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Scouts and Rivals are companies that rank and evaluate highschool players, and they approximate or guess on a lot of their info, either what they hear from sources or whatever. Maybe when he was a high school senior and weighed 170 pounds he ran a 4.39? Maybe he never ran that fast ever. Maybe he ran sub 4.3 at the combine.
Only actual verified time I can find is a 4.51 he ran at his pro day.
I don't think he was invited to the combine....just saying...
scroll down that page it says not invited
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Here is his scout.com profile - http://michigan.scout.com/a.z?s=162&p=8&c=1&nid=1857533
You do know what "sources" for articles or information are, right? Thats why wikipedia links them.
See how it says 4.40 40, and that he is 6'1? Those are what info they have on him says he was coming out of high school. Unless he shrunk over an inch since high school, those numbers may have been inflated.
Here is his rivals.com link - http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecr...KeQYR7PrdDPZB4
The rivals one is another one from when he was a senior in high school and being recruited.
This one has him at an inch shorter and running a 4.39 instead of a 4.4
The only actual height/weight/40 time we have that was timed and measured by nfl scouts was the 5112 height, 212 weight, and 4.51 40. And thats not knocking brown, I would love to know how he did at the actual combine, but I cant find the info.
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Spring is in the air, kids are about to take a break from school, and the animals at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium are ready to shine in the spotlight.
A different animal will be featured each day during Spring Break, April 1 to 5, to give zoo visitors a chance to learn more about them.
Each of the animals spotlighted during Spring Break is one of the stars of the Wild Wonders Outdoor Theater show, which will open its new season in May. Each Spring Break Close Encounter takes place at Wild Wonders Outdoor Theater at 1:30 p.m. Here's the schedule:
- April 1: Scooter the armadillo
April 2: Tilly the aardvark
- April 3: Oscar the opossum
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Xiaomi has two great handsets in the entry-level segment.
Xiaomi had a great start to the year with the Redmi Note 4, and the company is continuing that momentum with the Redmi 4A and more recently the Redmi 4. The Redmi Note 4 is targeted at the budget segment, with prices starting at ₹9,999, whereas the Redmi 4 and 4A start off at ₹6,999 and ₹5,999. In fact, the Redmi 4A is Xiaomi's most affordable device to date in the country.
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Bluetooth problems have been plaguing a few Galaxy S8 owners, but a fix is reportedly on the way.
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Humble Bundle is a great source for cheap games, and you get to support charity while you enjoy your cheap content. The recent "Epic Platformers" bundle is now halfway through its run, and that means it's time for some new games and a giveaway. There are now 11 games, and we're giving them all away to some lucky readers.
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I'm an average English cook, Kye...who happens to care about the provenance of the food I cook....I could never claim to be a "Chef" ...though some of my recipes would easily make Heston Blumentalls restaurant....
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We are all average chefs when we cook in our own home, you and i and many others could become 'real chefs' on TV. My *not* sophisticated painted nails and *zero* groomed greasy hair will loose me a few points!!
I am less than average compared to my husband.
(Don't tell everyone else...ssshh) My husband and his best friend invented pur�e of courgettes over 30yrs ago .. to accompany salmon in white sauce, they wrote a Christmas pamphlet(sp). Young and trusting, their recipe was then 'adopted'.
I have a great problem, i admit that i am a food snob and will only pay for the best which is for me organic, mainly meats and eggs..if i cant afford them i go without as is the rule in my family.
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The Web would make a dandy blackboard if only we could scribble an equation
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Typesetting mathematics with HTML and bitmap images is rather like turning a bicycle into a sailboat. You can't help admiring the audacity of the attempt, but the result still doesn't seem like the best vehicle for the purpose. Why not choose MathML, which was designed explicitly for this task?
MathML is a variety of XML (the eXtensible Markup Language). Compared with TeX, it is a more formal language, and it is also far more verbose. Consider the simple expression x+1, which might be encoded in TeX as $x+1$. (The dollar signs mark the content as mathematics rather than ordinary text.) In MathML the same expression takes this form:
<mrow> <mi>x</mi> <mo>+</mo> <mn>1</mn></mrow>.
Each symbol is tagged to indicate its role—<mi> for an identifier, <mo> for an operator, <mn> for a number—and the expression as a whole is wrapped in an <mrow> tag to show that it belongs on a single line. Capturing this information is potentially useful, since identifiers, operators and numbers are accorded different typographic treatment. (TeX has to infer the role of each symbol, and occasionally gets it wrong.)
There's more. The style of markup shown above is only half of MathML. It's called the presentation language; there is also a content language, which attempts to express meaning rather than layout. The expression x+1 would have this content markup:
<apply> <plus/> <ci>x</ci> <cn>1</cn></apply>.
Here <plus/> does not refer to the symbol + but to the mathematical operation of addition. In this structure we get a glimpse of a grand vision—Web pages with active mathematical content, where the menu of things you might do with an expression includes not just copying, pasting and printing but also solving an equation, graphing a function and factoring a polynomial.
MathML has an enthusiastic community of developers and users. There is commercial software for writing and editing MathML documents (notably from Design Science and Integre Technical Publishing) as well as a noncommercial translation program called ASCIIMathML, created by Peter Jipsen of Chapman University in Orange, Calif. Several large scholarly publishers, including the American Institute of Physics, have based their operations on XML and MathML; so has the U.S. Patent Office.
On the Web, however, MathML has not exactly swept away the competition. One reason is lack of support in browsers. In the early years, the only way to read MathML Web documents was with plug-in software. More recently a few browsers—notably those of the Mozilla family, such as Firefox—have gained native support for MathML. But there is still confusion over how MathML content should be embedded in an HTML document. Moreover, MathML has not solved the fonts problem; readers are still responsible for installing appropriate fonts.
Another factor inhibiting the spread of MathML is simply that TeX is deeply entrenched, particularly in physics, mathematics and computer science. If you live in a TeX-centric universe—I have a friend who even writes love letters in TeX—it's hard to see any benefit of a new and very different language.
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V-WISE is committed to women Veterans by providing them the tools to become successful entrepreneurs.
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V-WISE enables women Veterans to find their passion and to learn the business-savvy skills to turn their ideas or businesses into a growth ventures. V-WISE recognizes entrepreneurship an important part of economic growth across the country and this program is the key for women Veterans to truly pursue their dreams and to make them a reality.
