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In our ever-expanding quest to make things a bit more streamline, I'm trying to simplify our offsite backup system.
Currently, we're trying to use JungleDisk to back up /opt/zimbra/backup, but for the last year it's just been an uphill battle- JD has trouble with more than ~500,000 files or so.
As a secondary plan, I have been doing an rsync of /opt/zimbra/backup from each of our Zimbra servers to a dedicated "storage" machine.
On a typical week-day, the rsync update is only about 6-8GB of "changes" in /opt/zimbra/backup from the previous night differential backup.
Every Saturday, however, our servers all do a "full" backup, dumping approximately 252 GB in new files to the collective /opt/zimbra/backup of our servers, which can be copied over to our storage server in fairly short order the next day.
The problem, of course, is that between our Zimbra servers and this Storage box exists all gigabit Ethernet- but in order to get that data offsite we're working with a 2MB/s link- or sneakernet.
Moving 10GB nightly isn't terrible, but the weekly backups are so large that I just can't sync them in a reasonable time frame, and driving an hour each way to swap in a hard disk every week seems... well, dumb. This isn't the 90's!
For those of you who skip the long story, here's what I'm thinking:
1) We are using rsync -avHu.
-a, --archive archive mode; equals -rlptgoD (no -H,-A,-X)
-r, --recursive recurse into directories
-l, --links copy symlinks as symlinks
-p, --perms preserve permissions
-t, --times preserve modification times
-g, --group preserve group
-o, --owner preserve owner (super-user only)
-D same as --devices --specials
--devices preserve device files (super-user only)
-v, --verbose increase verbosity
-H, --hard-links preserve hard links
-u, --update skip files that are newer on the receiver
I read somewhere that the BLOB files that Zimbra saves are often referred to via hard links, so theoretically I only need to copy a given BLOB over once, where it can be referred to by dozens of hard links, saving space. Does this seem to be about right, or am I missing something with rsync?
2) Related to BLOBs, I'm seeing a bunch of fairly large BLOB .zip files going across the wire with every rsync. Is the Zimbra internal backup re-writing new BLOB files when it could be re-using existing ones? Perhaps there is something I could tweak in the way our backups run to minimize re-sending extra data?
3) Another thought I had is finding some software that could examine the data left on our "storage" server, or perhaps even right on /opt/zimbra/backup from each server, and de-duplicate the data for transfer, and perhaps do block-level updates to a remote storage place. This is a feature we love JungleDisk for, but it cannot seem to keep up with these huge number of files.
4) We could also play with doing something insane, like using TAR to give each servers /opt/zimbra/backup one, single large file- and feeding it to a third party service like JD. My biggest problem with this is that if we ever had an event and needed our offsite backups, we would be waiting for JD to upload them to us- we would much rather have them somewhere we can physically get to, if not in our own secure location.
5) We are moving office locations, and may be able to get a much faster internet connection. The WAN where our Zimbra systems sit has a theoretical 100mbit pipe, where we currently have a 30- which tests to 2MB/s. Depending on pricing we may be able to upgrade to a 50mbit pipe, or even more, but I feel like something is fundamentally wrong with throwing so many resources to move what is mostly the same data over, and over, and over again.
6) Any other ideas? Am I going about this all wrong?


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Federal government sued by Texas Baptist universities
by Michael Gryboski
Newscast Media HOUSTON, Texas—Two religiously-affiliated academic institutions have filed suit against the Department of Health and Human Services over its controversial "preventative services" mandate.
East Texas Baptist University (ETBU) and Houston Baptist University (HBU) filed the suit on Tuesday in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Dr. John Mark Reynolds, provost at HBU, told The Christian Post that while the Baptist General Convention of Texas does not have a position on contraception, the suit goes beyond that issue.
"Baptists know that when another brother or sister Christian's religious freedom is transgressed by the state, no citizens are free. It isn't a 'Catholic' issue when religious freedom is transgressed: it is an American issue," said Reynolds.
"If the state can force Catholic charities to transgress their conscience, then the government is on a path to destroy the first freedom: freedom of religion."
Dr. Samuel W. "Dub" Oliver, president of ETBU, told The Christian Post that his university "cannot, in good conscience, comply with the HHS mandate" and that the decision to sue was not "taken lightly."
"We believe that the federal government is obligated by the First Amendment to accommodate the religious convictions of faith-based organizations of all kinds, Catholic and non-Catholic," said Oliver.
The two Baptist institutions are represented by the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. According to the Becket Fund, at present there are a total of 33 different ongoing suits against HHS over the mandate. In January, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that religious charities would not be exempted from having to provide contraception services in their employee health insurance plans.
With the announcement came a backlash by many religious groups, especially Roman Catholic organizations who opposed having to provide services that went contrary to their beliefs. In February, President Barack Obama delivered a message stating that the mandate would be modified so that the insurance companies for religious organizations would directly cover contraception, abortifacients and sterilization if the religious organization had objections to providing such services.
Erin Shields of the HHS Office of the Secretary told The Christian Post that the department could not comment on pending litigation. Shields did provide a fact sheet outlining the February compromise.
According to the fact sheet, "Religious organizations will not be required to subsidize the cost of contraception," "Religious organizations will not have to provide contraceptive coverage or refer their employees to organizations that provide contraception," and "churches, other houses of worship, and similar organizations from covering contraception on the basis of their religious objections" will be
exempted. HBU said, "The lawsuit is not about the legality of contraception or whether organizations can choose to pay for those services, but about the state forcing religious groups to pay for things that damage their mission.
"It is about whether the government will force religious people and organizations to do something they believe is wrong. Good people everywhere want women to have access to quality health care."


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First Assembly Meridian will host its 3rd Annual Bethlehem Revisited, a live Nativity tour Dec. 9, 10, and 11, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. each night.
Bethlehem Revisited will depict scenes surrounding the birth of Jesus.
Organizers say it's a great way to get in the Christmas spirit. And a lot of work has gone into getting it ready.
