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Maximize your visibility!
Stand out in the crowd and build recognition as a leader in the field! Western Arts Alliance's sponsorship program supplies powerful marketing and promotional leverage as it underwrites our annual program, keeps the conference accessible and affordable, and creates new and exciting opportunities for delegates.
WAA Sponsorships come in all shapes and sizes. Select one of the packages below, or call us today to customize a sponsorship designed to best meet your marketing objective and budget.
Annual LuncheonSPONSORS: Eye for Talent and Cadenza Artists
Our largest sit-down event at the conference, take this exclusive opportunity to highlight your artist(s) for a 20 minute spotlight performance with a captive audience and a lunch featuring the Seattle area's finest cuisine.
Besides business, hospitality, and performance, what do delegates go away with from the Conference? You guessed it…a Conference Bag, a Credentials holder, and Highlighter Pens! Brand these with your logo and you'd be surprised at how often they turn up outside of the conference.
Conference Name Badge SheetSPONSOR: Robin Klinger Entertainment
Be first, front and center at the conference! Every attendee will recognize your organization on their name badge sheet when they check in to the Seattle Conference. Two spots still available to market your venue, artist, logo, website and more: use the perforated sheet to your advantage and create your very own discount or special offer card - redeemable by visiting your exhibit! Deadline for inclusion July 25. Contract, payment and artwork must be received by this date.
Conference BagsSPONSOR: Opus 3 Artists
Carry your dollar the farthest by sponsoring WAA tote bags. Versatile and reusable, this dashing tote will be carried throughout the conference and back at home.
Conference Bag InsertSPONSORS: Kamstar Artist Management, New World Classics, Monterey International, Quebec Government Office in Los Angeles, Starvox Booking
Get your marketing schwag on! With this sponsorship, WAA will insert your promotional material – from a CD to a bar of chocolate with your picture on it (be creative!) – into each delegate conference bag handed out upon arrival in Seattle. You can also choose a specific delegate group if you wish: Presenters, Artists Managers, and more! Deadline for inclusion July 31.
Badge Holders & LanyardsSPONSOR: Swallow Hill Music
Be omnipresent! This steadfast sponsorship is what it's all about: you can't go anywhere without your credential. All day, every day, Badges.
Highlighter Pen
Picture this: a presenter, fishing in their pockets for a pen, and they pull out…YOURS! Your name at every presenter's fingertips – what more could you want? Be the one to provide them this essential conference tool.
What better way for you to greet the delegation first thing than during their hotel check-in? Keycards provide a colorful marker that will be used over and over throughout the day. Not only can it display your logo and photos, but it can also advertise a showcase listing, artist details or a discount ticket option
Elevator ClingsSPONSOR: Ed Keane Associates
Pack a 7-foot high x 4-foot wide visual punch -- before WAA delegates even reach the exhibit hall!
Education & Insight
WAA's Professional Development program addresses the important issues of the performing arts field today, helping build critical knowledge, reinforce essential techniques, and inspire new strategies. Through WAA's Professional Development Institute, to Roundtables Workshops & Panels, Professional Development inspires education and professional advancement for the WAA community.
Professional DevelopmentSPONSOR: WESTAF
In this challenging and changing environment many of us seek new strategies to sustain our mission, tighten our belts, or even reinvent programs. WAA's professional development program addresses these challenges by offering educational programs taught by leaders in the field on subjects that range from building critical core knowledge to finding new approaches, techniques, and tactics. Through these workshops, forums, panels, speakers, publications, and mentoring, WAA seeks to strengthen your ability to fulfill your organization's mission, accomplish goals, and advance your career. Your sponsorship would be a beacon for the educational and professional advancement for the WAA community.
Opening Plenary: WAA Awards Ceremony & Keynote AddressSPONSORS: Broadway Center for the Performing Arts and Edmonds Center for the Arts
Share in this special moment with the whole delegation! This high profile sponsor opportunity supports the most important speaker at the conference while honoring the hard work and achievement of our peers. Demonstrate your organization's values by supporting the best and the brightest of the field – bring brilliance to our conference! Awards are granted in the areas of mentoring, service, innovation, and leadership.
New Colleagues OrientationSPONSOR: NAPAMA
Make a big impression at an intimate event! This treasured event on the opening day is a great way for a sponsor to welcome first-time conference attendees and the scores of returning delegates that guide and mentor our new colleagues.
Speed Leads
Take one part blind date, one part pitch session, one part niche-marketing, and two parts of your passion and what do you get? Speed Leads, WAA's professional mixer. Be the first to present to the full room of presenters your (2) minute video or pitch and be front and center like no other participant in the room. One two-minute pitch is allowed in each of the Speed Lead rooms at the start of the session to a room full of presenters – but MUST be appropriate to the topic of the room. This time slot would be considered one of two spots you'd be allowed during this Speed Lead session for a total of 4 minutes.
WAA hosts an array of Hospitality Events, scheduled to give our delegates time to relax and enjoy themselves. WAA events provide excellent networking opportunities for discovering new acquaintances and reconnecting with old friends. Just as attendees rely on WAA Hospitality events to connect with colleagues, event sponsorship bonds your organization, agency or artists to the whole delegation.
Opening ReceptionSPONSORS: IMG Artists and WAA Board
Celebrate another year at WAA while sponsoring the largest event of the conference. The Opening Reception kicks off our week of business, performance, and networking. It is an integral part of every delegate's experience...it's the first social event of the conference!
The Commons Walk-ThroughSPONSORS: Newman Center for the Performing Arts, University of Denver and Paradigm
Experience what WAA's exhibit hall is all about before it officially opens; you'll get a chance to view how other organizations have maximized their displays and exhibit spaces with creativity and branding.
Hospitality BreakSPONSOR: The Music Center
In the midst of the conference when there is so much to do and so much going on, a "timeout" for adults is the perfect way to energize. You'll be applauded throughout The Commons for bringing a little hospitality and social hour into the exhibit hall!
WAA's Showcase SoireeSPONSORS: ICM Partners, Rocky Mountain Arts Consortium, and Noble Wines SUPPORTING SPONSORS: Barnard Griffin, Charles Smith Wines, Tamarack, Novelty Hill, Hedges, Powers
Spend an afternoon enjoying WAA's Hospitality and Juried Showcase Program. Present your WAA credential upon arrival and savor a glass of wine before or after a particular showcase, mingle with artists after their performance, and chat with colleagues about a group you've just seen or are about to see. Join in the music, dance, and performance of WAA's Showcase Soiree!
Closing Night PartySPONSOR: Seattle Theatre Group and BC Arts Groups Supporting WAA SUPPORTING SPONSORS: BC Touring Council, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC
Get the last word… sponsor WAA's Closing Event! The perfect way to strut your stuff, toast friends and colleagues, and unwind from a busy week.
General Conference Support
General Conference Support helps sustain WAA's mission to advance performing arts presenting and underwrites core conference functions. Share in WAA's vision of a focused and innovative marketplace where discovery and connection lead the field.


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Following the reveal of Epic Games' Paragon at PlayStation Experience 2015, Creative Director Steve Superville took out some time to chat with PlayStation Access to discuss the MOBA's characters, classes, customization, cross-platform support, and cross-progression.
According to Superville, everyone will be able to play together regardless of their platform of choice. Going a step further, Epic has announced that Paragon will be cross-progression so if you want to switch between your PlayStation 4 or PC, you will be able to do that without worrying about losing any progress. The chat is over eight minutes so make sure to listen if you're planning to give the upcoming title a go.
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The fashion enviornment for mature girls that when included muumuu attire and ugly grandma sweaters is happily long gone! And personally, compared to most women I know, I really don't like shopping myself. With over 175 shops and services, White Oaks Mall makes you feel like shopping! There is a delay before receiving your package deal: The main disadvantage of online shopping is that there is no such thing as a immediate gratification. As you may have seen, Shopping From The Coronary heart is absolutely buzzing around in the social networks. More by purchasing from the store's web site versus shopping on the retailer's physical website. Personally I really like the comfort of shopping online, but I miss the social contact that is part of in-store shopping. The central coast is the third largest city space in New South Wales, and Erina Honest is its largest shopping centre. Focusing on ladies is a productive strategy, for the reason that feminine in most households does the majority of the grocery shopping and meal preparation. Comprises a listing of motels in Bardolino with prices, availablity and customer opinions.
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I do know lots of people aren't keen to put forth the hassle to clip and plan their shopping journeys though. Not every girl likes shopping, so the question should not be generalized… some men like shopping as well as girls. Junglee is a web-based comparison shopping site which offers handy and easy choice for shoppers. Now, I'm not accusing you of a criminal offense, (I wasn't there and do not know what precisely occurred), however concealing merchandise in a shopping cart is a quite common methodology of shoplifting. Spencers did prosecute me, and though I had my ID, the manager called the mall safety anyway, and I ended up being arrested.