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A three-day conference where participants are exposed to accomplished entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship educators from across the United States. The program includes two tracks of training; a 'growth track' tailored to those participants already in business, and a 'startup' track focused on potential future entrepreneurs. Courses include business planning, marketing, accounting/finance, operations/production, human resources and work life balance. (Online courses are a prerequisite to conference training). Hotel room and tax are completely paid for and each attendee has a room of their own! By applying, your accommodations are taken care of.
V-WISE is open to all female Veterans* with a passion for entrepreneurship and the desire to start their own business. Applicants may have served honorably in any branch of the service during any era. Participants must be able to complete the online component of the program and be able to travel to one of the mandatory conferences held at numerous times throughout 2013.
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WASHINGTON — The Senate has voted to extend roving wiretap authority and other provisions of anti-terrorism law for 90 days, giving lawmakers more time to discuss the future of the law enforcement tools that some consider an infringement on civil liberties.
The Senate vote to extend three terrorism-fighting tools for three months comes a day after the House approved an extension until Dec. 8. The two chambers must now agree on a common time period before the three USA Patriot Act-related provisions expire on Feb. 28.
In addition to roving wiretaps for multiple electronic devices, the provisions deal with court-approved access to business records and surveillance of non-U.S. "lone wolf" suspects without known ties to terrorist groups. Senate Democrats are working on a multi-year extension plan that tightens oversight of the measures.
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Our girls Megan Medellin, Dani Mathers, Jennie Reid, and Katie Carroll have been honing their game strategy, running drills on the field, tackling technique and steamy brawls in The Locker Room.
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I have just been reading that some beekeepers will pour very fine granulated sugar into the brood box near the back wall of the hive (farthest from the entrance) , and just let it flow down thru the frames , some sits on the top bars , and some will stick to the comb on the way down , and some will flow down thru the bottom deep and end up on the bottom board.
I understand this will help feed some hives that will not come to the top for food during cold weather , it sounds feasible to me.
Are there any problems with this method that may be detrimental to the hive?
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Report on Successful K-12 STEM Education (Continued From the Oct. 13 OVAE Connection)
The committee that prepared the report Successful K–12 STEM Education for the National Research Council explored three types of criteria for identifying successful STEM schools: (1) those related to outcomes, (2) those related to school types, and (3) those related to instruction and school-level practices. In its review of the evidence on each of these types of criteria, the committee found that the "strongest research comes from criteria related to practices, where the evidence allowed [it] to characterize effective STEM instruction, identify key elements that contribute to effective instruction, and identify school characteristics that support learning."
In reviewing criteria related to the three types of STEM-focused schools (selective, inclusive, and CTE), the committee found that they have "different goals, strategies, and school populations–all with the potential to improve STEM learning." Because of the challenges of conducting cause-and-effect research on these schools, the committee found little research that demonstrates the effectiveness of STEM-focused schools in comparison with other schools or that "contrasts the relative effectiveness of their different approaches on a variety of student outcomes." Therefore the committee was not able to identify a distinct set of criteria related to STEM-focused schools. On the other hand, the committee found that "these schools do offer a range of compelling models for the ways that the various effective STEM practices can be combined into a working whole." As such, they provide good resources for implementing their effective practices elsewhere–for individual learners and for schools throughout districts and states.
A variety of outcomes can be used to identify successful schools, even as those outcomes alone "do not provide insight" into the practices that enable this success. The committee noted, however, that "[p]owerful new research is being conducted using longitudinal data on student achievement; among other things, such research will provide a systematic inclusive way to define schools that have positive student outcomes." The committee called for a broadening of this research to take account of a variety of outcomes and concluded that "[i]n many respects, effective STEM practices are closely related to effective practices for education in general." Nevertheless, "research suggests that some strategies are unique to STEM learning and some challenges particularly affect success in STEM."
The committee contended that it "documented" some important shortcomings that could hinder our nation's success in achieving its objectives with regard to STEM. The committee's recommendations will be highlighted in the final issue of this series on STEM.
Federal Interagency Reentry Council's Myth-Buster Fact Sheets Assist Federal, State, and Local Providers
Each year, more than 700,000 individuals are released from state and federal prisons, with another 9 million cycling through local jails. When reentry fails for these individuals, the social and economic costs are high. The Second Chance Act was designed to improve outcomes for people returning to communities from prisons and jails. The act authorizes federal grants to government agencies and nonprofit organizations for a variety of services to reduce recidivism.
Attorney General Eric Holder convened the inaugural meeting of the Federal Interagency Reentry Council, in January 2011. The meeting brought 18 federal departments and agencies together to coordinate their efforts for making communities safer and prison and jail returnees productive citizens. Both Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and OVAE Assistant Secretary Brenda Dann-Messier attended. A second meeting was held last month, where it was announced that Congress appropriated $83 million in fiscal year 2011 for the Second Chance Act and other reentry programs.
A series of Reentry Myth-Busters fact sheets has been designed to clarify federal policies that affect formerly incarcerated individuals, their families, and the employers, providers, and others who work with them. The sheets summarize federal regulations; provide guidance on how to navigate the reentry process; and clarify federal policies in areas such as prison, jail, probation, community corrections, and parole; reentry service providers; and employers and workforce development.
One fact sheet debunks the myth that a person with a criminal record is not eligible to receive federal student financial aid, countering with the fact that individuals currently incarcerated in a federal, state, or local correctional institution do have some limited eligibility. Further, restrictions on eligibility are generally removed for formerly incarcerated individuals, including those on probation, parole, or residing in a halfway house. To learn more, please access: the council, the National Reentry Resource Center, the library of reentry resources, and the council's September newsletter as well as individual or the entire series of Myth-Busters fact sheets.
Real World Design Challenge Announced for 2011–12
Real World Design Challenge, an annual high school competition run by a public-private partnership with the goal of sustainably increasing the STEM workforce, announced its 2011–12 competition recently. Teams of three to seven secondary school students are challenged to design an efficient, low-carbon emission and environmentally friendly personal light sport aircraft accommodating two team members and flying 200 miles in less than two hours at a cruise altitude of 1000 feet above ground level minimum. Each team is supported by professional mentors. The theme of this year's challenge is "green aviation," especially fuel efficiency. To partner or for additional information contact Ralph Coppola, at email@example.com or go to www.realworlddesignchallenge.org. Registration is open on the RWDC website.


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It's great when kids step up and show true sportsmanship that even adults can learn from. The Myrtle Beach Seahawks were far ahead of their opponents in the first round of the class 3A high school football playoffs. So when it came to the final play of the game, the Seahawks decided that it was a good idea to let Hilton Head's Chip Mullen, a senior with Down Syndrome, score a 75 yard touchdown run. It was the final play … Continue reading


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You can imagine how that works out. Harry is duly warned by his fallen and increasingly sloshed former attorney-general lackey Ed Devery (Frank Omar, sour and wry in exquisite double-breasted suits), but to no avail: Billie goes on to read Tom Paine, fall in love, and develop knowledge and a conscience that will best Harry's ethically barren big business.
