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|2012-10-03, 09:33
|Link #321
Idar Lead
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: World Marshall bureau
Personally, I'd think both Raptor and Black Widow would be a cut above Type-00. Raptor has less CQC advantage, but it has thrust and stealth.
Spoiler for For that one moment in VN:
YF-23 has that too...and CQC capacity. Probably not as good as Type-00s, but still better than Raptors.
The whole dislike thing among American brass over YF-23 is both because no-one likes their doctrine proved to be ineffective, but also because America has...little institutionalized CQC TSF training as other nations do. Both Japan and U.N Pacific Army place it pretty high up on their curriculum, as probably do Soviets and Europeans. For Americans to adopt YF-23, you'd need to adjust entire pilot training scheme...for one TSF, which will probably never constitute entirety of American TSF force.
Which brings us to another point: cost-effectiveness. YF-23 is awesome, but it's also rather cost-inefficient. It's operating time is shorter then Raptor's, it's maintenance more expensive, and it's purchase prize is also more expensive. America is rich in Muv-Luv, but not *that* rich, else we wouldn't have F-16.
Which is why it's in my opinion that YF-23 would suck as a mainstay of U.S Force. It would be like German Tiger tank in WWII - awesome, but too expensive to be fielded en-masse, with short range and being very intensive on your resources. That's before we factor in that Black Widow's would probably operate across the globe if they were put into anti-BETA operations.
Now, for example, the Black Widow would be *good* for specialized units that would have to engage BETA in close quarters by necessity...like Orbital Divers or Marines. But it most certainly won't replace F-22 as 3rd Generation mainstay, especially since it doesn't seem like F-22 will be completely replacing F-15E anytime soon either.
|2012-10-03, 09:35
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Truth Martyr
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Doing Anzu's paperwork.
Age: 32
The ATSF flyoffs between the YF-23 and YF-22 demonstrated a number of things: firstly, when it came to shooting and stealth, both TSFs had a similar level of performance, which exceeded that of the F-15. Secondly, the YF-23 was a hangar queen compared to the YF-22; it had longer maintenance downtime, and was more difficult and cost more to maintain, compared to the YF-22. (Note that for IRL Project ATF, similar issues befell the YF-23 prototypes; part of the reason the YF-22 was selected by USAF was because Lockheed completed more test and demonstration sorties while Northrop's boys were fixing up the YF-23.)
As for fitting into US combat doctrine, the YF-23 represented a radical shift in doctrine; American doctrine, ever since the F-4 was deployed, focused on dakka as the primary weapon against BETA, with melee being a secondary priority - the reasonable thinking was that you do not want to play to the strengths of your enemy. At the same time, however, the YF-23 team realised that sooner or later you run out of ammo, and having better melee abilities would be very useful in that regard. It's telling that according to TSFiA, the YF-23 was consistently able to defeat the YF-22 in close combat.
Integrating the YF-22 into existing US forces would have been less of a doctrine issue than the YF-23, as it slots neatly into existing US doctrine (do more of what you do, only better, with stealth!); deploying the YF-23 would have forced the US to come up with a new doctrine, which is not a small thing to do.
To be honest, though, there would have been little difference in results, whether Walken's battalion had been equipped with F-22s or F-23s.
Spoiler for Significant Spoiler on performance of Hunter Battalion's F-22A Raptors in the 12/5 Coup:
Edit: lol, ninja'ed by everyone. ;D
Edit 2: What I could see, perhaps, is something similar to the aftermath of Macross Plus, which had the Advanced Variable Fighter Project - a flyoff between variable fighters, one that was a bit more down to earth (Raptor-inspired) and what was practically a YF-23 expy (the YF-21). YF-21 lost the competition to be the UN Spacy's main variable fighter, which the YF-19 won (mind you, getting the sole prototype blown up probably didn't help General Galaxy's case), but it did win a contract to become a special operations fighter (albeit simplified and toned down into the VF-22 version, which was more practical to operate, while still having a similar level of combat performance to the prototype). The VF-19 and variants became mainline fighters, while the VF-22 was assigned to special forces.
That said, Alternative US is admittedly not rich enough to buy two new 3rd Gen TSFs. The YF-23 would be an awesome Orbital Diver machine and hive fighter, as Alastor Toth Mobius posted above, but the F-22A is the best compromise between a cutting edge next-gen TSF and something affordable that won't sideline too many squadrons for too long as they adjust to doctrine shift and spend time at Replacement Training Units (or Fleet Replacement Squadrons for the Navy).
|2012-10-03, 09:43
|Link #323
Idar Lead
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: World Marshall bureau
Them internet connections and timezones.
Hahaha, yeah.
To be honest, I like YF-23, but sometimes I feel like too many people put on pedestal purely because of combat results. Which is fine and all, but as history demonstrated, that's not necessarily everything (American Sherman and Soviet T-34 come to mind); and "The Matter of Honor" segment of TSFiA gives quite a few logical arguments at to why ATSF made the decision it did.
And incidentally, new Comet segment is out. As promised, it has Hogs.
|2012-10-03, 10:19
|Link #324
Takao Tsundere Cruiser
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Classified
MuvLuv: Comet Chapter 7
Spoiler for Ch 7:
|2012-10-03, 10:58
|Link #326
Truth Martyr
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Doing Anzu's paperwork.
Age: 32
There is no point in having an awesome BETA killing machine, if you cannot deploy your awesome BETA killing machine because it is undergoing maintenance.
Spoiler for That would be the most inglorious death ever::
Also, FUCK YES HOGS. I gather Old Snake is supposed to be Big Boss, though when I saw that I immediately thought of Bruce Crandall instead, probably because I'd just recently watched We Were Soldiers.
|2012-10-03, 11:19
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2009
I wish that more TSFs had the ability to mount six weapons like the YF-23. Admittedly it would have been expensive but it will at the very least, it does mean that pilots have more ammo or guns to bring to the fight.
On Comet:
Another great chapter. The one thing I really like in Comet right now is Max. Always fun to see him talking to Yuuya or anyone else. I kind of wanted to see more of Bishop or Alice interacting with Yuuya though.
|2012-10-03, 14:25
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|2012-10-03, 20:09
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Damned Basterd
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Brazil
I'm enjoying Leon being put in his place, Sharon surprised buy his badass mature behaviour, Max seems like a big brother and we want more Alice!!!!
I also want Yui.
|2012-10-04, 23:24
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Extra Superior Otaku
Join Date: Sep 2008
one last loop had been updated
|2012-10-05, 04:54
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A random-man
Join Date: Aug 2009
Well,he had been burn to the point being a human charcoal before after being CARPET BOMBED and survive,so I'm sure a SD-11 is not gonna kill him
Also...Yuuhi....well....a 36mm round would indeed pulverize a human body but I'm sure that a huge robot can't aim that well at something that small...right?
|2012-10-05, 06:21
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Dollars
Since it seem that Takeru manage to block it (a little), I think the shot might missed him but still manage to damage the building, hence the fire. Maybe she'll experience some burns but it's possible that she'll survive.
Now that I think about it, many main female characters seems to get fatal injury in this arc
|2012-10-05, 11:43
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Also a 36mm round ? I thought it was a 120mm since it caused an explosion like that.
Is it me or did Ikaruga's reason for doing this sounds a lot like our opinion about how stupid it is to think things like national interests in the face of extinction ?
|2012-10-06, 03:18
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Coldplay Perform 'Paradise' + 'Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall' on 'American Idol'
Coldplay performed not one but two songs on 'American Idol' during last night's (May 3) elimination/results episode. Coldplay twice is nice, right? It was the band's first time performing on 'Idol,' so they had to go big and bring it times two.
For their first song, the Brit rockers performed 'Paradise,' with Chris Martin, aka Mr. Gwyneth Paltrow, seated at the piano and playing in front of a glow-in-the-dark graffiti background, mimicking the artwork that accompanies their latest album 'Mylo Xyloto.' It was colorful, that's for sure. Martin and Co. performed like this was another Coldplay show on their tour as opposed to a pit stop on one of the highest rated shows on TV.
In other words, they were comfortable, at ease, in the zone, in their element and did their thing normally. You can't ask for anything more than that. It was a Coldplay concert in the living rooms of 'Idol' watchers.
Since 'Idol' usually reserves its stage for the top of the pops, it was refreshing to see a full on rock band show the hopefuls and the viewers how its done.
The band returned to the stage for the second time after Carrie Underwood performed. They wrapped their two-song set with 'Every Teardrop is a Waterfall,' the first single from 'Mylo.' Martin was quite active, jumping and running around the stage. He was actually rather gymnastic, getting on his knees and then leaning back until he was flat on his own. He had to learn that while doing yoga with Gwynnie or something. But Martin really did hit the stage with a boundless reserve of energy.
