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Size matters. And when it comes to SSDs, size costs too. At least, it did. Back in 2008, Intel launched its first solid state drive aimed at mere punters rather than enterprise customers. You forked out £400 and you received 80GB in return. Yeah, just 80GB.
Okay, conventional hard disks were also pricier per gigabyte in 2008, but it was still roughly a case of swapping the 'GB' and '£' symbols around. Less than £80 bought you more than 400GB of spinning magnetic platters even then.
So size has definitely been a source of insecurity for SSDs. Sure, you can combine a tiny SSD with a fat old magnetic drive and theoretically have the best of both worlds: speed and performance. Even the tiniest solid state drive will soak up a Windows installation. Simply chuck the rest in the big old data bin that is a cheap conventional hard disk.
The problem with that theory is applications. They like storage performance too - especially games - and a decent games library needs some fairly serious space. For us, that means an absolute minimum of 250GB, and ideally closer to the 500GB mark.
Cheaper SSDs
The good news is that's now becoming much more realistic. SSDs in the 500GB region can now be had for under £250. Okay, you'll have to pay more to get the latest and fastest models, but we're no longer talking about silly money for truly usable solid state storage.
If the size problem is nearly solved, there's plenty more keeping solid state storage interesting. While CPU and GPU development seems to be tailing off, SSDs are still a fairly early phase technology. Part of their development path involves things like controller chipsets and the flash memory chips themselves. That's good old Moore's law in action regarding the latter, and it's probably going to have more impact on SSD prices and performance than it will on processors or graphics chips in the near future.
Then there's the question of storage interfaces. SSDs have been developing much faster than the interfaces that hook them up to PCs. Already, SSDs have too much game for SATA 6Gbps. An alternative is needed, but what?
First things first. We need to deal with the elephant in our group test. Or rather, the elephant that's not in our group test, but which you might have expected to amble along and make an appearance. Whatever. We've got a problematic pachyderm, and its name is PCI Express.
According to some, it's the next big thing in solid state storage and that's because we've hit the wall with regard to some aspects of the SATA storage interface. Already, pretty much all high-performance SATA SSDs are limited by the 6Gbps maximum throughput of the current top-end SATA interface. That's why drives tend to bunch up at a little over 550MB/s for sequential reads and writes. That's all a SATA 6Gbps connection can manage.
Enter PCI Express. The latest 3.0 spec delivers just under a GB/s of bandwidth per lane, and even the old PCI Express 2.0 does nearly 500MB/s per lane. Of course, you can string together as many as 16 lanes and end up with some pretty epic theoretical bandwidth, but it's really only graphics cards that go for the full 16-lane monty. For storage, we're typically talking two to four lanes. Whether you're talking PCI Express 2.0 or 3.0, that's enough to give SATA a good, firm spanking.
A handy recent example is the latest MacBook Air from Apple. Okay, it's not exactly a PC, but the hardware is all PC-derived and it's a nice example of just what can be achieved thanks to PCI Express, even in an ultraportable form factor. For the record, the MacBook uses PCI Express in 2.0 trim with two links available to its SSD, and therefore has a peak theoretical throughput of around 1GB/s.
In early tests, the actual throughput is about 750MB/s for reads and writes, and is very likely limited by the drive, not the interface. Anyway, that's serious bandwidth by any measure. It's getting on for 50 per cent quicker than anything you can by in SATA format, and we're talking about one of the slimmest ultraportable notebooks you can buy. Incredible.
But it's only part of the story. We haven't tested a MacBook, but it will almost definitely fall foul of the same limitations as any other PCI Express SSD. And that's random access. Currently, even the very fastest SATA SSDs fail to get into three figures when it comes to MB/s for random access. That's nowhere near the limit for SATA 6Gbps.
Random element
The same goes for the PCI Express alternative. It's not the interface putting a cap on random access performance, it's the drive itself. And here's the thing: when it comes to the subjective feel of your PC, random drive performance is at least as important as sequential throughput. Maybe more so.
In fact, random access performance is also the metric by which SSDs really separate themselves from the fastest conventional hard drives. An SSD might be two or three times faster for sequential work loads, but it might be 20, even 50 times faster for random access tasks. And that's why I've just blown the last 500 words banging on about it.
PCI Express, or the posited SATA Express hybrid of the two interfaces, is very probably the future of storage, but it's likely not the panacea you might have thought. It's important to understand that.
What else is new in solid state, then? Capacity, that's what. Ever since SSDs first came on the scene, perhaps the biggest single drawback has been lack of capacity. At first we tried to kid ourselves that you could use an SSD as small as 40GB as a boot drive and have a conventional magnetic drive for the mass storage duties, and that does kind of work, but it's not ideal.
No, 'ideal' would be an SSD big enough for everything that's performance critical, including a mahoosive games library. That thinking has lead to some pretty spectacular mental gymnastics.
First, we pretended 128GB might just be workable. Then 250GB-odd became the realistic option. For some people, that might just be workable, but once you hit around 500GB or more, then you are really gaming with gas. There will be some for whom even that isn't enough, but for us, it's the point at which the storage limitation drawback truly fades into the background.
The good news is that prices for such drives are now approaching attainability for mere mortals. As I write these very words, the good people at www.scan.co.uk will do you a 480GB OCZ Agility drive based on the SandForce SF-2281 controller for just £200. That's not exactly chump change - and things have moved on from the days when the SandForce SF-2281 was the daddy of all SSD controllers - but it's not crazy money either, and it would be a pretty darn nice drive to use in the real world.
