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ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 275, August 22, 2003
IBM xprofiler and Optimization
[ Thanks to Kate Hedstrom of ARSC. ]
During a code tuning exercise with IBM ACTC visitors, I tried xprofiler, a gui version of gprof. To use xprofiler, compile your code with the "-g -pg -qfullpath" options. The -g flag does not conflict with optimization on the IBM. Run your code as normal and you'll have a gmon.out file. I was running a serial code on ferry, the interactive part of iceflyer, and my initial xlf flags were:
-O3 -qstrict -qarch=pwr4 -qtune=pwr4 -qdpc \ -qflttrap=enable:invalid:imprecise -u -qzerosize
These flags give the power4 instructions, a core dump on NaN, and constants promoted to double precision.Start up xprofiler and ask it to load your executable and the gmon.out
file [File->Load Files]. You should see a lot of little graphs. Go to [Filter->Uncluster Functions] and [Filter->Hide All Library Calls]. Now you should have a call graph of your program, with the height and width of the boxes representing the time spent in the functions. The width is the time in the routine plus all children; the height is the time in that routine alone. Go to [View->Zoom In] to see the names of the boxes. A right mouse on a box will bring up a menu, giving you the option of looking at the source code. You will be able to see the relative counts for each line of code (the higher the number, the more time spent there). You can also do [Report->Flat Profile] to get a gprof-like listing.
I started with a 2-D setup of FVCOM (Finite Volume Coastal Ocean Model) taking 240 seconds to run. Using xprofiler, we noticed that pow, sin, and cos were taking a lot of time. The first optimization was to use the MASS library, which provides a faster, less accurate version of many intrinsic functions, like these. Simply add -lmass to the load step when compiling. That alone sped up the code to 130 seconds. There is also a vector version of MASS (-lmassv) which requires some rewriting of the function calls in the code for an even greater speedup.
Before taking that step, we looked at the calls to determine in more detail what was happening.
The pow calls were being generated by (term)**0.5, which can be rewritten as sqrt(term). That change alone got us down to 100 seconds since sqrt is a hardware instruction on the Power4 processor. In looking at the calls to sin and cos, they were being performed every timestep on angles which remain constant. Pre-computing the sin/cos values dropped the execution time to 80 seconds.
When I described this optimization to the FVCOM development team, they replied that the sin/cos computations were not necessary at all, and a simpler form could be used. Cleaning that up and converting term/dz to term*(stored 1/dz) got us down to 75 seconds.
The code is now three times faster than the original, and the next step will be to profile it with a 3-D problem.
The results look equivalent to the original results using the "eyeball norm". A diff of old and new shows some differences at about 1.0e-6, which could be explained by getting rid of the extra sin/cos nonsense.
All in all, this effort was well worth the time. It took a day to learn xprofiler and make these changes. Note that I didn't have to try the vector MASS library at all, since the transcendental library calls were removed.
However, if you have a significant number of these calls, it could be worth looking into - a good example of when to use conditional compilation:
#ifdef MASSV call vsin(b, a, 100) #else do i=1,100 b(i) = sin(a(i)) end do #endif
# Editors note: # # xlf will automatically convert loops like that given above to vector # intrinsic function calls, if you give it the -qhot option. When using # aggressive optimization on any compiler, be sure to validate results. # # For a similar case study, see: # "Optimizing with IBM Vector Intrinsics and xlf -qhot" # in issue #250 .
Redbook on IBM Performance and Optimization Tools
[ From Jim Long of ARSC: ]
The "AIX 5L Performance Tools Handbook" just came out last week. See:
This IBM Redbook takes an insightful look at the performance monitoring and tuning tools that are provided with AIX 5L. It discusses the use of the tools as well as the interpretation of the results in many examples.
This book is meant as a reference for system administrators and AIX technical support professionals so they can use the performance tools efficiently and interpret the outputs when analyzing AIX system performance.
A general concept and introduction to the tools is presented to introduce the reader to the process of AIX performance analysis.
The individual performance tools discussed in this book fall into these categories:
- Multi-resource monitoring and tuning tools
- CPU-related performance tools
- Memory-related performance tools
- Disk I/O-related performance tools
- Network-related performance tools
- Performance tracing tools
- Additional performance topics, including performance monitoring API, Workload Manager tools, and performance toolbox for AIX.
Conditional Compilation: Part II
[ Second in a 2 part series, contributed by Kate Hedstrom of ARSC. ]
Last time, we covered conditional compilation with the C preprocessor, cpp. This time, we're going to cover the new coco part of the latest Fortran standard. The draft description of coco in the standard is on the web at:
Coco style:
A coco command has a '??' for the first two characters on the line. The rest of the syntax is meant to be Fortran-like:
?? LOGICAL, PARAMETER :: XX = .TRUE. ?? IF (XX) THEN call xx ?? END IFor:
?? integer, parameter :: XX = 1 ?? if (XX == 1) then call xx ?? end if
The coco commands can be in either upper or lower case and the space in "END IF" and "ELSE IF" is optional. The types are either integer or logical, constant parameters or not.
In cpp, the lines that aren't used are turned into blanks or are deleted. In coco, you get to choose one of five options: delete, blank, and three styles of Fortran comments (starting with !). For instance:
?? integer, parameter :: CRAY = 1, IBM = 2, SGI = 3 ?? integer :: system = IBM ?? if (system == IBM) then use ibm_mod ?? else if (system == CRAY) then use cray_mod ?? else use sgi_mod ?? end ifwill produce by default:
!?>?? integer, parameter :: CRAY = 1, IBM = 2, SGI = 3 !?>?? integer :: system = IBM !?>?? if (system == IBM) then use ibm_mod !?>?? else if (system == CRAY) then !?> use cray_mod !?>?? else !?> use sgi_mod !?>?? end if
Set file:
A coco program will recognize a set file, a separate file which can be used to set the values of coco variables. For the above case, we can have a set file containing:
?? alter: delete ?? integer, parameter :: SGI = 3 ?? integer :: system = SGIproducing this output:
use sgi_mod
As you can see, the set file overrides any values set inside the coco program. Each coco program can have at most one set file and the set file can be shared by all the routines that make up a program.
