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ARSC T3E Users' Newsletter 149, August 21, 1998
Arctic Science Conference of the AAAS -- October Meeting
The 49th Arctic Science Conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science will take place on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus October 25-28, 1998. ARSC staff will be conducting tours of our facility daily at 1 pm during the conference. Details about the conference are available at:
or by sending email to firstname.lastname@example.com .
ARSC encourages users to participate in the conference and to submit abstracts for poster sessions.
The 1998 AAAS Arctic Division annual conference has been designed around the theme of international cooperation in arctic research. It will provide a forum for scientists from around the world to come together to discuss important issues concerning global climate change and its impacts in the western arctic. It is widely accepted that such global change will be observed first in the arctic and sub-arctic regions, with serious implications for the rest of the world. The newly established International Arctic Research Center (IARC) will provide state-of-the-art facilities and opportunities for scientists to study these regions.
The conference format consists of two plenary sessions each day featuring internationally-known speakers, including keynote speaker Rita Colwell, Director-designate of the National Science Foundation. Between the morning and afternoon sessions each day there will be a poster session (abstracts invited). The conference will also serve as a Wadati Conference on Global Change; speakers for this conference are noted in the programs. In addition, tours of the IARC building and ARSC will provide participants with the chance to view some of the research facilities available at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Parallelizing Codes for the J90
Several users have asked about running in parallel on the J.
In short there are a number of easy ways to improve performance. You may use compiler options. Inspection of performance, using simple measurements or tools, also leads to optimization.
The J90 system is a shared memory vector system. When looking to optimize code, it is necessary to consider both the vector operations and how many processors might work on the desired operations using a shared memory.
Cray originally supported both Macrotasking and Microtasking and the latest compilers merge both into the autotasking option in the compiler. (Macrotasking allowed the user to parallelize operations at the subroutine level, microtasking at the loop level.) Both used directives and the user was responsible for the correct execution of code. Autotasking is, as the name suggests, automatic and like microtasking exploits parallelism at the loop level.
The -O3 compiler option includes autotasking (this can also be set explicitly using -O and task2 or task3 , -O3 sets task2 level of optimization). As with all options, it is always worth applying this only to those expensive areas of code in which the most time is spent. Global application to an entire code is not advised. And, as with all optimizations, particularly those which perform major transformations, checking results against unoptimized code for correctness is strongly advised.
For diagnosing codes, a useful compiler option is -r . This prints out various information about your code, and provides information on vectorization and parallelization of the loops. For example, when used at the -r2 level in the following code the report includes the following:
PROG1A prog_do.f 14:42 Wed Aug12,1998 Page 1 ------ 3 program prog1a 4 5 6 parameter (nsize=1024*1024*4) 7 8 9 real a1,b1,c1,a2,b2,c2 10 11 12 common /d1/ a1(nsize),b1(nsize),c1(nsize) 13 14 common /d2/ a2(nsize),b2(nsize),c2(nsize) 15 16 17 18 19 iticks=irtc_rate() 20 21 write(6,*) ' data size is ',nsize 22 23 P-- v -------- do n=1,nsize 24 P v a1(n)=n*1.0 25 P v b1(n)=n*2.5 26 P v c1(n)=(nsize-n)*1.0 27 P v a2(n)=a1(n) 28 P v b2(n)=b1(n) 29 P v c2(n)=c1(n) 30 P-- v -------> enddo 31 32 33 i4b=irtc() 34 PROG1A prog_do.f 14:42 Wed Aug12,1998 Page 2 ------ 35 P-- v -------- do n=1,nsize 36 P v a2(n)=b2(n)*(b2(n)*(b2(n)*(b2(n)*(b2(n)+1)+1)+1)+1)+1 37 P-- v -------> enddo 38 39 40 41 i4c=irtc() 42 43 write(6,*) ' best flops is ',9*nsize*(iticks()/(i4c-i4b)) 44 write(7,*) a2(nsize) 45 46 47 end
This shows that the loops at lines 23 and 35 are both fully vectorized and parallelized. The -r option causes the compiler to print an additional summary report regarding these same loops:
f90 Compiler - 4 messages:
1) <cf90-6403,Tasking,Line=23> A loop starting at line 23 was tasked. 2) <cf90-6204,Vector,Line=23> A loop starting at line 23 was vectorized. 3) <cf90-6204,Vector,Line=35> A loop starting at line 35 was vectorized. 4) <cf90-6403,Tasking,Line=35> A loop starting at line 35 was tasked.
Since the ARSC J90 system is shared by many users, and some timers report only the total CPU times, a user might observe is an increase in the total CPU time. This is because the same effort in terms of flops computed is performed, but management overhead to control several processors has been introduced!
In the example below, the timer, irtc , is used to get the wall clock time and to compute the actual Mflops (using manually counted loop operations). This is checked by comparing the totals with the count from the hardware performance monitor, hpm. Care is needed in choosing a suitable time basis and interpreting results.
The aim is to use parallelism to reduce the overall wall-clock time.
More Advanced Tools: atexpert
A graphical tool, atexpert, can be used to predict the parallel performance of a code. Compile with both -O3 and -eX and then run the code to generate performance measurements and then run atexpert to see how your code performs.
chilkoot% f90 -O3 -eX -o prog_do_at prog_do.f chilkoot% ./prog_do_at data size is 4194304 best flops is 113246208 chilkoot% atexpert
This will generate a predicted performance graph, extrapolated from the data gathered by running the instrumented code on a single processor. The following graph (figure 1) is such a prediction, and was produced by atexpert:
Figure 1 (click on figure for larger image - 16 K )
As you can see, the simple example code below gives a very high level of parallel performance since it is perfectly parallel. Real codes will be more likely to decline rapidly and atexpert allow users to investigate the parallel performance of each subroutine so poorly performing areas of code can be improved.
One advantage of multiprocessor shared memory systems is that a performance improvement can be obtained by parallelizing only the computationally intensive parts of the code.
While there is much debate on the need to ensure that a single code doesn't hog the entire memory while only using one processor, partial parallelization can be beneficial to both the user running in parallel and other users who gain access to resources sooner. As with all optimization, users should try to concentrate effort on those routines which take the most time and perform relatively badly.
Applying compiler options is only a small step. Code modification might be needed and atexpert makes observations on the routines which are likely to be improved. Sometimes the algorithm must even be replaced.
An Example.
The following code is taken from one of my class examples on how to optimize code for the T3E. This is a simple, naturally parallel loop which both vectorizes and can be tasked across several processors.