As this human analogue of the American demos, St. Pierre sustains Billie's chorus-girl spunk charmingly, and quite convincingly conveys the evolution of her innate intelligence — from shallow street-smarts to informed civic empathy. She cuts a great figure in her crimson and sapphire outfits (nice work by the Gaslight wardrobe folks), and has a wonderfully engaging physical presence as she struts, pouts, ponders, and pounces. An ingénue can be a cloying creature, but hers resists saccharine with refreshing candor, and she has some lovely little moments: Watch her gaze longingly toward her dictionary, inaccessible across the room, when she's asked if she's one of the senator's "constituents."
The final, rosy resolution imagines a nation in which more and more constituents follow Billie's lead. "People are getting smarter all the time," Paul tells Harry. "And when they know enough, that'll be the end of you." Billie adds that "when you steal from the government, you steal from yourself, you big ox." It's more than a little depressing to consider these sentiments in the context of the current cultural mood. I probably don't need to remind anyone of Tea Partiers blogging gems like "Keep your government hands off my Medicare," or of Glenn Beck's magnificently fallacious chalk logic. Born Yesterday's prescription reminds that when it comes to information, more isn't necessarily better.
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Just wanted you to know how much I enjoy visiting your store when I'm in River Falls. You have an amazing selection of instruments and accessories, and your staff is very knowledgeable and attentive. Keep up the good work!
Dear Jen & Tom,
Thank you so much for your wonderful service and knowledge when we came in yesterday to purchase a saxophone. You two have such a great store and your musical knowledge is so impressive. Thank you for all of your help - we'll see you again soon,
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Thanks so much for the great evening with Greg. A very rare opportunity to witness such guitar gymnastics, not to mention the theatrics of a true showman. Jen, you should guide Greg toward Broadway, there's another career awaiting him.
Greg packed about 3 semesters of technique into a couple hours. I gotta say, all the Fender gear sounded VERY convincing!
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These photos were just emailed to me from a buddy of mine that works in the professional sports media world as a camera man for television such as FOX Sports, NFL, MLB, NBA, PGA, etc...
He is a trustworthy guy, a stand up man. He has a co-worker/friend that shot these over Houston, Texas following the MLB All-Star Game at the Minute Maid (Enron) baseball stadium just this past week. Notice, the UFO flying over town!
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The following are 2 other reports from Houston, TX, on the day before the above photograph was taken, describing possibly similar objects. (source: National UFO Reporting Center)
Occurred : 7/13/2004 15:20 (Entered as : 07/13/1904 15:20)
Reported: 7/21/2004 2:02:04 PM 14:02
Posted: 7/25/2004
Location: Houston, TX
Shape: Circle
Duration:20 minutes
Circle floating in and out of clouds on a dead still day at about 2000 feet. Near Hobby airport departure lanes (surprisingly close to one departing turboprop).. Circle moving in and out of clouds, though clouds were not moving. Changed location from above me to about 5-miles away in very short period of time and hovered there for a period of time. I am a pilot, this was not a ballon or other aircraft.
((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous. PD))
Occurred : 7/13/2004 16:20 (Entered as : 07/13/2004 16:20)
Reported: 7/13/2004 3:36:04 PM 15:36
Posted: 7/25/2004
Location: Houston, TX
Shape: Oval
Duration:20 minutes
White oval moving in still sky from near downtown to over Astrodome area. Did not rise above clouds and did not move above clouds so not a balloon. Hovered in East of my position then moved to a Southerly position very quickly and hovered further (all in a still sky). Grew tired of watching and left after 20 minutes.
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ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 415, September 24, 2010
- Call for Papers: PCO'11 Workshop
- Community Earth System Model Tutorial Materials
- Debugging Python Code Which Uses MPI
- An Introduction to CMake
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Call for Papers: PCO'11 Workshop
New Trends in Parallel Computing and Optimization
To be held in conjunction with IEEE IPDPS, Anchorage, USA, May 16-20, 2011
Scope of the Workshop:
The workshop on new trends in Parallel Computing and Optimization aims at providing a forum for scientific researchers and engineers on recent advances in the field of parallel or distributed computing for difficult combinatorial optimization problems, like 0-1 multidimensional knapsack problems and cutting stock problems, large scale linear programming problems, nonlinear optimization problems and global optimization problems. Emphasis will be placed on new techniques for the solution of these difficult problems like cooperative methods for integer programming problems and polynomial optimization methods. Aspects related to Combinatorial Scientific Computing (CSC) will also be treated. Finally, the use of new approaches in parallel computing like GPU or hybrid computing, peer to peer computing and cloud computing will be considered. Application to planning, logistics, manufacturing, finance, telecommunications and computational biology will be considered.
Important Dates:
- Paper submission deadline: October 15, 2010
- Notification of acceptance: December 22, 2010
- Camera ready papers due: February 1, 2011
- Workshop: May 20, 2011
- Chair: Dr Didier El Baz, LAAS-CNRS, France, firstname.lastname@example.com
Community Earth System Model Tutorial Materials
This past summer NCAR ran a tutorial for CESM for 72 students. The tutorial materials, including PDFs of lectures and practical exercises as well as video of the presentations are now available to the CESM community.
The materials are now available at http://www.cesm.ucar.edu/events/tutorials/ and a Bulletin Board page exists for questions on the tutorial materials at http://bb.cgd.ucar.edu .
The tutorial registration asks for an email address so the providers can get metrics on who is using the tutorial, and advise on updates.
Debugging Python Code Which Uses MPI[ By Don Bahls and Alec Bennett ]
Recently we have been assisting a user get a Python-based code running on Midnight. This code provides a Python interface to the MPI for interprocess communication. When the sendreceive routine within the Python MPI layer was called, the code would seg fault. Normally it's pretty simple to debug Python because a stack trace is typically displayed when a program crashes. Unfortunately the error was occurring within a native C call so we weren't getting any feedback from the Python interpreter. We attempted to use several different MPI routines and everything worked except for the sendreceive routine, so we were fairly confident this was an issue with that routine.
