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Combining multiple Java processes into a single Java virtual machine (JVM) is one way to reduce the JVM memory overhead. This article discusses the techniques required to achieve a multiprocess JVM.
One frequent complaint about JVMs is their large memory size. JVMs typically have a several-megabyte overhead. This is acceptable if your application will itself require tens of megabytes or more, but can be annoying when you have a small application to run which should not require much in the way of memory. If you have many small applications written in Java that need to be running concurrently, such as several small monitoring or service processes, then the JVM memory overhead can rapidly add up to deplete system memory.
Several vendors of specialized JVMs, such as application servers providers, have addressed this issue by creating multiprocess JVMs. These JVMs appear to run several Java processes within one system process. There is also a (free) pure Java library for multiprocessing JVMs, Echidna. If your interest is purely in using multiprocess JVMs, without actually needing to know the technology behind them, you need read no more of this article; instead, go to the Echidna site, download the library and documentation, and make your JVM multiprocess.
The benefits of running a multiprocess JVM can be seen by running several small applications. For example, in one test, I ran four small Java applications. The multiprocess JVM required a total of four megabytes of system memory to run all four applications simultaneously. Running each application in a separate JVM required at least three megabytes per JVM, totalling over twelve megabytes of system memory. This example illustrates the advantages gained from combining small applications in one JVM when the JVM overhead is significant compared to the application memory requirements. In addition, as the JVM is already running when you start a Java process, the application startup time can be hugely reduced. Note, however, that combining applications with larger memory requirements will not gain such a large memory advantage.
To start creating our multiprocess library, the first thing the JVM needs to do is start up the class it will run. Typically, you start a class using the java executable:
java class [args...]
For the class to run, it must have a
main(String[]) method defined, and the JVM will use that as the entry point to the application.
From Java code, you can start a class in the same way as the JVM does, using the reflection package (
java.lang.reflect) to identify and start the class'
main(String[]) method. The following method obtains a class object for the given named class, finds the
main(String[]) method of that class, and starts running that
main(String[]) method.
public static void startAnotherClass(
String classname, String[] args)
throws Exception
//Get the class
Class classObject = Class.forName(classname);
//Find the main(String[]) method of that class.
//main has one parameter, a String array. Set
//that argument type
Class[] mainParamType = {args.getClass()};
//Search for the main(String[]) method
Method main = classObject.getMethod("main", mainParamType);
//Create an object array of the arguments to pass
//to the method
Object[] mainParams = {args};
//start the real class.
main.invoke(null, mainParams);
The last section showed how to start a class, but on its own doesn't give us a multiprocess JVM. We need to start the class in a separate thread, so that each time we start a class we do not block our own multiprocess starter. Once again, this is straightforward: starting the class in its own thread merely requires the creation of a new thread before calling the previously defined
startAnotherClass() method. First I'll define the method that starts the separate thread:
public static Process startAnotherClassInItsOwnThread(
String classname, String[] args)
Process process = new Process(classname, args);
Thread thread = new Thread(process);
return process;
I'm using an extra class called
Process, which is used to hold the information needed to start the class, i.e. the classname and command line arguments (the argument list passed to the
main(String[]) method).
Process defines a
run() method, which calls the class startup method defined in the last section. The
Process class is defined as follows:
class Process {
String theClassName;
String[] theStartupArguments;
public Process(String classname, String[] args)
theClassName = classname;
theStartupArguments = args;
public void run()
startAnotherClass(theClassName, theStartupArguments);
We've quickly reached the stage where we can start up multiple pseudo-processes in a JVM, but what happens when you have a runaway process that you want to stop? Killing the JVM process will kill all the processes running in it, which is not ideal, so we need to have a way to kill only one specific pseudo-process. The
Thread.stop() method gives us this capability. We already have a
Process object, so it is straightforward to add a method to kill it: we add an instance variable to hold its thread, and a
terminate() method to kill that thread. The
Process class now looks as follows (new lines of code emphasized):
class Process {
String theClassName;
String[] theStartupArguments;
Thread mainThread;
public Process(String classname, String[] args)
theClassName = classname;
theStartupArguments = args;
public void run()
mainThread = Thread.currentThread();
startAnotherClass(theClassName, theStartupArguments);
public void terminate()
if (mainThread != null)
Thread.stop() is deprecated. Why is this, and does it affect our usage of it? Well, several methods in the
Thread class are deprecated, because of potential corruption to shared data if you use those methods. Specifically, suppose you have a synchronized method which is updating multiple shared variables:
synchronized assumedAtomicUpdate()
anotherVariable += 42;
yetAnotherVariable ++;
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Normally, this method will update all the variables in an atomic way with respect to other threads using the same monitor, i.e. every thread using the same monitor will see either all the variables updated, or none of them updated. But
Thread.stop() can violate this atomicity, because the thread can be terminated right in the middle of the method, while some of the variables have a new value and others still have the old value. This can lead to a corrupt state for the application. In our case, we can assume that the pseudo-process is a separate set of classes which should not be sharing any state with other applications, so using
Thread.stop() to stop the pseudo-process is relatively safe. And, in any case, there is no other reliable way to terminate pseudo-processes.
