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I didn't know Storm Release was such a popular Kekkei Genkai.
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i really thought we would se abit of sasuke and oro =/ cuz the last page of the last chapter was the perfect time for some point of view change to sasuke and about the chapter 2/5 ok we see abit of combos and stuff but we know that the juubi don't give a **** :D he had not done a thing cuz he was in progress to transfrom :D (my opinion the next phase of the juubi will be the body of the So6P nah just writing random ideas which i imagine :D)
Very nice to see how all the nations are cooperating so flawlessly.
Great combos, I'm certain it would've been lethal for anyone but team Juubi.
Perfect form, though? Finally we're going to see some proper casualties.
The Alliance is going to get mauled!
Originally Posted by Uchiha Josephus
Agree 1,000,000%
haha thanks
Waste of my time,agreed with Broly
It was a little boring but it was good to see the 5 nations using teamwork...though...did Naruto mean to buy time for Shikaku if so man smart thinking right.
However I see next chapter the Juubi or Madara using Shinra Tensei knocking everyone back the same way Nagato did to the village.
Also one more thing...stop asking for Sasuke to join the battle...some people are so delusional to think that he would automatically join Naruto and fight Madara when he wouldn't and if he did join the battle on Madara's side...nothing would change instead of him being on top of the Juubi's head as well.
Only thing good about this chapter was that the name of it should clear up the mis translation threads from last week
pple who gave or will give this decade old sweaty balls chapter a 5 are diseases. kishi, pls go get some balls up ur ass....
common people this was an awsome chapter seen all shinobi really working together for the first time!! gave it a Five!!
Originally Posted by Gatsuuga
The ironic thing is that if the last page had a small frame of Sasukes back the fanboys would rate this chapter 10/5. Just because you want to see him, but didn't doesn't mean that this, and every other chapter until he is shown is trash. I'm almost 100% positive that the people that are rating this 1 are also the people that said last week that the 'fodder alliance' will be completely useless against Madara and the Juubi (lol at you).
What are you talking about dude, It's been 5 months since sasuke even made any kind of appearance in "Naruto" and the Madara/Obito vs Ninja world fight is kinda getting on the boring side. I mean my goodness kishi has never taken a break from a character this long before; so most likely we won't get a sasuke chapter lol sasuke will just show up just in time to save naruto before madara strikes him with a fatal blow.
Orochimaru will end this child play...after raping Sasuke and give him some new power
u need crazy people to fight Madara nd Obito!!!!!!!
was a total waste of a chapter whoever gives it 5 stars has some brain issue also lets play a game out of last panel of people jumping at madara and obito who will be the first to get f up hmmm?
Awesome Chapter keep um coming kishi... NB fans like to copy one another. One person commented saying konan is the only one who knows about the 5 min interval. Now everyone has to put that in there comments. It was established in the manga so the allied forces needs to know it.
Originally Posted by TheHokage
Also one more thing...stop asking for Sasuke to join the battle...some people are so delusional to think that he would automatically join Naruto and fight Madara when he wouldn't and if he did join the battle on Madara's side...nothing would change instead of him being on top of the Juubi's head as well.
your more delusional then all of us, Sasuke doesn't like Madara uchiha genius this was already stated him the manga. Not seeing a character for 5 months + kinda tells you that he will just show up and save naruto, because we aren't going to get a sasuke chapter. Sasuke will just show up and save Naruto, Naruto will be surprized, then we will get a famous kishi flash back about where sasuke when and who he went to talk to.
4 for me. It was cool to see the alliance do something and Shikaku come up with this cool plan to stop the 10 tails and restrict Madara/tobi/juubis sight and senses. The problem i had with this was Madara dialogue is just annoying and getting very old quick. Also was hoping konoha 11 would do something but its fine ill wait for them next week. Madara is what bummed me on this chapter.
this chapter sucked really bad to be honest.
Woah what????what's with the hate? I enjoyed this chapter just as much as the last one. I'm thinking you guys don't have any faith in the shinoni alliance
Another wasted chapter, Kishi seems to be running out of ideas.
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A larger city in Ukraine becomes cleaner because of a community initiative and administrative support.
Business/Economics; Environment; Tourism.
Vinnitsia Entrepreneurial Club, a non-government organization (NGO) focusing on government transparency and the development of a sustainable civil society in Vinnitsia, Ukraine has PCv Eric R Jacobs assigned to it. With support from other organizations and the city administration they have successfully implemented a cleaner city effort.
With the help from a SPA grant from the U.S. Peace Corps, the clean city project team was able to have 55 bright yellow, street-sides, metal trashcans made and 20 metal information signs made. The trash cans say (in Ukrainian) Native City Clean City. The city administration installed the cans and has collected trash from them everyday. Other funding was used to hold community meetings to discuss the problems of litter and other issues facing the city. From these meetings relationships were developed and the administration and NGOs have seen the benefit of working together. Also education material was developed and has been disseminated through the city and the oblast. In fact several TEFL PCVs in the Vinnitsia oblast have taught material that was developed in the Clean City project. Also the American outdoor ethics organization Leave No Trace supported of having their material translated into Ukrainian. That information has been distributed to PCVs, organizations and communities across Ukraine. It even showed in some summer camps.
The Vinnitsia Entrepreneurial Club and director Svetlana Hordakova played the key role of project leader and worked closely with Eric in every aspect of the project. PCV Sandra Jacobs and her youth NGO; Youth Center Forum contributed time and material support the project. Youth Center Forum lead the translation efforts and helped get the project message out to the youth of the community. Of course the project would have been just another good idea without success had the administration not been so involved. They were able to see what the citizens wanted and what as the right thing to do.