Kudos to 'Idol' producers and powers-that-be for having a rock band perform twice in one night.
Watch Coldplay Perform 'Paradise' on 'American Idol'
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Idoit40fans wrote:He started drafting in 2006. Thats 6 full seasons ago. Which of his draft picks are developing to the point that they might contribute soon? Despres.
2006 NHL Entry Draft
2 C Jordan Staal NHL
32 D Carl Sneep -played on the Big club this season
65 D Brian Strait -played on the Big club this season
125 G Chad Johnson
185 D Timo Seppanen
3 guys that played in the NHL this year, Strait is NHL ready, Sneep not as much.
2007 NHL Entry Draft
20 C Angelo Esposito -Got us Dupuis
51 C Keven Veilleux
78 D Robert Bortuzzo -played on the Big club this season
80 C Casey Pierro-Zabotel
111 L Luca Caputi - Played on the Big club before being traded
118 D Alex Grant
141 D Jake Muzzin
171 C Dustin Jeffrey -NHL
Espo was a bust pick, but it got us Hossa at the time and Dupuis now, great haul. Bortuzzo is NHL ready and Jeffrey was taking a regular shift in the NHL before getting hurt.
2008 NHL Entry Draft
29 traded to Atlanta
60 traded to Toronto
90 traded to NYR
120 C Nathan Moon
150 G Alexander Pechurskiy - played on the Big club 1 game
180 G Patrick Killeen
210 D Nick D'Agostino
Not a great year but zero early picks, most late picks are a crapshoot, D'Agostino has potenial down the road to contribute
2009 NHL Entry Draft
30 D Simon Despres -played on the Big club this season
61 D Philip Samuelsson
63 R Ben Hanowski
121 R Nick Petersen
123 D Alex Velischek
151 C Andy Bathgate
181 D Viktor Ekbom
Depres played on the big club, Hanowski after coming straight from HS to D1 has finally looked like the guy we expected him to become.
2010 NHL Entry Draft
20 R Beau Bennett
80 R Bryan Rust
110 R Tom Kuhnhackl
140 L Kenny Agostino
152 D Joe Rogalski
170 D Reid McNeill
Bennett left school to play in WB/S, Kuhnhackl has had a nice CHL career so far, and Rust and Agostino have nice potential to help down the road.
2011 NHL Entry Draft
23 D Joe Morrow
54 D Scott Harrington
144 C Dominik Uher
174 W Josh Archibald
209 C Scott Wilson
Morrow is close to NHL ready, Harrington has played fantastic this year and made Canadas WJC team(great pick Ray), Uher was over a PPG in the WHL with 33 goals and has grit , Archibald played on the US WJC team as a freshman in D1, and Wilson was the best freshman in D1 last year for UMASS-Lowell
Looks like we did get quite a bit of contributions already, with potential to get much much more soon.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 9th Jun 2013 21:47 UTC
The former NSA employee - a man in military service in the US for a decade - has revealed himself in an interview with The Guardian. "The NSA has built an infrastructure that allows it to intercept almost everything. With this capability, the vast majority of human communications are automatically ingested without targeting. If I wanted to see your emails or your wife's phone, all I have to do is use intercepts. I can get your emails, passwords, phone records, credit cards. I don't want to live in a society that does these sort of things [...] I do not want to live in a world where everything I do and say is recorded. That is not something I am willing to support or live under." He did it out of a sense of civic duty. He's in Hong Kong, and doesn't expect to ever see home again. Poor guy.
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The Application Server uses the high-availability database (HADB) to store persistent session state data. To optimize performance, tune the HADB according to the load of the Application Server. The data volume, transaction frequency, and size of each transaction can affect the performance of the HADB, and consequently the performance of Application Server.
This section discusses following topics:
This section discusses how to calculate HADB data device size and explains the use of separate disks for multiple data devices.
When the HADB database is created, specify the number, and size of each data device. These devices must have room for all the user data to be stored. In addition, allocate extra space to account for internal overhead as discussed in the following section.
If the database runs out of device space, the HADB returns error codes 4593 or 4592 to the Application Server.
See Sun Java System Application Server Enterprise Edition 8.2 Error Message Reference for more information on these error messages.
HADB also writes these error messages to history files. In this case, HADB blocks any client requests to insert, or update data. However, it will accept delete operations.
HADB stores session states as binary data. It serializes the session state and stores it as a BLOB (binary large object). It splits each BLOB into chunks of approximately 7KB each and stores each chunk as a database row (context row is synonymous with tuple, or record) in pages of 16KB.
There is some small memory overhead for each row (approximately 30 bytes). With the most compact allocation of rows (BLOB chunks), two rows are stored in a page. Internal fragmentation can result in each page containing only one row. On average, 50% of each page contains user data.
For availability in case of node failure, HADB always replicates user data. An HADB node stores its own data, plus a copy of the data from its mirror node. Hence, all data is stored twice. Since 50% of the space on a node is user data (on average), and each node is mirrored, the data devices must have space for at least four times the volume of the user data.
In the case of data refragmentation, HADB keeps both the old and the new versions of a table while the refragmentation operation is running. All application requests are performed on the old table while the new table is being created. Assuming that the database is primarily used for one huge table containing BLOB data for session states, this means the device space requirement must be multiplied by another factor of two. Consequently, if you add nodes to a running database, and want to refragment the data to use all nodes, you must have eight times the volume of user data available.
Additionally, you must also account for the device space that HADB reserves for its internal use (four times that of the LogBufferSize). HADB uses this disk space for temporary storage of the log buffer during high load conditions.
To increase the size of the HADB data devices, use the following command:
hadbm set TotalDatadeviceSizePerNode
This command restarts all the nodes, one by one, to apply the change. For more information on using this command, seeConfiguring HADB in Sun Java System Application Server Enterprise Edition 8.2 High Availability Administration Guide.
hadbm does not add data devices to a running database instance.
For best performance, data devices should be allocated on separate physical disks. This applies if there are nodes with more than one data device, or if there are multiple nodes on the same host.
Place devices belonging to different nodes on different devices. Doing this is especially important for Red Hat AS 2.1, because HADB nodes have been observed to wait for asynchronous I/O when the same disk is used for devices belonging to more than one node.
An HADB node writes information, warnings, and errors to the history file synchronously, rather than asynchronously, as output devices normally do. Therefore, HADB behavior and performance can be affected any time the disk waits when writing to the history file. This situation is indicated by the following message in the history file:
BEWARE - last flush/fputs took too long
To avoid this problem, keep the HADB executable files and the history files on physical disks different from those of the data devices.
It is essential to allocate sufficient memory for HADB, especially when it is co-located with other processes.
The HADB Node Supervisor Process (NSUP) tracks the time elapsed since the last time it performed monitoring. If the time exceeds a specified maximum (2500 ms, by default), NSUP restarts the node. The situation is likely when there are other processes in the system that compete for memory, causing swapping and multiple page faults. When the blocked node restarts, all active transactions on that node are aborted.
If Application Server throughput slows and requests abort or time out, make sure that swapping is not the cause. To monitor swapping activity on Unix systems, use this command:
vmstat -S
In addition, look for this message in the HADB history files. It is written when the HADB node is restarted, where M is greater than N:
Process blocked for .M. sec, max block time is .N. sec
The presence of aborted transactions will be signaled by the error message
HADB00224: Transaction timed out or HADB00208: Transaction aborted.
For best performance, all HADB processes (clu_xxx_srv) must fit in physical memory. They should not be paged or swapped. The same applies for shared memory segments in use.
You can configure the size of some of the shared memory segments. If these segments are too small, performance suffers, and user transactions are delayed or even aborted. If the segments are too large, then the physical memory is wasted.
You can configure the following parameters:
The HADB stores data on data devices, which are allocated on disks. The data must be in the main memory before it can be processed. The HADB node allocates a portion of shared memory for this purpose. If the allocated database buffer is small compared to the data being processed, then disk I/O will waste significant processing capacity. In a system with write-intensive operations (for example, frequently updated session states), the database buffer must be big enough that the processing capacity used for disk I/O does not hamper request processing.
The database buffer is similar to a cache in a file system. For good performance, the cache must be used as much as possible, so there is no need to wait for a disk read operation. The best performance is when the entire database contents fits in the database buffer. However, in most cases, this is not feasible. Aim to have the "working set" of the client applications in the buffer.
Also monitor the disk I/O. If HADB performs many disk read operations, this means that the database is low on buffer space. The database buffer is partitioned into blocks of size 16KB, the same block size used on the disk. HADB schedules multiple blocks for reading and writing in one I/O operation.
