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Added RandomAccessFileBuffer and test harness.
Updated AbstractGenerator so that such buffers passed with sendContent are efficiently sent.
now testing.... then will advise hadoop how to use.
We're hitting a wall with transferTo in Java SE 6 (HADOOP-4700). It looks like a particularly buggy Linux implementation, and most of the issues aren't fixed until JDK7. There are a few more things to try, but we may have to abandon this particular route for now. Has anyone had more success with this on Linux? Is it worth experimenting with blocking I/O, or is that a non-starter for Jetty6?
On the bright side, dropping the transferTo experiment means we can tune the Server and MapOutputServlet in more conventional ways. Where should we start?
There's currently an open issue (HADOOP-4744) that may be related to the Jetty6 migration. In allocating a medium/large cluster (~400-500 nodes), it looks like some of the jetty servers are failing to start. If there are strategies for troubleshooting this, any guidance would be appreciated.
can you have a quick look at these issues and summarize them to me.
Also can you make sure that the RandomAccessFileBuffer and it's support are
backported from jetty-7 to jetty-6.
I recently commented on HADOOP-4744. Please have a look. Thanks!
We're seeing this pair of exceptions frequently:
org.mortbay.jetty.EofException at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpGenerator.flush(HttpGenerator.java:787) at org.mortbay.jetty.AbstractGenerator$Output.blockForOutput(AbstractGenerator.java:548) at org.mortbay.jetty.AbstractGenerator$Output.flush(AbstractGenerator.java:569) at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection$Output.flush(HttpConnection.java:946) at org.mortbay.jetty.AbstractGenerator$Output.write(AbstractGenerator.java:646) at org.mortbay.jetty.AbstractGenerator$Output.write(AbstractGenerator.java:577) at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TaskTracker$MapOutputServlet.doGet(TaskTracker.java:2872) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:707) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:820) at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:502) at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.handle(ServletHandler.java:363) at org.mortbay.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:216) at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.SessionHandler.handle(SessionHandler.java:181) at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.handle(ContextHandler.java:766) at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.handle(WebAppContext.java:417) at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandlerCollection.handle(ContextHandlerCollection.java:230) at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:152) at org.mortbay.jetty.Server.handle(Server.java:324) at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handleRequest(HttpConnection.java:534) at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection$RequestHandler.headerComplete(HttpConnection.java:864) at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseNext(HttpParser.java:533) at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseAvailable(HttpParser.java:207) at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handle(HttpConnection.java:403) at org.mortbay.io.nio.SelectChannelEndPoint.run(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:409) at org.mortbay.thread.QueuedThreadPool$PoolThread.run(QueuedThreadPool.java:522) Caused by: java.io.IOException: Broken pipe at sun.nio.ch.FileDispatcher.write0(Native Method) at sun.nio.ch.SocketDispatcher.write(SocketDispatcher.java:29) at sun.nio.ch.IOUtil.writeFromNativeBuffer(IOUtil.java:104) at sun.nio.ch.IOUtil.write(IOUtil.java:75) at sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.write(SocketChannelImpl.java:334) at org.mortbay.io.nio.ChannelEndPoint.flush(ChannelEndPoint.java:169) at org.mortbay.io.nio.SelectChannelEndPoint.flush(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:221) at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpGenerator.flush(HttpGenerator.java:721) ... 24 more
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Committed at org.mortbay.jetty.Response.resetBuffer(Response.java:994) at org.mortbay.jetty.Response.sendError(Response.java:240) at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TaskTracker$MapOutputServlet.doGet(TaskTracker.java:2895) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:707) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:820) at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:502) at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.handle(ServletHandler.java:363) at org.mortbay.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:216) at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.SessionHandler.handle(SessionHandler.java:181) at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.handle(ContextHandler.java:766) at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.handle(WebAppContext.java:417) at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandlerCollection.handle(ContextHandlerCollection.java:230) at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:152) at org.mortbay.jetty.Server.handle(Server.java:324) at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handleRequest(HttpConnection.java:534) at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection$RequestHandler.headerComplete(HttpConnection.java:864) at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseNext(HttpParser.java:533) at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseAvailable(HttpParser.java:207) at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handle(HttpConnection.java:403) at org.mortbay.io.nio.SelectChannelEndPoint.run(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:409) at org.mortbay.thread.QueuedThreadPool$PoolThread.run(QueuedThreadPool.java:522)
This is running trunk without attempting to use RandomAccessFileBuffer. Have we misconfigured something? Is it worth worrying about?
