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Workshop: Exploring Your Social Justice Community
Calling All Conscious Youth!
If you are interested in critical thinking, community, and creativity please join the Resource Center for Nonviolence this Summer for a six-day interactive workshop. We will be exploring your local social justice community through over a dozen collaborators and six different topics, including: Community Organizing, Conflict Resolution, Sustainable Food Systems, The Prison-Industrial Complex, Gender and Queer Issues, and U.S. Immigration Policy.
Exploring Your Social Justice Community begins on Monday, July 29th and goes through Saturday, August 3rd from 9:00am to 4:00pm. We will be starting and ending at the RCNV, 612 Ocean St., but we will be traveling for a few field trips including: The Homeless Garden Project, La Liga Soccer Fields, The Day Worker's Center, and more! As a group we will work on a few art projects to be displayed at the MAH for their First Friday event on August 2nd.
Lunch will be provided to the participants.
We are asking for a sliding scale donation of $150-$250.
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Confirmation Shane Cameron had made the weight limit for his IBO cruiserweight title bout came with just one word at the Crown Casino in Melbourne this afternoon.
"Okay," said IBO official Phil Austin, when the ripped-looking Cameron stepped on the scales.
Cameron's actual weight won't be made public until a second weigh-in tonight at 8.00pm New Zealand time.
"All I can say is as far as the IBO is concerned a cruiserweight fight will take place," Austin said.
That left open for interpretation whether Cameron had in fact made the "Dannyweight" limit of 89kg imposed by the Green camp.
Cameron said he had weighed in at that mark exactly. He slammed the second 'official' weigh in as a blatant attempt by Green to force him to fast and deny him fluids for the entire day before the fight.
"That's just how Green does it - he's trying to starve me a bit longer," Cameron said. "That's all I can put it down to. Otherwise we could just cut it off here and be done."
Green's gamesmanship extended to bragging about his hearty breakfast.
"I've had pancakes, orange juice, bananas, coffee - I'm pretty cool," Green said.
Cameron insisted dropping below the regular cruiserweight limit of 90.7 hadn't done any harm.
"It feels good. I am ready for this fight. I'm definitely going to win. If I land a good one on Danny it is going to be a long night for him."
While Cameron smiled slightly at the face off, Green stared stone-faced but produced the "hang loose" hand symbol popular with surfers.
"I think his prediction is incorrect," Green said. "What am I going to say, 'I think he is going to win too'?"
Green is seeking to bounce back from two knock out defeats in his last three fights.
His last fight was a fifth round stoppage of well-performed American veteran Danny Santiago in July. But Prior to that he suffered back-to-back knock out losses to WBC champion Krzystof Wlodarzyk and classy veteran Antonio Tarver.
Cameron's last outing was a career-reviving knockout of American heavyweight Monte Barrett in July.
"Let's see what you got, big boy," was Green's parting shot before the hostilities begin in earnest tomorrow night.

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May 25, 2014
Download Today's agile organizations pose operations teams with a tremendous challenge: to deploy new releases to production immediately after development and testing is completed. To ensure that applications are deployed successfully, an automatic and transparent process is required. We refer to this process as Zero Touch Deployment. This white paper reviews two approaches to Zero Touch Deployment-a script-based solution and a release automation platform. The article discusses how each can solve the key technological and organizational challenges faced by agile organizations when they set out to implement an automatic deployment system.


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Augur Capital –
Guided by Strong Values
Augur Capital is a Luxembourg-based private equity advisor with a subsidiary in Germany. Established in 2003, the investment specialist manages investments in the banking, insurance and asset- management sectors.
Thanks to our many years of industry experience and our market expertise, we are the principal European fund advisor who provides investors keenly interested in companies operating in continental Europe, particularly the German, Austrian and Swiss markets, with exclusive access to small and mid-cap financial services firms. Augur Capital specialises in the art of acquiring majority stakes in regulated entities. Since 2003, we have carried out a total of 10 transactions. For all regulated entities we have received the necessary regulatory approval.


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G1158, Reviewed October 1993
Editor's noteThe printed version of this publication includes illustrations.
Flushing systems for manure collection and transport from animal confinement buildings have the advantages of improved building environment and reduced labor. Flush water comes from either the domestic water supply or as recycled water from the lagoon receiving the wastes. The advantages of using recycled water are a decreased demand on the domestic water supply and less hydraulic or "fresh water" loading on the lagoon.
A typical recycling system consists of a pump, recycle line or pipe to carry water from the lagoon to the confinement building, and the appropriate controls. These components are connected in a closed-loop configuration with the flushing gutter and the drain line from the confinement building (Figure 1).
Figure 1Basic components of a recycle system
Pump selection and locationThese factors are important in developing a reliable recycling system. In most cases, locate the pump at or near the lagoon to minimize elevation and pipe friction losses on the suction side of the pump. Although self-priming pumps located in or near the confinement building are accessible and inexpensive to install, they may become difficult to maintain because of the high suction head, the resulting loss of prime, and dry running. For pumps located at the lagoon, you may supply the power by laying underground feeder electric cable in the same trench with the building drain or recycle line. A high voltage (220V) operation is preferred to minimize wire size.
A pump selected for recycling lagoon water should have an open or semi-open impeller to decrease the risk of plugging due to solids ingestion (Figure 2). Most sewage or trash pumps have semi-open impellers, capable of handling the solids normally encountered in recycling systems.
Figure 2Three types of impellers commonly used in centrifugal pumps
However, in applications where fibrous, stringy material (such as hay or silage in a dairy lagoon) is present, use a cutter or chopper pump. These pumps have a cutting or chopping device (located just outside the pump inlet) that rotates with the impeller and shreds fibrous material as it enters the pump.
Pumps and installationPumps most often used for recycling lagoon water are either submersible centrifugal (commonly called sewage or sewage ejector pumps), or self-priming centrifugal pumps.
Submersible pumps may be more difficult to install, but have the advantages of continuous positive priming and no freezing because all components are located below the freezing level.
Self-priming pumps may be located on the lagoon berm, or in a wet well adjacent to the lagoon. With either location, you must provide freeze protection. You also would need to provide a means of automatically shutting off the pump if lost prime causes overheating. Figure 3 shows two methods of installing self-priming recycle pumps.
Figure 3Two methods of installing self-priming recycle pumps
Install submersible sewage pumps by suspending them about 2 feet below the water surface, so they remain free of surface debris and bottom sludge. Figure 4 shows the preferred method of installing a submersible pump.
Figure 4Submersible recycle pump installation using a catwalk and hand winch for ease of pump retrieval
The catwalk should extend out far enough into the lagoon so that the pump will stay in 3 to 4 feet of water when the lagoon is pumped down. This installation has the advantages of freeze protection, positive prime, and the pump is easy to retrieve for service and repair. The greater time and expense required for this type of installation will be returned many times over through its convenience in maintenance and through no freezing or loss of prime.
Figure 5 shows an alternative for installation when the lagoon is filled before the catwalk arrangement of Figure 4 can be built. A float suspends the pump 1 to 2 feet below the water surface. To prevent movement and stress on the recycle line, moor the floats to the lagoon berm with two or three stainless steel cables. This installation is easier than the one shown in Figure 4, but it is more difficult to remove this pump from the lagoon for service or repair. Often, you will need a boat or chest waders to retrieve a pump installed in this manner.
Figure 5Submersible recycle pump installation using a float for pump support
Whichever method is used, always locate the pump on the side of the lagoon opposite the discharge pipe from the building. This location will ensure maximum retention and treatment of the water before it is recycled back to the confinement unit.
