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PR on the European dairy farmers' protest campaign: Prevent butter mountains instead of dumping them
Lausanne, the 29th of November 2011: Today Swiss dairy farmers together with fellow milk producers from Europe demonstrated impressively in Basel and Geneva how senseless it is to export at dumping prices.
Dumping exports are doubly ruinous: they deprive farmers of income both in the exporting and the importing country.
Although this has been common knowledge for some time, in the dairy sector Switzerland is now operating what is termed a market cleansing system, exporting surpluses to other countries at dumping prices. Firstly these are butter exports to countries outside the EU, made cheap by compulsory levies on the Swiss milk producers. Secondly, however, surpluses are also being dumped on the EU: low-fat cheese for the industry is being exported at cheap prices thanks to the cheese production allowance, and more recently reduced fat butter, too. For these exports the milk producers are being paid a C-milk price of 23 centimes (19 cents) a litre.
In this way precious food that is expensive to produce is being "flogged off". And the resultant low farm-gate prices are killing family farming on both sides of the borders.
None of this has to be. The milk producers' campaign underlines their demand for a volume control system to be applied in Switzerland to prevent surpluses being produced in the first place. The volume produced must be adjusted to the existing market demand. That would solve five problems at a stroke:
No more problem of the costly disposal of surpluses, hence no more price pressure on the milk producers in Switzerland.
The dairy farmers in other countries no longer have to suffer the extra burden of Swiss dumping exports and the resultant extra cheap volumes in their markets.
A stabilisation of the milk price takes the pressure to grow off the farms.
Better income enables the farmers to re-invest more and more.
Higher market revenues enable the states to cut the money they spend on propping up production.
We therefore emphatically demand:
An end to organised overproduction (more than 200 million litres a year)
No compulsory levies for dumping butter
No segmenting of the farm-gate price by milk processors. They apply segmentation arbitrarily as a means of reducing the price. The segmentation system is not transparent, as the processors fail to comply with their duty to report to the Federal Office for Agriculture.
The mechanism of universal applicability applied by the Federal Office is misused to dump overproduction instead of using it to control volumes in line with the market, as demanded time and again by the producers.
We need volume control to be in the producers' hands to enable demand-oriented, cost-covering milk production – in Switzerland and in the EU. It is time those who represent the farmers' interests realise their strength instead of kowtowing to the demands of the dairies and the retailers.
The dairy farmers of Switzerland stand shoulder to shoulder with their fellow farmers from the EU. They will not be forced by profit-driven dairy companies into cut-throat competition! Such competition is destructive and for the sake of short-term profit threatens our very livelihood.
For a pdf version of this press release, please click here.
Switzerland: Uniterre, BIG-M; Germany: BDM - Bundesverband deutscher Milchviehhalter, Abl - Arbeitsgemeinschaft bäuerliche Landwirtschaft, France: Apli - Association des producteurs de lait indépendants, Confédération paysanne, Europe : EMB - European Milk Board.
Press contacts Geneva
Uniterre Pierre-André Tombez, president, +41796345487 (f)
Uniterre Rudi Berli, secretary +41787077883 (f,d)
Uniterre Nicolas Bezençon, secretary +41795745412 (f)
EMB Sonja Korspeter, secretary , +491786021685 (f,d,e)
Press contacts Basel
Uniterre Ulrike Minkner, vice-president, +41329412934 (f, d)
Uniterre Samuel Spahn, producer +41765127555 (d)
BIG-M Werner Locher, secretary , +41797371164 (d)
BDM Franz Schweizer, producer +491717540690 (d)
EMB Sonja Korspeter, secretary , +491786021685 (f,d,e)
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International Pooling Commission of Milk Producers calls for political intervention to create a functioning dairy market in 3-point position paper
European dairy farmers' organisation: after many years as President, Romuald Schaber passes the baton to Erwin Schöpges
(Brussels, 18.04.2018) From yesterday's general assembly of the European Milk Board (EMB), Erwin Schöpges emerged as the new President of the European umbrella organisation. The 53-year-old dairy farmer from Belgium has actively championed a fair milk policy ever since the EMB was founded. In addition, the EMB Executive...
Further downhill
German dairy farmers had to cope with a cost shortfall of 12 percent in January 2018
Newsletter March online!
For us French producers, the year started with a bang, with our dear President Macron's conclusions regarding the meetings on the "general state of agriculture and food". The prices of agricultural products should henceforth be fixed on the basis of production costs. Read more
Intervention milk powder sold at lowest price yet
European Milk Board criticises dumping tactics


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Note The "x" digits vary.
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If you get this message and error code, it means that your console is looking for but can't find a previous version of the update that you're trying to download.
To resolve the problem, try the following solutions:
Solution 1: Download the system update for your error code
Download the system update that corresponds to the error message and code that you got.
Remove the hard drive on an Xbox 360 S console:
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A mat is made of paper. Your artwork sits behind the mat. Mats create a polished, classic presentation, adding depth and scale, while softening the transition from image to frame. Mats are available in a multitude of colors, textures and styles and can be custom cut to fit almost any size.
A linen liner is made of linen stretched over a wooden frame. Your artwork will sit inside the linen liner. Genuine linen over natural wood makes for an elegant, upscale presentation. Linen liners add depth and soften the transition from image to frame. Linen liners are a perfect accompaniment to canvas art, paintings of all kinds and even photos. They also add structural support for larger pieces of art.


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A NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of a previously unknown small group of galaxies estimated to be three billion light-years away. They existed when the universe was only about 80% its present age.
HST's high resolution reveals that many appear to be interacting and merging galaxies. In many cases, at least one member of each pair is blue in color, indicating active star formation, possibly triggered by interaction with a neighbor galaxy.
The observations promise to eventually lead to a much dearer understanding of galaxy evolution.
This image is part of a serendipitous sky survey which has been conducted over the past two years by Prof Richard Griffiths and colleagues at Johns Hopkins University, with a team of astronomers in the U.S. and Britain.
The survey is one of several Key Projects for Hubble. In previous images, the deep survey has uncovered a bizarre variety of shapes and structures in distant galaxies, which only previously appeared as fuzzy blobs from ground based telescopes.
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The left-hand frame is a composite "true-color' image taken by Prof Rogier Windhorst and colleagues of Arizona State University, using the 90-inch telescope at Steward Observatory, University of Arizona. The right-hand frame is a "true-color" composite of 9 images taken in visible and near infrared light with the Wide Field Camera, in May 1993. Each exposure was about 30 minutes long. The field of view is 44 arc seconds across, corresponding to a span of 600 thousand light-years at the measured distance to the brightest galaxy in the image. The resolution is 0.1 arc seconds, about 10 times better than can be routinely achieved from the ground.