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Carnival Corporation to Partner with INTERPOL for Enhanced Security Screening
In a first for the maritime industry, world's largest leisure travel company granted approval to screen passenger travel documents against INTERPOL'S I-Checkit global security system
Company to follow successful I-Checkit pilot program with rollout of enhanced global standard for security screening to further increase safety for passengers and crew on all 101 ships across its 10 brands
Nov 08, 2016, 07:55 ET
MIAMI, Nov. 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL;NYSE: CUK), the world's largest leisure travel company, today announced it will be the first maritime company to partner with INTERPOL for advanced security screening across its global operations, including its 10 brands and fleet of 101 ships that annually carry nearly 11 million passengers, or about half the global cruise market, to more than 700 ports around the world.
Carnival Corporation received approval today to integrate its global passenger check-in process with INTERPOL'S I-Checkit system, a secure method for screening travel document information against INTERPOL's Stolen and Lost Travel Documents (SLTD) database, containing over 69 million records from 175 countries.
The approval resulted from a resolution vote held today in Bali, Indonesia, at INTERPOL'S General Assembly, the annual meeting of 190 member countries that comprise the world's largest international police organization.
Today's news follows a three-month I-Checkit pilot program on four of Carnival Corporation's Princess Cruises brand ships. The trial included 34,000 travel documents that were successfully checked against the SLTD database to demonstrate the system's ability to enhance security for the global cruise industry.
The full results of the pilot program were presented to INTERPOL's General Assembly today prior to its member countries passing an official resolution that enables Carnival Corporation to expand its I-Checkit deployment among its 10 cruise brands in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. Its brands include Carnival Cruise Line, Fathom, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises, Seabourn, AIDA Cruises, Costa Cruises, Cunard Line, P&O Cruises (Australia) and P&O Cruises (UK).
Carnival Corporation and INTERPOL can now work together on an expanded partnership agreement to cover a phased rollout of the I-Checkit system across its brands. By partnering with INTERPOL on a global integration of I-Checkit technology, Carnival Corporation will further strengthen its leading safety and security protocols by creating a single global standard for security screening used throughout its ports of call.
"One of our top priorities at Carnival Corporation is the safety and security of our guests, our crew and our ships," said Bill Burke, chief maritime officer for Carnival Corporation and retired Vice Admiral of the U.S. Navy. "As the world's largest cruise company carrying hundreds of thousands of daily passengers, having a highly effective and efficient security screening process is a crucial part of how we serve our guests every day. Partnering with INTERPOL enables us to seamlessly enhance security across our global fleet while also maintaining our commitment to providing our guests with a great vacation experience. This is another important step for our company and industry as we continue taking proactive measures to enhance the safety and security of our passengers and crew members."
As Carnival Corporation expands I-Checkit globally, the company's brands will be able to automatically query the SLTD database before and during the boarding process to see if any passenger travel documents have been reported lost or stolen. To ensure privacy and security, no personal data is accessed or transmitted in this process.
"With its real-time secure global alert system, criminal intelligence potential and compliance framework, I-Checkit provides an invaluable preventative and investigative capability for global policing," said Michael O'Connell, director of INTERPOL's operational support and analysis directorate and head of the I-Checkit program. "I-Checkit's initiative with Carnival Corporation offers an additional layer of safety in the travel sector by creating an international standard for security screening."
Additional information on the Interpol I-Checkit system can be found at http://www.interpol.int/INTERPOL-expertise/I-Checkit.
About Carnival Corporation & plc
Carnival Corporation & plc is the largest leisure travel company in the world, with a portfolio of 10 cruise brands in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia comprised of Carnival Cruise Line, Fathom, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises, Seabourn, AIDA Cruises, Costa Cruises, Cunard, P&O Cruises (Australia) and P&O Cruises (UK).
Together, these brands operate 101 ships visiting over 700 ports around the world and totaling 225,000 lower berths with 18 new ships scheduled to be delivered between 2016 and 2022. Carnival Corporation & plc also operates Holland America Princess Alaska Tours, the leading tour companies in Alaska and the Canadian Yukon. Traded on both the New York and London Stock Exchanges, Carnival Corporation & plc is the only group in the world to be included in both the S&P500 and the FTSE 100 indices.
Additional information can be found on www.carnival.com, www.hollandamerica.com, www.princess.com, www.seabourn.com, www.aida.de, www.costacruise.com, www.cunard.com, www.pocruises.com.au, www.pocruises.com and www.fathom.org.
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Friday, March 25, 2005
The Trifling Trinomial: In Which the Author Discloses How Arbitrary One's Own Sobriquet Can Be
You might have noticed I publish under the slightly cryptic author name of "M. Allen Cunningham," and you wouldn't be the first if you happened to wonder why I went with this moniker.
The nom de plume is a funny thing. Back in 2002 my first published short story appeared (in Alaska Quarterly Review) under the name "Mark Cunningham," and I was plenty comfortable with that designation (it's my name after all) until two things came to my attention while perusing a handful of new literary magazines:
1. I already existed in different physical form.
2. I was apparently publishing poetry on a prolific scale.
Figuring that I wanted to continue publishing in literary magazines myself (as myself), I began to contemplate a nom de plume. My wife and I discussed it and together decided it'd be a good idea (that other guy is a really good poet. Read some of his work here). This was during a road trip around the National Parks of the western U.S. two summers ago, just after I'd received my second short fiction acceptance, so we had plenty of road-time to ponder such trifles.
How about "Marcus Cunningham"? Hmmm...would I be comfortable with people calling me Marcus?
I had a great, great grandfather named Matthias: why not just change the whole era-specific nature of my name? But Matthias wasn't my name either, and I'd probably end up being called "Matt" anyway.
We briefly considered something like "Artist Formerly Known as Mark Cunningham," then luckily it occured to us that we might somehow employ my middle name.
So, how about Allen? "Allen Cunningham." Hmmm. Sounds slightly professorial.
"Mark Allen Cunningham"?—Too long.
"M. Allen Cunningham"?—Too pretentious.
Yes, pretentious. Really, how could I presume to join the legendary initialed ranks whose members included:
F. Scott Fitzgerald
T.S. Eliot
H.G. Wells
E.M. Forester
D.H. Lawrence
C.S. Lewis
W.H. Auden
J.D. Salinger
J.M. Barrie
…and the poet H.D.
Not to mention those lauded contemporary authors whose surnames are preceded by something-dot-something-or-other:
J.M. Coetzee
J.G. Ballard
T.C. Boyle…
So at some point out on Montana's Highway 90 the vistas got the better of us and my wife and I just stopped thinking about it. A few weeks later, back at home, she approached me out of the blue and said: "I like M. Allen Cunningham." And I said okay.
So it's her fault, I guess is what I'm saying; I just write the fiction.
But if only she or I had had the foresight to consider the possibility of eventual book publication, the interpersonal nature of book promotion, and the incalculable number of occasions I'd have to say something like this:
"The M. is for Mark, please call me Mark. Except when it's in print. Then use 'M. Allen'. But I can answer to 'Allen' too if that's easier for you. Ah, hell, just introduce me as 'Mark Allen Cunningham'—-and you can drop the 'Allen' if you want. Or the 'Mark.' "
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Also agreed that the 2-3-4 distinction needs to be dropped from the lexicon for good. Wings are wings are wings. And size doesn't determine it completely either. Jaylen might be the same size as GWill roughly, but the former is a wing and the latter, a big. That's how they play.
This is getting close to being its own discussion about NBA positions. I think that would be a good thing, because I think too often here these discussions are coming down to the semantics of what you call a position, rather than the best ways to arrange players on the floor.I don't agree. I think mcpickl nailed it in Post #292. If anything its much more defined.
for example, Al Horford is a 4/5. He can play Center and he can play as a big wing. If you use ballhandler, wing or BIG to describe players you miss the nuanced way Al Horford plays.
I've personally always been bothered by the numbering of positions 1-5, because it doesn't seem to really describe what happens on a basketball court, particularly after the abolition of illegal defense.
Out of all the positional numbers, I think that only 1 and 5 really correspond to anything fundamental. Even 1 is debatable, but the base constraint is pretty straightforward: you have to take the ball up the length of the court, and that's generally easier for smaller, quicker guys to both do and defend against. There's also the fact that it's hard to defend jitterbugs unless you're also smaller and quicker, which is why Marcus Smart not quite being a 1 is a real thing--he has issues both guarding those guys and bringing it up against them.
In terms of initiating an offense, I don't think "1" corresponds to anything real: any player who is skilled enough to create an offensive advantage with the ball in his hands and then exploit that advantage can perform the role.
