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New trucks lighten the load for local firemen
October 24, 2011
By Jeremy Buddemeier, U.S. Army Garrison Grafenwoehr Public Affairs
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany-- Christmas came early for firefighters, and this year they finally got what they've been asking for.
As part of an effort to update its aging fleet of fire trucks, Installation Management Command Europe garrisons received eight ladder trucks and four aircraft rescue firefighting trucks, recently.
Fire stations in Grafenwoehr, Rose Barracks and Hohenfels each received a ladder truck, and will also get two wildland fire trucks by the end of November; in addition, Hohenfels added an aircraft rescue truck to its arsenal.
Among other technical upgrades, the new ladder trucks boast a larger basket, which can carry 60 percent more weight, and a longer ladder (32 meters versus 24). In addition, the new articulated ladders allow firefighters easier access to windows and balconies, and can even be used to reach over the roof to access the opposite side of the building, according to Josef Rodler, U.S. Army Garrison Grafenwoehr fire chief.
Representatives from the garrison fire departments receiving trucks completed a comprehensive four-day course, learning the myriad ways to employ its tools. Those representatives will now train the remaining members of their fire departments.
"The truck is almost as maneuverable as a Smart car, but it does not give up capability," said Gerhard Goegelein, a firefighter for USAG Ansbach.
Although each of the ladder trucks carries a sticker price of about $900,000, garrisons will actually save money, as the previous trucks, which were over 20 years old, were prohibitively expensive to maintain; in some cases spare parts had to be custom made because they no longer existed.
The purchase also allowed IMCOM Europe to return four leased vehicles, saving an estimated $480,000.
In addition to the ladder trucks, firemen are giving the aircraft rescue trucks a warm reception.
"This vehicle is really what we need," said Josef Binner, a crew chief with the U.S. Army Garrison Hohenfels Fire Department. "It has enough extinguishing agent, accelerates and maneuvers great."
"With an air crash there is no time to lose," he said. "We have to be on scene within three minutes and then you need lots of water and foam to knock the fire down. And you need it quick. With 3,000 gallons of water, we finally have it."
The trucks have an onboard sprinkler system to allow them to get closer to the fire, and also carry an infrared camera, which USAG Katterbach Crew Chief Peter Goetz said is worth its weight in gold.
"We can now find the exact hot spots and cool them down so the fire does not reignite," said Goetz. "Basically, we can now extinguish a fire before it occurs."
As part of Fire Prevention Week at USAG Grafenwoehr, Oct. 10-14, Rodler and his firemen visited local schools, youth centers and CDCs, familiarizing children with the fireman's ensemble and reminding them whom to call when they need help (Fire department, dial 117; military police, 114; add the prefixes if calling from Main Post or Rose Barracks, 09641-83- and 09662-83, respectively. Otherwise, dial 112 for the local fire department or 110 for the police, and the call will be directed.)
The week culminated with a static display outside Grafenwoehr's Exchange, where the firemen demonstrated various pieces of equipment, and, of course, their new ladder truck.
In some cases it was hard to tell who was more excited about the equipment, the children or the firemen.
Editor's Note: IMCOM Europe contributed reporting.


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Live Exhibits staff visited Cairns and Cape Tribulation in North Queensland in December to augment our live animal collection with fresh genetic stock. We met many interesting animals along the way, so here are a few portraits of the critters that came back with us to Melbourne Museum.
The Giant Mantid is one of the largest mantid species in Australia. They feed on a range of insects but are large enough to overpower small frogs and lizards. Giant Mantids are currently on display in Bugs Alive!.
Giant Mantid, Heirodula majuscula.Image: Patrick HonanSource: Museum Victoria
Raspy crickets derive their common name from the fact that all known species, both male and female, can produce a rasping sound at all stages of development. There are more than 200 species of raspy crickets in Australia and new species are regularly discovered. This very large adult female has powerful jaws and, like all raspy crickets, a bad temper. She ate her way out of several containers on the journey from North Queensland, causing havoc wherever she went.
Raspy Cricket, Chauliogryllacris species.Image: Patrick HonanSource: Museum Victoria
A male Golden Huntsman, probably the largest huntsman in Australia and generally considered the second largest in the world. This species sometimes causes panic when it enters houses, but like most huntsmans it is relatively harmless.
Golden Huntsman, Beregama aurea.Image: Patrick HonanSource: Museum Victoria
Net-casting Spiders are famous for their ability to spin perfectly rectangular silken nets, about the size of a postage stamp. These nets are thrown over passing prey as the spider sits suspended above an insect pathway. In honour of their enormous eyes, they are also known as Ogre-Faced Spiders.
