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Protecting trade name and design ideas
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Posted 22 May 2013 - 08:55 AM
As for your branding materials, in the US everything you create is automatically protected by the Copyright Law. This doesn't mean people won't try, but you have the right to make them stop. Although, in my career I've seen a few cases where I thought someone was copying me. It wasn't worth the time or expense to fight them, because it was so lame. Again, if a person doesn't have their own ideas, you don't need to worry about them. In one case I thought someone was trying to copy the look/layout of my website, so I just redesigned my website.
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Posted 22 May 2013 - 10:00 AM
And really ... any working artist worth their salt doesn't rely on one gimmick to get sales ... make it so it's hard for others to copy you by being prolific in your work ... while they spend their time trying to deconstruct dozens of ideas ... you can still be evolving to the next work making them play catch up only to fall behind and to the side.
Posted 22 May 2013 - 10:25 AM
Posted 22 May 2013 - 10:43 AM
I would not worries about it.
Posted 22 May 2013 - 01:58 PM
Do you want to be known as producing more of a "commodity" or as an artist producing fine art pieces? If you want to position yourself on the lower pricepoints.... a business name is fine. If you want to be at the higher points.... use your own name.
John Baymore
Adjunct Professor of Ceramics; New Hampshire Insitute of Art
Former Guest Professor, Wuxi Institute of Arts and Science, Yixing, China
Former President and Past President; Potters Council
Posted 22 May 2013 - 03:19 PM
I'd love to see one.
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Posted 22 May 2013 - 03:25 PM
Can anyone post an image of a truly original ... therefore copyright-able ... functional pottery design?
I'd love to see one.
My understanding of this is that the visual appearance (it it truly differes from all others) of the piece may be Copyrighted... but the DESIGN of a functional piece .... must be Patented (a costly procedure)... and prove that it is a "new" thing not previsous "discovered" and already Patented.
John Baymore
Adjunct Professor of Ceramics; New Hampshire Insitute of Art
Former Guest Professor, Wuxi Institute of Arts and Science, Yixing, China
Former President and Past President; Potters Council
Posted 22 May 2013 - 11:18 PM
Copyright. There is copyright upon creation, so creative people have copyright without doing anything in particular except creating their own work. But to sue in federal court, the work must be registered. $65 per registration for the visual arts (U.S. copyright office), and pretty much irrefutable proof that the work was created before the registration date. This mostly protects against 1 to 1 copying of the original work, so, it's not very strong, and particluary not strong if there isn't much creative expression in the work.
Trademark. To protect the good will developing around a brand, however, register with the Trademark office. These go through some scrutiny, but trademarks last forever so long as they are used. Trademark law protects the name or mark (or a confusingly similar name or mark) from being used by competitors. Like, for example, 'fruit bat pottery' and 'vampire bat pottery.'
Design Patents. Finally, for decorative design that is both original, and valuable enough to go through the trouble, there is the design patent with the Patent Office. Patents have a well deserved reputation for being difficult to get. However, there should be functional pots that would qualify for this, so don't dismiss this as impossible. The Captain Picard tea set comes to my mind as the kind of thing a design patent will protect. And a design patent holds out the possibility that it would prevent a greater variety of copying of the ideas in work than copyright protection.
I am not giving legal advice people - don't ask me for any. go get your own attorney.
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Posted 22 May 2013 - 11:32 PM
This is why I have to have a business liability insurance policy .
To many people these days do the above and if you have things you want to keep its what you must do.
As far as coping my pottery for the past 40 years I could care less as its plain hard work with clay -glazes and firing to pull off anything close to a copy.
It isnt rocket science its a whole lot more work.Thats why after all this time its still a learning curve.
Posted 22 May 2013 - 11:50 PM
(go get your own attorney. )
This is why I have to have a business liability insurance policy .
To many people these days do the above and if you have things you want to keep its what you must do.
As far as coping my pottery for the past 40 years I could care less as its plain hard work with clay -glazes and firing to pull off anything close to a copy.
It isnt rocket science its a whole lot more work.Thats why after all this time its still a learning curve.
I forgot to mention that there is also trade secret law which can provide some limited protection from corporate espionage - like stealing glaze recipes and formulas for clay bodies. Heh, but that's for people that have those kinds of secrets to keep, and I am not one of them.
Posted 23 May 2013 - 10:11 AM
Can anyone post an image of a truly original ... therefore copyright-able ... functional pottery design?
I'd love to see one.
It's all about the design of the piece not the functionality ... A while back I made a series of robot tiki mugs that I made molds of and subsequently a nice line of cabana ware that did great when I was still in florida. that design and sculpting work was what copyright protected. I'm currently working on another series of them, they to will be protected, documented and over all be copyrighted. Just like any other creative work that someone will do (drawing, painting, illustration, logos, poetry, etc etc etc etc ETC) ... all protected. With pottery it's harder since how many people throw the same darn thrown bowls, cups and mugs? That is literally the same issue that other designers have that do anything functional (clothing, jewelry, furniture, etc.) they depend on design and branding, and even then they can't stop knock offs only constantly change and innovate their designs. In our line we aren't inventing anything new so patents are out ... and if someone does create something new it won't be a potter, but a ceramic chemist who does something crazy like make an argon kiln to fire pure carbon into crystalline ceramic polymers that can be made wafer thin but be strong enough to be withstand a sledge hammer strike. which really only leaves us copyright and original creative ideas.
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Posted 23 May 2013 - 10:47 AM
You have a good question here, which requires more than a one sentence answer. As an artist, your name is your brand. If you have been doing it for a while, people will know your work, your glazes, your forms.It is legitimate to continually search for that elusive form or colour. Instructional videos are just that-instructional. You will take what you need from the video, make it, change it and it becomes yours. As an art teacher, I have seen a lot of bad copies of my work, including drawings paintings and pottery. Sometimes I do a double take, thinking, why didn't I smash that bad pot-then you realize -heh ,heh, it's a student piece. I usually don't say anything to the person and the work goes away.There will always be bad knock-offs, and I don't think you can avoid it by registering a bowl form or other shape. Most of these ceramic forms are classic.
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I vote yes but everyone is high on Matt Ryan but Eli continues to do it without his best wr and a rookie.
Too early in the season to tell
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It seems to me Matt Ryan gets hyped up every frickin year until he reaches the postseason lol. Matty Ice, my a*******.
Right now I think Ryan is the front runner. I do think it should be Eli though.
Ryan is very good but doesnt compare to Eli honestly, Eli has lost almost everyone nicks for three weeks, Barden just after he was showing signs of improvement and a mostly crappy offensive line, give that to ryan and he might get 200 yards a game

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Lionel Adds Eagle Scout® Boxcar to its BSA® O-Gauge Train Set Collection
Eagle Scout® boxcars are now available through Lionel dealers. Each boxcar is being sold separately to compliment other pieces in the Boy Scouts of America® O-Gauge Train Set. The Eagle Scout rank is the highest rank attainable in Scouting. More than 2 million young men have earned the elite Eagle Scout title since 1912. The Boy Scout phrase "Once an Eagle, Always an Eagle" lines the sides of the boxcar. To find an Authorized Lionel Dealer in your area, visit lionel.com.