The Eof exception implies that your client is closing the connection while content is still being sent. Can this happen?
If so, then you can silently ignore(but log in debug) this exception (but best not to close while writing content).
The second exception looks like an attempt to generate an error page for the first exception - should not be a problem if you silently ignore the first exception.
I checked in the change to AbstractGenerator.isBufferFull() see svn rev 4213. Please review.
The invalid port returned from Connector.getLocalPort() was extremely random.
The accepted solution was simply to restart the connector and get the new valid port when its restarted.
That is an unfortunate response to an observed race condition.
We are working to remove this close race.
It's not yet 100% fixed, but we will address it soon.
I'll reopen this issue so that we can close it when we have the 100% fix, but I'll reduce the priority because the exception thrown is essentially just noise (in the case that we understand it).
Oh my previous comment was about the wrong race condition... I was talking about the issue if somebody closes a connection as it is being written to.
David was discussion a getLocalPort issue that I believe was fixed.
We have certainly not observed getLocalPort returning incorrect values and we heavily use it in our test harnesses.
But I'll reinvestigate anyway.
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-4744 is closed, so I think the getLocalPort issue is indeed fixed.
The open issue associated with this is https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MAPREDUCE-258
Apparently int is not sufficient size for hadoop, so perhaps another approach is required.
As David said earlier, the "resolution" for HADOOP-4744 was to check if the race was lost, and retry. It looks like the race condition still exists.
OK, so I've looked at this again, and I just cannot see how the localPort can be -1 unless the open fails somehow.
I've written a test harness to try to reproduce the problem, but it does not for me.
Could somebody who see the problem on hadoop run the OpenCloseTest and see if they can reproduce.
pass this test a list of interface addresses on the command line
I couldn't reproduce this with OpenCloseTest and our default interface. I'll try to reproduce in our specific use of Jetty in the next few weeks.
Looks like https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-6528 is a re-emergence of this problem.
Adding tracking for similar (now closed) issue at https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-6386
can you have a look at this? I've poured over the code and tried numerous tests and I fail to see how we can return -1 there.
One possibility is that something needs to be marked as volatile but it isn't, so its being cached or prefetched -and the change isn't been picked up. I've encountered that in some projects.
we've been looking at the jetty code again and again and can't see how a volatile or synchronized block or any memory barrier could help - unless it is an issue within the JVM libraries themselves.
We've been running stop/start tests but also cannot reproduce.
It is possible that something else in hadoop is stopping the server before the call to get the port?
Can we get full details of the platforms on which this fails - operating system, JVM version etc. etc.
Attached is a patch that changes the way localports are obtained.
Instead of calling socket.getLocalPort() when connector.getLocalPort() is called, this patch calls socket.getLocalPort() in the open method and holds the result in a volatile int
If close is called, the int is set to -2, so this will tell us if the port has not been opened, or has been closed before it was used.
This patch is not yet in a release, but we can produce a snapshot build for the hadoop guys to test if that helps.
It looks like we have the same failure in https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=310634
so I'm definitely going to change the way we return the local port and get it at the time we open the server socket.
Hi Greg,
I am running few tests on a 4 node hadoop cluster and hitting this problem at will.
You mentioned about snapshot build in last comment. Could you please provide me snapshot build so that I can try it out on my cluster.