The initial scope of the cleaner city project was small for such a larger city (350,000 people), but the hope was the develop momentum and active responses form the citizens. Since the 55 project cans were installed in the city center, over 400 new and yellow trash cans have been installed throughout the city and less trash is now found on the streets, in parks and in the river. People are talking about how their city is cleaner and they want to do even more to make it better.
a. The clean city project's success is a testament to the commitment of the organizations involved and the city administration. It is currently being used as model for other cleaner city projects in Ukraine. In the town of Bar, Vinnitskia Oblast the administration want to do a virtual duplication of the project with the help of its two PCVs while in the town of Snigurivka, Mykolaivska Oblast, the idea has involved to include even more greater community development aspects.
The people of Vinnitsia recognized a problem, asked for and received a little assistance in getting started and in the end made their city cleaner, prettier and more inviting for their own families, guests and in time tourists. PCV: Eric Jacobs(Economic Development, Group 28)E-Mail: email@example.com


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Regarding: Draft Final Peninsula Harbour Contaminated Sediment Management Project Environment Assessment Report
In follow up to the November 2011 open house sessions in Marathon and at the Pic River Community Centre regarding the Environmental Assessment of the Peninsula Harbour Sediment Management Strategy, Environment Canada and the Ministry of the Environment would like to draw your attention to the Draft Final version of the Peninsula Harbour Contaminated Sediment Management Project Environmental Assessment Report. This report and related documents are accessible via the attachments below. The Fish Habitat Assessment Document is also part of the environmental assessment and is accessible via the following link.
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Comments from these open house sessions were considered in preparation of this report. Environment Canada will consider additional comments until February 13th, 2012.
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Amtrak sets new ridership recordsToby Talbot / AP File Photo
The Amtrak Vermonter arrives in Montpelier in this August 2010 photo. Amtrak says it has set new ridership records, including on its Vermont routes.
Amtrak says more people are riding its passenger trains, including the Vermonter.
The national high-speed rail operator says its trains carried more than 31 million passengers in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30. That marks the highest annual ridership total since Amtrak started operations in 1971.
Records were also set in other regions of the country, including New England.
The Downeaster passenger service between Maine and Boston saw ridership rise 4.3 percent to more than 541,000 passengers. Ethan Allen ridership between New York and Rutland was up 10 percent to more than 54,000 and the Vermonter from Washington to St. Albans had 5.5 percent more passengers at 82,000.
"People are riding Amtrak trains in record numbers across the country because there is an undeniable demand to travel by rail," Amtrak President and CEO Joe Boardman said in a statement announcing the ridership figures.
"Ridership will continue to grow because of key investments made by Amtrak and our federal and state partners to improve on-time performance, reliability, capacity and train speeds."
Boardman said factors contributing to Amtrak long-term ridership growth include improved passenger services such as Wi-Fi and eTicketing, high gasoline prices, continued growth in business travel on the Northeast Corridor, the increased appeal and popularity of rail travel, dissatisfaction with congested highways and air travel and effective marketing campaigns.
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I haven't posted about something like this in a lotta years.
Back about 18 years ago, I owned a bevy of electronic instruments: Roland D-50 synth, Roland D-5 synth, Roland U110 sample module, Yamaha FB01 synth module ... and a Yamaha WX11 wind controller (you can read about the WX7, the "improved" version of the WX11, here).
Now, I have often said that the best kind of sax would be one that's one piece and has Resoblade "pads" (or an equivalent) -- plus one that's designed in such a way that the intonation is more-or-less perfect. That's kinda the definition of a wind controller, with the bonus of being able to play multiple instruments without havening to learn a new fingering.
However, even if I used my sample module, the sound wasn't that great. Perfect intonation, of course, but samples didn't sound ... that real.
The WX11 also didn't work quite how I wanted. For instance, if I wanted to finger a G, I didn't HAVE to finger it as 123 (which is simular on sax, clarinet and other woodwinds). I could just finger 3. Which meant that if my fingers were a tad slow, unexpected notes would sound.
Yamaha now has the ... interesting looking ... WX5 (which is 10 years old). Akai has the EWI4000s (which is 3 years old).
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Robert E. DupreyDecember 12,2012
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BRANDON Robert Ernest Duprey, 83, died Monday, Dec. 10, 2012, at Mountain View Center in Rutland.
He was born Dec. 23, 1928, in Chester, the son of Ernest A. and Ruth (Benson) Duprey.
He grew up in Chester, where he received his early education.
In earlier years he worked as a woodsman, logging the mountains of Chester. He later farmed for a short while before moving to New Haven, Conn. In New Haven, he became a self-employed roofer and continued working as a roofer until his retirement.
He enjoyed fishing, was an avid reader and fan of the New York Yankees and New York Giants. He was also a big bingo player.
Survivors include his wife, Rita Fuller Duprey of Brandon; two sons, Ernest Robert Duprey of Reading, and David Henry Duprey of Springfield; five daughters, Rosa-Lee Gould of Brandon, Stephanie Poleio of West Haven, Conn., Leona Pratt of Manchester, N.H., Bobbi-Jo Voight of Brandon, and Theresa Dwire of Lawsonville, N.C.; a brother, Richard Bruce of New Hampshire; a sister, Marjorie Childs of Buxton, Maine; 17 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews and cousins. He was predeceased by two brothers, Donald Foster Duprey and Gary Bruce, and a sister Elizabeth Osgood.
Friends may call Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Conant Square Apartments Day Room, in Brandon.
A private burial will take place at a later date in Pleasant View Cemetery in Chester.
