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University of Colorado Boulder Professor Bernard Amadei has been appointed one of three new Science Envoys who will help strengthen U.S. ties with other countries to address global challenges, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced today.
Amadei, who holds the Mortenson Endowed Chair in Global Engineering at CU-Boulder, along with professors Susan Hockfield of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Barbara Schaal of Washington University in St. Louis, make up the third cohort of Science Envoys since the program's inception in 2009.
The scientists will seek to deepen existing ties, foster new relationships with foreign counterparts and discuss potential areas of collaboration that will help address global challenges and realize shared goals, according to the State Department announcement. The Science Envoys travel in their capacity as private citizens and advise the White House, the U.S. Department of State, and the U.S. scientific community about the insights they gain from their travels and interactions.
"On behalf of the entire university community, I congratulate Professor Bernard Amadei for his appointment as Science Envoy," said CU-Boulder Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano. "In his work with the multinational organization Engineers Without Borders, and as a CU-Boulder professor, he has distinguished himself as an educator, a humanitarian and a global citizen. In his new role, I have no doubt he will bring both expertise and understanding in a truly global context."
The Science Envoy program demonstrates the United States' continued commitment to science, technology and innovation as tools of diplomacy, according to the announcement. "Building scientific partnerships is an important tool in addressing such global challenges," Clinton said.
Amadei has been on the CU-Boulder faculty in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering for 30 years, with a specialty in rock mechanics and engineering geology.
He also founded the nonprofit organization Engineers Without Borders-USA, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year with more than 12,000 students, faculty and professional members across the country. In founding the organization, Amadei pioneered a new approach to engineering education by involving students in service learning projects in the developing world, an initiative that is helping to create globally responsible engineers and to provide sustainable and appropriate technology solutions to the endemic problems faced by developing communities worldwide.
Amadei was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2008 and has received numerous other prestigious awards, including the Heinz Award for the Environment, the Hoover Medal, the Ralph Coats Roe Medal and the Norm Augustine Award. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.
Previous cohorts of Science Envoys have visited 19 countries, including Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, South Africa, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan.
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This weekend you should embark in a short cruise down to Sherwood, Oregon for the Sherwood Fantasy Fair. This is a festival designed to combine the fun filled worlds of medieval, fantasy, folklore, fairey, pirate and a tiny bit of steampunk into a family friendly event. Blending blending historical fact, myth and popular fantasy. this [ Read More ]
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Lovely Montmartre Apartment
Size45 m²
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Perfect for a holiday single, couple or family.
Typical 1900 building with garden in a beautiful street coffee shops, great restaurants.
Sunny and quiet apartment overlooking a courtyard. A large room with a bed 2 places.Un large living room with sofa bed, free Wi-Fi. Bathroom with tub. Kitchen, washing machine, dishwasher.
Close to the subway Lamarck Caulaincourt or White.
You will find comfort in one of the most beautiful area of Paris!
Welcome and enjoy your stay!
House rulesDeposit of 200 euros returned on check out.
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A really good place. Good location and very comfortable flat. Only a little weak point: there are not any wardrobe for clothing. Great host
The apparment is small but very comfortable and cosy. The neighbourhood is fine. A very quiet place. Everything was wonderful and nice. We really enjoyed our time there.
Sophie helped us a lot and her apatement really was as described. Perfect location maybe not suitable for elderly people (4th floor with no elevator) but it is hardly to find a better place (and a better host) in Paris
That were very nice holidays. The flat is very beautiful, clean, well maintained and authentic French. It is very good located in Montmatre with a supermarket, public parking garage, bakeries and restaurants. Ideal to start all trips in Paris.Sofie is a very nice and flexible host. Thank you very much.
We (family with children of 12 and 9) really loved our stay in the apartment of Sophie. She's a good hostess and guided the arrival carefully, which was very pleasing.
The apartment is tasteful furnished, quiet and well located. A small, but fine supermarket around the corner and the best bakery of Montmartre (at least that's what we think) next door. Nothing but sweet memories!
Nice appartment, quiet situated on the backside of the building. Well furnished including dishwasher and microwave/oven. Backery and supermarket very close. The Sacre Coeur is in walking distance, other sites are easily reachable by metro or bus. We, a family with two childeren of eleven and nine, had a wonderful time.
We were there in Summer 2013 with two kids (2 and 4 years old). Very nice apartement and very friendly contact with Sophie! Thank you!
The apartement is near the metro and is an easy starting point to discover Montmartre and Paris.
But: it is almost impossible to find a parking slot for a car! You need to be by train or find a public garage :)
This is a cosy appartment in a lovely neighbourhood. Sofhie is a great host and I really recomend this place for anyone.
