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The Soldier's Woman
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I just got me a John Legend CD. It's playing. Save Room, et al. Sounding good. Feeling inspired to tell you this true story. Short enough to be fictious, true enough for the Woman therein to be over there (if I look through the window, I could see her).
1984, twenty-fifth December, she was home, food cooked, everything set for Christmas. I got this story, because it could very easily become mine. Her husband was a revolutionary. One of the Museveni guerillas, you know. He had said he'd be home for Christmas, but now the sun was setting. She had dressed up for him. The surprise party. Aphrodisiacs in the food. No kids to censor stuff for. Not as yet. They had been lovers for like many years, but had avoided kids, despite the heated nights. Now, she insisted she wanted one made while he was home `because even the best fighters may not survive the war.'
When she told me this story, she was completely devoid of shyness. She told it straight. I hope I remember to tell you what prompted the telling. It was told over food. But this was one of those meals that keep you on the table long after the food has been digested and spent. And you are just talking, talking, talking. A couple of sodas, every now and then. And talk. More talk. She was talking, now.
That she gave up waiting. `Maybe he had found it dangerous to make the trip.' Entebbe was a bit hard to access back then, especially when you are a dangerous guerilla. But he was a genius with evading authorities. I don't want to name him (lest it become slightly political), but he even helped Museveni during his underground trips.
Ten o'clock, at night. Someone tried the door ... (Heaven Only Knows is playing.)
It was the revolutionary. He didn't need any inspiration from the aphrodisiacs, as things turned out. Wild night. Then the food (with Boosters (tm)). Then more wildness. `We were like ... even rabbits don't get that terrible!' Okay, now a shy chuckle escapes her. Because of who else was listening. I'll tell you who. They slept at almost eight o'clock, the morning of the twenty-sixth.
And at about noon, they were awoken by someone trying the door. I will rush through this. She goes to check, and is struck in the face with the butt of an AK-47. He is dragged out. Men speaking kiSwahili. `They had been tracking him, all along. He had shaken them off, but they smelt him.' Sombre mood, on the table. And you could see that the food we were eating - this was on the twenty-fifth of December, last year - was bringing back the memories.
She never saw her War Hero again. But God knows his own. He certainly does. She conceived, that night. These two were probably the world's tightest lovers. He had his heavy ideological leanings, but she was his main ideology. Maybe such deep love should be short-lived, so it can die before it loses its sharp edge. Maybe not. This love, it lives on. She still loves him.
I was seated next to her daughter, on that table. `Your father, he was that kind of man. He loved as much as he hated. And he hated what he fought against to death. And loved me to death. I won't live until I die. Until I give him aphrodisiacs, and we make love until the next sunrise.' The girl gave me that look of `you don't love me like that.'
Definitely not, I was thinking. I don't love you at all, chic. But, still, if I ever got me a chic, she would be a soldier's woman.
Coming Home is playing.
14 comments:
- Sam said...
I admire the soldier woman. I should do the same thing. Get a baby with the man I love before things turn sour.In the end, at least I'll have Junior to console me.
- Tuesday, February 27, 2007
- jovialjitterz said...
several points to make here but they round up to two big ones..
1. John Legend's CD is super uber great... i just finished using save room for a slide show i just made and i love heaven, maxine, once again, slow dance eh! the whole album!
2. I am in love with the picture of a revolutionary in love. I want this love you wrote about and it's comforting that it does indeed happen!
2 and a half: I was trying to figure out the person this whole time but i failed :-)
Bless! - Wednesday, February 28, 2007
- Heaven! said...
didn't remember to say what prompted the telling...
"maybe such deep love should be short-lived,so that it can die before it loses its sharp edge"...pondering on that thought. - Wednesday, February 28, 2007
- joshi said...
DAMN!!!!!!!!This was a shotgun to my head..blew my brains out..this is a true story right?
- Wednesday, February 28, 2007
- cavalier said...
That was moving
- Wednesday, February 28, 2007
- Be silent said...
Thit was in 1984 is it possible to find such love in 2007 and could it last longer?
- Friday, March 02, 2007
- The 27th Comrade said...
@Sam: Um ... but is The Man You Love a revolutionary? :o) In any case, still, you may want to keep some tangible reminder. Especially a laughing, jumping, shouting reminder of Him. Things do turn sour at times, especially when least-expected. This woman thinks of her daughter as some kind of embodiment of love. She says it was a sign from God. The name has that meaning, as well.
@JovialJitterz:Munange, John Legend is soooo friggin' hot. My current fave is We Just Don't Care. Oh, God! he rocks, this young man. The album is hot. It's won awards. Apparently, some award judges also have a sense of music.
You love the picture of a revolutionary in love? Well ... I am a revolutionary, and I can stand a bit of lovin' every now and then ... :o) Alright, relax. Thing is, this love happens. But most chics don't know that that kind of love is not the normal state of loving. You've got to create that state. You care well for your revolutionary, and he will start crying whenever you aren't around. And then that kind of love starts. And you keep feeding it, so to speak. It happens. And it is strongest with people who believe in their ideals strongly, because, like the woman said, when they start believing in loving you, they are ready to love to death itself.