Net-casting Spider, Deinopis bicornis.Image: Patrick HonanSource: Museum Victoria
French's Longicorn is one of Australia's larger beetle species. This one was found in a small mating aggregation on a strangler fig in the rainforest at night. Longicorns are characterised by kidney-shaped eyes which wrap around the base of the antennae.
French's Longicorn, Batocera frenchi.Image: Patrick HonanSource: Museum Victoria
The spiny legs of the Serrated Bush Katydid give it both its common and scientific name. Adults are always green, but nymphs may be red, brown or violet, depending on the colour of the leaves on which they feed. Males produce a short, loud call which is commonly heard in the rainforest at night. Another katydid, the Kuranda Spotted Katydid, is one of the larger and more robust of this group in Australia. The nymphs closely resemble ants, which may afford them some protection against predators. The eggs are glued to dead twigs by the female using a short, thick ovipositor.
Left: Serrated Bush Katydid, Paracaedicia serrata. | Right: Kuranda Spotted Katydid, Ephippitytha kuranda. Image: Patrick HonanSource: Museum Victoria
These creatures, and many more, can be seen every day in Bugs Alive! at Melbourne Museum.
This guest post is by Chloe, a Live Exhibits keeper at Melbourne Museum.
At Live Exhibits we like to keep a range of funnel-web species. This way we can represent not only the infamous Sydney Funnel-web spider, but the majority of Australian funnel-web species in our exhibits.
As it had been six years since Live Exhibits' last trip to Nariel Valley, it was time for Jessie, Patrick and I to pack up the car and head off on a field trip in the to find some Alpine Funnel-webs (Hadronyche alpina).
Alpine Funnel-web, Hadronyche alpina.Image: Chloe MillerSource: Museum Victoria
Local resident Mrs Brown originally alerted the museum's Discovery Centre to the presence of a population of Alpine Funnel-webs in the Nariel Valley and more particularly her front lawn. Young funnel-webs emerge from their mother's burrow, find an attractive burrow site, and then burrow down, which makes for high density populations. For us, this leads to quick collection of multiple specimens.
After finding three funnel-webs around our campsite it was time to head off to Mrs Brown's place, where she showed four large burrows. We started digging holes in the mud more than 30cm deep, a process much more lengthy than expected, using only a desert spoon to dig, trying not to destroy Mrs Brown's lawn or injure the spiders. Finally we produced four plump female funnel-webs (which were less than happy about being disturbed) then we balanced them on a spoon to be transferred into their new glass homes.
Alpine Funnel-web, Hadronyche alpinaImage: Chloe MillerSource: Museum Victoria
Soaking wet with seven funnel-webs under our belt and no sign of any more, it was time to head off to Omeo.
The following day drove up the windy, fog-covered hills to Mt Hotham, where we began our search for Alpine Thermocolour Grasshoppers (Kosciuscola tristis), Alpine Blistered Pyrgomorphs, (Monistria concinna), Mountain Katydids (Acripeza reticulata) and Alpine Katydids (Tinzeda albosignata).
Left: Alpine Katydid, Tinzeda albosignata. Right: Alpine Thermocolour Grasshopper Kosciuscola tristis.Image: Alan Henderson Source: Museum Victoria
On warmer days these invertebrates would be sitting up on small bushes and grass clumps, enjoying the sun. However on cooler foggy days, like the day of our visit, many of the invertebrates sink lower into the foliage to protect themselves against the elements, making our search a little harder and much wetter. Thankfully I had donned plastic pants and a rain coat which made the perfect outfit, although they didn't help the situation in my boots, which contained enough water to fill a small lake.
Foggy conditions for collecting invertebrates at Mt Hotham.Image: Patrick HonanSource: Museum Victoria
During the morning of searching, Patrick's alter ego Taxon Boy didn't let us down, helping us bag 48 Thermocolour Grasshoppers, 7 Alpine Katydids, 1 Mountain Katydid, 12 Alpine Blistered Pyrgomorphs and a female Alpine Wolf Spider (Lycosa sp.).
Alpine Wolf Spider, Lycosa sp.Image: Chloe MillerSource: Museum Victoria
We made one final stop on our long drive back to the museum to collect some eucalyptus for our stick insects; here Taxon Boy also stumbled across some large Garden Orb-weavers (Nephila edulis) which you can now see on display in the Orb wall in Bugs Alive! at Melbourne Museum.
Garden Orb-weaver, Nephila edulis.Image: Alan HendersonSource: Museum Victoria
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Enjoy the final ascent to the Crater
The final ascend is short - around 30 minutes going up - and never really steep. The surface is rocky and slippery, so you need to step carefully as you don't want to risk any foot injury here.
