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Richard and Pamela Hanlon, both 65, purchased this 5-acre property in the Great Falls area of Virginia for $2.5 million in 2004, according to public records. They built this roughly 20,000-square-foot, English-style manor home in 2007 for about $11 million, including landscaping, Mrs. Hanlon said. HomeVisit
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The couple, who have been married for 43 years, frequently visit England. When they decided to build on this property, Mrs. Hanlon wanted to 'hearken to English heritage' by creating a home in the Cotswold style, named after the eponymous region in England. HomeVisit
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Over the years Mrs. Hanlon developed a strong interest not only in English design, but also traditional English gardens. The home includes several mature plants and trees indigenous to the area, including ferns, hydrangea and rhododendrons, she said. Very tall cryptomeria trees, a kind of cypress, are planted around the perimeter of the property, adding extra privacy to the home. HomeVisit
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Inside, the home is inspired by, but not beholden to, traditional Cotswold homes, she said. Flooring throughout most of the home is white oak hardwood stained dark. Crown moldings and base boards are kept simple, and the color palette is neutral to create an inviting backdrop for the couple's collection of 18th- and 19th-century antiques. HomeVisit
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The library, pictured here, is one of Mrs. Hanlon's favorite rooms in the home. Flanked with floor-to-ceiling built-in bookshelves, the room is a popular stop with house guests, who tend to congregate in the sitting area 'because it was so cozy,' she said. French doors open to the gardens. HomeVisit
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Mr. Hanlon, now retired, was the senior vice president of investor relations at AOL Time Warner. The couple spends about half the year in Virginia. Since Mr. Hanlon retired, the couple is traveling more frequently and using this home less often, which is part of the reason they're selling, she said. HomeVisit
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Mrs. Hanlon calls the landscaped area beyond the pool area her 'woodland garden,' because of its grove of indigenous trees. ' We didn't want to cut anything down' when we first began landscaping, she said. There is also a rock garden and an herb garden. HomeVisit
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'I wanted to take advantage of the sight lines of this house,' Mrs. Hanlon said. The kitchen, shown here, features windows and French doors that look out over the herb garden, where she can harvest oregano, rosemary, thyme and sage, among other things. HomeVisit
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The home includes six bedrooms, seven full bathrooms and two half-baths. HomeVisit
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The home also has a home theater, audio room and exercise area. Mr. Hanlon's collection of movie posters in the hallway leading to the theater is shown. HomeVisit
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A wine cellar in the lower level is shown. Including a separate storage room that was typically filled with crates of wine, the couple had between 1,000 and 1,500 bottles, Mrs. Hanlon said. HomeVisit
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The home was listed in 2010 for $12.5 million with another brokerage, according to the current listing agent's office. It was relisted in February for $8.75 million with Penny Yerks of TTR Sotheby's International Realty. HomeVisit
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I've been going to this school for about a week or two now. The school is a very small school they have no elevators and the school stair case is too small the lunch room is about the size of a average living room. The principal never came around to introduce her self to the new students.Now if your child have the older lady thats the reading teacher her name start with a C she's a okay teacher but she give to much work at a time and if you make a mistake she gets a little upset but she do teach her students.All classrooms are a learning place. The only staff i really no is the teachers i have the dean of students Mr.Matthew and the lunch room worker. thats not good they do give every child a chance there.
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This School has to be one of the worst schools in South Philly. My Son attended this school this year and he is always getting bullied. All the kids there seem to be rude, disrespectful, little brats. One day when I came to pick my son up I saw a kid get sucked into a fight! I also remember when I came to pick him up early, I saw little kindergardeners cursing with very foul words! This school has got to be terrible! there's always fights, lazy staff, disrespectful students, and no parent should bring their child to this school.
I think D.Newlin Fell School is a great school, my daughter came here from Catholic school and is doing so much better academically. There are more resourses here for children with Reading problems. I would recommend this school to all parents who care about there childs education..
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My son is treated great here. The teachers and the staff have always answered my questions. His teachers always have kept me informed of any difficulties he may be having. I am very pleased with this school and would recommend it to othere parents.
