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Natural Bridges State Beach
Natural Bridges State Beach is world-renowned for its yearly migration of monarch butterflies. Visitors can see thousands during the butterflies' peak season. The best time to see monarchs in the park is usually from mid-October to late January.
The grove's eucalyptus trees are located in a small, protected canyon, providing the Monarch needed shelter from the wind. These winter flowering trees are also a convenient source of nectar for the butterfly. On chilly days when the temperature drops below 60 degrees, the butterflies cluster together in the eucalyptus trees for warmth and protection. On warmer days, butterflies flitter and float through the air as they fly from tree to tree. The park also maintains a milkweed demonstration patch where visitors may view Monarch eggs, caterpillars and chrysalides. For about half a year, milkweed is the Monarch's home, super market and maternity ward. The Monarch larva eats only the milkweed plant. Visitors can learn and explore even more about the mysterious migration and lifecycle of the monarch on one of the parks tours.
Weekend Guided tours of the Monarch Grove take place on Saturdays and Sundays at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., from Oct. 9 until the monarchs migrate, usually in late January. Monarch migration is variable; please call the park if you would like more information. Public tours are offered on weekends and no reservations are necessary, or call (831) 423-4609 to arrange a tour for a group of 10 or more. Meet at the Visitor Center for the hour-long program. The walk is stroller and wheelchair accessible.
This beach, with its famous natural bridge, is an excellent place to view shore and ocean birds, migrating whales, and seals and otters playing offshore. Further along the beach, tidepools offer a glimpse of life beneath the sea. Low tides reveal sea stars, crabs, sea anemones, and other colorful ocean life. Tide charts are available in the ParkStore.
The park also includes areas of coastal scrub meadows, with bright native wildflowers in the spring. Moore Creek flows down to the ocean through these meadows, forming a wetlands in the sand.
To learn about events in the parks and at the beaches, check out the Calendar Page.
Take Swift Street west from Highway 1, or follow West Cliff Drive north along the bluffs until it ends at Natural Bridges.
Natural Bridges State Beach is recruiting volunteer docents to lead tidepool walks for school groups and other visitors. Email email@example.com or call 831-423-4609 x8 today to register for the next training, which starts April 2.
ParkStore/Visitor Center
The ParkStore/Visitor Center features displays on the monarch butterflies and other features of the park. An aquarium features animals found in the tidepools. A video is available for viewing. The ParkStore/Visitor Center is open most weekends and some weekdays. Call (831) 423-4609 for current visitor center hours and special events.
- Restrooms
- Picnic Areas
- Visitor Center
- Food
- Lodging
- Supplies nearby
Educational Activities
Family and children's programs
Guided tours
Natural Bridges will begin taking phone reservations for school group butterfly tours on Aug. 1. 831-423-4609
Camping not available
- Restrooms
- Visitor center
- Family and educational programs
- Sand wheelchairs available — learn more in the Hilltromper Beach Accessibility Guide
- ADA-compliant boardwalk leads to the Monarch Grove — learn more in the Hilltromper Wheelchair-Friendly Trails Guide
Layered clothing is recommended due to changing weather conditions.
General Info/Trails
Dogs allowed on 6-foot or less leash and under physical control, only on paved roads and in parking lot.

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A "Sparkling" Event to Remember
Posted Thu, April 21, 2016 in All Posts, Wine Events
The Tiny Bubbles Sparkling Wine seminar was a hit! Winemaker, Luisa Ponzi and special Guest, Bryan Maletis of FatCork hosted the 2 hour seminar at Ponzi Vineyards featuring Champagne and Oregon Sparkling Wines.
The Oregon Sparkling Wine Symposium
Posted Fri, April 15, 2016 in All Posts, Tasting Room, Wine Events
April 14th, 2016 was a day filled with bubbles, education and enthusiasm, the Oregon Wine Sparkling Symposium was a monumental meeting of leading wine industry members at Ponzi Vineyards. Sparkling Wine Industry leaders from the west coast gathered to discuss the next big thing in Oregon – bubbles.
A Proposed Laurelwood AVA
Posted Fri, April 01, 2016 in All Posts, News, Winery Update
The Laurelwood AVA is a proposed sub-AVA of the Chehalem Mountain AVA. It would comprise the entire North slope of the Chehalem Mountains and be made up of primarily Laurelwood soil. This basalt layer is ideal for the cultivation of Pinot noir and contributes a signature richness and depth to the wines. The Ponzi family has noted this effect over the 40 years they have been working with the soil.
The History of Arneis
Posted Thu, March 31, 2016 in All Posts, Tasting Room
Lorenzo Cordero of Vietti Winery in Piedmont, Italy explains how his grandfather, Alfredo Currado, brought the Arneis grape back from near extinction and what it means to his family today. 2014 Ponzi Arneis is available in all Ponzi tasting rooms and online at ponziwines.com.
Ponzi "Cin Cin" Debuts April 16th
Posted Fri, March 25, 2016 in All Posts, Tasting Room, Wine Events
The 2013 Ponzi 'Cin Cin' Brut Rosé will be released April 16th at the Tiny Bubbles Sparkling Wine Seminar. Be the first to taste this exciting new vintage as well as other Oregon sparkling selections from this promising new wine region.


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The philanthropic world consists of two principal types of foundations, private and public. Each of these will be discussed below.
A private foundation
is a nongovernmental, nonprofit organization;
has a principal fund or endowment;
is managed by its own trustees and directors;
maintains or aids charitable, educational, religious, or other activities serving the public good;
makes grants, primarily to other nonprofit organizations; and
is required to file a 990-PF form with the IRS annually.
There are three different types of private foundations:
Independent or Family Foundations receive endowments from individuals or families (and, in the case of family foundations, they continue to show measurable donor or donor-family involvement).
Company-Sponsored or Corporate Foundations receive funds from their parent companies, although they are legally separate entities.
Operating Foundations run their own programs and services and typically do not provide much grant support to outside organizations.
A public foundation
(Also know as a "Grantmaking Public Charity")
is a nongovernmental, nonprofit organization;
receives funding from numerous sources
and must continue to seek money from diverse sources in order to retain its public charity status;
is managed by its own trustees and directors;
operates grants programs benefiting unrelated organizations or individuals as one of its primary purposes;
makes grants, primarily to other nonprofit organizations; and
is required to file a 990 form with the IRS.
There are numerous types of public foundations:
Community Foundations seek support for themselves from the public, but like private foundations provide grants. Their grants primarily support the needs of the geographic community or region in which they are located. Due to broad public support, the IRS does not consider these to be private foundations.
Women's Funds—examples include the Los Angeles Women's Foundation, the Ms. Foundation for Women, the New York Women's Foundation, and the Michigan's Women's Foundation.
Other Public Foundations include funds serving other population groups and field-specific funds, such as health funding foundations set up with proceeds from health care conversions—often referred to as "new health foundations."
Direct Corporate Giving
While corporations can and do set up private foundations, most of their giving comes directly from companies to recipient organizations. Corporations are not required to report this giving on any standard public document, and the only information the Center has on them comes from voluntary reporting and from the Center's surveys. Because it is not comprehensive, this data is not included in our analyses.
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Member of the reality-based community of progressive (not anonymous) Massachusetts blogs
So I know it ended a couple days ago, but I was just reviewing my Qik video, the bits I did record, and they came out quite decent. So I thought I'd post them for your enjoyment.