While we did have a copy of the source code, we opted to use two debugging techniques that we've used quite a bit in the past to look for MPI related issues:
1) Use the PMPI interface to see what's going on in the MPI environment. See also: /arsc/support/news/hpcnews/hpcnews329/index.xml#article1 /arsc/support/news/hpcnews/hpcnews328/index.xml#article2
2) Get a core dump from the code
Both of these strategies are nice because they minimize changes to the code that's being debugged.
Based on the name of the routine, we guessed that sendreceive was calling the MPI_SendRecv routine, which fortunately was correct.
The MPI standard includes two entry points to each MPI routine. This lets code developers write their own version of any routine by providing an alternate definition for the call. In this case, we wrote our own version of MPI_Sendrecv which printed out the parameters that were passed to the routine then called PMPI_Sendrecv to ensure our version of the routine functioned the same as the original.
midnight % cat sendrecv.c #include <mpi.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> int MPI_Sendrecv( void *sendbuf, int sendcount, MPI_Datatype sendtype, int dest, int sendtag, void *recvbuf, int recvcount, MPI_Datatype recvtype, int source, int recvtag, MPI_Comm comm, MPI_Status *status ) { printf("MPI_Sendrecv(%s%x, %s%d, %s%d, %s%d, %s%d, %s%x, %s%d, %s%d, %s%d, %s%d, %s%d, %s%x)\n", "sendbuf=", sendbuf, "sendcount=", sendcount, "sendtype=", sendtype, "dest=", dest, "sendtag=", sendtag, "recvbuf=", recvbuf, "recvcount=", recvcount, "recvtype=", recvtype, "source=", source, "recvtag=", recvtag, "comm=", comm, "status=", status); return PMPI_Sendrecv(sendbuf, sendcount, sendtype, dest, sendtag, recvbuf, recvcount, recvtype, source, recvtag, comm, status); }
Then we compiled our version of the MPI_Sendrecv as a shared library so we could use it as a preload library:
midnight % mpicc -fPIC sendrecv.c -c midnight % mpicc sendrecv.o -shared -o libsendrecv.so
The advantage of this is that we can have the code use our version of the MPI_Sendrecv rather than the system version, without recompiling the code. If the code happened to be compiled using the static version of the MPI library, this wouldn't be an option.
At run time we added LD_PRELOAD environment to the mpirun statement so our MPI_Sendrecv version would be used.
mpirun LD_PRELOAD=$WORKDIR/libsendrecv.so python myscript.py
This resulted in additional output for each "sendreceive" call similar to the following:
MPI_Sendrecv(sendbuf=120d7c0, sendcount=32, sendtype=3, dest=6, sendtag=52, recvbuf=1162090, recvcount=32, recvtype=3, source=4, recvtag=52, comm=91, status=0)
When the program was run it looked like the MPI_Sendrecv was being called with valid values so we adjusted the Python script so that core dumps could occur. We did this with the Python "resource" module though we also could have done this with the ulimit command.
midnight % cat myscript.py #!/usr/bin/env python ... import resource ... # get current CORE limits ( score, hcore )= resource.getrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_CORE) # set CORE soft limit to the hard limit resource.setrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_CORE, (hcore,hcore)) # run the rest of the program.
When the program was run, we got the core files that we wanted, which we were able to look at using gdb. After staring at the PMPI and core output we finally noticed something strange about the MPI_Status value and tested our hypothesis by writing another version of the sendrecv.c code that corrected the issue.
Ultimately this ended up being a bug in the MPI stack which required a minor code modification.
An Introduction to CMake[ By Bob Torgerson ]
Imagine a common scenario in the world of software development; a project has hit a level of complexity required for compiling its code that a set of makefiles becomes desirable to ease this process. There are a number of options available to programmers including GNU Make, Autotools, and qmake. Even amongst these, the level of difficulty and time required to learn the new system can vary greatly. For those looking to compile C, C++, or Fortran code, an excellent alternative with a swiftly growing user base is CMake. CMake is a cross-platform open source makefile generation software package that allows for the same files to be used by multiple operating systems with less work required by the end-user and developer alike. Learning CMake is of moderate difficulty, using a small set of keywords and functions that are both robust and easy to use.
Almost all of the CMake code used to generate a native makefile on a host OS is placed into files called "CMakeLists.txt". These are simple text files containing the "skeleton" of the build by which the CMake system will append system dependent changes to compile the source code. One thing to note about this process is that for every new directory stemming from the top-level directory of a project, a new CMakeLists.txt file must accompany this subdirectory. This allows for large-scale projects, spanning multiple directories, to be built without the need to open each directory and retype make.
Let's start with a very basic example, which creates a single executable from C++ source files found in the same directory. First, create a file called CMakeLists.txt containing these two commands:
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.4.6) add_executable(helloWorld main.cpp)
Run cmake on the directory and then make :
cmake . make
That's it! A new executable, "helloWorld", will be created in the same directory as the source files. It will only be modified via make if the CMakeLists.txt or source files are modified. You may have noticed that neither of these statements above indicates a compiler to use. This is due to the fact that CMake performs dependency checks before creating a makefile, identifying what language the source is written in and what compiler should be used automatically.
This above code also shows two of the more common commands used in CMake:
cmake_mimimum_required() is a function used by CMake to indicate the minimum version of CMake available on a user's system for this project to compile. If this line is excluded from the CMakeLists.txt file, CMake will give a warning about not specifying a minimum version.
add_executable() is one of three ways that CMake uses to create targets in the generated makefile: add_executable, add_library, and add_custom_target. These three commands will do the bulk of the work involved in creating executable binaries and libraries on a system. We will use these in a more advanced example soon, but if you wish to learn more about any CMake command, simply type:
cmake --help-command [cmd]
While simplistic projects like the one above are wonderfully easy to write makefiles for, we rarely get them in the real world (outside of tutorials) and most would wonder why a makefile was necessary at all. A more common problem to solve is converting old makefiles into CMakeLists.txt files. For the following example, we will convert a GNU Makefile into a CMakeLists.txt file that is capable of building the same binaries and libraries.
Let's take a look at the Gnu Makefile that we want to convert:
CC = gcc CFLAGS = -g -O2 -Wall -m64 LDFLAGS = -L/usr/local/lib AR = ar ARFLAGS = cru LIBS = -lgu -lm SRC =\ grids.c\ geom.c\ hash.c\ istack.c\ vertlist.c HEADERS =\ grids.h\ geom.h\ hash.h\ istack.h\ vertlist.h LIBOBJS = $(SRC:.c=.o) SLIBOBJS = $(SRC:.c=.t) %.t: %.c $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -fPIC -c $*.c -o $*.t all: gridbuild lib: libgrid.a shlib: libgrid.so gridbuild: main.c $(HEADERS) $(SRC) triangle.o $(CC) -o gridbuild $(CFLAGS) main.c $(SRC) $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS) libgrid.a: $(HEADERS) $(LIBOBJS) $(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $@ $(LIBOBJS) libgrid.so: $(HEADERS) $(SLIBOBJS) rm -f $@ $(CC) -shared -o $@ $(SLIBOBJS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Now let's go line by line through the equivalent CMakeLists.txt file to see what needs to be changed to make this work in CMake.
