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The stock has recovered after the post-earnings fall. The volumes have not been great, but the important supports have held. The main reason for the drop was that the revenues came in below estimates. There was a modest 6% growth in revenues on a yoy basis, though there was a 5% drop sequentially. The EPS came in much better than estimates, even if one excludes the abnormal gains during the quarter. The net income increased by 138% on a yoy basis. However, an analyst on seekingalpha was particularly negative about the stock. He cited slow pace of growth and some data points which suggest 'diminishing perceived value' of IAC's offering. IAC is generating less revenue per eyeball, indicating less than optimal monetizing of the consumer base. This was attributed to the fact that the IAC's websites are not that suited for mobile viewing. Adjusting to the transition of increased usage of mobile devices is critical for most companies working in the space. IAC's dependence on Google is another factor to expect lower traffic in the future as Google updates its algorithm. The author also expects 2014 earnings estimates for Interactive to be lower. While it is true that IACI needs to do better on growth, one cannot underestimate the company or ignore its good performance over the years. Increased use of internet through mobile devices provides challenges, but can also be seen as a growth opportunity for the company to leverage. Companies usually look at new emerging growth segments to diversify revenue streams and bolster growth over the long term. Interactive invested in fantasy sports where Yahoo (YHOO), Comcast (CMCSA) and MGT Capital Investments (MGT) have put in their money. The drop in the stock price and increase in EPS has improved the valuations, but it is critical that the future quarters reflect management's efforts at achieving better operational metrics.
Nice overview. Thanks.
Another worthwhile mention is to keep your eyes on Aereo. If they continue to beat the media conglomerate lawsuits against them, this company will explode upwards and take IACI with them.
Barry Diller is a clever guy who's been around the block hence I have full confidence that he will soon figure out how to move towards and monetize within the mobile world.


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Crock Pot Beef and Mushroom Casserole
Total Time
Prep 10 mins
Cook 8 mins
There is no need to peek at this while cooking. This is perfect served over mashed potatoes, rice or egg noodles.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 2 lbs steak, cubed (your choice)
- 1 (4 ounce) can mushrooms, with liquid
- 1 (10 1/2 ounce) can cream of mushroom soup
- 1⁄2 cup white wine
- Place all ingredients in the slow cooker and stir well.
- Cook on low for at least 8 hours.
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I thought this was a delicious meal that was easily prepared. I opted for fresh mushrooms instead of canned. This gave it some additional flavor and texture.
This was extrememly easy to make. I do think that it was a bit bland and could use some spices of your choice (black pepper, Original Mrs. Dash, etc.) Also, for mushroom lovers I would add a second can of mushrooms, but this one drained of all liquid.

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Cubs Hits Of The Week (For The Week Ending 4/5)
The five hits that did the most to enhance the Cubs' chance of winning this week, as measured by FanGraphs' Win Probability Added (WPA):
#5 Big Hit: Saturday v. Houston, 3rd inning--Derrek Lee cracks a solo home run off Roy Oswalt to tie the Astros, 2-2. Lee would later employ his game-tying skills to more good use. (See #4 Big Hit.) WPA .120
#4 Big Hit: Saturday v. Houston, 7th inning--Lee collects his fourth hit of the day, a single to plate Mike Fontenot and erase the 5-3 deficit the Cubs faced at the beginning of the seventh inning. WPA .200
#3 Big Hit: Friday v. Houston, 7th inning--Geovany Soto had only three hits in the season's opening week, but this two-out, two-run single against Astros starter Chris Sampson got the Cubs on the board and even with the visitors at 2-2. WPA .294
#2 Big Hit: Saturday v. Houston, 7th inning--With 40,000 people chanting his name, Kosuke Fukudome worked the count full against the Astros' Wesley Wright, then pounded a two-out, tie-breaking double into left field. This could have been the defining moment of Fukudome's first week as a Chicago Cub, if it wasn't for what happened five days earlier... WPA .304
#1 Big Hit: Monday v. Milwaukee, 9th inning--The Cubs were down to their final three outs when Fukudome launched a 3-1 pitch from Eric Gagne into the right-center field bleachers, sending the Opening Day matchup into extra innings. WPA .454
Through Saturday, Fukudome led all of MLB with a personal WPA of .98. Alfonso Soriano (-.55), Ryan Theriot (-.43), and Felix Pie (-.33) were all down near the bottom.
Update: Reader big_lowitzki points out that Derrek Lee's seventh-inning homer on Sunday (WPA .217) would occupy the fourth slot on the list, but the list is based on games through Saturday only. Will Lee's bomb make it into next week's list? Be sure to return to this space next Sunday to find out! (I believe the technical name for this is a "tease.")
Re: Cubs Hits Of The Week (For The Week Ending 4/5)
You are missing Lee's home run yesterday, which would have fit in at #4.
Re: Cubs Hits Of The Week (For The Week Ending 4/5)
Great job by Big Z this week!! 2 outstanding pitching performances (now start drinking water and no caffeine and we will be all set!). If we can get Z to step up and pitch like a true #1, this team could be looking at 90 wins. Besides K-Fuk, he has been the Cub giving me the best hope for the rest of the season. Now we just need Pie, Theriot, and Soto to step up and actually start playing like real MLB players.
Re: Cubs Hits Of The Week (For The Week Ending 4/5)
That throw from Fukudome yesterday to home plate was beautiful. He would have easily had Backe at home, but Backe stopped.
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Just wanted to say - really like the schedule on the sidebar with ESPN links, as well as the expanded TCR approved section. Well done.
Re: Cubs Hits Of The Week (For The Week Ending 4/5)
I agree. This new site just keeps getting better and better.
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Yeah but the writers on this new site are still not as good as the writers on the old site.
Re: Cubs Hits Of The Week (For The Week Ending 4/5)
Its nice to see 2 OFer's with strong accurate arms. Soriano nails a guy at home to save a run and if Jaque Jones was in RF Backe would have gone and probably made it home. Instead its Fukudome with a perfect strike to the plate and makes the Astro's think twice.
Thats the kind of crap that doesn't show up in boxscores with Fukudome and why he is in Chicago.
Wood is the dominate closer we have needed for years. Sure he is gonna have his bad games but he already makes it look easy compared to Dempster.
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Good Point MikeC! When Pie is playing too we really have 3 very good throwing OF's. RF especially is a big upgrade from last year with Floyd/Murton/JJ/Wardasauraus roaming out there.
As for Wood it is nice to see him rebound from his horrendous first outing, but the biggest thing with me is not can he do the job, as I think he will be an adequate closer, it is can he stay healthy as we are now again counting on him.
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Levine said on ESPN 1000 today, Marmol will close today if needed.
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There is nothing wrong with counting on Wood, so long as you have an adequate back up.
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Well, I would argue there is something wrong counting on Wood with his vast injury background. And while we do hav e aback up plan of likely moving Marmol into the closer role, then what happens with Marmol's setup role? There will be a HUGE dropoff as to whoever takes that slot. If Wood stays healthy he will be fine as a closer, but that is a BIG "if", and if he does go down, it will hurt the team overall, no question.
Re: Counting On Wood
Name another team that has the bullpen depth that the Cubs have, especially with the righties.