"We have more than a hundred characters involved in this production, as well as, I guess you'd say, a full petting zoo of animals, donkeys, sheep, goats, all types of animals that will add to the scene," said senior pastor, the Rev. Bob Null. "And it'll just be a great time."
Bethlehem Revisited will be this Friday, Saturday and Sunday at First Assembly, 1929 Highway 19 North. There is no cost to attend.
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The district's 20-year lease with StraightUp Solar will result in an estimated $130,000 in energy savings over the next two decades and prevent the consumption of 3.3 million pounds of coal and 6.6 million pounds of CO2 emissions, Noble said.
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See the full set on Flickr for Tim's notes on each photo from his trip to Buziraguhindwa, Burundi, June 2011.
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 5:49pm
Friday, June 3, 2011 - 3:17pm
Transparency is one of our core values, and not only to do we try to embody it; we seek it out in our partners throughout the coffee trade. We published our first Counter Culture Direct Trade Certification (CCDTC) Transparency Report in 2009 and today we are excited to release our 2010 report, which aims to give a succinct, transparent summary of our financial and personal relationships with the producer partners whose coffees received CCDTC in 2010.
We hope you read the report, but, in short, 2010 was a dynamic year for our producer partners and us. Our Coffee Department spent more time on the road than ever to support our mission to improve coffee quality in the cup, quality of life for producers, and quality of relationships with growers. We were reminded of the incredible importance of good communication and solid relationships as we watched coffee prices skyrocket. Thankfully, we have long been committed to open, constant, and transparent communication, and our relationships at origin have never been stronger, helping make 2010 a great year for us and setting the stage for an even better 2011.
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Thursday, June 2, 2011 - 8:03am
Hello all!
I recently got back from a week in Peru and Ecuador, where I had my fill of winding Andean roads and guinea pig lunches while working on relationships old and new: in Peru, with the Cenfrocafe co-operative and the growers of Valle del Santuario, and in Ecuador exploring a potential new partnership. I would guess that 90 percent of you guys are now wondering what's up in Ecuador, since that's a coffee-producing country we've not visited before, but that story will have to wait, because first and more important is the relationship we began four years ago in San Ignacio, Peru, with the five communities of Valle del Santuario.
We arrived at the warehouse in San Ignacio at sunset after a full day in the community of Alto Ihuamaca, and I was surprised to see Renán Neira and two other men comfortably settled on milk crates full of beer bottles playing cards.
"Where were you today?" I asked Renán, who is one of Alto Ihuamaca's representatives in the co-op and usually a fixture at meetings, "I saw your motorbike pass by this morning and I talked to your wife at the meeting, but you never showed up."
"Well," he explained, "With the harvest, you know, I had other responsibilities to attend to today."
"I see," I responded, looking at the card game and raising an eyebrow.
Renán smiled sheepishly as he said, "We finished early. Also, I thought the meeting might be … difficult."
It was neither the first nor the last time during my days in Peru that a member of the co-op's leadership made such a reference – I heard that "things are complicated" for the growers and "they want to talk to you" – to avoid stating outright that growers want a higher price for their coffee this year.
"What do you mean, difficult? You mean because the growers want a higher price?" I asked Renán.
"Yes," he said, looking relieved that I had understood his implied meaning.
"They did ask for more money, but that didn't make the meeting difficult," I commented, "it's what made the meeting good – I mean, that's why I'm here, right? That's why we have meetings."
"True. So it was good?"
"Absolutely. I only wish that everyone could have been there."
"Next time, Elena, next time," he laughed, clasping my hand in an interminable handshake, "and how soon will you be back?"
While I always strive to be optimistic, I wasn't exaggerating or sugar-coating the truth when I told Renán that our meeting was good. In fact, it was probably the best grower meeting I have ever attended, for reasons that I could never have predicted when I stood up in front of this group for the first time and collected votes for a coffee name four years ago. I admit that endless co-op meetings and price negotiations don't make for good stories, the way we usually tell them. Where's the new-relationship magic? Where's the adventure? That said, I always want my trip reports to give a behind-the-scenes look at life on the ground in the communities where we work and right now, growers are having a lot of meetings to talk about price: with their neighbors, with their co-ops and on my visit, with their buyer.
This idyllic little valley may seem remote to me after a two-day journey, but the Peruvian coffee market figured out that this area produced good coffee long before Cenfrocafe's coffee started winning awards. Competition from the local market (multi-national companies with representatives in and around San Ignacio) has only gotten tougher since we started working with these five communities and even since my last visit nine months ago, the commodity futures price for coffee has risen almost 50 percent! So what does such an increase mean to the growers and to our partnership? That's exactly what I aimed to find out.
"Last year's price wasn't as good as the price the year before," said Segundo Llacsahuanga, and other growers nodded their heads in agreement.
"It feels like we are working harder to produce better coffee than anyone else but the price isn't different," explained Soledad Cruz, the group's secretary.
It can be maddening to hear complaints like this because blame for the current situation should rest on the volatile, unreliable international market that for years we – growers and buyers – agreed had no bearing on the real costs of coffee production and great quality. Unfortunately, blaming the market gets you nowhere in negotiation – it's like blaming the weather or something.
Conversations about money are challenging whenever emotion is involved and, in a long-term relationship, emotion plays a role pretty much all of the time. But the point of a relationship isn't to make things easy, it's to make things better. Thankfully, most of the growers took advantage of the opportunity provided by my visit to share their experiences. We spent almost four hours brainstorming around the ways we could structure a contract – including a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of different pricing structures to Counter Culture, the growers and the co-op that supports us – and somewhere in the middle of it I realized that this meeting, boring by many standards, was one of the most meaningful, riveting, powerful experiences I have had in my coffee career so far because I could see the progress we have made in the years of this relationship reflected in the way that growers talk and puzzle, thoughtfully and deliberately, through the implications of different pricing strategies. And while the answer isn't easy, the discussion is.
"So what is the solution this year? Can we decide?" At the end of four hours, a chorus of growers pushed for resolution.