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"Every single part in each Henry rifle is made in America, and engineered with features that other gun makers often charge twice the price for. For that reason, our corporate motto is "Made in America and Priced Right", added Anthony Imperato, President /Owner of Henry Repeating Arms. The original Henry was known as the gun you could "Load On Sunday and Shoot All Week Long"."There is little innovation in our industry compared to others," said Imperato. "We still use the same kinds of mechanisms that existed 150 years ago because they work!"Henry Repeating Arms has been able to reach a new audience as a Boy Scouts of America licensee, introducing rifles to those who were either not familiar with the Henry brand or had little knowledge of the company or its long history. The consumer who buys a Henry rifle can be purchasing them for a variety of reasons: collecting, target shooting, varmint, small game and big game hunting, as well as cowboy action shooters.Currently, Henry Repeating Arms offers a limited BSA® Centennial Rifle (which will cease production December 31, 2011), an Eagle Scout® Rifle, and a Philmont® rifle."In 2012, we will introduce a lever action in caliber 45-70 and it is also the 150th anniversary of the original Henry rifle, and we will be doing something in honor of that milestone," explained Imperato. Henry Repeating Arms takes its name from Benjamin Tyler Henry, the inventor and gunsmith who patented the first reliable repeating rifle in 1860. The Henry .44 caliber lever-action repeating design was heavily used in the American Civil War to give a single soldier the power of a dozen of muzzle-loading muskets. The first Henry rifles were produced for army use in mid-1862 and manufacturing slowed significantly after the War. The last Henry-designed rifle is believed to have shipped in 1915.
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The Lotus Exige S Roadster is an exceedingly sweet looking performance car, going from 0-100 in just 8.5 seconds–comparable to a Porsche 911 GT3. So, it's easy to imagine how amazing you'd look as you slip into the car and take off, leaving mere mortals in the dust…or, how you'd come to a halt and smoothly exit the car in front of adoring fans.
Then, there's the reality, as in this video we recently unearthed.
If you didn't get a chance to attend the New York Auto Show, you have to take a look at this slideshow of 10 incredible cars. They range from an ordinary Ford Gran Torino transformed into a 3-D metal piece of art to the new Corvette, and from a 2015 Dodge Challenger with a 1971-throwback design to a Jaguar F Type sports car with 550 hp and 0-60 in just four seconds.
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AutoNews.com reports that one of the hottest collectible cars for 2015 is likely to be the 50 Year Limited Edition Mustang. That's because only 1,964 cars will be manufactured, in honor of the year (1964) that the car debuted. Because there are 3,200 Ford dealers, not every dealership will get even one of these beauties. The price has not yet been announced, although CarAndDriver.com has revealed info about the option pricing.
Meanwhile, AutoBlog.com highlights the classic Ferrari 250 GTO. Only 36 of these cars were ever built and it may be the most expensive vehicle ever sold (allegedly at $52 million in 2013). This particular car was raced multiple times by Phil Hill and won races at Daytona and Nassau, in large part because of its 300 hp, 3.0-liter V-12 engine.
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Back in 2013, we delivered predictions that self-driving cars would be a hot news topic–and now the story of the self-driving car is all over the Internet, thanks to a post by Google.
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- 5 Things to Know About Google's Self-Driving Cars by ABC News: Worried about safety? Google reports 700,000 accident-free highway miles in a car in "autonomous mode" with a driver sitting behind the wheel. ABC News compares that to about 120 round trips from San Francisco to Manhattan.
- Google Says Its Self-Driving Cars Can Tackle City Streets Now by the Wall Street Journal: About a year ago, Google began autonomous driving down city streets. To maintain safety, software was added to allow the cars to "understand" the presence of pedestrians and cyclists and to "read" when a crossing guard holds up a stop sign.
- Google says self-driving cars are mastering city streets by Fox News: Google hopes to deliver their autonomous driving technology to the public by 2017, although a senior analyst who specializes in self driving cars predicts a date of 2025.
- Google claims big progress in self-driving cars' street smarts by C-Net: "Google's self-driving cars see the world as a collection of wireframe objects –pink cars, red cyclists, yellow pedestrians. They erect virtual fences around each one and won't proceed until the obstacle has moved out of the way."
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Cmon man you are going to use a career highlight reel to support your claim that Osi is a good run defender? Keep supporting him till your heart is content but I think I made my case here lol.
You made your case by showing highlights of one game??? That's not much of a case. That video showed the whole defense getting burned.. Try harder next time.
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i know. BB is good at that
Yes he is. I know a lot of folks don't like Coach Bellichek but I will always like him and will never forget what he did for NY Giants.
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MADRAS, Ore. - A physical education teacher who is the girls basketball and soccer coach at Madras High School was arrested Wednesday night and faces 10 counts of sex abuse involving a 17-year-old Madras girl, authorities said Thursday.
Michael Ray Osborne, 44, of Redmond, was arrested at his home around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, said Madras Assistant Chief Tanner Stanfill.
Osborne was lodged at the Jefferson County Jail late Wednesday on $37,500 bail, after his arrest on five counts each of second- and third-degree sex abuse.
However, Jefferson County DA Steve Leriche said that based on information in an affidavit regarding probable cause, his office filed informal initial charges -- called an "information" -- on 15 counts of second-degree sex abuse.
Osborne was released from jail late Thursday morning, pending a Dec. 17 court date, after posting the required 10 percent of his bail.
Stanfill said Madras police took a report Monday evening of possible sex abuse involving the teen and a teacher-coach at the high school.
Working with the Jefferson County School District 509-J, Stanfill said they immediately began investigating the allegations.
Charging documents filed Thursday allege Osborne engaged in a consensual sexual relationship with the girl, who was 16 when it began in April.
An affidavit said Madras police began their investigation when a friend of the victim told an officer the teen had told her about having sex with Osborne. Osborne told police he cared for the girl and responded to a question by saying he loved her. He also admitted giving her $200 to buy a new phone but declined to answer more questions.
The school district allowed police to search the coaches' area at the high school. The affidavit said they found several notes in Osborne's desk between hm and the victim, saying "I love you" and using pet names they had for each other.
The victim's mother contacted police Wednesday afternoon and said her daughter told her they had sex several times. The victim admitted having sex with Osborne during a police interview Wednesday night and he was arrested shortly afterward.
Madras police continue working with the school district, Stanfill said, and "anyone with information about inappropriate contact by Mr. Osborne with students" was encouraged to call Madras police Detective Mel Brown at (541) 475-2424.
Leriche said the evidence will be heard by a grand jury to consider formal charges before Osborne's court appearance.
Online records from the Oregon School Activities Association show Osborne coaches varsity, junior varsity and freshman girls basketball and varsity and JV girls soccer.
Osborne has been a coach at the high school for three years, Jefferson County schools' Human Resources and Operations Director Darryl Smith told NewsChannel 21.
Previously, Osborne worked for the Bend-La Pine Schools from 2003-05; a spokeswoman said no complaints were in his personnel file from that period. He worked for Redmond schools from 2006-2009, a district spokeswoman said.
In a letter sent to parents, staff and others on Thursday, Superintendent Rick Molitor said Osborne has been placed on administrative leave during the investigation; Smith clarified that it is paid leave.
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"Once we were aware of the allegations, we took immediate action to ensure the safety of our students, and notified law enforcement. To support our students and staff, the district aggressively seeks facts to determine the validity of any allegations against staff members of our district. With that said, we have been and will continue to work aggressively with local law enforcement to determine next steps and move forward in this situation.
"Meantime, our district team is committed to keeping you informed when issues affect our schools and students. We also recognize our responsibility to protect the legal rights and privacy of our students and staff members when allegations are made and formal investigations are pending.
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Smith said the community was hard-hit by the news of charges against the well-known coach.
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Mobile Web App Security
Let's say you have a web application that you want your customers to be able access via their mobile device. More specifically from their smart phones.