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Inattentive staff. Fighting in the school. Slow response time from the staff with regards to discipline and emergency matters. Good teachers and location, are this school's redeeming qualities.
I am disappointed at the discipline level at this school. It has a lot of fights, and not even an officer there would do anything. I saw a fight and food fight occur in the cafeteria with my own eyes, when i came to give my son his lunch. The school police officer just sat and watched it all. Also, the students only got 3days with no recess, I think that much more could and should have been done.
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Thanks alot! That really helps!
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Oh, and this is where I jump in and points out that the ranks are not called silver, but iron. The rest is correct. :)
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Good info, thanks :P
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Really helped me figure out what I needed for my next rank :)
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UNDATED (AP) - Scientists have taken a big step toward using brain scans to tell when people are in pain. For the first time, researchers used patterns from brain images to predict and measure how much pain people were in and tell when a drug was relieving it.
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NEW YORK NURSE: December 2010
by Karen A. Ballard, MA, RN, FAAN, President
This is the second holiday season in which, as NYSNA president, I bring you greetings of the season and the hope that you, your families and patients will be blessed with happiness, peace, joy, comfort and health.
Last year I asked that as nurses we commit "to achieving health care for all now, not later, and to making the nation's sick care system into a true and viable healthcare system" and "to help bring this gift to the millions that have no access or limited access to health care in this great nation." As a result of the Affordable Care Act of 2010, millions in the U.S. will be receiving that greatest gift — access to quality, affordable health care (www.healthcare.gov.)
As citizens and nurses, we can be proud and grateful for the work of ANA, NYSNA, and the many nurses who toiled tirelessly to make health care a right, not a privilege. It is overwhelming to have participated in such a momentous change in health care.
In 2011, as I introduced in last month's column, the challenge for this generation of nurses is to advance the recommendations of the Institute of Medicine's Report on the Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health. This could be the next greatest gift that we as nurses could achieve for our profession and our patients – a new realization of the art and science of nursing and how nurses and nursing will be vital providers of health care in a changed delivery system.
On November 30 and December 1 in Washington, D.C., the National Summit on Advancing Health through Nursing, hosted by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), brought together diverse leaders from around the country to discuss the implications of the IOM's report and its recommendations for the future of health care and the future role of nurses in America. The summit resources and videos are now available at www.thefutureofnursing.org. For coverage of NYSNA's role in the summit, see page 12 of this issue.
The IOM initiative provides NYS nurses a unique opportunity in the history of this profession to make changes that will impact upon generations of nurses and the practice of nursing. As I told the nurses assembled in Latham for the Regional Awareness Meeting, we are making nursing history and we cannot afford to fail ourselves, the profession or our patients. The more than 70 participants pledged to support this crucial work by identifying implementation of the joint NYSNA-NYONE legislative initiative of a baccalaureate degree in nursing within ten years of licensure as a priority.
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Story Lines Worth Watching In the Final Month
It's hard to believe but the 2013 MLB regular season is almost over. (Today marks exactly one month until the final games of the season, on September 29th.) Teams are making their final push for the post season, and every player is doing their best to finish out the season strong. With all of this going on, I thought I'd post an entry on the five main story lines I plan to keep an eye on throughout the final stretch.
American League Home Run Race
It's a two-man race, between the Orioles' Chris Davis and the Tigers' Miguel Cabrera, for who will receive the title of 2013 home run champion. But more importantly for Cabrera, he's not just chasing down Davis for that title alone; Cabrera is trying to do what no one in the history of the game has ever been able to do: Win back-to-back Triple Crowns.
Davis currently holds a four home run lead over Cabrera (who is day-to-day, after suffering an injury in Thursday's game) — Cabrera leads all of baseball in batting average and RBI's — and with a mere month left of the season, it's going to take a real display of power for Cabrera to overtake Davis. But if anyone can do it, Miguel Cabrera can.
Candidates for Rookie of the Year Award
The Rookie of the Year award is going to be a difficult award to decide, for both the American League and National League. Both leagues have several players that have strong cases, so it's going to be interesting to see which player will have a great final month to move themselves above the rest.