I was particularly pleased with the quality of the sound of the Lúnasa video.
I got a much shorter segment of Joan Soriano at the Dutton St Pavilion.
This new phone is splendid at taking videos for Qik, I ought to get in the habit of using it again.
Back in June,
It was interesting to see C.Lorrey pop his head up, like he did. In less than one news cycle he picked the LPD's OT budget's pocket (I support that cut, btw) and came up with the scoop on the parking whistleblower. This makes me nervous, but I'm the nervous type. Ever the affable guy, Lorrey may not be able to shuck and grin his way through such political mayhem. The long knives are being palmed, hidden from view. This is not a good time to be "Johnny on the spot." Anyone who has ever seen Goodfellas knows, it is your friends that come for you. They come with smiles.
With just a few months under his belt, the freshman Councilor boldly stepped up, implementing campaign promises and pushing through some of the rhetorical fodder glomming up the dialogue in the Council Chamber. Lorrey pressed hard on several issues, including the facilities at the High School, the squabble over the soccer field sewer pipe and, more recently, the use of "other" city authorities to squelch the unruliness downtown.
For this, the Blog of Record has thrown a fastball, high and inside.
Compare and Contrast:
Unfortunately, the 2006 council which hired a new city manager, Bernie Lynch, and the 2007-elected council gave the chief executive more and more latitude to govern without exercising the checks-and-balances prescribed in the charter. The 2009 council did the same. While the 2011 council has shown a desire to reclaim its authoritative charge, it still seems reluctant to provide the necessary oversight where warranted.
… It is time to give Bernie Lynch a chance. He'll have enough challenges to deal with and doesn't need to be compared with John Cox. That's not fair. Of course, some people will do that and criticize every move Lynch makes. Bernie has to be his own manager, and the council has to rely on his skills and trust his judgment. Lowell needs to heal the wounds of the past few months and get on with a new era and a new way of thinking. The next election is when voters should state their case.
I grabbed this from Facebook. This will be one of the best "happenings" of the weekend.
We have put together an excellent exhibit of new art from our roster of artists/members.
Our first night, Friday July 27th from 6pm to 10pm.
Come check out some amazing art at our new gallery at 66 Merrimack St. in beautiful downtown Lowell….
Take a tour of our studios around the corner at 9 Central St. (take elevator to floor 5)
Enter our drawing for a FREE MEMBERSHIP to join our revolution!
Get the juicy details on our upcoming GRAND OPENING in the fall….
Saturday July 28th we are open from NOON TIL 11:30PM…. Come enjoy our spiffy new gallery featuring brandy new hardwood floors, ice cold air conditioning, crisp white walls covered with AMAZING NEW ART!!! Meet the artists, tour their studios, learn about the benefits of membership and stick around for a GREAT NIGHT OF LIVE MUSIC!!!
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Yes, the process over filling a vacant seat at GLTHS is a bit shady. Let there be light? I'm intrigued.
Mayor Patrick Murphy, who also chairs the School Committee, said he was approached by Krieger, Boutin, Montoya and Hogan about their interest in the seat. Murphy said if Lenzi resigns, he would like to have an interview process for the candidates.
"When the time does come, if it does come, there ought to be a clear process in place so that it doesn't just become the people who lobby the hardest get the most votes," said Murphy.
"We'll get a better sense of what people's vision is for that school and what their background is. It's fairer for the public and it's not just a backroom lobbying deal,"he added.
I envision a process very similar to the last phase of the last Lowell Public Schools Superintendent search process. The "finalists" will be interviewed in the Council Chamber by those with voting authority, which is the combined membership of the City Council and School Committee. This would happen under the public eye, with LTC present. The final vote and choice would be informed by the process.
The premise rests on a fundamental principle of Mayor Murphy, performance based governance. The candidates would be judged on tangible policy points and presentation. It would be merit based. It's a "job interview." We get it.
But, …
Salmira and I are happy to be part of this effort. We'll be reaching out to more folks in the thriving Brazilian community, here in Lowell.
Mayor Murphy Seeking Nominations for Sister City Task Force Members and Sister City Committee Chairpeople
Lowell, MA – Mayor Patrick Murphy is currently seeking nominations for a five-member Sister City Task Force. This Task Force, whose meetings will be chaired by either the mayor or a named representative, will develop strategic goals and provide guidance for the Lowell Sister City Initiative.
In addition, Mayor Murphy is seeking Committee Chairs who will work to maintain and strengthen Lowell's individual Sister City relationships.
For each Sister City, a Committee Chair will lead a group of interested citizens who will plan and implement ways to maintain the international relationship. The exact nature, frequency, and duration of the meetings will be determined by the Committee Chair and other committee members, as will the ways that the committee chooses to interact with the counterpart Sister City.
Any City of Lowell resident is eligible to serve on this Task Force or as a Committee Chair. All interested persons should submit a resume, along with a brief cover letter explaining their desire to work with Sister Cities, to the Mayor's Office via e-mail (firstname.lastname@example.com) by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, August 10.
The nine Sister Cities listed on the City of Lowell's website are: Limerick, Ireland; St. Die des Vosges, France; Nairobi, Kenya; Barclayville, Liberia; Lobito, Angola; Winneba, Ghana; Bamenda, Cameroon; Berdyansk, Ukraine; and Bryansk, Russia.
Individuals interested in forming committees to establish new Sister City relationships are encouraged to contact the Mayor's office by e-mailing firstname.lastname@example.com or calling (978) 674-1551.
Sister City relationships can serve several purposes. Primarily, they are an opportunity for direct educational and cultural exchange between citizens of different nations. In some cases, the relationships can grow to include business and travel connections, but at their most basic, elemental level, Sister City relationships can simply be a way to improve our residents' knowledge about world geography, world cultures, and international communication.
For any questions about information contained in this press release, please contact Greg Page at (978) 674-1551 or e-mail email@example.com .
The conservative folks in America have been making quite a bit of hay with this quote by President Obama:
If you've got a business — you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.
In an effort to distract from the refusal of Mitt Romney to release more of his tax returns, the GOP noise machine has focused on the quote above, flogging it like the proverbial dead horse.
So convinced in the focus group tested power of this meme, the Romney campaign crafted this TV ad:
"My father's hands didn't build this company? My hands didn't build this company? My son's hands aren't building this company? … President Obama, you're killing us out here. Through hard work and a little bit of luck, we built this business. Why are you demonizing us for it?"
The problem is ….
With permission, I lifted this note for those of you that don't use Facebook.
Wow. Today has been overwhelming, almost like being at my own funeral (in a good way, without being dead). Thank you all so much for your support, kind words and friendship. I am excited about this new adventure, wherever it takes me, but that doesn't mean I will turn my back on where I have been. I have spent the last 12 years hanging around the Sun newsroom in a variety of roles from stringer to Valley Dispatch reporter, Tyngsboro/Pelham reporter, Billerica (which is da bomb) reporter, City Hall reporter and most recently Senior Writer. I have worked with amazingly talented people, too many to list here. The newsroom is a unique place full of unique people and completely inappropriate humor, which makes it fun and a great place to be every day. It is a place where I met some of my best friends and the best people I have ever known, with whom I know I will remain friends for life.