"I know that part of me wants to make a decision today because it would feel good to resolve things before I leave," I said, "but it's only May and we have time, so we should use it. I can talk to my team at Counter Culture about what makes sense for us and you can talk to your families and the growers that are not here about what you want to do, and then we can both talk to the co-op because they are really good at understanding both their members and their buyers."
"We understand," said Soledad, "And we agree. The most important thing is to keep selling coffee to you." And as we left the meeting and moved on to farm visits and lunch (yup, guinea pig), I could hear and feel the buzz between growers about the opportunities this year presents and I felt just as excited as I did on my first visit … just a different kind of excited!
Kim Elena
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011 - 2:06pm
Although they provide state-of-the-art settings for Counter Intelligence – our cutting-edge coffee education program – our training centers are much more than classrooms. Staffed by teams of passionate coffee experts and equipped with the latest and best brewing, grinding, and handcrafted coffee equipment, our training centers are regional focal points of hands-on learning and shared community spaces where all levels of coffee and food experience are welcome. In addition to our regular schedule of Counter Intelligence courses, Professional Series programs, and public coffee cuppings, our training centers from time to time host tasting and pairing events, brewing and latte art competitions, and focused education events centered around a single technique, tradition, or piece of equipment.
In this spirit of advanced, focused learning, we recently held a series of Lever Espresso Machine Workshops – led by 2009 World Barista Champion Gwilym Davies – at our training centers in Washington, DC; New York; and Chicago. Co-sponsored by Nuova Simonelli, the event gave the lever veteran Gwilym an opportunity to shed light on the lever espresso machine experience from the expert barista's point of view, delving into pressure manipulation, temperature profiling, and the pros and cons of the most manual of modern espresso machines.
All three cities had great turnouts, but the Chicago event (in our newest training center) attracted the most people from both inside and outside the professional coffee community. Our team of Rich, Deanna, and Josh made our entire lineup of espressos available and assisted Gwilym and friends from Nuova Simonelli in leading attendees through the interactive workshop, which was the but the first of many special education events that Chicago coffee lovers can expect from our new training center in the West Loop. Special thanks to Matthew Gasaway for photos of the event; check out the flickr set here.
NOTE: Our delivery carriers will not pick up or deliver on Monday, May 30, in observance of the Memorial Day holiday. Orders received after midnight Thursday, May 26, will be roasted, packaged, and shipped on Tuesday, May 31. Orders in transit may also experience some delay.
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011 - 7:55pm
Dear Friends and valued customers,
The world of coffee has changed. Over the past several months the cost of the coffee we purchase has increased by more than 60 percent. There are many factors contributing to the increased cost, including supply challenges and increased demand. We feel as though coffee prices will remain at this level or higher for quite some time.
In response to substantially higher coffee costs, we are raising the prices of our 12 oz blends, effective today. Thank you for understanding that this price increase means that we can continue to maintain the superior standard of our products and services.
Earlier this year, our Director of Coffee and co-owner, Peter Giuliano, and our Graphic Designer, Katy Meehan, collaborated on a comic titled "So What's the Deal with the Coffee Market?" to illustrate these changes and the opportunity it presents. If you would like more information about the current state of the coffee market or have other questions, please feel free to write to us or give us a call at 888-238-5282.
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Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 8:31pm
See the full set on Flickr for Tim's notes on each photo from his trip to El Salvador in March-April 2011.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 5:39pm
Since the beginning, Counter Culture has pursued coffee perfection by developing partnerships that ensure prosperity for all people, improving the natural environment, and operating efficiently to minimize our environmental impact – and we continue to make progress in all of these areas. Our Sustainability & Producer Relations Manager Kim Elena Bullock filed an update this week on how we're measuring our progress toward an increasingly sustainable business via proactive, supply-chain auditing.
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 3:51pm
Almost two years have passed since Counter Culture Coffee undertook to measure the seed-to-cup carbon footprint of one pound of coffee from Finca Mauritania in Santa Ana, El Salvador. For that project, I relied heavily on our exceptionally responsive and communicative partners along the supply chain – from farm owner Aida Batlle to the exporter, the shipping company, the warehouse, the trucking company, and even the coffee shop customer – to supply energy-use data, which I then crunched using free resources like Carbonfund.org.
When we arrived at a figure of approximately 11 lbs. CO2 equivalent – which includes the energy used to prepare coffee at Peregrine Espresso in Washington, DC – per pound of Finca Mauritania coffee, Counter Culture and Peregrine committed to plant trees in El Salvador that would capture the equivalent of the CO2 emissions that we had collectively generated in the growing, transporting, roasting, and brewing of the coffee.
One of the benefits of our self-directed supply-chain audit was that it familiarized us with the vocabulary, methodologies, and definitions of carbon footprints and greenhouse gas inventories. We talked to organizations that made it sound easy to do a quick audit and purchase offsets, but, having developed a pretty deep understanding of carbon and coffee, we recognized that taking our time to measure our footprint, strategize about reductions, and to find meaningful offset projects was the approach that best suited our dedication to real environmental sustainability. Our internal Sustainability Committee decided that, by 2015, the company would be carbon neutral and we have just achieved the first step toward that goal by completing a greenhouse gas inventory for the year 2010.
Working with Climate Smart, a Vancouver, BC-based auditing firm, we collected data on many aspects of our business, including the gas we burn roasting, electricity powering our espresso machines, fuel we use to commute, and the weight of paper we recycle (or don't!) and determined that we produced 576 metric tons of CO2 equivalent (CO2e) last year, or 1.2 lbs. of CO2e per pound of coffee we roast.
The roasting process accounts for a fair portion of our total footprint and our employee commuting does, as well, but our largest impact comes from air travel (and, wouldn't you know, I'm writing this from an airplane as I make my way to visit our partner co-op in Colombia). While our business model may make it hard to reduce our air travel, the good news is that we have lots of room for improvement in other areas of our operations – from electricity consumption to waste generated – and we are ready to work to reduce our footprint per pound of coffee for 2011 and beyond!
Stay tuned to the Sustainability section of our website for updates on our progress and check out Climate Smart for great information about carbon and resources for businesses and individuals.