@Heaven!: That epigram about love ... well, it crosses my mind often. I see many people lovin' hard for decades, but I see more whose verve wears out with time. It is something I think about.
Oh, and what prompted it: well, I told them, over food, that I'd be leaving after food (I was their lunch guest, and I wanted to go back home and party there, as well). She was like `Why the rush?' I said, jokingly, `I have a whole war to fight.' And she was shocked, and started telling us the story. The daughter already knew some, apparently, but she loves the story for some reason.
@Joshi: Yep, sir. True story. Strange, true story.
@Cavalier: Me, the only thing that moves me is the death of a fine revolutionary. I hate the bad omen.
@BS: Dear BS. From your letter, I see that you may think the good guys have all been shot. No. In fact, awful, skinny, stinky dogs are not hard to find. Neither are normal men. But: take a dog, give it food, give it play, give it a wash, constantly love it, and it will love you back. No need to note that it will no longer be awful, skinny and stinky. Same for men. Like I said in reply to Esteri, you can make the guy depend hopelessly on you. And then he'll believe in loving you. And he'll love you to death. These men believe hard, you know. Little doubt they do things like revolutions. Now when they put that energy in believing in loving you ... they are here, in 2007, and it will last forever. Yours - Agony Uncle. :o) - Friday, March 02, 2007
- ish said...
i think the people in this story shine more than the love they shared. but that's just me. i admire her, the soldier's woman.
- Friday, March 02, 2007
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- Saturday, March 03, 2007
- ROLEX MAKER said...
be silent is hot like crack
- Sunday, March 04, 2007
- Just Rich said...
John Legend is on some whole other crack or something and its great to have something to listen to thats not "rims n ho's". What I'm wondering is: How wierded out was the daughter on hearing her mom's stories of aphrodisiac laced food for her pops?
In any case, here's to enlisting in that army. They cant stop us all. - Monday, March 05, 2007
- Sam said...
I don't know if the man I love is a revolutionary. He reads Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince for example. He is weird and arrogant but I like his intelligence. We are not going out or anything. We are just friends but he drives me nuts.
- Tuesday, March 06, 2007
- Iwaya said...
let me tutu for a moment and remind you chiding me about being in love! who is in love now? okay, let me let it go...and say I can see some Bob Marley influences in there, maybe Is this Love? Loving it totally!
- Tuesday, March 06, 2007
- Mr. Back2Basics... said...
a lot of sympathy from the whole world 27th-C
don't say firsty to me alright...
will take time to carefully read your blog. - Friday, July 27, 2007


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I'm currently making an arcade machine based around a xbox. I'm currently looking for another xbox but if that fails i'll use my v1.2 xbox. I would like to flash it with a custom bios. I've read that ind.5003 or x2 4981 would be my best bets. ind.5003 includes a program to customize it, but I can't find a read me on how to use it correctly. These features are needed:
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Another requirement is that the xbox would autoload a backed up xbox game when the power button is pressed. If possible, I'd like it to load another game when the eject button is pressed. Would this be possible?
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Don't use the iND-BIOS config program, just edit the config file directly. It's far easier, and you can easily see (or have an educated guess at) which config directives to change.
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In theory you could have a softmod and a chip.
wouldnt work with a tsop though.
and have the chip bios look for a diferent xbe to the softmod default boot up..
Ths configuration of this could be a huge pain in the neck though, as the softmod would want to softmod the chipped bios when the chip was running, and that dosent work.
So a tsop flash + chip with the bt wired to the eject button would probably serve just as well.
you would need to configure 1 of the bios files to search for a diferent dash 1st..
"they usualy have a list of where they search and for what. to find the dash board files"
then again you could probably achive the same thing with a dual boot softmod. where you would replace files with game files.
however i would not recommend it.
you could also get a chip with bank select and have 2 diferent bioses configured to search for a diferent xbe 1st. and use the bank select switch to chose the game,
I dont think a tsop can dual boot though.
But i supose that it could be possible to split a 1.0/1.1 tsop and have it act similar but that wouldnt work from eject. Unless of course you changed the eject button for a diferent click on click off switch. and then it wouldnt be much use as an eject button. it would just be a bank select button.
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If you are gonna install a chip and use a softmod, it would be better to flash the TSOP and have it look to boot from say c:\default.xbe and flash the chip with a bios that looks for c:\evoxdash.xbe. Then you have the chip installed to boot when using the eject button and the tsop to boot when using power. I would not disable the logo screen but instead look into using a custom logo screen.
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Ok, thanks for all the info. I'll start with the custom bios. I'm currently modifying the config file. Do I have to edit something to disable the dvd drive check? To have it autoboot a game, should I just change the 'Dash1' directory to the game's .xbe file?
I guess I'll have to either use a multiple bank modchip or a double tsopped v1.0/1.1 xbox, as a dual softmod won't work without a dvd drive.
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Make sure you can boot a rescue disc from DVD before you start, so you can recover if you make a mistake in the dash config.
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prety sure 99.999999% sure that the ind bios dosent need any altering to run without dvd.
and im 60% sure the m8+ on hexen dvd has to be eidted to run with out dvd.
no idea about the x2 bios though. never really use them.
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I was able to purchase a v1.0 xbox so I'm going to use a split tsop for the dual booting. Which points do I need to solder for the split bios? All the pictures in the tutorials seem to be down.