The apartment has lots of charm, is typically French, located in a great location and was releativ quiet as the windows do not face the courtyard and the street. Right next to the house is a very good bakery, cheese shop, various fruit and vegetable shops, butchers, several patisseries and as many bistros and cafes etc.. We stayed with our 2 children in the apartment and had enough space. The landlady is very nice and very straightforward and very accomodating regarding checking in and out! It was a great stay!
Die Wohnung hat sehr viel Charme; ist typisch französisch, liegt in einer tollen Lage und war releativ ruhig, da die Fenster zum Hof und nicht zur Straße liegen. Direkt neben dem Haus ist eine sehr gute Bäckerei, Käseladen; diverse Obst- und Gemüseläden, Metzger, mehrere Patisserien und ebenso viele Bistros und Cafes etc..
Wir waren mit unseren 2 Kindern in der Wohnung und hatten ausreichend Platz. Die Vermieterin ist sehr nett und völlig unkompliziert und sehr entgegen kommend bzgl. Ein- und Auschecken!
Es war ein toller Aufenthalt!
The Montmartre district is still fantastic. The apartment was charming big enough for two adults possibly three people, but not suitable for four persons io and the bed was clean. However, the bed was turned into a bed is not suitable for two teenagers. The kitchen was probably the most not been cleaned for a long time. Food very greasy, the same goes for the bathroom (Simmel). What the well performance does not justify the price! Too bad. Otherwise everything near, metro, bakeries, bistros, etc.
Das Montmartre Quartier ist nach wie vor traumhaft. Das Apartment war charmant gross genug für zwei ev. drei Erwachsene Personen, jedoch nicht für Vier Personen geeignet das Bett war i.o. und sauber. Jedoch das Sofa das zu einem Bett umfunktioniert wurde ist auch für zwei Jugendliche nicht geeignet. Die Küche die wohl schon lange nicht mehr gereinigt wurde. Küche sehr fettig, das gleiche gilt für das Badzimmer ( Simmel). Was den auch die Preis Leistung nicht rechtfertigt !! Schade .Ansonsten alles in der nähe, Metro, Bäcker, Bistros usw.
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Chemical Dependency / Addiction StudiesThe B.S.in Chemical Dependency/Addiction Studies (CDAS) is an extension of the existing liberal arts major in Psychology. However, there is less choice in course selection and the program includes a series of five professional development courses (two of which are also Nursing courses).
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NRA Calls for Arms in School
Mum on Gun Controls, Powerful Lobby Focuses on Violent Movies and Videogames
WASHINGTON—The nation's biggest gun-rights lobby called Friday for placing an armed security guard at every school, as it for the first time entered the re-energized public debate over gun laws in the aftermath of last week's school shooting in Connecticut.
Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the National Rifle Association, said that "the monsters and the predators of the world" have exploited the fact that most schools are gun-free zones. Other important institutions—such as banks, courts and power plants—are protected with armed security, he said.
"The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun," Mr. LaPierre said in a statement to reporters Friday.
The NRA's proposal marked the entry of the powerful lobbying group, with more than four million members, into what so far has been a largely one-sided discussion of gun laws in Washington since a 20-year-old assailant killed 26 people at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., as well as his mother and himself.
President Barack Obama has directed his administration to produce a list of policy proposals in response to the shootings, and the White House has already signaled that it is looking at supporting limitations on high-capacity gun magazines and reinstatement of an assault-weapons ban that expired in 2004, among other ideas.
The NRA has long opposed such measures and has sought to punish lawmakers who back them. On Friday, Mr. LaPierre focused not on gun restrictions but on the media, which he said produced violent movies and videogames. He also faulted the national database used in background checks for carrying insufficient information about the mentally ill that might prompt official to bar them from gun purchases. But he offered no specific proposal.
Mr. LaPierre said the NRA would create a model school-safety program, including suggestions for the use of armed security at schools, for school design and other security elements. The NRA suggested that such a program could draw on volunteers, such as retired law-enforcement and military personnel, to help provide security.
A Department of Education survey conducted during the 2009-2010 school year found that 23,200 of the nation's public schools, or 28% of those surveyed, reported already having security officers who carry firearms on campus at least once a week.
Each year, since 1992, less than 2% of all youth homicides occurred at an elementary or high school or as children walked to school, according to a report issued earlier this year by the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Justice.That could include at after-school and weekend activities rather than during school hours. The department surveyed 82,800 of the nation's 98,817 public schools.
The cost of expanding the use of armed security is unclear. According to the Department of Labor, the median salary for a police officer in 2010 was $55,000. Craig Steckler, president of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, supported the idea of placing police officers at school but said the manpower demands would be high. It would take more than half of his patrol force in Fremont, Calif., to provide security at the city's 43 public and multiple private schools.