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The last section showed us how to terminate our pseudo-process. But it applied only to a single-threaded process. If a pseudo-process spawns threads, the
terminate() method will only terminate the main thread, leaving other rogue threads still running. Fortunately, Java provides a simple way to handle all the threads the application will spawn: the
ThreadGroup class. When a
Thread is created, it is automatically a member of a
ThreadGroup, and new
ThreadGroups are normally created as members of the
ThreadGroup holding the current thread. So if we create a new
ThreadGroup for the pseudo-process' startup thread, all of the threads spawned by the pseudo-process will be in that
ThreadGroup. Calling
ThreadGroup.stop() will stop all the threads in that
ThreadGroup, and all subgroups. The changes needed are relatively simple. We start the class with its own
ThreadGroup (new lines of code emphasized):
public static Process startAnotherClassInItsOwnThread(
String classname, String[] args)
Process process = new Process(classname, args);
ThreadGroup threadgroup = new ThreadGroup("main");
Thread thread = new Thread(threadgroup, process);
return process;
We also need to terminate the
ThreadGroup rather than our starting thread, so the
Process class now looks as follows (new lines of code emphasized):
class Process {
String theClassName;
String[] theStartupArguments;
ThreadGroup mainThread;
public Process(String classname, String[] args)
theClassName = classname;
theStartupArguments = args;
public void run()
mainThread = Thread.currentThread().getThreadGroup();
startAnotherClass(theClassName, theStartupArguments);
public void terminate()
if (mainThread != null)
There are two unlikely but possible problems with our new ability to terminate a multithreaded pseudo-process. Firstly, it may be possible for the pseudo-process to access
ThreadGroups that do not belong it, thus allowing the creation of threads that would not be terminated. Currently, I believe this could only be achieved from a custom
SecurityManager. In any case, if it is possible, it would be very difficult to achieve, and the vast majority of applications can be reliably assumed to contain only threads that will be stopped when the main thread's
ThreadGroup is stopped.
The second problem is associated with the deprecation of
Thread.stop(). Now that we are considering multiple threads, it is possible that while terminating the threads, some of the threads will be terminated, leaving the pseudo-process application with a corrupt state just before the remaining threads are terminated. This is unlikely, and even if it did occur, we can assume that it doesn't matter if the application, in its last few milliseconds prior to forced termination, is in a corrupt state. In fact, the application is probably already in an unexpected state, since we are being forced to terminate it.
We still have one big hole in our multiprocess library. If any application calls
System.exit(), the JVM terminates, and all the pseudo-processes will be destroyed with no warning. Fortunately, Java's design once again comes to our aid. Any call to
System.exit() is first checked by the
SecurityManager to see if the application has permission to terminate the JVM. We can install our own
SecurityManager to catch the
System.exit() call, disallow it, and terminate the pseudo-process instead. The
SecurityManager is actually quite simple to define:
class ExitCatchingSecurityManager extends SecurityManager
public void checkExit(int status)
throw new SecurityException();
In addition, the
SecurityManager should define all other checks so that they do not block pseudo-processes from running. A simple null call for all
check* methods will work. We install our own
SecurityManager by calling
System.setSecurityManager(), i.e., by adding the following line near the startup of the multiprocess library:
System.setSecurityManager(new ExitCatchingSecurityManager());
Process.terminateProcessWithThreadGroup() method is simple to define, by holding a collection of
Process objects in the
Process class, searching the collection to find the
Process with the identical
ThreadGroup, then terminating that
Our multiprocess library now seems to provide everything needed to handle multiple Java processes in one JVM. However, JVMs are usually started with a particular classpath, which gives access to all classes. Are we restricted to having only one classpath for our multiprocess JVM? If so, all the classes will have to be in that classpath, and any name clashes from different applications will cause huge problems, as will new versions of a class created after an older version has already been loaded.