Currently, top candidates from the American League, for the R.O.Y. award, include Wil Myers, Chris Archer and David Lough, while the National League has quite a few more top candidates, in Yasiel Puig, Matt Adams, Nolan Arenado, Jedd Gyorko, Evan Gattis, Hyun-Jin Ryu, Jose Fernandez and Shelby Miller, among others. Making this a story line well worth watching.
National League Central Division
The National League Central is currently the closest of all the divisions in Major League Baseball. Less than four games separate the top three teams, being the Cardinals, Pirates and Reds. (This is the first season in 21 years that the Pirates will finish with a winning record.) With the Diamondback's slowly falling out of the race to catch up — though there's still a slight chance they could — it would appear to be between these three teams for who will win the division.
No matter which team is able to hold on in the final month of the season, to win the division, all three are likely to make the post season, with the extra Wild Card spot, that was added last season.
Max Scherzer's Cy Young Quest
Of all of the great pitchers in the American League none have been as dominant throughout the entire season as Max Scherzer. Having gone 19-1 — only the third pitcher to ever start a season winning 19 out of their first 20 decisions — with a 2.90 ERA, Scherzer is well on his way to winning the Cy Young award, if he can keep up the great performance.
Though I think Yu Darvish will get a lot of consideration for the award — rightfully so, currently sitting at 12-5, with a 2.68 ERA, leading all of baseball in strikeouts — the award is currently Scherzer's to lose, in the minds of many around the baseball world.
Houston Astros' Loss Record
With 30 games left to play, the Houston Astros hold a win-loss record of 44-88 — the worst record in all of baseball. They currently sit 33.5 games out of first place in their division, and look to have a losing record for the fifth straight season. Having lost 107 games in 2012, and 106 in 2011, it will be interesting to see if the Astros can finish with fewer than 100 losses this season.
They'll have to go 19-11, in their final 30 games, which isn't impossible, but with it being the Astros, it's not all that likely. It should be interesting to see if the Astros can at least finish out the year on a high note, after yet another disappointing season.
What're you looking forward to? Leave a comment below.
National League Predictions for 2013
Last year was the first time I ever made actual predictions as to how the MLB standings would look at the end of the regular season. To say I did poorly would be an understatement, but this is a new year, and with it comes a new shot at getting the predictions right. So I'm up for the challenge once again.
Unlike 2012, when I posted both my American League and National League predictions in the same blog entry, this year I'm doing separate posts for each league. I did my American League predictions on Thursday (if you'd like to check them out, CLICK HERE), so today, as the title states, I'm giving my 2013 National League standings predictions, starting with the NL East:
1. Braves
2. Nationals
3. Phillies
4. Marlins
5. Mets
With all of the offseason additions, including both Justin Upton and B.J. Upton, the Braves have a really good chance to win their division, in the minds of many baseball fans, myself included. Their starting rotation is somewhat of a question mark, being good, but not great, however, I think the lineup they currently possess will be more than enough to get the job done. This will be the first season in more than a decade in which Chipper Jones isn't in the dugout, but I think it's going to be an exciting year for Braves fans nonetheless.
The Nationals had a breakout season last year, bringing playoff baseball back to Washington D.C. for the first time since 1933, and all signs point to them having another great season. The only reason I have them finishing behind the Braves is that their lineup isn't quite as lethal, although their pitching staff can compete with nearly any team in baseball. Stephen Strasburg isn't going to be on an innings limit, as he was last season, and the loss of that stress should allow for him to thrive. I fully see the Nat's making the playoffs yet again in 2013.
For the Phillies, I'm still yet to be convinced that they're going to do much of anything this year. Unlike last year, the Phillies should have a healthy Ryan Howard for the entire season, who will undoubtedly improve their lineup, but with Roy Halladay struggling a bit in spring training–given it's just spring training–and the remainder of the rotation being merely decent, I can't see them finishing any higher than third; being that the Braves and Nationals are in the division. But the Phillies certainly have the potential to prove me wrong.