Kim Elena
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He was preceded in death by his parents, Francisco and Elena Vasquez and a sister, Elodia Ramirez.
Visitation was held from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6, at Galloway & Sons Chapel in George West. A rosary was recited there that evening at 7 o'clock.
Funeral service will be Tuesday, Nov. 6 at 2 p.m. in Galloway & Sons Chapel in George West.
He is survived by his wife Rosalinda Vasquez of Vanderbilt; two daughters Melissa Vasquez of Vanderbilt and Isabel Vasquez (Johnny Rodriguez) of Corpus Christi; three sons, Max Vasquez (Mari) of Corpus Christi, Manuel Vasquez (Carmen) of Dallas and Andrew Casas (Emily) of Beeville; two brothers, Frank Vasquez (Maria) of Corpus Christi and Richard Vasquez (Trinie) of Taft; 13 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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CHARLOTTE HALL, Md. (WUSA) -- A Maryland fire marshal says that a fire that caused $25,000 in damage to a Charlotte Hall home on Friday afternoon was set by the homeowner.
According to the fire marshal, officials preliminary investigation indicates that Kenny Farrell intentionally set the master bedroom of a house in the 13200 block of Budds Landing Place on fire. Officials say that a smoke alarm was there but did not activate.
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The NBC Sports Network-televised portion of World Series of Fighting's debut event is now complete.
MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) today confirmed with sources close to the promotion that a light-heavyweight contest between Anthony Johnson (13-4) and D.J. Linderman (14-3) is the sixth and final contest planned for the broadcast.
The event takes place Nov. 3 at Las Vegas' Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino.
Also slated for the main card are former WEC bantamweight champion and recent UFC fighter Miguel Torres (40-5) vs. Shooto Brazil and XFC veteran Marlon Moraes (8-4-1).
The contests join previously announced contests of Andrei Arlovski vs. Devin Cole, Josh Burkman vs. Gerald Harris, Brian Cobb vs. Ronys Torres, and Gregor Gracie vs. Tyson Steele on the World Series of Fighting 1 main card.
An 11-time UFC veteran, Johnson fights for the third time as a light heavyweight. The 6-foot-2 "Rumble" competed mostly as a welterweight during his time in the octagon but has since elected to compete at 205 pounds, where he's racked up a pair of knockout wins over Jake Rosholt and Esteves Jones in regional shows. He's 5-1 in his past six contests.
Meanwhile, the 29-year-old Linderman has been competing as a heavyweight in recent outings but will drop back down to 205 pounds for this contest. Currently 5-1 in his past six contests, Linderman has competed professionally since 2008 and has never lost a bout via stoppage. He currently stands as Cage Warriors Fighting Championship's heavyweight champion.
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- Marlon Moraes vs. Miguel Torres
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- Brian Cobb vs. Rony Torres
- Gregor Gracie vs. Tyson Steele
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(3-3), while Joe McDonald added 12 points with Lasan Kromah tallied 10 points
and five assists.
Andre Nation was the only player for James Madison (1-5) to score in double-
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ATLANTA, GA -- "I'm John Barrow. Some people like me. Some people don't," intones the Democratic congressman from Georgia's 12th congressional district, in a commercial unseen on Atlanta TV.
"Liberal Congressman John Barrow lies to keep his job," says an announcer darkly in a commercial for Barrow's opponent, Republican Lee Anderson. This is part of the drumbeat of political advertising appearing on local television in Augusta and Savannah and Macon.
It's the essence of the campaign for the 12th district congressional race, an expensive and well-funded race that is easily the most expensive congressional race in Georgia.
Yet there are also eight contested congressional races this fall around metro Atlanta, most in majority Republican districts. None of the 16 candidates in those races has bought a lick of advertising on Atlanta TV. Turns out there's a reason for that.
"State legislators deliberately drew those districts to keep Republican incumbents safe. That's the prerogative that they have as the majority party," said Dr. Andra Gillespie, an Emory University associate professor. The creation of those five GOP-majority districts also resulted in three safe Democratic congressional seats.
Three congressional races in Georgia -- seats held by Reps. Lynn Westmoreland, Paul Broun and Austin Scott -- are uncontested in November. All the incumbents in those races are Republican.
Neither US Senator from Georgia is on the ballot in November.
Georgia TV is also mostly missing out on an abundance of negative advertising firing between the Obama and Romney presidential campaigns -- because both sides are convince Romney will win Georgia's 16 electoral votes.
"It would actually be foolhardy for the Obama campaign to put resources in here in Georgia when they've got much closer contests in southern states like Virginia and Florida and North Carolina," Gillespie said. However, both President Obama and former Gov. Romney have visited Georgia for fundraisers.
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Novak Djokovic finally got the better end of nemesis Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in Miami today (watch it.)
The Serb managed to snap a 4-match losing streak to his Frenchie foe defeating him 6-3, 6-4 in quarterfinals. He'll next face either Roger Federer or Andy Roddick for a spot in the final.
I love seeing Nole shirtless any day, any time. And today would've been a great day for him to wear nothing on top since both ballers were working the same pool colored adidas shirt though the styles were different (Nole = Edge Polo Falcon line, Jo-Willy = French Open Competition Tee).
I REPEAT: anyone for a "shirts vs. skins" rule to resolve these situations? For the lady ballers too??
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PHOTO OP: Why wear matching colored shirts when you can wear none at all?
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"anyone for a "shirts vs. skins" rule to resolve these situations? "ReplyDelete
*raises hand*
yes please!
And if we're throwing the ladies in, I'd like to put in a request that we get Wozniacki signed up...