Control freaks
So we come to SSD controllers in general - ever the hot topic for solid state storage. Things have slowed down a bit lately. It's probably the quiet before the gathering storm that will eventually be SATA Express.
In any case, there hasn't really been a flurry of hot new controller chipsets quite yet. One of the newer offerings is the LAMD LM87800, as seen in Corsair's Neutron GTX drives. Not all that much is known about it, other than it's a dual-core ARM chip. Other than that, it's largely the usual suspects.
Then there's the Barefoot 3 from OCZ-owned Indilinx, which pairs an ARM core with OCZ's somewhat mysterious Aragon co-processor. Apart from that, SandForce's once world-beating SF-2281 soldiers on, while Marvell's 9174 and Samsung's MDX remain pretty competitive.
As for other technical advances, well, you can read about the details in our solid state drive reviews, but the usual progress applies, including the ever-shrinking size of NAND memory cells.
That said, one thing that hasn't really taken off is TLC, or triple-level memory cells. It looks like it will be a few years yet before that hits the mainstream. If that's disappointing, remember that memory prices have still been dropping in the meantime. The widespread adoption of TLC and the increased memory density it delivers will only make big SSDs even cheaper.
Faster, bigger, cheaper: What's next for SSDs?
Now we know big SSDs are getting cheaper, what else can we expect to see in the near future? As we've discussed, PCI Express is going to help lift the lid on peak sequential performance, and Apple's MacBook Air offers around 750MB/s for both reads and writes, but that's just the beginning.
ADATA has announced the SX2000, and the numbers it delivers are truly spectacular. For starters, it weighs in at an enormous 1.6TB. Then there are read and write speeds of 1.8GB/s. And here's the clincher: ADATA is claiming it's also good for 200,000IOPS. So random performance should be mighty impressive, too.
For the record, that's made possible by the new SSF-8639 interface, which is essentially a four-lane PCI Express solution. It won't be cheap, though; we expect pricing somewhere north of £1,500. It's really an enterprise class drive, but it does hint at the future of drives for desktop PCs.
Another interesting development is Thunderbolt - Intel's superfast general purpose connection. The second generation of Thunderbolt is good for 20Gbps, which puts it in similar territory to a four-lane PCI Express interface. Intel has recently been showing off a 128GB Thunderbolt 2.0 thumb drive prototype. The idea of a thumb drive that outperforms today's SSDs is intriguing.
As for the development of the memory chips themselves, things keep getting smaller. Toshiba has just announced its latest 64Gb NAND chips, claimed to be the smallest yet. And as these chips get smaller, they should hopefully get cheaper too.
Even better, Toshiba says it's tooling up to produce triple-level-cell (TLC) memory on the same process, later this year. So far, only Samsung has sold TLC memory into the mainstream. Toshiba says its TLC chips are initially targeted at smartphones and tablets, where memory density is super-critical. But the new chips are also destined for PC SSDs. 500GB drives for well under £200 next year? That looks very likely indeed.


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AstraZeneca has taken a small step in reducing the need for traditional animal testing by signing on to evaluate Organs-on-Chips from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard. Human Organs-on-Chips are composed of a clear, flexible polymer about the size of a computer memory stick, and contain hollow microfluidic channels lined by living human cells, allowing researchers to recreate the physiological and mechanical functions of the organ, and to observe what happens in real time.
AstraZeneca will apply the Institute's advances in the development and validation of human Organs-on-Chips to develop new animal versions. These animal organs-on-chips will be tested alongside the human models to further understand the extent to which drug safety results in animals can predict how an investigational drug might impact humans.
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Does it represent hope, or peace on earth?
Not really. I dont think a dark eye means any kinda of hope or world peace.
If could change "Gym Assistant" to "The Blind Eye of Deception" it would make more sense.
Then change it
Oddly enough, it doesnt give me the option to.
For rissel?
No jokes flying out of here.
Really, everyone on the board can change it.
Its has something against black eyes.
Yes, yes it does.
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According to Soligenix, orBec is a highly potent, topically active corticosteroid that has a local effect on inflamed tissue. Oral BDP has been marketed in the U.S. and worldwide since the early 1970s as the active pharmaceutical ingredient in a nasal spray and in a metered-dose inhaler for the treatment of patients with allergic rhinitis and asthma.
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Happy Bloggiversary!
I am proud to have acquired 45 followers and 282 readers who follow the blog on Google Reader. Google Analytics gives me the following numbers (these are only from August 12, 2010 till today, i.e. just since I moved to the new URL)
Total pageviews: 106,265
Unique pageviews: 86,966
I think these are all very cool numbers for a 1-year-old small independent blog.
Another cool piece of statistics is the map of visitors -- they came from 107 countries!
What have I learned about blogging in the past year? Like many other human activities, blogging can be aggravating or boring; on the other hand, it can be fun, therapeutic, or enlightening. The positives overall outweigh the negatives, which is why I am still around.
Negative aspects first: I have had several kerfuffles in my first year, most of which I don't particularly care to remember. The first one transpired before I completed a full month of blogging, it was completely surprising and largely disillusioning. It mainly had a censoring effect on my subsequent writing. I freely admit that I now avoid writing about certain topics altogether and significantly tone down my writing on many others because I don't have the time or the energy to fight off the potential onslaught of vitriolic comments. Hats off to those who have no such issues, as it looks like there are plenty of bloggers who thrive on these little explosions; honestly, I find them (the kerfuffles) nothing but draining. I don't find them amusing even when they happen to other people. But, I also found that censoring your writing is apparently no guarantee that someone somewhere won't get ticked off by whatever you write: no matter how personal or benign a post, there is always the potential to aggravate people. Oh well. I suppose that's just blogging imitating life.
