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Overhead of Using Spare Nodes," The International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications, February 2020. DOI: 10.1177%2F1094342020901885"
PaRSEC: Exploiting Heterogeneity to Enhance Scalability," IEEE Computing in Science and Engineering, vol. 15, issue 6, pp. 36-45, November 2013. DOI: 10.1109/MCSE.2013.98 (2.16 MB)"
Performance Analysis of Tile Low-Rank Cholesky Factorization Using PaRSEC Instrumentation Tools," Workshop on Programming and Performance Visualization Tools (ProTools 19) at SC19, Denver, CO, ACM, November 2019. (429.55 KB)"
Performance and Reliability Trade-offs for the Double Checkpointing Algorithm," International Journal of Networking and Computing, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 32-41. (859.04 KB)"
Performance Portability of a GPU Enabled Factorization with the DAGuE Framework," IEEE Cluster: workshop on Parallel Programming on Accelerator Clusters (PPAC), June 2011. (290.98 KB)"
Post-failure recovery of MPI communication capability: Design and rationale," International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications, vol. 27, issue 3, pp. 244 - 254, January 2013. DOI: 10.1177/1094342013488238 (285.77 KB)"
Practical Scalable Consensus for Pseudo-Synchronous Distributed Systems: Formal Proof," Innovative Computing Laboratory Technical Report, no. ICL-UT-15-01, April 2015. (570.97 KB)"
Practical Scalable Consensus for Pseudo-Synchronous Distributed Systems," The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC15), Austin, TX, ACM, November 2015. (550.96 KB)"
Process Distance-aware Adaptive MPI Collective Communications," IEEE Int'l Conference on Cluster Computing (Cluster 2011), Austin, Texas, 00 2011."
A Proposal for User-Level Failure Mitigation in the MPI-3 Standard," University of Tennessee Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Technical Report, no. ut-cs-12-693: University of Tennessee, February 2012. (159.46 KB)"
PTG: An Abstraction for Unhindered Parallelism," International Workshop on Domain-Specific Languages and High-Level Frameworks for High Performance Computing (WOLFHPC), New Orleans, LA, IEEE Press, November 2014. (480.05 KB)"
QCG-OMPI: MPI Applications on Grids," Future Generation Computer Systems, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 357-369, March 2010. (1.48 MB)"
QCG-OMPI: MPI Applications on Grids.," Future Generation Computer Systems, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 435-369, January 2011. (1.48 MB)"
QR Factorization of Tall and Skinny Matrices in a Grid Computing Environment," 24th IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (also LAWN 224), Atlanta, GA, April 2010. (261.55 KB)"
Replication is More Efficient Than You Think," The IEEE/ACM Conference on High Performance Computing Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC19), Denver, CO, ACM Press, November 2019. (975.69 KB)"
Revisiting the Double Checkpointing Algorithm," University of Tennessee Computer Science Technical Report (LAWN 274), no. ut-cs-13-705, January 2013. (682.22 KB)"
Revisiting the Double Checkpointing Algorithm," 15th Workshop on Advances in Parallel and Distributed Computational Models, at the IEEE International Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium, Boston, MA, May 2013. (591.1 KB)"
On Scalability for MPI Runtime Systems," University of Tennessee Computer Science Technical Report, no. ICL-UT-11-05, Knoxville, TN, May 2011. (898.76 KB)"
On Scalability for MPI Runtime Systems," International Conference on Cluster Computing (CLUSTER), Austin, TX, USA, IEEEE, pp. 187-195, September 2011. (898.76 KB)"
Scalable Dense Linear Algebra on Heterogeneous Hardware," HPC: Transition Towards Exascale Processing, in the series Advances in Parallel Computing, 2013. (760.32 KB)"
Scalable Runtime for MPI: Efficiently Building the Communication Infrastructure," Proceedings of Recent Advances in the Message Passing Interface - 18th European MPI Users' Group Meeting, EuroMPI 2011, vol. 6960, Santorini, Greece, Springer, pp. 342-344, September 2011. (115.75 KB)"
Software-Defined Events through PAPI," 2019 IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium Workshops (IPDPSW), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, IEEE, May 2019. DOI: 10.1109/IPDPSW.2019.00069 (446.41 KB)"
System Software for Many-Core and Multi-Core Architectures," Advanced Software Technologies for Post-Peta Scale Computing: The Japanese Post-Peta CREST Research Project, Singapore, Springer Singapore, pp. 59–75, 2019. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-1924-2_4"
Tensor Contraction on Distributed Hybrid Architectures using a Task-Based Runtime System," Innovative Computing Laboratory Technical Report, no. ICL-UT-18-13: University of Tennessee, December 2018. (326.11 KB)"
A Unified HPC Environment for Hybrid Manycore/GPU Distributed Systems," IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (submitted), Anchorage, AK, May 2011."