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Space Bones
Space Bones Weightlessness sure looks like
a lot of fun, but prolonged exposure to zero-G in space can have
some negative side effects -- like the weakening of human bones!
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October 1, 2001: Everybody knows space is dangerous.
Some of the perils are obvious: hard vacuum, extreme cold,
and unpredictable blasts of radiation from the Sun.
Other perils are less conspicuous. The effects of prolonged weightlessness on the human body, for example, can be slow and subtle -- yet no less dangerous if astronauts fail to take proper precautions.
Right: The loss of bone mass that many people experience in space could eventually weaken the bone and so present problems when the person returns to a weight-bearing environment, such as the Earth or Mars. Image courtesy NASA's Johnson Space Center.
"The magnitude of this [effect] has led NASA to consider bone loss an inherent risk of extended space flights," says Dr. Jay Shapiro, team leader for bone studies at the National Space Biomedical Research Institute.
Space travelers aren't the only ones
who worry about bone loss. At least 10 million people suffer
from bone loss in the U.S. and untold numbers worldwide -- it's
called osteoporosis. Postmenopausal women are especially prone
to osteoporosis, but they're not alone. Most of us contract the
disease as we age, including men. Researchers hope that solving
the riddle of bone loss in space will reveal
important clues about what causes osteoporosis
(and other bone disorders) right here on Earth.
Spacefarers typically experience bone loss in the lower halves of their bodies, particularly in the lumbar vertebrae and the leg bones. Diminishing bone mass also triggers a rise in calcium levels in the blood, which increases the risk of kidney stones.
Researchers suspect the root cause of bone loss in space is weightlessness.
The pull of gravity 350 km above our planet's surface -- where the space station and the shuttle orbit -- is 90 percent as strong as it is on the ground. That hardly sounds weightless! But orbiting astronauts nevertheless feel weightless because they and their spacecraft are freely falling together toward the planet below. Just as gravity seems briefly suspended in a downward-accelerating elevator, so does the crew in the freely-falling space station experience "zero-G." In fact, it's not exactly zero -- but near enough. The acceleration they feel is as little as 0.001% of the gravitational acceleration on Earth's surface.
Above: Â Living in space might appear to be nothing but fun, but some of the effects of weightlessness on the body can spoil the party. Astronauts feel some of them -- such as back pains and vertigo -- while others like bone loss would go undetected without medical equipment. This image was taken in NASA's Skylab. Image courtesy NASA JSC.
In this mutual free-fall, bones no longer have to fight against Earth's gravity during locomotion. As a result, less mechanical strain is applied to the skeletal system Scientists think reduced stress on bones may be responsible for the progressive bone loss seen in long-term residents of space. (Lack of stress on bones among sedentary Earthlings, such as those confined to beds due to illness or old age, also contributes to bone loss.)
People often think of bones as rigid, unchanging calcium pillars.
But bones are actually dynamic living tissues that constantly
reshape themselves in response to the stresses placed on them.
(This is how archaeologists can tell whether skeletal remains
belonged to a laborer or an aristocrat, for example. The incessant
pull of a laborer's muscles causes the bones to reshape themselves
slightly where the muscles were attached.)
This reshaping is performed by two types of bone cell that are constantly building new bone or destroying old bone. The actions of these two cell types -- called "osteoblasts" and "osteoclasts" -- usually balance each other out. But when stresses on bones are reduced (or during the onset of osteoporosis), removal outpaces replacement, leading to too little bone which can more easily break.
main weight-bearing bones of the body -- indicated with light-purple
shading in this drawing -- are also the ones most affected by
space-induced bone loss. Picture from Human Physiology in
Space, a curriculum supplement for secondary schools. (Lujan
and White)
In prolonged weightlessness, bone mass appears to decrease because the lack of stress on the bones slows the formation of osteoblast cells. Fewer bone-building cells, along with a constant level of bone-destroying activity, translates into a net loss of bone mass.
Why weightlessness should inhibit the development of osteoblasts is the subject of a current study at Vanderbilt University. A key chemical in the development of osteoblast cells from precursor cells is an enzyme called "creatine kinase-B." Investigators are trying to figure out which molecules in the body regulate the activity of this enzyme and how those chemicals are affected by low gravity, in the hope that this knowledge will point to a way to boost osteoblast formation in space.
Another study at the Medical College of Georgia is investigating
a possible connection between eating and bone destruction. Ingestion
of food causes levels of a certain hormone -- called "glucose-dependent
insulinotropic peptide" -- to increase in the bloodstream.
The main function of this hormone is to stimulate the production
of insulin after a meal, which in turn triggers cells to absorb
energy-providing glucose from the blood.
Bone cells are sensitive to this hormone, too. Researchers have found that when this hormone attaches to "receptor" molecules on bone cells, osteoclast (bone destroying) activity goes down and osteoblast (bone creating) activity goes up.
Could hormones like this one be given to space travelers as a supplement to prevent bone degradation? Scientists don't yet know.
Genetic make-up might also play a role, as suggested by the variation of bone loss observed between individual astronauts and cosmonauts.
"The 1 to 2 percent per month loss is an estimate of bone loss -- an average value," Shapiro says. "Certain individuals on six month flights have lost as much as 20 percent of bone mass throughout their lower extremities." Others were less affected, losing bone only in some areas of the lower extremities.
research has already led to the development of a fast and inexpensive
tool to measure the extent of osteoporosis by analyzing the stiffness
of bones. It takes measurements without exposing the patient
to radiation. [more
"Bone loss of this magnitude leads to a significant increase in fracture risk, which may be as much as five-fold that expected with normal bone mass on Earth," he added. "A limb fracture involving, say, one of a six-person space crew could seriously compromise a mission's objectives."