First we should add the minimum version of CMake that can use this # CMakeLists.txt file (recommended first step).
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.4.6)Next we need to set a variable to hold the source file names. Variables are all declared in the following manner.
set(SRC grids.c geom..c hash.c istack.c vertlist.c )Notice that we don't include the header files as CMake's dependency checker will place the headers into the build as long as they are in the same directory.
set(LIBSRC ${SRC} cmplx.c clog.c stubs.c ) set(CFLAGS "-g -O2 -Wall -m64") set(CFLAGS_SHARED "-g -O2 -Wall -m64 -fPIC")The command link_directories is used in the same way that -L/usr/local/lib is used in GNU Make.
link_directories("/usr/local/lib")To apply specialized compiler flags to certain files, you can use the set_source_files_properties function as is shown below.
set_source_file_properties(${LIBSRC} PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS ${CFLAGS} )add_executable creates an executable given the target name (i.e., gridbuild for this one).
add_executable(gridbuild main.c ${SRC})Next we need to link libraries to this executable using target_link_libraries . This function is equivalent to -l<library_name>.
target_link_libraries(gridbuild m gu )Now we need to build the two libraries: one static & one shared.
add_library(grid STATIC ${LIBSRC} )We can change the compile flags we are using on the source files to change how they will be built.
set_source_file_properties(${LIBSRC} PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS ${CFLAGS_SHARED} ) add_library(grid SHARED ${LIBSRC} )Notice that when linking libraries to the shared library, that when the name is identical for both static and shared libraries, you must add the prefix & suffix of the library you wish to find to ensure you are linking to the expected library.
target_link_libraries( ${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX}grid${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX} m gu )
Overall, this process of converting to CMake was relatively painless. This code will now run on multiple operating systems as long as the end-user has CMake and a gcc compiler, as we have only included the compiler flags for gcc in this example. You can also see the power of CMake, as I have used only seven distinct functions to do all of the work of the original makefile. The number of functions to remember is minute compared to similar makefile software, easing the learning curve for new users.
From these examples, you will have a basic understanding of CMake's functionality. With CMake installed on your system, you are capable of looking at the documentation of any of the functions discussed in this article and several more that you may find useful in future projects. A good resource for more information about CMake is Mastering CMake , which is the only book available for CMake, which comes from the developers at Kitware who created CMake. You can also sign up for their daily mailing list by visiting: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
This mailing list is a useful source of information on resolving problems that may be similar in nature to your own, and allows you to post a query to the members of the list to help you solve your own quandary.
While CMake might not take experienced users away from their preferred makefile software, it is a good alternative to other cross platform makefile options. Although, with CMake's ease of use and an active following, which welcomes new users to its group, everyone should take a look at what CMake has to offer to their project.
Changing of the Guard
Today is co-editor Craig Stephenson's last day at ARSC. Craig has accepted the Web Manager position at the International Arctic Research Center on the UAF campus, where he will maintain the IARC website and help faculty and staff create and maintain their own research project web pages. We are of course happy for Craig in this new opportunity but will miss his skills, diligence and good humor at ARSC and at the HPC Newsletter in particular. We wish you well, Craig, and thank you for your service.
The news is not all bad though, because joining the HPC Newsletter as co-editor beginning with the next issue is ARSC Oceanographic Specialist Kate Hedstrom. Kate has been working with the ROMS family of ocean models for over twenty years and has recently completed a User's Guide for it. She came to Alaska to run simulations of the waters (and sea ice) around Alaska, but has also become involved with projects coupling ROMS to both a climate model and a fish model. She has written for the HPC newsletter in the past, notably about gnu make and git. She has also been a force on the powerful (five-time city champion) CRAYons Spelling Bee team ( /arsc/support/news/hpcnews/hpcnews401/index.xml#article2 ), a talent that will no doubt come in handy in her new role.
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(Jan. 28, 2008)--As part of the observance of Black History Month, a number of special events will be hosted in February at the UTSA 1604 and Downtown campuses. Coordinated by the UTSA Inclusion and Community Engagement Center, most of the events are free and open to the public.
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- Wednesday, Feb. 6, 7 p.m.: Movie Night: "Amistad." The movie is about the 1839 mutiny aboard a slave ship traveling to the northeast coast of America. University Center Denman Room (2.01.28), 1604 Campus.
- Tuesday, Feb. 19, 7 p.m.: Coffeehouse Open Mic Night. Students, faculty and staff are invited to share their poetry and songs.
- Thursday, Feb. 21, 7 p.m.: Soulful Showcase. A gospel concert sponsored by the UTSA Office of Student Activities. Buena Vista Theatre, Downtown Campus.
- Saturday, Feb. 23, 6 p.m.: Fourth Annual Black Heritage Ball. This year's theme is "Stand Up and Be Counted." Event will feature keynote speaker Rev. Thurmon Walker, dinner, music and dancing. Tickets are required. University Center Denman Room (2.01.28), 1604 Campus.
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[quote user="lttaylor56"][quote user="JPizzack"]thx for the update on Chad Jones, LT....
I really hope this guy gets his chance to shine, assuming he's 100% of course.
Giants are all about the feel-good-stories these recent years!! lol[/quote]I'm not sure how this works but, we gave Chad 2.6 mil 4 year deal back in 2010. Good for him that he collected 320k,405k for 2010,2011 and due to receive 490 k this year. Does anyone know if there is a provision which stats he actually has to play in order to receive compensation?[/quote]

non football injury/Illness I think they pro rate his base salary "but not real sure"...there is a active N-F/I list and a non I would guess he is on the active "not that I know what all that means and the effects it might have ".....he did get a signing bonus 826,000 spread out over the contract roughly206,000 a year which they have to pay him.....

LT your above numbers look like the base salarycontract numbers. Not sure the Giants actually paid him full boat.they may have... You would have to look at last years player cap numbers...****ed if I know where to find that ****..

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Who is Jim Marzilli, exactly? Is he a predatory letch? Or is he a deeply troubled man who needs to be kept from harassing women — but also from hurting himself?