What are some of the security considerations to keep in mind? I am especially interested in the communication from say the mobile device to the tower. What risks are present at this point?
Can you sniff 3G traffic and steal session data etc? I would imagine that this would be possible if the device connects to the web site using an open wi-fi connection yes? But what about 3G/EDGE etc. I know that intercepting voice on an edge network is possible with little effort.(Chris Paget @defcon).
What about data?
Isn't a mobile device just another end point and so the same risks that would be present in a pc environment would more or less also be present in the mobile environment(sniffing/MITM/Authentication/Input validation etc).


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BLACK FOREST, Colo. - The El Paso County Health Department wants to make sure people whose homes have been burned in the Black Forest fire are not in for more problems. Crews checked to make sure water wells in the burn zone are not damaged, and that the water is not contaminated Wednesday.
Water wells are like a straw that goes into an aquifer. People in Black Forest use them to have drinking water. The flames and high heat of the black forest fire damaged or destroyed many of them.
"So then we have an open straw right into the aquifer, and we are worried about possible contamination," said Tom Gonzales, the director of environmental health for the El Paso Health Department.
If your well was damaged, there is something you need to do right away.
"If they see that the cap is broken, you can get a bag or something with a zip lock, and close that up temporarily," said Gonzales.
Do it before cleaning debris so you don't contaminate the well.
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Turner established his name as a painter of watercolours, retaining a lifelong commitment to the medium and giving it equal prominence to his work in oils. By the beginning of the nineteenth century, his technical mastery of watercolour outshone anything achieved by earlier artists. In the 1810s he began to lay out his planned watercolour images as blocks or bands of colour. The resulting studies are now known as 'colour beginnings'. Some are preparation for specific works, but in many others he was trying out different effects of light or atmosphere.
The initial ideas for many of Turner's paintings can be found in the sketchbooks he filled throughout his life. Generally he worked in pencil, gathering impressions as he travelled, adding watercolour when time permitted. The final settlement of Turner's will saw the contents of his studio given to the British nation. As well as oil sketches and unfinished canvases, nearly 300 sketchbooks and countless pieces of paper on which he had drawn or painted were also included.


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TALC Summer Institute helps education transfer students
(June 17, 2005)--The UTSA Academy for Teacher Excellence Teacher Academy Learning Communities (TALC) hosts its second annual summer institute July 11-22 at the UTSA 1604 Campus.
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NJ Room Stars as Backdrop Again for the TV show, "Who Do You Think You Are?"
JERSEY CITY, NJ July 23, 2012 – The British, and original, version of the popular genealogy show, Who Do You Think You Are? staged a video shoot at the Main Library's New Jersey Room on Saturday, June 16, with an actress who just might be familiar with U.S. audiences: Samantha Womack.
Before you think, 'Samantha who?' think, EastEnders, a popular British drama shown on local PBS stations in the New York metropolitan area.
People come to the New Jersey Room, the special collection department at the Jersey City Free Public Library, when researching personal, and home, histories. Genealogy searches are done from phone calls throughout the world, as families who have settled here, have then moved on.
Originally from Brighton, England, Samantha Womack's great-grandmother Jessie has ties to the United States, as it was revealed in the 1910 U.S. Census that she brought Samantha's grandmother, Beatrice, to the United States at age 11. Beatrice had been placed in a local convent's orphanage when Jessie left for the United States to perform in P.T. Barnum's circus. Ship manifests indicated that Beatrice sailed alone on the Adriatic from Southhampton on September 6, 1907.
"Girls at 11 are complicated. They want to know who they are. How uncomfortable she would have felt with a mother she'd never know, and with two siblings. What a complicated spot. If it were me, I'd be furious. I'd be awkward in my skin," said British actress Samantha Womack, as she perused the 1910 U.S. Census document online.
Samantha knew her father's side, and that she came from a theatrical family. Through the BBC television program, Who Do You Think You Are? Samantha was exploring her maternal roots.
Originally, she thought her grandmother Beatrice was born in 1897, making her 11, but the U.S. Census confirmed her birth year as 1894, which would have made Beatrice 13. "What would it be like to cross that journey to America? Seven to 10 days of not being able to get off…? That would've been a journey and a half."
Samantha Womack's great-grandmother Jessie, whose last name was first seen as 'Tinkle' (which elicited quite a chuckle from Samantha) but then was written as 'Finkle', was listed in the 1910 U.S. Census as "Mrs. Finkle (Jessie), daughter Annie Gertrude; Harry, 3; Beatrice and Helen (cousin)."
Cynthia Harris, manager of the New Jersey Room, had done research on Samantha's great-grandmother prior to the video shoot. In an August 15, 1897 article in the Theater section of The New York Times, reference was made to her great-grandmother, by maiden name, "Miss Jessie Almer has been over to America before, as the clown in Barnum's Circus, and by right of larger experience, she was much respected by the other members of the group. They met at the pier, however, by a representative of the Academy of Music, who took care that none of them should stray away. Once he lost his count."
Samantha mused, "Surprised and happy to see family because I was angry at first, at my great-grandmother for leaving children behind to have a theatrical/circus career in the U.S."
This actress also was pleased to see how the theater was truly in her blood, now established stemming from both bloodlines. Samantha had spent a lot of time with her maternal grandmother, a dancer, on cruise ships, such as the QE2, at the tender age of three. She knew of the particular "noises, sounds, and sea" of a cruise ship, which is how Samantha could empathize with her paternal grandmother's journey to the United States so long ago.
The New Jersey Room, established from the Reference Department as a separate entity in 1964, is a collection of materials about New Jersey with an emphasis upon Jersey City and Hudson County. The collection includes both current and historical information and numbers about 20,000 volumes. While the New Jersey Room is the main resource of information on the history of Jersey City, many of its patrons come in search of information on local real estate, development, business information, and genealogy research.
For the latest on programs, events, and special announcements please follow the Library on Facebook or Twitter at Jersey City Free Public Library. Visit us on the web at www.jclibrary.org for all information on the Library, including all press releases in The Press Room. As of today, July 23, 2012, the Jersey City Free Public Library has 216,251 valid card members.


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Iceberg Status UpdateAs announced earlier in,
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ARSC is installing a large IBM p655+/p690+ cluster, "iceberg," with IBM's new Federation Switch technology for the server interconnect. The switch was successfully installed early this month, and is now under testing by ARSC staff.
A schedule for pioneer user access will be announced later.
A "Universal" High Performance Code?
[ Thanks to Jeff McAllister for this article and code. ]
Much is said about the benefits of one architecture over another. However, from the standpoint of writing code, extensive optimization for a specific machine is often not the best use of effort.
I hoped to find some concepts which could endure beyond a product lifecycle. I set out to write a simple, portable, distributed memory multiprocessor code free of specific architecture optimizations yet able to achieve near-peak performance. For inspiration I started with Guy Robinson's hard-to-beat "gflop" code from HPC Newsletter 213 .
What I ended up with is an MPI midpoint-rule integral solver. Code is included below. The function this version integrates is y=.5x+1 from 0 to 2000. The result should be very close to 1002000, regardless of the number of processors used. (Integrals make nice performance tests because they can generate a lot of work, each step can be done independently, and results are easily predictable.)
As I was looking for operations/second, I manually counted 12 adds/multiplies per loop, including incrementing the counter. Compiler optimizations like unrolling will affect the actual instruction count so the compute rates it generates should be considered estimates. However, the results are usually similar to actual CPU counter results reported by the various vendor tools, see:
Cray X1 "pat_hwpc", below; IBM's "hpmcount", HPC newsletter 251 ; Cray PVP "hpm", HPC newsletter 207 ; Cray MPP "pat", T3E newsletter 172 .
