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The Atlas of Ancient Rome, edited by Andrea Carandini, is a gorgeous, authoritative archeological survey of Rome from prehistory to the early medieval period. Transport yourself to antiquity with full-color maps, drawings, photos, and 3D reconstructions of the Eternal City, featuring descriptions of the fourteen regions of Rome and the urban history of each in unprecedented detail. Included are profiles and reconstructions of more than 500 major monuments and works of art, such as the Sanctuary of Vesta, the domus Augusti, and the Mausoleum of Augustus. This two-volume, slipcased edition examines the city's topography and political-administrative divisions, trade and economic production, and social landscape and infrastructure using the most current archaeological findings and the latest mapping technologies. Take a look at a sampling of some of the detailed images from the book here, and be sure to mark your calendar for when this book becomes available in February 2017.
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Presenting the trailer for Virus by Marilyn Roossinck
Virus by Marilyn Roossinck is your go-to guide to the fascinating world of viruses. This stunningly illustrated reference work offers an unprecedented look at 101 microbes that infect all branches of life on Earth—from humans and other animals to insects, plants, fungi, and bacteria. Check out our new trailer for an introduction:
Marilyn J. Roossinck is professor of virus ecology in the Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology at Pennsylvania State University. She lives in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.
Nicholas J. Higham: The Top 10 Algorithms in Applied Mathematics
In the January/February 2000 issue of Computing in Science and Engineering, Jack Dongarra and Francis Sullivan chose the "10
algorithms with the greatest influence on the development and practice of science and engineering in the 20th century" and presented a group of articles on them that they had commissioned and edited. (A SIAM News article by Barry Cipra gives a summary for anyone who does not have access to the original articles). This top ten list has attracted a lot of interest.
Sixteen years later, I though it would be interesting to produce such a list in a different way and see how it compares with the original top ten. My unscientific—but well defined— way of doing so is to determine which algorithms have the most page locators in the index of The Princeton Companion to Applied Mathematics (PCAM). This is a flawed measure for several reasons. First, the book focuses on applied mathematics, so some algorithms included in the original list may be outside its scope, though the book takes a broad view of the subject and includes many articles about applications and about topics on the interface with other areas. Second, the content is selective and the book does not attempt to cover all of applied mathematics. Third, the number of page locators is not necessarily a good measure of importance. However, the index was prepared by a professional indexer, so it should reflect the content of the book fairly objectively.
A problem facing anyone who compiles such a list is to define what is meant by "algorithm". Where does one draw the line between an algorithm and a technique? For a simple example, is putting a rational function in partial fraction form an algorithm? In compiling the following list I have erred on the side of inclusion. This top ten list is in decreasing order of the number of page locators.
- Newton and quasi-Newton methods
- Matrix factorizations (LU, Cholesky, QR)
- Singular value decomposition, QR and QZ algorithms
- Monte-Carlo methods
- Fast Fourier transform
- Krylov subspace methods (conjugate gradients, Lanczos, GMRES,
- PageRank
- Simplex algorithm
- Kalman filter
Note that JPEG (1992) and PageRank (1998) were youngsters in 2000, but all the other algorithms date back at least to the 1960s.
By comparison, the 2000 list is, in chronological order (no other ordering was given)
- Metropolis algorithm for Monte Carlo
- Simplex method for linear programming
- Krylov subspace iteration methods
- The decompositional approach to matrix computations
- The Fortran optimizing compiler
- QR algorithm for computing eigenvalues
- Quicksort algorithm for sorting
- Fast Fourier transform
- Integer relation detection
- Fast multipole method
The two lists agree in 7 of their entries. The differences are:
|PCAM list
|2000 list
|Newton and quasi-Newton methods
|The Fortran Optimizing Compiler
|Quicksort algorithm for sorting
|Integer relation detection
|Kalman filter
|Fast multipole method
Of those in the right-hand column, Fortran is in the index of PCAM and would have made the list, but so would C, MATLAB, etc., and I draw the line at including languages and compilers; the fast multipole method nearly made the PCAM table; and quicksort and integer relation detection both have one page locator in the PCAM index.
There is a remarkable agreement between the two lists! Dongarra and Sullivan say they knew that "whatever we came up with in the end, it would be controversial". Their top ten has certainly stimulated some debate, but I don't think it has been too controversial. This comparison suggests that Dongarra and Sullivan did a pretty good job, and one that has stood the test of time well.
Finally, I point readers to a talk Who invented the great numerical algorithms? by Nick Trefethen for a historical perspective on algorithms, including most of those mentioned above.
This post originally appeared on Higham's popular website.
Nicholas J. Higham is the Richardson Professor of Applied Mathematics at The University of Manchester. He most recently edited The Princeton Companion to Applied Mathematics.
Happy Birthday to Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau turned 198 on Sunday, July 12. In honor of everyone's favorite experimental hermit, enjoy these quotes taken from The Quotable Thoreau edited by Jeffrey S. Cramer.
On Change
"The higher the mountain on which you stand, the less change in the prospect from year to year, from age to age. Above a certain height there is no change."
To H.G.O. Blake, February 27, 1853, in Familiar Letters, pp. 210-211
On Education and Learning
"It is strange that men are in such haste to get fame as teachers rather than knowledge as learners."
Written March 11, 1856, in his Journal, vol. VIII, p. 205
On Human Nature
"Men have become the tools of their tools."
Written July 16, 1845, in his Journal, vol. 2, p. 162
On Nature
"There can be no black melancholy to him who lives in the midst of Nature and has his senses still."
Walden, p. 131
On The Seasons
"Is not all the summer akin to a paradise?"
Written May 9, 1852, in his Journal, vol. 5, p. 47
And be sure to check out The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau!
Book Fact Friday – Lady Beetles
From chapter 11 of Garden Insects of North America:
Most lady beetles lay between 5 and 30 orange-yellow eggs at a time. They are distinctive, but may sometimes resemble those of leaf beetles. Eggs are laid near colonies of insects to provide food for the larvae.
