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Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze Likely Not Delayed
Recently on the internet (aka that place where people seem to believe anything they read), a rumour was going around that Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze had been delayed to February 2014. It was covered by quite a few other Nintendo sites (mostly ones like GoNintendo and Nintendo Everything), and quite a few people understandably freaked out and said Nintendo's Wii U was doomed this holiday season.
Above: DK Vine's reaction was slightly less than positive about the 'news'.
But don't be worried! In the last day or so, a certain few people have been finding evidence that this whole 'delay' thing was complete and utter crap with no basis in truth! Yep, scaremongering by anti Nintendo gamers hits again, and here's all the evidence for why the game most likely isn't delayed:
To start off, Nintendo themselves still mention it as coming December 2013, with part of a Nintendo UK press release talking about DonkeyKong games being advertised at the end of the year up to Christmas. Here's the quote:
That is on top of TV ads for all its big franchises – including Mario, Donkey Kong and Zelda, which will run 'continuously from half-term to Christmas'.
The only 'hard to tell' one is on Nintendo of Japan's website, where Tropical Freeze has an 'undecided' release date and potential classification as a 2014 game. However, since this is only on exactly one region's website, there's a distinct possibility the game could have merely been set for a later release date in this region.
This is supported by how many wikis and sites (like Mario Wiki, Wikipedia, etc) do not list the game as having a Japanese release date, as well as how some regions (like the US) tend to get Donkey Kong Country titles earlier than others (like Japan).
However, where the rumour really starts to fall apart is in the 'original source'. You see, on NeoGAF and some other sites, they list a site called Xtralife as one of the sources giving the changed release date as being Februrary 2014.
Look on the site for a minute. Here's a link:
As you can clearly see, it lists the game as being released on Diciembre 2013. Which in case you can't figure out the obvious, is Spanish for 'December 2013'. There's no February release date on the site given as a source to begin with, making the rumour rather questionable as a result. But hang on, didn't they also mention Amazon?
Yes they did. So let's check out whether Amazon lists a 2014 release date. Amazon.com?
Nope. Doesn't even seem to give a release date. How about Amazon.co.uk?
Not there either. So none of the sources given for this 'changed' release date mention anything about a 2014 release, a delay or anything of that nature.
Doesn't this make everyone more than a tad skeptical about the whole idea? No sources that support it, no official Nintendo sources that support it, marketing suggesting the complete opposite… it's like the game wasn't delayed at all! Oh wait, it wasn't. It isn't. It's probably coming December 2013 like they said it was.
The icing on the cake is that apparently, DK Vine actually contacted Nintendo about this (live in the middle of their radio show), and Nintendo themselves actually asked for a source for the idea that the game was delayed! So we've got websites stating it's coming 2013, all official Nintendo sites stating the same, Nintendo marketing advertising Donkey Kong Country for this winter and a whole lot more besides all proving the game has most definitely not been delayed in any shape or form. Sounds like an open and shut case to me!
But hey, what do you think? Are you now positively convinced the talks of Tropical Freeze being delayed are complete rubbish and the December 2013 one is correct?
I am not too worried about the game being delayed. I am more worried about the psychos comparing a possible delay to the Holocaust and wanting people to die for a rumored game delay!!


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Dear Mr. Dawkins,
I am a Muslim and I believe in god. I want to believe in god. The half of my brain claims that there is a creator. But there is a problem. I also believe in science.
Actually I am not converted but confused. I admire all scientists for what they have discovered until now. They helped me a lot by understanding the evolution process in the whole universe.
I was born and currently live in Turkey. My country's education system is a complete mess. There is no chance for our children to question things but to read what the politicians show to us. I will try my best to teach my one and only son, how things work; all religions of the world, the big bang theory.
My son should have a chance to believe what he completely understands. Not a script in Arabic, Latin or any other language. He has to read all the available information in his mother tongue about religions, comprehend the facts of science, then he should make his own choice what to believe.
The environmental factors, neighbors, geographical conditions certainly effects our beliefs. But I promise you, I will not let my son choose a religion, through a single perspective. This is what I learned from you until now. Thank you for being a part of our universe. Thank you for not insulting but advising to non-atheists.
Best Regards From Turkey.

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- Format: PS3
- Unleashed: 14th May (EU), 11th May (US)
- Publisher: SouthPeak Games (EU), Atlus (US)
- Developer: From Software/Silicon Studio
- Players: 1
- Site: http://www.3ddotgameheroes.eu/
The king of a 2D kingdom turns it into a 3D kingdom, hoping to increase its popularity. Lots of monsters appear, an ancient evil is suspected to have reared its head once again, and a hero – you, of course – appears to set things right. Cue a game armed with charming and refreshingly retro art that parodies and celebrates old skool RPGS in equal measure.
Ah yes, that art style. In keeping with the plot a world of pixels has been dragged into the third dimension; character and scenery designs are appropriately blocky and simple, and everything is unashamedly colourful. It looks as though a very talented child has constructed a fantasy world from Lego. Tiny little blocks are spilled when you deal damage or destroy something, which is a nice little touch (and may well cause women to say 'aaah').
There's an impressive range of characters to choose from (including a small dog, a bank manager, and Santa. We kid you not), but most people will want to take advantage of the character creator. You can fiddle about with one of the existing templates or, if you're feeling confident, create your own entirely from scratch. That's what we did and, after hours of hard but rewarding toil, came up with a passable – and possibly copyright infringing – version of a well known U bend technician.
Who or what you choose as your avatar makes no difference to gameplay, however. Sticking as it does to the traditions of classic RPGs (especially the Zelda series) you'll be wandering round talking to NPCs, buying items from merchants, walking into people's houses unannounced, and blowing holes in suspiciously cracked walls. Plus, of course, killing lots of monsters. The aforementioned merchants are joined here by blacksmiths, who will upgrade your sword – for a price. The main upgrades are strength, length and width (which has led, and will lead, to plenty of double entendres from lazy journalists).
There are several swords to be found and earned in the game, all with different attributes, and each can be inflated to near screen – filling size (which only takes effect when your character is at full health); but combat ultimately consists of hitting 'X' to swing your sword until whatever's in front of you isn't there any more, with the occasional bit of blocking with your shield. You'll pick up mostly Zelda influenced secondary weapons and items such as bombs and a boomerang, but most enemies will die at the blocky point of your sword of choice. So yes combat is simple, perhaps overly so. This is, however, blessedly easy to forgive.