But, all this negativity is hardly appropriate for a birthday, so off to positive things. What are my favorite aspects of blogging? Bloggy friends and acquaintances, bar none. There are a number of bloggers whose writing I really enjoy for various reasons -- some are serious, some goofy, some focused on the science/academia, some more on the personal aspects, but all are invariably whip-smart and insightful. With some I have connected off-blog. I really cherish the connections to these interesting people whom I would have never met otherwise.
I also appreciate blogging as a means of venting (I am sure Mr GMP also appreciates that I don't offload all -- only most -- of my many frustrations on him!) I enjoy other people's ranty posts and do feel better after writing mine. Moreover, I really enjoy blogging as a creative outlet of sorts. I know blogging does not constitute creative writing, or at least not very high-quality creative writing the way I do it, but the posts I enjoyed writing the most essentially read like essays.
Overall, it's been an interesting year, and in hindsight it does seem kind of long really. I started blogging at the end of my 6th year as a faculty (several months after I learned that I had been approved for tenure) and now is the end of my 7th. I am off to a sabbatical leave, which I am really looking forward to. In the past year, I have graduated four students, two with an MS and two with a PhD, received a couple of teaching awards, written many, many grants, and many, many papers. At the end of June I am expecting a baby on whose name Mr GMP and I have yet to agree. One option for the name would have our three boys' first initials be NMR, which greatly pleases the geek in me. Another option results in NML, the inverse alphabetical order of these letters, also high on the geek-o-meter. A third would yield NMA (enema -- LOL). Perhaps we'll just name him Spawn 3.
Dear reader, I have two orders of business where I need your input. One is a very important issue that has been bugging me for quite some time: what is, in your opinion, the proper name for a blogging anniversary? (You can enter multiple answers.)
My other request is a bit more serious: if you are a regular reader, and especially if you haven't commented much or at all, tell us a little bit about who you are, what you like/dislike about Academic Jungle, and what I can do to encourage you to comment more. Do you read for the academic (research/teaching/funding) content, for the more personal (family/mommy/immigrant) content, or is mixing it all up exactly your cup of tea?
Thanks everyone for reading!
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I am one of the Google Readers. I really enjoy your posts mainly as a "parallel" universe comparison: I am a male professor in a STEM field, going for my tenure review next year (just had a long discussion about letter writers today), while expecting our second boy in a few weeks. So a lot of the themes resonate, from grant-writing to raising a family far away from all the grand-parents, etc.
I don't know if anything will induce me to leave more comments, this is the first one I wrote in many months.
- May 17, 2011 at 6:22 PM
I learned about your blog from FSP's blog-roll this past September. I enjoy your writing style and selection of topics. I am a postdoc about to enter my second round of job-searching (for a PUI faculty position), and I your perspective on academia gives me hope that maybe there is a light at the end of the tunnel that has been my career. I also mentor quite a few undergrads and grad students, and your blog is one of the ones I refer them to when they need some encouragement that is is definitely possible to be a successful PI and parent. [Finally, I like that Hyperbole and a Half is in your blog-roll (good taste!)]
- May 17, 2011 at 6:48 PM
- Alyssa said...
I am so glad you continued to blog after the not-so-pleasant first month you had (what a way to be introduced to the science blogosphere!)! I really enjoy your more personal posts (and comment on those more), since I'm not on the TT, but I read it all!
Happy 1 year blogoversary :D
- May 17, 2011 at 6:49 PM
I am a regular reader that has not commented before. Like the commenter above, I enjoy your posts for the mix of family and academic. I am a male professor in a STEM field that just received tenure last month (yay!). I am also extremely involved in raising my two children under the age of 7 (to the detriment of my research career according to some in my department!).
I have tried commenting a time or two before but for some reason, the comments were never posted.
Keep up the good work, your blog is one of the first things I check each morning!
- May 17, 2011 at 6:52 PM
- inBetween said...
Happy blogoversary! so happy to be one of your followers... pls keep blogging!
- May 17, 2011 at 8:25 PM
I am a regular reader, but never commented. Male, immigrant, STEM, Tenure Trac in a private research university. Proud dad of a little boy. I love the blog!
- May 17, 2011 at 9:14 PM
Hi! I'm one of your google readers...a PhD student in the social sciences who studies STEM career development and women's underrepresentation in STEM fields. I'm approaching completion of my dissertation, and I stumbled upon your blog just under a year ago when I was wandering the blogosphere looking for tidbits for my intro.
What drew me to your blog was your frankness at the outset (i.e. when the shitstorm that you referred to happened) as well as the topics you have covered, esp. as someone who was pregnant (is now a mom) and trying to decide whether she should pursue the tenure track.
Not sure if there's anything you can do to encourage more comments from me, since really I'm trying to prioritize these days (get my dissertation done and spend time with my new baby). Maybe once I'm a doctor!
- May 17, 2011 at 9:16 PM
I'm a google reader follower and a current PhD student. I really enjoy your writing style, your mix of science life and family life, and the fact that your blog is a non-biomed academic blog without a lot of the clique-iness that tends to go along with a good number of those blogs. I always look forward to your posts. I am not generally a big commenter on blogs but I will put in some more effort here on that front
- May 17, 2011 at 10:22 PM
I am a female graduate student in math with a 2 year old daughter. I do not follow, but check in on your blog regularly. I found Academic Jungle when I was searching for some blogs written about the intersection of motherhood and life in a (non-bio) STEM field. After my daughter was born, I craved a female mentor with experience balancing motherhood and academia and the blogosphere is the only place I have been able to find anything resembling that. I don't comment much because I don't have time - between taking care of my daughter and working on my thesis I am exhausted. I am very grateful for this blog - thank you.