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Garden Insects of North America is the most comprehensive and user-friendly guide to the common insects and mites affecting yard and garden plants in North America. In a manner no previous book has come close to achieving, through full-color photos and concise, clear, scientifically accurate text, it describes the vast majority of species associated with shade trees and shrubs, turfgrass, flowers and ornamental plants, vegetables, and fruits—1,420 of them, including crickets, katydids, fruit flies, mealybugs, moths, maggots, borers, aphids, ants, bees, and many, many more. For particularly abundant bugs adept at damaging garden plants, management tips are also included. Covering all of the continental United States and Canada, this is the definitive one-volume resource for amateur gardeners, insect lovers, and professional entomologists alike.
To ease identification, the book is organized by plant area affected (e.g., foliage, flowers, stems) and within that, by taxa. Close to a third of the species are primarily leaf chewers, with about the same number of sap suckers. Multiple photos of various life stages and typical plant symptoms are included for key species. The text, on the facing page, provides basic information on host plants, characteristic damage caused to plants, distribution, life history, habits, and, where necessary, how to keep "pests" in check–in short, the essentials to better understanding, appreciating, and tolerating these creatures.
Whether managing, studying, or simply observing insects, identification is the first step–and this book is the key. With it in hand, the marvelous microcosm right outside the house finally comes fully into view.
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Also by Whitney Cranshaw: Bugs Rule!: An Introduction to the World of Insects
Celebrate National Grammar Day with Frank Cioffi's One Day in the Life of the English Language
Grammar: It's the difference between knowing your stuff and knowing you're stuff. Some even say it saves lives (see below). If you haven't noticed, today is National Grammar Day (March 4), so here at Princeton University Press we are celebrating good grammar, proper punctuation, and clear communication with Frank L. Cioffi's anti-textbook handbook, One Day in the Life of the English Language: A Microcosmic Usage Handbook.
Cioffi's chatty and charming reference doesn't just lay out the "rules," but also makes a convincing case for why good grammar and usage matter. Cioffi argues that Standard Written English (also known as "formal English") is vital for success in professions where exactness and clarity carry great importance, and he also proposes that correct English can foster a more honest, ethical, and functional culture of communication.
The book draws on some three hundred real-world sentences printed in eleven newspapers and six weekly magazines and published on a single, typical day (December 29, 2008). Cioffi emphasizes that English usage is continually evolving and he debunks some of the most popular grammar "rules." Is it acceptable to end a sentence with a preposition? It is. Can you start a sentence with a conjunction? You can. Is it "correct" to use split infinitives. Sure.
What do you think? Does "formal" English still matter in the post-Twitter world?
Check out the introduction and let us know.
We've also been tweeting out #NationalGrammarDay #protips from the book today.
Happy National Grammar Day!
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Princeton University Press launches The Digital Einstein Papers
Launching today, THE DIGITAL EINSTEIN PAPERS is a publicly available website of the collected and translated papers of Albert Einstein that allows readers to explore the writings of the world's most famous scientist as never before.
Princeton, NJ – December 5, 2014 – Princeton University Press, in partnership with Tizra, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and California Institute of Technology, announces the launch of THE DIGITAL EINSTEIN PAPERS (http://einsteinpapers.press.princeton.edu). This unique, authoritative resource provides full public access to the translated and annotated writings of the most influential scientist of the twentieth century: Albert Einstein.
"Princeton University Press has a long history of publishing books by and about Albert Einstein, including the incredible work found in The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein," said Peter Dougherty, director of Princeton University Press. "We are delighted to make these texts openly available to a global audience of researchers, scientists, historians, and students keen to learn more about Albert Einstein. This project not only furthers the mission of the press to publish works that contribute to discussions that have the power to change our world, but also illustrates our commitment to pursuing excellence in all forms of publishing—print and digital."
THE DIGITAL EINSTEIN PAPERS website presents the complete contents of The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, and, upon its launch, the website—http://einsteinpapers.press.princeton.edu—will contain 5,000 documents covering the first forty-four years of Einstein's life, up to and including the award of the Nobel Prize in Physics and his long voyage to the Far East. Additional material will be available on the website approximately eighteen months after the print publication of new volumes of The Collected Papers. Eventually, the website will provide access to all of Einstein's writings and correspondence, accompanied by scholarly annotation and apparatus.
What sorts of gems will users discover in THE DIGITAL EINSTEIN PAPERS? According to Diana L. Kormos-Buchwald, director of the Einstein Papers Project, "This material has been carefully researched and annotated over the last twenty-five years and contains all of Einstein's scientific and popular writings, drafts, lecture notes, and diaries, and his professional and personal correspondence up to his forty-fourth birthday—so users will discover major scientific articles on the general theory of relativity, gravitation, and quantum theory alongside his love letters to his first wife, correspondence with his children, and his intense exchanges with other notable scientists, philosophers, mathematicians, and political personalities of the early twentieth century."
Buchwald also noted that THE DIGITAL EINSTEIN PAPERS will introduce current and future generations to important ideas and moments in history, saying, "It is exciting to think that thanks to the careful application of new technology, this work will now reach a much broader audience and stand as the authoritative digital source for Einstein's written legacy."
THE DIGITAL EINSTEIN PAPERS enables readers to experience the writings of Albert Einstein in unprecedented ways. Advance search technology improves discoverability by allowing users to perform keyword searches across volumes of Einstein's writing and, with a single click, navigate between the original languages in which the texts were written and their English translations. Further exploration is encouraged by extensive explanatory footnotes, introductory essays, and links to the Einstein Archives Online, where there are thousands of high-quality digital images of Einstein's writings.
The Tizra platform was selected for this project, according to Kenneth Reed, manager of digital production for Princeton University Press, because of its highly flexible, open, and intuitive content delivery approach, and its strong reputation for reliability. Equally important was creating a user-friendly reading experience.