How effective an expanded armed-security program might be also isn't certain. Some advocates say assailants may avoid places that they know to be armed. But in the 1999 Columbine school shootings in Colorado, an armed school resource officer exchanged gunfire with one of the teenage gunmen. An after-action report ordered by the Colorado governor said that the exchange forced the two gunmen into the school library, where they then killed 10 students.
Education officials had mixed reactions to the NRA proposal. Randi Weingarten, head of the American Federation of Teachers, called the idea "irresponsible and dangerous" and said in a statement that "schools must be safe sanctuaries, not armed fortresses."
Dan Domenech, executive director of the American Association of School Administrators, a professional association that includes local and state school chiefs, said placing armed guards in schools could provide students and teachers a sense of security. "It certainly could help, but it's not the answer to ensuring schools are 100% safe," he said.
In Connecticut, where residents are still in the midst of funerals after last week's shootings, Karissa Niehoff, executive director of the Connecticut Association of Schools and the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference, said the NRA comments hit her "like a punch in the stomach."
"My gut reaction was a combination of disappointment and disbelief," she said of the NRA's call for putting armed security in every school. Ms. Niehoff said her focus in the past week has been on considering ways to address mental-health issues in schools.
In Texas, the tiny Harrold Independent School District has allowed employees to have guns on campus for the past five years if they have a permit, have completed training and have received approval from the school board.
Superintendent David Thweatt said schools became a target after a federal weapons ban was implemented in the 1990s, essentially alerting those who would do harm to the fact that everyone is unarmed. "What's caused all this trouble is the fact that we made schools gun-free zones," he said.
At the school in Harrold, an attacker has no way of knowing who might have a weapon, Mr. Thweatt said. "Anonymity is key to our plan," he said. "If they know that we're armed in our school, they're not coming in."
Entertainment industry officials had little comment on Mr. LaPierre's statement that "blood-soaked films," as well as videogames and music videos, had created a more violent culture. The Motion Picture Association of America declined commenting on Mr. LaPierre's criticisms. Several makers of gaming systems declined to comment or referred reporters to the Entertainment Software Association, a trade group, which didn't respond.
The White House didn't respond directly to the NRA's statement Friday. But Mr. Obama released a video online responding to citizens who have petitioned for new gun laws, telling them "we hear you." He said he would do everything in his power as president to advance the effort to reduce gun violence and asked the American people for their help.
—Ian Sherr contributed to this article.
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Noticing the regular movement of the Sun and the stars has led to a desire to measure time. This article for teachers and learners looks at the history of man's need to measure things.
Can you put these times on the clocks in order? You might like to arrange them in a circle.
This activity challenges you to decide on the 'best' number to use in each statement. You may need to do some estimating, some calculating and some research.
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Breakups maintain barchan dune fields, somehow
Two new theories try to explain how the crescent-shaped sand mountains persist
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No sand dune is an island.
Interactions between crescent-shaped, or barchan, dunes stabilize the mounds and explain how vast swarms of them can persist over time, two new studies find. But the studies don't agree on what kind of interactions matter: One team argues that dunes colliding and breaking apart keeps barchan fields from growing into giant sand piles, while the other claims that dunes calving off each other are the key.
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Remembering Iraq, a forgotten war
As growing sectarian violence across Iraq renews fears of civil war, journalists gathered in New York this week to talk about their experiences reporting in the country over the past decade.
By Kavita Menon/CPJ Senior Program Officer
As growing sectarian violence across Iraq renews fears of civil war, journalists gathered in New York this week to talk about their experiences reporting in the country over the past decade.
Dear Attorney General Holder and Deputy Attorney General Cole: CPJ's board of directors rarely has seen the need to raise its collective voice against U.S. government actions that threaten newsgathering. Today, however, we write to vigorously protest the secret seizing of phone records of The Associated Press. The overly broad scope of the subpoena and the lack of notification to the AP represent a damaging setback for press freedom in the United States and set a terrible example for the rest of the world.
By Magnus Ag/CPJ Advocacy and Communications Associate
On the frontlines of global reporting, knowledge is safety. CPJ's event series to promote our new Journalist Security Guide continued Wednesday in Washington, D.C. where we teamed up with Internews for a panel discussion on journalist security on-site and online.
New York, February 10, 2011--As Iran marks the 32nd anniversary of the country's revolution on February 11, the Committee to Protect Journalists and more than 1,000 press freedom supporters delivered a clear message to Iranian Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei today: Free your country's imprisoned journalists.