program prog1a parameter (nsize=1024*1024*4) real a1,b1,c1,a2,b2,c2 common /d1/ a1(nsize),b1(nsize),c1(nsize) common /d2/ a2(nsize),b2(nsize),c2(nsize) iticks=irtc_rate() write(6,*) ' data size is ',nsize do n=1,nsize a1(n)=n*1.0 b1(n)=n*2.5 c1(n)=(nsize-n)*1.0 a2(n)=a1(n) b2(n)=b1(n) c2(n)=c1(n) enddo i4b=irtc() do n=1,nsize a2(n)=b2(n)*(b2(n)*(b2(n)*(b2(n)*(b2(n)+1)+1)+1)+1)+1 enddo i4c=irtc() write(6,*) ' best flops is ',9*nsize*(iticks()/(i4c-i4b)) write(7,*) a2(nsize) end
If this is compiled with -O2 we get:
chilkoot% f90 -o prog_do_o2 -O2 prog_do.f chilkoot% hpm ./prog_do_o2 data size is 4194304 best flops is 113246208 Group 0: CPU seconds : 0.58 CP executing : 116900662 Million inst/sec (MIPS) : 6.86 Instructions : 4011169 Avg. clock periods/inst : 29.14 % CP holding issue : 95.45 CP holding issue : 111586438 Inst.buffer fetches/sec : 0.00M Inst.buf. fetches: 1796 Floating adds/sec : 57.41M F.P. adds : 33554657 Floating multiplies/sec : 35.88M F.P. multiplies : 20971910 Floating reciprocal/sec : 0.00M F.P. reciprocals : 1 Cache hits/sec : 0.01M Cache hits : 5527 CPU mem. references/sec : 57.49M CPU references : 33602005 Floating ops/CPU second : 93.29M chilkoot%
Moving up to -O3 we get:
chilkoot% f90 -O3 -o prog_do_o3 prog_do.f chilkoot% hpm ./prog_do_o3 data size is 4194304 best flops is 490733568 Group 0: CPU seconds : 0.60 CP executing : 119366230 Million inst/sec (MIPS) : 7.85 Instructions : 4687445 Avg. clock periods/inst : 25.47 % CP holding issue : 94.74 CP holding issue : 113082842 Inst.buffer fetches/sec : 0.00M Inst.buf. fetches: 2207 Floating adds/sec : 56.22M F.P. adds : 33554658 Floating multiplies/sec : 35.14M F.P. multiplies : 20971911 Floating reciprocal/sec : 0.00M F.P. reciprocals : 1 Cache hits/sec : 0.01M Cache hits : 3462 CPU mem. references/sec : 56.34M CPU references : 33628114 Floating ops/CPU second : 91.36M
This happens because the default value for NCPUS on chilkoot is 4 . If we should set NCPUS to 3 the performance is:
chilkoot% setenv NCPUS 3 chilkoot% hpm ./prog_do_o3 data size is 4194304 best flops is 377487360 Group 0: CPU seconds : 0.59 CP executing : 117534552 Million inst/sec (MIPS) : 7.96 Instructions : 4680314 Avg. clock periods/inst : 25.11 % CP holding issue : 94.69 CP holding issue : 111291466 Inst.buffer fetches/sec : 0.00M Inst.buf. fetches: 2074 Floating adds/sec : 57.10M F.P. adds : 33554658 Floating multiplies/sec : 35.69M F.P. multiplies : 20971905 Floating reciprocal/sec : 0.00M F.P. reciprocals : 1 Cache hits/sec : 0.01M Cache hits : 3462 CPU mem. references/sec : 57.21M CPU references : 33621009 Floating ops/CPU second : 92.78M chilkoot%
Note the actual elapsed time is as follows:
chilkoot% env NCPUS=4 time ./bprog_do_o3 seconds clocks elapsed 12.76160 1276159892 user 46.45744 4645744272 sys 1.18272 118272061 chilkoot% env NCPUS=3 time ./bprog_do_o3 seconds clocks elapsed 16.70126 1670126109 user 46.99182 4699182046 sys 0.89066 89066264 chilkoot% env NCPUS=2 time ./bprog_do_o3 seconds clocks elapsed 24.13021 2413021230 user 46.36825 4636825171 sys 0.73992 73992258 chilkoot% env NCPUS=1 time ./bprog_do_o3 seconds clocks elapsed 46.82797 4682797159 user 46.19941 4619941115 sys 0.44435 44435070
The above shows good speedup in the wall clock times. However these results took advantage of a time when the system was relatively idle. Trying a large number for NCPUS during the same, relatively idle, period does not yield such good speedups since, unlike the T3E and other MPP systems, processors are not dedicated to users but are shared by both system and other user activities.
chilkoot% env NCPUS=12 time ./bprog_do_o3 seconds clocks elapsed 5.58927 558926937 user 45.74897 4574896788 sys 1.70961 170961040 chilkoot% env NCPUS=8 time ./bprog_do_o3 seconds clocks elapsed 6.58672 658671930 user 46.48904 4648903562 sys 0.74683 74682794
Note that when trying to use large number of processors on an active system, contention with other users results in less than optimal speedups. On the ARSC J90, which has 12 processors, users are limited to a maximum of 4 processors at present. Users should determine which numbers of processors actually give the best performance and setenv NCPUS in scripts etc.
There is introductory documentation on autotasking in the manual pages for the f90 compilers and the atexpert tool online. Atexpert contains a demo which is worth looking at in terms of the different outputs possible. A Cray document SR-2182, A Guide to Parallel Vector Applications, is also good reading on the various tools and can be found online at the ARSC web site for access by ARSC users.
Center for Research on Parallel Computation -- Newsletter
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Co-Array Fortran Paper Available
[ We received the following announcement from John Reid. ]
The paper defining Co-Array Fortran is available, and will be published in the next issue of Fortran Forum.
This is the abstract:
Co-Array Fortran, formerly known as F--, is a small extension of Fortran 95 for parallel processing. A Co-Array Fortran program is interpreted as if it were replicated a number of times and all copies were executed asynchronously. Each copy has its own set of data objects and is termed an image. The array syntax of Fortran 95 is extended with additional trailing subscripts in square brackets to give a clear and straightforward representation of any access to data that is spread across images.
References without square brackets are to local data, so code that can run independently is uncluttered. Only where there are square brackets, or where there is a procedure call and the procedure contains square brackets, is communication between images involved.
There are intrinsic procedures to synchronize images, return the number of images, and return the index of the current image.
We introduce the extension; give examples to illustrate how clear, powerful, and flexible it can be; and provide a technical definition.
Significant recent changes involve synchronization and I/O.
The paper is available as the report RAL-TR-1998-060, by ftp from: matisa.cc.rl.ac.uk
in the file: pub/reports/nrRAL98060.ps.gz
Parallel Programmer Sought for Position at UAF
> > POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW > PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY > UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS > > The Petroleum Development Laboratory at the University of Alaska > Fairbanks is seeking a postdoctoral fellow with an interest in > massively parallel computations and large-scale petroleum reservoir > simulations. The candidate will participate in NSF-funded parallel > programming research projects developing parallel data and computation > on distribution algorithms, computer-aided parallelizers for numerical > simulation codes and apply parallel codes to multi-million grid-cell > reservoirs on high performance computers (CRAY T3E, clusters of > Workstations). > > A Ph.D. degree in Applied Mathematics, Computational Physics, Computer > Science, Fluid Mechanics, Engineering or closely related field is > required. Candidate must demonstrate ability to write parallel > computational codes in C and FORTRAN. Preference will be given to > candidates with experience in PVM and MPI. The appointment will be > initially for 1 year, beginning September 1, 1998, and may be renewable > for up to 2 years depending on availability of funds. > > > Send an updated curriculum vitae and names and phone numbers of three > references to Professor David O. Ogbe, 437 Duckering Building P.O. Box > 755880 University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-5880. Fax: (907) > 474-5912 Email: email@example.com >
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A: {{ How do I determine which version of f90 I am using? }} f90 -V "-V" works for other products as well: pghpf -V cc -V CC -V Q: ARSC permits of the "chaining" of NQS jobs, as long as the new job goes to the end of the queues. This can increase system utilization. Put another way, at the end of your qsub script, you may include a qsub call which submits your next job--provided that jobs in all other queues, including lower priority queues, get a chance to run first. What is a safe method to implement such chaining which is fair to other users?
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There are many ways to judge the area's Cajun seafood restaurants.
If you're gauging by chicken and sausage gumbo, The Boiling Point is a pretty good choice for a place to eat a meal.
When I lived and worked in Sulphur, the Beglis Parkway restaurant was in my regular rotation of restaurants I frequented.
Since I neither work nor live in Sulphur anymore, when I visited the restaurant with friends on a recent evening, it was the first time I had been in quite a while.
The crowd was sparse but a quick taste of the gumbo quickly reminded me of how good the food is.
I only got a cup of the gumbo, but it was delicious, albeit on the spicy side (that's not a bad thing, just fair warning for those with sensitive palates).
As a main course I got crawfish etouffee, while my buddy Steve got a bowl of gumbo.
We both found our meals to be delicious, although both were spicy enough that we downed our drinks and had to take a break from our meals while waiting for the waitress to refill our glasses. (What's a warning for some is probably an invite to those who believe that Cajun food should be spicy. I fall in the latter.)
Steve also ordered two crawfish pistolettes while his wife, Annette, ordered boiled crawfish.
