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They say opposites attract. And in the case of werewolves Anna Latham and Charles Cornick, they mate. The son-and enforcer-of the leader of the North American werewolves, Charles is a dominant alpha. While Anna, an omega, has the rare ability to calm others of her kind.
Now that the werewolves have revealed themselves to humans, they can't afford any bad publicity. Infractions that could have been overlooked in the past must now be punished, and the strain of doing his father's dirty work is taking a toll on Charles.
Nevertheless, Charles and Anna are sent to Boston, when the FBI requests the pack's help on a local serial killer case. They quickly realize that not only the last two victims were werewolves-all of them were. Someone is targeting their kind. And now Anna and Charles have put themselves right in the killer's sights...
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Briggs's third installation in the Alpha and Omega series (after Hunting Ground) suffuses a paranormal procedural with political conflict and relationship issues between dominant Alpha werewolf Charles Cornick and his Omega mate Anna Latham. Now that werewolves have come out to humans, Charles must act as his father's enforcer and assassin to eliminate members of the pack that stir up bad publicity. However, Charles complies not for a love of the hunt, but rather to please his father, Bran. Though the constant killing is troubling Charles, Bran sends his son and Anna to Boston to help the FBI on a decades-long paranormal serial murder investigation that soon involves black magic and the fae. Briggs enhances the excitement of the case by integrating it with Anna and Charles's relationship, the dialogue between Charles the man and his Brother Wolf, how both are affected by his hunting, and Anna's determination to help her mate. Though this thrilling page-turner occasionally suffers from Briggs's heavy-handed politics, fans of the series and newcomers alike will still find plenty of excitement to keep them happily engaged. (Mar.)


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'The Rosslyn Motet'
The Rosslyn Motet - (Complete Version - 2010) Cat:SMMRM432
Music Composed/Realised by Thomas.J.Mitchell
Produced and Scored by Stuart Mitchell
English into Latin translations by Virginia Avalon
This is your opportunity to own the complete version of the Rosslyn Motet as yet unheard in its complete form. The score has been revised to reflect in the greatest clarity the comparison between the cube symbols and the application of Chladni Patterns.
The CD also includes Stuart Mitchell's incredible account of the discoveries made in the 3 years after their translation of the music. Discover the Chladni Sound Patterns that set the score in stone for over 550 years. Musicologist and author Richard Merrick provides some fascinating incites into the natural laws of music and resonance which explains how the ancients knew about and incorporated these sciences of sound and geometry into there lives and art.
Available from 6th September 2010 from Stuart Mitchell Music
The Edinburgh Renaissance Band Website
Digital Download and PDF booklet featuring author Richard Merrick
Special Book & Audio Download Price
YouTube Video demonstration of Cymatics similarity to the cubes
Cymatics Video
This video presentation is an interesting comparison made between the patterns produced by certain pitches and frequencies in Cymatics and the symbols on the faces of the cubes. Tommy's assigned note of the pitch can be heard in the voices of the choir as it merges with the pitch of the cymatics demonstration. If you listen closely to the pitch of the oscillator (humming the pitch to yourself) you will hear the first note of the choir and its relevant cube, are the same.
You might want to turn down your volume control as the pitch gets quite high and loud toward the end of this video.
Cymatics Demonstration by John Reid www.cymascope.com of how it was possible to create these patterns in Rosslyn in the 15th Century.
Symbol (I) Pitch 'C'
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Rosslyn Chapels Arches and Cube Layout
Click on the image for an accurate diagram of the designers plan and layout of the arches and cubes.
Our interpretation of the music begins at The Apprentice Pillar and runs a sequence from left to right (South to North)
T.J.Mitchell and Stuart - Composers/Realisation of The Rosslyn Motet
As seen on Channel 4's Decoding Da Vinci, More
4, Fuji Television, Classic FM and 'Secrets of the Code' a film released by
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Thomas.J.Mitchell - Music and Artworks
We recommend Rosslyn and the Grail for an accurate and warming description of the history of Rosslyn Chapel.
Rosslyn and the Grail (Hardcover)
Theres no doubt about it:
the [Rosslyn] music is gravely beautiful in its relative simplicity, and
credibly ancient.
BBC Radio 4 Today Program - Interview with Tommy and Stuart at Rosslyn Chapel 30th of April 2007
ABC News Video Report on The Rosslyn Motet featuring Tommy and Stuart
A Symbolic Symphony in Stone - 'Frozen Music'
Rosslyn Chapel holds a musical mystery in its architecture and design. At one end of the chapel, on the ceiling are 4 cross-sections of arches containing elaborate symbolic designs on each array of cubes (in actual fact they are rectangles mostly). The 'cubes' are attached to the arches in a musically sequential way. And to confirm this, at the ends of each arch there is an angel playing a musical instrument of a different kind. After 27 years of study and research by Stuart's father Thomas.J.Mitchell, we believe he has found the pitches and tonality that match the symbols on each cube, revealing its melodic and harmonic progressions. It is what we could call 'frozen music', a little like cryogenics. The music has been frozen in time by symbolism, it was only a matter of time before the symbolism began to 'thaw out' and begin to make sense to scientific and musical perception.
Tommy Mitchell (Stuart's father) unravelled the music from the symbolism and Stuart has produced the music using authentic instrumentation in the 1400's.
Tommy began work on this amazing project over 25 years ago and the Rosslyn Motet is the culmination of a wonderful collaboration with his son Stuart who is the production manager of the project.
What does it sound like?
This is the most important aspect of the entire project for most people and is best explained by listening to the music. The unusual combination of instruments, their dynamics, tunings and textures re-create a sound long forgotten from the past. The melodies are simple but harmonically develops and unfolds in the most simplistic but charming way. The sequential arrangement of the cubes at many times is a series of repeated notes/symbols signifying a more functional than aesthetic sense to the music. Sometimes it sounds a bit like a 'nursery rhyme' and there is also a feeling of a 'Celtic air' about the music, possibly connected to Orkney where the Sinclair's home once was. We will be recording the piece as authentically as possible using instruments and the correct Pythagorean medieval tunings of the 1400's.
Concealed Music?
Why would anyone want to hide music? Could it be threatening or dangerous to someone or something? Unless it was very special piece that contained magical, harmonic and resonant properties that resonated in sympathy with spiritual beliefs. Was this music 'outlawed' by the Catholic church for some reason?
Or perhaps the music was not concealed at all and it is simply a musical language awaiting a musician to understand its meaning.
These are some of the questions Tommy has approached in his research and has discovered some fascinating and historical aspects to this elusive musical enigma.
Tommy's new book describes the research and findings he has made within the symbolism of the cubes and will be available in Autumn 2006.The book explains in detail how he discovered the pitches to the cubes and its symbolic musical significance through the law of resonance and sacred geometry.
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The expressions are priceless. You should be able to make a fortune doing photos like this. Thanks for the smiles.
It's been a long time since we've seen photos of your dogs as fashion models!
Wootube! is now available as a book! You can order your very own copy here.
I hope it will be the first of many. This is a small sample of some of my favourite funny Wootube tales … I have another batch to publish, but I didn't want to make the book huge / prohibitively expensive. And then I hope to move on to more serious book(s).
Just wanted to say hi! and confess that I have become addicted to Three Woofs and a Woo. It's true. I have begun recommending it to my fellow dog cult members at the dog park. I am working from home right now, transcribing research interviews, and I use 3W&W as my break time.
i don't want you to go back to work, either, because i imagine this means you won't be updating your blog quite as often! :(
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RDM, you get some of the greatest photos EVER. Just love looking at your blog pics - my enjoyment is much enhanced by your commentary, naturally, but the pics would certainly be enough on their own!
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You are obviously a very engaging writer, you take great pics, and your dogs... well words barely describe their wonder... have you ever thought about taking these antics and making them into childrens books. Something to the idea of 3 woofs and a woo: fifa goes missing. Or 3 woofs and a woo: look out hollywood. Just a thought.