Do you believe the free flow of information must be protected? Sign the #RightToReport petition and demand that President Obama immediately:
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3. Prevent the harassment of journalists at the U.S. border.
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Threatening message prompts Southern Boone schools to close
Authorities: 17-year-old student shot and killed himself while being taken into custody for threat
ASHLAND, Mo. - A threatening text message prompted Southern Boone School District officials to cancel classes Tuesday and authorities believe a deadly shooting is connected to that threat.
The superintendent told ABC 17 News he received a "very ominous" threat via text message Monday night that indicated something bad was going to happen. The threat was directed toward the high school, but the district canceled all Tuesday classes as a precaution.
Superintendent Christopher Felmlee says he received the text around 10:45 p.m. Monday.
Ashland police and the Boone County Sheriff's Department deemed the threat credible.
Police searched the school using bomb-sniffing dogs but didn't find anything dangerous. They searched the district's middle and elementary schools as well to make sure there was no danger.
Authorities say no devices were found in any of the district's buildings and all schools have been cleared.
Along with Ashland officers and Boone County deputies, the University of Missouri Police Department, Capital Police, Mid-Missouri Bomb Squad and the ATF responded.
Around 2 a.m. Tuesday, emergency officials were called to Bob Veach Road in Ashland for a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Authorities say they were called to the home of a 17-year-old Ashland High School student, who they believe sent the threatening text message.
As officers were taking the teenager into custody, he obtained a gun, turned it on himself and shot himself in the chest.
"While family was contacted, family was present, law enforcement was present, the student, while retrieving some articles of clothing, retrieved a small caliber handgun and turned that handgun on himself and discharged it on himself," said Maj. Tom Reddin with the Boone County Sheriff's Department.
The teen later died at an area hospital. Authorities are not releasing his name at this time.
Grief counselors will be on hand at Southern Boone schools on Wednesday for students and staff.
Out of respect, Gov. Jay Nixon has canceled his scheduled visit to Fairview Elementary School in Columbia.
Nixon's office released the following statement:
"Our educators and law enforcement officials are dedicated to keeping the children of Missouri safe. This event reminds us of the vital nature of that responsibility. Tragic events of this nature demonstrate the serious manner in which these responsibilities should be carried out. The state of Missouri has made, and will continue to make, law enforcement and other resources available as necessary."
Nixon has rescheduled his visit to Fairview Elementary for Wednesday.
Stay with ABC 17 News and abc17news.com for more on this developing story.


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Cabaret Culture and the Final Years
Lautrec enjoyed the stage in all its forms and from the 1890s the theatre became a particular obsession. He frequented performances at the ComédieFrançaise, ThéâtreLibre and Théâtre de l'Oeuvre for the atmosphere rather than the plays themselves. He was captivated by the artificial lighting and the spectacle of the audience: the theatre as a grand tableaux of human activity.
For this same reason Lautrec was enchanted by the circus. Like a number of his contemporaries, he skilfully captured the energy and strength of its performers. The critic Félix Fénéon radically proclaimed that the circus wasan art form to rival painting: a social phenomenon that revealed somethingof the true French character to Parisians and tourists alike.
During his final years Lautrec returned to his favourite themes: the cafés,the brasseries and the masked balls. These were all subjects that capturedthe vivacity and excitement of Paris.
Lautrec's career is characterised by a move from dark, academic paintingto the pure, bright colour palette of the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists. Moving beyond these influences, Lautrec's passion for Japanese woodcut prints informed his revolutionary poster designs. His later works are executed in stunning patchworks of rich colours, applied with sketchy brushwork and sophisticated washes. Lautrec's final paintings are compositions of great verve.


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Christmas Comes Early in New Hampshire
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Police investigate two murders they believe are tied together
A third murder may be related
SULLIVAN COUNTY, Tenn. - Police believe two murders they have been investigating for more than year are connected.
We sat down with both detectives from Kingsport and Sullivan County about the similarities.
Gary Jones and Betty Sue Short were both killed in their homes, 10 months apart from one another. "We wanted to come forward and let people know in that area that we believe it's the same suspect," said Kingsport detective Randy Murray.
Murray tells us there were several similarities in both cases, leading them to their suspicions.
Both departments told News 5 they believe the two victims were acquaintances with the suspect, along with other similarities. "One of the biggest similarities were a lot of the witnesses and people that are familiar with the cases," said Murray.
We learned location also was a factor. Murray gave us the address of both victims to show us how close they were together and we found the homes were only five miles apart. However, Murray said it wasn't the only red flag and said the brutality of the murders also linked them together. "We're classifying it as an 'overkill homicide' because the manner of the death was extremely brutal in her case and Sullivan County's was the same way," said Murray.