I'm not sure how to get a custom x-logo via the config file. Do I simply move the needed picture file to the c-drive?
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You should consider why you need dual booting and if it is important enough to split the TSOP.
Splitting the TSOP the normal way that you will find on
will work, but will result in a bus conflict, shorting some address lines to GND. This may or may not cause a problem. You should disconnect those lines from the MCPX chip and supply only Vcc or GND to a18, a19 or use a resistor appropriately.
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Dont quote me on this but my original xbox dash install has an option to boot an alternate dash via the eject button (it was either force it to boot with the dvd drive open or boot via eject button) now if im right then there may be a software solution... Actually on second thoughts let me rephrase that... i know im right about that part (it may be a long time since i booted it up but when you spend the better part of the night digging through config files for the hell of it you remember certain things) what i dont know is if it will work with your no dvd setup considering the natrue of the boot method
Oh and the dash im talking about is the uxe dash... of course i had one of the kernals that supported every feature first go (so long since i installed... maybe a year or two now but i remember there being restrictions on certain kernals)
another option if your ok with having to select the game from a list is to do what i did and make a copy of the custom dash and stick it in another folder... then take the original dash and the use the config file to repurpose it as a boot loader (just have an option in the config file that points to the dash copies xbe file and your good to go after that you just add any other dash's/games you want to load to the menu)... of course with waht your looking for this most likely isnt for you but meh... at least its free and 100% software which is always nice
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I've been messing around with the inf config file and most of it is working. Only 2 problems:
-disabling the igr doesn't work. I can still use igr in my (unleashx)dash.
-won't autoboot my games. I tried
but it just boots unleashx dash.
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you may have better luck if you named the default.xbe to evoxdash.xbe
im prety sure bioses like to search for that 1st and most dash installs will have you rename the new dash to that....
also its not F its partition 6 or 7 or sumthing
so try
"according to xbpartitioneer F is partition 7"
although im not sure the bios actualy counts them the same way
so you may want to try. 6 5 and 4 excetera untill you get it..
also have you tried dissabeling IGR for the dash..
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Well, autobooting just doesn't want to work. Either it boots evox, or a black screen. I've installed the games on the E: drive.
I've tried altering dash3, no difference.
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In pre-WS GRAM, jobs are submitted to a job manager process started by a Gatekeeper process. The Gatekeeper process is typically started out by an inetd server, which forks a new gatekeeper per job. In WS GRAM, jobs are started by the ManagedExecutionJobService, which is a Java service implementation running within the globus service container.
The gatekeeper searches the $GLOBUS_LOCATION/etc/grid-services directory to determine which services it will start. Typically there is one job manager service entry file in that directory per scheduler type.
In pre-WS GRAM, the GRAM client is required to delegate a proxy credential to the Gatekeeper so that the job manager can send authenticated job state change messages.
In WS GRAM, delegation is done as needed using the DelegationFactoryService. Jobs may be passed references to delegated credentials as part of the job description.
In pre-WS gram, communication between the client and gatekeeper is done using GSI-wrapped messages. Communication between the the client and job manager are sent using SSL. The job manager uses the delegated credential for file streaming or staging as well. Mutual authentication is done on all connections. All communications consist of a single request-response pattern. Network connections and security contexts are never cached between messages.
In WS GRAM, communication may be secured using TLS, ws secure messaging, or ws secure conversation, depending on service configuration. When doing authentication, the service will use the credentials of the container, or for secure message or conversation, a service-specific credential. It will not use a delegated credential when communicating with the client.
The gatekeeper process is started as a root service out of inetd. It then uses the grid-mapfile decide which local user it should setuid() to before starting the job manager process, based on the credential used to submit the job request. The user may optionally propose a non-default user-id by specifying it in the gatekeeper contact string. The job manager process runs entirely under the local user account.
In WS GRAM, the job management service runs within a container shared with other services. The container is run under a non-privileged account. All commands which need to be run as a particular user (such as interactions with the scheduler) are started via sudo. Authorization is done via the globus-gridmap-and-execute program.
In pre-WS gram, all file system and scheduler interactions occur within a perl module called by the globus-job-manager-script.pl program. Scheduler-specific perl modules implement a number of methods which are used by the job manager:
- submit
- poll
- cancel
- signal
- make_scratchdir
- remove_scratchdir
- stage_in
- stage_out
- cache_cleanup
- remote_io_file_create
- proxy_relocate
- proxy_update
Only a small set of these script methods are used in the WS GRAM implementation. The subset used is:
- submit
- poll (called only once per job and only for fork/condor jobs to merge output)
- cancel
- cache_cleanup
Some of the functionality has been moved into other services for reliability or performance reasons. Other functions have been removed altogether.