Finally, on your blog there is a spot to look at all the wonderful Woo shots. aaahhhh. beautiful.
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Every time you breathe, you probably inhale a few trace amounts of methane, one of the most powerful and important gases on the planet.
Methane, at its core, is fairly simple: It's just one carbon molecule surrounded by four hydrogen molecules. Although it is not one of the primary gases in our atmosphere — those would be nitrogen, oxygen and argon — it's probably the most plentiful organic compound on the planet. But even though it's everywhere, you would never know it's there, as methane is colorless, odorless and tasteless.
Don't let its invisibility fool you, though. Methane could have major roles — both good and bad — in the future of life on Earth.
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Methane is a natural substance that can be produced over time through biological routes — that's what creates natural gas, of which methane is the primary component — through technological processes or other synthetic means. If produced underground, it can last for millennia. Once in the atmosphere, it will break down in anywhere from nine to 15 years as it is exposed to oxygen and water vapor.
But while it's in the atmosphere, it's pretty potent stuff. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), methane is more than 20 times more effective at trapping in heat than carbon dioxide, making it one of the most potent greenhouse gases contributing to global warming. The EPA says methane accounts for 16 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions produced by human activities such as natural gas systems, landfills, coal mining and manure-management systems.
But at the same time, methane — especially as a component of natural gas — is an important fuel source, one that produces fewer greenhouse gases when it is burned than coal or oil.
Methane's potential as energy
Methane is rapidly become the go-to way to power the world. According to the U.S. Energy Administration, Americans today got 25 percent of their energy from natural gas in 2011, while coal represented just 20 percent — quite a drop from the 50 percent of a few years ago. Meanwhile, the U.S. produced more natural gas than coal in 2011 for the first time since 1981.
While still a nonrenewable resource, natural gas produces fewer dangerous emissions than coal. According to the EPA, natural gas "produces half as much carbon dioxide, less than a third as much nitrogen oxides, and 1 percent as much sulfur oxides at the power plant."
Natural gas has a lot of potential outside of power plants. It can also be compressed to run vehicles, and there's a growing field of research to create batteries powered by methane. The methane from landfills can also be tapped to generate energy, as can the methane emitted by manure on hog farms. In the latter cases, where the methane is produced through biological means, it is actually more sustainable than natural gas and it puts to use materials that would otherwise go to waste to generate electricity.
Methane's risk to the climate
Unfortunately, burning natural gas for fuel releases methane into the atmosphere, where it contributes to climate change. Meanwhile, the very production of natural gas is also a methane risk, as much of the gas escapes during the fossil fuel exploration process. This may have been under control for a while, and a recent study by NASA found that greenhouse gases from the 1980s through 2005 tapered off because less methane was escaping during the exploration process.
Unfortunately, atmospheric methane levels have been on the rise since 2007, and some scientists theorize that the growth of "fracking" may have a role in that. A petition filed Sept. 11 with the Bureau of Land Management by the Center for Biological Diversity, Western Environmental Law Center and Clean Air Task Force seeks to require companies to reduce the amount of methane that leaks out during the fracking process. According to a press release put out by the organizations, about 126 billion cubic feet of gas are vented and flared from federal natural gas leases on public land each year.
Methane isn't a bad gas in and of itself, but mankind is pushing more of it into the atmosphere than ever before. Understanding where it comes from and developing ways to mitigate it will play an important role in maintaining the Earth's climate for the future.
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Stadium financing gets a new game planJanuary 11, 2014 8:24 PM
Pete Clarke has been a county commissioner in Florida for less than two years. Long before that, he had already grown tired of wealthy sports teams asking overextended taxpayers to subsidize their stadiums.
So when a semi-pro soccer team came to Orange County taxpayers last year asking for help building an $84 million stadium in Orlando, Mr. Clarke countered with a novel idea:
If the taxpayers make a significant investment in the team, they should get equity in the team in return.
The proposal -- which he sent in a memo to county Mayor Teresa Jacobs and his six fellow commissioners -- received a lot of attention. Sports website Deadspin called it "the best idea for stadium financing we've ever heard." Another called it a "new spin" on stadium financing.
"You get kind of tired of these folks coming to the trough so often," Mr. Clarke said in a phone interview last week.
The proposal ultimately died. The state constitution bars government entities from owning certain private enterprises, as it would in Pennsylvania. But Mr. Clarke believes the proposal -- and his stance that taxpayers get more from the investment -- helped convince the soccer club to commit to $200,000 in annual payments to the county in return for a $20 million investment, in addition to annual rent.
"The cost is outrageous," he said. "I would certainly like to look for a push to make it tougher for these folks to use tax dollars."
Pittsburgh and Allegheny County were not as demanding when they negotiated financing deals for Heinz Field and PNC Park. The city and county contributed $461 million toward the construction of the two stadiums that opened in 2001 -- all while owing more on Three Rivers Stadium ($40 million) than it initially cost to build ($35 million).
In return, each team has a lease with the Sports and Exhibition Authority, a joint venture of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. The Pirates pay $100,000 annually to the SEA in addition to percentages of ticket revenue that exceed certain levels. The Steelers do not have a flat rent, but they pay portions of ticket sales and income from non-football events held at Heinz Field.
"The main thing to say about the leases is that we were able to achieve our main objectives with them, developing outstanding facilities, relieving the public of the day-to-day operating costs and securing long-term commitments of the teams," said SEA executive director Mary Conturo. "A lease negotiation is always a matter of give and take, and it's possible to imagine better terms."
But she said the SEA's leases with the teams compare favorably when compared to other agreements of the time.
The Steelers and Pirates retain most of the revenue generated at Heinz Field and PNC Park, including 100 percent of the naming rights -- $57 million for Heinz Field and $30 million for PNC Park. The Steelers contributed $76.5 million toward the $281 million Heinz Field price tag. The Pirates contributed $40 million toward PNC Park's $262 million construction.
The Steelers contend that tax payments to city, county and state governments are on track to more than pay back the public investment. Most economists, though, say that tax revenue would be realized regardless because entertainment dollars are fungible -- if people aren't spending their dollars at football stadiums, they are spending their money at restaurants and movie theaters.
"Such promotional studies overstate the economic impact of a facility because they confuse gross and net economic effects," economists Roger Noll and Andrew Zimbalist wrote in a 1997 report. "Most spending inside a stadium is a substitute for other local recreational spending, such as movies and restaurants. Similarly, most tax collections inside a stadium are substitutes: as other entertainment businesses decline, tax collections from them fall."
"They're just recirculating the same dollars," Mr. Clarke said. "Do families go to the movie or do they go to a soccer game?"
Pittsburgh and Allegheny County weren't alone. In the stadium construction boom that started in the 1990s, dozens of stadiums and arenas were built using mostly public dollars.
And public investment started long before that. A Deadspin analysis concluded that 186 professional football, baseball, basketball and hockey stadiums and arenas built in the Untied States between 1909 and 2012 were built with 61 percent public funding.
What was new about this trend that started in the '90s, however, is that the public return on the investments began to shrink. Rent payments dwindled while construction and capital maintenance costs skyrocketed, and teams dumped their old stadiums in favor of new ones with more revenue-producing opportunities, such as suites and high-tech scoreboards.
Yet the investments continued, partly because politicians did not want to be blamed when teams left town and partly because government officials wanted a project that conveyed progress.
"Local officials like building big shiny things they can point to. Slightly reducing kindergarten class sizes is harder to put a plaque on," said Neil deMause, who co-wrote the book "Field of Schemes," published in 1998, and operates FieldOfSchemes.com, which both deal with the dangers of public stadium financing.
Before he worked as a politician, Mr. Clarke watched the Orlando Magic basketball team tap taxpayers to build two stadiums, costing more than $500 million in public money.