Running coco:
The goal is that eventually, coco will be a part of the Fortran 2000 compiler system and you won't have to do anything. Right now, the major free implementation is by Purple Sage:
There is a claim that another is at:
but this site pops up a bunch of ads, then causes a core dump of my old netscape. Let's concentrate on the Purple Sage version. If you type:
% coco model
it will look for model.fpp as the input, produce model.f90 as the output, and look for model.set as the set file. If model.set doesn't exist, it will look for coco.set. Obviously, we need to be invoking coco in our Makefile for now:
.SUFFIXES: .o .fpp .f90 .fpp.o: $(COCO) $(COCOFLAGS) $< $(F90) -c $(FFLAGS) $*.f90 .f90.o: $(F90) -c $(FFLAGS) $< .fpp.f90: $(COCO) $(COCOFLAGS) $<
Building the Purple Sage coco is a multi-step process and they provide some example input files for PC compilers. To be perfectly honest, I haven't had any luck yet building it on our Unix platforms. Still, it is wonderful that they are willing to provide the source code, which means that it can and will be fixed. In the long run, coco will make the Fortran purists feel good about conditional compilation. Meanwhile, the rest of us will continue to get by with cpp and similar tools.
Quick-Tip Q & A
A:[[ I changed the optimization level for one compiler optimization option [[ in my makefile, remade everything, and now my program is getting [[ different results. There are over 75 source files. [[ [[ Any suggestions how I might find where this compiler option is causing [[ a difference? # # Thanks to Brad Chamberlain: # Well, the good news is that most optimizing compilers treat source files independently, so you can probably factor out interplay between the 75 source files, which reduces the combinatorics somewhat. A brute force way would be to compile 75 times, turning optimizations on for only one file at a time to determine where the problem is. Or you could use a binary search (compile half with optimizations, half without; depending on the result, try the opposite half) -- this assumes there's only one problem. Once you have the file in question, I tend to use printfs to determine where answers differ, painful as they are. Doing relative debugging between the two programs (optimized and unoptimized) would be the ideal way to approach this problem, but I don't think any of the relative debuggers have made their way far enough out of research-land to make their use worthwhile. Another more indirect approach would be to see if turning on additional warnings in the compiler, bounds checking, pointer checking, efence, whatever features are available to you will reveal any problems in your code that are changing the meaning of the code with optimizations (incorrect code is the most likely cause of optimizations changing behavior). # # From Guy Robinson: # Sometimes I've just compared the sizes of the object and other files output by the compiler. If it is only a small difference you are looking for this works well. A typical case is trying to see if inlining has been done. Also, the IBM and Cray compilers can both be asked to output intermediate, semi-readable listings. These, and other listings like loopmarks can be diff'ed from one compile to the next. Q: I like "mget" and "mput" in ftp, but I'm sick of answering "y", "y", "y", "y", "y", "y", "y, "y", "y", "y", "y"... when I know I want ALL the files! You may have experienced it. It goes like this: ftp> ftp> mget *.f mget adpott.f? y 227 Entering Passive Mode (199,165,85,37,4,128) 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for adpott.f (500 bytes). 226 Transfer complete. 500 bytes received in 0.0022 seconds (2.2e+02 Kbytes/s) mget at.f? y 227 Entering Passive Mode (199,165,85,37,4,129) 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for at.f (15682 bytes). 226 Transfer complete. 15682 bytes received in 0.009 seconds (1.7e+03 Kbytes/s) mget badolb.f? y 227 Entering Passive Mode (199,165,85,37,4,130) 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for badolb.f (4543 bytes). 226 Transfer complete. 4543 bytes received in 0.012 seconds (3.6e+02 Kbytes/s) mget bccc.f? etc.... etc.... etc.... etc.... etc.... etc.... etc.... etc.... etc.... etc.... etc.... etc.... So I often log onto the remote system (when the files are in my own account, of course), make a tar file, and just "get" the tar file. Is there another way?
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By Errol Castens/Daily Journal Oxford Bureau
OXFORD – Aldermen last week made the unusual move of voting an ordinance into immediate effect for purposes of public safety.
The ordinance bans indoor pyrotechnics and sprang from concerns that some Oxford venue might replicate the tragedy of two infamous nightclub fires whose victims numbered in triple digits. In both cases, the crowds were young adults, like most of the crowds that pack Oxford bars and other concert venues regularly on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights.
"This happened in Warwick, R.I., and there's sickening video about it. It's a college town," said Mayor George "Pat" Patterson. "(Recently) it happened again in a college town in Brazil."
Fire Chief Cary Sallis described the 2003 fire in Rhode Island that killed 100 at a club called The Station.
"They had a band playing with indoor pyrotechnics, like flaming sparklers, and they set the ceiling tiles on fire," he said. "With their lack of alarm and smoke detectors and the way it burned, it created a great deal of smoke and fire."
Sallis noted also the Jan. 27, 2013, nightclub fire in Santa Maria, Brazil, where more than 230 people many of them college students – died.