Unified Model for Assessing Checkpointing Protocols at Extreme-Scale," University of Tennessee Computer Science Technical Report (also LAWN 269), no. UT-CS-12-697, June 2012. (2.76 MB)"
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Saturday, December 3, 2011
and so it begins
This first weekend in December includes the tree, of course, and a baking project. To commit myself to posting on this space next weekend, I promise to bring you the recipe for the chocolate chip-oatmeal loaf in my photos. I had to try making it first to see if I loved the taste - I did, especially with Nutella on top.
Happy weekend peeps!
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text: With disasters sprouting up over the world, you might need to recover your CDs from a flood one day. Well, if you still have CDs that is. But it's best to be prepared! Instructables has a great little write-up on what to do and surprisingly it involves more water. But clean water! And no solutions! Check out the whole how to here. [Instructables]


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Resource management functionality is a component of the Solaris Container environment. Resource management enables you to control how applications use available system resources. You can do the following:
Allocate computing resources, such as processor time
Monitor how the allocations are being used, then adjust the allocations as necessary
Generate extended accounting information for analysis, billing, and capacity planning
This chapter covers the following topics.
Modern computing environments have to provide a flexible response to the varying workloads that are generated by different applications on a system. A workload is an aggregation of all processes of an application or group of applications. If resource management features are not used, the Solaris Operating System responds to workload demands by adapting to new application requests dynamically. This default response generally means that all activity on the system is given equal access to resources. Solaris resource management features enable you to treat workloads individually. You can do the following:
Restrict access to a specific resource
Offer resources to workloads on a preferential basis
Isolate workloads from each another
The ability to minimize cross-workload performance compromises, along with the facilities that monitor resource usage and utilization, is referred to as resource management. Resource management is implemented through a collection of algorithms. The algorithms handle the series of capability requests that an application presents in the course of its execution.
Resource management facilities permit you to modify the default behavior of the operating system with respect to different workloads. Behavior primarily refers to the set of decisions that are made by operating system algorithms when an application presents one or more resource requests to the system. You can use resource management facilities to do the following:
Deny resources or prefer one application over another for a larger set of allocations than otherwise permitted
Treat certain allocations collectively instead of through isolated mechanisms
The implementation of a system configuration that uses the resource management facilities can serve several purposes. You can do the following:
Prevent an application from consuming resources indiscriminately
Change an application's priority based on external events
Balance resource guarantees to a set of applications against the goal of maximizing system utilization
When planning a resource-managed configuration, key requirements include the following:
Identifying the competing workloads on the system
Distinguishing those workloads that are not in conflict from those workloads with performance requirements that compromise the primary workloads
After you identify cooperating and conflicting workloads, you can create a resource configuration that presents the least compromise to the service goals of the business, within the limitations of the system's capabilities.
Effective resource management is enabled in the Solaris system by offering control mechanisms, notification mechanisms, and monitoring mechanisms. Many of these capabilities are provided through enhancements to existing mechanisms such as the proc(4) file system, processor sets, and scheduling classes. Other capabilities are specific to resource management. These capabilities are described in subsequent chapters.
A resource is any aspect of the computing system that can be manipulated with the intent to change application behavior. Thus, a resource is a capability that an application implicitly or explicitly requests. If the capability is denied or constrained, the execution of a robustly written application proceeds more slowly.
Classification of resources, as opposed to identification of resources, can be made along a number of axes. The axes could be implicitly requested as opposed to explicitly requested, time-based, such as CPU time, compared to time-independent, such as assigned CPU shares, and so forth.