This particular problem has been discussed many times for server and development environments. The solution is to dedicate a separate
ClassLoader for each pseudo-process. Having a dedicated
ClassLoader avoids any name clashes and allows classpaths to be defined at pseudo-process startup. Classes are identified in a JVM by their full name, and also by the
ClassLoaders that loaded them. Classes loaded by different
ClassLoader instances are separate classes, even if they have the same name. In fact, the same class file loaded by two different
ClassLoaders can result in two different classes in the JVM.
We need to make the following changes to our multiprocess library in order to support dedicated per process
ClassLoaders. First we need to define a
ClassLoader. Then we need to change the code that looks for the class to use our custom
ClassLoader. The latter change is quite simple; we go back to the
startAnotherClass() method, the very first method defined in this article, and change the line calling
Class classObject = Class.forName(classname);
To use the
ClassLoader.loadClass() method, instead:
ClassLoader myLoader = new MyClassLoader(...)
Class classObject = myLoader.loadClass(classname, true);
The custom
ClassLoader could be more challenging to implement. But in fact, we don't have to work hard to define a proprietary
ClassLoader, since Java 2 comes with several useful
ClassLoaders. In particular, the
java.net.URLClassLoader allows for a complete specification of the
classpath. Converting a standard
classpath to a list of URLs is easier than defining a new
ClassLoader that supports file systems and jar files. The following is a simple implementation of the
MyClassLoader class. For simplicity, I've restricted this
ClassLoader to allow only one extra directory to be added to the classpath:
class MyClassLoader extends URLClassLoader
public MyClassLoader (File additionalClassPath)
super(new URL[0]);
URL url = null;
url = new URL("file:///" +
}catch(Exception e){e.printStackTrace();}
//Change loadClass to public access
public Class loadClass(String name, boolean resolve)
throws ClassNotFoundException
return super.loadClass(name, resolve);
Note that there are now two types of classes loaded by the multiprocess library:
Having a distinction between shared and unshared classes requires some management, but has the advantage that you can avoid loading the same class multiple times for each process, thus saving more memory. If the management overhead is an issue, you can restrict the shared classes to the SDK classes, and have all application classes unshared.
When I first started researching this article, I hadn't encountered Echidna. So I was hugely interested to find this free, open source library which already covered all the issues presented in this article, and many more. Other issues considered by Echidna include:
main(String[]) methods
java.lang.Process-like methods for the pseudo-processes
SecurityManager requirements
ClassLoaders with multiple classpath entries
Jack Shirazi is the author of Java Performance Tuning. He was an early adopter of Java, and for the last few years has consulted mainly for the financial sector, focusing on Java performance.
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It's looking less likely that Congress will reach a deal to avoid $85 billion in automatic budget cuts by this Friday, which means many in Hawaii are bracing for the fallout.
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Marin Tower is just one of the many public housing buildings owned by the city. It is also one of the places the city sent letters to residents who receive Section 8 housing assistance.
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Shawna Jan Allan has a number of friends in the building who received the letter. She worries about what will happen to the woman who just recently started receiving federal assistance.
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According to the city, those who came into the Section 8 program last would be the first removed. They would then be put on the waiting list. A waiting list so long, some families have been on it since 2006.