"One of the reasons we chose Tizra is that we wanted to preserve the look and feel of the volumes," said Reed. "You'll see the pages as they appear in the print volumes, with added functionality such as linking between the documentary edition and translation, as well as linking to the Einstein Archives Online, and the ability to search across all the volumes in English and German."
THE DIGITAL EINSTEIN PAPERS is an unprecedented scholarly collaboration that highlights what is possible when technology, important content, and a commitment to global scholarly communication are brought together. We hope you will join us in celebrating this achievement and invite you to explore Einstein's writings with the links below.
Work on THE DIGITAL EINSTEIN PAPERS was supported by the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. endowment, the California Institute of Technology, the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Arcadia Fund, U.K.
A Sampling of Documents Found in THE DIGITAL EINSTEIN PAPERS
Website: http://einsteinpapers.press.princeton.edu
"My Projects for the Future" — In this high school French essay, a seventeen-year-old Einstein describes his future plans, writing that "young people especially like to contemplate bold projects."
Letter to Mileva Marić — The first volume of The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein revealed that the young Einstein had fathered an illegitimate daughter. In this letter to his sweetheart and future wife, Einstein, age twenty-two, expresses his happiness at the birth of his daughter Lieserl, and asks about her health and feeding.
Einstein's first job offer — Einstein graduated from university in 1900, but had great difficulty finding academic employment. He received this notice of his appointment as a technical clerk at the Swiss Patent Office in June 1902 and would later describe his time there as happy and productive.
"On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies" — Einstein's 1905 paper on the special theory of relativity is a landmark in the development of modern physics.
"On a Heuristic Point of View Concerning the Production and Transformation of Light" — Einstein received the Nobel Prize in Physics for this paper on the hypothesis of energy quanta.
The telegram informing that Einstein he has won the Nobel Prize — Einstein was traveling in the Far East when he officially learned via telegram that he had been awarded the prize. However, he had long been expecting the prize, as evidenced by a clause regarding its disposition in a preliminary divorce agreement from Mileva in 1918.
"The Field Equations of Gravitation" — Einstein spent a decade developing the general theory of relativity and published this article in late 1915.
To his mother Pauline Einstein — Einstein writes to his ailing mother to share the happy news that his prediction of gravitational light bending was confirmed by a British eclipse expedition in 1919.
To Heinrich Zangger, on the mercurial nature of fame — Having been propelled to world fame, Einstein writes to his friend about the difficulties of being "worshipped today, scorned or even crucified tomorrow."
To Max Planck, on receiving credible death threats — Einstein writes that he cannot attend the Scientist's Convention in Berlin because he is "supposedly among the group of persons being targeted by nationalist assassins."
Four Lectures on the Theory of Relativity, held at Princeton University in May 1921 — On his first trip to the United States, Einstein famously delivered these lectures on the theory of relativity.
About The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein
The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein is one of the most ambitious publishing ventures ever undertaken in the documentation of the history of science. Selected from among more than 40,000 documents contained in Einstein's personal collection, and 15,000 Einstein and Einstein-related documents discovered by the editors since the beginning of the Einstein Project, The Collected Papers provides the first complete picture of a massive written legacy. When completed, the series will contain more than 14,000 documents as full text and will fill thirty volumes. The volumes are published by Princeton University Press, sponsored by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and supported by the California Institute of Technology.
About Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press is an independent publisher with close connections, both formal and informal, to Princeton University. As such it has overlapping responsibilities to the University, the academic community, and the reading public. Our fundamental mission is to disseminate scholarship (through print and digital media) both within academia and to society at large.
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Clear and Simple as the Truth has author Steven Pinker's seal of approval
Steven Pinker, author of How the Mind Works, The Blank Slate, and The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century, was recently featured in The New York Times Sunday Book Review to, well, review books (among other things). Pinker covers everything from the current books sitting beside his bed on his nightstand to his dream literary dinner party, but one question and answer caught the Press's attention in particular.
When asked if there were "any unexpected gems you came across" while researching his latest book "The Sense of Style," Pinker names Mark Turner and Francis Noël Thomas's Clear and Simple as the Truth. "Their model of 'classic prose' — the writer directs the reader's gaze to something in the world — elegantly captures the differences between vigorous and turgid writing," explains Pinker in the interview.
Not long after the Times interview (literally one day later) Pinker was published in The Chronicle Review of Higher Education for his explanation of why academics stink at writing. Here, Pinker turns to Turner and Thomas for help framing his argument. "In a brilliant little book called Clear and Simple as the Truth, the literary scholars Francis-Noël Thomas and Mark Turner argue that every style of writing can be understood as a model of the communication scenario that an author simulates in lieu of the real-time give-and-take of a conversation."
"They distinguish, in particular, romantic, oracular, prophetic, practical, and plain styles, each defined by how the writer imagines himself to be related to the reader, and what the writer is trying to accomplish…Among those styles is one they single out as an aspiration for writers of expository prose. They call it classic style, and they credit its invention to 17th-century French essayists such as Descartes and La Rochefoucauld."
For the New York Times Sunday Book Review, click here, and to read the rest of Pinker's article in The Chronicle of Higher Education, click here.
Book trailer for Atlas of Cities edited by Paul Knox
Princeton University Press senior designer Jason Alejandro created this book trailer for Atlas of Cities edited by Paul Knox. (The catchy song in the background is the aptly named "Weekend in the City" by Silent Partner.)
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Are inflation expectations ahead of themselves?
I read a great piece by HSBC Chief Economist guru Stephen King that appeared in the Financial Times this morning, Trigger-happy central bankers risk wrecking the recovery, [Note: We often consider things great when they are aligned with one's own world view; which is the case here; as I too think developed world central banks have gotten ahead of themselves.]
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- Standard economic upswings end with inflation. This one is beginning with inflation.
- Central banks typically raise interest rates to prevent inflation from picking up. They're now thinking of raising interest rates to bring inflation down.
- Higher interest rates are associated with rapid economic growth. Yet the west's economic recovery so far has been arthritic, at best.
