A very serious instrument indeed, this Fano SP6 Relic is one lethal cookie. A guitar for the player that gets the job done very, very hard indeed, the SP6 takes its inspiration from the single-cut Les Paul Junior, adding more than a few touches that wouldn't have graced Gibson's original. Built by one builder from start to finish and one-at-a-time at that, the SP6 is crafted around a Nitro-finished Alder body and paired with a Maple neck, tarnished is a very real-looking way that Fano are very careful to apply. On that neck you'll find 22 Jescar Medium Jumbo Nickel/Silver frets pressed effortlessly into the rolled-edge Indian Rosewood fingerboard, and your strings guided towards the Full-Comp, brass-saddled bridge by a GraphTech Tusq XL Nut. Operating over a 24.75" scale, this guitar will be immediately familiar to anyone who's ever held a Gibson, but the pickup selection is something else entirely. On that perfectly-checked copper finish you'll find a three-ply black scratchplate, and nestled next to that is a distressed P-90 and a flat-pole T-Style, both made by Fano themselves. These are wired into what we'll call a 'T-Style' control plate with a master Volume and Tone, so you'll be able to get stuck right into everything immediately without even pausing for thought! Protected by a three-year warranty with our hybrid technicians, this Fano SP6 Relic is available at Wunjos with a hard case as standard. Please email via the form below for more information and availability.


Friday, July 8 is Cow Appreciation Day. What does that mean? Dress up like a cow and get a free Chick-fil-A meal. Note you have to be dressed from head to toe for the free meal. If you only wear a mask or cow t-shirt, you'll just get a free entree.
Come dressed like a cow from head to hoof and we'll reward you with a FREE meal. (If you're a little chicken, don't worry, a partial costume still receives a free entrée.) And calves in costumes get free meals too; so bring in the whole herd for some family fun.


This rather dark leafhopper belongs to the subgenus Planicephalus and is most likely Deltocephalus flavicosta. The very similar sister species D. flavocostatus is found only in Tennessee and states north of Tennessee. The small photo shows a different specimen (05/17/16 at 10 pm).


If you already enjoy sewing and creating your own articles of clothing, becoming a tailor or dressmaker could be the ideal job because you would be able to practice your hobby and get paid for it. You will also be surrounded by like-minded people who share your interest.
If you decide to get a job in a large factory, you may find the noise from the machines disturbing. However, most factories abide by building codes to ensure that the workplace is clean and safe.
You must be very skilled to obtain a job in this field, but if sewing is your passion, getting a job should be easy. If you're interested in utilizing your creative side, this may be the career for you!
Elias Howe is often credited with inventing the sewing machine because he held patents for it in 1844. But models had been built long before that—the earliest functional model in France, in 1830.
Bathelemy Thimonnier created the first working sewing machine. People were afraid that the sewing machine would eliminate the need for hand stitchers, causing people to lose their jobs, and Thimonnier's factory was burned down and his machines destroyed. He fled to England to escape any further persecution, but he is truly the inventor of the first working sewing machine.
Television shows, movies, and theater productions all rely on a wardrobe person to supply the outfits for the production. Sometimes this person is called a wardrobe coordinator, wardrobe assistant, or costume designer. Some productions are easier than others to find wardrobe for, especially if they're set in current times. But many productions take place in another era, and that's when the skills of a wardrobe person are really tested. He or she must find costumes that fit the period in which the production takes place. Then he or she must alter them to fit the actors and actresses. If costumes are not easily obtainable, the wardrobe coordinator must create the costumes from scratch. This is the ideal job for a skilled tailor or dressmaker with an interest in television, movies, and theater.
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Re-writing the playbook with new ideas: The A-11 Formation
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Following the post on the value of cross-pollinated ideas, today's comes from American Football.
The story here is about the A-11 formation, developed by a High School football coach in California who radically redefined what is possible on the American Football field. In its most simple definition, the A-11 allows all 11 players on the offensive line to potentially become eligible receivers, instead of five available ones the standard configuration allows. To the non-sports-inclined, I'll put it in a more in-your-face statistics way: the standard offensive formation allows 36 potential combinations for plays to be made, whereas the A-11 allows 16,332 combinations.
I'm fascinated with this because it is both an example of a fresh and complete re-think of a system that has been taken for granted as locked down for decades, and a hack in the purest sense – the re-purposing of existing players, expanding their functionality while not compromising their basic purposes and legalities within the rules. There is a lot of inspiration to be gained here.
Of course huge comparisons can be made here between the A-11 formation and the revolutionary technique of Total Football (we're back to football = soccer now) pioneered by Dutch football club Ajax Amsterdam in the mid to late 1900's. Total Football is the tactical theory in which any player can take over the role of any other player in the team. In his excellent book "Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football", author David Winner explores Total Football at length as an exploration of space and the creation of it. As Ajax defender Barry Hulshoff says, "It was about making space, coming into space, and organizing space-like architecture on the football pitch."
This is where the link with the A-11 formation comes home for me. In the same way that Total Football was about creating and re-organising existing space, which by its very nature is finite on the field, the A-11 represents the same thinking taking place in American Football – putting a small space to maximum use, using creativity and a blend of individualism and collectivity in entirely new ways. And while these are iconic traits of Dutch society, design and architecture, they are uncharacteristically American ones. Yet that's what the A-11 represents – a shift in the way space is thought about on the football field by re-purposing and recycling the roles of its players, at the same time American architecture and design is beginning to think very seriously about maximising the use of small space and the re-use and recycling of existing space.
Two gems among many to take from here are:
Re-think what you already have
Whether it is your team, your possessions, or your work, hacking its original purpose and function within its existing space and role can lead to staggeringly beneficial results. (As shown above – simply change the role of 11 players, and 36 possible plays become 16,332 potential outcomes.)
Idea innovation is everywhere, particularly in sports
Whatever the sport, there is always a limitation of resources: a finite amount of time, a finite number of players, and a finite space. Thus, strategy, fresh thinking, hacks and idea execution is at its very core, and is a rich vein to tap, in a number of ways, for those of us outside the sporting world. I was at a primiere of a film that had an amazing, fast-paced dance sequence, which was captured beautifully on screen. I asked the director how he pulled the scene off. "It was easy," he said. "The cameraman used to film games for the National Football League in America – there's no one better at following moving sequences and judging where the people in motion are going to end up than those guys."
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Over the course of 3 weeks we spent our off-hours working through the suggested materials in the Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I study guide and then crossed our fingers and took the exam.
$#%@! We failed! That's awkward. Bow heads, avoid eye contact with fellow developers, and finish out the week.
After a long weekend, the pain subsided and we were back at it, evaluating what went wrong. Based on the questions we remembered, we created a strategy for studying and actually passing the exam this time. Three days later, we retook the exam and passed. Yeah!
Why the differing results? Well a little bit of knowledge goes a long way. The experience of failing the first exam informed us of what topics to focus on and we used this knowledge to create our own study guide. We published it as a public Trello board so feel free to copy it.
Below are the topics and related links we used to study. These match up with our Trello board study guide. We hope this information helps you pass the first time and avoid the mental anguish we both went through. Good luck!
Standard Objects: Know the relationships between all the standard Salesforce objects by reviewing both the Sales Cloud & Service Cloud data models. Have a good understanding of how the Standard Objects are used by actual users of Salesforce. Finally, go into setup and look at what unique capabilities the major standard object have (Leads, Contacts, Accounts, Opportunities, Cases, Campaigns, etc.).
Salesforce Tools vs Apex: Process Builder, Triggers, Workflows. What can each one do, can't do, and how they differ? When should a developer use one over another?
Apex Unit Tests: How to write unit tests and test your Apex code with them. How do you create and use test data? What are the best practices related to unit tests and test data?
Primitive Data Types: What they are? What are they used for? What do they default to?
Developer Related Limits: Know the most common Salesforce Limits, especially those relating to DML, Triggers, SOQL, and SOSL. Most likely you won't be asked directly about them, but general Apex related questions will require you to know them. Always check for them in these questions.
Developer Console: Have you used it before? You should check it out. Make sure you know what tabs are available, what information is provided in it, and what can you even use it for. Can you deploy code using developer console?
Change Sets: Don't just know what they can and can't do, but also what orgs do they come from and go to. What do you need to deploy change sets?
Lightning: What is it? What are Salesforce's intentions for Lightning?
SOQL & SOSL: Make sure you can read and write queries and know their return types. How would you retrieve 3000 records in SOSL? Did you remember pagination and SOSL limits?
Controllers: When do you need a custom one? When do you not need it? Why use Standard Set Controllers or Standard List Controllers? Which one should you use if you want to mass update records?
Triggers: What operations can they trigger off of and when? How do they interact with Workflows and Process Builder?
Order of Execution: This one is huge. You should know the ordering. Can there be infinite looping? When an object updates via trigger and workflow, what happens? What user is running in each step?
Rollbacks: How do rollbacks work with different scopes? What happens to our Salesforce limit counters after rollbacks?