The route - it's hard to speak of a path - is mostly overgrown and therefore pleasantly shaded. Surely your expectations rise as this natural beauty increases so dramatiaclly!
To help you over the last, steeper part of the slope leadng to the Crater rim, well maintained stars have been constructed.
Continue towards the Jungles of Pinatubo
Quite unexpected, the surroundings change surprisingly.
It's just 45 minutes to the Crater and finally, the mountain allows some low vegetation to grow on its ravages. It was hard to temper my enthusiasm and I wanted to go up as quick as possible now. But my guide declared a rest and took a bath in the ice cold stream to prepare for the final ascend. In the meantime, I threw stones to possible snake hide-outs hoping to photograph one.
Hike a piece of very messy earth
After passing the gorge, you can see part of the Crater Wall in the far distance. It's around 2 hrs walking from here. For around 1,5 hour you follow once more the riverbed, but by foot now...
It's quite a dramatic scenery here and the surface is everything but smooth.
Lava stone, sands, dead trees, numerous streams that you have to cross, even some hot springs, you have to find your way through. Nothing grows inside, only the fragile walls on both sides have regained some more healthy looks.
There are some reptiles making a living here. I stepped almost on a 5ft sandcolored snake, that jumped into a stream just before I could hit it. It gave me an awful fright!
Technically it is not a difficult walk and you are not ascending yet. But when the sun's out, be prepared to suffer as the reflection on the lava sand can rise the temperature to inhuman heights. Be fully prepared!
Get your shoes soaked within 2 minutes
The first 10 minutes of the hike might worry you if you think this stretch is representative for the rest of the ca. 7 km route to the Crater. Indeed, the passage is narrow here and the water had looked nothing special before but suddenly became a raging steam.
We had to cross it so all our plans to keep the shoes dry were destroyed. At the other side of the stream, we made our way clambering over big boulders until the end of the small gorge, the riverbed widened again to its regular size.
Continue between the Walls
The track lead to a tiny village, but that's not what we were after!
So we drove down back in the riverbed again that became more and more difficult to navigate. On both sides were those towering walls and I tried to imagine the horror scene at the time of the eruption.
I had seen a documentary on NGC where scientists speculated for how much longer the Crater walls of Pinatubo would survive. The collapse of the walls could cause an immens disaster when the water, caught in the crater, would escape. I wondered, if it would happen right now, where could we go?
Stones were all over, and the water flow was wilder than before. I had to protect my bag to avoid it becoming all wet.
Picture taking became tedious during this bumpy hour or so, but I managed to take some just to give an impression of the surroundings.
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photo's taken from the jeep on the approach to Pinatubo
Kick off at Santa Juliana Village
Like me, most tourists arrive in the village of Santa Juliana to kick off their trip. You have to register at the Visitor centre where you can discuss your wishes. A trip normally consists of some 4x4 rental for a certain distance and a mandatory guide.
The following options are most common:
1. use 4x4 as far as you can reach, followed by a 1,5 – 2,5 hour hike to the crater.
2. use 4x4 as far as Bangantungal Village followed by a 3,5 – 4,5 hr hike to the crater;
3. Hike all the way from Santa Juliana, full day one way.
If you're on a self organised tour, I'd try to make a reservation if you need 4x4, especially in High Season (December to April).
Option 1 is a daytrip, favored by the majority of the visitors, option 2 can be as well if you stay overnight at Santa Juliana the night before and start very early.
Alternatively, pitch your tent at the Crater for the night, waking up at sunrise and take an early morning swim in such a place sounds most appealing to me!
Hiking all the way return wouldn't attract me as the approach route is the same as the return route and there's not much variation in the scenery all day. Moreover the 4x4 trip is good fun too!
Starting the Pinatubu Tour from Angeles City
Until 1991, Mt Pinatubo was just an average mountain that was hardly heard of. In 1991, it fired more than 300 meters off its peak into the sky and changed the landscape forever.
Fifteen years later, its crater is peaceful and a beautiful 850 meters deep water hole that attracts tourists and weekend trippers from Manila alike. Tourism on a relatively small scale has been developed in order to benefit the communities – that lost much of their economic potential – in a sustainable way.
I started the fully organized daytrip at 7am from men's entertainment Paradise Angeles City, conveniently located at Clark Airport, with a pleasant one hour taxi ride. Alternatively you can try to go by public transport (Jeepney) but with irregular departures and multiple stops it can be very time consuming. Not advisable if your just after a daytrip.
And then you HAVE to continue by foot...
