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ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 231, October 26, 2001
Floating-point Fun in Fortran[ Thanks to Jeff McAllister of ARSC for submitting this article. ]
I recently started working on a ray-tracing code which is quite sensitive to how floating-point numbers are represented in memory. If an angle off by even .05 degrees, it could mean missing by kilometers at the end of the ray.
Aside from anecdotes like "floating-point math is all approximations" and "using very large things and very small things together can be problematic," the details about exactly when difficulties would occur seemed fuzzy. Without some hard numbers to work with I could only guess what was causing the code to misbehave.
This article reports on some handy Fortran 90 inquiry functions, numeric attributes of ARSC systems, lessons learned, and ideas for debugging and testing.
Range and Precision
Two Fortran 90 functions turned out to be quite useful for debugging:
Gives a quick estimate of the highest order of magnitude (plus or minus) available. Thus it's possible to know the values beyond which X will become infinity or zero (and suddenly start propagating NaN's where they didn't before, but more on that later).
Tells you,
- the number of meaningful digits after the decimal point
- how far apart two numbers can be (in orders of magnitude) and still have a meaningful result produced when one of the numbers is being used to increment or decrement the other.
I'd considered the usual advice that if I can't change the math, I need to increase the precision of the calculation: that if the numbers keep "acting funny," crank precision up some more. Here's a summary of the size of Fortran reals available at ARSC:
SGIs: (default 4),8,16. double precision=r8 icehawk: (default 4),8,16. double precision=r8 yukon: 4,(default 8) double precision=r8 chilkoot: (default 8),16 double precision=r16 (r4 on the SV1 appears to be a "crippled" r8, using the same hardware with lower precision for compatibility.)
The above is a list of "kind" values available. That is, a real can be declared real(kind=K)::X in F90 or real*K in F77. Kind corresponds to bytes per variable, so these declarations could be referred to as 32, 64, or 128-bit reals. "Double precision" is also available, but as you see it's just "mapped" to one of the real types and isn't necessarily the highest precision.
ARSC Systems and Performance
Unfortunately, the current set of hardware is built to handle only 32 or 64-bit words of memory. The highest level of precision can be had only with a huge performance hit, so cranking up the precision isn't always a reasonable option, and must be done with performance in mind.
Here's a table showing the range, precision, and relative performance of different real sizes as run on the ARSC systems. The performance measurements were obtained on runs of a simple integration code (given below), but agree with timings of the ray-tracing code that motivated this work.
Kind = 4 8 16 ==== ==== ==== SGI octane range 37 307 275 precision 6 15 31 runtime 1x 1x 40x icehawk range 37 307 291 precision 6 15 31 runtime 1x 1x 10x chilkoot range 2465 2465 2465 precision 6 13 28 runtime 1x 1x 10x yukon range 37 307 mapped to 8 precision 6 15 runtime 1x 1x
The precision and range available on the various systems is due to use of different floating-point formats (also the source of binary file compatibility woes).
Fortran 90 provides a way to write portable code in spite of the variations in range and precision. The 'kind' value can be a Fortran 90 parameter, set at runtime by the function,
selected_real_kind (Precision,Range)
Say I need to do some "adding really small things to really big things", separated by at most 14 orders of magnitude. At the beginning of the code I would declare,
On every ARSC platform but the SV1, the code would compile with k=8, while k=16 would be selected automatically on the SV1 because the SV1's r8 format only allows a precision of 13 digits/orders of magnitude. To declare the variables, I could then use, for instance,
real (kind=k) :: X
Real consequences, NaN
When numbers fall off the edge of a floating point format strange things start happening. Often this will lead to a crash or hang (which at least indicates that something is wrong). More dangerous is case when normal execution continues, but produces incorrect results.
The IEEE format (used by the SGIs and IBM) deals with things like the inevitable undefined situation more "gently" than, say, the Cray format which demands a crash when a floating point exception occurs. Under IEEE, undefined numbers become "NaN", or "Not a Number". These don't crash the code, instead propagating NaN status to every calculation they are involved in.
As it can be quite difficult to figure out where the first NaN came from, it's useful to test whether a number is NaN or not. Here's a method which at least works on the ARSC systems that generate NaNs:
if (int(nan)==int(nan-2.0)) then print *,"nan detected" end if
This uses 2 features of the IEEE format:
- The result of any operation involving NaN is NaN
- NaN, when converted to an integer, is no longer NaN (and uncomparable) but the maximum integer.
These conditions can be tested in a more intuitive fashion -- if they don't cause a crash. Under IEEE, if X grows larger than (+/-) huge(X) (another nifty query function) it becomes (+/-) infinity. This is similar to NaN in that infinity +,-,/,* anything is infinity. A number smaller than tiny(X) becomes zero.
There's another twist: a "big" number, like 10^30 can become effectively zero.
It may seem that if abs(X) can be anywhere from tiny(X) to huge(X), there isn't a lot to worry about. Especially if epsilon(X) -- the smallest testable difference between two numbers is pretty small.
If all this is true, then why would this code
X=huge(X) X=X-10**N
where N is something big -- say, 30 -- still equal huge(X) on one of the SGIs where a real word is 32 bits?
Looking at the table above, you can see that the SGI 4-byte real only offers six digits of precision. So, it would follow that if log10(huge(X)) is 38, N would need to be around 32 to make a measurable difference when added to such a large number. This is the situation in which 10^30 acts like zero.
Now the situation has clarified into something which can be tested. In general (though there's still a bit of fudging due to binary vs decimal differences):
If log10(biggest)-log10(smallest)>precision
the result won't be what you intended.
Putting it all together:
The actual code I was having problems with is far too big for this newsletter, but with the techniques above I was at least able to debug the thing and make it able to provide meaningful error messages.
Here's an example code which I've used to play with some of the concepts I've described. It does simple numerical integration, which can stress the numeric model if the interval width is much, much smaller than the integration interval, and more importantly, it dumps information about the numbers involved.
! ! Module mod1 ! ! - set real kind parameter, rkind. ! - define the function to integrate. ! module mod1 integer,parameter::rkind=selected_real_kind(p=6) contains function F(X) result(Y) real(kind=rkind) X,Y Y=X end function F end module mod1 ! ! program integral ! ! - set integration interval and interval width ! - perform the integration ! - show properties of the numbers ! program integral use mod1 implicit none integer:: prec real(kind=rkind):: begin,end,X,Y,area,delx,oldX area=0.0 begin=0.0 end=1.0 delx=.000001 print *,"kind:",kind(delx) print *,"range:",range(delx) prec=precision(delx) print *,"precision:",prec print *,"log10 delx=",log10(delx) print *,"log10 end=",log10(end) if (prec<(int(log10(end)-log10(delx)))) then print *,"WARNING:inadequate precision!!" end if print *,"Integrating f(x) from ",begin," to ",end," delx:",delx X=begin DO area=area+(F(X)*delx) oldX=X X=X+delx if (.not.X>oldX) then print *,"X not incrementing! Aborted at X=", & X, "area aborted at=", area stop end if if (X>end) exit END DO print *,"Area under F(X):",area end
Here are results from three runs on an SGI workstation in which I tweaked delx to show a good run (result produced with no warning), incorrect run (result and warning produced), and aborted run. The second, incorrect run, is obviously the most dangerous situation:
--- Run with delx=.000001 --- kind: 4 range: 37 precision: 6 log10 delx= -6. log10 end= 0.E+0 Integrating f(x) from 0.E+0 to 1. delx: 9.999999975E-7 Area under F(X): 0.493828773 --- Run with delx=.0000001 --- kind: 4 range: 37 precision: 6 log10 delx= -7. log10 end= 0.E+0 WARNING:inadequate precision!! Integrating f(x) from 0.E+0 to 1. delx: 1.000000012E-7 Area under F(X): 0.451817274 --- Run with delx=.00000001 --- kind: 4 range: 37 precision: 6 log10 delx= -8. log10 end= 0.E+0 WARNING:inadequate precision!! Integrating f(x) from 0.E+0 to 1. delx: 9.999999939E-9 X not incrementing! Aborted at X= 0.25 area aborted at= 2.371826395E-2
SP Processors and Nodes... Where is my Job Running?
