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I like a good burger as much as the next girl, but sometimes, I say hold the beef. In fact, every week, I do Meatless Monday to feel a little healthier. But I'm definitely not heating up one of those frozen hockey-puck veggie patties—no, I make this mouthwatering, dig-into-it meal that doesn't lack a single ounce of flavor or juiciness.
Awesome 'Shroom Burgers
Mushrooms are full of vitamins, and cheese offers protein, which is important when skipping meats.
¼ cup Italian dressing
Juice of 1 lemon
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
4 portobello mushrooms, wiped clean and stems removed
4 slices Muenster or Swiss cheese
1 red onion, thinly sliced and brushed with olive oil
4 brioche hamburger buns
Red-pepper aioli (see recipe below)
Red-pepper aioli (combine all ingredients in a small bowl):
½ cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
½ jarred roasted red bell pepper, finely chopped
1 garlic clove, minced
In a dish, combine Italian dressing, lemon, and Worcestershire sauce. Add mushrooms, and toss to coat. Refrigerate at least 1 hour (or overnight, if desired).
Preheat a grill or grill pan to medium heat. Grill mushrooms 2 minutes, then flip, top with cheese, and let melt. Grill onions simultaneously 2 to 3 minutes on each side, until tender. Place hamburger buns on the grill to toast lightly as well.
To build the burger, spread the top half of each bun with aioli. On each bottom half, place a mushroom, some red onions, a bit of arugula, and the top half.Chili Lime Sweet-Potato Fries
These are yummy and healthy.
3 sweet potatoes, cut into wedges
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon chili powder
½ teaspoon kosher salt
Juice of ½ lime
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a bowl, combine all ingredients. Spread onto a baking sheet. Bake until browned, about 25 minutes.
Tomato, Corn, and Green Bean Salad
Bright, colorful, and delicious!
2 ears of corn, cut from the cob
1 pint grape tomatoes, sliced
2 cups green beans, cut into 1-inch pieces and blanched
1 shallot, minced
Olive oil and red-wine vinegar
In a bowl, mix corn, tomatoes, green beans, and shallot. Drizzle with oil and vinegar, and season with salt and pepper to taste.
Grilled Fruit With Honey
Any stone fruits (like peaches, plums, and apricots), cut in half
Sliced pineapple
Grill fruit 1 to 2 minutes on each side, then drizzle with honey.
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If you read the blogs of a lot of self-proclaimed nomads, lifestyle designers and location independent professionals – you could easily get a sense that international travel and global nomadism is the holy grail of every long term perpetual traveler.
We're here to stand up and say – being a Domestic Nomad is an equally valid form of vagabonding.
Last year the fabulous website NuNomad.com featured a roundtable discussion with several prominent nomadic entrepreneurs, exploring the topic of what it takes to be a long term nomad.
In my comments on the article, I pointed out that they had only gotten contributions from folks exploring worldwide travel – and that the whole universe of domestic nomadism was being ignored. As a result, Carmen from NuNomad contacted me and asked if we'd be interested in being interviewed about our style of domestic RV nomadism. The interview was just published this past week.
Now don't get us wrong – we love global travel (and have done plenty of it ourselves), and we admire those who have made it work as a sustainable lifestyle.
But traveling internationally is not the only way to embrace nomadism, nor is it the "ultimate" way to strive for. Domestic travel can be just as rewarding, and it is often vastly easier, more practical, and better suited to craft into a sustainable lifestyle.
For many, traveling the world full time ends up feeling more like an extended vacation or a prolonged break from normal life than something that feels truly sustainable. For some, international roaming ends up being a gap experience between major life transitions, or becomes a search for a new home to settle down at. And a lot of people struggle with the hurdles and roadblocks of being away from their home country, such as work visa issues, difficulty with the fine line between travel & vacation or a sense of disconnection from friends, family, and community.
Some do make it work, certainly. But many who try report hitting walls of unsustainability.
For those craving a fully mobile lifestyle, there are ways to embrace nomadism without dealing with the challenges of perpetual international travel.
Embracing nomadism or a location independent lifestyle doesn't have to be a 'permanent home' vs 'conquer the world' proposition.
When we set out, our intention was to create a lifestyle of full time mobility that could be unending. International travel is fabulous, but there are extra challenges that can decrease the sustainability of it. Domestic full time travel has given us freedom of mobility, while keeping us accessible to family, friends, work, and (ever critical) easy and affordable wireless bandwidth.
In domestic travel, we are managing to fulfill our wanderlust, without compromising on sustainability or community – and after almost 3 years of full time travel, we feel we're just getting started. The good ole US of A has an amazing amount of diversity, beauty and awesome things to keep us fulfilled. Heck, despite intentions otherwise – we've yet to find time to cross into Canada or Mexico!