Then we reached a steep slope with seemingly no passage. We parked the jeep on the platform in front of it and prepared for the remaining part by foot. Stored 2 liters of water and the packed lunches that we brought along, in my backpack.
The Embassy staff had also arrived and I saw they carried heavy mountain boots on their feet. The boots were terrible overdone for this exercise and moreover really inconvenient as they got unavoidably soaked from crossing the numerous streams . Instead I had only light sport shoes, the good choice, and my guide just $0,50 flip flops, which appeared the wrong choice as they broke later on.
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Push the vehicle as far as you can go
The last part of the 1,5 hr 4x4 journey became even rougher and the driver had to deploy all his skills to push the vehicle forward.
In many parts you cannot see the surface due to knee deep water and big rocks were definitely a threat. In one bend, the riverbed narrows to a mere 20 meters from the usual width of around 150 meters, causing some interesting rapids. The scenery remained amazing and unearthly in parts.
At this stage I kept thinking we were alone this day, but then we were suddenly overtaken by another jeep, carrying three staff from the American Embassy in Manila –as would appear later (my guide kept insisting it were Koreans, who makes normally up the largest tourist crowd at Pinatubo).
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Cruising the sand track
After some 15 minutes through the riverbed, we ascended at the other side, where we followed a beautiful sand track.
The scenery was stunning as the dark clouds in the distance formed a great contrast with the sun lit white sands and eroded lahar walls covered with green young trees and other low vegetation.
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From Santa Juliana following the riverbed
It was quite a change from the luxury new Toyota Camry to a rusty jeep remake that obviously had conquered the hardest of terrain for more than 25 years. I was in the front , while in the back was a heavy man shouting some directions to the driver behind the wheel. Although not very talkative, that man in the back spoke a few sentences of English and turned out to be my guide.
Straight from the village we drove down into the riverbed now covered with grey and white lava sands. A few shallow streams remained after rains. The river had turned in a passable highway that locals navigated with carts, motorbikes and feet.
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This chapter was originally written as an essay for the popular periodical Language Life, and so is written in a casual style from the first person point of view. (First person pronouns do not actually appear in the original Japanese text. In Japanese, they are omitted when they can be inferred from contexts.)
The content of the paper is worth noting. Here a distinction between spontaneous "norms" and compulsory "rules" is drawn. The importance of "prestige" in the adoption of a rule is also indicated. One can easily infer from this essay the liberal ideas of Dr. Sibata toward language policy.
In section 6 of the original version of this paper, "Rules of okurigana" were discussed. Okurigana are supplementary kana affixed to the Chinese character roots of verbs or adjectives to indicate their conjugations. When the original work was written, the proper orthographical rules for okurigana were a topic of dispute. The content of this section would be very complicated however for those readers with no knowledge of the Japanese writing system, so this section was omitted from the translation here.
I am in a taxi and can see the traffic lights at an intersection approaching. I have to tell the driver to turn right at the corner, but for some reason I say "left". It might be because 'left' and 'right' are semantically similar and they might be stored in my head next to each other. I might also try to forewarn myself by saying "not left, right", but 'left' comes out. Of course I then immediately say "right" and all is well. This correcting of myself is a kind of feedback and is possible because my ears can hear it, and I can match what I hear with what I know to be correct. This is an example of consciousness of norms.
Sometimes, even though I have said "right", it sounds to the driver as if I said "left". In the noisy environment of a taxi, hidari 'left' and migi 'right' are nearly homophonous. In comparison, the Sino-Japanese words usetsu 'right turn' and sasetsu 'left turn' are clear and not confused. Since my taxi experience, I have on occasion stalled to say hidari, corrected myself by saying migi, and finally settled on usetsu 'right turn'. There is nothing wrong with saying migi by itself, but the "rule" that usetsu is better takes over and I virtually stutter until I find the right word. Such "rules" are examples of consciousness of norms.
When writing, feedback becomes even more active. When speaking I may say mutsukashii 'difficult', but when writing I would never write mutsukaihii but would use muzukashii. The word katsute 'in former times' I pronounce as katte, but when I write it, I write katsute and take care to check this before sending papers off to be published. I am aware that even Tokyoites also sometimes use


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In a setting where the multiple-databases feature is used to create multiple aliases for one database, the testing framework can get a little confused.
For ease of reference, assume we have the following dictionary defining database parameters:
db_params = dict ( NAME = 'main', ENGINE = 'django.db.backends.whatever', USER = 'user', PASSWORD = 'password', HOST = '', PORT = '' )
The relatively benign cases
In these cases, the test framework just treats the two aliases as separate databases; which means it first creates the test database for one alias, then tries to create the test database for the second one, running into an error because (of course) it already exists. The user is asked to choose between destroying the existing database (in order to recreate it) and canceling the test. In cases where database routers constrict models to a specific alias, this may completely prevent testing (or at least some of the tests).