OpenMP parallel sections spawn a number of threads. The hope is to distribute work across the multiple processors on a shared memory node so your job will finish sooner.
How do you know, however, that the scheduler isn't assigning all your threads to one processor, while the others just spin?
This is a particularly important question on icehawk because nodes, each holding 4 processors, can't be shared by multiple users. Thus, when your loadleveler job is allocated a node, it is actually allocated 4 CPUs, and if YOUR job doesn't use them, they're going to be wasted.
Fortunately, a thread can easily tell which CPU it's on using the system call,
int mycpu()
This returns an integer from 0 to the number of CPUs per node minus one.
For completeness, you can also print the node id (essentially the node IP address) using,
int gethostid()
These calls are immediately available to C/C++ codes and an interface for Fortran is easy to build.
Here's a simple Fortran callable interface to these routines:
/* File: util.c */ #include <unistd.h> int getmyhostid ( ) { return gethostid ( ); } int getmycpu () { return mycpu(); } /* End File: util.c */Compile with:
mpcc_r -qsmp=omp -c util.cAnd (if desired) create a library archive file with:
ar -v -q libutil.a util.o
Here's an updated version of the mixed-mode hello world program given in newsletter 228 . It reports the node and CPU number of each MPI task and OpenMP thread:
! ! Program: hello_mixed ! ! Hybrid MPI-OpenMP hello world. Each MPI task spawns a number of ! OpenMP threads. Each thread reports: ! - MPI rank ! - OpenMP thread number ! - Which host it's running on ! - Which CPU it's running on ! program hello_mixed implicit none include 'mpif.h' integer ierr integer my_pe,npes,iamt integer omp_get_thread_num integer GETMYCPU integer GETMYHOSTID ! Initialize MPI and get my MPI rank call mpi_init( ierr ) call mpi_comm_rank(MPI_COMM_WORLD, my_pe, ierr) call mpi_comm_size(MPI_COMM_WORLD, npes, ierr) ! Report on myself, before starting OpenMP threads write(6,*) 'MPI rank ', my_pe, ' BEFORE OMP PARALLEL ', & 'myhost', getmyhostid (), ' mycpu ', getmycpu () call omp_set_num_threads(4) ! Spawn threads !$omp parallel private(iamt) iamt=omp_get_thread_num() write(6,*) 'MPI rank ',my_pe,' OMP thread ',iamt, & 'myhost', getmyhostid (), ' mycpu ', getmycpu () !$omp end parallel call mpi_finalize(ierr) stop end
Compile this as follows, assuming that the util archive created above has been copied into ~/lib :
mpxlf_r -qsmp=omp -ohello.mixed hello.mixed.f -l util -L ~/lib
A LoadLeveler script ("hello.mixed.ll") to run this on icehawk follows. It runs 1 MPI task per node on each of 4 nodes. Due to the "omp_set_num_threads(4)" call in the program, each MPI task will in turn create 4 OpenMP threads, leading to a total of 16 threads distributed across 4 nodes (one might expect one thread per processor):
#!/bin/ksh # # @ output = $(Executable).$(Cluster).$(Process).out # @ error = $(Executable).$(Cluster).$(Process).err # @ notification = never # @ wall_clock_limit=2100 # @ job_type = parallel # @ node = 4 # @ tasks_per_node = 1 # @ network.mpi = css0,not_shared,US # @ class = Qlarge # @ node_usage = not_shared # @ queue cd ~/Progs/Hello /bin/time ./hello.mixed
The output of one run follows. I've sorted it, which groups the information according to MPI task:
icehawk$ cat hello.mixed.ll.2886.0.out sort MPI rank 0 BEFORE OMP PARALLEL myhost -1062731510 mycpu 2 MPI rank 0 OMP thread 0 myhost -1062731510 mycpu 1 MPI rank 0 OMP thread 1 myhost -1062731510 mycpu 0 MPI rank 0 OMP thread 2 myhost -1062731510 mycpu 3 MPI rank 0 OMP thread 3 myhost -1062731510 mycpu 0 MPI rank 1 BEFORE OMP PARALLEL myhost -1062731493 mycpu 2 MPI rank 1 OMP thread 0 myhost -1062731493 mycpu 2 MPI rank 1 OMP thread 1 myhost -1062731493 mycpu 3 MPI rank 1 OMP thread 2 myhost -1062731493 mycpu 1 MPI rank 1 OMP thread 3 myhost -1062731493 mycpu 1 MPI rank 2 BEFORE OMP PARALLEL myhost -1062731491 mycpu 1 MPI rank 2 OMP thread 0 myhost -1062731491 mycpu 1 MPI rank 2 OMP thread 1 myhost -1062731491 mycpu 0 MPI rank 2 OMP thread 2 myhost -1062731491 mycpu 3 MPI rank 2 OMP thread 3 myhost -1062731491 mycpu 0 MPI rank 3 BEFORE OMP PARALLEL myhost -1062731489 mycpu 3 MPI rank 3 OMP thread 0 myhost -1062731489 mycpu 3 MPI rank 3 OMP thread 1 myhost -1062731489 mycpu 1 MPI rank 3 OMP thread 2 myhost -1062731489 mycpu 1 MPI rank 3 OMP thread 3 myhost -1062731489 mycpu 2
Each MPI task indeed ran on a different node, but the OpenMP threads were not distributed perfectly across the CPUs. In fact, there was an idle CPU on each node.
Out of curiosity, I tried a run with 2 MPI tasks on each of 2 nodes, with each MPI task spawning 5 OpenMP threads, for a total of 20 OpenMP threads across 2 nodes:
MPI rank 0 BEFORE OMP PARALLEL myhost -1062731510 mycpu 0 MPI rank 0 OMP thread 0 myhost -1062731510 mycpu 0 MPI rank 0 OMP thread 1 myhost -1062731510 mycpu 2 MPI rank 0 OMP thread 2 myhost -1062731510 mycpu 1 MPI rank 0 OMP thread 3 myhost -1062731510 mycpu 2 MPI rank 0 OMP thread 4 myhost -1062731510 mycpu 3 MPI rank 1 BEFORE OMP PARALLEL myhost -1062731510 mycpu 1 MPI rank 1 OMP thread 0 myhost -1062731510 mycpu 1 MPI rank 1 OMP thread 1 myhost -1062731510 mycpu 2 MPI rank 1 OMP thread 2 myhost -1062731510 mycpu 1 MPI rank 1 OMP thread 3 myhost -1062731510 mycpu 2 MPI rank 1 OMP thread 4 myhost -1062731510 mycpu 3 MPI rank 2 BEFORE OMP PARALLEL myhost -1062731505 mycpu 2 MPI rank 2 OMP thread 0 myhost -1062731505 mycpu 0 MPI rank 2 OMP thread 1 myhost -1062731505 mycpu 3 MPI rank 2 OMP thread 2 myhost -1062731505 mycpu 2 MPI rank 2 OMP thread 3 myhost -1062731505 mycpu 2 MPI rank 2 OMP thread 4 myhost -1062731505 mycpu 2 MPI rank 3 BEFORE OMP PARALLEL myhost -1062731505 mycpu 3 MPI rank 3 OMP thread 0 myhost -1062731505 mycpu 1 MPI rank 3 OMP thread 1 myhost -1062731505 mycpu 1 MPI rank 3 OMP thread 2 myhost -1062731505 mycpu 3 MPI rank 3 OMP thread 3 myhost -1062731505 mycpu 3 MPI rank 3 OMP thread 4 myhost -1062731505 mycpu 2
The MPI tasks were assigned 2 per node, as expected, but again, for this toy program, the OpenMP threads were not distributed optimally.
