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I awoke July 6 to discover The-Star Ledger's Page 1 report on the impending loss of extended federal unemployment benefits to thousands of New Jerseyans, some of whom have had the benefit of this extension for more than 90 weeks.
I lost my job in March 2012. My industry – newspaper/magazine publications, which has been coping with historic technological changes which have fractured its business model – has been one of the hardest hit in the current economic recession. I do not long how long it will take me to find a job in this industry, or whether I will have to search for a job in an industry where I have no prior experience. I'm looking everywhere I can. I'm certain of one thing: It will take time to find a new position.
As you know, New Jersey unemployment benefits run for 26 weeks. I believe it is grossly unfair – an outrageous injustice -- that now I will most probably be denied access to the extended unemployment support that many of my fellow citizens have been receiving. It seems to me that government, whether federal, state, or local, should treat all citizens equally. I'm not seeking one dime I'm not entitled to, but I do believe I should be eligible to receive benefits equal or comparable to those which other people in my predicament have received.
This situation is just plain wrong. I hope that our political leaders at all levels of government will do everything in their power to do something about this injustice, such as supporting the continuation of limited exemptions for unemployed workers who had never previously claimed an exemption. I accept that there has to be a cutoff at some point. But I don't see how any fair-minded person would agree it should be done this way.
I am profoundly disappointed in the editorial judgment of The Star-Ledger that this story received the enormous splash on Page 1 that it did. Is this a story? Yes? Does it merit reporting? Yes. But it's not news that JFK was a randy character, as was Martin Luther King Jr., apparently. These character flaws may be deplorable, but they take away nothing from their lasting achievements. The perception problem is worse with JFK, because the most important achievements of his short presidency are pretty much the things that did NOT happen. That there were no mushroom clouds in the sky because of the Berlin and Cuban missile crises was JFK's legacy, as was the moon landing, years after his death. The movement toward some realistic accommodation with the Soviet Union was JFK's legacy, too. But all that youngsters today seem to know about JFK was that he had his way with the ladies -- Marilyn! -- and then got shot to death in Dallas. What a shame. It's a shame that coverage such as The Star-Ledger's has done nothing about. This was lowest-common denominator journalism, more appropriate to supermarket tabloids than to a newspaper that wants serious readers to take it seriously.
Except that the Office of Legislative Services was dead wrong in its findings ...
Frankly, this entire debacle is a commentary upon how insignificant the NJSCA really is in the grand scheme of state government. If Ms. Guadagno has made this kind of mistake with a high-profile, big-money agency, I expect that the Governor would be demanding her resignation. But the arts? He'll let this slide. I agree with one thing, though: If I were Steve Runk, Ms. Guadagno would be facing the lawsuit from hell ... Note to Peg McGlone and The Star-Ledger: Has Ms. Guadagno been asked, point blank, whether she has read the enabling legislation of the National Endowment fort the Arts and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, and asked what she thinks these laws require of her? Huh?
The law states the NJSCA's executive director is hired by, and serves at the pleasure of, the NJSCA. The governor does not get to sign off. The law is written that way specifically, so as to block political control of this job.
A terrific tribute! Thank you, Tris McCall and The Star-Ledger! A small correction: It's VERONA Avenue in Newark's North Ward, on the fringe of Forest Hill, not "Corona." Just for the record ....
This is very sad news. John was a good friend. There was a lot more to Johnny than rock'n'roll. He was a performance artist in his own right, basically, and extraordinarily generous to a lot of people. My heart goes out to his wife, Marnie, a wonderful lady, and their daughter, Kristine. But Johnny would be the first to say: Let the good times roll.
What a bonehead stupid editorial. It leaves the reader with the impression that the only service a librarian provides is to check books in and out.
The fact is, good librarians are worth their weight in gold in anything having to do with research and the retrieval of information, not only within their own institutions, but throughout countywide, statewide and national networks. They are consummate professionals, provide a vitally important resource, and yes, they do deserve better pay than they get.
The Argentine Nobel laureate Jorge Luis Borges once wrote a short story about a future world where librarians run society. So great has the amount of knowledge and information become in this future world, so specialized have fields of knowledge become, that librarians are the only ones who know where to find the information that society needs to function.
Well, now we've got the Internet and search engines, but the proliferation of knowledge has exploded all the more on their account. People still need professional guidance.
Once again, The Star-Ledger goes penny-wise and pound-stupid. A newspaper should know better.
So here's the upshot of all the sound & fury, the front-page stories, the purge of Steve Runk -- seven 'graphs on Page 24. So some procedures need to be tightened. Let''s tighten them. Let's get on with the construction of the 9/11 memorial in Liberty State Park.
Perhaps the most revealing information in this story is that Ms. Guadagno has been asking lawmakers "to help her change the law that created (the New Jersey State Council on the Arts) to give her office more direct authority over (the council's) dealings."
I've read this legislation numerous times. It's based upon the enabling legislation that created the National Endowment for the Arts. One of its purposes is to structure the grant-making process so as to insulate it, as far as possible, from political control. The idea is this: grant decisions should be based on artistic merit and public utility, as determined by a volunteer citizens' board, impartial procedures, and professional review, and NOT upon partisan politics, sectionalism, cronyism, etc.
In other words, the law of the State of New Jersey as it stands exists precisely to prevent some functionary like Kim Guadagno from running the arts council and controlling the grants process.
If the Legislature wishes to change this, it certainly has the power to do so, but one must hope that this issue will be thoroughly studied before any changes are made. At risk, at least theoretically, is New Jersey's annual NEA grant, which the NEA has the power to withhold if the integrity of a state arts agency is in question -- and its independence is a major guarantee of that integrity.
Before this controversy gets even more "bizarre" (Star-Ledger headline), shouldn't the state's largest newspaper take a look at how other states handle arts funding so as to determine whether New Jersey's arts agency is actually out of line? Shouldn't this controversy have a broader context?
One notes with sadness that "fact-free politics" is ascendant today in New Jersey. And one notes with alarm that high state officials can engage in McCarthyite tactics -- wild allegations, backed up by more wild accusations -- and have not, so far, been called out about it in no uncertain terms.
Although one has to be grateful to discover that The Star-Ledger is finally thinking this through, I'm amazed to read the following: "You will have to trust Guadagno that the council awarded $300,000 in three no-bid contracts, all to one, unidentified vendor. And that no one but Runk was to blame."
Huh? We do?