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Trump says New Yorkers should move to states with better job prospects
"You're going to need people to work in these massive plants," Trump said.
"You're going to need people to work in these massive plants," Trump said.
President Donald Trump says that upstate New Yorkers should pick up and move to states like Wisconsin, which have better job prospects, leaving their lives and homes behind, according to comments he made to the Wall Street Journal.
"You're going to need people to work in these massive plants," Trump said, according to an interview with the Wall Street Journal Tuesday. "...I'm going to start explaining to people: When you have an area that just isn't working like upper New York state, where people are getting very badly hurt, and then you'll have another area 500 miles away where you can't get people, I'm going to explain, you can leave. It's OK. Don't worry about your house."
Trump's comments come as he is preparing to announce Wednesday afternoon that Apple supplier Foxconn would be building a new flat panel display factory in Wisconsin, a key state in Trump's election win.
It is unclear how active New York state has been trying to win the same project, potentially for a state-owned site in Utica, but Trump's remarks could be seen as dismissive of New York's economic development efforts.
A spokesman for Gov. Andrew Cuomo's economic development czar, Howard Zemsky, did not immediately have a comment on Trump's remarks when reached Wednesday. Zemsky had said in the past that the state would do everything it could to work with Foxconn's site selectors on pitching New York to the company.
Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr. had directly pitched Foxconn earlier this year and invited company officials to tour the Utica 400-acre site, which is known as the Marcy Nanocenter and is controlled by SUNY Polytechnic Institute.
"Disappointed in @realDonaldTrump a president from New York bashing Upstate New York. Sad. I had hoped for better," Picente, a Republican, wrote on Twitter.
Like most upstate counties, Trump won Oneida County in the 2016 presidential election, receiving nearly 57 percent of the votes.
Trump also told the Wall Street Journal that Apple is planning "three big plants—big, big, big" in the U.S., a shocking statement since Apple generally outsources all of its manufacturing, including its microchips.
It is unclear if New York state, which has several other potential sites available in addition to Utica, would compete for any of the Apple projects as well.
Apple recently announced a $1 billion fund to invest in U.S. manufacturers, although there was not the expectation that Apple would build its own factories.


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The audio stack in Linux/Ubuntu evolves over time. What used to be good advice is not necessarily good advice anymore. (That also means, that if you happen to read this blog post in 2019 or something, don't trust it!)
Here are some things that people try, and sometimes they even fix the problem, but are often bad in one way or the other. Or at least, they have side effects one needs to be aware of. So – while there are valid exceptions, as a rule of thumb, don't do the following:
5. Don't add your user to the "audio" group
A user has access to the audio card if that person is either logged in – both VT and GUI login counts, but not SSH logins, or if that user is in the "audio" group. However, on the level of access we're talking about here, only one user has access at a time. So the typical problem scenario goes like:
- User Homer has an audio issue, and tries to fix it by adding himself to the audio group. This doesn't help to resolve the problem.
- Homer discovers his audio is muted, and unmutes it. Happy to have his audio issue resolved, he forgets he's still in the audio group, or doesn't realise it leads to problems.
- User Marge comes and wants to borrow the computer. Homer does a fast-user-switching so Marge can log in.
- Because Homer is in the audio group, he has still access to the audio device. If some software, e g PulseAudio, has the audio device opened, it blocks access to other software trying to use it.
- Now Marge has an audio issue!
I've written a longer article about the audio group here. In short, there are some usages for it, including that it is also the standard group name for assigning realtime priorities when used together with JACK. But don't leave a user in the audio group unless you have a good reason.
4. Don't try different "model" strings
A common way to try to get HDA Intel soundcards to work is to edit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf and add the following line:
options snd-hda-intel model=[something]
…where [something] are values you find in some file. Contrary to official documentation, this is in most cases obsolete. In particular, avoid model=generic – that is almost guaranteed to give you trouble. In many cases, when trying different models, you will find that you might fix one thing but break another.
In fact, there is only one model to try, and that is model=auto. If your machine happen to be one of those quirked to use an older model parser, changing to model=auto can improve the situation.
Instead do:
It still happens that BIOS/UEFI assigns the wrong values to pin nodes, which causes an output or input not to work correctly. If so, I recommend trying to tweak this with hda-jack-retask.
In some cases, trying different modules can actually be okay – sometimes, these models point to lightweight fixups instead of the earlier, more heavyweight code that was used in previous kernels. (In this context, I have to mention that Takashi Iwai has done a fantastic job of converting the older models to the newer auto-parser.)
3. Don't upgrade ALSA drivers by following random blog posts
I've seen far too many people reporting bugs on Launchpad where they've been following some random blog post that tells you how to upgrade ALSA, and are having audio issues as a result. These guides are of varying quality and often come without good uninstall instructions, so you have no way to revert in case the upgrade did not solve your problem, or broke something else.
First, something not everybody is aware of: 95% of ALSA code is in the kernel, and follows the kernel's release cycle. That means that even if "/proc/asound/version" says something that was released a year or two ago, don't panic. It's the kernel release that tells you how new your sound drivers are, so if you have a new kernel, and you see an ALSA release coming out, you are unlikely to gain from an upgrade.
Instead do:
In some case you do have an old kernel, and newer sound drivers can be worth a try. The Ubuntu Audio Developer's team provides daily snapshot drivers for HDA Intel cards. Guide is available here and it also comes with proper uninstall instructions.
In the past we have also provided drivers for other cards, but due to the maintenance required to keep this up-to-date, in combination with that the vast majority of people's bugs concern HDA Intel anyway, this support has been discontinued.
2. Don't purge PulseAudio
First, PulseAudio itself isn't perfect, some of the bindings to PulseAudio aren't perfect, and some of the drivers are not perfect in the way PulseAudio wants to use it either. So there might be valid reasons to temporarily move it out of your way, even if it would be better to actually fix the problem and submit a bug fix patch (if you're capable of doing so).
But don't try uninstalling the PulseAudio package, as it has far too many dependencies.
Instead do:
If you just need direct access to your sound card, you can run the "pasuspender" command. You can either run "pasuspender" (in a terminal) to make PulseAudio stay away for the duration of the application. Or if you think that's simpler, just run "pasuspender bash" (in a terminal), start your application through the menu/dash/whatever you prefer, and when you're done, write "exit" in the terminal.
