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Humphead wrasse
Humphead wrasse, Napoleon wrasse, Napoleon fish, giant wrasse, Maori wrasse, truck wrasse, undulate wrasse
Scientific Name
Cheilinus undulatus
IUCN Endangered (EN) A2bd+3bd; CITES Appendix IIIUCN
Naturally rare, and in high demand
Humphead wrasse has been subjected to largely unmanaged fisheries that have resulted in consistent marked population declines in fished areas where the species is both protected and unprotected, and with localised extirpations at the edges of its range.
Physical Description
Adults are found on the reef during the day. At night they rest in reef caves and under coral ledges.
This species reaches a maximum length of more than 2m and up to 190kg in weight.
Life Cycle
Sexual maturation of this species takes up to 5-7 years. Humphead wrasse are protogynous hermaphrodites, so some females become males around the age of 9. The reasons for this are not fully understood. The species is reported to live for over 30 years.
They demonstrate a reproductive strategy of spawning aggregation, whereby sexually mature adults from adjacent reefs gather at specific sites to mate.
Humphead wrasse feed primarily on molluscs, fish, sea urchins, crustaceans, echinoderms, and other invertebrates, using their strong teeth. The species may be one of the few predators of the toxic crown of thorns starfish, boxfish and sea hares.
The humphead is found in the Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea to South Africa and to the Tuamoto Islands (Polynesia), north to the Ryukyu Islands (south-west Japan), and south to New Caledonia. The species is naturally rare, with recorded maximum adult density of not more than 20 fish per 10,000 m². The population has reduced by 50% over the course of 30 years.
Range States
American Samoa, Australia, British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Archipelago), Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Cook Islands, Djibouti, Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia (Tuamotu Is.), Guam, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Seychelles, Somalia, Taiwan (Province of China), United States Minor Outlying Islands (Wake Is.)
What are the main threats?
Owing to its vulnerability to fishing pressure, high demand and hence high pressure on the species in many areas, populations of humphead wrasse have declined rapidly where commercial fisheries are involved (specifically American Samoa, Sabah - Malaysia, Fiji, Indonesia).Even in areas where humphead wrasse is protected, catches have been reduced. For instance, annual catch rates dropped by 50% from 1991 to 1998 in Australia, and sightings of humphead wrasse by dive operators in Queensland were less frequent.
Humphead wrasse is found in the coastal waters of 48 countries and territories, few of which have effective management measures in place to regulate the trade. Lack of capacity in enforcement and shortcomings of national regulations compromise conservation efforts of many range countries.
Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) fishing and trading of this species occurs. For example, in the Philippines, Indonesia and probably eastern Malaysia, illegal harvesting of humphead wrasse with cyanide still occurs; in the Kei Islands of Indonesia, one out of the two ships involved in the export of humphead wrasse did not have the appropriate permits; and in the Maldives, illegal export of humphead wrasse occurs in spite of the export ban.
Humphead wrasse is one of the most valuable fish in the live reef fish trade, and the rarity of this species leads to higher demand and prices of up to US$250-300/kg in China. Although centred in Hong Kong, this trade has spread to southern China and other consumer regions, including Singapore. Of particular concern is that rapid economic growth in mainland China in the near future may further intensify the demand for humphead wrasse throughout the country.
Both mature and juvenile humphead wrasse are harvested for the live reef food fish trade as well as for local consumption; small juveniles (less than 10cm) are collected for the aquarium fish trade which further exacerbates the depletion of the wild population of humphead wrasse.
Priority species
Humphead wrasse is a WWF priority species. WWF treats priority species as one of the most ecologically, economically and/or culturally important species on our planet. And so we are working to ensure such species can live and thrive in their natural habitats.
What is WWF doing?
- WWF promotes consumer awareness around the world and publishes seafood guides to help consumers ensure they only eat sustainable seafood.
- WWF works to address the threats caused by illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing: sustainable fishing
- WWF's work on illegal trade involves cooperation with governments and other NGOs to improve monitoring and regulation of illegal trade: Unsustainable and illegal wildlife trade.
How you can help
- Only eat sustainable seafood. Look for MSC certification when buying seafood and check out WWF's local guides to sustainable seafood.
- Spread the word! Click on the button to share this information with others via email or your favourite social networking service.
Make a donation
Did you know?
- The humphead wrasse is one of the two most highly valued fish in the luxury live reef fish trade on a per kg basis.
- The species cannot be artificially cultured in hatcheries so there is no option to relieve fishing pressure.
- Concerns for the future of the humphead wrasse are so high that it is the only reef fish protected by species name across a range of countries.


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(CNN) -- Fourteen city workers and one retired city worker in the western Ohio town of Piqua claimed a $207 million 12-state lottery prize Wednesday.
After five years of buying Mega Millions Lottery tickets, a group of 15 people in Ohio finally hit the jackpot.
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"It was wonderful to call and say, 'Mom, I'm buying you a house,' " she said. "It's a great feeling to know that you can help people."
Now, at age 45, Cindy is planning to retire, too. The decision was not a difficult one, she said.