- poll: SEG
- signal: dropped
- make_scratchdir: rft
- remove_scratchdir: rft
- stage_in: rft
- stage_out: rft
- remote_io_file_create: rft or resource property queries
- proxy_relocate: delegation service
- proxy_update: delegation service
In pre-WS gram, each job submitted would cause the following processes to be created:
- gatekeeper (short lived)
- job manager (lives the duration of the job)
- perl script (short lived 4 or more instances depending on job type)
- perl script poll called periodically
In WS GRAM, each job causes the following processes to be created
- sudo + perl script--(typically 2 times: submit, cache_cleanup)
- for fork jobs, one fork-starter process (blocked waiting for a signal) for the duration of the job
Additionally, there will be a per-scheduler instance of the SEG program, monitoring a log file for job state changes. Migration from pre-WS GRAM to WS-GRAM
Typical interactions with the pre-WS gram service were done with either the globusrun or command or the globus-job suite of scripts (globus-job-submit, globus-job-run, globus-job-get-output, globus-job-status, globus-job-clean). The main difference between these sets of commands is that globusrun required a job description in RSL format, and the globus-job-submit and globus-job-run scripts would construct that based on command line options.
In WS GRAM, the globusrun-ws command implements the functionality of globusrun using the XML Job Description language in place of the RSL format job description of pre-WS GRAM. It also allows specifying parts of the Job Description with simple command line arguments (for executable and arguments), similar to what one would do with globus-job-run. Like globusrun, the globusrun-ws program supports both the interactive and batch submission of GRAM jobs.
Table 1. Command Line Option Comparison
Description | pre-WS GRAM globusrun option | WS GRAM globusrun-ws option |
Interactive Multirequest Control | -i | NO EQUIVALENT |
Job Description File Path | -f <rsl filename> | -file <rsl filename> | -f <filename> | -job-description-file <filename> |
Quiet operation | -q | -quiet | -q | -quiet |
File streaming of stdout and stderr *see note 1* | -o (Implies -q) | -s | -streaming (Implies -q, sometimes -staging-delegate) |
Enable embedded GASS Server | -s | -server (Implies -o and -q) | NO EQUIVALENT |
Enable writing to the embedded GASS Server | -w | -write-allow (Implies -s and -q) | NO EQUIVALENT |
Specify Service Contact | -r <resource-manager> | -resource <resource-manager> (Specifies Gatekeeper contact) | -F, -Ft, or -Ff; Use either factory service contact (-F), Factory Type (-Ft) or Factory EPR file (-Ff) |
Do not terminate job when SIGINT is received. | -n | -no-interrupt | -n | -no-cleanup |
Destroy a job based on a job - contact | -k <job contact> | -kill <job contact> | -kill -j <filename> | -kill -job-epr-file <filename> |
Get current job status | -status <job contact> | -status -j <filename> | -status -job-epr-file <filename> |
Batch mode job submission | -b | -batch or -F | -fast-batch | -batch | -b |
Refresh proxy | -refresh-proxy <job contact> | -y <job contact> | NO EQUIVALENT |
Stop a job manager process, saving state | -stop-manager <job contact> | NO EQUIVALENT |
Validate job description without submitting job | -p | -parse | -validate |
Ping job manager | -a | -authenticate-only | NO EQUIVALENT |
Dryrun | -d | -dryrun | NO EQUIVALENT |
Note 1: In pre-WS GRAM, streaming is done using https connections from the job manager to a GASS server embedded in the globusrun program. In WS GRAM, streaming is implemented by accessing a gridftp server configured to run along with the service container.
globusrun-ws has additional options to deal with file streaming, monitoring an existing job, authentication and authorization, http timeouts, default termination time, encryption, etc.
This table describes the migration path for applications which use the C language interface to pre-WS gram. This table covers the globus_gram_client API.
Table 2. C API Migration Table
GT2 API Command | GT4 API Command |
globus_gram_client_callback_allow() | globus_notification_create_consumer() |
globus_gram_client_register_job_request() | ManagedJobFactoryPortType_GetResourceProperty_epr_register() |
globus_gram_client_job_request() | ManagedJobFactoryPortType_GetResourceProperty_epr() |
globus_gram_client_register_job_cancel() | ManagedExecutableJobPortType_Destroy_epr_register() |
globus_gram_client_job_cancel() | ManagedExecutableJobPortType_Destroy_epr() |
globus_gram_client_job_status() | ManagedExecutableJobPortType_GetResourceProperty_epr() with the property name {http://www.globus.org/namespaces/2004/10/gram/job/types}state |
globus_gram_client_register_job_status() | ManagedExecutableJobPortType_GetResourceProperty_epr_register() with the property name {http://www.globus.org/namespaces/2004/10/gram/job/types}state |
globus_gram_client_job_refresh_credentials() | globus_delegation_client_util_delegate_epr |