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There is a new feature to the Weekly Inkling over at Splitcoaststampers. It is the "Product Review" and I have been asked to be a part of the review team! The first review came out today and features the Unity Stamp Company. You can read the Product Review here.
Here are a couple of cards I made using two different sets from the Unity Stamp Company.
The first card is from a gorgeous set called Gratitude=Joy. On the main image I colored the bamboo with Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa and Creamy Caramel markers directly on the rubber. The leaves were colored with Certainly Celery, Old Olive and Always Artichoke.
This second card uses a set called Smiling Paisleys.
Wow! Two WONDERFUL cards!!! I love them both! How fun to be part of the Product Review!
Cool cards, Susan!! I read your review in the Inkling! I've been a little curious about the Unity blocks. It's really good to get honest opinions from people you trust! I'm looking forward to more of your reviews!! Thanks for keeping us informed!!!
Chris took one look at your card and said "JEEPERS! WOW, That's pretty! Very Clean & Refreshing" I think I should leave all the blog comments up to him – he definately knows when he sees something beautiful! Go figure a big fire fighter knows his stamps! I have to say I agree…These are stunning! Thank you so much for a beautiful job!
Susan, I have never used these stamps, but your cards are the bomb…especially the first one.
Oh wow Susan, Congrats! I love the cards you created. The clean look of the first one with the Asian feel is wonderful!! Your second card is fabulous too. I love how you cut the words! I'm off to check out their stuff! Thanks for the inspiration!
These are both fabulous!!!! I really, really love the top card!
Both cards are fab but I really I *love* the bamboo card!!!
Susan, I love the first card. I'm going to have to check out those stamps. The bamboo is perfect!
Gorgeous cards! The first one almost looks like the bamboo is cut out — your shading is so wonderful!
Susan, your samples are gorgeous…and your review is fabulous!! You rock, girl!!
OOOH these are BOTH awesome cards!! LOVE the stamps, colors, LOVE what you've done!!
Susan that is such a beautiful card – the images are lovely and you have such a nice design for this to really keep the focus on the stamps. TFS!
Nicely done cards — love them both — but the top is my FAV — love the overall feel of it!!! TFS!!! How fun to be doing reviews!!!


Nokia's Lumia 920 is a pretty great device, a supreme example of engineering expertise. Looking at it is like peering at a beautiful car, a perfectly detailed specimen of components and glass. But holding it, using it, and carrying it is a completely different story. As far as smartphones go, the Lumia 920, for all its pizzaz and dazzle, is heavy. For the Moms and Pops looking for a cheapo Windows Phone 8 handset, that could be a huge turnoff.
At 185 grams (6.5 ounces), the Lumia 920 is a tank sitting among a parking lot of smart cars. It is by no means unbearable, but it's the first thing you notice, and never does that thought disappear. We ran a little experiment at the TechnoBuffalo offices, gauging people's instant reaction of the phone when blindfolded, and it was always, "This is heavy," or some similarly appalled remark. You can't ignore it.
Consider its biggest rival, the HTC Windows Phone 8X, which weighs in at a willowy 130 grams (4.59 ounces). It might not seem like that big of a difference for those who know a lot about the two devices. Nokia's Lumia 920 offers a glut of wonderful software enhancements, and its PureView camera tech has been lauded up and down the Web. But for the average, uninformed consumer standing in an AT&T store, holding the two devices in their hands, I guarantee a lot of them will be hung up on the 920's weight.
The device overall is solid and dense — it isn't designed to be suffocated by a case. But its sharp corners and thickness only add to the irrefutable feeling of heft; I can see someone legitimately wielding this as a weapon. Manufacturers this year have pampered us with impossibly thin and light smartphones, and I just don't understand why Nokia couldn't shave off some of the Lumia 920's mass and width.
This isn't to say the Lumia 920 is a bad device — far from it, as we say in our review. In fact, TechnoBuffalo's Todd Haselton had no problems with the device's weight at all. But it can leave a bitter taste in one's mouth, no matter how nice the device is to look at, and how great the software is. Our entire Southern California office — Jon, Roy, myself, and Ralph — can all agree that the 920's heft leaves a lot to be desired. But you know, if weight is the biggest criticism you can levy against Nokia's new flagship device, then I'd say the handset is doing pretty well for itself.
Here, then, are a few devices compared to the 920. For good measure, and posterity's sake.