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[Article]-Interview: SANS Pen Test Summit Part 1 - Ed Skoudis
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The field of penetration testing, or ethical hacking as it is commonly described, is one of the fastest growing areas in the realm of Information Security. Whether that is attributable to the growing number of regulations such as HIPAA, SOX, GLBA et al or perhaps it is the fact that many hackers have grown up and now have families to support. Or just maybe it is the real fear today that many organizations are garnering more press attention for recent data theft incidents as opposed to their products. No matter how you look at it, penetration testing is becoming a maturing and legitimate profession.
Ed Skoudis of Intelguardians has been an author, instructor and professional penetration tester for the better part of 15 years. The SANS Institute has been a highly regarded organization extolling the virtues of security education, certification and research for quite some time as well. Together they have put together a summit specifically dealing with penetration testing as a profession. The SANS WhatWorks in Penetration Testing & Ethical Hacking Summit with Ed Skoudis brings together a number of authors, researchers, and actual practitioners of pen testing, the summit will not only give a view as to where we stand as a community right now but also where we are headed in the future. Joining Ed will be a number of celebrated hackers (the positive connotation of the term) including Google Hacking Expert, Johnny Long, and the man behind the Metasploit Project, HD Moore.
I once had a conversation of Ed Skoudis regarding career choices and advice. He indicated that he often gets asked how others can have a career like his. Barring the inevitable warnings of "careful what you wish for," he graciously shared a story with me. In short, he and a number of other friends in the industry sat down for dinner to answer the same question that others now put to Ed. "Hey. I want to do what that guy does. How do we do it?" This special set of interviews will give you a brief glimpse into what will be explored at the summit itself as well as a look into the how these gentlemen "Did it." Each of these three superstars will be asked the same three questions followed by additional questions specifically focused for that individual. Here we go!
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im trying to post a pic with this but if it doesn't take the description is that this bulb came in a pack with several others and grew very good. it has long stems with one leaf on each stem. the leaves have the shape of a heart , reddish in color turning to an almost rusty red ,plants 764.jpg please help if you can. thanks for your time.ask ?'s and change some water pair of JD's and loving it.
the others are aponogetons and they grow extremely well however I do need to know If the stems are supposed to be as long as they are , which is as long as the tanks height.ask ?'s and change some water pair of JD's and loving it.
Nymphaea water lily, maybe nymphaea stellata or rubra. It is normal for leaves to reach the surface, especially in lower light.
I concur, this is a Nymphaea, species might be N. lotus which comes in a green-leaf (dark olive green) and a red-leaf (often brownish-red upperside, pinkish underside) variant. I have the red leaf in my 90g. I will copy over a profile of this species I wrote a couple years back that may provide you some data on culture. As for the aponogeton, yes, the leaves of species are very long and will grow to the surface and then continue along the surface, sometimes for 2+ feet, depending upon species.
Nymphaea lotus
Family: Nymphaeaceae
Common Name: Tiger Lotus, Red Tiger Lotus, Green Tiger Lotus
Origin and Habitat: Tropical regions of Africa and Madagascar [see additional comments under Description]. The red and green cultivars are natural; the red cultivar is found in shallow, standing water such as temporary pools and small permanent lakes. The green cultivar has been found in flowing waters.
Ideal position in aquarium
The roots must be in the substrate, and leaves will form submersed and floating. Floating leaves can eventually be suppressed by continually removing the larger leaves. Flowers, which are very rare in aquaria, will only form after the plant has developed many floating leaves; flowers open only during the night.
Lighting requirements
Moderate to bright. The red variety requires slightly brighter light than the green cultivar.
Growth rate
Minimum Tank Suggestion
25 gallon. Best in tanks no less than 16-18 inches in depth.
Water parameters for Tiger Lotus
Suitable for soft or hard water, it prefers soft, slightly acidic water. Optimum temperature 22-28C/71-82F.
The tiger lotus has a green-leaf and a red-leaf form, known as the Green cultivar and Red cultivar respectively, and these are naturally occurring. Some sources give Nymphaea zenkeri as the name for the Green "species" but this is inaccurate.
Both the red and green cultivars have the same requirements in the aquarium, though the red will have brighter coloured leaves in stronger light.
This species grows well in a plain sand or fine gravel substrate. With an enriched substrate, the plant will produce more leaves and have stronger growth. Flowering may occur with good nutrition and brighter light, provided the floating leaves are allowed to form. These can easily cover the surface, shading the lower plants. The flowers only open at night (during darkness).
The Nymphaea is a family of freshwater aquatic flowering plants commonly called "Water Lilies" and found in tropical and temperate regions throughout the world. There are eight genera with some 70 species; all are rooted in the substrate with leaves and flowers that float on the surface. The family was described by the British botanist Richard Anthony Salisbury (1761-1829). The name comes from the Greek for a "nymph" who was a goddess associated with waterfalls and springs. In spite of the common name, this family is not closely related to the true lilies, Liliaceae; the common name "lily" is applied to many variable plants.
The genus Nymphaea was established by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1758), the Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist whose monumental classification of all living organisms led directly to the binomial nomenclature system used today. There are about 50 species in the genus which is closely related to the Nuphar, another genus with aquarium species. Both are commonly referred to as "lotus" and in both the leaf is deeply notched at the base. The Nymphaea have a tuberous rhizome, though it is often absent in aquarium plants.
Nymphaea lotus was described in 1753 by Linnaeus. The species epithet is a Greek plant name. This species is widespread in tropical Africa and Madagascar, and was introduced to Europe. It is also now found wild in parts of North, Central and South America. Some sources also consider it native to SE Asia, but this is actually a distinct genus [Kasselmann, 2003]. This is a polymorphic species, meaning that there are external differences between some of the various geographical populations; further study may or may not determine distinct species.