If any users have mixed-mode or OpenMP-only programs and if you have any concerns that the system isn't distributing the work effectively, you might insert a few calls to mycpu().
Three ARSC staff members attended SCICOMP in Oak Ridge a couple weeks ago. The world of IBM systems is new to many ARSC users, and as we're all coming up to speed, we thought an introduction to the organization and conference was in order. Icehawk users might consider attending one of the upcoming events:
From the SCICOMP web site:
The IBM SP Scientific Computing User Group, SCICOMP, is an international organization of scientific/technical users of IBM SP systems. The purpose of SCICOMP is to share information on software tools and techniques for developing scientific applications that achieve maximum performance and scalability on SP systems, and to gather and provide feedback to IBM to influence the evolution of SP systems. To further these goals, SCICOMP will hold periodic meetings which will include technical presentations by both IBM staff and SP users, focusing on recent results and advanced techniques. Discussions of problems with SP systems will be held and aimed at providing advisory notifications to IBM staff detailing the problems and potential solutions. Mailing lists will be maintained to further open discussions and provide the sharing of information, expertise, and experience that scientific and technical applications developers need but may not easily find anywhere else.
The schedule of upcoming meeting is:
There will be a SCICOMP Birds-of-a-Feather session, at SC 2001, in Denver, on Thursday, November 15, from 5:30 - 7:30 in room A102/104/106. All members and interested parties are invited to attend.
SCICOMP 5 will be held at Daresbury Laboratory, near Manchester, England, in the spring of 2002.
SCICOMP 6 will be hosted by the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) of Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, in Berkeley, California, in the fall of 2002.Jim Long provided these notes from a DPCL tutorial:
DPCL is a C++ class library whose API enables a program to dynamically insert instrumentation code patches, or "probes", into an executing program. The program that uses DPCL calls to insert probes is called the "analysis tool", while the program that accepts and runs the probes is called the "target application." In addition to its API, the DPCL system consists of daemon processes that attach themselves to the target application process(es) to perform most of the actual work, and an asynchronous communication and callback facility that connects the class library to the daemon processes.
Advantages of dynamic probes include the ability to examine long running numerical codes before they complete, or codes that never end, like database servers. Because a tool built with DPCL can visualize a target application's behavior as it runs, it can avoid storing large amounts of trace or other collected data.
Complete information & documentation on DPCL can be found at http://oss.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/dpcl/index.html
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A:[[ I want to duplicate a file, _including_ its modification time, which [[ is actually important to me. But I'm stuck: [[ [[ - "mv" retains the mod time, but doesn't duplicate the file [[ - "cp" duplicates the file, but changes the time [[ [[ For example: [[ [[ sgi> ll my.old.file [[ -rw-r----- 1 myname mygrp 2112 Nov 8 1981 my.old.file [[ [[ sgi> cp my.old.file junk [[ sgi> ll my.old.file junk [[ -rw------- 1 myname mygrp 2112 Oct 11 06:46 junk [[ -rw-r----- 1 myname mygrp 2112 Nov 8 1981 my.old.file [[ [[ sgi> mv my.old.file junk [[ sgi> ll junk [[ -rw-r----- 1 myname mygrp 2112 Nov 8 1981 junk [[ [[ What's a guy supposed to do? # # Thanks to John Metzner, Richard Griswold, and Brad Chamberlain # # John's answer: cp -p my.old.file junk Example: chilkoot$ ls -l test* -rw------- 1 usr grp 2136 Aug 29 19:56 test chilkoot$ cp -p test test.sav chilkoot$ ls -l test* -rw------- 1 usr grp 2136 Aug 29 19:56 test -rw------- 1 usr grp 2136 Aug 29 19:56 test.sav # Richard's: The 'touch' command has a nifty option that tells it to set one file's access and modify times to the same value as another file's access and modify times. cp my.old.file junk touch -r my.old.file junk Note that cp will modify my.old.file's access time, so after you run the commands the access time for both files will be the time at which you ran the cp command. The modify time for both files will be the original modify time for my.old.file. The change time for my.old.file will be the original value, and the change time for junk will be the time that touch was run. Q: I'm writing a few specialized MPI functions for eventual distribution as a small library. How can I keep the underlying MPI sends/recvs from conflicting with MPI calls elsewhere in the calling program? Any other gotchas to worry about? I'd appreciate it if you could just point me in the right direction...
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Four faculty members at the University of Colorado at Boulder will be the first to receive the newly established Big 12 Faculty Fellowships to work in their areas of expertise at another Big 12 school of their choice.
The recipients were announced by Wallace Loh, vice chancellor for academic affairs, who first announced the fellowships last December.
The fellowships were established, Loh said, by the chief academic officers of the Big 12 who believe our member schools should be more than an athletic conference -- we should also be connected by academic endeavors.
Recipients are Assistant Professor Luc Bovens of philosophy, Professor Robert Hohlfelder of history, Associate Professor Robert Mazzeo of kinesiology and Professor and department Chair Barbara Voorhies of anthropology.
Each received $2,500 for a two-week residency at another Big 12 institution to conduct research or creative work, collaborate on curriculum development or consult with colleagues and students. The grant covers travel and living expenses for the duration of the fellowship.
Some of the visiting fellows will offer lectures or engage in other professional activities of benefit to the host and the home institutions.
Bovens will work this summer with a colleague at the University of Oklahoma on research resulting in a journal article about logic and paradox in philosophical issues. Bovens research is complementary to work being done at Norman, and the visit may mark the beginning of a more extensive collaboration between the two institutions.
Hohlfelder, whose underwater archaeology explorations are well-known, will work this month with a colleague in classics at the University of Oklahoma on training students in hands-on fieldwork to be done at the ancient site of Caesarea Maritima (Israel), where Hohlfelder worked from 1978 to 1992. He will present a public lecture on his 1996 fieldwork at Aperlae, Turkey, to promote the growing interest in classical archaeology at Oklahoma.
Mazzeo will visit Kansas State University in May to work on experimental surgical techniques developed there to study obstruction of blood flow to the heart and congestive heart failure in rats. The experience will benefit students and colleagues in Mazzeos CU-Boulder laboratory by providing training that will enable them to be competitive in procuring funding and producing research results.
Voorhies will work in August at Texas A&M University at College Station on a joint project in paleobotany addressing the nature of ancient human plant use at the onset of agriculture in an area of the American tropical lowlands, now part of the coast of southern Mexico.

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Long time friend of my family Steve Ellis way to go.
I want to be one of the plaintiffs.
Long time friend of my family Steve Ellis way to go.
I want to be one of the plaintiffs.
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It will be very interesting how this one pans out. Ill be watching,
It said five environmental groups joining the effort, so my question, is this about the bees or is this about "anti chemical" going against chemical with the mask of the bees ?
just for the record, it wouldnt hurt my feelings if they quit using this stuff.
but bringing back the crop dusters does not do us any justice either
this is about the bees.