- May 17, 2011 at 10:36 PM
- TheHyperbolicRxn said...
who I am: STEM Undergrad in the throes of my last semester. Starting grad school in a few weeks across the country. 1/6th sass 1/2 sincerity 1/6 sarcasm , 1/12th science and 1/12th watching Golder Girls right now while I should be finishing up a project. All numbers approximate.
What you like/dislike about Academic Jungle:
Enjoy your perspective! I started reading after, but not much after, you moved since you're on FSP's blagroll. And oh the drama dramz last summer! I'm really saddened to hear that you toned down for that. I am going to count that as my dislike.
what you can do to encourage you to comment more: I'm not sure. Probably questions that baby scimaticians can answer.
Do you read for the academic (research/teaching/funding) content, for the more personal (family/mommy/immigrant) content, or is mixing it all up exactly your cup of tea?:
Hmm.. I like tea. I think it's the mix up. The academic stuff is educational, but personal is what makes you an individual, no? And I enjoy the nerdy remarks on NMR and baby bump symmetry groups. Congrats!
- May 18, 2011 at 2:57 AM
Hi! I am a PhD student in engineering. I found out about your blog through Female Science Professor's blogroll, and I found her blog by googling women in science. I like to read your posts mostly because it gives me a better perspective on how my supervisors think, and because it shows the more human-side of professors. I also love the rants about being a woman in science.
I don't typically comment, though sometimes I am tempted. But, I do participate on the polls; if they are interesting, I will click and vote.
- May 18, 2011 at 7:25 AM
Hi GMP,
I am a female, immigrant, computational / theoretical scientist in the physical sciences. On the tenure track, with a toddler, hoping to get pregnant again. See the similarities? I like your mix of topics, just the way it is. I comment once in a blue moon if something really resonates with me, and I visit your page the old-fashioned way: I have a bookmark (is there an embarrassed ascii smiley I can use here?).
Happy blogoversary and best of luck with your pregnancy.
- May 18, 2011 at 7:53 AM
I am a junior research faculty in Biomed field, immigrant, mother of two young kids. I happen to found your blog from FSP, and I do enjoy reading your rants. I am not a follower, but in between of work, I like to read whatever is interesting out there, and do check your blog if something is new.
- May 18, 2011 at 9:46 AM
I've enjoyed the first year of your blog. I like the tell-it-like-it-is voice, interesting topics and themes of this blog. I am really puzzled by what you call the kerfuffles. In all honesty, I cannot see why this would be any more vitriol-raising than any other blog. I don't think it's a disciplines thing because I am in the biomedical side of the sciences, not physical. I hope I am wrong in my feeling that there was a lot of xenophobia underlying some of the reactions to your blog. As a result of the kerfuffles, I have stopped reading some bloggers, but not you.
However, I feel sad that you felt censored. Both for yourself and for your readers, I believe you should make more effort to not censor yourself. Each blog is valuable inasmuchas it provides something new, a fresh perspective, a new idea. Censoring yourself will not serve this purpose. Don't let nameless internet personae bully you!! You and we deserve better than that!
As for the haters, may I leave you with a quote by FSP:
"When someone comments: I hate reading your blog. I read it every day and it makes me angry.
My response: Please please find a way to identify yourself so that law enforcement officials can be notified that you are bound and shackled somewhere, with your head restrained and your eyes propped open so that you cannot avert your gaze from the horror that is my blog.. every day. Such torture is shocking and I personally am against it."
Happy bloggaversary!
- May 18, 2011 at 9:54 AM
Oh, I like the academic posts more than the personal - I know this is a minority opinion but that's just me even though I am an FSP, I'm just worn out by all the motherhood balance thing that you get every corner you turn. I don't read those kinds of discussions. But I understand there may be others who are not surrounded by an accepting environment who may need the solidarity.
On the personal side, I like the immigrant aspect because it does not get brought up enough. As a seemingly white immigrant who gets into all kinds of trouble the moment I show my passport (not to mention the many months I've spent on visa-related activities over the years - and yes I counted the hours and they added up to months, even if you assumed I worked 24 hour days), I have to carry an invisible load on my every day of my academic life. The load does get lighter as you get more established, but it is there nevertheless and it's good to be able to talk about it. But I find this to be a polarizing subject, unfortunately... And sometimes the discussion unearths attitudes that I'd rather not have seen expressed...
I don't blog myself and only comment sporadically. I don't have specific ideas on how to increase commenting.
- May 18, 2011 at 10:04 AM
GMP, I think your posts are thoughtful and interesting, and I have been solidly with you during the aforementioned "kerfuffles" (especially the recent one about whether we should expect publications from our grad students!). I should comment more, but usually am just checking blogs in 5 min between meetings or on the time I allow myself for work breaks, so I often don't have the time to think through a comment. Happy blogoversary and keep up the good work!
- May 18, 2011 at 11:04 AM
I'm a female MSc student in engineering. I like reading your academic posts especially since I find that they are a lot more relevant to my field than the numerous biomed blogs! I personally don't get a lot out of the more family-related posts at this point in time (I'm simply not at that point in my life); however, it is always nice to hear about women in STEM fields who are successful at both maintaining their academic and family lives! It's kind of reassuring :)
- May 18, 2011 at 11:15 AM
- Clarissa said...
Congratulations on the blogging success! I can't really choose between the academic and the personal kind of posts. Blogs that only stick to one or the other end up being boring and repetitive. I think that variety is great. You are a multi-faceted human being, so why not share all these facets with the readers?
