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Kia Rondo: A Minivan That Can
Editor's Rating:
The Good: Rebates, available V6 engine, seven-passenger capacity, excellent warranty
The Bad: Quality doubts, fuel economy could be better, scant luggage space behind third-row seats
The Bottom Line: A compact people-hauler for families on a tight budget
Up Front
I never thought I'd say this about a Kia (KIMTY), let alone a Kia minivan, but the 2008 Rondo is a terrific vehicle. It's a small minivan that's far roomier than a compact car and can seat up to seven, yet it gets decent (if not great) mileage and has five-star government crash test ratings. Even better, through Sept. 2, Kia is offering big cash discounts off the Rondo's already low list price.
The Rondo is an excellent choice for young families on a tight budget. It's only 179 inches long, the same length as a 2009 Toyota (TM) Corolla. But it is 2.4 inches wider and more than 7 inches taller, so it has more head, hip, and shoulder space than the Corolla and other compact sedans. The Rondo's optional third-row seats are too tight for most adults, but there's plenty of room for a driver to carpool with up to six children.
The Rondo's only real direct competitor is the Mazda5, a similar compact minivan that was improved as of the '08 model year. Otherwise, the Rondo's closest rivals are totally different styles of vehicle, including compact hatchbacks such as General Motors' (GM) Pontiac Vibe and Toyota Matrix, small SUVs such as the Toyota Rav4 and quirky niche models such as the Scion xB and the Chevrolet HHR. However, only the Mazda5 and Toyota Rav4 also have an available third-row of seats.
Sales of both the Rondo and Mazda5 have soared this year. The Rondo's U.S. sales were up 15% in July, to 2,556, and up 51.7%, to 18,530, in the first seven months of this year, while the Mazda5's sales jumped 39.7%, to 1,336, in July, and 43.7%, to 13,313, in the first seven months of this year. Mazda is controlled by Ford (F).
One reason for the Rondo's success is the rebates of $1,500 to $2,000 Kia is offering on the model right now (alternatively, there are also low interest loans available). On top of that, you may qualify for an additional $1,500 to $2,000 rebate. Depending on which region of the country you live in and if you already own a Kia or certain competing vehicles. Check Kia's web site for details
Even before rebates, the Rondo's price is very low. The entry-level Rondo LX powered by the small engine starts at just $16,995 without air conditioning and $17,895 with air conditioning, and comes standard with such amenities as full power accessories, 16-inch alloy wheels, a fold-down second-row seat and a CD player. Add $500 for the optional fold-down third-row seats. The upscale Rondo EX powered by the larger engine starts at $20,795, and can be fancied up with a 10-speaker/6-CD sound system and a sunroof for $1,200, and leather upholstery for another $1,000.
The Rondo has several other advantages over the Mazda5. It's slightly longer and wider, so it's a bit roomier and seats a maximum of seven, vs. six for the Mazda5. And, while the Mazda only comes with a four-cylinder engine, the Rondo is available either with a 2.4-liter, 162-horsepower inline four-banger, or a 2.7-liter, 187-horsepower V6. The small engine is paired with a four-speed automatic transmission, the bigger one with a five-speed automatic.
The big doubt about the Rondo is its long-term dependability. Kia came in third-from-last in J.D. Power & Associates 2008 Vehicle Dependability Study, which was announced on Aug. 7, behind every other company except Suzuki and Land Rover. (Mazda was ranked higher, but also below the industry average.) New models such as the Rondo and Kia Optima sedan (on which the Rondo is based) appear to be very well made. But even if they are, lingering quality doubts will probably depress their resale value.
However, the Rondo (like all Kia models) has a stellar warranty, including five years or 60,000 miles of basic coverage and free roadside assistance in the event of a breakdown, plus 10 years or 100,000 miles of powertrain coverage. The Mazda5's basic warranty and roadside assistance programs only last for three years or 36,000 miles, and its drivetrain protection for five years or 60,000 miles.
The Mazda5, on the other hand, is more fuel-efficient. With the small engine, the Ronda is rated to get 19 mpg in the city and 26 on the highway, and does almost as well (18 city/26 highway) with the six-cylinder engine. With an automatic transmission, the Mazda5 is rated to get 21/27. However, the base model Mazda5 Sport, unlike the Rondo, is available with a stick shift, and that version of the vehicle is rated at 22 mpg in the city and 28 on the highway, which is pretty incredible for a six-passenger minivan.
Behind the Wheel
The Rondo isn't especially quick or sporty. I clocked my test EX with a six-cylinder engine at 9.2 seconds in accelerating from 0 to 60. Loaded down with baggage and passengers, the four-cylinder version of the Rondo is probably downright pokey. Then again, you don't buy a minivan for its sportiness—and the Mazda5 is pokey, too.
Everything inside the Rondo fits together well and seems solidly made. In classic minivan style, the center console juts out from the dash between the driver and front passenger, giving the front seats a cockpit-like feel. The cabin is quiet and well-insulated. If you pay close attention, for instance, you realize that the engine is fairly noisy when you punch the gas, but from inside the cabin the noise is barely audible. The door on the sunroof has a heavy, well-built feel, as does the glove box door.
There are lots of thoughtful design touches, too, from several covered storage spaces in the rear deck area to a little trough over the glove box where you can toss keys and sunglasses. Small triangular windows at each end of the dash add to the airy feel of the front seat area. There are bottle holders molded into the storage bins in the rear doors (a convenience that's often eliminated in compact vehicles) and pouches on the backs of the front seats where rear passengers can stow magazines and maps.
Without the third-row seats, the Rondo has nearly 32 cu. ft. of luggage space in back, which is plenty. The big negative about the interior is that there is virtually no luggage space (a mere 6.5 cu. ft.) when the third-row seats are in place. So, on long trips the Rondo isn't practical for more than four or five people unless you buy a roof rack for luggage.
Buy It or Bag It?
Rebates are a wild card when you're buying a car in a weak market, and the Rondo is no exception. Since the beginning of this year, the Rondo's average selling price has been $19,429 before cash rebates, and only about $18,000 after rebates, according to the Power Information Network (PIN). At that price, the Rondo is a screaming bargain, and (as mentioned above) some buyers can qualify for even bigger discounts.
By contrast, the Mazda5 starts at $18,665 with a stick shift and $19,615 with an automatic transmission. It has been selling for an average of $20,204 after an average cash rebate of $857, according to PIN. However, though there are lease deals and no-interest loans on the Mazda5 right now, Mazda isn't offering cash rebates on the model.
Some other competitors are offering cash back. There are rebates of $1,500 or more on the '08 HHR through Aug. 19, lowering that model's average price to just under $18,000. The '08 Pontiac Vibe is selling for an average of just $16,818, after an average cash rebate of $2,571, according to PIN. Even the new '09 Vibe, which is much nicer, carries an average cash rebate of $1,115, according to PIN, lowering its average price to about $19,000. (Both PIN and J.D. Power, like BusinessWeek, are units of The McGraw-Hill Companies.)
There are no cash rebates on Scion xB right now, but both the '08 and '09 xBs sell for an average of only about $18,000, according to PIN. However, the xB doesn't have the carpooling capacity of the Rondo. With optional third-row seats, the Toyota Rav4 does, and Toyota is offering $500 off on the '08 Rav4 through Sept. 2. But the Rav4 is relatively pricey, with an average selling price so far this year of $24,671, according to PIN.