I have had the opportunity to fly over the city (and Fenway Park) in a helicopter, spend a day at Shriners' Hospital with awesome Billerica firefighter Phil Tammaro who was himself treated there for burns as a child and now gives back to the hospital, cover the wedding of two dogs in Westford (one of who was dying of cancer), and have been allowed into countless homes and lives of people in the best and worst times of their lives.
In my time covering City Hall, I learned an enormous amount about municipal government, finance, and planning, from the best municipal administration in the game, filled with brilliant, talented, funny, real people at all levels. I learned a lot about how the city rolls from a bevy of dedicated City Councilors, including my energetic, visionary new boss.
I also learned a ton about education from three great superintendents, their talented support staff, and the committed and hard working School Committee members I have encountered in the 5 years I have spent covering the School Department.
Most importantly I have fallen in love. In love with the city my Great-Great-Great Grandfather Ferdinand Longtin came to from Quebec in 1876, seeking work in the mills. A city whose diversity, neighborhood leaders, culture, food, natural beauty, history and passion make it the most amazing city on Earth. That is why people come and why they don't leave; why generations upon generations of families call Lowell home.
I am excited about this new job, in which I can use all of the skills I have honed over the years and build upon the relationships I have formed. It is a comfort to know I am going to work in a building where I already have many very good friends and in a city where I hope to make many more while helping the Mayor's office better serve and effectively communicate to the residents. I have HUGE clown-sized shoes to fill. Greg Page has done a remarkable job in his brief time in the office and I only hope I can live up to the example he has set of professionalism, organization and graciousness.
Update: The outgoing aide, Greg Page, jots on his blog, The New Englander: …And Now, a Brief Pause for Jenuflection
The next few days will be frantic in the bubble. I expect the Mayor to stand stoic, with that easy confidence he puts on so well. The frantic will come from Campi's camp. They will not know whether to shit or go blind.
Alternate diary titles: Defection Perfection, The Juice is Loose, …
Update: PRESS RELEASE Patrick Murphy announces new Mayoral Aide in City Hall
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MESCALERO, N.M. (November 30, 2011) – In a legendary musical career that spans more than five decades, Glen Campbell, the original Rhinestone Cowboy, brings his talents to Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort & Casino, Sunday, December 18 at 8 p.m. Tickets start at just $25 and are available at www.InnOfTheMountainGods.com.
Campbell topped the country and pop music charts in the 1960s and 1970s singing songs about life, love, work and heartache and has released more than 70 albums during his 50 years in the business. Campbell was one of the leading figures in country-pop during that era, racking up a steady stream of Top Ten singles, highlighted by classics like "By the Tim I Get to Phoenix," "I Wanna Live," "Wichita Lineman," "Galveston," "Rhinestone Cowboy," and "Southern Nights."
Originally Campbell was a session musician, playing on hits by the Monkees, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and Merle Haggard. By the end of the 1960s, he became a successful solo artist and that success would not be abate until the late 1980s when he gradually moved into semi-retirement, concentrating on golf and performing at his Goodtime Theater in Branson, Missouri.
In 1994, he published his autobiography, Rhinestone Cowboy. Campbell released a comeback album of sorts, titled Meet Glen Campbell, produced by Julian Raymond and Howard Willing on Capital Records in 2008. In June of 2011, Campbell, now 75 years-old, announced that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. In spite of the ailment, he finished an album, Ghost on the Canvas which was released in August that same year and began a tour that is to be his farewell to the music business.
To purchase tickets to see Glenn Campbell visit www.InnOfTheMountainGods.com. For more information on Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort & Casino or its associated enterprises, visit www.InnOfTheMountainGods.com or call 888-262-0478.


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Chances of car fires increase in summer, AAA says
As the temperature rises, so does the chance of your vehicles catching on fire, AAA Mid-Atlantic warned drivers this week.
A 2013 report by the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency found car fires tend to peak during the summer season.
That could be due to more people taking road trips during the summer, plus the season's high temperatures.
The FEMA report says 28 percent of vehicle fires on the nation's highways occur over the summer, reaching their highest level in July.
Officials with AAA Mid-Atlantic said collisions and overturns only account for 4 percent of vehicle fires. Two-thirds of car fires are the result of mechanical and electrical failure or malfunctions.
"Motorists should have their vehicles inspected routinely and repaired right away if mechanical or electrical failures or malfunctions are detected, particularly as many are driving older cars," AAA Mid-Atlantic spokeswoman Ragina Cooper-Averella said in a news release.
An average of 17 car fires are reported per hour across the United States, according to the National Fire Protection Association. These fires killed an average of four people every week.


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It is becoming no secret to those who live in Wayne County, Indiana and the surrounding areas, that heroin has begun a rapid rise among the career addicts. The overdoses and arrests due to this drug have become staggering, especially among the youth. Youth that would otherwise be playing football or living lives of great promise. The availability in the last 5 to 7 years is being traced to Dayton Ohio. The convenient drive to the Ohio line offers heroin users a large, ongoing source.
Heroin has been flowing into Ohio through several different drug trafficking groups, according to the U.S. Department of Justice National Drug Intelligence Center's annual National Drug Threat Assessment. Mexican drug-trafficking cartel control most of the heroin and use Dayton as a major distribution point for the Midwest. (NDIC
Traffickers can use easy access to I-70 to move drugs east to west to Indianapolis and Columbus, Ohio, and I-75 to move the drugs north to south from Toledo, Cleveland and Cincinnati in Ohio. (Pal-Item) The economy and the jobless rate have turned to cheaper methods of getting their high. The drug can sell for as much as $25 "a cap" (a plastic capsule) or as low as $5 to $10 "a cap".
"If people think this isn't their problem, all they need to do is look at the rash of robberies we've had in the area.It is probably a substance-addicted person behind it. I would guess that 90% of crime you can trace back to drugs. Nobody can earn enough money to stay high, so they have to steal to pay for their drugs." Lt. Jim Branum, Wayne County Drug Task Force.
"It should be considered a chemical of mass destruction due to the fact that it literally kills 10 to 25,000 Americans every year," states Tom Moore, a RPD officer.
Parents of children that have died of overdoses are speaking out to educate other parents in the area. Some parents still don't know the signs of addiction and what they can do to help their child. "I can assure parents in the community that it is a problem. If parents notice any change in their child's behavior, they have the right to search their child's room to look for sign's of drug use." Wayne County Sherriff, Matt Strittmatter.
It takes a village to raise a child and our children are in real danger here. If we unite as one and fight this with information and cooperation for the area police and drug task forces, a life maybe saved. Even if that life is in prison, at least there is someone to visit on Sunday's. Peace
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In a case of "free speech for me but not for thee" a feminist studies professor at the University of California Santa Barbara assaulted a 16 year old girl who was participating in a pro life demonstration. Ironically the assault took place on the public university's "Free Speech Zone". There a few things of note at play here and the abortion debate is (to me) the least interesting. (Personally I am pro-choice, not that it matters for this discussion) The American university system has not only become openly hostile to heterodox points of view; it regularly clamps down on expression that runs afoul of the leftist worldview. All while claiming to be independent institutions of intellectual exploration and receiving billions in taxpayer money and subsidies.
In this instance a professor deemed it acceptable to not only lead a group of students in a counter protest, but when her counter protest was failing; she attempted to incite violence against the peaceful protestors. She personally stole the protestors' property and then physically attacked a young girl. The irony of a feminist studies professor visiting violence upon an underage female is almost too amazing to ignore. What is worse is that this professor serves as proof of what other groups are constantly reminding us.