I have moved my own blog to WordPress today. The new url is: http://clarissasblog.com/. So if you could change it in your blog list that would be great.
Happy blogoversary (my word of choice for it)!
- May 18, 2011 at 4:34 PM
I'm a male CS assistant professor at a research university. I enjoy your blog even if I don't always agree with you. I generally pay more attention to the academic posts, but I really prefer it when bloggers blog about anything they want. (Never did understand the "I don't like topic X, please stop blogging about it" types of comments.)
I found you through the very kerfuffle that you mentioned in this post. I still read the other parties involved too. I don't always agree with them either, but diversity is the spice of life, as they say. Just keep doing your thing.
- May 18, 2011 at 6:46 PM
I'm a TT social scientist (one more year until going up for tenure). I think I've been reading your blog for a long time, certainly prior to the kerfuffle. I was glad you kept blogging. I appreciate the mixture of subjects and find your blog posts to be very interesting - I like your general tone, if that makes sense. Oh, and I like the discussions of the theoretical/computational nature of your work.
- May 18, 2011 at 8:50 PM
- Unbalanced Reaction said...
Happy, happy bloggy bday!
..and since I haven't been around much, I wouldn't blame you if you had forgotten that I'm on the tenure track at a PUI. ;-) I haven't been reading much of anything lately (horribly, horribly behind), but I'm looking forward to getting caught up in the coming weeks.
- May 18, 2011 at 9:30 PM
I'm a female postdoc (first time commentor) who found your blog by searching 'two-body problem' when my husband and I were on the job search a while ago. We found blogs to be a helpful way to survey/understand negotiating techniques, job search etiquettes, etc., stuff they don't teach you in grad school or might not want to ask your advisor directly (e.g. how much was YOUR start up?). It's also nice to read blogs by female scientists even though my field is pretty gender-balanced (or seems like it). I like to be aware of issues that might come up for me in the future or that my female colleagues might be facing (trying to have it all).
I don't comment because... it's just not my nature to put my personal opinions out there... not because of the contents of your blog necessarily.
- May 19, 2011 at 8:24 AM
- Dr. Sneetch said...
I love your blog and the advice you give is so right on the mark. At a very practical level it is immmensly useful.
I find the kerfuffles draining too. Maybe it is because I don't have the sort of friends I can discuss my work-life with and don't want to fight with my few virtual friends.
At the same time I appreciate the different but genuine points of view as I've run into some difficulties and the different perspectives keeps me grounded.
- May 19, 2011 at 8:40 AM
- Becca said...
I'm a grad student who found you via the first conspicuous kerfluffle.
I would comment more if I thought you enjoyed kerfluffles (since they are my preferred form of blowing off steam).
That said, although I am inclined to agree with you about the last kerfluffle (publishing requirements for the PhD degree), I also found it unusually draining, because I am about to graduate without pubs and I am thus a horrible failure.
But when reading you doesn't make me feel like a horrible failure (which has been the pretty much the rest of the time I've read your blog), I enjoy pretty much everything (i.e. both academic and personal stuff).
- May 19, 2011 at 9:30 PM
- GMP said...
Thanks everyone for the comments!
It's really nice to learn more about all of you -- whether you comment frequently or only occasionally -- and I am really happy that a number of you delurked and commented for the first time!
- May 19, 2011 at 11:12 PM
What kerfuffles? I love your kerfuffles, what did I miss????
- May 20, 2011 at 7:36 AM
Hi. I am a professor in a public university in Brazil and read the posts from Google Reader.
- May 20, 2011 at 8:29 PM
- Gerty-Z said...
Hey GMP! Happy blogoversary or whatever. I'm sorry that you find the kurfuffles draining. I think generally you start up some interesting conversations! I like your blog a lot. It is fun to learn how things fly in the non-biomed world. Keep up the good work :)
- May 20, 2011 at 10:12 PM
- prodigal academic said...
Hi GMP! Happy blogiversary. Yours is one of my favorites. I like the fact that you sound like a real person all the time--when you offer advice (which I find useful) and when you make personal posts. I am glad the kerfuffles don't drive you away. I would also find them draining, and I blog for fun.
- May 21, 2011 at 1:59 PM
- S and O said...
Frequent reader here, few-time commenter (due to laziness). I'm currently a postdoc in the physical sciences. I really enjoy your posts on a variety of topics. I like reading about the professional topics -- I find it very informative, useful, and at times enlightening to read an honest (non sugar coating) perspective from a PI. The personal stuff I also like (esp the immigrant content) since I used to be reminded that I looked different in my graduate group. Don't let these online kerfuffles get to you – there are plenty of GMP fans out there! Your blogging voice is just appealing to me, and I look forward to reading another year's worth of GMP!
- May 22, 2011 at 3:04 PM
I am another one of your Google readers. I am a female tenure-track Assistant Professor in engineering. I am at a fairly small and very unique college where I have few peers to talk to about many of the issues you address here. I like hearing about the experiences other people are having both at my level and what I am going to see in the future. It is nice to see that other people have the same issues as I do and how they tackle them. I found your blog through FSP.
I do not have children, though it is interesting to see how you handle the balance. I mostly read for the academic/research side, but enjoy the family side as well. Mostly I read to see what other people are experiencing both the ups and the downs. It makes me feel less alone in the world of academia.