If the art style is the aspect of the game to most immediately sidle up to you and whisper sweet nothings in your proverbial ear, the script follows very quickly. This is a game that very rarely takes itself seriously, and is all the better for it. It's stuffed full of nods and winks to subjects including the RPG genre, the game's developer (and their most recent RPG Demon's Souls), Zelda, long standing gaming traditions, and even – in one unexpected instance – sexual intercourse. Jokes pepper the game from start to finish, and you know what? They all work.
Though it looks and plays like an old skool RPG to an extent, gameplay has been sprinkled with 21st century fairy dust in much the same way as the graphics. There are no autosaves, but you can save from the pause menu whenever you want. When you next load your save, and whenever you die, you reappear at the nearest 'revival point' with all your items and most of your progress (unlocked doors, previously conducted conversations, etc.) intact. You have infinite lives, so never need lose your hard work in the game unless you forget to save. Or if, like us, you suffer a power cut just after completing an entire dungeon. Sob.
There are seven dungeons in the game (varying from 'call that a dungeon?' to 'I need a week off work to finish this one') and, with very few NPCs, are the 'serious' areas of 3D Dot Game Heroes. They're fairly simple by and large, and work as you'd expect from a game that's essentially a love letter to the genre – cramped areas with aggressive enemies, puzzles, and traps. It's very much its own game though, and one that you'll enjoy playing. This is in no small part thanks to the bosses, all of whom have been designed just as lovingly as the rest of the game; though the main appeal of the first boss is that it seems to be a take on the old mobile phone game Snake…
You'll be breezing through it all, though thoroughly enjoying yourself, until you get about two thirds of the way through the story. It is at this point that the developers unwisely decide to use cheap tricks to artificially lengthen the experience. One dungeon is essentially one big puzzle that resets itself whenever you die or load a save; there's a fairly brief, though map – wide, wild goose chase; the strongest enemies will suddenly bunch themselves together in rooms; and the final dungeon is the biggest (which is fair enough) but you may find yourself retracing your steps here more than anywhere else in the game, thanks to stingy distribution of internal warp points.
Nonetheless, it's impossible to dislike this game. The fresh art style and sparkling script is a winning combination and gameplay, whilst intentionally familiar, is not only solid – but enjoyable. Your first playthrough will take anything from 12 – 25 hours depending on skill and sidequests, and a second playthrough is tempted via the unlocked 'From Mode' difficulty or 'New Game +'. There's also the mysterious 'Spelunker' mode to find out about…
Were it not for the blips mentioned above, this would be an essential purchase. As it is, we certainly promise that if you give it a go you won't be disappointed.


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John Explores Character Background
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China is a complex creation controlled by the Zionist banking cartel. Funded into being through the Wall Street backed Bolshevik Revolution and after 1974, through UN charters holding the developed nations as financially responsible for building up the developing nations. China is a banking front, what are its aims?
A Chinese strategist contends that Beijing should break up India into 20-30 independent states with the help of friendly countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan.
The publication of the article nearly coincided with the 13th round of India-China border talks in New Delhi, on a positive note, with Beijing emphasising the need to build strategic trust and elevate strategic partnership to a new level to include coordination on global issues.
Written in Chinese, the article, If China takes a little action, the so-called Great Indian Federation can be broken up is published in the new edition of the website of the China International Institute for Strategic Studies (CIISS), an influential think tank that advises Beijing on global and strategic issues.
According to D.S. Rajan, director of the Chennai Centre for China Studies, Chennai, Zhan Lue, the author of the article, argues that the so-called Indian nation cannot be considered as one having existed in history as it relies primarily on Hindu religion for unity.
The article says that India could only be termed a Hindu religious state that is based on caste exploitation and which is coming in the way of modernisation.
The writer goes on to argue that with these caste cleavages in mind, China in its own interest and the progress of whole of Asia should join forces with different nationalities like Assamese, Tamils and Kashmiris and support them in establishing independent nation states of their own.
In particular, the article asks Beijing to support the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), a militant separatist group in the Indian northeast, to it achieve independence for Assam from India.
Furthermore, the article suggests that China can give political support to Bangladesh to encourage ethnic Bengalis in India get rid of Indian control and unite with Bangladesh as one Bengali nation.
If this is not possible, the creation of at least another free Bengali nation state as a friendly neighbour of Bangladesh would be desirable for the purpose of weakening India's expansion and threat aimed at forming a unified South Asia the article argues.
The article recommends India's break up into 20-30 nation-states like in Europe and contends that if the consciousness of nationalities in India could be aroused, social reforms in South Asia can be achieved, the caste system can be eradicated and the region can march towards prosperity.
The Chinese strategist suggests that to split India, China can seek support of friendly countries including Pakistan, Nepal and Bhutan.
China should encourage Bangladesh to give a push to the independence of West Bengal and recover the 90,000 sq km territory in Arunachal Pradesh, which China calls Southern Tibet, says Rajan who has analysed the article for the Chennai-based think tank.
The write-up could not have been published without the permission of the Chinese authorities, but it is sure that Beijing will wash its hands out of this if the matter is taken up by New Delhi, says Rajan.
It has generally been seen that China is speaking in two voices its diplomatic interlocutors have always shown understanding in their dealings with their Indian counterparts, but its media is pouring venom on India, says Rajan.
Which one to believe is a question confronting the public opinion and even policy makers in India, Rajan says, adding that ignoring such an article will prove to be costly for India.
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Get ready for summer events with Garden Lights
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Garden Lights have now become a necessity. Spring is here, it will soon be summer are you ready? The country is preparing for a brighter and hopefully warmer few months ahead. It may be getting brighter but your outdoor gatherings could still need a special ambience. Make your garden, decking or patio look even more entertaining. Have your daytime get-together and barbecues drift into night-time with Litecraft outdoor and garden lights.
Garden lighting allows you and your family to enjoy some of the best hours of the day, which are often neglected if your garden isn't inviting. Instead of going indoors, why not enjoy the cool summer evenings outside once the sun goes down. Parts of your garden could fade away so why not highlight them with solar or LED outdoor lighting.
Here at Litecraft our outdoor and garden lights come in a variety of shapes, colours and sizes so you can make sure it goes with your overall outdoor look and feel. Lighting has the ability to add a special atmosphere to any space whether it's in or outdoors.