American universities are leftist institutions that have become almost fascist in their stifling of opposing viewpoints. While it's true that any politically oriented institution; conservative, libertarian or liberal would generally advantage certain opinion over others, this is wholly different. Conservative institutions are not pretending to be major institutions of higher learning or the arbiters of the "intellectual". Further, UC Santa Barbara is a public university and so legally bound by free speech laws.
Universities, even private ones, often receive billions in government subsidies, tax breaks, and land grants, not to mention all the student loan money funneled through the government. As such, they have a responsibility both by mission, and by virtue of their status, to encourage open and honest debate and respect opposing viewpoints. Students will thrive when their worldviews are challenged and they can apply critical thinking and reasoned analysis. Despite their own hype, this does not describe the modern American university; these are liberal dominant institutions pretending to be independent arbiters of thought and intellectual pursuits on the taxpayer's dime. This is a scam that needs to end.


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I need to find a closed form for these nested definite integrals: $$I=\int_0^\infty\left(\int_0^1\frac1{\sqrt{1-y^2}\sqrt{1+x^2\,y^2}}\mathrm dy\right)^3\mathrm dx.$$ The inner integral can be represented using the hypergeometric function $_2F_1$ or the complete elliptic integral of the 1st kind $K$ with an imaginary argument: $$\int_0^1\frac1{\sqrt{1-y^2}\sqrt{1+x^2\,y^2}}\mathrm dy=\frac\pi2 {_2F_1}\left(\frac12,\frac12;1;-x^2\right)=K(x\,\sqrt{-1}).$$ My conjecture is the integral $I$ has a closed-form representation:$$I\stackrel{?}{=}\frac{3\,\Gamma (\frac14)^8}{1280\,\pi^2}=7.09022700484626946098980237...,$$ but I was neither able to find a proof of it, nor disprove the equality using numerical integration. Could you please help me with resolving this question?
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Closed form for $\int_0^\infty\left(\int_0^1\frac1{\sqrt{1-y^2}\sqrt{1+x^2\,y^2}}\mathrm dy\right)^3\mathrm dx.$
Using $$ K(ik) = \frac{1}{\sqrt{1+k^2}}K\left(\sqrt{\frac{k^2}{k^2+1}}\right) $$ and a substitution $t^2 = \frac{k^2}{1+k^2}$, rewrite the integral as $$ \int_0^\infty K(i k)^3\,dk = \int_0^1 K(t)^3\,dt. $$
There is a paper "Moments of elliptic integrals and critical L-values" by Rogers, Wan and Zucker (http://arxiv.org/abs/1303.2259; also one of the authors' earlier papers: http://arxiv.org/abs/1101.1132), and the authors, by relating this integral to an L-series of a modular form (their theorems 1 and 2), show that $$ \int_0^1 K(k)^3\,dk = \frac{3}{5}K(1/\sqrt{2})^4 = \frac{3\Gamma(\frac14)^8}{1280\pi^2}, $$ using $K(1/\sqrt{2}) = \frac14 \pi^{-1/2}\Gamma(\frac14)^2$.
The first thing I would try is to replace $\int_{0}^{\infty}$ by $\frac12\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}$, then to consider this as a complex integral and pull the integration contour to $i\infty$. Since the only singularity of the hypergeometric function $_2F_1(\ldots,z)$ on the main sheet is the branch point $z=1$, in the end we would have to integrate the jump of $K^3(ix)$ on the cut $B=[i,i\infty)$. The jump of a function on the cut is often simpler than the function itself (like $2\pi$ vs $\ln z$), so I would hope for a simplification of the integral (as the branch point $x=i$ here seems to be logarithmic).


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You have to concentrate, you have to count carefully, and it can't help if you're a dummy.
Richard Cole would be the first to tell you that these qualities apply to a great bridge player, but these also are qualities of a successful dean. Cole has been both in his 26 years at the helm of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
And when Cole leaves his office in the dean's suite in Carroll Hall at the end of this school year, he'll leave behind a legacy as the driving force behind the dramatic ascension of the elite journalism school not only in the United States, but in the world.
"Ralph Waldo Emerson once said that an institution is the lengthened shadow of one man," said Professor Chuck Stone. "This journalism school is the lengthened shadow of Richard Cole."
Among the measures for the school's rapid growth since Cole assumed his current office:
The endowment funds of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication Foundation totaled $491,220 in 1979, but the endowment had grown to $18.4 million by the end of 2001 — an increase of 3,645 percent;
The school consisted of 275 majors in 1979 but now boasts of 1,600 majors, premajors and graduate students;
The school offered 15 scholarships in 1978, a number that now has increased to 75;
No named professorships existed in the school in 1979, but private funds have created 11 named professorships in the years since.
"He's the one who has brought all of those talents and skills together to make it happen, and he never let go," said Jan Yopp, associate dean for undergraduate studies. "He never let it slide, even when people would say, 'Don't you think we've gotten where we need to be?' He'd be, 'Well, we can always do a little bit more.'"
The University community will show its gratitude for Cole's years of service with a celebration of his accomplishments at the end of the month.
The School will host a reception and dinner at the George Watts Hill Alumni Center at 6 p.m. on April 29. Tickets are still available for the dinner at a price of $60 each and can be purchased by calling 962-1204.
An open house in Carroll Hall on April 30 will allow faculty and students in each of the School's five sequences —advertising, electronic communication, news-editorial journalism, public relations and visual communication — to showcase their work.
Much of Cole's success has come from his ability to juggle the fund-raising needs of each of the sequences under his watch.
"Some years you spend more for one sequence and some years you spend more for another sequence, but you always have to remember that the other sequence then will have to come to the fore later," he said. "It's just a matter of trying to be fair to all the different constituencies in the School, all the different faculty members, all the different student groups, the different sequences."
One of the ways he has generated money from the school has been through the sale of plaques outside each office and classroom.
"There's a joke that Dean Cole has sold off everything but the toilet seats," Stone said.
But at no time was his vision and fund-raising ability more important than during times of transition in the leadership of the University.
"He was able to make the case to new leaders how important journalism and mass communication education was, both for the University and for the country," Yopp said. "He was able to pitch that case and keep us a strong beneficiary of University resources."
Cole also understands the needs of journalism faculty — he taught news-editorial classes in Howell Hall, the School's home until 1999, from 1971 to 1979.
And after a one-year sabbatical to catch up on his reading and writing, he'll return to the classroom once again.
"He was a killer teacher," Yopp said. "Students still talk about how hard he was but how much they learned in his editing class. He's a ferocious editor."
Cole looks forward to teaching news writing, news editing and feature writing, but he also hopes to re-establish his professional seminar, "Mass Communication in Mexico and Cuba."
The course, which he last taught in the spring of 2002, investigates the systems of mass communication in two very different Latin American nations, and it is highlighted by a weeklong trip to Monterrey, Mexico and Havana, Cuba, during spring break.
The recent decision by the U.S. governmentto tighten restrictions on travel to Cuba, however, could put a damper on those plans.
"Relations between the U.S. and Cuba are stupid — absolutely stupid," he said.
In the meantime, though, Cole will have a chance to pursue other passions away from Carroll Hall — including bridge. He has managed to find time for these passions even as he's built the School of Journalism and Mass Communication in his image.