Recycle pump controls may be manual or automatic. In most installations, the pump runs continuously and the flow rate is adjusted by valves or appropriate restrictions. These controls ensure that the flush tank or tanks fill within the flush frequency time period.
Operators are sometimes reluctant to restrict or throttle the discharge from a pump for fear they will make the pump "work harder." However, most centrifugal pumps consume less power at higher pressures and lower flow rates. As long as enough water moves through the system to prevent heat build-up in the impeller housing, the pump may be operated at any flow rate consistent with the flush frequency requirements of the confinement buildings.
Installation of pump controlsIn systems requiring more or less continuous pump operation, a manual on-off switch is usually satisfactory. If the pump must be turned on and off each day, an automatic device is usually used. This device may be a float switch or timer.
A float switch located in the flush tank automatically shuts off the pump when the tank is full. If more than one flush tank is in the system, float valves can stop the flow of water to all tanks except the one with the float switch. If the flow into each tank is properly adjusted, the tank containing the float switch fills at a slower rate than the other tanks and all tanks will be full when the pump shuts off.
An alternative is to install a float switch in one of the tanks in a multiple tank installation. No float valves are installed in the remaining tanks. The fill rate of each tank is then carefully adjusted through the use of valves or orifices, so each tank fills at a slightly faster rate than the tank containing the float switch. These tanks overflow for a short period of time until the float switch shuts the pump off.
Another alternative is to use a timer to control the pump. The timer is set to run the pump until all the flush tanks are filled. Although there may be some overflow, it is usually not a critical problem if recycled lagoon water is being used.
Continuous pump operation usually is used when flush tanks are designed to discharge automatically. Automatic pump controls are usually used when flush tanks are dumped manually at a specific time during the day (as in a dairy operation).
PVC or polyethylene pipe is most suitable for recycling lagoon water. If possible, all joints, couplings and fittings also should be plastic. Flexible plastic pipe for turning corners is preferable to sharp 90-degree elbows.
Valves or orifices can accomplish flow adjustment at the point of discharge into flush tanks. Orifices are more difficult to size, but they are not as likely to plug with crystal build-up or solids. To make orifices, glue a cap on the end of the recycle pipe and drill a hole in the cap until it is large enough to achieve the desired flow rate.
With partially open gate valves, the flow of water passes through a relatively long, narrow slot or crack that may be more susceptible to plugging than the orifice. However, once installed, the flow is easier to change with a gate valve than with an orifice.
Recycle system design and equipment selection require a knowledge of hydraulic head, pipe friction losses and other factors. The following steps are only a guide for estimating component sizes. Consult your local MU Extension center or other qualified individuals for tailed design assistance.
Table 1Selecting pipe size for recycle systems
For example, a 30-gallon-per-minute system 350 feet long with 2-inch pipe would have a friction loss of 2.36 x 350/100 = 8.26 feet of head.
Table 2Pipe friction loss (in feet) of water per 100 feet of plastic pipe
Table 3 shows typical power requirements of submersible sewage pumps for various pressures (total head) and flow rates. Most sewage pumps in the 1/2 to 1 horsepower range have head limitations of 25 to 40 feet. When pumping heads are greater than 25 to 40 feet, you may need a special high head sewage pump.
In some cases, the head-flow rate requirements of the system may indicate that pumps smaller than 1/2 horsepower would be adequate. However, pumps smaller than 1/2 horsepower have limited solids handling capacity and do not have the "heavy duty" characteristics necessary for operating in the lagoon environment.
Table 3Typical power requirements for submersible sewage pumps at various pumping heads and flow rates
Crystalline deposits in pumps, pipes and plumbing may develop in some recycle systems. Although crystallization may not occur, such deposits can stall the pump, ruin pump seals, or close off recycle pipes, severely restricting the flow. It is difficult to predict the formation of these crystals. However, crystals appear to form most often in lagoons that are highly concentrated or overloaded with manure.
The causes of crystallizationThe crystals result from concentrations of magnesium, ammonium and phosphate ions in anaerobic lagoon water. These ions form the magnesium ammonium phosphate crystalline complex.
Crystals form most quickly on metal components. Steel, cast iron, bronze and brass appear to be equally susceptible. Although deposition in plastic pipes has been observed in several cases, plastic components are not as susceptible.
The crystals usually begin to form on some grit or other solid material lodged in the pipe. After the initial formation, the crystals build upon themselves quite readily. The deposit accumulates both along the length of the pipe and across the diameter of the pipe.
PrecautionsCrystal build-up seems to start most readily at joints, elbows and fittings. Grit and solid material tend to lodge at these locations and provide a base from which the deposit can grow.
For this reason, recycle pipes should be a minimum of 1-1/2 inches in diameter. If possible, flexible plastic pipe should be used for direction changes rather than short- or even long-sweep plastic elbows.
Systems in which the only metal parts are the pump housing and the impeller are the least susceptible to crystalline deposits.
Dissolving crystalsSince crystals may form in any system despite these precautions, give consideration to methods of maintaining the system if build-ups do occur.
Crystals can be dissolved with an acid if the acid solution is kept in contact with the crystals. A 1:50 dilution of concentrated acetic acid with water has proven effective in dissolving crystals. This solution will not harm the lagoon.
A recirculation pipe installed along with the recycle pipe provides the capability for circulating an acid solution through the system (Figure 6).
Figure 6Recirculation system for dissolving crystals in recycle line
An acid mixing tank, sized to hold enough acid solution to fill the system, is located at the discharge end of the recycle pipe. The recirculation pipe carries the acid solution from the mixing tank to the inlet of the pump. On submersible pumps, weld a collar or coupling to the pump inlet for connecting the recirculation pipe. The size of the recirculation pipe is not critical because high recirculation flow rates are not required, but the pipe should not be less than 1-1/2 inches in diameter.
Examine the recycle system regularly to determine the pattern and rate of crystal build-up. Then use the recirculation system as needed to prevent excessive build-up and subsequent failure of the system.
Installation of recirculation capability will increase the cost of the recycle system. However, the probability that total failure of the system could occur if crystal build-up becomes excessive appears to justify the additional cost.
Lagoon managementCareful lagoon management can minimize the potential for crystal formation. Overloading or periods of high evaporation with little rainfall can result in concentrations of salts that may cause crystal problems. Pump the lagoon regularly and add fresh water as needed, especially during dry periods, to keep salt concentrations below critical levels.
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Left on Thursday to see my parents, and filled up for $3.93, which we considered a good price. (Costco would've been cheaper, but it's a bit out of the way, and not quick.) Filled up in Henderson for $3.44 at that Costco yesterday morning (and added a bit more this afternoon before heading back).
Quite a difference, huh?
On a slightly related note, the Del Taco by the outlet malls in Barstow has no value menu. They had the basic taco, soft taco, and bean-and-cheese burritos for $1.39 and up, calling them stupid stuff like "Barstow soft taco." If I were the parent company, I'd drop the franchisee like a turd, prime location or not. Went across the street to McDonald's, and they were actually cheaper than most Inland Empire locations.