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Sales of new one-family houses in January 2008 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 588,000, a drop of 2.8% from the revised December rate of 605,000 -- and 33.9% below the
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Today, while buying paint, I began to help an elderly woman working to lift some heavy boxes. She told me what a nice young lady I was. Then her boss came over, screamed at her for being lazy and fired her. She cried. So did I. FML
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Today, I was at a restaurant with my boyfriend. He wound up drinking a whole bottle of wine, and when the bill came he drunkenly yelled at the waiter, claiming it should be free, because he's in the military "fighting for your freedom". He's a mechanic in the National Guard. FML
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Today, I was on a plane and realized that the woman next to me was hiding a hedgehog in a plastic container. I'm severely afraid of hedgehogs but not wanting to give the woman up and get her in trouble, I tried to stay quiet. Which led to me to quietly hyperventilate and pass out on the plane. FML
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Today, my 17 year old boyfriend's mother bought him a giraffe onesie. He refused to take it off and insisted on wearing it everywhere we go. We live in Australia and it's our summer now. So far he has passed out 3 times in public because he over heated, but he still won't take it off. FML
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Today, my girlfriend and I decided to try a new place to eat. On our way home we both had upset stomachs. As we raced into the house we realized neither of us could hold it any longer. Having only one bathroom, I let her go first. She exploded on the toilet and I exploded in my pants. FML
by shattysituation / 12/31/2012 at 5:36pm / United States / Work
Today, I took my girlfriend to go see Les Misérables. I tried to stay tough but completely lost it and started sobbing when Anne Hathaway began singing. My girlfriend called me a wimp and stayed dry-eyed throughout the whole movie. I'm dating a robot. FML
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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size ½ breast or 2 small drumsticks
Calories 176
Total Fat 4 g
Saturated Fat less than 1 g
Cholesterol 81 mg
Sodium 199 mg
Potassium 392 mg
Total Carbohydrate 7 g
Dietary Fiber 1 g
Protein 27 g
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Tomato paste 5 tablespoons (3 ounces)
Ketchup 1 teaspoon
Honey 2 teaspoons
Molasses 1 teaspoon
Worcestershire sauce 1 teaspoon
White vinegar 4 teaspoons
Cayenne pepper ¾ teaspoons
Black pepper 1/8 teaspoons
Onion powder ¼ teaspoon
Garlic cloves, minced 2
Ginger, grated 1/8 teaspoon
Chicken (breasts, drumsticks), skinless 1 ½ pounds
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6 facilities interested in Belpre sewer plan
BELPRE – Current and future businesses along Ohio 7 may receive an infrastructure boost from the City of Belpre as discussions move forward on the expansion of sewer lines out of city limits.
"In the last few months the need for solid wastewater lines along (Ohio) Route 7 for plants and other businesses has grown and we are happy to help," said Mayor Mike Lorentz.
There are 14 businesses on the state roadway between Moore's Junction near River Lane and the southernmost intersection with Blue Knob Road, said Terry Tamburini, executive director of the Southeastern Ohio Port Authority.
All of these businesses were invited to informational discussions regarding the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency's request for facilities to use more environmentally friendly wastewater facilities than individual septic systems.
"After all was said and done, six of those businesses are interested in what Belpre is willing to offer, which is great," Tamburini said.
The other eight facilities already have their own sewer systems and do not need to be tapped in to Belpre's system, he continued.
The six businesses that have not only shown interest in the plan, but have also paid a total of $14,900 for the initial engineering on the project are Wetz Warehousing, Iddings Trucking, Hilltop Speedway, Eramet, R&J Trucking and Asphalt Materials. If other businesses in the area would like to join the wastewater line in the future, they will be able to, Tamburini added.
The plans are in the early engineering phase to see if the plan of extending Belpre's wastewater line another three-and-a-half miles from the end near the Camelot Homes location on Ohio 7 north to Eramet, which has an address of 16705 Ohio 7 in South Marietta.
While this project is expected to build more than three miles of sewer lines, it will extend the city's wastewater infrastructure about six-and-a-half miles beyond Belpre's city limits.
"We already have sewer lines beyond the city limits in a number of different directions, so I don't see a problem with extending the north line further," Lorentz said. "I am not seeing any negatives in doing this."
Belpre and the businesses have been working with the Washington County Ohio State University Extension's Economic Development Office and the port authority on this project.
The port authority is acting as the go-between for the funds because the city cannot be given money by the companies for this or similar projects, Tamburini said.
Both Lorentz and Tamburini said the project, which not only includes extending the sewer line several miles, but also the construction of a lift station to aid the waste flow to the Belpre Sewage Treatment Plant on Blennerhassett Avenue, will be funded through grants and the businesses.
"It won't cost Belpre anything," Lorentz said.
The city will also not be burdened by the added wastewater being treated by its plant, as the city's public works supervisor Mike Betz assured Lorentz there will be no issues.
"Even adding these six businesses to our lines, we won't even be at 50 percent capacity at the sewer plant," Lorentz said.