Following are details of my environment:
OS : Ubuntu 8.04.1
Hadoop Version : 0.20.1
Jetty Version : 6.1.14
Error Messages:
2010-05-16 12:32:53,282 WARN org.apache.hadoop.mapred.ReduceTask: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:513)
at sun.net._www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection$6.run(HttpURLConnection.java:1368)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.net._www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getChainedException(HttpURLConnection.java:1362)
at sun.net._www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1016)
at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.ReduceTask$ReduceCopier$MapOutputCopier.getInputStream(ReduceTask.java:1447)
at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.ReduceTask$ReduceCopier$MapOutputCopier.getMapOutput(ReduceTask.java:1349)
at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.ReduceTask$ReduceCopier$MapOutputCopier.copyOutput(ReduceTask.java:1261)
at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.ReduceTask$ReduceCopier$MapOutputCopier.run(ReduceTask.java:1195)
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:333)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:195)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:182)
at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:366)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:525)
at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(NetworkClient.java:158)
at sun.net._www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:394)
at sun.net._www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:529)
at sun.net._www.http.HttpClient.<init>(HttpClient.java:233)
at sun.net._www.http.HttpClient.New(HttpClient.java:306)
at sun.net._www.http.HttpClient.New(HttpClient.java:323)
at sun.net._www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(HttpURLConnection.java:860)
at sun.net._www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(HttpURLConnection.java:801)
at sun.net._www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.connect(HttpURLConnection.java:726)
at sun.net._www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1049)
... 4 more
We have started to see this port issue crop up in the past 2 months during our ever increasing unit testing.
The latest spate of problems were however fixed by simply updating our Linux instances with a higher number of file descriptors.
On one of the systems showing this local port issue, we noticed that the default setup for open files was at a mere 2,000.
[joakim@lapetus jetty]$ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Release: 10.04 Codename: lucid [joakim@lapetus jetty]$ ulimit -n 2000
So we updated the /etc/security/limits.conf to bump this number up to 20,000, and this solved our bad local port issues (after a reboot)
[joakim@lapetus jetty]$ grep nofile /etc/security/limits.conf # - nofile - max number of open files * hard nofile 40000 * soft nofile 20000 [joakim@lapetus jetty]$ ulimit -a | grep -i file core file size (blocks, -c) 0 file size (blocks, -f) unlimited open files (-n) 20000 file locks (-x) unlimited
This new ulimit helped our unit testing on the systems having issues.
Our analysis shows that the aggressive unit testing that we do starts and stops a jetty server (on a system assigned port, using special port #0) consumes the socket at a rate faster than they can be recycled back into the "open files" ulimit, and caused our unit tests to eventually all fail due to a "-1" local port.
See examples of error messages at https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=310634
Having a loop that continues to attempt to start the server while looking for a valid port number (as seen in the Hadoop codebase) will not help in this excessive "open files" ulimit condition.
The best choice we've been able to come up with is to simply increase the "open files" ulimit.
- Joakim
Greg has posted a patch against Jetty 6 (attachment
JETTY-748.patch) that backports the fixes for this from Jetty 7.
I can build a patched Jetty 6 for you to test against if you need it. (Note: Jetty 6 is in maintenance mode)
I think I've finally found the underlying cause of the -1 return for the local port.
In the finally block of the run method of AbstractConnector, there is a check to see if the thread is for acceptor==0 and if so, it closes the server socket. The problem is that the acceptor thread apparently can complete after the next open of the connector (in a stop/start) scenario. So the socket is opened and then closed a short time later.
Quick fix is to remove this close (not needed as doStop does a close).
But a better fix will be to make sure that calls to Server.doStop wait until the thread pool has stopped all threads before returning.


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TURNING POINT: Julius Jenkins sunk a three-pointer from the left wing with 2:24 left in the third quarter to give Oldenburg the lead again, 55-54, after they had been matched for intensity on both ends of the floor from BCM and trailed by as many as seven points; the German side would never look back after that.
GAME HERO: Jenkins scored 11 of his joint game-high 22 points in the third quarter, just in time to prevent BCM from assuming control of the encounter after they had taken their biggest lead in the game.
STATS DON'T LIE: BCM had three five-minute stretches in which they scored 14 points, but also three others where they managed as little as six, four and a paltry two; Oldenburg might not have looked like the most consistent side in the world, but their offensive output did not suffer from such striking fluctuations.
EWE Baskets Oldenburg bounced back on Sunday from their disappointing semi-final loss to Pinar Karsiyaka with an 84-76 win over BCM Gravelines Dunkerque to claim third place in the EuroChallenge Final Four in Izmir.
They did so in the face of adversity too, as Rickey Paulding, sidelined with back spasms, and Konrad Wysocki, who picked up an injury in Friday's semi-final, could not take to the floor.
While there was little doubt that both teams wanted to leave Turkey with the consolation of a bronze medal, the German side were the only ones that started off entirely focused on their target.