- AnonymousApril 1, 2009 at 7:20 PM
Dude, that American Idol spoiler on Twitter was SO uncool. Have to unfollow you now because I am so annoyed. Love your blog, but no more of your Twitter.ReplyDelete
Yeah my bad - sorry! Fingers got way too excited.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 1, 2009 at 8:27 PM
Sorry for being off topic but you guys have to read this article. It tries to put into words all the complaints concerning the wta's state of shittiness I've heard on this blog. I'm pretty sure it's the written version of a bitch-slap.ReplyDelete
I frankly don't like seeing Novak with his shirt off. It grosses me out. However I am not completely opposed to shirts v skins. My one condition is that the players must actually be good to look at shirtless. I propose that they send shirtless pictures of themselves to Rich, he posts them here and we vote on who's worthy of shirtlessness.ReplyDelete
There's nothing for me to say except that I learned more about Novak Djokovic in the first minute than I ever wanted to know. Enjoy.ReplyDelete
only if we can can choose who goes skins.ReplyDelete
jo-willy, rafa, marat, fernando v, tommy haas - yes please.
nole, roger, james blake - no thanks.
sara: Ewwwww! TMI Nole - too much info. Hotness factor just dropped...a bitReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 2, 2009 at 7:15 AM
lol at the video. talk about honesty...geez!ReplyDelete
Check this:ReplyDelete
They looked kinda similar ;)
- Tennis ObserverApril 2, 2009 at 8:07 AM
Novak should wax his chest - and his anus!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 3, 2009 at 5:19 AM
Tennis Observer should wash his mouth. Sucker.ReplyDelete


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Mavic created their Yksion Griplink Tire to work specifically for the front of your bike. What distinguishes it as a front tire is the dual tread compound designed for supreme traction when you lay your bike into a sweeping high speed corner. In this regard, we think about the twitchy, sometimes downright manic stage finishes that Team Garmin/Cervelo riders negotiate as they set their sprint train in motion for Tyler Farrar, and we're often in awe. Those guys will be on Mavic tires and wheels this year, and we're certain that what's good for a Protour outfit is more than fine for us mere mortals.
The Yksion Griplink Tire is the perfect complement to Mavic's Exalith treated clincher rims as the black sidewalls match the color of the braking track for a stealthy appearance. And that the Mavic SSC logo is also identically matched to the wheel isn't lost on us either. The smooth black sidewall is more than just window dressing. The tread rubber is thickest, of course, in the center where it experiences the most wear, and thins progressively towards the bead. The result is a sidewall that resists cuts on gravel strewn roads as well as looks good. Mavic also includes a nylon breaker underneath the tread to add to the puncture protection. Even with these safeguards, the Yksion Griplink is a lightweight clincher tire.
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Put around 500 hard miles on these tires. They look good and roll well. Held up well against punctures although as the tread wears out they become more susceptible to them. Tires were durable and surpassed my expectation in regards to performance and ride feel. Definitely recommend.
Ride superbly, *not* puncture resistant
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I had these tires on the Mavic SSL wheelset I bought from my LBS (came as a package deal). They are lightweight! And they rode really well. Supple and smooth, fast acceleration, and did I mention light?
BUT in only a few hundred miles of riding, I suffered one puncture on the front (hit a small sharp rock that poinged out to the side as I rode over it) and three flats on the rear (one of them a quarter-inch tear/slash when I rode over a bit of broken glass).
I ride regularly in eastern Los Angeles and the Pasadena area. My past tires -- Vittorias, Panaracers, and Conti -- didn't puncture and tear as often. I think it's the thinness of the rubber. Lightweight but you sacrifice for it.
I've switched to Conti Grand Prixs.
Great but...
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I have had a couple of issue with these tires. The first set of tires arrived and the tire has an irregular spin but Backcountry promptly sent me a replacement. I slapped on the "new" tire and got a flat within 4 miles of my first ride on them. My entry level Vittorias that I replaced lasted roughly 1000 miles and never once puntured. I know that these things can't be helped but really, after only 4 miles? I have now inspected the tire again and it has a giant slash across the the tire. I love the tire when it's fully inflated as their rolling resistance is amazing, but I just don't have confidence that these tires are going to last anywhere near 1000 miles.
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True to claimed weight which i find rare with cycling components. Not "impossible" to put on as someone below claimed. and very grippy for a slick tire. All around I am impressed.
sure they aren't puncture resistant at all but you get the speed and sleekness and lightness
very good
I've put a few thousand miles on these tires. No punctures, no flats of any sort. Grippy enough, never had the tires slip in the rain except perhaps 2-3times pedalling hard up steep switchback curves in the rain - could've been road debris fault, plus those are just bad conditions for any slick tire. First set lasted me about 2,000 miles and I saved the tires for future use as they were not totally burned out by any means (may use them in the future as trainer tires). Lightweight IMO, and the durability + traction were the strong points in my experience. I currently have 3 sets of wheels outfitted with these.
Good so far...!
I've put half a season of road and criterium racing at a beginner level on these tires, and so far they've held up great. No complaints from me!
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I've put a few hundred miles on this tire (with Powerlink on back) and consider it to be one of the best deals I've received from RC. Installed as easily as any other tire on Fulcrum 7 wheel, has proven to be reliable in standard training-type riding on streets and paved trails. I live where I seldom face wet streets so I can't comment on wet grip. I got a great deal on Real Cyclist; glad I did because it got me out of inferior tires that were squared off after a few hundred miles. On sale? Get 'em.
Very stable at high speeds and quiet durable. It handles well in wet weather too. done a few Crits in the rain with these tires and i'm loving them
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Almost impossible to put on. Was only possible with special tool. If I get a flat, I'll be stranded. No wonder they have them on sale at 50% off.
Nah...they'll stretch out a bit after you ride them for a while. Vittorias are the same way...
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Ned Yost met with the media before tonight's final game of the Chicago White Sox series. Jeremy Guthrie will be taking the mound and has been very successful for the Royals since being acquired on July 20 from the Colorado Rockies. Yost said, "He has pitched effectively. He has kept the ball down, thrown quality strikes down in the zone. He has been very, very good at making quality pitches…consistently."
Luis Mendoza is feeling better after being sick for a couple of days and will be taking the mound tomorrow against the Cleveland Indians. "He feels goods, he looks good, he feels strong and there's no signs of him not feeling good. He looks 100% normal and natural," said Yost.