Does this then mean it's The Star-Ledger's practice to go to press with unsubstantiated allegations? Allegations that reflect poorly on a state agency's integrity and a (former) state employee's competence and/or honesty?
In other words, the Governor or the Lt. Governor can stand up and say pretty much whatever they wish and The Star-Ledger is going to report these statements without having ascertained the facts, no matter what damage these statements may cause to others?
But isn't that the point? That the next executive director of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts will answer to the Lt. Governor, and not the council?
Once again, The Star-Ledger fails to tell us what we need to know, in this case, SPECIFICALLY what the $300,000 contracts were for. If they were Arts Inclusion contracts, i.e., legally sanctioned provision of public art for public spaces, then the "bid" process was the review process that initially chose the project and the vendor (the artist), and thus no further process was mandatory. Since Tom Moran was one of the sign-offs, I have to assume that's what this is all about. But the story doesn't tell us, and it leaves the impression that Mr. Runk, Mr. Mopran and the council in general are somehow involved in some kind of shady dealings.
However: "Guadagno reiterated her complaint to lawmakers last week that her office has no control over most of the council's activities. Without "oversight authority," she could not take disciplinary action or ensure that the mistake would not be repeated. She asked lawmakers for their help in changing the law that grants the arts agency its autonomy."
That what this is all about, I think. The Christie administration wants power over an agency whose independence has been pretty much honored by every administration since Dick Hughes'. Instead of citizen volunteers making cultural policy and awarding grants on the basis of review and merit, politicians will make cultural policy and award grants on the basis of ... well, who knows?
Good night, Irene!
When you've got a figure of the established probity and integrity of Clement Alexander Price speaking up on Mr. Runk's behalf, I think it's pretty clear that this is all about politics, not art ...
I really wonder how many critics of the NJHS have ever visited there or, gasp, forked over some coin to become a member ...
Good story. It's really a shame that the NJHS feels it has no options other than this, but that's the way it is, especially now.
I see from some of the comments above that people are totally clueless, as usual, concerning the challenges facing the preservation and operation of nonprofit institutions -- and The Star-Ledger appears to feel no particular responsibility to educate them about those issues.
Anyway, nothing is to be solved by closing museums, although we may see that happen. And there is NO ROOM, duh, for the NJHS's collections in the state's other museums. Those museums don't even have enough room for their own collections!
History/historic preservation has always been "the poor relation" with the consortium of New Jersey's arts & humanities nonprofits. It's a shame, because we have a history every bit as rich as Virginia's and Massachusetts', yet we've never figured out how to maintain and showcase it.
In the first place, I don't get this story -- and I certainly don't get why it appears on Page One. What, exactly, is wrong here?
This is NOT a case where the NJSCA is handing out grants to arts organizations without having made a thorough evaluation of their quality, administrative probity, community support, etc. This process is done for all grantees by professional evaluators, followed by in-house committee work involving NJSCA members; personal visits by NJSCA members to "the field" play only an ancillary role in this process.
The fact that many arts organizations are not being personally visited by NJSCA members does NOT mean they are not being rigorously evaluated. This story fails to provide readers with the context and background of the NJSCA's grant evaluation process. Instead, it creates a false impression that the agency isn't doing its job and that its citizen-members are somehow remiss in their duty. These members are NOT being paid for their service -- yet the provision of an additional complimentary ticket when a member wishes to attend an event with a companion has somehow become a very big deal.
So, again, I must ask, WHAT, exactly, is wrong here? What is the NJSCA doing, or failing to do, that is being done, or not being done, by its sister agencies -- the other state arts councils throughout the nation? What are the standard policies governing these issues? And WHY does this story rise to Page One prominence?
Would someone please answer these questions for me?
You make a lot of good points, Veman. However, although I don't dispute that "Porgy and Bess" is a terrific show, it might not have been the wisest choice for this company as a comeback vehicle. Under Alfredo Silipigni, New Jersey State Opera Street made its reputation for sizzling traditional productions of the Italian repertory. That's the audience base Maestro Silipigni built. "Porgy and Bess" would be a hard sell with this audience, in my opinion -- and this does indeed appear to have been the case. So, at the same time that the company was *not* targeting its core audience with a production and a cast they would be expected to support, the company was evidently seeking to attract a new audience. This is a tall order, even for a performing organization with considerably more resources and marketing savvy than State Opera has.
If you're right, Sunleaf, then Steve Runk has ample grounds for a juicy lawsuit. Since they're trashing the poor guy's professional reputation, they're leaving him with no alternative, as far as I can see. If they say "We're firing you because," then at least he would get a chance to defend himself publicly. This way, there's no defense other than by filing a suit ... The whole thing stinks.
If you're in fact correct that there are "holes and misconstrued facts all throughout this series of stories," you ought to lay that all out right there on the S-L's site, not just make assertions. Example: Why haven't the alleged grounds for Steve Runk's dismissal been reported? If Guadagno/DOS refuses to state them, why isn't that being reported? This story quite likely did not originate with McGlone, but was handed to her by some clueless editor. Just try to tell an editor a lead "isn't news." Why would McGlone concoct a story this stupid? What's possibly in it for her?
You're expecting these folks to go to a web site and actually WORK to inform themseves when they can just shoot off their mouths? Good luck with that ...


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Analysis of execution traces to identify execution problems is described. Analysis of the execution trace allows the user to detect application execution patterns. Each pattern represents a sequence of operations performed by the application. Some patterns correspond to normal execution of the application. Some patterns correspond to typical operations such as file opening, file saving, site browsing, mail sending. Diagnostic classes include patterns associated with certain malfunctions. In one embodiment, the system includes a learning mode wherein the system accumulates patterns belonging to different classes and stores them in a pattern database. In one embodiment, the system also includes a recognition mode where the system matches the trace against the pattern database and assigns trace regions to specific classes such as normal, abnormal, classes of specific problems or user activities, etc.
1. A method for analyzing execution traces of a computer program, comprising:
receiving a set of identifiers of situation classes as parameters;
accumulating execution patterns during execution of the computer program, the computer program being executed in accordance with the set of identifiers of situation classes;
associating at least some of the execution patterns with corresponding situation classes of the set of identifiers of situation classes to produce classified execution patterns;
storing the classified execution patterns in a database;
identifying a diagnostic-mode execution pattern while executing the computer program in a diagnostic mode;
identifying, using a computer processor, a classified execution pattern that matches the identified diagnostic-mode execution pattern to identify a situation class corresponding to the execution of the program in the diagnostic mode; and
providing an indication of the corresponding situation class, whereby the indication allows a user to assess abnormalities in the execution of the program in the diagnostic mode.