- There are few, if any, domestic inflationary drivers.
o Wage growth is modest.
o Money supply growth is insipid.
o On any conventional measure, there's plenty of spare capacity.
- The emerging nations' success has, in turn, imposed a tax on western economies.
- This tax is being paid via an increase in prices relative to wages. Hawkish central bankers would rather the tax be paid via higher interest rates.
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Ireland for example, is still a major wild-card in this dangerous game given the shift in the political landscape on the Island as Irish serfs, those that haven't left to find jobs, are pretty much sick of carrying the burden for their high flying financial wizards' machinations from hell.
Well Jack, as I reside in Ireland I can comment - yes, Ireland is a real wild-card, in that the reality has not sank in yet for the man on the street. The reality that the welfare state must end that high direct and indirect taxes are here to stay, that not alone must be 20b € (14% GDP) deficit be eliminated but private sector banking debt (due to incompetent speculation / greed) must be paid back to EZ banks (per the ECB wishes) with 6.7% interest.
Why did this happen to Ireland - well in conjunction with a culmination of organic growth due mainly from Ireland's export (FDI) model plus the sudden inappropriate change in short term interest rate (Euro introduction) created a credit boom. Germany benefits with exports, EZ banks benefited from wholesale funding while taking on no risk (hiding behind the regulatory system) leaving the risk with Ireland Inc. During this time Ireland esencially discarded all responsibility for its own economic affairs and instead falsely believed now that we were in the Eurozone with the new Euro that these matters would be taken care of. A common misconception was - why do we need an Irish Central Bank as the ECB is running the show. Well we now can answer this !.
My view is that once the general public see that there is no way out of this, bar 10 to 20 years paying back private bank debt (wrongly converted to sovereign debt) the obvious conclusion is a concensus that Ireland must once again re-gain control of their economic affairs. In the short to medium term this may mean attempts to re-negotiate terms, attempts by Europe to introduce financial harmonisation across states supported by a large bond buying fund. In the longer term or shorter should the latter approach fail it may mean Ireland starts a planned exit from the Euro, a re-link to Stg, the sale of insolvent banks and of course a big writedown of debt - aka buyback / default.
While the popular commentry has been Ireland has just laid down and accepted all austerity measures, my feeling is that is going to change and the first installment has happened with the recent general election. The next stage may be a realisation that we can and should be running our own affairs while pondering the question - would life be better out of Euroland - we'll see.
Thanks Tom.
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Bonds got hammered yesterday on the ADP jobs news and growth expectations....interestingly, this may be the start of some much needed yield support for the dollar i.e. lower bond prices = high interest rates....though the correlation isn't always a slam dunk, of late rising bond prices which may have been to ebbing US growth expectations, has been tight of late. Notice the rectangle box on the chart showing bond prices going up as the dollar tanks ...
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If your father has 100% ownership-he can live it to whoever he wants.
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Living in the home does not convey ownership to you. When your father dies, the home will either pass by intestatcy (if he dies without a will) or pass according to the terms of his will. Since your father owns the home, he can do whatever he pleases with it.
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Mr. Pippen and Ms. Stinson give you good advice. Your rights are neither amplified nor diminished by the fact that you reside with him. Residency does not confer ownership or partial ownership. You can worry all you want as to whether your father will leave the house to your brother, but that is of little moment: Your father gets to decide to whom he wishes to leave his property. If your father is still alive (as appears to be the case since you used the word "if"), you might consider cherishing the time he has left, rather than be preoccupied with what happens to his property after his death.
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Logarithmic decay of the energy for an hyperbolic-parabolic coupled system
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This paper is devoted to the study of a coupled system which consists of a wave equation and a heat equation coupled through a transmission condition along a steady interface. This system is a linearized model for fluid-structure interaction introduced by Rauch, Zhang and Zuazua for a simple transmission condition and by Zhang and Zuazua for a natural transmission condition. Using an abstract theorem of Burq and a new Carleman estimate proved near the interface, we complete the results obtained by Zhang and Zuazua and by Duyckaerts. We prove, without a Geometric Control Condition, a logarithmic decay of the energy.
Mathematics Subject Classification: 37L15 / 35B37 / 74F10 / 93D20
Key words: Fluid-structure interaction / wave-heat model / stability / logarithmic decay
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Double bedroom with en-suite bathroom. Large 'family' bedroom with 3 x single beds and en-suite shower room and patio windows to large balcony. There are baby gates fitted at both top and bottom of the staircase. There is a pleasant sitting room with bamboo furniture, under the house, facing the pool area.
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Service: Guests of Casa do Pateo can use the services of the reception of a nearby hotel. Also our property management office is about 7km from the villa. They offer friendly advice, help and assistance to all our guests including a welcome visit to introduce you to the villa and surrounding area. They also sell tickets to waterparks, zoomarine, golf, boat trips and excursions at discount prices. There is also an emergency telephone Nº provided. All guests receive a welcome pack with our compliments.
Activities: Activities *Zoomarine Park (sea life): 20min drive *Two Waterslide Parks: 25min & 235min drive *Horse riding 15 min drive *Water sports & jet ski on the beach *Big game & Reef fishing from Albufeira marina just 5min drive *Krazy World (zoo & mini golf): 20min drive *River trips, Jeep Safaris, Sea day trips with barbecue on a secluded beach. *Excursions to local markets and other places of interest in the Algarve, to Seville and Lisbon.
Golf: The beautiful Golf course Salgados is just 15 minutes drive away
This was our second visit to Casa do Pateo and the villa has undergone some impressive refurbishment since we first stayed. It's a lovely villa in a perfect position for everyone in our party - beach lovers, those who prefer to stay by the very large pool and handy for the nightlife for the teenagers. Also everyone had their own bathroom - perfect! It was beautifully clean and the maid service was great. Just one tiny niggle - and I understand the owner is going to try and rectify this - there are some very tall weeds which obscure the sea view from the pool area and this area could do to be cleared of bits of rubbish. Otherwise, highly recommended!