"I do not want another example of the county expending millions of dollars and watching from the sidelines, as our investment climbs in value without the prospects of our taxpayers benefitting," Mr. Clarke wrote in his memo about the proposed soccer stadium.
His proposal caught the eye of many economists who have long argued taxpayers should seek more for their investments.
"I've been saying for a long time that the problem isn't public financing of stadiums," Mr. deMause said. "The problem is the public is putting up a lot of the money and the owners are getting all of the profits."
Economists also see issues with Mr. Clarke's proposal that would prevent taxpayers from owning teams in the future. Most North American leagues are quick to ban publicly owned franchises, with the famous exception of the Green Bay Packers, which have been publicly owned since 1923.
"Public ownership leads to the finances of the team becoming public information, and they don't want that," Mr. Noll, an economics professor emeritus at Stanford University, said in a phone interview last week.
Other states, as is the case with Florida and Pennsylvania, could prohibit such a public-private venture as well.
But the proposal is part of a larger movement among government entities to be more cautious when doling out funds that benefit sports teams.
Consol Energy Center was built late last decade using minimal public dollars -- in part because there was not much of a political appetite for another taxpayer-subsidized stadium. The Penguins still benefit from public assets, however, retaining exclusive development rights to the former Civic Arena site.
"The political pressure is changing," said J.C. Bradbury, an economics professor and department chair of exercise science and sports management at Kennesaw State University in Georgia. He has noticed that change near Atlanta, where the Braves are seeking to build a new baseball stadium and the Falcons are seeking to build a new football stadium.
"There has to be more of a national push to stop this foolishness," Mr. Clarke said. "To me, it's just foolishness. Let the owners build them. If the owners had half a billion tied up in an arena, how likely are they to leave? Not very likely."
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Hey, how you doing son?
- Not so good dad
Uh, well
Why don't we go inside, we'll have a glass a milk,
and you tell me about it
He just said, "I'm sorry, but we're not hiring right now."
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Courses in the biomedicine graduate program fall into various categories, which are described by their lettered prefixes and numbering system. Some of the science courses are dual-listed, that is they are found both in the undergraduate and in the graduate curriculum. While their descriptions and much of their content is similar, the graduate version of the course involves more in depth work and a greater amount of content in comparison to the undergraduate course.
The graduate numbering system for these dual-listed courses are the 500s and their undergraduate designation (department and undergraduate number) are also listed. Generally the number series, 500s and 600s reflect progressive increases in course complexity or difficulty. Courses designated with an asterisk (*) are alternate year courses; scheduled offering semester indicated in [brackets].
Course letter designations
Core science courses in biomedicine that is typically required with some exceptions. If the BMC number is in the 500s, it is dual-listed as an undergraduate course typically in biology, chemistry, biochemistry, or physics and has additional graduate requirements from the undergraduate course. Courses numbering 600's are graduate courses only.
Cross-discipline studies course in social science, cross-cultural practicum, or ethics/theology. The cross-cultural practicum and social science course requirement are unique for this program. Specific ethics/theology courses are typically cross-listed as seminary courses with CTT or CTE designations and are offered at various times.
Science or mathematics course that is an elective. Some are dual-listed as undergraduate courses with additional graduate requirements, others are graduate level only. To enhance transdisciplinary education, the elective selection array is very broad and represents multiple academic disciplines including biology, chemistry, biochemistry, physics, and psychology.
Course in healthcare management concentration which is typically cross-listed as MBA courses in the MBA program or graduate nursing program.
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Q: To what or whom would you dedicate this collection, or what inspired this collection?
A: So many things! A lot of my fabric and illustration designs come from some kind of solution I want to find. Two years ago I was dreaming of pirates and mermaids, but I wanted it to have a feminine edge and feel a little sweeter than normal. Pirates of Penzance inspired me to get into the nautical theme with a balance between the girl and boy feel that is incorporated into my fabric collections. I couldn't just have pirate boys, I needed pirate girls too! After that, came the color. I've been on a navy and pink kick since last year and when I saw that navy was coming back, I jumped right into it. Navy and pink was the perfect solution to a girly nautical line. Then came my favorite boy colors: blue, grey and deep orange, and there it was! The perfect children's nautical collection for both boys and girls!
Q: What is your favorite project using this collection?
A: Well, from my Quilt Market booth, I'd have to say the covered chair in the map fabric. The map fabric is so versatile, and it's so fun for me to think of kids "sitting on top of the world!"
A: Anything from Pirates of Penzance. I'm a Musical Theater lover, and the music always makes me smile. Although, the Pirate Girls Nine song by They Might Be Giants actually inspired me to make a pirate girl's design, so that counts too.
Q: If you could live in a movie, what movie would it be?
A: Chocolat with Juliette Binoche.
A: The ocean, cottages, old books, windy roads and spending time in my favorite childhood spots.
Q: What is your favorite TV show of all time?
A: I'm not a TV watcher, but Downtown Abbey has me hooked.
Q: If you could be a modern day fictional character, who would you be?
A: The Country Bunny, not in how many children she had, but in how darn clever she was at being a mom and a career woman. That rabbit has some major skills.
A: I was mistaken for Angela Lansbury once for a show I was in. Our microphones shared the same dial (she was in the theater next door) and the mic guy said I sounded "good and proper".


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The Virtualization Overview provides an excellent perspective of Microsoft's overall vision for virtualization as well as the options and advantages organizations have by taking this approach.
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The "Microsoft Virtualization for VMware Professionals" Jump Start is specially tailored for VMware and Microsoft virtualization technology pros. This cutting-edge course features expert instruction and real-world demonstrations of Hyper-V, many components of the System Center Suite, including VMM 2012, and a myriad of VDI solutions. This course is designed for Data Center Managers, IT Professionals, IT Decision Makers, Network Administrators, Storage/Infrastructure Administrators & Architects. Expert IT infrastructure consultant, Corey Hynes, and Microsoft Technical Evangelist, Symon Perriman, leveraged an engaging "team teaching" approach which makes the class as entertaining as it is educational.
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Everywhere you pedal, Burley's Nomad is your ideal tag-along. Its simple-to-use hitch and two-wheel design offer reliability on and off the road without compromising bike handling. And, with a generous 100-pound hauling capacity, this sub-15-pound cargo trailer totes tons of gear. Tent. Hibachi. Cooler? Now there's no excuse to leave anything home!
• Two-wheel design keeps the trailer upright and stable
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Have owned this trailer for over a year. Have used it for grocery runs and have had no problem hauling twenty pounds of provisions home. On our recent 200-plus mile C&O trail trip, we found the trailer indestructible. We suffered five flats in five days on our bikes but the trailer came through the experience unscathed. Great product, highly recommended.
I mostly use it to carry things to the local airport to work on my plane or go flying. I tow it behind my recumbent Trike and don't even know it's there unless I see it in the rear view mirror. The cover is great also. The two things that I have needed to change are the flag holder and the interior base. The flag base just sticks into a slot in the fabric. The flag is tall and with any cross wind at all it can bend way over into the opposing bike lane and could also whack pedestrians without you even knowing it. I just use the 1/2 length and that is fine as I have a tall flag on the Trike. The bottom of the carrier is just fabric material and I would worry about heavy items tearing a seam and falling through. I just made a cardboard cutout out of the box it arrived in and inserted it in the bottom to provide more support.