Murray said a few things were stolen from short's home, including a toolbox containing two handguns and two knifes. He believes by locating those items, that they will be the missing puzzle pieces. "Our main focus isn't just recovering the property and who's in possession of it, but who was the original person in possession of it and the person who's committed the homicide," said Murray.
Sullivan County Detective Matt Price encourages anyone who has information to speak up. "It is scary, and we believe someone out there has some information as to exactly what happened in both of these cases," said Price.
Murray says some already have. "There's not just one person that's out there helping us, there's a whole community and there's a lot of people that have come forward," he said.
We also learned today that police are also investigating a third murder that has similar ties to see if it is connected as well.
They told us James Hutson was brutally stabbed in 1997. Hutson's murder happened within 3 miles from both Short and Jones' home.
Police said their suspect and Hutson are possible acquaintances. "The similarities are there so much. The overkill in all three cases is just what really stands out in everybody's mind, it's not a simple attack," said Hutson.
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Rwandan paper calls president a 'sociopath', apologizes
Sometimes when a paper produces a defamatory piece, an apology will be published on page two in the next edition along with the day's news. In Rwanda, it would appear, a paper will use an entire edition to apologize--if the insults were directed at the president. The latest issue of Ishema, at left, is perhaps a sign of the times for Rwanda's press.
The vernacular bimonthly had recently published an opinion piece written under the byline "Kamikaze" that claimed President Kagame was a sociopath. Many within the media community protested, as did Adrien Servumba, who, branding himself "a concerned citizen," called on the state-run media ombudsman to reprimand the managing director, Fidele Gakire, the state news agency reported. On July 25, the agency reported that men in plainclothes seized copies of the paper from vendors. The same day, members of the Forum of Private Newspapers, an organization of newspaper owners, suspended Gakire from the group for six months.


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ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 361, May 5, 2007
- Introduction to strace, Part I of II
- Shell "dot" files
- Congrats to "Make Clean" (ARSC Mud Volleyball Team)
- Quick Tip
Introduction to strace, Part I of II
[ by: Craig Stephenson ]
When it comes to elusive bugs and unexpected runtime behavior, strace is an invaluable tool to keep in your toolbox. strace reports all interaction between a process and the kernel, including file reads and writes, memory allocation, network activity, and signals. It can provide many clues as to why a program has quit abruptly, hung, or produced bad results. As an added benefit, source code is not required to analyze a program with strace.
This article is geared toward the Linux version of strace, which is available on midnight, nelchina and ARSC Linux workstations. There is an executable called "strace" on iceberg and iceflyer, but it has a completely different purpose.
Suppose you are running a poorly documented executable, "dataProcessor," given to you by a colleague without accompanying source code. Assume you know this program processes an input file and uses it to produce a corresponding output file. However, the command syntax was never explained to you.
Hoping to find some usage examples, you type:
% dataProcessor -h terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::bad_alloc' what(): St9bad_alloc Aborted
Not very helpful. Clearly, this program didn't have the type of error checking that you would expect because it crashed. When the command is prefixed with strace, the following output is produced:
% strace dataProcessor -h execve("dataProcessor", ["dataProcessor", "-h"], [/* 40 vars */]) = 0 brk(0) = 0x502000 mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x2aaaaaac5000 ... open("-h", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) ... --- SIGABRT (Aborted) @ 0 (0) --- +++ killed by SIGABRT +++ Process 7242 detached
(Note: The output of strace can be quite large. Throughout this article, strace output has been abbreviated for the sake of illustration. In most cases, it's beneficial to filter the output of strace with grep or to write the output to a file by redirecting stderr. Also, modifiers can be supplied to the "-e" option to restrict strace's output to filesystem activities, signals, network functions, etc. A complete list of these modifiers can be found in the strace man page.)
In the example above, it appears the dataProcessor program is treating "-h" as the name of a file. Furthermore, the "O_RDONLY" parameter passed to the "open" function shows that the program is expecting the name of an input file as its first argument. There is no file named "-h", so the open function returns -1 to indicate an error has occurred, and sets the errno variable to "ENOENT", which means "No such file or directory". For more information on the errno variable, please reference the errno man page. In light of this discovery, you might presume that the second argument is the name of the output file to be created by the program. To test your theory, you issue the following command:
% strace dataProcessor myDataFile.in myDataFile.out execve("dataProcessor", ["dataProcessor", "myDataFile.in", "myDataFile.out"], [/* 40 vars */]) = 0 brk(0) = 0x502000 mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x2aaaaaac5000 ... open("myDataFile.in", O_RDONLY) = 3 ... lseek(3, 0, SEEK_END) = 14629 lseek(3, 0, SEEK_CUR) = 14629 lseek(3, 0, SEEK_SET) = 0 read(3,
After the typical strace output scrolls past the screen, it displays the aforementioned "open" function call corresponding to the input file you specified, but then appears to hang at an incomplete "read" function call several lines later.