Most teams would LOVE to have a bullpen that consisted of:
Re: Counting On Wood
b_l: I'm not so sure "most teams would LOVE" to have Howry given (a) his salary and (b) his inability to get anyone out the first two months of the season.
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Well... first of all, he pitches well enough to deserve his salary.
Second, I never said teams would love to have individual players. I said teams would love to have that bullpen.
Re: Counting On Wood
If Marmol ends up having to move into the closer role, then Wuertz will do a great job taking over his set up role with no dropoff in production.
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So we should trade for a closer Manny on the possibility of Wood getting injured?
Any injury to a star player hurts the team, duh.
Re: Wood
"So we should trade for a closer Manny on the possibility of Wood getting injured?"
No, I just wouldn't have resigned Wood as I personally didn't feel we would have been able to count on him. He very well might stay healthy and have a very good year as a closer. I truly hope so, but I wouldn't bet on it that is for sure.
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Ok, so if you count of Wood you might need to replace him if he gets hurt. If you don't count on Wood you MUST replace him. Given his salary (only $1.8 million), you are not going to be able to get a replacement player close to the production that Wood could give you if healthy. Seems like a pretty good gamble to me.
Re: Wood
Ron Richardson:
"Ok, so if you count of Wood you might need to replace him if he gets hurt. If you don't count on Wood you MUST replace him."
Or you could have done nothing and left the guy you signed as a closer there.
Re: Wood
Rob Richardson:
"The problem in both cases is that Dempster doesn't want to be a closer."
Well, then he shouldn't have signed a 3 year contract with the Cubs to be the closer at the end of the 2005 season. he should have looked for a team who was willing to have him start right away.
Re: Wood
I am not sure what Dempster's contract has to do with Wood being the closer, but wasn't Dempster coming off of Tommy John surgery when the Cubs signed him? Maybe he was looking for a team that would be willing to give him a shot at starting when he had fully rehabed. Kind of like John Smoltz.
Re: Cubs Hits Of The Week (For The Week Ending 4/5)
But Dempster sucks....Wood is better.
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I would have signed Wood and made Marmol the closer.
Wood could set up.
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j.buchanan with a nice start...5ip 2h 1bb 3k, 0r/er
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Right now, I'd like to see the Mets first, Giants 2nd.
I believe that since most of the team from last years' NLCS is on the squad this year, they will really amp their game up even more to kick their ass in payback for 2015.
The Giants just do not have the depth in years past, and I think all things equal - and at Wrigley - they could handle them.
I do not want to see the Cards, period. Or their fans, media, or Joe Buck.
I don't want to play Braves in the first round. Any friggin team in the league can win 3 of 5..I hate the first round. Furthermore, I wanted to play the Marlins in 2003 and the Mets over Dodgers last year.
With that said in reverse order:
3. Cardinals: It will be devastating to lose in the first round, but even worse to their main rival. It is increased incentive for the Cardinals, especially after last year. Cards would have nothing to lose, Cubs have everything to lose.
2. Giants: Rotation in the playoffs scare me a bit, but what a lousy team.
1. Mets--because of the losses in the rotation
2. Giants--because they're not the team they were BUT they maybe have bullshit even-year magic?
3. Cardinals--because rivalry and not making the playoffs hurts them more than losing in the NLDS plus getting eliminated by them in the playoffs would make for horrible sports commentary next throughout next season.
Who's asking?
CLE/DET rained out last night already, possible rain-outs in New York (vs. Baltimore), Boston(vs. Toronto) and Philly(vs. Mets) this weekend too.
Not only games involving playoff spots that would need to be played, but any that involve home field advantage.
I got the first one! Second one I'm not even sure what even/odd betting is.
any opponent preference for NLDS?
Mets are down to 1 great pitcher instead of 4. Syndegaard may pitch Sunday which means if Mets win the WC game, he'd be set up for Game 1. There's a chance they clinch a spot by Sunday so he'd pitch the WC and then we'd probably get Colon for Game 1. They've certainly had the hottest bats over the last week and month out of the WC options.
A couple of Cub related puzzles.
Can't teach height and thinness
Hopefully Pirates don't call up A. Lincoln.
j.buchanan going friday...should be...baseball...or something like it.
Wow. I didn't know they could do that.
Nice for Willson, not so much for Addy.
Game is officially called...also officially a tie.
Stats count, no make-up date of course.
Yeah -- seeing the weather -- I hope KB and Rizz are inside, wrapped in blankets and drinking hot chocolate.


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Kentucky State Police Post 5 will host the 2013 Trooper Island Golf Scramble June 12 at the Henry County Country Club in New Castle. Trooper Island is a non-profit organization that operates solely on private contributions.
Registration begins at 8 a.m. and the scramble will begin at 9 a.m.
The cost is $60 per person or $240 per team. It includes green fees, cart and lunch. The fee also includes a chance to win a 2013 Chevrolet Camaro.
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The Green Valley Crusaders' will host a bake sale and lunch from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Friday, June 14 at Green Valley Nursing Home, 1206 11th Street. The lunch will consist of hot dog or coney, chips and drink for $5. The Green Valley team's proceeds benefit Carroll County Relay for Life.
Team Robbins sets yard sale
Thirty-two contestants representing local scholarship pageants from across the state will be vying for the title of Miss Kentucky 2013 and this year one of the semi-finalists will be determined by the public, rather than the panel of judges.
Relay for Life Team Robbins held "Pageant Prep" Saturday, May 18, at the Carroll County Middle School. The day was dedicated to giving all girls the royal princess treatment. The girls received tips on make up and hair; self-confidence and self-esteem; walking, posing and poise tips; wardrobe tips; and etiquette lessons. They participated in mock interviews with public speaking advice. The girls also got their picture taken with pageant queens from across the state. All money raised benefited the Carroll County Relay for Life.
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If DAP succeeds in forming Sarawak State Government in next general election in 2021, the first DAP Chief Minister of Sarawak is unlikely be a Chinese but most likely be a Dayak
Sarawakians and Malaysians must be shocked to read about the speech by the PAS President, Datuk Seri Hadi Awang at a ceramah in Kuching that only a Muslim bumiputera can be Chief Minister of Sarawak and not a Chinese or a non-Muslim bumiputera.
It is very sad and shocking to see PAS advocating such narrow and divisive politics, when everyone should be promoting unity, harmony and togetherness in our multi-racial, multi-religious, multi-lingual and multi-cultural society.
For promoting such a narrow, negative and divisive stand, all the 11 PAS candidates in the 11th Sarawak state general election deserve to lose their deposits on May 7 Polling Day.
Sarawak and Malaysia should be going forward to weld a greater unity out of the rich and diverse ethnic groups, languages, religions and cultures in our midst instead of segregating the diverse ethnic groups, languages, religions and cultures into their separate silos which is not to promote greater national unity but engender greater distrust, division and disunity in our plural society.
I met the first Sarawak Chief Minister, Stephen Kalong Ningkan half a century ago when DAP was established in 1966, and after Stephen was toppled as Sarawak Chief Minister, he was succeeded by another Iban, Tawi Sli.
Sabah had also a history of Chief Ministers who is not a Muslim bumiputera, with personalities like Peter Lo, Joseph Pairin Kitingan, Yong Teck Lee, Chong Kah Kiat and Bernard Dompok.