Adding tons of big name players to their roster in the offseason of 2011, everyone thought it would help the Marlins win a few more games than they did the previous year. But things didn't go as planned for the Marlins, as they finished 2012 with even fewer wins than in 2011, and in a questionable move, decided to redo nearly the entire team during this past offseason. With the loss of so many players, combined with the way the remainder of the team–with the exception of Giancarlo Stanton–played last season, they aren't predicted to do much in the coming year.
The only team I'm predicting to do worse than the Marlins are the Mets. Although they resigned their superstar third baseman, David Wright, for the next seven years, they traded away their 2012 Cy Young award winner, in R.A. Dickey. While that move alone isn't going to be the make or break point for the Mets, I don't see them winning an awful lot of games this year. I do, however, like their chances down the road, as some of their key prospects are knocking on the door. As soon as next season, I can see the Mets making some noise in the NL East.
1. Reds
2. Cardinals
3. Pirates
4. Brewers
5. Cubs
After an extremely successful 2012 season, in which the Reds finished first in their division on 97 games won, there's no reason they shouldn't be able to have an equally impressive, if not slightly better, 2013. They have the same basic roster, which includes one of the best closers in all of baseball, however, the one major difference is a healthy Joey Votto, which is why I see the Reds having an even better season this year. If they acquire the speedy Billy Hamilton, who stole 155 bases in the minors last year, towards the end of the season, I could see them going very deep into the playoffs, as well.
The Cardinals are a team that's good enough to give the Reds a run for their money, but I'm not predicting for them to win the division. The Card's have an extremely good pitching staff, when it comes to both starters and the bullpen–though their stellar closer, Jason Motte, is expected to begin the year on the disabled list–,however, their lineup isn't quite as good as the Reds. It's certainly going to be fun to watch to see how it all plays out, but regardless, I don't see them being good enough to earn even the second wild card spot, as I feel the Nat's and Giants are going to have better seasons.
This is going to finally be the year for the Pirates, in my mind. They started off incredibly last season, with their All-Star, Andrew McCutchen, leading the way with a batting average in the high .300′s, however, when McCutchen began to struggle following the midsummer classic, the rest of the team followed suit. If the entire team can rally together and play to their full potential, for the entire season, while I don't see them making the playoffs, I could easily see them finishing with a winning record for the first time since 1992.
If it wasn't for Ryan Braun, the Brewers arguably wouldn't have won nearly as many games last season, which is why I feel they're bound to flip spots with the Pirates in the coming year. Their pitching staff isn't what you would expect out of an above .500 ball club, but it gets the job done, nonetheless. Even so, their lineup is missing a few key components–some of which just aren't there, and some players that are injured–for the Brewers to have any sort of a chance at a playoff run, as far as I can foresee.
All signs point to the Cubs' streak of 104 seasons without a World Series title continuing yet another season, with there not being much chance for a successful season in 2013. They have some good, young prospects working their way up the ranks, but until they make it to Wrigley field, a few years down the road, all the Cubs can do is make it through another subpar 162 game season.
1. Dodgers
2. Giants
3. Padres
4. Diamondbacks
5. Rockies
It's pretty much going to be either the Dodgers or Giants winning the NL West division, and if the Dodgers can play to their fullest potential, I have a good feeling they're going to win their division. They have one of the best rotations in all of baseball, which includes former Cy Young winner, Clayton Kershaw, along with Zack Greinke and newcomer Hyun-Jin Ryu, from Korea, and that, combined with one of the best lineups in baseball, should be enough to prevail them past the 2012 World Champion Giants, in the NL West division.
With the Dodgers winning the division, I have the Giants coming in a close second. Coming off their second World Series title in three years, the Giants are one of those teams that doesn't have an incredible team, but make the very most of what they have. Last season, Tim Lincecum really struggled to find his groove, posting a career worse 5.18 ERA, but I see Lincecum having a bounce-back 2013 season. While a healthy Lincecum will help keep the Giants in the running for the division title, I still predict them coming up just short.
The Padres made some noise towards the end of last season, and I look for them to play more of the same type of intensity baseball for the entire 2013 season. They don't get a lot of recognition, just because of who they are, not having made the playoffs since 2006, but that doesn't mean they couldn't possibly be the shockers of the 2013 season. While I don't see them finishing higher than third, with the Dodgers and Giants in the division, I'm predicting they're going to be a lot better than most people are expecting.