Dollar for dollar, you can't beat the Rondo's people-hauling capacity and other features right now.
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My intellectual journey began in the far reaches of northern Quebec, in a smattering of small villages on the frigid coast of Hudson Bay. No roads connect the villages to each other or to southern Canada, so when Joseph Jacobson, Ph.D., of Michigan's Wayne State University and his intrepid crew of researchers first arrived 12 years ago, they flew in on small propeller planes from Montreal. Jacobson studies the Inuit, and he does so for just about the same reason cardiovascular disease researchers have been interested in other northern communities for years: their diet. "The Inuit eat a lot of fish," says Jacobson from his Detroit office. "Arctic char, a type of salmon, is very big in their diet. And it's all very rich in DHA."
DHA, or docosahexaenoic acid, a long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid in the omega-3 family that's found in fish and their roe (particularly fattier types like salmon and sardines) is the magic nutrient du jour. I have seen literally hundreds of studies investigating its power to prevent cardiovascular disease. Now the focus has turned to the brain: dozens of studies report that mother animals deprived of DHA have offspring with memory, sensory and visual problems, and that supplementing them with DHA improves their performance on learning, memory and problem-solving tasks. This makes intuitive sense: DHA forms the backbone of much of the brain cells' membranes.
Jacobson wanted to see whether higher DHA levels, both in the womb and after birth, could have the same positive effect on human infants. So working with midwives in the three largest Hudson Bay villages, his team collected umbilical cord blood from 109 newborns. They analyzed the DHA concentration in their cord blood (a good measure of how much DHA the mother consumed during her last few months of pregnancy), and then tested how well the infants performed on tests throughout their first year. He found that at 6 months and 11 months, infants whose cord blood had the highest concentrations of DHA performed better on a number of different tests—such as recognizing faces—than those with lower levels. "The mother's intake during the third trimester, when the brain's neurons and synapses are developing at a very rapid rate, is most important. When we focused on that period, we found the most evidence of beneficial effects," he says.
My mother certainly didn't eat salmon while pregnant with me, so that could be my problem, but it's doubtful: my memory problems only emerged recently. Luckily for my son, my OB/GYN is on top of the literature: when she found out that I couldn't stomach salmon or other fatty fish, she recommended taking a DHA supplement during my third trimester. (Pregnant mothers are advised to get 300 milligrams per day—the equivalent of about three to four 3-ounce servings of salmon a week.)
Apparently, much of the rest of the country isn't too fond of fatty fish either. "Most populations, and this is particularly true in the U.S. and southern Canada, are not getting nearly the amount of DHA that humans got prehistorically," says Jacobson, who like many in his field believes that before the agricultural revolution, fish played a much more prominent role in our diets. "In our original environment, we were getting a lot of DHA," he comments, "then we switched over to a more grain-based diet."
Compounding the problem, adds Jacobson, is that our diets are rich in another type of fatty acid: arachidonic acid (AA), an omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid found in animal fats and formed in the body when we consume linoleic acid from vegetable oils in foods. There's nothing inherently bad about AA—it's important for normal growth. But Jacobson and others believe that our prehistoric ancestors evolved to eat a more balanced ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acids. Today, few people eat enough fish to achieve this balance; the ratio is currently about 10:1 in the U.S. Since AA competes with DHA for space in the membrane and affects other functions in the brain, some experts suggest an abundance of AA is less optimal for cognitive development in babies (and may be associated with early cognitive decline in older adults—more on that later).
Unless they stick to the "eat fish at least twice a week" dietary guideline, it's hard for most Americans to meet DHA recommendations without supplements. This is why many infant formulas are now fortified with DHA (breast milk can be a great source of DHA, if the mom eats fish or takes supplements herself). Jacobson hints that supplementing formula, however, could be a case of too little too late—in his Inuit study he saw no beneficial effect of breast milk that contained high levels of DHA on the cognitive performance in infancy, although there could still be some beneficial effects on cognitive function in childhood. In the majority of studies that have demonstrated beneficial effects from DHA-enhanced infant formula, he notes, "most of the effects have been limited to preterm babies"—e.g., those who missed getting their full in utero complement of the nutrient. Does this mean that the typically DHA-poor American diet places infants at risk? Jacobson is quick to assure me there is no reason to assume that it does. "You don't want to oversell the problem, but our data suggest that greater quantities of prenatal DHA intake could be beneficial."


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16th February 2012, 11:42 at 11:42 am
@nick – How can you afford to go the bloody pub if your unemployed mate!?? I work a 60hr week just to keep a roof over my head and I cant afford that sort of luxury! Grrrr
14th February 2012, 10:21 at 10:21 am
Im a long time racing game addict, and I remember just about all of these which have been mentioned so far. I must admit I do prefer the realism of a sim over the arcadey elements of a game now but back in the day I remember losing entire weekends on F1 97 on playstation with a cheap plastic mad katz wheel, we use to get a load of people together and put the armchair right in front of the tv. We made a stand for the wheel so it didnt have to balance on your lap, get my mates crash helmet on then 2 others holding the chair rocking it all over the place trying to simulate the g forces LOL those were the days.
My list of the best PC Sims are:
Rfactor – massive amount of addons
NetKarPro – best physics
Live for Speed – Best online racing (officially licensed BMW Sauber 07) and 2nd to NKpro in terms of feel and reaction with a decent wheel set up, everything else seems sluggish to respond compared?
But watch this space for the up and coming "Simraceway" for PC, it looks to use the underpinnings of Rfactor so it has great graphics and car models but its not open to everything so its more of a game than much before it, also promises some great online racing and they do organised online events (ala GT5 seasonal online events). No F1 car yet but its only a matter of time, I have seem images of a McLaren MP4/4 !!! And best of all its FREE to download and then you purchase your content in game(very cheap most expensive car is $4) most of the tracks are laser scanned so are very very good to drive on. Plus they have developed the SRW1 racing wheel which is styled to be like an F1 steering wheel using paddles on the back for the gears and throttle/brake, clever set up as it has no base so works a bit like the Wii wheels, but it looks the part. If you could mount the wheel properly onto something like a logitech g27/g25 wheel it would easily be the best selling sim racing wheel!!!
Check out http://www.simraceway.com
F1 2011 – just for the detail in the graphics and the online immersion, plus 2 player co-op championship on its own as a feature nails anything that came before it in my opinion, a great platform which can and will only improve. It just needs some classic F1 car/track DLC packs and its a done deal period.
6th January 2012, 10:30 at 10:30 am
I wouldn't be too sad to see Valencia dropped, I love the circuit (on F1 2011 PS3) but it just doesn't produce anywhere near the level of racing action we all want nor what F1 deserves, and this makes the race a bit dull and completely forgettable! I was amazed at the cost to construct the circuit every year, how can their economy sustain that cost? Thats a huge amount more than the circuit improvements cost at Silverstone???
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Phoenix Motor sports are offering PowerFlex bushes pre pressed into a choice of 3 different coloured anodised housings.
They also offer £5 refund for part exchanging your old housings, now I know that the forum has a
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IIRC the forums swap scheme is also a £5 donation so for all those members who don't have the tools,time or inclination
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Guys ,I took a hunting buddy and his son out for youth season on Saturday and although the ducks didn't cooperate I did manage to get him his first waterfowl kill on a banded canada goose. When we put the band in on the website we got the information back below. He also got another unbanded goose for his second ever kill !!! I have deleted the addrees for ovious reasons.