Timing, always a sticky issue, is handled with MPI_Wtime. This might not always provide the best granularity possible, but it's portable.
As you can see, the attempt at universal performance had mixed results:
1 CPU MFLOPS ----------------------------------- system CPU achieved peak %of peak achieved ====== ============= ======== ===== ================== iceflyer 1.7 GHz Power4 6066 6800 89 klondike X1 MSP 8248 12800 64 klondike X1 SSP 2255 3200 70 chilkoot 500 MHz SV1ex 1513 2000 76 yukon 450 MHz DEC 678 900 75 ambler 300 MHz R12k 493 600 82 quest 333 MHz Pent II 144 333 43
Consistent high performance is elusive. The code is quite portable and should run wherever Fortran 90 and MPI are available. IO and memory access are not bottlenecks in this code. On vector machines this code vectorizes perfectly. On cache machines it has about as much locality as you can get. The number of memory locations necessary is so low the variables should remain in CPU registers without ever needing to access even L1 cache. Even so, peak is still far away for some platforms.
Compiler options may help. On the Power4 machines, for example, this code runs almost twice as fast when compiled with -O4 as with -O3. The -O5 option is not best in this case. And on the T3E, performance improved from 207 to 678 MFLOPS with: "ftn -Oscalar3,aggress,bl,pipeline3,split2,unroll2 integral_mpi.f90". (My default on all the other platforms is -O3.) More time with the compiler options may lead to similar improvement, especially in the cases farthest from peak.
However, I'm not convinced it will be so easy. While originally developed for our Cray X1, this code's performance showed a definite spike when moved to the IBM systems. (For other codes, the reverse could just as easily be true.) Probably the main reason this program does so well on the Power4 chips has to do with a lucky match between the architecture and the algorithm. As this is a midpoint integral solver, the main kernel has a lot of multiplies and adds in succession:
do i=0,nsteps x1=(i*interval)+a1 x2=((i+1)*interval)+a1 xmid=(x1+x2)*.5 y=(xmid*.5)+1.0 sum1=sum1+(y*interval) end do
Multiply-add (FMA) just happens to be a single hardware operation on the Power4. When the compiler can represent code with this instruction, two operations occur in one cycle.
Clearly, some algorithms are a better fundamental match to some architectures than others. Guy Robinson's original "gflop" still gets closer to peak on the Cray vector systems, though this code performs better on the IBMs (and, presumably, on a wider variety of MPP and vector systems). As another argument in this code's favor, it could be more easily rewritten to match the special features of any platform, possibly by just changing the function it integrates.
The search for a universal strategy to demostrate and achieve high performance continues. Fortunately, just as there is a wide variety of codes, there is a wide variety of machines to run them.
Here is the program:
program integral implicit none include 'mpif.h' !----------------------------------------- ! declare variables !----------------------------------------- integer::nsteps,i,nparts,part,master,mype,ierr,totpes,ops_per_loop real(kind=8)::sum1,interval,x1,x2,xmid,y,a,b,area,a1,b1,fullsum real(kind=4)::sumbuf real(kind=4),allocatable,dimension(:)::psum integer,allocatable,dimension(:)::pstart,pend double precision::time,time1, time2,total_ops,total_loops !----------------------------------------- ! initialize MPI !----------------------------------------- master=0 call mpi_init(ierr) call mpi_comm_rank(mpi_comm_world, mype, ierr) call mpi_comm_size(mpi_comm_world, totpes, ierr) !----------------------------------------- ! partition the integration steps !----------------------------------------- nparts=totpes part=mype allocate(pstart(0:nparts-1),pend(0:nparts-1)) interval=.000001 a=0.0 b=2000.0 call partitiontable(int(b-a),nparts,pstart,pend) a1=pstart(part)+a-1 b1=pend(part)+a nsteps=((b1-a1)/interval) !----------------------------------------- ! KERNEL ! each proc calculates the integral ! from a1 to b1 -- only this is timed !----------------------------------------- sum1=0 ops_per_loop=12 time1=mpi_wtime() do i=0,nsteps x1=(i*interval)+a1 x2=((i+1)*interval)+a1 xmid=(x1+x2)*.5 !----------------------- ! function integrated !----------------------- y=(xmid*.5)+1.0 sum1=sum1+(y*interval) end do time2=mpi_wtime() !----------------------------------------- ! END KERNEL !----------------------------------------- !----------------------------------------- ! partial sums are gathered to master !----------------------------------------- if (mype==master) allocate(psum(totpes)) sumbuf=sum1 call mpi_gather(sumbuf,1,mpi_real,psum,1,mpi_real,master,mpi_comm_world,ierr) !----------------------------------------- ! master prints results !----------------------------------------- if (mype==master) then print ("(A16,x,F15.3)"),"result:",sum(psum) total_loops=(b-a)/interval total_ops=total_loops*ops_per_loop print ("(A16,x,F15.0)"),"total ops:",total_ops time=time2-time1 print ("(A16,x,F15.1)"),"elapsed time:",time print ("(A16,x,F15.1)"),"MFLOPS:",total_ops/time/1000000.0 end if call mpi_finalize(ierr) end program integral ! ---------------------------------------------- ! This is a generic subroutine to generate a ! partition table over the range 1:MAX. ! There are probably shorter ways to do this. ! ---------------------------------------------- SUBROUTINE partitiontable(MAX,totalPEs,Pstart,Pend) IMPLICIT NONE ! -------- SCALAR VARIABLES ------- INTEGER MAX INTEGER totalPEs INTEGER I INTEGER DIFF1,DIFF2 INTEGER LastOne REAL LOOP_INC REAL POS ! -------- DIMENSIONED VARIABLES----- INTEGER Pstart(0:totalPEs-1) INTEGER Pend(0:totalPEs-1) ! Set up the partition increments pos=0 loop_inc=real(MAX-1)/real(totalPEs) LastOne=totalPEs-1 ! Create the initial partition table DO I=0,LastOne pos=pos+1. Pstart(I)=pos pos=pos+loop_inc-1 Pend(I)=pos ENDDO ! Correct for imbalances caused by truncation of division ! for the increments by widening the first partition by one IF (totalpes.ge.2) THEN Pend(0)=Pend(0)+1 DO I=1,LastOne Pstart(i)=Pstart(i)+1 Pend(i)=Pend(i)+1 ENDdo ENDif if (Pend(LastOne).ne.MAX) Pend(LastOne)=MAX RETURN END SUBROUTINE partitiontable
Basic X1 Optimization Tools: pat_hwpc, loopmarks, cray_pat
Once your code is running correctly on the X1, you may want to assess its performance to determine if it needs to be speeded up.
The three basic X1 performance analysis tools are:
- pat_hwpc
- compiler loopmark listing
- cray_pat
This tool reports data from the X1 hardware performance counters. The data is collected over the entire run of the program, and thus can't point you to a specific subroutine or loop which might need attention. It has no effect on the performance of your code, and running it requires no recompilation or relinking. To use it, preface your execution command with "pat_hwpc," as follows:
% pat_hwpc ./a.outor for an MPI job:
% pat_hwpc mpirun -np 8 ./a.out
This tool works in most cases, is trivial to use, and provides invaluable data.
The following pat_hwpc output is from an actual user application (140k lines of source). It shows us that 98% of the operations are vector (this is good!), vector length is 44 (okay), computational intensity is 4.5 flops per load (good), and performance is 1.4 GFLOPS (okay). This is acceptable, but if the user were planning multiple long production runs we'd want to dig deeper for possible improvement.