Having finished with a record of 81-81, exactly .500, in 2012, I don't see the Diamondbacks improving at all in the coming season, especially with the offseason trade of Justin Upton to the Braves, as well as promising young pitching prospect, Trevor Bauer, to the Indians. By losing a couple of players who would've likely made a noticeable impact for the D-back's in the coming season, I see them finishing next to last in the division. Both their pitching staff and lineup are decent, but I just can't bring myself to place them any higher in the standings for my predictions.
Playing in one of the best hitters ballparks in all of baseball, with the high altitude, doesn't help out the Rockies when their pitching rotation is one of the weakest in all of baseball. Although they'll have their star short stop, Troy Tulowitzki, back healthy–Tulowitzki only played in 47 games last year–along with veteran, Todd Helton, the Rockies' lineup isn't nearly strong enough to overcome their below average pithing staff. Therefore, I'm predicting a second straight last place season, in the NL West division, for the Rockies.
Leave a comment below with whether or not you agree with my predictions.
American League Predictions for 2013
Last year was the first time I ever made actual predictions as to how the MLB standings would look at the end of the regular season. To say I did poorly would be an understatement, but this is a new year, and with it comes a new shot at getting the predictions right. So I'm up for the challenge once again.
Unlike 2012, when I posted both my American League and National League predictions in the same blog entry, this year I'm doing separate posts for each league. As the title states, I'm giving my 2013 American League standings predictions today, starting with the AL East:
1. Rays
2. Yankees
3. Orioles
4. Blue Jays
5. Red Sox
With the Yankees' season uncertain, I see this as the year the Rays need to make their move. With the lineup they have, the Rays have the ability to win their division, but it's going to come down to if their starting pitching begins and ends with David Price, or if their potential superstar pitchers in Matt Moore and Jeremy Hellickson can get things going. That's the deciding factor, for me.
Although the Yankees' season is up in the air, I still have them finishing second in the AL East. Why? Because they're the Yankees; a team that seems to be able to always find a way to win. But it's going to come down to Derek Jeter, in my opinion. If he misses a large chunk of the season, at any point, it could send my predictions way off course. Right now, I'm not too worried about him missing the first few games; but that could change.
The Orioles surprised everyone last season with the way they were able to put things together, however, I still think it'll be 2014 before they stand a good chance of winning the division. Their phenom prospects are still far from ready, with top prospect Dylan Bundy beginning the season in AA Bowie, and I just don't see everything clicking together in their favor this season.
I'm hesitant to place the Blue Jays all the way down in fourth, with so many people seeing them finishing near the top, but it's the way I foresee their season panning out. Even with the offseason additions of R.A. Dickey, Josh Johnson, Jose Reyes, etc., I don't see the Jays putting together a season much over .500. You just can't buy chemistry, and with so many new faces, I don't see them gelling from the start of the season.
What can I say about the Red Sox? They were once major competitors in the division, but after a couple of horrible seasons, by their standards, I don't see this year being any better. They didn't do much to improve their team in the offseason, and it's going to show once the season starts up. I'm looking down the road, when their key prospects such as Jackie Bradley Jr. and Xander Bogaerts arrive, before I can see them getting things going in the right direction again.
1. Tigers
2. Indians
3. White Sox
4. Royals
5. Twins
There's truly no reason the Tigers shouldn't run away with things in the AL Central division. With one of the best lineups in all of baseball, including sluggers Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder, along with newcomer Victor Martinez, their lineup should be there. The only question mark is their pitching. Justin Verlander is going to dominate–that's a given–but the remainder of the rotation is a bit uncertain. But all in all, I think they'll be just fine.
Coming in second, I have the Indians, as they did a great job of signing guys in the offseason to fill key spots they were missing last year, and I feel it's bound to pay off in the coming season. The only concern would be their starting pitching. Without a true Ace, you don't know who to look to for to carry the team throughout the season. It's definitely something worth watching, however, they should be able to have enough decent pitching to make things very interesting in the division.