We gave everything ringing endorsements.
Located a mile north of Interstate 10, The Boiling Point offers a daily lunch buffet and a seafood buffet on Fridays and Saturdays.
The daily buffet changes from day to day, while the seafood buffet offers fried shrimp, fried crabs, stuffed crabs, catfish, catfish bites and usually a gumbo or a stew.
The daily lunch buffet is $8.35, increasing to $9.95 on Fridays, when seafood is brought out. The cost Friday and Saturday evenings is $18.95.
The regular menu features the full range of Cajun food, as well as steaks.
There are also some interesting items on the menu, which I didn't try, but by their description deserve mention: Texas Toothpicks (strips of jalapeno and onion), Angels on a Wing (fried bacon-wrapped oysters), Angels on Horseback (fried bacon-wrapped shrimp) and hot tamales.
Prices range from the $5 range for a small gumbo, hamburgers, sandwiches and salads to the $17-$20 range for some of the more expensive seafood plates and steaks.
It may have been a while since I've been to The Boiling Point, but I've already got the menu item chosen for my return: John's Catfish Divine, which is grilled and topped with crawfish.
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With the introduction of next-gen products and cloud-based services, the residential security market is experiencing an evolution of epic proportions. Learn the latest trends to help build your business cater to residential clients.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Electronic Security Expo (ESX) is unlike any other trade show, as it's focused exclusively on the needs of electronic security integration and monitoring companies.
The education sessions featured at ESX are definitely highlights for many attendees, as they provide electronic security contractors and monitoring companies the tools they need to improve their business operations.
At ESX 2014, one of the sessions that stood out for many was the Residential Market Trends Super Session.
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Im learning how to make gifs,and was wondering if any of the experts had any advice on this.Im trying to make more beckham ones,and having some trouble.
What program(s) are you using, and what issues are you having?
Photoshop (CS5 or 6) probably makes it the easiest, although editing individual frames with it can be a bit fiddly.
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have all of the images needed for the animation.............put them into layers in photoshop............and convert each layer into a frame for the animated gif.
you can adjust the time for each frame...etc
Photoshop is expensive, so if you aren't really looking to do much with it, the value just won't add up. Gimp is a good free alternative to Photoshop; it'll be fine for Madden covers, but gifs aren't really its forte.
If you're unfamiliar with Photoshop, there are several free websites which will convert video clips to gifs (eg. https://imgflip.com/gifgenerator); the only downside with these is that they'll usually add a watermark to them.


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Amendment 75 of 1996
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC)
Black bear
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Controlled burn
Eastern wild turkey
Fisheries biologist
Fisheries management
Management plan
Northern bobwhite quail
Population monitoring
White-tailed deer
Wildlife biologist
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Bear tracking collar
Bobwhite quail specimens
Comeback Specials Power Point presentation
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Drip torch
Fact sheet on suggested quail food plot plants
Copies of "Wildlife Management for Arkansas Private Landowners"
You Are the Biologist question sheets
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission restored several species from very low levels. The black bear, white-tailed deer and eastern wild turkey are examples of AGFC's management practices that turned sparse populations into healthy numbers. The agency is currently working to reverse declines of the northern bobwhite quail in Arkansas.
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC) – the state agency responsible for managing fish and wildlife
Black bear – the largest native mammal in Arkansas; has been restored by AGFC from a low of about 50 in the 1940s to around 4,000 today
Carrying capacity – the amount of wildlife a given area of land can sustain; varies with amount of food, water and shelter available
Controlled burn – a confined, seasonal fire used by wildlife biologists to create new plant growth as the basis of wildlife food chains
Cover – shelter for wild animals such as thickets and dense vegetation, brush piles, and forests
Covey – a flock of bobwhite quail
Eastern wild turkey – the largest game bird in Arkansas; has been restored by AGFC from historic lows in the early 20th century to where about 10,000 are harvested annually now
Extirpation – the removal of a species from a defined area without total extinction; species extirpated from Arkansas that still exist elsewhere include the prairie chicken and bison
Fisheries biologist – a scientist who studies and manages native fish species
Fisheries management – the scientific methodology used by fisheries biologists to enable native fish populations to thrive
Forage – pasture grasses consumed by livestock
Habitat – living place for wild animals that includes available food, water and space
Management plan – a set of guidelines used by biologists to provide for fish and wildlife populations
Northern bobwhite quail – a mostly ground-dwelling bird prized by sportsmen that was once widespread in Arkansas but has suffered from habitat loss; AGFC is currently attempting to restore quail population numbers
Population monitoring – a method of sampling used by wildlife biologists to estimate the number of a given species in an area; can be done in many ways including vocalization counts, harvest data from hunting season, trap counts, visual counts and more
Translocation – the process of trapping and relocating wild animals to spread their population into new areas
Trapping – capturing wildlife by using non-lethal or lethal traps, snares, nets or other devices
White-tailed deer – the most popular game animal in Arkansas that AGFC has revived from about 500 in 1930 to around one million today
Wildlife biologist – a scientist who studies and manages wild animals
Wildlife management – providing for wild animal populations by scientific processes including research techniques such as data collection, species counts, health monitoring, habitat improvement and more
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An SAC hut with 120 beds faces enormous challenges. At 2880 m.a.s.l. there is no water or electricity supply and connections for waste water and sewage are also lacking. Furthermore, an SAC hut is exposed to extreme weather conditions.
The SAC Monte Rosa section decided on a new hut, to be built above Zermatt together with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lucerne, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials, Science & Technology (EMPA) and other participants. After a planning period of around six years and a construction time of two summers, the new Monte Rosa Hut above Zermatt was opened on 25 September 2009. Standing at 2883 metres above sea level, this is possibly the most complex timber construction currently found in Switzerland. Despite the huge challenges, the planners and those responsible constructed the SAC Monte Rosa Hut with five storeys. Architectural, aesthetic and nature conservation requirements, as well as requirements on environmental and water pollution control, were met in optimal fashion and energy-related objectives almost totally achieved.
The architecture, timber construction, internal fittings and finishes with sleeping accommodation for 120 persons, the design of the restaurant with its unique views of the Gorner Glacier and the many 4000-metre peaks of the Valais mountain world are beyond compare.
The SAC hut achieves an energy self-sufficiency level of 64% combined with an unprecedented level of comfort. Despite the difficult environmental conditions, this SAC building has toilets and even showers. The Monte Rosa Hut sets new standards in the field of comfort and amenities in the high mountains.


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On May 1, 2011, members of an elite Navy squad called SEAL Team 6 shot and killed terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden. Bin Laden was the founder of al-Qaeda, a militant Islamist group responsible for many attacks against military—and civilian—targets around the world, including the infamous September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.
The extraordinary bravery displayed by members of SEAL Team 6 is an outstanding example of the dedication to our nation shown by the many men and women on active duty in the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard.
Currently, U.S. forces gradually are being pulled out of both Iraq and Afghanistan. President Obama made a recent announcement that almost all troops would be pulled from Iraq by the end of December. This would meet the terms of a security pact the U.S. and Iraq signed in 2008. Currently, 11,000 troops are in Iraq helping the nation's leaders maintain security. That number is down from the 50,000 troops just three months earlier.
Plans are also in place for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan. By the end of 2012, there will be 33,000 fewer U.S. troops there. That is nearly a third less than the 101,000 who were there in June 2011.
Our armed forces are important in times of peace, too. Last year, the government of Haiti asked President Obama to send 1,000 troops to the island nation to help after a huge earthquake struck in January. U.S. troops quickly repaired Haiti's damaged airport so relief supplies could be flown in. They gave out food and medicine, and helped bring some calm to the hundreds of thousands of shocked, injured or homeless citizens.
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Hello! I decided to start programming. But I'm totally new to programming, so i need some information.
How should I start? I know there are languages of programming and I would like to learn the C++ programming language which seems to be "the most functional".