Oldenburg scored the first six points in the clash, went up 12-4 and led for 17 minutes in the first half, despite the scoreboard showing BCM on top, 38-36, at the half-time interval.
BCM used a 12-2 run in the last four minutes of the second quarter to gain that lead, and they carried on with intent during the first five minutes upon the two opponents' return from the locker rooms.
But that nine-minute stretch bridging the two halves was really the best BCM were going to show on the night.
Once Julius Jenkins restored Oldenburg in the lead shortly before the end of the third frame, BCM's effectiveness on the offensive end dropped again against a German defence that remained as hard-nosed as it had been since tip-off.
Oldenburg pulled away more or less smoothly from that point onwards and in reality resolved the game with a couple of minutes to spare before the final buzzer.
Jenkins paved the way for the winners with his 22 points and three assists, Ronald Burrell finished with 14 points on 62.5 shooting from the floor while the frontcourt duo of Adam Chubb and Robin Smeulders chipped in with 12 and 11 points, respectively.
BCM's defeat was especially harsh on Ludovic Vaty, who already had 10 points and four rebounds by the time he went to the bench for a well-deserved rest 1:30 before the end of the first quarter.
The French big man finished with a double-double of 22 points and 10 rebounds while Dwight Buycks had 13 points and Yannick Bokolo 10 in losing efforts.
Gravelines Dunkerque head coach Christian Monschau:"It was difficult for both teams to play their best game after two tough semi-finals, where both teams were close to winning. It was difficult to reconcentrate and it the decisive moments we were lacking energy. However I think that both teams showed a good game for the respect of the season; it was not a bad game to watch."
Gravelines Dunkerque player Julius Johnson:"We wanted to win this game, but unfortunately it did not pan out this way. We saw four very good teams here. We wanted to end the Final Four on a high and have a good rhythm for the French championship. Now that we lost the game, we need to regain our confidence and focus on the domestic play-offs."
Oldenburg head coach Sebastian Machowski:"For us it was important to come out of this game without injuries, which we accomplished. We also wanted to enter the German play-offs with a win; we also managed that. Hopefully we can carry on with this feeling."
Oldenburg player Julius Jenkins:"We came out with our minds set to leave Izmir on a positive note. I played much better than on Friday; I think everyone filled their role perfectly today."
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Continuing our series of evaluation of lens systems we've assessed a modest range of Pentax and third-party lenses for their optical quality on the firm's new flagship Pentax K-3 model. As the replacement for the K-5 II and K-5 IIs, the Pentax K-3 has a new higher pixel density 24-Mpix sensor without an AA filter, and is a promising platform for lens evaluation. Read on to find out which models perform best, and which, if any, that should be avoided.
With an external design in keeping with the firm's highly regarded 'Limited' range of premium quality lenses, this model is an affordable alternative within the range and the equivalent to a moderate telephoto with the angle of view of a 75mm, when mounted on a APS-C body. Read on to see how well it performed when mounted on the Pentax K5 body.
Announced this past June alongside the Canon EOS Rebel T4i DSLR camera, the new Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM is an ultra-slim, entry-level pancake lens that uses Canon's Stepping Motor Technology (STM) to enable extra-quiet continuous autofocus, making it well-suited for video shooting.
Launched in July 1999, the Canon EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM lens has been one of the most popular super telephoto lenses in the Canon range for wildlife and sports photographers alike. As expected for a super telephoto lens with a constant f/2.8 aperture and an Image Stabilizer, it is right at the top of the tree in terms of cost. But does the performance match the price? DxOMark presents the results, including a comparison of the Canon with the Pentax smc DA Star 300mm f/ 4 ED (IF) SDM, a lens also recently tested in our laboratories.
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Announced at IFA 2012, Sony's NEX-5R is the third version of its very popular NEX-5 camera. This new model features a 16-megapixel APS-C EXMOR sensor composed of photosites that provide autofocusing by phase detection. Has Sony improved the image quality of its latest mid-range compact hybrid? Our tests reveal the answer.
By replacing two predecessors with the Canon EOS-1D X, its new flagship professional DSLR, Canon hopes to deliver both the top-notch image quality of the studio-oriented Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III and the superfast performance of the Canon EOS 1D Mark IV sports shooter. A compromise of sorts between speed and image quality, the 1D X manages to deliver enough improvements to satisfy both markets.