What does this mean? If the input file being processed is not particularly large, you might want to take a moment to see if you're trying to read it from $ARCHIVE_HOME. If so, you may need to bring it on-line before trying to read it, to avoid a long delay. And, indeed, in this particular example, "myDataFile.in" did live on $ARCHIVE_HOME and happened to be offline. Therefore, the file needed to be brought online, i.e., staged from ARSC's tape library. (For I/O intensive data processing, it's best to copy the input files to $WORKDIR and then run the program from within that filesystem.)
Now that you've gained a basic understanding of how the hypothetical dataProcessor command works, have copied the input file to $WORKDIR, and are currently in the $WORKDIR file system, it should be safe to issue the same command used in the previous example:
% dataProcessor myDataFile.in myDataFile.out
The program does not take long to finish, but "myDataFile.out" is 0 bytes, and there were no errors. Now what? Run strace!
% strace dataProcessor myDataFile.in myDataFile.out execve("dataProcessor", ["dataProcessor", "myDataFile.in", "myDataFile.out"], [/* 40 vars */]) = 0 brk(0) = 0x502000 mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x2aaaaaac5000 ... open("myDataFile.out", O_WRONLY O_CREAT O_TRUNC, 0666) = 4 ... close(4) = -1 EDQUOT (Disk quota exceeded) close(3) = 0 exit_group(0) = ? Process 7313 detached
You are over quota, but without strace, it could have taken quite a while to realize this. Ultimately, the dataProcessor program is to blame for its neglect towards error checking, but without the source code available, strace provides a means to sort through the wreckage.
Here are two useful options to try out on your own:
strace -r <command> -- prefix each line of strace output with a relative timestamp strace -p <PID> -- attach strace to a process that's already running
(Part II of this series will cover more advanced features of strace as well as how to use strace with MPI.)
Shell "dot" files
[ by: Oralee Nudson ]
To enable customization of your working environment, Unix shells support personalization using the ".rc", ".login", and ".profile" files. The content of these "dot" files overrides system-wide shell setting defaults as specified in /etc/csh.login and /etc/profile. Creating aliases, umask values, shortcut commands (for example making a temporary recycling bin for deleted files), or writing shell scripts to automate repetitive tasks are a few of the common customizations created from within the "dot" files.
The main difference between these three "dot" files is the time at which each file is executed. In general, the run control file (for example .rc or .bshrc for Bourne shell) is read every time a new shell is invoked, whereas the ".login" or ".profile" files are read only during shell login. The following is a chart showing the order in which different shells execute the "dot" files for both invocation and login sessions.
csh Invoked: ~/.cshrc Login: /etc/login then .cshrc then ~/.login tcsh Invoked: /etc/csh.cshrc then ~/.tcshrc or ~/.cshrc Login: /etc/csh.cshrc then /etc/csh.login then ~/.tcshrc or ~/.cshrc then ~/.login ksh Invoked: ~/.profile and "ENV" environment variable setting(*) Login: /etc/profile then ~/.profile bash Invoked: ~/.bashrc Login: /etc/profile then ~/.bash_profile then ~/.bash_login and ~/.profile (*) Korn shell executes the ~/.profile file, which may optionally set a value for the environment variable, "ENV." If ENV is set, then it must be be the path to a script. This script will then be executed whenever the shell is invoked, and is typically set to the path of the .kshrc file.
So, if you're interested in customizing your working environment and you'd like the commands to be read every time a new shell is opened, the data should be placed in the appropriate invoked session file. Common examples include alias commands such as "alias c 'clear' " in the .cshrc file, or "umask 077" for default permission bits.
If you'd like to have the "dot" file contents executed just once during the initial login, the commands should be placed in an appropriate ".login" or ".profile" file. Setting terminal characteristics with "stty" or initializing terminals with "tset" are examples of values you may want to set during your initial login.
The best way to change your login shell on an ARSC system is to send an email to or call the ARSC Consultants and tell us your preferred default shell. We can easily switch your user account login shell on any machine. This may help avoid future headaches when attempting to track down and debug errors related to inconsistencies with login shells, pbs or loadleveler script errors, modifications made to the "dot" files we may not see initially, and errors related to special setups such as modules. Otherwise, If you would like to experiment with a temporary shell, type the new shell's name (e.g. csh, tcsh, bash, or ksh) in your current window's command prompt.