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This would be a decent trailer if the hitch mechanism was engineered properly but, alas, it is not. Just like a trailer hitch for a car, a bike hitch needs to have 3 axes of rotation (pitch, roll, and yaw to use aerospace terminology) in order to prevent unnecessary stress on the trailer and/or bike and ensure tire-surface contact. The hitch and ironically-named "flex connector" only provide one axis of movement, that being turning or yaw. It might be possible to get pitch rotation if the hitch slides between the bike axle mount and axle nut/quick-release, which it will do given that the trailer will function like a lever in such cases, but that means metal grinding on metal which would cause metal wear, loosening of the axle, and basically ruin the bike. There is a little play in the flex connector due mostly to the bolt holding the connector to the tow arm and the pin holding the connector to the hitch being slightly smaller in diameter than the mounting holes in the connector, but only a few degrees, which I think would really only be useful if one is riding on completely flat terrain and making very slight turns. Burley's classic hitch that mounts to the bike frame doesn't appear to be any more flexible, despite replies to the contrary by a Burley employee on their website, though to be fair I haven't taken a look at one close up and have drawn this conclusion from looking at photographs. I might be completely wrong about this, but from what I know of engineering and machines in general, combined with my first-hand experiences having this trailer hitched to my bike, I strongly believe that the hitch mechanism will cause damage to both the bike and the trailer over time. However, the trailer itself seems decent, and you might be able to find or make a proper 3-axis hitch. But considering the price of this trailer, it doesn't seem worth it to me.
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I've pulled this trailer on at least 5 500+ mile trips. My bike has fallen over a few times and the hitch just won't twist and break. I've hit a landscape rock with a wheel and flipped the trailer and nothing broke. I've hit a concrete planter at [...], which stopped the bike and almost threw me off the bike and the trailer was not damaged.I would not say that it is waterproof, so when riding for hours in the rain, water can get splashed in from cars, and from the bike's rear wheel. I use a sheet of Tyvek to cover my gear for extra protection.Wheel bearings are sealed cartridge type and I have had no issues with them. Last year I had no issue going down hills in Quebec rather fast (up to 50 MPH) with no shimmy or wobble.At times when I want a bit more of a workout, I'll pull a 50 pound bag of sand and hit the hills.Finally, I think car drivers give you plenty of extra room because they think that you are probably pully some sort of Burley kid trailer!
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This is a wonderful peice of equipment, as well engineered and made as a top of the line bike. Attaches securely and quickly with existing QR or wheel bolt and the hitch is STRONG. Comes with Big Apple tires and heavy duty wheels.Fabric construction is heavy weight and aluminum frame is strong. Easily will carry the 100lbs rating, enough room for overnight camping and has side pockets and a divider inside. Tracks quietly and with your load balanced you won't know it's there. Folds flat when not used. Optional cargo rack for top is great for fishing poles or whatever oversized thing you have. I put a piece of light plywood on the fabric floor to avoid wear and holes. This is not a toy but a true quality peice of equipment. Not for off-road or single track.
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This trailer is comparable to a high end bike in construction, design, and ease of use. Behind my Catrike it tracks perfectly with no sway, easily can carry 100 lbs with the load balanced over the axle and is silent. I sometimes forget its back there. This is not for use off-road but handles street and rails to trails perfectly. I use it for 3-4 day camping treks and have never been disappointed.
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Used it on our ten-day self-supported Michigan trip pulled by our tandem. It is lightweight and tracks perfectly. Tracking offset keeps you from allowing one wheel to drop off the road edge. We are buying the rack to eliminate the need for front panniers. [...]
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ARSC T3D Users' Newsletter 35, May 12, 1995
Correction of Tuesday Test Times
Last week I explained the situation about how T3D jobs do not survive downtimes on the Y-MP. Virginia Bedford, the ARSC Systems Manager, corrects my information to say that on Tuesdays when the machine is taken down for testing, the machine is shutdown at 6:00 PM and that only the warning is sent at 5:30.
NAG for the T3DLast week from HPCwire, I got this notice:
> Subject: 5448 Cray Research/NAG in Agreement for PVM & Fortran 77 Libraries May 1 > > Cray Research/NAG in Agreement for PVM & Fortran 77 Libraries May 1 > CONTRACTS/VENTURES HPCwire > ============================================================================= > > Eagan, Minn. -- A five-year agreement has been inked between Cray Research, > Inc. and the Numerical Algorithms Group, Ltd. (NAG) of Oxford, UK, to bundle > NAG library software with Cray's CRAY T3D Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) > supercomputers and successor systems. > > As part of the agreement, all new and existing CRAY T3D system customers > will be given a free, one year license for both NAG's new parallelized PVM > library and its widely used Fortran 77 library. The agreement covers > successor MPP systems from Cray as well as new versions of the NAG software > until the year 2000. > > Through this agreement, customers who use existing NAG library-based > applications on other computer systems can more easily transfer them to the > CRAY T3D and future Cray Research MPP systems. NAG and Cray officials expect > development and porting efforts for new and existing MPP applications to be > accelerated with the use of these libraries on the CRAY T3D and successor > Cray MPP systems. > > "The new PVM Library is the ideal vehicle for CRAY T3D system users to > drive the parallel architecture hard in computationally demanding > applications," noted Brian Ford, director of NAG. "The agreement strengthens > our relationship with Cray Research and will help keep NAG at the forefront > of solutions for high-performance computing." > > According to Irene Qualters, senior vice president of software for Cray > Research and acting head of Supercomputing Systems Division, "Cray Research > provides the most powerful and efficient parallel application development > environment in the industry. We actively foster the development of parallel > libraries which we consider to be essential tools in expanding the usefulness > of parallel systems for customers' applications. This agreement with NAG will > enhance our parallel environment and the value of our MPP systems." > > The NAG Fortran 77 library features over 1,100 user-callable routines > covering all the important areas of mathematical and statistical computation. > The latest version is at Mark 16 and the agreement assures users receive > regular upgrades to future releases. > > The NAG PVM library has been specifically produced for distributed memory > parallel machines and workstation clusters. It offers considerably greater > speed of execution over conventional sequential numerical software. The PVM > library makes use of the Basic Linear Algebra Communications Subprograms > (BLACS) and PVM for message passing and includes areas such as optimization, > dense linear algebra (including ScaLAPACK), spare linear algebra, random > number generators, and quadrature. The library is aimed at users with large > problems that make efficient use of the increased processing power and memory > capacity of multiple processor systems. The math implemented in this library > is used for high-performance computing in Grand Challenge research, as well > as by NAG's customers in the aerospace, financial, petroleum and utilities > industries. > > For more information, contact Mardi Larson of Cray Research at 612/683-3538 > or Terry Burgess of NAG at 011 44 1 865 511245. > > Copyright 1995 HPCwire.I have contacted CRI and am waiting for details that should be out soon.
Tridiagonal Solvers on the T3DIn newsletter #29 (3/31/95), I announced the availability of benchlib on the ARSC T3D. The sources for these libraries are available on the ARSC ftp server in the file:
pub/submissions/libbnch.tar.ZThe compiled libraries are also available on Denali in:
/usr/local/examples/mpp/lib/lib_32.a /usr/local/examples/mpp/lib/lib_scalar.a /usr/local/examples/mpp/lib/lib_util.a /usr/local/examples/mpp/lib/lib_random.a /usr/local/examples/mpp/lib/lib_tri.a /usr/local/examples/mpp/lib/lib_vect.aand the sources are available in:
/usr/local/examples/mpp/src.In previous newsletters, I've described the contents of some of the libraries:
#30 (4/7/95) - the "pref" routine of lib_util.a #33 (4/28/95) - the fast scalar math routines in lib_scalar.a #34 (5/05/95) - the fast vector math routines in lib_vector.aIn this newsletter, I will describe the routines in lib_tri.a and compare them to the tridiagonal solvers in LINPACK and LAPACK that run of the T3D.