It is sad that instead of going forwards to promote greater unity, there is a political party which is advocating that the country should go backwards to erect artificial walls to divide the people in Sarawak and Malaysia. Read the rest of this entry »
Sarawak BN is running the most schizophrenic election campaign in Malaysian election history
Posted by Kit in DAP, Election, Najib Razak, Sarawak on Tuesday, 3 May 2016
Only eight days into the 11th Sarawak state general election on May 7, Sarawak Barisan Nasional is running the most schizophrenic election campaign in Malaysian election history, painfully reflecting the confusion, "double vision" and split personality of the Sarawak Barisan Nasional campaign.
The best example is the reaction of the PBB Deputy President Abang Johari Abang Openg who warned Barisan Nasional not to be lulled into a false sense of security by my statement that DAP risks losing seven seats.
Abang Johari should not be accusing me of employing a "ploy", but should direct his attack on the Sarawak Chief Minisrer, Tan Sri Adenan Satem, as I was only taking Adenan seriously when he declared two days ago that Barisan Nasional would win at least 70 of the 82 seats in the May 7 polls.
This would leave at most 12 seats to be won by the Opposition. Baru Bian predicts five seats for PKR, which leaves only some five to seven seats for the DAP – which fits exactly the worst-case scenario described by Adenan, and why I had warned in Sarikei on Saturday night that DAP risked losing more than half of the 12 seats won in the 2011 general election.
If I am wrong, then it was Adenan who was wrong in publicly declaring that BN would win at least 70 out of 82 State Assembly seats on May 7. Read the rest of this entry »
Are the voters of Tasik Biru prepared for their rendezvous with history on May 7?
Are the voters of Tasik Biru prepared for their rendezvous with history on May 7?
The famous gold-mining town of Bau had been replete with history, going back some 200 years.
There was a historic episode in Bau in 1837 and another in 1857, but on May 7, 2016, the people of Bau and the voters of Tasik Biru are set to write a new and greater history for Sarawak and Malaysia in the 11th Sarawak state general election by spearheading a third wave of political change in the country.
I first visited Bau in September 1978, after the Great Fire of Bau on 24th September 1978 when Bau town was virtually razed to the ground. Read the rest of this entry »
One way to avoid three-cornered fights in 14 GE is for PAS to concentrate in Kelantan, Terengganu, Kedah and Perlis while AMANAH focuses on all the other states, subject to adjustments to the arrangement by two parties
Posted by Kit in Election, Pakatan Harapan, Parliament, Parti Amanah, PAS on Thursday, 15 October 2015
The various combinations and permutations in the Malaysian political arena, not only in the ruling coalition of UMNO/BN parties but in the Opposition, seem to be the hot topic of the day.
Yesterday, there was the grand announcement of new political alignment and co-operation between PAS and Perkasa, but such a development would not forestall the holding of three-cornered fights in the 14th General Election which must be held in 2018.
May be one way to avoid three-cornered fights in 14th General Election is for PAS to concentrate in Kelantan, Terengganu, Kedah and Perlis while Parti AMANAH Negara focuses on all the other states, subject to adjustments to the arrangement by two political parties.
This may or may not be a workable proposition as I have not discussed it with any other political party or personality. Read the rest of this entry »
Singapore and Malaysia on diverging election paths
Posted by Kit in Election, Malaysian Dream, Najib Razak on Thursday, 3 September 2015
by Greg Earl
Australian Financial Review
Sep 2 2015
The idea of Singapore founder Lee Kuan Yew breaking into tears when he announced the city's separation from Malaysia 50 years ago is now as much a part of the country's foundation ideology as its lack of natural resources.
It has been both celebrated during this year's 50th anniversary and disputed by those who think Lee was a cynical politician not unhappy to be carving out some space from the Malay world.
But one thing is certain as Singapore prepares for an election next week: few people are shedding any tears about being separated from the political train wreck underway across the border. Read the rest of this entry »
Malaysia's Many Scandals
Posted by Kit in Bersih, Corruption, Election, Najib Razak on Saturday, 22 August 2015
By AMBIGA SREENEVASAN
New York Times
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia's ruling party is facing its greatest crisis of legitimacy yet. Long seen as a modern and moderate Muslim democracy, Malaysia has been riding on its economic growth and good diplomacy for years, and the United Malays National Organization (UMNO), which has led coalition governments for nearly six decades, has been claiming the credit.
But rampant corruption, curbs on freedom of expression, a slowing economy and a currency in free fall have eroded public trust in the government's stewardship. It hasn't helped that Prime Minister Najib Razak recently reshuffled the cabinet, and sacked the deputy prime minister and the attorney general for asking uncomfortable questions. Or that once again the ruling coalition, Barisan Nasional (BN), is using its influence over government agencies to bypass or manipulate electoral rules to its advantage, most recently through gerrymandering in the eastern state of Sarawak. Read the rest of this entry »
Najib Razak has too much power for Malaysia's good
Posted by Kit in Corruption, Election, Financial Scandals, Najib Razak on Thursday, 20 August 2015
David Pilling
Financial Times
August 19, 2015
Once a model of development, the country's reputation is sinking and so is that of the PM
The story is that in March 2013 one or more unnamed Middle Eastern donors transferred a total of nearly $700m into the personal account of Najib Razak, prime minister of Malaysia. The generous amount was a donation to be lavished on that year's election campaign of the ruling United Malays National Organisation as Mr Najib saw fit. So sordid are the goings-on in Malaysia these days that, astonishingly, this is not the case being mounted against the prime minister. This is the case for Mr Najib's defence. Malaysia's widely lampooned prime minister is in such a deep, dark and money-stuffed hole that this is the version of events being promoted by his allies.
It was also the finding this month of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission. It turns out that an anonymous donation from a foreign benefactor is the least damaging explanation of how 2.6bn ringgit found its way into Mr Najib's account. The prime minister has denied committing any wrongdoing or accepting money for personal gain.
If this is the positive take, the negative version is worse. Read the rest of this entry »
Will Cabinet today resolve that all Ministers and Deputy Minister should seal their lips on the amounts of funds they received from Najib's RM2.6 billion personal accounts for 13GE campaigning?
Posted by Kit in Corruption, Election, Najib Razak, Parliament on Wednesday, 19 August 2015
I have given the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak and the expanded Cabinet of 37 Ministers 96 hours to prove that they are sincere in political funding – and this 96-hour challenge expires at the Cabinet meeting later in the morning.
Will there be any surprises from Najib and the Ministers in announcing steps and measures to demonstrate that they are sincere in political funding as a follow-up to the Prime Minister's recent proposal for a national consultative committee of political parties, NGOS, civil societies and youths to formulate guidelines on political funding with the aim of ensuring that funds are sourced with integrity?
Malaysians do not expect any surprises, and will in fact be shocked if the Cabinet could produce a rabbit from the hat and come up with initiatives to demonstrate that it is sincere about regulating the baneful effects of money politics in Malaysia.
Najib suffers from a grave case of trust-deficit in the country, but he is making a grave error if he thinks Malaysians suffer from an equally serious case of judgment-deficit.
All Malaysians can see through what Najib is up to when he proposed a National Consultative Council on Political Funding which will be given a year to come up with proposals and guidelines in place in time for the next general election.