This happens if at least one of two conditions hold:
The dictionaries used to define the alias are distinct
That is, the databases are defined by
DATABASES = { 'default' : db_params, 'other' : db_params.copy() }
or some equivalent
Test name is explicitly specified
That is, db_params looks like:
db_params = dict ( NAME = 'main', TEST_NAME = 'test_main', ... # same as above )
The databases may then be specified by the more natural
DATABASES = { 'default' : db_params, 'other' : db_params }
The more dangerous case
In this case, the testing framework creates spurious databases and
finalizes be destroying the main, non-test database.
This happens when none of the above applies -- that is, db_params does not include
the TEST_NAME entry, relying on the default test_ prefix addition, and databases
are specified by two references to the same dictionary (as in the last definition above).
Regretfully, one may expect this to be the common use case in a multiple-aliases-for-one-database
In detail: With the definitions above, the testing framework first creates a test_main database, then a test_test_main database, and runs its tests with both of them present; then, during tear-down, it drops the test_test_main and *main* databases, leaving test_main in place.
A word for fixers
For whoever wants to work on this ticket (perhaps myself...), Russel Keith-Magee has said that
...this almost rates as an 'easy pickings' ticket. This is a situation where you'll get a pass on having a test as part of the patch; testing test setup is one of those areas that's almost impossible to validate, so whoever commits (probably me) will just take it for a very good walk before checking in.
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comment:1 Changed 5 years ago by gabrielhurley
- Needs documentation unset
- Needs tests unset
- Patch needs improvement unset
- Triage Stage changed from Unreviewed to Accepted
comment:2 Changed 5 years ago by ramiro
- Triage Stage changed from Accepted to Design decision needed
This is what I've found:
I think the maximum that Django can provide is what I've tried to implement in the patch:
- Make sure no cross pollution of DATABASES['alias']['NAME'] and DATABASES['alias']['TEST_NAME'] happens between DB aliases/connections, even when they are described by the same Python dict so in no event the production DATABASES['alias']['NAME'] DB gets removed.
- Don't report an error if the test database doesn't exist when trying to drop it (or, for SQLite3, don't try to remove the DB file).
What's described above is generally applicable to Postgres, MySQL and SQlite3.
But after fixing that, there are other problems (at test DB teardown time): In Postgres and MySQL the test databases are removed by using the production one as a pivot (a connection is made to the production DB and from there the test one is DROPped). If you get the setup you describe, it might happen (It happens to me) that 'default' will get is test DB ('test_main') dropped and when 'other' tries to connect to its production one to do the same (remove it 'test_test_main' DB) it won't find it.
Solving this means Django would need to detect and keep track of the fact that one alias' test DB name is the same as other alias' production DB, and DATABASES being a dict, there is no guaranteed order of creation/removal of DBs.
The conclusion I get is this is what you describe as the The more dangerous case and one may expect this to be the common use case in a multiple-aliases-for-one-database approach is enough of an edge case that can't be completely solved by Django. If you really need to create more that one DATABASES aliases to the same database and you decide to represent them by pointing them to the same dict, then maybe you will need to implement your own test runner that will need to have some inside knowledge of this and e.g. will need to setup/tear down the test DBs in the right order, etc.
The Oracle backed has its own tools so (again) the user, not Django, tries to implement a workaround to the scenarios you describe (see wiki:OracleTestSetup Understanding the database test setup section.)
Changed 5 years ago by ramiro
comment:3 Changed 5 years ago by ramiro
- Has patch set
comment:4 Changed 5 years ago by russellm
- milestone set to 1.3
- Patch needs improvement set
I think you've tried to solve this in the wrong place. Rather than fixing this at the level of the database backend, it seems to me that the solution lies in fixing the test runner's setup_databases call. There is already some handling for avoiding duplicate database setup (via the handling for the TEST_MIRROR setting); it seems to me that the problem described here is really just an TEST_MIRROR that is implied because the database name is the same.
So - if we refactor the handling of TEST_MIRROR so that we pre-evaluate the list of database that need to be created and the list that needs to be redirected, we should be able to avoid this problem entirely.
Of course, this is just based on first inspection; there might be some detail that I'm missing. I'll take a closer look later tonight (my time).
Also - bumping to 1.3 milestone because of the potential for unintentional data loss.
Changed 5 years ago by russellm
Alternative solution based around the test runner
comment:5 Changed 5 years ago by ramiro
comment:6 Changed 5 years ago by shai
I think Russell's approach is closer to home, but there are still problems.