It was really a toss up between me placing the Indians or White Sox in third place (with the other in second) but I decided to have the Sox finishing third in the division. The Sox have a future Cy Young winner, in Chris Sale, but with the remainder of the pitching, as well as the lineup, a question mark, I can't see them winning too many games over .500 in the 2013 season. They still have too many holes to fill.
I'm still questioning the Royals' decision to trade away their phenom prospect, Wil Myers, along with a few other prospects, to the Rays, in exchange for a couple of middle of the rotation starting pitchers, on most teams, in James Shields and Wade Davis, but it is what it is. I see the move doing more harm than good. The Royals certainly needed starting pitching, but to trade away your top prospect is a poor choice, in my opinion, which is why I have them finishing next to last in the division.
The Twins are a team that have the potential to be very good a year or two down the road, but for right now, I see them having to endure another last place season, in their division. They just don't have enough top notch guys, both in their pitching rotation and lineup, to make any sort of a run this season, as far as I can see.
1. Angels
2. Athletics
3. Rangers
4. Mariners
5. Astros
For the Angels, the AL West division is theirs to lose. With the addition of Josh Hamilton in the offseason, along with their already potent lineup of Albert Pujols and Mike Trout, there is no reason the Angels shouldn't dominate the division. Although they lost Zack Greinke to the Dodgers, their rotation is still really good, and it should all combine to be enough to lead them to the playoffs for the first time since 2009.
The Athletics were one of the big surprises of last season, but I don't feel it was a fluke. They've put together a really great team out in Oakland, and with the majority of the other teams in the division (with the exception of the Angels) still trying to figure things out in the coming season, the Athletics stand a good shot of making the playoffs for the second straight year.
With the loss of Josh Hamilton during the offseason, I don't see the Rangers doing much of anything this year. While they have a few big bats in their lineup that can change the outcome of a game with one swing, I don't see their rotation as being strong enough to overcome the uphill climb they face. It'll be interesting to watch unfold, but I don't like their chances in 2013.
The Mariners are one of the most interesting teams to keep track of. While I don't see them having all that impressive of an upcoming season, with all of the talent they have knocking on the door of the big leagues, I feel they'll be major contenders as early as next season. They don't have all of the necessary pieces, just yet, to put together a playoff run, but starting in 2014, keep a lookout for the Mariners to do big things in the AL West division.
Last season was flat out ugly for the Astros, as they finished in dead last, with a league leading 107 losses. Being that they're making the transition from the National League to the American League this year, I don't see things being any better for them; but when you lose over 100 games in a season, it can't really get all that much worse.
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We are currently faced with too many questions and everybody from the scientific community to us, regular people, are looking for answers. We are faced with questions touching on the human lifespan and how we can prevent diseases - to questions about our place in the universe and what it looks like… and in order to find the answers to these perplexing questions, we need A LOT of computing power.
Enter the realm of GPGPU or GPU Computing. Our passion for playing in virtual worlds has lead companies such as ATI and Nvidia to create graphics chips that surpass general-purpose chips by orders of magnitude at times exceeding 10x, 100x, somewhere even 1500x. This performance resulted in GPU chips starting to become household names in the world of scientific computing. Naturally, with every competition comes the ultimate question "Who has the best GPU Computing chip out there?" The answer to that question has sparked a lot of controversy, and there is no easy answer. In order to give you at least one part of the answer, we took a look at what communities can do to accelerate the distributed computing effort. We have interviewed Gipsel a.k.a. Andreas Przystawik, from the Planet3DNow! Community. This bright programmer caused quite a stir when he optimized the Milkyway@Home client for GPU Computing. Currently, only Milkyway@Home, Einstein@Home and SETI@Home are known to offer their source code, which was the basis for Gipsel's GPGPU effort. If you know of other projects, let us know firstname.lastname@example.com or email@example.com. BSN*: Greetings Mr. Przystawik, for the very first question - could you tell us about your background and programming skills prior to optimizing the Milkyway@Home client?