globus_gram_client_register_job_refresh_credentials() | globus_delegation_client_util_delegate_epr_register() |
globus_gram_client_register_job_signal() | ManagedExecutableJobPortType_release_epr_register() |
globus_gram_client_job_signal() | ManagedExecutableJobPortType_release_epr() |
globus_gram_client_register_job_callback_registration() | ManagedExecutableJobPortType_Subscribe_epr_register() |
globus_gram_client_job_callback_register() | ManagedExecutableJobPortType_Subscribe_epr() |
globus_gram_client_register_job_callback_unregistration() | SubscriptionManager_Destroy_epr_register() |
globus_gram_client_job_callback_unregister() | SubscriptionManager_Destroy_epr() |
globus_gram_client_callback_disallow() | globus_notification_destroy_consumer() |
globus_gram_client_job_contact_free() | wsa_EndpointReferenceType_destroy() |
globus_gram_client_error_string() | globus_error_get(result) |
globus_gram_client_set_credentials() | globus_soap_message_handle_set_attr() with the property name GLOBUS_SOAP_MESSAGE_USER_CREDENTIAL_KEY and the value the gss_cred_id_t |
globus_gram_client_ping() | XXX? Maybe factory get resource properties? |
globus_gram_client_register_ping() | XXX? Maybe factory get resource properties? |
globus_gram_client_debug() | set GLOBUS_SOAP_MESSAGE_DEBUG environment variable to MESSAGES to see XML messages sent/received |
globus_gram_client_version() | NO EQUIVALENT |
globus_gram_client_attr_init() | globus_soap_message_attr_init() |
globus_gram_client_attr_destroy() | globus_soap_message_attr_destroy() |
globus_gram_client_attr_set_credential() | globus_soap_message_handle_set_attr() with the property name GLOBUS_SOAP_MESSAGE_USER_CREDENTIAL_KEY and the value the gss_cred_id_t |
globus_gram_client_attr_get_credential() | globus_soap_message_attr_get() with the property name GLOBUS_SOAP_MESSAGE_USER_CREDENTIAL_KEY. Migration from Prews GRAM to ws-GRAM |
Pre-WS GRAM uses a custom language for specifying a job description. WS GRAM uses an xml based language for this same purpose. In pre-WS GRAM, relations (such as count=5) can occur in any order within the RSL; in WS GRAM, the relations must be in the order in the XML schema definition. The RSL attribute description below is in the order defined by the XML schema
Table 3. RSL Migration Table
GT2 RSL Attribute | GT4 job description element |
(username = NAME) | <localUserId>NAME<localUserId> |
(two_phase = TWO_PHASE_TIMEOUT) *See Note 1* | <holdState>Pending</holdState> |
(executable = EXE) | <executable>EXE</executable> |
(directory = DIR) | <directory>DIR</directory> |
(arguments=ARG1 ... ARGN) | <argument>ARG1</argument> ... <argument>ARGN</argument> |
(environment = (ENV_VAR_1 ENV_VAL_1) ... (ENV_VAR_N ENV_VAL_N)) | <environment> <name>ENV_VAR_1</name> <value>ENV_VAL_1</name> ... <name>ENV_VAR_N</name> <value>ENV_VAR_N</value> </environment> |
(stdin = LOCAL_FILE_PATH) *See Note 2* | <stdin>file:///LOCAL_FILE_PATH</stdin> |
(stdout = LOCAL_FILE_PATH) *See Note 2* | <stdout>file:///LOCAL_FILE_PATH</stdout> |
(stderr = LOCAL_FILE_PATH) *See Note 2* | <stderr>file:///LOCAL_FILE_PATH</stderr> |
(count = NUMBER) | <count>NUMBER</count> |
(library_path = PATH_ELEMENT_1 ... PATH_ELEMENT_N) | <libraryPath>PATH_ELEMENT_1</libraryPath> ... <libraryPath>PATH_ELEMENT_N</libraryPath> |
(host_count = NUMBER) | <hostCount>NUMBER</hostCount> |
(project = PROJECT) | <project>PROJECT</project> |
(queue = QUEUE) | <queue>QUEUE</queue> |
(max_time = MINUTES) | <maxTime>MINUTES</maxTime> |
(max_wall_time = MINUTES) | <maxWallTime>MINUTES</maxWallTime> |
(max_cpu_time = MINUTES) | <maxCpuTime>MINUTES</maxCpuTime> |
(max_memory = MEGABYTES) | <maxMemory>MEGABYTES</maxMemory> |
(min_memory = MEGABYTES) | <minMemory>MEGABYTES</minMemory> |
(job_type = JOBTYPE) | <jobType>JOBTYPE</jobType> |
(file_stage_in = (REMOTE_GRIDFTP_URL_1 LOCAL_FILE_PATH_1) ... (REMOTE_GRIDFTP_URL_N LOCAL_FILE_PATH_N)) *See Note 4* | <fileStageIn> <transfer> <sourceUrl>REMOTE_GRIDFTP_URL_1</sourceUrl> <destinationUrl>file:///LOCAL_FILE_PATH_1</destinationUrl> </transfer> <transfer> <sourceUrl>REMOTE_GRIDFTP_URL_N</sourceUrl> <destinationUrl>file:///LOCAL_FILE_PATH_N</destinationUrl> </transfer> </fileStageIn> |
(file_stage_out = (LOCAL_FILE_PATH_1 REMOTE_GRIDFTP_URL_1) ... (LOCAL_FILE_PATH_N REMOTE_GRIDFTP_URL_N)) *See Note 4* | <fileStageOut> <transfer> <sourceUrl>file:///LOCAL_FILE_PATH_1</sourceUrl> <destinationUrl>REMOTE_GRIDFTP_URL_1</destinationUrl> </transfer> <transfer> <sourceUrl>file:///LOCAL_FILE_PATH_N</sourceUrl> <destinationUrl>REMOTE_GRIDFTP_URL_N</destinationUrl> </transfer> </fileStageOut> |
Note 1: The globusrun-ws program will automatically release the hold after receiving the indicated hold state. To simulate the two-phase submit timeout, an application could set the initial termination time of the resource. A hold state may be set for fileCleanUp state for two-phase commit end, but it is not possible to submit a job with both hold states.