Here's the pat_hwpc output:
Exit status 0 Host name & type klondike crayx1 400 MHz Operating system UNICOS/mp 2.3.13 12011516 Text page size 16 Mbytes Other page size 16 Mbytes Start time Fri Dec 19 14:46:09 2003 End time Fri Dec 19 14:54:28 2003 Elapsed time 499.016 seconds User time 425.327 seconds 85% System time 58.844 seconds 12% Logical pe: 0 Node: 16 PID: 2414 Process resource usage: User time 425.320431 seconds System time 58.765827 seconds P counter data CPU Seconds 462.657200 sec Cycles 1286.753M/sec 595325673264 cycles Instructions graduated 204.432M/sec 94582156093 instr Branches & Jumps 8.882M/sec 4109224077 instr Branches mispredicted 0.651M/sec 301007611 misses 7.325% Correctly predicted 8.231M/sec 3808216466 misses 92.675% Vector instructions 37.922M/sec 17544896116 instr 18.550% Scalar instructions 166.510M/sec 77037259977 instr 81.450% Vector ops 1680.548M/sec 777517473692 ops Vector FP adds 670.028M/sec 309993331718 ops Vector FP multiplies 679.187M/sec 314230840083 ops Vector FP divides etc 6.804M/sec 3147863184 ops Vector FP misc 11.129M/sec 5148866098 ops Vector FP ops 1367.148M/sec 632520901083 ops 98.244% Scalar FP ops 24.432M/sec 11303869190 ops 1.756% Total FP ops 1391.581M/sec 643824770273 ops FP ops per load 4.532 flops/load Scalar integer ops 26.255M/sec 12146964198 ops Scalar memory refs 29.890M/sec 13828976669 refs 9.735% Vector TLB misses 0.000M/sec 2645 misses Scalar TLB misses 0.000M/sec 356 misses Instr TLB misses 0.000M/sec 627 misses Total TLB misses 0.000M/sec 3628 misses Dcache references 25.188M/sec 11653277955 refs 84.267% Dcache bypass refs 4.703M/sec 2175698714 refs 15.733% Dcache misses 6.320M/sec 2923896184 misses Vector integer adds 4.292M/sec 1985815905 ops Vector logical ops 8.002M/sec 3702187534 ops Vector shifts 5.657M/sec 2617061278 ops Vector int ops 17.951M/sec 8305064717 ops Vector loads 233.222M/sec 107901643404 refs Vector stores 43.923M/sec 20321299783 refs Vector memory refs 277.145M/sec 128222943187 refs 90.265% Scalar memory refs 29.890M/sec 13828976669 refs 9.735% Total memory refs 307.035M/sec 142051919856 refs Average vector length 44.316 A-reg Instr 60.553M/sec 28015211191 instr Scalar FP Instr 24.432M/sec 11303869190 instr Syncs Instr 4.864M/sec 2250427345 instr Stall VLSU 665.889secs 266355799373 clks Stall VU 1037.923secs 415169288518 clks Vector Load Alloc 205.741M/sec 95187337274 refs Vector Load Index 1.947M/sec 900922851 refs Vector Load Stride 25.407M/sec 11754815962 refs Vector Store Alloc 43.853M/sec 20289135770 refs Vector Store Stride 1.356M/sec 627230085 refs
Compiler Loopmark Listing
For Fortran codes, add "-rm" to your list of "ftn" options. E.g.:
% ftn -O3 -rm -c mySubroutine.fftn will compile the source and create a listing file (giving it the ".lst" suffix), like this:
The .lst file shows the source code and optimizations. A legend at the top of the file explains the various symbols.
Here's an example of what you want to see: the loops where all the work is happening are marked with "MV", meaning the compiler successfully vectorized and streamed them.
%%% L o o p m a r k L e g e n d %%% Primary Loop Type Modifiers ------- ---- ---- --------- A - Pattern matched b - blocked C - Collapsed f - fused D - Deleted i - interchanged E - Cloned m - streamed but not partitioned I - Inlined p - conditional, partial and/or computed M - Multistreamed r - unrolled P - Parallel/Tasked s - shortloop V - Vectorized t - array syntax temp used W - Unwound w - unwound 588. 1-----< do ispin = 1,1 589. 1 MV--< do n=1,nplwv 590. 1 MV rvxc(n,ispin) = rvxc(n,ispin) + real(cexf(n,ispin)) 591. 1 MV--> enddo 592. 1-----> enddo 593. 594. 595. 1-----< do ispin=1,1 596. 1 MV--< do n=1,nplwv 597. 1 MV xcenc = xcenc + (xcend(n,ispin)-rvxc(n,ispin)) 598. 1 MV $ *density(n,ispin) 599. 1 MV ecorec = ecorec +rvxc(n,ispin)*dencore(n)/float(1) 600. 1 MV--> enddo 601. 1-----> enddo
At the end of the ".lst" file you'll find messages explaining why each loop was or wasn't vectorized or streamed (for instance, there was a dependency on variable "X", a non-vectorizable function call, etc..). Loopmark listing is now available for C programs, too.
Loopmark listing (above) is only really useful if you know where the code spends its time. (A loop which accounts for %0.1 of the time can be ignored, even if it doesn't vectorize.)
Profiling your code helps focus your optimization efforts. Cray_pat is like Unix prof or gprof, and will show the percentage of time spent in each subroutine or function (or loop, if needed).
Here's how to get a basic profile. First, compile your code as usual, with all desired optimizations. Then:
Step 1:
"Instrument" the executable file for profiling.
The exact object files used when the file was linked must be available in their original locations because "instrumenting" the code automatically relinks it as well. The "pat_build" tool performs the task. In this example, a.out is a pre-existing executable file, and a.out.inst will be generated:% pat_build a.out a.out.inst Step 2:
Run the instrumented binary exactly as you'd run the original. This will produce an experiment file (with the suffix, .xf), containing output statistics for the run.
% ./a.out.instStep 3:
Generate a human-readable report from the .xf file using a second tool, "pat_report." E.g.:
% pat_report -i a.out.inst -o a.out.pat_report <.xf file>Step 4:
View the report:
% more a.out.pat_reportThe report will give you a table similar to this:
100.0% 100.0% 2386567 Total --------------------------------------- 39.8% 39.8% 950376 count_pair_position_ 17.1% 56.9% 406924 vdw_compute_insert_ 6.8% 63.7% 163462 compute_cb_environment_ 4.5% 68.2% 107056 evaluate_envpair_ 3.9% 72.1% 92691 __bcopy_prv 3.7% 75.8% 89230 vdw_compute_reset_ 3.7% 79.5% 87765 setup_atom_type_ 2.7% 82.2% 64119 bcmp 2.6% 84.8% 62419 evaluate_ss_ 2.0% 86.8% 48213 _F90_FCD_ASG 1.8% 88.6% 42818 refold_coordinates_ 1.8% 90.4% 41899 _F90_FCD_CMP_EQ 1.4% 91.8% 33712 memcmp 0.9% 92.7% 21880 setup_allatom_list_ 0.8% 93.5% 18594 name_from_num_ 0.8% 94.3% 18371 res1_from_num_ 0.7% 95.0% 17858 __cis
Given this table, you know which loopmark listing file to examine first... (in this case, that which contains the subroutine "count_pair_position").