So again "how should I start?", maybe you can provide some useful links, tutorials with all the basics for a person without any programming expierence.


text: I have a 2003 Silverado 1500 4.8L 4WD. For the last year or so my "Service Brake System" light will come on randomly. Sometimes when I hit bumps, sometimes when I'm driving down a smooth highway. When it comes on, it will chime for a good five minutes. Its very annoying. This just recently just started annoying me when I had a new radio installed. I cut the chime box off my old harness. My go-to mechanic said that it was more than likely a short somewhere and would cost me too much in labor for him to track it down. Also my ABS light stays on. It has been on solid for 3 years or so. The ABS scanner throws up the same codes Right or Left (don't remember which one) wheel speed sensor signal missing. The WSSs have been replaced twice on both sides since the wheel bearings have been replaced twice and if I remember right they sensors are built into the bearings. Has this happened to anyone else that might know what it could be? Likely things to check, etc... Any help is appreciated!


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I am getting my mandalorian armour soon, i am 5'2", female and slim, i was wondering would my costume look terrible without a jet pack?
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I am getting my mandalorian armour soon, i am 5'2", female and slim, i was wondering would my costume look terrible without a jet pack?
Not at all. As mentioned on TDH before, there are a few costumers that prefer to go without a jet pack. Especially if they intend to stand for long periods of time. And some folks can't even afford the pack, or they're still putting it together.
One of the benefits is that you get to sit down.
If you get asked about it, just say you left it on board yer ship. :)
:lol thats always a good excuse
Like I've said in the past, Jaster wears no JP, however, I went the extra mile & got a JP for Jaster, it's just an addition. Now that I have it, I can either wear it or not. Doesn't matter -
I'm in the process of making another... Mandalore (sorta on the DL ;)) but this Mandalore will have no JP
Fine without it.
In fact, you could even try something new, like hanging your cape off the studs on BOTH shoulders, making it look draped low across. You could even have a small "bedroll" pack strapped to your back, a' la Dengar.
Maybe even a gun sling.
Be creative.:D
I would advise you to accept the challenge of scratch-building one! You might suprise yourself with the results! There are lots of people here that will help you with advice.
I volunteer.
Welcome Wannabe. . . The best reference to look into is Mirax!
She is close to your height and has a great Mandalorian reference site.
It is almost a biblical reference for me.
Check it out!
I gota go to dragon con with out a JP. I dont got the cash for one yet, and i think its cool to know Im not the only JPless mandalor there
Jango looked OK after he fought Obi...though a little tired. Oh Well.
I always thougt that not all the mandalorians wore Jet packs, but different troops wore different things. Some wore missle launchers, some wore battery packs for heavy guns, and so on. If you don't want a jet pack, maybe you could think of another nifty device to wear :D
I think a Mandalore without a Jet Pack is perfectly acceptable. That's the great thing about doing a custom. It can't be wrong. Your design is just that, yours.
The possibilities are endless.
The graphic novel: Jango Fett: Open Seasons shows several units of Mandalorians operating without JP's. So there is no reason why anyone HAS to have one. Mandalorians are trained to be flexible Supercommandos so it's likely under some circumstances a JP could prove more of a hinderance then an asset.
Like um every mando we have seen in a movie? Both die because of their jet packs...Quote:
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there are plenty of custom suited folks in my area that go without , and just use a cape .
I`ve seen plenty of people who have done mandalorians without jet packs.
Case in point...last years DCon...
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CEH - ChicagoCon/Info Sec ?
I have been an IT professional for the past 5 years now where my focus has been on Software development. I would however like to get into the field of Security. The idea is to complement my programming skills with hands on knowledge of the IT security sector. In doing my research I came across the EC-Council's CEH certification and got interested. I have read several comments that state that the certification is a good starting point to get my feet wet. I have also read that the material covered is outdated and that a lot of the exploits no longer work. I think the negative review was in reference to v4 which has since been through 2 iterations.
So I am at a cross roads and would like some help to make an informed decision. I would like to do the course and am leaning towards a classroom/bootcamp setup.
The question I have is where should I do this course? I have narrowed it down to the InfoSec Institute and the ChicagoCon and have been in contact with the former. Their instructors seem to be the best with names like Jack Koziol, Dan Hestad, Bryce Galbraith, Andres Andreu, Trevor Hawthorn,and Nate Miller being bandied about. I have also been looking at the ChicagoCon and that seems to be very interesting.
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Our son, Chris, was a senior in college, ten weeks shy of graduation. He was on the Dean's List. His passion was baseball. Always there for his friends and family, Chris was generous and thoughtful.
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they really should go public with their relationship at this point .Because clearly, those two love each other and in my opinion are meant to be. You can't fight your Destiny. I am all in favor of Rihanna and Chris getting back together and own up to it , because i believe in real Love and tha's what they are. So : Riri and Chris, don't be scared of the public reaction ok. just declare your love for each other cause life is too short for you to waist precious times and deny what you really feel inside . just be strong and face the world together , your true Fans, friends and family i believe will support you no matter what. Everybody deserves a second chance so do you. I am your biggest Fan my Riri and you have my support and my Blessing. Don't forget : You are each other's Destiny. I love you both !!
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The attraction for cb is that she's a hot megastar, and it feeds his ego to be treating her as though he owns her. Not till he's grown up could it ever work. Problems will resurface but she will stay with him. I think she wants to have his children and is prepared to wait it out, coz she can't find a replacement who gives her the same intensity.
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Chris Brown hurt Rihanna physically and mentally.! He doesn't deserve her or any women that he can hurt. I mean I do like his music and his looks but I pray for the women he is with and hope they don't go through anything like Rihanna did. I know I am just a bystander of their lifes but there were photos he said it was true she did as welll. So Ifans of his and hers know enough of how he hurt her. I Think Rihanna is so strong and beautiful . But I will never look at her as a role model ever again if she gets back together with him. I am NOT a hater so plz don't think that I am just telling my opinoin. I love both of their music but I like to see Rihanna happy and I don't think Chris Brown would do that.!
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Doing something w/out external direction gives one plenty of time to develope bad habits.
My Dad once said "Don't take driving lessons from a race car driver that crashes." Whether that fits or not, I'm not sure.
As an employer, not really, I don't employ anyone, I would rather have an interested blank slate than someoner w/ a little book learning who wants to know the why of every move. I had a helper this past Summer and he was good at helping and waited until the work was done to discuss what we did and what we saw. That was good and helpful.
Whether the Penn State Forum is worth the cost is up to the user. I sure hope you all send Barry 10% of the Penn State cost to support beesource.com so it will continue to be here for our education and entertainment.
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Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder is a sleep disorder in which you physically act out vivid, often unpleasant dreams with vocal sounds and sudden, often violent arm and leg movements during REM sleep — sometimes called dream-enacting behavior.
You normally don't move during REM sleep, a normal stage of sleep that occurs many times during the night. About 20 percent of your sleep is spent in REM sleep, the usual time for dreaming, which occurs primarily during the second half of the night.
The onset of REM sleep behavior disorder is often sudden, and episodes may occur occasionally or several times a night. The disorder can get worse with time.
REM sleep behavior disorder often may be associated with other neurological conditions, such as Lewy body dementia (also called dementia with Lewy bodies), Parkinson's disease or multiple system atrophy.
With REM sleep behavior disorder, instead of experiencing the normal temporary paralysis of your arms and legs (atonia) during REM sleep, you physically act out your dreams.
Symptoms of REM sleep behavior disorder may include:
Nerve pathways in the brain that prevent muscles from moving are active during normal REM or dreaming sleep, resulting in temporary paralysis of your body. In REM sleep behavior disorder, these pathways no longer work and you may physically act out your dreams.
Factors associated with the development of REM sleep behavior disorder include:
Recent evidence has suggested that there may also be several specific environmental or personal risk factors for REM sleep behavior disorder, including occupational pesticide exposure, farming, previous head injury or smoking.
Complications caused by REM sleep behavior disorder can include:
You may start out by seeing your primary care doctor. Your doctor may refer you to a sleep specialist.