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receiving a set of identifiers of situation classes as parameters;
accumulating execution patterns for an application during execution of the computer program in accordance with the set of identifiers of situation classes;
classifying the execution patterns by the set of identifiers of situation classes to produce classified execution patterns;
tracing execution patterns of a copy of said program being diagnosed;
comparing, using a computer processor, the traced execution patterns to the classified execution patterns to produce matching traced execution patterns and matching classified execution patterns;
identifying trace regions corresponding to the matching traced execution patterns; and
displaying trace regions according to a likelihood that said trace regions indicate improper execution of said copy of said program, wherein the likelihood is determined based at least in part on situation classes associated with the matching classified execution patterns.
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9. A system for analyzing execution trace data of a computer program, comprising:
a processor configured to operate in a learning mode wherein the processor maintains a user-defined number of execution classes as parameters, accumulates patterns of operations during execution of the computer program in accordance with the user-defined number of execution classes, and associates one of the user-defined number of execution classes with each of said patterns, said patterns stored in a pattern database; and
wherein said processor is further configured to operate in a recognition mode wherein the processor matches execution trace information against said patterns to identify one or more trace regions, the trace information being collected while executing a copy of the computer program during the recognition mode, the processor further associating each of said trace regions with an execution class corresponding to an execution class associated with a pattern.
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storing one or more user-defined execution categories as parameters;
collecting, using a computer processor, a learning mode trace log of an application, during execution of the application according to the execution classes, to produce trace data;
separating said trace data into logical streams;
generating patterns from said logical streams; and
storing said patterns in a pattern database, wherein each of the user-defined execution categories is associated with at least one of the stored patterns in the pattern database,
wherein the pattern database is configured to provide information sufficient to enable a processor to identify a pattern in a diagnostic mode trace log of the application being diagnosed that matches a pattern stored in the pattern database, and determine an execution category associated with the pattern in the pattern database.
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displaying at least a portion of said learning mode trace log on a classified trace view for user evaluation;
selecting a region of said learning mode trace log as a user-selected region;
assigning said user-selected region to a first execution category; and
adding a pattern of said user-selected region and an indicator of said first execution category to said pattern database.
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separating trace data into one or more logical streams;
receiving a set of user-defined situation class identifiers that identify situation classes in which a computer program may be executed;
filling a stream history array from at least a portion of data in a first logical stream to define a pattern, the data in the first logical stream being generated based on execution of the computer program in accordance with one of the situation classes;
adding said pattern to a pattern database as a new pattern if said pattern does not already not exist in said pattern database; and
associating with said new pattern the user-defined situation class identifier corresponding to the situation class in accordance with which the computer program was executed,
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separating trace data gathered from the computer program being diagnosed into one or more logical streams;
identifying a match between at least a portion of data in a first logical stream and a stored pattern in the pattern database; and
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The present application claims priority benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/458,322, filed Mar. 27, 2003, titled "SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TROUBLESHOOTING RUNTIME SOFTWARE PROBLEMS USING APPLICATION LEARNING," the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
The present application contains at least one drawing executed in color. Copies of this patent application with color drawings will provided by the Office upon request and payment of the necessary fee.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to software tools for assisting software developers and users in the task of monitoring and analyzing the execution of computer programs, such as during the troubleshooting process.
2. Description of the Related Art
The software industry faces a challenge in fighting malfunctions (colloquially known as "bugs") that occur in the released versions of commercial software. Such malfunctions cause serious problems both for customers and vendors. It is often difficult to identify the particular situation, or situations, that leads to the malfunction and this adds to the difficulty of finding the root-cause of the malfunction in the application code or coding environment. The problem is especially difficult if it appears only at a remote customer site and is not reproducible in the development and testing environments. Remote software troubleshooting based on run-time execution tracing of applications in production environments is often used to identify and diagnose such malfunctions. This approach provides insight into the running application and allows gathering of execution traces that record function calls, variables, source lines and other important information. However, analysis of program execution traces and understanding of the root-cause of a program error is a tedious and time-consuming task. The execution trace log can contain thousands of function calls and other entries corresponding to events that happened just before the malfunction.
The present invention solves these and other problems associated with software troubleshooting (debugging) by analyzing execution traces of software programs. The analysis provides reduction and classification of the data that is presented to the user (the user typically being a software analyst tasked with locating the cause of the malfunction). The user, working with the tracing tool, has the option of not analyzing the raw execution trace log containing a relatively large list of low-level events. Rather, the user can view a relatively smaller processed log that categorizes the low-level events into relatively higher-level events attributed to known classes or regions of normal functioning or different anomalies. In one embodiment, the analysis program can send alerts on known classes of problems or anomalies
Analysis of the execution trace allows the user to detect the application execution patterns. Each pattern represents a sequence of operations performed by the application. Patterns are associated with the situation classes. Thus it is possible to identify patterns that represent a relatively broad class of normal execution of the application. Other classes include patterns for typical operations such as file opening, file saving, site browsing, mail sending, etc. For diagnostic purposes, the classes include patterns associated with certain malfunctions. In one embodiment, the system includes a learning mode and a recognition mode. In the learning mode the system accumulates patterns belonging to different classes and stores them in a pattern database. In the recognition mode, the system matches the trace against the pattern database and assigns trace regions to specific classes of execution, such as, for example, normal execution classes, abnormal execution classes, execution classes related to specific problems, execution related to user activities, etc.
In one embodiment, the learning mode includes an automatic learning sub-mode. In one embodiment, the learning mode includes a user-guided learning sub-mode In the learning mode the system accumulates patterns belonging to different execution classes and stores them in a database. Automatic learning is often used for accumulating patterns belonging to a generic class corresponding to normal execution. User-guided learning involves activity of a user who selects certain log regions and attributes them to a particular execution class such as normal execution, execution classes related to specific problems, execution related to user activities, etc.
In the recognition mode, the system matches the trace against the pattern database and assigns trace regions to specific execution classes. Of special interest is the abnormal execution class. A trace region (e.g., a group of events in the execution trace log) is attributed to the abnormal execution class if it contains a relatively high density of unknown patterns. This class usually marks situations related to software malfunctions or insufficient training data in the pattern database. If the user who works with the system decides that the abnormality region appeared because it is related to a new execution path that was not encountered during learning, the analyst can assign it to the normal class using the user-guided learning mode.