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saw this new tom hanks film today. very good, but not the best mafia film since the godfather as all the critics are saying. hanks played his character in such a "low key" manner that i think i would of liked it better if he had shown a little more emotion. but i guess that is what separates the greats like tom hanks from lesser performers who have to "over-act" in every role.
and jude law was very creepy in his role as an assassin. but i laughed when i saw how they thinned his hair out to make him look like he's balding. what's up with that?
overall a very good mafia film. but what does EternalPadawan think? {it was directed by the american beauty guy.}


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Raul Borcuta, Zachery Taylor & Jarred Close plead guilty to contract fraud scheme
Former Army Contractor Employee and Two Former U.S. Army Staff Sergeants Plead Guilty to Roles in Afghanistan Contract Fraud Scheme
(DoJ) – WASHINGTON – December 19, 2012 – A former employee of a U.S. Army contractor and two former U.S. Army staff sergeants pleaded guilty today for their roles in a fraud scheme involving a contract to provide armored vehicles to the U.S. Military in Afghanistan, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department's Criminal Division.
Raul Borcuta, 34, of Chicago, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Ronald A. Guzman in the Northern District of Illinois to one count of wire fraud. Former U.S. Army Staff Sergeants Zachery Taylor, 42, of Ft. Belvoir, Va., and Jarred Close, 43, of St. Paul, Minn., each pleaded guilty before Judge Guzman to one count of receiving a gratuity.
Raul Borcuta, Zachery Taylor, Jarred Close indicted for bribery and theft
Click HERE for indictment 11CR0609 United States v. Raul Borcuta, Zachery Taylor, Jarred Close
Former Army Contracting Officials and Defense Contractor Indicted for Bribery and Theft of Government Funds
(DoJ) – WASHINGTON –September 22, 2011 – A former member of the U.S. Army employed by a private security firm was arrested at Miami International Airport today on charges of bribery, fraud and theft of government funds, in connection with the award of a contract to provide services to a U.S. government provincial reconstruction team in Farah, Afghanistan.
The arrest and charges were announced by Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department's Criminal Division; Steven J Trent, Acting Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR); Special Agent in Charge Richard D. Zott of the Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS) Central Field Office; and Brigadier General Colleen McGuire, Provost Marshal General of the Army and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command.
Raul Borcuta was arrested in Miami today when he tried to enter the United States from Europe. Upon Borcuta's arrest, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois unsealed a nine-count indictment charging Borcuta and his co-conspirators, Zachery Taylor and Jared Close, with mail fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy, bribery and theft of government funds. Read the remainder of this entry »


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This whole damn league has the brain worms if this guy keeps getting work.
This whole damn league has the brain worms if this guy keeps getting work.
"There's a sucker born every minute" - PT Barnum
"Maybe even faster than that in the East Bay" - Vaark
Haven't the poor Raiders fans been through enough? This is just brutal!
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I'd better not hear anyone ever complain about being unemployed.
If Tony Sparano can get a job and you can't then I just don't know what to tell you.
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Janikowski will be a hot prospect next year in fantasy leagues.
Continuing the comedy... David Lee is the jest new QB coach.
REALLY!?Revitalize the career of Mark Sanchez
Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers. - Voltaire
Well, I'm glad he got a job and I wish him luck, but I'm glad it's not on our team...
A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
I told you guys.......I TOLD you....He wouldn't be without a job in the NFL.
His guru has mojo.
Thanks Shifty!
Good ol tony gets fired and rehired but black coaches can't get a job? That's bs


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Water Proposed as Sustainable Development Goal
On Saturday 19 July, the Open Working Group adopted a proposal for Sustainable Development Goals to be forwarded to the 69th session of the General Assembly for its consideration. 'Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all' is proposed in the stand alone 6th goal and also found in the chapeau of the text as well as under other proposed goals.
To a standing ovation, the Co-Chairs of the Open Working Group concluded the work of nearly 18 months of discussion on the post-2015 agenda. Mr. Csaba Kõrösi, Permanent Representative of Hungary, and Mr. Macharia Kamau, Permanent Representative of Kenya have been leading the process of developing and proposing a set of sustainable development goals (SDGs) and on Saturday the proposal was adopted to be forwarded to the General Assembly for consideration.
References to water and sanitation are found in five of the proposed 17 goals and especially in goal 6 'Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all'. In the final phase of the work at the UN Headquarters in New York, UN-Water was called upon to support the discussions with technical clarifications on the proposed formulations and implications. Read more about the process and UN-Water's technical advice.


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Helping to create a greener world for more than 50 years.
In 1955, The Lawn Institute was created as a not-for-profit corporation to assist and encourage through research and education the improvement of lawns and sports turf. Since then, the Institute has been one of the most respected authorities in the world among turf professionals and scientists for monitoring, reporting, and interpreting the latest advances in turfgrass research, landscape horticulture, and agronomic science. The Lawn Institute conducts its own research program which funds some of the world's highest regarded turf scientist to fill gaps in our knowledge.
While industry and technology have provided jobs and goods to make life easier, the effect on the environment has been substantial. We can help restore this precious earth with something as simple as turfgrass – the earth's living skin. Read more… valuable consumer resources.
The Lawn Institute is pleased to announce their new website.
The 2017 Dr. Henry W. Indyk Scholarship
The Dr. Henry W. Indyk Scholarship was established to honor a founding father of Turfgrass Producers International while demonstrating TPI's commitment to education and offering a valuable member benefit. Up to $10,000 in scholarship funding is made available annually by TPI through the Dr. Henry W. Indyk Scholarship.
Since it's inception in 2006, TPI has awarded over a dozen scholarships to assist TPI families in paying for higher education. Any current TPI Class A Turfgrass Sod Producer or Class B Supplier/Manufacturer member in good standing is eligible to apply. Furthermore, the immediate family of a Class A or Class B member or an employee, or the employee's child is eligible to apply. Scholarship applicants can major in any given field but must plan on attending or be attending an accredited educational facility.
2017 Scholarship is Now Closed
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2017 Scholarship Recipient
Amy Wilber - Oakwood Sod Farm, Inc.
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The Lawn Institute proudly presents 500 Club
The Lawn Institute is hard at work funding research and education efforts to change misconceptions and misinformation about turfgrass and lawns.
The Foundation needs your support to continue funding research and expand our commitment to education. Your chance to be involved is here and the time is now!
With donations of $500 or more you will receive the following recognition:
- Recognition in our publications
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For more information about the 500 Club please click HERE!
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Summer Zoo Camp
Children can spend their summer exploring and learning about our natural world and the other living things that share the earth with us. Zoo Camp is a great way for kids to have fun while learning about animals and our wild world! Craft projects and games reinforce the concepts we teach while keeper talks, observation walks and lots of hands-on activities will keep kids enthralled.
Programs are available for kids 4 years old through youth entering 7th grade.
Register for Summer Camp here!
Children PreK-5th grade
Weekly June 3 through August 16 (no camp the week of July 1-5)
Fee: PreK – K (9 a.m. – noon) or (1:00-4:00pm): $200 SFZS Members; $235 all others.
1st – 5th grades (9 a.m. – 4 p.m.): $280 SFZS Members; $320 all others.
6th-7th Grade Conservation Camp
2-week sessions: June 10-21, July 8-19 or July 29-August 9
Fee: $560 SFZS Members; $660 all others.
Pre-registration required. Extended Care available.
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The 2010 United States Bowling Congress Junior Gold Championships presented by Brunswick starts Monday, July 12, with the first of three days of qualifying.