Kasselmann, Christel (2003), Aquarium Plants, English translation, Krieger Publishing company.Byron Hosking, BMus, MA
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Something we all need to remember: The fish you've acquired was quite happy not being owned by you, minding its own business. If youre going to take it under your wing then youre responsible for it. Every aspect of its life is under your control, from water quality and temperature to swimming space. [Nathan Hill in PFK]
Thank you so much for the info and I will get a good picture of it in the substrate. it now has 9 leaves 8 have grown to the surface of the waterline and more just keep coming . How long should I let them stay before I clip them off or should I let them continue to grow until they are spent ? I removed some of the Apo's and replanted them in my 30 gallon and they are still growing and flowering . Do you think the Apo's need to be trimmed back or just let them continue to grow? PlEASE help me because I think a planted tank is just more healthy for the fish and they look so much better . I wish there was some kind of true aquatic plant that I could try in my JD's tank . ( any suggestions will be appreciated and if I can find something that you think would work I'll give it a try .) What do you think? Anything possible for the JD's ? Maybe some type of floater , what do you recommend? Ohh the reason I removed some of the Apo's was to give the others some room to grow . was that a good thing to do ?ask ?'s and change some water pair of JD's and loving it.
Eek - why has Byron been banned?"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." Carl Sagan
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Do I let the leaves keep growing until they begin to lose their color and then prune them back or just let them grow until the plant goes dormant? I hate to even mess with it at all right now , it is growing so well . I'm trying to get a good pic downloaded now . Thanks for your time .ask ?'s and change some water pair of JD's and loving it.


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Laurier celebrates Global Innovation Exchange groundbreaking
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WATERLOO With ceremonial shovels in the ground and sights set on the future, provincial government and Wilfrid Laurier University officials marked the construction start of the Global Innovation Exchange (GIE) building on University Avenue at Lauriers Waterloo campus. The May 17 groundbreaking event celebrated the $103-million future home of Lauriers School of Business and Economics and Department of Mathematics, which received a $72.6-million investment from the Ontario government in 2011.
John Milloy, minister of Government Services; Max Blouw, Laurier president and vice-chancellor; Micheál Kelly, dean of Lauriers School of Business and Economics; and Paul Jessop, dean of Lauriers Faculty of Science broke ground following formal remarks on site.
The Global Innovation Exchange is an exciting step forward in Wilfrid Laurier Universitys service and contributions in the City of Waterloo, said Blouw. As the name implies, it will connect Laurier and our region increasingly to the global community, and it will be a tangible expression of the commitment of Laurier faculty, staff and students to global outreach, innovation and excellence.
The provincial governments investment in the GIE is the largest single capital investment in Lauriers history and signals the provinces confidence in the calibre of teaching and research at Laurier.
"Ontario is putting students first by creating more opportunities at our colleges and universities so we can build the skilled and knowledgeable workforce needed for the global economy," said Milloy. "Our governments investment in the new Global Innovation Exchange will help Wilfrid Lauriers mathematics, business and economics students succeed in the future, while creating good jobs today."
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Ian Stirton
|WASHINGTON -- The Federal Election Commission has recently made public
its final action on six matters previously under review (MURs). This
release contains only disposition information.
Specific released documents placed on the public record within the following closed MURs are cited following DISPOSITION heading. Release of these documents is consistent with the district court opinion in the December 19, 2001, decision of AFL-CIO v. FEC, now on appeal to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. Once an appellate decision is rendered, the Commission will review documents related to cases released in the interim.
The Enforcement Priority System (EPS) rates all incoming cases against objective criteria to determine whether they warrant use of the Commissions limited resources.
Cases dismissed under EPS fall into two categories: low-rated cases and stale cases. Low rated cases are those that do not warrant use of the Commissions resources to pursue because of their lower significance relative to other pending matters. Stale cases are those that initially received a higher rating but have remained unassigned for a significant period due to a lack of staff resources for effective investigation. Effective enforcement relies upon the timely pursuit of complaints and referrals to ensure compliance with the law. Investigations concerning activity more remote in time usually require a greater commitment of resources, primarily due to the fact that the evidence of such activity becomes more difficult to develop as it ages. The utility of commencing an investigation declines as these cases age, until they reach a point when activation of a case would not be an efficient use of the Commissions resources. As cases reach this point, they are recommended for dismissal.
*There are four administrative stages to the FEC enforcement process:
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Hanging chads were not the only problem with the Florida ballots at the center of the Bush-Gore election fight in 2000.
There was also a layout problem that had thousands of voters punching holes for both Gore and Reform Party candidate Pat Buchanan — invalidating the ballots and possibly costing Democrats the election.
It may have been a bad moment for our democracy. But for AIGA (formerly the American Institute of Graphic Arts), a professional group for designers, the crisis put a spotlight on a long-running argument: design plays a vital role in government communications, in the very functioning of our democracy.
Marcia Lausen, director of the University of Illinois-Chicago's School of Art + Design and professor of graphic design, was near the center of a new AIGA push to improve ballot design.
The group's designs have been put to use in parts of Illinois, Nebraska, Oregon, and Washington state. And in 2008, the organization partnered with the US Election Assistance Commission to distribute national ballot and polling place design guidelines to 6000 election officials across the country.
Lausen, author of Design for Democracy: Ballot + Election Design, will deliver a lecture at the RISD Auditorium on September 24 at 7 pm on her ballot design efforts and, more broadly, the way artists can engage civil society. The event is free and open to the public.
The Phoenix caught up with her for a Q&A via telephone before her appearance. The interview is edited and condensed.
WHAT DID THE 2000 ELECTION TEACH US ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF BALLOT DESIGN? There is not really any design in elections. It's a profession — it's a set of operations — where there is a lack of awareness that the information placed on a ballot is a design process.