For 5, there are some fundamental properties of humans and the basketball court that make it real, under the current rules:
- Shots close to the basket generally have the highest expected value on the court
- Really tall humans have a massive advantage protecting the net up close and rebounding the ball after misses
- That advantage gets neutered in space, where quickness can open up tons of space from the big guy
- 7 foot+ humans have fundamental limitations on how quickly they can change direction, no matter how quick they are
- There's only one basket, so you have diminishing returns from putting multiple really tall humans close to it, both on offense and defense, in terms of preventing shots and rebounding misses
For the "2-4" positions, you're not really talking about anything fundamental on the court, other than the fact that depending on the opponent and your own players' skill levels, you can force it to be better or worse for the opponent to shade in the direction of bigger guys who move worse in space, or smaller guys who move/shoot better. Obviously to the degree you can find guys who are both large and skilled/quick in space, you want that. There's a reason Ben Simmons just got paid $170M even though he can't shoot.
TLDR (what all of these arguments tend to come down to)
For the guys who play non 1/5, I think "wing" is a fine term. But this isn't wing algebra: just because we call Jaylen Brown a "wing" doesn't mean he can handle any opposing player who's not a 1/5. There are some teams against which he could easily play as the biggest non-5, and there are some teams (LAL, Philly, Milwaukee) against which he'd get absolutely destroyed playing as the biggest non-5.
Hayward and Tatum have a wider range of teams against which they can be they be the biggest non-5, and against a few teams, they could even be the 5 to close, meaning that with a combination of quickness and shooting, they overcome the constraints that make it advantageous to have one really big guy on the floor. But generally most NBA teams have a 5 against whom that's not the case.
A few teams (LAL, Philly, Milwaukee) have a 5 + another huge, quick, strong guy (LeBron, Horford, Giannis) who would take Hayward or Tatum to the cleaners repeatedly. The Celtics roster (and most NBA rosters) don't really have great counters to this currently, so it's probably not worth freaking out over that edge case. The best ways to handle it probably involve Semi/GWill types, Tatum in the weight room, zone/team defense if there aren't enough shooters on the floor, and LeBron/Al Horford getting older.
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By Larry Jordan
Ever since Apple released the iMac Pro, my inbox has been clogged with people asking advice on how to configure their system. This article is designed to help you make more informed decisions when you don't have an unlimited budget. Also, while the iMac Pro is designed for many different markets, I'm focusing here on digital media.
If money is no object, buy the top of the line. It will be blindingly fast, it will work great and you'll have enormous bragging rights. But… if money IS an object, then you need to make trade-offs, balancing the performance you need with the money you have. The good news is that you don't need to buy the top-of-the-line to get a system today that can meet your editing needs for the next several years.
Some background
When Apple rebuilt Final Cut to create FCP X, they focused on upgrading its underlying architecture to take advantage of coming advances in hardware. This includes an all-64-bit architecture, optimization for core technologies including Metal, tight integration with both CPU and GPU and the ability to take advantage of faster I/O — both to the processors and storage.
There are no optimizations in Final Cut, Motion or Compressor that focus specifically on the iMac Pro. Instead, Apple's media apps take advantage of whatever technology or performance benefits are provided in the hardware. In other words, there are no new features in FCP X that appear if it is running on an iMac Pro. What does appear is faster performance.
This is from the Apple website, comparing the iMac Pro to the fastest Quad core iMac:
"The iMac Pro takes Mac performance to a new level, even when compared to our fastest quad-core iMac."
- Photographers can work with enormous files and perform image processing up to 4.1 times faster.
- Music producers can export massive multi-track projects up to 4.6 times faster and use up to 12.4 times as many real-time plug-ins.
- Video editors can edit up to eight streams of 4K video, or edit 4.5K RED RAW video and 8K ProRes 4444 at full resolution in realtime without rendering. The iMac Pro can also export HEVC video three times faster.
Keep in mind that Apple reports these performance numbers are based on: "Testing conducted by Apple in November 2017 using pre-production 2.3GHz 18-core Intel Xeon W-based 27-inch iMac Pro systems with 128GB of RAM and pre-production 3.0GHz 10-core Intel Xeon W-based 27-inch iMac Pro systems with 64GB of RAM, both configured with Radeon Pro Vega 64 graphics with 16GB of HBM2."
Do You Really Need an iMac Pro?
Well, "need" is a relative term. If you principally work with SD or HD material, an iMac will be perfectly fine. The performance benefits of the iMac Pro don't justify the expense. If you are hobbyist, no, you don't need an iMac Pro. You might "want" one, but you don't "need" one.
However, if the bulk of your work involves 4K or greater frame sizes, 360-degree VR, RAW files, or HDR, the performance benefits of this new system make it worth considering, because the design of the iMac Pro significantly speeds working with larger frame sizes, faster frame rates, more effects and more processor-intensive codecs (such as HEVC).
With that being said, let's take a look at the specific components to see which ones make the most sense for video editing.
The iMac Pro uses the same display technology as the 5K iMac. So everything you see on a current iMac looks the same on the iMac Pro:
– 5K display
– One billion colors
– P3 wide color gamut
– 500 nits
But, while the display of the iMac Pro is the same as an iMac, the display capability of the iMac Pro is greater:
– It can drive two other 5K displays or up to four other 4K displays.
– It has enhanced external connectivity and more Thunderbolt 3 ports (so you still have Thunderbolt ports left over for other accessories after connecting a display).
Before the shouting starts, let me say again that if money is no object, buy the top-of-the-line iMac Pro. However, for most of the editing that most of us are doing, we don't need to buy the top-of-the-line system to get significantly improved editing performance.
The 8-core system is fine for most editing and compression. For example, H.264 compression takes advantage of a hardware encoder that is built into all current Macs. This hardware encoder is independent of CPU cores. However, there are benefits to more cores, especially when decoding and encoding heavily threaded codecs like ProRes or HEVC. Also, the 10-core system offers a higher Turbo Boost speed of 4.5GHz versus 4.2GHz for the 8-core CPU. This additional speed benefits rendering and exporting.
The 14- and 18-core systems are designed for applications other than video editing. I would invest my money elsewhere in the system because video editors will see greater benefits in upgrading RAM and GPU when using Final Cut Pro on an iMac Pro.
An exception to staying within a 10-core system is that editors using Red Raw media or working with multiple streams of ProRes — for example, multicam work — will see improved performance with higher-core systems.
I recommend 8 cores for general editing and 10 cores for multicam editing and RAW video workflows.
Performance vs. Heat
One of the issues I've heard about the current Mac Pro is that it has a problem with heat under heavy load. What I discovered is that, even more than the Mac Pro, the iMac Pro internals are designed specifically to dissipate heat under heavy load.
Outside, the iMac Pro is millimeter for millimeter the same size and shape as a standard 27-inch iMac with Retina 5K display; outside of the space gray color and a few extra vents on the back. But, on the inside, it's radically different.
One of the key things Apple was able to do is make the system all flash-based; 3GB/s of fast SSD is pretty darn fast! Switching to all flash allowed Apple to remove the 3.5" hard drive and use that large space for a dual blower design and a massive heatsink and heat pipe architecture.
This delivers 75% more airflow and 80% more thermal capacity, enabling far more CPU and GPU power in the box over a traditional iMac. It is also worth noting that it does all this while still being super quiet (it is an iMac, after all), letting you focus on your work.
In general, cutting video tends to use more of the CPU while effects and graphics tend to rely more heavily on the GPU. Increasingly, both FCP X and Premiere rely on the GPU for more and more tasks. Also, the greater the VRAM, the better the GPU performance. Whether you use Motion, After Effects, Premiere or Final Cut, investing in the best GPU will be a wise choice.
While VRAM is important, it is not the only determinant of a superior graphics card. For example, the Vega 64 is significantly faster in addition to the larger amount of VRAM. Also, more VRAM offers benefits when working with large frame sizes, multiple video streams (i.e. multicam), multiple displays and complex motion graphics.
The 32GB default RAM is fine for virtually all editing. If, on the other hand, you run multiple applications at once — say FCP X, Motion, Compressor, Photoshop and a web browser — 64GB of RAM is better.
While there is value in more RAM beyond 6GB, you won't get enough bang for your buck to justify the additional cost.
The iMac Pro ships with a 1TB SSD. I haven't measured it, but it is probably way past blindingly fast. (Apple says 3GB/second!) The problem is that most media projects today far exceed 1TB in storage. You will need an external high-speed, Thunderbolt 3 RAID system for even medium-sized projects.
Video Compression
Unlike video editing, video compression has its own requirements for system resources. While this is worth its own article here are some thoughts.
Both H.264 and HEVC are relatively highly compressed formats. This compression, of course, leads to smaller file sizes, but the resulting compression requires more processing power. With H.264 and HEVC, decoding and most encoding actions are processed via dedicated H.264 hardware within the system.
A select set of custom H.264 encodes in Compressor may use the H.264 software encoder, which is threaded across multiple cores. So while ProRes encoding benefits from faster, higher-core CPUs, H.264 and HEVC are not similarly CPU bound. Also, it's important to note that video compression often includes other operations including retiming, scaling, and color conversion — all of which use the GPU.