Najib wants to buy time for up to one whole year to be able to continue stonewall from giving a full and satisfactory account of the RM2.6 billion deposited into his personal accounts in AmBank in March 2013 before the 13th General Election – where the money had come from, who had received handouts from Najib's accounts, what is the remainder in the accounts after the 13th General Election, and whether there is any truth in last Saturday posting on Sarawak Report website that over US$650 million (RM2 billion) was transferred from Najib's AmPrivate Bank account in Kuala Lumpur to an account in Singapore after the 13th general election. Read the rest of this entry »
Guan Eng on the road ahead for Malaysia
Posted by Kit in DAP, Election, Mariam Mokhtar on Saturday, 18 July 2015
Mariam Mokhtar
Free Malaysia Today
July 18, 2015
Lim Guan Eng shares his thoughts about the state of the country, the death of Pakatan Rakyat and the Opposition chances in the next GE.
Lim Guan Eng, the chief minister of Penang, was in London recently but took time-off from his busy schedule to meet some Malaysians and share his thoughts on a variety of issues. These ranged from the Malaysian mess to Malay votes, the economy to the end of Pakatan Rakyat, and the challenges of Sarawak, to his choice of a cell-mate. Here is a condensed account of that interview.
1."Malaysia is in a mess." What solution does DAP have to take Malaysia out of its predicament?
Malaysia is not in a mess, but in a state of crisis. We have a challenging year ahead and we must not lose hope and faith. Our economy is tanking because of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), and the ringgit is dropping. Our leaders are not saving the economy but are only saving themselves.
The first step will be a change of leadership. To get to the root of the crisis, Najib Abdul Razak must take a leave of absence. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), the Bank Negara Governor, and Inspector-General of Police (IGP) are all under the authority of the prime minister, so they are unable to conduct an independent and neutral investigation of their own boss.
We cannot continue without change. In the short-term Najib must go on leave. In the long term, there must be free and fresh elections, so that a new, clean and legitimate government can be elected. Read the rest of this entry »
Malaysia near bottom in survey on money in politics
Malay Mail Online
July 17, 2015
KUALA LUMPUR, July 17 — Malaysia ranked fifth from the bottom in a survey of 54 countries on the integrity of campaign financing in elections, amid allegations that Barisan Nasional (BN) abused government money to fund their Election 2013 campaign.
The "Checkbook Elections" study by the Electoral Integrity Project (EIP), based at the University of Sydney, Australia, in collaboration with Global Integrity and the Sunlight Foundation for the Money, Politics and Transparency Project (MPT), also showed Malaysia with an average score of 19 out of 100, compared to the highest score of 79 by Georgia, and to its Southeast Asian neighbours like Thailand (50), Indonesia (47), and the Philippines (43).
"Reporting requirements are light: according to the law, parties must report on their finances annually, and candidates must do so only once, in a single post-election report," the MPT noted.
"Reports are not completely itemised, and in practice, do not disclose a complete list of donors or donations. Of the information that is submitted, no party reports are made available to the public, and candidate reports, in practice, are accessible only in hard copy for a period of six months after the election," the MPT added.
According to the survey, Malaysia's "in law" and "in practice" scores were 26 and 15 out of 100 respectively. Read the rest of this entry »
DAP welcomes like-minded Malays and Muslims to join the DAP in furtherance of the nationalist and patriotic cause to save Malaysia from becoming a failed state because of rampant corruption, injustices and collapse of good governance
Posted by Kit in DAP, Election, nation building on Tuesday, 14 July 2015
DAP welcomes like-minded Malays and Muslims to join the party in pursuit of the nationalist and patriotic cause to save Malaysia from becoming a failed state because of rampant corruption, injustices and collapse of good governance.
DAP is not a non-Malay or non-Muslim political party and we must not allow ourselves to be locked into non-Malay and non-Muslim areas and spheres of activities in the country, as the DAP had right from the beginning of our formation some five decades ago in 1966 espoused the Malaysian Dream to advocate justice, freedom and human dignity for all Malaysians, regardless of race, religion or region.
This is why the DAP had always presented a multi-racial slate of candidates for parliamentary and state assembly constituencies in general elections from the very first general election contested by the DAP in 1969.
In Perak, DAP had elected five Malay state assemblymen into the Perak State Assembly from the 1969 to 1990 general elections – Ibrahim Singgeh (Tapah Road – 1969) followed by Daing Ibrahim bin Othman (Pasir Puteh – 1974), Salleh Nakhoda Hitam, (Guntong – 1974 & 1978), Fadzlan Yahya (Pasir Bedamar 1982 & 1986) and Asri Othman (Dermawan – 1990). Read the rest of this entry »
Scrap the 1MDB roadshows as they will end up as disastrously as the "Nothing2Hide" 1MDB Forum
Posted by Kit in Election, Financial Scandals, Najib Razak, Sarawak on Sunday, 21 June 2015
One of the most accident-prone government front-benchers, the Deputy Finance Minister, Datuk Ahmad Maslan announced yesterday that nation-wide roadshows to explain the 1MDB scandal and other government controversies will be launched at the state levels during the second week of Syawal.
I would advise the Federal government to scrap the 1MDB nation-wide roadshows as they will end up as disastrously as the "Nothing2Hide" 1MDB Forum at the Putra World Trade Centre in KL on June 5 where the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak ignominiously backed out of appearance because of Mahathir's presence, unless Najib could immediately explain whether 1MDB funds had been misused for the UMNO/BN campaign in the 13th General Election, and are now being spent and misused in Sarawak for the forthcoming Sarawak state polls.
Najib's thunderous silence on the third day of the Wall Street Journal expose on Friday that the 1MDB funds running into billions of ringgit had been used to bankroll his 13th General Election campaign does not brook well that the Prime Minister's credibility can recover with any "Public Relations" gimmicry like 1MDB nation-wide roadshows.
Why is Najib incapable of giving a detailed and convincing rebuttal to the Wall Street Journal allegation that one "trick" of using 1MDB billions of ringgit to bankroll Najib's 13GE election campaign was through the artifice of 1MDB making overpriced purchase of power assets from Genting Group in 2012 – paying RM2.3 billion or around five times for a power plant that was only worth RM400 million, with Genting make a subsequent donation to a foundation controlled by Najib for the 13GE campaigning purposes. Read the rest of this entry »
Najib cannot keep silent about the serious allegations by Wall Street Journal that 1MDB funds running into billions of ringgit were used to bankroll his 13th General Election campaign
Posted by Kit in Election, Financial Scandals, Najib Razak on Saturday, 20 June 2015
The Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak cannot keep silent about the serious allegations by Wall Street Journal yesterday that the 1MDB funds running into billions of ringgit were used to bank-roll his 13th General Election campaign.
A Wall Street Journal report yesterday said this was achieved by having 1MDB make overpriced purchase of power assets from Genting Group in 2012.
Genting then made a donation to a foundation controlled by Najib before the 13th general election and it claimed the funds were used for campaigning.
The WSJ report said:
"The 1MDB fund in October 2012 acquired a Genting unit that owned a 75 percent stake in a 720-megawatt coal-fired power plant near Kuala Lumpur.
"The price, which was equivalent to about US$740 million at the time, came to RM2.3 billion.
