may not know exactly what cured the problem. In your case, maybe it was T1118. It could also be possible that something else also changed. Maybe, restarting the clients helped.
So the question is, can you reproduce it on a 24-core machine? If so, can you describe the workload so that I can try to reproduce it?
I did, and the problem recurred.
Every two minutes we issued about 1000 calls to the server which all included a variable table declaration. Unfortunately I cannot give you more.
I'm not asking for any app-specific details. For the type of issues tha T1118 is supposed to help, you should be able to create a genetic workload that shares sufficient characteristics in terms of the tempdb behavior with your app to reproduce the beheavior and the impact of T1118 without devulging anything about your app itself.
I'm not challenging the validity of your case at all. But I hope to see a case that can be independently reproduced.
Will work on something for you.


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In the first "Dancing with the Stars" feud of the new season, Lisa Vanderpump revealed her dog Giggy is jealous of her hunky pro partner, Gleb Savchenko!
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The "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" beauty and her "DWTS" co-star, boxer Victor Ortiz, told xfinityTV in an exclusive interview Friday about getting ready for Monday night's big Season 16 premiere.
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How nervous are you about dancing on Monday?
Lisa: A 10 or 11, would you say?
Victor: A 15!
Lisa: Okay.
Victor: I'm like way up here. It's very nerve-wracking.
Lisa: We just want to get through it.
Victor: I'm going to quote myself. A few weeks back, I said, yeah, my partner [Lindsay Arnold] and I are going to win this thing. I was speaking before I had any knowledge of dancing. I'm going to eat my words! I'm going to backtrack a little bit and just say that the whole cast has been amazing. They've been working from 1 to 7 or whatever times they have and you know what? Everyone is looking impressive from what I've seen and my response to everybody is I think we all have an equal chance of winning and may the best win and this is no easy task.
Lisa: No! We're way out of our comfort zone. But I think that's the fascinating part of the story. It's just so challenging and so we've certainly found that out.
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Are you guys allowed to say what dance you're doing?
Victor: We can't just say.
Lisa: Whatever dance it is, they're all strange to me. They're all foreign to me. I've never danced with anybody so it didn't even really matter.
Victor: Yeah, I agree with you. I've never danced in my life. You, on the other hand, you've had some experience—
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Victor: Well, your dancing speaks for itself. You're looking pretty amazing.
Lisa: You're sweet! I'm not really. But you're an athlete!
Victor: My feet is all I've got!
Lisa: He actually wrapped my hands when my hands were bruised. He put a boxing glove on my paw.
Victor: I did! It was pretty funny.
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How did your hands get bruised, Lisa?
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Victor: I've fallen a few times and it's caught on camera.
Lisa: It's a lot of laughs, though! I'm stressed in places I didn't even know existed so it's been tough. But it's all good. It's been an amazing experience so far.
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I know you can't reveal too much, but can you give us any clues about your first dances?
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Victor: Absolutely. On my end, a little clue is, I'm very loose. [Laughs]
Lisa: What part of your body is loose?
Victor: [Cryptically] You know. Whenever you've gotta move! You have to keep loose up top and I'm a very tense person. It's very rough.
Lisa, how is Giggy dealing with your dance schedule?
Lisa: Giggy came to rehearsals but he wasn't very well-behaved at rehearsals. He was very jealous of Gleb at the beginning and wouldn't stop shouting at him. So I have to include him a little bit and now it's a little bit better.
So he's still allowed in rehearsals?
Lisa: He goes to some. But he can't be too vocal because I've got to concentrate.
Victor, have you met Giggy?
Victor: He's sitting next to me right now.
Lisa: He's here!
Victor: He's a good looking little fella!
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Wife bought me one of these for Christmas and I spent my vacation between Christmas and New Years putting it together. I have alarger gas Yak54 that I havent flown yet and wanteda smaller one that would get me used to this type of airframe...soI talked her into it.
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clear 33"s
what is the smallest lift i can put on my tj to clear 33" tires ?
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4" spring
..or you can do a 2- 2.5" spring lift, highline type fenders and some quarter panel opening mods :D |
2" bb.