Here's some information to help you get ready for your appointment.
To prepare for your appointment:
Some basic questions to ask include:
Don't hesitate to ask other questions that occur to you.
Your doctor is likely to ask you several questions, such as:
Your doctor may ask your sleeping partner whether he or she has ever seen you appear to act out your dreams while sleeping, such as punching, flailing your arms in the air, shouting or screaming. Your doctor may also ask your partner to fill out a questionnaire about your sleep behaviors.
To diagnose your condition, your doctor will review your medical history and your symptoms. Your evaluation may include tests such as:
To diagnose REM sleep movement behavior disorder, sleep medicine physicians typically use the symptom criteria in the International Classification of Sleep Disorders — Third Edition (ICSD-3).
For a diagnosis of REM sleep behavior disorder, criteria include the following:
Treatment for REM sleep behavior disorder may include physical safeguards and medications.
Your doctor may recommend that you make changes in your sleep environment to make it safer, including:
Examples of treatment options for REM sleep behavior disorder include:
Doctors continue to study several other medications that may treat REM sleep behavior disorder. Talk with your doctor to determine the most appropriate treatment option for you.
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., ranks No. 1 for neurology and neurosurgery in the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals rankings. Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Ariz., and Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., are ranked among the Best Hospitals for neurology and neurosurgery by U.S. News & World Report.
Mayo Clinic works with hundreds of insurance companies and is an in-network provider for millions of people. In most cases, Mayo Clinic doesn't require a physician referral. Some insurers require referrals or may have additional requirements for certain medical care. All appointments are prioritized on the basis of medical need.
At the Center for Sleep Medicine at Mayo Clinic, specialists in neurology, psychiatry and psychology and pulmonary medicine treat adults who have REM sleep behavior disorder and other sleep disorders.
For appointments or more information, call the Central Appointment Office at 800-446-2279 (toll-free) 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mountain Standard Time, Monday through Friday or complete an online appointment request form.
At the Sleep Medicine Center at Mayo Clinic, specialists in neurology, psychiatry and psychology and pulmonary medicine treat adults who have REM sleep behavior disorder and other sleep disorders.
For appointments or more information, call the Central Appointment Office at 904-953-0853 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern time, Monday through Friday or complete an online appointment request form.
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2013 World Figure Skating Championships
Men Free Skating
Detailed Classification
Judges Scores
Final Result
Disclaimer: The GOE values listed next to the elements are the ones, I'd award if I was a judge, to give you a general impression of how well it was executed. I try to describe each of the elements but there's not always time to be as detailed as I would like and those numbers can sometimes say a thousand words. So if you see positive GOE, it means an element was executed to a high standard (and yes, I am generally being very nitpicky ).
Any questions, comments, criticisms and discussion are very welcome.
1. Justus STRID /DEN/
Where Do I Fit In by Nicola Piovanni
3axel underrotated over a quarter, fall [-3]
steps towards 3lutz [-3] fall, was off-axis in the air
3flip [-1] over the toe
3salchow(weak landing)/2toe/2toe [-1]
flying sit var to pancake(slow) [-1]
circular step sequence a lot of fun and character but he stumbled at one point and his upper body movement is extremely stiff [-1]
3toe/2toe [0]
3toe [1] good height, solid landing
2flip(messy overrottation)/2toe [-2]
2axel [-3] heavy step out
camel/sit broken leg/change sit arms behind(travelled a lot)/up cross-foot [-2] - slow
up L to up butt out(poor extension) to up [-1] - slow, poorly extended positions
choroegraphic straight line step sequence [1]
Because he's so voidy and entertaining, he manages to take the attention away from the fact that his posture is poor (he skated with visibly rounded shoulders) and his back is very stiff. Fun but really awkward movements. Not a lot of character outside of step sequences, he could have played out the goofiness more throughout.
2. Maxim KOVTUN /RUS/
Casablanca (soundtrack) by Max Steiner
4toe(slightly over the toe)/2toe(went for triple but opened up) [-1]
4toe [0]
3lutz/3toe [0] not a lot of flow out
camel/sit var/up butt out/change camel/sit var/up catch(very fast rotation but off-centred) [0]
circular step sequence [0] could use more flow, don't see how it was supposed to relate to the music
3axel/2toe [1]
3axel [-1] slight step out
3lip off an outside edge, underrotated over a quarter, fall [-3]
2salchow [0]
scratch butterflies to flying upright leg to the side/up cross-foot(off-centred a lot) [-1]
choreographic straight line step sequence [0]
1axel weak [-1]
sit/change sit holding foot to forward tuck [-1] decent rotation speed but off-centered throughout
Hardly any connection to the music, generic choreography.
3. Viktor ROMANENKOV /EST/
Prince of Egypt (soundtrack) by Hans Zimmer
3axel [0] high but not a lot of speed out
3axel(good height but not much flow out)/2toe [0]
3toe [0]
scratch butterfly to flying camel/up holding foot/change sit var/up cross-foot [0] could use some more speed
circular step sequence [-1] lacked speed and flow
steps towards 3lutz [-3] heavily overrotated
3loop [0] could use some more flow out, entry quite long
sit cannonball to var to forward tuck [0]
footwork towards 3lutz [-3] messy fall
3salchow(over the toe)/2toe [-1]
2axel (over the toe, poor flow out) [-1]
camel to catch upward twist/up/change sit/up butt out [-1] poorly extended positions, not a lot of speed
choreographic sequence [-1] lacked speed, going through the motions
Poor posture, choppy basic skating. He really needs to work on his kneebend, he'd be generating much more speed and flow if his knees weren't so stiff. His movement was off-time and there was pretty much no relation between the music and his skating.
He generates good height on his jumps but struggled a little with the axis of rotation tonight.
He's a competent jumper but needs to work on the quality of the other aspects of his skating.
Levandi looking very stylish again in skinny pants, high black boots and a loose black top with white horizontal stripes. Really sharp geometric haircut as well.
4. Jorik HENDRICKX /BEL/
Violin Concerto by Max Bruch
3axel/2toe [1] high, solid landings
3axel [-1] turnout, entry a little tentative
steps towards 3lutz/3toe [1] high and solid
circular step sequence [1] good flow
scratch butterflies to flying camel to upward twist coe to donut [1] good rotation speed
three-turns into 3loop/2toe [0]
steps towards 2lutz [0] timing was late on take-off
3flip [0]
3salchow [1] quite good height and flow out
sit holding foot/jump to change sit/forward bend [1] good rotation speed
choreographic straight line step sequence [2] very good flow, quite expressive
into 2axel [-2] overrotated
camel to catch/sit var/up/change camel/sit broken leg(a little slow)/up(off-centred) [-1] decent speed at the start but lost it at the end
Quite elegant. Strong basic skating. Good speed and the program flowed over the ice beautifully. Good overall quality but the choroegraphy could have used some higlights and light and shade.
5. Viktor PFEIFER /AUT/
Breath by Audiomachine
Piano by Michael Orteta
Guardians at the Gate by Audiomachine
3lutz with arm above [2] dead straight in the air, soft and solid landing
3flip [1]
2lutz with arm above/3toe(cheated over a quarter, weak landing) [-1]
camel free leg raised/change camel coe to catch [1] quite good rotation speed, well centred
3loop [2] very solid, soft landing with good flow out
2axel [-1] landing a little weak
circular step sequence [1] good use of upper body, flowed quite well
3salchow/3toe(could use some more flow out) [0]
3salchow/2toe/2toe [1]
2axel [-1] landing a little weak
camel/sit var(very original position)/up leg to the side/change camel var/sit var/up holding foot [1] original, well extended positions, decent rotation speed
choreographic straight line sequence [1] hydroblade to some steps, good speed
flying sit holding foot to forward bend(slow) [-1]
Excellent posture and lines. A lot of attention to detail in the program, with him reacting to the music throughout with busy and sophisticated upper body movement. Decent kneebend, giving him quite good flow throughout.