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Re Anthony's statement: > So it can be done and frameworks like CAGES are showing a way forward. At > the heart of it, there will need to be a Two-Phase commit type protocol > coordinator that sits in front of Cassandra. Of which - one can be sure - there > will be many implementations / best practices in the coming months. I disagree. I think anyone who wants transactions should pick a database that supports them. Bolting a transactional system on top could perhaps be made to work at great cost if you always used CL ALL for every operation. I personally don't think it's possible, but I can't actually prove it. Consider how to enforce: 1) atomicity: you need some kind of undo/redo logging system with crash recovery to handle partially-executed transactions. This is a lot of tricky Cassandra-specific code. A locking system isn't good enough. 2) isolation: lock managers are f*&^ing hard, especially handling the failure cases. Performant deadlock detection is difficult. Getting sufficiently fine-grained locks would require Cassandra-specific code. I'm trying to argue that these features belong inside the database, and not bolted on top, so you should use a database that includes them. Plainly: don't use Cassandra for applications that require transactions. However, if you can express your app without the need of transactions, that where Cassandra really shines. +1 on Nate's recommendation to read the Helland paper. Contentiously, Dave On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 2:20 PM, Nate McCall <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > I found the following paper (PDF) very helpful in shaping my thoughts > about what it means to build systems without transactions. > > http://www.ics.uci.edu/~cs223/papers/cidr07p15.pdf > > "LIfe Beyond Distributed Transactions: an Apostate's Opinion" by Pat > Helland > > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 2:00 PM, tijoriwala.ritesh > <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > > > > Thanks a lot Anthony. That does help me think on possible options... > > -- > > View this message in context: > http://cassandra-user-incubator-apache-org.3065146.n2.nabble.com/Patterns-for-writing-enterprise-applications-on-cassandra-tp6030077p6033316.html > > Sent from the firstname.lastname@example.com mailing list archive > at Nabble.com. > > >
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FUKUSHIMA – Residents in Fukushima Prefecture, smarting from the nation's worst nuclear plant crisis, have launched a project to line 190 km of coastal roads with blossoming cherry trees.
Under the project, residents, evacuees and volunteers will plant 20,000 cherry tree saplings in the prefecture's Hamadori region along the Pacific coast over the next 10 years.
"Everyone may come back to Fukushima 30 years from now," said Yumiko Nishimoto, 59, who is heading the project.
"We want to create communities that our children can be proud of."
The project focuses on Route 6, which runs north-south through Fukushima for 130 km, including a 40-km stretch between the Odaka district of Minamisoma and the town of Naraha, where many residents had to evacuate to due to the proximity to the wrecked Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.
Following the March 2011 meltdowns, Nishimoto evacuated to Tokyo with her husband. They returned to their home in Hirono, south of Naraha, late that year. She decided to launch the project after seeing TV footage of cherry blossoms in an uninhabited evacuation zone last spring.
"Until then, I was busy doing things for the present, but I grew to want to do something for the future," Nishimoto explained.
Behind the project is the desire, expressed about 10 years ago by children who joined a cleanup event along Route 6, to create a row of cherry trees along the road, she said.
The planting started in late January, with 1,000 volunteers hailing from Hokkaido to Okinawa pitching in for a month. Some 1,600 trees will be planted by the end of spring.
As the central government has been leading reconstruction efforts in the Tohoku region, Nishimoto said, "We were keen for projects we could do ourselves."
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1 The padata parallel execution mechanism 2 Last updated for 2.6.36 3 4 Padata is a mechanism by which the kernel can farm work out to be done in 5 parallel on multiple CPUs while retaining the ordering of tasks. It was 6 developed for use with the IPsec code, which needs to be able to perform 7 encryption and decryption on large numbers of packets without reordering 8 those packets. The crypto developers made a point of writing padata in a 9 sufficiently general fashion that it could be put to other uses as well. 10 11 The first step in using padata is to set up a padata_instance structure for 12 overall control of how tasks are to be run: 13 14 #include <linux/padata.h> 15 16 struct padata_instance *padata_alloc(struct workqueue_struct *wq, 17 const struct cpumask *pcpumask, 18 const struct cpumask *cbcpumask); 19 20 The pcpumask describes which processors will be used to execute work 21 submitted to this instance in parallel. The cbcpumask defines which 22 processors are allowed to be used as the serialization callback processor. 23 The workqueue wq is where the work will actually be done; it should be 24 a multithreaded queue, naturally. 25 26 To allocate a padata instance with the cpu_possible_mask for both 27 cpumasks this helper function can be used: 28 29 struct padata_instance *padata_alloc_possible(struct workqueue_struct *wq); 30 31 Note: Padata maintains two kinds of cpumasks internally. The user supplied 32 cpumasks, submitted by padata_alloc/padata_alloc_possible and the 'usable' 33 cpumasks. The usable cpumasks are always a subset of active CPUs in the 34 user supplied cpumasks; these are the cpumasks padata actually uses. So 35 it is legal to supply a cpumask to padata that contains offline CPUs. 36 Once an offline CPU in the user supplied cpumask comes online, padata 37 is going to use it. 38 39 There are functions for enabling and disabling the instance: 40 41 int padata_start(struct padata_instance *pinst); 42 void padata_stop(struct padata_instance *pinst); 43 44 These functions are setting or clearing the "PADATA_INIT" flag; 45 if that flag is not set, other functions will refuse to work. 46 padata_start returns zero on success (flag set) or -EINVAL if the 47 padata cpumask contains no active CPU (flag not set). 48 padata_stop clears the flag and blocks until the padata instance 49 is unused. 50 51 The list of CPUs to be used can be adjusted with these functions: 52 53 int padata_set_cpumasks(struct padata_instance *pinst, 54 cpumask_var_t pcpumask, 55 cpumask_var_t cbcpumask); 56 int padata_set_cpumask(struct padata_instance *pinst, int cpumask_type, 57 cpumask_var_t cpumask); 58 int padata_add_cpu(struct padata_instance *pinst, int cpu, int mask); 59 int padata_remove_cpu(struct padata_instance *pinst, int cpu, int mask); 60 61 Changing the CPU masks are expensive operations, though, so it should not be 62 done with great frequency. 63 64 It's possible to change both cpumasks of a padata instance with 65 padata_set_cpumasks by specifying the cpumasks for parallel execution (pcpumask) 66 and for the serial callback function (cbcpumask). padata_set_cpumask is used to 67 change just one of the cpumasks. Here cpumask_type is one of PADATA_CPU_SERIAL, 68 PADATA_CPU_PARALLEL and cpumask specifies the new cpumask to use. 69 To simply add or remove one CPU from a certain cpumask the functions 70 padata_add_cpu/padata_remove_cpu are used. cpu specifies the CPU to add or 71 remove and mask is one of PADATA_CPU_SERIAL, PADATA_CPU_PARALLEL. 72 73 If a user is interested in padata cpumask changes, he can register to 74 the padata cpumask change notifier: 75 76 int padata_register_cpumask_notifier(struct padata_instance *pinst, 77 struct notifier_block *nblock); 78 79 To unregister from that notifier: 80 81 int padata_unregister_cpumask_notifier(struct padata_instance *pinst, 82 struct notifier_block *nblock); 83 84 The padata cpumask change notifier notifies about changes of the usable 85 cpumasks, i.e. the subset of active CPUs in the user supplied cpumask. 