These bee keepers like Steve Ellis and Jeff Anderson have been at this for years. spending countless hours for the sake of saving the bees.
A law suit of this extent may need more than just a few crazy beekeepers.
maybe they will achieve the right angle at the issue going after the government instead of targeting the companies themselves
""Litigation is the basic legal right that guarantees every individual its decade in court" ...David Porter
"Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay".....Krishnamurti
I really wish there were a better (read "non-lawyer") way to do things, but this is how it works at this point in history.
As pointed out in another thread (and quoted from Catch the Buzz):
...repeatedly been identified as:"The coalition, represented by attorneys for the Center for Food Safety (CFS), seeks suspension of the registrations of insecticides that have repeatedly been identified as highly toxic to honey bees, clear causes of major bee kills and significant contributors to the devastating ongoing mortality of bees known as colony collapse disorder (CCD)."
1. Highly toxic to honeybees- Well, that isn't a mystery...it says so right on the label.
2. clear causes of major bee kills- Yup...there are well documented large kills, generally from dust while planting treated seed. This shouldn't be happening, but there are lots of dangerous substances that are handled properly that don't cause a lot of damage.
3. and significant contributors to the devastating ongoing mortality of bees known as colony collapse disorder (CCD)- Really? Certainly there is a belief that this is true, but many cases of CCD cannot be linked to pesticides. In cases (like point 2) where dust has caused overt pesticide poisoning (ie, it is obvious to any observer that there is pesticide poisoning), the bees died from pesticide poisoning....not CCD. In the cases of other bee deaths where pesticides aren't implicated, we get "researchers" making up stuff about imidacloprid being present in HFCS (and for those bees not fed HFCS, they must have encountered corn nectar and/or pollen)...but the data isn't there to support this point.
The obvious thing to do is to sue the farmers who misapply the pesticides that have actually killed bees.
I don't doubt the sincerity of most (if not all) of the people involved in the lawsuit....but eariler posters are correct, this is about a "green" movement to fight the large agribusiness corporations. No one has come up with a better plan. No one is suggesting that if these pesticides are banned that less pesticides will be used. No one has even come up with an impact statement about what will happen if these pesticides are banned. More aerial spraying, more overt hive poisonings, more pesticides....not better ones, not cheaper ones, not safer ones...just more.
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The main purpose of this study is to learn whether the study vaccine and the adjuvants(drugs that are used to help immune response) have an acceptable safety profile in treating individuals with HIV.
A second purpose for this study is to understand how your immune system responds to the study vaccine with the adjuvants. Understanding these differences could be useful in several ways. First, it might help identify people whose disease is likely to respond to the study vaccine with the study adjuvants. Second, the information might be useful in developing other treatments for people whose disease does not respond to the study vaccine with the adjuvants.
HIV Infections
Biological: HIV-1 gag DNA (formulated with bupivacaine)
Biological: IL-15 DNA (formulated with bupivacaine)
Biological: IL-12 DNA (formulated with bupivacaine)
Biological: Sodium chloride injection USP (0.9%)
Phase 1
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double-Blind
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Phase 1 Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Immunogenicity of an HIV-1 Gag DNA Vaccine Administered Alone or With Escalating Doses of IL-12 DNA or IL-15 DNA Molecular Adjuvants to HIV-1 Positive Adults Receiving Stable HAART.
- To evaluate the safety and tolerability of intramuscular administration of HIV-1 gag DNA vaccine (total of three doses) in individuals on stable HAART
- intramuscular administration of HIV-1 gag DNA vaccine when administered with increasing dosage levels of IL-12 DNA following each vaccine dose (total of three doses) in individuals on stable HAART
- intramuscular administration of HIV-1 gag DNA vaccine when administered with increasing dosage levels of IL-15 DNA following each vaccine dose (total of three doses) in individuals on stable HAART
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|Study Start Date:
|August 2005
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|August 2007
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 50 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Must be HIV positive.
- Receiving stable HAART for a minimum of 6 consecutive months immediately before screening.
- CD4 T-cell count greater than 350 mm cubed/mL at time of screening and no reported CD4 T-cell count less than 250 mm cubed/mL at any time before screening.
Other Inclusions Apply
Exclusion Criteria:
- Any chronic symptomatic infection other than HIV.
- History of diagnosed autoimmune disease (currently active or under control).
- Use of any prior HIV vaccine (prophylactic and/or therapeutic) within one year before or during screening (documented, unblinded placebo recipients from previous clinical trials may participate without this time restriction).
Other Exclusions Apply
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00195312
|United States, Alabama
|Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294
|United States, Colorado
|Denver, Colorado, United States, 80262
|United States, Florida
|Orlando, Florida, United States, 32803
|United States, Massachusetts
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215
|United States, Texas
|Austin, Texas, United States, 78705
|Dallas, Texas, United States, 75246
|Berlin, Germany, 12157
|Frankfurt, Germany, 60590
|Hamburg, Germany, 20246
|Hannover, Germany, 30625
|Köln, Germany, 50937
|München, Germany, 80336
|Stockholm, Sweden, 118 23
|Study Director:
|Medical Monitor, MD
|Wyeth is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer
|Principal Investigator:
|Trial Manager
|For Germany, email@example.com
|Principal Investigator:
|Trial Manager
|For Sweden, email@example.com
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00195312 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|August 5, 2005
|Last Updated:
|December 3, 2007
Keywords provided by Wyeth is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer:
Treatment Experienced
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Anesthetics, Local
Central Nervous System Depressants
Sensory System Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 25, 2017


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Registration Begins Saturday, June 1st for the Jersey City Library 2013 Summer Reading Program
Registration Begins Saturday, June 1st
for the Jersey City Library 2013 Summer Reading Program
JERSEY CITY, N.J. May 29, 2013 – With the Memorial Day holiday now past, both parents and children alike will be planning their summer activities, thinking, what's available for children?
The Summer Reading Program (SRP) at the Jersey City Free Public Library offers just the right structured, yet fun environment to help keep Jersey City children's reading abilities intact over the summer holiday, and provide wholesome activity during the hot summer months in the city.
Registration begins on Saturday, June 1st, for SRP 2013 at the Bonetti Children's Room in the Main Library, all nine branches and at the Bookmobile. The Summer Reading Program 2013 runs from Monday, June 24th through Friday, August 16th and features games, great reads, movies, exciting trips, and live performances. Field Station: Dinosaurs will come roaring to the Main Library, with all children and YAs participating in SRP 2013 having the chance to see the performance.
As an incentive for reading many books over the summer, a trip to Funplex is available to young adults (grades 6-8) from each branch or the Bonetti Children's Room who have achieved reading the highest number. Camp Liberty will also serve as an incentive for children to read, with those reading the highest number, going.
The 2013 theme encompasses a child's interest in digging – whether in sand down at the shore to that proverbial direct path to China, or for information, when fascinated by a particular topic – and gives young children a path to travel, "Dig Into Reading." For young adults (YAs), the 2013 theme gives a deeper path for digging, "Beneath the Surface."
Themes are established by the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP), "a consortium of states working together to provide high-quality summer reading program materials for children at the lowest cost possible for their public libraries. By combining resources and working with an exclusive contracted vendor to produce materials designed for CSLP members, public libraries in participating states or systems can purchase posters, reading logs, bookmarks, certificates and a variety of reading incentives at significant savings" (CSLP.com website). All CSLP materials are free, offered by the New Jersey State Library to public libraries.
All movies have been chosen with either children or YAs in mind, with the individual show times as part of the schedule of each branch or the Bonetti Children's Room, which can be found on the SRP 2013 outreach flyer available for both throughout the library system.