Generally, scheduler-based resource management is applied to resources that the application can implicitly request. For example, to continue execution, an application implicitly requests additional CPU time. To write data to a network socket, an application implicitly requests bandwidth. Constraints can be placed on the aggregate total use of an implicitly requested resource.
Additional interfaces can be presented so that bandwidth or CPU service levels can be explicitly negotiated. Resources that are explicitly requested, such as a request for an additional thread, can be managed by constraint.
The three types of control mechanisms that are available in the Solaris Operating System are constraints, scheduling, and partitioning.
Constraints allow the administrator or application developer to set bounds on the consumption of specific resources for a workload. With known bounds, modeling resource consumption scenarios becomes a simpler process. Bounds can also be used to control ill-behaved applications that would otherwise compromise system performance or availability through unregulated resource requests.
Constraints do present complications for the application. The relationship between the application and the system can be modified to the point that the application is no longer able to function. One approach that can mitigate this risk is to gradually narrow the constraints on applications with unknown resource behavior. The resource controls feature discussed in Chapter 6, Resource Controls (Overview) provides a constraint mechanism. Newer applications can be written to be aware of their resource constraints, but not all application writers will choose to do this.
Scheduling refers to making a sequence of allocation decisions at specific intervals. The decision that is made is based on a predictable algorithm. An application that does not need its current allocation leaves the resource available for another application's use. Scheduling-based resource management enables full utilization of an undercommitted configuration, while providing controlled allocations in a critically committed or overcommitted scenario. The underlying algorithm defines how the term "controlled" is interpreted. In some instances, the scheduling algorithm might guarantee that all applications have some access to the resource. The fair share scheduler (FSS) described in Chapter 8, Fair Share Scheduler (Overview) manages application access to CPU resources in a controlled way.
Partitioning is used to bind a workload to a subset of the system's available resources. This binding guarantees that a known amount of resources is always available to the workload. The resource pools functionality that is described in Chapter 12, Resource Pools (Overview) enables you to limit workloads to specific subsets of the machine.
Configurations that use partitioning can avoid system-wide overcommitment. However, in avoiding this overcommitment, the ability to achieve high utilizations can be reduced. A reserved group of resources, such as processors, is not available for use by another workload when the workload bound to them is idle.
Portions of the resource management configuration can be placed in a network name service. This feature allows the administrator to apply resource management constraints across a collection of machines, rather than on an exclusively per-machine basis. Related work can share a common identifier, and the aggregate usage of that work can be tabulated from accounting data.
Resource management configuration and workload-oriented identifiers are described more fully in Chapter 2, Projects and Tasks (Overview). The extended accounting facility that links these identifiers with application resource usage is described in Chapter 4, Extended Accounting (Overview).
Resource management features can be used with Solaris Zones to further refine the application environment. Interactions between these features and zones are described in applicable sections in this guide.
Use resource management to ensure that your applications have the required response times.
Resource management can also increase resource utilization. By categorizing and prioritizing usage, you can effectively use reserve capacity during off-peak periods, often eliminating the need for additional processing power. You can also ensure that resources are not wasted because of load variability.
Resource management is ideal for environments that consolidate a number of applications on a single server.
The cost and complexity of managing numerous machines encourages the consolidation of several applications on larger, more scalable servers. Instead of running each workload on a separate system, with full access to that system's resources, you can use resource management software to segregate workloads within the system. Resource management enables you to lower overall total cost of ownership by running and controlling several dissimilar applications on a single Solaris system.
If you are providing Internet and application services, you can use resource management to do the following:
Host multiple web servers on a single machine. You can control the resource consumption for each web site and you can protect each site from the potential excesses of other sites.
Prevent a faulty common gateway interface (CGI) script from exhausting CPU resources.
Stop an incorrectly behaving application from leaking all available virtual memory.
Ensure that one customer's applications are not affected by another customer's applications that run at the same site.
Provide differentiated levels or classes of service on the same machine.
Obtain accounting information for billing purposes.
Use resource management features in any system that has a large, diverse user base, such as an educational institution. If you have a mix of workloads, the software can be configured to give priority to specific projects.