So basically, we had this example of poor layout. The words "ballot design" were on the covers of newspapers across the country. And so it allowed us as a profession to step forward and say, "hey, this is what we do. You need us in this process."
The professional association, AIGA, had been trying to get language into legislation around government communications for some time — that design plays a role. But we had this [new] opportunity, because of the visibility of this particular ballot.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BALLOT DESIGN PRINCIPLES YOU IDENTIFIED? We sort of honed it down to 10 principles of ballot design, which are really general principles of information design.
We call it "asymmetrical alignment" — flush left-rag[ged] right alignment, rather than centered alignment. Centered alignment of type is decorative, causes you to have to read each line from a different starting point.
Lower-case letters are more legible — that's probably the easiest one. People make the mistake of thinking you put things in all caps it makes it important, but because all capital letters make rectangular shapes they don't give you clues to readability, legibility, and so you don't see those shapes of words, you just see rectangles.
Every change in type style should reflect a change in meaning. You want to limit your type styles, weights, and sizes to the absolute minimum. So you begin an exercise in information design like this: using one weight, one size until you can convince yourself you need another.
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Freightful's Mountain by Jean Craighead George. Its the third in a series of books about a boy who runs away and lives in the woods of upstate New York. This time the book is centered around Freightful the peregrine falcon that the boy Sam raised and trained. Its not as good as the last book which wasn't as good as the first book, that said its still a good read.
Wow; a 3-day off period and I get delusions of grandeur that I can read whenever I want. :p Many students have talked about John Green's books, specifically The Fault in Our Stars. So I read this very quick read. About teenagers and their issues with cancer. Very interesting; included some SW and literary references. I got the edition with author Q&A in the back. Don't know if I'll become a regular reader of his, though.
Kenobi ~ by John Jackson Miller. Obbers lands on a certain twin sunned planet and shenanigans ensue. Actually it was pretty good, it took a bit for me to get into it but it was good. Obi gets a new first name, learns about Krayt Dragon calls, Tuskens and embezzlement all while keeping an eye on Luke.
Got an ARC of Honor Among Thieves. So far (which isn't too far yet, actually), not bad, but a little typical of Han-centric stories.
I have a wife who somehow got chosen for Amazon Vine. The good thing is there are free books. The bad thing is that she orders all sorts of crap because it's free, and now it's just crap in the house. :)
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William Least Heat-Moon's An Osage Journey to Europe: 1827-1830. It's a translation of French documents about six Native Americans who travelled to Paris and other European cities. They were seen as a sideshow by many, and taken advantage of by some of the Americans who took them there. Many racist and ignorant comments from the time, but in comparing three different sources, you get to what likely was true.
William Shatner's Tek Power. I had this book in my possession for a couple years. So I started it, realizing it was a very fast read. It's about a future where people are denying that a virtual reality "fad" is addictive, where an African American president gets replaced by an android replica, and there's an earthquake that comes out of nowhere. The main character seems to get out of his scrapes far too easily, while everyone else seemingly dies with no problem. It was so-so.


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Description ADULT SUMMER Has a reddish brown back and cap, whitish underparts with bold black belly, and streaking on neck. Males are more boldly marked than females, but considerable variation exists within sexes and hence overlap occurs. Bill and legs are dark in all birds. ADULT winter Has uniform dull brownish gray upperparts, mostly dingy white underparts, and dark legs and bill. JUVENILE Has pale-fringed reddish brown and black feathers on back; some align so pale fringes form "V" patterns. Underparts are whitish, but with black streaklike spots on breast and (diagnostically for juvenile shorebird) on flanks too; head and neck are brown and streaked.
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Habitat Locally very common. Nests on Arctic tundra marshes. In winter favors estuaries and mudflats. Occasional at inland wetlands on migration.
Observation Tips Easy to find on coasts in winter. Get to know it in summer and winter plumagesóit is the yardstick by which other small waders can be judged.
Range Northwest, Western Canada, Texas, Southeast, California, Plains, Rocky Mountains, Eastern Canada, Florida, Mid-Atlantic, Alaska, Great Lakes, Southwest, New England
Voice Utters a preeit call; display flight "song" comprises a series of whistles.
Discussion The archetypal small, coastal wader in winter. Represented globally by several races, each with subtly different bill lengths; ssp. hudsonia breeds in Arctic Canada and is by far the commonest subspecies on the East Coast outside the breeding season. Forms flocks outside breeding season. Sexes are subtly different in summer, but separation is tricky.


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I own the Rio and the SA and like them both. However I must admit that I don't fish them often, instead use them to refine my casting stroke. These lines are a dream to cast.
However I also have the SA steelhead taper which is a similar long taper and fished it hard for years, it's a great fishing line. These lines not only extend the energy in the loop for more reach but they mend very well too.
I fish Spey on rivers now primarily so the singlehander long belly gets little use in fact it's not even on a spool right now for all the Spey lines I use.
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Training Diary: March 10
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As 2011 started, I embarked on a new personal mission - to train Muay Thai. It's been a personal goal of mine for some time now, and with the site taking off and more of my time committed to writing about the world of kickboxing and Muay Thai, I figured there was no time like the present. And so I've found my gym, signed up for classes, and I am on my way. But I'm still a writer, so, as I train, I'll present some thoughts on my experiences here. I don't mean this to be a definitive tale of Muay Thai training - far from it. I know there are many regulars here who have far (FAR) more experience than me. But I'm sure there are also some who have not yet taken that plunge. So perhaps this little online diary will provide a glimpse into learning more about Muay Thai and kickboxing the best way you can - by getting out there and doing it. And if you're on the fence about taking classes yourself, maybe I can help nudge you into that local gym.