He enjoys hosting parties, for example — particularly parties involving barbecue.
"(Assistant dean for development) Speed Hallman is trying to get the figure on how many pigs have died to contribute to all of the barbecues," Yopp said. "Whenever we have a group of Russians or Mexicans or parties for visiting Koreans, whatever the group might be, to welcome new faculty, we have a barbecue."
Fittingly, then, the School of Journalism and Mass Communication will bid farewell to its dean on April 30 with a barbecue on the front lawn of Carroll Hall.
He wouldn't have it any other way.


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Monday, January 21, 2013
Studio 5 Appearance - Pizza Factory Breadsticks Copycat Recipe
28 comments:
- Designs By Pinky said...
You will be fabulous. I hope it gets posted to you tube or YOU post a video for us to see!!!!
- January 21, 2013 at 12:52 PM
- Lavender Cottage said...
Congratulations Jacqueline. You have nothing to worry about, you know your way around a kitchen better than most. Good luck! Wonder if you can get a copy for your blog?
- January 21, 2013 at 1:37 PM
- Stacy's Shabby Shoppe said...
Jackie ~ you are going to do FABULOUS tomorrow! I can't wait to see it. I'll be tuned in and even though there will be alot of strangers watching, know that there will be a friend watching too who is rooting for you! xo
- January 21, 2013 at 1:46 PM
- Sarah said...
Jacqueline, you'll be fantastic. Congratulations! Wish I lived near by to view the segment. Hope you can somehow post it or link to where it can be viewed. Have fun! ~ Sarah
- January 21, 2013 at 2:01 PM
- La Table De Nana said...
I tried writing before and got that fatal 503 error?
Anyways..yay..you will be a superstar.
I made these and will again:-)
They are good and pretty:-) pretty cute:-)
Good for you...
If it gets on YouTube let me know?
You are a natural for this.
- January 21, 2013 at 2:09 PM
- Debbie@Mountain Breaths said...
I'm excited for you! I truly believe that if you are doing something important, you will be nervous. You are normal :-) I hope you will show a video clip on your blog. Tell the TV station that your bloggers would like that! LOL
- January 21, 2013 at 2:28 PM
- Happier Than a Pig in Mud said...
Congrats-sounds like a very exciting experience Jacqueline! Have fun:@)
- January 21, 2013 at 2:57 PM
- Barbara F. said...
I am so happy for you, you are going to be fabulous! I wish we could watch it online. Good luck. xo
- January 21, 2013 at 3:08 PM
- Barb Elder said...
Jackie you will be fabulous!!!! And YES I am praying for you!! Love you!! Hugs. I can't wait!
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- January 21, 2013 at 3:45 PM
- Beth said...
Congratulations, Jacqueline! You'll do a fantastic job. I said a prayer for you. Best wishes!
- January 21, 2013 at 4:17 PM
- anniebakes said...
fabulous opportunity for you!! good luck, anne
- January 21, 2013 at 6:27 PM
- Bonnie said...
Good luck Jacqueline. I've got the recorder on. Can't wait to see it.
- January 21, 2013 at 7:21 PM
- Pondside said...
Good luck with that! I wish I could see it....perhaps there'll be a clip somewhere online later.
- January 21, 2013 at 8:36 PM
- A Little Cuppa Tea said...
Congrats Jackie! You will do wonderful, wish I could see it but cant wait to hear all about it!
- January 21, 2013 at 10:14 PM
- Alycia Nichols said...
Chill, baby! And remember what I told you: Just LISTEN to what the host asks and answer it, don't look at the camera(s) if it rattles your nerves, engage in normal conversation like you're talking to a friend, and keep in mind that YOU are the expert on this topic which is why they invited you there in the first place, so TAKE CHARGE like you own the place!!! :-) You'll do fine!
- January 22, 2013 at 6:04 AM
- dizzyizzy said...
You will be fantastic! I can't wait to watch!
- January 22, 2013 at 9:37 AM
- Pam said...
You were awesome. Fun recipe idea. Thanks for sharing.
- January 22, 2013 at 10:26 AM
- Amazed said...
You did awesome and made me a first time visitor!!!!! These are my favorites and I was just telling a friend I NEEDED one of these in St. George....and poof! there you were!
- January 22, 2013 at 10:27 AM
- Aubrey said...
I just saw you on Studio 5 and can't wait to try these. Yum. Thanks.
- January 22, 2013 at 10:27 AM
Thank you for your recipe!! :) I am so glad to have such a delicious looking and beautiful recipe. The Pizza Factory would never disclose anything to me or my family or friends, so your recipe delights me and I can't wait to make it tonight for dinner.
Thank you so much.
- January 22, 2013 at 10:28 AM
I saw you on KSL a few minutes ago, and wanted to give my thanks! Can't wait to try this.
- January 22, 2013 at 10:29 AM
- Six Sisters said...
We just saw you on Studio 5! You were amazing and the breadsticks look delicious! Great job! -The Six Sisters
- January 22, 2013 at 10:29 AM
- Mom E. said...
It sound like you didn't need to worry!!!! I hope you will post a video or at least a link so those of us who are not there can see it! SO exciting...!!!!
I have been looking at your picture of these while it has been on your side bar, wonderinf if I could get away with that with a gluten free dough. The dough is SOOOO sticky and I am not sure it would stay in one plac elong enough to raise and look like yours. I make bread sticks, but you have to put the dough in a frosting bag and cut off the tip to even get it somewhat smooth onto a cookie sheet...maybe if I just ut the stick down and did the dough over the tops of that....I'll let you know how it goes!
Hearts to you!
- January 22, 2013 at 6:18 PM
- Mom E. said...
Just watched the video!!! You did GREAT!!!! And you look as cute as ever! Thanks so much for sharing your love of food, your creativity, your love of cooking, your travels, your tablescapes and your talent of making food in a beautiful presentation, and your love of family with us... fun to see some great ideas you are so willing to share.
- January 22, 2013 at 6:31 PM
- Joy Tilton said...
Oh my gosh, you were so GOOD! This is such a great recipe, girl you are so smart to figure it out. Love your recipes!
- January 23, 2013 at 7:08 AM
- Sue said...
You were a natural in front of the camera! If you were nervous, it sure wasn't obvious:) Great job, Jackie! Fun and delicious breadsticks...what a great way to bake them without smashing them, over the baking sheet rims:) Congrats on your t.v. debut!
- January 23, 2013 at 9:46 AM
I live in Michigan and of course don't get KSL but I found them on-line and found the video of you and your wonderful bread sticks. I've seen your recipe and when I saw you demo it you made it look so easy.
I'll now be making these for sure with our lasagna this weekend.
I love your wonderful blog and visit several times a week.
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A clean bill? We think not
October 23, 2013
After weeks of demanding a "clean" federal spending bill, President Barack Obama and his supporters in Congress last week instead agreed to one loaded with billions of dollars in special interest......
I recognize your power of personality. Not worried for myself but people after me. I've never been more disappointed with current events. People don't seem concerned that the entitlements we have now are not sustainable and now we've added another.
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ndvetrn, any fact I can post is not the issue. It's because I made the post.
As you can see, it's the power of my personality that gets me all my accolades, or lack thereof.