If you are interested in HDR, 8-bit HEVC does, in fact, support HDR. Still, 10-bit encoding is recommended for the highest quality HDR output when using the HEVC codec. The reason this is important is that current Macs only support hardware acceleration of 8-bit HEVC. This makes the iMac Pro about 3x faster in HEVC encoding than an iMac.
For 10-bit encoding, the HEVC software codec is threaded and can therefore take advantage of multiple CPU cores when encoding; more cores means faster video encoding.
Wait, What About the Mac Pro?
First, Apple has announced and reiterated that they are working on a new, modular Mac Pro. However, they haven't announced specs nor a release date.
The current Mac Pro is getting long in the tooth. In terms of performance, the iMac Pro is a better choice.
That being said, there are still two reasons to consider the existing Mac Pro:
– You can add any monitor you want
– Many of the components inside are upgradeable
For me, while these benefits are not trivial, the hardware inside the system has not be upgraded in several years. If you are focused on video editing, the existing Mac Pro is not the best current choice.
Here are my two recommendations for an iMac Pro for video editing: A budget version and a top-of-the-line version for editors. (The mouse and keyboard come standard, so I make no recommendations about either of these.)
Budget Version:
Top of the Line
Here are two other configuration articles you may find useful:
- Configure an iMac for video editing
- Configure a MacBook Pro for video editing
Larry Jordan is a trainer, writer, editor, producer and director who's been explaining technology since, well, forever.This article first appeared in his website: LarryJordan.com.


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A Lasting Power of Attorney ("LPA") enables you to appoint someone (an "Attorney") to look after your financial affairs and property when you are unable to deal with them yourself. This could be because you are away or you are ill or even become mentally incapable due to an injury or an illness such as Alzheimer's.
You can decide on who will deal with your affairs on your behalf and you can place restrictions on and give guidance to your Attorney(s) on how they should deal with your affairs. The LPA can be general and can allow your Attorney to act on your behalf in respect of all your property and financial affairs. Alternatively, you can restrict your Attorneys' powers or create specific LPA's which only deal with certain issues, such as your business affairs.
What decisions can a lasting power of attorney make in respect of your financial affairs?
The decisions that your Attorney(s) can make include matters such as:
- Buying, selling or maintaining property including insurance and repairs
- Accessing, opening and closing bank accounts;
- Giving access to your financial information;
- Investing your assets;
- Dealing with your savings, benefits and tax affairs; and
- making gifts on your behalf to friends and relatives in specific circumstances etc.
Your Attorney(s) must act in your best interests and must follow a Code of Practice set up by the Mental Capacity Act 2005. Your Attorney must take into account your wishes, beliefs and views you have expressed in the past. The views of your family and any
other attorney you have appointed may also be taken into account. You are involved in all decisions as much as possible.
When can a power of attorney for finance and property act?
An LPA relating to your financial affairs can be used as soon as it is registered with the Office of the Public Guardian, regardless of your mental capacity, provided there are no restrictions.
Whilst you are still mentally capable, you make decisions regarding your financial affairs yourself. Your appointed Attorney will carry out your wishes if you can not carry them out yourself or if you instruct them to deal with some matters on your behalf, provided you
have not restricted the power to be valid only if you lose mental capacity. If you have lost the capacity to make the decisions yourself, your appointed Attorney will make and carry out the decisions on your behalf.
As long as you are still able to make decisions on your own behalf, you can revoke an LPA at any time and you do not need to give a reason.
Find out more about a financial power of attorney or LPA finance today
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- Made using 100% USDA Choice Beef Chuck
- 1/2 pound before cooking
- Ready in 10 minutes or less
- Gluten-Free
- Cooked from frozen for convenience
- Located in the frozen meat case
- Inner sealed for freshness
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Trophy of the Alps—La Turbie
What do you do when you have just a couple of hours to kill, before your rental car is due back, and you are in Nice, France, or any other town on the French Riviera? Firstly, you choose a small town like, La Turbie, accessed by the Grand Corniche, but don't blink, or you will miss it – the Trophy of Augustus.
Panoramic views
La Turbie is situated high above the bay of Monaco, like a balcony in the sky, with an astounding panoramic view of the Mediterranean, namely, the French and Italian coast. Now, you know why the Romans celebrated their victory at this precise spot. It's the highest point in La Turbie, almost 500 meters above the sea. This structure represents the unity and power of the Roman Empire – the Pax Romana.
We climbed up the stairs, passing an above-ground cemetery (mausoleum), to get to the top. Such a privileged area! The monument is surrounded by Doric columns with a platform that bears the commemorative inscription of the tribes subdued during the Augustus campaign.
Victory Monument of the Alps
Here, you will find the famous Trophy, built in 6 BC by Roman Emperor Augustus after the defeat of the Gallic tribes in the region. It is incredible to get this close to the monument. While the gates were closed that surround the foundation, it was wonderful to be there and feel its grandeur. It was our misfortune of coming on a Monday when the site is closed.
Local limestone
However, as you can see just a portion of the tower remains, still very impressive today. Vandals and other barbaric tribes robbed the stone. The structure is made with local limestone (from a quarry still in use today), and partially restored with Carrara Marble back in the 1930's. Half in ruin from its glory days, and now only 35 meters tall. In 1860 La Turbie became part of France, and in 1865 the monument became classified as a National Monument.
Exploring the medieval streets…
The town still has the usual medieval style of cobble streets,
…fallen blossoms decorate the stone pavement.
Ancient stone houses are so charming, aren't they?
Secondly, find a place to eat and soak up the atmosphere. We had lunch at Café de la Fontaine, which was one of the best restaurants I have eaten in the Cote d'azur, not a tourist trap, by any means.
In short, we made a sudden dash back to Nice, to return the car on time. The hair-pin turns make for crazy-fun driving, that afforded us another bird's eye view. Eze village – a lovely perched village…This is an incredible view…"n'est pas vrai"?
Come and discover where the French Riviera meets the Italian Riviera from up on high!
PS. The first car-chase scene in Ronin was filmed here in La Tubie and Nice.


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Dr. Raghuram Rajan is the new Governor of Reserve Bank of India succeeding D Subbarao. He is an alumnus of IIT Delhi, IIM Ahmedabad and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is known as an Economist with an Rockstar appeal and is among the Top 10 Economists of the World. He was one of the First economists to predict the 2008 Recession.
Born on February 3 1963 at Bhopal India, Raghuram natively belongs to Tamil Nadu.His Father was a Senior Bureaucrat in Indian Government. He did Electrical Engineering from IIT Delhi, MBA from IIM Ahmedabad and PhD from MIT. He was Gold Medalist both at IIT Delhi and IIM Ahmedabad. He is married to Radhika Rajan.
During early days of his career he worked at Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago. Later he was appointed Chief economist at the International Monetary Fund. He also served as the president of the American Finance Association. Last year he was appointed as Chief Economic Advisor to the Ministry of Finance, Government of India. On September 4 he would take over as the next Governor of Reserve Bank of India.
He also serves as Eric J. Gleacher Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago. Rajan is also a visiting professor for the World Bank, Federal Reserve Board, and Swedish Parliamentary Commission.
Raghuram Rajan has received several awards in past. He was the inaugural recipient of the Fischer Black Prize awarded by the American Finance Association for contributions to the theory and practice of finance by an economist under age 40.
In a 2011 poll in The Economist, Dr. Raghuram Rajan was ranked by his peers as the economist with "the most important ideas for a post-crisis world". He was also awarded with Infosys Science Foundation award in the same year.
In 2013, the Center for Financial Studies (CFS) has awarded the 5th Deutsche Bank Prize in Financial Economics to Raghuram G. Rajan for his highly influential contributions in a remarkably broad range of areas in financial economics
Rajan has a highly acclaimed track of work record. He published Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists,along with Chicago Booth professor Luigi Zingales in 2004.
In 2010, he published Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy which won the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award for 2010.
In 2012, he published The True Lessons of the Recession; The West Can't Borrow and Spend Its Way to Recovery.
In 2005 he predicted an upcoming recession when he delivered his controversial paper, Has Financial Development Made the World Riskier?", at US Federal Reserve. Rajan argued that financial sector managers were encouraged to take risks that generate severe adverse consequences with small probability but, in return, offer generous compensation the rest of the time. He was heavily criticized for this. Former U.S. Treasury Secretary and former Harvard President Lawrence Summers called his warnings as misguided and Rajan a luddite. But after 2008, even The Wall Street Journal accepted his ideas.
In 2009, he made an Academy Award winning documentary Inside Job which earned him more global acclamation and fanfare.


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One boat hit the committee boat, and one boat won the 111-entry Fernhurst Books Draycote Dash, Selden SailJuice Winter Series #1
Ben Schooling might have hit the committee boat, but the Helensburgh sailor also sailed his Musto Skiff to a strong victory in medium airs at the Fernhurst Books Draycote Dash.