If you need to stop the PulseAudio process completely, execute these commands:
echo autospawn=no > ~/.pulse/client.conf
pulseaudio -k
If you need PulseAudio back again, remove ~/.pulse/client.conf, then try to start an application that uses PulseAudio, and it should start automatically.
Unexpected side effects:
- The Gnome sound settings, the sound indicator and the volume up/down keys relies on PulseAudio, so they won't work when PulseAudio is off.
- PulseAudio mixes audio, so that means that only one application at a time can output audio if PulseAudio is disabled (and you aren't using some other sound server).
- Several applications have PulseAudio backends. Some of them will need reconfiguration to use ALSA directly, some will just automatically redirect themselves, and some won't work at all.
- Bluetooth audio might not work without PulseAudio.
1. Don't replace ALSA with OSS
OSS was the standard used before ALSA came along. These days, ALSA is much better, both when it comes to hardware support, and when it comes to how much software that supports outputting sound to either sound system. OSS is also entirely unsupported, at least by Ubuntu. In addition, I'm not sure exactly how to get back to a working system after you've tried OSS…!
Instead do:
If you know your problem is in ALSA, either drivers or userspace, try to track down and/or fix the bug, and talk to us about it. If you're running Ubuntu, file a bug against the alsa-driver package. You can also contact the alsa-devel mailinglist. While we won't guarantee responses due to the high volume of bugs/traffic, we are often able to help out.
Final notes
Note 1. HDA Intel cards are the built-in audio inputs and outputs on your motherboard (at least if you bought your computer after ~2006 or so). HDMI and DisplayPort audio are also HDA Intel cards, but they are covered in more detail here.
Note 2. I have had some problems with spammers posting spam comments to my blog post. I don't want to spend too much time just reading spam and marking it as such, so I might close for comments in a relatively short period. Sorry for the inconvenience.


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New Bern aldermen approved a resolution Tuesday night to reimburse the future financing of a pilot meter reading system that will give residents on the city�s load management program more insight into their use of electricity and water and save the city money.
New Bern aldermen approved a resolution Tuesday night to reimburse the future financing of a pilot meter reading system that will give residents on the city�s load management program more insight into their use of electricity and water and save the city money.
The first phase of the Advanced Metering Infrastructure/Demand Side Management System (AMI/DSM) pilot project will cost about $950,000.
The resolution approved a declaration of official intent to reimburse the funds so the city may pay itself back from loan proceeds for any purchases, which are made prior to obtaining bank financing.
Jon Rynne, director of utilities, said the pilot program would only target 1,000 water and electric meters, but once it is fully implemented in the city it could save $125,000 a month by slowing demand usage at peak times.
To expand the program to all meters over time, it will cost $5 million to $6 million, Rynne said.
The board also passed several resolutions, including the approval of street lights in the areas of East Pleasant Hill Driveand Meadows Street.
A resolution was approved to allow LPS Developers of Long Leaf Pines Subdivision to accept the ownership and maintenance of the water, sewer and street infrastructure within the subdivision, phases 1-7. The developer will provide a 24-month warranty on all of the components.
A resolution was also approved to support an effort by the New Bern Police Department to apply for three grants through the 2014 N.C. Governor�s Highway Safety Program.
New Bern Police Chief Toussaint Summers Jr. said the first application is for funds to buy a motorcycle, associated equipment, uniforms for a motor officer and travel expenses for necessary training.
The projected cost of those items is $89,500 and would be funded entirely by the grant, he said.
The second application is to purchase three pole-mounted speed display signs and 10 dual antenna radars. The cost of that equipment is $40,000 and would also be entirely funded by the grant, he said.
The third application is to seek two light towers, a generator, 100 traffic cones and an equipment trailer. The cost is $31,500, of which 75 percent would be funded by the grant and 25 percent through matching funds from the city. The $10,000 needed for matching funds would be included in the Police Department�s budget, he said.
A public hearing was set for Feb. 26 on the 2009 Community Development Block Grant New Bern received for community revitalization.
The project area is Third Avenue between Broad and Elm Streets and is funded with $1 million in CDBG funds, $50,000 in Powell Bill/N.C. Department of Transportation funds, $100,000 from Neuse River Community Development Corp. and $15,000 in local match as a contingency for the recreation activity, according to staff reports.
The Grant program closes on March 18, but the project will not be completed by that date so an extension is being requested, Summers said.
Another public hearing was set Feb. 26 to amend definitions of the city�s streets and sidewalks ordinance.
The amendment is an attempt to further define �improved street� and to require undeveloped lots to have access to an improved street prior to development, according to staff reports.
The board also approved the final subdivision plan for Hardee Farms, Phase One, Section B, a proposed 29-lot residential development located on 13.9 acres in an R-8 Residential District off Old Airport Road.
The board approved a resolution authorizing the mayor to sign a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a New Bern Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, MPO.
The towns of River Bend, Trent Woods and Bridgeton, along with Craven County and New Bern desire to create the New Bern Area Metropolitan Planning Organization.
The Memorandum of Understanding will establish the framework for the MPO, the roles and responsibilities for operating the MPO, voting structure, fee schedule, committee and subcommittee representation and other membership requirements, staff reports show.
A resolution was approved to close streets for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade on Feb. 23 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Eddie Fitzgerald can be reached at 252-635-5675 or at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @staffwriter3.


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Jan. 19-20: Starbird Devlin Rod & Customs Charities Car Show, Century II. For information, go to www.StarbirdDevlin.com .
Feb. 1-2: 38th annual Sunflower Swap Meet, Kansas Pavilions, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Call 316-722-1779 or go to www.wichitaas.com for information.
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April 19-20: Wheat State Antique Truck Show, Friday evening and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Newell's Truck Stop, I-135/US50, Newton. Call Scott at 316-288-3443.
April 21: 4th annual Midwest Bicycle Swap Meet, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., Haysville Hometown Market parking lot at Main & Grand. Call Mitch at 316-680-9788.
June 1: 20th annual All Ford & Mustang Car Show/Fairlane Club of America Mini Meet, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sedgwick County Park. Call Jeff at 316-721-0402.
Aug. 10: 14th annual Sunflower IH Show, Scout Park, Halstead. Call Richard at 316-835-2740.
Oct. 26-27: 14th annual Sedgwick Street Roders Swap Meet, Kansas State Fairgrounds, Hutchinson. Call 316-832-0569 for information.