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Mr. Boswell: We will not debate the tone of our response, but the Minister of State has given information that was not in his press release. I ask him to go back to the organisations representing older people and look with them long and hard at whether he can to some extent either ease the requirements or improve the performance of the Department in ensuring that benefit is restored quickly where it is withdrawn. That is the major outstanding concern. It would help everyone if he gave an assurance that he will at least look at that.
Mr. McCartney: We have a common approach in our Department. We work with all the stakeholders regularly. That work is about not just policy but how we can manage the service better. If the hon. Gentleman wants an assurance, that is exactly what we are doing. We are involving stakeholders in the design of the pension service locally. There is potential for them to be involved in our outreach work in the community with older people. It is part of the Government's strategy of engaging with older people: not just providing services passively but being proactive and involved where pensioners are basedin their local communityworking with pensioner organisations and stakeholders. It has been an ongoing policy of the Government since we won the general election in 1997.
We have created the better government for older people project and a Cabinet sub-Committee on older people. We are the first Government ever to have a strategy for people over 50, working across Government to introduce better services, to develop policy and initiatives. This Government are alive to the needs of pensionersunlike the previous Government, who ignored them.
The hon. Member for Havant (Mr. Willetts) asked about long-term care and hospital downrating. Those in long-term care are generally left with a personal expenses allowance after paying their care home fees. That is intended to strike a fair balance between financial help and state providers, and avoid double provision.
In addition, a great deal of work has been done in connection with residential care in nursing homes. The abolition of preserved rights gives registered protection for local authorities' contractual arrangements for the first time. The phasing out of residential and part III accommodation rates will provide a fairer system of funding for long-term care. At the moment, about half of all preserved rights customers do not have enough public support to cover their fees. Many have to pay some of their personal allowance towards the fees. The new arrangements will mean that those customers no longer have to do that.
Some questions were asked about the uprating of disability and carers benefits in connection with invalid care allowance. The regulatory reform order currently before the deregulation Committees of the House of Lords and the House of Commons will provide for the removal
The hon. Gentleman also asked what had happened to housing benefit reform. The strategy for housing benefit was set out in response to the consultation on the housing Green Paper in December 2000. First, we are working with local authorities to drive up standards of service, tackle fraud and error and reduce barriers to work. Secondly, we have begun rent restructuring in the social rented sector. We believe that it is essential to level those two stages before considering more fundamental structural reform.
The hon. Member for Arundel and South Downs (Mr. Flight) asked about improving the take-up of housing benefits. Local authorities have been given a legal duty to encourage take-up of housing benefit and council tax benefit. Much of that is achieved in day-to-day business rather than through special campaignsbut we are not complacent, and we support local campaigns when they take place.
We do a lot of campaigning about entitlementsbut when we do, the Opposition usually complain that we are spending money. What is wrong with giving people an entitlement and then telling them about it? When we do that the Opposition complain, but when they come to a debate here, they complain that we are not doing enough of it. What do they want? Do they want us to let people know or not? My colleagues and I are prepared to work with the stakeholders to produce effective innovative approaches to campaigning on take-up, and we continue to do that on a regular basisand when we do, the Opposition spokesman complains.
I think that on pensions strategy we agree that there must be partnership, but I must make one point about the scaremongering that we have heard: 66 per cent. of large employers still have some form of pension provision. We have introduced the simplification review, the Myners review, the minimum funding requirement and the Sandler review. We are the first Government in history to take seriously the need to carry out a fundamental review of ways to help the providers of pensions to continue to provide them on a basis of partnership.
I think that we will come back to this debate when the Sandler review is in the public domain. There is also the simplification review, and the implementation of the minimum funding requirement arrangements following the Myners report, to which we are already committed.
Let us be clear: the Government support and are alert to the need to increase the pool of employees who have a vehicle for their pension, whether that be a stakeholder pension, a defined benefit, a defined contribution or some other form. It is important to work with employers to continue that provision.
It is interesting to note that contributions to non-state pensions are at their highest ever£19 billion up in real terms since the 1997 election. We are not complacent, but we are the first Government ever to participate effectively with the industry on an ongoing basis to find ways of improving and maintaining pension funds and access to pensions. For those who did not have access, we have created the stakeholder pension to give them access for the first time. Six hundred thousand people who this time
That is progress. This is the first Government in a generation to make progress and benefit large numbers of people who were abandoned by the Conservatives with no hope of a pensionand the Liberals had no view about that at all.
Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): On defined benefit pensions and final salary pensions, some companies are saying that times are hard and that they are going to get rid of the schemesas a constituent who visited my surgery on Friday has been toldso will the Minister point out to those companies that when times were good they took a contributions holiday? The Government will have to work with such companies to honour the moral contract. At present, employers are saying, "I wasn't around then so I don't have to pay the consequences".
Mr. McCartney: Another Liberal Democrat campaign tactic! We have held Adjournment debates on those issues recently and the hon. Gentleman's party did not participate. If the hon. Gentleman had serious points to make, he should have listened to his hon. Friend the Member for Northavon (Mr. Webb) who spoke earlier and whose pensions policy was economic illiteracy. The Liberals' pensions policy is economic illiteracy. The problem for the Liberals is that the hon. Member for Northavon cannot agree with the leader of his party on their policy for the next election. He came to plead for support from the House because he cannot get it from the leader of the Liberal Democrat party.
I ask my hon. Friends to support both orders. I commend the orders to the House. We are the first Government in more than a generation with a strategy to end poverty among children, a strategy to tackle and end poverty among older people and a strategy to make work pay. At last, we have a Government who are on the side of all the citizens of this countrynot like the last Government, who abandoned them.
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Has anybody felt a slight evening chill in the air lately? Yep, while the days are still nice this time of year, the weather will be turning soon enough and there will be people visiting the pantry who will be needing firewood.
There have been some wonderfully generous "wood elves" at work this summer delivering logs to the site, so there is a decent supply of wood to start off the season. ("Thank you!" all you wood elves!)
So, we'll start things rolling again with a cutting and splitting session on Saturday, September 6th, from 8am until noon. Come for any amount of time you can lend a hand, whether that's an hour or the morning. Bring your gear (gloves, ear plugs, safety glasses, boots or sturdy shoes, sunscreen, water, chainsaw, wheelbarrow, rake, etc.) and gather together with some wonderfully dedicated people helping others in our community. I will be out of town that day, but there will be others there who are familiar with the routine.