Use the hadbm deviceinfo command to monitor disk use. For example, hadbm deviceinfo --details will produce output similar to this:
NodeNo TotalSize FreeSize Usage 0 512 504 1% 1 512 504 1%
The columns in the output are:
TotalSize: size of device in MB.
FreeSize: free size in MB.
Usage: percent used.
Use the hadbm resourceinfo command to monitor resource usage, for example the following command displays data buffer pool information:
%hadbm resourceinfo --databuf NodeNo Avail Free Access Misses Copy-on-write 0 32 0 205910260 8342738 400330 1 32 0 218908192 8642222 403466
The columns in the output are:
Avail: Size of buffer, in Mbytes.
Free: Free size, when the data volume is larger than the buffer. (The entire buffer is used at all times.)
Access: Number of times blocks that have been accessed in the buffer.
Misses: Number of block requests that "missed the cache" (user had to wait for a disk read)
Copy-on-write: Number of times the block has been modified while it is being written to disk.
For a well-tuned system, the number of misses (and hence the number of reads) must be very small compared to the number of writes. The example numbers above show a miss rate of about 4% (200 million access, and 8 million misses). The acceptability of these figures depends on the client application requirements.
To change the size of the database buffer, use the following command:
hadbm set DataBufferPoolSize
This command restarts all the nodes, one by one, for the change to take effect. For more information on using this command, see Configuring HADB in Sun Java System Application Server Enterprise Edition 8.2 High Availability Administration Guide.
Before it executes them, HADB logs all operations that modify the database, such as inserting, deleting, updating, or reading data. It places log records describing the operations in a portion of shared memory referred to as the (tuple) log buffer. HADB uses these log records for undoing operations when transactions are aborted, for recovery in case of node crash, and for replication between mirror nodes.
The log records remain in the buffer until they are processed locally and shipped to the mirror node. The log records are kept until the outcome (commit or abort) of the transaction is certain. If the HADB node runs low on tuple log, the user transactions are delayed, and possibly timed out.
Begin with the default value. Look for HIGH LOAD informational messages in the history files. All the relevant messages will contain tuple log or simply log, and a description of the internal resource contention that occurred.
Under normal operation the log is reported as 70 to 80% full. This is because space reclamation is said to be "lazy." HADB requires as much data in the log as possible, to recover from a possible node crash.
Use the following command to display information on log buffer size and use:
hadbm resourceinfo --logbuf
For example, output might look like this:
Node No. Avail Free Size 0 44 42 1 44 42
The columns in the output are:
Node No.:The node number.
Avail: Size of buffer, in megabytes.
Free Size: Free size, in MB, when the data volume is larger than the buffer. The entire buffer is used at all times.
Change the size of the log buffer with the following command:
hadbm set LogbufferSize
This command restarts all the nodes, one by one, for the change to take effect. For more information on using this command, see Configuring HADB in Sun Java System Application Server Enterprise Edition 8.2 High Availability Administration Guide.
The node internal log (nilog) contains information about physical (as opposed to logical, row level) operations at the local node. For example, it provides information on whether there are disk block allocations and deallocations, and B-tree block splits. This buffer is maintained in shared memory, and is also checked to disk (a separate log device) at regular intervals. The page size of this buffer, and the associated data device is 4096 bytes.
Large BLOBs necessarily allocate many disk blocks, and thus create a high load on the node internal log. This is normally not a problem, since each entry in the nilog is small.
Begin with the default value. Look out for HIGH LOAD informational messages in the history files. The relevant messages contain nilog, and a description of the internal resource contention that occurred.
Use the following command to display node internal log buffer information:
hadbm resourceinfo --nilogbuf
For example, the output might look something like this:
Node No. Avail Free Size 0 11 11 1 11 11
To change the size of the nilog buffer, use the following command:
hadbm set InternalLogbufferSize
The hadbm restarts all the nodes, one by one, for the change to take effect. For more information on using this command, see Configuring HADB in Sun Java System Application Server Enterprise Edition 8.2 High Availability Administration Guide.
If the size of the nilog buffer is changed, the associated log device (located in the same directory as the data devices) also changes. The size of the internal log buffer must be equal to the size of the internal log device. The command hadbm set InternalLogBufferSize ensures this requirement. It stops a node, increases the InternalLogBufferSize, re initializes the internal log device, and brings up the node. This sequence is performed on all nodes.
Each row level operation requires a lock in the database. Locks are held until a transaction commits or rolls back. Locks are set at the row (BLOB chunk) level, which means that a large session state requires many locks. Locks are needed for both primary, and mirror node operations. Hence, a BLOB operation allocates the same number of locks on two HADB nodes.
When a table refragmentation is performed, HADB needs extra lock resources. Thus, ordinary user transactions can only acquire half of the locks allocated.
If the HADB node has no lock objects available, errors are written to the log file. For more information , see Chapter 14, HADB Error Messages, in Sun Java System Application Server Enterprise Edition 8.2 Error Message Reference.
To calculate the number of locks needed, estimate the following parameters:
Number of concurrent users that request session data to be stored in HADB (one session record per user)
Maximum size of the BLOB session
Persistence scope (max session data size in case of session/modified session and maximum number of attributes in case of modified session). This requires setAttribute() to be called every time the session data is modified.
x is the maximum number of concurrent users, that is, x session data records are present in the HADB, and
y is the session size (for session/modified session) or attribute size (for modified attribute),
Then the number of records written to HADB is:
xy/7000 + 2x
Record operations such as insert, delete, update and read will use one lock per record.
Locks are held for both primary records and hot-standby records. Hence, for insert, update and delete operations a transaction will need twice as many locks as the number of records. Read operations need locks only on the primary records. During refragmentation and creation of secondary indices, log records for the involved table are also sent to the fragment replicas being created. In that case, a transaction needs four times as many locks as the number of involved records. (Assuming all queries are for the affected table.)
If refragmentation is performed, the number of locks to be configured is:
Nlocks = 4x (y/7000 + 2) = 2xy/3500 + 2x
Otherwise, the number of locks to be configured is:
Nlocks = 2x (y/7000 + 2) = xy/3500 + 4x
Start with the default value. Look for exceptions with the indicated error codes in the Application Server log files. Remember that under normal operations (no ongoing refragmentation) only half of the locks might be acquired by the client application.
To get information on allocated locks and locks in use, use the following command:
hadbm resourceinfo --locks
For example, the output displayed by this command might look something like this:
Node No. Avail Free Waits 0 50000 50000 na 1 50000 50000 na
Avail: Number of locks available.
Free: Number of locks in use.
Waits: Number of transactions that have waited for a lock."na" (not applicable) if all locks are available.
To change the number of locks, use the following command:
hadbm set NumberOfLocks
The hadbm restarts all the nodes, one by one, for the change to take effect. For more information on using this command, see Configuring HADB in Sun Java System Application Server Enterprise Edition 8.2 High Availability Administration Guide.
This section describes some of the timeout values that affect performance.
These values govern how much time the server waits for a connection from the pool before it times out. In most cases, the default values work well. For detailed tuning information, see Tuning JDBC Connection Pools.
Some values that may affect performance are:
response-timeout-in-seconds -The time for which the load balancer plug-in will wait for a response before it declares an instance dead and fails over to the next instance in the cluster. Make this value large enough to accommodate the maximum latency for a request from the server instance under the worst (high load) conditions.
health checker: interval-in-seconds - Determines how frequently the load balancer pings the instance to see if it is healthy. Default value is 30 seconds. If the response-timeout-in-seconds is optimally tuned, and the server doesn't have too much traffic, then the default value works well.
health checker: timeout-in-seconds - How long the load balancer waits after "pinging" an instance. The default value is 100 seconds.
The combination of the health checker's interval-in-seconds and timeout-in-seconds values determine how much additional traffic goes from the load balancer plug-in to the server instances.
For more information on configuring the load balancer plug-in, see Configuring the Load Balancer in Sun Java System Application Server Enterprise Edition 8.2 High Availability Administration Guide.
The sql_client time out value may affect performance.
The following section describes configuration of the operating system.
If the number of semaphores is too low, HADB can fail and display this error message:
No space left on device
This can occur either while starting the database, or during run time. Since the semaphores are provided as a global resource by the operating system, the configuration depends on all processes running on the host, and not the HADB alone. In Solaris, configure the semaphore settings by editing the /etc/system file.