In last night's game, Alcides Escobar set the club record for hits by a shortstop. "I always knew the kid could hit and he is going to continue to get better, continue to get stronger and he will hit more home runs as he gets older. But when we signed him (to an extension) this year, somebody asked what do you think he can hit and I thought he is probably a .280 hitter and he interrupted and said no .300. He was right, he was more right than I was. I expected him to eventually be a consistent .300 hitter, but he has proved to be a consistent .300 hitter earlier than I thought he would be. He has had a tremendous year and that is a great accomplishment, the hits he has gotten this year, and the way he was able to sustain his offensive production all year long, moving to the two-hole and not miss a beat has been very impressive," said Yost.
Rookie prospect Jake Odorizzi will be taking the mound in Sunday's game vs. the Indians. Someone from the media asked, "If it is more beneficial for him to have a catcher who has caught him before or someone who knows the hitters?" Yost answered with, "It's hard to learn a guy if you haven't caught them before, it takes a time or two. There is a relationship between a pitcher and catcher that you have to be able to know what he can do, what he can't do and more importantly what he thinks he can do. So I think it is more important to have someone who has caught him before, understands what his pitches do, understands what it takes if he gets in trouble (of) how to get him out of trouble. They (pitcher and catcher) will have the benefit of watching two games, they will have a game plan formulated by the time he pitches and they will get a good feel for the hitters.


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Use of this medication for prolonged or repeated periods may result in oral thrush or a new vaginal yeast infection (oral or vaginal fungal infection). Contact your doctor if you notice white patches in your mouth, a change in vaginal discharge or other new symptoms.
A serious allergic reaction to this drug is unlikely, but get medical help right away if it occurs. Symptoms of a serious allergic reaction include: rash, itching/severe swelling (especially of the face/tongue/throat), severe dizziness, trouble breathing.
This is not a complete list of possible side effects. If you notice other effects not listed above, contact your doctor or pharmacist.
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Before using this medication, tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are allergic to it; or if you have any other allergies. This product may contain inactive ingredients, which can cause allergic reactions or other problems. Talk to your pharmacist for more details.
Before using this medication, tell your doctor or pharmacist your medical history, especially of: kidney disease or kidney dialysis, muscle problems (e.g., myopathy).
This drug may make you dizzy. Do not drive, use machinery, or do any activity that requires alertness until you are sure you can perform such activities safely. Limit alcoholic beverages.
Before having surgery, tell your doctor or dentist about all the products you use (including prescription drugs, nonprescription drugs, and herbal products).
Caution is advised when using this drug in the elderly because they may be more sensitive to the effects of the drug.
This medication should be used only when clearly needed during pregnancy. Discuss the risks and benefits with your doctor.
This drug passes into breast milk in very small amounts. Consult your doctor before breast-feeding.
Drug interactions may change how your medications work or increase your risk for serious side effects. This document does not contain all possible drug interactions. Keep a list of all the products you use (including prescription/nonprescription drugs and herbal products) and share it with your doctor and pharmacist. Do not start, stop, or change the dosage of any medicines without your doctor's approval.
Some products that may interact with this drug include: aminoglycosides (e.g., tobramycin), "blood thinners" (e.g., warfarin), "statin" drugs for cholesterol (e.g., simvastatin, lovastatin), live bacterial vaccines.
Although most antibiotics are unlikely to affect hormonal birth control such as pills, patch, or ring, a few antibiotics (such as rifampin, rifabutin) can decrease their effectiveness. This could result in pregnancy. If you use hormonal birth control, ask your doctor or pharmacist for more details.
This medication may interfere with certain laboratory tests (including blood clotting tests such as PT and INR), possibly causing false test results. Make sure laboratory personnel and all your doctors know you use this drug.
If overdose is suspected, contact a poison control center or emergency room right away. US residents can call their local poison control center at 1-800-222-1222. Canada residents can call a provincial poison control center.
Do not share this medication with others.
This medication has been prescribed for your current condition only. Do not use it later for another infection unless told to do so by your doctor. A different medication may be necessary in those cases.
Laboratory and/or medical tests (e.g., CPK levels) should be performed periodically to monitor your progress or check for side effects. Additional lab tests (kidney function) should be performed, especially if you have kidney disease. Consult your doctor for more details.
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ELKHART — A group of students from Valparaiso University will be visiting Elkhart to help maintain a local river.
The students, many of them members of the Valparaiso University Biology Club, will be working at the Elkhart Conservation Club property on Cobus Creek Sunday, March 24.
The club will arrive at the creek around 11: 30 a.m. and leave at 6 p.m.
Grayson Davis, professor of biology at Valparaiso University, said though there isn't a set of procedures, the group is expected to provide maintenance to the river Sunday through a program called Hoosier Riverwatch.
The group monitors the river, examining it in different ways. They'll complete a form that will give them an overall quality index, Davis said.
The goal of the group is to help make the river more habitable for fish.
The group has often visited Elkhart in the past. Davis said the group usually visits Elkhart twice a year. In total, the group has completed more than 50 trips with eight more events planned this spring. The club provides 1,500 hours of service per year to communities around the area.
Other bodies of the water the club has worked with include the Brandywine Creek, the McCoy Creek and the Dowagiac river in Michigan and the Little Calumet river, Trail Creek and Baugo Creek in Indiana.
The Elkhart's Conservation Club's grounds on Cobus Creek include a rustic cabin and a 35,000-capacity trout hatchery. Recent wildlife sightings at the club include turkeys, owls, sandhill cranes, coyotes, deer and foxes.
"It's hard to believe you're still in Elkhart when you are on the grounds," Davis said. "It's amazing that you can walk down this hill and see a place like that."
For this particular event, there will be six to eight students and some members of the community.
"I have a small group of highly motivated kids. They find a lot of satisfaction in this," he said.
Anyone from the Elkhart community interested is also invited to attend and help, said Davis.
Anyone interested in participating on Sunday should be ready for a walk in the woods; they should bring rain gear in case it rains and a pair of old gloves.