33's are fit in two common ways on TJ's:
1. 4" suspension lift, with 2" bumpstop extensions in front and 2-2.5" in the rear. Requires a SYE/CV shaft. 2. 2.5" suspension lift, with a 1.25" body lift, with 1-1.25" bumpstop extensions in front and 1.25-1.5" in the rear. The 1.25" BL usually accompanies a 1" Motor Mount Lift to offset some of the driveline angles. Either way you go, figure on some or many of the following components: longer front brake lines, extended sway bar links front and rear, gears, brake and steering upgrades to accommodate larger tires, SYE, CV shaft, bumpstop extensions, new shocks, adjustable track bars, and a rear track bar bracket. |
You can't just do a 3" suspension lift with different fenders?
im running 31-10.50-15 right now so couldnt i just use spring spacers ?
What kind of wheeling are you planning to do? You won't have to do too much to fit 33s if you are mainly highway and mall crawling. If you are going to be doing serious wheeling, then you need to get a lift that allows for 33s and gives you ample articulation.
3" suspension lift worked fine for me. Stock flares
I'm taking a different approach to fitting 33x10.50s on black steelies with 4" BS on my TJ this time. I'm going with a 1.25" BL/MML - a 3/4" puck on the front springs (my old stock LJ springs) and MCE flat fenders. (1.25" + 3/4" = 2" then MCE flatties add an estimated 2" more clearance = 4".) In the rear I will lose the flare and possibly inner well and trim a little. Extend the bumpstops just enough to keep up travel out of the fenders. Idea is a low center of gravity build. I have discussed this plan with quite a few people who know their stuff and nobody has told me it won't work. It won't flex as much as a suspension lift though. I just want to be different and see if it works. If not I can throw on some 2" lift springs. Also instead of the MCE fenders the Metalcloak Overline or Arched fenders will clear 33s without any lift at all. But I want the BL for a belly up skid later.
On my old LJ I fit 33s easily with a 2" spring lift and 1.25" bl/mml and slight trimming of the flares. I extended the bump stops slightly by gluing hockey pucks to the spring perches. Never rubbed at all even discoed and fully flexed. http://i732.photobucket.com/albums/w...0/IMG_1980.jpg http://i732.photobucket.com/albums/w...0/IMG_1979.jpg I know it looks like I rub but it wasn't. They are stuffed and never damaged the flares. |
Like megadthx said it depends on what you do with your jeep. You could get away with 2-2.5 inches of lift and 33s but you will rub when you flex, but if your jeep is mainly used for around town and on the road you should never rub because you won't be flexing. 3-4 inches would allow for more flex/ less rubbing and in my opinion would look better.
When I got mine it had a 2" BL and 6" Bushwhacker pocket flares. I left it that way for two years. No rubbing or issues on mild trails. I have since added a 2" BDS spring lift.
Well thanks for all the input guys I think I'm gonna go with a 4" lift after rethinking what I wanna be able to do
Remember that with 4" suspension lift you will most likely need an SYE and new driveshaft. Another $500 easy.
I'm planning on stepping up from 32s to 33s soon as my 32s are worn to shreds... will 33s run on 17inch alloy wheels? also do i have to regear? I'm gonna cut my fenders myself probably, not worth spending a couple hundo on flat fenders.
sorry, i have a 4inch lift on 5 speed manual sport. stock gears currently i think... just bought in august.
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I'm running 33s with a zone 3" lift.. I don't rub and I have the front sway bar disconnected at the moment. :thumb:
That's a good looking jeep right there. That's quite a bit of weight on that front wheel they used to balance it. You would think there is a point when you just pop the tire back off and try again.
if you already run 31's and you want to go to 33's just get Flat Style Fenders. But you have to watch your width. Thats where it will bite you in the ass... your jeep prob came with 30x9.5 tires so if you go to 33x 10.5 you should be ok (with flat style fenders)... Or do a 1" - 1.5" BL... Or just stop by your local Lifting Shop and ask them... They will know for sure.
To fit 33" tires, I would either do a 3" kit or do 2" springs with a 1.25" BL/1" MML...
I run 33's with a 2" RE BB and a 1.25" JKS BL. I wheel and have minimal rub. Now that I am starting over I will do it different, but that isn't what you asked. A BB using stock shocks will stuff them. Consider new shocks if you BL as well. As R-Sticker said a MMl would be a good idea while you're in there instead of finding out a week later it was a good idea.