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ZF-6660: Zend_Gdata_App autoloading bug with class_exists
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if (!class_exists($name . '' . $class)) { require_once 'Zend/Loader.php'; echo 'test'; @Zend_Loader::loadClass($name . '' . $class); }
which causes things to fail as the class_exists triggers the autoloader to load the class if an autoloader is registered. It should be !class_exists($name . '_' . $class, false) to disable autoloading when checking if the class exists.
Jeffrey, What do you mean by "causes things to fail"? What is the failure you're experiencing?
I've created a new Zend_Gdata object, let's call it My_Gdata_App
I've registered My_Gdata_App however when I use the newAppEntry method, which is processed by a magic __ method in Zend_Gdata, it attempts to load the My_Gdata_App _Entry object from various places. The problem occurs when it checks to see if my extension exists. The class_exists() call invokes the autoloader automatically so I end up with a Zend_Loader::include() error (for My/Gdata/App/Extension/Entry.php) because it can't find the file it was looking for. Not finding it was the expected result since the correct path is in the second loop (My/Gdata/App/Entry.php), but it can't loop since it failed in the first loop.
Basically the if statement itself creates a situation where the code in the brackets will never run since the class_exists will trigger the Zend_Loader to try and load the file to see if it exists. You just need to add the "false" as the second argment to prevent class_exists from invoking autoloading, then your code will load it as necessary.
oh, and ignore the echo 'test'; bit in the original bug, that was me to see if the if statement ever executed.
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Didier Reynders condemns bombings in Iraq and expresses condolences
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Didier Reynders condemns the bombings that hit several neighbourhoods in Baghdad today. In the area around the Foreign Ministry, there were many victims, both casualties and injured.
Minister Reynders expresses its condolences to the families and friends of the victims. Our country is in solidarity with the Iraqi Government and people.
Didier Reynders is concerned about the continuing violence in Iraq. He encourages the Iraqi leadership to engage in dialogue and display unity in the fight against terrorism.


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Sportman's guide has 5,45x39 availble for back order at $139/tin. Just ordered a couple more tins. Free shipping with coupon (SH687)
SGAmmo has 1971 Bulgarian silver tip 7.62x39 crates on special at $138/crate (880 rounds). Just ordered 5 crates
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Also ordered a case of Russian LVE 9x19 (1500 rounds) at $280 from Classic Arms. Pretty decent ammo for the Makarov, CZ-82, P-64, P-84, PA-63 and SMC-918 pistols.
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GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) won FDA approval for its FluLaval® Quadrivalent influenza virus vaccine. The vaccine was approved for active immunization of patients ages three and older to help prevent disease caused by seasonal flu A and B strains.
FluLaval Quadrivalent is designed to decrease flu-related morbidity across children, adults, and the elderly by protecting patients against the two A strains and two B strains that constitute the four primary influenza strains known to cause the majority of illness associated with the flu.
The vaccine is the second GSK intramuscular quadrivalent flu vaccine approved by the FDA in less than a year. In December, the agency gave its approval to Fluarix Quadrivalent, the first-ever intramuscular influenza vaccine, which according to the company is shipping to customers.
With the approval of FluLaval Quadrivalent, GSK said it anticipates the capacity to supply approximately 35 million doses of quadrivalent vaccine to the U.S. market for the upcoming 2014–15 flu season. However, GSK also said it will make "a limited amount" of FluLaval Quadrivalent available in time for the upcoming 2013–14 flu season.
GSK also said it plans to fulfill orders for Fluarix Quadrivalent, Fluarix Trivalent, and FluLaval Trivalent, the last of which was recently approved for expanded use in patients aged three years and above.
FluLaval Quadrivalent will be available in multi-dose vials, the company said, allowing healthcare providers another administration format for quadrivalent vaccines to complement Fluarix Quadrivalent, which is available in prefilled syringes.
GSK said that beginning in 2014 it will have the capacity to supply the United States "substantial quantities" of quadrivalent influenza vaccine shots manufactured in Quebec, Canada (FluLaval Quadrivalent), as well as in Dresden, Germany and Marietta, PA (Fluarix Quadrivalent).
The FDA's latest approval marks the first time that all GSK influenza vaccine shots have been approved for use by the FDA for children three years of age and older as well as for adults. FluLaval Trivalent vaccine had been previously limited for administration to individuals 18 and older.
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Giant Step is hosting the New Year's Eve party you don't want to miss in Miami. We are back after last year's epic celebration, which included performances from The Roots, Janelle Monáe and DJ Bobbito. This year, Giant Step brings in 2010 with a bang with Common and Rye Rye.
Common will be performing live in The Florida Room, which only holds 200 people. It's going to be like having this Grammy Award-winning artist play with his killer live band in your living room, with all your friends in it. Open bar from 10 PM – 1 AM.
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There is a common expression during the NBA playoffs that a series doesn't start until the home team loses.
In a related story, the Carnegie Cup hasn't started since 2006.
A quarter of the Top 12 teams in the nation will meet on the Housatonic River in New Haven this Saturday to compete for the Carnegie Cup. Sixth-ranked Princeton and 12th-ranked Cornell will be looking to stop a six-year trend of home dominance in this rivalry.
Seventh-ranked Yale has other plans. After all, this is a trend that the Bulldogs started.
In 2006, en route to the Eastern Sprints/Ivy League title, Princeton went to the Cayuga Inlet and retained the Carnegie Cup. The next season, Yale won it on the Housatonic. Ever since, including Princeton wins in both 2008 and 2011, the Carnegie Cup has only traveled to the race, not away from it.
Princeton leads the all-time series with 36 victories, while Cornell has 34 and Yale has 20. Each of the three tradition-rich programs has big aspirations for both this weekend and beyond, especially with Eastern Sprints looming in three weeks.