Indeed, adds Shapiro, "the problem of bone loss must be overcome before people are placed in the position of performing physically challenging tasks after a long space-voyage in zero-G."
Bone loss is hardly such a far-off concern, though. Right here on our own planet millions suffer from osteoporosis -- a malady that strikes ordinary people and far-out explorers alike. Solving the problem in space, say researchers, will likely bring welcome relief back home to Earth.
Editor's Note: In the story, above, the authors mention that the crew of the ISS and the ISS itself are freely falling together toward Earth. The space station doesn't come crashing to the ground because it's going forward so fast, about 28,000 km/h, that its fall matches the curvature of the Earth. It literally "falls around" the planet.Web Links
NASA's Office of Physical and Biological Research -- tackling puzzles like osteoporosis through space research.
Gravity Hurts (So Good) --Science@NASA article: Strange things can happen to the human body when people venture into space -- and the familiar pull of gravity vanishes.
National Space Biomedical Research Institute -- home page.
Q&A about osteoporosis -- from the American Medical Women's Association
Bone Loss research group -- webpage for the division of the National Space Biomedical Research Institute studying bone loss in space. Also has links to other divisions of NSBRI that deal with different medical issues related to space travel.
Prevention of Bone Loss During Manned Space Flight -- information about the Vanderbilt University research discussed in this article.
Sub-regional Assessment of Bone Loss -- fact sheet for an experiment on bone loss conducted on the International Space Station during Expedition Two. Information on this experiment from NASA's Johnson Space Center can also be found here .
Medical benefits of NASA research on bone loss -- information on how research to solve the mystery of bone loss in space helps to advance the treatment of osteoporosis.
A Boon for Bone Research -- a medical tool for measuring bone stiffness without using radiation was developed for researching bone loss in space, but it is also proving useful for diagnosing bone loss here on the ground.
Calcium Kinetics During Spaceflight -- technical information about how calcium is regulated in the body, both on the ground and in space. From NASA's Johnson Space Center.
Bone Function -- from the National Space Biomedical Research Institute.
Investigation of bone growth in space -- from the National Space Biomedical Research Institute.
Biotechnology research in microgravity -- from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
More links on osteoporosis -- from the National Aging Information Center
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By Health Day
For many, it isn't Thanksgiving without a good, old fashioned game of football in the backyard.
Even though it's supposed to be fun too many people end up in the emergency room each year with sprains, strains and broken bones.
With that, the experts at Loyola University Medical Center offer these Turkey Bowl tips.
Stick to touch or flag football. Taking it up a notch to tackle greatly adds to the injury tally.
Before you hit the field, warm up a little. Do a few jumping jacks, jog a bit, and stretch to loosen up those muscles.
Stick to sweat pants and sneakers no cleats. Cleats, increase the risk of "planting" your foot in one position...while the rest of your body is going the other way.
If you opt for one piece of professional equipment, make it the mouth guard. They're inexpensive, and well worth saving your smile.Finally, act your age. If you're 40, don't expect to perform exactly like you did at 20. And most importantly, don't play if you're hurt, or if you've been drinking. Neither will help you win the big Thanksgiving game.
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By Helena Rodriguez: Freedom New Mexico
Post offices around the country will be postmarking income tax returns up until midnight on Tuesday night, helping last-minute filers make the April 15 federal tax filing deadline.
"We won't be open until that time, but we'll make sure that anything dropped into our mail drop until midnight gets postmarked. We'll check the maildrop at midnight," said Portales Postmaster Leanne Johnson.
Meanwhile, around town, tax preparers are urging people to get those income tax returns filed as soon as possible, and with good reason.
Besides the possibility of getting an income tax rebate from the government, filing a 2007 income tax return is a prerequisite to receiving an economic stimulus check the government will begin sending out in May to taxpayers that have filed an income tax return this year. To receive a check, taxpayers must have a valid Social Security number, an income of at least $3,000 and a filed 2007 federal tax return. Eligible people can receive up to $600 ($1,200 for married couples) and parents will receive an additional $300 for each child under 17.
In addition, millions of retirees, disabled veterans and low-wage workers usually exempt from filing a tax return must do so in order to receive a stimulus payment.
Mike Loniewski, manager of H & R Block in Clovis, said, "Fill out those 1040As. Even if you're on Social Security and don't fill them out year-to-year, have someone help you fill it out so you can get an economic stimulus check."
Another thing Loniewski recommends is that people get their tax returns filed on time to avoid a late penalty, or to file for an extension. He said that extensions, which are free of charge, must be requested by the April 15 deadline as well. He said that with extensions, people are automatically given an additional six months to get their income tax returns filed.
"The only drawback to extensions," Loniewski said, "Is that if you owe money, you have to send in at least the estimated amount due at that time."
He also added that if people file for extensions, they can still receive economic stimulus checks, but not until they have filed their 2007 income tax return.
Security Finance in Portales is offering income tax preparation service and senior assistant manager Nancy Vargas said her office is expecting a last minute rush. They accept customers on a walk-in basis, but she advised people to not wait until the very last minute.
"Come in as soon as you get all your W-2 forms together," she said.
For people who may have to pay taxes this year, Loniewski said that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) works with people.
"Everyone hates the IRS," Loniewski said, "but believe it or not, they will work with you, and in some cases, they may even forgive late penalties. The best thing to do is work it out with the IRS."