More than 1,600 of the nation's top youth bowlers will be in Indianapolis not only to compete for $125,000 in scholarships, but for the chance to earn a spot on Junior Team USA. The tournament, which runs through July 16, is a test of skill, endurance and mental toughness.Mike Conn of Crestwood, Ky., and Maggie Zakrzewski of Palatine, Ill., took home the titles in 2009 to earn their spot on Junior Team USA. What lessons did they learn en route to their titles? Click here to see what they have to say about the tournament.Also, several Junior Team USA members, who are veterans of USBC Junior Gold Championships, offered tips for those competing in this year's event (see videos below). Competition in the Junior Gold Championships starts with three qualifying rounds, which requires bowlers to roll six games each day on July 12, 13 and 14. At the end of the 18 games, the field will be cut to the top 150 males and top 78 females (all ties advance) for the semifinals. Semifinal competition, which consists of two six-game blocks, will be July 15. The top 16 males and top 16 females will earn spots in the match-play finals, which will take place July 16 and consist of 16 games of match play.USBC plans to provide live video coverage on BOWL.com of the semifinal round on July 15 and the match-play finals on July 16. Coverage will begin at 9 a.m. (EST) each day.Twelve competitors at the Junior Gold Championships will earn spots on 2011 Junior Team USA. The top four male and top four female finishers after match-play competition will automatically qualify for 2011 Junior Team USA, and the National Selection Committee will award four at-large spots - two male, two female - from the pool of athletes that make match-play finals.


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A Season of Kleenex® Moments – a recap
Kleenex® is rolling out a series of exclusive new Isaac Mizrahi designs to their boxes, dispensers, and other forms of packaging you might reach for when in need of a tissue. Because when you need a tissue, shouldn't you be needing it in style?
With that in mind, here's a look back at my top "Pass me a Kleenex" moments of Q1 in Gossip 2014…and that doesn't necessarily have to mean it's The Notebook. The emotions vary – from rage to euphoria to ecstasy. Here are mine:
1. Vin Diesel's Chinese New Year gift
Pure happiness right here. Vin Diesel going "surfbort" all by himself, showing off his tongue and some, um, serious moves. I became a true fan for the very first time.
2. Baby & His Most Elegant Princess: the routine
The laughs. That was the best laugh you had all day when you watched this video for the first time. And the second time. And all the times. I might be up to 25 times. It's just…his face at the 0:15 second mark is maybe the most awesome thing I've ever seen. Please don't ever take this away from me.
3. Rihanna & Drake
First there was Paris. They wore white. It was Take Care. There was a subtle grind. And their faces here:
Several destinations across Europe followed and then…a hand hold!
Not sure if they'll make it through Q2 so I enjoy it while I can.
4. TAKE THE PIZZA, Leo!
Now time for some rage.
Like, TAKE THE PIZZA, Leo!
It's ok if you take the pizza! Brad Pitt took the pizza! Julia Roberts took the pizza! All your peers took the pizza! You're too good for the pizza???
Yes. Leo is always too good for the pizza. Leo won't play. Leo never plays.
5. Lupita Nyong'o
Lupita owned the season. Has anyone ever had a more perfect season? She was brilliant in her film. She was brilliant on stage, every acceptance speech, every interview. She pretty much worked that entire press line at the Oscars, stopping for almost all outlets, elevating that Prada dress to a place it probably didn't deserve had it not been Lupita wearing it. And then she went to Paris Fashion Week and they loved her there too. Lupita for LIFE!
That's my list. And yours?
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'Why Romney Lost' by David Frum: A Newsweek Ebook
What's happened to the GOP? How can they come back? A new ebook by former George W. Bush speechwriter David Frum looks at the 2012 election and beyond.
In Why Romney Lost (A Newsweek ebook in partnership with Vook) David Frum, a former George W. Bush speechwriter, delivers a forthright analysis that offers a bold, hopeful plan for Republican success in the years ahead. David Frum urges a Republican party that is culturally modern, economically inclusive, and environmentally responsible—a party that can meet the challenges of the Obama years and lead a diverse America to a new age of freedom and prosperity.


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Should be an interesting season since there's a few loose cannon vets back! Can't wait until 8 p.m.!
Should be an interesting season since there's a few loose cannon vets back! Can't wait until 8 p.m.!
Thoughts on the first ep and it does contain spoilers.
* I gotta feel for Francesca. Being voted out first two times is very defeating. I really thought Cochran would've went home first because of his feet. Those were Hobbit-esque feet!
* Was really hoping Crazy Philip's little secret agent wouldn't pop out of his red drawers.
* If the fans lost, I would've bet moneyt that Shamar would've gone packing. Yes, he made fire but that wasn't enough to win over folks.
* Little Hantz didn't get much camera time, but that's gonna change next week!
Shamar is one lucky dude. If it weren't for Katie (?) opening her mouth at tribal, he would've been gone, and rightfully so. Like Reynold said, I appreciate Shamar's service to our country, but man laying around the hut for 19 hours? That's just plain lazy in my book!
It's been a long time since there's been a tie at tribal council. I kept waiting for one of the Gota morons to bring up Shamar wanting to quit the game. That would've shifted the voting, or should have.
It took a medical emergency but we're finally rid of Shamar. I don't think he would've survived the vote, though. The tide had turned against him.
Glad to see the remaining Gota tribe members voting smart for once. Laura was a weak link. Keeping the strong guys around was smart.
Next week's preview looks great!
It has to be a genetic thing that makes the Hantz men coo coo for Cocoa Puffs. Brandon's meltdown was monumental, and it makes me wonder with some of the stuff he was saying, why did he even bother to agree to do the show again?
Here's an interesting interview with Probst that discusses what was going on behind the scenes of the meltdown.
Have you noticed Phillip's eyes? Hard to describe but his eyes look more animal than human, especially when he squints.
Poor Matt and Julia. They just have the unfortunate luck of having less numbers on the losing tribe. Personally, I would've kept Matt around for a while longer for strength and manpower. Julia contributed and tried but wasn't much in the strength and manpower departments.
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That's cool. I have Amazing Race teams from my area, but no Survivors.
I was sort of hoping Corrine would be able to take control, but thought it was great television to see her "get punched in the face". I'm really surprised that Phillip is still around, that he hasn't been turned on. It doesn't seem he treats others that well.
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In "Decision Time," Editor Brian Lovett will share a scenario from his 20-plus years hunting turkeys. Each hinges on a critical decision. Post what choice you would have made, then see how things actually turned out.
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Gobblers don't always follow rules laid out in hallowed journals such as Turkey & Turkey Hunting. After all, they have a brain the size of a grape. However, things get tougher when birds actually follow the textbook but you're absent for the lesson.
One crisp April morning, I joined a friend at a central-Wisconsin farm. As the sky brightened, several birds began gobbling from the western edge of a narrow timbered ravine. We slipped through the woods on a logging road, skirted a small marsh and stopped where the western wood line met an old pasture. The open, rock-studded area didn't provide a good setup, but with fly-down time nearing, we couldn't go any farther without bumping the birds.
After a brief sneak, I plopped down against a fence post and scratched out some quiet tree-yelps on a slate. The nearest gobbler -- probably 120 steps from my friend -- hammered back, followed by three that were roosted farther south.
The closest longbeard soon pitched straight down and gobbled at the pasture edge beneath his roost tree. The distant turkeys hit the ground and clammed up, but no matter. I was focused on the pasture bird. But then, a hen pitched down into the pasture, and I heard several yelps from the gobbler's vicinity. Of course, he went silent.
A half-hour later, I called five hens to the fence, but the gobbler never showed. When I cutt hard five minutes later, the longbeard gobbled perhaps 10 steps from his original location. He hadn't moved. To make matters worse, he then quit gobbling.
I agonized for the next 45 minutes. That rat was probably still there in the pasture. Should we grit our teeth and stay put or force the issue by circling around the woods and trying the bird from a new angle?
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Recently there has been some discussion in the Boy Scouts of America community site regarding "High Adventure".