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The winnings will not be divided evenly -- one of the winners paid for two tickets.
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Back in high school when Sharon Day was building herself as the greatest athlete to come out of Costa Mesa High, she competed in volleyball, soccer and track and field.
In the spring, she excelled in track and field. At most meets, she racked up several points competing in four events. She wanted to do more.
"You were only allowed to do four events," Day said. "I had to pick and choose."
Day is taking on much more these days in her quest to medal at the London Olympics. She's aiming to qualify for the London Games at the U.S. Olympic Trials. She competes in the heptathlon Friday and Saturday at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.
"I'm feeling really good about it," Day said of qualifying for the Olympics. "My training has been phenomenal. I'm not necessarily trying to peak, but I just want to have a solid meet, get solid marks, make the team and turn my attention toward peaking in London. I feel really good about my chances. I'm the only American to have an 'A' standard. It's really less stressful."
Day, who qualified for the 2008 Olympics in the high jump, earned the 'A' standard at the Sam Adams Multi-Events meet at Westmont College in Santa Barbara in April.
She set a personal record of 6,337 points to win the heptathlon, compiling points from competing in the 100-meter hurdles, high jump, shotput, 200 meters, long jump, javelin and 800 meters. She showed she found her niche as a heptathlete.
Eugene Day knew that could be the case back when his daughter competed for Costa Mesa.
"I knew sophomore year in high school," said Eugene, who coached his daughter in track and field. "Sharon is the kind of person that loves a challenge and at the same time doing track she wants to do multiple events. She gets better with doing more events."
Sharon Day finished 12th in high jump qualifying at the Beijing Games, and later turned her focus on the heptathlon. She admits she's now a different athlete, mentally and physically. Much has happened in the past four years.
She just turned 27 on June 9. After finishing up at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in 2008, she signed with Asics. A year later, Oakley came with a sponsorship for her.
Sharon Day found love too.
This past winter, she became engaged to Dan Monroe, who also attended Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and is a girls' basketball coach at San Luis Obispo High. They've been together for three years and plan to marry next year.
Sharon is a different person, an improved athlete, from four years ago when she seemed content with just qualifying for the Olympics.
"I definitely have a lot more experience on my side," she said during a phone interview last week before leaving for the U.S. Olympic Trials. "I have a new view. Back then coming out of college, I was just different. It's a whole different ballgame now making a different team. But having that experience from the last Olympic Trials and Olympic Games, I am ready for these Olympics."
While it may seem everything has fallen into place for Sharon because of her elite athleticism that hasn't necessarily been the case. She struggled with the shotput.
"It was my nemesis," she said.
She could barely reach a mark of 35 feet. But toward the end of 2010, she improved over 10 feet.
Her coach, Jack Hoyt, knew she would improve because of her power and her patience, he said.
"She's really athletic," Hoyt said of why Sharon has found success in the heptathlon. "She can learn any sport. She is really competitive. Whenever she learns something she wants to beat everybody.
"She is patient to learn these things. It gets frustrating. But she stays patient."
Hoyt said he usually looks for athletes he can convert into multi-event competitors. He sensed Sharon could become great in the heptathlon.
She's considered young as a heptathlete. Greater things can come in the 2016 Olympics, he said.
However, Sharon wants to be ahead of schedule this summer.
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WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - The United States is expected to get the top safety rating for mad cow disease in spring, under a recommendation from international livestock health experts that was greeted on Wednesday as a sure-fire boost to U.S. beef exports.
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said the recommended upgrade, to "negligible" from "controlled" risk, was proof that U.S. beef meets the highest safety standards in the world. A trade group, the U.S. Cattlemen's Association, said the move was "a big step forward towards enhancing our export opportunities."
The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) was expected to formally adopt the recommendation at its annual meeting in May in Paris. OIE's scientific arm recommended the upgrade after reviewing U.S. safeguards.
The United States would be the 20th country to get a negligible risk rating for the fatal, brain-wasting disease, formally named bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), according to data on OIE's website.
Four cases of BSE have been reported in the United States since 2003. The most recent was April 24, 2012, in an elderly, lame dairy cow in southern California.
For years, mad cow disease was dreaded because of the possibility that people could acquire a human version by eating infected meat products. Fear has subsided as stringent controls have reduced the number of cases to a relative handful worldwide.
The United States requested an upgrade in its OIE rating last year. Vilsack said the OIE panel agreed U.S. safeguards and surveillance systems were strong. "Being classified as negligible risk for BSE by the OIE will also greatly support our efforts to increase exports of U.S. beef and beef products," he said.
Early this year, Japan relaxed limits that were imposed on U.S. beef imports a decade ago, following discovery of the first U.S. case of mad cow.
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President Barack Obama released a statement on the release of Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal from detention in Iran. President Obama said:
"I welcome the release of Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal from detention in Iran and am very pleased that they are being reunited with their loved ones. The tireless advocacy of their families over these two years has won my admiration, and is now coming to an end with Josh and Shane back in their arms. All Americans join their families and friends in celebrating their long-awaited return home.