To run the nodes, NNODES (the number of nodes submitted implicitly by --hosts option to the HADB) and NCONNS connections (HADB configuration parameter NumberOfSessions, default value being 100) per host, use the following semaphore settings:
set semsys:seminfo_semmap = <default=10> + NNODES set semsys:seminfo_semmni = <default=10> + NNODES set semsys:seminfo_semmns = <default=60> + (NNODES * 8) set semsys:seminfo_semmnu = <default=30> + NNODES + NCONNS
If you plan to run multiple nodes per host, make sure semmap = NNODES. Use the sysinfo and sysdef commands to inspect the settings.
Set the maximum shared memory size to the total amount of physical RAM. Additionally, set the maximum number of shared memory segments per process to six or more to accommodate the HADB processes. Set the number of system-wide, shared memory identifiers based on the number of nodes running on the host.
In Solaris 9, because of the kernel changes, the hmsys:shminfo_shmseg variable is obsolete. In Solaris 8, add the following settings to the /etc/system file:
set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax = 0xffffffff set shmsys:shminfo_shmseg = <default=6> set shmsys:shminfo_shmmni = <default=100> + (6 * NNODES)
Default values are for Solaris 8. Add HADB resource requirements to the previous value of the variables regardless of whether they are the default values.
You must reboot the host after changing these settings.
To increase the shared memory to 512 MB, run the following commands:
echo 536870912 > /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax echo 536870912 > /proc/sys/kernel/shmall
Where the file shmmax contains the maximum size of a single shared memory segment, and shmall contains the total shared memory to be made available.
This value is large enough for a standard HADB node that uses default values. If the default values are changed, consider changing these values, as well.
To make these changes permanent, add those lines to /etc/rc.local on your Linux machine. With Redhat Linux, you can also modify sysctl.conf to set the kernel parameters.


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I know there are a couple of boards I read (Television Without Pity, for one) which does "know" somehow which post you were on when you stopped reading. When you open a particular thread it automatically goes to that post. Sorcery, I tell you!
I tried that, but it just took my to the last post on the page (where the last post in the thread that I had actuallu read was about 4 posts back). There's also a little icon way to the right of the topics, like a dog-eared page, but although that sometimes takes me back to the general vicinity of where I stopped reading, it more often just goes to the final post in the thread as well


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High-tech manufacturing moving from U.S. to Asia
The U.S. lost 28% of its high-technology manufacturing jobs over the last decade, as the nation's rapidly shrinking lead in science and technology in the global marketplace was accompanied by a toll on U.S. high-tech jobs, according to a new study from the National Science Board, the policy making body for the National Science Foundation.
One of the most dramatic signs of this trend was the loss of 687,000 high-technology manufacturing jobs since 2000. U.S. multinational corporations also created research and development jobs overseas at an unprecedented rate. Meanwhile, China became the world leader in high-technology trade and, for the first time, Asia matched the U.S. in R+D investments.
Those were among the key findings released by the NSB, as it unveiled the most comprehensive and up-to-date information and analysis on the nation's position in science and technology. The biennial report, Science and Engineering Indicators (SEI), highlights trends and factors that have an impact on the nation's economy, competitiveness and innovation capacity.
U.S. employment in high-technology manufacturing reached a peak in 2000, with 2.5 million jobs. The recession of 2001 provided the first big hit causing "substantial and permanent" job losses, the report said. By the end of the decade, more than a quarter of the jobs were gone.
"The latest data clearly show the economic consequences of the eroding competitive advantage the U.S. has historically enjoyed in science and technology," said Dr. José-Marie Griffiths, chairman of the NSB committee that oversees production of the report. "Other nations clearly recognize the economic and social benefits of investing in R+D and education, and they are challenging the U.S. leadership position. We're seeing the result in the very real, and substantial, loss of good jobs."
"The volume gives a clear picture of the U.S. position in globalization," Griffiths said. "Over the last decade, the world has changed dramatically. It's now a world with very different actors who have made advancement in science and technology a top priority. And many of the troubling trends we're seeing are now very well established."
U.S. firms create more R+D jobs abroad
On top of the lost manufacturing employment, U.S. multinational corporations are rapidly expanding their R+D jobs overseas. From 1994–2004, U.S. firms established R+D jobs abroad at a relatively slow annual rate of 3%, increasing the share of their R+D employment overseas from 14% to 16%.
But according to preliminary figures, in the five years after that (2004–2009), the number of new R+D jobs overseas took off, growing to 27% of all R+D jobs at these U.S. firms. Since 2004, about 85% of R+D employment growth in U.S. multinational corporations has been abroad.
That rapid increase in employment by U.S. firms abroad contrasts with very modest growth in R+D employment in the U.S. by foreign companies.
"This apparent acceleration of U.S. R+D jobs overseas, along with other indicators, suggests that the capabilities of Asian countries are strong enough to accommodate such a rapid shift," said Rolf Lehing, NSF's program director for the report. "The policies of Asian governments appear to be paying off for them, and U.S. companies seem to be confident in the quality of R+D work done abroad."
The relative shift of R+D to Asia also can be seen in overall expenditures. The U.S. still does more R+D than any other single country, spending $400 billion in 2009. But, for the first time, the Asian region has nearly matched the U.S., with R+D expenditures of $399 billion.
Other key findings in the report include:
- Three countries—the U.S., China and Japan—were responsible for more than half of the world's $1.28 trillion in R+D spending in 2009. (China overtook Japan during the last decade to become the second-largest R+D-performing nation.)
- Between 1999 and 2009, the U.S. share of R+D dropped from 38% to 31%; the EU's share declined from 27% to 23%; and the Asian region grew from 24% to 32%.
- Many Asian countries have increased their investment in R+D relative to their GDP, with China almost tripling its R+D/GDP ratio since 1996. The U.S. R+D/GDP ratio recently has edged upward, while that of the EU has remained steady.
- The developed world's lead in higher education has declined dramatically. In 2008, only 4% of the world's engineering degrees were earned in the U.S., while 56% were awarded in Asia, including one-third in China.
- The number of natural sciences and engineering doctorates awarded by Chinese universities has more than tripled since 2000. At 26,000 awarded in 2008, the number of these Chinese doctorates now exceeds the number earned in the U.S.. And, unlike in China, a large share of these U.S. doctoral degrees are awarded to foreign students. In 2009, 44% of the 24,700 U.S. natural sciences and engineering doctorates were awarded to temporary visa holders. Some 57% of engineering doctorates were awarded to foreign students.
- American industry, which historically has supported about 60% of U.S. R+D, reduced R+D funding by nearly 4% in 2009. (A rise in U.S. government R+D funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act partially offset the private-sector reduction.)
- Job losses from the 2007–2009 recession were less severe for science and engineering workers than for the U.S. workforce as a whole. In 2010, the median income for workers in science and engineering jobs ($73,290) was more than double the median income of all U.S. workers ($33,840).


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Trend Watch: Kilim, Southwestern & Geometric Style
In some sense Southwestern style is not a trend. For centuries, the Navajo print has always been a striking addition in both apparel and accessories, and Kilim rugs and pillows offer an eclectic touch to any home. From runway to hallway, 2011 has seen this geometric and architectural style gain nearly ubiquitous presence.
It used to be that in order to own a beautiful handwoven rug or throw, you had to have a home in Santa Fe or a penchant for dream catchers and taxidermy. Fortunately, the Southwestern style has reached a moment where even the Milan and Paris runways drip with Navajo influence (see the catwalks of DSquared and Isabel Marant).
Of course not everyone can pull off fringe and fur like a runway model so introducing the more bold and geometric looks into your home may take a bit more subtlety. Think Kilim pillows, cowhide rugs, and intarsia throws. The gallery above has some great shopping options and inspiration tips for you to update your space.
1. Hand Woven - Turkish Antique Patchwork Kilim Pillow – $190
2. Hand Woven - Turkish Striped Kilim Pillow Cover – $80
3. Antique Kilim and Leather Placemats – $240
4. Pendleton Harding Blanket from Need Supply Co. – $235
5. Domonique Cowhide Rug from ABC Carpet and home – $850
6. Pendleton Saltillo Blanket (Twin, Queen, and King) – $220-$340
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Kenneth and Alma Honeycutt Married April 27, 1944 ,this April will be 69 years.
When did you meet? Met in Oct. 1941
Hometown? Tommy – Mer Rouge, Alma – Bastrop
How old when married? Tommy was 21-years-old. Alma was 20-years-old.
How many children?
Six children and nine grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
What does Alma like best about being Kenneth? Least?
He has been a faithful partner and I hope he outlives me. Least is he doesn't really like politics and I do.
What does Kenneth like the best about Alma?
I like dancing with her the best. The least is politics.
Above all:
"Marriage is triangle with God at the top and the wife and husband at the bottom," Alma said.