The patent or application file contains at least one drawing executed in color. Copies of this patent or patent application publication with color drawing(s) will be provided by the Office upon request and payment of the necessary fee.
A software system which embodies the various features of the invention will now be described with reference to the following drawings.
In the drawings, like reference numbers are used to indicate like or functionally similar elements. In addition, the first digit or digits of each reference number generally indicate the figure number in which the referenced item first appears.
Each pattern represents a sequence of operations performed by the traced application under certain conditions. A pattern can be represented as:
A stream of operations is separated into overlapping sub-sequences of the constant length N. For example, consider learning a stream of eight operations in a trace log
For the case of pattern length N equal to 6, the following patterns will be extracted:
Meaningful sequences of operations in complex modern applications are selected for analysis. Many modern applications are complex, being multithreaded, and in many cases executed in distributed multi-user environment. Simple time ordering of system calls is too low-level a representation that is influenced by many random or irrelevant factors. The sequences in the patterns stored in the pattern database preferably reflect the internal logic of the program. To identify the patterns, the sequential trace log is pre-processed and separated into logical streams reflecting certain semantic or logical sets of operations. For example, operations can be separated into streams according to: operations belonging to a particular thread; operations performed by particular user of the application; operations belonging to particular transactions, operations belonging to particular user action; operations belonging to a particular function body; etc. Note that with regard to operations belonging to particular transactions, there can be numerous definitions of transactions depending on the semantic of the application class.
In one embodiment, recorded operations have a tree-like structure of nested function calls. In one embodiment, two options are provided for linearization of nested calls into a linear sequence of events:
The user can generate shortened patterns that contain M<N operations. Shortened patterns are generated in the user-guided learning mode if a region selected for learning contains less than N operations. Each new combination of N or fewer successive operations is saved in the pattern database in association with the identifier of the situation class: 0 for normality; 1 or above for user-defined special situations. A pattern can be saved with multiple class identifiers.
Each operation Oi is characterized by a number of characteristics. The characteristics can include, for example, one or more of: an invocation point, a function entry point, a return code, an operation type, function arguments, etc. The invocation point can include, for example, an invoking module name, invocation offset, etc. The function entry point can include, for example, the calling module name, the entry offset, etc. The return code can include, for example, a normal return code, an abnormal return code etc. In one embodiment, additional knowledge about the function is used to determine if the return code value corresponds to a normal situation, or an error condition. The operation type can include, for example, a function call, creating a thread, exiting a thread, a pseudo-operation (e.g., stream opening, closing, padding, etc.), etc.
In one embodiment, deterministic and/or statistical procedures are used for the classification process. A deterministic procedure is typically used in cases where specific patterns are typical for a particular situation. In most cases, the presence of a single situation pattern or absence of any learned patterns is not enough for reliable classification. For example, there can be cases of patterns belonging to several classes, or limitations of statistics during learning when not all patterns of normal execution situations were encountered. Moreover a region can contain patterns of several classes.
In order to increase reliability of the classification, a statistical procedure is used in some embodiments. In one embodiment, a statistical procedure is based on a selection of regions of consecutive stream operations, and calculation of densities of pattern matches for all database-known execution situation classes. The density value for a situation class in a region of stream-adjacent operations is defined as a ratio of pattern matches for the class to the whole number of operations in the region.
In one embodiment, the classification process is described as follows. Select a region Rn of n adjacent stream elements. A density Dn i, 0 Dn i 1 is assumed, for a specific execution class i. One can choose regions of different lengths 1, 2, etc. covering the same target stream element: R1, R2, . . . . For efficiency reasons, the upper limit is set to the locality frame size F (30 by default in some embodiments). In other embodiments, locality frame size F can be set smaller or greater than 30. For a stream element, there are F density values for the chosen situation class i: D1 i, D2 i, . . . , DF i. Let Ri to be a region that delivers the maximal density: Di=maxl{Dl i}. If there are multiple candidates the lengthiest region is chosen.
The database-known situation classes are enumerated to receive the best density regions R0, R1, etc. for classes 0, 1, . . . that cover the target stream element. The target element is attributed to an execution class n that delivers the maximal density: D=maxi{Di}. If there are multiple candidates to deliver the maximal density D, then the class with minimal ID is chosen. Thus, the normal execution class takes precedence over classes of special situations. If, however D<T where T is a density threshold (0.8 by default in some embodiments), the target element is assigned to an unknown situation (abnormality), with conditional density D−1=1−D.
To reduce overhead, the algorithm implementation can deduce a situation class of the maximal density for each following stream operation with minimal looking back over operation sequences of different length.
For the current stream element, the algorithm processes F (locality frame) regions that end with the current element. As a result, the situation class C and the region length L delivering the maximal density D are deduced and the class C is assigned to the current element. The class C can also be optionally assigned to up to L−1 preceding elements replacing the class previously ascribed to them. Such replacement spreads back until an element is found whose class was assigned with a density value greater than D.
Backward-processing orientation of the algorithm can be used for support of on-line analysis of an operation stream while it is appended with new operations.
During the learning mode, an attempt to add a new pattern is made as a result of processing operations. The situation class (the execution class) is a parameter of the learning process. In the automatic learning mode the default situation class is a broad class of "Normal Execution". In the user-guided learning mode situation classes are defined by the users.
A set of Graphical User Interface objects (described in connection with
In one embodiment, background color-coding is used to provide certain information to the user. Operations related to an application under learning are background-colored in light blue 506 a, 506 b. Operations related to an application in a recognition mode have a more complicated coloring scheme depending on the situation class: The situation corresponding to normality is shown in a white background (as shown, for example, in lines 508 a and 508 b). An unknown situation (abnormality) is shown in a pink background (as shown, for example, in lines 510 a, 510 b, and 510 c). Situations corresponding to a specific class are shown in a light-yellow background (as shown, for example, in lines 512 a and 512 b). The colors used to illustrate examples are not limited thereto. Other color schemes or designation schemes can be used.
In contrast to an ordinary trace event view (as shown, for example, in FIG. 3A of U.S. Pat. No. 6,202,199), nodes of a given level in the trace event tree of
In one embodiment, unknown situation operations (pink background) are not supplied with labeling and are presented in expanded form in order to attract the user's attention.