Casa Patio - absolutely fabulous! Great location overlooking the ocean.
We were a party of 9 adults. Villa is incredibly well stocked, very clean.
Every bedroom had it's own bathroom. Outdoor space fantastic.
We can't wait to go back!
6 chaps in their 40's stayed here in April. 4 bedrooms are en-suite and the other bedroom has a bathroom next to it. This villa had everything we needed. Kitchen is fully equipped, also washing machine, iron etc. The selection of TV channels is not so good if you're English but if you're German or Portuguese you'll be fine. We didn't come to watch TV anyway! The maid came 3 times, Monday, Wednesday, Friday and did a great job. There's also a gym room downstairs. Then there's the pool. Loved it!! There's steps down to the pool. Great size and we paid for the heating as i'm sure we wouldn't have gone in as much without it. There's a BBQ by the pool and on the terrace outside the living room for those so inclined. Nice view of the sea too. Old Town and the Strip are both roughly 20/25 minutes walk. Taxi home from either was about 5 euros. Strip is more for the young 'uns but worth a look. There's a nice restaurant just a few minutes walk just up the road past the Monica Isabel on the right. Fry up hit the spot for brekkie! Also the 'Snack Bar' pub (that ironically doesn't serve food) was good for a pint and watching sport. Don't be put off by the standard white seating outside, much nicer inside!
Overall, this is a great villa. We had no problems and our deposit was returned in full a couple of weeks later. Can't recommend enough. Florence answered any queries via email and everything went smoothly. You pick the keys up from the Monica Isabel reception.
Thank you!!
My partner, children, their partners and grandchildren (11 of us) had the villa the second week of May. The villa is very well equipped and extremely spacious - there were numerouse z beds and cots etc that were surplus to requirements. The villa was cleaned regularly by a very nice lady. The heated pool was great for the little girls (and the big uns). Garden was tended when we were there. Reasonable walking distance from the centre of old albufuria but there were some good resteraunts closer by. The facilities were so good at the villa that we dined in loads taking advantage of the bbq facilities. Although instructions said we had to deal with our own rubbish, a man in a van arrived daily to empty the bins. The weather was very kind to us and I would definitely go back to the Algarve and Villa Pateo. A superb holiday was had by all ages. Thank you
We spent a week at the villa in April for my 40th birthday and we were very impressed by the villa - it was spacious, immaculate, and incredibly well kitted out. Plenty of towels, toilet roll, kitchen utensils etc
Every one of the bedrooms was well decorated, the bathrooms a good spec and the living area spacious.
The location was great although a little hard to find but the staff at the Monica Isabel Beach Club were more than helpful. It was easy walking distance from The Strip although a little uphill. It was also walking distance to the Old Town but this was a little further and taxis were so cheap we decided this was an easier option.
We had the pool heated which was amazing and well worth the money, especially at this time of year. There were also plenty of sunloungers which was very important for a group of 8 ladies and has been an issue at previous villas.
The only thing that was a little disappointing compared to the description was the view of the sea which was hindered by the growth of plants etc since the photos were taken.
But overall I would highly recommend this property for large groups visiting the area. We had an amazing week and would definitely return.
Upon arrival at the villa, the view over the pool to the sea beyond was wonderful. Plenty of space in the villa for 10+ people and more importantly it was very clean. The maid visited twice during our stay refreshing the towels and generally cleaning. Florence was swift to respond to my query and helped to book taxi transfers to and from the airport which otherwise may have proved costly. I would definitely return to this villa in the future!!
From start to finish an excellent holiday. The villa was far more than the photos portrayed. Florence was most helpful with all booking arrangements. I would highly recommend to anyone who is looking for a beautiful,well maintained and spotlessly clean villa.
We booked the villa for a week in June to celebrate my husband and my 60th birthday, we shall always cherish this beautiful villa experience.
This beautiful, spacious villa, enjoys a fantastic location directly above the beach with wonderful sea views. The beach is accessed from the villa, via a paved footpath that leads directly to the beach bar / restaurant, which is only a 2 to 3 minute walk. There are many amenities very close, including a mini market and a good selection of bars and restaurants. Albufeira town is just 2km, approx 30 minutes walk, but only about 15 minutes if you walk along the beach. The 'Strip' of music bars is only a 10 minute walk. The villa is located within a private cul de sac.
The swimming pool is very large at 10m x 6m with Roman steps and has a special system to keep the water clean that requires normally no, or very little chemicals to be added. Can be HEATED - this is available as an optional extra. The pool is surrounded by extensive terraces with BBQ , with a table tennis table.
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No, mate, my teams not too keen on Chelsea.:thumbdown:
Has the tradition passed over the pond to you guys then?
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No, mate, my teams not too keen on Chelsea.:thumbdown:
Has the tradition passed over the pond to you guys then?
We don't know Chelsea, but we watching Brit Ravens fans tossing celery at Chiefs and Raiders fans has been a tailgate party highlight!
I'm known as "Bunky", glad to be here.:usa:
Raven for life I bleeds purple ya dig Harbaugh will be the architect of the Ravens dynasty for years to come.
Shawn, from Sykesville. I hate the steelers and the redskins. Go Ravens!
Jim, from Northern West Virginia, er, I mean York County, Pennsylvania
Good afternoon, Ravens fans -- I post regularly on Dolphins boards and thought it would be interesting to pop in for a visit here.
I received my membership approval and wanted to say I like (and respect) the temporary "new member restrictions." Take it from me, as I recently visited a Jets board in anticipation of yesterday's game. I knew going in that I'd be a "marked" woman, but the majority of posts directed to me were appalling. I think your idea of a "warm-up" period for new members is ingenious, frankly. :)
Here's to a great, injury-free game on Sunday. I look forward to good-hearted exchanges leading up to the game (and a Phins win, of course, lol).