Kenneth agreed by saying, "God had been very good to us in our many years."
What's your secret?
"The secret of our life is communication," Alma said. "Certainly loyalty and respect, but you must have communication. We never argue. The only thing we disagree on is politics."


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|Jurassic Park - The Lost World
|Tuesday, 10 October 2000
'The Lost World: Jurassic Park' is a beautifully-engineered thrill ride guaranteed to make even the most jaded viewers shriek and giggle with terror and delight. 'Jurassic Park' had a smoother structure that built more steadily and carefully to a bang-up pair of climaxes, but 'The Lost World' has sequences that are at least as exciting as anything in the first movie. Jeff Goldblum returns as Ian Malcolm, but he's more subdued and serious than in the first film, which he almost stole from the dinos.
The movie opens with a scene establishing, as the ads at the time insisted, something has survived -- there's still an island off the coast of Central America where those dinosaurs first created for a theme park have managed to survive. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) hasn't been doing very well since he got back from Jurassic Park, and resents being summoned by John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) to go to this other island, where the dinosaurs for Jurassic Park were actually bred, and make sure they are safe. He refuses until he learns his girlfriend, paleontologist Sarah Harding (Julianne Moore), is already on the island, but not responding on her satellite phone. Meanwhile, Hammond's ambitious, greedy nephew Peter Ludlow (Arliss Howard) has taken over InGen from the ailing Hammond, and has plans of his own for the dinosaurs. Malcolm he joins documentarian Nick Van Owen (Vince Vaughn) and field-equipment specialist Eddie Carr (Richard Schiff) as they head for the other island.
|They soon find Sarah, gleefully photographing a family group of Stegosauruses. Kelly (Vanessa Lee Chester), Malcolm's 12-year-old daughter, has stowed away in the van they brought with them. Then they realize that Ludlow has brought an expedition to the island to capture dinosaurs to exhibit in a park back in San Diego. The man in charge is great white hunter Roland Tembo (Pete Postlethwaite), who dreams of bagging the largest carnivore ever: a Tyrannosaurus rex.
Events eventually destroy both groups' equipment, forcing them to team up and to make their way into the center of the island, where the laboratory and offices of InGen's "Site B" still exist, after being abandoned following the hurricane of the first movie. But the interior of the island is swarming with ferocious carnivores, including the deadly velociraptors that were so memorably menacing in 'Jurassic Park.' Finally, a Tyrannosaurus Rex escapes in modern-day San Diego, in a sequence that was kept well under wraps until the film began to be shown to audiences.
The movie is strung on major action set-pieces, all of which work splendidly, although there's some sag between them. There's the great, literal cliffhanger scene involving that huge van and a couple of pissed-off Tyrannosaur parents. But the parent Tyrannosaurs aren't done with our plucky band, and after Malcolm and the others meet up with Tembo's group, they pursue them down a stream bed. This includes a sequence from the novel of 'Jurassic Park' as our heroes hide behind a waterfall, and one of the greatest gruesome gags I've ever seen. For the first time, Spielberg impishly laces a movie with references to older films. Among those you might spot are nods to the original 'Lost World' (based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's novel), 'Gorgo,' 'Godzilla,' and even, by gum, 'The Killer Shrews.' A sequence of capturing fleeing dinosaurs was inspired by the Howard Hawks-John Wayne movie, 'Hatari.' But the film most often referred to is the great 'King Kong,' referenced both visually and aurally, as John Williams' score seems to include a couple of Max Steiner's cues.
Although 'The Lost World: Jurassic Park' is visually darker than the original movie, it has a playfulness it comments on itself and the kind of movie it is. Here, even more than in the first, you can occasionally notice Spielberg and screenwriter David Koepp winking at us, suggesting that, like us, they know that this movie is basically just a big money machine, but isn't it fun anyway?
Spielberg definitely draws a line between his "personal" and "impersonal" projects, and 'The Lost World: Jurassic Park' is certainly one of the latter. Sometimes, it's obvious how little the movie engages him. There are too many closeups of people looking frightened at something off screen, for example. And while the lead characters are moderately colorful, little is done with the rest; they're just there, fodder for the dinosaurs. Spielberg gave his full attention to the set-piece action/suspense sequences, and they really deliver the goods.
The special effects are not the whole show, but they're grand nonetheless. In fact, this time the computer graphics have gotten so good that the dinosaurs can be photographed exactly like real animals: the camera can move, even bounce all over the landscape. The "full motion" dinosaurs were the work of Dennis Muren and Randall Dutra (and a huge team) at Industrial Light & Magic. The live-action animatronic dinosaurs from Stan Winston's studio are also better than in the first movie; their faces flex, their eyes seem moist, their jaws work naturally.
Technically, of course, the movie is outstanding; all of Spielberg's movies are. It's beautifully produced, using carefully-chosen locations very well; everything about the movie is as first-rate as a big studio and lots of money can make it. 'The Lost World: Jurassic Park' is not a great movie, mostly because it's essentially familiar, and because it has a slightly tossed-off attitude about the story (such as it is) and the characters. But it's a wonderfully entertaining movie, probably just the sort of palate-cleanser Spielberg needed between the vastly more serious 'Schindler's List' and 'Amistad' -- and as it turned out, it was a better movie than 'Amistad.'
The extras on this well-produced DVD aren't as interesting as those on the simultaneously-released 'Jurassic Park' disc. Here, the documentary was made concurrently with the production of the film, and isn't as interesting or detailed as that for 'Jurassic Park,' though it's still well above average for these promotional documentaries. It was directed by Laurent Bouzereau, who's been making those excellent Hitchcock documentaries for Universal.
The excellent, rich sound for 'The Lost World: Jurassic Park' was designed by the great Gary Rydstrom, one of the great masters of movie sound. The best home-theater scenes include Chapter 1, full of crashing waves (which sound like roaring dinosaurs), and the chittering of the little dinos that menace a young girl. There's also creative use of sound in chapter 5, involving the stegosaurs, but the room-shaking stuff kicks in with chapter 9 -- and pretty much runs on all the way to the end of the movie. There's hardly five minutes of calm from that point on. We hear the dinosaurs' breaths and feel their chest-quaking roars; sharp highs, thunderous lows, natural sounds, invented sounds -- a great sound mix.
Although 'The Lost World: Jurassic Park' hasn't been given the A-plus treatment afforded movies like 'Terminator 2' and 'Gladiator,' it's a fine choice for those devoted to their home theater systems.


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We provide excellent nutrition for hungry adventurers. Breakfasts are always included. On self-guided trips, we provide the information you need to make good lunch and dinner choices. On guided trips most lunches and dinners are included. We prepare picnics for you along the route, we provide healthy snacks for between meals, and we dine at the best restaurants we know, making exceptions only when the freedom to explore is the most appropriate option. We ask you for information about your dietary restrictions and preferences before you arrive. Vegetarians, seafood lovers, children, and discriminating palates can usually be well accommodated. If you have specific dietary needs, such as kosher or very restrictive diets, please ask before booking.
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JKR/WB vs. RDR Books Trial: Tim Wu Leads Panel at Copyright Conference, Discusses Fan Response to Vander Ark
May 09, 2008
Columbia Law Professor Tim Wu led a panel May 1st at OnCopyright 2008, a conference hosted by the Copyright Clearance Center. The panel focused on the JKR/WB vs RDR Books lawsuit, and more particularly on the response Harry Potter fans have had to Steve Vander Ark since it was announced the HP Lexicon would be produced in book format. From a summary on the conference at EContent Magazine:
"Wu played an official Harry Potter podcast in which other members of the Harry Potter fan community ostracized and effectively banished Vander Ark from their ranks. Wu's question to the panel was, "Why are Harry Potter fans disowning Vander Ark?" The panel's answer was that the fan community needs to disassociate itself from anyone who goes to far in appropriating creative content for fear that their own access to that content might dry up. The panel also noted that Vander Ark's attempt to turn his online Lexicon into an ink-and-paper book was his ultimate undoing."
From the same summary:
"Panelist Gigi B. Sohn, the president of the nonprofit organization Public Knowledge, pointed out that many people still consider the internet to be the realm of amateurs, and author Douglas Rushkoff said in following that the transformation of an internet-based project into a printed work presents a significant symbolic shift that forces copyright issues to be taken much more seriously."