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1. pout - noun
· a disdainful grimace
2. pout - noun
· marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas
Synonym(s): eelpout
Hypernym(s): blennioid_fish, blennioid
3. pout - noun
· catfish common in eastern United States
Synonym(s): horned_pout, hornpout, Ameiurus_Melas
Hypernym(s): bullhead, bullhead_catfish
4. pout - verb
· be in a huff and display one's displeasure; "She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted"
5. pout - verb
· make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip; "mop and mow"; "The girl pouted"
Hypernym(s): grimace, make_a_face, pull_a_face
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Basic monitoring of a parallel deployment can be performed using the techniques in Chapter 7, Operations Guide. Specific operations for parallel replication are provided in the following sections.
The replicator has several helpful commands for tracking replication performance:
|trepctl status
|Shows basic variables including overall latency of slave and number of apply channels
|trepctl status -name shards
|Shows the number of transactions for each shard
|trepctl status -name stores
|Shows the configuration and internal counters for stores between tasks
|trepctl status -name tasks
|Shows the number of transactions (events) and latency for each independent task in the replicator pipeline
The trepctl status appliedLastSeqno parameter shows the sequence number of the last transaction committed. Here is an example from a slave with 5 channels enabled.
trepctl status
Processing status command...
---- -----
appliedLastEventId : mysql-bin.000211:0000000020094456;0
appliedLastSeqno : 78021
appliedLatency : 0.216
channels : 5
Finished status command...
When parallel apply is enabled, the meaning of
appliedLastSeqno changes. It is the minimum
recovery position across apply channels, which means it is the position
where channels restart in the event of a failure. This number is quite
conservative and may make replication appear to be further behind than
it actually is.
Busy channels mark their position in table
trep_commit_seqno as they
commit. These are up-to-date with the traffic on that channel, but
channels have latency between those that have a lot of big
transactions and those that are more lightly loaded.
Inactive channels do not get any transactions, hence do not mark
their position. Tungsten sends a control event across all channels
so that they mark their commit position in
trep_commit_channel. It is
possible to see a delay of many seconds or even minutes in unloaded
systems from the true state of the slave because of idle channels
not marking their position yet.
For systems with few transactions it is useful to lower the synchronization interval to a smaller number of transactions, for example 500. The following command shows how to adjust the synchronization interval after installation:
tpm update alpha \
Note that there is a trade-off between the synchronization interval
value and writes on the DBMS server. With the foregoing setting, all
channels will write to the
trep_commit_seqno table every 500
transactions. If there were 50 channels configured, this could lead to
an increase in writes of up to 10%—each channel could end up
adding an extra write to mark its position every 10 transactions. In
busy systems it is therefore better to use a higher synchronization
interval for this reason.
You can check the current synchronization interval by running the trepctl status -name stores command, as shown in the following example:
trepctl status -name stores
Processing status command (stores)...
---- -----
name : parallel-queue
storeClass : com.continuent.tungsten.replicator.thl.THLParallelQueue
syncInterval : 10000
Finished status command (stores)...
You can also force all channels to mark their current position by sending a heartbeat through using the trepctl heartbeat command.
Relative latency is a trepctl status parameter. It indicates the latency since the last time the appliedSeqno advanced; for example:
trepctl status
Processing status command...
---- -----
appliedLastEventId : mysql-bin.000211:0000000020094766;0
appliedLastSeqno : 78022
appliedLatency : 0.571
relativeLatency : 8.944
Finished status command...
In this example the last transaction had a latency of .571 seconds from the time it committed on the master and committed 8.944 seconds ago. If relative latency increases significantly in a busy system, it may be a sign that replication is stalled. This is a good parameter to check in monitoring scripts.
Serialization count refers to the number of transactions that the replicator has handled that cannot be applied in parallel because they involve dependencies across shards. For example, a transaction that spans multiple shards must serialize because it might cause cause an out-of-order update with respect to transactions that update a single shard only.
You can detect the number of transactions that have been serialized by
looking at the
serializationCount parameter using
the trepctl status -name stores command. The
following example shows a replicator that has processed 1512
transactions with 26 serialized.
trepctl status -name stores
Processing status command (stores)...
---- -----
criticalPartition : -1
discardCount : 0
estimatedOfflineInterval: 0.0
eventCount : 1512
headSeqno : 78022
maxOfflineInterval : 5
maxSize : 10
name : parallel-queue
queues : 5
serializationCount : 26
serialized : false
Finished status command (stores)...
In this case 1.7% of transactions are serialized. Generally speaking you will lose benefits of parallel apply if more than 1-2% of transactions are serialized.
The maximum offline interval (
parameter controls the "distance" between the fastest and slowest
channels when parallel apply is enabled. The replicator measures
distance using the seconds between commit times of the last transaction
processed on each channel. This time is roughly equivalent to the amount
of time a replicator will require to go offline cleanly.
You can change the
maxOfflineInterval as shown in
the following example, the value is defined in seconds.
tpm update alpha --property=replicator.store.parallel-queue.maxOfflineInterval=15
You can view the configured value as well as the estimate current value using the trepctl status -name stores command, as shown in yet another example:
trepctl status -name stores
Processing status command (stores)...
---- -----
estimatedOfflineInterval: 1.3
maxOfflineInterval : 15
Finished status command (stores)...
Parallel apply works best when transactions are distributed evenly across shards and those shards are distributed evenly across available channels. You can monitor the distribution of transactions over shards using the trepctl status -name shards command. This command lists transaction counts for all shards, as shown in the following example.
trepctl status -name shards
Processing status command (shards)...
---- -----
appliedLastEventId: mysql-bin.000211:0000000020095076;0
appliedLastSeqno : 78023
appliedLatency : 0.255
eventCount : 3523
shardId : cust1
stage : q-to-dbms
Finished status command (shards)...