One day, yes – we do intend to explore further afield. Perhaps we will head overland towards Central America, or downsize into backpacks for some extended globe trotting. Or maybe we will even trade our wheels for sails, and hit the open seas to spend some time with the now forming Technomad Sailing Flotilla.
But for now, there is no rush. Domestic nomading suites us just fine.

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HOUSTON – The San Jacinto College men's soccer team will hold open tryouts for the 2014 season on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., at the South Campus soccer field. Tryouts are open to current San Jacinto College students and new college transfers. Participants are required to bring their own shin guards and water. Open tryouts for high school seniors and incoming college freshman will be scheduled for April 2014. San Jacinto College finished the 2013 season ranked third in the nation at the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) national tournament, setting a new school record with an overall record of 20-2-0. Six team members also received NJCAA and National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) honors. The South Campus is located at 13735 Beamer Road in Houston. For more information about open tryouts, please contact soccer Head Coach Ian Spooner at 281-922-3475, email firstname.lastname@example.com, or visit www.sanjacsports.com.
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From a private collection of nearly 800 courtship letters, the daughter of two remarkable physicians has crafted a timeless valentine to long-lasting love and the healing profession.
Senior medical students from New Orleans and Omaha meet in 1937 and begin a two-year correspondence across 1,100 miles. They set their sights on a return to Mayo Clinic, the medical mecca where they found each other and danced to the haunting Harbor Lights. Grave illness and career setbacks shake their confidence, but the two decide to face an uncertain future together, trusting in each other and the relationship they built letter by letter.
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Jack Olsen's garage has garnered a lot of attention since he first posted a thread on the GarageJournal.com forum in early 2009. The two-car garage, originally built in 1925, is tucked away from the street in the Mid-Wilshire neighborhood of Los Angeles and was "pathologically messy" as Jack puts it, but it was still used for a lot of his projects. When Jack and his wife, writers for film and television, respectively, were affected by the '07 Writers Guild strike, Jack took the opportunity to focus on renovating his garage. He couldn't write, so he had the time, but he was also out of work, so he didn't want to go overboard on the budget. With less than $1,000 to spend between tile, lumber, and paint, Jack created a very functional and organized garage over the 100-day course of the strike. But that was just phase one.
Jack followed auctions on eBay for more than six months, paying close attention to sellers that specialized in buying out old machine shops. His key to building his garage on a budget was letting a lot of perfectly good used cabinets and tools pass him by. "I'm cheap to a fault," he confesses. Wall by wall, cabinet by cabinet, Jack upgraded his garage to become the envy of the Internet. "The idea was to look like a machine shop from the '70s, without any of it interfering with actually using it to work." Jack told us. Here are just some of the highlights.
"My goal was to not have just a workspace where you don't give any thought to what it looks like. Then, there are garages on the other end of the spectrum, like closet organization. I didn't want either of those, I wanted it to be a working garage."
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Jack was looking for a title for his revamped garage, and he wanted something catchy, so he picked 12-gauge after the Stronghold cabinets that are made from 12-gauge steel. Stronghold cabinets are rated to hold 1,900 pounds on each shelf; the build quality sold Jack immediately. The cabinet on the left holds 42 Ikea bins, six per shelf, while the one on the right uses Harbor Freight bins in the doors to keep small fasteners organized. On the adjacent wall, there are three more heavy-duty cabinets, one that's intact that houses a stereo with iPod dock, along with more tools, and two cabinets that were cut down. One uses a 500-pound slab of steel to form a table, while the other was built into the sink near the door. The countertop around his sink is made from the back of one shortened cabinet, and the bookshelf above it is made from 12-gauge scraps hinged on top with magnetic cabinet latches.
Phase one didn't have the bench to sit and work at, so Jack modified some tool cabinets to fit below an Ikea butcher block. The tools on the pegboard are his most frequently used. "If the tools don't go back where they belong, you'll go nuts finding it or end up buying a replacement." Above both his workbench and his steel cabinets are plywood cabinets that Jack built during the first phase of his garage renovation, and in between are small under-cabinet lights. The roof is white-painted plywood, so Jack used several clamp lights pointed at the ceiling to diffuse the light. The result is even lighting that stays out of your eyes.
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Many Americans either without a doctor or insurance utilize emergency rooms for routine care. That's common knowledge even outside of the hospital.
What isn't as common, however, is when the hospital moves pro-actively to reduce the number of unnecessary visits to the ER. We were not surprised to discover Hays Medical Center recently launched an after-hours nurse hotline to assist in this area.