For example, in large brokerage firms, traders intermittently require fast access to execute a query or to perform a calculation. Other system users, however, have more consistent workloads. If you allocate a proportionately larger amount of processing power to the traders' projects, the traders have the responsiveness that they need.
Resource management is also ideal for supporting thin-client systems. These platforms provide stateless consoles with frame buffers and input devices, such as smart cards. The actual computation is done on a shared server, resulting in a timesharing type of environment. Use resource management features to isolate the users on the server. Then, a user who generates excess load does not monopolize hardware resources and significantly impact others who use the system.
The following task map provides a high-level overview of the steps that are involved in setting up resource management on your system.
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Identify the workloads on your system and categorize each workload by project.
Create project entries in either the /etc/project file, in the NIS map, or in the LDAP directory service.
Prioritize the workloads on your system.
Determine which applications are critical. These workloads might require preferential access to resources.
Refer to your business service goals.
Monitor real-time activity on your system.
Use performance tools to view the current resource consumption of workloads that are running on your system. You can then evaluate whether you must restrict access to a given resource or isolate particular workloads from other workloads.
Monitoring by System and cpustat(1M), iostat(1M), mpstat(1M), prstat(1M), sar(1), and vmstat(1M) man pages
Make temporary modifications to the workloads that are running on your system.
To determine which values can be altered, refer to the resource controls that are available in the Solaris system. You can update the values from the command line while the task or process is running.
Available Resource Controls, Global and Local Actions on Resource Control Values, Temporarily Updating Resource Control Values on a Running System and rctladm(1M) and prctl(1) man pages.
Set resource controls and project attributes for every project entry in the project database or naming service project database.
Each project entry in the /etc/project file or the naming service project database can contain one or more resource controls or attributes. Resource controls constrain tasks and processes attached to that project. For each threshold value that is placed on a resource control, you can associate one or more actions to be taken when that value is reached.
You can set resource controls by using the command-line interface. Certain configuration parameters can also be set by using the Solaris Management Console.
project Database, Local /etc/project File Format, Available Resource Controls, Global and Local Actions on Resource Control Values, and Chapter 8, Fair Share Scheduler (Overview)
Place an upper bound on the resource consumption of physical memory by collections of processes attached to a project.
The resource cap enforcement daemon will enforce the physical memory resource cap defined for the project's rcap.max-rss attribute in the /etc/project file.
project Database and Chapter 10, Physical Memory Control Using the Resource Capping Daemon (Overview)
Create resource pool configurations.
Resource pools provide a way to partition system resources, such as processors, and maintain those partitions across reboots. You can add one project.pool attribute to each entry in the /etc/project file.
Make the fair share scheduler (FSS) your default system scheduler.
Ensure that all user processes in either a single CPU system or a processor set belong to the same scheduling class.
Configuring the FSS and dispadmin(1M) man page
Activate the extended accounting facility to monitor and record resource consumption on a task or process basis.
Use extended accounting data to assess current resource controls and to plan capacity requirements for future workloads. Aggregate usage on a system-wide basis can be tracked. To obtain complete usage statistics for related workloads that span more than one system, the project name can be shared across several machines.
How to Activate Extended Accounting for Processes, Tasks, and Flows and acctadm(1M) man page
(Optional) If you need to make additional adjustments to your configuration, you can continue to alter the values from the command line. You can alter the values while the task or process is running.
Modifications to existing tasks can be applied on a temporary basis without restarting the project. Tune the values until you are satisfied with the performance. Then, update the current values in the /etc/project file or in the naming service project database.
Temporarily Updating Resource Control Values on a Running System and rctladm(1M) and prctl(1) man pages
(Optional) Capture extended accounting data.
Write extended accounting records for active processes and active tasks. The files that are produced can be used for planning, chargeback, and billing purposes. There is also a Practical Extraction and Report Language (Perl) interface to libexacct that enables you to develop customized reporting and extraction scripts.
wracct(1M) man page and Perl Interface to libexacct


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It's no secret; Sony's aging PlayStation Portable game machine has suffered from a lack of games this year.
But while game releases and PSP sales may be flagging, what hasn't changed is the fact that this handheld gadget remains a powerful device capable of delivering a big console-style gaming experience in a portable package.