BackgroundMany applications require the solution to a tridiagonal system of linear equations. Rather than program this task yourself, it might be more efficient to use a library routine available on the T3D. A system of linear equations that is "tridiagonal" looks something like the following matrix equation:
A * x = bwhere with matrix and vectors expanded:
d1 u1 0 0 0 0 0 0 x1 b1 l2 d2 u2 0 0 0 0 0 x2 b2 0 l3 d3 u3 0 0 0 0 x3 b3 0 0 l4 d4 u4 0 0 0 * x4 = b4 0 0 0 l5 d5 u5 0 0 x5 b5 0 0 0 0 l6 d6 u6 0 x6 b6 0 0 0 0 0 l7 d7 u7 x7 b7 0 0 0 0 0 0 l8 d8 x8 b8The task for such problems is to find values for the vector x that solves the matrix equation. Because of the large number of zeros and the regular pattern of nonzero elements in the matrix A, special algorithms can be used to reduce the storage and the number of floating point operations required to solve this equation. In this case, both the storage requirements and number of floating point operations are proportional to the number of unknowns. In contrast, using the full dense linpack solver for the same matrix equation will require storage proportional to the square of the number of unknowns and the floating point operations required will be proportional to the cube of the number of unknowns.
It is the usual convention that:
vector b (b1,b2,b3,...) is called the right hand side vector x (x1,x2,c3,...) is called the solution vector vector l (l2,l3,l4,...) is called the subdiagonal vector d (d1,d2,d3,...) is called the main diagonal vector u (u1,u2,u3,...) is called the supradiagonal.This matrix is called symmetric if l[i + 1] = u[i] for all values of i. For a problem where the values of l, d and u may be arbitrary, the algorithm for solving the matrix equation should have a pivoting strategy to insure as numerically accurate a solution as possible. But in many important problems the values of l, d and u are such that no pivoting is required for such a numerically accurate solution. One such important problem, is when the matrix is symmetric and the values of the diagonal "dominate" the off diagonal elements. For tridiagonal matrices this is when:
abs(d[i]) > abs(u[i - 1) + abs(l[i + 1])and
abs(d[i]) > abs(u[i]) + abs(l[i])Sometimes, when tridiagonal solvers are implemented in Fortran, we have a two dimensional A declared as:
REAL A( N, 3 )where each column of the corresponding to a column of the array:
A( 2:N, 1 ) is the subdiagonal l A( 1:N, 2 ) is the main diagonal d A( 1:N-1, 3 ) is the supradiagonal u
The Routines AvailableThere are two routines for tridiagonal systems in LINPACK, SGTSL and SPTSL. SGTSL solves the general case with pivoting and SPTSL is the special case where the matrix is symmetric and also does not require pivoting. Typical calls to these routines look like:
SGTSL( N, A(1,1), A(1,2), A(1,3), RHS, INFO )and
SPTSL( N, A(1,1), A(1,2), RHS )where RHS holds on input the right hand side and on output the solution vector. There are man pages on both these routines on Denali but because Linpack is not part of /mpp/lib/libsci.a (Newsletter #25) these routines must be gotten in source form from Oak Ridge National Labs (ftp address: netlib2.cs.utk.edu).
The SPTSL algorithm has another nice feature in that it is a "BABE" algorithm. BABE stands for "Burn At Both Ends", meaning that the Gaussian Elimination starts at both corners of the matrix and proceeds to the middle of the matrix. This reduces the overhead of loop control by a factor of two and gives the compiler or assembly language programmer more instructions to schedule.
In LAPACK, there are routines that solve the same problems as the above LINPACK routines but they have more features. The main extension of the LAPACK routines is that these routines divide the entire algorithm into two steps:
- Forming an LU factorization of the matrix
- Using the factorization to solve for multiple right hand sides
CALL SGTTRF(N,A(1,1),A(1,2),A(1,3),D2,IPIV,INFO1) !factor CALL SGTTRS('N',N,1,A(1,1),A(1,2),A(1,3),D2,IPIV,S,N,INFO2) !solveand for the symmetric case without pivoting:
CALL SPTTRF( N, A( 1, 2 ), A( 1, 1 ), INFO1 ) !factor CALL SPTTRS( N, 1, A( 1, 2 ), A( 1, 1 ), R, N, INFO2 ) !solveAgain, there are comprehensive manpages on Denali and these routines are available in both /lib/libsci.a (Y-MP) and /mpp/lib/libsc.a (T3D).
In BENCHLIB, there are three routines for solving the nonsymmetric case that requires no pivoting (for example the diagonally dominant case.) In this sense the problem solved by the BENCHLIB routines is a middle problem between the general and symmetric cases described above. (Of course the symmetric case is a special case of this middle problem where subdiagonal and supradiagonal are the same.)
The three versions are:
trisol_f.f a Fortran version trisol_s.s an assembly language version trisol.divs.s an assembly language version that uses a faster but less accurate divide algorithmI was unable to get the last two versions to produce correct answers so I abandoned them and concentrated on trisol_f.f. A typical call looks like:
trisol( B, RHS, N, 1. )where B is the transpose of the matrix used in the LINPACK and LAPACK routines. That is, we have declared storage for the three diagonals as:
REAL B( 3, N )This is a really interesting idea. To maintain good cache performance the three values needed at one step of the Gaussian elimination are either in the same cache line or in adjacent cache lines. In contrast the storage arrangement in the LINPACK and LAPACK routines describes the diagonals with the same offset from three different memory locations. This method opens three streams to memory and when the BABE algorithm is implemented as in SPTSL, six streams to memory.
I have modified the library in /usr/local/examples/mpp/lib/lib_tri.a to call this Fortran version and I have examples that work for me. (The 1. in the calling sequence seems to be an artifact from debug runs that the developer left in the library routine.) The readme file supplied with the source is in: /usr/local/examples/mpp/lib/src/trisol.
Timing ResultsEach of the 5 routines solve a slightly different problem but to generate some timing considerations I chose solving a problem that wasn't exactly "diagonally dominant". The problem I chose was:
2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 x1 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 x2 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 x3 4 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 * x4 = 4 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 x5 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 x6 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 x7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 x8 3The solution vector should be all ones and all 5 routines solved a range of problems without noticeable differences in errors. Here is a table giving the times for SPTSL and the other 4 as ratios compared to the SPTSL time.
Table of comparison of times for tridiagonal solvers routines on the T3D for one right side and a diagonally dominant matrix <-------------Ratio of Times------------------> Order of Time for SGTSL/ (SPTTRF+SPTTRS) (SGTTRF+SPTTRS) TRISOLF/ Tridiag. SPTSL SPTSL /SPTSL /SPTSL SPTSL System (seconds) 1 0.000005 1.07 4.76 5.84 0.17 2 0.000007 1.25 2.83 4.73 1.03 3 0.000008 1.21 2.57 4.21 0.88 4 0.000009 1.35 2.53 4.26 1.15 5 0.000012 1.16 2.04 3.28 0.85 6 0.000012 1.25 2.16 3.38 0.99 7 0.000013 1.29 2.02 3.18 0.94 8 0.000014 1.22 1.97 3.03 0.91 9 0.000016 1.25 5.24 2.92 0.87 10 0.000018 1.25 1.74 2.63 0.85 20 0.000028 1.32 1.51 2.28 0.82 30 0.000041 1.31 1.34 2.07 0.76 40 0.000052 1.34 1.29 1.96 0.84 50 0.000064 1.36 1.23 1.91 0.87 60 0.000075 1.37 1.24 1.89 0.87 70 0.000087 1.35 1.18 1.85 0.88 80 0.000100 1.35 1.16 1.84 0.83 90 0.000110 1.37 1.17 1.88 0.88 100 0.000124 1.35 1.16 1.82 0.84 200 0.000244 1.34 1.09 1.77 0.81 300 0.000368 1.35 1.09 1.78 0.79 400 0.000495 1.36 1.08 1.78 0.79 500 0.000636 1.33 1.06 1.73 0.79 600 0.000761 1.35 1.08 1.73 0.82 700 0.000906 1.34 1.07 1.69 0.82 800 0.001030 1.36 1.08 1.69 0.82 900 0.001181 1.34 1.06 1.71 0.81 1000 0.001382 1.28 1.01 1.56 0.76 2000 0.002694 1.37 1.03 1.59 0.82 4000 0.005470 1.35 1.03 1.57 0.81 8000 0.011042 1.34 1.02 1.55 0.81 10000 0.014046 1.32 1.00 1.52 0.82From this table we can make a few observations:
- The LAPACK routines have much more functionality than the LINPACK routines but the price of that functionality is speed.