If one or more shards have a very large
eventCount value compared to the others, this is
a sign that your transaction workload is poorly distributed across
The listing of shards also offers a useful trick for finding serialized
transactions. Shards that Tungsten Replicator cannot safely parallelize
are assigned the dummy shard ID
#UNKNOWN. Look for this shard to
find the count of serialized transactions. The
appliedLastSeqno for this shard gives the
sequence number of the most recent serialized transaction. As the
following example shows, you can then list the contents of the
transaction to see why it serialized. In this case, the transaction
affected tables in different schemas.
trepctl status -name shardsProcessing status command (shards)... NAME VALUE ---- ----- appliedLastEventId: mysql-bin.000211:0000000020095529;0 appliedLastSeqno : 78026 appliedLatency : 0.558 eventCount : 26 shardId : #UNKNOWN stage : q-to-dbms ... Finished status command (shards)... shell>
thl list -seqno 78026SEQ# = 78026 / FRAG# = 0 (last frag) - TIME = 2013-01-17 22:29:42.0 - EPOCH# = 1 - EVENTID = mysql-bin.000211:0000000020095529;0 - SOURCEID = logos1 - METADATA = [mysql_server_id=1;service=percona;shard=#UNKNOWN] - TYPE = com.continuent.tungsten.replicator.event.ReplDBMSEvent - OPTIONS = [##charset = ISO8859_1, autocommit = 1, sql_auto_is_null = 0, » foreign_key_checks = 1, unique_checks = 1, sql_mode = '', character_set_client = 8, » collation_connection = 8, collation_server = 33] - SCHEMA = - SQL(0) = insert into mats_0.foo values(1) /* ___SERVICE___ = [percona] */ - OPTIONS = [##charset = ISO8859_1, autocommit = 1, sql_auto_is_null = 0, » foreign_key_checks = 1, unique_checks = 1, sql_mode = '', character_set_client = 8, » collation_connection = 8, collation_server = 33] - SQL(1) = insert into mats_1.foo values(1)
The replicator normally distributes shards evenly across channels. As
each new shard appears, it is assigned to the next channel number, which
then rotates back to 0 once the maximum number has been assigned. If the
shards have uneven transaction distributions, this may lead to an uneven
number of transactions on the channels. To check, use the
trepctl status -name tasks and look for tasks
belonging to the
q-to-dbms stage.
trepctl status -name tasks
Processing status command (tasks)...
---- -----
appliedLastEventId: mysql-bin.000211:0000000020095076;0
appliedLastSeqno : 78023
appliedLatency : 0.248
applyTime : 0.003
averageBlockSize : 2.520
cancelled : false
currentLastEventId: mysql-bin.000211:0000000020095076;0
currentLastFragno : 0
currentLastSeqno : 78023
eventCount : 5302
extractTime : 274.907
filterTime : 0.0
otherTime : 0.0
stage : q-to-dbms
state : extract
taskId : 0
Finished status command (tasks)...
If you see one or more channels that have a very high
eventCount, consider either assigning shards
explicitly to channels or redistributing the workload in your
application to get better performance.


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but then again...mantis' probably have slightly better eyes then humans...so you seeing those "stains" must be because of your superior eyes....right!?
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Well, I'm bored, so time to bring up my guide as of how to report button, with ONE NEW EXTRA SINCE! (AKA: A title based off something from 4chan (I think)).
Spoiler for get ready for the retardedly long guide called.....:
Now you know how to use the Report button. Congratsulations.
|2006-03-24, 13:25
|Link #51
Just call me Ojisan
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: U.K. Hampshire
Mostly correct but a few corrections need to be made.
Signature is too big
I see no problem with using the Report button for this. It makes my job easier since I can immediately see a post with the offending sig.
The following are interpretations, so it could be just the way you phased it that needs correcting.
Inappropriate images
There's a difference between "nudity" and "inappropriate images". In the Forum Rules we state:
What we do not allow are images of a "sexual nature", and that's subjective. So your examples are correct but just saying that "nudity is never allowed" isn't.
"Using images to insult another member" are called "retort images". It might be better to split this section into two since retort images can cover may subject and aren't normally sexual in nature (they are more along the lines of "stfu" images").
Huge images
Very true, just to add that "hiding" them in spoiler tags doesn't help since the entire image is still loaded to your PC even if you never open the spoiler tag.
Unnecessary bumping is certainly correct but we don't have any issues with "Necroposting". In fact if anything we will merge posts no matter how old the previous thread was.
Again, this might just be down to interpretation of what's meant by "Necroposting" but if it's a valid point of discussion then we prefer a post to be added to an (old) existing thread than for a new thread to be created.
The following reasons could also be added.
Please do my homework for me: Requests for help in completing coursework, homework, assignments and the such like.
Intimate problems: Some sort of personal problem the poster wants others to solve for them. This isn't a "Dear Abbey" forum, it's an anime forum and just because we have a "General Chat" forum doesn't mean anything can be posted.(see Rule 2.2).
The last group needs some rewording as well.
People posting
This might cause some misunderstanding so maybe it should be renamed to Personal Objections.
i.e. you should not report a post just because you do not agree with the opinions expressed by the poster. There needs to be something wrong with the post (as the above examples show) and not because of personal differences or opinion in say the way an anime finished or it's meaning.
People who don't rate another persons avatar or signature
Again I don't have a problem with this but then I rarely R.O.D a post in the example threads you gave. So maybe using the Report button is slightly excessive in this case.
A staff member
I don't see why you shouldn't report a post made by a staff member. If they are doing something wrong then report it. We are not allowed to break the rules any more than anyone else is.
A thread that you think is stupid but doesn't break the rules
This should really be included in the Personal Objections section above. After all, if a thread or post is really, really dumb or stupid then reporting most likely would fall under the pointless threads rule.
But apart from that, you seemed to catch most reasons for the use of the Report button.
|2006-04-15, 07:27
|Link #52
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: event horizon
So is it disabled or something... because I just can't find such a option anywhere...
|2006-05-14, 03:39
|Link #54
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: event horizon
Spoiler for Quote Catgirls:
Alt+1 = forum home ...Won't work in Opera...
Alt+2 = new posts This one's pretty useful... a shortcut to display all the new posts on the forum... to bad it won't work in Opera
Alt+3 = toggles print view
Alt+4 = search
Alt+5 = faq
Message Editor Window Shortcuts:
Ctrl+b = bold
Ctrl+i = italics
Ctrl+u = underline
Alt+p = preview message
Alt+s = submit message
Alt + x = Go Advanced Reply Editor
All won't work in Opera...
Maybe they work in the new Opera 9 Beta... unfortunately that won't even open AS forums... so there's no way to tell
Too bad... Opera actually looks nicer then Firefox (except the damn loading thing)... well I guess there's a trick to this... since NoSanninWa is probably using it ...
I'm using Firefox...
Q. Is there a way to make you avatar appear in the preview... so you can see exactly what your post will look like... it can be very annoying sometimes when you get a smilie on some stupid separate line... or some of the other stupid things... and then you have to go and edit it and edit it until it looks like you wanted it...
Q. Is it me or does writing :p sometimes leaves you with the text... as in you don't get the smilie version
Q. Is there a way in the Topic Review (Advance Mode thing)... to show the smilies as text... basically so you can copy the post you want to quote smilies and all...