86 87 Padata calls the notifier chain with: 88 89 blocking_notifier_call_chain(&pinst->cpumask_change_notifier, 90 notification_mask, 91 &pd_new->cpumask); 92 93 Here cpumask_change_notifier is registered notifier, notification_mask 94 is one of PADATA_CPU_SERIAL, PADATA_CPU_PARALLEL and cpumask is a pointer 95 to a struct padata_cpumask that contains the new cpumask information. 96 97 Actually submitting work to the padata instance requires the creation of a 98 padata_priv structure: 99 100 struct padata_priv { 101 /* Other stuff here... */ 102 void (*parallel)(struct padata_priv *padata); 103 void (*serial)(struct padata_priv *padata); 104 }; 105 106 This structure will almost certainly be embedded within some larger 107 structure specific to the work to be done. Most of its fields are private to 108 padata, but the structure should be zeroed at initialisation time, and the 109 parallel() and serial() functions should be provided. Those functions will 110 be called in the process of getting the work done as we will see 111 momentarily. 112 113 The submission of work is done with: 114 115 int padata_do_parallel(struct padata_instance *pinst, 116 struct padata_priv *padata, int cb_cpu); 117 118 The pinst and padata structures must be set up as described above; cb_cpu 119 specifies which CPU will be used for the final callback when the work is 120 done; it must be in the current instance's CPU mask. The return value from 121 padata_do_parallel() is zero on success, indicating that the work is in 122 progress. -EBUSY means that somebody, somewhere else is messing with the 123 instance's CPU mask, while -EINVAL is a complaint about cb_cpu not being 124 in that CPU mask or about a not running instance. 125 126 Each task submitted to padata_do_parallel() will, in turn, be passed to 127 exactly one call to the above-mentioned parallel() function, on one CPU, so 128 true parallelism is achieved by submitting multiple tasks. Despite the 129 fact that the workqueue is used to make these calls, parallel() is run with 130 software interrupts disabled and thus cannot sleep. The parallel() 131 function gets the padata_priv structure pointer as its lone parameter; 132 information about the actual work to be done is probably obtained by using 133 container_of() to find the enclosing structure. 134 135 Note that parallel() has no return value; the padata subsystem assumes that 136 parallel() will take responsibility for the task from this point. The work 137 need not be completed during this call, but, if parallel() leaves work 138 outstanding, it should be prepared to be called again with a new job before 139 the previous one completes. When a task does complete, parallel() (or 140 whatever function actually finishes the job) should inform padata of the 141 fact with a call to: 142 143 void padata_do_serial(struct padata_priv *padata); 144 145 At some point in the future, padata_do_serial() will trigger a call to the 146 serial() function in the padata_priv structure. That call will happen on 147 the CPU requested in the initial call to padata_do_parallel(); it, too, is 148 done through the workqueue, but with local software interrupts disabled. 149 Note that this call may be deferred for a while since the padata code takes 150 pains to ensure that tasks are completed in the order in which they were 151 submitted. 152 153 The one remaining function in the padata API should be called to clean up 154 when a padata instance is no longer needed: 155 156 void padata_free(struct padata_instance *pinst); 157 158 This function will busy-wait while any remaining tasks are completed, so it 159 might be best not to call it while there is work outstanding. Shutting 160 down the workqueue, if necessary, should be done separately.


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DEBKAfile Exclusive Report October 29, 2015
The new "Security Quartet" set up by Russia with Iran, Iraq and Syria, operates out of Baghdad and effectively runs the show in Syria and Iraq, and starting to push the Americans out.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report October 22, 2015
Moscow and Iran agree to Assad's phased exit after secret collaboration understandings are reached between Obama and Putin to fight ISIS together.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report October 22, 2015
Russia's military expedition to Syria has not got very far. It is held back by a shortage of advanced weapons and outdated aerial warfare tactics.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report September 10, 2015
The Russian military presence in Syria on land, sea and air, must severely inhibit S operations against ISIS, especially air strikes and Israeli action against Iranian forces in Syria. Moscow may be extending its protection of Bashar Assad to Hizballah as well.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report September 9, 2015
Moscow opened a new route for flying military shipments from Sevastopol in Crimea and other South Russian bases to Syria, debkafile discloses. To circumvent US efforts to block the airspace of NATO nations, Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria, along the Mediterranean route, the Russian is senidng military transports over the Caspian Sea, northern Iran and Iraq, to reach Mezze airbase in Damascus and supply the new Russian base at Jablah.The White House warned Tuesday night, Sept. 8: "Russian military buildup would risk confrontation with the counter-ISIL coalition that included the US."
DEBKAfile Exclusive Analysis September 6, 2015
Three agents bear direct responsibility for the genocidal Syrian war – and the refugee crisis: Bashad Assad, Iran and Russia; and the fourth, the US, by dereliction. Israel stayed out of it, except for supporting a rebel-held strip of southern Syria as a buffer against Iranian, Hizballah or Syrian army encroachment on its northern borders. More than 1,000 wounded Syrian rebels and civilians were treated in Israeli hospitals. Now, too, the Netanyahu government has determined to stay clear of the Syrian refugee crisis. for a number of reasons.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report September 1, 2015
All of the steps being taken by Russia to lay the groundwork for the intervention of its ground forces in the Syrian civil war are being carried out in coordination with the US and Iran. As their coordination tightens, so are the preparations for the first direct big-power military intervention in the Syrian war picking up speed. Those preparations were further accelerated by the ISIS advance on Aug. 31 closer to central Damascus than any anti-Assad group has ever achieved. Moscow is not ready to allow Bashar Assad's rule to be endangered.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Analysis August 29, 2015
Ongoing world power talks on ways to stop ISIS are stumped, as they move next week from Moscow to Washington. Vladimir Putin last week offered three worried Arab leaders nuclear reactors and other aid, but in plans for ending the Syrian war - on which they pinned high hopes – no silver bullet was found for stopping the inexorable Islamist advance. When Barack Obama meets Saudi King Salman in Washington next week, he will not find a customer to buy his reliance on Iran, which has failed to pull the anti-terror wagon out of the mud.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report August 27, 2015
Tehran is fighting on two Iraqi fronts: It has imported the powerful Zelzal missile to beef up a fresh offensive to recover Ramadi and Faluja from ISIS and contending with strong anti-Iran opposition lead by the venerated Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani from Najef.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report August 27, 2015
Iran is in a hurry for a quick solution for the Syrian war and ready to give up is total support for Bashar Assad to win big power support for imposing a solution on Damascus.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report August 21, 2015
Israel's top government and military went on a high level of preparedness Tuesday, Aug. 18 in expectation of the first terrorist attack to be orchestrated by Iran from Syrian or Lebanese borders. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu declared from the Golan: "We will harm anyone trying to harm us." It was the new Iranian-backed network which Thursday, Aug. 20, fired a salvo for four rockets from the Golan into upper Galilee and the Golan. The impact set off brush fires but caused no casualties. A red alert had sent people running to shelters.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report August 20, 2015