text: Tap in China Sam Weber Report Early in 2011, Rusty Frank told me about her plans to go to China, to pay a visit to Jiefang Chen, a tap dancer who was using a number of our "Tapping With The Masters" instructional DVDs to teach his students. Rusty wrote about her visit in the ITA newsletter after her return, in April, 2011. As I was teaching on a number of the DVDs, Jiefang asked Rusty to put him in touch with me. I found him to be, as Rusty has described him, "China's tap tiger." I've never met anyone more passionate about tap dancing or more determined to promote it than this robust and energetic septogenerian. Over the course of nearly three months and 120 emails, we discussed his concerns about the development of tap in China. Here are some of the main issues he sought to articulate:


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OSHA Construction Safety & Fall Protection
Building and construction is a high threat market that makes up a wide range of activities including repair work, building and construction, and/or alteration. Examples include property construction, bridge erection, highway paving, excavations, demolitions, and large scale painting jobs. Building workers take part in many activities that may expose them to severe hazards, such as falling from roofs, unguarded equipment, being struck by heavy construction equipment, electrocutions, silica dust, and asbestos.
The details, tools, and resources supplied in these Construction Industry websites are developed to assist those in the industry – whether worker or employer – to identify, reduce, and remove construction-related risks.
How can OSHA assist?
OSHA has actually developed this webpage to supply workers and employers helpful, current details on the Construction Industry. For other important employee protection information, such as Workers' Rights, Employer Responsibilities and other services OSHA offers, read OSHA's Workers' page.
Directorate of Construction (DOC).
Provides office safety requirements and guidelines to ensure safe working conditions for the country's construction workers; and coordinates with and supplies help to other regulatory firms on the execution and enforcement of major building laws and standards.
Why is fall defense crucial?
Falls are amongst the most typical causes of severe work associated injuries and deaths. Companies need to establish the work location to avoid employees from falling off of overhead platforms, elevated work stations or into holes in the floor and walls.
What can be done to decrease falls?
Companies must establish the work place to prevent staff members from falling off of overhead platforms, elevated work stations or into holes in the floor and walls. OSHA needs that fall security be supplied at elevations of four feet in basic industry offices, five feet in shipyards, 6 feet in the building industry and eight feet in longshoring operations. In addition, OSHA requires that fall protection be supplied when working over dangerous devices and equipment, no matter the fall distance.
To avoid employees from being injured from falls, employers should:.
Guard every flooring hole into which an employee can inadvertently stroll (using a railing and toe-board or a flooring hole cover).
Offer a guard rail and toe-board around every raised open sided runway, platform or flooring.
Regardless of height, if a worker can fall under or onto hazardous machines or equipment (such as a barrel of acid or a conveyor belt) employers must offer guardrails and toe-boards to avoid employees from getting and falling injured.
Other means of fall security that might be needed on specific tasks consist of safety belt and line, safeguard, stair railings and hand rails.
OSHA requires companies to:.
Supply working conditions that are free of known threats.
Keep floorings in workspace in a tidy and, so far as possible, a dry condition.
Select and provide needed individual protective devices at no charge to workers.
Train workers about job threats in a language that they can understand.
Building is a high threat industry that comprises a broad range of activities including alteration, building, and/or repair work. Examples consist of property building, bridge erection, street paving, excavations, demolitions, and large scale painting jobs. Construction workers engage in many activities that might expose them to major threats, such as falling from rooftops, vulnerable machinery, being struck by heavy building devices, electrocutions, silica dust, and asbestos.
OSHA needs that fall security be provided at elevations of four feet in general industry work environments, 5 feet in shipyards, six feet in the building and construction industry and 8 feet in longshoring operations.


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posted by Thom Holwerda on Mon 3rd Dec 2012 15:25 UTC
Interesting theory, backed up by data, to explain the difference between Android device sales and browser usage share. "The stock Android browser in previous versions reportedly had problems rendering non-mobile optimized web-pages, leading to lower usage. If a user realized that certain webpages were improperly rendered on a mobile device, it would obviously lead to a drop in future browsing sessions from that device. Meanwhile, on Android 4.0, as consumers have realized that the browsing experience is more "desktop-like", it has led to an increase in browser usage."


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Please bear with me on this one.
If you view them a certain way, kata are like files -- packets of information, in this case, movements. There are many ways to view files. Think about the way you view them on your computer (I use a Windows based system).
First, you could view the files as a simple list of names. These names could be alphabetized or organized other ways (most recently edited, by file type, etc.). The simple list of names would not give much information, just as the simple names of the movements that make up a kata do not convey much information either.
You could next view the files with accompanying information about each file. You would see the file name, the size of the file, when it was last modified, and information about the file type. In kata, this would be like seeing the basic information about each movement, not just the name.
If you turned on the "thumbnail" feature, you could see a small image of each file. If the file is a photo, you would see a small version (called a thumbnail) that would help you to readily identify the file. These would be like the photos you see in a book of the movements of a kata. Additionally, if you were to click on the photo, it would enlarge to its maximum size, limited by your screen size.
If you have activated the "Filmstrip" feature, you would see the thumbnails of the files aligned across the bottom of your screen. If you place your cursor over a thumbnail, a larger image with appear above it. If you double click the thumbnail, the image would enlarge to its maximum size, limited by your screen size. You could also zoom into parts of the image (enlarge it).
The photo type features would also work with video files, so that you could open videos by clicking on them.
How does this relate to kata? You mind is much like a computer operating system. Just as a computer operating system must organize information of all types, you must organize and deal with the information contained in kata.
At the simplest level, a kata is just a sequence of movements. If you know each movement, it is a simple matter to string them together in a certain order. But this does not tell you much about each movement. You need additional information.
What type of movement is it? Is it a block, a strike, a stepping or sliding movement, etc.? What is the movement -- and why are you doing it?
A movement is a sequence. When you see a photo or photos of a kata in a book, you are only seeing a very few frames of the overall movement. Thumbnails of each movement are just like a cover of a book. What takes place between the covers is what counts, not just the beginning and the end.
For some people, simple images of the movements is about all they know. But if you could zoom into each movement, activate a video of each movement, click on it to see more information about it, its variations, the multiple levels of interpretation, the defenses to it, the counters to the defenses, etc. then you would be practicing Karate through kata.
Imagine thumbnails that would each activate a discourse on a movement -- a summary of everything the Sensei in your style have taught on that particular movement. Now that would be something!
Where is this fantastic operating system? -- in your own mind of course! You program and expand the system through years and years of practice. Practice is the feedback that allows you to process more and more information about each movement and kata as a whole.
Each kata is broken down into its individual files. Each kata is separated into its own folder. All in your mind.
Click, click, click!
I know that it sounds a bit far fetched (or possibly not so to some of you). But I have, and perhaps you have, seen Sensei teaching a kata and explaining a certain movement, then pausing for a second or two as he reviews the entire system of kata to draw a parallel to a movement in the same or a different kata. You can almost hear his hard drive (mind) buzzing.
In a split second it is as if the Sensei is seeing all the movements in all the kata all at once. And the greater his ability (skill and experience) the more information he can summon for each movement or all movements instantly.
It is not possible to do this if you view the movements of a kata as a simple list of names. You need access to much greater information about each movement, which comes by longterm diligent practice.
One last thought. I spend a lot of time working with images for the Hawaii Karate Museum. The resolution of an image means a lot. A small image with high resolution can be enlarged. But a small image with low resolution, will just look like a bunch of boxes if you enlarge it too much. With images, we use dpi, or dots per square inch. I believe that the normal resolution for the internet is 72 dpi. Most images you see online are saved at that resolution.
But it is possible to scan an image at much higher resolution, for example, at 1200 dpi.
If you put two postage stamp sized images online, one at 72 dpi and the other at 1200 dpi, they would look pretty much the same on a standard monitor. The 1200 dpi image would be much larger (in terms of megabytes), but the images would look alike until you zoomed in on them.
As soon as you zoomed into the 72 dpi image, it would pixelate (be boxy). But you could zoom way into the 1200 dpi image. There is much more to the image, more resolution and information.
Is your kata made up of 72 dpi movements or 1200 dpi movements? How much resolution do you have?
Some Karate Sensei seem to have nearly infinite resolution. What a goal for us Karate students!
Part of improving our Karate is working on the operating system (and software).
Charles C. Goodin
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The word KOACH means strength in Hebrew, The widely popular adult program brings together everyone from Milwaukee area newcomers, to semi-retired and retirees, to members of synagogues, and the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center.
Strength is an appropriate word because KOACH reflects the vigor of this region's Jewish community by representing the JCC and six Milwaukee synagogues including: Beth-El Ner Tamid, Congregation Beth Israel, Congregation Emanu-El B'ne Jeshurun, Temple Menorah, Congregation Shalom and Congregation Sinai. In this unique partnership, programs rotate monthly between the JCC and the synagogues. The program provides a delicious kosher lunch and a stimulating and entertaining program designed for this special audience.