Operations that are considered failed are text-colored in red in the comment column (no failed operations are shown in
In one embodiment, as a default, the parent operation and labeling items are initially collapsed. An exception is made for parent items that head, directly or indirectly, pink-background operations, where the parent items are initially expanded in order to attract the users attention to unknown situations. View items in
The right side of the window in
The user controls the program by using context and conventional GUI controls such as menus, toolbar buttons, dialog boxes, and the like. Control actions can be conveniently described in terms of functional groups. A Group 1 provides controls for setting options and showing the pattern base state. Settings for Group 1 include opening the 'Options' dialog window. Show state options for Group 1 include opening the 'Pattern base' dialog window. A Group 2 provides controls for filtering by thread and clearing the thread filter. When filtering the thread, the situation view filters by a thread that the selected operations belong to. When the thread filter is cleared, the situation view returns to the unfiltered state. A Group 3 controls includes tree-handling selection of zero-level nodes, the node one level up, the nodes one level down, etc. A "Select zero-level nodes" control selects all zero-level nodes and makes the first zero-level node visible. A "Select node one level up" control moves selection and visibility to the parent node. A "Select nodes one level down" control expands the nodes under the selection and moves selection to its child nodes.
A Group 4 controls includes learning control operations such as: stop learning; learn selection; forget selection; undo last learning; properties; etc. Stop learning opens the open the 'Stop learning' dialog window. Learning selection open the 'Do learning' dialog window. Forget selection opens the 'Undo learning' dialog window. Undo last learning returns the pattern base to a state before the last user-guided learning. A Group 5 includes showing the properties window.
In one embodiment, a coloring scheme is applied to show the current status of the pattern file related to specific module. Grey is used to indicate that the file is disabled and the situation classifier neither appends it with new patterns nor assigns any situation classes to operations. Red is used to indicate that the file is inconsistent and can be fixed by deleting only; it is also disabled. Blue is used to indicate that the file is under learning. The state 'under learning' is an initial state for new pattern files. The situation classifier supplies all new patterns with the normality class identifier and accumulates them in the pattern file. Upon stopping learning, either automatically, by applying the threshold for the learning saturation ratio, or manually, the pattern file goes to the state 'under situation detection'. Black is used to indicate that the file is under situation detection. User-guided learning can be made in this state only.
The window menu items shown in
As a result of user-guided learning, the situation classifier re-scans a subset of selected operations that relate to the selected pattern file and appends new patterns to the file. Users are free to assign these patterns either to normality or to a special situation class (e.g., using a 'Learn as a specific abnormality' checkbox 1006). If a new special situation class is created, the user may be given the option to input the legend text for it.
According to a 'Learn top level sequence only' checkbox 1008 checkbox, scanning can be made either for all operations or for the top-level operations only. Scanning the top-level stream exclusively may be desirable because the lower level operations frequently do not really identify the situation. After successful user-guided learning the situation view is refreshed.
In one embodiment, the formatting string for naming pattern files can be specified by the user. The macro string %s inserts the application module name (%s.db by default). The formatting string for naming backup pattern files can also be specified using the %s macro (%s.bak by default). A pattern base generation code can be specified. For example, a value of 2 indicates that tracking of patterns is made for the call stack level 0. A value of 3 indicates that tracking of patterns is made for every call stack level independently (by default). A value of 4 indicates that tracking of patterns is made by walking along call trees. A maximum pattern length can be specified as 2 or more (6 by default). In one embodiment, these values are set when a new pattern base is created.
In addition, users can customize the default values for locality frame size, abnormality ratio threshold, automatic learning saturation ratio threshold, etc. For example, in one embodiment, the default locality frame size can be specified as 2 or more (30 by default). In one embodiment, the default abnormality ratio threshold can be specified in the range [0, 1] (0.2 by default). In one embodiment, the default automatic learning saturation ratio threshold can be specified in the range [0, 1] (0 by default, i.e. no automatic stop). Default values for other parameters can also be set by users in other embodiments.
It will be evident to those skilled in the art that the invention is not limited to the details of the foregoing illustrated embodiments and that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential attributed thereof; furthermore, various omissions, substitutions and changes may be made without departing from the spirit of the inventions. The foregoing description of the embodiments is therefore to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, with the scope of the invention being delineated by the appended claims and their equivalents.
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Walter Holcomb, son of Carlos and Adah Lavina (Bushnell) Holcomb, was born at New Hartford on October 13th, 1853. He died at his home in Torrington on August 17th, 1938. Mr. Holcomb was the youngest of a family of six children - five brothers and one sister. The brother next older than Walter was Marcus Hensey Holcomb, affectionately known during his long term of Governor of Connecticut as "Uncle Marcus." Of this family only the sister, Adah Adeline Holcomb Weaver, survives.
Known always as Walter to all of his contemporaries of the bench and bar of Connecticut, he was educated in the public schools of New Hartford, at the Connecticut Literary Institute of Suffield, the Lewis Academy of Southington, and at Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University, graduating in 1877 with the degree of Ph.B.
His first employment was that of principal of the South Center School, Southington, and while thus engaged he studied law in the office of his brother Marcus H. Holcomb. After being admitted to the Litchfield County bar in 1881, he migrated to the West and was employed as a railroad construction engineer in Missouri and Arkansas, and later he became construction engineer of the St. Paul-Minnesota water works. He practiced law at St. Paul from 1884 to 1896, when he returned to Connecticut and opened a law office at Torrington. This practice he continued until his death.
After having served one term as town clerk, he represented Torrington in the General Assembly at the session of 1905, serving as a member of the judiciary committee. He was city attorney for ten years and judge of the local court of Torrington from 1903 to 1917, when he was appointed state's attorney for Litchfield County. In this important office he served for a period of seventeen years, resigning as of July 1st, 1934. His whole career in public life extended over a period of thirty-six years and was notable throughout, but as state's attorney his political integrity and high regard for the traditions of the bench of Connecticut were known to all. He was fearless, knew nothing of evasions, yet he was strong, big hearted and kind. Mr. Holcomb's long record as state's attorney for his county is deserving of the great praise which it has received.
In the life of his community he was active and public-spirited, being engaged continuously in church, Sunday school, musical, lodge and bar association work.