As was reported in The Hays Daily News last week, the hotline is available to patients and community members seeking medical advice -- free of charge.
"We wanted to increase access to health care," said Terry Siek, chief nursing officer at HaysMed.
Siek noted there is at least 20 percent of this area's population who don't have an established health-care provider. And since obtaining routine care at the emergency room is one of the most expensive ways to enter the health care system, such a hotline should help reduce costs for patients and medical facilities alike.
Specially trained registered nurses, armed with approved protocols for adult and pediatric care, deal with whatever the caller needs.
"Some patients just want medical advice," said Carol Groen, HaysMed manager for special projects. "They might want information on flu or fever control or STDs, just all kinds of different reasons people call for information."
The hotline makes sense. The hospital was used to getting similar calls in the past, but without trained medical personnel on the phone, it wasn't possible to give advice. The liability issues were too great.
All that is changed with 1-855-HaysMed. The nurse hotline is open from 4:30 p.m. to 8 a.m. Monday through Friday, and 24 hours on weekends and holidays. Individuals calling will get their questions answered, be connected to their doctor if need be, or be advised to go to the ER.
While geared toward those without established providers, the hotline can be used by anybody.
The nurse hotline is a progressive idea, and one that should make at least a small dent in the high costs of health care. We applaud HaysMed for providing the service to area residents.
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You might also enjoy reading Joseph Nye's thoughts on how external forces can change a presidential style from transformational to transactional or in the reverse.
Some critics complain that US President Barack Obama campaigned on inspirational rhetoric and an ambition to "bend the arc of history," but then turned out to be a transactional and pragmatic leader once in office. In this respect, however, Obama is hardly unique.
Many leaders change their objectives and style over the course of their careers. One of the great transformational leaders in history, Otto von Bismarck, became largely incremental and status quo-oriented after achieving the unification of Germany under Prussian direction. Likewise, Franklin Delano Roosevelt's foreign-policy objectives and style were modest and incremental in his first presidential term, but became transformational in 1938 when he decided that Adolf Hitler represented an existential threat.
Transactional leadership is more effective in stable and predictable environments, whereas an inspirational style is more likely to appear in periods of rapid and discontinuous social and political change. The transformational objectives and inspirational style of a leader like Mahatma Gandhi in India or Nelson Mandela in South Africa can significantly influence outcomes in fluid political contexts, particularly in developing countries with weakly structured institutional constraints.
By contrast, American foreign-policy formation is highly constrained by institutions like Congress, the courts, and the constitution. Thus, we would expect less opportunity for transformational leadership.
But even the US Constitution is ambiguous about the powers of Congress and the president in foreign policy. At best, it creates what one constitutional expert called "an invitation to struggle." Moreover, much depends on external conditions. Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, and Harry Truman developed transformational objectives only in response to external events after they entered office.
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More than 30,000 customers are still without power in South Carolina and Georgia.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Tens of thousands of electric customers remain without power in South Carolina and Georgia a week after what officials have called the worst winter storm in a decade.
At midday Tuesday, about 20,000 customers in South Carolina were still waiting to have their power restored. Williamsburg and Aiken counties had the highest number of customers still in the dark.
But the 20,000 figure was down from the estimated 350,000 who lost service at the height of the storm that dropped snow, sleet and freezing rain on most of the state over three days last week.
In Georgia, about 11,500 homes and businesses were still without power Monday as a result of last week's winter storm. Nearly a million homes and businesses had lost power in Georgia, a large number of them in the hard-hit area of eastern Georgia, around Augusta.
In South Carolina, the state Emergency Management Division estimated that the storm created a million cubic yards of debris statewide.
Officials said damage and debris amounts were being totaled amid the possibility that there could be additional federal help for counties to remove debris and help repair the electric grid.
The agency said all warming shelters across the state would be closed by midday Tuesday.
Meanwhile, officials with the South Carolina Forestry Commission are trying to gauge how much damage the ice storm did to the state's forests. Commission spokesman Scott Hawkins said aerial surveys were underway, and crews were to be on the ground Tuesday to get a closer look at the damage.
Compiling a final figure on the damage is expected to take some time, he said.
Depending on the damage, there could be a request for federal assistance for landowners.
Officials have said the storm caused more damage than a similar ice storm in 2004. That storm caused an estimated $96 million damage to the state's timberlands.