"We are deeply grateful to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, the Swiss government, and to all our partners and allies around the world who have worked steadfastly over the past two years to secure the release of Shane and Josh."
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton echoed President Obama's statement. She said, "I join President Obama in welcoming the decision made by Iranian authorities to release Shane Bauer and Joshua Fattal from detention. After more than two years, they will finally be reunited with their friends and families.
"I am grateful for the efforts of all those who have worked for their release, in particular the Swiss Protecting Power in Tehran, the Omani government, the Iraqi government, and the many other world leaders who have raised their voices in support, as well as those inside Iran who pushed for justice."
You can find a transcript of the President's statement here and the Secretary's statement here.
Zharkov in the U.S.A. writes:
People entering a country without a Visa doesn't automatically make them spies or terrorists. It makes them deportable.
It shouldn't take 2 years of begging and pleading from families and Arab leaders to get Iran's government to do the right thing.
Any decent government should have put them on an airline and out of the country within 72 hours.
The prison time they've spent in Iran is a nasty lesson to tourists about Persian hospitality.
It's time for Iran's government to ask themselves how much better and faster they could have handled this matter. If they have a problem with how Western governments treat Iranian tourists, then they should take that up with those governments.
John in Canada writes:
@ Zarkov - Welcome to our ridiculous world - my own views on Monarchy could give me a long jail term or worse in some countries that are considered "friends". Thailand, Saudi Arabia perhaps even England (who knows what silly archaic laws still exist. In 2011 a catholic cannot become PM of England for goodness sake or wed into the royal family) Does Britain practice religious freedoms?
Heck, my view on religious practice - I would be a heretic - for one I don't hold the belief that a monarch has been ordained by God (sorry QE2). I don't believe that the pope is beyond reproach and cannot be questioned (guess I'm excommunicated). I don't believe that Jews should be held accountable for the death of Christ. I don't believe Israel can be restored at the end of the gun or by force - even with the help of America (I am not anti Semitic). I don't believe suicide bombers will be greeted with milk, honey and virgins (just weird). If Christ rises again or the mystical Imam of the shia -- I wonder how the deaf and dumb followers would ever notice (probably would kill them - perhaps they are one in the same - that would be really confusing).
Back to monarchies - no use today - there function does no service any longer except to them (debatable) -I don't believe monarchs should be beyond the laws of any land, but they are.
I believe strongly in freedom but see NO country that is actually free.
I believe in justice but have NO faith in law courts (even less in a lawyer - they believe who pays them the most). And no I am not an anarchist.
When president Obama recites his faith in the rule of law I can't help but think of slavery, segregation, genocide committed against populations of Jews, Muslims Christians, the plights of women and the threat against thinking and speaking freely - all made possible by the "Rule of Law"
There is something very strange having the first Black President of the USA cite the virtues of the rule of law - America owes its birth as a nation to law breakers, Obamas own presidency has been bought and paid with the lives of those who broke laws at the time - many, many years ago.(somehow I don't think a slave could become commander and chief)
Touting the rule of law reduces these struggles and enshrines the very chains that made these atrocities possible. The rule of law is still used today as a tool of repression; not for justice. Never mind the folks that broke prohibition laws, they owe their wealth to it. Who said crime doesn't pay - It has brought freedoms to many and paid the way for President Obamas presidency. The secretary of state I doubt would be where she is if laws towards women were not broken (still have a way to go ).
I believe in capitalism but see no true capitalist or states that practice true capitalism (sorry America you have successful people but any true capitalist would never allow debt and poverty the way America has allowed it- -it's suicidal to capitalism as you are all learning right now)
America rather oddly resembles a constitutional monarchy (in a vague sense) that practices a subtle form of serfdom while the people believe in something that is not really there- perhaps that's why Americans remember the civil war and its divisiveness far more than independence. True freedom and independence still eludes you. But Americans have hope and that's more than most (but not much more.)
I suppose a lot of countries still haven't figured out how to let go of the dark ages (some worse than others) and embrace a future better for all (perhaps this lays in the hope some Americans speak about and others are dying quite literally for right now around the world)
Now while I value the knowledge and wisdom of the old; I am not so sure the designs for our future should be coming from the geriatric crowd. (Sorry Soros, Murdoch, Buffet, Panetta, Biden……..) They won't be alive to live the future they create and shape (no wonder things are so screwed up)
I wonder who the first women prez will be?
How's that for a rant that causes hackles to rise all over, break laws somewhere and generally piss off people, - from patriots, religious folks, governments, business, monarchists …..lawyers (chuckle) on and on…
Is it truly surprising what nonsense Iran and others do? More surprising is why it is still done at all.
Welcome home guys and enjoy a better freedom than you experienced in Iran. I bet you feel more hopeful right now than you did last year about your futures. I bet it feels like winning the lottery.
Got to go - I think I hear crowds with pitchforks at my door- if my heads still on my neck next week - Ill catch you then - till then sit back and watch the crazy circus we call life. (Laugh)
Zharkov in the U.S.A. writes:
@ John in Canada, you've made quite a few valid points. Over 170 million people have died at the hands of various governments in the 20th century, all according to law. In that respect, anarchy could have been an improvement.