The opening event of the Seldén SailJuice Winter Series couldn't have enjoyed a better weekend. Light to medium airs made it possible for the race committee to hold four back-to-back handicap races on the Saturday. Sunday was slightly stronger breeze for the non-discardable Pursuit Race, and the Great Lakes numbers proved their worth, producing nine different classes in the top 10, and 17 classes in the top 20 overall.
The light-to-medium conditions on Saturday, combined with a four-sided course with a beat, a tight reach, a run and a broad reach, all worked perfectly to Ben Schooling's strengths in the Musto Skiff. Where other Musto sailors struggle to break through the traffic, Schooling has demonstrated over multiple seasons of the Sailjuice Winter Series that he has found a formula for breaking clear. "I think the wind was perfect on Saturday, just enough to get the Musto Skiff planing downwind, but not enough for some of the other boats like the 505 or the RS400s to really get out of displacement mode."
However, the otherwise impeccable performance by Schooling was offset by a moment of misjudgement sailing through the start/finish line during one lap of race 2 on Saturday. "I was approaching the committee boat end of the line slightly under layline," said Schooling. "I had a boat on my hip and so I couldn't be sure of tacking and crossing ahead, so I squeezed for the line and didn't quite make it." The result was the Musto Skiff hitting the committee boat, capsizing, and doing a full circumnavigation of the committee boat before Schooling eventually righted his boat, took a penalty and continued the rest of the race. Finish position on handicap: 56th place.
However, his other scores from the day were 1,1,6, putting the Musto Skiff in overall first place at the end of Saturday, once the discard had kicked in.
On Sunday morning the two Toppers of local youth sailors, Joseph Rowe (age 12) and Clemmie Middle (age 11), started first in the two-hour Pursuit Race. The breeze was blowing quite strongly at the start, came and went a bit during the race, but mostly gave the trapeze boat sailors an opportunity to stretch their legs and for most of the faster boats to get planing offwind. Rowe led for most of the first hour but gradually the rest of the fleet closed the gap and the race began to see who would be leading at the 1pm rolling finish line. Jasper Barnham and Serena de Nahlik were making the running in their 2000 as the clock ticked down but Schooling snuck past the Snettisham Beach duo with just 10 seconds to spare.
The top three finishers in the Pursuit Race ended up as the top three overall, albeit in a slightly different order. Schooling was the clear winner, last year's GJW Direct Sailjuice Winter Series champion Alistair Goodwin was third in the final race but second overall in his Laser, while Barnham and de Nahlik were third overall in their 2000. As the winner, Schooling was awarded the book of his choice and opted for the mighty tome by Bob Fisher, the great journalist's in-depth history of the America's Cup called 'An Absorbing Interest'.
Results This event brought many big names to Draycote, such as Roger Gilbert and Ben McGrane (7th in a 505), former Fireball World Champion Tom Gillard (9th in a Solo) and Fernhurst Books author Nick Craig crewed by Emma Clarke (44th in a Merlin Rocket). This was also a celebration of the diversity of UK dinghy racing, with boats as varied as Colin and Oly Murray's spectacular Norfolk Punt, the three-man National 18 skippered by former Series winner Pete Gray, the Challenger trimarans and a gathering of eight Hadron H2 singlehanders competing for their Inland Championship.
Draycote also served as the season opener for the brand new Great British Sailing Challenge which runs throughout the year and culminates in a 100-boat Grand Final at Rutland Sailing Club next September. SailRacer was running the tracking at Draycote and the use of GPS tracking to gauge the relative performance of different classes is a major theme of this new series. More to follow from Draycote in a few days.
Having survived a life-threatening crash on his bike earlier in the summer, Simon Hawkes was out crewing for his son Ben in their Osprey, and their plan is to compete in all seven events this winter. Next up for them and many others is the Datchet Flyer on 8 & 9 December. It's also worth noting the 70-boat entry limit for Round 3 at the Yorkshire Dales Brass Monkey on 27 December.
To enter the remaining six events, go to: www.sailjuiceseries.com
The following events constitute the Seldén SailJuice Winter Series 2018/19:
Fernhurst Books Draycote Dash, Draycote Water Sailing Club
17 & 18 November 2018
Datchet Flyer, Datchet Water Sailing Club
8 & 9 December 2018
Brass Monkey, Yorkshire Dales Sailing Club
27 December 2018
Grafham Grand Prix, Grafham Water Sailing Club
30 December 2018
Bloody Mary, Queen Mary Sailing Club
12 January 2019
John Merricks Tiger Trophy, Rutland Sailing Club
2 & 3 February 2019
Oxford Blue, Oxford Sailing Club
16 February 2019
You can find out more about the Series here: www.SailJuiceSeries.com
Notes to editors:
Current and previous winners of the Seldén Sailjuice Winter Series
2017/18 Alistair Goodwin (Laser)
2016/17 Matt Mee & Emma Norris (RS200)
2015/16 Ian Dobson & Andy Tunnicliffe (GP14)
2014/15 Nick Craig & various crews (Merlin Rocket)
2013/14 Michael Sims (Solo)
2012/13 Tom Gillard & Simon Potts (Fireball)
2011/12 Peter Gray & Rachael Rhodes (Scorpion)
2010/11 Andy Peake (Musto Skiff)
2009/10 Olly Turner & Richard Whitworth (Merlin Rocket)
SailJuice.com is the 'how to sail and race faster' website, with hundreds of articles and exclusive interviews with National, World and Olympic Champions. Professional sailing journalist and editor of SailJuice.com, Andy Rice, came up with the concept of the SailJuice Winter Series (originally known as the SailJuice Global Warm-Up) as a way of increasing participation levels in dinghy racing during the off-season in the UK.
SailRacer manages event websites and processes online entry for major National, International, Youth and training events, providing online scoring, analysis and advanced sports presentation including GPS tracking and live video.
Seldén Mast Ltd is the world leader in dinghy spars. More races are won by Seldén Spars than any other brand. Dinghy spars are made using 6082T6 aluminium with CNC cut tapers, automated welding and heat treating resulting in the highest quality and most consistent dinghy spars available. Seldén produces about 400 carbon masts per year for boats including high performance dinghies and race yachts.
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Photo © Tim Olin
2018/19 Series
|Draycote Dash
|17/18 November 2018
|Datchet Flyer
|8/9 December 2018
|Brass Monkey
|27 December 2018
|Grafham Grand Prix
|30 December 2018
|Bloody Mary
|12 January 2019
|Tiger Trophy
|2/3 February 2019
|Oxford Blue
|16 February 2019
|Prize Giving
|2 March 2019
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The Selden SailJuice Winter Series is based around the UK's biggest winter handicap events. Sailors from many different dinghy fleets now consider this series as one of the main goals of their winter racing. With great prizes on offer, it attracts some of the best sailors in the country to compete against each other. The series is managed by SailRacer.


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Shot in Paris, New York and London in the summer of 2013, Beyond Magicfeatures some of the world's most famous illusionists. For the very first time, historians, creators and international performers are brought together in a fascinating journey into the world of magic, exploring its origins, its evolution and its multiple current forms. This 50-minute documentary is punctuated by breathtaking magic tricks and provides us with a unique perspective on this universal art form.


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Using Mustang's jmap/jhat to profile GlassFish
Recently I was working on a bug where Grizzly was leaking memory. From the code, I was convinced the leak wasn't in Grizzly (of course :-))! The problem was occurring when GlassFish was stressed during three days. After approximatively 16 hours, some components in GlassFish weren't able to get a file descriptor, so I've suspected a memory leak somewhere in other's code ;-). The test was using JDK 1.5ur7, and it was very hard to find what caused the problem:
ERROR /export1/as90pe/domains/domain1/imq/instances/imqbroker/etc/accesscontrol.properties (Too many open files)
euh….OK I admit I wasn't able to debug this using strace, pfiles etc. and was ready to blame the IMQ team :-). Then I've decided to switch to Mustang to see if I can get a better error message. Thanks to Mustang, I've got:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
I decided to ping Alan to make sure he wasn't aware of any socket leak, and he recommended I try the improved jhat. I was a little scared of using this tool, and I wasn't sure if I should use strace/truss instead…..I was very very surprised by the new Mustang's jhat. Since then, I can't live without it :-). What I did is:
% jmap -dump:file=heap.bin
And then
% jhat -J-mx512m heap.bin
This started a web server, so I did:
Wow! From that page, I was able to browse the heap and find which object has been created by whom. The histo is a very good starting point:
because it tells you the number of allocated objects at the time the jmap was executed. From there, you can click and see which object is having reference to what. The instance count is also helpful
because it tells you the candidate for the memory leak. Finally the SQL query page is amazing:
I was looking at all the current active HTTP requests, so I did:
select s from com.sun.enterprise.web.connector.grizzly.ReadTask s where s.byteBuffer.position > 0
and got them!!! I don't think you can do this with any available profilers right now.