Note 2: stdin, stdout, and stderr must only be a local file URL. Ftp and gridftp URLs can be handled by using a fileStageIn and fileStageOut elements (described below).
Note 3: Value job types for WS GRAM are multiple (the default), single, mpi, and condor.
Note 4: The WS GRAM service uses RFT to transfer files. This only supports gridftp and ftp file transfers. The local file path must be a mappable by an entry in the file system mapping file.
The following RSL attributes have no direct equivalent in WS GRAM:
- dry_run: Similar behavior can be obtained by using a job hold state of Pending and then destroying the job resource without releasing the hold.
- file_stage_in_shared: No support for the GASS cache, hence this is gone. Applications may use RFT to transfer files before submitting a batch of jobs.
- gass_cache: GASS cache is not used by WS GRAM, so there is no need for setting the cache path.
- gram_my_job: collective operations are enabled for every managed execution job service via rendezvous registration
- proxy_timeout: Delegated security proxies are handled via the DelegationFactory Service. Resource lifetime is controlled by the wsrl:SetTerminationTime operation
- remote_io_url: The WS GRAM service does not use GASS, so there is no equivalent to this.
- restart: There is no equivalent.
- rsl_substitution: The WS GRAM service does not support user-defined substitutions. Certain values may be referenced in some RSL values by a similar technique, but these are for system configuration parameters only. See the WS GRAM job description document for description of RSL variable syntax, values, and attributes where they may be used.
- save_state: All WS GRAM jobs are persistent, so there is no elements related to this.
- scratch_dir: This is now a deployment configuration option.
- stderr_position: Standard error streaming is now a feature of the globusrun-ws program instead of part of the WS GRAM service, so there is no equivalent element for restarting error streaming at a specific point.
- stdout_position: Standard output streaming is now a feature of the globusrun-ws program instead of part of the WS GRAM service, so there is no equivalent element for restarting output streaming at a specific point.
Here are some examples of converting some pre-WS GRAM RSLs to WS GRAM.
Table 4. RSL Migration Examples
pre-WS GRAM RSL | WS GRAM Job Description |
(* Simple Job Request With Arguments *) &(executable = /bin/echo) (arguments = Hello, Grid) |
<?xml version="1.0"?> <!-- Simple Job Request With Arguments --> <job xmlns:ns1="http://www.globus.org/namespaces/2004/10/gram/job/description"> <ns1:executable>/bin/echo</ns1:executable> <ns1:argument>Hello,</ns1:argument> <ns1:argument>Grid</ns1:argument> </job> |
(* Multijob Request *) +( &(executable = /bin/echo) (arguments = Hello, Grid From Subjob 1) (resource_manager_name = resource-manager-1.globus.org) (count = 1) ) ( &(executable = mpi-hello) (arguments = Hello, Grid From Subjob 2) (resource_manager_name = resource-manager-2.globus.org) (count = 2) (jobtype = mpi) ) |
<?xml version="1.0"?> <!-- Multijob Request --> <multiJob <!-- namespace of GRAM resource ID elements --> xmlns:gram="http://www.globus.org/namespaces/2004/10/gram/job" <!-- namespace of WS-Addressing (EPR) elements --> xmlns:wsa="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/03/addressing"> <factoryEndpoint> <wsa:Address> <!-- URL for the factory service on resource-manager-0.globus.org --< https://resource-manager-0.globus.org:8443/wsrf/services/ManagedJobFactoryService </wsa:Address> <wsa:ReferenceProperties> <!-- ID for the "Multi" factory resource --> <gram:ResourceID>Multi</gram:ResourceID> </wsa:ReferenceProperties> <wsa:ReferenceParameters/> </factoryEndpoint> <job> <factoryEndpoint> <wsa:Address> <!-- URL for the factory service on resource-manager-1.globus.org --> https://resource-manager-1.globus.org:8443/wsrf/services/ManagedJobFactoryService </wsa:Address> <wsa:ReferenceProperties> <!-- ID for the "Fork" factory resource --> <gram:ResourceID>Fork</gram:ResourceID> </wsa:ReferenceProperties> <wsa:ReferenceParameters/> </factoryEndpoint> <executable>/bin/echo</executable> <argument>Hello,</argument> <argument>Grid</argument> <argument>From</argument> <argument>Subjob</argument> <argument>1</argument> <count>1</count> </job> <job> <factoryEndpoint> <wsa:Address> <!-- URL for the factory service on resource-manager-2.globus.org --> https://resource-manager-2.globus.org:8443/wsrf/services/ManagedJobFactoryService </wsa:Address> <wsa:ReferenceProperties> <!-- ID for the "Fork" factory resource --> <gram:ResourceID>Fork</gram:ResourceID> </wsa:ReferenceProperties> <wsa:ReferenceParameters/> </factoryEndpoint> <executable>mpi-hello</executable> <argument>Hello,</argument> <argument>Grid</argument> <argument>From</argument> <argument>Subjob</argument> <argument>2</argument> <count>2</count> <jobType>mpi</jobType> </job> </multiJob> |
Although the basic functionality remains the same for MDS in GT4, the architecture, standards used, and implementation have changed significantly in GT2. The following table shows a mapping of some GT2 concepts to GT4 concepts.