Children: * Brave * Diary of a Wimpy Dog: Dog Days * Ice Age: Continental Drift * Rise of the Guardians * Wreck-It Ralph * Hotel Transylvania * Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted *
YAs: * Life of Pi * The Dark Knight Rises * Here Comes the Boom * The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey * Snow White & the Huntsman * Battleship * The Perks of Being a Wallflower * Beasts of the Southern Wild *
"We invite all children to come register, to have fun with old friends and new. The library's Summer Reading Program gives children the chance to do a variety of activities, and to see how fun reading can be," said Chief Librarian Hussein Odeh, who oversees the Summer Reading Program Committee in 2013 that is co-chaired by Librarians Francina Stevens and Mary Quinn.
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, May 29, 2013, the Jersey City Free Public Library has 227,293 valid card members.


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Clear Creek Suite
Antique Clawfoot Tub and Shower, Cable Television & Free Wireless Internet Access, Antique Silvertone Radio, Central Heat and Air Conditioning, Rollaway Bed overlooking beautiful Clear Creek.
One of our largest and most elegant suites, lavishly decorated and furnished in Edwardian style. From the high windows, you will look down on beautiful Clear Creek flowing past the hotel.
Many years ago, this sparkling creek was the southern boundary of the Crow Indian hunting grounds. Early explorers and settlers called it the Clear Fork of Powder River. Today, it provides the gentle rush of water that will lull you to sleep as it flows east to join Powder River.
The King Bed is a unique six-poster Cherry Wood bed that is original to the hotel, with a very comfortable California pillow-top mattress. The extra large bathroom boasts an enormous antique clawfoot bathtub, original to the hotel, that is big enough for two.
Summer Rate: $185 per night (May 1 to September 15)
Winter Rate: $125 per night (September 16 to April 30)


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Rush Soccer and the Inspireum Soccer Awards are looking for the countries most inspirational players. Among the semifinalists named is Caitlin Fryer from New York Rush.
Caitlin is a teammate to many as she holds positions on the Pelham High School women's varsity soccer team, the New York Rush Patriots 97 team, the Eastern New York State Olympic Development Program 96 women's team, and the South African U17 and U20 Women's National soccer teams. In between her monthly commutes to Johannesburg, Caitlin finds time to be an honor roll student. The South African national team also makes frequent trips to rural villages, to teach women there about how they can empower themselves through sport. Caitlin helps these women see what life can be like outside the village, if one works extraordinarily hard and applies themselves toward their goals.
To read more about Caitlin and vote for her, please click here.
Finalists are named December 13th so vote often!


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Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 4:00 pm
Latest Update:
We have finished up the Main Menu, settings menu, and the server can now successfully log you in. We are currently working on the character creation screen, and will be posting a "This weekend's progress" in our development journal tomorrow! This week by far as been the most productive in a long time.
Estimated cost:
Free, we don't want this to cost you a cent, and to promote that; we won't be having membership, or in game store; everything is free and can be obtained in the game. We might press a "Please donate" message here and there, but that's expected from a free to play game. We are hoping that by making the game free, fun to play, expansive, and good looking, we can gather fans looking to see our next game which has already started its planning stages.
Minimum Specs:
Running and older pc myself, I am hoping that if I can run it so can you, however there are two things that you must be able to support:
Resolution: 800x600 compatible
Bit Depth: 16 compatible
Game Information:
The game is a two dimensional (2D) isometric game. The graphics are done by hand in Microsoft paint, and are constantly edited to match and to look professional or so that they all look our best. The graphics are themed to look nice and simple, as well as showing you that hand done pixel art still as a place within the game world. The game features server based online, the game works as a world simulator its realism begging players to think before they do and to do thinks like you would in real life.
The Menus:
The menus will now be made in a long series of making, and then testing in full screen until we decide the the overall look isn't too large and looks nice but not over done, many of the menus will require you to double click key buttons such as the log in button and the delete button to ensure this is truly what you want.
We want the player to be aware of everything we are, we will be using a scale to rate "server lag." Server lag is lag generated by the server hosts slow internet or slowness due to the number of players accessing the server. When we detect server lag we will update out scale, that ranges from slight to unplayable. If we feel that it may get to unplayable or this may be a coding error, the server will have a 1 hour till shutdown timer set. When this happens a backup is created, tested for corruption and all user accounts are gone through to ensure it wasn't a cheating or hacking attempt. We will then test the server hosts computer speed and see what we can do. If we do determine it is the server host we will have to find someone willing to host it or, try out best to improve server performance, so some server lag may be deemed "Static". If server lag is static we will put a recommended player count and all players above said count will be warned of server lag tolerance.
Character Creation:
All accounts will be allowed three characters, all and any of which can be deleted at anytime. Character creation for our alpha will probably be limited to three body types for each gender and four hair colors. We will have character portraits for you to choose from; these change on what your wearing on your head of course. A new character will start off with what we consider enough resources to last three days of in game time. As well as immunity to animal attacks for these three days. This does not stop player killing however so beware! (read below about death to see why!) Character creation will involve a menu with simple text and then the button-scroll-bar interface option (an example will be showed in this weeks video). You will also be able to choose a name, weather you want to camp with friends or alone, and if you want to set a code for your friends to join you with (changeable later as well)
Character Selection:
When you reach the character selection Menu you will see a menu with VERY large buttons. The four buttons on the right signify the three characters you have to choose from and the log out button, Logging out when take you back to the main menu, the three characters are just left of a much large wood panel I have nick names "The Information dock". At the information dock you will see nothing until you click one of your characters, then the information dock will be filled with little tid-bits of information everything from health, to hunger, and head shot, to terrain description!
Now here is an idea that might take you a minute to wrap your head around! Experience will be universal so none of those "My woodcutting level is..." game chatter. Doing anything productive will grant you experience, but its our unique boost system that makes the game interesting! Lets say you just got the skill Lumber jacking. When you first cut down a tree you will get lets say 25 experience. Now lets say you keep chopping down trees, eventually you'll notice a change, instead of getting 25 experience your getting 28, then 30, 34, 36, all the way to 50 right? You're still chopping them at the same speed though so this is mostly just for use on other skills. However, after a while at 50 experience per tree, you'll see it go down (Oh no!) This is when you've chopped so many trees you're character has started to "master" the art of chopping trees, now while your experience is going down your speed is going up! You can now chop a tree in 50% of time time and now the quality of the wood is 200% higher! Now this is all nice and dandy but what happens when we reach 25 experience again? well we level off now you have better speed and quality and you get the normal amount of experience. But the system doesn't stop there! if you go lets say 2 months without chopping not a single tree your character will start to forget key pointers in the art of chopping and thus you will gain more experience again but reduced quality and speed. This is to simulate the real-life way of learning.
This is not a game for those who don't think about what they do in a game, and think they can use cunnning to get out fo every situation. Death in Dukandia is death there is no coming back. But!, do not fret we have a system to at least give your new character a head start in the game. If your character dies you will see a new menu in the character creation screen. It will be a small box in the corner. When you expand it you will have the choice to gain Spiritual Wisdom from your previous ancestor. (the dead character) If you do this. Your new character will gain 75% of his overall Experience, his 'spawn' location, friends list, and 20% of his stats. You can use the Experience to skip the skills you originally got on him but then realized you din't need and much more so, its almost pure gain. However you must remember, that you got killed and if it was by a player, they might be lurking around.