Tehran has opened talks with Syrian rebels, radical Palestinians, Druze and other extremists for launching two new terror fronts against Israel from the Golan and the West Bank.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report August 20, 2015
Tehran has scooped Turkey and the US on the Kurdish issue by engineering a moonlight flit from their northern Iraqi bases and command centers to Iran, thus grabbing control of the central Kurdish issue.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report August 20, 2015
Tehran grabs the diplomatic initiative for ending the Syrian war, racing for a conclusion before Assad's army and Hizballah buckle and Syria sinks into anarchy. Saudis, Turks and Jordanians offered extravagant lures to stay out.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report August 17, 2015
Al Qods commander Gen. Qassem Soleimani, acting on the orders of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, this week set up a new Iranian Eastern Command of the Revolutionary Guards to fight Israel, debkafile reports exclusively. Its first task is to hand out weapons, including missiles, to West Bank Palestinians, in order to replicate the armed fronts facing Israel from South Lebanon (Hizballah) and the Gaza Strip (Hamas and Islamic Jihad). Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is preparing to pay his first visit to Tehran in many years.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report August 6, 2015
The US, Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf have lined up to fight ISIS, after each gives up on primary issues. Bashar Assad stays, by common consent, and the Houthis lose the Yemen war.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report August 6, 2015
As part of a new understanding reached in Doha, Iran agreed to ease up on its support for the Yemeni rebels and let a Saudi-UAE landing in Aden go without resistance.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report August 4, 2015
After clinching its conquest of the Yemeni port of Aden – contrary to all Western predictions - Saudi Arabia teamed up with the United Arab Republic and, together, on Tuesday, Aug. 4, landed by sea and air two armored brigades and several commando battalions. debkafile reports that this was the first time that any Gulf nation had proved capable of a sea landing on this scale. Tuesday night, convoys of heavy Saudi Abraham M1 tanks and French-made Leclerc tanks contributed by the UAE army began heading north for their next target, Taiz.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report July 30, 2015
The campaign against ISIS launched by the US and Turkey is running into havoc because Washington and Ankara are at cross-purposes on targets, with Ankara using it to hit Kurds.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report July 30, 2015
Iran is to purchase from China the Chengdu J-10 multirole jet fighter, known in the West as the Vigorous Dragon, according to an exclusive report from debkafile. Beijing has agreed to sell Tehran 150 of these sophisticated jets, which are comparable to the US F-16. From Moscow, Tehran has ordered 250 highly-advanced Sukhoi-Su-30MK1 fighters as well as 100 in-flight refueling planes. The scale of Iran's multibillion acquisitions from China and Russia indicates that Tehran's top spending priority for funds released by the lifting of sanctions is a spanking new air force.


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ART ON BROADWAY GALLERY - 12570 S.W. Broadway St., Beaverton. Exhibit, 'Oregon Inside and Out,' by member Linda J. Baker, ends June 27. 'Breakfast in the Gallery' on one Saturday each month from 9 a.m. to noon through October. The public is invited to enjoy a complimentary continental breakfast when gallery artists demonstrate their skills and methods of creating works of art. Dates of future breakfasts are July 16, Aug. 20 and Sept. 10.
CITY HALL HOSTS ART EXHIBITS IN JUNE - Beaverton City Hall is hosting new art exhibits throughout June, featuring works by talented local artists, on first-, second- and third-floor corridors.
THE VILLAGE GALLERY OF ARTS - 12505 N.W. Cornell Road. 503-297-1089. Through July 3: a group show with featured artist Kat McCullough.
SHAKESPEARE'S CLASSIC WORKS ON LOCAL SCREEN - At Cedar Hills Crossing 16, 3200 S.W. Hocken Ave. Monday, June 27: 'The Merry Wives of Windsor.' Monday, Aug. 1: 'Henry IV Part 1.' Thursday, Aug. 18: 'Henry IV Part 2.' Thursday, Sept. 15: 'Henry VIII.' Each performance begins at 7 p.m. Tickets at box office and online at FathomEvents.com.
'DON'T STOP THE MUSIC' SPRING CONCERT - At Wilsonville Community Center, 7965 S.W. Wilsonville Road. June 26 at 3 p.m. The I-5 Connection Singers of Wilsonvllle, including singers in Tigard and Tualatin, present their spring concert featuring Broadway musicals with guest instrumentalists.
BEAVERTON LAST TUESDAY SUMMER CONCERT SERIES - At The Round. Future events from 5-8 p.m.: Tuesday, June 28 (Toque Libre); Tuesday, July 26 (Patrick Lamb); Tuesday, Aug. 30 (Keegam Smith and The Fam). To make the nights a true celebration of the arts, dance demonstrations will be presented during band intermissions. 503-526-2379.
TUALATIN VALLEY COMMUNITY BAND - At Tigard High School stadium, July 4. As part of the Tigard community Fourth of July festivities, Tigard Music is sponsoring the Tualatin Valley Community Band, under the direction of Steve Heusen, to perform at the school stadium just prior to the fireworks. There will be summer tunes and patriotic pieces for the whole family to enjoy. Call 503-624-9884.
TEN TINY DANCES - Saturday, July 9, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Beaverton Farmers Market. This year's performances include traditional Korean sword dancing, Native American jingle and hoop dance, traditional Mexican, hula/Tahitian and traditional Indian dance/theater. The free event is sponsored by Beaverton Arts Commission in partnership with the Beaverton Farmers Market.
'GAME DAY' - At Rolling Hills Community Church, 3550 S.W. Borland Road in Tualatin, on June 25 at 1 p.m. Innovative Dance extends an invitation to the local community to attend 'Game Day,' the annual performance showcase. It will feature dance students of all ages performing in jazz, tap, hip hop, lyrical, ballet and acrobatics. Attendees will also have an opportunity to bid on a wide range of prizes in a silent auction, the proceeds of which go to support the Innovative Dance Performance Company groups. Tickets, $15 per person, are available at Innovative Dance, 30625 S.W. Boones Ferry Road in Wilsonville, or may be purchased at the door.
THE MID-CITY BREAKERS - At Beaverton City Library, meeting rooms A and B. Wednesday, June 29, 7-8 p.m. Portland's finest breakdance troupe will give a presentation of their urban dance skills. Teens in grades 6-12 are invited to watch the performance and enjoy free pizza and soda. No registration required. More Info: 503-350-4001.
SOLSTICE IRISH HOOLEY (Party) - Hosted by S and A Irish Entertainment at Winona Grange, No. 271, 8340 S.W. Seneca St., Tualatiin. Thursday, June 30, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Potluck first, then music, dance, song and poetry. Free. Bring a dish to share; donations accepted.
TRADITIONAL IRISH DANCE CLASS - At Historic Winona Grange, No. 271, 8340 S.W. Seneca St., Tualatin. Every Thursday evening, 7-9 p.m. Sam Keaton teaches and calls the traditional dances. This is the group's fourth year in Washington County sharing the Irish culture. A drop-in class. Cost: $5 per week for those age 13 and older.
DANCEWELL BALLROOM PROGRAM - Tatyana's Ballroom, 6280 S.W. Arctic Drive, Beaverton. This program hosts different weekly dances on Tuesdays, July 12, 19, and 26, from from 8 to 10 p.m. They include a full variety of CD music, ballroom, swing, Latin and nightclub mix, plus a half-hour mixer lessons. Cost: $6 (singles), $6 (couples). Ballroom and partner dance lessons are held Sundays through Mondays at various times. Visit dancewellballroom.com or call 503-241-0460, Ext. 0.
SQUARE DANCE/ROUND DANCE LESSONS - Kinton Grange, 19015 S.W. Scholls Ferry Road (5½ miles west of Washington Square). Sundays, 3-4:30 p.m. Call 503-640-2923 or 503-647-0081.