Tamburini said Belpre was the only option for this project because of the city's proximity to the locations and the fact it already has wastewater lines in that direction.
"The fact that Belpre is cooperating with this request shows how helpful the city traditionally is," Tamburini said. "Infrastructure has to get to that area of the county and Belpre's willingness to be a good neighbor is great."
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The new SparkFun headquarters is to be at 6333 W. Dry Creek Parkway, north of Colorado Highway 52 in the Boulder Tech Center. The commission also approved a plan to subdivide the 7-acre property into parcels of 4.31 and 2.69 acres.
CEO Nathan Seidle wants to build a two-story, 80,000-square-foot building for a SparkFun headquarters on the larger tract, to replace the company's increasingly cramped 52,000-square-foot home at 6175 Longbow Drive.
The planners' approval came with 21 conditions set by the planning staff.
Land use planner Bryan Harding said SparkFun requested that the building's height be raised from 33 to 38 feet. "They had certain things they wanted as far as ceiling height, and they found they couldn't go deeper because of water-table issues, so they wanted to go higher," he said. The change might be referred back to the planning staff, Harding said, or SparkFun might opt to stick with the original 33-foot plan.
Seidle's Flywheel Industries LLC will pay $1.46 million for the land that will include SparkFun's new home, as part of an agreement with JEKA Investments LLC and MMU LLC, which acquired the land from JEKA.
Besides adding office and warehouse space, the new headquarters building will include a video room and classroom, allowing SparkFun to expand its electronics education programming.
Final approval for the plan will come from the Boulder County commissioners. That agenda item is tentatively set for Jan. 17, Harding said.
APARTMENT SITE SOLD: An 8.6-acre tract in Gunbarrel — the site of a planned 232-unit apartment complex — has sold for $4.5 million to a new investor.
Gunbarrel Flats LLC sold the lots at 5460, 5465, 5485 and 5490 Spine Road to Coch 101 Boulder LLC, according to Boulder County property records.
In April, developers submitted the concept plan for a 232-unit apartment complex called The Alexan at Gunbarrel Flats at the site. The Alexan brand is owned by Trammel Crow Residential Co., a Dallas-based builder and operator of multifamily residential projects.
A Trammel Crow Residential representative in Colorado did not immediately return requests for comment on Friday.
Buildings in the apartment complex would be three stories, according to plans filed with the Boulder Planning Department in April. The development would include an outdoor pool, pool house, clubhouse and fitness center.
AEROSPACE FIRM EXPANDS: Aerospace company MMA Design LLC plans to move into a 10,000-square-foot office at 2555 55th St. in Boulder in the first quarter.
MMA recently hired three employees. The aerospace company has built space-related solar arrays and space structures for government agencies such as the U.S. Air Force and NASA, according to the company website. Jeff Harvey is the company's chief executive, and Mitchell Wiens is president and chief operating officer. MMA Design has 12 employees.
Private defense contractor companies such as Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE: NOC) also are clients, according to the website. The company also has other research-and-development and building capabilities, according to the website.
The aerospace company currently has about 2,000 square feet of space at 3665 Discovery Drive, Suite N130A, in Boulder — the Space Science Building on the University of Colorado-Boulder's East Campus research park, said Mark Casey, MMA's real estate agent. The company also has an approximately 1,000-square-foot Broomfield location for its machine operation, Casey said.
Casey, of Tenant Wisdom LLC in Boulder, was the tenant agent for the new space, while Hunter Barto of Dean Callan & Co. represented the landlord. The move is expected to happen this month, Casey said.
FLATIRON RENOVATING: Shopping center executives plan to knock down two empty retail/restaurant buildings this spring near the AMC Theatres FlatIron Crossing 14.
The Village Tavern restaurant will remain at 1 West FlatIron Crossing Drive, No. 100, but the rest of the building that's attached to the restaurant is slated to be demolished, said Kim Campbell, the spokeswoman. Another building near the existing Crate and Barrel furniture store comes down as well, Campbell said. The now-closed Canyon Café and Bloom restaurants both were in the Village at Flatiron Crossing area, which now is in transition.
Mall owner Macerich Co. said in November that it planned to spend $10 million to $15 million to redevelop the Village at FlatIron Crossing area as well as to bring a J.C. Penney Co. store to the mall.