OK since I last posted in this thread I have finished the suspension portion of my build. Some of you already know what I did, but for this thread I will review. NO suspension lift except a 3/4" spacer on the front springs. I replaced the sagging TJ springs with stock LJ springs. Skyjacker shocks for 0" lift. No bumpstop alteration. JKS 1.25" BL. No fender flares and modified the stock front fender into a flattie. 33x10.50 BFG KM2s. Here it is discoed on an RTI ramp. No rubbing at all and bumpstops hitting. It isn't the best flex I know, but not too bad for stock. Just wanted to prove that you do NOT neccessarily need 3 to 4" of lift to fit 33s. More pics on my build thread.
http://i732.photobucket.com/albums/w...d/DSCF0134.jpg http://i732.photobucket.com/albums/w...d/DSCF0127.jpg http://i732.photobucket.com/albums/w...d/DSCF0130.jpg |
Like Gus shows above me with his pictures....its all about what direction you want to take with your jeep and what your willing to do or not do. There are guys that will swear up and down you need a minimum of 4 " lift with a body lift and a sye and new driveshaft, and track bar and yada yada....which is one way to do it.
Then some people figure hey, I have a sawzall and a grinder...who needs a new lift? There are many different ways to accommodate larger tires. Some people will rant that 31's are MAX for a stock wrangler. I ran 32 11.50's on complete stock suspension with stock flares for over a year before I touched anything on my Jeep. Right now I'm on 35s with 4" of lift and would like to actually lower it to about 2-2.5" |
yup, 2.5 OME is what I'm planning too :thumb:
I'm running 33x12.5 on 15" Procomp rims with 2" OME springs and shocks. I do mild off roading, sand and mud. Don't have any problems.
I still need to do the front trac bar. It'll be a Curry. |
Looks great!!!! you have done a great job on your Jeep!!! Do me a favor..... Put your Jeep up that ramp until you pull that left rear tire off the ground by about an inch or so....that will be full flex..... then take pics at the stuffed corners.. I am curious.... Seriously guys.... not being a smart@$$... it's hard for me to imagine 35's on a 4" lift that does rub..... SERIOUSLY!?!?!? I'm talking NO HACKIN UP THE BODY here... just running a lift The questions come to mind.... Does it ever see the trail where off camber is the nature of the beast? Does it get flex other than the occasional speed bump at the mall? I mean.... I wheel just about every weekend and I was surprised to find out that my 4" lift with 33's and 15x8's with 3.75" BS and 2" bumpstops was NOT enough to keep from mangling my fenders under flex. This shot I'm touching the inside lip of the flare just below the METAL OF THE FENDER.. and I still had the bumpstop to compress. http://cdn.wranglerforum.com/attachm.../3/flex007.jpg HEre is the other side... same thing.... but showing the bumpstop... http://cdn.wranglerforum.com/attachm.../3/flex003.jpg I had to add another .75" of bumpstop extension to save my metal.... I have since fixed the buckle in both fenders and replaced my mangled flares. All I am saying is.... the size of tire you use with the amount of lift you use is ALL DEPENDANT on what you use it for..... If you mall crawl.... 2" lift and 35's may work for you... If you like seeing the twisted/ off-camber side of things.... 4" lift and 33's with proper bumpstops might be the way to go.... for me.... 4" lift and 1" BL and 33's is what I will have.... I don't like to rub anything under full flex.... |
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After winning three games in five days, two of them coming down to the final possession, the Explorers finally got a chance to put heads to pillows. La Salle coach John Giannini gave his players a day off Monday as they prepare to take on No. 9 Wichita St. Thursday night in a Sweet 16 match-up.
"I didn't push the guys, we didn't talk about Wichita State, I gave them a day to decompress," said Giannini Tuesday on a conference call with the Philadelphia media.
Giannini kept it easy on his guys Tuesday, too. The Explorers watched some video on Wichita St. in the morning, endured a light practice, then enjoyed a leisurely night at an outdoor mall in Santa Monica, Calif.
According to Giannini, rest is key at this point in the season. But don't confuse rest with complacency. That's not what got La Salle to its deepest NCAA tournament run since 1955.