"A few months after the sale, a unit of Genting called Genting Plantations Bhd made a donation of about US$10 million to a Najib-linked charity, according to a spokesperson for Genting Plantations."
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Dr M fear-mongering, playing race card to keep Umno in power, say analysts
by Eileen Ng
The Malaysian Insider
22 December 2014
Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad's warning that the Malays are losing political dominance and may end up being left behind was meant to strike fear into the community and ensure that Umno remained in power, analysts said.
Observers said the former prime minister was also looking at matters through a racial lens, which was ironic considering that he was a proponent of Bangsa Malaysia policy of an inclusive national identity.
Professor James Chin said it was impossible for the Malays to lose power to the minority races in the country as all the top positions, from the Malay rulers to the civil service, were dominated by that community.
Citing examples, the academic with Monash University Malaysia said the posts of prime minister and deputy prime minister, at least half the Cabinet postings as well as senior positions in the government service were held by Malays.
"He is stating that to play up the racial card and to scare the Malays to ensure Umno remains in power," Chin told The Malaysian Insider. Read the rest of this entry »
How could a closet racist and extremist hide his true colours as to be the Election Commission Secretary/Chairman for 25 years, responsible for six general elections and three constituency delimitation exercises?
Yesterday, I said more and more lawyers and Malaysians are asking how an extremist with racial and religious prejudice like Tun Abdul Hamid Mohamad could rise up to become Chief Justice, the top judicial officer of the land.
Similarly, more and more Malaysians are also asking how a closet racist and extremist like Tan Sri Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman could hide his true colours to dominate the Election Commission for a quarter of a century, as he was appointed Election Commission Secretary in 1979 and was Election Commission Chairman from 2,000 to 2,008, responsible for six general elections and three constituency delimitation exercises in 1984, 1994 and 2003.
When Rashid, who is now Perkasa Vice President, first joined the extremist and racist UMNO-funded NGO in November last year, he said his objective was to champion Malay rights and ensure Malays retain power.
He told the media at the time that as Election Commission Chairman, he knew how to keep the Malays in power.
He said three redelineation exercises of electoral boundaries which were done during his time with the Election Commission had ensured Malays remained in power. Read the rest of this entry »
Poor Mah Siew Keong – even during Teluk Intan by-election he cannot get the recognition of UMNO and Barisan Nasional leaders as Gerakan President and candidate to respect his authority and the law, how can he get the respect and recognition after the by-election?
Posted by Kit in DAP, Election, Telok Intan by-e on Monday, 26 May 2014
(Media Statement in Teluk Intan on Monday, 26th May 2014)
Poor Mah Siew Keong. Even during the Teluk Intan by-election, he cannot get the recognition of Umno and Barisan Nasional leaders as Gerakan President and candidate to respect his authority and the law, then how can he get the respect and recognition from Umno and Barisan Nasional leaders after the by-election even if he wins on May 31st?
This is the only conclusion to be drawn from Mah's pathetic plea at the launch of his Teluk Intan by-election manifesto this morning that he cannot be held accountable for the promises made by ministers in his absence.
In the past week, UMNO Ministers and Deputy Ministers have made a bee-line to Teluk Intan and never before in the history of Teluk Intan or in any by-election, have so many Umno Ministers and Deputy Ministers "descended" on Teluk Intan or in any by-election as the by-election has been transformed from a contest between the DAP vs Gerakan into DAP vs UMNO.
Even the eminence grise of UMNO, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, who seems to be the "de facto" Prime Minister after the mystery of the disappearance of the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak at the same time as international tragedy and disaster of the 79-day disappearance of the MH 370 with 238 passengers and crew on board, was the first to open the savage attacks against the DAP/Pakatan Rakyat candidate for Teluk Intan, Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud, by launching an offensive against Dyana's family for failure as a UMNO family to bring up children who love and are loyal to UMNO. Read the rest of this entry »
Call on Muhyiddin to repudiate, condemn and apologise for the sexist and personal attacks against Dyana Sofya, especially the fake bikini photo and character assassination of her as mindless and even a fraud
Posted by Kit in DAP, Election, Telok Intan by-e on Sunday, 25 May 2014
(Media Statement in Teluk Intan on Sunday, May 25, 2014)
I call on the Deputy Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to repudiate, condemn and apologise for the sexist and personal attacks against DAP/Pakatan Rakyat candidate Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud both before and during the by-election campaign.
The first question I want to ask Muhyiddin is whether he would approve or denounce a vicious, devilish and sexist attack on his daughter should she ever become a candidate for parliamentary or state assembly elections, like the sexist attack against Dyana with the circulation of her in fake bikini photograph, when the person in bikini was Filipino actress Pauleen Luna and not Dyana Sofya?
I am sure Muhyiddin would have reacted in anger and outrage against such despicable lies and calumny against his daughter – but why is he so heartless, unprincipled, opportunistic and even cowardly as not to react with anger and outrage against the dastardly sexist attacks on Dyana and put an immediate halt to such despicable tactics during the Teluk Intan by-election campaign, whether in Teluk Intan or on the social media?
The Barisan Nasional leaders, whether in Teluk Intan or outside, could deny until they are blue in the face that they are responsible for the sexist attacks on Dyana but no one whether in Teluk Intan or in the country would believe that Barisan Nasional/UMNO are not responsible for the fake bikini photograph trying to character-assassinate Dyana, particularly when it was the blogs of the UMNO cybertroopers who were the first to carry the fake bikini photo. Read the rest of this entry »
Teluk Intan By Election: voters must vote wisely
Why DAP has chosen Dyana, a Malay candidate?
By Koon Yew Yin
Recently, the internet news portal, Malaysia Chronicle carried an article "FED UP WITH MALAY RACISM & BULLYING, Chinese in Teluk Intan may not accept Dyana despite her DAP credentials".
According to one critic, many faithful DAP supporters would be disappointed that Hew Kuan Yau, a popular local DAP leader known as "Superman" who had been touted as an early candidate for the Teluk Intan by-election scheduled for May 31 was not chosen.
Chosen instead is a Malay candidate, Dyana, the political secretary to veteran DAP politician Lim Kit Siang.
Some people say that DAP is taking a big risk in view of the fact that in Teluk Intan there are more Chinese than Malay voters. I agree but I think the risk is well worth taking. Let us not forget that DAP is a multi-racial party and if it wants to win power, it must prove its multi-racial and not Chinese credentials to the voters – Chinese and non-Chinese.
Let me also point out that the voter composition in Teluk Intan is 42% ethnic Chinese, 19 % Indians and 38 % Malays – in other words there is in fact a non-Chinese majority.
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Kajang polls reflect positively on Pakatan
Posted by Kit in Election, Ong Kian Ming, Pakatan Rakyat, Selangor on Wednesday, 26 March 2014
By Ong Kian Ming | 7:50AM Mar 26, 2014
ANALYSIS To the casual political observer, two facts from the recent Kajang by-election would have stood out.
Firstly, the turnout decreased from 88 percent in GE13 to 72 percent. Secondly, the majority of victory decreased from 6,824 in GE13 to 5,379 – a drop of 1,445 votes.
On the surface, these results may seem like a negative reflection on Pakatan Rakyat's and specifically PKR's campaign as part of the 'Kajang Move'. But a more careful analysis of the results reveals important findings that are positive for Pakatan, moving forward.