Don't Worry - Be Happy
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good job loco
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This is to funny or stupid to let it pass without a response. I'm telling Loco good job for his investigative ability and someone disagrees with this. Please have the balls to tells us who you are. Doubt it will happen.
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Come now, Dust.....I had been asking my buddy Rugby those questions for many eons now......but I now realize he could not move forword if he had to answer them. I feel we must bury the past with him, but still allow him to collect those many good gifts for his military service....whatever, and whyever, it was.....
We must learn that all gifts are good...... and that there is never enough debt. As debt DOES make us a prosperous country.
Come Together
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good job loco
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Thank goodness for wiki...
"A United States military occupation code, or a Military Occupational Specialty code (MOS code), is a nine character code used in the United States Army and United States Marines to identify a specific job. In the United States Air Force, a system of Air Force Specialty Codes (AFSC) is used. In the United States Navy, a system of naval ratings and designators is used along with the Navy Enlisted Classification (NEC) system."
Now I don't feel left out...
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Presidentless Obama signature moment is the affordable care act. Are you kidding me?
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MOS must be an army term. I wasn't in the army. If you ask me what my rating was I could tell you but probably not.
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I am glad we have come together in our Congress and Senate, to now ONLY pass 'clean' bills.....
Please be thankful of that and make sure our legislators do continue what our Democrat Party started....clean legislation. Don't even let our Democrat Party stray from it now....
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Perhaps, RR, that phrase of yours I repeated was satirical?
If so, I apologize for thinking you meant it.
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RR: "The insight "they" give us into their world shows one of lies, hate, racism, and possibly homogay trysts."
Sure, RR, this passes the litmus test...
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RR, I could try to take you more seriously if you stopped with your "satire" pieces.
I know, I know. It doesn't matter what I think.
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starrett, I see now, you are the all knowing, all seeing, soothsayer named Karnack?
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Veritas and Whistler, that was some mighty interesting repartee, if you want to call it that...
How's that for even-handed? Not that I'd ever want to offend either of you...
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"...each year in our U.S. 45,000 people die for lack of medical care. they can,t afford it. 100,000 more die from the wrong medication. we can do better."
Newsflash: ALL in the US will die at some point, regardless of a one-or-more-payer health care system, the best drugs on the planet, or equal access for everyone, rich or poor.
"We can do better" means what exactly?
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"loco: alcohol is create competition in oil/gas because they have too much control."
Ethanol wreaks havoc on small engines. Blended fuels are only good for 30 days. Do consumers know this fact, as it becomes increasingly difficult to get unblended gasoline in ND? This mandate has not brought only good results. Look it up...
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First of all, starrett, how do you know that he went back for the money. Was he looking for the four million dollars that Bush left on that plane over there? Do they get paid that much more to go back? Did you go over and participate in the war effort? Who are you to judge. So, Rugby blogs on other networks? Well, you must too. So what. He is entitled to his opinion of the war. I don't like it either especially the lies that were told to get us there. So what?
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No liberal objections to my questions must mean I'm right to place the responsibility squarely on the acting President of the United States. If any would like to dispute this please do so.
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Benghazi IRS NSA Fast and Furious Obamacare
Who's going to own these?
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Not sure how much info you need about me. No MOS, 6 years, Portugal, Sicily, Italy, France, Spain, England, Sweden, Norway, Finland. Ohm sounds like an electrical term?
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nam and iraq were questioned by many. he is outspoken but a vet--ok by me. those who questioned iraq were all proven right. my point is the errors of B2 and cheney on iraq far outweigh kerry's stupid behavior.
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starette: while in college 66-71, any morning some guy is gone--over there. 6 months to 2 years later he is back. some physically ok some permanently damaged, some in a casket. many ran and hid. the thought of going to that*****was so scary that many vets did not look down on them. it takes real U.S.A. backbone to answer the call. i can never forgive the red party for bashing john kerry's war record when bush2 and cheney dodged war as best they could. it is horrible to bash a war vet. i wish u would not do that.
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Sloppy joes, german potatoe salad and some chips. Supper was good. If any of you want to explain your position on anything please feel free. Hannity is on and I would encourage all of you to watch.
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Rugby Reader is my bud or sorta, He just won't talk to me.
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This is a discussion on Oldest gun owned? within the General Firearm Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; Hey BAC, I saw it explained once in print that lever action rifles make one feel needed. In my view the same applies to bolt ...
Hey BAC, I saw it explained once in print that lever action rifles make one feel needed. In my view the same applies to bolt action rifles.
"The pistol, learn it well, carry it always ..." ~ Jeff Cooper
"Terrorists: They hated you yesterday, they hate you today, and they will hate you tomorrow.
End the cycle of hatred, dont give them a tomorrow.
Founder of the BDA Pony Club
Hey OD;
Thanks for sharing the interesting letter on from Springfield Research Service on your rifle. It does the speaking for your rifle for a portion of its history. It points towards possible Spanish American War usage. Or pehaps manning a garrison while other soldiers were sent off to fight.
I've never seen an example of the Springfield Research letter.
Springfield Research Service is quite something, IF they have anything on your weapon. They sent copies of Fitzsimmons military records, discharge paper, medical records etc. Money well spent.
"The pistol, learn it well, carry it always ..." ~ Jeff Cooper
"Terrorists: They hated you yesterday, they hate you today, and they will hate you tomorrow.
End the cycle of hatred, dont give them a tomorrow.
Founder of the BDA Pony Club
I have a PK37
"Hell of a thing, killin' a man. Take away all he's got and all he's ever gonna have."
- William Munny (Clint Eastwood in the Unfrogivin)
The graveyards are full of indispensable men. Napoleon Bonaparte
My Idea of a fair fight is beating baby seals with a club
My oldest functioning one is a German Luger that was built in 1914 and used in both World Wars. It even has a Nazi Swastika that was stamped on the barrel during a refit before WW2.
I also have a double barrel 16ga shotgun with the old Damascus steel barrel that was owned by my great grandfather. It was made sometime in the late 1800s. I don't haven't looked at it in years and it is probably not safe to shoot.
I have two oldies but goodies. The first is, I believe, a Russian military contract Berdan rifle. Barrel is stamped 1883. The other one I have no clue what it is, but it is old! I don't know how visible it is but there is a fair amount of detail work engraved into the stock, and I am pretty sure that it is real gold laid into the engraving on the top of the barrel.
Infowars- Proving David Hannum right on a daily basis
Here is a .351 Winchester Carbine Patent date 1910. Still a good shooter, but ammo is hard to find.
I've got a German K98 manufactured in 1938, thats the oldest I own (I should get off my lazy butt and take pictures of all my new weapons too, maybe I will today), thats the oldest I personally own.
In my family there is a Colt 1903 Hammerless semi-auto pistol in .32ACP that belonged to my great-grandfather. It was manufactured in 1924, and he was know for bootlegging, so I bet it could tell some stories.
Fortes Fortuna Juvat
Former, USMC 0311, OIF/OEF vet
NRA Pistol/Rifle/Shotgun/Reloading Instructor, RSO, Ohio CHL Instructor
Wow you guys have some old guns! My oldest is a Benelli M1 Super 90 Tactical that I bought new back in 2001....
My SW model 38, late 75 early 76.
He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.
Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, Aphorism 146
German philosopher (1844 - 1900)
I don't have to honor of really owning an old relic. The oldest one I have is a 1989 Beretta Cheetah in LNIB condition.