And the question came up as to what the definition of "High Adventure" was or is??
Backpacking, Canoe Camping, Caving, Cycling, Discovering Adventure, Fishing, Freestyle Biking, Frontiersman, Mechanics, Orienteering, Rock Climbing and Rappelling, Snow Camping, Survival, and Whitewater Canoeing.
As I reviewed that list, I thought to myself.. well most of these are not really what I would consider "High Adventure".. I mean, we do most of this over the course of a normal year anyway.
The discussion revolves around new physical standards for High Adventure activities. New requirements to be a certain weight if you are a certain height, restrictions if you have certain ailments such as asthma.
I have to agree with the BSA on limiting some of these activities if one is not "Physically fit" or unable to perform tasks without medical aid. After All, we do not want to jeopardize anyone's health and maybe put them at higher risk. On the other hand, there are Scouts and Scouters out there that can perform High Adventure activities with ease and still fall into one or more categories of "Risk".
I think the answer is simple. A trained medical professional, person physician, needs to clear you. You need to have an annual physical or biannual physical that states that you are fit enough to perform High Adventure activities.
The intent of the BSA is not to exclude anyone from activity, rather it is trying not to put anyone further at risk of seriously hurting themselves due to a pre existing medical condition.
High Adventure activities as defined can be limiting, I would suggest that units look at them with some discretion. Use common sense, and not limit anyone.
Our Troop backpacks… everyone participates, we may have a slow group and a fast group. We may have a group that goes farther, we may have Scouts that meet us at the camp site with a support vehicle, but no one is ever discouraged from participating.
We like to Rock Climb and Rappel, no one is excluded, they participate at the level they are comfortable with.
Does this mean we are not going to do High Adventure? OOOOOOHHH Noooo…
High Adventure is what keeps our boys coming back. We are Boy Scouts and are looking for adventure… it make life fun and challenging. Even Scouts with physical ailments enjoy the challenge, they love to feel success after hiking 26 miles, knowing that they can do it, even though they have asthma.
So look at the list, take the appropriate risk reduction measures and get out there and do High Adventure Activities!
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Winter camping is challenging and test your skills. Boy Scouts that learn and develop good camping skills and have a keen sense of what it takes to be a good camper have a great time.
The Scout Motto– Be Prepared takes on a new meaning, aside from "Be Prepared for anything", the motto speaks to a Scout that thinks two steps ahead while camping. This skill is found in those that really understand good camping.
Whether you are talking about leave no trace principles or camping gear, Being Prepared rings true for all good campers.
In the winter you must be prepared for anything and know how and what to use and when.
Good campers keep their packs packed all the time, only taking out what they need for a task or situation, then back to the pack it goes.
A good camper knows that once the sun goes down and the temperature drops basic skills become more difficult and challenging. Being prepared for those tasks makes them easier. Cooking on a chilly night is made easier by preparing the cooking area before dark, a wind screen, attaching fuel cells, doing the prep work at home can make you dinner meal something to enjoy rather than a laborious task.
Preparing for the next day starts the night before and even earlier than that. Before it gets dark, packs should be packed and stored properly, either in the tent vestibule or under a pack cover in a place that affords easy access. All your gear should be in the pack except for what you need in the tent for sleeping. Your clothing for the next day placed in a stuff sack and used as a pillow will ensure you have warm, dry clothing in the morning. Your boots should be inside the tent, under your sleeping pad. This will keep them warm too, or at least not frozen. They will be there in the morning, ready for you to put on. The laces will not be frozen and you will not have an couple inches of snow in them.
Gloves and damp items can be hung in the tent or placed under the sleeping bag. They may not dry, but they won't get any more wet. If your gloves are slightly damp, putting them in your sleeping bag may be enough to dry them for the morning.
A quick check around your tent, snow cave or shelter before you call it a night in is a must. Check for shovels, water bottles, and other gear that need to be stored.
Make sure to relieve yourself in the appropriate area before you settle down for the night. Doing it in the middle of the night can be a bit unpleasant.
Being Prepared for the morning after a winter camp starts by being a good camper and knowing how to camp. You need to practice this all the time, develop good habits in good weather and you will enjoy winter camping.
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Emerging markets were on tactical rebound after recent heavy sell-offs. The MSCI Emerging Market Index gained 0.6% at Hong Kong's close.
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Help Stop Gas-Flaring in the Niger Delta.
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Global Exchange has worked with our allies in Nigeria for over a decade to help stop the illegal and deadly use of gas-flaring. Today, our friends at Amnesty International have launched an important new campaign to end flaring — and you can help! The oil industry is abusing the human rights of hundreds of thousands »
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As each day passes and tax collections continue to nosedive, the new announcements of state governmental budget shortfalls only make more obvious the excessive expenditure orgy our elected and hired governmental officials engaged in during the period that the state reaped windfalls of revenue from bubbles of tax collections due to our faulty taxing laws. This period of windfalls stretches back to pre-2000 and the subsequent stock bubble that burst in 2000.
First, stocks bubbled without underlying wealth justification. The state collected huge revenues from capital gains taxes. When this bubble collapsed the tax revenue lost was more than replaced by increased property tax collections from the housing price bubble run up. Yes, this increase occurred in spite of Prop 13, or rather because of it. Supplementing this tax revenue windfall was lots of sales tax revenue generated from consumption fueled by housing equity loans used as a personal ATM. Meanwhile, basic American wealth generated by jobs barely moved upwards and arguably decreased as high paying jobs were outsourced to China, India, and elsewhere during this same period.
These huge tax revenue increases were simply windfalls to the state, which quickly spent them. The basic governmental services did not proportionately increase due to its underlying costs because such services and their costs are driven by basic costs of labor, size of the need, and inflation, and not by the size of tax collections. But all sectors of government scrambled to spend the money anyways. A fair system of taxes would require that tax revenue increase only at the inflation rate or be justified by increased need and would bar windfall increases.
Yes, this windfall expenditure included education, which today is crying the loudest because the money is no longer there to support the level of spending it has become accustomed to.
But, the real world has arrived, no more big tax revenues. This real world is here to stay. The jobs are not coming back, and a new bubble is not in the works. The correction has begun..... We must keep in mind that the generation of wealth (jobs) by our citizenry comes first.... all else, including government funding through taxes comes after that.
Town Square
Depth of the California Budget Shortfall And Its Effect On Us
Original post made by frank, Pleasanton Heights, on Mar 14, 2009
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I have been the Casandra for the past year and things are even worse than I thought. NO on Parcel Tax. Cut pensions and retiree medical benefits for public sector employees along with pay.


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This Week's Top Tweets: January 4-12
Posted On January 12, 2013 by Guest Blogger
It's been a busy year so far, and we're only finishing the first full week of 2013. To start off the new year, here are the top five tweets that attracted the most attention in the Twittersphere over the last week:
1. Trapped killer whales freed by shifting ice
BREAKING: Multiple reports say the 12 killer whales trapped in sea ice in Quebec have been freed by shifting ice: ocean.ly/UPKPtR
— Ocean Conservancy (@OurOcean) January 10, 2013
A group of killer whales surrounded by ice off the coast of Canada were deemed to have a grim future, but an unexpected shift in wind current moved the ice in a way that allowed them to escape. This surprise happy ending garnered the most attention of our ocean followers this week. This tweet also took away the most favorites.


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Re: meat roulade
Hi Antasto,
You can't put cling film in the oven as it will melt (it's melting point is around 115 degrees C). The cling film is only used as a guide and never gets rolled up with the meat. The meat is place onto cling film and the cling film lifted up slowly to help roll the meat. When the meat is rolled it will then be wrapped in foil for oven cooking.