Q. Is there a way to make it so when you hit Ctrl U (for example) the message doesn't reset to the first line (as in... you don't get a PageUp)... Sure you can hit any of the arrow keys to jump back since the curser is left there... but it's pretty annoying to have the screen flicker like that...
Q. Is there a way to delete your post...
|2006-05-14, 14:11
|Link #55
I am mowing clowns
Join Date: Dec 2005
|2006-05-14, 14:57
|Link #56
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: event horizon
I just figured it out a moment ago... after noticing woa's post somewhere on the forum were there was one of those little guys...
Explanation : It's the letters... for example :
:P ... all you have to do is make sure you use p and not P
Catgirls... if you don't mind... where do you get all the cute smilies @_@... I just loved the one you used in the Haruhi Fav Chr thread (the one with the love)
1 min ago I got the following messege...
|2006-05-14, 15:18
|Link #57
Just call me Ojisan
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: U.K. Hampshire
The message you saw refers to the server admin (mb81), not the forum admin. And as to the problem, I think it's related to this issue. I strongly suspect it's something it's actually caused by mb81 in the first place. He's been installing new scripts and the outcome is somewhat expected (i.e. a screwed AS forum). It's a common occurence when he "improves" the severs (without any warning to anyone). I hope he can work out what he's done wrong this time.
|2006-05-15, 00:31
|Link #58
Weapon of Mass Discussion
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: New York, USA
Sorry, but the new Opera 9 beta does not add this functionality either. I don't get to use the shortcut keys. Personally I don't feel the need, but if you do, then Firefox is the way to go.
|2006-05-20, 12:40
|Link #59
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: event horizon
Q. What are the Option types for the lists...*Now for some useless information...*
..:: Off Topic ::..
*This has been bothering me for a while and I don't feel like creating a new thread for every little thing... *
When the forum has some critical error or problem (like The Forum Hack)... why isn't AnimeSuki Forum resurrected from the smelliest pits of the internet... and people redirected there instead of IRC ... since the forum software seems to be set so only posts from 100 days ago will be visible (by default)... there shouldn't be a problem... because it would look like it's empty... all that would be needed... would be to just reopen the forums for temporary discussion...
|2006-05-20, 15:38
|Link #60
Nothing More
Join Date: Mar 2003
Age: 39
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The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) formally marked its 25th year this week, highlighting several scientific and technological accomplishments that include assisting researchers in developing new drugs for AIDS and cancer, predicting the impact of earthquakes, and determining the structures of key enzymes to increase the world's food supply.
Established by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under an agreement between University of California at San Diego and neighboring General Atomics, SDSC's staff and management also looked ahead to the next 25 years, as the center positions itself as a key resource for data-intensive computing for UC San Diego and the entire UC system, as well as researchers throughout academia, government, and industry.
"The San Diego Supercomputer Center fills a very important and crucial role, especially in data-intensive computation for all researchers," said UC San Diego Chancellor Marye Anne Fox in commemorating the center's anniversary. As an organized research unit of UC San Diego, SDSC "has transformed how science is done throughout the world."
Fox further noted that SDSC has distinguished itself with an impressive list of scientific accomplishments in its first 25 years, at a time when the entire UC San Diego campus is celebrating its 50th anniversary as one of the nation's top research universities.
Michael Norman, SDSC's director, said that the center's future lies in the convergence of high-performance computing and what he called high-performance data, as all researchers face the daunting task of sorting through and making sense of a "data tsunami" as they conduct their research.
"We are seeing the rise of data-intensive science, and quite frankly SDSC has been pursuing this avenue of scientific inquiry for more than 10 years," Norman said, noting that in addition to a number of new systems, the center is preparing to introduce Gordon, the first data-intensive, flash memory-based supercomputing system that should rank among the top 100 systems in the world after it debuts in mid-2011
"SDSC has a distinguished history of technical innovation, scientific discovery, and community service, and we are well positioned for data-intensive science for the next 25 years," said Norman, who was named SDSC's third director earlier this year.
SDSC opened its doors as one of the nation's first supercomputer centers, as the U.S. sought to increase its overall investment in computing to support scientific research. Sid Karin, SDSC's founder and first director — who sent an unsolicited proposal to the NSF to create the facility — noted that SDSC was among the first centers to provide interactive access to scientists across a wide range of domains, who soon began to realize the value that the first supercomputers could bring to their research.
However, Karin added that SDSC distinguished itself not only with supercomputing hardware that delivered levels of performance called "mind-boggling" at the time, but with its staff. "One of SDSC's greatest impacts was its vast amount of human expertise," he said.
After many years as being primarily a nationally funded supercomputer center, SDSC recently strengthened its ties at the local and state levels with UC San Diego and the UC system, becoming a key resource for UC researchers while still serving those throughout the larger national scientific community.
"SDSC had to reinvent itself completely," said Frieder Seible, Dean of the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering and chair of SDSC's executive committee, adding that the center's recent "UCSD-centric" approach has created a new level of collaboration that is benefiting many areas of the campus. "I am even more excited about the advances in computational science to be made in the next 25 years, many of them in ways that we cannot even imagine."
In addition to serving as a key resource for UC San Diego, SDSC has for many years been a leader in collaborations at the national and international levels. In 2001, for example, SDSC was named a founding member of the NSF's TeraGrid project, created to support scientific discovery and education through a grid-based cyberinfrastructure that currently includes 10 other supercomputer centers across the country. SDSC this year submitted a proposal to the NSF to lead the next-generation of TeraGrid, to be called eXtreme Digital or XD, and start operations next year.
"It is integrating programs such as these that are the vehicles by which people collaborate in scientific research," said Richard Moore, SDSC's deputy director and leader of the center's national systems.
SDSC has also been preparing for the future by focusing on and becoming a recognized leader in data management. Almost all of today's data is generated digitally, and the amount of overall digital information is expected to grow 10-fold in just the next five years, according to a recent study by International Data Corporation (IDC). Moreover, SDSC has moved toward becoming a "one-stop" data center, expanding its resources and expertise in all areas of data management including preservation, storage, portals, analytics, and visualization.
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Click here to view a camplete timeline of SDSC'S 25-year history.
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Nevada Drops Two Spots In Business Climate Survey But Still Ranked High By CEOs
CARSON CITY – Nevada has dropped two spots to rank 12th in the latest survey of company executives on the best and worst states to do business.
In the eighth annual survey by Chief Executive magazine of chief executive officers, Texas claimed first for the eighth time, and California came in last for the eighth time.