For Grizzly, the number of java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask was extremely high, because Future aren't gc() unless you explicitely purge() them, which is something I didn't expect (and I'm not the only one I'm sure). Thus I've decided to not use any java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor and instead implement a better strategy for keep-aliving connections…and now the leak disappeared (not to say performance is much better!)
Of course profilers like NetBeans Profiler can always be used….but I've find jmap/jhat so fast and simple to use, not to say I really liked the Object Query Language (OQL) query page where I can get the exact instance I'm looking at….good work J2SE team!!
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Grizzly part III: Asynchronous Request Processing (ARP)
As described in part II, it is possible to extend the Grizzly Http Engine by writting Pipeline, Algorithm, Handler and AsyncHandler. By default, every HTTP connection are executed synchronously, e.g the request is parsed, the servlet executed and the response flushed to the browser. There is situation where this model doesn't work, e.g. when a business process is calling out to another one over a slow protocol, or if there is a work flow interruption, like the "manager approval email" case. Fortunately, it is possible in Grizzly to implement asynchronous request processing (ARP) using the AsyncHandler interface. But not only in Grizzly 😉
Next couple of paragraphs will discuss the set of interfaces available, describe the default implementation and conclude with a Servlet which execute only when a new message is available inside a Gmail account. The Servlet can be seen as HTTP Gmail notifier. But first, what's the goal or supporting ARP?
The goal is to be able to build, on top of Grizzly and NIO, a scalable ARP implementation that doesn't hold one thread per connection, and achieve as closer as possible the performance of synchronous request processing (SRP).
Available Interfaces
Grizzly currently expose three interfaces that can be used to implement ARP. They are:
AsyncHandler: This interface is the main entry point. When ARP is enabled, Grizzly will delegate the request processing execution to this interface. Instead of executing a Task, the Task execution will be delegated to the AsyncHandler implementation. This interface is mandatory.
AsyncExecutor: This interface implementation will usually decide when a Task needs to be interrupted, under which conditions (using AsyncFilter), and when the Task needs to be resumed. A Task is interrupted when the conditions required for its execution aren't meet. An AsyncExecutor must have one or more AsyncFilter. If no AsyncFilter are defined, the SRP model will happens. This interface isn't mandatory, but recommended.
AsyncFilter: Implementation of this interface will determine if the current request meet its execution conditions, e.g. does the request need to be executed or be interrupted. An AsyncFilter who decide to allow all requests to be executed without being interrupted will simulate the SRP mode.
The Default implementation
GlassFish ship with a default ARP implementation. The default implementation consist of a DefaultAsyncHandler, a DefaultAsyncExecutor and a new Task called AsyncProcessorTask. The new AsyncProcessorTask is a wrapper around a ProcessorTask, which contains all the code for executing an HTTP request and used with the SRP mode. Mainly, ARP happens when:
1. The request execution is delegated to the DefaultAsyncHandler
2. In DefaultAsyncHandler, the Task is wrapped with an AsyncProcessorTask
3. The AsyncProcessorTask is executed. Its execution consist of delegating the request processing to an DefaultAsyncExecutor.
4. AsyncProcessorTask will first invoke DefaultAsyncExecutor.preExecute(). preExecute() will parse the request line and its headers.
5. Second, AsyncProcessorTask will invoke DefaultAsyncExecutor.interrupt(). interrupt() will execute all defined AsyncFilter(s).
6. An AsyncFilter will validate its execution conditions. If the conditions aren't meet, the Task will be interrupted and added to a Scheduler that will re-execute it once the conditions are meet. It is important to note here that the AsyncFilter thread will not be locked or interrupted, but will be returned to the Pipeline (Grizzly Thread Pool Wrapper). This is the beauty of non blocking NIO, where the one thread per socket paradigm doesn't apply.
7. Once the AsyncFilter determine the execution conditions are meet, the Task will be removed from the interrupted queue and executed. This is usually where a Servlet/JSP are executed.
8. DefaultAsyncExecutor.postExecute() will flush the response to the client.
Note that DefaultAsyncExecutor.preExecute/interrupt/postExecute always delegate the execution to a set of ProcessorTask methods, thus requests are always executed the same way, independently of ARP or SRP.
It is important to note that the default implementation isn't locking the thread when a Task is interrupted. The default Scheduler only have one thread to hold all SelectionKey associated with all interrupted requests.
OK that's it for the theory. Let's work on a real application using GlassFish.
The Gmail Servlet Notifier
Would it be nice if we can have a way to have a Gmail Notifier similar functionalities using HTTP? Not to say there is no Unix version. Of course you can always log in your account and refresh the page, but I don't want to refresh every minutes or so. You can probably do something similar using AJAX…but I want to do it in Grizzly 🙂
What we need is a Servlet that execute only when new emails are available in a Gmail account. Not only to Gmail, but to any POP3 account. In this case, the execution conditions would consist of connecting to the account, look for new emails. If new emails are available, then execute a Servlet that list all new emails (or display a flashing flag). Whatever the Servlet does, the goal here to to execute it only when its execution conditions are meet.
The solution is simple. We just need to define an AsyncFilter who does:
1. Connect to our Gmail account
2. Look for new emails. If emails are available, execute the Task.
3. If no news emails, interrupt the Task (ARP), wait a couple of seconds (here 10 seconds), then re-evaluate if new emails are in. If new emails has come, then execute the Servlet.
Fortunately we can use JavaMail for (1), and Grizzly default ARP implementation for (2) and (3), and by adding a new AsyncFilter implementation. Then, we just have to:
1. Starts Grizzly using ARP mode.
2. Create a JavaMail Session for Gmail to be used by the AsyncFilter.
2. Deploy the Gmail war file. All the account information (username, password, server url, port, etc.) are included inside web.xml (I agree the password shouldn't be there).
3. Use a browser to invoke the Servlet. The browser will keep the connection openned until you receive a new email.
4. When new emails are read, the Servlet will be executed and your email information (headers, text) will be displayed.
The implementation just consist of:
+ JavaMailAsyncFilter: this is the AsyncFilter than will determine if ARP or SRP is used.
+ JavaMailAsyncFilterHandler: This interface need to be implemented by the Servlet. Via this interface, the JavaMailAsyncFilter will be able to determine if the execution conditions are meet or not.
+ JavaMailAsyncFilterEvent: this object contains context information about the current execution conditions. This object is shared between the JavaMailAsyncFilter and the Servlet implementation.
+ EmailNotifierServlet: the Servlet that will be interrupted unless new emails are available.
You can find the basic implementation here. Make sure you read the README.TXT which explain how to build and deploy in GlassFish. Since ARP is not a default feature, it is a little complicated to setup (feel free to post here for help). I've tested with my local POP3 provider and my Gmail account and it worked fine.
When testing with Gmail, I selected Settings > Forwarding and POP. In the POP Download, I've picked "Enable POP only for mail that arrives now on". Thus my first request to the Servlet will not meet the execution conditions, and the Servlet will be interrupted until I send an email to myself.
Of course the Gmail implementation is far from perfect, and can be greatly improved (improvement are more that welcome!). My goal here was to demonstrate how you can extend Grizzly and start supporting ARP. As always, contributions are welcome.
That's it. Next time I will try to give some NIO tricks and tips (specially when it time to deal with OP_WRITE).
P.S Thanks to Andrea Egloff for his useful feedback on the default ARP implementation.
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Only dealt with small free pieces with 50-75% burl wrap....bigger pieces still have bark inclusions even in 360 degree 14-16" ball burls in White oak?
NOT all burls are perfect smooth spheres!
Oh...last piece was cut with a Whiteside 1.25" Mortising bit at 3,1,16K up to .1" pass depth...bark inclusions stayed PUT.
Same settings for most rough cuts on the 2 pieces until I got to where I wanted, then a .02" pass depth same settings for final pass.


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SYSK 290: ASP.NET AJAX -- $get vs. $find
Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX comes with a new method for getting a reference to an object representing an element on the page, e.g. input control, button, etc. -- $get.
However, you might notice that there is another function that appears to do same thing – $find… So, what's the difference between them, and which should you use and when?