Our constitution may be old but it was very effective in building a strong, free, and prosperous nation. Nothing written since then offers the genius of that brilliant document.
This government would not have even half the problems they now face had they obeyed the limitations of their power set forth over 200 years ago.
This and prior governments violated in nearly every manner possible our constitution which they swore to protect and defend. If they were honest, they should have refused to recite their oaths of office.
This and previous governments disregarded American interests in order to rescue foreign banks and governments, created regulations forcing American factories and jobs overseas, they've released swarms of tax collectors upon the public for further impoverishment of the barely employed, they search and seize money and property without a court order, they spy on innocent citizens, they impose double jeopardy in multiple trials and administrative hearings for the same offense, and so on - too much to list, really.
Our Declaration of Independence lists the reasons why we severed ties with the Crown and are strikingly modern complaints regarding our current government. The Declaration of Independence is an extremely important document. One can go right down the list of complaints about the Crown in the Declaration of Independence and say, "yes, that's what we've got now".
As for Iran, its mullahs are building a reputation of violating treaties against executing children, of cruelty to women and children, of intolerance of other religions, and generally nasty behavior.
After the US failure to prosecute elected officials for war crimes at Abu Ghraib and elsewhere, Clinton's human rights lectures tend to fall on deaf ears.
Still, Iran's government should ask itself, what laws has it abolished lately to make Iranians more free, more prosperous, and more happy. My guess is, none at all. And I could say the same for our own government as well.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
The thing about anarchy is when the king no longer wants to be king, everyone wants to be king; and that could be said as well on some level for emerging democracies in their infancy.
I'm glad these guys made it out, and I'm sure they'll have a story to tell about the hospitality of Mullas and the cosy, homey atmosphere of Evin prison.
I think we ought to continue to shake the tree and see what others may be released.


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Lieutenant Raymond E. Foster
When you began your law enforcement career, your organization sent you to a training academy and then, likely, provided you with a field training officer or senior officer with whom to work. However, when you promote to sergeant, there is little training and nothing like the mentoring of a field training officer system. Moreover, the transition from police officer to sergeant is often one of the most difficult transitions of your career. In this article, we will explore five concepts that can help you make the transition from street cop to sergeant.
Worker-Bee Syndrome
Part of the promotional process involved a review of your past performance. Indeed, the gist of the "Peter Principle" is that because you were good at what you did, you will be good at what you are going to do. While being a good street cop is a solid foundation for being a field sergeant, your duties and responsibilities as a field sergeant are vastly different than those of a police officer. Furthermore, anytime you act as a police officer you are a participant and your leadership role as well as your supervision role have been minimized.
Anytime a sergeant performs a law enforcement function, they are a police officer and not a supervisor. The next time you are tempted to "jump in," think just for a moment – would your officers be better served by having a leader with them or do they need another pair of hands? We all know that if you are rolling around the streets of your community stuff is going to land in your lap. You are going to end up making arrests, etc. However, let me give you two general rules: First, you know the difference between when you have to take action and when you have discretion not to do so. Exercise it. Two, you should occasionally and intentionally do your officers' job. There is tremendous value in directly experiencing your subordinates' work environment. As an example, suppose your officers complain about a new booking procedure. Intentionally make an arrest and experience the booking process. You are doing their job for the purpose of seeing and experiencing their problems and keeping your own skills set intact.
Recall the Rodney King video. A field sergeant employed the TASER. When TASERs were first introduced into the Los Angeles Police Department, they were assigned to field sergeants. Sergeants were trained and expected to use the TASER. The organization put the sergeants in the position of acting as police officers in that they participated. Think about the video. Might the outcome been different if the sergeant acted solely in a leadership/supervision role? At the very least, he would have been slightly removed from the problem and not – an active participant; he would have had the opportunity to see the incident differently.
Lastly, intervening when something is going sideways is not doing your officer's job; it is doing your job. If the fight is on and what is needed is an extra pair of hands, you know what to do to assist the officers. If an officer is beginning to go sideways, taking corrective action is your job as a supervisor.
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Leadership and supervision are different. In my book, Leadership: Texas Hold 'em Style, we define leadership as "the art of influencing human behavior toward organizational goals." Supervision includes leadership but it can be further focused as leadership and management within defined organizational roles. In other words, you are assigned to supervise someone just as someone has been assigned to supervise you. Concepts such as Chain of Command and Unity of Command come into play because of your role as a supervisor.
Supervising means taking direct actions such as observing, critiquing and training. It also includes all of the paperwork associated with personnel actions. Focus on you supervisor duties as well as your leadership duties. As an example, go through the personnel files of your subordinates. Are their evaluations up-to-date? Is their emergency contact information correct? Can you assess some of their strength and weaknesses based on their personnel files? Additionally, you should meet with each of your subordinates and ensure their emergency contact information is up-to-date, etc. This is a good way of getting them, and you, to think of you as the supervisor.