Provided is a method used in a computer system which includes at least one host computer, the method including managing a job to be executed by the host computer and a power supply of the host computer, the method including the procedures of: receiving the job; storing the received job; scheduling an execution plan for the stored job; determining, based on the execution plan of the job, a timing to execute power control of the host computer; determining a host computer to execute the power control when the determined timing to execute the power control is reached; controlling the power supply of the determined host computer; and executing the scheduled job.
The present application claims priority from Japanese application P2007-60091 filed on Mar. 9, 2007, the content of which is hereby incorporated by reference into this application.
This invention relates to a method of managing power of a computer system which includes a plurality of computers, and more specifically, to a method of managing power in a computer system such as a super computer, which includes a large number of computers.
There has been known a technology of constructing a computer system which includes several hundreds to several thousands of nodes (computers) including a processor, which are coupled via a high-speed network. The computer system has been implemented as a cluster computer, a massively parallel computer, or a super computer.
In a computer system which includes several hundreds or several thousands of nodes as described above (parallel computer or cluster computer), power consumption per unit time of the computer system as a whole increases to an enormous amount even when power consumption of each node is several hundred W/h, and therefore it is costly to maintain a large-scale computer in terms of power charge.
Meanwhile, the above-mentioned large-scale computer is not always performing jobs on all the nodes for 24 hours a day, every day in every year. For example, there may be a case where a usage rate of the nodes, which is 100% during the daytime, drops to about 30% during the nighttime, or the usage rate of the nodes even during the daytime may further drop during the summer vacation. It is rare that a system constantly operates at the usage rate of 100% even in the case of a computer system with high usage rate. An average of the usage rate in a typical computer system is from 70% to 90%.
In a computer (node) that is executing no job, a processor or the like is brought to an idle state. There has been known a cluster computer, in which, when the idle state is detected in a processor of its own node, a predetermined command is issued to change the idle state to a suspended state (halting state), to thereby suppress wasteful power consumption (see, for example, JP 2003-162515 A).
However, according to the above-mentioned conventional technology, in order to reuse the node which has been once shifted to a non-operating state including the suspended state, it is necessary to energize each unit of the node before activating an OS, and the node can be used only after the activation of the OS is completed. Accordingly, it is necessary to wait for a while to be able to reuse the node which has been shifted to a low power consumption mode.
On the other hand, in a case of a parallel computer such as a super computer, a job is allocated to a plurality of nodes to be executed. When a certain job is completed, a next job is allocated to the plurality of nodes. In a case where, for example, a job is currently being executed on 70 nodes while 30 nodes are on standby in the suspended state in the parallel computer system as described above, to which the above-mentioned conventional technology is applied, it is necessary to activate the 30 nodes which are currently in the suspended state, after the current job is completed, when 100 nodes are necessary to execute a next job. In this case, it takes time to activate the 30 nodes which have been in the suspended state so as to make those nodes available for receiving the next job. Accordingly, the 70 nodes which have been completed the preceding job need to wait until the 30 nodes in the suspended state to be activated, and there has been a problem that the 70 nodes wastefully consume power until the activation of the 30 nodes is completed and the completion time of the next job is delayed by the time necessary to activate the 30 nodes.
In view of the above-mentioned circumstances, this invention has been made, and therefore, it is an object of the invention to provide a computer system which includes a plurality of nodes, in which power consumption of the computer system as a whole is suppressed by shifting the nodes to a suspended state while reducing a waiting time necessary for making the nodes in the suspended state available for use, to thereby achieve higher performance of the entire computer system.
This invention relates to, in a computer system which includes at least one host computer, a method of managing a job to be executed by the at least one host computer and a power supply of the at least one host computer, the method including the procedures of: receiving the job; storing the received job; scheduling an execution plan for the stored job; determining, based on the execution plan of the job, a timing to execute power control of the host computer; determining a host computer to execute the power control when the determined timing to execute the power control is reached; controlling the power supply of the determined host computer; and executing the scheduled job.
Therefore, according to this invention, it is possible to suppress power consumption of the computer system as a whole by shifting the host computer to the suspended state while reducing a waiting time until the host computer in the suspended state is made available for use, to thereby achieve higher performance of the entire computer system.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a computer system to which this invention is applied.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a software configuration of the computer system shown in FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a node information management table held by a job scheduler.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a node power status table held by the job scheduler.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example in which an example of a job handled by the job scheduler is expressed in a job description language.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process executed by a job scheduling unit.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process executed by a host power management unit which is activated at a time scheduled by the job scheduling unit.
FIG. 8 is a time chart illustrating an example of power management performed by the job scheduler and the host power management unit with respect to a plurality of host computers.
FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a result of the power management.
Hereinbelow, an embodiment of this invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a computer system to which this invention is applied. The computer system of FIG. 1 is implemented, by way of example, as a parallel computer, in which a plurality of host computers 4 are coupled to a network 2, one of the plurality of host computers 4 functions as a job management host computer 1, another one of the host computers 4 functions as a power management host computer 3 for performing power management, and the rest of the host computers 4 execute a job.
The job management host computer (management computer) 1 executes a job scheduler for allocating a job (or task) to the plurality of host computers 4 to execute the job, and the power management host computer 3 controls a power supply state of each of the plurality of host computers 4. The host computers 4 for executing the job are provided as host computers A to n in the drawing, and each constitute a node. The number of the host computers is n.
The job management host computer 1 receives a job execution request from a client computer 7, and executes the job scheduler for allocating the job to the plurality of host computers 4. Also, the job scheduler of the job management host computer 1 designates, with respect to the power management host computer 3, the power supply state for each of the host computers 4 based on the scheduling of the job.
First, the job management host computer 1 includes a CPU (processor) 12 for performing arithmetic processing, a memory 11 for storing data and a program, a storage system 14 for storing a program or data, and a network adaptor 13 for transmitting and receiving data between the network 2.
The host computers 4 for executing the job each include a CPU 41 for performing arithmetic processing, a memory 42 for storing data and a program, a power supply 43 for supplying power to hardware resources such as the CPU 41 and the memory 42, a power management unit 44 for controlling the power supply 43, an I/O control device 5, and an additional processing unit 6. The I/O control device 5 includes, for example, a storage system, which is supplied with power from the power supply 43. Also, the additional processing unit 6 includes an accelerator or the like for executing specific arithmetic processing such as a vector operation, and is supplied with power from the power supply 43. The I/O device and the additional processing unit may be coupled to the network 2, as in the case of the I/O device 50 and the additional processing unit 60 of FIG. 1, to be shared by the host computers 4.
In the system, the power management unit 44 of each of the host computers 4 is capable of changing the power supply state with respect to the hardware resources according to the designation from the power management host computer 3. For example, the power management unit 44 shuts off power to the hardware resources, supplies power to the hardware resources in part, or supplies power to all the hardware resources, to thereby control the power supply state.
It should be noted that the power supply state in which power is supplied to the hardware resources in part includes, for example, a case where the CPU 41 is suspended while only a predetermined rank of the memory 42 is supplied with power to thereby shift the host computer 4 to a suspended state, and a suspended state where power to the CPU 41, the I/O control device 5, and the additional processing unit 6 is shut off while the memory 42 is supplied with power. In addition to the above-mentioned cases, the power supply state in which power is supplied to the hardware resources in part further includes an operating state in which power is supplied to the CPU 41 and to a predetermined rank of the memory 42 to execute a job, and another operating state in which power is supplied to at least one of the I/O control device 5 and the additional processing unit 6, which is needed for executing an allocated job, and to the CPU 41 and the memory 42 to execute the job. In other words, the power management unit 44 of each of the host computers 4 supplies power in part to the hardware resources of the host computer 4, to thereby set the operating state or the suspended state thereto. Further, in the following, when power is supplied to the hardware resources in part, a state where the CPU 41 and at least part of the memory 42 are supplied with power is referred to as the operating state of the host computer 4, and a case where the CPU 41 is suspended is referred to as the suspended state of the host computer 4.
Further, the CPU 41 is provided with a low power consumption mode in which an operating frequency and an operating voltage are dynamically changed, and is capable of switching between the low power consumption mode and a normal operation mode (in which the CPU 41 operates at a predetermined operating frequency and operating voltage) according to a designation from an OS.
The power management host computer 3 designates, with respect to the power management unit 4 of the host computer 4, one of the operating state and the suspended state described above. Further, in a case of designating the operating state to the host computer 4, the power management host computer 3 is also capable of designating the low power consumption mode.
On the job management host computer 1, a job scheduler 10 for managing a job to be allocated to the plurality of host computers 4 is executed by the CPU 11. The job scheduler 10 receives, through a job receiving unit 110, a job execution request from the client computer 7. The received job is temporarily stored in a job queue 140 by the job scheduling unit 120.
The job scheduling unit 120 determines, as to the job held in the job queue 140, an order of priority or the like, sets an execution sequence (execution plan) for a plurality of jobs, to thereby perform scheduling.
The job scheduling unit 120 transmits the job, based on the schedule (execution plan), to a job executing unit 130, and the job executing unit 130 transmits the job received from the job scheduling unit 120 to a predetermined one of the hosts A to n, to thereby execute the job.
The job scheduling unit 120 sets, with reference to the job queue 140, priorities of the jobs to be executed, and determines the host computers 4 to allocate each of the jobs. In order to allocate jobs to the host computers 4, a known method such as a network queuing system (NQS) may be adopted, and therefore a detailed description thereof will be omitted in the following.
The job scheduling unit 120 schedules the activation of a host power management unit 170, based on a scheduled completion time of a job to be executed next and on a node information management table 150. As will be described later, the job scheduling unit 120 schedules in advance the activation of the host power management unit 170 with consideration given to an activation time of each of the host computers 4, such that host power management unit 170 is activated before the activation time. In a case where the plurality of host computers 4 have different activation times, the job scheduling unit 120 sets the activation time of the host power management unit 170 according to the longest one of the activation times of the host computers 4.
Further, the job scheduling unit 120 refers to the number of nodes (number of host computers 4) necessary for the next job and also refers to a node power status table 160, to thereby determine whether there is any host computer 4 that is unnecessary for executing the next job. In a case where there is an unnecessary host computer 4, the job scheduling unit 120 instructs the power management host computer 3 to shift the corresponding host computer 4 to the suspended state.
The host power management unit 170 is activated based on the scheduled set by the job scheduling unit 120, reads a next job from the job queue 140, and obtains the number of nodes to be required by the next job. Then, the host power management unit 170 obtains, from the node power status table 160, the number of nodes which are currently in the operating state, and in a case where the number of nodes to be required by the next job is larger than the number of nodes which are currently in the operating state, selects a host computer 4 to be newly activated, and instructs the activation thereof in advance before the next job is started. In other words, the host power management unit 170 instructs the power management host computer 3 to activate the host computer 4 which is to be newly required, at a time point prior to the scheduled completion time of the current job. The time point is determined by subtracting the activation time of the host computer 4 from the scheduled completion time of the current job.
The power management host computer 3 designates the power supply state, with respect to the power management unit 44 of each of the host computers 4, based on the power supply state of each of the host computers 4 received from the job management host computer 1. The power management unit 44 of each of the host computers 4 sets the power supply state of the host computer 4 to any one of the operating state and the suspended state, based on the designation from the power management host computer 3.
The host computers 4 each include an OS 145 which is executed by the CPU 41, and execute a job allocated by the job scheduler 10 on the OS 145. The allocated job has an application designated thereto. Each of the host computers 4 reads the application included in the allocated job, from the I/O control device 5 or the like, and executes the application. The OS 145 issues a predetermined command to the CPU 41 when the low power consumption mode is designated by the power management unit 44, to thereby cause the CPU 41 to be executed in the low power consumption mode.
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of the node information management table 150 held by the job scheduler 10. The node information management table 150 includes a node number 151 assigned to each of the host computers 4, a startup/termination time 152 for storing a startup time required for activating the corresponding host computer 4 from a power off state to an activated state where execution of a job is possible and a termination time required for shutting off the power from the activated state, and a low power consumption mode 153 for storing whether the low power consumption mode is available or not to the CPU 41 of the host computer 4. For example, in a case of a host computer 4 which has the node number 151=1, the startup/termination time 152 stores 10 minutes/3 minutes, which indicates that it takes 10 minutes to activate the host computer 4 and 3 minutes to terminate (shut off the power to) the host computer 4. The low power consumption mode 153 of the host computer 4 having the node number 151=1 stores "available", which indicates that the host computer 4 has the CPU 41 provided with the low power consumption mode. The job management host computer 1 updates the node information management table 150 when any of the host computers 4 is updated.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of the node power status table 160 held by the job scheduler 10. The node power status table 160 includes a node number 161 assigned to each of the host computers 4, a power status 162 for indicating whether the corresponding host computer 4 is in the operating state or in the halting state, and a power mode 163 indicating a power consumption status of the host computer 4 (for example, the operating frequency of the CPU 41). For example, in a case of a host computer 4 having the node number 161=1, the power status 162 is indicated as "ON", which indicates that the host computer 4 is in the operating state, and the power mode 163 indicates that the CPU 41 of the host computer 4 is operating at 2 GHz.
The node power status table 160 is obtained by the job scheduler 10 from each of the host computers 4 at predetermined intervals (for example, several minutes), and is used by the job scheduler 10 to update obtained values.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example in which an example of a job handled by the job scheduler 10 is expressed in a job description language.
In the job as expressed in FIG. 5, "#@$−N 4" indicates the number of nodes necessary for the job, "time_limit=10:00:00" indicates that a maximum execution time of the job is 10 hours, and "time_pred=00:60:00" indicates that the scheduled completion time of the job is 60 minutes. The maximum execution time indicates that the job is not allowed to exclusively use the host computer 4 over the maximum execution time. When the maximum execution time is exceeded, the host computer 4 stops executing the job.
Further, "cpu_perf=2 GHz" indicates that it is sufficient that the CPU 41 operates at the operation frequency of at least 2 GHz, "need_mem=4 GB" indicates that 4 GB of the memory 42 contained in the host computer 4 is used, "need_io=4" indicates that the number of the I/O control devices 5 required for the corresponding job is 4, and "need_vector_unit=4" indicates that the number of the additional processing units 6 required by the job is 4. In other words, it is indicated that the power management unit 44 of the host computer 4 is allowed to shut off power supply to any unnecessary hardware resource, as long as the above-mentioned condition is satisfied. In the drawing, "mpirun$nodefile./test_program" indicates a path of an application to be executed.
When the job shown in FIG. 5 is stored in the job queue 140 and is allowed to be executed, the job scheduling unit 120 reads the job of FIG. 5, allocates the job to the necessary number of host computers 4 to execute the job.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart for illustrating an example of a process executed by the job scheduling unit 120. The process is executed when the job, which is currently being executed, is completed. The job scheduling unit 120 determines whether the job is completed, based on a notification from the host computers 4 to which the job is allocated.
When the job, which is currently being executed, is completed, the job scheduling unit 120 reads another job to be executed next from the job queue 14, and obtains the number of nodes necessary for the job (S1). Next, the job scheduling unit 120 determines whether it is possible to secure the numbers of the nodes and the I/O control devices 5 (or additional processing units 6) necessary for the next job (S2). When it is impossible to secure the numbers, the process proceeds to S3, where the job scheduling unit 120 selects host computers 4 to be newly activated, based on a differential between the numbers of nodes and I/O control devices 5 (number of additional processing units 6, hereinafter the same) necessary for the next job and the numbers of currently available nodes and I/O control devices 5. In order to make the selection, the job scheduling unit 120 refers to the node power status table 160, and selects the necessary number of host computers 4 which are currently in the suspended state, as activation targets. Then, the job scheduling unit 120 creates a list of activation targets which include the host computers 4 and the I/O control devices 5 thus selected. The node power status table 160 of FIG. 4 merely shows the power status 162 of the host computer 4, but the job scheduler 10 holds, although not shown, a table indicating the power statuses of the I/O control device 5 and the additional processing unit 6 for each node number 161 of each host computer 4.