- The TRISOL Fortran routine of BENCHLIB implements the same algorithm as the SPTSL routine of LINPACK, but had a performance improvement due to its data structure for the matrix because it improves cache performance.
- The overhead of a pivoting strategy seems about 30% to 50% over the nonpivoting routines.
List of Differences Between T3D and Y-MPThe current list of differences between the T3D and the Y-MP is:
- Data type sizes are not the same (Newsletter #5)
- Uninitialized variables are different (Newsletter #6)
- The effect of the -a static compiler switch (Newsletter #7)
- There is no GETENV on the T3D (Newsletter #8)
- Missing routine SMACH on T3D (Newsletter #9)
- Different Arithmetics (Newsletter #9)
- Different clock granularities for gettimeofday (Newsletter #11)
- Restrictions on record length for direct I/O files (Newsletter #19)
- Implied DO loop is not "vectorized" on the T3D (Newsletter #20)
- Missing Linpack and Eispack routines in libsci (Newsletter #25)
- F90 manual for Y-MP, no manual for T3D (Newsletter #31)
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Early one morning a bunch of New York City police officers, guns concealed, trooped into the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Inside a conference room, Amy Herman, a tall 43-year-old art historian and lawyer, apologized that she hadn't been able to provide the customary stimulant. "I usually try to give you coffee with plenty of sugar to make you talk more," she said.
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The officers, all captains or higher in rank, were attending "The Art of Perception," a course designed to fine-tune their attention to visual details, some of which might prove critical in solving or preventing a crime. Herman laid out the ground rules. "First, there are two words that are not allowed—'obviously' and 'clearly'—since what's obvious to you may not be obvious to someone else. Second, no reading of labels. For purposes of this exercise, we are not focusing on who the artist was, the title of the work or even when it was created. Third, I want hands back, no pointing. If you want to communicate something, you have to say, 'Up in the left-hand corner, you can see...' "
Herman did not want to talk about brush strokes, palettes, texture, light, shadow or depth. Schools of painting and historical context were moot. Suspecting that some of the cops were first-timers to the Met, she tried to ease the pressure. "Remember," she said, "there are no judgments and no wrong answers."
She showed slides of paintings by James Tissot and Georges de La Tour. There was an Edward Hopper in which a hatted, forlorn-looking woman sits alone at a table, sipping from a cup.
"OK, what do we see here?" she said.
"A woman having a cup of coffee," answered one of the cops.
"Unlike us," another said.
Herman said, "Do we know it's coffee?"
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Any doctrine that weakens personal responsibility for judgment and for action helps create the attitudes that welcome and support the totalitarian state.
(John Dewey)
Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.
(George Washington)
Gig'em Aggies!! BTCO'77HOO t.u.!!
And I see that the drunk one, wait I need to be more specific, The drunk girl, no wait, Snoopy has just had her very own baby. Wonder if there are any lingering alcohol related problems on the horizen.
Still think they should have a permit to Breed Regards
Never trust a dog to watch your food!
Honey Boo Boo and her family are all about the money. They are riding the money train right now and the mom is investing the money for all the kid's future needs. She was offered a bigger house, but refused. Seems she is smart enough to know that one day the ride will end. Unlike some of the athletes that by the time they are forty are dead broke because all they did was spend on cars and houses that need a consistent cash flow to maintain.
Actually, Murral, my life has been one bad decision after another, but none that have so far caused the suffering of an innocent child, nor have I yet had to accept money from the government, except, of course the social security and veteran's survivor benefits which I received due to the death of my father when I was only six. That did make it much easier for me to go to college, although, since my dad was an electrical engineer with Standard Oil, had he not been killed on the hwy, by the time I was of college age, I believe that my family would have probably had sufficient means to at least assist with my college education. My mistakes have mostly been financial and career in nature, nothing that would get me in trouble with the law or even society at large (no drugs, no alcohol, no murder, etc., just mostly overeating and under-achieving). I have chosen my friends wisely, none have really gone down the wrong road (although some will have a beer or two now and then). My wife was one of the truly good choices. We were at a highschool reunion (40th) a few weeks ago and I really realized what an unusual lot my crowd is. All but one still married to original spice (plural of spouse around my house), none in jail, all with at least some college, most with at least a BS (and mostly BS as opposed to BA), and a fair number with advanced degrees. It's the all still married to original spouses that really knocks me out!! Also most (but not all) with kids, but none with a litter.
I don't begrudge the truly needy help, and people who start out right and have something bad and beyond their control happen should be helped, but NO ONE should have half a dozen kids, and no one who is already on public assistance should be having children. I am also opposed to just giving assistance to folks who are suffering from self inflicted wounds (drug addicts, drop-outs, etc.) Those folks need to work for their upkeep (clean streets, erase graffiti, scrape up gum, mow grass, clean toilets, or whatever needs to be done) They can paint houses and work in yards for folks who are actually unable to care for themselves or whatever, but I am really opposed to just giving stuff to able bodied people. They also need to get their food from a pretty restricted list of approved items (dried beans, rice, powdered milk, surplus cheese, and a whole chicken now and then, and a few fresh veggies). I don't want to see anyone paying for groceries with food stamps (or the equivalent) and then paying cash for cigarettes and beer. Just galls me. I was going to buy some ground beef and make a meat loaf last night, but lean ground beef is $4.80+/lb!!! Forget steak!! Ended up buying ground chicken (still about $3.00/lb). Put lots of beans, hominy, and oatmeal in the mix to stretch it out. Am beginning to think about the neighborhood cats . Wonder what sparrow tastes like (they are about the only no season/no limit bird in Texas).
Any doctrine that weakens personal responsibility for judgment and for action helps create the attitudes that welcome and support the totalitarian state.
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Wonder what sparrow tastes like (they are about the only no season/no limit bird in Texas).
I found that the Crowe has a little more flavor and is meatier. I too have to strech my money to eat.
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What its prominence suggest, and what all science confirms is that the dog is a creature of the nose- A. Horowitz.
I took this "Quiz" a while back. The questions are not complete. Too many "it depends" answers. Like the National ID card. What is a SS #?
Military should be voluntary? Not if we are under attack. I was drafted, and it doesn't hurt if every able bodied male served his country for a few years.
No laws regarding sex for consulting adults? On public beaches? In the car parked at the super market?
Repeal laws prohibiting drug use and adult possession? Isn't that the kind of crap the libs ascribe to in the schools? Take away and suspend from school Suzy, because she brought a can opener for her lunch soup. Or Johnny brough an inhalor to help him breathe?
What the hell is with you socialists. Have you no common sense?
It's noteable that only the left leaning members of the MSP endorse this "quiz" as having any value.
When the one you love becomes a memory, that memory becomes a treasure.
To get to the Bulls Eye, I would need 3 clicks to the left and 3 clicks down.
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Well I definitely scored Right! 100% right on economic issues, lol. 10% personal issues. Neat little test though.
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Conservative. I believe every man should serve 2 years in the military at all times, longer if needed(ie times of war). Teaches discipline, respect and integrity, things this younger generation is missing.
RIP SGT. David Blake Williams KIA 22 Mar 2008 Iraq
Every day should be Veteran's day.
"They say War is Hell, but I have to disagree. War is easy. It's the living afterwards thats hell." Author Unknown
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I thought I was conservative. Showed up about 0100 on the dial. Libertarian? I wouldn't vote for Ron Paul if my life depended on it (in a primary anyway.)