The following games would make great presents for players looking for the deep gameplay, amazing graphics and all-around fun the PSP can deliver.
God of War: Ghost of Sparta
Rated: M
Price: $40
This is the sixth installment in Sony's arse-kicking "God of War" franchise and this time around the saga is as intense as ever. This action-adventure game set in a world of mythical gods finds brooding demigod Kratos on a quest to explore his human past. It's an enormous game with an improved combat system as well as new weapons and abilities for players to conquer as they hack and slash their way through a colorful array of deities and monsters. Meanwhile, the story here is utterly compelling and the graphics are absolutely stunning. This M-Rated title is a must-own for grown-up PSP players who don't mind things getting more than a little bloody.
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Rated: T
Price: $30
Though this may be the fifth "Metal Gear" game for the PSP, it is also a first. That is, it's the first portable "Metal Gear" game to be directed by "Metal Gear" creator and famed game innovator Hideo Kojima. A stealth action game with role-playing and strategy elements mixed in, "Peace Walker" is set in 1970s Costa Rica. It follows Naked Snake as he takes on a massive variety of missions and tries to solve a mystery from his past. This game is absolutely epic to play not to mention fantastic to look at. There are many extras to conquer beyond the main story, and excellent co-op play options as well.
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep
Rated: E 10+
Price: $40
While Mickey Mouse has made his biggest splash ever in the Wii game "Disney's Epic Mickey," PSP gamers can see the famed mouse and many other beloved Disney characters brought to life in "Birth by Sleep." Here Disney and "Final Fantasy" lore get mixed into one colorful action role-playing package. "Birth by Sleep" marks the sixth installment in the "Kingdom Hearts" series but is also a prequel to the very first game in the series. It follows the adventures of three young warriors — Ventus, Terra and Aqua — as they travel through worlds plucked from Disney films such as "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," "Sleeping Beauty" and "Fantasia." The game is gorgeous and offers many hours of imaginative play.
Rated: E 10+
Price: $40
This delightful game of monster capturing and monster battling makes everything more exciting by making it appear as though the creatures and the battles take place right in your own living room. The game, which comes packaged with a special PSP camera attachment, puts augmented reality to work. If you're not familiar, that means it uses a camera to overlay digital information onto your view of the real world. In this game, the camera makes it so players can look through their PSP as they walk around their house, trying to find hidden monsters to capture, raise and later battle. Think of it like "Pokemon" come to life in your own home. Check out to see the game in action. Meanwhile, for more augmented reality gaming, check out "EyePet" for the PSP and PS3, which .
Fat Princess: Fistful of Cake
Rated: T
Price: $20
Despite when the game first arrived on the PlayStation 3 last year, I found it a gleefully wicked fairy tale romp. And the same goes for the new installment — "Fistful of Cake" — on the PSP. In this game, after joining either the Red Kingdom or the Blue Kingdom, it's your job to sprint about a chaotic cartoonish battlefield trying to keep the enemy's princess locked up in your castle while also saving your own princess from the opposing team's castle. To keep the enemy princess on your team's turf, you'll not only have to cut down marauding enemies, you'll have to feed the fair lady gobs of cake (which, of course, makes her heavier and thus harder to carry home). "Fistful of Cake" for the PSP includes an expanded single-player story, new levels and new multiplayer modes. Granted, "Fat Princess" is at its best when it's played on the PS3, but for those who need their gaming on the go, the PSP version lets you have your cake and eat it too.
For more holiday video game ideas, be sure to read:
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There are enough hassles in the flight attendant work environment. Finding useful information pertaining to our work shouldn't be one of them. We try to provide this information in one central place so that you can get your answers---fast.
But we also poke fun at the industry, which, let's face it, provides us with plenty of material these days. Join our Crew Lounge, sit back and relax, and enjoy your new home base.
We also offer leisure and United Airlines employee travel information, as well as airport and flight route updates. Keep in mind that this site will soon be revised for Continental flight attendants as well. Our goal is to make both airline employee groups feel equally welcome and have resources right at their fingertips.
We have a large Unimatic section that covers tutorials, access, and other computer help. It will soon be expanded to include iPhone, iPad, and Android mobile devices that connect to Unimatic as well.