"These Ivy League races are intense because all boats in the league are fast," freshman Patrick Konttinen said. "Boats don't simply give up in a dual race when they are behind. Next weekend is important just like any dual race this season has been. Yale and Cornell are tough opponents. A win would provide good momentum leading into the following weekend against Brown."
Racing is scheduled to begin at 8:30 am with the first varsity competition, and it will continue every 20 minutes (2V, 3V, 4V). Both the second and fourth varsity boats will be looking to build off big wins last weekend over Harvard, while the varsity eight will be trying to regain momentum before its home finale on May 4 against reigning league champion Brown, the nation's fifth-ranked team.
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yummy! I like replacing syrup with yogurt and a little bit of honey. It's so good!ReplyDelete
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FDA Proposal on Journal Reprints Draws Fire
The Food and Drug Administration wants to give drug and medical device manufacturers the right to distribute medical journal reprints touting the off-label use of products without prior FDA approval. According to the proposed guidelines, drug-industry salespersons would be able to hand out medical journal articles to doctors that discuss alternative uses of drugs or devices that have not been approved by the FDA or adequately tested by their manufacturers. The proposed guidelines also do not require that the studies reported in the reprints include randomized, controlled clinical trials, long considered the gold standard of medical research.
Under previous regulations, which lapsed in 2006, drug makers could only distribute published scientific studies if they gave copies to the FDA beforehand and had sought approval from the agency for the off-label use discussed in the study. Neither condition was included in the new proposed guidelines, although only articles that had appeared in peer-reviewed journals with conflict-of-interest disclosure policies could be distributed. That didn't mollify Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), who charged "it's a conflict of interest for the company to be promoting sales when they haven't been able to establish that a drug is safe and effective through the rigorous FDA process."
Conservation groups charge that the new plans regurgitate proposals touted by the Off-label uses are a major component of drug sales and now account for 21 percent of all doctor-written prescriptions, according to a 2006 study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine (subscription required). Some researchers fear adoption of the proposal will encourage drug companies to cut back on testing drugs with large off-label sales. "Companies could openly promote products for unapproved indications without testing these drugs," said Steven Nissen, chairman of the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic. "I'm astonished that this rule would even be considered." The public has until April 15 to comment.
Rx Companies See Publishing as Marketing StrategyMost of the country's leading pharmaceutical companies see publishing clinical trials results as a marketing tool as well as a method of disseminating scientific information about its drugs, a new industry survey showed. The report, "Scientific Publications Strategy: Managing Reputation, Clinical Trial Results, and Commercial Relevance" by Best Practices LLC, surveyed scientific directors at 14 leading pharmaceutical companies including GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Abbott Laboratories, Amgen, Merck, Genentech and Eli Lilly. Eight of the firms included regional or national marketing managers on teams planning their publications strategy. "Scientific publications are an essential tool for both clinical and commercial purposes, as they are intended to influence the target audience by raising both awareness of the disease and awareness of a company's product," the report stated.
Wolf Delisting Called Premature
The Bush administration last week announced an end to federal Endangered Species Act protection for the Northern Rocky Mountain population of gray wolves, saying that the wolves had recovered adequately to survive without federal protection. The move strips federal protections from wolves throughout the states of Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana and portions of Utah, Oregon, and Washington; the Center for Biological Diversity says that state officials from Idaho and Wyoming have announced intentions to kill or allow for the hunting of approximately half their wolf populations. A coalition of environmental groups has announced plans to sue over the decision, saying that scientists are in agreement that the existing wolf population is too small to allow for full recovery. The livestock industry and state officials have opposed federal protections for wolves, although a majority of local residents expressed opposition to state plans to increase wolf hunting.
Science Scandal Rocks Indian UniversityA chemist in India plagiarized or falsified more than 70 research papers published in 25 research journals over three years, according to documents obtained by his university. An investigation by Sri Venkateswara University in Tirupati, India, found that chemistry professor Pattium Chiranjeevi from 2004 to 2007 published scores of papers that plagiarized other researchers' work and lifted statements from his own previous articles. The papers, which included a submission on measurement of arsenic that was nearly identical to a published paper on the measurement of chromium, were published in numerous journals, including five run by the scientific publishing powerhouse Elsevier. A majority of the papers have been retracted. Gary Christian, editor-in-chief of Talanta, an analytical-chemistry journal, said the editors and reviewers are overwhelmed and cannot catch all instances of plagiarism. A spokesperson of Venkateswara University says that Chiranjeevi retains his teaching position but has been barred from research and from holding administrative positions. "The chemistry in most of his papers is illogical—the chemistry itself is wrong," said the spokesperson. "How did this get past reviewers?"
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Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), chairwoman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, is calling for an independent agency outside the Department of Agriculture to carry out food safety inspections in the wake of a Humane Society invesitgation that found mistreatment and inclusion in the food supply of sick cows at a Southern California slaughterhouse. DeLauro said that the Agriculture Department's responsibility to ensure food safety was incompatible with its role of promoting the U.S. beef industry.
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Your apartment in Barcelona is only minutes from the beach, so every morning you can go for a walk along the sands or be bathed by calming waves. You are also next to the 22 district, where you can take care of your business, and the Agbar tower is spectacularly illuminated at night.
Welcome to your apartment in the Catalan capital. Admire the wooden beams on the ceiling and the exposed brick walls which give a rustic touch to your stay in Barcelona. It also features practical wooden furniture which contrasts with the comfortable red chairs. The well equipped kitchen contains a mixture of colors, with splashes of white, orange, green and brown.