As always, we would be interested in hearing about:
-- Sources of wood identified as candidates for collection and/or delivery (we can supply donation forms for tax purposes to those who would like them)
-- People willing to fetch and deliver wood to the Woodpile site
-- People willing to communicate, coordinate and connect the above sources and fetchers
-- Ways to make the woodpile more effective
-- Ways reach out to encourage more people to be helpers at the woodpile
If you're willing to be a helper on any of the above, please let me know.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions or any sources of firewood you might know about.
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4th September 2008
After a very busy couple of months Nick has finally landed in the UK for a few days and we now have news of the last few championship rounds!
First of all Nick headed to Croft in early May for the double-header (2 x 3 hour) Funcup Beetle race.
With a packed schedule for the weekend ahead, Nick's main focus the whole time was to bring the car home in one piece.
Race 1 was a pretty clean race with Padmore and Bankhurst in car 14 qualifying 4th and finishing a challenging 7th.
Post race, Nick commented - "It was carnage out there today, everyone has taken their banzai pills before this round….well including me actually, I did a wild one round the outside on the first corner!...gotta be done though, can't wait to see the on-board footage of that!
Race 2 was a slightly different situation, with small electrical problems, Nick ended up starting 23rd, behind the number 49 car (team mates) in 19th. And the result didn't differ from that, with Nick finishing in 15th and the 49 car finishing in 14th.
"The boys at Matrix have done a real good job, but they noted that we're a little down on power, we're getting nailed in a straight line, and a lot of this type of racing you need every bhp you can get ! But these are all things we can learn by".
After a scenic round at Croft, Nick flew out to France for round 3 of the Euro VdeV championship at the legendary Magny Cours circuit. After a promising qualifying session, the race looked to be a good result. Jean-Lou started and was running strong in 11th, however when Nick's stint came around, the Norma suffered massive electrical problems and a burst radiator sent Nick pretty much to the back and ended up being classified 30th by the end of the 3 hour Endurance race.
Nick said "Nothing was really in our favour, the electrics were a problem but I could kind of drive round it, it kind of felt like the engine wasn't giving me everything…..not ideal but I could at least limp it home, but when the Radiator went, it was game over, nothing we could do. I hope Dijon gives us some better results".
So, Nick struggling with things in VdeV, the car wasn't performing, and when there is nothing you can really do about it as a Driver, it's a frustrating feeling, but Nick had now had to set his sites for the next event on the calendar – Anglesey in the Funcup Beetle.
Anglesey in the Beetle, a fairly straight forward format compared to the carnage double-header last time at Croft. Qualifying went well for Padmore, still being a bit down on power, Padmore managed to place the number 14 car 5th on the grid.
Bankhurst would be first to go out in the Endurance, keeping his place for a fair few laps, Bankhurst came into a bit of a tangle and the car came off the circuit; luckily not serious but a loss of time was a penalty to be paid. Nick was the next to do his stint, and eventually bringing the car home in 16th.
Speaking to Nick after the race, he commented "It wasn't too bad out there, a bit of bad luck early on, I had a moment myself but managed to keep it, we're still down on straight-line speed, but the boys think they have that narrowed down now after seeing the data from this round, so fingers crossed we should be at full whack by the next round!".
After these few races, Nick was due a little training session to keep him sharp for the next race, a few bike rides and one Rotax day at Tilbury kart circuit were to do the trick for that, so Nick was now off to Dijon for round 4 of the Euro VdeV championship.
The rain was looking like it would hold off for VdeV at Dijon but that wasn't the case, Nick managed to put the Norma 10th on the grid for the 3 hour Endurance. Race day came and the rain came down so Nick would start on wets and try to get to the front early, running a strong 6th Nick pitted for Jean-Lou to start his stint, however this didn't play into Jean-Lou's favour as he then had two tyre blow-outs and a serious electrical fault causing the engine to misfire! However the pair managed to bring it home 20th despite the massive technical faults and mechanical failures they had suffered.
Nick said "It's a real shame about the tyres, again the misfire is something that's a problem but the car is still moving, when a tyre goes like that it can throw you off and out quite quickly so we were lucky in that respect I guess. Jean-Lou wants to test the car before the Snetterton UK round to try and dial out this misfire problem, which I think will help things along massively".
However, before Nick was to jump back into Test Driver mode in the Norma, he had the Spa 25 hour Beetle Funcup race to endeavor, a race he looks forward to every year.
Spa 25hr Funcup - Drivers: Nick Padmore, Tony Gaston, Keith Padmore, Lee Bankhurst, Ricky Gaston.
The weekend of the 25 hour was now about to begin, not only does Nick love this race because of the circuit and the amount of competition, he gets to compete side by side with his Father (Keith Padmore) who got Nick into racing when he was a young.
When asking Nick about racing with his Dad, he said, "The old man is still quick, and he loves all this kinda racing, he's still racing the mini all over the europe as well! We also have Tony Gaston,Ricky Gaston and Lee Bankhurst, so we are looking good!"
Out of 150 cars on the grid for the 25hr, Nick placed car 14 at 32nd on the grid, which was a very good effort.
Nick was then to start the race and got off to a very good start, getting the car to 3tdh very early on and then handed the car over for a driver change. In the second stint they were eventually running 10th for a whopping 2.5 hours!
This was looking very promising for Nick, Keith and Team Matrix, however an electrical problem cost them a lot of time and started to drop them back quite a few places. In Nick's final stint he was running steady around 25th when the rear shock snapped causing the rear wheel to fall off, and cause the car to be recovered to the pits which lost Nick loads of time and they eventually finished 82nd out of 150.
Nick said "Its such a shame about the wheel coming off, this is such a fun race and we were running in a real strong position, I was having a really good time out there and I spoke to Dad after his stint and he said it was Mega too! Definitely a race I want to do every year, but next time we're gonna win!" "Everyone drove really well not putting a mark on the car, its just a shame we had a few problems which cost us a lot of time".
The long weekend at Spa now at an end meant Nick had to switch on his development Driver mode and go and Test the Norma at Alconbury Airfield with the engineers to get rid of the bug within the electrics/engine area of the car.
Snetterton brings us round 4 of the UK VdeV championship and Nick and the boys at RaceTeam Solutions were franticly testing on the Thursday before the race weekend to dial out there technical issues. And that they did, a new engine loom was fitted to the car which has ironed out the misfire and loss of power they were experiencing in the last 2 Euro rounds.
Nick was very confident before qualifying and did this by qualifying the car on pole by 3 tenths ahead of the Ligier of Bryce Wilson!