Gipsel: I had my very first contact with some Basic on a KC85 at an age of 11. But I guess that doesn't count. Actually, I am not a really experienced programmer. I had computer science classes in school learning some Pascal. Later, at the university I've heard a lecture "Algorithms and Data structures" at the Information Technology faculty - for one semester only. During that time I started with some C programming in my spare time. No big projects, it was just for fun - mostly quite low level stuff (involving assembler) as I was mainly interested in the hardware and its possibilities. But I have not much time for it during my studies (Physics). So I was not doing any such things for about five years. And then came Milkyway@Home. BSN*: What kind of hardware did you have available at the time when you optimized the client?
Gipsel: I started with my normal PC. It was an old AMD Athlon XP 1800+, AMD760-based motherboard and Nvidia GeForce4 MX graphics card. Later, when there was the need to test some SSE2/3 binaries, I switched to a Phenom X4 9750 on a 780G chipset (using the integrated graphics e.g. Radeon 3200). I'm still working with this box. All the GPU stuff was also done on it. Unfortunately, I don't have a recent graphics card (never needed one so far), meaning I don't have the possibility to run and test the GPU applications by myself. BSN*: What performance gain was achieved after you completed the optimization work on the code?
Gipsel: It depends on what are you comparing. The original source code of Milkyway@Home was grossly inefficient; it simply wasted a lot of time. The first things to do were no optimizations in a common sense; one had to clean up the algorithm Milkyway@Home is using. In the meantime most of my suggestions for improvements were implemented in the sources maintained by Milkyway@Home. That brought the calculation times for a workunit (WU) down in a massive way. Using my CPU-optimized code, 65nm Core2 or a Phenom running at 3GHz will take just slightly above four minutes to crunch one of today's short WUs. The stock applications distributed by the project are a bit slower; they take between about 10-18 minutes. In November 2008, it would have taken a full day for the same WUs on the same CPUs (MW uses longer WUs now). By doing my optimizations into account, Milkyway@Home experienced a speedup of factor 100 on the CPU alone. But I think readers are mostly interested about the GPU application. ATI Radeon HD4870 completes the same WUs in only nine seconds. Since Quad-core CPU calculates four WUs at once, a 3GHz quad will effectively complete four WUs in about four minutes with the fastest WU. At the same time, ATI's Radeon HD4870 will complete 25 WUs - six times the throughput for about the same price. Even a last-gen Radeon HD3800 will complete 8-10 WUs in four minutes, still more than double what a fast quad-core CPU can do. If you summarize all the improvements, you see that a single HD4870 is now doing more science than the whole project did couple of months ago! If you compare the beginning of the project with today's situation, you could claim a gain from "one WU a day" on a single Core 2 processor @3GHz to almost 10,000 WUs a day with a HD4870 [this is a live testament what code optimization can achieve - imagine if every application would have such a dedicated code-optimizer - Ed.].
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Heather Granvold, of Lake Park, Minn., says she's a regular reader of The Forum's "Garden Tales" feature. Given that, it makes sense that she says her daughter Shelby, shown in the photo, was excited to share this image of a potato that, they say, looks like Mickey Mouse.
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Should we Pepper-Spray our Children?Posted Tuesday, April 19, 2011, at 5:01 PM
The news is riddled lately with stories of bullying, bully prevention and the like. Though these stories usually revolve around kids bullying kids and the occassional adult bullying kids, I found a story the other day that was the opposite - an eight year old bullying adults. Not only were these adults teachers and cops, but the cops now are under a law suit for using pepper spray to defuse the situation.