Pfeifer has now left Priscilla Hill and is training with Irina Romanova who has been his choreographer for a while now. It's a little surprising because she's a former ice dancer (and a European bronze medallist) and the presentation aspect is already working very well for him. He needs a strong technical coach to sort out his jumps and teach him a quad or a triple axel.
6. Yakov GODOROZHA /UKR/
Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgski
3axel [-2] overrotated
3lutz/3toe [1] high
3axel [-3] heavily overrotated
3lip/2toe/2loop [0] solid but flip off an outside edge
scratch butterflies to flying camel(shaky landing) to catch upward twist to upward catch [0]
straight line step sequence [0]
3lutz [1] very solid landing
2axel [-2] overrotated
3loop [-3] underrotataed over a quarter, fall
3salchow [0]
sit leg behind to coe/change sit/jump to sit to forward tuck(slow) [0] good rotation speed at the start but slow at the end
choreographic circular step sequence [0]
camel to upward twist/sit/up cross-foot/change sit holding foot/up L [1] quite good flow and rotation speed
Really basic choreography. In the first part of the program he just skated from one end of the rink into another, planting jumps and it didn't get much better later on.
He did however seem to pay more attention to his posture and lines and showed a little more kneebend than in the past however. His basics are a little weak but he was trying his best.
7. Alexander MAJOROV /SWE/
Life Begins Again by Afro Celt Sound System
4toe fall [-3]
3lutz(landing a little bit shaky)/3toe(strong) [1] a lot of height on both jumps
three-turns into 3loop [0] good height but landing a little scratchy
flying camel/jump to sit/change camel to catch/up [0] could use some more speed
circular step sequence [0]
3lip/3toe [0] good height and decent landings but clearly off an outside edge
3axel [0]
3lip/2toe/2toe [-1] again, jumps executed quite well but no doubt flip was off an outside edge
camel/sit holding foot/up butt out/change camel/jump to sit/up [0]
3salchow [-1] over the toe, no speed out
2axel [1] high and solid
choroegraphic straight line step sequence [1] good speed and energy, long hydroblade at the end
flying sit var to forward bend [-1] quite slow
A lot of energy throughout. Great music choice for him. He's hardly the most balletic skater but this kind of upbeat, staccato music complemented his skating perfectly and he moved in time with it.
I don't understand why he repeats the flip when he's consistently getting edge calls on it. It's not worth it.
Fashion police note: It's the World Championships so he really could have styled his hair. He looked like he just got out of bed.
8. Ross MINER /USA/
Captain Blood by Erich Korngold
4salchow [-3] slightly off-axis, underrorated over a quarter and then overrotated on the landing with hand down
3axel [-3] underrotated over a quarter, fall
3axel/2toe [1] high and solid
flying sit pancake to forward bend side twist [1] good rotation speed
3lutz/3toe [1] both jumps very high
circular step sequence [0] flow not bad but his upper body movement was really weak and unextended, he was just going through the motions
3lutz/half-loop/3salchow [1] high and solid, good flow throughout
camel/sit forward bend/up holding foot/change camel/sit holding foot to coe [1] quite good positions and rotation speed
3loop [0]
3lip [-3] heavily overrotated with hand down, near fall, off an outside edge as well
choreographic straight line step sequence [0] going through the motions
spread eagle to 2axel [1]
to flying camel/sit/jump to sit var/up cannonball/up cross-foot(fast but off-centred) [0]
Quite good edges and speed throughout. But he really needs to work on his lines. All of his movements are unextended and look very messy.
He landed a solid 4salchow in the warm-up.
9. Peter LIEBERS /GER/
Resistance by Muse performed by Two Cellos
Hurt by Muse performed by Two Cellos
3flip [0] high and solid but off an outside edge
3axel/3toe [0] decent height but a telegraphed entry and had to fight for the landings a little bit
3lutz [0] good height but slightly over the toe, not a lot of flow out
circular step sequence [1] quite good flow
3axel [2] very high and solid
flying sit holding foot to var [1] good flow and rotation speed
3lutz/2toe/2toe [0]
3loop [0]
3salchow [0]
flying camel to upward catch/jump to sit leg behind/up var(a little off-centred) [-1] could use more speed, positions not extended very well
2axel/2toe [1] high and solid
choreographic straight line step sequence [1] good energy and flow
camel to donut/change camel/jump to sit var to forward bend/up [-1] a little slow
This was probably the most impassioned performance he has ever given. He's not naturally expressive and he skated with a focused facial expression, not carrying any emotions across - as usual - but he was really comitted to his choreography and all of his movements. Everything looked clean, neat and composed and he flowed over the ice well.
10. Tomas VERNER /CZE/
It Ain't Mean a Thing If It Has No Swing by Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong
La Vie En Rose
Sing, Sing, Sing
3toe [2] high and solid with room to spare (surely meant to be a quad)
3lip [-1] off a clear outside edge, ok otherwise
1axel [-1] a little wild in the air
circular step sequence [2] good speed and flow, nice upper body movement
flying upright cannonball to cross-foot [1] quite good rotation speed
some steps towards 2axel [1] high and solid (but surely meant to be a triple)
1loop [0]
2lip [-2] off a strong outside edge
3lip [0] strong but off an outside edge
1loop [0]
camel/sit/change sit/up cross-foot [1] good rotation speed
choreographic straight line step sequence [1] good speed and energy
sit to sideways twist/change sit holding foot coe to forward bend [2] very good rotation speed
A very well choreographed program that reflected the playful character of the music brilliantly. He didn't let the disaster on the jumps affect his performance. Light basic skating, a lot of freedom and character in his movement.
Lori with him in the Kiss & Cry ('Keep smiling' she told him). She seemed very supportive. I would have done a runner after this kind of performance. Well no, on a more serious note, despite the jumps not working at all, he did skate the program well and did Nichol's choreography justice.
11. Andrei ROGOZINE /CAN/
Inception (soundtrack) by Hans Zimmer
4toe [-1] landing a little tight, poor flow out
spread eagle to 3axel/3toe/2toe [1] high and solid
3salchow [1]
3lutz [-1] weak landing with half a turn out
flying sit holding foot to broken leg [1] quite good rotation speed
circular step sequence [1] fast footwork
spread eagle to 3axel/3toe(tight landing) [0]
3loop [1] solid
3flip [0] not much flow out
2axel into 2axel [1] high and solid
camel to upward twist/jump to sit forward bend [0]
choreographic sequence [1] a lot of speed and power
flying camel catch/change sit/up cross-foot(travelled a little) [0] quite good rotation speed
A lot of speed, power and attack throughout and an extremely impressive display of jumping ability. The kind of performance which gives you goose bumps. He was really in the zone and skated outside of the box.
Once you cool the emotions down, however, and break all down, there was also a number of things about that performance that weren't very good. His posture and lines are poor and he really doesn't know how to move. A lot of the time he was just skating with his arms hanging down, shoulders rounded, looking down. Get him a dance coach, please. His basic skating is not the strongest either.
12. Misha GE /UZB/
Charlie Chaplin selection
Charlie Chaplin remix
3axel [-3] cheated over a quarter, two-footed
3lip/2toe with arms above [1] high and solid but off an outside edge
3lutz/2toe/2loop [1] high, good flow throughout
3lutz [1] high and solid
3loop [1] solid, good flow out
camel to upside twist/jump to change camel to catch [1] quite good rotation speed
3lip [-1] ok but off an outside edge
3salchow/3toe [1] solid
2axel [1] high and solid
camel/up var/change up butt out/sit var [1] good positions and decent rotation speed
circular step sequence [1] very good character
flying sit holding foot/forward bend [0]
choroegraphic straight line step sequence [2] great attack and expression
A lot of character and expression throughout (although sVerner's playful program was much more detailed). The program flowed over the ice quite well. He is a real showman and you can imagine him having a successful pro career after he retires.
What was very unexpected was the quality of his jumps tonight. Triple axel aside, they were high and had really solid landings with good speed and flow out.