First, let's see how the two methods are implemented…
$get is an alias for getElementById. In addition, this function has additional code for those browsers that have not implemented getElementById. Here is how it's defined:
var $get = Sys.UI.DomElement.getElementById = function Sys$UI$DomElement$getElementById(id, element) {
/// <param name="id" type="String"></param>
/// <param name="element" domElement="true" optional="true" mayBeNull="true"></param>
/// <returns domElement="true" mayBeNull="true"></returns>
var e = Function._validateParams(arguments, [
{name: "id", type: String},
{name: "element", mayBeNull: true, domElement: true, optional: true}
if (e) throw e;
if (!element) return document.getElementById(id);
if (element.getElementById) return element.getElementById(id);
// Implementation for browsers that don't have getElementById on elements:
var nodeQueue = [];
var childNodes = element.childNodes;
for (var i = 0; i < childNodes.length; i++) {
var node = childNodes[i];
if (node.nodeType == 1) {
nodeQueue[nodeQueue.length] = node;
while (nodeQueue.length) {
node = nodeQueue.shift();
if (node.id == id) {
return node;
childNodes = node.childNodes;
for (i = 0; i < childNodes.length; i++) {
node = childNodes[i];
if (node.nodeType == 1) {
nodeQueue[nodeQueue.length] = node;
return null;
$find is a shortcut for Sys.Application.findComponent. Components on the client… in JavaScript? Yes!
Here are some characteristics of components that differentiated them from controls and behaviors (source: http://ajax.asp.net/docs/tutorials/CreatingCustomClientComponentsTutorial.aspx):
1. Components typically have no physical UI representation, such as a timer component that raises events at intervals but is not visible on the page.
2. Have no associated DOM elements.
3. Encapsulate client code that is intended to be reusable across applications.
4. Derive from the Component base class.
So, the Sys.Application.findComponent function (implementation of the $find alias) is defined as follows:
var $find = Sys.Application.findComponent;
function Sys$_Application$findComponent(id, parent) {
/// <param name="id" type="String"></param>
/// <param name="parent" optional="true" mayBeNull="true"></param>
/// <returns type="Sys.Component" mayBeNull="true"></returns>
var e = Function._validateParams(arguments, [
{name: "id", type: String},
{name: "parent", mayBeNull: true, optional: true}
if (e) throw e;
// Need to reference the application singleton directly beause the $find alias
// points to the instance function without context. The 'this' pointer won't work here.
return (parent ?
((Sys.IContainer.isInstanceOfType(parent)) ?
parent.findComponent(id) :
parent[id] || null) :
Sys.Application._components[id] || null);
It is recommended that you use the findComponent (or $find) method to get a reference to a Component object that has been registered with the application through the addComponent (or $create) method.
Note: if parent is not specified, the search is limited to top-level components; if parent represents a Component object, the search is limited to children of the specified component; if parent is a DOM element, the search is limited to children components of the specified element.
Looking at the code, you might be wondering on the performance difference… My tests show that as a general rule (i.e. given a page of average complexity and average number of controls and components) the performance is roughly the same between the $get and $find. However, my tests were not comprehensive.
Bottom line:
- Both, $get and $find, appear return a reference to a DOM object created using markup or at runtime
- Both, $get and $find, appear to return a component reference
- While both methods work on elements and components, it's recommended to use $get for elements and $find for components.


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The Youth
Barack Obama will spend next week focusing on the constituency that carried him to the White House back in 2008: the youth. With scheduled stops in North Carolina, Colorado and Iowa, Obama plans to visit college towns in these three swing states to discuss the issue of student loans.
To coincide with his campaign stops, a press release from the White House reveals that the Obama Administration will launch a social media campaign centered around Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ to address the increase in student loan interest rates, using the hashtag #DontDoubleMyRate.
GOP Primary
After a three week hiatus, the GOP Primary will resume this Tuesday with voters returning to the polls for five primaries. For a total of 231 delegates, Connecticut, Delaware, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island will cast their vote for their Republican presidential pick.
With 95 delegates, New York's primary will be closely watched, and while Romney takes a commanding lead in the polls, the distribution of delegates is all but finalized. While the 34 at-large Republican delegates will be awarded to the candidate who receives the majority of votes, the remainder will be distributed by district, with two delegates awarded to the winner of each of New York's 29 congressional districts.
And while Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich remain in the race, the media and polls have already shifted the tone of the election to a battle between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama, downplaying the importance of Tuesday's elections.
The Bankruptcy World
Monday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case RadLAX Gateway Hotel, LLC v. Amalgamated Bank, addressing the issue of corporate bankruptcy. At question is the right of a secured lender to trade debt for the assets of a troubled company under Chapter 11. The decision will effect corporations and unions alike and is becoming an increasingly important issue because according to The Wall Street Journal, "many companies are turning to Chapter 11 as a means to sell their assets to their highest bidder rather than as a reorganization opportunity."
What else is on your radar this week?


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5700-C Features
Choice of Control Systems, optional Dual Side Pouring capability, and the MAX Package.
With more versatility than ever, the new machine maintains the Power Curber reputation as the most productive curb and gutter machine on the market.
Standard Single-Lane Pouring Capability allows the concrete truck to be lined up in front of the machine in high-traffic urban areas where space is a preminum.
Optional Dual Side Pouring
Water Capacity increases 50% — 132 gallons.
Fuel Capacity increases 25% — 66 gallons.
Choice of Control Systems
The new electronic system, utilizing Smart Amps™, offers the simplicity of an analog system, but with the features of a digital system. The operator has greater flexibility for sensitivity adjustment. Display screens on the operator's panel will show fault codes if there is a problem with a sensor, cord, or amplifier. Optionally, you have the choice of a digital Network controller with a large graphical display.
Cummins Engine
Computerized, quiet and fuel efficient. Reverse engine design locates radiator in center of machine, away from concrete in the auger, resulting in less maintenance and better cooling.
Operator's Platform
Raised for better visibility. The engine pulls the heat away from the operator's platform, making the operator more comfortable.
Easy Servicing
The trimmer is easily accessible for maintenance by removing the protective outside plate. This saves 1.5 hours of maintenance time when servicing the torque hub. The re-positioned trimmer height results in quicker set-up. The trimmer is mounted 7 inches (18cm) further to the left, allowing the ability to trim and pour 6-foot (1.8m) sidewalk. Posts do not have to be removed from the machine to replace bushings, saving 3 to 4 hours per post of repair work and eliminating the use of a crane. Pumps and gear boxes are more accessible. Servo controls are within easy reach.
The MAX Package
Take command of your work with the new MAX Package. This option adds more capability to the 5700-C, outfitting it with larger crawlers, all crawler steering, and a special frame with secondary mounting location for a rear post. These and other features allow pouring large barriers up to 8 ft. (2.5m) tall, paving up to 14 ft. (4m) wide, variable barrier with up to 24 inches (610mm) variability, and other large profile applications.
Ask us about a 5700-C-MAX for your big applications.


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The Genelec 8040 B is (in our opinion) the benchmark for professional studio monitoring. They provide response and imaging qualities that are unheard of from a monitor its size. This is largely due down to the Genelec 8040 B's flow optimized reflex port that achieves clear deep bass reproduction with absolutely no compression or port noises meaning you hear only what is happening with the music and nothing else. Combine this with the advanced Genelec Directivity Control Waveguide™ (DCW™) and the rounded edges and gently curved front and sides of the MDE™ (Minimum Diffraction Enclosure™) enclosure and it's easy to see why the result is an astoundingly wide, flat frequency response both on and off axis.
Another Key benefit of the Genelec 8040's along with the other Genelec monitors in the series are the Iso-Pod isolation plinths that come pre fitted and allow for isolation the mounting surface (such as a desk or speaker stand) to ensure accurate sound reproduction and no artificial surface noise. Not only that but they also allow for the speakers to be positioned at adjustable angles too to calibrate for the perfect listening angle.
Additional Information
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Speaker Type Active Studio Monitor
Speaker Configuration 2-Way
Application Professional Studio Monitoring
LF Driver 6.5"
HF Driver 1"
Power Output 180 W
LF Amplifier 90 W
HF Amplifier 90 W
Crossover 3 kHz
Max SPL 105 dB
Frequency Response 48 Hz - 20 kHz
Input Connectivity 1 x XLR (F)
Monitor Features Magnetically Shielded, Rear Ported
Speaker Dimensions (H x W x D) 365 x 237 x 223 mm
Speaker Weight 8.6 Kg (18.9 lb)
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Monday 16th July 2012
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The New Zealand dollar may fall this week amid expectations Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke won't signal further monetary easing, while locally inflation numbers are likely to be tame enough to rule out interest rate hikes anytime soon.
The New Zealand dollar recently traded at 79.78 US cents up from 79.67 cents at 8am. That's right in the middle of this week's predicted trading range of 78.50 cents to 80.80 cents, according to a BusinessDesk survey of five analysts.
Four out of the five analysts predict the kiwi will finish the week lower, one unchanged.
Investors will be looking to Bernanke's testimony to the House of Representatives on Tuesday and Wednesday for any clues about the potential and timing for further easing to lift the pace of growth. The Fed's beige book will be released on Wednesday.
"That is the one event you want to be watching," said Imre Speizer, market strategist at Westpac Banking Corp. "If Bernanke gives the signal there will be a big risk on and the kiwi will go up."
"There is probably a higher chance that he doesn't because the data isn't dire enough to push him into it," he said.