"We talked about not being happy at this point, and to want more," said Giannini, recalling yesterday's meeting. "We talked about the challenge Wichita State imposed. We're going to be focused and hungry."
La Salle has been caught in a whirlwind tour for the past 36 hours, quickly gathering local and national media attention. If not for Florida Gulf Coast, they'd likely be the country's adopted Cinderella.
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The Explorers have been living out of suitcases since the tournament started. With games in Dayton, Ohio, and Kansas City, it didn't make sense to return to Philadelphia.
The team would have had to take an overnight flight Sunday, then a cross-country flight early Tuesday.
"It's always better to have your focus on basketball," Giannini said. "The alternative was just not attractive to us."
If they can get two wins out in Los Angeles, the team will be able to book a flight back to campus. Once there, they'll finally get the hero's welcome they deserve — and chants for the famed, "Southwest Philly Floater," the game-winning shot by Tyrone Garland that has taken on a life of its own.
"I thought it was funny, when I heard it and understood what he was talking about," Giannini said. "It's the kind of thing a Philly kid would say."
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It's no secret that La Salle relies on a small, guard-heavy lineup.
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cory eggs and fry 1 Attachment(s) After a hiatus of a few years, I am back on this forum. I have read some of the previous posts regarding cory fry and spawning. I have a few more questions. Background: 55 gallon tank well-established (4 years), tank mates are 1 pleco, 2 black neons, and 8 cory cats of various ages (original 2 plus their offspring from 3 previous spawns). Temperature set to 78 but it can fluctuate a couple of degrees up or down at times due to our heating with a wood stove. Despite having young cory in the tank, I cannot recall spawning being a big event in the past. I also have not seen eggs very often, but then a couple of larger fry will appear, always near the hollow log decoration. My guess is that somehow some eggs are ending up being placed (on purpose or not) in the hollow log where the tetras dont go and seldom a cory, and the pleco doesnt fit. Otherwise, if I do see eggs on the glass, the pleco eats them. In the past, the fry which would only be up to 3 would live a couple of weeks, and then die. The next time, I noticed 2 fry and they both survived. Again another spawn and 2 more fry lived. I was feeding just flakes and algae tabs during this time. I noticed fry would happen if I didnt change the tank water for a few weeks. I wonder if I was vacuuming up the eggs or tiny fry (very sad if I did) with the frequent water changes or somehow disrupting the water quality. After I fed some thawed brine shrimp, the cory went nuts and spawned everywhere, the original 2 plus one of the, what I guess is a male, offspring. This was Feb 6th. I gently took the eggs off the glass with a razor after an hour or so because the pleco was eating them and I put them down the hollow log. I stuck a few around the openings to see if the pleco or other fish could get to them and they did. I noticed just today one tiny new fry and I wonder how it will make it. I have never seen fry when they were that tiny. It does duck under big rocks whenever another fish swims near, so maybe it will survive. There are 2 young fry (about 3-4 weeks old) in the tank that still go in the log so I wonder if they eat the eggs or are any danger to the tiny newest fry? Has anyone tried taking the eggs off the glass with a razor blade with success? Also how about putting them in a large breeder net (stuck to a small plant) near the filter? I was thinking maybe most of the eggs got fungus because they werent having water running over them enough. Or maybe their siblings ate them. Thoughts on all this anyone? If they are going to spawn, Id like more than a few babies to survive each spawn if I can help them. Also how long until they get armor to protect them? I am not good at taking photos of fish; I always seem to get glare or fuzzy photos. But I did get a couple of okay pics of the 4 week olds. Pam www.briarmooracds.com |
hi welcome back,and congratulations on the fry. :) i and Falina had great sucess with removing the eggs with a razor.because they are sticky i found it easy to stick them to a vallis leaf,then place them into a breeder net in the same tank.i've found a couple of things for you,if you want to have a read. :) http://www.fishforum.com/fish-breedi...gs-3296/page2/ http://www.fishforum.com/fish-breeding/cories-5294/ i wish you well with the fry,and hope they survive. my albino corys began laying eggs last week,however by the time i removed the razor from it's housing,they were all eaten. and just to comment on what you said about when you don't gravel vac. they are so small that you more than lik;ey have hoovered them up,as they are tiny when they hatch. please will you update your progress. :) |