Next, in S4, the power management host computer 3 is instructed to activate the host computers 4 and the I/O control devices 5 (or additional processing units 6), which are additionally included in the list of activation targets created in S3 as described above. In response to the instruction, the power management host computer 3 issues an instruction with respect to the host computers 4 to be newly activated so as to shift to the operating state, and the host computers 4 and the I/O control devices 5 as the activation targets start being activated.
When all the host computers 4 corresponding to the number of nodes required by the job to be executed next are activated in S2, the process proceeds to S5. In S5, the scheduled completion time of the job, which is started to be executed, is read from the description of the job shown in FIG. 5, and sets a time obtained by subtracting the activation time of the host computers 4 from the scheduled completion time of the job, as a time at which the host power management unit 170 is activated.
In S6, the job scheduling unit 120 creates a list of the host computers 4 which execute the next job, and instructs, in S7, the host computers 4 included in the list to execute the job.
Next, in and after S8, the job scheduling unit 120 executes suspending processing with respect to the host computers 4 which are unnecessary this time.
In S8, as to each of the host computers 4 which are not used for executing the current job, it is determined whether the host computer 4 can be suspended by the scheduled activation time of the host power management unit 170. When there is any host computer 4 that can be suspended, the process proceeds to S9, where the host computer 4, which is not currently executing a job and in the operating state, is added to the list of unnecessary host computers 4. In S10, the power management host computer 3 is instructed to suspend the host computers 4 included in the list of unnecessary host computers 4. Through the above-mentioned processing, the host computers 4 which are not executing the job are shifted to the suspended state.
On the other hand, when the result of determination in S8 is "NO", a host computer 4, which has once been suspended, is to be immediately reactivated, for example, in a case where the current job, which has just been started to be executed but is not executed by the host computer 4, will be completed in a short period of time. In this case, when the amount of reduction in power consumption due to the suspension of the host computer 4 for a short period of time is compared with the amount of increase in power consumption due to the activation of the host computer 4, the activation of the host computer 4 consumes larger power than the normal operation thereof, because of the needs to charge a capacitor and to spin up a drive or a fan in the activation. In this case, the power consumption of the entire computer system can further be reduced by maintaining the operating state of the host computer 4 rather than suspending the host computer 4, and therefore the host computer 4 that is not executing the job is prohibited from being shifted to the suspended state. At this time, as regards the host computer 4 that is not executing the job, the job scheduling unit 120 instructs the power management host computer 3 to shift the host computer 4 to the low power consumption mode. It should be noted, however, that the job scheduling unit 120, when giving the instruction, refers to the node information management table 150, and gives the instruction only to the host computer 4 which includes the CPU 41 provided with the low power consumption mode, to shift to the low power consumption mode. The relation between the power consumption necessary for the activation of the host computer 4 and the power consumption in a case where the host computer 4 is not suspended is set in advance, and the host computer 4 is prohibited from being shifted to the suspended state in a case where, for example, the host computer 4 is to be suspended for less than a predetermined period of time (for example, 13 minutes).
Through the above-mentioned processing, it is scheduled such that the host computers 4 necessary for executing the job are activated to start executing the new job, and the host power management unit 170 is activated at a time determined by subtracting the activation time of the host computers 4 from the scheduled completion time of the job. Further, the job is preferentially allocated to the host computers 4 which have already been activated, which prevents the suspension and the activation of host computers 4 from occurring at the same time.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart for illustrating an example of a process executed by the host power management unit 170 which is activated at a time scheduled by the job scheduling unit 120.
The host power management unit 170 is activated at a time scheduled by the job scheduling unit 120. In other words, the host power management unit 170 is activated at a time=the scheduled completion time of the job currently executed−the activation time of the host computer 4. First, the host power management unit 170 determines whether the activation of the host power management unit 170 is scheduled in the job currently executed. The determination is made by, for example, adding an identifier of a job to the schedule of the host power management unit 170 and the identifier is compared with the identifier of the job currently executed.
In other words, in a case where the job currently executed does not have the activation of the host power management unit 170 scheduled therein, it is unnecessary to perform power control for a next job. Accordingly, it is confirmed whether the job in which the above-mentioned activation is scheduled is normally executed or not. In a case where the job currently executed coincides with the job in which the activation of the host power management unit 170 is scheduled, the power control for the next job is performed in and after S12. On the other hand, in a case where the job currently executed does not correspond to the job which has the activation of the host power management unit 170 scheduled therein, the process is ended. In other words, in a case where the job in which the activation of the host power management unit 170 is scheduled is abnormally completed due to an error or the like, the job scheduling unit 120 introduces another job, which eliminates the need for the activation of the host power management unit 170.
Next, the host power management unit 170 selects, from the job queue 140, a job to be executed next to the job currently executed. In selecting the next job, for example, a job assigned a highest priority is selected from jobs which are waiting to be executed in the job queue 140. Then, the host power management unit 170 determines whether the number of nodes to be used for the selected job is larger than the number of nodes which are used for the job currently executed. In other words, in a case where the number of nodes to be used for the job to be executed next to the job currently executed is larger than the current number of nodes, it is necessary to newly activate host computers 4 which are now in the suspended state, and therefore the process proceeds to S14. In a case where the number of nodes used for the job currently executed is sufficient enough to execute the next job, the process is immediately ended.
In S14, the host power management unit 170 selects, with reference to the host power status table 160, the required number of the host computers 4 which are in the suspended state (power status 162=OFF), and creates a list of the host computers 4 to be activated. Then, in S15, based on the list of the host computers 4 to be activated, the host power management unit 170 designates host computers 4 to be additionally activated, and instructs the power management host computer 3 to activate the designated host computers 4.
Based on the instruction from the host power management unit 170, the power management host computer 3 instructs activation with respect to the power management units 44 of the designated host computers 4 so as to cause the power management units 44 to activate the designated host computers 4.
In other words, the host power management unit 170 is capable of instructing activation to the host computers 4 which are to be additionally activated, at a time obtained by subtracting the activation time of the host computers 4 from the scheduled completion time of the job currently executed. Accordingly, upon starting the next job, the host computers 4 corresponding to the necessary number of nodes have already been activated and therefore it is possible to immediately execute the job.
In the above-mentioned processes in S13 to S15, the additional activation process is performed based on the relation between the number of nodes and the host computers 4. However, it is also possible, as to the I/O control device 5 and the additional processing unit 6, to similarly select the devices (I/O control devices or additional processing units 6) to be additionally activated, to thereby perform power control.
In other words, the host power management unit 170 determines whether or not the number of devices (I/O control devices 5 or additional processing units 6) to be used for the selected job is larger than the number of devices used in the job currently executed. In a case where the number of devices to be used for the job to be executed next is larger than the number of devices used in the job currently executed, the number of devices corresponding to a differential between the numbers of the devices is selected from the host power status table 160, and instructs activation of the devices to the power management host computer 3.
Through the above-mentioned processing, it is possible to activate, by the time the next job is started, the host computers 4, the I/O control devices, or the additional processing units 6, which have once been suspended.
Accordingly, in the computer system including the plurality of host computers 4, it is possible to suppress power consumption of the computer system as a whole by shifting the host computers 4 to the suspended state while reducing a waiting time necessary for making the host computers 4, which have once been shifted to the suspended state, available for use, to thereby achieve higher performance of the entire computer system.
Next, FIG. 8 is a time chart for illustrating an example of power management performed by the job scheduler 10 and the host power management unit 170 with respect to the plurality of host computers 4. FIG. 8 illustrates an exemplary case where eight host computers A to H are provided as the host computers 4 for executing a parallel job. In the drawing, all the host computers A to H are in the operating state at the time T1 or earlier.
First, at the time T1, a previous job is completed, and another job J1, which uses four of the host computers 4 and takes 60 minutes, is started. The job scheduling unit 120 of the job scheduler 10 executes the processing of FIG. 6. The number of nodes to be used for the job J1 to be executed next is 4 while the number of nodes which are currently in the operating state is 8, and therefore no host computer 4 is to be newly activated (S2). In order to perform power control with respect to a next job J2, the job scheduling unit 120 draws up a schedule such that the host power management unit 170 is activated at the time T2 which corresponds to a time obtained by subtracting the activation time (10 minutes) of the host computers 4 from the scheduled completion time T3 of the job J1 which is started on the time T1.
Then, at the time T3, the job scheduling unit 120 allocates the job J1 to the four host computers A to D and causes the host computers A to D to execute the job J1. Further, because it can be determined, according to the processes of S8 to S10 of FIG. 6, that it is possible to suspend four host computers E to H which are not currently used, the job scheduling unit 120 instructs the power management host computer 3 to shift those host computers E to H to the suspended state. The power management host computer 3 gives an instruction to each of the host computers E to H, and the host computers E to H are shifted to the suspended state.
At the time T2, which is obtained by subtracting the activation time of the host computers from the scheduled completion time T3 of the job currently executed, the host power management unit 170 is activated.
The host power management unit 170 executes the processing of FIG. 7 to confirm that the activation of the host power management unit 170 is scheduled in the job J1 currently executed, selects the job J2 to be executed next, and obtains the number of nodes to be used for the job J2. The job J2 requires eight nodes to perform 40 minutes of arithmetic operation. The number of nodes currently in operation is 4, and accordingly, the host power management unit 170 instructs, with reference to the node power status table 160, the power management host computer 3 to newly activate four host computers E to H.
In other words, according to this invention, prior to the completion of the job J1 which is being executed by the host computers currently in operation, the activation of the host computers E to H in the suspended state is completed, based on a differential between the number of host computers necessary for the job J2 to be executed next and the number of host computers currently in operation. Then, upon completion of the job J1, the job J2 is immediately allocated to the host computers A to H, to thereby execute the job J2 without delay. It should be noted, at this time, in order to perform power control of a job J3 to be executed next to the job J2, scheduling is performed so as to activate the host power management unit 170 at the time T4 which is obtained by subtracting the activation time (10 minutes) of the host computers from the scheduled completion time T5 of the job J2.
As described above, according to this invention, when executing the job J1, the activation of the host power management unit 170 for performing power control of the next job J2 is scheduled, and the host computers E to H necessary for starting the next job J2 are activated in advance, to thereby suppress power consumption of the entire computer system without incurring a processing performance penalty.
It should be noted that, in FIG. 8, a description is given of an exemplary case where the power consumption in the host computers A to H is reduced. However, the same applies to the I/O control devices 5 and the additional processing units 6 described above, and those devices may be activated at a time obtained by subtracting the activation time of the host computers from the scheduled completion time of the job currently executed.
FIG. 9 shows a result of comparison made in terms of power consumption, between a case where the power control according to this invention is performed with respect to the above-mentioned host computers A to H of FIG. 8 and a case where all the host computers are operated without being subjected to the power control.
When the power consumption per one host computer is 300 W/h, the power consumption in the entire system is 3.6 kwh in a case where this invention is applied to the system to bring the host computers to the suspended state. In contrast to this, in a case where the operating states of the host computers are maintained as in the conventional example, the power consumption of the entire system is 4.8 kwh. Accordingly, this invention is capable of reducing the power consumption by 1.2 kwh. In this manner, according to this invention, it is possible to achieve reduction in power consumption even in a computer system including a plurality of host computers. In particular, in a computer system, such as a super computer, which includes an enormous number of host computers 4, it is possible to significantly reduce the power consumption while maintaining processing performance (response).
Also, as described above with regard to S8 of FIG. 6, the host computers 4 which do not execute the job are basically shifted to the suspended state. However, in a case where the host computers 4 are reactivated for executing a next job shortly after being shifted to the suspended state, the host computers 4 are prohibited from being shifted to the suspended state, which makes it possible to save power necessary for activating the host computers 4, to thereby perform control to reduce power consumption in the entire computer system. At this time, the host computers 4 which do not execute the job are shifted to the low power consumption mode, to thereby suppress wasteful power consumption.
In the above-mentioned embodiment, one of the plurality of host computers 4 is provided as the job management host computer 1 and another one of the host computers is provided as the power management host computer 3. However, the job management host computer 1 and the power management host computer 3 may be integrated into one computer. Alternatively, the job scheduler 10 and a management computer for performing the power control may be provided on the network 2.
Also, the above-mentioned embodiment has been described by taking, as an example, a case of activating the host power management unit 170 for determining nodes to be newly activated based on the schedule of a job. However, this invention is not limited thereto, as long as host computers 4 to be additionally activated can be determined and activated at a time which is obtained by subtracting the activation time of the host computers 4 from the scheduled completion time of the job currently executed.
As described above, this invention can be applied to a computer system including a plurality of computers. In particular, this invention can be applied to a super computer or a parallel computer, which includes a large number of computers.
determining, of the host computers used for the job executed immediately before the scheduled job, a host computer to be shifted to a suspended state.
3. The method of power-aware job management according to claim 1, wherein the procedure of determining a timing to execute the power control comprises determining a timing to execute the power control, based on a scheduled completion timing of a job executed immediately before the scheduled job and an activation time of the host computer.
the procedure of controlling the power supply of the determined host computer comprises giving an instruction to the power management unit.
the procedure of determining a host computer to be shifted to the suspended state comprises the procedure of determining a number of host computers to be shifted to the suspended state by comparing the number of host computers necessary for the scheduled job with the number of host computers used for the job executed immediately before the scheduled job.
the procedure of controlling the power supply of the determined host computer comprises the procedure of reading the arithmetic performance from the execution information and setting the arithmetic performance to the host computer to be activated.
the procedure of determining a timing to execute the power control comprises the procedure of reading, from the execution information, the scheduled completion time, and determining a timing to execute the power control based on the scheduled completion time.
the procedure of controlling the power supply of the determined host computer comprises the procedure of reading one of the I/O control device and the additional processing unit necessary for the job from the execution information and setting, with respect to the host computers to be activated, activation of one of the I/O control device and the additional processing unit.
9. The method of power-aware job management according to claim 1, wherein the procedure of determining a host computer to execute the power control comprises the procedure of determining, based on power consumption of the computer system as a whole, one of a host computer to be activated in addition to host computers used for the job executed immediately before the scheduled job and a host computer, of the host computers used for the job executed immediately before the scheduled job, to be shifted to a suspended state.
10. The method of power-aware job management according to claim 9, wherein the procedure of determining a host computer to execute the power control comprises the procedure of prohibiting, in a case where the host computer to be shifted to the suspended state is shifted to the suspended state in less than a predetermined period, the host computer from being shifted to the suspended state.
a power management executing unit for instructing a power supply state to the determined host computer.
instruct the suspended state with respect to the host computer to be shifted to the suspended state.
13. The computer system according to claim 11, wherein the power scheduling unit determines a timing to cause the host power management unit to function, based on a scheduled completion timing of a job executed immediately before the scheduled job and an activation time of each of the plurality of host computers.
wherein the power management executing unit instructs a power supply state of a host computer of a control target, with respect to the power management unit.
the control target determining unit determines one of a number of host computers to be additionally activated and a number of host computers to be shifted to the suspended state, by comparing the number of host computers necessary for the scheduled job which is read from the execution information with a number of host computers used for the job executed immediately before the scheduled job.
the control target determining unit reads the arithmetic performance from the execution information and sets the arithmetic performance with respect to the host computer to be activated.
the power scheduling unit reads, from the execution information, the scheduled completion time, and determines a timing to execute the power control based on the scheduled completion time.
the power management executing unit reads, from the execution information, one of the I/O control device and the additional processing unit necessary for the job, and instructs activation of one of the I/O control device and the additional processing unit, with respect to the host computer to be activated.
Spuri et al. 1994 Efficient Aperiodic Service Under Earliest Deadline Scheduling.