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Each month, community resource experts will come to KOACH events at local synagogues, sharing their information about what is available in our community's local agencies. Learn information, skills and resources to aid you imporve the quality of your life. KOACH Kares begins at 11:30 AM and will be held in the lobby of the host synagogue.
KOACH birthday Klub
KOACH is pleased to announce a new program in our Jewish community. Volunteers from the KOACH group will visit senior adults who might be celebrating their birthday alone. KOACH Birthday Klub volunteers will bring treats and surprises and visit for a one hour "party".
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Most reviews - so far - of openSUSE 11.0 have been quite positive, but that doesn't automatically mean everybody is happy. TechReview offers some criticism of the latest offering from openSUSE. "openSUSE 11.0 is a difficult system to qualify. Highlights include good availability of current packages and YAST GUI configuration tools for some advanced features. However, these advantages are largely eclipsed by a chaotic, dysfunctional package management system and marginal performance. New Linux users with more complex network configurations or challenging hardware may be forced to use openSUSE due to its unique innovations in GUI system configuration. Yet, experienced and inexperienced users alike may find themselves increasingly frustrated by the grave lack of refinement in what is an otherwise capable Linux distribution."


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City Art is the starting place for creative people in the Midlands for the finest quality art supplies. And, we are the leading art supplier for university students and professors, offering one-stop shopping and free parking in front of the store. Our wide selection includes exceptional international brands, competitive prices, and a great range of media including acrylic, oil, watercolor, sculpting, drawing, pastel and drafting. With lines like Holbein, Golden, Sennelier, Winsor & Newton, Rembrandt, Arches, Fabriano, Strathmore, Da Vinci, Princeton, Escoda, Art Alternatives, Canson, Fredrix, Prismacolor, Schmincke, and many more - you won't find a better selection in South Carolina.
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ISLAMABAD - The Pakistani Taliban have included a Briton and an American in a slideshow of fighters killed in battle that also eulogises Al-Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden.
According to the US monitoring service SITE, the 12-minute, 56-second video was posted on jihadist websites on February 6 and was prepared by Umar Studio, the media wing of Pakistan's umbrella Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) faction. It identifies the American by the name of Inaam and the Briton as Abbas.
No date or location was listed for their deaths. It showed a photograph of Abbas wearing a black turban and sporting a thick black beard. Inaam was shown smiling slightly
The video starts with a recitation of Holy Quranic verses, before showing photographs of the slain fighters while they were alive or in death. It also includes a photograph of bin Laden, who was shot dead by US Navy SEALs in Abbottabad on May 2, 2011. "He faced a lot of hardships in this world, but he got martyrdom with the blessing of Allah," said TTP leader Hakimullah Mehsud of bin Laden. The TTP is blacklisted as a terror organisation in the United States and was accused of training Pakistani-American Faisal Shahzad, who was sentenced to life in prison for trying to bomb New York's Times Square in May 2010.


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As you attempt to restore your life and home after a disaster, you will face many decisions. In many cases, the decisions will involve large investments. Naturally, you will want to recover as much as possible through your homeowners insurance policy. Where insurance falls short of your needs, other types of assistance may be available, especially in a place the president has declared a disaster area. Uncovered claims are tax-deductible if they exceed 10 percent of your adjusted gross income. Part of your financial recovery involves making good business decisions when contracting for repairs.
Whether you are filing for insurance, seeking assistance or claiming a casualty tax deduction, you will need proof of your losses. Before you start cleanup, take pictures or video of the damage. If you cannot take pictures or video, describe the situation accurately, listing the specific items that have been lost or damaged. Keep damaged materials for proof of loss until your insurance adjuster authorizes their disposal.
Items may be moved from their original location to prevent further damage to the building, but do not throw them away without insurance company approval. Protect any salvageable items to prevent further damage. Many homeowners policies will not cover subsequent water damage even if the home is destroyed. This is particularly relevant to property below ground, where rainwater may collect and pool.
Remember to document the losses in your landscape and garden. Also, document the amount of debris you will have to remove, and whether it came from your property or elsewhere. Some homeowners insurance policies cover debris removal.
These tips are offered to guide you in filing insurance claims for damage to your home and loss of personal property:
Be sure to file your insurance claim within the policy's imposed time limit. For homeowners policies, it varies. Review the settlement steps outlined in your policy. If you're dissatisfied with the proposed settlement offer, explain your position in writing.
The Missouri Department of Insurance can help if you feel you are being treated unfairly by your insurer. Examples of unfair treatment include the company not contacting you within 48 hours after the claim was reported and the company refusing coverage that is specified in your policy. For more information, call 800-726-7390.
Homeowners insurance
Many people are surprised about the extent of protection a homeowners insurance policy offers. Although your homeowners policy does not cover damage caused by rising floodwaters, it does offer some protection from loss caused by wind, rain, hail, snow, lightning and freezing temperatures. If you have experienced a loss or damage to property, review your policy's provisions and contact your insurance agent to file a claim and to update your policy, if necessary, to include coverage you need for the future.
Be sure your coverage amount is at least 80 percent of the current replacement cost of your home. Otherwise, you will not be paid the full cost of replacing a partial loss. Also, many homeowners policies pay for losses to your contents, such as furniture, appliances and clothes, on an actual cash-value basis (replacement cost minus depreciation for age or wear and tear). A better option is to buy replacement-cost coverage that pays the full cost to replace your personal property at today's prices. Although the premium costs are a little higher, the extra protection is usually worth it.
The following items are usually covered but may vary according to the policy's provisions and up to the dollar amounts that you purchased:
Many policyholders may be unaware of the extent of the protection offered by their homeowners insurance. If you have experienced a loss or damage to property, review your policy's provisions and contact your insurance agent to file a claim and to update your policy, if necessary, to include the coverage needed for the future.
A standard homeowners policy does not cover cars, most recreational vehicles, watercraft, animals, birds or fish. While homeowners insurance does not cover losses from rising water, it usually does cover water damage from such things as leaking roofs, broken windows and broken pipes. Most policies do not cover sewer back up unless you purchase a sewer-backup endorsement.
If you are in a designated special flood hazard area and your structure is substantially damaged by any force — wind, water, fire — you may be required by the local permit office to meet the flood damage prevention requirements for new construction. For residential structures, this means elevation. A structure is substantially damaged when the cost of restoring the structure to its predamage condition is 50 percent or more of its predamage market value.
Owners of structures in special flood hazard areas can partially insure themselves for the added expense of elevating a wind- or fire-damaged structure before repairs by purchasing a Code Compliance endorsement on their homeowners policy.
Flood insurance
Losses caused by rising floodwater are not covered under most homeowners insurance policies. If you have purchased coverage through the National Flood Insurance Program at least 30 days before being affected by a flood, you will be protected against property damage caused by such flooding. You also may be partially reimbursed for steps you take to prevent flood damage, even if the flood never reaches your building.
Flood insurance policies written or renewed on or after June 1, 1997, include an endorsement called Increased Cost of Compliance (ICC). This coverage will pay up to $15,000 for elevating or relocating an insured dwelling so that it is above the flood-protection elevation required for new construction. For nonresidential structures, flood damage prevention using other methods also may be covered. The coverage may be used toward the cost of demolishing the flood-prone structure and building a new structure at the required elevation.
ICC coverage is available only for structures that have been substantially damaged by a current flood event for which a damage claim is being filed. In communities with cumulative substantial damage ordinances, the eligibility requirements for this coverage are less stringent.
The flood insurance adjuster may submit a damage assessment form to the flood insurance program indicating that substantial damage is suspected. However, final responsibility for determining whether a structure has been substantially damaged rests with the community. In most Missouri communities, the determination will be made by or through the floodplain administrator, who is usually the building or permit official.
Victims of natural hazards whose losses exceed their insurance coverage may obtain loans or other financial assistance.
If an event is declared a major disaster by the president, numerous additional sources of federal assistance will become available. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will set up a disaster registration hotline and will usually work with the Missouri State Emergency Management Agency to establish local disaster recovery centers. The hotline and recovery centers will be sources of access to the various federal assistance programs.
In addition to the SBA loans mentioned in the Credit and other sources of relief section above, these types of assistance usually are available:
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Recipients of federal assistance for flood damage are required to purchase and maintain flood insurance on their property. Owners of that property may not receive federal assistance in future floods unless the property is protected by flood insurance during those future floods.
Selecting a contractor
As you attempt to restore your life and home after a storm, you may find only a few local companies and individuals that perform the necessary services, and they are likely to be very busy. Depending on the damage, you may want to make temporary repairs and wait for local contractors who will be there to guarantee their work long after the storm is over. If the repairs cannot wait, however, take care to ensure you receive good quality work or major deterioration may appear later.