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Journal of the South African Veterinary Association
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J. S. Afr. Vet. Assoc. vol.79 no.2 Pretoria 2008
Neurocysticercosis: A possible cause of epileptiform seizures in people residing in villages served by the Bethanie clinic in the North West Province of South Africa
C M Veary; S N Manoto
Department of Paraclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X04, Onderstepoort, 0110 South Africa
A study to detect human taeniasis and cysticercosis was conducted in 4 village communities served by the Bethanie clinic in the North West Province, based on reports of people being diagnosed there with epileptiform episodes. Many home owners in the villages rear pigs in small numbers for both meat availability and an immediate income from live pig or pig meat sales. The primary aim of the work was to conduct in the study area a census of all small scale pig producers and a survey of rural village consumers, both by means of a structured questionnaire. The former reviewed pig husbandry practices, slaughter and marketing of pigs and the latter provided information on pork consumption, sanitation as well as people's basic knowledge of Taenia solium. Stool samples from consenting participants were screened by a contracted approved laboratory for T. solium. A descriptive analysis of retrospective data was conducted at the Bethanie clinic to determine the proportional morbidity of neurocysticercosis from the medical records of patients diagnosed with seizures in an attempt to establish possible sources of infection and routes of transmission. In addition, the total pig population in the study area was determined more accurately and the prevalence of cysticercosis investigated in pigs subjected to meat inspection at an approved abattoir. The questionnaires revealed a poor understanding of the disease, poor sanitation and hygiene, poor methods of pig husbandry and poor meat inspection and control in rural smallholder communities. There was no significant statistical difference in the proportion of households reporting evidence of epilepsy and owning pigs and those that did not. There is a strong evidence of a tendency towards an association between epilepsy, consumption habits and some identified epidemiological risk factors.
Keywords: structured questionnaire survey/census, Taenia solium, cysticercosis, taeniasis, epidemiological risk factors, North West Province, South Africa
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Game Wardens Stress School Not Out for Teen Boaters
AUSTIN – State Game Wardens are seeing a spate of mishaps on popular lakes this summer involving teen boat operators who have not taken mandatory boater education.
While the new law became effective last year, Texas Parks and Wildlife law enforcement officials say many teens and their parents are still unaware of the required certification. A serious boating accident in Central Texas last weekend illustrates a tragic scenario game wardens are hoping can be avoided with proper education.
The accident occurred on Inks Lake in Llano County on Saturday, July 21, and involved a collision between a pair of personal watercraft; one operated by a 14-year-old male and the other by a 16-year-old male with a 16-year-old female passenger. Witnesses responded to aid the injured and called 911. The 14-year-old was air-lifted to Dell Children's Hospital in Austin.
The operators did not know each other and all were wearing required personal flotation devices, however, neither operator had taken the mandatory boater ed course. The parent/guardians were not aware of the age restriction and need of a boater education course or needing to accompany the operators.
The mandatory boater education law requires anyone born on or after Sept. 1, 1993 who operates a vessel with a motor of more than 15 horsepower or a wind-blown vessel measuring more than 14 feet in length take the course or be accompanied by someone 18 or older who meets the boater education requirements or is exempt by age. Accompany means onboard the craft. While all boaters are encouraged to take boating safety education, those born before Sept. 1, 1993, are exempt from required certification.
Texas' state-approved boater education courses are available as one-day classroom training or online.. The classroom course takes about six hours to complete and the online course has a three hour time commitment. Costs start at $20 for both courses. Information about boater education, including schedules of upcoming classroom courses, is available at http://tpwd.texas.gov/learning/boater_education/.
Boaters falling under the boater education requirement will be required to carry a valid ID and documentation of having taken and passed a boater education course. Failure to meet the requirements is a Class C misdemeanor, and violators have 90 days to complete a boater education course to have the charges dismissed.
The 82nd Texas Legislature during its regular session also clarified the definition of a vessel to encompass such craft as standup paddle craft, kayaks and canoes. In Texas public waters everyone onboard a vessel that measures less than 26-feet in length must have a life jacket available and kids under 13 must wear one.
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Opinion Recap: Yeager v. US
Stanford clinic student Samantha Bateman discusses Thursday's decision in Yeager.
On Thursday, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Yeager v. United States, ruling in favor of petitioner F. Scott Yeager, a former Enron Corp. executive who had been acquitted of several securities and wire fraud counts by a jury that deadlocked on the remaining counts in the indictment. In a decision that did not fully foreclose the possibility of a retrial yet rendered one significantly more difficult, the Court held, by a vote of six to three, that an apparent inconsistency between acquittals on some counts and a jury's failure to return a verdict on other factually related counts does not diminish the acquittals' potential issue-preclusive force under the Double Jeopardy Clause.