Demolition is slated to start in the March-April time frame, depending on the weather, and be wrapped up in time for the mall's outdoor concert series, which is scheduled to start in June, Campbell said. The goal is to "increase visibility for dining and entertainment and get us ready for future market-driven development," Campbell said. The demolition opens up an east-west corridor for drivers and adds 260 new parking spaces, she said.
"We think there will be more synergy between the main mall and the restaurants, once the view corridor is open and parking is more convenient," Campbell said. "We'll see what the market will bring."
The former Borders bookstore building and restaurants adjacent to the theater — Red Robin, P.F. Chang's China Bistro and Gordon Biersch — all will remain in place. The Broomfield planning department already has approved the demolition.
FlatIron Crossing opened in 2000. Macerich Co. repurchased 100 percent of the 1.5 million-square-foot mall in a $323 million deal in November. Macerich Co. (NYSE: MAC) is a Santa Monica, California-based real estate investment trust. It has had a stake in FlatIron Crossing since 2002, but in 2009 sold 75 percent of it.
COLDWELL MOVING OFFICE: Coldwell Banker NRT real-estate brokerage has leased new office space in Longmont and should open there in the second week of January.
The real-estate firm will move from a 5,300-square-foot space with no external signage on the fifth floor of a bank building at 1707 N. Main St. to a 3,328-square-foot ground-floor space in Meadowview Village, 600 S. Airport Road.
"It has much higher visibility," said Chris Mygatt, president and chief operating officer of Coldwell Banker for Colorado. The brokerage needed less space, he said, because "we've spent thousands in agent technology, including flat-screen TVs, presentation rooms and high-end workspaces. But also, we'll be much more a part of the community in a center that already has restaurants, other shops, a chocolate store. … And we'll be in an affluent area."
The Longmont office has about 32 or 33 agents, said Mygatt, adding that he hopes to expand that number to about 40 in 2013.
Managing broker Jason Kruse of The Colorado Group Inc. in Boulder represented the landlord, and David C. Freyer Commercial Realty Advisor, an Evergreen-based sole proprietorship, represented the tenant.
Proto's pizzeria, Sakura Japanese restaurant and Robin Chocolates operate in the center, and Longmont-based Oskar Blues brewery has considered opening an eatery in another space at the center which had been home to Jack's restaurant. Kruse said the center is 90 percent leased.
Coldwell Banker and NRT LLC are subsidiaries of Realogy Holdings Corp. (NYSE: RLGY).
Michael Davidson can be reached at 303-630-1943 or email@example.com. Dallas Heltzell and Beth Potter contributed to this report.


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Okay, not just drowning.
You did a good job emphasizing on the pressure and weight, but how could this also be an instant kill?
by the weight snapping the persons neck and the spine diggin into the brain.
Specifically, where would you target it? Imagine this jutsu happening right now...a huge wave of water crashing right upon you.
I would target it at about a 45 degree angle above you to give it maximum push and pressure.
Better. ^_^
(Suiton: Haran Banshō) - Water Release: Stormy Blockade
Rank: B
Type: Offensive
Range: Short - Long
Chakra cost: 20
Damage points: N/A
Description: The user will slam their hands against then ground allowing him/her to summon a massive amount of water from the sky, crushing it into the opponent. If needed, the user can cancel the technique in an instant.
Note: The water needs to be summoned at least 10 meters above the opponent to have any real effect.
Now, proceed to jump into the lake, but then utilize your water chakra throughout your body in such a way so that you can't be detected.
I jump into the lake and have my suiton chakra merge with that of the natural chakra that the lake is giving off to make my self "invisible to sensory ninja.
>.> No, but sensory Ninja and Doujutsu users can still detect you.
Okay, so, how might you use this in battle?
to sneak up upon an enemy and when used in conjunction with the accelerating technique to grab the enemy and drag him deep into the ocean after which the pressure would kill him.
Also, you can create a water source to escape into it as well.
(Suiton: Mizugakure no jutsu) - Water Release Hidden Amongst Water Technique
Rank: B
Type: Supplementary
Range: Short
Chakra cost: 20
Damage points: N/A
Description: The user will manipulate their chakra and then blend in with a water source to be undetected by the enemy for a short period of time. However Sensory Ninja and Doujutsu users can find the enemy easily within the water source.
Okay, for this next one, perform the Snake handseal and then build up Water chakra in your chest.