Many shells exist, and not all are supported on every machine. Examples of various startup commands included in different shell "dot" files are widely available on the web, including in past Quick-Tips: > csh (under "C," for "csh," in the Quick-Tip Index) , > ksh , > zsh , > Favorite shell prompts , > Favorite shell aliases .
Congrats to "Make Clean" (ARSC Mud Volleyball Team)
Make Clean performed surprising well in the UAF all-campus mud volleyball tournament last week. The team was comprised of ARSC staff members Alec Bennett, Oralee Nudson, Jill Ladegard, and Newsletter co-editor, Don Bahls, plus two ARSC users, who, since we have the utmost respect for all our users, shall remain nameless.
It warmed from 45 degrees to a balmy 55 by the end of the tournament.
Make Clean managed 4th (or so) out of 14 teams (or so).
Quick-Tip Q & A
# # Was it the full moon? The muse definitely struck. A big thanks # for all responses to the previous TWO (2!) questions: # A: [[ If I have an array of double-precision floating point values in C [[ and I want to write each value out to a file in an ASCII format [[ so that when they are read back in I have no loss of precision, [[ how would I do it? I'd like the solution to avoid writing [[ characters that don't affect the precision, like trailing 0's. [[ (This question might be of interest to Fortran users as well). # # Orion Lawlor # Probably fprintf(f,"%.17g ",&arr[i]); and fscanf(f,"%lg",&arr[i]); is what you want. This leaves 17 decimal digits, which is just enough to capture all the bits of a double, but leaves off trailing zeros. Every double I've tried this way writes and reads unchanged, and I've tried millions of random doubles. Note that "%.16g" gets the last digit wrong fairly frequently, so you do need at least 17 digits! There's also a new format character in C99, "%a", that writes and reads double-precision floats in *hex*, not decimal. So printf("%a",31+15.0/16.0); prints 0x1.ffp+4 This isn't at all human-readable, but it's more compact than %.17g, and guaranteed bit-for-bit exact. # # Lorin Hochstein # As a quick-and-dirty hack, you can reintepret the floating-point values as integers and write them out that way (the code below writes them out in hexadecimal format): #include <stdio.h> #include <assert.h> #include <math.h> /** * Write a double-precision floating point number to a text file */ void write_double(FILE *output, double dvalue) { /* This only works if a double is exactly twice the size of an int */ assert(sizeof(double)==2*sizeof(int)); int *p = (int*)&dvalue; fprintf(output,"%x %x\n",*p,*(p+1)); } /** * Read a double-precision floating point number from a text file */ double read_double(FILE *input) { int ipair[2] = {0,0}; /* This code only works if a double is exactly twice the size of an int */ assert(sizeof(double)==2*sizeof(int)); fscanf(input,"%x %x\n",ipair,ipair+1); return *(double*)ipair; } int main () { const double PI = 4 * atan(1); double dval; FILE *fp = fopen("temp.txt","w"); write_double(fp,PI); fclose(fp); fp = fopen("temp.txt","r"); dval = read_double(fp); assert(dval==PI); return 0; } However, this method is horribly non-portable, and the ASCII string representation will be meaningless to a human being looking at the text file. A better solution is to use David Gay's floating-point conversion code, which is in netlib: http://www.netlib.org/fp/ # # Chris Petrich # Try this: double a = exp(1e-10)-1.0; double b = 18.5; printf("%.30g %.30g\n",a,b); the number of digits (here "30") should be larger than the max number of significant decimal digits of the mantissa (16 for 64-bit floats) plus whatever it takes if %g choses to format a number with leading zeros (e.g. 0.003), i.e. somewhere around 6 or 8 characters I think. Basically anything larger than like 25 should work. # # Sean Ziegeler # This is actually harder to do that you would think because fractional values are represented in base-2 and you want to print out in base-10. For example, the value 7 is most likely 7.0000001 (in single precision, even more zeros in double-precision). The C++ output stream operator tries to compromise and assumes that a large number of zeros followed a different digit (or a large number of 9's followed by a different digit) is most likely all zeros and truncates at the first zero. If you are using pure C, then I know of no built-in routine to do this. You may be able to find some math libraries out there with specialized output routines, or write your own stripped-down, customized printf that can decided where to draw the line based on your specific requirements. A: [[ When I accidentally "cat" a binary file and my terminal gets messed [[ up, how can I make it usable again? And why doesn't "stty sane" [[ seem to help? # # Greg Newby and Martin Luthi gave the same answer: # Use "reset". # # Sean Ziegeler # Most of the time it is your terminal program that gets confused by the binary. In many cases, you can "reset" your terminal and it will be ok. For example in KDE's terminal program (Konsole) you can go to the menu item: Edit->Reset and Clear Terminal. gnome-terminal has a similar menu item. Some versions of xterm provide menus where you must control-click, for example. The man page for your terminal program on your platform should tell you how to access such menus. That said, I've seen it in such bad shape that nothing short of closing the terminal program and logging back in would fix it. # # Brad Havel (self-described "uncouth user") offers this: # (I figured this one out when I was in college and had a draconian system admin who allowed a single login session per user. If you fubared the session you were essentially locked out until you could get him to bounce the session and of course the sessions didn't time out either, so...) "cat" another binary file, piped through "more," then hit <CNTL-C> when you see readable text at the pause. For example: ----- [=> cat /bin/bash more ----- This will pause after each page and you can just abort the command. From what I've seen, this will allow you to keep a "sane" terminal session and bring the text back to being human readable. Q: It's an easy Unix task to create the union of two simple lists: cat old.txt additions.txt sort uniq But how can I create the difference? I.e., I want to expunge every line from "old.txt" which has a duplicate in "trash_em.txt".