Dukandia when you create a character you can spawn randomly or near a friend! just type in his or her name and you will spawn near their spawn location. Spawn locations are marked by a purple flower. This flower turns dark blue when they are offline, and a purple one when they are online. The blue flower can be moved simply by getting its seed (regenerates every 24 in game hours) and planting it. The new point will instantly be your spawn location with its own flower, you then can remove the old flower. You can also teleport to your spawn point at anytime with a five min reload time.
Structure, craft, and material creation:
In Dukandia you craft, and build structures, materials, and well crafts. You use the growing environment for your own needs chopping own trees, terraforming, and anything else you can do to get materials. Later I will populate this post with a list of alpha one objects, crafts, and structures that will be build-able and how. along with behind the scenes formulas for how they work.
Development Journal:
Screen shots:
Main Menu
The main menu; registering will be done on our website.
Settings menu:
Character selection:
Pixel art:
Below are some examples of what we have done so far.
Tall Grass
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Set in Somalia in 1993, Delta Force �" Black Hawk Down is based upon and around the Operation Restore Hope and Task Force Ranger campaigns immortalized in the book and movie of the same name. The game follows members of the elite Delta Force, US Army Rangers and 10th Mountain Division as they participate in a number of daring raids against the oppressive Somali warlords in and around Mogadishu .
PS2 Specifics:
Totally redesigned for the PS2 utilizing the groundbreaking Azura engine, Delta Force �" Black Hawk Down recreates the intense atmosphere of a war-torn country. From tours of duty in the vast Somali countryside, where snipers could lurk on top of any hill - to the maze like streets of Mogadishu, where militia and civilians blend seamlessly. To ensure accuracy, NovaLogic spent months researching the history of the conflict, and worked extensively with three former Special Forces Operatives, including two who served in Somalia in 1993.
NovaLogic has also teamed up with the Special Operations Warrior Foundation. A portion of the proceeds from Delta Force �" Black Hawk Down will be donated to the foundation. The SOWF provides college scholarship grants, along with financial aid and educational counseling to the children of Special Operations personnel who were killed in an operational mission or training accident.
Delta Force: Black Hawk Down information:


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Proposal Submissions and Competition
UGR Draft Program
If you intend to submit your undergraduate research to be entered into the UGR Competition, then you must check "yes" in the box labeled "Is this for the Undergraduate Research Competition? on the Celebration online proposal form.
Each UGR presentation will be approximately eight to ten minutes in duration and followed by a five to seven minute question and answer session with the audience and/or reviewers. For your UGR presentation, please indicate "Other" for SPECIFY LENGTH of presentation and note "UGR" for the specification. Your presentation will be scheduled for this length of time.
The best undergraduate presentation in the UGR competition will earn $500. Also, there will be a $300 and a $100 award for second and third place.
Evaluation Criteria
Each faculty reviewer will use 6 criteria for evaluation of the undergraduate students' presentations. The reviewer will evaluate the presentation in each criterion on a point scale of 1 to 5 (Unacceptable, Poor, Average, Very Good, Excellent). Then, each criterion is assigned a weighting factor as shown below by which the points will be multiplied to calculate the final score.
(1 – 5)
Explanation of Criteria
Presentations should contain seeds of originality – through research methods, new interpretations of text or data, innovative approaches or methodologies, or creative ventures in the arts.
Each presentation should succinctly explain the research methods used in the project, the design approach(es) applied to the research, or the sound argument format utilized to study and present the topic. At least one of these approaches must be explained as it applies to the discipline of the presentation topic. For example, "methodology" may be more appropriate for scientific research, "design" may be more appropriate for applied research or the arts, or 'argument" may be more appropriate for topics in the humanities.
Evidence of Research
The student presenter should be very clear about the research completed for his/her project up to the point of the presentation, whether complete results or outcomes have been gathered to date or not. It is acceptable to indicate the research started, but is not yet finished. While projects are not expected to look like Ph.D. projects, they should indicate significant research done on the topic.
Importance to the Audience
The importance of the research conducted should be made clear to the audience. For example, Why is this type of research or its results valuable to humankind or to a particular group or discipline? The presentation should be convincing in its importance to the audience.
Presentations should be clearly presented and well organized. Good writing skills should be evident in any handouts, PowerPoint slides, posters, or other related presentation tools. Unclear or poorly organized presentations may hold the promise of the same in the written paper.
Some helpful definitions:
Research paper - This is a paper which includes first-hand data from experiments and surveys. It may include laboratory or field-work and/or research including human subjects (with the guidance of an adviser trained in human subjects research and formal approval of the research project).
Scholarly paper - A paper that uses original and secondary published sources to formulate a question and make a creative contribution to the literature. The paper may be a review and synthesis of the literature or an original paper.
Business plan – Primarily for students in the Wall College of Business. The student conceptualizes a business, including a plan for marketing, finance, and implementation. Students who are interested in entrepreneurship often choose this format that must include applied research.
Educational pedagogy – Primarily for students who are student teaching as part of their education certification. Students create an additional (beyond what is required for student teaching) educational "unit" that includes lesson plans, instructions, and pedagogy. This option will include a formal reflection paper that identifies a unique or new approach, topic or outcome.
Fine arts display or performance - Presentation of a student's creative artistry (e.g., dance, music, and vocal recitals; art, film, theatrical performance, and photography exhibits). This option will include a formal reflection paper
Portfolio – Primarily for fine arts majors. A formal compilation of a student's artistry created as part of their fine arts classes. This option will include a formal reflection paper.
Oral presentation Guidelines:
The formal oral presentation should draw upon the informative and persuasive speaking skills developed in core and other courses. Presenters must pay particular attention to:


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Daisy Model 10 Carbine Lever Action BB Gun
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A great gun for introducing beginners to shooting, the Daisy® Model 10 Carbine Lever Action BB gun combines an easy-to-use lever action, open sights, and time proven Daisy quality. This dependable 400-shot, repeating air rifle delivers up to 350 fps from its lever cocking spring air action. The 30'' gun offers an open, fixed rear sight and blade and ramp front sight on top of its smooth bore steel barrel. The Model 10 also features a true wood stock and forend and a leather thong for that traditional Daisy look. .177 caliber.
- Easy-to-use lever action BB gun from Daisy
- Great gun for beginning shooters
- 400-shot repeating air rifle
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Officials gather to discuss future of Crosslake, Pequot Lakes libraries
The future of the Crosslake and Pequot Lakes libraries was discussed Tuesday, Oct. 22, as area council members, library directors, mayors and Kitchigami Regional Library System (KRLS) board members gathered in Brainerd.
The group gathered in part to deliberate whether Pequot Lakes or Crosslake libraries should become KRLS branches.
Currently the two libraries are affiliate libraries and receive funds for materials and book delivery through the KRLS system.
At a Sept. 19 meeting, the KRLS board chose to fund both the Pequot Lakes and Crosslake libraries from a reserve account that had been intended to create a new branch library. That account has a balance of just less than $300,000.
By taking the roughly $20,000 in combined funding to the two libraries from the reserve account, the board said it hoped to speed up the discussion as to whether either library would become a KRLS branch.
The longer the libraries take to decide, the board reasoned, the smaller the fund to create the library will be.
Brainerd City Council and KRLS board member Mary Koep called the Oct. 22 meeting held at Brainerd City Hall. She said her impression from the Sept. 19 KRLS board meeting was that the KRLS board was telling Crow Wing County libraries to "get their act together."
She said the group needs to resolve the question of whether the county wants to build a new branch library. Currently the county has just one KRLS branch library — the Brainerd Library.
The group agreed that between the Crosslake and Pequot Lakes libraries, Crosslake's library was the most likely candidate to become a KRLS branch.