For starters, the patch has a "surface" problem of identifying databases by their (Engine,Name) combination. The current docs about TEST_MIRROR (http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/testing/#testing-master-slave-configurations) show an example where this would be invalid (same name, different hosts). To fix this, it seems, we would need a notion of equivalence of settings -- == between dicts seems close enough for my taste (if a user defines two MySql databases, one with PORT='' and another with PORT='3306', I think they deserve the brouhaha they'll get), but I may be wrong (different OPTIONS'es, for example, for different transactional behavior, would seem legitimate).
But there is a deeper problem: solving the issue by directing the actual connections -- not just fixing the creation/destruction issue -- would cause the test process to have different transaction semantics. Consider:
def do_stuff(alias1, alias2): with transaction.commit_manually(using=alias1) # Make an invalid change in an object m = MyModel.objects.get(pk=17) m.fld = 'invalid' m.save(using=alias1) # Commit other changes, but not the invalid change transaction.commit(using=alias2) # Roll back the invalid change transaction.rollback(using=alias1) # Check the outcome m1 = MyModel.objects.get(pk=17) assert m1.fld1 != 'invalid'
This will work in production, but fail in testing under t14415.diff.
Changed 5 years ago by russellm
Updated patch for test database issue
comment:7 Changed 5 years ago by russellm
@shai - Good call on the HOST issue - I've made that change; new patch incoming shortly.
However, regarding the connection issue - I'm unclear whether what you consider correct behavior, and under what circumstances.
The 'connection copying' behavior is only performed for the TEST_MIRROR case, and that behavior exists historically. To my mind, this is a bug; using connection obtained from the alias that is a TEST_MIRROR shouldn't affect transactions created using the connection that is being mirrored. The new patch addresses this bug.
However, you seem to be implying that the same connection copying behavior exists for connections with a copied settings dictionary, which isn't the case. The patch I've provided causes your sample code to raise an exception at "transaction.commit(using=alias2)", because the code isn't under transaction management (for alias2) at that point.
Have I misunderstood something here?
comment:8 Changed 5 years ago by shai
@russelm -- Sorry, I had misread your original patch; you are right, the connections seem to be handled correctly.
I'll look at it again tonight (Israel time), to comment on the change in TEST_MIRROR handling.
One note, though, about adding HOST: While it is, as far as I know, good enough for Django's officially supported DBMSs, it is not enough for SqlServer or Sybase, where a host includes a set of databases, each containing a set of "schemata". Not sure if preparing support for this is easy, and if not easy, if it is worthwhile, but I thought it's worth mentioning.
comment:9 Changed 5 years ago by shai
After a second look: Yes, the new TEST_MIRROR behavior seems to be correct and even required to preserve production semantics (interleaved operations on master and slave with no commit may yield different result in production and test with current code).
One other note, though: PORT needs to be treated just like HOST, orthogonal to the SqlServer issue mentioned in my earlier comment.
If there is an easy way to provide tests for these issues, I'd like to do that.
comment:10 Changed 5 years ago by shai
Fixed the patch, ran some tests with it. It seems to work (though using the same parameters for the two databases makes many tests fail, nothing seems to blow up, and nothing is generated or destroyed more than once).
Changed 5 years ago by shai
just adding PORT to t14415.2.diff
comment:11 Changed 5 years ago by russellm
To clarify -- when you say "makes many tests fail", is that a good thing or a bad thing? Is this an indication that the test suite is now running and revealing problems in your code, or that the test setup is broken in some way?
comment:12 Changed 5 years ago by shai
I think it's a good thing -- essentially, the Django test suite assumes that different aliases point at different databases. I didn't check every failure in detail, but as an example, there was a test in multiple_database that failed because an object saved through one alias was accessible through the other.
comment:13 Changed 5 years ago by russellm
Django's test suite has a very specific set of requirements for the test database, and yes, independence between default and other is one of those requirements. If you're running Django's test suite with a mirrored or aliased database, there will be failures.
Thanks for the help testing this, Shai.
comment:14 Changed 5 years ago by russellm
- Resolution set to fixed
- Status changed from new to closed
comment:15 Changed 5 years ago by russellm
(In [14697]) [1.2.X] Fixed #14415 -- Corrected the process of creating and destroying test databases to prevent accidental deletion of the source database. Also improves the mirroring process to prevent some cross-connection effects. Thanks to Shai Berger for the help diagnosing and testing.