SUMMER CAMPS AND CLASSES - At Fired-Up Dance Academy, King City Plaza. July 11 through Aug. 18. The studio offers a wide variety of classes throughout the school year, culminating with June recital. Classes include ballet, jazz, tap, tumbling and hip-hop. Adults can participate in jazz or tap classes. The camps include Princess Camp for 4- to 6-year-olds or a four-day camp for advanced dancers. Call 503-620-3155.
BEAVERTON CITY LIBRARY - Every Friday, 2 p.m. 'Mark Twain Movie Series.' Free and open to public. No registration required. Call 503-526-2577. Chess players in grades 3-8 are invited throughout the summer to learn the rules or hone their skills against other players Beginning on June 27, the club meets 2 to 3 p.m. on the second and fourh Mondays of every month until Aug. 22. Registration required. Call 503-350-4001 to register grades 6-8 and 503-350-3600 to register grades 3-5.
BETHANY LIBRARY - Monday, June 27, 10 a.m. at Bethany Foundation. Youth summer reading progam activity. Rhys Thomas JuggleMania. International comedic juggler shares books and tricks.
CEDAR MILL LIBRARY - Owl Book Group. Friday, June 24, 10:30 a.m. Book selection: 'Fordlandia' by Greg Grandin. Voices in Verse. Saturday, June 25, 10 a.m. Open Mike Poetry to share your own poetry or listen to others read their favorites. Film Club. Wednesday, June 29, 6:30 p.m. 'How I Ended This Summer,' a Russian drama. Program activity: Bee the Change. Sunday, June 26. 2-3:30 p.m. Honey Tasting. Beekeepers from near and far will answer questions about beekeeping and offer samples. An observation hive will be on hand for viewing. 4-6 p.m. 'Vanishing of the Bees.' Watch and discuss the award-winning documentary that explores the reasons behind Colony Collapse Disorder among honey bees worldwide.
GARDEN HOME COMMUNITY LIBRARY - Summer Reading at Washington County Cooperative Libaries for adults, children and teens. Visit wccls.org/srp.
CLASSES AT FARMINGTON GARDENS - At 21815 S.W. Farmington Road, Beaverton. 503-649-4568; farmingtongardens.com.
HUGHES WATER GARDENS - 25289 S.W. Stafford Road, Tualatin. 503-638-1709. Free classes.
THE GARDEN CORNER 2011 SEMINARS - At 21550 108th Ave., Tualatin. June 25 10 a.m. 'Caring for your Hanging Basket.' Free, registration required. 503-885-1934.
2011 TIGARD FESTIVAL OF BALLOONS - In Cook Park, 17005 S.W. 92nd Ave. Friday and Saturday, June 24 and 25, 5 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sunday, June 26, 5 a.m.-5 p.m. Note: Hot-air balloon launch is 5:45 to 6:15 a.m. (weather dependant). Buy your tickets now. See online specials and save time at the gate (tigardballoon.org).
PANCAKE BREAKFAST - At Festival of Balloons, June 24-26. All-you-can-eat breakfast prepared by Slick's Big Time BBQ.
HELVETIA LAVENDER FARM - 12814 N.W. Bishop Road, Hillsboro. 503-647-5858. Saturday, June 25, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Immerse yourself in lavender. Special event featuring demonstrations and discussions regarding lavender-growing, cooking, crafting and distilling. July 8-10. Helvetia Lavender Festival: July 8, noon-5 p.m.; July 9 and 10, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. U-cut lavender, live music, food, artisan crafts, tea sevice, booths full of lavender products and gifts, lavender photo contest display, trampoline and crafts for children.
KOI AND GOLDFISH SHOW - At World Forestry Center, across from the Zoo. Saturday, July 30, 1-5 p.m. and Sunday, July 31, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, 1 p.m. Auction and raffle. Admission is free.


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CAIRO (Reuters Life!) - Working-class Egyptians are getting botox, breast implants and tummy tucks in the hopes that the cosmetic surgery once reserved for a wealthy elite will boost their own marriage and job prospects.
Illiterate housewives fearing abandonment, soldiers mocked for flabby chests and overweight women struggling to find a husband sometimes pay with their own blood, rely on charity, borrow money from family and friends or turn to unlicensed cut-price private clinics for a procedure.
The extra business from the poor is boosting the experience of Egyptian cosmetic surgeons and lowering the cost of operations, helping Egypt compete with rivals such as Lebanon and Tunisia in the growing market for medical tourism.
Egypt's top cosmetic surgeons say good surgery that improves self-esteem among the wealthy can mean much more to the poor. But they also warn patients to beware of the growing number of cheap clinics which make false promises and botch operations.
"The poor, particularly those who go to university hospitals, help in increasing the experience of new-generation surgeons because they get trained, so the poor are definitely part of the plan," said Rafaat Gohar, former president of the Egyptian Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (ESPRS).
Though expensive by local standards, plastic surgery costs a quarter of the price in the United States or Europe, Egyptian doctors say. Botox to treat wrinkles costs 1,600 Egyptian pounds ($278) compared to nearly $900 elsewhere. Gohar said tummy tucks cost 20,000 pounds, a third lower than in Gulf Arab states.
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Caplis claimed that in referring to the political party, "Democrat" is grammatically correct
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Responding to co-host Craig Silverman, who congratulated him for saying " 'Democratic Party' for the first time in many months," Dan Caplis falsely asserted on the November 16 broadcast of their 630 KHOW-AM show that "to be grammatically correct, you would say 'Democrat Party.' " As Colorado Media Matters has noted numerous times, using the noun "Democrat" as an adjective instead of the grammatically correct "Democratic" is a well-established conservative tactic.
Caplis' insistence on using incorrect grammar came during a discussion about the November 15 Democratic presidential debate, sponsored by CNN. Later in his conversation with Silverman, Caplis stated, "[I]t's not worth getting involved in semantical [sic], you know, mud wrestling. That's why -- I'd rather, much rather get to the substance of the issues."
From the November 16 broadcast of 630 KHOW-AM's The Caplis & Silverman Show:
CAPLIS: We're gonna end on a bit lighter note. This probably puts the context -- we're gonna come back and talk about the debate last night, the Democratic Party debate, play some sound from that, and then talk about some of the bigger issues comin' out of the debate, since -- such as, you know, has this now become Hillary and the Seven Dwarfs? Is this thing over, and does that mean it's over for the Dems? But we'll play, yeah, we'll play some interesting sound for you --
SILVERMAN: Can I congratulate you? I think you just said "Democratic Party" for the first time in many months.
CAPLIS: Oh, that's not true. See, you're just too sensitive.
SILVERMAN: You may lose your Republican credit card.
CAPLIS: Here is, here's the problem: I try to be grammatically correct. I'm not real good at that, obviously, but I try to be. And to be grammatically correct, you would say "Democrat Party." But then, I have people like you who are upset when I say that, and it's just not worth getting into a brawl over that. You know, let's get into a brawl over the life-and-death policy issues. But if it makes my brother feel better for me to say "Democratic Party," I'll say that. But to be grammatically correct, you would say, I think, the "Democrat Party."
SILVERMAN: No, you're wrong. Maybe we can agree on this: What do you think of Thomas Jefferson? Like him? Admire him? Think he was much of a wordsmith?