Vis. military: I was in during the last years of the draft. Today's all volunteer military is far superior in quality if not quantity. The military should NOT be used for social engineering... not to promote gay issues... not to make youth more disciplined.
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The Mississippi House last week passed a bill that would require identifying by blood/DNA verification the identities of men who impregnate underage girls, with the goal of prosecuting them at least for statutory rape.
The bill, supported by Republican Gov. Phil Bryant and Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood, is a reasonable and necessary step in nailing criminals and, arguably n the long term, being able to demand child support payments.
Our state has a disturbing list of demographic pathologies related to babies, child bearing and individual reproductive behavior that is costly, sometimes criminal and often predictive of poor outcomes for children as they grow, mature and enter adolescence and adulthood.
House Bill 151 would require physicians or midwives to collect umbilical cord blood when a baby is born to a mother who's younger than 16 and the mother doesn't reveal the father's name.
House Judiciary B Committee Chairman Andy Gipson said week a DNA test, using the cord blood, could determine who the father is. He says if the father is an adult, authorities could pursue statutory rape charges. Adult men impregnating underage girls is a far too common behavior, and any measure that could discourage it and lead to prosecution for rape serves a good purpose.
Other facts about children, parenthood and the status of children in Mississippi suggests pour state has deep-seated, widespread problems related to behaviors that are widely tolerated and, even worse, largely ignored:
(From Kids Count studies)
• 45 percent of children in Mississippi are in single-parent households, the highest in the nation; 7 percent are in father-only households, and 38 percent are in mother-only households.
• Mississippi is the 3rd highest of 50 states for births to unmarried women; 48.3 percent of the births in Mississippi are out of wedlock.
• Mississippi has the highest rate of teen mothers (ages 15-19) in the country: 121 per 1,000
• In Mississippi, 9 percent of married-couple families with related children are below poverty compared to 46 percent of single-parent families with related children that are below poverty.
• 31 percent of children in Mississippi live in poverty (highest in the nation).
• Mississippi has the highest rate, 50 percent, of children living in families where no parent has full-time, year-round employment.
• Mississippi, despite widespread misperception, has one of the lowest rates of female-headed families receiving governmental support in the nation (27 percent), only surpassed by Alabama, which has only 26 percent receiving governmental support.
• Mississippi has the highest rate of teen mothers (ages 15-19) in the country: 121 per 1,000
The House bill is just one step. Many others pathologies, as noted, need to be addressed in some way.


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Sterling silver, also called fine silver, is a beautifully lustrous cool-toned precious metal favored in fine jewelry among other products. The most reflective of all metals (excluding mercury), sterling silver looks stunning by itself and brings out the best hues in an array of colorful gemstones.
Sterling silver can be polished to a higher sheen than platinum. In fact, Ag, the chemical symbol for silver, comes from a word that means "white and shining." The surface of silver can boast that shiny, polished appearance, or can be brushed, satin, matte, sandblasted, antiqued or oxidized (chemically blackened).
In order to be called sterling silver, a metal must be made up of a minimum of 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% alloy (meaning other metals), including but not limited to copper and nickel. The alloy is added to pure silver to make the metal more durable, tougher and harder. Sterling silver is designated a fineness of "925." Pieces with sterling silver may be marked "sterling."
Finishes on Sterling Silver
Finishing, or plating, is a common treatment with sterling silver. Popular types of plating are rhodium plating, gold plating and anti-tarnish plating. Plating is used to extend the life and sheen of the jewelry. After sizing or buffing a piece of jewelry with a machine, it must be re-plated to restore the finish.
Caring for Sterling Silver
Sterling silver becomes tarnished as the result of a natural chemical process that occurs when sterling silver is exposed to chemicals in the air, rubber, wool and latex. Humidity also plays a role in accelerating tarnishing. It's easy to keep your sterling silver sparkling, though, by taking a few steps to prevent tarnish and other wear and tear.
A symbol of strength and intelligence, topaz derives its name from Topazios, an island in the Red Sea that is known today as Zabargad. The Greek word "topazios" means "to seek," since the island was covered with a thick fog and difficult to find. Gemstones found on the island were called topaz, although the stones were eventually found to actually be peridot. The real gem of topaz is found throughout the world, with different occurrences producing specific colors.
Brown, yellow, orange and red topaz are found in Brazil, Sri Lanka and Siberia. Most brownish topaz is heated to produce a permanent and glamorous pink color. Following the discovery of pink topaz in Russia during the 19th century, Imperial topaz was found. Featuring a sherry red, deep pink or reddish-orange color, the gem was so coveted that its ownership was restricted to the Czar, his family and those who received it as a royal gift. Today, Imperial shades are the most rare and, therefore, the most valuable.
Blue topaz is rarely found in nature and is most often created through a combination of heat treatment and irradiation. It is found in Brazil, Sri Lanka, Nigeria and China. Topaz is often colorless, too, and can be found in the United States, Mexico, Russia and Pakistan. In 1998, a new type of enhanced topaz made its appearance with a greenish-blue or emerald green color. All colors of topaz rank an 8.0 on the Mohs Scale of hardness.
Yellow topaz is November's birthstone and blue topaz is December's birthstone. Blue topaz is also the traditional gift for 4th and 19th wedding anniversaries, while Imperial topaz is celebrated as a 23rd anniversary gift. Perhaps the most famous topaz is a large, colorless stone known as the Braganza. It was discovered in Brazil in 1740 and was originally thought to be a priceless diamond. Today, the giant 1,680.00ct stone is set in the Portuguese Crown.
The mystery and allure of topaz goes back thousands of years. To the ancients, it was a symbol of love and affection and was thought to ward off sudden death. The Romans associated topaz with Jupiter, the god of the sun. The Greeks called it the Stone of Strength, believing it had the power to increase strength and make its wearer invisible in times of emergency. The Egyptians said the gem was colored with the golden glow of the sun god, Ra, making topaz a powerful amulet that protected its wearer against harm.
Topaz' mystical curative powers were believed to wax and wane with the phases of the moon. The gem was said to change color in the presence of poisoned food or drink and falcons were carved on the stones to help earn the goodwill of kings and magnates.
Today, topaz is said to be the gem that has the widest range of curative powers. It is believed to dispel enchantment and protect against negative emotions such as anger, fear, greed and envy. Its properties are supposedly enhanced when the gem is mounted in gold. Because of this association with gold, topaz is used to bring or enhance the wearer's money-gathering abilities and has long been used in money and wealth rituals.
Wearing topaz is said to improve and deepen relationships, promote patience, ensure fidelity and enhance the ability to love. The gem is also believed to bring friendship, intelligence, long life, beauty and a pleasant disposition.
Marcasite, a name derived from the Arabic word for pyrite, is the term applied to small polished and faceted stones inlayed in sterling silver. Their color is usually described is being pale bronze, looking rather gray with a greenish tint. A multi-colored tarnish may exist as a result of oxidation. With a metallic luster and opaque crystals, marcasite ranks 6.0-6.5 on the Mohs Scale. Occurrences are worldwide, especially in the United States, Mexico, France, Peru, China and Russia.
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Only complaint I have is that them suckers will beat the snot out of you unless you are on smooth ground. Just too rough.
Only complaint I have is that them suckers will beat the snot out of you unless you are on smooth ground. Just too rough.
I have had both the BB Buggy, and a rebuilt golf cart with a new chip. Both are more than enough for "most" situations. The exception is extremely rocky ground. My suspension was great in both vehicles, but as stated, in that hard rocky ground such as Ozona or Sonora, it could be rough. But as far as a cup or glass in the cup holder, nothing will work in hard rock including a Chevy. ( You should be holding your cup anyway!) I opted out of the 4WD because of a lack of rain (ie..mud) here in south Texas. The two wheel drive carried 500 lbs of hogs several times with ease, and yes they will run out of juice if you don't pay attention. But the noise factor of a gas motor kills it for me. Never will have another gas because of that one aspect. As far as repairs , never had any serious problem other than matainance with either one.