If you live in Massachusetts and follow the news, you've probably pondered this question at some point during the past few months. In April, Marzilli, a Democratic state senator from Arlington, was accused of sexual assault by a woman who claimed he'd inappropriately touched her in an early-morning incident at her home. A month later, Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone announced that his office was dropping that case due to insufficient evidence.
But then, on June 3, Marzilli was arrested in Lowell after allegedly harassing four different women over the span of several hours, bombarding them with inappropriate sexual overtures and attempting to grope one's crotch. Approached by police, he gave a false name, then fled on foot; as officers subdued him with pepper spray inside a parking garage, he wept and said that his "life was over." And this past week, two more women accused Marzilli of sexual harassment in a suit filed in Middlesex Superior Court.
While Marzilli has said that he won't seek re-election, he hasn't been found guilty of any crime. In the court of public opinion, however, he's already been convicted and sentenced. Calls for his resignation have come from the Boston Herald, the Lowell Sun, the Fitchburg Sentinel & Enterprise, and Boston Globe columnist Joan Vennochi. For its part, the Massachusetts Republican Party has launched a new Web site called Marzilli Watch — motto: "Taxpayers Working for a Senator That's Not" — aimed at mustering up public outrage that Marzilli, who hasn't done his job in more than a month, is still receiving a state paycheck.
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But while the Boston press clearly thinks Marzilli's mental condition is newsworthy, the question of why it's important — and how it should be covered — has remained unanswered. Consider the Herald's hypomania scoop. That piece included a quote from Dr. Roy Perlis, a psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital, which suggested that bipolar disorder could help explain why Marzilli acted as he did. ("It can affect all aspects of someone's behavior," said Perlis. "A person may make advances that they would ordinarily not make or say things that are inappropriate.") But the lede — "State Sen. James Marzilli, accused in a string of sexual assaults, could be laying the groundwork for a defense based on a diagnosis of bipolar disorder" — strongly suggested that Marzilli's diagnosis and treatment were legal tactics, not legitimate medical steps.
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Dee this is a question I hope you can help me with. I've came in contact with several wild hives in trees where the cell size was 4.9mm. Both times the bees were of the A.M.M. (German Black Bee).
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Feb 19, 2013 at 2:20 pm #1299468
I am heading to LA next week. My son has an interview for a scholarship at USC and I get to go with him. Being from Kentucky, I feel a bit like I'm in the theme song for "the Beverly Hillbillies". Regardless, I will have a little time on my own as he is spending the night and a day on campus without me. I know there's a lot of southern Californians here. I'm hoping to get some advice on day hikes or other things to do in the area. Any advice is appreciated.Feb 19, 2013 at 5:55 pm #1956183
Jon FongBPL Member
@jonfongLocale: FLAT CAT GEAR
Hiking Griffith Park / Hollywood Hills Sign, on the way you can see the Batcave form the TV series.
Will Rogers State Park – lots of trails/fireroads there through the Santa Monica Mountains
Venice Beach – LA at its weirdest; a place that you won't soon forget. It's not hiking, but it is an experience.
Hollywood Walk of Stars – Like Venice Beach, an LA oddity that you'll never forget
California Science Center – If you can get tickets, they have the Space Shuttle on exhibit
The Getty Museum and the Getty Villa are great museums
BTW, the area around USC isn't exactly the safest area so be careful where you go.
Also, everything that you may have heard about traffic is true. A smart phone with mapping functions will; be a great benefit.
Best regards – JonFeb 19, 2013 at 6:02 pm #1956187
Ken T.BPL Member
You'll fit right in. Most in LA are from somewhere else. Traffic is otherworldly. I'm sure you'll get some good offers/suggestions.Feb 19, 2013 at 6:21 pm #1956193
Stephen BarberBPL Member
@grampaLocale: SoCal
If you have the time, and it seems like you might, try driving out to Joshua Tree, camping (or do a Motel 6 – it's about the same thing!), and hiking around some desert unlike anything in Kentucky!
If you want snow, drive to Palm Springs and take the tram up to San Jacinto – be aware that it's high altitude (9-10,000 ft), snow, and you'll likely need snowshoes, mini-crampons, and full winter gear! See the "Winter in Southern California" thread here for some photos, etc.
There are numerous sites along the coast that will give you a nice ocean side hike. If you want to see what SoCal mountains are like, but San Jacinto seems too much, drive to Chantry Flats, and hike out from there.
All these places have maps and info on the net – and I'm sure any of us here in SoCal would be glad to answer any questions by PM. Some of us might even have time available to do a bit of guiding!
Have a great time while you're here!Feb 19, 2013 at 6:40 pm #1956203
Nico .BPL Member
@nickbLocale: Los Padres National Forest
If you want to hike near the coast and have the potential for ocean views, consider some of the trails in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation area. It starts around Malibu and heads up the coast for about 30 miles and a few miles inland, lots of various trailheads along the way. Also lots of nice beaches around there.
If you wanted to get away from LA, you could head farther north toward Ventura or Santa Barbara (about 1-2 hours north). Lots of nice day hikes with ocean views and options for longer overnight hikes in Los Padres NF. There's closer national forests to LA, but I don't have any experience with them.
Feel free to send a PM if you think of heading north.
Oh, and take everyone's word about LA traffic… I try to avoid passing through there as much as possible.Feb 19, 2013 at 7:55 pm #1956226
Nick GatelBPL Member
@ngatelLocale: Southern California
I live in Palm Springs which is also close to Joshua Tree. That area was recommended by someone else. It is about a 120 mile drive one way from USC. There is SO much to do in LA.
Right next door to USC is the LA County Museum of Natural History. That alone could take a few days to really explore. Do a Google search — you might be surprised. There are other museums close by too.
Check out the LA Music Center (Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Mark Taper Forum, and Ahmanson Theater, and Walt Disney Concert Hall).
Or ditch the kid and go to Disneyland :)Feb 19, 2013 at 8:24 pm #1956231
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I went to USC but a long time ago – yeah, lots of bad areas, you have to be careful
LA is a big area and takes a long time to drive across – traffic can be horrible – so you probably want to stay close to wherever you are
That hike out of Malibu is good if you're on that side of the city
San Gabrial Mountains are good – maybe something on the LA side like Chantry Flat or Fern Canyon. Or go up highway 2 but there's probably snow at some point – nice Sierras type granite
Griffith Park?
Santa Monica to Venice along the beach – just for culture shock?Feb 20, 2013 at 8:34 am #1956359
Thanks for all the advice and offers. Based on the short length of my trip, I'll likely stay relatively close to the city. You've given me some good options. Hopefully he'll get a good deal at USC and I will have a good excuse to go back for some longer trips. I have stepped in the Sierras and the California deserts a little, but would like to do some longer trips.