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We asked some expert observers of the religion scene how they are navigating the new media. What do they read, watch and listen to? How have their reading, listening and viewing habits changed over the past decade?Here's Mark Silk: "I've always been a news junkie. I still take two dead-tree newspapers—the New York Times and the Hartford Courant. I look at the Washington Post every morning, and I listen to NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered while driving to and from work. At work, I'm in thrall to the continuous news cycle. I check the AP wire on Yahoo as soon as I sit down at my desk, and then scan the general-interest blogs and blogzines—the Daily Dish, Politico, Talking Points Memo, Huffington Post, the Daily Beast."
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Artists who have never won a Grammy
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Artists who walked away empty-handed from the Grammys on Monday night can take solace in the fact that more than a few legendary bands and singers also got shut out by the Grammys.
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Intel® Xeon Phi™ Coprocessor: System Software Developers Guide
Application Programming
In this guide, application programming refers to developing user applications or codes using either the Intel® Composer XE 2013 or third-party software development tools. These tools typically contain a development environment that includes compilers, libraries, and assorted other tools.
Application programming will not be covered here; consult the Intel® Xeon Phi™ coprocessor Developer's Quick Start Guide for information on how to quickly write application code and run applications on a development platform, including the Intel® Many Integrated Core Architecture (Intel® MIC Architecture). It also describes the available tools and gives some simple examples to show how to get C/C++ and Fortran-based programs up and running.
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• Section 2 contains a high-level description of the Intel Xeon Phi coprocessor hardware and software architecture.
• Section 3 covers power management from the software perspective. It also covers virtualization support in the Intel Xeon Phi coprocessor and some reliability, accessibility, and serviceability (RAS) features such as BLCR* and MCA.
• Section 4 covers operating system support.
• Section 5 covers the low level APIs (e.g. SCIF) available with the Intel Xeon Phi coprocessor software stack.
• Section 6 illustrates the usage models and the various operating modes for platforms with the Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors in the compute continuum.
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Illinois Library Association Annual Conference
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Whose home for the holidays?
Dear Miriam,
My husband and I are both close with our families, which is great until it comes to holidays. Both sets of parents expect us to spend every holiday with them, and each time a holiday rolls around, we have to engage in major negotiations to decide where we're going to go. At this point, we just want to stay home and avoid the conversation. What is a reasonable compromise to keep everyone happy and to keep me from going nuts?
Whose home for the holidays
Dear Home,
Sit down tonight with this blog, your husband and your calendar, and map out all the holidays for the coming year. Seriously. Include anything there's ever been a dispute over and even those there hasn't, from Yom Kippur break fast to Mother's Day to your nephew's third cousin's birthday. Make a list of every occasion and the date it will be happening (for Jewish holidays, I recommend opening HebCal in a new tab). Then start to figure out which ones are already decided for you. If his family has a big Halloween party every year and yours doesn't know when Halloween is, then there's no need for a discussion. His family probably won't care about that cousin's birthday, but you know your mom will kill you if you miss it.
After you take care of birthdays and family-specific traditions, my guess is you'll be left with the biggies: Rosh Hashanah, Passover, Thanksgiving and maybe a few others. Once it's all laid out in front of you, there may be an easy and obvious way to divvy up some of the dates. Perhaps that cousin's birthday is the week before Thanksgiving, so you know you'll be getting together with your family then, and it makes sense to see your in-laws the next week. If you're willing and able to travel on Jewish holidays, it may be possible to spend one seder with your family and one with his. If, over the course of the year, you see that there are 20 occasions you spend with your family and only five with his, see if there are some visits you may be able to reconfigure.
Then, after you've done this whole mad thing I'm suggesting, see how many times a year you're traveling (if your families are out of town) or just how many weekends you're committing to spending with your families a year in advance, and then start to decide from which traditions you want to excuse yourselves. Just because your family does Father's Day brunch every year doesn't mean you have to be there every year. Just because your parents really, really want you to come over to help build their sukkah doesn't mean you have to.
Look at this list of holidays with your husband and talk about which ones you'd like to start building your own traditions around. Maybe it's time for the two of you to spend Valentine's Day alone, or try out hosting your own seder. During this process, consider whether there are holidays where you could host both your parents and your in-laws in your home so that everyone can be together and no one can claim exclusive rights to you. There may also be holidays where your parents could invite your in-laws, or vice versa.
Once the two of you have decided what your priorities are for how you want to spend your time and your holidays, you need to communicate your decisions to your parents. If they're friendly with each other and also somewhat tech-savvy, consider copying all the parents on an email with a spreadsheet attached of the holidays and where you'll be for them. That way they'll have it in writing, they've all seen it at the same time and they will have some time to let it sink it in. If you want to communicate with them in a phone call, be prepared to stand your ground when they argue and plead and say that July 4th will never be the same without you there.
This plan assumes that you and your husband will be on the same page about where to celebrate, and I realize that you may have separate and strong desires when it comes to whose Thanksgiving turkey you'll be eating. Don't rush the process, be flexible and understanding about each other's points of view and expect that you'll both have to make some compromises. Any difficult conversations you have will help bolster future decisions you'll have to make as a couple and will reinforce for both of you when the big day arrives, and then arrives again and again and again, that you're in this together.
Happy holidays, and be well,


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"It looked like 'The Fast and The Furious' from the intersection to the front of Sonic," George West Police Chief Rey Garcia said. "We had vehicles and debris, there was a door in the middle of the road and personal belongings scattered. It was crazy."
An Alpine Coach driven by Charles Raymond Brewer, 71, from Minnesota with Washington license plates failed to stop and took out nine vehicles, bringing the total to 11 vehicles with the one he was towing behind included according to Garcia.