Backport of r14696 from trunk.
comment:16 Changed 4 years ago by jacob
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China Said to Raise Biggest Banks' Capital Adequacy Targets
China's banking regulator set capital targets for the nation's five biggest lenders above the minimum 11.5 percent ratio amid concern that credit risks may rise, three people with knowledge of the matter said.
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., the world's largest lender, and three rivals were told last month to maintain capital adequacy ratios of at least 11.8 percent in 2011, one of the people said, declining to be identified as the plan isn't public. Agricultural Bank of China Ltd., the nation's fourth biggest, should target 11.7 percent, two of them said.
The move may help China's policy makers curb loan growth after inflation accelerated and real estate prices rose following a $2.7 trillion two-year credit boom. The central bank this month raised the amount of deposits lenders must set aside to the highest in at least two decades, while the banking regulator ordered a new round of stress tests on property loans.
"The regulator doesn't seem comfortable any longer with Chinese banks' capital levels after their overseas rivals raised money," said May Yan, a Hong Kong-based analyst at Barclays Capital. "If the target stays at the current level, the banks probably won't need to worry too much in the next two years as credit growth is already slowing down. But the market will be concerned if the target is pushed higher and higher."
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The regulator also set differentiated targets last month including loan-to-deposit ratios for the five banks, which include China Construction Bank Corp., Bank of China Ltd. and Bank of Communications Co., following discussions with the lenders, the people said. The watchdog plans to amend those requirements every year, they said.
The China Banking Regulatory Commission "has set differentiated targets and 'triggers' on the five banks' capital levels, with the target for all the banks' capital adequacy ratios being no lower than the 11.5 percent minimum," the watchdog said in an e-mailed response to questions yesterday.
The five banks, controlling about half of the nation's banking assets, raised $56 billion selling shares and convertible bonds last year, giving ICBC a capital adequacy ratio of 12.27 percent and Construction Bank 12.68 percent at the end of December. The level stood at 12.58 percent for Bank of China, 11.59 percent for Agricultural Bank and 12.36 percent at BoCom, according to the companies' filings to exchanges.
That's lower than the 14.87 percent average capital adequacy ratio for the world's 100 largest banks by market capitalization, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
'Significant Deterioration'
The banking regulator has stepped up measures to limit systemic risks since last year, including requiring banks to move off-balance sheet assets onto their books and curtailing credit to local governments and the property sector. The government has also raised down payments on second mortgages and ordered local authorities to cap new-home prices in some areas.
There's a "high likelihood of a significant deterioration" in banks' asset quality after the two-year credit boom, Fitch Ratings said April 12. Fitch lowered its outlook on China's long-term, local-currency rating to negative because of the risk that the government would have to bail out its banks. A downgrade would be the first on China's debt since July 1999.
Wang Zhenning, a press officer at ICBC, and Yu Baoyue of Construction Bank declined to comment. Media officials at the other three lenders also declined to comment, and said the companies' policies don't allow them to be identified.
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Shares of China banks fell in Hong Kong. ICBC dropped 0.8 percent to HK$6.65 at the 1:00 p.m. break, and Construction Bank lost 0.5 percent. Agricultural Bank fell 1.7 percent while BoCom declined 1.5 percent.
Still the Hong Kong-listed shares of the five biggest banks, which are scheduled to report first-quarter earnings later this week, have outperformed the benchmark Hang Seng Index this year. Agricultural Bank is the best performer with a 19 percent advance, followed by ICBC's 15 percent return.
The central bank has raised benchmark rates four times since October and lifted the reserve ratio requirement for the biggest banks to 20.5 percent to curtail credit growth and inflation. Still, consumer prices rose 5.4 percent in March, the fastest pace since July 2008, and lenders increased new loans last month by a third more than the amount offered a year ago.
China, which holds the most banking assets in the world after the U.S. and Japan, faces economic uncertainties and lenders need to strengthen risk management, CBRC Chairman Liu Mingkang said on April 19. The watchdog that day said it ordered banks to gauge the impact of a drop in housing prices on borrowers' ability to repay debt.
Stricter Rules
Construction Bank, Bank of China and BoCom last month were also given a capital adequacy ratio target of 11.8 percent for 2011, one of the people said.
If the capital level drops below the target, the lenders may need to raise capital, slow loan growth or suspend new branch openings and acquisitions to bring the ratio to above the target in 120 days, the person said. If the ratio falls below the minimum 11.5 percent, the banks will have 90 days to bring the level to above the target, the person said.
ICBC, Bank of China and Construction Bank last month said they have no plans to sell stock for as long as three years. Agricultural Bank in March won shareholders' approval to sell as much as 50 billion yuan ($7.7 billion) of subordinated bonds over the next two years to boost its supplementary capital.