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Denim jacket // Topshop
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These trainers were, without a doubt, my favourite buy of last summer. Fair enough, they're not durable in crappy weather, but I've managed to keep them clean this winter. I chose the flowery powder blue print of the shirt specifically to clash with the speckled pink of my sneaks!
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On November 5th, at the Vivekananda Kendra in Madras, Ram Swarup gave a speech called "Some Challenges Hinduism Faces." It was held under the auspices of the Sister Nivedita Academy. Ram Swarup is one of the principle author/lecturers of the fiesty Hindu watchdog publishing concern, Voice of India, which is regarded as a virtual think tank on contemporary Hindu religious, social and cultural affairs. The Voice of India group has produced what many feel are the best report/commentaries one can find on the erosion of Hinduism. V.O.I. fearlessly and squarely attributes this erosion to present day, Christian, Islamic and Communist campaigns.
Ram Swarup displayed the kind of candor and let's-face-reality rhetoric the Voice of India group is known for. He characterized Hinduism's vulnerability to the West's religious machinations by citing the work of "do gooders like Mother Teresa" who "represent Christian charity and help the West feel good in conscience." To this he contrasted the Hindu missionary work of Sister Nivedita (an American disciple of Swami Vivekananda), "a lady India is proud of."
Mr. Swarup clearly labeled Hinduism's challenges of Christianity, Islam and communism as "hostile and parasitic." In the speech's most direct statement of the current political inroads these forces are making in India, he observed, "They know that India is held together by Hinduism. They must subvert Hinduism before they can subvert India and realize their dreams."
Mr. Swarup stated that Hinduism's leading ideas and the leadership that supports those ideas is being undermined, and that apathetic nominal Hindu leadership is being supported. "Today the RSS is under great attack, for it supports the backbone of Hindu society; it is its most vigilant section. Therefore, it is a special target of attack by anti-Hindu forces."
Mr. Swarup presented his view that religion is concerned with fundamental questions of life and death, with the quality of life and with the expansion and deepening of man's consciousness. "But Islam and Christianity have no such truly introspective concerns. They are concerned with certain beliefs, beliefs, beliefs which consolidate the power of a particular church. These religions have grown with the power of the state. They are political in the highest degree."
Towards the talk's end, Mr. Swarup warned, "We must try to know them [Christian, Islamic and communist forces] as they are and not as we would like them to be...They teach us to look at things from their viewpoint. We even look at ourselves through their glasses, from their perspective...We must develop our own scholarship, our own point of view. Any great and deep culture like Hinduism should have its own scholarship. If this is not so, it means something significant is lacking, and the omission will prove suicidal...Hindus must also enlarge their perspective. They must learn to look at these ideologies in a larger time and space framework." As a final observation, he explained how the "cultural aggression" of the Christian and Islam missions, and the "consequent spiritual disintegration" occurring in India are problems that most developing nations face on a even larger scale.
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How to Use the Images
These conjectural floor plans for the first and second floors of Decatur House, as built, are based on what is known about the use of the interior space. In Decatur's time, guests to large parties entered and processed through an impressive hall to a grand staircase, which led to the second floor rooms where large entertainments took place.
Questions for Drawing 3
1.What elements of the floor plans indicate that the house was designed with entertaining in mind? Why would this have been the case?
2. Use the scale to estimate the size of some of the rooms. How might the rooms on the first floor have been used during Decatur's occupancy?
* The image on the screen has a resolution of 72 dots per inch (dpi), and therefore will print poorly. You can obtain a high resolution version of Drawing 3a and Drawing 3b, but be aware that it will take about 30 seconds to load with a 28.8K modem.


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The blood-shedding
"Without shedding of blood is no remission" Hebrews 9:22
Suggested Further Reading: John 6:52-59
Here is a garden dark and gloomy; the ground is crisp with the cold frost of midnight; between those gloomy olive trees I see a man, I hear him groan out his life in prayer; hearken, angels, hearken, men, and wonder; it is the Saviour groaning out his soul! Come and see him. Behold his brow! O heavens! Drops of blood are streaming down his face, and from his body; every pore is open, and it sweats! but not the sweat of men that toil for bread; it is the sweat of one that toils for heaven—he sweats "great drops of blood!" That is the blood-shedding, without which there is no remission. Follow that man further; they have dragged him with sacrilegious hands from the place of his prayer and his agony, and they have taken him to the hall of Pilate; they mock him; a robe of purple is put on his shoulders in mockery; and mark his brow—they have put about it a crown of thorns, and the crimson drops of gore are rushing down his cheeks! Ye angels! the drops of blood are running down his cheeks! But turn aside that purple robe for a moment. His back is bleeding. Tell me, demons, who did this. They lift up the thongs, still dripping clots of gore; they scourge and tear his flesh, and make a river of blood to run down his shoulders! That is the shedding of blood without which there is no remission. Not yet have I done: they hurry him through the streets; they fling him on the ground; they nail his hands and feet to the transverse wood, they hoist it in the air, they dash it into its socket, it is fixed, and there he hangs the Christ of God. Blood from his head, blood from his hands, blood from his feet! In agony unknown he bleeds away his life; in terrible throes he exhausts his soul. "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani." And then see! they pierce his side, and forthwith runneth out blood and water. This is the shedding of blood, sinners and saints; this is the awful shedding of blood, the terrible pouring out of blood, without which for you, and for the whole human race, there is no remission.
For meditation: Even with the shedding of Christ's blood there is still no forgiveness of sins unless we eat his flesh and drink his blood (John 6:53); that is by coming to him and trusting in him (John 6:35).
Sermon no. 118
22 February (1857)


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Friday, October 15, 2010
Friday in pictures...
I worked in my 'shop' for much of the afternoon and forgot to run.
8 comments:
- GZ said...
This is pretty much required pre reading for the blog or lucho in a nutshell stuff.
- October 15, 2010
- mtnrunner2 said...
Nice spread you've got up there. It makes me want a place in the hills… not that I need much convincing.
That's amazing about the foxes. I've never had one approach me, although a few have been so relaxed near me that they barely bothered to walk around me. They're so bold I thought maybe they were ill.
The IPA at Wild Mountain up your way was pretty good, but the last time I was there they were out. The stout too. Seems like I want the same thing everyone else does.
- October 15, 2010
- Dave said...
Based on the picture, I am guessing that "Mortise and tenon" is a euphemism for "Birds and the bees". That is very well-planned parenting through carpentry.
- October 16, 2010
- Lucho said...
This is becoming me in a nutshell!