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In December 1998 we wrote a "What If" column trying to forecast 1999 and on. This is always a tricky thing to do. Here at the beginning of 2002 we have the advantage of 20/20 hindsight as well.
We asked in 1998 what if then President Clinton left office and Al Gore became president — would environmental regulations become even more political and stringent? Would a bare Republican majority have the guts to step forward and insist that EPA use good science?
Well we didn't get Gore; we did get Bush and we have remarkable efforts on the part of EPA and the administration to move toward "good science" and cooperation. Let's hope this will continue into the remainder of Bush's term(s). At least there seems to be hope.
Then we asked if it was possible for the environmental lobby to stop trying the "scare of the week", etc? Here nothing has changed though in the immediate aftermath of the tragic events of Sept. 11, they did quiet down as public interest focused on more important issues.
As time goes by though we see them up to their old tricks and their congressional supporters beginning to seek ways to push their agenda under the guise of increasing "security".
The national media has followed and for the most part supported the enviros. Expect in 2002 more of the same — little effort to achieve better understanding and balance.
Under other questions to ponder we asked if with all the new rules in place would our food supply be any safer? Would pesticide use reporting be in place? Would TRI information be used by enviros to create more scare stories? What would be the enviro buzz words for the coming year? How would farm prices and industry mergers affect farmers, dealers, distributors, manufacturers and trade associations?
Well Sept. 11 at least took care of some of the "release of any and all information." Security concerns that were always there suddenly rose in perspective as the potential for misuse of worst case information became all too evident.
Use reporting momentum at least for now has slowed. Low farm prices and industry mergers still are most important and high on everyone's radar. The farm economy drives the profitability of all agriculture and related agribusiness.
Mergers are simply a sign of the times and attitudes. All are seeking to improve profitability and cut costs. Trade associations took their licks like everyone else. All seek greater efficiency and ways to cut expenses and provide needed services.
For 2002 and on we continue to hope for true regulatory reform but see little hope for this to come from Congress with its present makeup. The 2002 elections are up for grabs. Possibly the effort to unite behind the President will carry over into the elections. Already, however we see the partisan jockeying for positions and partisan advantage.
We and agriculture will survive and grow stronger though the immediate future will have lots of bumps.
We firmly believe that the ballyhoo against biotechnology and innovations will run its course — especially if we are allowed to heed our own good common sense. We must be on our guard not only as it relates to physical security of our products but equally as important to continue — even reinforce our efforts toward acceptance of new technology and ways of doing business.
Let's be cautious, but innovative and be willing to use common sense but not afraid to dare!


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Location: Seßlach, Germany
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Project Year: 2017
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Text description provided by the architects. A family owned meadow in a little village in Bavaria is the inspiration for the design of this archetypal house. Surrounded by sheds and barns the house finds its place among a wildflower meadow.
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Based on traditional local architecture the new two-storey house offers a place to live for a young family. The two floors are based on a strict functional separation. A low open ground floor containing the living room contrasts a high enclosed upper floor with bedrooms.This physical connection is intensified by the inverse viewing directions, horizontal to the village on ground floor and vertical to the sky and meadow on the upper floor.
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text: On Tue, 24 Jun 2008, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: > Go has a bigger branching factor than chess, as it starts with an empty board > of 19x19, versus chess a loaded board of 8x8. > > The first few moves in go decide the outcome of the game already, as the rest > is just a 'playout' of the first few moves. So what matters > most is the first few moves in the game. This is simply not correct. Go is a highly nonlocal game in both space on the game board and time. Chess is (in contrast) relatively linear -- the restricted moves available to each piece and the ability to deduce at least some relatively simple payoff functions make it much, much less complex. Sure, a "perfect chess game" is still quite complex, but its complexity fits in its entirety in a tiny fraction of the space occupied by Go. > Reason why chessprograms play so well is simply money and popularity of the > game. Again, no. The reason is that the decision trees in chess are countable by enough, big enough, fast enough, computers, and one can compute objective functions on even a modest number of looks ahead that will exceed what many people can do. Go's are not. I won't say they never will be, but they won't be anytime soon even with help from Moore's law. You might look at the comments here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_%28board_game%29#Computers_and_Go Note that it is far more complex BOTH because the combinatorics are vastly larger, where "vastly" is an understatement, and because crucial tactical situations can be resolved by seemingly unrelated plays made hundreds of turns earlier far away on the board. Go also is very difficult to tactically estimate -- one can play out seemingly balanced tactical situations for forty or fifty plys before a tiny weakness in one player's position -- or one of those distant pieces placed early in the game -- causes their entire effort to "unravel" and turn into a disaster. That's almost twice the number of plys in an entire chess game, and is still only the first third or so of the game. If you or your friend disagree with this, well, feel free to edit the wikipedia article(s) with