Pretend you lay across the breadth of a carpet and somebody else came and lifted up an end of the carpet. You would roll off the carpet. As opposed to you laying on the carpet and somebody rolling you up in the carpet.
Funnily enough I made my first ever roulade on Saturday. It was a dark chocolate and amaretto cherry roulade:) Good luck with your roulade!!
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Re: What is the best perfume in white flower group?
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Givenchy Organza Beautiful, sexy and natural jasmine
I guess there are many more but one that I can´t forget is:
Bvlgari Jasmin Noir i love this perfume, they present the Jasmin in modern and creative scent:thank you for the creator.
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Estée Lauder Private Collection Tuberose Gardenia
Sarah Horowitz Parfums Perfect Tuberose
Crabtree & Evelyn India Hicks Island Living - Spider Lily
Jesus Del Pozo Jesus Del Pozo In White
I am very interested in this one, so sad can not find in my country.
Estée Lauder Private Collection Tuberose Gardenia
gardenia demeter
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Dior Pure Poison Is my fav white floral
i found that no one mentioned the best fresh long lasting and seductive and still work till now Yves Saint Laurent Paris and the most romantic and yea it did Dior Poison and lancome Lancome Poeme
I live in hot and humid Tropical city and white oriental flowers are my favorite. Anyone here and all my dear Fratrantica can you suggest me for the best perfume to wear?
Edit: I have more to explain.
For the sunny day or summer, i want perfume that make me feel fresh with good beautifully flowers but not in sport way, perfume that make me feel relax or touch the summer breeze on the island or in the tropical flower garden.
Thank you again for all of your suggestion. I wait and love to read all your favorite perfume story and advise.
Thailand is gorgeous! And I don't think you are wrong to love "winter" perfumes!
Ok....here is what I suggest considering your likes and preferences and request.
Panouge Isabey La Route d'Emeraude
Van Cleef & Arpels Collection Extraordinaire Muguet Blanc
Van Cleef & Arpels Collection Extraordinaire Gardenia Petale
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Another vote for Michael Kors Michael
It smells very beachy to me, not sure why.
L Artisan Parfumeur La Chasse aux Papillons a light tuberose I think would be very nice in hot and humid weather.
L Artisan Parfumeur La Chasse aux Papillons +1
Yves Saint Laurent Belle d`Opium
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'German Art in the Age of Expressionism' opens at Art Museum, Jan. 29
Posted January 28, 2002; 05:49 p.m.
"Klinger to Kollwitz: German Art in the Age of Expressionism," an overview of late-19th-and early-20th-century German art, will be on view at the Princeton University Art Museum from Tuesday, Jan. 29, through Sunday, June 9.
Organized by Laura M. Giles, associate curator of prints and drawings, the exhibition comprises 37 works, including loans from several private collections in Princeton and the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library. It is the first exhibition of its kind to be held at the art museum, whose German holdings were enhanced in 1990 with a major bequest from Sophie Goldberg Bargmann and Valentine Bargmann. The exhibition's large number of graphic works highlights one of the museum's less well-known strengths, while illustrating the tremendous accomplishments in original printmaking carried out in Germany at the dawn of modernism.
The title of the exhibition implies a broad historical context, addressing the variety of innovative and avant-garde styles that transformed the artistic landscape of Germany between the establishment of the Wilhelmine Empire in 1871, and Hitler's takeover of the short-lived Weimar Republic in 1933. This period of cataclysmic political and social change also witnessed the dramatic rise of the artistic movement called Expressionism.
The art museum is open to the public without charge. Free highlights tours of the collection are given every Saturday at 2 p.m. For further information, please call (609) 258-3788.
Click here for the full news release .
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ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 241, March 15, 2002
SPSoft Bioinformatics Codes on Icehawk
ARSC has installed, on a one-month trial license, Southwest Parallel Software's parallelized versions of phrap, swat, and cross_match. See:
These products are available for user evaluation on the IBM SP, in:
/usr/local/pkg/spsoft/current/bin ICEHAWK$ ls -l -rwxr-xr-x 1 root software 33903 Mar 12 14:38 phrapview -rwxr-xr-x 1 root software 1260821 Mar 12 13:12 pphrap -rwxr-xr-x 1 root software 750721 Mar 12 13:12 pswat -rwxr-xr-x 1 root software 924533 Mar 12 13:12 pxm
Set the following environment variable to access the license (the syntax given is for Korn shell users):
export LM_LICENSE_FILE=/usr/local/etc/spsoft.lic
and to use all four CPUs on a node,
export OMP_NUM_THREADS=4
If you use these products, please let us know how they work for you, by email to email@example.com .
Portable, Fast Fortran IO
[ Thanks to Jeff McAllister of ARSC for this contribution. ]
Read the title of this article again...
Sounds too good to be true. Before I tried this out I thought the tradeoff was clear. Fortran output can be:
- ASCII/formatted (abysmally slow but portable) OR
- binary/unformatted (fast but generally system-specific)
However, there is a way to combine the best attributes of both -- direct access files. They aren't as portable as ASCII, but far more so than binary. Plus they allow binary-level file performance.
There are very few changes required to convert a program which uses sequential IO to direct IO. The open statement requires a record length and each read/write must specify the record being accessed. That's it. While the order is implied for sequential access, the record number can just be a counter to achieve the same effect.
Achieving portability on Cray PVP systems requires an extra step, using Cray's "assign" statement.
Here is a demo program to read or write a direct-access file.
! ------------------------------------------------------ ! a direct-access demo program ! ------------------------------------------------------ program ftest implicit none integer,parameter::asize=5 character(len=10)::mode,statstr integer,parameter::mykind=4 ! set to 8 for 64-bit IO integer(kind=mykind) i,fsize,ierr real(kind=mykind),dimension(asize)::A ! set mode to read or write to determine program's action mode="write" !mode="read" #ifdef _CRAYSV1 ! IO on unit 66 converted to IEEE 32-bit format call asnunit(66,"-N ieee_32",ierr) ! use ieee_64 for 64-bit IO #endif ! ------------------------------------------------------ ! open the file ! ------------------------------------------------------ if (mode=="write") then statstr="replace" else statstr="old" endif open (66,file="test.file",form="unformatted",status=statstr,& recl=mykind*asize,access="direct") ! ------------------------------------------------------ ! get/set the number of records ! ------------------------------------------------------ if(mode=="write") then A=dble(0.5) fsize=30 write(66,rec=1) fsize else read (66,rec=1) fsize endif ! ------------------------------------------------------ ! main IO -- whole array ! ------------------------------------------------------ if(mode=="write") then do i=1,fsize write (66,rec=i+1) A a=a+dble(1.0) end do else do i=1,fsize read (66,rec=i+1) A print *,A end do endif close (66) ! ------------------------------------------------------ ! remove assign -- ! otherwise unit 66 will always be IEEE-converted! ! ------------------------------------------------------ #ifdef _CRAYSV1 call assign("assign -R") #endif end program ftest
In the above code the ifdef directives are executed only on the Cray SV1 which sets the _CRAYSV1 variable automatically. (See Cray's online documents, "CF90 Commands and Directives Reference Manual", section 5.3, for macros for other CRAY PVP systems.)
The assign statements are necessary to force a numeric conversion from Cray format to one conforming with the IEEE standard. (See "File Assignment: Dangerous but Useful" in issue 125:
/arsc/support/news/t3enews/t3enews125/index.xmland its followup "Safer File Assignments" in issue 192:
for more information on assign.) As the T3E, IBM, and SGIs are already IEEE compliant there is no need for assign on those platforms.