Crosslake Mayor Darrell Schneider said Crosslake might be interested in becoming a branch, but needs to know whether service hours would be reduced. He said that when the Crosslake Library was first conceptualized, service was the thing.
Marian Ridge, KRLS director, had previously put together an example scenario of what the Crosslake Library might look like as a branch operating at 32 hours a week. Currently the Crosslake Library operates at 35 hours a week. Crosslake, in turn, asked for the cost of operating the library at 35 hours.
Neal Gaalswyk, KRLS board chair, asked Ridge to come up with a library that would be analogous to Crosslake's, were the Crosslake Library to become a branch.
Ridge said that an analogous library would be somewhere between Blackduck's library and Pine River's library. It would have reduced hours and public funds would be applied to the library in the same way as they are applied to all libraries in the KRLS system.
She said the city could spend its own money to go above and beyond and the hours of operation KRLS could provide, but she usually recommends extra dollars go toward other efforts besides hours.
Koep suggested that it might be time for KRLS to rethink the way it handles small community libraries.
Gaalswyk noted that county funding, as required by the state, isn't currently enough to keep the Brainerd Library — the only KRLS branch in the county — open for business as usual. The Brainerd Library will cut six hours total in 2014 to meet its budget.
Pequot Lakes Mayor Nancy Adams said that if the Crosslake Library became a branch, county funds would have to go to two libraries, and situation could end up decimating both.
Crow Wing County commissioner Paul Thiede, who represents the Crosslake area, said future branch libraries also needed to know if there was a cost for a "seat at the table" to become a branch in KRLS. Ridge agreed to put together an idea of the cost for the Crosslake Library to become a branch.
Adams and Schneider both agreed to take the matter to their city councils to discuss whether either library was interested to become a branch.
The consensus was also to research the original intent and origination of the reserve account in order to decide its best use in the future.
The group plans to meet in January 2014 to discuss the matter again.


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I eat their Chipotle Chicken sandwich on GF bread once a week. No problems!
I was pleasantly surprised to find out that they had a gluten free bread option upon request. My sandwich was quite good. It's not often that I can have a sandwich while dining out. The extra charge for this was less than a dollar.
I just went a week ago and they had gluten free bread! They said it had just happened about 3 weeks prior that they got the gf bread. The sandwich was delicious. They have many sides too that are gf!
Staff wasn't educated on gluten free options. When asked about gf menu they seemed put out and only gave me the nutrition folder. Have ordered gf potatoes twice and felt sick both times. Won't be going back.
Potatoes, salads, and chili are pretty much what this gluten free menu consists of. Other locations have gluten free bread for sandwiches but this one does not. :-(
We eat here several times a month and have never had any problems. Food is great and staff is SUPER friendly!
Ewww. Very disappointed. Been twice, will never go back. Salad was dry and baked potatoe was BORING and BLAH!
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We eat here a lot. My 9 year old has celiac disease. Most the time he gets the choke and chips and queso with no issues.
8657 Concord Mills Boulevard, Concord NC 28027
They now have gluten free bread!
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They offer Udi's gluten free bread, so it's great to be able to have a sandwich.
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I always ask them to change gloves. During the day the staff seems more knowledgeable. they have gluten free bread. I have not been sick.
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Gluten free bread offered and it's good. They ask if it's an allergen or preference and then alert the kitchen staff. Take all precautions and have never gotten sick!!!
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No GF bread or lettuce wrap option...bummer after driving out of the way as most McAlister's carry GF bread!! Salad was good and GF but not what I wanted.
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I got a McAllister's Club on gf bread and original lays chips. Delicious! I would totally recommend for both gluten-sensitive and Celiac Disease.
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Ordered the ultimate nachos and was contaminated! Staff seemed offended I was ordering gluten free. Would never return.
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I was able to get a Choose Two with a veggie spud and then a turkey sandwich on GF bread. Delicious!
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Excellent service and very good food.
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Very friendly, clean and fast! Delicious and lots to choose from for those who are gluten free. Pleasant surprise!
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Went here because of review and didn't fare so well. They seemed confused in handling my sons sandwich, when he simply asked for a ham and cheese on gluten free bread with mayonaisse. Explained that they would need to change gloves and be very careful, told them about gluten and to be very careful. Even used the word allergy, because I thought they would get it then. Then I ordered a grilled chicken salad and told them the same. Also said please no croutons, although it wasn't listed in description of salad. However, when it came there were croutons on it. I told them please take it back and make me another. When it was brought I found little tiny crumbs of bread(croutons) as though they only picked it off. Then to top that off, they forgot we ordered drinks. First time at this location and definitely last time. They need better educations on contamination especially being they are offering gluten free bread options.
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Highly recommended this deli for gluten-free dining. They have fantastic gf bread and can make almost any sandwich gf. The taco salad was awesome.
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haven't had a single issue eating their sandwiches with gf bread. potatoes are also a great choice. staff are very helpful.
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The potatoes are great and gluten safe.
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They always ask if it's an allergy or preference and I watch them use different gloves to be very careful of mixing things containing gluten with my food! They are wonderful!
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Good gluten free options and even have gluten free bread. Loved being able to order my kids a grilled cheese and it being safe for them to eat.
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Asked for a GF menu, the cashier told me they don't have one but they do have GF bread. So then I asked if all the meats are GF? Three workers looked at each other and the conclusion was "I don't know, probably." Not an educated staff. Not safe!
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Restaurant had options but clearly states on their menu that they are not celiac safe due to cross contamination and shared preparation areas.
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I don't have Celiacs just intolerance, but they have gf lunch meats and potatoes... sooo good!
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Great gluten free options and they are very careful. I eat here once a week and I'm celiac and have never had a issue. The staff is wonderful!
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They have Gluten free bread available & chips (and more...) I always get the grilled chicken club and LOVE it. I've never felt bad after eating here.
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Great GF selection ,bread was great tasting
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One of the manager's is gluten free and she's so safe!
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All of their sandwiches can be made on GF bread. Plus several GF options with salads soups and baked potatoes!
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They have a gluten free menu but you have to ask for it. I ordered a baked potato and a salad and made sure the cashier knew about my gluten intolerance. this was a favorite place of mine before I learned I had to eat gluten free and it will continue to be a favorite.
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My kids both have celiac and are very sensitive. One had a bacon & cheese potato, and the other had a kids grilled cheese on gluten-free bread and loved it. Neither got sick. Staff was really friendly when asked to clean the griddle.
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Finally somewhere along the scenic drive that's more than a salad!
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They have an allergen list menu. Very limited options, mostly salads and their deli meat is gluten free. I also had the veggie chili, but did not enjoy it at all.
14848 Manchester Road, Ballwin MO 63011
Employees not well trained on subject of gluten free.
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They have a gluten free menu with a good amount of items. Just need to ask for it. Even though I said I was gluten free I received saltines. They also have gluten free buns.
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This place is awesome! They have a dedicated menu and the staff is knowledgeable and friendly. I got the grilled Smoked Pepperjack Turkey with chili. All sandwiches can be made GF.
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Do NOT get the sandwich!! Got horribly sick here!!! ER sick!
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Not celiac friendly, but they do have gluten free bread and spuds. Hard to tell what is and is not gluten free in other items and ingredients since it's not specified on any posting or menus. Still a good choice for those that aren't as gluten sensitive!
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Eat there all the time and have never gotten sick. Very celiac friendly and their gf bread is pretty good.
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Large selection of gluten free options and bread was great. Healthy alternative to fast food and good service.
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They have gf bread (Udi's), that I don't have toasted, and they can do about any sandwich gf. Several salad and spud options as well.