Committed to retaining its sales lead in numerous countries, Canon views its new EOS 650D as a strategically important product. What improvements can we see with respect to its sensor, which Canon claims is new? How does this latest camera in the EOS line compare with its predecessor, the EOS 600D, and with its rivals, the Nikon D3200 and the Sony SLT-A65? The answers lie in our sensor test results for the 650D.
The new lightweight smc Pentax-DA 40mm f/2.8 XS strives to be a versatile weapon in a photographer's arsenal of lenses. But the dainty lens, weighing only 51 grams and measuring a slim 9mm in thickness, needs a little more beef – at least that's what DxOMark determined after putting the lens' optics through our rigorous tests.
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The Nikon D5100 replaces the D5000 in Nikon's lineup; it finds its place right below the Nikon D7000, according to Nikon's marketing the D90 is still positioned between the D5100 and the D7000, however the spec sheet and the performances of the D5100 make this hard to believe.
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New album: Liquid Spirit
Artist: Gregory Porter
Label: Blue Note
Rating: 4 stars out of 5
Hard to classify and harder to forget, Gregory Porter's "Liquid Spirit" has to be one of the classiest releases of 2013.
The grittier, hard-nosed albums tend to garner most of the praise, but Porter's strength lies in his gentle directness. As a vocalist, Porter is in a class with Johnny Hartman, Frank Sinatra and Bill Withers. While Hartman and Sinatra were adept at interpreting the songs of others, Porter - as evidenced on "Liquid Spirit" - is a gifted songwriter as well.
Porter's song "Musical Genocide" is a beautiful act of defiance against the horrid state of popular music. Set to music that rests somewhere in that nether region between jazz and R&B, "Musical Genocide" is the type of song that could either win Porter a legion of new fans or have him blackballed from the recording industry.
Other Porter originals such as "Hey Laura," "Windsong" and "Wolfcry" benefit not only from Porter's assured vocals, but also from the Chip Crawford's sublime, economical piano and the ace rhythm section of Emmanuel Harold (drums) and Aaron James (bass). Both Harold and James have recorded with Porter before, and their musical telepathy has only grown stronger. The interplay between Porter and his band on "Movin'" is intricate and joyful.
Of the few covers included on "Liquid Spirit," a take on "The 'In' Crowd" is a standout. "The 'In' Crowd" is a perfect foil to some of the albums somber material, and it proves Porter is capable of throwing down with the best of them.
"Liquid Spirit" will appeal to anyone who appreciates smart R&B, pop or jazz. The influences are varied but not crowded, and above all Porter is the greatest R&B-inflected singer to hit the main stream since Anthony Hamilton. This is a nuanced, appealing album that hopefully won't fall on deaf ears.
Classic album: Night Life
Artist: Ray Price
Label: Columbia/Koch
Rating: 4 stars out of 5
Ray Price's fifth album "Night Life" was released in 1963, apparently just a few minutes before Nashville producers decided to slather every record in town with an infernal string section.
In time, even the music of Ray Price would be drenched in the gooey web of orchestral strings, but "Night Life" was a purse slice of what the old timers call "real country music." Using Willie Nelson's "Night Life" as the album template, the album begins with a slightly odd spoken word introduction by Price. During this intro, Price thanks the listener for buying his previous album and lays out the theme for the one they're listening to.
Most people would agree that booze troubles and busted relationships are the cornerstones of country music, but as an album, "Night Life" does adhere to a strict theme: The predicaments people who spend their lives in bars can end up in.
"The Wild Side Of Life" is a mid-tempo boot-tapper that could easily fit into a Mavericks set list. It has a nice shuffle, lap-steel guitar from outer space and a mammoth, heartbreaking vocal from Price. Never has a situation sounded so horrid and fun all at the same time. A reading of Charlie Rich's "Sittin' And Thinkin'" continues in the same vein, albeit in a lighter tone.
Price's "The Twenty-Fourth Hour" is one of the best songs ever written about having nowhere to go at the end of the night. This is tear-in-your-beer weepyness at its finest and could be a major hit if re-recorded today. "If She Could See Me Know" is a crash-course in professional pity, while in "Bright Lights and Blonde Haired Women" Price laments "being lit up like a Christmas tree." Who knew having a good time could cause such misery?