A charge would last me for 3 days most of the time. Unless you are going to be carrying a lot more weight or traveling a long distance every day in heavy gumbo, I can't justify a gas motor for training or hunting.
Bad Boy is now owned by EZ-GO which is owned by Textron. They have set up assembly lines and standardized all of the production. The products are much, much improved from the old days of BBB. We've had one of their "base" models as a demo at our place and its a very quality unit. The new 4 X 4 hybrid unit is very, very cool and durable.
If I do decide to pull the trigger, I'm leaning towards the Polaris Ranger EV. I'm pretty familiar with the Ranger since I used a friends 500 to train with for a year or so.
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I have one of the Bad Boy LT's. I was riding down a hill not goin very fast and the ty rod broke and threw me into an enbankment. Luckily i fell out before it flipped over and rolled over me. Worst thing ever. Within the first 5 weeks of use youll find all these squeaks and loose parts. If you do get one get the Bad Boy Ambush. Its the gas and electric one.


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Worldwide Workload Management Software Market Shares, 2015: Year of Simplification and Self-Service
This IDC study discusses 2015 market shares and market activity across the worldwide workload management software market, a submarket of IDC's functional workload scheduling and automation software market.
Software 2020: Rearchitecting for the Digital World
Key disruptive trends in enterprise software are changing the nature of how IT solutions are delivered, who performs tasks and how change is absorbed. To support digital business outcomes, IT leaders need to make fundamental changes to application delivery, architecture and strategy.
Critical Capabilities for IT Service Support Management Tools
IT service support management tools enable infrastructure and operations organizations to support and deliver IT services. To choose the correct tool, I&O leaders should determine which of the popular ITSSM products are best-suited to their I&O maturity levels.
Magic Quadrant for IT Service Support Management Tools
IT service support management tools are vital for infrastructure and operations organizations to manage support and delivery of IT services. This research profiles key vendors of enterprise ITSSM tools to help I&O leaders make better selections. BMC was rated as a leader by Gartner in the Magic Quadrant.
Optimizing Mainframe Performance for Digital Business Workloads
This IDC White Paper examines the impact digital business workloads and transactions are having on mainframe performance and availability. The role of the mainframe in supporting and optimizing digital business applications is discussed, and requirements for mainframe performance optimization to meet digital demands are examined. This paper also discusses how BMC Software's MainView can help business organizations and enterprises achieve and sustain mainframe performance and availability levels needed for digital business workloads.
Market Guide- Capacity Management Tools
Infrastructure and operations leaders expect performance, availability, rapid deployment and predictable investment needs from IT infrastructures. Capacity management tools help I&O teams plan and optimize IT infrastructures and services, and balance the use of external and cloud service providers. Recommendations: •Assign capacity management process ownership clearly, along with process objectives, metrics, defined process outputs and consumers, before investing in capacity management tools. •Choose capacity management tools that provide functionality that segment IT services into: (a) critical services that merit capacity modeling and planning; and (b) those for which historical trending and forecasting are sufficient. •Invest in tools that have strong presentation and reporting capabilities, with different views for IT and the business.
BMC chases new customers with Intelligence analytics service
The 451 Group
With Intelligence, BMC is responding to several important trends in the application- and infrastructureperformance market. It is bringing together business and operations data in an analytics service that can both help IT executives respond to the changing demands on their positions and appeal to line-ofbusiness technologists, a new, albeit uncertain, market for IT analytics tools. Finally, BMC is adopting a more open stance with Intelligence, building the product on open source technologies and embracing data from most any source – moves that may attract customers that might not have considered BMC in the past. While Intelligence has room to grow, BMC has made a good start toward responding to these market demands.
BMC Brings Versatility and Ease of Use to Big Data Analytics with TrueSight Intelligence
This impact brief examines BMC's September, 2015 announcement heralding the vendor's entrance into the broader arena of what EMA calls 'advanced IT analytics" (AIA) through a new "digital analytics platform." It also addresses BMC's first productization of the new solution, TrueSight Intelligence, in April of 2016. EMA believes these announcements are significant in a number of ways, ranging from deployment advantages to use-case versatility, to a uniquely well thought-out and well-integrated design.
EMA Radar™ for Workload Automation (WLA)
The 2012 EMA Workload Automation Radar Report credited the rising focus on cloud and IT-as-a-Service with raising the importance of workload automation (WLA) and its sister discipline, IT process automation (ITPA). Cloud adoption is certainly greater today than it was in 2012, but it is far from complete adoption across all organizations; only a fraction of businesses utilizing cloud run 100% of their workloads in the cloud. Therefore, cloud is still a significant trend that impacts workload automation and enterprise IT, but it is no longer seen as the radical new technology. Cloud matured and cloud orchestration is beginning to standardize around a few products. In addition, IT-as-a-Service has been largely adopted into the thinking of IT departments, even if it is not as fully-adopted as was first envisioned. Several new trends now produce more disruptive influences on workload automation today.
Vendor Selection Matrix –Capacity Management SaaS And Software: The Top 15 Vendors Scope: Global 2016
Research in Action
In this report the analyst firm reviewed a selection of 15 capacity management SaaS and Software vendors using strategy and execution criteria to evaluate how their solutions address current market views, market trends and the future market potential. BMC was declared the winner and leader in capacity management, capturing the highest score in execution and the second-highest score in strategy.
Get Your App: BMC Adds Application Integrator to Control-M
Enterprise Management Associates
On June 2, 2015, BMC announced Control-M Application Integrator, a new design tool to simplify and speed up application integration with Control-M (WLA). As part of this announcement, BMC also launched a new community website called Application Hub for customers and partners to find, share, and submit their own application integration templates or "job types". The goal of both Application Hub and the Control-M Application Integrator is to enable customers to more rapidly extend the benefits of WLA to all their application workflows. Application Integrator will be made available to all Control-M customers as a standard component included in the base Control-M solution.


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Preliminary fall harvest as of Dec 12 is 5500 registered turkeys this is about a 1% increase over 2011. This is still well below the recommended harvest of 20,000 fall birds. Final numbers will out within a couple of weeks. As well as the draft management plan to followed by one more turkey task force meeting then off to the WDNR rule committee, then the CC and may be voted on during the spring hearings.
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By PATSY R. BRUMFIELD/Daily Journal
Two new names have bubbled up as possible nominees to fill the U.S. District Court's Northern Mississippi vacancy created by the death of W. Allen Pepper Jr.
Both Jackson attorneys, they are Debra Brown of the Wise Carter Child & Caraway firm and La'Verne Edney with Baker Donelson.
Reported months ago, Oxford-based U.S. Attorney Felicia Adams also is in the mix.
Pepper died suddenly in January 2012.
If any of the three is nominated and confirmed, she will become the state's first black female federal judge. U.S. district judges serve until they resign, die or are removed from office.
Neither Brown nor Edney responded to Daily Journal requests for comment Monday.
Only the President can nominate federal judgeships candidates, who then must win approval of the U.S. Senate.
As recently as a few weeks ago, aides to Republican Sens. Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker said they have had no contact from the White House about the nomination.
Brown, admitted to the Mississippi Bar in 1997, is a partner at Wise Carter specializing in premises liability, product liability, intellectual property and insurance defense.
Edney, admitted to the Mississippi Bar in 1996, is a partner at Baker Donelson and concentrates her practice in products liability, tort liability, commercial litigation and health care litigation.
Until the vacancy is filled, Pepper's former load of cases is being handled by two district judges, two senior judges and in some instances, the district's three magistrate judges.
• Read more in Tuesday's Daily Journal