I don't understand why he is using music with lyrics (at the end, during his choreographic sequence) when it's the World Championships and Olympic spots are at stake as well. Why throw a point down the drain? It's also funny how two judges thought that the music didn't have lyrics. They must have turn their hearing aids up, clearly.
13. HANYU Yuzuru /JPN/
Notre Dame de Paris by Richard Cocciante
4toe [-1] high and covered a lot of distance but cheated slightly and landing a little tight as a result
4salchow [-3] cheated just over a quarter, turnout with foot down
3lip [-2] over the toe, off an outside edge
to flying camel to donut/sit var/up biellmann [1]
circular step sequence [1] good flow
3axel(high and solid)/3toe(slightly over the toe, not much flow out) [0]
3axel/2toe with arms above [2] very difficult axel entry off a counter
3loop [1] high and solid
3lutz/2toe/2toe [1]
spread eagle towards 3lutz [1]
choreographic step sequence [1] lovely ina bauer, some footwork
scratch butterflies to camel coe/up var/change sit/up cross-foot [0] could use a little more speed
flying sit holding foot/change sit forward bend [1] quite good positions, rotation speed not bad
as the program ends, he falls down on the ice and struggles to catch his breath, it's incredible he manages to perform all this technical content given his asthma
Smooth basic skating and a lot of speed but he did not present the program as well as he's capable of. He seemed a little tense and he could have extended his movements better and shown more attack.
14. Florent AMODIO /FRA/
Jumpin' Jack by Sebastien Damiani
Broken Sorrow by Nuttin' But Stringz arranged by Sebastien Damiani
To Build a Home by Cinematic Orchestra arranged by Sebastien Damani
3salchow [2] high and solid with good speed out but meant to be a quad surely
skated around the rink into another 4salchow [-3] underrorated slightly, fall
and skated around the rink again into 3axel [-1] weak landing
flying camel upward twist to catch [0] rotation speed not bad but positions not extended very well
circular step sequence [2] - good edges and flow, very busy upper body movement
3axel [-1] turnout, no combination
3lip [-1] high and solid but off a clear outside edge
3lutz [0] a little over the toe on the landing
3salchow/2toe(after a little hesitation) high and solid [1]
sit/jump to sit/change sit leg behind to forward bend [1] quite good positions and rotation speed although slowed down at the end
choreographic straight line step sequence [2] fast footwork, good energy and attack
camel/sit/up var/change camel/sit leg behind/up cross-foot to scratch(off-centred very slightly) [0]
Poor choreography. He just skated around the rink, planting jumps near the boards. Not a very sophisticated element layout. He reacted to the music during the step sequences but mostly skated through it otherwise. Not a lot of content in between the technical elements.
It's a real shame because Amodio has really lovely soft and smooth basic skating and great posture and lines. He has very good basics and deserves much better programs.
15. Javier FERNANDEZ /ESP/
Charlie Chaplin Medley
4toe [1] good height, landing a little scratchy but had good speed out
2salchow(a little messy in the air)/2toe [-1]
3axel very high, near perfect secure landing [2]
sit/jump to sit to cannonball [0]
circular step sequence [1]
4salchow [1] solid, soft landing
1lutz/2toe [-1]
spread eagle towards 3loop [0] a little over the toe on the landing
steps to 3flip/half-loop/3salchow [1] solid on both jumps, good flow throughout
scratch butterflies to camel/up cross-foot/change sit broken leg/up butt out [0] could use more speed
choreographic straight line sequence [-1] stumbled at one point, a little tense
3salchow [1]
camel coe/up var/change sit leg behind to cross-foot [1] decent rotation speed
He did react to the changes in the music appropriately but the program could have used some more character and played out the Chaplin playfulness more. I wish he would push a bit more on all of his movements, extended and sold them a little better. His basics aren't bad but he's not yet at the level of some of the other top skaters.
He should work with a sport psychologist on maintaining his focus throughout. It was very frustrating to see him land a quad without any problems only to pop the next jump.
16. SONG Nan /CHN/
Symphony No. 4 by Peter I. Tchaikovski
Romeo and Juliet Overture by Peter I. Tchaikovski
3toe [1] high and solid (meant to be a quad surely)
3axel(high and secure landing)/2toe [1]
3axel [1] very good height
circular step sequence [1] flow not bad, quite expressive
flying camel to upward twist/sit var/change up butt out [0]
3lutz/3toe [0] landings not perfect but clean
3lip [-1] high and solid but off a clear outside edge
steps to 3loop [-1] weak landing
flying sit/change sit broken leg to forward bend [1] quite good positions and rotation speed
2axel [-1] over the toe, no flow out
choreographic circular step sequence [1] fast footwork
2salchow/2toe [0]
camel/change sit holding foot/up cross-foot [0]
he was out of breath and almost fell down at the end (must have been out of steam on the salchow)
There was quite a lot of upper body movement throughout, the problem is, he was just going through the motions and wasn't comitted to his choreography at all. There was no expression, no emotion carried across. I don't think this was the best music choice for him, as he is neither balletic or emotive.
17. Max AARON /USA/
Westside Story by Leonard Bernstein
4salchow(two-footed)/2toe [-2]
2salchow [0]
flying camel/jump to sit holding foot/up cross-foot [1] quite good rotation speed
circular step sequence [-1] busy upper body movement but weak and scratchy edges, lack of flow
camel/up var/change up butt out/sit forward bend [1] quite good rotation speed
3axel/2toe [1] very good height and distance on the axel but toe a little rushed (probably because of being close to the board)
3lutz [1] high
3axel [1] high and solid
skated into the boards
flying sit/jump to sit/change sit broken leg [0] a little slow
3flip/half-loop/3salchow [2] both jumps high with secure landings, good flow throughout
3flip [0] high and solid but off a slight outside edge
choreographic straight line step sequence [0]
3loop [1] high and secure with good flow out (right at the end of the program as well)
An extremely impressive display of jumping ability. Really high jumps, most of which had very secure landings as well. The presentation, however, left a lot to be desired. He was hunched and his movements were messy and unextended. His movement lacked style and character.
18. MURA Takahito /JPN/
4toe [-3] slightly underrotated, overrotated on the landing
3lutz/3toe [1] high and solid, could have used a little more speed out though
3axel [2] very high with room to spare, secure landing
camel coe/change camel upward twist [1] very good rotation speed and quite well extended positions but travelled after change of foot
3loop [1] high and secure but could have held the landing a bit longer
3axel/2toe [1] again, extremely impressive height and distance on the axel
circular step sequence [1] decent flow
3salchow/2toe [1]
camel catch/sit/change up butt out/up [0] could use more speed
3lutz [1] good height and distance
3lip [-2] ok but off a deep outside edge
flying sit holding foot to broken leg to forward tuck [0] could use more speed
straight line choreographic step sequence [1] good speed and energy
an akward unextended hungarian spiral to end the program
Good kneebend and speed. Quite soft basic skating. He did seem to mostly skate in time to the music but he showed no emotions, no expression and the program lacked light and shade and interesting movements. He has good basics but needs style and character in his routines and a good performance skills coach.
19. TAKAHASHI Daisuke /JPN/
Pagliacca from "I Pagliacci" by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Intermezzo from "I Pagliacci" by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Prelude from "I Pagliacci" by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Si Puo Signore Signori from "I Pagliacci" by Ruggero Leoncavallo
4toe [-3] cheated over a quarter, two-footed
3toe [1]
3axel [1] solid
flying sit holding foot/change camel to catch/up cross-foot [1]
circular step sequence [2] fast footwork, good flow, very good upper body movement
sideways to layback to coe [0] quite good rotation speed but travelled a little at the end
3axel [-3] underrotated over a quarter, fall
3loop [-1] hand down
transitions towards 3salchow [1] solid
3lutz/2toe/2loop [1] good height and solid landings on all the jumps, good flow throughout
3flip [1] solid
choroegraphic straight line step sequence [2] very good speed and flow
camel to upward twist/jump to change sit to upward bend/up cross-foot(fast but a little bit off-centred) [0] could use some more speed
Good flow throughout, very deep kneebend. He moves beautifully and the program featured some nice connecting elements throughout. Presentation-wise he is in a different league to everybody else. Nobody moves with such ease and flow and reflects the music using their whole body in the same way (Chan edges him out on the SS though).