fry still alive The one fry is still alive as of last night. It has grown a bit, still smaller than a tadpole. It ducks under rocks when other fish go by, but is less vigilant (I hope not to its detriment). The adults are checking out new spots so I wonder if another spawn will happen soon? The boys seem more interested than the female right now. Pam Briarmoor |
hi glad he's still ok. :) i find sometimes before spawning,there will be a hive of activity, cleaning of surfaces,like the front glass,and plant leaves. if mine decide to spawn again soon,i'm going to make sure i get them into their own tank and have the liquid fry on hand. |
fry still alive The single fry is still alive. I briefly saw it Saturday night. It seems to be staying closer to the hollow log now. No more spawning so far and no other fry have appeared. |
good luck,and beware where you vac lol :) |
fry still going! The baby fry is growing and looking like a little cory now. He/she still sticks close to the log, but is on the surface more instead of hiding under the rocks. No signs of any more spawning or eggs. I have noticed baby cory vary in their color while little; of the last two,one was darker in the middle but both ended up the usual bronze color when they got older. I don't know why this is. |
hi i wonder if it's like the same as goldfish,they can start out dark then turn their gold colour ? |
2 Fry now! As I was watching the cory last night, I noticed movement from the corner of my eye and there was another baby cory! It is the same size, so what I may have been seeing is either of 2 babies and thought there was one since I never saw them together. Both are spending more time away from shelter. It is so cool that they are so little and can root food from under the gravel the bigger fish can't get under. If the older babies (about 5-6 weeks old) and these 2 newest ones make it, I'll have 9 in this tank. Pam www.briarmooracds.com |
that's great news !! i really hope they get big enough so you can show some pics. :) all my eggs i collected i think have gone mouldy. :( |
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The concert film has never looked or sounded classier than Jonathan Demme's superbly crafted "Neil Young: Heart of Gold." In capturing and melding two performances of Young and his band of master musicians last August at Nashville's acoustically legendary Ryman Auditorium, Demme challenges himself to create a poetic work that's far more than a mere recording of artists at the top of their game, while deepening his long involvement with music on film. Stately, classical and even deliberately old-fashioned, February release will have a challenge in attracting crowds beyond Young's legion of fans, but is destined as a vid perennial.
Only months before the gig, Young had been diagnosed with a potentially fatal brain aneurysm. Faced with mortality, he penned his latest album, "Prairie Wind," in a creative flurry — like his early classics, "Harvest" and "Harvest Moon," a song cycle rooted in his experiences and memories growing up on the Canadian Midwest plains. (Young successfully went through surgery.) Concert was conceived as a narrative epic of sorts, linking the new songs with the best-known work from the two earlier albums, resulting in Young's grandest statement yet on the effects of time, age, nature and kinfolk on one's world view. "Heart of Gold" is vastly different from Young's own recent, inventive and rough-hewn film, "Greendale," or Demme's terrific concert film with Talking Heads, "Stop Making Sense." Young is stronger than ever as a singer of immense expression, and his saga of life and family in the country recalls Elton John's "Tumbleweed Connection" and David Ackles' unjustly forgotten "American Gothic" albums. After brief interviews with key bandmates en route to the Ryman, pic launches into the concert with a subtle Steadicam move from the crowd and up to the stage. First half is devoted to songs from "Prairie Wind," smoothly presented with only brief fades or breaks between tunes, and with some wonderfully charming and folksy intros by Young. Vet viewers of concert films will soon realize that this is a career-summing pic in the same kind of way that Martin Scorsese's "The Last Waltz" was for the Band. One of the most redolent "Wind" songs is "This Old Guitar," dedicated to Young's acoustic guitar, dubbed "Hank" because it was once owned by Hank Williams. In his intro, Young notes that this may be "Hank's" first time back at the Ryman since Williams' last gig there in 1951, thus sweetly sealing the vital country connection in the country-rock sensibility that's always been at the center of Young's songwriting. At the same time, most of the new and old songs are firmly rooted in Canada and Young's farming family, emphasized by the magnificently rendered landscape murals of prairie life conceived by production designer Michael Zansky. Transition in concert to the '70s classics is perhaps the most impressively subtle aspect of both performance and film. Typically, vet pop stars' concerts that start with fresh material and then dip into the song catalog devolve