If you need help with any of these tools, contact ARSC consulting (firstname.lastname@example.com). Also see our "getting started" document for the X1:
Quick-Tip Q & A
A:[[ I'm finally appreciating the benefits of the "find" command, but [[ here's a problem. [[ [[ When I use grep from a find command, grep doesn't tell me the names [[ of the files! Sure I've got hits, but what good is it if I can't [[ tell what files they're in? [[ [[ % find . -name "*.f" -exec grep -i flush6 {} \; [[ include(flush6) [[ !!dvo!! include(flush6) [[ !!dvo!! include(flush6) [[ include(flush6) [[ [[ Any suggestions? # # Many thanks to nine (yes, 9) responders. There was duplication, so here # are 5 responses which cover the range of answers. # # # John Skinner # You have to add an extra filename for grep. /dev/null works best: % find . -name "*.f" -exec grep -i "program rir" /dev/null {} \; This is needed because grep won't list the filename of a match when given only one file on the command line or when a wildcard like *.f only expands to one filename. Since find's -exec option runs grep on only one filename at a time, grep never gets two or more files on its command line. Add /dev/null to get 2 files each time grep is run, with one of them guaranteed to NEVER match. You can also "turn around" the find/grep, % grep -i "program rir" `find . -name "*.f"` but check this out when *.f winds up being only one filename: % ls *.f r.f What the heck! Where's my filename, with either method?? % grep -i "program rir" `find . -name "*.f"` program rir % find . -name "*.f" -print xargs grep -i "program rir" program rir Again, add an extra filename for grep: % grep -i "program rir" `find . -name "*.f"` /dev/null ./r.f: program rir % find . -name "*.f" -print xargs grep -i "program rir" /dev/null ./r.f: program rir # # Brad Chamberlain # The key is to find the flag on your grep command that prints the filename, since find will call grep on each file one by one. On my desktop systems (linux-based), it's --with-filename, so I use: find . -name "*.txt" -exec grep --with-filename ZPL {} \; # # Daniel Kidger # Many versions of grep (eg.. Gnu) have a -H option. This prefixes the output with the filename. The -n option of grep is handy too - it shows the line number in the file. Also I generally prefer to use 'xargs' rather than the slightly clumsy '-exec' option of grep. (the -l option feeds one line at a time to whatever command follows). Hence $ find . -name "*.f" xargs -l grep -inH getarg ./danmung.f:91: call getarg(1,file_in) ./danmung.f:92: call getarg(2,file_out) ./danfe.f:529:! .. cf use of GETARG, & if NARG = 0. (Note, in years gone by 'find' often needed a '-print' option in the above.) # # Jed Brown # You are probably looking for the -H option for grep (most versions). Otherwise, you can use: % grep -i flush6 `find . -name "*.f"` since usually, grep prints the name of the file if it receives several arguments on the command line. If this does not work or if it exceeds the maximum number of command line arguments, you can always do something like: % echo 'a=$1; shift; for f in $*; do grep $a $f sed "s ^ $f:\t "; done' > mygrep % chmod a+x mygrep && find . -name "*.f" -exec ./mygrep "-i flush6" {} \; # # Kurt Carlson # In ksh syntax: find . -name "*.f" -print while read F; do grep -i flush6 $F >/dev/null; if [ 0 = $? ]; then echo "# $F"; fi done Q: Are data written from a fortran "implied do" incompatible with a regular "read"? If so, is there a way to make them compatible, without rewriting the code? I just want to read data elements one item at a time from a previously written file. Here's a test program which attempts to show the problem: iceflyer 56% cat unformatted_io.f program unformatted_io implicit none integer, parameter :: SZ=10000, NF=111 real, dimension (SZ) :: z real :: z_item, zsum integer :: k zsum = 0.0 do k=1,SZ call random_number (z(k)) zsum = zsum + z(k) enddo print*,"SUM BEFORE: ", zsum open(NF,file='test.out',form='unformatted',status='new') write(NF) (z(k),k=1,SZ) close (NF) zsum=0.0 print*,"SUM DURING: ", zsum open(NF,file='test.out',form='unformatted',status='old') do k=1,SZ read(NF) z_item zsum = zsum + z_item enddo close (NF) print*,"SUM AFTER: ", zsum end iceflyer 57% xlf90 unformatted_io.f -o unformatted_io ** unformatted_io === End of Compilation 1 === 1501-510 Compilation successful for file unformatted_io.f. iceflyer 58% ./unformatted_io SUM BEFORE: 5018.278320 SUM DURING: 0.0000000000E+00 1525-001 The READ statement on the file test.out cannot be completed because the end of the file was reached. The program will stop. iceflyer 59%
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Not only that but they believe you get considerably geared as well before LFR.
It's retarded but they know not what they speak as they probably never got past the "application" phase of any guild because of wrong gems, no enchants, undergeared, or just a bad attitude.
But LFR ilvl is super low at this point so it's less of an issue. Unless they add in the same gear but higher ilvl and STILL put it in an easy mode that's easily clearable by experienced players..... wait..... wait... o_o


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Wayne Law students gain experience through Pro Bono Program partnership with MiUI
DETROIT (June 8, 2011) – Twenty-seven Wayne State University Law School students gained legal experience and served their communities through the Wayne Law Pro Bono Program and its partnership with the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Project (MiUI) in 2010-11.
Left to right: Damian Gyorkos, MiUI client, Anthony Kaled
MiUI provides free unemployment insurance advocacy for displaced workers and their families in eight Michigan counties including Genesee, Jackson, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, Saginaw, Washtenaw and Wayne. The project and its more than 90 law student volunteers from across Michigan have assisted approximately 285 jobless workers since opening its doors in Ann Arbor in January 2010 and Detroit in September 2010.
As part of their involvement, Wayne Law students attended administrative hearings before administrative law judges and local courts, provided advice regarding the unemployment insurance claims process and advocated on behalf of their clients. On average, they volunteered five hours per week working in teams of two on two cases at a time.
According to Detroit area students Damian Gyorkos and Anthony Kaled, MiUI has sharpened their skills as future attorneys.
"MiUI has given me a well-rounded look at public interest and governmental agency law," said Gyorkos, who will continue his involvement with MiUI through a 2011 summer internship. "Taking a case from beginning to end is satisfying – especially when you have helped someone that normally would not have an outlet for such progress. While it is not a guaranteed win in any shape or form, the chance to help and provide guidance will stay with me throughout my legal career."
Added Kaled, "This experience has given me a taste of the contours and challenges administrative law holds for young lawyers. The interaction with clients and everyday people caught up in the web of bureaucratic tape highlights the value of skill sets law students obtain through school and internships."
Public Interest Law Fellowship recipient Matthew Clark will work for MiUI this summer as well.
"Working for MiUI is a great way to get hands-on experience arguing a case in front of a judge," Clark said. "For many workers who have lost their jobs in Michigan, unemployment insurance is the last safeguard keeping them out of poverty. Without a doubt, legal representation greatly increases a worker's chance of success, and I am glad to be a part of this great project."
Diane H. Fears, Wayne Law director of Career Services and Pro Bono Program coordinator, is excited about the new partnership and the opportunity for future programmatic growth.
"One of my principal duties is linking Wayne Law students with meaningful, quality opportunities to provide legal assistance to underserved members of our community," said Fears, who also serves as an MiUI board member. "MiUI is the perfect example. With the supervision and assistance of passionate, skilled attorneys, our students provide legal advice and representation to Michiganders navigating the unemployment compensation system. In the process, our students develop and refine valuable client interaction, research and writing, and oral advocacy skills while experiencing the tremendous personal satisfaction of helping others."