His spins are a little weak for a skater of this standard.
20. Michal BREZINA /CZE/
The Untouchables (soundtrack) by Ennio Morricone (new arrangement)
4salchow [-3] fall
3axel [2] very high and solid
around the rink into 4salchow [-3] underrorated slightly, two-footed, fall, same entry as the first one
flying sit holding foot coe to forward bend [1]
circular step sequence [1] good flow
2axel/2toe [1] high and solid but meant to be a triple
3flip [2] very high and solid
3loop [1] high, secure landing with good speed out
3lutz [1]
3axel [-3] underrotated over a quarter, step out with hands down, near fall
camel/jump to sit to var/up raised leg/change camel/sit/up var [1] decent rotation speed
choreographic straight line step sequence [1] good speed, busy footwork
sit/jump to sit broken leg(position poorly extended, very slow) [-2]
Decent basics but quite generic choreography.
I'm not really surprised that Camerlengo isn't sitting him him in the Kiss & Cry. My guess is that Brezina's team has taken most of the original choreography out.
21. Patrick CHAN /CAN/
La Boheme by Giacomo Puccini
4toe/3toe [2] solid, a lot of speed out
4toe [3] perfect landing, a lot of speed out
3lutz [-3] fall, very short entry, hardly any preparation
circular step sequence [2] very strong edges, good speed and flow
camel/change camel to upward twist coe [0] could use a little more speed, the variation wasn't extended well
3axel [-3] underrotated over a quarter, fall (timing late just like in the short, didn't get enough height)
3loop [1] solid, good flow out
3flip(landing not very strong)/half-loop/3salchow(step out with hand down) [-3]
flying sit side twist to broken leg [1] good rotation speed
2lutz/2toe [0]
choreographic straight line step sequence [1] great edges and flow but he wasn't fully comitting to it
2axel [0] landing a little weak
camel/jump to sit/up cannonball to sideways/jump to change upright cross-foot(off-centered) [0] good rotation speed
Incredible speed and basic skating. Choroegraphy was a little flat however or maybe it's just because of the quality of this performance. He was tense and wasn't fully comimtted to presenting his program, a lot of it looked like he was going through the motions.
This was extremely surreal. Both of the opening quads were near perfect and he seemed to be really in the zone. But then the focus suddenly went off.
22. Brian JOUBERT /FRA/
Gladiator (soundtrack) by Hans Zimmer
4toe [1] good height
3salchow [1] high and solid with room to spare
3axel [-2] cheated over a quarter, weak landing
sit/jump to sit/change sit side twist/forward tuck [0] could use a little more speed, positions not extended very well
4toe(cheater over a quarter, not a lot of flow out)/1toe [-2]
3lip/2toe [-1] high and secure but off a clear outside edge
circular step sequence [1] quite good speed
camel/sit pancake coe/jump to sit/up var [1] good rotation speed
3lutz [1] very high, flow out could have been a little better though
3salchow/2toe [1]
3lip [0] high, secure landing but off an outside edge (no value because he has already repeated the 4toe and the 3salchow)
flying sit var/up L to bent knee [1] quite good rotation speed
choreographic straight line step sequence [1] quite fast footwork
Very strong basic skating, deep, smooth, clean edges. Impressive height on his jumps. Quite good energy throughout. Not much else to praise about this program, however. It was a generic 90s warhorse program where hardly anything happened in between the jumps.
And his technical content isn't up to scratch with what his rivals are performing today. He lacked a three jump combination and only had one triple axel. He didn't have a triple-triple combination either. The program was quite frontloaded as well two of his jumps got the bonus. Even if he skates well, it's just not possible for him to earn a lot of points. Here he also got Zayaked.
Fashion police note: Another tacky see through costume with one sleeve made of illusion fabric not matching his skin tone at all.
23. Denis TEN /KAZ/
Happy Ending (from "The Artist" soundtrack) by Ludovic Bource
George Valentin (from "The Artist" soundtrack) by Ludovic Bource
Happy Ending (from "The Artist" soundtrack) by Ludovic Bource
My Suicide (from "The Artist" soundtrack) by Ludovic Bource
Peppy and George (from "The Artist" soundtrack) by Ludovic Bource
4toe [2] very solid, good speed out
3axel/3toe [1] strong landings
3axel [2] with room to spare, very secure landing
circular step sequence [2] light over the ice, quite fast footwork, good expression
camel upward twist coe/jump to camel donut [1] very well extended positions, decent rotation speed
3lutz/2toe/2toe [1]
2flip/2toe [0]
turns into 3salchow [1] secure landing with good flow out, short entry
3loop [0] a little over the toe
flying sit (camel position in the air) side twist to forward tuck [0] good speed to start with but a little slow at the end
2axel [1] very high
choreographic straight line step sequence
camel/jump to sit/change sit var/up var/up [1] good rotation speed
totally overcome with emotion at the end, in tears as he comes off the ice
Quite light over the ice. Good flow throughout but the choreography was generic and the program featured a lot of cross-overs. He didn't extend his movements very well either. They could have brought out the playful character of the music more.
As far as the scoring controversy goes, mistakes on the jumps aside, Chan was tense and did not present him program very well. On the other hand, Ten's program was nowhere near as complex as Chan's (as far as contruction, layout, transitions, etc. go). I wanted to see Ten win but I also understand that Chan has some exceptional qualities and he did land what was probably the best quad ever executed (and two quads in total).
In the end, it was very close between them and Ten did win the FS so I don't really see the reason to complain about the scoring in this part of the event. Having said that, I did believe that Chan was overscored in the short program. Had his SP scores been a little lower, he would have lost the gold.
However if you really wanted to nitpick at the scores, you'd probably have to end up marking Ten down on some of the PCS as well (TR and CH definitely). So who knows. It's not as clear cut and obvious as Ten being better just because he didn't fall.
Ten already looked really panicked in the warm-up and had a fall on a quad so this kind of performance was the last thing anybody could have expected!
24. Kevin REYNOLDS /CAN/
Concerto No. 4 in E minor for Piano and Orchestra by Andre Mathieu
4salchow [-3] cheated slightly, two-footed, turnout
4toe(cheated over a quarter)/3toe [0] strong landings, underrotation aside
3axel(cheated over a quarter, two-footed)/3toe [-3]
circular step sequence [1] quite good flow
camel upward twist coe/jump to change camel to catch [1] good flow throughout
4toe(cheated over a quarter, hand down, not a lot of flow out) [-3]
2axel [1]
3lip/2toe/2loop [0] good flow throughout, all landings solid but flip off a slight outside edge
3lutz [-1] slightly cheated
3salchow [0] not a lot of flow out (possibly cheated as well)
choreographic straight line step sequence [1] good energy, quite fast footwork
camel/up var to var/change sit leg behind to cross-foot [1] decent rotation speed
flying sit var/change camel(slow, travelled a little bit)/up cross-foot(fast) [0]
A decently choroegraphed program. He was really committed to presenting it throughout. His shoulders were slightly rounded, however, and his pack a little stiff. Quite soft arm movements, though, and a lot of them throughout. He's clearly worked on those.
His basic skating is not yet at the level of most of the other top skaters. He needs more speed and power.


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The role of the White House press secretary is to disseminate information to the media, and that should be an especially important function when the president and his administration are plagued by several scandals.
However, Jay Carney has only held six press conferences in the past three weeks, far fewer than usual. In addition, the press secretary only held two brief "gaggles" during presidential trips to New Jersey and New York. Could this be happening because the people in the usually compliant media are actually asking tough questions and demanding clear answers?