As I prepared for classes the first step was obvious - I needed a gym. On the plus side for me, I live in Chicago, and as a major metropolitan area, there's no shortage of gyms around. After hunting around a bit online and in the city, I opted for Conviction Fitness - a newer gym with an ever expanding martial arts program and a friendly, locally owned kind of vibe. It's the kind of place where, if you are trying to buy a drink but realize you're short a dollar (and I was) the owner just waves a hand and says "Get us back next time." It's the little touches.
Of course, I'm not here for the drinks or the vibe - I'm here for the training. And so far, that training is working. One month in, and to date I've worked on kicks, punches and knees. No elbows. Yet. A few random observations so far:
-Our instructor, Andre Madiz, is vigilant about keeping your hands tight to your chin and your elbows tucked to protect your ribs. This is a constant point for him. As a result, I've noticed that, quite frankly, a lot of professional fighters suck at this. It's amazing how often fighters fail to get their guard up, and how often they pay for it. You see this more in K-1 style kickboxing than in Muay Thai, but there is a trend to give up on your defensive posture when you start throwing more punches - a move that often costs you the fight.
-The front kick is a criminally underutilized technique. Particularly in MMA, I can't think of more than a handful of fighters who consistently use this strike effectively (Josh Thomson comes to mind as an excellent front kick practitioner). MMA enthusiasts - any thoughts on why this is?
-While checking out the front kick online I came across this gem on Wikipedia: "The modern incarnation of the front kick was perfected by Steven Seagal, who was taught a primitive version circa 1970 in Japan. The exact date is unknown. He secretly developed the technique over several decades before teaching it to UFC Middleweight champion Anderson 'The Spider' Silva". Wow.
-My conditioning is not bad (which is a surprise to me) but my technique so far is... lacking. If I could have a fight with nothing but right front kicks and superman punches, I'd be fine. But until I can get someone to agree to these rules, I'm in trouble.
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How can we make enough chocolate chip cookies for an exact amount of people with only one recipe?
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In this individual activity, you're going to calculate how much of everything we need in order to make enough cookies for a lot of people. For the sake of this activity, we're going to use Algebra for you to figure out how much of each ingredient we need to feed everyone in your class, classes (if you have more than one class), the whole grade level, and your whole school.
First, let's start with the recipe. The recipe for the "best" chocolate chip cookies is found here: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/best-chocolate-chip-cookies/
First, let's dig into what the recipe's telling us. How many cookies does this recipe give us? Will it be enough for a classroom of students and teachers, assuming each person will eat two cookies?
Let's say that some of the other teachers at your school want you to make cookies for their classes too. We want to quadruple the recipe. How much of each ingredient will you need, if you now need to bake cookies for 150 students (or more, depending on the school you attend)?
If there are 450 students in the whole school, what is the scale factor, or the multiplier, for each ingredient?
Well, if we are trying to give cookies for 450 people, that's 900 cookies that we need to bake. That means we need a multiplier of 19 to make sure that everyone will get at least one. That means we'll need 19 cups of butter, 19 cups of white sugar, 19 cups of brown sugar, 38 eggs, 38 teaspoons of vanilla extract, 57 cups of flour, 19 teaspoons of baking soda, 38 teaspoons of hot water, and 9.5 teaspoons of salt, 38 cups of chocolate chips, and 19 cups of chopped walnuts. That's a lot of ingredients!
One thing most people do NOT want to do is to measure and count 19 cups of any ingredient. There's an easier way! By using conversions!
First, let's look at how much flour we need. 1 cup of flour is 8 ounces, and 1 pound of flour is 16 ounces. If each bag of flour is 5lbs, then we can get about 10 cups of flour per bag. Since we need 57 cups of flour, we should have 6.5lb bags of flour. Measuring 7 cups of flour is better than measuring 57 cups of flour! See below on how we used conversions to find how many cups of flour are in one 5lb bag:
The ounces units "cancel" in both the numerator and the denominator, and so the units of "pounds of flour," so the units left are "cups of flour." Using arithmetic, we multiply the numerators and divide by the denominator.
We can also use proportions to find out how many bags of flour we need for our recipe. From our calculations above, we know that 10 cups of flour are in one bag. What if we have 57 cups of flour? See below:
Try doing the same for the other ingredients. Here's some helpful information, but you might not need all of it. Some of the conversions are here because big bags of some ingredients are given by weight (i.e. in pounds), instead of measurement. You might also want to apply your understanding of mixed numbers to clearly figure out fractions of certain ingredients.
For eggs: Eggs are usually sold in packages of 12 or 18.
Now that we've figured out how to make a really big batch of cookies, how would we figure out how to make a really small batch of cookies? The recipe on the website given yields 4 dozen cookies, or 48 cookies. What if we want one dozen cookies?
If we want one dozen cookies, we would divide all of the measurements by 4.
What if we wanted to only make 10 cookies with no leftovers? How could we alter the recipe?
As you continue finding the other ingredients' measurements, what do you notice?
What do you think the benefits are from changing the amount of some of the ingredients? What are some of the drawbacks?
Do you think it would be easier to make a dozen cookies instead?
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What if we don't have all of the measuring tools we need? What if you only had certain measuring tools?
Try finding a favorite family recipe and calculate how much of each ingredient you will need to make enough for your entire school. You might need the internet to help you with conversions with different measurements in weight and volume.