Release all of it at once towards the ground and tell me what happens.
I perform the handseal snake as i am jumping in the air i then focus my chakra into my chest after which i swing my arms in a 45 degree angle and release my suiton chakra into the ground in one go to create dust and recegade which hits your clone giving it very deep gashes .It can be aimed at an opponent and if near an edge can take out the land from beneath them.
' There is no dust in this move. Remember the move Kisame used to create a lake when he fought against Gai's team in Shippuden. This is it.
It's a huge wave of water.
Try again.
I perform the handseal snake as i am jumping in the air i then focus my chakra into my chest after which i swing my arms in a 45 degree angle and release my suiton chakra into the ground in one go to create a huge mass of water which i then manipulate to take the form of a wave. as it hits your clone it is drowned and carried away at the same time.
Excellent. So what happens to you as well? How might you use this defensively?
could be used as a sheild to possible a rank or b rank fire techniques?
Um, good answers, but I mean, when using this, due to the force of the jutsu alone, what might happen to you?
you would be pushed back further into the air possibly into a different range.
And how might one use this to their advantage...?
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Chakra cost: 20
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Intel Corp. on Friday said it had signed an agreement to acquire Telmap, a provider of navigation and location-based services, search and content. Telmap This move is a step towards expanding the chip giant's mobile software services capabilities as Intel continues to grow in the area of software and services.
Telmap provides unique, end-to-end mobile location-based services that include the Mobile Location Companion, which is the world's first personalized mobile location companion, serving as the meeting place for all things local, social and personal, a complementary web companion, and a location platform and APIs to support customers in delivering a strong LBS strategy.
Telmap is all about empowering mobile industry players to offer worldwide mobile location-based services that enrich consumers' on-the-go experiences anywhere in the world, whether in their cars or on-foot, using a wide range of mobile devices. As such, the Telmap Mobile location Companion is open to premium content from any third party content provider, adding value to each consumer in their respective geographies. Telmap is the selected location solution provider of leading industry players Orange FT Group, Vodafone, Vodacom, SFR, Telefonica-O2, MTS, SingTel, OPTUS and more.
Telmap will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Intel and will thus continue to serve its existing customers.
From a consumer perspective, Telmap should help Intel to bring to life its vision for integrated, uniform experiences across consumer devices. Telmap has a lot of expertise around end-to-end mobile local search, mapping and navigation services.
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You guys really need to chill out on the past and just relax. Just because you guys dislike each other because of past forum wars should not be brought up repeatedly during the season.
Re NVP drops, that pisses me off a lot. I locked down his adds/drops specifically to stop this thing happening and believe me when my matchup with him is over his adds/drops will be straight back on lockdown. There is NO REASON for him to care about winning this week, he has no beef with me and he cannot possibly reach the playoffs. Those drops screw things around but at the same time there is no oddity about WaterMELOn picking Beal up, look 2 pages back in this thread and you'll see that he saw us talking about it.
Other than that there may have been a strange thing or two happen during the league this year but none of it has actually benefited metro in the slightest so continually slinging crap at him because of it is pointless and irrelevant.


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Legislation includes annual testing in reading and
math for grades 3-8
August 6, 2003 -- Legislation
signed into law yesterday by Governor Blagojevich will
result in an enhanced statewide testing system that will
help improve student mastery of the Illinois Learning
Standards and put Illinois in compliance with the requirements
of the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) statute, Robert
E. Schiller, State Superintendent of Education said today.
The Governor signed HB 2352, which makes several significant
changes -- including the establishment of annual testing
in reading and math for grades 3-8 -- in the Illinois
Standards Achievement Test (ISAT) given each spring in
Illinois public elementary schools. The changes will effect
no later than the 2005-06 school year.
We have had a high quality system of testing in
Illinois up to now, but these changes will give it even
more credibility, Schiller said.
The legislation grew out of recommendations made to the
General Assembly by the Assessment and Accountability
Task Force appointed last year by Schiller, who co-chaired
the group with Dr. Robert Nielsen, superintendent of Bloomington
District 87. The task force conducted numerous meetings
and five public hearings across the state, then proposed
changes required by the NCLB and additional changes to
ensure a more useful system of state assessments.
Our enhanced statewide assessment system will have
a high level of reliability and validity and provide continuity
from the current assessment system, Schiller said.