Amy Tilchen serves as supervising attorney in MiUI's Detroit office. According to Tilchen, who also started a legal clinic at the Detroit Rescue Mission in the Cass Corridor, Wayne Law students represented the bulk of MiUI's volunteer base this past term.
"Wayne Law students represented more than half of our volunteers this term," she said. "I continue to be impressed with the caliber of the student volunteers and have really enjoyed working with them. Through their efforts and the rest of the MiUI students, we've been able to recover an estimated $1 million in emergency replacement income for hurting Michigan workers. Wayne Law students are making a big difference for Detroit area jobless workers, their families and their communities."
MiUI is funded by grants from the C.S. Mott, Kresge and W.K. Kellogg foundations.
For more information, email firstname.lastname@example.com, call (313) 833-1811 or visit http://miui.org.
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Hi all,
I got a super and some Cut comb foundation from Dadant a while ago. I finally put the super on and after a day in the heat the foundation was folded down towards the brood. Is there a step I am missing in keeping this foundation held in place in the frames?
Also, anyone have any thoughts or favorites when it comes to MegaBee or any other feeds?


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Students learn life lessons
Pequot Lakes High School seniors experienced real world situations at the annual Reality Store on Friday, Feb. 15, where seniors learned firsthand what life will be like after graduation.
In the Reality Store experience, students choose their careers and a computer database randomly assigns them a marital status, income and number and age of children.
The students then visit booths throughout the gym staffed by local educational and business professionals who provide students what they need for their families.
Those needs range from housing, insurance, groceries, car and gas purchases, and day care to hair services, armed forces services, voting options and pet care. Students must balance their lives with their family budgets.
The interactive event strives to teach financial skills.


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Cruz is doing him a favor. Hopefully, he will mature fast enough to appreciate the opportunity he has and not squander it.
Cruz is doing him a favor. Hopefully, he will mature fast enough to appreciate the opportunity he has and not squander it.
I'll take the bust thing back. I still have a problem with a rookie needing motivation. Why? You where drafted to the Supper Bowl winning team in the 2nd round? This is supposed to be your dream. For the record I was extremely happy they drafted him and I still was him to be a great draft pick. I just don't understand why work ethic is a problem. Maybe I'm just tired of the injuries.
"Measure Twice......Cut Once"
You couldn't be more full of **** if you were break dancing in a Port-a-Potty.......Kruunch
He's probably just overwhelmed by the talent in this league (and more importantly, of our WR unit). Even the most polished player out of the 2012 NFL Draft, David Decastro, mentioned how hard of a time he was having adjusting to the talent and skill that the NFL has compared to College Football.
Again, I take away the bust comment I made. Now on this week. If he is overwhelmed or needs to work on something, he won't help them this week and most likely will needs an offseason to he it right. So with Nicks out for what I believe will be a long time and Barden now unlikely to play they have a serious problem. Maybe JJ can provide a spark?
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Never argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience. MB Rule # 1
@RVacchianoNYDN: Randle said the first he heard of his work ethic issues was Monday -- on Twitter, where he saw Cris Collinsworth's comments. #NYG
Mood: WOOF!
Well here it is. His big shot. If he does well he could move past Hixon and Barden. It's right in front of you a Randle. Sorry about calling him a bust. I'm a fan of his. Just frustrated.


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Malaysia Growth Slows, Current Account Surplus Falls: What Will Happen To Ringgit?
Malaysia grew slower than expectedin the second quarter, prompting the government to cut its own 2013 growth forecast of 4.5-5% from the previous 5-6%. Current account surplus fell.
Now there is fear that Malaysia will start to run a current account deficit. Emerging markets with current account deficits have the largest sell-offs - India and Indonesiafor example.
Barclays analyst Rahul Bajoria thinks such fear is unfounded:
we do not see the Q2 current account, which came in at MYR2.6bn, being the norm from here on. In H2, the current account surplus should rebound sharply. Looking ahead, we expect Malaysia's current account to be around MYR43.8bn in 2013, or 4.4% of GDP.
Credit Suisse analyst Santitarn Sathirathai is not so positive:
Malaysia also has a large proportion of foreign ownership in its capital assets. Credit Suisse again:
In Malaysia, the key risk to capital flows emanates from the large foreigners' holding of bonds (47%) and bills (84%), which are much higher than the figures for Thailand (18% for bonds, 6% for bills).
iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF (EWM) lost 3.6% this week. The ringgit lost 0.5% against the dollar.
Earlier this week, Thailand, which also runs a current account surplus, cut growth forecast. Thai baht lost 1.7 and iShares MSCI Thailand Capped ETF (THD) lost 8.7% this week.


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BRISTOL, Va. - Terror by toy guns is over in Bristol, Virginia.
Police have arrested two suspects they say were shooting people with BBs from airsoft guns. Both now face felony charges.
News 5 talked to police about what started the shooting spree and what those in the line of fire have to say about the latest developments.
It's been a week of constant concern for Kathy Vance. "[I've had] a lot less sleep, a lot [more] worry," Vance described.
Her 12-year-old son Teddy was shot twice in a drive-by BB shooting spree. Police said he was one of many victims across Bristol, Virginia.
We're told some even suffered minor injuries. "[Victims that were in a] car at Exit 7, it cut them and broke the skin. They were bleeding. Another man on McKinley Avenue, he was cut because of this," said Sgt. Steven Crawford with the Bristol, Virginia Police Department, referencing two of the shooting incidents.
Police have been on the lookout ever since the first reports were made.
On Wednesday they arrested 18-year-old Joshua Dillon Clark of Bristol, Virginia and a 17-year-old male.
Investigators told us it may have been teenage recklessness that landed them in serious trouble. "To me, it's maybe a juvenile thing. [They] thought it was a prank the way I understood it, but I don't know if they realized the harm that it could done," said Sgt. Crawford.
Both suspects are charged with two counts of felony unlawful wounding and five counts of misdemeanor assault and battery.
We learned right now there are six reports representing seven victims in this case, but police said there are more reports outstanding; more charges could possibly be pending.
Like the crime, the consequences are serious, too. "For the adult, he could go to jail, he could go to the penitentiary for these felonies. But the juvenile, he could be confined," explained Sgt. Crawford.
It may surprise you to learn Vance has mixed feelings about the arrests. On one hand, she can rest easy now, knowing her kids are safe. "It makes you feel a lot better knowing that it's not somebody that's really on a rampage to hurt [others]," said Vance.
On the other hand, Vance told us she knows the 17-year-old suspect and his family. "I wish both of them the best. It could have been a lot different if they just decided to just go shoot a target," said Vance.
Police told us the suspects admitted to the airsoft shootings, and told police they were sorry for any trouble they caused.
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Maglev trains represent a perplexing puzzle to civil engineers. While the price of entry
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But the high construction costs have meant that only two commercial maglevs are currently in existence. Now the home nation of one of those two high-tech rail systems -- Japan -- is dreaming of a far more ambitious maglev line connecting Tokyo and Osaka with trains travelling safely at 311 mph.
Japan's current maglev system is only 8.9 kilometers (5.9 miles) long, and is located in Aichi, near the city of Nagoya. Dubbed "Linimo", the line operates at a "lowly" cruising speed of 62 mph. The line has struggled with losses in recent years and cost over $100M USD per km to construct.
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The first engineering mockups of the train were unveilled earlier this month.