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gluten free bread. 'nuff said
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Said that they have gluten free bread but that is the only thing gluten free.
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Gluten free bread and plenty of salads to choose from. Not perfect but better than no gf options at all.
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Jan 6, 2008 at 10:37 am #1226604
This hike was originally planned as a 38-miler over four days as I hike the John Muir Trail in Big South Fork and Pickett State Park from Leatherwood Ford to Pickett's JMT Trailhead on HWY 154.
Due to a minor injury, but mostly unseasonably cold weather, I reduced the trip to about 23 miles over 3 days, including a comfortable night with my fiancee at Charit Creek Lodge. Despite changes it was an excellent trip with great views, harsh cold, creature comforts, and good memories.
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
After obtaining a permit from the rudest Park Serv ice Employee I've ever met, my fiancee and I headed to Leatherwood Ford. Temps were dropping instead of warming, and my thermometer read 32 degrees, the warmest I would see on my hike. We took a couple of pics, and I headed over the footbridge across the Big South Fork of the Cumberland River.
Trail blaze for Big South Fork's John Muir Trail
I headed up the river and churned up my first set of switchbacks. At the top the JMT begun swooping under and around a host of rock formations.
I avoided most of the optional loop of overlooks after nearly being cut in half by the windchill at Angel Falls Overlook.
From here I had about 4 1/2 miles to go to my originally planned campsite, but when I got there, the trail was miraculously the only thing cleared of storm damage. The good campsite that once existed there was no more. However, it was only about 1:45, so I headed on to another promising looking spot about 3 miles further up. But once I got there, no water in the little stream bed. I was already getting a little dehydrated since I had left my platypus system at home, knowing it would certainly freeze up in the low teens predicted.
I then pushed on another to miles to where I knew there would be level ground and water near Station Camp Creek. As the sun began dropping behind the ridges, the flurries which had occurred throughout the day began to pick up.
About a mile before finding camp, I turned my left ankle on some snow and leaf-covered rocks. It hurt. A LOT. I tightened my boot and eased on, finding the pain receded somewhat along the way. I changed into dry layers, set up my tarp, gathered water, quickly cooked dinner, and settled in with a hot water bottle. Miraculously, I had to peel off my down jacket an hour later when, despite a temperature of 18, I was too hot. My quilt did me proud.Jan 6, 2008 at 10:43 am #1415028
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
I awoke after a remarkably warm night to a temperature of 12 degrees, a colder reality than I thought my homemade quilt could have handled. My tarp and bivy had kept me dry and reasonably shielded from the wind over a very cold night of flurries.
Unfortunately, my ankle screamed at me when I put weight on it. I lay back down and proceeded to massage it and stretch it. I then found that with care, I could walk on it, with a bit of help from my trekking poles. As I cooked breakfast I considered my options.
The JMT continued another 21 miles and predicitons were that tonight would be colder than last night. I might manage it with ibuprofen and an ace bandage, but I wasn't sure if I really wanted to, both due to my ankle's discomfort and the prospect of a colder day of hiking than yesterday. I couldn't really stop and rest during the day without breaking out all my cold weather gear. I had done nearly 15 miles the previous day (of a planned 10.5 miler), and had only stopped with a pack off 3 times, never for more than 15 minutes. I didn't care for another day like this when temps were supposed to be 10 degrees colder.
My fiancee was spending two nights at Charit Creek Lodge, a Christmas to herself while I was of backpacking. A look at my map showed Charit Creek Lodge to be only four miles away down an old road bed. I might not be allowed to stay with her since I didn't have a reservation, but I could at least visit, warm up, and move on to camp a mile beyond. I decided to give this a try. Thus, I packed up and headed over the bridge across Station Camp Creek.
My ankle was tender and it felt like someone shoved a pair of pliers under the skin, clamped down on muscle, and twisted every time I polled the ankle on hidden rocks. But as the ankle warmed up, ibuprofen kicked in, and the harsh trail turned to gravelled roadbed, I became more comfortable, with only a mild limp as I walked. The frozen mud kept collecting on my trekking poles.
A real Tennessee mudcicle……
After several stream crossings in which I managed to just keep the water below the goretex liner, I managed to reach Charit Creek Lodge.
I was pleased to find Leslie was the only guest there, and the host had already assured her I could stay with no problem. We even had our own cabin…….
complete with double sized bunk and stove…
and a couple of extra bunk warmers, Sissy and Owen……
In exchange for helping move some propane bottles, wheelbarrow some firewood, and starting a fire in the dining hall's stove, Chris (the caretaker) even hooked me up with a share of the lodge's dinner of steak and fried potatoes. After a tough first day, I was finding a bit of heaven in a very cold place. Night-time temperatures dropped down into single digits that night, and I stayed warm and happy in the 50's in our cabin.Jan 6, 2008 at 10:47 am #1415030
Thursday, January 3, 2008
I was up early since I knew my fiancee was heading out fairly early and getting a ride to my truck. The 9-degree temperature was bracing as I stepped out of the warm cabin. I wanted to walk out and see Twin Arches along the way. Many switchbacks gave way to steps and actual staircases. I headed out and up and quickly arrived at South Twin Arch.
North Twin Arch also provided a great view.
I continued up the way until I hit the last staircase, the biggest one yet.
It gave way to fantastic views back into Charit Creek Gorge.
I pushed on up to the parking lot. Frost was forming in my beard, and I decided to keep walking up the gravel road rather than sit and chill (in the most literally and unpleasant sense of the word). A mile and a half up the gravel road, my truck rounded the bend and I slid into its warmth. Happily, I noted the pain in my ankle was barely noticeable. And the frost quickly melted away from my beard. Though I had not hiked the full JMT section I had planned, I had enjoyed the experience very much, and looked forward to returning to the area in the future.Jan 6, 2008 at 3:00 pm #1415059
charlie babbageMember
BP you should right a book. I always enjoy reading your posts -you might have a hidden novelist in there somewhere. I want to know what camera you have- those pics are really good.Jan 6, 2008 at 4:21 pm #1415070
"I want to know what camera you have- those pics are really good."
I use an Olympus SP-350, a slightly heavier digital (7.5 oz), but with an outstanding ergometric grip for taking shots. It also runs on 2 AA batteries which is a requirement for longer hikes where I wouldn't have a chance to recharge the NiCad batteries common in many lighter cameras.Jan 6, 2008 at 5:26 pm #1415076
Tom ClarkBPL Member
@tomclarkLocale: East Coast
I heard about Big South Fork when I lived in OH and TN, but never made it there. Great photos of some terrific scenery. I hadn't realized how rugged looking it was. Thanks for sharing.Jan 9, 2008 at 4:49 pm #1415515
Chris LoweBPL Member
@tnchrisLocale: DC Metro
I love the BSF, I used to go all the time while living in Knoxville but recently relocated to Winston-Salem, NC so it's a long haul for me now. I'll have to get the JMT through there done some time though; nice pics and nice report. Sometimes it's ok to just give up on the hardcoreness and throw down at the lodge. I was in the smokies at the same time and it was cold for sure…Jan 9, 2010 at 8:34 pm #1561250
Tom PerryMember
Wow, Charlie aint kiddin,I really enjoyed reading ur post alot,mabye hes right!You should really consider writing a book about your journeys.I know Id definetly buy a copy, and i'm sure many others as-well.Thank you for sharing, you indeed do have a talent worth taking note-of.Ive shared some of your posts with a couple of relatives of mine who are writers, and they are also impressed! Please get out and hike some more, so we all can read about more of ur adventures!
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