examples that contradict it, but the mathematics and difficulty of pruning the Go trees suggest that it isn't. rgb > > Chess computers in the 80s and start 90s, used to export to 106 countries. I > remember talking about producing a dedicated chesscomputer, > and usually 100000 of them get printed. A minimum of 20000 pieces is needed > to heat up the production line (Hong Kong, China). > > There is no go computers AFAIK, for simple reason that the only nation where > you can sell your product is Japan. The 3 main nations where > go gets played is China, Korea, Japan. So only Japan you could sell some if > you have entrance to its very close market. > > In fact there is even a company that claims to have the rights on all human > go games. > > At my chat is someone, Gian-Carlo Pascutto, whose program Leela you can buy. > It is as we speak the strongest commercial go program on planet earth that > you can buy. > His engine focuses upon search, its knowlede is rather simplistic. > > He has a normal job just like you have one. > > So this is a sparetime written engine. > > Computerchess engines used to be fulltime work. When someone is jobless like > me, you again work for a few months fulltime at it. > There is 500 chess engines to compete with or so. > > In go the competition is very limited, only recently more engines are there. > Most programmed by non-asian programmers. > Not even from Asian decent. > > It's all about how much money you want to put in research. Would go have been > the game been played in 106 nations and chess in just 3 from which only 1 has > money and is a closed market, then we would be speaking now about a > computer-go world champion program and wondering what makes computer chess so > hard. > > In that case I would write then that if more money had been put at chess, > that those engines would be stronger than the go engines. > > Don't count at it that the big supercomputers make any chance in go, neither > in chess. The quality of the program is most important. > As soon as you massively parallellize a strong engine, now *that* makes > sense. > > Vincent > > On Jun 24, 2008, at 6:20 PM, Peter St. John wrote: > >> Programming a computer to play Go (an Asian strategy boardgame) has been >> difficult; some people say it's proof that Go is better or harder than >> chess, since computers can beat masters at chess but struggle at Go. (I >> think that statistically a game of go is about equivalent to a two-game >> match of chess; both games empty your brain quickly of course). My view is >> that while go may be somewhat harder to reduce to tree-searching, the main >> advantage of computer chess was an early start, e.g. von Neumann. >> >> This article: >> http://www.usgo.org/resources/downloads/CogApdx%20II-2.pdf >> describes recent trends in computer Go and mentions a 32-node cluster, 8 >> cores per node. 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text: On Tue, 5 Jul 2005, Maurice Volaski wrote: > Hi, I saw your post below and was just wondering how you made out. For > example, did you find out the Cisco sends back packets to the bonded > NIC? I am preparing a setup here and we have a Cisco 6509. I am thinking > of trying out balance-alb first because I think the server would have > the most control, but I don't know how performance will be affected. Hi Maurice, we have followed the advice of Jay Vosburgh, and I must say that it was a right advice. We were able to get an excellent symmetric throughput of 220+ MB/sec with bonding-alb and a Cisco switch. With 4 high-end servers totalling 8 GigE NICs we have seen the aggregate NAS speeds in excess of 800 MB/sec. It seems that the "fat" NAS servers capable to deliver 200+ MB/sec per unit may soon become the platform of choice for cluster storage. You may also want to check our recent presentation at HEPiX, see: http://hepix.fzk.de/upload/lectures/Maslennikov-storage-2005.pdf Andrei.


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Cyprus clinched a last-ditch deal with international lenders to shut down its second largest bank and inflict heavy losses on uninsured depositors, including wealthy Russians, in return for a 10 billion euro ($13 billion) bailout. The agreement came hours before a deadline to avert a collapse of the banking system in fraught negotiations between President Nicos Anastasiades and heads of the European Union, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Swiftly endorsed by euro zone finance ministers, the plan will spare the east Mediterranean island a financial meltdown by winding down Popular Bank of Cyprus, also known as Laiki, and shifting deposits below 100,000 euros to the Bank of Cyprus to create a "good bank". Deposits above 100,000 euros in both banks, which are not guaranteed under EU law, will be frozen and used to resolve Laiki's debts and recapitalize Bank of Cyprus through a deposit/equity conversion. The raid on uninsured Laiki depositors is expected to raise 4.2 billion euros, Eurogroup chairman Jeroen Dijssebloem said. Laiki will effectively be shuttered, with thousands of job losses. Officials said senior bondholders in Laiki would be wiped out and those in Bank of Cyprus would have to make a contribution. An EU spokesman said no across-the-board levy or tax would be imposed on deposits in Cypriot banks, although the hit on large account holders in the two biggest banks is likely to be far greater than initially planned. A first attempt at a deal last week collapsed when the Cypriot parliament rejected a proposed levy on all deposits. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said lawmakers would not need to vote on the new scheme, since they had already enacted a law setting procedures for bank resolution. "It can't be done without a bail-in in both banks... This is bitter for Cyprus but we now have the result that the (German) government always stood up for," Schaeuble told reporters, saying he was sure the German parliament would approve. A senior source in the talks said Anastasiades threatened to resign at one stage on Sunday if he was pushed too far. He left EU headquarters without making any comment. Conservative leader Anastasiades, barely a month in office and wrestling with Cyprus' worst crisis since a 1974 invasion by Turkish forces split the island in two, was forced to back down on his efforts to shield big account holders. Diplomats said the president had fought hard to preserve the country's business model as an offshore financial centre drawing huge sums from wealthy Russians and Britons but had lost. The EU and