At the start of the race Nick didn't make any gutsy maneuvers that would risk taking the car off, but 15 minutes later he had the lead and started to stretch the Norma's legs a bit more. A quick burst of rain fell and Nick had a big moment which dropped him to 3rd, but the top 3 had a big lead over the rest of the pack. Nick managed to grab 2nd and stay there for the rest of his stint and then came in the swap with Jean-Lou. After a massive shower in Jean-Lou's session, they were running a strong 6th; Nick jumped back in and was running second and eventually 4th when coming in for a final stop.
At this point the engine started to misfire again losing Nick about 40 minutes due to a faulty ECU Connector, after this Nick bought the car home in 8th after a very up and down race.
"This was a much better weekend for us as a team. We have had an engine misfire for the last 2 rounds of the French VdeV series which has cost us lots of pace. At last we managed to sort the problem and bang - pole position!"
"Jean-Lou has raised his game this weekend too, managing to beat his personal best lap time!" So a massive thanks to Lee and Gav at Race Team Solutions for getting the car sorted and on the pace!"
Nick is now gearing up for the 3 hour at Brands on Saturday 9th August, so keep an eye out for results and some very exciting new news on the website very soon.
Report by Elliot Weir
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Last week I had the opportunity to photograph the Patriot Day Celebration at my children's school here in Arizona.
The attacks of 9/11 showed us the worst
in people. But it was also a time when many wonderful,
compassionate, and heroic deeds occurred. "Heroes"
were everywhere on 9/11 and in the days afterwards.
The shock and the sadness also brought people —
families, friends, and strangers alike — together in a
way that felt special. It is so important to remind your
children that we are also to always remember those heroes
and those times.
It was a beautiful morning with dedications, poems and songs dedicated to those in our community which included current and veteran military, fire, police, EMT and other first responders, who have served us so honorably and faithfully. I was so honored to help out and it was awesome to be apart of such a special celebration!


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Vape3D is a 3D graphics engine utilizing the techniques for 3D polygon rendering, in contrast to far superior techniques such as raytracing, and raycasting, which are way better performant.
In 3D polygon rendering, the area that is in view of the camera is calculated, and then rays are created from every part of every surface in view of the camera and traced back to the camera.
In fact, this is not an engine to build and run the next-gen MMO simulation or your dreamt open-world RPG on, but a learning framework to provide with general knowledge of building game and graphics engine systems and components by giving up on the too complex concepts and going with hand-picked and designed solutions that are easy to grasp from first look.
This can serve as a ground for major improvements and can be turned into a professional product after one understands the general concept of how everything is connected and works.
Before getting to know more about the engine and how it works it is a good idea to have a quick reminder of what is the graphics or rendering pipeline and how does it work. Just briefly... Feel free to skip to the next page if that is not something you need to revise or you're in rush.
The rendering pipeline or graphics pipeline is not a complicated term with a purpose of confusing you. In fact it is much simpler to understand than it sounds.
Generally speaking, the graphics pipeline is just a conceptual model, a very important such that describes what steps a graphics system needs to perform to render a graphical scene in ether 2D or 3D. That is what we have to know on a high level when thinking about the pipeline but it is built of several stages or so called pipeline steps. Described below.
The application step is executed by the software on the CPU, thus - highly parallelizable! Example tasks could be collision detection, animation, morphing, etc.
The geometry step, which is responsible for the majority of the operations with polygons and their vertices. OpenGL splits it into 5 parallel pipeline steps: Model & Camera transformation, Lightning, Projection, Clipping, Window-viewport transformation.
This is a rendering algorithm for generating 2D images from 3D scenes. It transforms geometric primitives such as lines and polygons into raster image representations, i.e. pixels.
Now that is enough for moving on to the explanation of what Vape3D can be used for.


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Furor over hard-to-read Ontario licence plates
The Doug Ford government has created a safety hazard by rushing through new Ontario licence plates that are difficult to read at night, Liberal Leader John Fraser says.
"It's kind of typical of the Ford government's first 18 months in government — a poorly-thought out choice done quickly," Fraser said Monday.
Changing the plates was probably not the public's most pressing priority for a government with lots of issues in front of it, Fraser said.
"And now they've gone and done it and they've messed it up," he said.
The plates were first unveiled at the Progressive Conservative government's 2019 budget, and have just begun appearing on the province's streets over the past month.
The plates are two shades of blue, the same colours used on the PC budget cover and press conference backdrop.
"Are they all Doug Ford vanity plates?" Fraser said.
Photos of the new licence plates posted by Ontarians show typical night glare makes it hard to read the plate number.
Sgt. Steve Koopman, of Kingston Police, was one of many who tweeted out a photo that highlighted the problem with the new plates.
"Ok, this was taken off duty in a relatively well-lit parking lot with my headlights on. Did anyone consult with police before designing and manufacturing the new Ontario licence plates? They're virtually unreadable at night," the officer tweeted.
Nicko Vavassis, a spokesman for Government and Consumer Services Minister Lisa Thompson, said the government is aware of the complaints from Ontario drivers.
The new high-definition plates were successfully tested using advanced plate reader technology under multiple visibility conditions, Vavassis said in an e-mail Monday.
"The government consulted with key stakeholders, including our law enforcement partners, to test the readability, reflectivity and functionality of the new high-definition plate design ," he said. "We have been made aware that some Ontarians are reporting concerns with readability to the naked-eye under certain light conditions … and are currently looking into this."
The redesigned plates were introduced after reports that newer versions of the traditional white and blue ones were peeling.
The slogan "Yours To Discover" has been replaced with "A Place To Grow."


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Beale Park, part of the Child Beale Trust, is a non-profit making organisation which depends wholly upon the income from our visitors and the generosity of sponsors and supporters.
We are committed to the conservation of rare and endangered species and believe that the protection of animals, plants and ecosystems is vitally important.
Leaving a legacy to Beale Park, whether large or small, will help us to maintain and develop our current conservation projects and contribute towards the care, support and the continuing development of the Park for the benefit of its visitors. We cannot do this without your support.
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Using cell death to resurrect antitumor immunity
Dying cells can trigger activation of the immune system. Here, Snyder et al. have engineered cells that can be induced to undergo necroptotic cell death. By injecting these cells directly into tumors, they have examined the ability of these dying cells to promote antitumor responses in situ and at a distant site harboring syngeneic tumor. In addition to promoting immune response in situ, these injected cells drove a systemic immune response driven by conventional dendritic cells 1 (cDC1s) and CD8+ T cells that promoted regression of tumor at the distant site as well. Most impressively, they found that the dying cells did not have to express tumor-specific antigens to promote antitumor immunity.