~ Sue
My name is Tommy I am a Titans Fan you can hate if you want I really don't care I love the Titans and will continue to like them even if we lose. I live in southwest Indiana The Colts and Gayton Manning suck. I just wanted to see what the Ravens board was like.
Hey, I'm mike, I've been a Raven's fan for the last ten years. I found a link to this forum on the sportsline board and decided to jump ship to a better moderated, more intelligent community of football fans.
I'm pumped up for the game on Saturday, but I'm even more pumped when I think of how great this team will be in the future. Bright young stars at QB, and RB, an elite possession WR and TE, and a D that imposes its will on its opponents.
How 'bout them Ravens!?!
Hey, I'm Kyle.
I've been a Ravens fan since they were established. Oddly enough, like effo5231, I found this site from the CBS sportsline Ravens boards. I couldn't take the amount of homers that were there from other teams. While I am a die-hard Ravens fan, I know how to have an intellectual convo, even with Steelers fans. Most of the NFL fans on the site do nothing but troll...and I need to get away from that.
Can't wait for Saturday, I should be good, 2 great defenses going up against one another in a smash mouth football game.
Hey, I'm Joe. I'm the assistant sports editor for a daily newspaper covering an SEC school. I write a weekly NFL column and remain objective while never hiding my love for the Ravens. Been a fan since they started.
Hey everybody...
Keith here. I've been coming to these message boards for a while now, but never posted. Partly because it's not me to post stuff, and partly because my computer was being stupid. But, I'm good now, and hope to chime in from time to time!


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Property Location
With a stay at Courtyard by Marriott Boulder in Boulder, you'll be in the business district and convenient to The Spot Bouldering Gym and Folsom Field. This hotel is within close proximity of Mary Williams Fine Arts and Ocean First Divers.
Make yourself at home in one of the 149 air-conditioned rooms featuring LCD televisions. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Partially open bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature designer toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include desks and complimentary newspapers, as well as phones with free local calls.
Be sure to enjoy recreational amenities, including an indoor pool, a spa tub, and a fitness center. Additional features at this hotel include complimentary wireless Internet access, a fireplace in the lobby, and a picnic area.
Satisfy your appetite at the hotel's restaurant, which features a bar. Dining is also available at a coffee shop/café. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge. Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available daily for a fee.
Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include a 24-hour business center, express check-in, and express check-out. Planning an event in Boulder? This hotel has facilities measuring 1274 square feet (115 square meters), including a meeting room. Free self parking is available onsite.
Hotel Facilities
- 24-hour business center
- Indoor pool
- One meeting room
- 24-hour front desk
- Number of meeting rooms - 2
- Restaurant
- Express check-in
- Conference space size (meters) - 115
- Computer station
- Conference space size (feet) - 1274
- Fitness facilities
- Ski passes available
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
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- Fireplace in lobby
- Total number of rooms - 149
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- Number of floors - 3
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
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- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Accessible bathroom
- Free newspapers in lobby
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The Japanese National University Track and Field Championships are strangely timed, coming at the start of the fall semester after several months of intense mileage training separating the spring track and fall ekiden seasons. It's a time when many of the best university runners are not aiming to peak, focusing instead on the roads, and as a consequence upsets are common. Last year Kenyan Daniel Gitau (Nihon Univ.) staged a rare coup over the far superior Mekubo Mogusu (Yamanashi Gakuin Univ.) over both 5000 m and 10000 m, while unknown first-year Michi Numata (Ritsumeikan Univ.) stole the women's 10000 m.
This year's Nationals took place Sept. 4-6 at Tokyo's National Stadium. Among the meet's highlights:
- Gitau, the undisputed top man in Japanese university distance running following Mogusu's graduation this year, easily retained his titles in the 5000 m and 10000 m, running 13:41.77 and 28:34.71. The bigger story in the 10000 m was perhaps Tokai Univ. first year Akinobu Murasawa's 2nd place finish 10 second behind Gitau as he outkicked Kenyans Cosmas Ondiba (Yamanashi Gakuin Univ.) and Benjamin Gando (Nihon Univ.) to get there. Like the absent Ryuji Kashiwabara (Toyo Univ.) last year, Murasawa is the rookie to watch this season.
- The women's 10000 m was a match race between defending champion Numata and her senior teammate Kazue Kojima (Ritsumeikan Univ.), the most dominant university woman of her generation. The pair finished together nearly a minute of 3rd placer Natsuko Godo (Nihon Univ.) as Kojima, known more as a 5000 m and ekiden specialist, beat Numata to the line by 0.51 of a second to take the national title away. In the 5000 m Kojima could not summon up a comparable performance, beaten by a sizeable margin by 2009 World University Games half marathon gold medalist Kasumi Nishihara (Bukkyo Univ.) and Kojima's sophomore teammate Risa Takenaka (Ritsumeikan Univ.). Nishihara's battle with Kojima over the fall and winter season will be the highlight of Japanese university women's distance running this year.
- 100 m national champions Masashi Eriguchi (Waseda Univ.) and Momoko Takahashi (Heisei Kokusai Univ.) duly added the men's and women's national university titles to their collections in their first races since last month's World Championships. Both Eriguchi and Takahashi missed the meet records by 0.02 seconds, sat out the 200 m, then led their school's 4x100 m relay team to victory. Eriguchi was assisted by Waseda and World Championships teammate Shintaro Kimura.
- Kazuaki Yoshida (Juntendo Univ.), who ran a memorable and unexpected PB in the men's 400 mH in Berlin, took the national university title, but national champion Yuzo Kanemaru (Hosei Univ.) was kept out of competition by the injury he sustained just before the World Championships. In his absence national team comrade Hideyuki Hirose (Keio Univ.) won his first national university championship in 46.94.
- Yusuke Suzuki (Juntendo Univ.) took down national record holder Isamu Fujisawa (Yamanashi Gakuin Univ.) in the men's 10000 mRW, winning in 40:13.38.