IMF required that Cyprus raise 5.8 billion euros from its banking sector towards its own financial rescue in return for 10 billion euros in international loans. The head of the EU rescue fund said Cyprus should receive the first emergency funds in May. With banks closed for the last week, the Central Bank of Cyprus imposed a 100-euros per day limit on withdrawals from cash machines at the two biggest banks to avert a run. French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici rejected charges that the EU had brought Cypriots to their knees, saying it was the island's offshore business model that had failed. "To all those who say that we are strangling an entire people ... Cyprus is a casino economy that was on the brink of bankruptcy," he said. The euro gained against the dollar on the news in early Asian trading. Analysts had said failure to clinch a deal could cause a financial market selloff, but some said the island's small size - it accounts for just 0.2 percent of the euro zone's economic output - meant contagion would be limited. The abandoned plan for a levy on bank deposits had unsettled investors since it represented an unprecedented step in Europe's handling of a debt crisis that has spread from Greece, to Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Italy. ANXIOUS MOOD In the Cypriot capital, Nicosia, the mood on Sunday was anxious. "I haven't felt so uncertain about the future since I was 13 and Cyprus was invaded," said Dora Giorgali, 53, a nursery teacher who lost her job two years ago when the school she worked at closed down. "I have two children studying abroad and I tell them not to return to Cyprus. Imagine a mother saying that," she said in a central Nicosia square. Cyprus's banking sector, with assets eight times the size of its economy, has been crippled by exposure to Greece, where private bondholders suffered a 75 percent "haircut" last year. Without a deal by the end of Monday, the ECB said it would have cut off emergency funds to the banks, spelling certain collapse and potentially pushing the country out of the euro. Under the bailout agreement, Laiki's ECB funds will pass to Bank of Cyprus and the central bank will "provide liquidity to BoC in line with applicable rules". PARLIAMENT About 200 bank employees protested outside the presidential palace on Sunday chanting "troika out of Cyprus" and "Cyprus will not become a protectorate". In a stunning vote on Tuesday, the 56-seat parliament rejected a levy on depositors, big and small. Finance Minister Michael Sarris then spent three fruitless days in Moscow trying to win help from Russia, whose citizens and companies have billions of euros at stake in Cypriot banks. On Friday, lawmakers voted to nationalize pension funds and split failing lenders into good and bad banks - the measure to be applied to Laiki. The plan to tap pension funds was shelved due to German opposition, a Cypriot official said. The tottering banks held 68 billion euros in deposits, including 38 billion in accounts of more than 100,000 euros - enormous sums for an island of 1.1 million people which could never sustain such a big financial system on its own. ($1 = 0.7694 euros)
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Paying Your Dues in Police Work
Sergeant Betsy Brantner Smith
I had been a field training sergeant for several years when we hired a new recruit who sat down with my boss and told him that she really didn't have the time or the inclination to go through all that silly police academy and patrol officer stuff. She asked to be immediately assigned to our Investigations Division as a detective, and by the way, she could only work 8am – 4pm, Monday through Friday. She appeared quite certain that her experienced deemed her more than qualified and didn't want to "waste time" working patrol. Besides, our department would undoubtedly jump at the chance to take advantage of her extraordinary talent.
Needless to say, we withdrew our offer of criminal justice employment. This experience was part of a growing trend that we continue to see in law enforcement today: many young officers fail to understand that they need to "pay their dues." Go to any of the online forums and you'll find a young wanna-be cop who expects to skip uniformed patrol and go right into SWAT.
Ambition and Goals
Many cops start out with big dreams and even bigger ambitions. I wanted to be the first female chief of my agency. I wanted to be a K-9 officer, a narc, a detective, and a manager too, but it never occurred to me that any of that would happen without a lot of hard work, plenty of advanced training and many years in patrol. Fortunately, I loved being in patrol, but I also enjoyed the other assignments I was privileged enough to be assigned to. As it turns out, my goals and ambitions changed over the years and, as I matured and learned more about the profession and about myself, my idea of "success" changed. Ambition is a great thing, but unrealistic expectations can ruin a law enforcement career before it begins.
Learning the Basics
In most agencies, patrol is where you begin to understand the basic function of policing. Most of what you learn in the academy and in field training relates to the uniformed patrol assignment. Patrol is the crucible by which your ability to make spur of the moment, critical decisions is judged. It's where you learn to write reports, deal with people, and keep both yourself and the public safe. You begin to figure out how to negotiate departmental politics, determine who might be a good role model or a potential mentor, and what specialty you might truly be interested in. Even though you watched all those hours of "CSI" while in college, when you actually become a cop you may discover that you like the thrill of running code to a burglary in progress much better than lifting latent fingerprints at a cold burglary scene. Patrol is where you grow up.
Moving Up
The skills you learn in patrol ultimately translate to almost every specialty and ancillary assignment in the department. View the early years of your law enforcement career as a continuation of your education; it is an opportunity to learn, to grow, and to enhance your knowledge. Almost limitless advanced skills can be developed in patrol: interview, interrogation, investigations, fitness, weapons, tactics, reading people, interpersonal communication, leadership abilities and so much more. As you develop talent and expertise, you must also cultivate your own humility. One of the most detrimental traits a young officer can have is arrogance.