It will provide timely results that are meaningful
and educationally useful for educators, parents and the
broader community. In the long run, it could even reduce
the amount of time students spend being tested, if school
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On Friday, November 22, the College's Office of Corporate, Foundation, and Government Relations held the inaugural Faculty Recognition Event to acknowledge faculty from across campus who have submitted grant proposals or implemented grant projects during the 2012-13 fiscal year.
The event brought together faculty from Pharmacy, Education, Chemistry, Philosophy, Nursing, Sociology, and Media and Communication, as well as staff from Lavery Library and the Academic Opportunities Programs Office.
Dr. Donald Bain, President, and Dr. Randall Krieg, Provost, made remarks during the event, noting the importance of grant funding and faculty research.
"The funding available through grants is an important resource in ensuring that our faculty are able to further their expertise and explore their passion, which in turn benefits both our students and our Institution as a whole," said Bain. "Your hard work also raises the College profile, enhances our reputation, and is a vehicle in disseminating the important work that we are doing here."
In addition, Dr. Jeff Liles, Associate Professor of Inclusive Childhood Education, spoke about his experience securing a grant with the Bank of America, which led to "Project College Bound," a partnership between Fisher and the Rochester Early College International High School focused on college-readiness and academic success in high school and beyond.
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Ghost Town representatives met with a panel from the Department of Labor on Dec. 31 to discuss the citation.
The issue stems from a July 6 incident in which Robert Bradley, a long-time gunfighter for Ghost Town's staged Wild West gunfights, fell to the ground in pain when something from an "enemy's" gun lodged itself 1.5 inches into his right thigh.
The gunfighters use blanks, but in this case a projectile of some sort came shooting out of the gun. What it was exactly remains a mystery. Early speculation centered around wadding — paper or cloth used with blanks that is supposed to disintegrate upon firing. But Bradley contends the gun had been maliciously tampered with.
The DOL citation claims Ghost Town failed to provide employees "conditions of employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees."
Specifically, the citation points to the three real 45-caliber revolvers and two real 12-guage double barrel shotguns that were used, loaded with blank ammunition, to stage the gunfights and to the removal of triggers from the revolvers so that they could be fired simply by pulling the hammers back.
After receiving the citation, Ghost Town could choose to pay the fine, contest the decision or request an informal conference. They opted for the conference.
"The informal conference gives them an opportunity to present any questions or problems they have about the citation," said Dolores Quesinberry, communications director for the North Carolina Department of Labor.
The conference's results must be reviewed and finalized before they can become public, a process that Quesinberry said can take several weeks.
The conference could result in a compromised fine and hazard abatement requirements if Ghost Town and the department are able to come to an agreement. If they can't, the department could issue a "no change" letter, meaning that the fine must be paid as first issued. Or, it could issue an amended citation.
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He served with the Army in World War II and recently strengthened his faith in God while on his A.C.T.S. retreat with Most Precious Blood Catholic Church. His hobbies included woodworking, gardening, making cascarones and napping. Due to health issues later in life, Ysaac passed of natural causes while gardening.
Ysaac will be remembered for his eagerness to help others, his love for his family and friends, his strong faith in God's plan, and his perseverance in life's journey. His infectious smile was difficult to miss as it lit up any room he walked into.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Ysidro and Eusebia Elizalde, 7 siblings; and his grandson, John D. Elizalde.
Ysaac is survived by his wife, Elumina D. Elizalde; sons, Ysaac [Dora] Elizalde, Eloy Elizalde; daughter, Nelda Elizalde [Rey Garza]; and his siblings, Josefina Soliz, Cecelia Moron, and David Elizalde; 8 grandchildren; and 6 great-grandchildren.
Visitation was held 9:00 AM- 9:00 p.m. on Friday, June 6, 2014, at Trevino Funeral Home in Beeville, Texas, with a Rosary to be held at 7:00 PM.
A funeral Mass was celebrated at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 7, 2014, at St. James Catholic Church in Beeville, Texas. Burial immediately followed at Our Lady of Victory Cemetery #2 in Beeville, Texas with full military honors.
Pallbearers were Anthony Ramirez, Eloy Elizalde, Jr., Rene Flores, Rudy Medina, Michael Medina, and Carlos Pena. Honorary pallbearer was Joe Anthony Garza.
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