According to the Denver Post an eight year old was on his way to school and got in trouble on the bus. Once at school this eight year old began yelling and threatening to kill his teacher and another staff member. The staff members were so afraid they barricaded themselves into an adjacent office while the boy threw chairs and a TV at the door. He was ramming the door with a cart. He then broke a piece of molding off the wall and used the molding as a weapon, should the teachers come near him. At this point the police were called in and when unable to subdue the boy, used pepper spray to get him under control. I was able to find statements from the town police spokesman, Steve Davis on another website that further explained the situation from the cops point of view. When officers arrived at the school, Davis said, "the child was armed with a piece of wood described as being twelve to fifteen inches in length and sharpened to a point, and he was using it as a weapon. The officers told him they were there because of what was going on and to drop the piece of wood -- I've heard it described as either a piece of trim or a piece of paneling -- and he didn't. He held it up to the officers and was threatening them with it." In response, Davis goes on, "one of the officers pulled out the pepper spray and tried to squirt it, and the child blocked it with a cardboard box. So the officer reached around the box and squirted once -- and the child dropped the long piece of wood and the cardboard box and the situation was defused." The mother of the child sees the pepper-spraying as excessive, maintaining that police in the two previous instances were able to talk him down. As a parent, it was this last paragraph that really caught me. Not the fact that the kid had been pepper sprayed - honestly that didn't bother me. But when his mother admits that police have had to come and defuse a situation not once, but TWICE with her son, BEFORE he threatened to kill people with a weapon in hand. At this point I think the only thing excessive is locking him up and throwing away the key. Possibly the only thing more chilling was watching the kid on tv, who smiled through the whole interview and acted like this happened every day. Don't get me wrong - I honestly believe that parents should not be able to pepper spray their children. But if cops have to be called three times to control anybody, they should have the right to use whatever force necessary to bring the situation under control. They have been trained on how to use this technique, and as such, are capable of knowing how much to spray, where and when for least minimal damage. In a world where bullying is out of control, we as parents, and leaders of our community should be showing our children core values - respect, responsibility, courtesy, loyalty, honor, integrity, and self control. We show this by not only making an example of our actions, but our actions to our children as well. If we cannot control ourselves to pass these things down to our children, and have our children reinforce these ideas, we will see many more incidents of eight year olds acting out and then let the country be pepper-sprayed, because it's time for all of us to learn a lesson. Comments Showing comments in chronological order [Show most recent comments first] Well, of course not. If they are that out of control....just shoot them. (But, only for our amusement, that is.) -- Posted by a777pilot on Tue, Apr 26, 2011, at 8:01 PM
The behavioral problem is evident with history... the real question is, what is being done to remedy the problem? The mother also needs assistance to find other solutions as well. -- Posted by Michael Lamb on Sat, Apr 30, 2011, at 5:35 PM
An eight year old who thinks this is the norm has been on the wrong end of some really bad parenting. Try pepper spraying the parents just so they know what sort of pain their kid has endured due to their lack of skills. As the old saying goes.....Having kids should be as hard as getting a building permit!!!!! -- Posted by Don_Roberts on Sun, Jul 17, 2011, at 9:15 AM
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Congrats StoryTeller Rose. That is wonderful news. May the pregnancy be an easy one and the baby healthy. Start saving up your energy.
Congratulations Story Teller Rose-Great happiness for you and your expecting little one.
We are having babies all over the place! Yay! It's always so nice that no matter what else is going on new life comes into world giving us all joy, hope and dreams.
I hate it when my husband would rather spend his evenings at a friend's house instead of with me. What's Wii Formula One Racing got on me??? I had to put a nice meal in the fridge to get cold because he wasn't here to eat the damn stuff.
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I came into this thread because I wondered how one would go about hijacking a thread that, by its very nature, was pointless to begin with and quickly stumbled upon this post. As a Bruins fan watching my team gag away as 3-0 series lead, I was at least a little heartened to see Les Habitant usher Pittsburgh right out of the tournament on their own sheet. Being in a neutral television market, and as the league only has one national outlet, I was unable to watch the Bruins last two games because Versus, in its infinite wisdom, feels the need to expose anyone and everyone to Sid the Kid all day every day. It's enough already, with Sidney Crosby. With a fortunate bounce or two tomorrow night, perhaps our heroes will be meeting in the conference final next week.
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Flash Friday!
The light and shadow just wrapped themselves around her cheeks. I was almost jealous, but then I got to do the same myself. She's so warm and soft on a cold autumn day.
In Wifey's latest burlesque act, there's a part where she points her butt at the crowd, wiggles it, and then smacks it hard. This was what was left about 3 minutes later when she finished the routine. That's a Wifey self-spanking handprint!! And some sneaky sideboob for Sideboob Saturday! Join the fun! ;)