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There are lots of articles and essays of interest to modern Pagans out there, sometimes more than I can write about in-depth in any given week. So The Wild Hunt must unleash the hounds in order to round them all up.
- One ongoing issue relating to the political tumult within Egypt (which is ongoing) has been the fate of art and antiquities looted during these times of crisis. So, it's a small ray of light that French officials are returning five pieces that were spotted by Egyptian officials at auction. Quote: "Five antiquities looted and removed from Egypt after the Arab Spring uprising in 2011 have been returned by the French government to the Egyptian authorities. "Egyptian officials in charge of monitoring antiquities sales abroad spotted five Ptolemaic dynasty objects [323BC-30BC] for sale online, including two that were posted by a Toulouse-based auction house," Ali Ahmed, an official at the Egyptian Antiquities Ministry, told the French newspaper Le Figaro. A head, torso and arm, which were part of a glass sculpture of a man, were among the stolen items." Egypt's vast and rich archeological heritage has been an engine of it's once-booming tourism industry (currently hobbled by the chaos), and the preservation of this legacy a key component of recovery. For now, it's a hunt to restore priceless treasures of one of the ancient world's greatest civilizations.
- If you wanted to know more about the painting of famous Voodoo/Vodou Queen Marie Laveau's tomb in New Orleans being painting pink, The Art of Conjure has a very good round-up of the story. Quote: "Whether it is vandalism or devotion is not the issue here, however. Rather, according to Morrison, it is the fact that it was apparently done without Mam'zelle's consent. At least, that's what Morrison expressed after being there in person and informing Mam'zelle that her tomb had been painted pink. Traditionally in New Orleans Voudou, Marie Laveaux is associated with the color blue, perhaps because of her association with water." On Thursday I featured Lilith Dorsey's views on this incident.
- NPR has a deeper look at the recent controversy over the auction of Hopi sacred artifacts, and the struggles in general of preserving Native/indigenous sacred lands, places, and objects. Quote: "'Indians in Arizona and elsewhere continue to be guided by religious traditions that have been handed down by the Creator,' said James Riding In, a member of the Pawnee Nation and Indian Studies professor at Arizona State University. He adds it's difficult for those who are not Indian to understand the spiritual connection many tribes have with their land and with items such as the Hopi sacred objects." A nice summary of several stories that I've touch on over the years here at The Wild Hunt.
- The New York Times profiles Kumar Natarajanaidu, a Hindu priest who set up a temple in the back of a retail space in Queens. Quote: "To pay the rent, Mr. Natarajanaidu uses the front portion of his temple to frame pictures and sell videos, flowers and religious apparel. But beyond the DVD counter, the temple begins, pieced together by his untrained hand. It is a hodgepodge of cleverly rigged curtains and shrines made from stray planks, tape, string and ornate wall coverings. The carpet segments are duct-taped together, and overhead is a water-stained drop ceiling. But as if by divine intervention, it all comes together as a glowing, opulent holy place, with a seductive mélange of colors and a flood of fragrant incense."
- Here's BBC coverage of the Druid leader Arthur Pendragon-led protest against the display of human remains at the new Stonehenge visitor center. Quote: "Mr Pendragon said that until the bones were taken off display and reburied, he would continue a campaign that will cost English Heritage money and turn the public against them. He has claimed the bones discovered in 2008 are the remains of members of the royal line and wants them reinterred. 'Today was just a shot across the bows – it was just a taster,' he said." For another perspective, I spotlighted a review of the new center, here. Here's an excerpt from his announcement to protest.
- The (much-reported) decision in Brown v. Buhman may not have legalized polygamy, but it is a victory for polyamory (and privacy). Quote: "The problems with this statutory language under the right to privacy most recently re-established in Lawrence v. Texas should be obvious. On its face, the law would prohibit not only informal consensual polyamorous relationships—problematic in itself—but any kind of intimate cohabitation between unmarried partners. Based onLawrence's recognition of the fundamental right consenting adults have to engage in same-sex relations, it is very hard to argue that this section of the Utah statute doesn't violate the right to privacy guaranteed by the 14th Amendment." Is this the beginning of the end of morality laws?