Brewer's wife, Sharon Brewer, 71, was ejected from the RV and hospitalized. Charles refused medical treatment.
Garcia said GWPD Sgt. Jorge Medina saw the RV going quickly in the northbound lane and the back tires were smoking.
"It's still under investigation and it's too early to speculate what went wrong, but it looks related to mechanical failure on behalf of the RV," Garcia said. "I believe more than likely it is going to boil down to the RV lost its brakes."
The Brewers' vehicle's speed is difficult to determine since there were no brake marks on the road and just gouges from when the RV dragged and tore off pieces of the vehicles, according to Garcia.
"All we know is he slammed into all of the vehicles," Garcia said.
Sylvester Brady from Pinedale Cove in Austin was airlifted to San Antonio when his 2009 Dodge 1500 was hit and engulfed in flames. Brady is in critical condition and suffered a heart attack while en route to the hospital.
Garcia said the rear axel of Brady's Dodge truck was underneath the RV and a small black car was lodged into the front end and dragged until it came to a stop.
Darlene Arciba, Ruby Chabarria and Eric West from Beeville and George West were all taken to Christus Spohn Memorial Hospital when their 2013 Equinox was totaled.
Debra Anzaldua and Pauline Carbajal from Beeville and George West were hospitalized in Beeville.
Valerie Aguilar and David Mojica from San Antonio were in another vehicle that was hit and Aguilar was hospitalized as well.
George West Police Officer Michael Jefferson was also among the injured. His cruiser was parked behind a semi truck driven by Pedro Tobar of Penitas.
"He (Jefferson) got a pretty good laceration to the head," Garcia said.
Garcia said Tobar saw the RV approaching and escaped injury by leaning over onto the passenger seat.
Jesus Enrique Guerra, 17, from George West was also uninjured, though his truck received damage.
Michael Pelham and Julie McDevitt from Sausalito, Calif., were also in the wreck.
Ilyssa Lugo, Kirby Bonds, Senaya Bonds and Nibiya Bonds from San Antonio were in another vehicle involved in the wreck. Garcia said his report didn't show any of them taken to hospitals.
The George West, Swinney Switch and Three Rivers fire departments, McMullen County EMS, Calliham EMS, Acadian EMS, Airlife, Halo-Flight and responders from Mathis, Whitsett and Beeville arrived on the scene.
"The EMS services here weren't sufficient so the sergeant called in the surrounding areas for more ambulances," Garcia said. "We are talking about 114-degree weather; most troopers had to be treated by EMS for dehydration."
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I had some milk left over from Christmas. I don't really drink milk, but my kids do. I needed to do something with it. I do not like wasting food. So I decided to make vanilla bean pudding with real vanilla beans.
Super easy – here's the basic recipe:
(I used 5 cups of milk so adjust the recipe accordingly.)
1 egg yolk
1 tablespoons cornstarch (plus maybe 1 teaspoon)
2 tablespoons sugar
1 cup milk
seeds scraped from 1 vanilla bean, plus the bean pod.
Whisk all ingredients together in a saucepan. Turn heat to medium and heat, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a simmer. Remove from heat and stir as mixture thickens. Remove vanilla bean pod. Lick it before you throw it away. Pour pudding into small Mason jars. Cool and store in the refrigerator.
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Where is God? Jesus is in heaven. Well, where's that? We know it's a physical dimension so it's just a reality removed from our spatiotemporal world. The doctrine of omnipresence states that God is causally present everywhere. This is merely stating the obvious. What's the evidence from Scripture concerning God's presence?
"If the statements it [the Bible] contains concerning matters of history and science can be proven by extra biblical records, by ancient documents recovered through archeological digs, or by the established facts of modern science to be contrary to the truth, then there is grave doubt as to its trustworthiness in matters of religion." – Gleason Archer
Consider 1 Thess. 5.19-21. How do you test Scripture? Well, test it for internal consistency, like contradictions and dissimilarities. To test Scripture using Scripture to verify that what it is true is fallacious and circular reasoning.


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By Associated Press 11:55pm, March 5, 2013Steve Pearce hit two home runs, Conor Jackson and Luis Exposito each homered as the Baltimore Orioles and Toronto Blue Jays played to a 6-6, 10-inning tie on Tuesday.
Jackson, who had three hits, Pearce and Exposito homered in a four-run sixth inning off Toronto reliever Esmil Rogers. The home runs by Jackson and Pearce were back-to-back.
The Orioles also homered four times on Sunday against Philadelphia.
J.A. Happ started for Toronto and allowed Pearce's first homer - a two-run shot - in three innings.
Baltimore's Steve Johnson gave up two runs in two innings, and Jair Jurrjens allowed three runs and five hits in 2 2-3 innings.
The teams combined for 29 hits.
Alexi Casilla had three hits for the Orioles.
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Buster Olney had some mid-day updates today regarding the Phillies and their pursuit of outfield help. Olney first Tweeted that the Phillies have joined the Orioles and Red Sox in teams seeking to sign Cody Ross. Ross, turning 32 in December, hit 22 HR and nearly matched his career triple-slash when he hit .267/.326/.481 for the sinking Red Sox in 2012. For his career, Ross has been slightly below average defensively in Left and Center while just barely above average in Right. Ross is repeatedly seeking a three year, $25 million deal. Ross is seeking about $3-4 million less annually than Nick Swisher and, given their age and previous production, would be the better buy of the two if the Phillies could add a beneficial bullpen or outfield piece with the remaining change.