Pakatan increased its popular vote from 56.8 percent to 59.7 percent, a 2.9 percent increase. While this increase may not seem significant, one has to take into account that the lower turnout most likely decreased Pakatan's popular vote.
Most of those who did not vote for a variety of reasons – did not return from outstation, it was the start of the school holidays, and thought that the outcome was already decided – would have been Pakatan voters, especially the younger voters whose turnout decreased more than the older voters (more on this later).
Secondly, Pakatan won in 14 out of 16 polling stations (not including postal and early votes) in the by-election compared with 12 out of 16 polling stations in GE13.
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The Pepys Manuscript is a late fifteenth-century English choirbook. Along with the Ritson Manuscript it is much less elaborate than the Eton, Lambeth and Caius Choirbooks; it contains shorter and simpler pieces which appear to have been written for smaller and less able choirs. The book received its name because it was part of the collection owned by Samuel Pepys. He described it as containing "monkish music of Edward IV's time, " but it appears on internal evidence to have been begun a year or two earlier. It was likely completed after 1465, as it contains music ascribed to Sir William Hawte – also referred to as a "Knight" – who was knighted in that year.


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text: Samsung took its time getting a Qi charger out the door, but they were finally available for purchase a few weeks ago. At $49.99 it was a reasonably good deal as far as wireless chargers go, but it didn't come with a wall charger to power the device. Now the Samsung Wireless Charging Pad includes the recommended 2A charger for $10 more, but that's not the best deal as it turns out.Read More


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Fools Gold
A Warning Investigation
Having traveled 3 hours North of San Francisco to Georgetown California , what fabulous locations one stumbles upon, stately homes and sprawling properties that sit untouched with remnants of the Gold rush days and well before.
One might have expected to find me investigating the well know Georgetown Hotel for instance, after all its renowned to be one of the most haunted in the area, however my mind was wandering back even further in search of older spirits.
The Georgetown Hotel
Georgetown California
One of the gold rushes Historical towns with its old worldly feelings, one can truly imagine back in the mid 1800s as the influx of everyone and their brother descend onto this beautiful early American Californian town.
All striving to get their piece of the gold.
In January 1848, James Wilson Marshall discovered gold while constructing a saw mill along the American River northeast of present-day Sacramento. The discovery was then reported in the San Francisco newspapers of which then ignited droves of money hungry people running for gold to the surrounding areas.
As San Francisco began shouting 'Gold! Gold! Gold! The residents of the city had proof of the discovery and a stampede began to the gold fields was on.
San Francisco's harbor was soon cluttered with derelict ships deserted by their crews. Workers abandoned their jobs – San Francisco's two newspapers were forced to close their doors as their staffs were struck by gold fever. The populations of many of the coastal towns were depleted as many prospective prospectors headed to the gold fields.
As I wondered driving through the winding sugar pine trees further in the mountains outside of Georgetown CA I reached my destination.
The owners sadly will throughout my documentation remain nameless.
Not that I care about their names, but I wish to not give them credit for anything within the investigation.
Some may ask, what an odd thing to say and why not ?
Well the old saying gold ruins many will understandably so agree after reading this..
There are people with money and there are people who are rich..
Gold is of no interest to me but to some its a reason for living, breathing and provides ownership of everything they set their desires upon. Walking around with their heads full of a misconception that they can own real life, friends and family.
Sadly my investigation not only showed me the Ghosts of Gold Country but also provided me with a real life lesson of those living with too much, trying to use a serious paranormal investigation to promote their ego and solidify their mindset of ownership.
Over the years since the 1800s many have died an ugly death trying to secure such treasures for themselves and still do, money does literally bring the worst out in people and to this day it is still very much truth.
The location I will also not disclose due to the same reasoning.
I will however, just call it
The Mine…
I arrived at 1500 hours, sun shining , the trees and an ambiance of what some would call nature overload but for me all I could do was breathe in the freshness, smell and air and tear up ever so often in the awe of it all.
The Investigation Began.
In Four parts, Mine, Grotto, Barn, Noll
Walking into the woods my friends and I go, EPVs, Cameras, Video Voice Recorders in hand.
It was a calm beautiful warm sunny afternoon , no wind, no rain.
Entering the road to the mine and began its decent to the mouth of the mine, both EVP and Video Voice Recorders on and ready.
As we entered the area I began speaking out loud, asking if there was anyone that might wish to communicate with us, after just a few minutes of speaking we immediately begin the hear a beeping signal from the recorder and an EVP was captured, a long drawn out growl, distinctly followed by the words
Religion, Dark.
I answered and asked if we could get given a sign that your hearing us, the EVP captured a word again with a long drawn out growl..Glove..
Oddly enough the owner of the mine was carrying a bright yellow pair of work gloves in his back pocket, a coincidence ? hmmm I think not..
I proceeded with the questioning again, and I again asked that we be shown further confirmation, this time the word captured was Heaven and with that A White Feather floated softly down to the grass floor.
I will begin to record here the words associated with the names and comments captured from the EVP recorder for each area, but please note ! that I cannot confirm to you who was actually communicating back to us at any one moment, as literally there was so many EVPs and communications captured during the entire investigation that lasted over a 2 day period.
We continued to Investigate and that evening returned to the same spot, that of the Grotto and the Mine.
The Mine
After a short walking decent into the mine area the EVP captured its first name, with that
I welcomed Adam and proceeded to asked him questions and his replies were incredible..
Finally, Army, Alone, Dark.
As I proceeded and walked a little further and this time the name Jacob appeared,
Welcoming Jacob to the conversation.
Then the name Mason
Then the words, Work, Pick, Proud, Frank, Mirror, Crossover, Lost, Hunted , Forever, Strong.
Climbing back up the hill from the mine, suddenly unable to leave, as the EVP reader became was completely alive with activity, the name Peter and words Lonely, Live, Life were captured.
After a short time after saying our thank yous and goodbyes and proceeded toward the Noll
A questions was asked as we drove a short distance, what location next, the Barn or the Noll? As plain as it could be the word Barn rang out from the EVP recorder.
Doing as we were told we proceeded to the Barn.
The Barn
The energy at the barn was quite different, a little darker and a little less friendly, the EVP meter was still off the charts and capturing the following,
Indian, Bright, Light,Famous
The Noll
We arrived at the Noll,
The Noll, sitting at a significantly higher elevation on the property, a special place for camping and the feeling of being closer to the stars was evident. The temperature was cooler due to the elevation. We began the investigation with the same questions, please make yourself known or show us a sign, the words began firing rapidly from the EVP recorder,
Warrior, Indian, Dark, Bright, Light, Bright
We felt uneasy, for some reason the feelings we had experienced in the Grotto and the Barn were much lighter than the feelings we experienced at the Noll, almost a foreboding feeling surrounded us, it was an uncomfortable, being watched feeling.
After a few minutes the words captured were as follows
Evil, Malicious, Faith, Famous, Find him, Eyes, Look
With that we climbed back into the safety of the vehicle we arrived in and feeling a little safer that we had felt outside in the empty darkness.