[Caplis laughs]
SILVERMAN: He came up with "Democratic Party." He started it. He named it the "Democratic Party."
CAPLIS: Yeah.
SILVERMAN: So, don't you think if -- an organization or a person should be called what they want to be called?
CAPLIS: That's fine, the point being, though, that to be -- and perhaps the better word is to be precise -- the Republican Party is as or more democratic than the Democrat Party, given the current leadership of the Democratic Party. So in order to be precise, I think -- but listen, it's not worth getting involved in semantical, you know, mud wrestling. That's why -- I'd rather, much rather get to the substance of the issues.
SILVERMAN: Well, I know. But that would be like a Democrat saying, "I'm not going to say the word 'right' anymore 'cause 'right' implies 'correct,' but then the Republicans are associated with the right -- oh, my goodness, we can't say that word anymore." You guys have words that kinda favor you, and "Democratic"'s a good word for the left. A lot of people like a Republican -- "Republican" too.
CAPLIS: Well, you know, the bottom line is I want to talk about the issues.
In contrast to Caplis, fellow conservative talk show host Mike Rosen of Newsradio 850 KOA has admitted that one reason he uses "Democrat" instead of "Democratic" is "just to annoy Democrats, 'cause they hate when we do that," as Colorado Media Matters noted. Another reason, according to Rosen, is to ensure "that readers won't be confused into thinking that this is the party that's democratic and the other party is anti-democratic."
Colorado Media Matters has further pointed out that in an August 7, 2006, article, New Yorker magazine senior editor Hendrik Hertzberg noted that the word "Democrat" is a noun, not an adjective:
The American Heritage College Dictionary, for example, defines the noun "Democratic Party" as "One of the two major US political parties, owing its origin to a split in the Democratic-Republican Party under Andrew Jackson in 1828." (It defines "Democrat n" as "A Democratic Party member" and "Democratic adj" as "Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Democratic Party," but gives no definition for -- indeed, makes no mention of -- "Democrat Party n" or "Democrat adj".) Other dictionaries, and reference works generally, appear to be unanimous on these points.
Citing Hertzberg's article, Media Matters for America pointed out that Republicans' widespread use of the noun "Democrat" as an adjective was part of a deliberate strategy disseminated by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) and Republican pollster Frank Luntz. Hertzberg wrote that Republicans "as far back as the Harding Administration" have referred to the "Democrat Party," including the late Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-WI), who "made it a regular part of his arsenal of insults," and former Sen. Bob Dole (R-KS), who "denounced 'Democrat wars' ... in his [1976] Vice-Presidential debate with [former Sen.] Walter Mondale [D-MN]."
As Hertzberg noted, "among those of the Republican persuasion," the use of " 'Democrat Party' is now nearly universal" thanks to "Newt Gingrich, the nominal author of the notorious 1990 memo 'Language: A Key Mechanism of Control,' and his Contract with America pollster, Frank Luntz." While Hertzberg reported that Luntz "road-tested the adjectival use of 'Democrat' with a focus group in 2001" and "concluded that the only people who really dislike it are highly partisan adherents of the ... Democratic Party," he also wrote that Luntz had told him that "[t]hose two letters ['ic'] actually do matter," and that Luntz "recently finished writing a book ... entitled 'Words That Work.' "
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Re: Re: Limit question
Alan Mason wrote:
> Hello,
> It's odd that Limit should have this hole in it-- after all,
> Limit[x^2/Exp[x], x->Infinity] = 0 is done correctly.
> The notebook below gives a quick and dirty routine that implements de
> l'Hopital's rule. It works correctly in the cases considered (including
> your first example) and can serve as a start. Of course, it will bomb if
> taking successive derivatives doesn't solve the problem (i.e., when de
> l'Hopital's rule is of no use).
> <snip --dl>
> For your second example, Limit[Exp[x]/Gamma[1+x], x->Infinity]=0, you'll
> need to use Sterling's formula. Limit is one of the weakest built-in
> functions of Mathematica and it needs a lot of work for the special
> functions. It can't do Limit[BesselJ[1, x]/Sqrt[x], x->Infinity] either, for
> example, although the answer is well known to be 0. Oddly, direct
> substitution BesselJ[1, x]/Sqrt[x] /. x -> Infinity does give 0. Looks like
> Limit is some kind of neglected poor relation.
> <snip --dl>
> lh := LimitHosp;
> In[63]:=
> lh[{Exp[x],x^2}, x\[Rule]Infinity]
> Out[63]=
> \[Infinity]
> In[66]:=
> lh[{Exp[x^2]/ Exp[x] ,x^3}, x\[Rule]Infinity]
> (* NOTE: {Exp[x^2], Exp[x] x^3} will bomb *)
> Out[66]=
> \[Infinity]
> In[69]:=
> lh[{x^12 , Exp[x/100]}, x\[Rule]Infinity]
> Out[69]=
> 0
> In[13]:=
> lh[{Sin[x]^3, x (1-Cos[x])}, x\[Rule]0, 0]
> Out[13]=
> 2
> Alan
> (**************************************************************************)
> "Leonard Howell" <lwhowell at knology.net> wrote in message
> news:9sb2du$p56$1 at smc.vnet.net...
> > I'm trying to evaluate Limit [Exp[x] * (1/x^2), x-> Infinity] with
> > Mathematica but can not seem to get the correct answer of Infinity. Next,
> > want Limit [Exp[x] /( x!), x-> Infinity] but can't get it either. Can
> > someone please provide guidance?
> >
> > Thanks, Leonard
> >
I thought I would mention that Limit has received a bit of work. While
by no means perfect there has been some improvement in the handling of
essential singularities. The following was done in a development version
of Mathematica.
In[17]:= Limit[Exp[x]/x^2, x->Infinity]
Out[17]= Infinity
In[18]:= In[18]:= Limit[Exp[x]/(x!), x->Infinity]
Out[18]= 0
In[19]:= In[19]:= Limit[BesselJ[1,x]/Sqrt[x], x->Infinity]
Out[19]= 0
In[20]:= Limit[Exp[x^2]/(x^3*Exp[x]), x->Infinity]
Out[20]= Infinity
In[21]:= In[21]:= Limit[x^12/Exp[x/100], x->Infinity]
Out[21]= 0
In[22]:= In[22]:= Limit[Sin[x]^3/(x*(1-Cos[x])), x->0]
Out[22]= 2
The last three are handled in version 4.1 as well.
Daniel Lichtblau
Wolfram Research


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RAGBRAI 2013: Short, south, through Des Moines
RAGBRAI is trading villages for some big cities in its 41st year, including a stop midway through Iowa that will have more than 10,000 bicyclists rolling into the state capital.
Interactive map of the 2013 overnight towns
The Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa — the world's oldest, largest and longest two-wheeled recreational tour — kicks off July 21 in Council Bluffs and ends 406.6 miles later in Fort Madison.
Along the way, riders will overnight in Harlan, Perry, Des Moines, Knoxville, Oskaloosa and Fairfield. The Des Moines stop is the first there in 16 years.
The ride is July 21 to 27.
RAGBRAI Director T.J. Juskiewicz described this year's river-to-river ride as a chance to experience an eclectic sampling of Iowa that proves mutually beneficial to riders and hosts. "There are some great little spots — good-size towns, large communities and diverse towns that RAGBRAIers enjoy," he said. "Plus, they like showing off what's there to do. This is the biggest event they'll host this year, and in some cases, in their history."