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September 8, 2009
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. The Pfeiffer University men's golf team concluded the Sixth Annual Kiawah Island Invitational in tenth place with a two-round team tally of 605. Falcons team-leader after round one, Thomas Sennett, held on to that title through round two posting a 77 on Tuesday for a total of 149 to finish in a tie for 24th with teammate Laurence Noott. Noott bounced back from a 78 on Monday to turn in a one-under par 71 in the final round.
The two-day, 36-hole Kiawah Island Invitational was contested at the 6,875 yard, par 72 Cougar Point Golf Course. USC Aiken served as host of the event.
Preseason top-ranked Georgia College & State showed why they are held in such high regard by finishing its first event of the fall as team champions of the Kiawah Island Invitational with a total two-day team score of five-under par, 571.
The win by GCSU marked its first ever Kiawah Island Invitational crown. The Bobcats are the third Peach Belt Conference school to claim the Kiawah Island Invitational team championship along with USC Aiken and Armstrong Atlantic State.
USC Aiken has won the Kiawah Island Invitational three times before, claiming the team crown in the first two editions of the event (2004 and 2005) and last year's team crown (2008). Oklahoma Christian won the event in 2007, while Armstrong Atlantic took home the team championship in 2006.
GCSU bested second place finisher USC Beaufort by seven strokes. USC Beaufort had ended the first day in a tie with USC Aiken for sixth place with a total team score of 297. The Sand Sharks improved by 16 strokes on Tuesday with a team round of 281, but it was not enough as GCSU just kept plugging. The Bobcats finished the second round with the low team round of the tournament at 280.
The individual medalist honors at the Kiawah Island Invitational went to Indianapolis Seth Fair.
Fair and GCSUs Francisco Bide concluded the final round even at 141, but Fair downed Bide in the first hole of a playoff to claim medalist honors.
Other individual scores for the Falcons include Parker Robertson (79-72=151) tying for 35th overall, Tyson Louth (77-79=156) for a T-55 finish while Adam Davey finished the team score with back-to-back 82's at Kiawah Island.
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23 Sep 2013
Sustainable and inclusive development will not be possible unless economic growth is combined with the creation of decent jobs. The International Labour Organization has warned that 470 million new jobs are needed for new entrants into the labour market between 2016 and 2030, in addition to jobs for 202 million currently unemployed people. Tackling the global jobs crisis is not an easy task; it will require bold national policies, private-sector dynamism and an enabling global framework. The discussions on the new post-2015 development agenda represent a unique opportunity to put job creation in the center of the new framework. "Growth and employment" was one of 11 themes at the heart of consultations we organized with nearly 1 million people, asking them what should replace the Millennium Development Goals after they reach their 2015 deadline. This global outreach helped us to better understand the concerns people have regarding employment; it also helped us combine and present their main recommendations to UN Member States and to the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals, which are taking the lead in the post-2015 planning processes. And what are these recommendations from people all over the globe? Six key messages from the new report on Read More
20 Sep 2013
It is 21 September 2013 and the buzzword is peace. But when we talk about peace, we often think of men laying down weapons, signing treaties and rebuilding countries. On this International Day of Peace, however, we need to remember the fundamental role of women in countries affected by conflict. Remember women not as hapless victims, but as agents of change who invest in their families and communities and who have the potential to build peaceful and prosperous societies. The international community can do more to support women in accessing employment, property, markets and new skills. Supporting their financial independence may go a long way towards giving women a voice and the power to negotiate when it comes to making decisions within families and communities in even the most remote, war-torn corners of the Earth. Improving women's access to education, capital, jobs and markets promotes balanced and inclusive growth. The Asia-Pacific region loses $42 billion to $47 billion per year because of restrictions on women's access to employment opportunities. This hurts social cohesion, stability and trust in institutions, which are fundamental for long-term peace. Women with jobs are also far more likely than men to invest their income in food, education Read More
19 Sep 2013