We continued to ask questions and I then thanked out loud for the communication and asked should we leave and the EVP recorder again began moving off the charts, while staying in the red zone for minutes at a time, then recording the words
With that being said we obviously left, not wanting to face what ever it was trying to communicate with us, and we descended down toward the gate at the bottom of the Noll.
When reaching the bottom and the gate the EVP recorder did not stop, and carried on with an onslaught of words,
Leave me, Screw
On asking Screw what? and without hesitation the word THIS was recorded.
Day 2
Monday morning and gathered again, eager to share the captures of the past evening.. The decision to go out again that morning for the last minutes during day light hours was reached and off we set again.
I think to clarify and verify was the reasoning, we wanted to firstly see and experience the same as we did the prior evening and compare, to hopefully capture the same EVPs
We took a quick trek down to the Grotto and the Mine, this time the name
Mira and words followed Life, Live, Pastor
The Barn was quiet compared to the evening before, but captured the words
We also took a quick walk into a wooded area where the remnants of an old miners camp once stood, the EVP recorder, recorded the following
Virginia, Pennsylvanian, Congress, Rome, Hole, Build
The Noll
This was very interesting, the day was bright and sunny, but a chill in the air, we began the EVP recorder not asking too many questions , but the EVP recorder was incredibly active and the following was quite eye opening.
Pastor, Religion, Evil, Devil, Purgatory,Hang, Coin, Look, School, Lesson, Class, Teach, Knife.
Sadly without warning and after the investigation things began to turn very ugly,
The inviting party involved became angry, drunk and drug induced and ended up leaving us in literally a gun drawn battle.
Spirits showing me the way..
Constantly being told to look , watch , see and lesson meant something completely different to me during the investigation.
This documentation is really not about the investigation itself, but that that communication EVPs received those two days were literally warning me of imminent danger.
I had been listening and hearing the constant EVP reminding me that something was
Evil, Malicious, Faith, Famous, Find him, Eyes, Look
Little did I know that IF I had listened closely enough I would have avoided the events that followed shortly there after of guns drawn, the threatening of my life and that of my family.
The spirits did try to warn me to have
Faith, Use my Eyes and Look and Listen
Lesson Learned !


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Lowering Latency in Linux: Introducing a Preemptible Kernel
Thus, with the preemptive kernel patch, we can reschedule tasks as soon as they need to be run, not only when they are in user space. What are the results of this?
Process-level response is improved twentyfold in some cases. (See Figure 1, a standard kernel, vs. Figure 2, a preemptible kernel.) These graphs are the output of Benno Senoner's useful latencytest tool, which simulates the buffering of an audio sample under load. The red line in the graphs represents the amount of latency beyond which audio dropouts are perceptible to humans. Notice the multiple spikes in the graph in Figure 1 compared to the smooth low graph in Figure 2.
The improvement in latencytest corresponds to a reduction in both worst-case and average latency. Further tests show that the average system latency over a range of workloads is now in the 1-2ms range.
A common complaint against the preemptible kernel centers on the added complexity. Complexity, opponents argue, decreases throughput. Fortunately, the preemptive kernel patch improves throughput in many cases (see Table 1). The theory is that when I/O data becomes available, a preemptive kernel can wake an I/O-bound process more quickly. The result is higher throughput, a nice bonus. The net result is a smoother desktop, less audio dropout under load, better application response and improved fairness to high-priority tasks.
Kernel hackers are probably thinking, "How does this affect my code?" As discussed above, the preemptible kernel leverages existing SMP support. This makes the preemptible kernel patch relatively simple and the impact to coding practices relatively minor. One change, however, is required. Currently, per-CPU data (data structures unique to each CPU) do not require locking. Because they are unique to each CPU, a task on another CPU cannot mangle the first CPU's data. With preemption, however, a process on the same CPU can find itself preempted, and a second process can then trample on the data of the first. While this normally is protected by the existing SMP locks, per-CPU data does not require locks. Data that does not have a lock, because it is protected by its nature, is considered to be "implicitly locked". Implicitly locked data and preemption do not get along. The solution, thankfully, is simple: disable preemption around access to the data. For example:
int catface[NR_CPUS]; preempt_disable(); catface[smp_processor_id()] = 1; /* index catface by CPU number */ /* operate on catface */ preempt_enable();
The current preemption patch provides protection for the existing implicitly locked data in the kernel. Thankfully, it is relatively infrequent. New kernel code, however, will require protection if used in a preemptible kernel.
We still have work to do. Once the kernel is preemptible, work can begin on reducing the duration of long-held locks. Because the kernel is nonpreemptible when a lock is held, the duration locks are held corresponding to the system's worst-case latency. The same work that benefits SMP scalability (finer-grained locking) will lower latency. We can rewrite algorithms and locking rules to minimize lock held time. Eradicating the BKL will help too.
Identifying the long-held locks can be as difficult as rewriting them. Fortunately, there is the preempt-stats patch that measures nonpreemptibility times and reports their cause. This tool is useful for pinpointing the cause of latency for a specific workload (e.g., a game of Quake).
What is needed is a goal. Kernel developers need to consider any lock duration that extends over a certain threshold, a bug for example, 5ms on a reasonably modern system. With that goal in mind, we can pinpoint and ultimately eliminate the areas of high latency and lock contention.
AH! I get it now.
Hmm, this explains why some distros are slow or fast. Lunar Linux allows a Preemptiblle kernel. And it's just lightning fast without any bloat. Hmm, put this option with other distros...and perhaps...*ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM*
Just a rambling thought...anyways, this article comes in handy while deciding on kernel configuration in the unix console.. :p Keep it around!!
Thanks Robert,
nicely explained...
spinlocks in preemptible kernel
The information here is very helpful. thanks.
I have one question.
What is the effect of having kmalloc calls in the code that is protected with spinlock in a preemptible kernel.
kernel preemption
Excellent article, explains well. So that's where all kernel preemption stuff in 2.6 come from!
One question I always had was when the process is in kernel execution path (system call execution), doesn't scheduler_tick decrement its timeslice, and if it does when the timeslice is over, doesn't the scheduler preempts the current process, even though it might be in the middle of the kernel exec path?
Re: Lowering Latency in Linux: Introducing a Preemptible Kernel
It's helpful for me to understand the preemptive kernel.
Seminar on your topic
I am studying in final year of computer engg at MIT .
I read your extract and you will be glad to know that I have taken the same topic for a technical seminar at our college.I thereby request you to please send me some more technical details and direct me to some inportant links
waiting for your positive reply.
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Explaining Away the Obvious: The Infeasibility of Characterizing the Second Amendment as a Nonindividual Right
George A. Mocsary
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale - School of Law
March 2008
76 Fordham Law Review 2113 (2008)
Although the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution has guaranteed the right to keep and bear arms for more than 200 years, the U.S. Supreme Court has never formally declared to whom the right belongs. Each side of the gun debate - one holding that the Amendment guarantees a right to individuals, the other that states possess the right - supports its position with ostensibly solid precedential, historical, and textual arguments. This Note approaches the issue from the opposite direction, asking how many precedential, historical, and textual obstacles each side must explain away and examining the relative strength of those explanations. Under this analysis, the individual right prevails.