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MOA's new permanent exhibit provides an overview of the ceramics produced by families at the Changsha Kilns during the Tang Dynasty more than one thousand years ago. The exhibit puts Tang ceramics into their historical, geographic, and cultural context. The Tang Dynasty was a time of peace, prosperity, and acceptance in China, during which Changsha ceramics and other goods were traded to reach as far away as western Asia and Africa. The exhibit features more than 100 spectacular ceramic objects from the MOA's Lam Collection. Open Tuesday to Saturday. Admission is free.


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Slave-One versus the Outrider marks our 10th Round of our Preliminary matches to determine the greatest Hasbro Star Wars vehicle of all time!
You are voting on the OLD Slave-One, People. Released in 1996 as part of the Shadows of the Empire toy line, this repaint of the mold used for the vintage Boba Fett's 1981 toy accessory was an exciting chance for early collectors of the modern line to expand their toy ship fleet early in the Star Wars renaissance. Slave One features a removeable side panel that allows playtime access to the interior of the ship. So Boba Fett can walk up his extending boarding ramp and into his cargo hold until he makes his way to the multi-position pilot's chair, which can be pivoted up into its flight position in the cockpit, with the use of a remote lever. Once its ready to fly, Slave-One can receive your help with a manual liftoff, but gravity will reposition its flight stabalizer wings all on its own - unless you lock the secret trigger on the carrying handle in back, and make the wings resist forward motion and act like braking flaps to help Fett achieve some of his trickier flight maneuvers. This Kuat Systems Firespray class light patrol craft also features twin, forward, pivoting laser cannons that operate on a linked firing system. Slave One sports a very detailed, battered and battle-worn art deco, easily making this toy one of the best paint jobs on a Star Wars toy vehicle in the history of the entire line. Finally, a bounty hunter's work is never done until he has captured its prey. Slave One comes ready to hold the Carbon Frozen Han Solo prop included with the toy!
Dash Rendar's Outrider has a lot more things Corellian about it. The ship is a light Corellian courier / cargo ship, but mercenary Dash Rendar has armed it to the teeth for fast and furious fighting, as well as more refined smuggling. The ship sports 2 pairs of twin blaster cannons, positioned centrally on the ships main freighter hull, on top and on bottom. You can make-believe the pilot can remotely operate them from the cockpit, but theoretically, they actually should be able to also be manned from inside. A pivoting ion cannon / military grade turbo laser cannon has been attached to the small freighter's side. On the opposite side of the ship, the cylindrical cockpit stems out of the ships main saucer hull and holds one action figure in a chair that can be manually rotated so the pilot is always "right-side-up" relative to the ship's normal flight axis. What's unique about the Outrider is that in battle, the ship can reposition its weaponry into almost a B-wing configuration by rotating its control and main weapons module ends along a central axis point, so they lock at a 90 degree angle to the hull, supported by a central "tunnel" structure that runs the width of the freighter. In this position, the Outrider can maximize the damage done with the super firepower this ship makes a show of flaunting! 4 manually operated landing gear let this ship park itself in position.
So which one do you think do you think has a shot at the top position amongst all the Star Wars vehicles turned into toys by Hasbro?
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By George Will
Two of the three most infamous Supreme Court decisions were erased by events. The Civil War and postwar constitutional amendments effectively overturned Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857), which held that blacks could never have rights that whites must respect. Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), which upheld legally enforced segregation, was undone by court decisions and legislation.
The third, Korematsu v. United States (1944), which affirmed the president has wartime power to sweep Americans of disfavored racial groups into concentration camps, elicited a 1988 congressional apology. Now Peter Irons, founder of the Earl Warren Bill of Rights Project at the University of California at San Diego, is campaigning for a Supreme Court repudiation of the Korematsu decision and other Japanese internment rulings. Such repudiation, if it occurred, would be unprecedented.
A harrowing week after the Boston Marathon bombings: One suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings died after a shootout with police, and a second suspect was arrested that night.
An essay Irons is circulating among constitutional law professors whose support he seeks is timely reading in today's context of anti-constitutional presidencies, particularly regarding war powers.
On Feb. 19, 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt authorized the military to prescribe military areas … from which any or all persons may be excluded. So some 110,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry, two-thirds of them born here, were sent to camps in desolate Western locations. Supposedly, this was a precaution against espionage and sabotage. Actually, it rested entirely on the racial animus of Gen. John DeWitt, head of the Western Defense Command.
The 1943 Final Report on Japanese evacuation, prepared under DeWitt's direction and signed by him, said a Japanese invasion was probable, that racial characteristics of Japanese Americans predisposed them to assist the invasion.When War Department officials objected to such assertions and demanded revisions, DeWitt ordered all copies and records of the original report destroyed, though one copy escaped DeWitt's cover-up. The FBI, however, reported no information of any espionage activity ashore or … illicit shore-to-ship signaling. The Korematsu decision reflected perennial dangers: panic and excessive deference, judicial and other, to presidents or others who would suspend constitutional protections in the name of wartime exigencies.
It is less important that the decision be repudiated than that it be remembered. Especially by those currently clamoring, since Boston, for a U.S. citizen arrested in America and concerning whom there is no evidence of a connection with al-Qaeda, the Taliban or other terror network to be detained by the military as an enemy combatant. The Korematsu case is a reminder that waiving constitutional rights is rarely necessary and rarely ends well.
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The freshman seminar "Into the Woods! What Disney Didn't Tell You About Fairy Tales" examines the origin and evolution of fairy tales from their oral beginnings to current productions in literature, theater and film. In addition to leading weekly class sessions, Professor Volker Schröder brings the tales to life through films, performances and library visits, such as a recent trip to Firestone Library to see early editions, woodcuts, portraits, scrapbooks and other rare, primary source materials.
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Freshmen embark on academic adventures in seminars
Princeton students take some of the first major steps in their academic journey during the freshman seminar program.