Be Realistic and Be Informed
If you want to fight the war on drugs, join the DEA. If you want to fight the war on terror, join the CIA. But even these highly specialized organizations have their "rookies" and their "grunt" duties. Do your research and learn everything you can about the organization you want to join. You may want to work at your local police department for a few years before pursuing a federal career; you just might find that policing in your hometown is exactly what you were born to do. Wherever you decide to work, don't expect to be assigned to a specialty as soon as you are off probation. Does it happen? I was a detective within two years of becoming a cop. One of my fellow FTOs was still on probation when he became a field training officer. These were unique situations, and while they worked out for us, it's not always beneficial to be "moved up" too quickly. Although I had been a cop for five years, I was in patrol for less than 18 months before taking the sergeant's test. I didn't have the necessary experience to supervise my fellow patrol officers, so my placement on that first list was not very high. When the next test came up three years later, I made sure I was ready.
Check Your Attitude
No one is entitled to a specialty. It's great to set a goal of making the SWAT team, however it's arrogant to feel that you are owed it. The line between confidence and hubris is a fine one. It's great to have high self-esteem, but if it becomes self-adoration, no officer is going to want you as part of his or her specialty unit. I've had the opportunity to meet many of the best trainers, investigators, and tactical operators in this country and some of their common traits include approachability, humility, sincerity, dignity and an incapable desire to continue to learn.
One of the best compliments anyone can give you, no matter how talented and renowned you are, is "he sure seems like a regular guy" or "I would have never guessed that she is a world champion shooter." And if you ask, they will all tell you the same thing: "Oh yeah, I had to pay my dues."


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Michael Jordan applied for a marriage license
Michael Jordan and his girlfriend Yvette Prieto (Photo: Brian Jones/AP)
Anything LeBron can do, MJ can do better.
On the same day LeBron James' save the date card for his September wedding went public, Michael Jordan applied for a marriage license at the downtown courthouse in West Palm Beach, Fla., the Associated Press reported, citing Palm Beach County courthouse spokeswoman Kathy Burstein.
It's another overlapping marriage milestone for the players already linked by their basketball greatness and association with Nike.
PATERNITY SUIT: Jordan files for case dismissal
In an odd coincidence, MJ and LeBron got engaged within days of each other. LeBron proposed to his girlfriend, Savannah Brinson, just after midnight on New Year's 2012. Jordan's publicist announced his engagement to his girlfriend of three years, Cuban model Yvette Prieto, just three days before.
According to TMZ, Jordan and Prieto will get married on April 27. That fits within the 60-day window they'll have after their marriage license is granted. If the past is any indication, LeBron and Savannah's wedding registry will go public that same day. (Hint: Get the fish tweezers.)
It will be the second marriage for Jordan, 50.
LeBron's save the date card, which included a caricature of Brinson and their two sons, is for the weekend of Sept. 13-15. Sounds like a good time for a honeymoon, MJ.
PHOTOS: Michael Jordan and Yvette Prieto


text: Andrew Piskorski wrote: > On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 08:49:23PM +0000, Ricardo Reis wrote: > > Do you NEED low latency? The 8-way box PROBABLY has better latency, > but perhaps Infinipath HTX adapters between 2-socket nodes would give > similar (or possibly better in some cases?) latency - you need to > compare actual performance numbers. Looking at this design, it looks like 2 hops to the furthest memory, which gives you a latency of something like 100ns + 150ns*(N_hops), moreover, some of these hops are over a lower speed HT fabric. This will be a hard machine to optimize well for at a low level (lightweight threads and some load balance issues), but should be fine at a higher level (MPI shared memory or some OpenMP). > Note that that Tyan 8-socket box does not have any extra HTX slots, so > you if you wanted to cluster multiple such boxes you would have to do > so over its PCI Express slots or built in Gigabit Ethernet. If you need huge memories, you can stick up to 16 GB on a normal dual processor MB or 32 GB if you are willing to pay outrageous memory prices. You can go to 32 GB using 2 GB dimms on the DK88 board from iWill if you don't mind running at DDR/333. You also don't want to put that in a 1 U, the memory generates quite a bit of heat, and you need to pull that off. Not to mention my concerns about electrical stability of running 8 memory sockets off a single chip. If you want to go to an almost reasonably priced 32 GB, you can go to a quad system. If you go dual core on the quad, you can get 8 cores with 32 GB ram for reasonable prices. You can get 64 GB ram in that for less reasonable pricing. Going the other direction, if your code simply needs more CPUs (Monte Carlo etc) groups of single socket boxes may be most cost effective. Joe -- Joseph Landman, Ph.D Founder and CEO Scalable Informatics LLC, email: landman at scalableinformatics.com web : http://www.scalableinformatics.com phone: +1 734 786 8423 fax : +1 734 786 8452 cell : +1 734 612 4615