A few of you mentioned some negatives about the USC area. Is it really that rough of a place to be? He's really interested in USC but his mother has had concerns about the neighborhood too.Feb 20, 2013 at 8:51 am #1956369
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I think USC and maybe Occidental are the only 2 California schools he is considering, more for academic and scholarship reasons than anything. He's admitted to film school and there's really no place better for film than USC. I guess the rough neighborhood is something we'll have to take into account. He's a pretty independent kid, but don't want to send him into crossfire. I will at least get to check out the area myself while I'm there.Feb 20, 2013 at 9:10 am #1956377
I don't think rough neighborhood is a reason not to go to USC
Just keep it in mind and avoid bad areas/times
I'm sure USC administrators could give you good advice about where to go and not goFeb 20, 2013 at 11:02 am #1956440
Art …BPL Member
Your first trip to LA ?
definitely Do Not waste it on the outdoors/wilderness/mountains/desert/hiking/camping.
others have offered some great urban suggestions,
there are many others too.
LA has something for everyone.Feb 20, 2013 at 11:04 am #1956441
DougBPL Member
Just remember to look for the adams apple…..Feb 20, 2013 at 11:16 am #1956446
Doug, I learned that on my first trip to New Orleans. For my son, I won't ruin it for him. That's a lesson best learned by himself.Feb 20, 2013 at 2:04 pm #1956528
I agree with the suggestion about the Natural History Museum and also the La Brea Tar Pits. If you leave the denim overalls home and actually wear shoes, you won't have any problems walking around USC or the neighborhood outside it during the day.
However, if you walk across the USC campus at night without a pastel-colored sweater, loosely tied over your shoulders, you're dead meat. Well, if it's burgundy with gold, they're cool with that also but don't forget to put the coins in your penny loafers, for God's sake!
To your wife's (legitimate) concern from so far away about a land you hillbillys hear is full of gangsters, hippies, wife-swappers and republicans… check this out: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-southern-california/256036-usc-neighborhood.html That will give you a good start before you walk around and get a real look.
You'll be in striking distance to check out Oxy, too, so I suggest you head over and walk around. It's great to get a feel for colleges by being on campus during the week and going in and sitting through a large-hall lecture class (nobody cares, and you can always just tell the prof you're shopping her school) to see what the school is really like. Eat lunch on campus in the commons, around students!
If you really do want to hike, I also concur in the suggestions above for the Hollywood Sign/Bat Cave and both Topanga Canyon and Sycamore Cyn, both from the Highway 101 side in Malibu.
Last, figure out what kind of food you'd like to try and then Google yourself some places to hit.Feb 20, 2013 at 2:32 pm #1956537
Don't worry, Erik. I plan on bringin' my squirrel rifle. That'll keep the gangstas away. But I don't think the boy(pretty much man, now) has a pastel sweater to tie up. Maybe we'll check out the thrift store before we go. And I don't need shoes; airport security is much faster without them.
The more you guys talk, the more I think I'll stay pretty much in the city with my limited time. A few museums and great food doesn't sound so bad. Looks like there are some decent walks not far from town too.
I was buying your line, Erik, until you said there were Republicans in California.Feb 20, 2013 at 2:46 pm #1956538
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@stupendous-2Locale: California
+1 on hiking Griffith, and would say the observatory is totally worth a stop (free). I like going up after dark on clear nights, great views of the city.
As far as the crime in LA, I was about to say there wasn't anything to really worry about… but I think I'm maybe desensitized, because when I thought about it for a moment, I realized that there is still police tape flapping in the wind in front of my house where they found a guy dead on the sidewalk.Feb 20, 2013 at 2:50 pm #1956545
"Last, figure out what kind of food you'd like to try and then Google yourself some places to hit."
Tommy'sFeb 20, 2013 at 3:13 pm #1956560
Jerry says, "Tommy's" and indeed. The one on Rampart (@ Beverly or so?) is the OG one. Also, if not from SoCal, In-N-Out burger. Those are iconic L.A. food.
Oh, but what of Phillipe's Original, across from Union Station, the literal birthplace of the "french dip sandwich" and still really, really good.
Pink's, for a really good, LA hotdog after waiting in line so long you can easily eat it.
Tito's Tacos, for the Los Angeles analog to San Diego's (Ro)-berto's chains of roadside taco dives.
The Apple Pan, burger joint, also dating way back and still true to the old form.
Lawry's, for a hunk of prime rib like the one your Dad dreamed of. Or, like Nick maybe.
FatBurger, also an LA creation now "around"
Baby Blues BBQ in Venice, new but so very LA in its stoke and breadth. Plan to wait for a seat.
Father's Office, for the burger. The burger. Just ask, they'll know.
Yeah, been skipping lunch. Anyway, those are a few of the famous LA joints, but the place is a metropolis: good food abounds. Hell, even in the Valley, ha ha!Feb 20, 2013 at 3:37 pm #1956568
"Jerry says, "Tommy's" and indeed. The one on Rampart (@ Beverly or so?) is the OG one"
That one has huge lines – maybe Hollywood Blvd?
In 1975 there was one in La Canada on the way to the San Gabriel Mountains
You have to develop a taste for Tommy burgers – has to be chili burger – most people would probably consider it disgustingFeb 20, 2013 at 3:39 pm #1956570
Anthony WestonBPL Member
@anthonywestonLocale: Southern CA
I live in Los Angeles.
When are you planning to come out. Right now Mount Gorgonio and Mount San Jacinto all have snow and are about an hour drive from USC area. San Jacinto has tram that will take you up the first 8000 feet and then it's a short 5 miles to the top, well worth doing.
Lots of big trees and mountain air.
If you want to hike up to Mount Gorgonio (old greyback) then take the trail to dry lake, it's another 5 mile trip.
If you want to walk along the ocean there is a bike path from Santa Monica pier to
torrance 26 miles
The USC neighborhood is safe on campus, a stone's throw from the campus is a rougher neighberhood, not a place to get shot but car thieves and prostitues much like every big city in the country but generally Ca is a gentler place than most of the country.Feb 20, 2013 at 3:45 pm #1956575
Anthony WestonBPL Member
@anthonywestonLocale: Southern CA
Also a stone's throw from USC
is the Museum of Natural History and Science Center
http://www.californiasciencecenter.org/Feb 20, 2013 at 3:54 pm #1956579
Thanks for the input, Anthony. I'm flying out this weekend but will just be there for a few days. And I need to spend some time looking at the colleges.Apr 29, 2013 at 6:31 am #1981508
How'd the visits go?