"It's a chance to get out of the town, get out of the dorm and get outdoors with like-minded people. We always see something pretty; we do some good. We have a cookout, and we have some fun. They get to see or do things that ordinarily they would never do."


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During the annual Bridgefest celebration, at Hancock Beach volleyball doubles will be played Saturday, June 19, and co-ed 4's will play Sunday, June 20.
On Saturday, July 17, at the Copper Island Beach Club, a beach volleyball tournament will take place, including a kids' tournament.
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Every Tuesday evening, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., throughout the summer, the Finlandia University Paavo Nurmi Center gymnasium will host open gyms for volleyball players.
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Mexico's Drug Kingpins Are Coming to America
Cartels send top agents to midwest cities like Columbus
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CHICAGO (AP) — Mexican drug cartels whose operatives once rarely ventured beyond the U.S....
Yep...drug kingpins are applying for citizenship... ha ha ha ha ha...more fear-mongering from the righty-tighties.
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whgfailure's psychotic babble PROVES the drug problem is epidemic in the valley.
He is just jealous SUPER BLUE LIBERAL TOWN San Fran is getting more gay sex and weed than him the Kickstand oops i mean the WVjeeper oops I mean the whgfleeing aka .........
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You can't attack this from the SUPPLIER side
TRILLIONS have been spent by law enforcement yet it shows no sign of even slowing down!
The DEMAND must be addressed since the ONLY reason they are here is there is a DEMAND for it!
When bad parents raise bad kids, they get into drugs and once hooked, they will do ANYTHING to get high including burlary,and armed robery which we are now seeing daily in this area!
Bad parents are like alcoholics
In order for them to get better they must first be willing to ADMIT they HAVE a problem!!!
Good luck with THAT!!
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"San Francisco, home of the highest rate of illegal drug-related emergency room visits in the nation"
That's what happens when progressive Democrats control a city!
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And finally, let us not forget San Francisco, home of the highest rate of illegal drug-related emergency room visits in the nation. SAMSHA's survey estimated that there were 809 illicit drug-related emergency room visits per 100,000 in the San Francisco area. "****** remains the No. 1 abused drug in San Francisco, while ****** and ************* continue to impact Oakland, says the DEA."
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bush got us into the wars..now we have to dig out from them. if bush didn't lead with lies we wouldn't be in iraq. if bush didn't let america get attacked we we wouldn't be in a war there either. again..never place blame where it belongs. easier to blame others for your fails.
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oldmansvan has achieved a new low in ignorance, must be a loyal state run television (MSNBC) viewer.
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What a quaint thought; that the citizens of a nation have the right to self-determination. Now the globalist tyrants in league with our "representatives" want to define the rights of a nation's people. My how quickly times have changed.
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you can tell by music preference how a person votes. If they are relaxed and savoring the presentation, they are conservative. Throwing their body all arround the room, banging their head with a whiskey bottle and drooling- liberal.
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idea.the new amnesty law. For twenty years 500 pathway individuals will be deported for each caught coming across the border.
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They hold an election. they promise change. things get worse and they can't figure what changed to make things worse.
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The only safe and sure laws are GOD's Laws. they never change for political purpose or special interest membership. Politicians have a dangerous habit of twisting the law to custom blend a campaign message. GOD never changed his order. Never. Eye for eye and mates must not have same rib count. Go boy scouts.
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and, they was additionally also axed if amnesty was good oar bad.
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Lies lies lies. I heard democrat spoksmen on the television say there was n't not none problems with that border issue stuffs.
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This country now has three masters to obey- Drug Cartels, Obama and Israel. We have no say in the matter.
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okay,so who's the kingpins for all the moonshine floating around here? there is a market.seeing as there has been such a huge market for marijuana for the past 40 years, why not make some money on it?being illegal doesn't keep anyone from using it.people are going to live however they want to.and a bottle of 151 will really mess you up.
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Who cares about drug kingpins?
We need to make sure homosexuals can legally marry and make sure women are on the front lines of combat. We also need to keep adding to the national debt and supplying U.S. weaponry to muslim nations.
Who has time for drug kingpins?
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Triton has achieved a new low in stupidity. must be a loyal faux nooz viewer.
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'kingpins coming to America' eh? There are no 'human rights' in America for non-citizens. Catch 'em....use all the techniques we used in Abu Ghriab and use those methods to the Nth power. That'll slow up their infestation.
Oh, and forget that 'let's legalize' drugs moronic solution. There are too many uneducated losers in our country already. Legalize drugs and we'll have a nation of zombies spending their government stipends on the constant 'newer and more potent' drugs. These losers will be killing & robbing to get money for the newly 'legal' drugs. 'Temp insanity and 'altered state' pleads will endless rise as will crimes.
You must meet 'threats' in kind. No 'let's reason' solutions. Return violence with violent defenses. Or else....start learning Spanish and eating tamales.
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Every illegal in this country should be deported on the first offense and shot on the second.
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Feeling safer yet with Ononsense in charge?
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This is RIDICULOUS after 9-11, we should have locked the da*n border down tight as a drum.
If smugglers can get drugs across, so can Taliban and Al Queda get across.
The Democrap whores are so anxious to get more voters they have sold out the security of this country.
20 years ago there were families crossing the border to find a better life.
The border is so tough now the only people coming across are drug smugglers using innocent civilians who are willing to carry drugs in return for being ALLOWED to sneak into the USA.
They sell DRUGS for AMERICAN WEAPONS to carry out their wars against each other and the Mexican government.
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Come on guys they're just looking for a better life in America, let's give them some "free" healthcare and an education while we're at it...
And mikeyd, whether you're being sarcastic or not, do you honestly think the profitability of selling dope (the allure of the industry) will remain the same once it's legalized? These guys want this stuff to be illegal as hell.