Although the signaling events that induce different forms of programmed cell death are well defined, the subsequent immune responses to dying cells in the context of cancer remain relatively unexplored. Necroptosis occurs downstream of the receptor-interacting protein kinases RIPK1 and RIPK3, whose activation leads to lytic cell death accompanied by de novo production of proinflammatory mediators. Here, we show that ectopic introduction of necroptotic cells to the tumor microenvironment promotes BATF3+ cDC1− and CD8+ leukocyte–dependent antitumor immunity accompanied by increased tumor antigen loading by tumor-associated antigen-presenting cells. Furthermore, we report the development of constitutively active forms of the necroptosis-inducing enzyme RIPK3 and show that delivery of a gene encoding this enzyme to tumor cells using adeno-associated viruses induces tumor cell necroptosis, which synergizes with immune checkpoint blockade to promote durable tumor clearance. These findings support a role for RIPK1/RIPK3 activation as a beneficial proximal target in the initiation of tumor immunity. Considering that successful tumor immunotherapy regimens will require the rational application of multiple treatment modalities, we propose that maximizing the immunogenicity of dying cells within the tumor microenvironment through specific activation of the necroptotic pathway represents a beneficial treatment approach that may warrant further clinical development.
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text: Sure, the year might be winding down, but the folks at Evernote have still managed to sneak in another update for their Android app. By wielding the upgraded application, users can edit notes without fear of losing text styling they've applied in the program on other platforms, and view attachments in-line with their digital scrawlings. External keyboard support has been baked in as well, alongside recognition for key shortcuts for creating notes, bullets, numbered lists and to-do entries. With the refreshed software, enterprise users can even access their business notes from the home screen and select a preferred notebook for new jottings they create. To grab ahold of the app, head to the bordering source link.


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(Application is only slightly edited for better understanding.)
Vision: To be an ambassador and a speaker for youth, transformation of youth and promoting girl child through arts. In the scientific areas, I would like to study construction (Engineering – Architecture) for promoting practical work for women who are visionary leaders.
Bio (only slight edited): At the age of 3, my family was displaced by war. We ran to several places, sometimes staying in the bush, we finally stayed in Kisangani. We survived day-by-day. At the age of 6, our mother left us because of social-economic reasons. My father wanted to join us from where he was working, but he was not able to. We lived with our grandmother.
In July 2007, my brothers and sisters, and myself were forced to board a car to Burundi, to my mother's home. We traveled hundreds of miles, we were stopped by our father who joined us in Goma. Since then we lived with our father, with no funds and a miserable life.
I have been studying one day and chased another. I tried to do small businesses to get school fees, selling charcoal, kerosene, bread, powder soap. I could not afford business and schooling at the same time and dropped out of school.
Elosha is a talented musician. She sings with the Barza family singing group, and is responsible for leading a women's choir. She also performs individually. Below is a recording of the Barza choir.
(2016/2017 secondary school yr. sponsored by Niwot United Methodist Church)
(2017/2018 secondary school yr. sponsored by Niwot United Methodist Church)


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All too often research findings are stored in private computer folders or written by hand. This can prove problematic when researchers share their findings with others or take over an area of research from a colleague who has left the organization. In line with the increasing volumes of research data, there is a need for good solutions for storing, sharing, retrieving, and reusing research data. One of the solutions is called electronic lab notebooks—or ELN in English.
In the newly established pilot project 'DTU ELN network', DTU Library is collecting experience from selected research groups at DTU. Among other things, the network aims to provide researchers with information about the tools available on the market for handling data—as well as the tools used at DTU.
The project will conclude with a report that will form the basis for how DTU can promote the use of electronic lab notebooks in the future.
"The pilot project was initiated because several researchers requested data documenting tools, but also because scientific journals such as Nature and the EU's support programme for research and innovation—Horizon 2020—focus on storing, sharing, retrieving, and reusing research data from funded projects," says Paula Martinez Lavanchy, Project Assistant at DTU Library.
The pilot project is firmly anchored in DTU's Research Data Management Forum and is part of a national strategy to secure Denmark better and more competitive research through efficient collection and reuse of relevant research data.
The aim is efficient research
The Danish Hydrocarbon Research and Technology Centre is among the first to join the pilot project. In autumn, the centre—which is a partnership consisting of five Danish research institutions—tested three different data handling solutions, opting to proceed with a cloud-based Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN).
Since January, the researchers have been trained in using the system, with each researcher holding a license to create projects and experiments. They can, for example, insert graphs, pictures and text, document procedures, and share information with each other—also externally. The aim is to share knowledge, streamline work, free up resources, and save time.
Common methods
"We threw ourselves into the project, as we are a new organization with many groups that store data in different ways. The project has afforded us the opportunity to create a common way to store and verify data from the outset and to ensure a common practice across academic disciplines. This means that the researchers no longer have to familiarize themselves and use the various data systems of the individual professional groups," says Project Manager Jesper Holst, Danish Hydrocarbon Research and Technology Centre.
The pilot projects will end in March 2018.
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Christmas Spirit was the seventh story in the Bernice Summerfield anthology The Dead Men Diaries. It was written by Cavan Scott and Mark Wright.
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Bernice leaves the Mansionhouse to find the Collection decorated for Christmas, to her dismay. She chats with Mister Crofton, who reminds her of the memorial service for Steven Mead. She runs off to attend.
At the service, Steven's friend Tony Deek listens to Irving Braxiatel speak about Steven. He notices that Steven's fiancée, Vivian, is smiling slightly. It seems to Tony that the holographic image of Steven is looking at him. Suddenly, blood appears on the image's face and the head explodes. Tony screams.
Two days later, Benny talks to Tony, at Braxiatel's insistence. She asks him about their recent trip to the dig on Anibus, wondering if Tony picked up anything there that could explain what he saw. When he replies in the negative, she asks about his Psi-Test and learns he is a natural empath. Before she can get to the bottom of whatever's bothering Tony, he looks in the mirror behind her and runs away screaming.
Tony goes to the Mansionhouse, looking for Vivien. He finds her seated, fingering the necklace that Steven gave her. He then sees Steven's "ghost" again, which tries to block him from leaving.
Benny has finished going through the catalogue of artefacts from the Anibus dig. Coming outside, she (literally) runs into Adrian, who tells her one of the students is up on the clock tower. When Benny gets there, she sees that it is Tony.