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Without question, Marion Cotillard represents the Hollywood gold standard of beauty and sophistication, and this morning is no exception. She is clad in a head-to-toe Dior ensemble of an ivory-hued pencil skirt and shirt paired with nude Louboutin heels. Yet the Parisian-born actress, who won the Academy Award for Best Actress for La Vie En Rose, in 2007, is most famous for choosing roles that enable her to disappear in characters and mask her exquisite good looks.
"I was raised with the idea of beauty in a different way. To me, it is something that really comes out of you and surrounds you," Cotillard explains.
Of course, her sentiments are a little like Donald Trump claiming that money doesn't buy happiness, however, unlike most leading ladies, she's not precious about her beauty, nor does her livelihood depend on it.
Cotillard is at the Toronto Film Festival to discuss her French-language film, Rust and Bone, for which she earned Golden Globe and Bafta nominations.
An emotionally gruelling role, she plays a trainer of killer whales in a marine park whose life takes a drastic turn when an orca crushes her legs and she adjusts to life as an amputee.
Though the subject may not sound particularly sexy, Cotillard's character embarks on a journey of self-acceptance and in doing so begins a sexual relationship with a bouncer-turned-amateur fighter (Matthias Schoenaerts) that is both touching, and disturbing.
She says of the physicality of the role, "It's about love and flesh, heart and sex, rust and bone. And yes, sex scenes are very intimate and not my favourite thing to do, but without them, the movie would have missed something.
"I can imagine that when you're in that state it's really difficult to accept your body and accept that someone else will see and touch this body as it is." For the audience, watching her sans limbs is jarring. It must have been difficult for Cotillard to see herself that way?
"Well, first of all, I'm very, very hard on looking at myself in general, but it was kind of amazing to see myself like that. I was really impressed by the CGI," she says. "Actually, I like the last shot in the trailer which is my body naked without legs. I thought it was a beautiful image."
Cotillard was raised in a household heavily influenced by the arts. Her father, Jean-Claude Cotillard is an actor, an award-winning director, and a former mime. Her mother, Niseema Theillaud, is an actress and drama teacher. With this kind of thespian pedigree, was there any possibility she could have chosen a different career?
"Well, I could have never done a profession that was not creative."
She pauses. Her heavily accented words are expressed slowly and thoughtfully.
"You know, there's a fighter inside of me. When you have the capacity to fight, when you have the ability to love life and the ability to be happy, it's easy to be creative. And that's a treasure that my parents gave me."
She began her career in minor television roles in France and her breakthrough came in 2003 when she starred in the film, Love Me If You Dare, opposite French movie star Guillame Canet, with whom she would fall in love four years later.
Her life would change when she landed the role portraying Edith Piaf in La Vie En Rose, putting her on the fast track to an illustrious Hollywood career.
Looking back, she sees the humour in her deer-caught-in-the-headlights demea-
nour that could best describe her first foray into Hollywood.
"It was kind of scary. I didn't really understand how things worked in Hollywood. But I met some people, my publicist for example, who helped me stay true to who I am and stay myself."
She went on to land several top-tiered roles in movies such as Public Enemies, Nine, Inception, Midnight in Paris, and The Dark Knight Rises. Interestingly, her French contemporaries who have previously tested the waters, including Juliette Binoche, Sophie Marceau, or Audrey Tatou, all respected actresses who have starred in major films, never really took off in the same way.
Perhaps studio executives were more accepting of Cotillard due to her ability to speak with an American accent.
"I feel very lucky that I can work in Hollywood. When I was a kid, I watched a lot of American movies and I never thought this was something that would happen to me," she says.
"But once I started acting I didn't see any boundaries. I wanted to be an actress. I didn't want to be a French actress."
She's managed to maintain the best of both worlds; living in Paris and working in the US.
"I'm a traveller. I spend half the year in America so I like to be at home in Paris when I can." She and Canet have been in a relationship since 2007 and have a son who turns two in May.
As a new mother, naturally, her life has changed dramatically. "Yes, you need to organise yourself differently but I'm lucky that I can bring him with me to the set," she says. "The most important thing to give him is love."
As the face of Dior since 2008, Cotillard is expected to uphold her fashion icon status on the red carpet, which she's been busy treading of late as the recipient of numerous award nominations for Rust and Bone, though surprisingly she was snubbed for an Oscar nod this year.
"The red carpet is tricky. You have to be yourself, otherwise it looks weird and that's a very hard thing to do; you're in front of people who shout your name and take pictures.
"Photo shoots are different and I find that a lot of fun, but even those took a while to get used to. I always used to think I'd look like shit," she whispers. "I was not confident at all. Now I find that I can relax a little."
She finds the fact that her name is now synonymous with fashion a little amusing. "To be honest, I didn't consider fashion to be an art until I became involved with Dior. They changed my vision of fashion whereas I never paid attention to it before. Although I loved to dress and I liked clothes, now I see it as a very special form of art."
Up next is a joint collaboration with her husband, who is directing her in Blood Ties, with Clive Owen and Mila Kunis.
Canet previously directed Cotillard in Little White Lies in 2010. "He's an amazing director; he knows everything about acting and actors because he's an actor himself," she smiles.
It must present some difficulties - not only working with your loved one, but the often tumultuous dynamic as director and actor? She laughs. "It's complicated. You have to find the right balance, definitely. Otherwise, it's hell."
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We had an unusual harsh winter here. First it was warm until mid January, than temperatures dropped sharply. Bees stopped brooding altogether. After a couple of warm spring days, bees recover from the cold spell.
Compared to last year, the same time, there were more bees in the hives last year. Less bees this year. Due to the prolonged winter. The bees did stop brooding during the cold spells, so mostly eggs in the hive. There will be a decline in bees until start of May, the population will build up late, so swarming will be late, too. Start of June or so.
First pollen and brood. Just small patches, lots of eggs though. The queen just started laying just a few days ago, when temperatures rised.
As one can see, no worries about pulling combs for inspections. Simply put the box upside down, loose the sides of the combs with a sharp knife or hive tool, box back into original position and then loose the nail of the topbar and slowly push the topbar left and right, before lifting it. Do not try to lift honey combs just brood combs. Honey combs can be cut out for harvesting if capped.
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December 15, 2011
BELTSVILLE, Md. - ASG Security closed a deal this week to acquire Oklahoma City-based LV Systems, a full-service provider of electronic security and fire/life-safety systems. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The LV Systems purchase brings with it 6,150 accounts, 29 employees, about $115,000 in recurring monthly revenue (RMR), plus the company operated its own central station. The 30-year-old firm's accounts comprise 38% commercial clients and 62% high-end residential primarily located in Oklahoma City, ASG Security President and CEO Joe Nuccio tells SSI.
The LV Systems' acquisition follows ASG's purchase of TnT Security Services, which operates out of offices in Tulsa and Oklahoma City, in November 2010. With the 15,000 residential accounts it picked up in the TnT deal, ASG principally targeted LV Systems in order to grow its commercial base in the state.
"All of our branches have large commercial except Oklahoma. This gives us a jumpstart to building that commercial sector in both Oklahoma City and Tulsa," Nuccio says. "This company has a solid security, fire and card access business, and a reputation for very strong service and community ties."
Nuccio met today with LV Systems' employees in Oklahoma City to assert they will be offered an opportunity to remain with the company. LV's former owners, Ron Lee and Andy Snyder, have committed to staying onboard.
"We are very excited about LV Systems. Ron and Andy are tremendous operators and have been for 30 years. It is an honor that they are staying on with us," Nuccio says.
Handling the transaction for ASG were Nuccio and the firm's CFO, Ralph Masino. Representing LV Systems was Dorsie Mosher of Davis Mergers and Acquisitions Group Inc.
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