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Cal names freshman Jared Goff as starting QB
Shaw, Dykes, and Caragher preview upcoming college football season
Jared Goff combined to throw for 7,687 yards and 93 touchdowns in three seasons at Marin Catholic. (CAL ATHLETICS)
Sonny Dykes was named Cal's head coach after two years as head coach at Lousiana Tech. (USA TODAY IMAGES)
Freshman Jared Goff has been named the starting quarterback at Cal, head coach Sonny Dykes announced Friday.
Goff has been in a competition for the starting job along with redshirt freshman Zach Kline and junior Austin Hinder since spring ball began last February.
[RELATED: Bears catching up to practice pace under Dykes]
"We have had a fiercely-contested competition for our starting quarterback position," Dykes said. "It's important to name a starter and give them the reps they need to be prepared to play. We feel that right now Jared Goff gives us the best chance to be successful as a team."
Goff combined to throw for 7,687 yards and 93 touchdowns with 18 interceptions in three varsity seasons at nearby Marin Catholic High School, and was rated the nation's No. 14 pocket passer by ESPN.
"I'm honored to get the chance to start for Cal and am looking forward to going out and helping the team win," Goff said. "I'm super excited and ready to get rolling. My competitors are great quarterbacks as well. It was a tremendous competition that has helped all us become better quarterbacks."
Cal Athletics contributed to this report.


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'Karate Kid' Sequel On The Way
The Karate Kid may have only been in theaters for a week, but there's already a sequel in the works. According to Deadline News, Columbia Pictures has already started to meet with potential writers for the second film.
With The Karate Kid already on its way to becoming a hit, news of a sequel isn't surprising. The film has already made nearly $56 million in its first weekend, surpassing its budget by $16 million.
No word yet if the film would feature the return of stars Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan. Odds are that Chan will return for the role, but things aren't so certain with Smith. The young actor definitely doesn't need the money, and might be afraid of getting typecast so early in his career. Maybe they can try getting Hillary Swank as a replacement again.
Source: Deadline


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Skip to comments.Not so Dauntless (Royal) Navy's £1 billion warship blacked out by a £10 fuse
Posted on 05/11/2012 10:41:41 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Bristling with cutting-edge technology and carrying an awesome array of weaponry, the Royal Navys new destroyer HMS Dauntless is said to be one of the worlds most sophisticated and powerful warships.
But the £1 billion ($1.61 billion) vessel was left helpless and strandedwhen a £10 ($16) fuse apparently blew.
Dauntless was left without power and plunged into darkness.
According to one source on board, the ship was drifting for several minutes before the fault was corrected.
No official cause for the problem has been given, but Navy insiders suggested that the fuse blew because a complicated water-cooling system had not been adjusted to take account of the fact that the destroyer had entered an area of higher sea and air temperatures.
Dauntless is the first of the Navys six new Type 45 destroyers to operate in tropical waters.
The incident is a huge embarrassment to the Ministry of Defense and Dauntless commander, Captain Will Warrender, particularly as his 190-strong crew had spent the previous week training sailors from Senegal, Gambia and Morocco on how to board suspect vessels.
Dauntless was the second of the six new Type 45 destroyers to be commissioned.
The total cost of the project to the Navy was £6.5 billion£1.5 billion more than the original estimate.
In 2007, the Commons Defense Select Committee expressed its disappointment that the Ministry of Defense and defense contractor BAE Systems had failed to control rising costs.
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The purpose of shakedown cruises.
That particular fuse had better be well protected and they better have a hundred extra backups.
Just stick a penny or a nickel in the slot. Should fix it right up for the rest of the cruise! LOL!
I'm truly dumbfounded that the loss of a single fuse could cripple the entire ship. There's either more to this story, or someone in their naval design bureau needs a good, hard kick in the seat of the pants.
Just hope the "off" switch is well protected.
I'm reminded, btw, of a Swiss tank design in the 70s/80s that had a similarly embarrassing electronic problem. The Panzer 68 had several instances where systems shared circuits. This included the heater sharing circuits with the main gun's fire controls. So, when a crew tried to warm up on a frosty alpine morning at the firing range, the main gun had a tendency to fire of its own accord shortly thereafter.
Lucas (The Prince of Darkness) Electric strikes again.
(Or building the thing to damn short in the first place)
All that is needed is to create jobs.
So what if it shakes when they do the laundry.
Still more employees needed for the repair!
They used a penny for arming the british nukes, didn't they?
I knew pennies were useful for something! BTW, I vastly prefer fuses to circuit breakers, the problem with them is tampering, like using a penny to energize an overloaded circuit. All the military systems I'm familiar with use GFI circuit breakers to allow resets in the case of a temporary fault.
I still think it looks like an ithyphallic AEGIS.
Best reply ever!
"but Navy insiders suggested that the fuse blew because a complicated water-cooling system had not been adjusted to take account of the fact that the destroyer had entered an area of higher sea and air temperatures. "
So... instead of ruining $30 million dollars worth of cooling system equipment, or $60 million dollars worth of engine, a $16 fuse blows.
Isn't that the way it's supposed to work?
The only missing part is that SOMEONE wasn't doing their job.
The fuse blew and disabled the ship so that it's 'complicated cooling system' wasn't destroyed. The FUSE was doing it's job.
Whoever and whatever was responsible for adjusting the system due to changes in the sea water temp and air temp, was not.
It's not supposed to shut the whole ship down. Does your car's engine stop running when your air conditioner fuse blows?
Penny in the slot is "too big to fail."
Britain has been relying on America?. Really?.
Build the Harrier did we?. Or the Vulcan?. Or Blue Streak?. Or the Chieftain or Challenger tank?. Fight the IRA did we? Or fight the Falklands War?. Or fight terrorism in Kenya, Malaya, Cyprus, Palestine, Aden, Arabia, Oman?.
If you think the UK has relied on America for its defence for the last 40, 50, 60 years, then your ignorance of the UK and the British military is pitiful. STFU, go away and try learning.
As for real fuses, thats a bit rich coming from a nation who spent a billion dollars on a stealth plane, and then couldnt fly in in the rain!.
Figured you would show up on this thread....no show without Punch. LOL.
No... but then my car doesn't randomly fire armed missiles if a fuse blows.
I'm scratching my head on that one and I worked on shipboard A/C units. IF the ship used a chill water LOOP system meaning a water cooled pumped through the ship to coils at the fan rooms or air handlers the adjustment should have been automatic.
Warmer sea water temps would mean higher head pressure on the A/C itself. Several other safteys or at least one on the unit itself should have tripped first. The sea water would displace heat absorbed from inside the ship. Or to make it more understandable like the condensing unit fan blowing hot air outside on your central heat and air. Ships use sea water for that.
I'm gonna go out on a limb on this one and see if this makes a bit more sense. Most electronics onboard ships are heat sensitive. You have maximum temps on some equipment that may cause the electronics to trip off. IOW I would bet it wasn't the A/C unit fuse that blew but rather the fuse at the electrical load dispatchers control console due to high operational temps.
USN requires the main A/C units to be checked minimum once every two hours and logged readings. A good AC&R top watch {not the one who takes those reading but the on watch operator should be able to see notable changes at his desk. I could sit in the shop and by reading two thermometers on the chill water loop tell you with reasonably good accuracy if a unit had tripped off and which portion of the ship it was in.
Nonsequitur. That didn't happen with the ship in question either. The whole ship shut down.
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