In 1888 Mr. Holcomb married Edith Adelia (Sanford) Holcomb, who died in 1934. Three children were born of this marriage, two of whom, Carlos Sanford Holcomb, a member of the Hartford and Litchfield County bars and for several years trust officer of the First National Bank of Hartford, and Ada Caroline (Holcomb) Roberts, survive their father.
Walter Holcomb's personality was that of the individualist type. All knew him as he actually was. He was content to let the world put its own appraisal upon his work and his worth. As a lawyer, he was vigorous and forceful, but he was kind in spirit, never losing opportunity to assist and encourage the younger members of the bar, who always felt free to approach him, wherever he might be, with their difficulties and problems. He loved truth and justice, and fought for it to the end of his allotted time. As a lawyer, Mr. Holcomb prepared his cases with a thorough understanding of the principles involved. He discriminated keenly, tried his cases in a manner to inspire the highest measure of confidence of the court and jury. His rugged integrity and candor were among his outstanding and observable personal characteristics. Judge Holcomb had the esteem and confidence of his associates at the bench and bar to a high degree. He was known throughout Connecticut, but more intimately of course among his immediate associates of the Litchfield County bar, who realize that in his passing they have lost a great leader, a helpful and commanding figure. He was of the old school, loved the law, and gave all he had toward applying it to the complexities of human affairs.


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10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1....Blast Off!
My rocket shot up into the sky. I flew through Earth's atmosphere, and suddenly I was surrounded by billions of stars, and a vast, empty, big, black, dark space.
My rocket landed on the moon. The door opened, and I stepped out.
I was in my big, bulky space suit, with my big air tank. Since there was little gravity in space, I felt like I was floating. I bounced around for a while.
I hadn't been paying much attention to my surroundings, but when I really looked around closely for the first time, I realized it had gotten a whole lot darker than when I had first arrived on the moon.
About five minutes later I was standing in complete darkness.
I remembered how the moon spun around the Earth, and realized with a shiver, that I was on the dark side of the moon ....
I couldn't see much in the darkness, but as my eyes became accustomed to the dim light, I could just make out the outline of a huge, long, tall animal. Actually, I could see many, many of the bodies. And when I looked closer, I realized with a terrified feeling, that the huge, long, tall frightening creatures were dinosaurs.
I wanted to run, but I didn't. I knew that if I made even a tiny noise, the dinosaurs would hear me, and probably eat me. But that was before I saw the one who was asleep.
This one seemed to have big, rubbery spines everywhere. I had to touch them, to see what they were made out of. My class would be amazed and speechless to hear that I'd touched a dinosaur's spikes. And on the moon, too! Just a tiny, quick touch. That's all. I took one small step forward, reached out my hand, and .... there! I'd touched it!
Any other person would have let go immediately, or just not have touched the dinosaur at all. But me? No. I was too fascinated.
The spine felt rubbery, and springy, but hard, and sharp at the same time.
Just then the dinosaur stirred. I was about to let go, but it was too late. The dinosaur had taken off flying. I held on for dear life.
If I let go, I would never see the light of day again.
The dinosaur didn't even seem to notice me. He just kept flying. I screwed my eyes tight shut, and before I knew it, I was back on the moon. I let go of the dinosaur, and stood there. trembling.
I had been so busy being scared, that I hadn't even noticed it getting lighter and lighter. And there, right before me, was my rocket. Door open and waiting.
I bounced up to it, hopped in, pressed go, and took off for home.
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The Madison County Bar Association is a legal organization of over 400 attorneys serving the needs of the attorneys and residents of Madison County, Illinois, part of the greater St. Louis metro-area. This website was created by the Madison County Bar Association Board in 2010 and continues to be used by the 2013-2014 Madison County Bar Association Board consisting of President David R. Jones, First Vice President Chris Threlkeld, 2nd Vice President Judge Ellar Duff (Ret.), Treasurer Eric Carlson, Recording Secretary Troy Walton and Corresponding Secretary David Weder.
The Association exists as both a a network of legal professionals as well as a legal resource for the communities and citizens of Madison County, Illinois. To promote these ends, the members of the Madison County Bar Association engage in community outreach programs and events throughout the year including Law Day and the People's Law School. Additionally, the Association sponsors events and educational opportunities for its members to better serve their clients and the public.


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FedEx Corp. will change the name of its FedEx Kinko's stores to
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Missouri Head Coach Gary Pinkel
Opening statement:
"We did a great job as a football team finishing. Sometimes you don't like (the game) like that but we were faced with some tough situations. At halftime we were not playing real well as a football team, but we did the things necessary in the second half. According to my calculations we won the second half 27 to 6 and we won 21 to 3 in the fourth quarter. It's about finishing and it was important, but obviously we still have some things to improve on."
On James Franklin through the first four games of the season:
"He's a good player and that is what good players do. Remember Chase Daniel used to do that, Blaine Gabbert used to do that. I mean how many times did we see Brad Smith do that? That's what good players do, they make big plays. The team looks for him, and obviously he made some plays out there."
On some mistakes Mizzou made to keep the game close for three quarters:
"If you look at the first half, we had the lead and we are doing okay, and then our defense gets the ball on the 48 yard line. If we score there, the whole game could be different momentum-wise. But instead, we fumble the ball right away and before you know it we are in a dogfight. Our defense made a huge play at the goal-line to end the half, so there are a lot of good things to take from it, but also things we need to improve on."
On the defensive play, especially in the second half:
"The touchdown drives in the first half were short, minute-long drives. I think we only had 25 plays at half compared to their 57, or something like that. So our defense was a little tired and (Coach) Steckel did a good job of adjusting in the second half. I was certainly pleased that we held them to more field goals than touchdowns as well."
On starting out 4-0 before SEC play:
"It's all about getting better. We are excited to get into SEC (play) and get going. We have eight games left, and now we got all of our non-conference games out of the way. We are excited that we are 4-0, but we can definitely get better."
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QB James Franklin
On second half execution:
"We have really been doing a good job so far. We have been fixing mistakes from the first half then try to apply what we learned."
On unbeaten record going into the SEC:
"I think it is really important. It is a big confidence boost. If we would have not gone undefeated in non-conference play, it is not like it would have been terrible, but it gives us a little chip on our shoulder knowing that we are 4-0."
Junior DE Kony Ealy
On the defense's effort:
"I think we could do better. We have made progress each and every day. We just need to improve from things from the following week a little better."