Benny climbs to the top of the tower, expecting to find Tony ready to jump. Instead, he is curled up in a ball, repeating, "He's everywhere". Tony tells Benny what he sees, and admits that he accidentally caused Steven's death by messing with his equipment.
Now Benny can see Steven, too, up on the ledge. She notices he is wearing a pendant, and suddenly she remembers — it's an Anibusian Memory Stone. She tells Tony the ancient Anibusians used the stones to help grieve for a loved one. One stone stayed with the corpse, and one with the loved one. The stones would help gradually lessen the grief, letting the loved one let go. However, the stones don't work the same way on humans, and Tony's guilt and his telepathic abilities are causing him to see Steven.
Vivian appears on the ledge, also wearing a Memory Stone. She is accompanied by a healthy, naked version of Steven. She seems dazed, and it tries to convince her to jump off the ledge. Benny rips the necklace from Vivian's neck, and Tony, Vivian, and both Stevens are gone, but Benny is still on the ledge.
Steven appears, and taunts Benny with the fact that she didn't care about the students until they needed to be saved. It says she wants to save others but she can't save herself. Suddenly Steven disappears and an image of Jason appears, but when he tries to appeal to her, she becomes angry and throws the Memory Stone at the image. The stone hits the frozen lake and explodes.
Benny enjoys a glass of bourbon with Braxiatel, and wishes him a Merry Christmas.
Characters Edit
References Edit
- Benny sees an image of her ex-husband, Jason Kane.
- Benny mentions Sigmund Freud, Charles Dickens and Alastair Sim.
- The Collection is decorated for Christmas with snow, holly trees and mistletoe.
Notes Edit
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Continuity Edit
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Time Trial
Another windy day greeted the riders for the 12km out and back time trial, but this year the wind was from the west to north west, making the outward leg mostly tail wind and the home leg mostly head wind.
Best time of the day went to Steve Monks, who, although not that fit, still managed 39.24kph. Next best time was Malcolm Hayes, who put in a great ride to average 38.74kph.
Sean Prins was the rider who got closest to his previous best, as no riders bettered their previous best in the conditions. Sean was only 3 seconds below his previous best time.
Danny Monaghan beat his age expected time by the most, 5 seconds ahead of Malcolm Hayes and 8 seconds ahead of Steve Monks.
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A Java™ Fork-Join Conqueror
Fork-Join development in Java™ today comes in two flavors:
- an Embarrassingly-Parallel Fork-Join technique that works well for everyday, multi-core applications
- a Divide-and-Conquer Fork-Join technique for splitting the workload into multiple tasks for parallel processing
This article expounds the Conqueror method (1700 words)
Edward Harned (eh)
Senior Developer, Cooperative Software Systems
November, 2010 [updated September, 2019]
Ukrainian translation courtesy of Sandi Wolfe on June, 2019
What is Fork-Join?
Think of a fork in the road where each path eventually comes back together — joins.
Fork-Join breaks an application into several parts for parallel processing and joins the results at the end.
Figure 1: Fork-Join Structure
Let's say we have an array of one thousand numbers. We need to do a procedure on each of these numbers and add the total.
Listing 1: Array Processing
for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
total += doProcedure(array[i]);
If the procedure takes one second (wall-clock time) to complete, then it is going to take one thousand seconds (over 16½ minutes) to complete this task.
Fork-Join could
- separate (fork) the large array into ten arrays of one hundred elements each,
- processes each array on a separate CPU, and
- join the results when finished.
That would take one hundred seconds (just over 1½ minutes), one tenth of the original time. The more CPU's available, the faster the result.
This abstraction closely resembles the standard scientific model of Divide-and-Conquer.
Divide-and-Conquer is a natural paradigm for parallel algorithms. After dividing a problem into two or more sub-problems, the method solves the sub-problems in parallel. Typically, the sub-problems are solved recursively and thus the next divide step yields even more sub-problems for solving in parallel.
Figure 2: Divide-and-Conquer
This is what high performance computing is all about — simultaneously processing humongous amounts of data on as many CPU's as available. Map/Reduce, sorting, and countless array processing applications all can use Divide-and-Conquer to solve their problems.
Fork-Join in Java™
There are four enterprise-grade Fork-Join frameworks available today:
- TymeacSE / AND — These are the Embarrassingly-Parallel Fork-Join frameworks that split the work into components for independent execution on multiple threads.
- TymeacDSE — This is the Divide-and-Conquer Fork-Join framework (sometimes called "scatter-gather") that dynamically decomposes the work into identical tasks for execution on multiple threads.
The Conqueror is the subject of this article. The project came about because of the deficient quality of the Fork/Join scholarly package introduced in Java™ 7.
The Conqueror Attributes
How it Works
A client calls the server with a request:
- Execute this procedure (User Class name)
- Using this optional input Object
- For synchronous requests
- Wait for completion no more than this interval
- Returning the status of the call and an optional Object from the User Class
- For asynchronous requests
- returning immediately with the status of the call (scheduled successfully)
Ease of useThe server itself — has various options for execution in both an embedded mode as well as using RMI (standard/activatable, IIOP, etc.), logging, statistics gathering, error detection/recovery and many other aspects of a professional, enterprise grade server. The professional documentation (80 page html style manual) makes the learning curve easier.
The user class that does the work — is straightforward. Think of it like a stored procedure in a DBMS. You either do the work now or you fork new tasks.The client that calls the server to run the user class — is straightforward and simple. You either wait for a response (synchronous request) or not wait (asynchronous request.)
The server is completely separate from the calling client and the user class. The server is able to function as an embedded entity within any Class or as a Remote Object (RMI.)
The user class may reside locally to the server class path or be accessed by a URL Class Loader.
The calling client may reside anywhere, including within the user class (when using recursion.)
Code independence means simplicity of design, enhancement and debugging; no spaghetti code here.
Design structure / work-stealing vs. work-sharing
Work-Stealing Underutilized possessors take the initiative; they tend to steal work from other processors.
Tasks are put into, and worker threads fetch Tasks from, the bottom of a deque (double ended queue.) When worker threads have no work in their own deque, they fetch Tasks from the top of another thread's deque. When a Tasks needs to sub-Task the work, it puts all the new Tasks into the same deque from which they came.
This design may limit cache misses and thread contention since stealing threads only fetch from the top of the deque. At least that's the way it's supposed to be. Work-Stealing works beautifully in operating systems and closed environments (Cilk.) But the assumptions hold little weight in Java™.