Olney's second Phillies' related update came in a second Tweet: the Phillies reportedly are fine with matching any annual dollar amount for Josh Hamilton but are concerned about the years. We noted on Saturday that the Phils' interest in Hamilton had picked up to the point that other executives were noticing. Now, things appear to be getting more formal and serious. Follow this one closely – a lot of similarities to the Cliff Lee situation of two Decembers past.
Finally, it appears Torii Hunter will not become a Phillie. Hunter, who turns 37 for the 2013 season, has been reportedly courted by the Yankees, Dodgers, Phillies, Tigers, Rangers, and Braves but is reported to be seeking a 2-year deal from an American League team. Boston, Texas and Detroit appear to be the front-runners.
Thoughts: As an Italian-American budget conscious consumer who eats a lot of pasta because I am cheap, I'll use a bit of a self-deprecating analogy: right now, the pasta bowl is boiling and the water is spilling over but the pasta is still hard as a rock. With Ruben Amaro's previous history of targeting players, I would not be surprised if that pasta is edible soon. The stove is hot and these rumors went from zero to sixty, much like those of off-seasons previous.
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I hope these rumors are untrue. Ross was a product of playing Fenway (look at his splits) and Hamilton is and age/health risk. I'd rather go the Pagan/Upton route personally.
Couldn't agree more with Jeff T. Hamilton is one bender away from being in serious trouble with the league. Plus, he's too old and too injury prone to invest that kind of money. They need to get younger in general, and I don't think Hamilton is the answer. Ross? Meh.
"As an Italian-American budget conscious consumer who eats a lot of pasta because I am cheap, I'll use a bit of a self-deprecating analogy: right now, the pasta bowl is boiling and the water is spilling over but the pasta is still hard as a rock."
god damn,that was a good sentence.
Probably rate even higher if I was Italiano-Americano and could relate first hand to it, but it's still good.
Oh, they wabnt a comment on the rumor so the post belongs here. Okee-dokee. Do I look stupid enough to comment on every inhale and exhale that emminates from the baseball publicists (agents) mouths?
But I did just see on MLBTR (PhilliesNation West) that an NL GM spoke of Hamilton as a heartbreaker. As Brent Musburger would say, "You are looking live at what is gonna be one of the most interesting free agent negotiations since Marvin Miller turned the world upside down. Hell, by the time some cats get through bashing Hamilton around, the Melkman is gonna look like the male answer to Joan of Arc.
Wanna know what bugs me about Josh as much as anything? You cain't be ignoring the games played, or lack of, or addiction thing, but what really bugs me is after the lovin' of the hot start, and pretty decent last 1/3 of the season, he was quite average for a good stretch. And that might be being kind. But he's definitely enticing in a lot of ways. 20-25 dingers by May's end does make an impression.
"he was quite average for a good stretch"
No he wasn't.
What I should have said was when he didn't suck, he was mostly average. Sometimes good, but mostly average.
I don't know how you're breaking it down, but for most of the year Josh Hamilton was well above average. He had one awful month (July) and one average month (June). Outside of those two months he was well above average.
OPS/OPS+ by month:
March/April – 1.182/227
May – 1.187/217
June – .754/106
July – .607/65
August – .943/157
Sept/Oct – .873/140
That's more or less how I remembered it, great the first part, relatively lousy in the middle when management finally spoke up sbout his first ball tendencies, and then he was good again,although I don't know about 15-20 million good.. So I guess in reality, not a whole lot of average in there…most everything but. And it's too easy to call players inconsistent, most everyone with good digits arrives there off highs and lows.
Does the bad stretch still trouble me? Some. Should it? Maybe not.
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If these two are the pasta, I'm going out for a burger.
God I just hate Cody Ross with a passion! The same way I hated Pete Rose,
– until 1979.
What ever they end up doing, whoever wears the uni, Go Phils!
Personally, I don't hate Cody Ross, but I do hate the idea of signing him.
His platoon splits are awful. Over his career he's 201 OPS points better against LHP than he is against RHB, against whom he's slightly below average (86 wRC+, 92 OPS+).
Paying upwards of 8 million a year for that when you have a much younger, cheaper, better defensive version of that exact same player* in John Mayberry Jr would be ludicrous.
*Mayberry is slightly worse than Ross against RHP (86 wRC+, 81 OPS+) but is better than Ross vs LHP.
Lefty, my friend – how could you mention Cody Ross and Peter the Great in the sam sentence.. I hated nails but in no way would I compare Betsy with either of them.
Betsy Ross –
I will give up my tickets if they sign this hose-wearing, skipping like a 7 year-old girl, big toothed grin – don't do it….
OT: Disappointed hearing the Dodgers hiring 6 new international scouts. Can anyone tell me how the Phillies international scouting budget compared to the Dodgers last year?
I don't know, PSUJoe, but if you cant get an answer here someone on phuturephillies.com would know.
I just read that Swisher turned down a $13.3 mil one year contract offer from the Yanks.
32, plays right field, has decent power (has hit over 21 hrs for the last 8 seasons), gets on base a lot (career OBP .361, he walks a lot) and his average is going to be decent, not stellar.
I like the idea. Swisher did not like NY. He never performed well in the Post Season up there but to me, getting there would be great and I think Nick Swisher could be a huge asset.
What would the Phils pay for someone like Nick?
I like Swisher too. But I heard rumblings of him wanting a "Jayson Werth" type of deal.
I don't like the sounds of that at all.. Werth definitely had better credentials I think.
There are lots of parallels.
Both are RFs. Both were coming off their age 31 season.