Table 5. Comparison of MDS in GT2 and GT4
Description | GT2 Version | GT4 Version |
Format of data describing a resource | LDAP data hierarchy | XML data document |
Query language | LDAP queries | XPath queries |
Wire protocol for queries | LDAP | WS-ResourceProperties |
APIs used for queries | LDAP APIs | WS Core APIs |
Command-line clients used for queries | grid-info-search | wsrf-get-property , wsrf-get-properties ,
wsrf-query |
Available GUIs | Various LDAP browsers | WebMDS |
Wire protocol for subscription/notification | Not supported | WS-Notification |
APIs used for subscription/notification | Not supported | WS Core APIs |
Security support | SAML-based security using X.509 user, proxy and host certificates | HTTPS-based security using X.509 user, proxy and host certificates |
Queryable index of aggregated information | GIIS, which publishes data using the LDAP-related standards listed above | WS MDS Index Server, which publishes data using the WSRF-related standards listed above |
Queryable source of non-aggregated information | GRIS, which uses information providers to gather data from services and then publishes that data the LDAP-related standards listed above | Individual web services, which publish data about their own resources using WSRF-related standards listed above. |
Index registration mechanism | MDS servers (GRIS's and, in some cases, GIIS's) register themselves
with a GIIS. An MDS server is configured to register itself to a remote
index by editing the local MDS server's
grid-info-resource-register.conf file, providing
information about the location of the remote index to register to
and timeout values for the registration | WS MDS Index servers maintain aggregating service groups that
include registration information (timeout values, the mechanism to
use to acquire information, and additional mechanism-specific parameters)
The registration is accomplished by
adding an entry to an aggregating service group via the
mds-servicegroup-add command. In addition, services
may be configured to register themselves to the default index server
running in the same container. |
Mechanism used by an index to collect information | GIIS's send LDAP queries to remote serves. | WS MDS Index servers use a plugin-based architecture to support several mechanisms to collect information. The Globus Toolkit supplies plugins that support collecting information via polling (resource property queries), subscription/notification, and by program execution. |
This version is not compatible with the GT2 version of CAS because of protocol changes. To migrate to this version, this component needs to be installed completely independent of any current GT2.x CAS installs.
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EncryptByPassPhrase and SQL Server Profiler
2006年8月17日 6:18
My client wants to encrypt data using sql server 2005 encryption mechanism. But one of the core requirements is that the DBA should not be able to decrypt my data on the SQL Server.
I have opted for the EncryptByPassPhrase option. But here is my problem:
I call the encryptByPassPhrase function within my stored procedures and I pass in the pass phrase as a parameter in Stored Proc call from the client intranet application.
The problem is that one can clearly see the passphrase in the Profiler when I call my stored procedures.
I did a bunch of research and found out that if I added a commented out "sp_password" command in my stored procedure, then the stored procedure call gets masked from the profiler. This seem to have been true with SQL Server 2000 but is not true for SQL Server 2005.
Does anyone know of a method to mark a stored procedure -- or a parameter to a stored procedure -- as masked so that either the call or the parameter value are masked ?
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2006年8月17日 17:25版主
An alternative could be using a symmetric key protected by a password, as long as your application generates the CREATE SYMMETRIC KEY and OPEN SYMMETRIC KEY statements directly instead of calling them inside a SP (otherwise the password will still be passed as a parameter, and will be in clear in the profiler).
-- Profiler will display
CREATE SYMMETRIC KEY key01 WITH ALGORITHM = TRIPLE_DES ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = '&0m3 p4xw0Rd'
CREATE TABLE t_demo( data varbinary(100) )
-- Profiler:
OPEN SYMMETRIC KEY key01 DECRYPTION BY PASSWORD = '&0m3 p4xw0Rd'
-- The password is not needed naymore,
-- The key will remain open in this session until CLOSE SYMMETRIC KEY is called
INSERT INTO t_demo VALUES( EncryptByKey( key_guid('key01'), 'My Secret' ))
SELECT convert(varchar(100), DecryptByKey( data )) as 'plaintext' FROM t_demo
CLOSE SYMMETRIC KEY key01
The masking of the profiler by adding "sp_password" was actually a bug in SQL Server 2000. I have opened a suggestion to add a mechanism to mark modules as sensitive in order to mask them from the profiler.
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Am trying to implement Encryption in our application in order to meet the HIPAA compliance using SQL Server 2008. One of the regulation states that the key encrypting the data cannot reside on the database. That leaves me with the only option of using EncryptByPassPhrase. I have few questions regarding this:
1. In one of the blogs i read EncryptByPassPhrase internally creates a symmetric key using TripleDES Algorithm to encrypt the data. (http://www.pluralsight-training.net/community/blogs/dan/archive/2006/04/09/21375.aspx?CommentPosted=true#commentmessage) Does SQL Server cache this generated key or keep it in memory beyond the current transaction boundary ?
2. FIPS Compliance says that Triple DES (2 Key) will no longer be compliant from Dec 2010 onwards. Would you have any idea what Algorithm Microsoft plans to use for EncryptByPassPhrase behind the scenes going forward ?