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Discussion in 'Fan Zone' started by chip_gilkey, Nov 11, 2012.
I am seriously considering not watching the game to go see Skyfall with the wife.
The difference for me between now and then is expectations .
Then I just knew the Cowboys would find a way to win.Now I expect them to find a way to lose.
So losses do not get to me anymore as then a loss would stay with me all week.
And I do not see this team getting better in the foreseeable future .
Also there is a political reason I do not enjoy Cowboy football as much.
Our country is on the verge of collapse and the last election proves it.
Please lets not turn this political. Politics have absolute nothing to do with what I started this thread about.
Eat healthy, get plenty of exercise, don't smoke. You may be able to ride this out.
I'm actually going out to eat at 4. I'm DVR'ing the game. I never would have thought of doing this years ago.
i feel the same way as lot you guys do. i would go see skyfall it is a great movie.
My heart goes out to you buddy, You missed the Landry era the Johnson era all you have is this CRAP to watch.. Sucks! I would say hang in there but sadly your gonna wait a long while my friend. I don't watch any NFL anymore never watch ESPN except for 30-30. Watch Cowboys and just laugh now, no more screaming yelling hardly get upset really, it stings for a bit and I move on no expectations but losing. This team has been mediocre for a while and its embarrassing that the Dallas Cowboys would but forth this product ..
.........I felt SOME nervousness before the Giants game opening night but overall: just kinda dead to it now and don't care because we suck. Don't even know what time we play today and don't expect to win at all. I've DVR'd games last few weeks and just don't watch when we lose, which is most of the time. I'm 43 and we've won ONE playoff game the last.........what is it guys 16 years? I've just about had it....sucks as it feels like a piece of me has died but in the end, it IS just a game and JJ has made his decision to be the next Al Davis. I feel for the rest of the fans though, especially the younger ones that have never experienced winning.
Well that would be the main reason to watch sports to be distracted from everyday stuff, I would get my fill and be merrily stupid to the real world now its no more sports and i'm left with these cruddy Cowboys. "the HORROR, the HORORR.........
I tend to drink more. In fact, it's 10:20 and I think I'll crack open my first Newcastle warewolf. Go Cowboys!
I feel the same as many of you, but I don't think age has much to do with it. Like Mike Gundy, I'm a man, I'm 40, and I still get pumped for games. I've got an isolated gym/mancave where I can put on a game and get as excited and stupid as I want. I can, and do, still yell at the TV and jump around like an idiot.
But not for Cowboys games. Like many have posted, I'm sort of numb now. I think it was all those historic blown leads last year and the incredible late game bungling we all saw. This team is extremely stale right now and needs a real makeover.
And I guarantee you we aren't alone. For years I've watched most games at a Dallas-area bar/restaurant with some friends, and you can feel the apathy growing the last couple of years. From 2006-2009 or so, people would come in with their jerseys on, get really into the game, etc. Now there's just a scattering of people who even pay attention, and even they are pretty subdued.
The really bad thing I've noticed, and this just started happened last year, is that when watching a non-Cowboys game in which I have some kind of rooting interest, I now expect the worst. If a team I like is winning, I expect them to blow it. If a team I hate is losing, I expect them to come back and win. I'm naturally pretty optimistic, so when I caught myself feeling this way late last year while watching a game, it surprised me. I realized that my Cowboys feelings had bled over into games they had nothing to do with.
I have no intention of turning this thread political.
Lets just say country trump sports .While the gladiators were fighting in the arena, Rome was collapsing.
Wow, that's pretty sad. If you can't even enjoy the wins anymore then why watch?
I still get into the games every week, enjoy the wins, and hate the losses. No matter how poorly the season is going though my Sunday rituals are pretty much the same. Being a football/Cowboys fan is a hobby to me, I don't think I'll ever stop enjoying it, but if I did I'd probably spend my Sunday's doing something else during fall/winter. Ultimately it's all a matter of perspective I suppose.
Here's my gameday.
Wake up just before the early kick off.....watch football all day.
new stadium...i mean shopping mall
we have some soft ,stupid players that need to be benched or cut.
wussification of the nfl
crooked referees
jason and jerry
these are the reasons it's hard to get up for the cowboys for me.
still love the team though..it's not the player's fault who they have to play for.


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#1 Sat 12 Jan 13 1:20am
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Those **** Dim Sum buns
I got the 15MM book for Christmas and it's great. Not only because it's straight forward and quick, but because it's designed to be fast it means I can take my time in the kitchen (usually take 30 mins)
Anyway, I just tried the Dim Sum page. Everything went well, bought the bamboo steamer yesterday and it's great.
The trouble is, like most recipes, I have no frame of reference. And I don't like plants/veg/fruit etc, so I don't know if things come out the correct way.
So the coconut buns - I'm pretty sure they are wrong. I mixed a carton of coconut UHT milk (all they had in the shop) and flour in a bowl with a fork - it was fine. The consitency was great, it was doughy and shapable.
But when I steamed them, they came out grey, glazed looking and really really dense, like dense dumplings. They tasted pretty bland too. Are they suppose to be like dumplings or more like bread rolls? (I can take a photo if you like!) Is there something I should add to make them puff up?
Is there a video anywhere where I can see them in action and what they are supposed to be like?
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#2 Sat 19 Jan 13 12:33am
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Re: Those **** Dim Sum buns
Not sure how they should be. I saw Jamie make them on T.V. they looked pretty white. Yum Bun (Kerb Street Vendor) does a steamed bun with Chinese pork, very nice also I have had something called Char Su (I think that was its name). I am looking forward to trying these. I will post when I do.
Jamie used low fat coconut, not sure if that makes a difference, it could well do.
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#3 Sat 19 Jan 13 3:34am
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Re: Those **** Dim Sum buns
I remember others having trouble with the buns as well.
Don't look at these links though..
http://www.bakebikeblog.com/2013/01/15- … m-sum.html
#4 Sat 23 Feb 13 12:34am
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Re: Those **** Dim Sum buns
Just watched Ching-He Huang steaming buns, hers were made by the restaurant or ready made from an Asian shop. A trip to an Asian supermarket, is on the cards, this may lead you to some answers. I am keen to get a steamer as the filled buns on Chinese made Easy looked awesome. Playing around with fillings could be fun. I ate at Yum Bun, they were also very nice. I really hope Jamie�s ones are as good as they sound. Everything else I have cooked from Jamie has been amazing.
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