Java™ applications run under a virtual machine. Sometimes under two virtual machines (mainframes run Linux under VM and Linux runs the JVM.) Therefore, Java™ applications can make no assumptions about any cache.
Since all new Tasks go into the same deque, work-stealing threads have a very high potential for conflict with each other when they fetch Tasks from the top of this deque. Picture 32 threads/deques and 8 client requests. All the tasks for the 8 requests go into 8 deques only. Now 8 threads fetch Tasks from their own deque while the other 24 threads have to fight each other for work.
Work-Stealing threads need to wake up periodically and go looking for work. There is a poor correlation between timing in Java™ and timing on the hardware. A n-nanosecond sleep in Java™ doesn't always translate accurately to the underlying system. Tasks may wait unprocessed until the thread finally runs.
Work-Sharing The scheduler tries to spread the work among possessors in hopes of distributing the work to underutilized processors
The Conqueror uses Work-Sharing, first. Or more accurately, scatter-gather. The scheduler places each Task into the bottom of the first empty FIFO queue it finds; threads fetch from the top. When all queues have work, the scheduler balances the task placement evenly throughout the system. The Conqueror doesn't depend on threads periodically waking up to look for work, the scheduler physically wakes up each thread when adding a Task to it's queue. For the Conqueror, when the application spawns Tasks, it's all hands on deck — we're not paying you to rest — every thread helps to finish the work as quickly as possible.
When a queue becomes empty, the owner thread goes looking for work in other queues, work-stealing. Since the queues contain a balanced load, the potential for contention is light. Also, if a wondering thread's queue suddenly has work, the thread stops its snooping and immediately goes back to it's own queue.
Maximum efficiency. Maximum speed. Maximum throughput.
For very large processor environments (hundreds/thousands CPU/cores), the Conqueror provides the ability to use segmentation or indexes over the threads/queues to speed up scheduling and retrieving Tasks. This is the scalability feature critical to truly parallel applications.
User Class Restrictions
Unlike some other software that strongly restricts access to outside resources (DBMS, Queuing systems, etc.) and cannot permit inter-task communication (volatile fields), the Conqueror has strong error and stall detection so any algorithm is a good algorithm.
Error detection/recovery, Stall detection/recovery
User Class exceptions restart threads, errors disable threads. The Conqueror prints/logs the exception in a detailed message and notifies an administrator of the problem. User Classes may be re-loaded during execution without bringing down the server. After a failure the Conqueror tries to back out any Tasks already scheduled. Since the request is a failure, stopping work in progress or before it starts, leaves threads free to pursue useful work.
The Conqueror times seven events in the life of a thread. This way the run-a-way or waiting-forever problem is detectable by a Monitor daemon. When an asynchronous request exceeds a prudent time limit, The Conqueror adds an entry to a "possibly stalled" list and notifies an administrator. The list is viewable and alterable by administrators. Truly lost threads (a User Class waiting on a resource that will never free) may be expunged and replaced by a fresh copy.
Statistics gathering / repository
The Conqueror keeps detailed usage statistics for threads, queues, stalled requests, and User Classes. The Conqueror provides writing to a repository both on request and at shut down.
SSL security was built into the Conqueror from the beginning. There was no need to use the Native Interface and especially no need to use the Unsafe Class to bypasses all the managed runtime safety guarantees and security features. The Conqueror was built as a 100% pure application by application developers with other application developers in mind.
100% pure also means 100% tunable. The application runs the same on every JVM. With no hooks into the VM (the Unsafe Class), there are no surprises when porting to other operating systems and VM providers. It works the same, only faster or slower.
The Conqueror provides seven statistics useful for analyzing thread performance, four statistics useful for analyzing queue performance, and four statistics useful for analyzing the performance of the optional indexes. (And naturally, a chapter in the user manual on tuning.)
It isn't much good if nobody knows what it's doing. And if you know what it's doing, you surely want to change it.
The Conqueror comes with fourteen GUI's (and non-GUI access) to view and alter the executing server and three GUI's for managing the setup and operational variables.
Figure 3: Menu
The Conqueror provides a dynamic response to an ever changing environment.
Built in Functions
There are twenty four Tymeac Server Built in Functions available for developers:
- Sort
- Merge (merge many sorted arrays)
- Summation
- Multiplication
- Combine (combine multiple unsorted arrays and optionally sort result)
- Map/Reduce
- Filter
- Partition (Filter that returns both filtered and un-filtered arrays)
- Scan (Parallel Prefix Sum)
- Search (Parallel Sequential Search on unsorted array)
- Random (Parallel Random Number Generation)
- Evaluate (ParallelTry)
- Invoke (Parallel Invoke)
- Array Generation (ParallelArray)
- Vector multiplication
- Vector division by a scalar
- Vector addition
- Vector subtraction
- Matrix multiplication
- Matrix division by a scalar
- Matrix addition
- Matrix subtraction
- Matrix sorting
- Matrix searching (Parallel Sequential Search on unsorted matrix)
Using a Fork-Join framework to develop compute-intensive applications is a no-brainer.
Happily, there is general-purpose, Fork-Join framework supporting the properties mentioned above for multi-core applications in Java™ SE available today. And since the framework can run as an RMI Server (standard/activatable) it is available for Java™ EE applications.
Tymeac™ Divide-and-Conquer for the Java™ Standard Edition
is an Open Source Software project maintained on
and you can download the latest edition there.
Download the latest DSE edition of Tymeac here. The version described in this article.
Download the latest SE edition of Tymeac here. The embarrassingly-parallel Fork-Join product for the Java™ SE environment.
Download the latest AND edition of Tymeac here. The embarrassingly-parallel Fork-Join product for the Android™ environment.
Why the Java™ 7 collection is a scholarly package.
The Cilk-Plus Site — http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-cilk-plus/
Other Fork-Join articles in this series:
An "embarrassingly parallel" Fork-Join model — Fork-Join Development in Java SE
Using Wait Lists for Efficiency — High Performance Priority Queues in Java SE
The Java™ SE Thread Container — Managing Threads in Java SE
About the Author
Edward Harned is a software developer with over thirty years industry experience. He first led projects as an employee in major industries and then worked as an independent consultant. Today, Ed is a senior developer at Cooperative Software Systems, where, for the last twenty years, he has used Java™ programming to bring fork-join solutions to a wide range of tasks.
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