Even with the magic of assign, direct access files aren't a panacea. I've tested this between all ARSC systems. Everything works for all combinations except the Linux cluster -- files produced on that platform can only be read correctly there. However, if a machine supports the IEEE standard for numerical storage then direct access should be fine.
The following numbers should be an incentive to consider direct access files, even if ASCII is unbeatable for portability. As I pointed out in "Taming the IO Beast" issue, 236:
unformatted access is the only way to make use of faster filesystems. The poor performance of ASCII files means that performance stays at low levels no matter how fast the hardware potentially could be.
Consider, for example, results obtained from chilkoot's ssd filesystem: (your results will vary)
IO method 1 MB time 1 MB bandwidth --------- --------- -------------- single,formatted,sequential 19.5 sec .05 MB/sec single,unformatted,sequential 4.4 .23 array,formatted,sequential 1.1 .9 array,unformatted,direct .08 13.0 array,unformatted,sequential .01 90.2
My notation here:
- single=outputting only one array element at a time, array=whole array at once
- formatted=ASCII formatted output, unformatted=binary unformatted output
- sequential=default access, direct=direct-mode (aka random) access
One entry missing from the table is formatted direct access. This combination is not recommended.
Whole-array unformatted output is clearly the best for performance. Here writing one element at a time in ASCII approaches 2000x slower. The difference gets worse as file size increases. Direct access, while not as fast, is only about 7x slower. It is also about 15x faster than ASCII output. On other filesystems the difference may not be nearly as clear, but it is always significant.
In the end there is no best solution for all possible tasks. However, this tool might fit some applications better than the other options.
Even Co-Array Fortran Can't Do This...
A T3E user got the following cryptic compiler error on a bit of new co-array fortran code:
yukon$ f90 -Z prog.F90 f90-976 f90: INTERNAL PROG, File = prog.F90, Line = 728, Column = 24 Expected Dv_Deref_Opr from ptr_assign_from_pointer.
Can you spot the error? Here are the relevant variable declarations, then the line of incorrect code:
TYPE TRANS REAL*8, POINTER, DIMENSION(:,:,:) :: EN END TYPE TRANS TYPE(TRANS) T(6)[*] REAL*8, POINTER, DIMENSION(:,:,:) :: EG INTEGER, DIMENSION(6) :: P1 INTEGER(KIND=8), DIMENSION(6) :: P0 INTEGER:: M ! error here: EG => T(P1(M))[P0(M)]%EN
If this worked, it would make a pointer on one processor point to data stored on another processor. That would be pretty cool... but the language doesn't allow it.
While you can't do pointer assignments involving co-arrays, you can do regular assignments. Assuming storage had been allocated for "EG", the following statement:
Copies the contents of the array pointed to by T(P1(M))%EN on the source processor to EG on the local processor. In Co-array Fortran, you talk about "images" not "processors." Thus, this is really copying the array from image P0(M) to the local image.
Announcement from SCICOMP:
SCICOMP 5, the fifth international meeting of SCICOMP, the IBM Scientific Computing User Group, is scheduled for the week of May 6 through 10, 2002, and will be hosted by Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, England.
More information about the SCICOMP organization can be found at
http://www.spscicomp.org/index.htmland complete information about this meeting can be found at
http://www.spscicomp.org/ScicomP5/The agenda still has time slots available for user presentations, and we accept abstract submissions via the web form at
http://www.spscicomp.org/ScicomP5/userpres.htmlInformation on local lodgings and transportation are available at
http://www.spscicomp.org/ScicomP5/index.html#localinfoand you can register to attend the meeting at
The meeting web pages are updated regularly, so please check back often.
3D Printer Installed at UAF/ARSC
[This was released Feb 26...]
When we think of a computer printer, we usually think of a two-dimensional process using ink to represent text or images on paper. But, it is possible for scientists, engineers and artists to create tangible objects directly from their three-dimensional (3D) computer files.
This week, staff at the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center (ARSC) installed in the center's visualization lab, a printer capable of creating three-dimensional objects from computer files. Acquisition of such a printer was brought about through a collaborative effort between ARSC staff, UAF students and UAF researchers using funds awarded by the University's Technology Advisory Board and ARSC.
Obtaining the printer was originally the vision of local artist and ARSC visualization specialist Bill Brody. "It's basically a well-built thermal ink-jet printer that works like a computer-controlled high-resolution hot glue gun," says Brody. "It prints in the same resolution as a laser printer, but in three dimensions."
Brody, along with Computer Science/ARSC joint appointees Chris Hartman and Glenn Chappell, have been working on a three-dimensional computer-user interface that will eliminate the need for a mouse or wand when interacting with the computer. The program, called the Body Language User Interface, or BLUI, currently works similarly to a 3D drawing or sculpting program-creating files like those created by Maya, the animation program used by Hollywood studios to create computer animations and special effects in motion pictures.
Using these files, the ARSC 3D fabrication device creates objects made of casting wax. These objects can be up to 10.5x8x7 inches in size. Currently, Brody is outputting several sculptures he created using BLUI, which he will then have cast in metal. In addition, he plans to output a terrain model of the Brooks Range.
Three dimensional printers have been in use by industrial designers for several years. Doctors use this technology to prefabricate working artificial joints for replacement surgery. The Nike Corporation owns devices like this to "print" prototypes of soles for shoes. Already at UAF, there are engineers, designers and artists ready to take advantage of the new equipment to enhance and excel their research projects.
### CONTACT: ARSC Public Information Officer Jenn Wagaman, (907) 450-8662, email@example.com or Bill Brody, Visualization Specialist, (907) 474-1895, email@example.com . ARSC news releases are also available on the Web at http://www.arsc.edu/
Perl Examples
The response to last week's quick-tip calls for a full-blown article... So here goes:
# # Thanks to Richard Griswold: #
I guess I've been ruined by my exposure to Windows, but I've started using spaces in my file and directory names. This plays all kind of havoc when I try to use find/xargs to muck around with my files. Perl (or sed) come in handy here.For example, if I want to open all .c files in nedit, using the "nc" launcher (See http://www.nedit.org/ ), I could try:
find . -name "*.c" xargs ncbut, since I have spaces in my file or directory names, this can cause problems. To escape the spaces, simply do:
find . -name "*.c" perl -p -e 's/ /\\ /g' xargs ncThe -p argument tells perl apply the script to each line of the filename arguments or stdin, similar to the way sed works. The -e flag tells perl that the next argument is a one-line perl script. In this case, it is a simple regex that puts a backslash before each space.
You could do the same thing using sed:
find . -name "*.c" sed 's/ /\\ /g' xargs nc
You can also use perl to change the contents of a file in place, something that sed cannot easily do.
In one case, I had approximately 430 frames from an animation that I rendered. Since I used several systems to render portions of the animation, I had filenames like "saltyXXX.YYY.iff", where XXX was the machine number and YYY was the frame number. The problem was that the compositing software wanted filenames like "salty.YYY.iff". The only good part was that the frame numbers were all sequential, so I didn't have to renumber the files from different machines.
Since I was working on a Windows machine, I didn't have access to all the nice tools that I was used to. All hope was not lost however. Instead of renaming all the files by hand, I redirected the output from dir to a file and transferred the file to a Unix machine. There I used a couple of perl commands to transform the dir output to a batch file. Once I had a batch file, I transferred it back to the Windows machine and ran it to rename all of the files.