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leider ist im Badezimmer die komplette Decke mit schwazen Schimmel belegt und dementsprechend riecht es in der Wohnung. Wir können diese Wohnung nicht empfehlen.
Bon accueil par l'agence qui nous a remis les clés à notre arrivée. L'appartement est très sympa pour 4 personnes. Les chambres ne sont pas très grandes, la cuisine est bien équipée, le séjour est joliment décoré. Linge fourni. Tout était propre. Aucun problème. L'endroit est calme et très bien situé: d'un côté de la petite rue LLatzaret il y a le métro Poblenou et les commerçants pour les courses, et de l'autre côté il y a la Rambla Polenou, adorable avec ses petits restaus, qui nous mène à la plage en 10 minutes de marche. A recommander vivement!
Lejligheden var ok. Der står dog i beskrivelsen, at der er to soveværelser. Det var der i princippetogså, dog er det ene værelse kun til én person. Det kunne godt være beskrevet lidt bedre.
Lejligheden ligger i et stille kvarter og meget tæt på en lang gade med mange restauranter og barer.
Der er ca. 10 min. gang til stranden.
Lejligheden var forberedt på, at vi kom tre personer, selvom vi havde opgivet at vi var fire. Det betød, at der manglede et håndklæde og en pude. Vi kontaktede bureauet, men der dukkede aldrig ekstra linned op til os.
Posizione comoda, casa bellissima con tutto il necessario, proprietari cordiali, non si può far rumore dopo le 10pm per la signora che abita sopra.
Отличные апартаменты, полностью оборудованные всем необходимым! Посудомоечная машина, стиральная машины, пылесос, кондиционер! Замечательное расположение в шаговой доступности ко всем достопримечательностям и метро. Очень рекомендуем.
Nice studio, all we needed was there. Only thing missing were some glasses for water (just one large glass). The studio is clean and comfortable. Terrace with pool is very nice! We stayed with four friends, which is ok if you don't need a lot of space. Good access to the metro, studio is however relatively far from the old center. Good service provided by Wimdu, we had a late check in which was no problem at all. Overall a very nice experience!
The apartment is completely newly renovated and can easily host up to 6 people. It is also very clean. Nonethelss, there were few things my friends and I did not like about it:
- nothing was provided, not even toilet paper (after you pay 350€ for a weekend you expect at least that)
- they require extra costs for pretty much everything: we paid €60 more for late check in, then €10 for touristic taxes. All these costs are clearly reported on the website, still I think the late check in costs can be cancelled if modern technology to handle keys are used
- last but the most important thing is that they also required us to pay a €200 of refundable deposit. Since we could only pay via debt card, they withdrew our money and then simply FORGOT to give it back to us. I have to call them three times in one day after almost 10 days and finally have the deposit back. If you ask money for everything, then you have to be very serious about it yourself, I think
Good location, clean apartment, great service!
Lovely stay, helpful staff/owners, good location, great appartment. The boiler had broken when we arrived, but the owner came and fixed it that evening.
We had a great holiday.
My friend and I booked via Wimdu for the first time. I was more optimistic about the experience that she was. However we had jointly agreed to stay at the Sagrada Familia Apartment. Firstly it is superbly located 2 blocks for the iconic landmark. Ironically despite the 1000's of visitors at the Basilica each day, 2 blocks away it feels local and peaceful (although the bars below can make a little noise if you are an early to bed person. It feels very special to be able to see glimpses of this UNESCO marvel from the apartment as well as walk past it each day. The Metro stop is also 1-2 blocks away, making it easy to get in and out of the city suburbs that have other sites and places of interest (L5 - blue line). Re getting the keys, it is a pain having to call from the airport and arrange for someone to meet you at a particular time, when other airbnb type sites have key boxes so you can arrive more freely. Plan 2 hours from landing to arriving in the city if you go by train certainly.
Martin -our key man was very nice and helpful. It would help nevertheless if WIMDU actually had the correct address. There are 2 building on 436 Career De Mallorca. This particular one is 436 B (opposite Santander bank). As a result meeting out key exchange was a mix up. However all was well after that first hiccup. The apartment is not as big as the photos, nor is it as modern or appealing. We both found it very average. The kitchen is tiny and poorly equipped we felt.. The bathroom not much bigger. There is a double bed, 1 tiny cupboard single room and a pull down single in the office.
It is ideal for 2 people regarding places to put suitcases etc but not inviting enough for you to want to chill on the couch and relax. Saying that we knew we would be out most of the time but that is besides the point.
You pay approx 40 euros for cleaning. I am not sure who gets that money but we found it quite unclean, needing to wipe surfaces and clean crockery first before use.
The little lift is super handy nestled in the hollow of the stair case i- which is old and atmospheric. Also this is the only rented apartment in the building so there is no party noise elsewhere.
The shower pressure is OK. NB. you are only given 1 toilet roll so be prepared! There are no bathroom toiletries except a half empty cheap hand soap dispenser. It felt tacky.
Overall the apartment is quirky in so much it is in an old quarter and is typical of this part of the city. There is a lovely bakery next to the building and cute little bars down below and up towards the Sagrada on the left (after Santander) on Carrer De Mallorca.
Sadly the beds are dreadful as are the pillows. Despite street noise, our inability to sleep was based on poor quality mattresses and flimsy pillows. A real shame.
The little balcony off the double bedroom is nice to enjoy with a night cap or morning cuppa, especially as you can see the Sagrada Familia so closely.
For convenience to the SF Basilica and the Metro, it is well positioned. For quality I am sure you can find better for the money (although maybe not so close to such a world icon as this!?)
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