Now, if I play my cards right with my girlfriend's Dad, I just might be a lucky owner of a WWI German Luger.
GREAT THREAD!! I really love seeing those old Colt's and Winchester's! This is the oldest one I have. It was my grandfather's gun and from what my dad used to say, he was a great shot with any weapon. It always rekindles many fond memories. I still take it out and bust the hell out of clays with it
Remington Model 11 with "Dial-A-Duck" choke and custom Bishop stock. Made in 1907 (stock added in the '50's)


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Grammy and Dove Award-winning vocalist John Schlitt, who is best-known to fans of gospel music for his years with legendary rock band Petra, will join actor Stephen Baldwin in a new faith-based TV sitcom, "Rock And A Hard Place."
Scheduled to go into production in the Spring, the television project features Schlitt starring in the role of John, the maintenance man at Solid Rock Church. Baldwin's character, Pastor Darren Keaton, is the pastor of the church when learns he has become the new owner of Hard Knocks, the bar directly across the street from the church. This puts Pastor Keaton between "a rock and a hard place."
The sitcom has already reached its Kickstarter goal to produce the pilot, and is currently in Phase Two to make a "reach goal" of $100,000. The deadline for contributions is 9 p.m. E.T. Thursday, January 16.
"If you feel it's important to reach the public with a Christian perspective, this is your chance," Schlitt says. "I believe there is an audience waiting for programming such as Rock And A Hard Place and I'm honored to be part of making the series happen."
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Load Testing
I have to confess that load testing is one of my favorite
activities in software development. It is stressful, takes a long
time, but usually you learn a lot about your application and the
technologies you are using in it. And seeing the numbers to get better
as you cleverly optimize your application is one of the greatest geek pleasures.
Anyway, we were getting closer to launching the first version of StoryTroop and we decided it was time to test how the application would behave in our infrastructure. This way, we would have time to change it, if the numbers were bad.
We chose to host StoryTroop on Heroku Cedar stack. We didn't want the hassle of maintaining our own servers and since our architecture was based on Play! Framework and MongoDB, both supported by Heroku, it seemed a good option to start with.
We chose the Heroku MongoHQ addon to host our data and it took me one full day to generate the data load we needed to run the test.
Bruno Souza had created a nice JMeter installation on Amazon AWS and we fired several machines to simulate many simultaneous users.
In order to monitor the results, we installed the New Relic Heroku addon. New Relic gives you nice graphs and it would be very useful during the test.
We started with a few users and 1 Heroku dyno and the results were good, with an average execution time of 600ms per request. But when we increased to 50 simultaneous users the average went up to 8s per request. Yes, you read it correctly. Very bad. The Heroku queue was always close to zero, what bugged us. If there was no queue in the dyno, why was it taking so long to respond? Well, in my experience, when you have performance problems in an application like this, the database is the usual suspect. So, a MongoDB query optimization was in order.
MongoDB provides a tool that is a life saving when trying to find slow queries: the Profiler. When you activate the Profiler, MongoDB will save statistics on a special collection that you can query later. There is a small overhead when running the Profiler, but it is a small one and the tool will help you a lot.
We activated the Profiler executing this command on the MongoDB console:
which means "log only the operations slower than 50ms".
When you want to deactivate the profiler, just run:
And to see the slowest operations, you can run:
Once you did a few optimizations, you can see the latest results running:
As expected, we had some pretty slow queries going on. After changing a few indexes, the execution time for 50 simultaneous users dropped from 8s per request to 564ms per request. Much better, huh?
So, here are a few tips on index optimization on MongoDB:
1. Use explain() to understand your queries: this command will show you if an index is used or not and how many objects are scanned to find the answer. Here is an example:
db.Post.find({"hashtags": {$in : ["storytroop"]}}).explain();
"cursor" : "BtreeCursor post_timeline",
"nscanned" : 1,
"nscannedObjects" : 1,
"n" : 1,
"millis" : 27,
"nYields" : 0,
"nChunkSkips" : 0,
"isMultiKey" : true,
"indexOnly" : false,
"indexBounds" : {
"hashtags" : [
The cursor field indicates that MongoDB is using an index called post_timeline, so that's good. nscanned is the number of items examined and n is the number of objects returned by the query. As a general rule, you want to have nscanned as close as possible to n. So, this query is behaving very well. Another important field to look at is millis. It will give you the time the query will take to run, in milliseconds.
2. Remember that MongoDB uses only one index per query. See this example:
db.Post.find({"username": "johndoe"}).sort({"lastUpdate":1}).explain();
"cursor" : "BtreeCursor lastUpdate_1",
"nscanned" : 534741,
"nscannedObjects" : 534741,
"n" : 48382,
"millis" : 7517,
"nYields" : 1,
"nChunkSkips" : 0,
"isMultiKey" : false,
"indexOnly" : false,
"indexBounds" : {
"lastUpdate" : [
"$minElement" : 1
"$maxElement" : 1
See that the number of scanned items is bigger than the number of returned objects? Now, try this:
db.Post.ensureIndex({"username":1, "lastUpdate":1});
db.Post.find({"username": "johndoe"}).sort({"lastUpdate":1}).explain();
"cursor" : "BtreeCursor username_1_lastUpdate_1",
"nscanned" : 48382,
"nscannedObjects" : 48382,
"n" : 48382,
"millis" : 177,
"nYields" : 0,
"nChunkSkips" : 0,
"isMultiKey" : false,
"indexOnly" : false,
"indexBounds" : {
"username" : [
"lastUpdate" : [
"$minElement" : 1
"$maxElement" : 1
Now n == nscanned and the query is a lot faster (see the millis field). So, the lesson here is to match your index with your queries. Run explain to see if you are using an efficient index.
3. Use limit: that's pretty obvious, but for large collections you should always specify a limit to retrieve only a few items each time.
4. Try to retrieve only the fields you really need: if you are using frameworks like Morphia, for example, to map your collection to objects, the default will be to retrieve all the fields of a collection. But many times, you just need a few fields to do what you have to do. If you limit the number of fields retrieved, the query will be a lot more efficient.
See the time to execute this:
"cursor" : "BasicCursor",
"nscanned" : 534741,
"nscannedObjects" : 534741,
"n" : 534741,
"millis" : 18123,
"nYields" : 504,
"nChunkSkips" : 0,
"isMultiKey" : false,
"indexOnly" : false,
"indexBounds" : {
compared to:
"cursor" : "BasicCursor",
"nscanned" : 534741,
"nscannedObjects" : 534741,
"n" : 534741,
"millis" : 429,
"nYields" : 0,
"nChunkSkips" : 0,
"isMultiKey" : false,
"indexOnly" : false,
"indexBounds" : {
You can retrieve only a few fields if you are using Morphia as well. Here is how:
Post.q().retrievedFields(true, "username").asList();
Just be careful: all the other fields will be null. So, make sure you are really not using the other fields in your code.
So, after doing this index optimization phase, we had a better response time. 50 simultaneous users in 564ms per request. We than ran another test with 200 simultaneous users and we got 1.9s per request. Ok, not so good, but hey, we can just start a new dyno and see the number go down, right? Wrong. With a second dyno the average per request was 3.2s. Exactly. With 2 dynos the results were a lot worse. That required an additional investigation. Back to MongoDB.