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Almost the Weekend! – Hailing Frequencies for 10/12/17
by Brian Rubin 10/12/2017 · Op-Ed / News
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Hey folks, welcome to Thursday! Sorry I didn't write one of these yesterday, the day got away from me, and I needed to record more videos last night, so I wanted to save my mental energy for that. Why did I need to record more videos? Because somehow, the one I recorded last week didn't get uploaded, and I deleted it thinking it HAD been uploaded. That was SO demoralizing. I NEVER do that. So yesterday I had to record some video, one of which was put up today, so let's talk about those first.
Yesterday's video — since I'd not uploaded the one I intended to go up Wednesday, was for Space Wrangler. This game of asteroid lassoing is really weird. You check in at a station, then you're told to get an asteroid, but no clear direction as to which one it is. You have coordinates and a distance marker. The only way I could find the asteroids was narrow down the one I was approaching with the distance monitor. There's no targeting or HUD element to let you know you have the right one. Once you get what you think is the right one, you drag it back to the originating station, wherein they tell you to get another one. Why? I dunno. There's no money or score or anything, so really nothing to keep you playing. I hope more gets added to it, because right now it seems like a bare shell of a game.
Today's video covers the game I'd previously recorded, then deleted, Destination Ares. This is a ship and crew management game wherein you play the AI of a hastily assembled ship, carrying several refugees to a new colony on Ares. You have limited time and supplies, so you have to juggle the consumption of supplies along with the need for energy, fuel, food, waste disposal and sleep. In this first entry, my crew makes it 33% of the way — my longest run yet — before suffocating. Apparently, according to the stats at the end of the game, I wasted a ton of energy, so I'll have to be a bit more diligent next time. It's a fascinating juggling act in which I hope I improve.
I also recorded another video for Space Rangers HD last night, but that'll go up tomorrow! I've been playing a ton of other stuff besides as well. After the podcast on Tuesday, I loaded up Gun Metal after Jim's suggestion, and hit a difficulty wall haaaard in the second mission. It's REALLY fun though, so I plan to play more of it, but wow is it tough.
Then last night, I had some time to myself, so I played a boatload of stuff. I dabbled a bit in Star Explorers, Ogre, Stellar Overload and Rusted Warfare, all of which I enjoyed. The real thrill of the night was spending time with Lightspeed Frontier. The developer asked me to revisit the game since he'd made a lot of improvements to it, and boy has he. It flies better, has a more engaging tutorial, and a more streamlined build mode. Both that and Helium Rain were a great time, at least until I got this meteorite intercept mission I utterly failed at. Both games have really improved since I last played them, so kudos to the developers on those.
The final game I played yesterday was Anno 1404/Dawn of Discovery. I've been meaning to play it for ages and finally decided to take the plunge. WOW what the hell is wrong with me? This game is INSANE. I'm only in the first campaign mission but so far it's just so good. It's got a great UI, responsive tools, GORGEOUS graphics and a ton of stuff going on. I really can't wait to dive into all the scenarios and sandboxes this and its Venice expansion have to offer. So yeah, just a ton of great gaming lately.
This weekend I'm gonna try to finish up Stable Orbit and maybe get some more Heat Signature in. Also likely gonna get some previews in, but I'm not sure of what yet. This free-flowing catch-up thing is a nice change of pace from the structured game of the week, but not nice enough to become permanent, as I do like structure most of the time. :)
Alright, enough rambling! Onto news!
Battlecruiser is an upcoming game about assembling a spacey battlecruiser from scrap, and it looks neat.
Stars in Shadow's upcoming DLC, Legacies, drops on 10/19! OMG THAT'S NEXT WEEK!
Void Destroyer 2 now has upkeep costs as part of its upcoming dynamic economy, as explained in their recent dev diary.
Infinity: Battlescape has a new dev diary that has some gorgeous combat and planetary shots.
Interstellar Rift is getting system-wide events, according to their latest dev diary.
Strategy Gamer has an op-ed entitled The Fifth X that covers the deluge of space gaming 4X of late.
Stellaris' latest dev diary continues their look at post-release support along with a pretty decently-sized hotfix update.
Galactic Civilizations III got a massive update which changes tons of things, like colonization events and more.
Heat Signature got a patch that hosts an array of compatibility updates.
Elite Dangerous got a fairly big update with a few dozen fixes.
Solaroids: Prologue has new updates on its beta branch.
The only deal of the day I could find is that Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition is on sale.
Finally, I've been thinking long and hard on it, and I've decided to cancel tonight's stream. Friend and Podcast co-host Spaz has evacuated his home pre-emptively due to the really close and barely-contained Atlas fire in Northern California, one of many fires burning throughout the state right now. As Spaz is one of our most consistent attendees, it just doesn't feel right goofing around and playing games while one: he can't attend and two: he, his family and all of his possessions are basically in danger. Therefore we'll hopefully return to schedule next week. Please do whatever ya do — prayers, vibes, thoughts, etc — and send the good stuff his way.
Thanks y'all, have a great day!
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Attend the mandatory captain's meeting and receive league rules and regulations, building policies any other information, and pass that info on to team members.
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A team may have a minimum of 4 players and a maximum of 9 players on their roster.
Roster additions may be made up to the end of 2nd scheduled game of the regular season only if the team does not have 8 players on the roster.
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If a team has 3 or less players to start, the clock starts 5 min after scheduled game and will run until the 4th/5th player shows up. Every minute that passes by, the opposing team gets 2 point each minute. Wait time stops at 15 minutes and the team with 3 or less players Forfeits.
If both teams do not have at least 4 players by 15 minutes after a game starts, both teams are automatically forfeited.
If a player is fouled out, and the team has 3 or 4 players on the court, that player can reenter after the opposing team shoots a technical foul and gains possession of the ball. Any further fouls committed by that player will result in 2 free throws for the other team and possession of ball, regardless if the team is over the limit.
Taunting of any kind will not be allowed; Technical Foul and warning of possible ejection of game will be issued to Player and team alike by Referee.