The Social Good Summit is a three-day conference where big ideas meet new media to create innovative solutions. Last year, people gathered in nearly 300 cities and 150 countries to discuss how to make progress on local and global challenges. We at UNDP in Rwanda will be part of the bigger conversation about the challenges of the next generation, and how we can address them now. In Kigali on 23 September, we will investigate how key individuals in our country are already pioneering technological innovations to engineer social change that will leave lasting impacts. Young Rwandan entrepreneurs from different walks of life who are an inspiration to the nation will talk about their achievements and how organizations big and small can work together with individuals and national and world leaders to maximize their footprint. As in many African countries, Rwanda's youth population has boomed (65 percent of Rwandans are below 35 years of age). The Kigali Social Good Summit offers a unique opportunity to discuss how technological innovations, social media and entrepreneurship can inspire this youth population to support Rwanda's development. UNDP Rwanda invited four reputable universities in Rwanda to a live-streamed meet up to connect with the panel and each Read More
12 Sep 2013
If you've been following developments in Myanmar, you will surely know that the country is undergoing at least three simultaneous transformations: • Nation-building: shifting from a country at war with itself to a strong, harmonious Union • Political transformation: moving from decades of repressive military rule to participatory democracy • Economic transformation: emerging from an autarchic, command-based system to a market economy Hundreds of pages and thousands of cables have been written in the last year and a half—and studied scrupulously from Beijing to Brussels to Boston—about this transformation. Few reports seem to have left room for understatement, and rightly so, because the reforms we are witnessing here indeed merit adjectives such as "historic," "dramatic" and "breathtaking." But words alone fall short in capturing what we see inside the country: more than 60 million human stories taking new turns here and now. For example: • A father in the former capital, Yangon, a former day labourer turned proud entrepreneur thanks to new openings in the economy; • A wife in the commercial capital, Mandalay, once a victim of domestic violence and now an NGO activist advocating women's empowerment; • A teenage boy in southern Mon State, once an escaped child soldier Read More
11 Sep 2013
Every time my Air Pacific flight approaches Tuvalu – an atoll nation consisting of nine inhabited islands – and I look through the window down at the narrow strips of land, my mind wanders back in time to the first Polynesian people who embarked on a long voyage more than 2,000 years ago. I don't know what drove them to endure the hardship of traveling across the vast ocean, but I do know what stopped them once they reached the land that is now known as Tuvalu: fresh water. But, as climate change impacts rainfall patterns and rising sea levels increase the salinity of groundwater, the water that lured Polynesians to Tuvalu can now be a reason that drives their descendants away from their ancestral lands. Tuvaluans can no longer rely on drinking groundwater and depend almost entirely on rainwater collected and stored in tanks. In 2011 Tuvalu went through one of its driest spells ever, with very little rainfall over a 6-month period, bringing the country into a national state of emergency. While the average person is estimated to consume 100 litres of water per day, the water ration was reduced to two buckets per day per household at Read More
09 Sep 2013
Zambia is familiar with the issue of cluster munitions, a form of explosive weapon that can be air-dropped or ground-launched and releases smaller sub-munitions. Commonly known as cluster bombs, they are designed to kill people, destroy vehicles or buildings and disperse over wide swaths of land. The bombs that remain as unexploded ordnance stay dormant for years, and kill and maim children or farmers clearing forests and fields long after a conflict has ended. A national survey conducted in Zambia between 2006 and 2009 revealed that landmines, which pose similar threats, still existed in six border provinces, and remnants of cluster munitions were found in the western and northwestern regions of the country, a cruel legacy of neighboring conflicts. Cluster bombs are an impediment to development, and costly to locate and remove, a price borne by a country that was never a producer or a user of cluster munitions. This is not a new story, nor is it a Zambia story alone, as many communities around the world have suffered from the devastation caused by cluster munitions, across generations. But the motto "neither a user nor a producer be" accurately defines Zambia's role as a standard-bearer on the issue, and should Read More
06 Sep 2013
What led more than 400 representatives of national and multinational companies, governments, trade unions, civil society and indigenous peoples' organizations to gather to discuss the impact of business on human rights? I asked myself this question as I opened the first Regional Forum for Latin America and the Caribbean on the Business Impact of Human Rights in Medellin, Colombia this August. Hundreds of top executives from the mining, energy, oil, food, beverage, banking/finance and agriculture sectors held an open dialogue with local communities, including campesinos and indigenous peoples, NGOs and public sector officials. Certainly the region has grown in recent years, but investments, especially related to extractive industries and land tenure, tend to spark social conflicts. And that's a challenge we all have to tackle together for truly sustainable development in the economic, social and environmental spheres. The United Nations Program for Development (UNDP) recognizes human rights as a central component of human development. And of course, human development is linked to the universal rights to equality, non-discrimination, participation and accountability. So we convened this forum in partnership with the Government of Colombia and the UN High Commission for Human Rights to provide a regional platform to promote and help implement Read More