3. Do i have any alternative option other than EncryptByPassPhrase where the key wont be stored on the server ?
4. I plan to use the context_info to send the password to the stored procedure. Will that be visible during profiling ?
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Faster Than Light might not look like much, but she's got it where it counts, kid. This spaceship simulation may look like something from the golden age of 16-bit gaming, but it offers a good deal of fun and depth. Unlike space sims that make you feel like you've had your head jammed in a Jefferies tube during an ion storm (if we can mix sci-fi franchises for a moment), this lighter entry in the genre combines an endearing retro feel and an even more endearing $10 price tag with gripping gameplay packed with tough choices and frenetic combat.
What first strikes you about Faster Than Light is how old-fashioned it looks and sounds. Graphics are intentionally pixelated, particularly the big, blocky text used to provide ship information and menu options. The game consists of just a couple of screens. You spend most of your time looking at an overhead schematic of your vessel seen in front of a spartan backdrop consisting of a planet, nebula, asteroid field, or whatever other scrap of intergalactic real estate dominates the star system that you are currently exploring.
The only other main screen to note governs upgrades to your ship's core systems and how to equip weapons and other gear. Very little is animated, aside from dinky crewmen puttering around inside your ship and various rockets and missiles being blasted across the void between you and the many enemies that you encounter during your travels. Audio is limited to various booms and bangs, and to the mono bloops that served as the primary musical accompaniment to games in the '80s and '90s.
It doesn't take long for Faster Than Light to get its hooks into you. The main theme blends elements of Elite and Rogue into a space sim that plays like an old-fashioned dungeon crawler with randomly generated rooms and encounters. Here you play as the commander of a ship called the Kestrel in the only mode of play, a zippy single-player campaign geared to be finished in one or two sittings.
This plucky vessel is on the run from Rebel forces in possession of a secret that must be brought to the good guys within the galaxy-ruling Federation. What is this dire secret? It never comes up. Plot isn't a strong point here. But it doesn't matter, because all you need to know is that you've got a Rebel fleet gunning for you and a bunch of unexplored star systems spread throughout a string of sectors to check out if you're going to come up with the fuel, weapons, and gear to make it all the way to the Feds on the other side of the galaxy.
Gameplay has a pulp sci-fi feel. You're a cross between Captains Solo and Kirk, exploring strange new worlds while also spending a lot of time doing the "pivot at warp two and bring all tubes to bear" thing. Just about every star system features an encounter where you come up against an enemy, meet traders, check out a space station, or something similar. Systems are divided into sectors, most of which come with themes where they are loaded with nebulae, controlled by pirates, or feature something else that is undoubtedly hazardous to your health.
You gather or buy weapon upgrades, various ship gear and crewmen, and the scrap that you need in order to upgrade your ship. Ship development is handled like a role-playing game character: you put scrap points into enhancing the main reactor, shields, life support, sensors, and so forth. There is a great balance between improving systems and improving the reactor, because advanced systems mean little without the power to drive them. You are on a constant seesaw deciding how to spend your scrap to make for the most efficient ship, as all these systems give you offensive and defensive ratings and abilities that are crucial in battle.
Ship development is incredibly important, because combat is a constant threat. You can drop into a system and find friendly traders selling equipment, helpful scientists, or even just a relaxing empty vacuum, but you're more likely to run into a rebel ship, pirates, or evil aliens. Battles run in pausable real time, with you in control of all ship functions and crewmen. All ships in the game are shown with dedicated rooms housing systems like shields, weapons, engines, sensors, and oxygen. So you target your weapons at these facilities on enemy vessels while the bad guys focus in on the same ones on yours.
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An addictive Sci-fi rogue like where decisions mean life or death, and fun isn't optional.


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The Mediterranean Migration project connects our centers in Málaga and Toulouse with our partner program in Morocco to examine the creation of transnational communities; ethnic and religious tensions and cooperation; and philosophical orientations toward diversity.
Students in the Global Scholars Honors program conducted research on the effects of ocean acidification--often referred to as the "evil twin of climate change"--and they continue their work back on campus, preparing their data and findings for publication.
Professors Michael Fratantuono and David Sarcone, both from Dickinson's international business and management department, think big. When they received a grant from the US Department of Defense's Strategic Studies Institute to host a workshop on cross-sector collaboration in the interest sustainable development they wasted no time in drafting themes for the three day symposium and inviting distinguished leaders and scholars from across the globe to come to Carlisle for the academic event.
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In Peru, AJ Wildey '13 explored the fate of traditional agrarian beliefs and customs in the face modern corporate farming. In Bolivia, she investigated tensions surrounding a national intercultural education initiative.
Dickinson was awarded a $500,000 grant by the U.S. State Department to train emerging leaders on strategies for managing and mediating water conflict.
The ability to trace global factors to local developments, and vice versa, is among the most critical skills of the 21st century, a skill consciously cultivated through Dickinson's Global Study program.
Returning from abroad represents a point of significant transition for many students, academically and socially. Dickinson continues to evolve a rich and varied program of activities designed to provide students with opportunities to build on, integrate, and share what they have learned overseas.
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