Both are patient, see a lot of pitches and walk a lot, strike out a fair amount, and have good power:
Swisher, 2010-12: 12.1 BB%, 21.4 K%, .204 ISO (isolated power, or SLG minus BA)
Werth, 2008-2010: 12.7 BB%, 23.3 K%, .234 ISO
They were similar hitters in their 3 years leading up to free agency, although Werth was slightly better:
Swisher, 2010-12: .274/.366/.478, 129 wRC+ (15th best-hitting OF)
Werth, 2008-2010: .279/.376/.513, 134 wRC+ (7th best OF)
However Werth had been a somewhat better fielder, and was a much better baserunner (in runs saved or generated vs. average), which meant Werth had produced higher WAR, and had been the 3rd best outfielder in baseball leading up to free agency:
Swisher, 2010-12: 11.2 Fld, -8.8 BsR, 11.9 WAR (17th best OF)
Werth, 2008-2010: 14.4 Fld, 11.2 BsR, 15.5 WAR (3rd best OF)
So you're absolutely right — Werth had better credentials, and while that's a fine negotiating position to start with, Swisher is not likely to get a deal that most agreed was an overpay even for Werth.
Ah…the Hot Stove. Gotta love it. All the rumors and rumblings this time of year. And that's pretty much just what they all are….rumors. And Lefty, I'm with you. I also "hate" some players with a passion (C. Ross is one). But once they put on the red pinstripes I'll root for anyone.
Swisher can "want" a Werth type deal … doesn't mean anyone is going to give him one…
Are the Phillies just saying they're interested in Hamilton to jack his price up for whoever eventually lands him? I can't imagine they really think it's wise to invest heavily in another Left-handed hitter that has trouble staying healthy ??
If Galvis is our intended 3b, we better do something more than Cody Ross to improve the lineup next year… I've been interested in the Upton-Youkilis (for the price of Bourn) deal for a while.
Hamilton is an awfully productive left handed hitter, and I think the Phils are moderately interested, and should be. From reports, they're not looking to sign him long-term, so the investment might not be all that heavy, if he even considers a short term offer.
I doubt seriously that the plans are for Galvis to man third. He's played nothing but short in winter ball. I think he may be used in a utility role.
Youkilis has an injury history, too, so he's a risk.
With the lack of decent men for 3rd, I do agree that Ross is a lousy choice, except maybe in a platoon. He's asking to be paid like a full-timer, though.
I don't know that they are seriously interested in another LH bat making $25M a year. Would Hamilton hit 3rd instead of 5th and would Utley move to 1 or 6 to break up the LH bats a bit? Figure a power RH bat (either Ruf or a FA) hitting 5th. Who hits 2nd? AFAIK Hamilton is only an adequate CF and is better suited to play a corner. If they are serious about Ruf in LF, they're going to need a guy with range in CF.
Not really high on Upton unless they get him for under $10M a year. He's another .250 hitter that struck out 168 times last year. He'd be better in CF than Mayberry and would steal a bunch of bases, but not worth the money he supposedly wants.
Swisher is a career .256 hitter with no speed that again wants too much money.
Cabrera is a risk because of the PEDs, so should be cheap and/or available on a short term contract to show he can hit without the help of the drugs.
No…just no… to Cody Ross.
Correct about Swisher's speed, but despite his .256 average, he is a pretty good hitter.
I posted above his wRC+ of 129 for the past 3 years, but an OPS comparison works just as well.
OPS for the past 3 years, compared to present and recent Phillies:
.844 – Swisher
.842 – Ruiz
.822 – Howard (.847 if you exclude 2012)
.800 – Utley
.800 – Pence
I'm not advocating the Phillies go after him, because while he won't get what he wants I'm afraid he'll still get more than he's worth, but he's the kind of player where batting average is nearly meaningless.
One of the interesting things about Swisher is that he is remarkably closer to his "Averages" each season … per 162-games season he averages 28 HRs… .256 avg. ….361 OBP…….
year-to-year his numbers are almost always very close to that, which means you are getting a consistent player … maybe some guys have more upside (BJ Upton)… but Swisher would be a consistent in the lineup ..
Is everyone in agreement that Michael Bourn isn't worth the contract he'll get?
Even if you can sign Hamilton for 1 or 2 years at $25 M each.. I don't think that's worth it, you can get multiple players (Upton, Youk?, RP) for that money that makes more of an overall impact. When healthy, Hamilton is amazing …. but they are plagued by injuries the past few years and can't afford to gamble another contract.
I don't know what Bourn will get, but in general I agree, he's not who I'd like to see them target.
Agree Bourn will get more than he's worth. He strikes out waaaaay too much for a guy with no power and is yet another lefty in the lineup, but I wouldn't go beserk because it would mean the end of Rollins hitting leadoff, and that would be money well spent that event. My main issue is the yet another lefty on a team is already terrible against LHPs.
Upton has the RH power bat you need to protect Howard and would almost certainly be cheaper in terms of years and average dollars. However, if Ruf is your everyday LF, you don't really need the RH power from Upton.
I guess if you make me choose, I'd go Upton. He's younger, right handed, and may benefit from a change of scenery. With what Hamilton wants, you could sign them both lol.


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Daffodil days in the Catskills and Poconos
April 17, 2013 —
REGION — It's the season for daffodil blooms in the region and their colorful petals can be seen everywhere, from tended gardens to lots that have not been actively tended in decades. According to the Amercian Daffodil society (www.daffodilusa.org) daffodil bulbs last a very long time. This fact is posted on their website: "Under good growing conditions, they should outlast any of us. While some kinds of bulbs tend to dwindle and die out, daffodils should increase."
Most daffodil bulbs have a habit of multiplying over time, and thus can be left planted at the edge of a wooded lot, where if they receive enough light they will bloom for decades with no care from human hands.


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