The nation's banks may have to raise about 860 billion yuan from share sales over six years to meet stricter capital rules, a person with knowledge of the matter said this month, citing estimates from the regulator.
Cut Loan Targets
The five biggest banks had a combined 26.8 trillion yuan of risk-weighted assets by the end of last year, according to the companies' annual statements. A 10 basis point increase in the target capital ratio would require an additional 26.8 billion yuan in capital, according to Sheng Nan, a Shanghai-based analyst at UOB Kayhian Investment Co.
The biggest banks have already cut their 2011 loan growth targets to the slowest in three years to avoid triggering differentiated reserve ratio requirements. China's central bank adopted the system this year to align the lenders' credit growth rates with their capital levels and systemic importance, as well as the nation's targets for inflation and economic growth.


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WALLA WALLA - The Red Monkey was packed all Saturday afternoon as hundreds of customers enjoyed Alabama Slammers, New Orleans jazz and a pub crawl.
Though the drink had been served before at the establishment, the pub crawl and brassy jazz were a first, according to bartender Anna Allan.
"This is just for Mardi Gras ... We sold 300 tickets," she added.
An estimated 600 people paid $25 each to be part of the Walla Crawl Mardi Gras Pub Crawl.
Each received nine tokens that allowed them to partake in either one drink or one food item at the eight taverns, bars or tasting rooms that took part in the event that lasted from 1-7 p.m.
The extra token could be used at any of the eight locations.
Since the participants were required to start their crawl at the establishment where they bought their tickets, and since the Red Monkey sold roughly 300 tickets, it made sense that the bar packed with 150 crawlers right at the start.
Once they finished their slammers, the crawlers spread across downtown.
A block away, the Crossroads Steakhouse served up a traditional New Orleans-style hurricane drink and gumbo with rice.
"It was pretty strong. It was good," Kelli Knudson said, as she walked from the Crossroads to her next destination.
While most of her party was familiar with the eight participating establishments, there were a couple who said the crawl would get them to try someplace new, which was one of the goals of event coordinators.
"It will because the El Corazon, we don't even know where it is at," Danielle Roughton said.
From 1-7 p.m., groups of pub crawlers hopped from club to club and brought to life rooms that are usually empty early Saturday afternoon in February.
"On Saturdays it's usually very dead. We probably saw about 200 people so far," Crossroads bar manager Angela Locati said.
At Sapolil Cellars, they also saw a bigger than normal Saturday afternoon crowd.
"We wanted to make sure it was this time of year, and to have it around Mardi Gras was just a great idea," Sapolil co-owner Bill Schwerin said.
Keeping with the Mardi Gras theme, participants wore masks, crazy hats, painted faces and plenty of beads.
But there were strict rules to Walla Crawl,
Unlike Mardi Gras in the French Quarter of New Orleans, drinks were not allowed outside the establishments. And there were another French Quarter tradition that was prohibited.
"While we all know what it takes to get beads in New Orleans, that won't fly here," the official rules for the event stated.
Tina Fesler and Kathy Ruiz had plenty of beads around their neck, which they wore proudly as they sipped vodka creamsicles at Marcy's.
"We didn't have to do anything to get our beads, we bought them," Fesler said.
Other rules included no inebriation, and to keep people from getting drunk, the bars allowed crawlers to use their tokens for food items like gumbo and sweet potato fries.
Over at Public House 124, chef Chris Teal went all out on his gumbo.
"It's got duck, sausage, golden prawns. I just tried to utilize what I had around here," Teal said.
At Mill Creek Brew Pub, bartender Steve Hudson served special melon and apple drinks that were popular with the crawlers and regulars. He was also careful to provide an alternative.
"We also have fries for anybody who has had enough to drink. But we also offered our house beers," Hudson said.
Bartenders were also on the lookout for underage token holders, and were quick to card even those with a touch of grey and obviously pushing 40.
"The best part so far is I have actually been carded. I haven't been carded in 10 years," Matt Quistberse said, while enjoying a white wine sangria from El Corazon Winery.
A block away from the winery, it was the beer that ruled at Laht Neppur, where Teri Barker took part in yet another pub crawl.
"I've done a few. On cruise ships they have them," Barker said.
Pub crawls are not a new concept.
Some Walla Crawl participants noted they had also taken part in recent unofficial Whitman College student pub crawls.
Merriam-Webster online dictionary said the term first was used in the United States around 1915, and it defined pub crawl as "a round of visits to a number of bars in succession."
Today, pub crawls are often used a fundraisers.
For every ticket sold to Walla Crawl, organizers donated $5 to the Walla Walla Fire Department Benevolence Fund.
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