- Would you like to know what author Dan "The Da Vinci Code" Brown's superpowers are? Quote: "Given the powers of 'Inferno', showing a glimpse of hell with every three line poem he writes, that reflects the future in 33 minutes."
- You know you've arrived as a minority religion when conservative Christians call you out. Yes, it's from the Duck Dynasty dude. Quote: "All you have to do is look at any society where there is no Jesus. I'll give you four: Nazis, no Jesus. Look at their record. Uh, Shintos? They started this thing in Pearl Harbor. Any Jesus among them? None. Communists? None. Islamists? Zero," Robertson explained. "That's eighty years of ideologies that have popped up where no Jesus was allowed among those four groups. Just look at the records as far as murder goes among those four groups." Charming, isn't he? He should get his own TV show! Oh… wait…
- Here's the backstory on how the Annenberg Foundation saved those Hopi and Apache sacred items at a French auction.
- Here's the complete "American Gods" soundtrack, if you're into that sort of thing.
- Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt and "The Dark Knight" screenwriter David S. Goyer are producing an adaptation of Neil Gaiman's "The Sandman" at Warner Bros. What could possibly go wrong? For the record, Gordon-Levitt was brilliant in "Brick."
That's it for now! Feel free to discuss any of these links in the comments, some of these I may expand into longer posts as needed.


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noori tu meri GTA GADAR Katz te kyun nai paai..???
r u happy now.......i have posted 20 posts in applications section
noor yaar meri posts add kar dae katz te saariyan he hor kise diyan na kari pehla merian add karee
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Timmy, the pink hat wearing star of cult cartoon Fairly OddParents, embarks on more awry wish granting adventures with his Fairy Godparents. When Dimmsdale loses all TV reception, interrupting the finale of Crash Nebula, Timmy soon discovers that behind the static is a fiendish plot to take over the world.
Aided by the wish granting powers of Cosmo and Wanda, Timmy must make outlandish requests to unmask the shadowy antagonist at the heart of the mystery.
FOP Shadow Showdown not only features levels based on popular episodes from the hit cartoon but 18 new inane inventions, including the Repair-o-Tron, Super Irritating Klaxon, and Pogo Stick of Justice!
Exclusive to the PlayStation 2 is an entire episode of the TV show for you to unlock, a great addition to the well picked mini-clips scattered throughout the game.
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NCAA Men's Final Four Posters – #1 seeds finally did it
After some great basketball over the last two weeks, it has all come down to the Final Four this weekend in San Antonio. The NCAA tournament, as expected, has been full of upsets, great basketball and the emergence of new stars in college basketball. For the first time in tournament history, all the number one seeds have reached the Final Four. I am looking forward to this weekend for some great basketball.
Here's a look at North Carolina, Kansas, Memphis and UCLA:
North Carolina Tar Heels: The Tar Heels have been the tournament's most dominant team, posting double-digit wins in all four tournament games they've played. The last three teams to do that won it all, and the Tar Heels are a favorite to make it four in a row. With Tyler Hansbrough becoming the best player in college basketball they will be hard to beat. Ty Lawson is banged up but it has been said that he will play in the final four.
Memphis Tigers: For the entire tournament, Memphis has been regarded as something of an underdog. An underdog on the verge of setting a new all-time NCAA record for wins in a season. Is it time to start believing in the Tigers? They simply have not gotten any respect all year. They were #1 only to be called paper champs for the weak conference they play in. They have been crushed by the media and so called experts for the lack of prowess at the free throw line. Now they are finally in the Final Four and they did it in grand fashion stomping Texas in the prior game and now have to face UCLA.


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In franchise first, three Rox in NL starting lineup
Gonzalez will bat third Tuesday night, with Tulowitzki, Cuddyer in bottom third
NEW YORK -- The Rockies will have three members of their organization prominently displayed in the starting lineup for the National League in Tuesday's All-Star Game, the first time that has happened in franchise history.
NL manager Bruce Bochy locked in his decision to bat left fielder Carlos Gonzalez fifth in the Senior Circuit's order, slotting shortstop Troy Tulowitzki seventh and designated hitter Michael Cuddyer eighth for the Midsummer Classic at Citi Field.