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Film and Discussion of The Koch Brothers Exposed by Robert Greenwald 2012, 55 minutes.
Before Occupy, Koch Industries was "the biggest company you've never heard of." These poster boys for the top 1% use their money and power to fuel the growing inequity in America and influence broad spheres of our society as diverse as community school boards, colleges, the environment, voting rights, think tanks , and "grass-roots" political movements.


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Mexico 2013: Hopes, Fears, and Six New-PRI Years
Posted by Ted Lewis in Mexico on 13th December, 2012 | No Comments
The Mexican Peace Caravan that crossed the United States last summer was bracketed between elections. It began in Tijuana, just six weeks after Mexico's July presidential election, and concluded in Washington just six weeks before Obama's re-election. Now, as 2013 is dawning, Mexicans can begin to see the outlines and true colors of their return to PRI rule.
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Help stop the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements
Last night at AIPAC's gala dinner in Washington DC, Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu defended settlement expansion in Jerusalem by insisting on the historic right of Jews to build anywhere in the city, including in its eastern section.
Today he will meet with U.S. President Obama and say the same.
But Netanyahu is wrong, and Secretary of State Clinton and President Obama, who have called for a settlement freeze as the first step towards a true peace, are right. East Jerusalem was illegally annexed in 1967. The 1,600 Jewish-only housing units the government has approved for construction in that part of the city are illegal according to international law.
Our message for AIPAC, the Israeli government, and all those opposed to the U.S. call for a settlement freeze is clear:
Don't settle! Not anywhere in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
Our message to Barack Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Congress is clear:
Don't settle for anything less than Israel's full compliance with international law. Words aren't enough. Withhold aid until Israel ends settlement expansion and human rights violations and follows the law.
Our message to you:
Don't settle down, don't calm down, don't quiet down just because some people think it's OK to take Palestinian land at will. Settlements are wrong. They're illegal, they're immoral, and they enable thousands of Jews to live on land that doesn't belong to them. Settlements come at the price of Palestinian lives and livelihoods, Israeli security, and American lives, as General Petraeus stated last week. Settlements are incompatible with a just peace, and they're made possible by U.S. support.
Ask your friends to let Obama and Congress know that AIPAC doesn't speak for us , and that the time is over for unconditional aid to support settlement expansion and human rights violations. It's the only way we'll ever achieve a lasting peace.
Now is the time to demand full accountability, ask the US to withhold its aid to Israel until Israel agrees to abide by international law including ending settlement construction and lifting the blockade on Gaza. Only through accountability will we achieve a lasting peace.
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Local students were among about 3,800 receiving degrees May 16 in outdoor ceremonies at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
The Chancellors Recognition Award for students receiving all As in their college careers was given to Shawn Timothy Stone of Monument, who received a bachelor of science in electrical and computer engineering. Stone, a graduate of Rampart High School in Colorado Springs, also was named Outstanding Graduate of the College of Engineering and Applied Science.
Other outstanding graduates named by their schools and colleges were Joseph Nathan Geiger of Moscow, Idaho, bachelor of environmental design (Architecture and Planning); Katherine Ann Potter of Rifle, bachelor of fine arts in theater and bachelor of arts in English (Arts and Sciences) and Brook Elaine DeHaro of Greenwood Village, bachelor of science in finance (Business and Administration).
Also named as outstanding graduates were Clark David Dollard of Solana Beach, Calif., bachelor of arts in mathematics (Education); Shawn Timothy Stone of Monument, bachelor of science in electrical and computer engineering (Engineering and Applied Science); Ann Marion Hill of Eagle, bachelor of science in journalism (Journalism and Mass Communication) and Emily Anne Bowman of Eldorado Springs, bachelor of music (Music).