This spring, students are uncovering new meanings in traditional fairy tales, tackling the challenges of urban education reform and exploring the ecological restoration of the Florida Everglades, among many other topics. They also are building relationships with faculty members and their fellow students in intimate settings, an experience that students often consider one of the highlights of their time at Princeton.
Freshman seminars place an emphasis on inquiry that will set the course for the students' years at the University. There are 365 students enrolled in 35 seminars this spring; another 462 students participated in 37 seminars last fall.
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The question from Professor Volker Schröder amused the 15 students who had been participating in an animated classroom discussion: Would the story "Little Red Riding Hood" work if the main character was a boy?
The students in Schröder's freshman seminar, "Into the Woods! What Disney Didn't Tell You About Fairy Tales," had read three versions of the fairy tale as well as literary criticism of the piece during the previous week. The childlike tale from the Brothers Grimm, about a girl visiting her grandmother and encountering a deceitful wolf, came into sharp contrast with earlier versions of the tale, which had violent, sexual undertones. After an hour of discussion on these competing narratives, the question with a once-obvious answer of "yes" was now up for further discussion.
The wolf would be a temptress if Little Red Riding Hood was a boy, said one student. And the boy would have to be adolescent, said another student.
The earliest editions of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales did not include illustrations, such as this 1837 edition published in Copenhagen.
"Now you take it for granted that it's a sexual tale," said Schröder, an associate professor of French and Italian. "You all said you hadn't been aware of that before, so I'm wondering why that element -- that you thought was not so central to the story as you know it -- precludes a male protagonist."
Such exchanges take place each time the class meets in the Blair Hall tower on Monday nights. The seminar covers beloved tales such as "Beauty and the Beast," "Cinderella," "Hänsel and Gretel," "Jack and the Beanstalk," "Rumpelstiltskin," "Sleeping Beauty" and "Snow White." The students study multiple versions of the tales, from oral folk tales to newer versions in film, theater, music, ballet and literature. Film screenings, trips to campus theater productions and library visits are all elements of the course.
Along the way, students see themes emerge or disappear as the stories adapt to contemporary audiences, and the students' reactions vary, Schröder said.
Schröder holds up a letter written by author Hans Christian Andersen to his London publishers in 1870. Schröder and his students recently viewed early editions of fairy tales and other Andersen materials held by the University libraries.
"It depends on their individual background and attitude, especially their previous exposure to non-Disney tales or their willingness to go beyond the familiar toward the unknown," Schröder said. "Many of the students are quite open in that respect and readily, even eagerly, absorb the materials and issues presented by the class. There are always others who try to retain a more 'innocent,' romantic view of fairy tales, even as they process the new information and confront the more adult themes."
Before each class session, students post their thoughts online on a Blackboard course site, and one student initially leads the class discussion. Schröder's intent -- to encourage participation from every student -- is working.
"I like the personal interaction freshman seminars provide you with," said Sejal Pachisia. "The student-led discussions make the class a lot more personal and open. I am very comfortable voicing my opinion."
Classmate Gal Oshri, who led the lively discussion of "Little Red Riding Hood," said he enrolled in the course because he had limited exposure to most fairy tales.
Schröder pages through a scrapbook, dated to about 1855, containing papercut figures that Hans Christian Andersen made to amuse children. The "Windmill Man" papercut figure shown here evolved into a fairy tale called "The Windmill," published in 1865.
"It is enlightening to read the story so many years after hearing or seeing it as a child and noticing how I remember the tales as well as recognizing themes that I did not notice when I was younger," said Oshri. "I wanted to explore this genre because I think it has a large impact on society as well as modern stories and media."
Alexandra Green had enjoyed Disney versions of fairy tales since childhood and became interested in the tales intellectually after playing the role of narrator in her high school's production of the Stephen Sondheim musical "Into the Woods." As a potential civil and environmental engineering major, Green has been taking many math and science courses, and the seminar is her first literature-based class.
"It's definitely one of my favorite classes," Green said. "Each time we read a tale we read multiple versions, and seeing the progression, it's interesting to see how a violent, lewd tale changes, gets molded and becomes a Disney-fied version."
In addition to gaining a better understanding and appreciation for folk and fairy tales, and honing their skills of close reading, Schröder said, his students often leave the class with broader lessons from these seemingly simple stories.
"Often the analysis of the tales also leads into lively ethical discussions, with the fairy tales and their purported 'morals' serving as stimulating test cases that can raise students' awareness of the complexity of ethical issues and judgments," he said.


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Recent gains by financial stocks are looking precarious this morning, as the sector is taking a beating amid a general market selloff.
Is there any terrible news to justify a 4% drop for Citigroup (C) today? Not really. A Spanish bond sale was disappointing, and data has confirmed the general economic contraction in Europe. And the market is still reacting to FOMC minutes released yesterday indicating the Fed is backing away from QE3.
It's just another sign that the next leg up for financial stocks could be a lot more difficult, despite what Richard Bove says. Even the hint of a slight shift by the Fed, or a whiff of anxiety in Europe seems to have an outsized influence on the sector.
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I actually like JP2 better than the first just because they put the T-Rex in the middle of San Diego (?) and let it run around. The rest of the movie was just so-so. I supposed I liked it better because it was nothing at all like the book so there was nothing to compare it with except for the excreble first movie.
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I can obtain copies of Minnesota death certificates listed in the MN Death Certificate Index (http://people.mnhs.org/dci/Search.cfm) at the Minnesota History Center. I may also be able to find certificates not listed in the index. (The index may not show a certificate, even though it exists, due to a transcription error, a misspelling, or other reason.)
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