Sophomore WR Dorial Green-Beckham
On clicking with James Franklin, now that he is more comfortable with the offense:
"I feel like James is more comfortable with me out there on the field. He knows exactly where I am at all times, so he knows where and when to look for me."
On how Franklin has improved from last season:
"James came out this year playing really hard after we went through some struggles last year. He just went out there, fought just like all the rest of us, and wanted to show the SEC how much better we will be this year."
Senior OL Max Copeland
On the team's third quarter momentum:
"Ideally, we don't want to do it like that, but sometimes plays work and you capitalize off of that momentum. That is largely what our offense is about. We capitalize on big plays and get rolling."
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Arkansas State Head Coach Bryan Harsin
Opening statement:
"They're a good football team. You've got to make those plays. You've got to finish those drives. They had plays that they made, they had drives that they finished. When you're playing an opponent like Missouri, that becomes key. We did some good things. We moved the ball. When we got into critical situations, we came up with three and we needed to come up with seven."
On getting field goals compared to touchdowns:
"I think it can be deflating. It doesn't matter who you're playing. You want to get seven. That's the whole goal. You'll take three. Luckily, we have a kicker like Brian Davis that gets us three. Now, if we walk out of there with nothing, that's deflating."
On the performance of J.D. McKissic:
"You saw what he could do. We need to find more ways to get him the football. He made plays tonight. That's the bottom line. J.D. played exceptional tonight and did everything he could with the opportunities we gave him."
On not scoring any points on the final drive of the first half:
"We had no timeouts so we thought we had to throw it. The bottom line was we were going to come away with points. Just don't take a sack; we took a sack. In that situation, that's what you can't have happen. They made a good play on us and unfortunately, we ran out of time."
On the team's defensive performance:
"They played hard. You have to eliminate the big play. They're going to make a guy miss. That's why you have to have three or four around them. They can make one miss; they can't make four. I thought they continued to battle and put them on a short field."
On whether or not the defense got tired in the fourth quarter:
"I don't think tired. They didn't get discouraged. They came back and made some plays. We have to score. We have to change their mindset so our defense can continue to play the way they were playing. I thought they did a good job."
On the Missouri fumble in the second quarter that was blown dead:
"Unfortunately, it got whistled. If it hadn't been whistled, I don't know what would have happened. We ask our defense to get turnovers. Unfortunately, we had a turnover there too."
Coach Pinkel | Mizzou Players | Arkansas State Head Coach Bryan Harsin
Arkansas State Players
Junior DB Kyle Coleman
On the Tiger fumble in the second quarter that was blown dead:
"I felt like we had momentum going our way. It was a bad call. Everyone feels it was a touchdown but we can't go against the refs so, it is what it is. Overall I think the momentum shifted tremendously."
On playing with more passion this week:
"The whole week in practice we just had that chip on our shoulder like we're going to go show the world that we're better than what we put on tape and we're better than what they've seen."
On whether or not the defense was tired late in the game:
"I think we were fine; we worked all summer, we're fine. It just comes down to inches. It's the small things, the details - that's what gets you beat and that's what it came down to."
On Arkansas State's defensive scheme:
"Our main thing to stop was the run. That's what we focused on the most but they have great receivers also. It was a battle; I can't say anybody on my team gave up, we fought until the end."
On the team's feeling after playing a competitive game:
"It's a big encouragement, I feel our team moving forward. We're almost at that point where we're clicking on point and I just feel sorry for whoever's going to get the bad end of that."
Sophomore WR J.D. McKissic
On his role in the offense on Saturday:
"It felt really good being a part of the game plan."
On playing Mizzou close for four quarters:
"It feels bad to lose, man. Knowing that we could have won that game, it hurts."
On competing against an SEC school on the road:
"At practice the whole week we talked about just competing and having fun and we just came out and competed."
On setting a school record on Saturday:
"That's big to put my name in the books and get the record. We still took the 'L' though."
Senior QB Adam Kennedy
On how the team will prepare for conference play:
"After these last two weeks (the bye week) is definitely much needed as we head into conference play. We set a goal at the beginning of the season that we wanted to be conference champions and that's what we have our sights on."
On increased running plays designed for him:
"I've been running pretty well the last couple of weeks so we definitely included in the offense more zone reads than we've had in the past and I think it helped a lot so I think we'll continue it, if not include more."
On not scoring on the final drive of the second half:
"It hurt going into halftime but I thought we played well in the third quarter and it all just kind of came unglued in the fourth."
On the team's struggles in the red zone:
"It's incredibly frustrating for all the guys; we're driving up and down the field and I don't know what happens in the red zone. It's a little thing here, a little thing there, you know. I'd have to watch the film - I can't really explain it. We're going to have to get more chances to our wideouts."
On completing a lot of passes in the middle of the field:
"They play that bend-but-don't-break defense; they were giving up the underneath a lot, we expected that. But where I would like to take more chances in the red zone. Not getting touchdowns has come back to hurt us time and time again."
On J.D. McKissic's performance:
"We realized we have to get [McKissic] the ball. He's so good. He was unbelievable tonight. I thought it was great and I think we'll just continue to find ways to use him."
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Orville Robert Riley age 89 of Tompkinsville died Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at his home. He served in the U S Army and was a member of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints. He was retired from the US Postal Service.
He is survived by his wife Dorothy Myatt Riley; two daughters Niko Capps and Teresa Botts both of Tompkinsville; two sons Robert K. Riley of Tompkinsville and Jackie Riley of Oak Grove; step-daughter Sue Carter of Tompkinsville; step son Loyce Earl Welch of Tompkinsville. Ten grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren also surviving.
He was preceded in death by his parents Martha Ann Daley and Vance Riley; two sons Danny Joe and Jason Earl Riley; two brothers Boyd Riley and William Riley; one sister Cassie Dyer and one grandchild.
Funeral services for Orville Robert Riley will be held at 2pm Saturday, April 2, 2011 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints with burial in the Monroe County Memorial Lawn. Graveside services will be performed by Glasgow DAV Chapter 20. Visitation after 11am Friday at the Yokley-Trible Funeral Home.
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Melvin Guillard vs. Donald Cerrone Booked For UFC 150 | UFC NEWS
By Jonathan Kirschner
Former training partners Donald Cerrone and Melvin Guillard are all set to fight at UFC 150 which takes places in Denver, Colorado on August 11 2012, UFC announced on Friday.