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Its just part of electing a President and a party into power who sees their power and hold on power is really from outside the US. Obama and his followers are willing to import enough voters to the US to control the government and the rest of us who call ourselves Americans will be left with no power to achieve any goals, but we will be able to pay for our own demise. Obama is obsessed with installing fundamental Islamic governments in the MIddle East even at the cost of senior citizens, education, health, etc in the US. Unless you are a stone stupid cultist you may be able to remember just a few years ago when Obama ran for President. If you can remember those slogans and promises, or can find them in archives you might wonder, why are we still in Iraq and Afghanistan? The deadline for troops out of Iraq was 12/31/11 and it came and passed and they are still there, even though the elected, democratic gov of Iraq asked Obama to remove them. So what are we still doing there?
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Maybe we should be more active on our borders and less active on al-kida 6,000 miles away! And the peeps think that migrant farm workers are crossing the open border!!!!
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It�s more than a little disturbing to read that so many municipalities along the North Carolina coast are willing to take in tourists� dollars, yet forgo lifeguard services to protect them.
Years ago, Carteret County cut off funding for lifeguard services to its towns. Our citizens were adamant about providing protection and our town council wisely developed a plan.
To the chagrin of many, we started charging for parking; however, I think that paying to park to support a safe beach is a no-brainer (and renters get passes for free parking). Our town is only about four miles wide, with protected swimming areas and top-notch emergency medical services crews with state-of-the-art equipment capable of performing all manner of rescues.
This is not rocket science � it�s simply a matter of conscience and priority. If they choose to expose tourists to �swim at their own risk,� then maybe tourists should spend their dollars at the beaches that provide the safety they should expect.
If a little town like Atlantic Beach can do it, so can they, and I would ask them: �What�s the value of even one life?�
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We live in an exciting time for systems research given the explosion of digital data mined from our world and social relationships, new experiences such as cloud computing and the mobile Internet, and incredible advances in computing devices, storage media, and connectivity. We engage in fundamental systems research with expertise that spans theory and practice in distributed systems, storage systems, cloud computing, networking, and programming languages. Over the years, we have designed, built, analyzed, and optimized various large-scale production distributed systems that power on-line services. These experiences have inspired a series of research projects, producing significant results in top systems conferences such as SOSP, OSDI, NSDI, Eurosys, and VLDB.
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PASS project is a continuing collaboration with the Cosmos team that aims to improve SCOPE script correctness and performance using program analysis techniques, following the inter-disciplinary research direction, among program language, system and database research.
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An explosion of user-generated data from online social networks motivates analysis to extract deep insights from this data's graph of social, temporal, spatial, and topical connections. We are building a system to enable storage and analysis of such graphs that considers their evolution over time as trending topics and social activities change.
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TimeStream is a distributed system designed specifically for low-latency continuous processing of big streaming data on a large cluster of commodity machines. The unique characteristics of this emerging application domain have led to a significantly different design from the popular MapReduce-style batch data processing. In particular, we advocate a powerful new abstraction called resilient substitution that caters to the specific needs in this new computation model.
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The computation core of many data-intensive applications can be best expressed as matrix computations. The MadLINQ project addresses the following two important research problems: the need for a highly scalable, efficient and fault-tolerant matrix computation system that is also easy to program, and the seamless integration of such specialized execution engines in a general purpose data-parallel computing system.
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TORONTO – While Claude Patrick (14-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) and Brian Ebersole (48-14-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) square off at Saturday's UFC 140 event, it will be the first time the two have ever met in a cage.
However, it's not the first time they've met.
"I was actually going to go and teach for him in Australia," Patrick told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). "I hurt myself, and he was looking to leave Australia for a bit and go on a little vacation. He was like, 'Come down, teach for three months.' I was like, 'Alright.'"
The chance meeting came back in 2006 ("Google is a beautiful thing," says Canadian Patrick), and Ebersole, a U.S.-born welterweight who is also a longtime Australian resident, was hoping to take some time off from his training center. But Canadian health care prevented Patrick from following through on the offer.
"I was going to do it, but I had a surgery scheduled," Patrick said. "You know how it is in Canada. You get your surgery when you get it. So I couldn't leave and take advantage of that."
And so the two went on with their lives, racking up wins on the regional scene while hoping to catch a break in the bigtime. For Ebersole, it took more than 60 professional fights before he finally made his way into the octagon at UFC 127.
His cartwheel kicks and chest-hair arrow were new to many UFC fans, but Patrick followed Ebersole's career along the way.
"He's got a bunch of different styles, actually," Patrick said. "I think his biggest thing is misdirection. He kind of gets you looking somewhere else, whether it be is arrow or his funny haircut or his cartwheel kicks. You end up thinking about that stuff and not respecting him as a fighter. Then you go home the loser. That's not the plan with me.
"I've actually watched a lot of his fights before as a fan. I'm aware of him. I watch the guys in my division, and I like a lot of the stuff he does. Hopefully he doesn't do any of that stuff to me."
Patrick carries an impressive 13-fight win streak into the octagon, and he even earned a win on April's record-breaking UFC 129 fight card. While the UFC 140 fight, which takes place at Toronto's Air Canada Centre, marks Patrick's first appearance on pay-per-view, he insists nerves will not play a factor.
"Octagon jitters is nonexistent for me," Patrick said. "That's more other people's sort of thing. Jitters is not knowing if you're going to get paid or if your opponent is going to show up or the promoter is going to skip town afterwards. There's none of that in the UFC, so everything is good, and I'm really happy with the results."
Rightfully so. Patrick hasn't tasted defeat since 2002, and he's already earned UFC wins over Daniel Roberts, James Wilks and Ricardo Funch. He hasn't quite generated a ton of buzz just yet, but a win over Ebersole would certainly help.
"I kind of fly below the radar as much as possible for the most part," Patrick said. "I don't really sing it; I bring it. You keep winning, and eventually people will take notice of that.
"A lot of these guys are talking, talking and running around doing backflips and craziness like that and trying to get attention. Then, when it's time to perform, they fall a little short. I'd rather leave the proof in the pudding than be talking."
So Patrick will look to dish out a little pudding on Saturday night. Ebersole will have some wild chest-hair creation, but Patrick thinks he'll be the one with his hand raised.
"This is a good opportunity," Patrick said. I'm looking forward to it."
For more on UFC 140, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.