If a second dyno was making things worse, chances were that more requests were generating more stress on the database. Reviewing our queries again, I was suspicious of a group operation we were using. It should be a very fast operation, since it was iterating over a few items, but reading MongoDB documentation again, in how concurrency work (http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/How+does+concurrency+work), I found something that I had missed the first time I read it:
"The group command takes a read lock and does not allow any
other threads to execute JavaScript while it is running."
Lock? Hmmm... that does not sound good. So, I refactored the code to get rid of the group operation. After this, the 200 simultaneous users running with 2 Heroku dynos had an average execution time of 475ms per request. What a difference, huh?
And this was our first load testing session for StoryTroop. We will run other tests as new features are created but so far, I guess we have enough for launching a pretty fast web site, specially since we'll still add caching and other optimizations. More fun ahead.


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As we noted last time, when Tim returns from taking Kit back several years, the child he fathered in the interim has changed from his daughter Posy to a son never named in the film. His Dad probably should have mentioned that, but he has the explanation ready, and it is very definitely a butterfly effect problem: if you change your past even just a bit before you conceive your children, you change the very complex moment in which sperm meets egg forming zygote, such that the genetic makeup of the child is altered. In short, you become the father of someone else instead of the child you know.
It is a simple aspect of the genetic problem in a very logical application, but it raises a lot more questions concerning that same problem. To simplify them, what hypothetically happens if Tim's Dad travels back to a time prior to the conception of Posy? We already know that the actions of time travelers in the past can change the lives of other people--Rupert never found Mary, Kit lives with Jay instead of Jimmy. The problem with butterfly effects is that they involve ripples of change, that one small change in this has a massive impact on that which did not seem to be connected to it at all. We readily accept that the time traveler could return to a future in which his children are different, but could he return to a future in which someone else's children are different?
Obviously it is possible. How many children were born over those few years to people at that party besides himself and Kit (who did not have a child in the original history, but might in this one)? How did that event impact people in their lives--who called her girlfriend to tell her about the fight at the party, so that the girlfriend put her boyfriend off for half an hour and wound up with a daughter instead of a son? Has Posy changed a dozen times outside Tim's knowledge because Dad made trips to the past?
This barely touches on the issues which usually concern us in the genetic problem. Jimmy was dating Kit. We do not know that he was faithful, but we have every reason to believe that were he not dating her he would be seeing someone else. That other girl would be missing whatever relationship she would otherwise have had, and the ripple passes through the world such that dozens, perhaps hundreds, of couples are shuffled within a few short years.
This is a danger that confronts every trip Tim or his Dad makes to the past. The trick is, under the rules portrayed here, only the time traveler himself would be aware of the change--finding that Posy is a boy surprises and confuses Tim, but for Mary the child has always been a boy and she has no idea who Posy might be. Still, it might be wise for Tim to keep a database of the relationships of people he knows and the names of their children--as we saw with the phone number, the memory in the database will be updated to match the changing history even though his own memory never is.
Tim recognizes the difficulty he would have bonding with the boy who is not his daughter, and so makes another trip to the past to fix that. That raises more issues.


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A day before a memorial service is set to honor the MIT police officer killed in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing, his siblings remembered a kind and charitable brother who was dedicated to his work.
Sean Collier, 26, was found shot to death in his vehicle on the MIT campus on April 18, allegedly at the hands of Boston Marathon bombing suspects Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev. Vice President Joe Biden is expected to travel to Cambridge, Mass., for Collier's memorial service on Wednesday. In an interview that aired TODAY Tuesday, Savannah Guthrie spoke with Collier's sisters, Jennifer Lemmerman and Nicole Lynch, brother Andrew Collier, and step-siblings Jennifer and Robert Rogers.
"It was a nightmare come true,'' Lynch told Guthrie. "I think everybody is just going through the motions right now and pulling together for Sean because that's what he would want us to do."
"I think we are coping as best as we possibly can,'' Lemmerman said. "We are a very large and close family. We've sort of rallied together at our parents' house, just spending time together and trying to remember the best parts about Sean."
Video: Boston bombing suspect could face death penalty
Sean Collier was killed on April 18 while on duty on the campus of MIT.
Collier's siblings said his concern for others was apparent at a young age. Andrew remembered his brother scooping up insects in the house and taking them outside instead of killing them as a kid, as well as his desire to help others.
"Sean was such a good person,'' Andrew said. "(I remember) stories of being at restaurants and seeing a woman crying and all of us are sitting there kind of just doing our thing eating our Papa Gino's, and Sean just obsessing that my mom needs to go over there and try to help.
Video: Remembering fallen MIT officer Sean Collier
"That really shows from the very start, Sean's just care for other people, and it's almost something that I took for granted and didn't realize, but now through his death, I realized how good of a person he was, and I wish I could have told him that while he was still here."
They also described his instinct to protect, foreshadowing a future career in law enforcement.


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South Weymouth, MA—February 3, 2014--South Shore Hospital is pleased to be one of the organizations participating in a community health initiative led by Manet Community Health Center. The purpose of the initiative is to forge and coordinate relationships among organizations, communities and health care providers to fight chronic illness, improve health outcomes and reduce health care costs for the people of our region, and are financed through The Patrick Administration's Prevention and Wellness Trust Fund.
The South Shore region grantee group includes eight entities: Manet Community Health Center; Bay State Community Services, Inc.; City of Quincy (Quincy Health Department); Quincy Medical Center; South Shore Elder Services, Inc.; South Shore Workforce Investment Board; South Shore YMCA, Inc.; Town of Weymouth, and South Shore Hospital. The group will design a plan to address these pressing health needs and then be eligible for up to $1.5 million per year for three years to implement the plan.
The local group's focus will be prevention of hypertension, substance abuse, tobacco use, and falls in the elderly population.
"Through this collaboration, programs will be developed and implemented to focus on conditions that lead to chronic illness. This is an incredibly exciting opportunity for South Shore Hospital and our community partners, to make an even bigger impact on disease prevention and management to improve our community's health outcomes," said Patty Smith, director of Home and Health Resources, Home Care Division, South Shore Hospital.
South Shore Hospital is a 378-bed, not-for-profit, tax-exempt, charitable provider of acute, emergency, outpatient, home health, and hospice care to the people of Southeastern Massachusetts. South Shore Hospital's home care division includes South Shore Visiting Nurse Association, Hospice of the South Shore, and Home & Health Resources. The hospital's 900-member medical staff represents all leading medical specialties. South Shore Hospital employs 3,800 people, supported by a team of 700 volunteers. South Shore Hospital is licensed to provide Level II Trauma care and Level III Maternal/Newborn care. South Shore Hospital has been ranked among the top five hospitals in Massachusetts, according to the 2013 U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals report and named a Top Place to Work by The Boston Globe. Please call (781) 624-6673 or visit southshorehospital.org for a referral to a South Shore Hospital physician.
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Pierluigi Erbaggio is a Ph.D Candidate in Romance Languages and Literatures and a SAC Certificate Graduate Student. He is also earning a Graduate Certificate in Screen Arts & Cultures. His dissertation, "Writing Mussolini: The Duce's American Biographies on Paper and on Screen, 1922-1936," explores the circulation of LUCE newsreels and Mussolini's writings in the United States from the late 1920s to the mid-1930s. This year, he has been awarded a RLL Teaching Award and a Lacroute One-Term Dissertation Fellowship for Winter 2014.
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