Juskiewicz estimated the ride brings an average of $3 million in spending to each town, with more for bigger cities that can meet hotel demand.
The stop in Des Moines is significant because the city has transformed so much since RAGBRAI last visited in 1997, with major development in the East Village, Court Avenue District and along the riverfront. (Juskiewicz said camping will be "close to downtown.") With 70 percent of participants coming from out of state, Des Moines could be a brand-new city to many riders. "When they see how far Des Moines has come, and how much has changed, they're going to be pleasantly surprised," Juskiewicz said.
After a sun-baked RAGBRAI in 2012 that had riders sweating across Iowa on some of the hottest days of the year, organizers are going easy on participants with the second-shortest route in history, at 406.6 miles, including four consecutive days with 52 miles or less. The route is also the 15th-flattest in RAGBRAI history. Only six RAGBRAIs since the ride began in 1973 were easier.
"Last year it was so difficult with the heat, even though on paper it was an easy route," Juskiewicz said. "I think after last year, anyone that rode RAGBRAI deserves a break."
But the ride won't be all downhill. The stretch from Harlan to Perry is the hilliest with 4,239 feet of total climb. At 83 miles, it is also the longest.
Here's a day-to-day breakdown of this year's route:
Council Bluffs, July 20
The border city of 62,230 shares a pedestrian bridge over the Missouri River with Omaha at the base of which is the soon-to-open River's Edge Park. RAGBRAI has come to the seat of Pottawattamie County five times before, most recently in 2009. The starting point of the historic Mormon Trail, Council Bluffs saw many settlers and explorers pass through its limits, including members of the Lewis and Clark expedition. The county's pie-shaped revolving "squirrel cage" jail, located here, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Harlan, July 21
Just 5,106 residents will welcome riders to their first overnight stop in the least populous of this year's RAGBRAI towns. Located along the West Nishnabotna River, Harlan is home to the Shelby County Speedway, where the Tiny Lund memorial races held each fall honor the town's own Daytona 500 winner of 1963. And Harlan has more sports claims to fame: its high school has won 12 state championships in football. This is Harlan's sixth RAGBRAI, and the first in five years.
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Discussion in 'Football, Baseball, and Hockey' started by Nemo, Feb 17, 2013.
Chalk one up for RichRod
Flying pigs sighted.
I think Hoke is here for a while. He's hard not to like. Team is hard to watch now, but I think he is the right guy for the job. UM has never gone after a cut-throat, win-at-any-cost coach (Urban Meyer, Nick Saban) because I don't think the athletic department and school wants to become known as a football factory. I rarely have ever heard a UM coach talk about winning national championships. It's always about the conference season and going to a good bowl game. I think it's kind of refreshing. It should be about graduating young men and using sport to teach life lessons, not dolla bills. I think UM's administration has generally understood this.
That sucked. I kept getting confused which team I was rooting for/ against. Damn that took a lot of the luster off the Spartan victory. Now it looks like holding M to negative yards is no big deal. That is really a bad team. They got away with that stuff with Akron and U Conn but not in the Big Ten.
With the lack of offense today, it reminded me of when Bo was patrolling the sidelines.
They're not a bad team...just a .500 team. Oh yea...that's bad for a MICHIGAN team........
Hoke acquired a team with 8 offensive linemen on scholarship. The normal number is 14-15. Michigan now has 15 offensive linemen and 13 of them are freshmen or sophomores. These guys aren't able to react to the stunts and switches that opposing coaches are throwing at them. The AD understands this as he attends 2 practices per week. He also watches game film with the Coordinators each week. Hoke is Brandon's guy.
As Ggazoo says, I too think Hoke will be around a couple more years unless they lose 8 to 10 games next year.and the alumni force the issue. Most knew that when they struggled against the those early season pansies, that the big 10 conference games would be tough, but the wind probably busted their sails after that multiple OT Penn State loss that they could have and should have won three times. The problem is if they lose their final five what will recruiting be like in January? I read that they already made promises that they couldn't keep and some of the frosh are ready to jump ship.
Very well. They're a BAD .500 team. I thought they did well against Notre Lame and Minnesota ( whom they always seem to kill no matter what) but the rest of the wins and losses were ugly. They put up with Rich Rod for a long time. Hoke will return at least one more year. Looks like Gazoo was right. If that's all you "see" you need new glasses! You missed twice nemo. Michigan didn't ONLY lose to Northwestern AND Northwestern sucks. Given your history of calling Michigan games correctly, I think we can expect a victory over Northwestern.
Great 4th down call by nebraska when a fg would have tied the game.
I think if that Hail Mary would've fallen differently last week they lose this one also.
Even if the Wolverines had been moving the ball, they would have stayed conservative and went for the FG tie. They would never have the guts to try it. Especially since they had already been stuffed on 4th and 2 earlier in the game.
Reading comments on mgoblog it sounds like alumni are already frustrated with the coaching staff. The Snowflake Thread: Coaching | mgoblog
It doesn't take long for the alums to start complaining, does it? MSU alums are all smiling somewhere.
Mary Sue Coleman sounds completely wasted yesterday
lol! Did Michigan's President Deliver A Drunken Halftime Speech Yesterday?
She's actually gonna be the Commencement speaker at MSU this December. MSU announces fall commencement speakers | MSUToday | Michigan State University
She sounds like Sara Paylin
A classic no offense struggle as neither team could sustain a real drive and NW led 6-3 at the half. Michigan scored their FG on their first possession of the game and did not score again until the beginning of the 4th where a FG brought them closer but they were will trailing 9-6. Hoke trying to throw away the conservatism went for it on 4th and 2 with less than 5 minutes in the game and they failed.....Michigan had an opportunity to tie the game and let it get away from them. The M defense held and Michigan marched down the field and on a miraculous, lucky, unbelievable play, the Wolverines kicked a tying FG beating the clock by milliseconds....The Wolves finally prevailed in the third OT winning 27-19. So after scoring 6 points in the first 59 mins and 59 seconds, they scored 21 in the 3 OTs plus the last half second.
Did anyone see the "Tiebreaker" doc on Big10 Network. It chronicles the 10-10 game that MSU and Michigan played in 1973...and anyone alive then, that followed college football knows that the Wolverines got hosed in the Big 10 AD vote that sent The OSU to the Rose Bowl and the disappointed Wolverines stayed home. At least 5 of the Big10 AD's had either attended or coached at Michigan, and all the Wolverines needed was 5 votes to go to the Rose Bowl. Per the doc, it was former Michigan player and now MSU AD Burt Smith who either voted for OSU or his own University (Michigan State) preventing Michigan from representing the Big 10 and denying playing in any bowl game despite an undefeated record and per my memory and everyone else's memory indicating that Michigan out played Ohio State that day in 1973. I was freshman down the road at EMU and we watched and followed the Wolverines as if we attended U-M. The conspiracy was that Smith thought because of the shoulder injury to M QB Dennis Franklin, the Buckeyes were better served to represent the big 10 who had lost the Rose Bowl the last 4 years. So now you know why some animosity still remains between the two schools. Dennis Franklin, Archie Griffith, and other Wolverines and Buckeyes are interviewed and discuss the game over dinner. Great show that will be repeated tonight at 8:30 PST and 11:30 PM EST.....look for it tomorrow night at 8PM pacific and 11PM eastern...
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