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3 Palestinians killed, 5 injured after suffocating inside Gaza tunnel
February 25, 2017 MEO Staff Palestine Latest News
Three Palestinians were killed and five others were injured after suffering from gas suffocation on Friday evening while working inside a tunnel between the border of the besieged Gaza Strip and Egypt, the Palestinian Civil Defense reported on Saturday.
The Civil Defense pointed out that the tunnel was blown up last week by Egyptian authorities, adding that the workers were attempting to renovate the tunnel again.
They identified the three killed as Abdullah Walid al-Namuli, 23, Salameh Suleiman Abu Shusheh, 24, and Obeid Muhammad al-Sufi, 25. Their bodies, including those injured, were transferred to the Abu Youssef al-Najjar Hospital in Rafah city.
Earlier this month, Egyptian authorities had announced that six tunnels between the besieged enclave and Egypt were destroyed.
Meanwhile, a number of Palestinians in Gaza have been killed in the vast tunnel networks that lie below the besieged enclave, which are largely used for smuggling in the south and military purposes in the north.
In April and May last year, Israeli forces claimed to have uncovered the first two tunnels crossing from the Gaza Strip into Israel since Israel's devastating offensive on Gaza in 2014.
Israeli officials have accused Hamas of "preparing" for another war with Israel and have threatened retaliatory measures against the Gaza Strip as a whole. However, despite Hamas' inflammatory rhetoric against Israel, the movement has not officially claimed responsibility for any military action from Gaza against Israel since the 2014 war.
While the tunnels are used by Hamas as a source of tax revenue and inflow of weapons from the south, they also supply highly demanded necessities for Gazans — who have been trapped under Israeli siege for a decade — including food, medicine, and much-needed infrastructure materials.
Until the July 2013 ouster of Egyptian president Muhammad Morsi, tunnels connecting the Gaza Strip to Egypt provided a vital lifeline for the small Palestinian territory.
Since Egyptian President Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi came to power, however, Egypt has strictly enforced the blockade and flooded hundreds of the tunnels as part of an ongoing security campaign in the northern Sinai Peninsula against anti-regime militants launching attacks on Egyptian police and military personnel.
The Institute for Palestine Studies reported in 2012 that Hamas authorities had counted 160 deaths inside the tunnels since the Israeli blockade began in 2007, and in August 2014, Al-Jazeera reported that figure to be as high as 400.
The majority of the nearly two million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are sealed inside the coastal enclave due to the continuation of the military blockade imposed by Israel and upheld by Egypt on the southern border.
The destruction from three Israeli offensives over the past six years, including damage to the enclave's water, sanitation, energy, and medical facilities, coupled with slow reconstruction due to the blockade led the UN in September to warn that Gaza could be "uninhabitable" by 2020.
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Richard III's skeleton was found during an archaeological excavation at Leicester City Council's car park in 2013 and was confirmed as the remains of the English King killed in the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. Experts from the University of Leicester analysed DNA from the bones and they matched that of descendants of the monarch's family. His remains were reburied 530 years after this death at Grade II* listed Leicester Cathedral in 2015.
The scheduling of archaeological sites ensures that the long-term interests of a nationally-important site are placed first, before any changes can be made to it. Historic England's role is to carefully monitor these sites for future generations to ensure they can play their part in telling our national story. Scheduled Monument Consent must be obtained before any work or changes can be made to an archaeological site once it has been protected, in addition to any planning consent that may also be required.
The death of King Richard III in the final battle of the War of the Roses at Bosworth Field in Leicestershire resulted in Henry Tudor (Henry VII) becoming King of England. Shortly after the battle, Richard III's body was buried with little ceremony in the church of the Greyfriars and 10 years later Henry VII paid for a modest tombstone to be placed over Richard's grave.
Duncan Wilson, Chief Executive of Historic England said: "The site of Greyfriars where Richard III was hastily buried in the days following his death in the final battle of the War of the Roses is one of the most significant in our national history. The archaeological remains on the site are now well understood and fully deserve protection as a scheduled monument.