After a disaster, out-of-town contractors and companies will enter the area to offer their services. Some are honest and will do an adequate job, but take precautions when working with outside contractors.
Contract essentials
A contract is the offer and acceptance (agreement) to do specific things in a specific manner. State clearly, simply and completely all that is to be done. If beginning and finishing dates are involved, state them in the body of the contract. A home rebuilding contract should also state that materials and procedures used will follow the minimum standards of the current building code.
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The course is all contained inside the Englewood MetroPark. The course consists of a 7.8+ mile circuit that will be completed 4 times for a total of 31.4 miles. The course is 75% dirt trail, 13% gravel/dirt road, and 12% paved bike trail and park roads. Traffic on the park roads will be maintained so it is up to the runners to watch for cars. There is a marked bike/running path on the roads that should be used by the runners. There are only 3 hills on the course of any significance. This is a fairly easy and flat course.
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We are in the midst of summer and over in our little island, we sure are feeling the heat (ok, except for the ocassional flash flood periods). It's a lazy Wednesday today and I'm dreaming of lounging around in these beautiful summer cottages/houses. C'mon join me! It'll take you away from your workstation for just a while. Our little escape! :)
Just a little note to let you know I've relisted 2 sets of coasters in my little shop. You can check them out here and here.
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Assange wins latest round in extradition fightCNN
December 4, 2011
London - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will be allowed to appeal against extradition to Sweden on sex allegations, the British High Court announced Monday.
Assange said he was "thankful" for the decision.
"The High Court has decided that an issue that arises from my own case is of general public importance and may be of assistance" in other cases, he said in brief remarks after the ruling.
The case now moves to the Supreme Court, and Assange's lawyers have vowed to take the fight all the way to the European Court of Human Rights.
Assange, who has been under house arrest for almost a year, on November 2 lost a court battle to stay in Britain. Appeals court judges Lord Justice John Thomas and Justice Duncan Ouseley rejected all four of the arguments Assange's defense team used to fight the extradition at that time.
Two women in Sweden accused Assange in August 2010 of sexually assaulting them.
Although he has not been charged with a crime, Swedish prosecutors want to question him in connection with the allegations.
Swedish authorities allege that one unnamed woman agreed to have sex with him only if he wore a condom, and that he then had unprotected sex with her while she was asleep.
Assange denies wrongdoing and says the case is politically motivated.
"I have not been charged with any crime in any country," Assange said outside the High Court in London after losing an earlier round of the extradition battle there. "Despite this, the European arrest warrant is so restrictive that it prevents UK courts from considering the facts of a case, as judges have made clear here today."
The extradition case is not linked to Assange's work as founder and editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks, which has put him on the wrong side of U.S. authorities.
His organization, which facilitates the anonymous leaking of secret information, has published some 250,000 confidential U.S. diplomatic cables in the past year, causing embarrassment to the government and others.
It has also published hundreds of thousands of classified U.S. documents relating to the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
But the organization has come under increasing financial pressure in recent months, leading Assange to announce in October that WikiLeaks was temporarily stopping publication to "aggressively fundraise" in order to stay afloat.


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CRESTVIEW � Organizers of the community's first International Festival invite area ethnic and cultural organizations to represent their countries and heritage at the Oct. 25 event.
CRESTVIEW � Organizers of the community's first International Festival invite area ethnic and cultural organizations to represent their countries and heritage at the Oct. 25 event.
The festival, sponsored by the Okaloosa School District, will feature cultural music, dancing, educational presentations, displays and food samples, organizer Blanca Galindo said.
"Our superintendent, Mary Beth Jackson, is very supportive of embracing other cultures," Galindo said. "We are inviting the community and people of every culture in the area."
Galindo, a native of Colombia, works in student intervention services and the school's English for Speakers of Other Languages program at Davidson Middle School.
She said the festival, which is open to adults and students, will also incorporate a Hispanic heritage celebration, "but it's going to be a melting pot, just like the United States."
Interactive and cultural displays will represent Japan, China, Russia, the Ukraine, the Philippines, France, Germany, countries from Central and South America, and Crestview's French Sister City, Noirmoutier-en-l'�le, Galindo said.
Embracing diversity, preserving traditions
The program � part of the school district's push to increase diversity education � allows students to meet people from other cultures and experience their traditions, which will help prepare them for interacting in a multicultural world, Galindo said.
"When they grow up and go into the working environment, they will meet people from other cultures," Galindo said. "This will help them get ready for that."
It will also let parents and adults share their cultures' traditions with their children and other students assimilating into the nation's melting pot.
"People come here as a first generation, but the second generation starts adopting the American culture and forgets about their roots," she said.
Galindo said the festival would also help attendees become more sensitive to traditions from other cultures while reinforcing America's embrace of people from all over the world.
"We want to invite people to understand other cultures and understand each other," she said. "I think it's going to be beautiful."
Ethnic and cultural groups are invited to participate in the International Festival, which is 5:30 p.m. Oct. 25 at the Shoal River Middle School gymnasium. Admission is free.Contact Blanca Galindo, 683-7500 ext. 111 or firstname.lastname@example.com for details.
Contact News Bulletin Staff Writer Brian Hughes at 850-682-6524 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @cnbBrian.


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Posted on October 31, 2013 in Shoes and Apparel
Just because Breast Cancer Awareness is only campaigned during the month of October, doesn't mean you can't wear Pink Ribbon clothes for the rest of the year to show your support! To kick off my favorite Breast Cancer Awareness outfit I chose the Under Armour Power in Pink Fighter Long-Sleeve. Especially since the weather is starting to cool down, I find myself wearing these comfy long-sleeve crews quite often. They're perfect for chilly weather workouts. They keep your arms covered from the cold air and they're not quite as heavy as sweatshirts so you can still move well. With this top in particular, I love the colorblocking raglan sleeves for a little extra style. The Nike Winter Racer Long Sleeve Top and tasc Fall 5K Long Sleeve Top are some notable ones with fun colorblocking to check out as well.
Posted on October 15, 2013 in Miscellaneous Shoes and Apparel
When Michelle kicked off our Breast Cancer Awareness series, she said there's a good chance you know someone who has fought breast cancer. In my case, it's a college friend. Though not a tennis player, she leads an active, outdoor lifestyle. She is in her 30s. I knew that breast cancer didn't just wait until you hit XX age, but I didn't know. She fought and is a survivor. Her spirit is so inspiring.
In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month, we have chosen some of our favorite times from our Shop Pink page, which features apparel and gear that supports the cause by donating some proceeds to cancer research. Michelle posted her look last week, but now it's my turn.
For my look, I went with pieces that work for on- and off-court training. First I chose the New Balance Hope Courage Love Tee. I love a good tech tee, and I love ombre. The message is inspirational. Awesome! Plus, New Balance has been a Susan G. Komen Foundation partner for 25 years and will donate a minimum of $500,000 this year to the cause. I love to mix-and-match, and our weather promises to cool off soon (got our first rain of the season finally!) so I went with the adidas Pink Ribbon Tight on the bottom. This three-quarter tight is great for cool days on court, and I can easily wear it for running or gym workouts. adidas donates 10% of profits to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.
We all chose the Prince T22 in pink and white because this specific color is to raise awareness. Prince teamed up with Bright Pink and will donate some profits to this nonprofit group. When it comes to performance, the T22 is among the best out there. It's a great fit for my wider foot and offers loads of comfort and durability. It's pretty much has everything a girl could want!
Stay tuned for the other TW Stylists to chime in with their Shop Pink outfits.
Happy Hitting!
Tiffani, TW
Posted on October 7, 2013 in Miscellaneous Shoes and Apparel
In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month, all of the TW Stylists have chosen some of their favorite items from our Shop Pink section that feature apparel that support the cause (be on the lookout for more looks to come). We are loving the fun, pink styles from New Balance, adidas, Prince, Wilson and Under Armour that all benefit finding a cure and preventing breast cancer!
Here's my look — I started with these super fun shorts from adidas, the Pink Ribbon Short. I saw these the day they first came in and loved them — then I found out that part of the proceeds go toward All Fight, the organization that adidas has paired up with this month to make sure funds go toward finding a cure. These lightweight shorts are perfect for me because I can wear them on the court, in the gym, on a hike, or just because! I paired the shorts with this sassy, fun tee from New Balance. This Don't Get Busted tee adds a bit of lightheartedness when dealing with a serious subject and is 95% polyester which makes it a great moisture wicking tee for any activity and it's a great price for a tee that goes toward a cause! (more…)


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