- Tomomi Abiko (Doshishia Univ.) broke her own meet and national university records in the women's pole vault, setting new records with a mark of 4.22. In the men's pole vault Hiroki Sasase (Waseda Univ.) tied national record holder Daiichi Sawano's meet record of 5.50.
2009 National University Track and Field Championships - Top Results
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Men's 10000 m
1. Daniel Gitau (Nihon Univ.) - 28:34.71
2. Akinobu Murasawa (Tokai Univ.) - 28:44.23
3. Cosmas Ondiba (Yamanashi Gakuin Univ.) - 28:44.62
4. Benjamin Gando (Nihon Univ.) - 28:45.86
5. Hiroki Mitsuoka (Kyoto Sangyo Univ.) - 29:06.16
Women's 10000 m
1. Kazue Kojima (Ritsumeikan Univ.) - 32:55.43
2. Michi Numata (Ritsumeikan Univ.) - 32:56.04
3. Natsuko Godo (Nihon Univ.) - 33:43.49
4. Aki Odagiri (Meijo Univ.) - 33:45.87
5. Miki Yamada (Josai Univ.) - 33:52.59
Men's 5000 m
1. Daniel Gitau (Nihon Univ.) - 13:41.77
2. Kiragu Njuguna (Daiichi Kogyo Univ.) - 13:48.55
3. Takuya Ishikawa (Meiji Univ.) - 13:56.40
4. Tsuyoshi Ugachi (Komazawa Univ.) - 13:57.37
5. Akinobu Murasawa (Tokai Univ.) - 13:58.51
Women's 5000 m
1. Kasumi Nishihara (Bukkyo Univ.) - 15:40.79
2. Risa Takenaka (Ritsumeikan Univ.) - 15:42.68
3. Kazue Kojima (Ritsumeikan Univ.) - 15:46.77
4. Hikari Yoshimoto (Bukkyo Univ.) - 15:48.09
5. Toshika Tamura (Matsuyama Univ.) - 15:54.96
Men's 100 m
1. Masashi Eriguchi (Waseda Univ.) - 10.13
2. Shintaro Kimura (Waseda Univ.) - 10.32
3. Daiki Goto (Keio Univ.) - 10.35
Women's 100 m
1. Momoko Takahashi (Heisei Kokusai Univ.) - 11.64
2. Shiho Takagi (Ryukoku Univ.) - 11.86
3. Shiori Ishikawa (Chuo Univ.) - 11.91
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Accidental insults are common on the road. Canadians get mistaken for Americans. Kiwis for Aussies. Someone in a Che Guevara T-shirt for someone who actually knows who this person was. Very few, however, call a traveller a tourist.
At least, not fellow travellers. Yet no matter how extensive your Bohemian wardrobe, no matter how many tapeworms you've had, no matter how many countries you've bungee-jumped in, in the eyes of the World Tourism Organisation, if you head off to visit a foreign land, you're a tourist. They monitor the industry using "international tourist arrivals".
This isn't as harsh as the local immigration officials, who often force you to pin that label on yourself when you arrive. For lack of a more appropriate description, you're basically required to tick the "tourism" box as "reason for visit" on the form you hand over at the airport.
Then, once you step into the country, locals don't make a special distinction for travellers. In their minds, there are nice tourists and rude tourists, filthy rich tourists and less filthy rich tourists, ignorant tourists and informed tourists ...
The only ones who seem to care about the tourist label are the travellers. We'd sooner donate working organs than admit to being tourists. Why the stigma? What's the difference?
Essentially, it comes down to ego. Those who consider themselves travellers (myself included) are clinging on to an image. And that image is simply being one or two steps more evolved than the most touristy tourist. Just pick your favourite combination of glowing sunburns, spandex shorts, couples with matching rain-jackets, mouths dotted with crumbs from the last buffet-feeding orgy, and a sailing hat that looks as freakishly misplaced as the thighs of an Olympic speed skater.
Even then, it's not such a clear distinction. There are times when hardened travellers will admit to being tourist-like. "What are you doing today?" "I'm just going to do the tourist thing and see some museums." As if being a tourist is a temporary condition. And sometimes self-proclaimed travellers will take an entire tourist holiday, such as when joining friends on a ski trip, or escaping the winter blues on a cheap family charter to the sun.
I've done all this. But it still hurts to call myself a tourist. And, to be honest, if this part of the newspaper were called the Tourist Section, I might be reluctant to pick it up.
I have a creepy feeling that the World Tourism Organisation may be closest to the truth with their definition, but I refuse to give in. You're certainly welcome to invent your own definition, but I think it comes down to a state of mind.
The travel aspect is about tapping into the culture. And because you can travel the world almost culture-free these days, with a Hilton roof over your head, McDonald's on your table and Starbucks caffeine pulsing through your veins, tapping into the culture means putting yourself on a creature-comfort-free diet.
It means trying the local mass transport, even when there's a taxi nearby; learning the local language, even if you can get by speaking English with guides; trying squat toilets, even if you have a perfectly fine western throne in your hotel room. In the old days, simply taking a trip meant that you did these things. Today, if you don't wander beyond the reach of Coca-Cola, you have to force yourself to try them.
It's often the inconvenient and uncomfortable elements that give travel its extra dimension, and separate the Sphinx in Las Vegas from the one in Egypt, the gondola ride at Epcot from the one in Venice - and the tourists from the travellers.
· Doug Lansky travelled the world for nine years. He is the author of First Time Around The World: A Rough Guide Special.


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Kevin C. Desouza serves as the Associate Dean for Research at the College of Public Service and Community Solutions and is a professor in the School of Public Affairs at Arizona State University. Immediately prior to joining ASU, he directed the Metropolitan Institute in the College of Architecture an Urban Studies and served as an associate professor at the Center for Public Administration and Policy within the School of Public and International Affairs at Virginia Tech. From 2005-2011, he was on the faculty of the University of Washington (UW) Information School and held held adjunct appointments in the UW's College of Engineering and at the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs.