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const float PRECISION = 1e-6;

TEST_CASE("FloatColor summation", "[floatcolor]") {
    const auto actualColor = FloatColor(10.0f, 20.0f, 30.0f, 1.0f) + FloatColor(1.0f, 2.0f, 3.0f, 1.0f);
    const auto expectedColor = FloatColor(11.0f, 22.0f, 33.0f, 2.0f);
    REQUIRE ( std::fabs(actualColor.r - expectedColor.r) < PRECISION );
    REQUIRE ( std::fabs(actualColor.g - expectedColor.g) < PRECISION );
    REQUIRE ( std::fabs(actualColor.b - expectedColor.b) < PRECISION );
    REQUIRE ( std::fabs(actualColor.a - expectedColor.a) < PRECISION );
}

TEST_CASE("FloatColor subtraction", "[floatcolor]") {
    const auto actualColor = FloatColor(10.0f, 20.0f, 30.0f, 1.0f) - FloatColor(1.0f, 2.0f, 3.0f, 1.0f);
    const auto expectedColor = FloatColor(9.0f, 18.0f, 27.0f, 0.0f);
    REQUIRE ( std::fabs(actualColor.r - expectedColor.r) < PRECISION );
    REQUIRE ( std::fabs(actualColor.g - expectedColor.g) < PRECISION );
    REQUIRE ( std::fabs(actualColor.b - expectedColor.b) < PRECISION );
    REQUIRE ( std::fabs(actualColor.a - expectedColor.a) < PRECISION );
}

TEST_CASE("FloatColor factor multiplication", "[floatcolor]") {
    const auto actualColor = FloatColor(10.0f, 20.0f, 30.0f, 1.0f) * 3.0f;
    const auto expectedColor = FloatColor(30.0f, 60.0f, 90.0f, 3.0f);
    REQUIRE ( std::fabs(actualColor.r - expectedColor.r) < PRECISION );
    REQUIRE ( std::fabs(actualColor.g - expectedColor.g) < PRECISION );
    REQUIRE ( std::fabs(actualColor.b - expectedColor.b) < PRECISION );
    REQUIRE ( std::fabs(actualColor.a - expectedColor.a) < PRECISION );
}