Mtnrunner2- The foxes have been coming around since we moved up here. They aren't necessarily bold, just not really fearful.
Dave- The beer was simply to loosen up the log a bit.
- October 16, 2010
- Rick said...
You've got to be careful though - too much beer and that log could lose some of it's strength.
- October 16, 2010
- Lucho said...
After a few beers and the log just THINKS it's strong. Plus it gets belligerent.
- October 16, 2010
- kerrie said...
we're back! can hardly wait to meet the new kitty. remember to ask glenn how much weight he has gained and also how to put the wood together without nails. he did that on the drawers in the cabinet/hutch thing he built.....
- October 18, 2010
- Lucho said...
Kerrie- Ya, Saturday will be fun! Glen is what? 140 pounds now right?
- October 18, 2010


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After weeks – months! – of audiences being inundated with promos for NBC's "The Voice," the premiere finally got under way tonight after Super Bowl XLVI. As the NFL crowned this year's champions in the New York Giants, the road to a different kind of championship began with the blind auditions on the vocal talent show.
The first half of the premiere (with a second round of blind auditions coming at 8 p.m. Monday) consisted of a lot of background info, courtesy of host Carson Daly, and few actual performances – six total. Small start for a show that's promising to be bigger and better for its second season. With 12 vocalists on each of the judges' teams – Team Adam (Levine), Team CeeLo, Team Christina (Aguilera) and Team Blake (Shelton) – as opposed to last year's eight, I get the feeling this season is going to get drawn out and unwieldy, and quickly.
But that's chill – at least we get some phenomenal voices in the (overly complex) process. A few of those voices turned out tonight, with a few moments of "meh" as well. But here's the great part – on "The Voice," even "meh" is 10 times more entertaining than the most atrocious of first-round auditions on "American Idol."
Let's break it down. At the end of the first show of blind auditions, as the judges start to build up their teams, this is what they wound up with:
Team Blake: RaeLynn, a 17-year-old from Texas, was practically born to be on Blake's team. A lil' country flower who takes care of the animals on her parents' farm, RaeLynn and her rendition of Miranda Lambert's "Hell on Heels" was wholly unimpressive. Singing a song originally done by Blake's wife is also a risky move, but Blake ate it up.
Team Christina: Jesse, a 42-year-old single dad from Los Angeles who makes his living singing at churches, weddings or "wherever he's needed." CeeLo pushed the button, swinging his chair around to offer a spot on his team barely two notes into Jesse's "A Song For You." All the judges turned their chairs, bickering and making their pitches for Jesse to join their team, but he ultimately went with Christina, and her ample bosom.
Christina also scooped up a 29-year-old opera singer from Kansas named Chris, whose rendition of Andrea Bocelli's "Because We Believe" had Christina and CeeLo fighting over him. Country singer Blake, in all of his endearing redneck charm, sheepishly admitted he'd be horrible coach because "I couldn't even understand the words." Chris is a good fit for Christina; both have huge – HUGE – voices. And classical music on a reality show? Sign me up.
Team CeeLo: Juliet, 25, who belted out The Beatles' "Oh! Darling" with great Janis Joplin flair, and sent Adam, CeeLo and Christina spinning in their chairs. She went with CeeLo, even after Adam professed his love for the "dirt in her voice" and some pretty solid bickering between Adam and Christina. CeeLo? He just sits between the two of them and blithely comments: "Sexual tension."
Team Adam: Tony Lucca, former Mouseketeer and winner-of-Sara's-heart. A former Mouseketeer singing Ray LaMontagne's "Trouble"? Done. I want this man to win – seems the judges do, too, as they all sent their chairs spinning to fight over Tony. We've seen what happens to members of Disney's Mickey Mouse Club (or as I like to call it, "God's Gift to the 1990s") and this guy deserves success just as much as Ryan Gosling, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears or Christina.
Which brings us to:
The Moment I Almost Truly Liked Christina This Week: She almost didn't get this highly coveted award because SHE DIDN'T RECOGNIZE TONY WHEN HE AUDITIONED. You used to work together! My goodness, lady! Tony handled the situation with class and grace when Carson Daly spoke with him after he walked off stage (which is more than I would have done – I'd have asked point-blank on stage: "Christina! Don't you remember me?"). Christina redeemed herself – after Tony left the stage, a look of realization crossed her face and she ran backstage to find him. Quite a lovely reunion, capped off with words for the ages: "Tony, Britney used to have such a crush on you!"
The Adam Levine Moment of the Evening: Him standing up, singing "Oh! Darling" along with Juliet during her auditions. Pure joy.
The "Why CeeLo Green is Cooler Than You" Moment of the Night: His appearance in the Super Bowl halftime show? His inexplicable cradling of a white, long-haired cat during expository clips on the show? His weird sexualization of vocalist critiques that make me strangely uncomfortable? (IE – "Your voice touched me deep down," or "Your voice, it turned me on.") I can't choose – these are all reasons CeeLo reigns supreme.
What We Have to Look Forward To Next Time: Besides more blind auditions? (My favorite part of the show, hands-down.) A medley of Prince songs from the four judges. A PRINCE MEDLEY, GUYS.


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Melissa Gorga is moving onward and upward.
The Real Housewives of New Jersey star, 33, and her husband Joe Gorga, 37, have listed their Montville Township, New Jersey, mansion for $3.8 million. Built in 2009, the colonial style home features six bedrooms, seven bathrooms, four fireplaces and a three-car garage.
"I'm a builder. I custom-built the houses we have lived in and will do the same with our next one," Joe tells Us Weekly exclusively. "We tried Montville, but it just wasn't for us. We want to go back to Franklin Lakes, which is closer to where I work, and we're looking at a couple of properties now."
Adds "On Display" singer Melissa: "I absolutely love our current house and will be sad to leave, but Joe is an incredible builder, so I have no doubt that I'll love the next house just as much. Although this is the last time he is getting me to pack-up!"
VIDEO: Watch Melissa Gorga and Teresa Giudice's explosive spat!
Melissa — mom to Joey, 2, Gino, 4, and Antonia, 6 — tells Us their children are approaching the ages "where all of them will be in school and now is the time to try to make the move and be in a place where we are going to stay in the long run.
Joe is eager to move his family into their new home. "Wait till you see the next house I build," he tells Us.
The Gorgas originally moved to Montville to be closer to Teresa and Joe Giudice, both 40, and their four daughters, Gia, Gabriella, Milania and Audriana. "Guess it's too close for comfort with all that has gone on," a source tells Us of the feuding family members.
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