At UW, he co-founded and directed the Institute for Innovation in Information Management (I3M); founded the Institute for National Security Education and Research, an inter-disciplinary, university-wide initiative, in August 2006 and served as its director until February 2008; and was an affiliate faculty member of the Center for American Politics and Public Policy. He holds a visiting professorship at the Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana. He has held visiting positions at the Center for International Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science, the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, the Groupe Sup de Co Montpellier (GSCM) Business School in France, and the Accenture Institute for High Business Performance in Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA). Desouza has authored, co-authored, and/or edited nine books, the most recent being Intrapreneurship: Managing Ideas within Your Organization (University of Toronto Press, 2011).
He has published more than 125 articles in prestigious practitioner and academic journals. His work has also been featured by a number of publications such as Sloan Management Review, Harvard Business Review, Businessweek, and Computerworld, among others Desouza has advised, briefed, and/or consulted for major international corporations, non-governmental organizations, and public agencies on strategic management issues ranging from management of information systems, to knowledge management, competitive intelligence, government intelligence operations, and crisis management. Desouza has received over $1.4 million in research funding from both private and government organizations. For more information, please visit: http://www.kevindesouza.net.


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A new photo exhibition that chronicles the construction of the Statue of Liberty opens Tuesday in Paris, even as relations with Washington remain cool over the war in Iraq and other foreign policy squabbles.
"Bartholdi, the Builders of Liberty" at the Musee des Arts et Metiers (Museum of Arts and Professions) honors Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, the monument's designer, on the centennial of his death in 1904. It retraces the iconic statue's construction in Paris, its trans-Atlantic voyage and its assembly and inauguration in New York.
About 50 photographs donated by Bartholdi's widow in 1907, as well as two models of the Gaget and Gauthier workshop where Lady Liberty was built, are the centerpieces of the display.
"They show with emotion how the union of the artistic and the technical led to the realization of one of the most famous and most photographed monuments in the world," organizers said in a statement.
The photos were commissioned by Bartholdi not only to immortalize the construction but also to publicize the project in the press in hopes of receiving financial donations for the work.
A gift to the American people to mark the 100th anniversary of American independence in 1876, the statue initially was intended to symbolize the alliance between the two nations during the American Revolution.
In the nearly 120 years since she first rose up over New York Harbor in 1886, the statue has come to symbolize freedom and democracy to people all over the world — particularly to the more than 20 million immigrants who sailed past the statue in the late 19th and early 20th centuries with hopes of starting afresh in America.
At the time, the project — a collaboration between the French, who built and assembled the statue, and the Americans, who were responsible for the pedestal — was strapped for cash on both sides of the Atlantic.
The Franco-American Union, which raised money through donations, was the primary source of funding in both countries.
But Bartholdi also used more imaginative fund-raising efforts, presenting to the public parts of his statue. Philadelphians lined up to glimpse the hand holding the torch, and Parisians had a chance to explore the head, said Marie-Sophie Corcy, the exhibition's commissioner.
For a fee, visitors could climb up into the pieces and could also leave with small models.
The pedestal was incomplete when the statue arrived in pieces in New York. Work on Lady Liberty's perch had slowed due to insufficient funding.
With the disassembled statue sitting in crates, New York publishing magnate Joseph Pulitzer appealed to national pride, urging Americans to contribute to the construction of the national treasure through a passionate editorial in his newspaper, The World.
"Liberty Enlightening the World" — the statue's official name — was a technical wonder in its time.
Bartholdi called on engineer Gustave Eiffel, who would later design Paris' most recognizable landmark, to dream up an internal iron structure — a backbone of sorts to support the relatively lightweight sheets of copper enveloping the outside.
A photo taken on July 4, 1884, shows Bartholdi posing in Paris at the foot of his masterpiece. That same day, the documents were signed to officially give the statue to the American people.
Lady Liberty was then disassembled and began her odyssey — first by train, then by boat — to New York, where it arrived in June 1885. On Oct. 28, 1886, the statue was inaugurated with much fanfare and a fireworks display in the presence of U.S. President Grover Cleveland.
The statue was closed as a security measure following the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. Its pedestal was reopened to the public earlier this year.
In addition to the photos and workshop models, the Musee des Arts et Metiers is displaying a plaster model of the statue's ear and a copper model of her index finger.
A ceremony was held in New York on Oct. 4, the 100th anniversary of Bartholdi's death, to pay homage to the statue's designer and to celebrate the Franco-American friendship despite lingering tensions over Iraq.


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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-1134?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#action_12485044 ] Raghu Angadi commented on HADOOP-1134: -------------------------------------- Just a few clarifications on your proposal : 1) We don't look for "majority checksum" if ".crc" file does not exist, but select the first datanode to be the master? > ... reports a corrupt block to the Namenode 2) What should the namenode do with such blocks? Delete them? > ... Datanodes that join the system after the upgrade is finished are handled using 3) above. \ This implies that in normal operation, namenode should know if any datanode has finished this upgrade or not. If it can not find an upgraded node, then it will reply with "YOU". > Block level CRCs in HDFS > ------------------------ > > Key: HADOOP-1134 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-1134 > Project: Hadoop > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: dfs > Reporter: Raghu Angadi > Assigned To: Raghu Angadi > > Currently CRCs are handled at FileSystem level and are transparent to core HDFS. See recent improvement HADOOP-928 ( that can add checksums to a given filesystem ) regd more about it. Though this served us well there a few disadvantages : > 1) This doubles namespace in HDFS ( or other filesystem implementations ). In many cases, it nearly doubles the number of blocks. Taking namenode out of CRCs would nearly double namespace performance both in terms of CPU and memory. > 2) Since CRCs are transparent to HDFS, it can not actively detect corrupted blocks. With block level CRCs, Datanode can periodically verify the checksums and report corruptions to namnode such that name replicas can be created. > We propose to have CRCs maintained for all HDFS data in much the same way as in GFS. I will update the jira with detailed requirements and design. This will include same guarantees provided by current implementation and will include a upgrade of current data. > -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.
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