TEST_CASE("FloatColor add operation", "[floatcolor]") {
    const auto deltaColor = FloatColor(1.0f, 2.0f, 3.0f, 1.0f);
    const auto expectedColor = FloatColor(11.0f, 22.0f, 33.0f, 2.0f);
    auto actualColor = FloatColor(10.0f, 20.0f, 30.0f, 1.0f);
    actualColor += deltaColor;
    REQUIRE ( std::fabs(actualColor.r - expectedColor.r) < PRECISION );
    REQUIRE ( std::fabs(actualColor.g - expectedColor.g) < PRECISION );
    REQUIRE ( std::fabs(actualColor.b - expectedColor.b) < PRECISION );
    REQUIRE ( std::fabs(actualColor.a - expectedColor.a) < PRECISION );
}

TEST_CASE("Color should be preserved with suffcient precision after uncompressing and compressing again", "[floatcolor]") {
    const auto expectedColor = sf::Color(101, 201, 56);
    const auto uncompressedColor = uncompressColor(expectedColor);
    const auto actualColor = compressColor(uncompressedColor);

    INFO( (int) actualColor.r << ' '
          << (int) actualColor.g << ' '
          << (int) actualColor.b );

    REQUIRE ( std::fabs(actualColor.r - expectedColor.r) < PRECISION + 1.0f );
    REQUIRE ( std::fabs(actualColor.g - expectedColor.g) < PRECISION + 1.0f );
    REQUIRE ( std::fabs(actualColor.b - expectedColor.b) < PRECISION + 1.0f );
    REQUIRE ( std::fabs(actualColor.a - expectedColor.a) < PRECISION + 1.0f );
}

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Włodzimierz, imię świeckie Wasyl Wołodymyrowycz Szłapak (ur. 3 sierpnia 1979 w Czerniachowie) – biskup niekanonicznego (do 2018 r.) Ukraińskiego Autokefalicznego Kościoła Prawosławnego, następnie Kościoła Prawosławnego Ukrainy.

Życiorys
Święcenia diakonatu przyjął 28 listopada 1996, a prezbiteratu 29 grudnia tego samego roku. Chirotonię biskupią otrzymał 21 czerwca 2009 (został ordynariuszem eparchii żytomiersko-poleskiej). W 2011 r. podniesiony do godności arcybiskupa.

Bibliografia
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Biskupi Ukraińskiego Autokefalicznego Kościoła Prawosławnego
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Eparchia żytomiersko-poleska
Urodzeni w 1979


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Origin Acoustics is proud to announce the arrival of their Seasons outdoor loudspeakers just in time for warmer weather. With the dramatic increase in demand for quality outdoor sound, Origin completely rethought the category and has developed speakers that offer greater output and deeper bass.
The Collection currently features six models in either single or dual channel versions. The 50 Series uses a 5.25-inch woofer, whereas the 60 Series utilizes a 4x8-inch woofer. Both series feature aluminum dome tweeters. The model OS56 and all three of the 60 Series models utilize dual passive radiators for increased bass response while maintaining a sealed enclosure to increase protection from the elements.
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A: Yes.
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Most of the country has the blues right now, so why not listen to some good blues? Blues are designed to lift our spirits by getting all that negativity out of our systems, defeat our sorrow by voicing it. And what a perfect voice for the task is the one possessed by Eliza Neals. Raw, rough, emotional, ready to throttle our troubles, tear out their throats, chew on their corpses, then kick them aside to let something brighter enter. It's a big job, especially these days, but it seems Eliza Neals is made for this. Just look at her on the cover, ready to descend to the depths and do battle with whatever creatures might dwell down there. Or is she emerging unscathed and clean, having already defeated the monsters with her voice alone? Leave that up to you to decide. I'm just digging the new CD, 10,000 Feet Below, which features mostly original material. Eliza, in addition to providing that great voice, plays piano, organ and tambourine on this release. Her band includes Howard Glazer on guitar, John Abraham on bass and Demarcus Sumter on drums. And on this CD, she is joined by some other talented musicians, folks like Paul Nelson, Billy Davis, Skeeto Valdez, Paul Randolph and Kenny Bradford.
Eliza Neals kicks off the new CD with a very cool original tune, "Cleotus." This one has something of a loose, back porch feel. And right away she shows she's not a woman to be messed with, singing, "I slapped his face, I said shame on you/Now get back in the car, that's what you got to do." That's followed by "Another Lifetime," a great, tough blues tune she wrote with Howard Glazer. "You walked in the room/And my heart trembled, trembled/You kissed my lips/My lips, my lips/And my soul remembered/Another place so hard to find/Maybe another lifetime." There is something sexy about her delivery. She reminds me a bit of Kelly Zirbes (of Kelly's Lot). Her vocals have that same power and emotion, and she seems just as willing to risk everything, to really go for it at every moment and see what happens. Not just see what happens, but accept what happens, embrace it and then let it go. There is also something of Screamin' Jay Hawkins here, maybe a similar soul, who knows. Just listen to her toward the end of this track, and you'll see what I mean. Maybe it's the say she sings the word "mine" in the line "Gotta make you mine," like we have absolutely no choice in the matter. Oh yes!
The title track, "10,000 Feet Below," begins with a steady pounding, and Eliza sings, "I just got back from hell/And the devil was scared of me/I just got back from hell/And I stomped him with my feet." I have no doubt about it, and that pounding makes me feel like she's ready to stomp anyone else who crosses her path, that she's not done. And the masochist in me wants to cross her path right now. And I love that guitar part halfway through. This is one of my favorite tracks. Eliza begins "You Ain't My Dog No More" a cappella. So delicious. Then when the band comes in, it takes on a heavy, standard blues rhythm. And she stutters "B-b-b-baby" like George Thorogood singing "B-b-b-bad." Brian Clune plays drums on this one.
For "Cold Cold Night," Eliza Neals has a different group of musicians backing her, including Paul Nelson (from Johnny Winter's band) on guitar, Lenny Bradford (from Joe Louis Walker's band and Entrain) on bass, and John Medeiros on drums. This is a cool, emotionally charged tune, and I'm particularly fond of Paul Nelson's work on guitar. That's followed by the album's one cover, a good rendition of Skip James' "Hard Time Killing Floor Blues," here simply titled "Hard Killing Floor." Eliza's vocal performance is seriously impressive, and the guitar is so expressive.
In "Downhill On A Rocket," Eliza sings, "I'm a voodoo woman with a cross in my hand." That sounds just about right, and I don't think it will be long before she has you under her spell. She also sings, "Swimming in a swamp filled with crocodiles," and I can't help but think we're all in it now. The so-called president promised to "drain the swamp," but instead he's dragged the entire nation into his ever-growing mire, which he has filled with a collection of horrid beasts that can bite but can't speak. Well, hell, Eliza defeated the devil. Surely she can take on that prick and his regime. And in the next song, "Merle Dixon," she sings, "I don't like what you're saying/Shut your mouth." It's difficult these days to separate our dire political situation from… well, from anything. And hearing these lines, I immediately think of Donald Trump and want to sing those lines to him. Oh, when will he shut up? But of course, this song is not about that guy. It's about, I assume, a character from The Walking Dead. Merle Dixon was played by Michael Rooker, who famously played the lead role in Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer.
Eliza Neals concludes her new album with "At The Crossroads," a slower, more haunting number that features Billy Davis on guitar. And even with such a phenomenal guitarist, I do like that the piano remains at this song's base. The song trails off at the end like a descent into a fiery pit. We're not out of this one yet, folks. Not by a long shot. So just start this album over again.
Cleotus
Another Lifetime
Burn The Tent Down
10,000 Feet Below
You Ain't My Dog No More
Cold Cold Night
Hard Killing Floor
Cal Me Moonshine
Downhill On A Rocket
Merle Dixon
10,000 Feet Below was released on February 17, 2017 through E-H Records.


In whatever capacity you are working with or supporting children and young people, you may not be sure how to react to, or cope with, their emotional needs.
In non-urgent situations consider using your local Multi-Agency Forum (MAF) as a place to find support and help.
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