Last month the Fed agreed to expand Operation Twist, extending the maturities of assets on its balance sheets. Policymakers have said they will take further action if needed.
New Zealand's consumer price Index will be released by Statistics New Zealand on Tuesday, with higher electricity costs, a jump in food prices and emerging pressure in building costs probably marking an otherwise tame pace of inflation in the second quarter.
CPI rose 0.5 percent in the three months ended June 30, unchanged from the first quarter, according to a Reuters survey of 16 economists.
"If it was a positive surprise it would have to have some credibility," Speizer said. "Credibility could come from the construction sector or it could be to do with the housing boom in Auckland or Canterbury."
Traders still see a small probability that the Reserve Bank will cut the official cash rate in the next 12 months, based on the Overnight Interest Swap curve, which shows 17 basis points of cuts priced in, according to Reuters data.
The kiwi gained as investors were more upbeat after better-than-expected second-quarter earnings from investment bank JPMorgan & Chase. The investment bank reported net income of almost US$5 billion in the three months ended June 30, even as its chief investment office posted trading losses of US$5.8 billion.
Four out of the six Standard & Poor's 500 companies that reported results last week surpassed analysts' earnings estimates while one missed, Bloomberg reported.
Retail sales and inflation data are also due out of the world's largest economy on Monday and Tuesday respectively.
The New Zealand dollar hit a record 65.13 euro cents, the highest since the single currency entered circulation in 2002. It recently traded at 65.08 cents. Spain is preparing to auction two-year, five-year and seven-year bonds on Thursday before euro-zone finance ministers meet to discuss the final details of the nation's bailout package after its banking sector collapsed last month.
"The European monetary policy and fiscal outlook for Europe provide the perfect storm for a weak euro," said Peter Cavanaugh, senior client adviser at Bancorp. "The New Zealand and Australian dollars are the lesser of very many evils."
The New Zealand dollar was little changed on 77.87 Australian cents from 77.73 cents at 8am. The Reserve Bank of Australia will release the minutes from its July meeting on Tuesday after it left the official cash rate unchanged at 3.5 percent.
New Zealand's BNZ-Business NZ Performance Service Index released this morning expanded at a slower pace in June, while remaining in growth for the 23rd month in a row, led by new orders/business. The seasonally adjusted BNZ-BusinessNZ Performance of Services fell 2.3 points to 54.3 in June from May and all five sub-indexes in the survey recorded expansion.
The results of Fonterra's latest GlobalDairyTrade auction will be released on Wednesday morning. Prices of dairy products fell 5.9 percent at the last auction a fortnight ago, mirroring a broader decline in New Zealand's primary sector exports.
ANZ New Zealand's job ads are scheduled for release on Thursday, followed by international travel and migration from Statistics New Zealand on Friday.
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ALBANY, GA (WALB) - If you're buying or selling a home in Southwest Georgia, you're in luck.
The housing market is doing pretty well here, especially after the most recent flooding and Hurricane Michael.
While typically the fourth quarter of the year is the slowest time for real estate deals, one real estate expert said overall South Georgia is doing very well.
Patsy Martin, Chair of the Public Relations Committee for Albany Board of Realtors, said overall there's been about 150 fewer home sales this year compared to 2017, but the value for homes has gone up.
Overall, the average sale price has risen 11 percent.
Four months is how much time an average sale takes. Houses are on the market at an average of 12 days less than last year.
Martin said this is good because the price of the market is rising slowly.
"It's not been a great year, but it's certainly with all the devastation that's happened, it's been amazing. It's been as good a year as it has for Albany and Dougherty County and Lee County," explained Martin.
Hurricane Michael left a lot of homeowners knee deep in repairs.
Rentals are being gobbled up by homeowners who sustained major damage to their homes and need a place to stay.
Martin explained Michael's damage is helping leased property rates rise, but that's just a quick fix.
Overall the band aid doesn't help the housing market as a whole.
Some homes had too much damage and were taken off the market.
Others that people were looking to sell had too many repairs needed so those homes stayed off the market until they were fixed or are still being renovated.
"The biggest mess that Michael left us was that so many people were forced to leave their homes. And they're forced to leave their homes anywhere from four months to a year," explained Martin.
With the most recent flooding, Martin said realtors are waiting for the water to subside before drawing any conclusions.
If the house is financed, every lender will require a flood check.
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I had three gorgeous avocados that I got on sale last week that had become perfectly ripe. What better thing to do than to make them into one of my favorite things to eat…. GUAC!
I was waiting for Murray to get home and the Brown Bear to come over so I popped in one of my all time favorite movies, When Harry Met Sally, for some happy background noise. I always put this movie in when I have to do something and don't want to get too distracted… like when its time to clean or knit. It's in my top five favs.
I always make sure I have the following ingredients when I make Guacamole; red onion, garlic, limes, jalapeno, cilantro, tomato, salt. Even if one ingredient is missing it isn't the same.
This amount of ingredients is for 3 medium-sized Haas avocados. I start out with the avocados themselves. I slice in half along the pit, I lightly thwack a sharp knife into the pit and twist to easily remove it from the second half. Just be careful and make sure its a sharp knife!
I hold one half in my hand and being careful not to cut through the peel I score the flesh into cubes.
Then I use a big spoon to scoop it all out and into the bowl. You don't have to score the flesh. It just makes me feel like I'm cooking. :O) You could use the spoon to scoop it out into the bowl and skip the knife wielding. But what fun is that!?
I like to use a fork and mash the first two avocados so that they are mostly smooth and creamy.
The third avocado I like to keep chunky and I mix those chunks into the mash. I find it gives more body and plus I love a chunk of pure avocado.
Yum. Make yours to your preference, smooth or chunky. That looks good enough to eat already! But let's make it even better!
I start off with half a roma tomato, de-seed it and squeeze out a little of the excess moisture. I chop it up into a medium fine dice. You want to be able to see that it's a beautiful bit of ruby tomato, but not a huge bite.
Next I use about a quarter of a med red onion, finely diced. I prefer the onion to be rather on the fine side because raw onion has quite a bite. But if you want big bits, go for it. Customize to your heart's delight.
We want to do the same for the garlic. I use about 2 cloves for three avocados. I mince them rather finely, too. Just to avoid a big stinky bite of just garlic.
Next I dice up a third of a fresh jalapeno, with the membranes and seeds removed. Leaving them in would be too much heat for me! But look how pretty they are! Like little emeralds.
Next comes the lime. I like to juice at least one whole lime, if not two because I like it to be a little limey. If you like less lime use one. But please don't leave it out!
I even make sure the lime pulp gets in there. I really do love lime.
I give a handful of cilantro a rough chop and get it in the bowl.
Put in a big pinch of salt (I prefer coarse seasalt) and give the whole mess a good stirring.
I like to make this a few hours in advance to give the flavors a chance to intermingle and marry. But it's still delish on the fly. Murray showed me this little trick. While the lime helps it not go brown, if you put in a pit of two after its done and mix them in it stays fresh longer. Don't know how, but it works a treat!
Put it into a pretty serving bowl and eat up! I could have this every day. I would be fatter, but I would have lovely skin and hair, lol.


text: Not sure who is investing in startups at present or looking at this space for potential future investments, whether as angels finance or through follow on rounds of funding. Here's an interesting article for both investors and those on the founder side of the equation. It highlights some of the shortcomings that are present here compared to places like San Francisco. ".....................In short, here is where we fall short compared to Americans: We tend to underplay our achievements and our businesses We hold our connections tight to our chest, rather than openly offer them up to help others We are secretive about our business ideas, thinking that others will steal them, rather than believing that ideas are cheap and execution is everything We typically only have meetings that have a specific agenda, rather than meeting to explore and see how we might help or collaborate We lack the "pay it forward" attitude that is pervasive in Silicon Valley We are more transaction-focused than relationship-focused in our business dealings We operate with distrust as our default position, rather than trust. This results in a high cost of transaction which is counter-intuitive to the way startups need to operate Australian business often has a lack of a sense of urgency. This is in part because we have a much less competitive market than the US. Aussie startups often under-estimate the lost opportunity by moving too slowly We are much more focused on having a great lifestyle than we are on being successful Cultural change is not a fast process; but with a concerted approach towards changing it, it is possible. Without this change, Australian startups will always start on the back foot............" Where Australia sucks for startups and what needs to be done to make the ecosystem shine - StartupSmart Keen to hear from others looking at this space.


text: I don't know how you feel about this winter but for me waking up every morning and making sure I don't slip on ice and break a leg while going to work made me incredibly tired. Weekend breakfast really are like a breath of fresh air or a glimpse of spring. They're that sweet remedy for being very tired on night before. I planted rosemary a while ago and now there's already a sign of life in one of the pots. Another one's getting ready to blossom. See? Lots of sign that spring's on its way. I know what you're thinking, I do see all that snow outside, but what better way to endure yet another week of adventurous hikes to my workplace but fooling oneself's?