"It's priceless. It's unbelievable," Gonzalez said. "We're going to enjoy this experience. It's the first time the Rockies had three players [in the lineup]. I'm really blessed and happy to be part of this."
Tulowitzki and Gonzalez were the first Rockies elected by fans since first baseman Todd Helton made the last of his three consecutive fan-voted starts in 2003. Cuddyer was selected via the player ballot.
"That's pretty cool," Tulowitzki said. "I saw that Cuddy was hitting behind me, and to have CarGo in the starting lineup with myself, I think that speaks a lot about our organization and what we've done lately. We have some guys putting together good years. I'm definitely excited."
For Colorado fans, the show begins a day early as Cuddyer prepares to take part in the Chevrolet Home Run Derby on Monday evening. Tulowitzki said that Cuddyer seemed a bit rattled about the challenge while riding the players' bus from Manhattan into Queens on Monday.
"I'm excited to watch Cuddy," Tulowitzki said. "I know he's a little nervous, so I'm going to try to calm his nerves a little bit. He's good, man. I like his chances. In BP, he can hit with some of the bigger guys."
Cuddyer was tabbed by NL Home Run Derby captain David Wright for the squad, and there is personal history there. Cuddyer and Wright know each other well from their time together attending rival high schools in Virginia.
In 2007, Cuddyer bested Wright and several other notable big leaguers in the finals of a charity home-run hitting contest to benefit the newly-opened Grassfield High School in Chesapeake, Va.
"Maybe that's what got into David's head. Maybe he remembered that day," joked Cuddyer, who also defeated B.J. and Justin Upton, Mark Reynolds and Ryan Zimmerman in that 2007 event.
"The approach hopefully is to hit as many home runs as I can. I'm excited," Cuddyer said. "I'm extremely grateful to David for picking me. We're going to go out and have fun with it, first and foremost."
Gonzalez competed in last year's Home Run Derby in Kansas City, but he was unable to participate this year because of a sprained middle finger on his right hand, opening a slot for the Pirates' Pedro Alvarez.
"I really wish I was out there," Gonzalez said. "My finger is not feeling 100 percent. I have my good days and bad days. I was a little sad that I wasn't able to hit in the Derby, but I'm glad I did it last year. I hope it won't be my last time."
The final phase of All-Star Game voting will again have fans participating in the official voting for the Ted Williams All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award presented by Chevrolet. During the Midsummer Classic, fans will vote exclusively online at MLB.com via the 2013 All-Star Game MLB.com MVP Vote, and their voice will represent 20 percent of the official vote determining the recipient of the Arch Ward Trophy.
The 2013 All-Star Game will be played at Citi Field on Tuesday. Come to MLB.com for extensive online coverage of the All-Star Week festivities.
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The Rockies have only had as many as two players on the field at the Midsummer Classic once in their history, in 2001 in Seattle, when Helton was selected by the fans and outfielder Larry Walker was appointed by manager Bobby Valentine as the DH.
It's the third All-Star trip in four years for Tulowitzki, who was chosen to the team by players in 2010 but did not play because of an injury. Tulowitzki said that these experiences at the All-Star Game can be valuable.
"You always want to talk to the best players in the game," Tulowitzki said. "At the All-Star Game, you get a chance to do that. We ask each other questions and we're always trying to get better. It's an experience that you always look forward to."
This marks the second trip in the last two years for Gonzalez, who thanked voters again on Monday and is proud that fans from all over the globe have recognized his efforts on the field.
"We received a lot of messages from the fans. At the end of the day, it's all about them," Gonzalez said. "If the fans vote for us, they took their time to sit in a chair to vote for every single player. We all feel really thankful for that and proud to be here."
Cuddyer, who had the Majors' longest hitting streak of the year at 27 games, represented the Twins for the American League in the 2011 All-Star contest and said that nights like these are the stuff of boyhood dreams.
"It means everything," Cuddyer said. "As a kid, aside from winning the World Series, this is why you play. Playing in the driveway, the garage, doing dry swings -- you always envision yourself doing it in the All-Star Game or the World Series.
"This is one of the steps. Hopefully at the end of the season, I can experience the other one."