First I had to move each file name onto a line by itself:
perl -pi -e 's/ +/\n/' salty.batThis is similar to the previous example, but -i tells perl to read from one or more files rather than stdin. Next, I made each line into a ren statement:
perl -pi -e 's/(salty)([0-9]+)(.+)$/mv \1\2\3 \1\3/' salty.bat
This is simply a more complex regex that transforms something like "salty005.14.iff" to "ren salty005.14.iff salty.14.iff".
With two simple perl commands, I saved myself from hours of tedious manual file renaming.
# # Thanks to Kate Hedstrom: #
A little Perl example:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w while (<>) { ($lon, $lat, $depth) = split; print "$depth\n"; }
This is like a cut command, reading three columns of data and printing only the third.
This is in my .cshrc:
alias noM 'perl -i -pe "s/\015//"'use as
noM file1 [file2] ...
This deletes the control-M's from files created on a PC. For Mac files, you would need to have:
alias noMac 'perl -i -pe "s/\015/\n/g"'
The -i option is telling it to modify files in place. The -pe options tell it to behave like sed, operating on each line in turn and printing them.
Here is a little script for doing one phase of converting to f90:
#!/usr/bin/perl -i.bak # # Usage: f90_com file # # Convert to F90 comments (!), in place, saving old file to file.bak # $comment_char = '!'; # # main loop # while (<>) { # replace upper and lower case c, * if (/^[*c]/i) { substr($_,0,1) = $comment_char; } print; }
This is an example of a tiny program expanded to include built-in documentation. I learned to do this from the Work column in Server-Workstation Expert. The actual program is in these lines:
while (<>) { print eval $_; print "\n"; warn $@ if $@; }
For each line of input, evaluate the expression and print it. It is an interactive calculator somewhat like bc and dc.
The whole thing:
#!/usr//bin/perl -w use Pod::Usage; use Getopt::Long; # From the Pod::Usage man page our ($opt_help, $opt_man); GetOptions("help", "man") or pod2usage("Try '$0 --help' for more information"); pod2usage(-verbose => 1) if $opt_help; pod2usage(-verbose => 2) if $opt_man; pod2usage("Too many arges: " . @ARGV) if @ARGV > 0; while (<>) { print eval $_; print "\n"; warn $@ if $@; } __END__ pcalc - Perl calculator =head1 SYNOPSIS pcalc [--help] [--man] =head1 DESCRIPTION An interactive calculator, much like "bc -l". In addition, it supports Perl variables and syntax. =head1 OPTIONS AND ARGUMENTS =over 4 =item I<-help> Print more details about the arguments. =item I<-man> Print a full man page. =back =head1 EXAMPLE % pcalc use Math::Trig $pi = 4*atan(1) 3.14159265358979 2*$pi/24/3600 7.27220521664303e-05 =head1 AUTHOR Larry Wall From the first Camel Book. =cut
# # One from the editor: #
cat file perl -n -e "print if /start_pattern/ .. /end_pattern/"
Prints blocks of text from file. A block starts when "start_pattern" is found and continues until "end_pattern" is found. The ".." is perl's "range" operator. "-n" assumes a loop around the script but doesn't print every line, as "-p" would. Thus, only lines explicitly selected by the "if" condition are printed.
I have this function defined in my .profile file:
function range { perl -n -e "print if /$1/ .. /$2/" }Usage:
cat file range "start_pattern" "end_pattern"
Quick-Tip Q & A
A:[[ I resolve to stop using sed, awk, cut, split, complicated egrep [[ commands, etc..., in favor of perl. [[ [[ My goal is to simplify, and learn just one way to do everything. [[ [[ Can you help me get started? I'd appreciate a couple examples [[ --with explanations--of using perl on the command line or in short [[ scripts, to accomplish common unix tasks. # # See last article... # Q: Recently I was debugging a code on the SV1 using totalview. In one of the subroutines there were several matrices declared as: COMPLEX A( LDA, * ), B( LDB, * ) COMPLEX Z( LDZ, * ) Where LDA = LDB = LDZ = 147. When viewing the values, totalview displayed all the data arrays as all being dimensioned (147, 1) when in reality the sizes were A(147,147), B(147,147) and Z(147,15). I tried changing the sizes in the variable display window, but couldn't get it to work. I also found that I could type in single values to look at, say Z(15,15) and that would work. However, I'd like to be able to see the whole matrix at once. Does anyone know if this can be done?
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Yeah, she's definitely legal now! On this special day, we take this opportunity to wish a happy birthday to our favorite jailbait, oh excuse me, our favorite former jailbait! As we all know, Demi loves her to have her picture taken, as evident here in this couple of sexy photos from Demi's reckless underage years. What we can't wait to see are the photos of this darling girl spreading her legs and ass cheeks wide open as an array of huge cocks start to make their way inside her gaping love holes and give this Hollywood teen vixen something to enjoy as she humps and fucks her way until she gets that much-needed dose of fresh cum dribbling down her hungry throat. And since she's already eighteen and all, you can now browse through an array of Demi Lovato's sexy nude pictures!
We saw so much early promise in this fuckable young brunette when we first laid eyes on her in the television movie Camp Rock, also starring the Jonas Brothers, wherein this petite hottie brought in a much needed dose of sex appeal to the squeaky clean the Disney Channel movie. If you'd like to see more of this sexy birthday girl in her birthday suit, check out these Demi Lovato naked photos.


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"We give dogs time we can spare, space we can spare and love we can spare. And in return, dogs give us their all. It's the best deal man has ever made." M.Facklam
I have reservations about the privacy aspects of this program. However, using the data to support analyses of treatment efficacy, which is the conspiracy claimed in the article and the linked columns, is a no brainer. Such analyses will be welcomed by health professionals. Hospitals now perform such medical audits on a routine basis using their own records, but suffer from a lack of more comprehensive information. Similar medical audits based on more complete data should benefit all of us.
Having said that, I should disclose that over a seven year period I designed and managed a database used as the foundation for a clinical prescription prior approval program that saved tens of millions of dollars per year while improving health care for recipients. I was also responsible for implementing Medicaid payment systems used to manage several billion dollars in payments. The medical audits we performed on those data made it possible to save several hundred million dollars per year while reducing both bad care and fraudulent billing.
The issue is often not problems with individual providers but with the fragmentation of the health care delivery system. A small number of patients will go to multiple doctors and do not tell their doctors about the other care they are receiving. Sometimes this is incidental. Other times it is part of a pattern of abuse to obtain excessive prescriptions. Frequently, this fragmentation results in patients receiving excessive treatment -- most often in the form of duplicated testing -- and even dangerous treatment (e.g. related to adverse drug interactions).
These are among the benefits often linked to single payer systems for health care financing. I would not favor implementing a single payer system. However, it would be beneficial to have medical information shared across payers to obtain some of these benefits on at least a limited basis such as test results and prescriptions issued and filled.
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Badgers Women fall at Minnesota
Gophers win 53rd game in a row
MINNEAPOLIS - The No. 4-ranked Wisconsin women's hockey team lost 2-1 at Minnesota Saturday afternoon at Ridder Arena.
The Badgersheld the Golden Gophers scoreless for the first two periods thanks to team captain, and goalie, Alex Rigsby. Rigsby made 19 of her 31 saves in the first two periods to keep Minnesota scoreless.
In the third, Minnesota lit the lamp again as Kelly Terry scored her first goal of the season.
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Minnesota scored their second goal of the game with less than seven minutes remaining as Terry netted her second goal of the game.
In the final period, UW was outshot 14-5.