The two had once trained together in Albuquerque, New Mexico under Greg Jackson, but that won't keep them from trying to bash each other's faces in during their fight. On that matter, Guillard posted on his Twitter, "Two best friends fighting we are about to kick each other in the face fun times right!!!"
Melvin Guillard was riding a wave of momentum in 2011 where he collected two impressive knockout victories in a row over Evan Dunham and Shane Roller. His final fight of the year was against Joe Lauzon, and it was a disappointing performance for the "Young Assassin", to say the least. An eager and over-aggressive Guillard got caught with a punch and ended up in a rear naked choke 47 seconds into the first round. He went on to lose his next fight against Jim Miller, once again getting submitted by a rear naked choke.
Guillard just recently ended his two fight losing streak at UFC 148 against Fabrício Camões.
Donald Cerrone witnessed a similar path in 2011. Starting off the year with three wins and two awards (Knockout of the Night and Submission of the Night), Cerrone ran into a bit of a road block when he was defeated by Nate Diaz at UFC 141. Even though their collective performance had earned them Fight of the Night honors, it wasn't the result Cerrone was looking for in his final fight of the year.
Cerrone returned to the octagon at UFC on Fuel TV: Korean Zombie vs. Poirier and rebounded by picking up a win over Jeremy Stephens by way of unanimous decision.
UFC 150 will take place on August 11, 2012 in Denver, Colorado at the Pepsi Center. The card is headlined by another lightweight fight where champion Ben Henderson will once again defend his title against Frankie Edgar.
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This is a great fight. Both are exciting fighters to watch. But I think cowboy might take it.
i agree he has a much better ground game he pretty much just needs to take guillard down and from there it is an easy submission, no offence to guillard though he is an exciting fighter, but in this day of mma you have to be good in everything if you want to contend for a title
if henderson looses to frankie edgar, I would love to see a henderson vs cerone 3 or a pettis vs henderson 2 for the title if he wins
This has Fight Of The Night written all over it!
you mean "picking up an EASY win against Jeremy Stephenson"
Who is jeremy stephenson asshole? And what does he have to do with cerrone fighting guillard?
? no I meant what I posted…
Awesome fight and a great test for both guys to see where they are at within the LW picture.
Cerrone's gonna whoop him. His jiu jitsu is miles ahead of Guillard, and to top it off, I wouldn't doubt it if he beats him striking too.
nice matchup!
Based on style GREAT match up. I would love to see this but sorry Melvin I dont think your the smartest fighter out there. You are explosive as hell but not a smart fighter and this will be another loss on his record
Didn't guillard just show everybody how bad he really is and that he's not a top contender in the lw division by just squeaking by the last no name fight he just had did anybody else see that. He better step it back up for cerrone
Even no cerrones not a top guy either but should make a good bloodfest
Yeah that was after the J-LO mauling too…. Another submission loss for Guilard, but this time He gets beat down in the Striking, Cowboy has some serious Muay Thai
Everytime someone calls fight of the night for a match one of the fighters pulls a condit.
Cerrone all the way! I love watching Guillard fight, but Cerrone is whole nother class of fighter! Will be an awesome fight though!
if melvin stays on the feet imo he'll take it,,,
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Cerrone by murder.
Diaz showed us that Cowboy can have troubles against someone with good boxing so it's not that far fetched to think Melvin could catch him standing, he's got great skill and some real power. Then again I can also see Cowboy picking him apart if he keeps distance and stays on the outside. If it does hit the floor Melvin could be in serious danger real quick. Super stoked for this match! Best of luck to both guys, just hoping for a good showing.
Cerrone looked excellent in his last fight. Guillard didn't look so hot last week. I'm going with Cerrone on this one but you never know what can happen.
Good point.Guillard did Look like shit last fight.But if that fight remains on the feet,I cant seem to count Guillard out.He's fast,and explosive as fuck.He's gona need to work on his defense,leg kicks particularly.That can be Cerronnes key to victory,or by submission…Thats Guillards weekness.
Melvin has learned nothing new was lucky to win that last one i dont see this one going long sorry melvin, get a ground game or u will be cut,im sick of watching the same fight from him over and over and over, how many chances will he get? Some dudes only get one chance and one chance alone but this dude gets like 10?
If Melvin loses I say send him to Melendez.
Cowboy takes it on the feet and DEFINITLY takes it on the ground… bad matchup for Guillard
Cerrone via KO, melvin gets cut. dude has never beaten ANYONE legit.
Melvin gets this one. Cerrone isn't explosive enough to takedown Melvin so that leaves them standing which can go anyway but I'll pick Melvin..
Sounds awful familiar…. oh wait, thats what everyone said before he fought Joe Lauzon
Hey, the Natural What do you mean Cowboy is no top tier or top guy in the LW div?? He has handled everyone but Diaz . One big reason to that is he let Diaz get in his head !Just like his big bro Nick. if Cowboy fought his fight and went to the ground when Nate triped or threw him things could have gone a lot different! Its no secret that Nates jits is top notch but Cerrone is def no slouch on the ground. the ONLY thing that I see different between Melvin and Stephins is ones black and the others white . They both stand and look for the extra brutal KO!. But to say Cerrone not a top tier fighter is just laughable!
Melvin is an aggressive and cocky fighter. Those are his strengths and but also reasons of his losses. He abandons gameplans and defense but his offense is his best defense.
He is quick, explosive, and strong. I am afraid that if he thinks too much, he won't be that effective.
This fight with cowboy is very interesting because Cerrone is a great Muay Thai MMA fighter. This match will be a beaut!
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|1 The Formative Years 11 --
2 A Professional Escape 45 --
3 Passion Unleashed 79 --
4 The Needful Maturation of Thomas Low Nichols 109 --
5 Seminal Influence 129 --
6 The Costs of Conviction 157 --
7 Spirited Encounters 188 --
8 Unsettling Departures 210.
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- i play sporatically and dont care much about joining a guild or group or whatever. is there much fun to be had from soloing? and if so, how "far" can i get in the game alone? any good soloing guides out there?
- what level would you say things get "fun?" i am level 8 now and the quests seem pretty similar/boring/basic. things must heat up as time goes on?
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u can go to lvl 60 soloing ;)
only thing u cant do is instances which require u to join up with a group and the best gear comes from instances.
And u also cant do big raids when u are lvl 60 if u dont join up with a guild, and thats the best part in the game high lvl raids ;)
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but personally I think the most fun is to do the instances which requires a group, so test that out.
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