into a pandering trip down memory lane; not so with Young. Here, the strands of memory and mortality that thread the work in "Prairie Wind" do the same for the "Harvest"-era songs. As "Greendale" attested, Young has been in the midst of an artistic renaissance, and as both writer and singer, he has never seemed musically and personally more vital than in Demme's film. He drives an excellent band, including core members Ben Keith (a standout on pedal steel guitar), Spooner Oldham, Rick Rosas, Karl Himmel, Chad Cromwell, Wayne Jackson, Grant Boatwright, Larry Cragg (performing on broom, no less, on "Harvest Moon") with superb vocal backup by, among others, Pegi Young (Young's wife) and Emmylou Harris. Demme's eight-camera coverage is precisely judged for each song, with close-ups and medium shots favored over wide views. Since the stage performance was lit and designed for film, ace d.p. Ellen Kuras employs an array of tools (including beautifully chosen spotlights) to create a painterly look. Though it's hard to detect, each band member wears a distinct yet subtle costume, designed in frontier motifs by Manuel. Editor Andy Keir plays a musical role himself, cutting exactly to the tempi of the tunes.Neil Young: Heart of Gold
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Hi, I have only recently started identifying as an atheist, but I haven't had a deity around for a long time. I was a church goer as a young person though, and one of the parts of attending services regularly was the community aspect of it all. This website is fricking fantastic, but the Egyptian atheists are not likely going to be having a softball game with the Bloomington, IL atheists (I don't know if that's a real thing) anytime soon.
I realize that the regular weekly attendance is important to indoctrination(bad), but taking a little time out of every week to talk to like minded individuals is great, even when talking about a nonexistent daddy figure in the clouds (good--at least in the sense of being part of a community). I was always questioning, even as a kid, so I actually did have some deep philosophical explorations. So my mind was always fed.
These days, I go to museums, I take part in some extensive volunteer opportunities, travel when I get the chance. But my question to the group is: How do you have the conversations that help you truly explore new ways of thinking, rather than fight the forces of deism?
It is unclear if I am fighting deism/theism or not. Most of my time is spend doing something else. On balance, I have 'talked' with theists here more than anywhere else these last few months, seems a little too often generally.
Ok, I have firewood to bring in, a horse barn to work another hour on, and some plants to take to our greenhouse. I do hope you folks can forgive, my lack of attention to the good fight!
Life comes before the fight for me as well, although I want to spend some time reading archaeopteryx website more fully than I have up to now because he truly is fighting the fight with feet on the ground scholarship.
There are many 'good' reading materials that can offer some added insights into the 'theist mindset'. Locally we have the 'Christian News Northwest'. A regular paper that comes out monthly. It can be a hard read, without lots of bile blowing, but I find it almost as interesting as reading our local editorials. This month the front page:
"Vote on marriage quickly looms in Washington state". Concerning the state referendum 74(R-740 concerning gay marriage.
"Churches enlisted to help block Planned Parenthood in Salem-Keizer schools"
"Encountering the True Light in a House Full of Stories One Night". A family in Astoria using Halloween to share the gospel.
And Wise Words(YUK): "As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let him be eternally condemned" Galatians 1:9 NIV
Sadly this 'crap' is a little overwheming. It all just seems very sad...
All too familiar with the theist mindset, at least the Christian variation. Read through the Bible 3 times when I was a kid, just trying to overcome my natural inclination to disbelief. At some point, I realized that the farther you get away from reality, the stronger the faith part has to fill the gaps and eventually found my disconnect point.
Tired of the quotes from local shamans of 2000 years ago. The good they did gets washed away by the bad from my point of view. With a harsh look, the bad far outweighs the good.
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But only to the Cardinals, Amy K. Nelson reports:
Source confirms Oswalt not changed stance on option being picked up, but for St. Louis, would be willing to restructure $ in deal.
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2 comments:
- Andrew said...
So while our journalists over at the chronicle are busy telling us the best place to catch foul balls at minute maid (3 separate stories? Really?) Out of town journalists are somehow inside Roy's inner circle?
- July 23, 2010 at 12:15 PM
- The Constable. said...
Exactly. That's a +54 to Andrew.
- July 23, 2010 at 12:52 PM
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