29 Aug 2013
We live in times that seem to be defined by shocks and crises, and these have the potential to slow down, or even reverse, impressive achievements in human development over the years. There is, in fact, evidence that certain human development indicators have suffered setbacks in the context of a crisis. For example, as a result of the Asian crisis of 1997, the poverty rate in the Republic of Korea went from 2.6 percent in 1997 to 7.3 per cent in 1998. Similarly, the poverty rate in Indonesia almost doubled in the same period. Social protection can be an effective tool for helping people, households and economies to cope with vulnerabilities arising from economic shocks. Countries that had social protection programmes in place were better able to weather the recent economic downturn, and some economies were even able to recover faster. Brazil, for example, was one of the last economies to be hit by the recent crisis and one of the first to begin recovering from it. An important reason was an increase in cash transfers to families, which helped offset the negative effects of the crisis. But social protection can only go so far unless it is linked Read More
23 Aug 2013
Arendalsuka. Does it ring a bell? Probably not, unless you are Norwegian. Arendalsuka is an interesting Norwegian creation: an annual open forum in the city of Arendal where stakeholders in politics and industry meet with citizens to debate public policies and policy development. I had the pleasure of attending and introducing our perspective on integrating environmental sustainability into the next global agenda that will follow the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). As we approach the MDGs' target date of 2015, the United Nations is leading an unprecedented public outreach effort that has so far given voice to almost 1.3 million people in 194 countries on their expectations for the next development goals. This new approach is re-shaping multilateral decision-making by empowering citizens to come together, discuss and take concrete action on pathways to a more sustainable future. Their voices are being heard by Member States and feeding into the process to deliver the next set of development goals. This "global conversation" has revealed that people believe overwhelmingly that sustainable development needs to be approached in an integrated way – addressing the economic, social and environmental aspects simultaneously. It also indicated that the link between environmental sustainability, income poverty and inequalities has been Read More
22 Aug 2013
Women living with and affected by HIV often suffer stigma and discrimination, along with egregious violations such as coercive sterilization. Gender-based violence (GBV), meanwhile, puts women at increased risk of contracting HIV: One South African study found that one in every eight new infections in young women is the result of GBV. The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), adopted in 1979 by the UN General Assembly, is unequivocal on women's rights to equality and health. It sets out specific measures States should adopt to advance gender equality in all areas, including the elimination of sex- and gender-based discrimination in the context of HIV. Examples of how gender inequality exacerbates HIV risk vary widely and span the globe. They include inadequate or non-existent legal and property rights; child marriages; higher dropout rates; denial of life-saving health care; and intimate partner violence. Globally, HIV is still the leading cause of death of women of reproductive age and contributes to at least 20 percent of maternal deaths. Every minute, another young woman is infected with HIV, according to UNAIDS (PDF). We have CEDAW, with its accountability mechanism, and abundant data and research on our side. How then, Read More
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The Energy Information Administration, the statistical arm of the Energy Department, said imports of crude oil and other petroleum products have been falling steadily since 2005.
New technologies in drilling have unleashed oil and natural gas reserves in underground shale formations previously out of reach for energy explorers in states like Texas and North Dakota. Offshore, the EIA said in a short-term outlook published Wednesday oil production from the Gulf of Mexico is increasing as well.
"EIA expects U.S. crude oil production to rise from an average of 6.5 million bpd in 2012 to 7.3 million bpd in 2013 and 8.1 million bpd in 2014," the short-term report stated.
Oil production from the Gulf of Mexico is expected to increase from 1.3 million bpd in 2013 to 1.4 million bpd by 2014.
The EIA said U.S. crude oil production in May was the highest since 1992 at 7.3 million bpd. The agency said it expects the net import share of crude oil and petroleum production to fall to 31 percent of the energy mix in 2014, which would be the lowest level since 1985.
The Interior Department is expected to hold a lease sale for unexplored areas in the Gulf of Mexico next month.