Writing for the Court, Justice Stevens explained that the reasoning in Ashe v. Swenson controls in this situation. Ashe prevents the government from retrying a defendant on any charges that have as a necessary element any issue that was already decided by a jury's acquittal in a prior trial. To identify which issues the prior jury had necessarily determined, courts should look only to the jury's decisions, rather than its failures to decide; hung counts are unavoidably inscrutable, and "a jury speaks only through its verdict."
In Yeager's case, therefore, the Court held that the jury's inability to reach a verdict on the insider trading counts in the indictment was simply a "nonevent," entitled to no weight in the collateral estoppel analysis. Accordingly, "if the possession of insider information was a critical issue of ultimate fact in all of the charges against petitioner, a jury verdict that necessarily decided that issue in his favor protects him" from re-prosecution.
The Court thus shut the door on the theory advanced by the government in support of a retrial, rejecting its arguments that either Richardson v. United States or United States v. Powell allowed a new prosecution. However, the Court left open a narrower window, remanding the case to the Fifth Circuit to revisit, "[i]f it chooses," the fact-intensive analysis of whether the jury necessarily determined that Yeager did not have insider information. Justice Kennedy filed a separate concurrence breaking from that portion of the majority's opinion; in his view, the court of appeals should be required, not merely permitted, to undertake that re-examination.
Three justices dissented. Justice Scalia, joined by Justices Thomas and Alito, viewed the majority's decision as an illogical extension of Ashe: the Double Jeopardy Clause should have no internal preclusive effect within a single proceeding, and "there can be no second jeopardy where there has been no second prosecution." Justice Alito also penned a dissent, to which Justices Scalia and Thomas signed on, emphasizing the need for rigorous application of the "demanding" issue preclusion standard, which allows an acquittal to have preclusive force only if "it would have been irrational for the jury to acquit without finding [the] fact."


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2012 Cleveland Indians Season Ticket Design
While at work today, Amy sent me this text:
There's something waiting for you at the door! 🙂
I knew what it was. My Indians season tickets!
I raced home and met Amy and Olivia on the porch, as they were waiting with the tickets. We went inside and I opened the fedEx box. Here were the contents:
The package featured a Day Planner, which was the nicest of the three plans that I received. The Pirates sent out no such planner, the Reds sent a cheap calendar, but the Indians sent a nice bound book.
Inside there is a day by day space for you to plan your days around Indians games. Game dates and TV information is also listed.
The beginning of the planner has 18 pages of information for season ticket holders about their benefits, exchange privileges etc.
Next I looked at the part that is most exciting. The season ticket books. The covers of the books were beautiful, featuring Progressive Field beneath a setting sun.
This cover blows away the Pirates cover, and beats the Reds cover too, in my opinion.
I had high expectations when I opened the Indians ticket book to check out what the tickets themselves look like.
Are you ready to see?
Here's sheet one, games 1-6
And sheet two, games 7-12
The tickets feature Justin Masterson, Shin Shoo Choo, Chris Perez, Asdrubal Cabrera, Manny Acta, Carlos Santana, Travis Hafner, Ubaldo Jimenez, and Grady Sizemore. They then cycle through several more times through game 81.
What do you think of the design?
I think its far too repetitive and boring. I like the idea of featuring players on the tickets. The Pirates and Reds also featured their stars on their tickets. However, the Indians tickets just look bland and plain after you look at them for a bit. All of the player portraits are painted in the exact same style, with the exact same background.
I'm going to go with Reds as the best design, Pirates as second best, and Indians third for 2012 season ticket designs.
You can read about the Reds tickets that I received HERE, and the Pirates 2012 season tickets HERE.
The package also contained a letter from the Director of Season Ticket Sales.
It reads:
Dear Mr Jabs:
The Indians 112th Opening Day as a charter member of the American League is fast approaching and we look forward to having you at Progressive Field for the 2012 season. The Tribe's strong campaign in 2011 positioned us well to achieve our ultimate goal of bringing a championship to Cleveland. Our talented young group of players has shown success at the Major League level and has propelled us from a developing team to contenders.
Our commitment to you, our most loyal fans, extends well beyond the field. We are extremely proud of our heritage as one of Cleveland's longest standing institutions and strive every day to live our guiding commitments to create memories, connect generations and celebrate families. Baseball is unique in its ability to produce special moments nearly every day and we strive to foster an environment that celebrates the heritage of the game and the Indians, and gives you superior fan experiences that create a one of a kind, multi-generational memories.
Enclosed please find your Indians Season Ticket Holder Packet of Information which includes:
*Season ticket books
*Club Seat Test Drive Vouchers
*2012 Season Ticket Holder Guide and Planner
*Indians Team Shop Discount Coupons
*Pocket Schedule
*Parking passes
In addition, we have a number of exciting events for 2012 including post-game concerts, Indians Rally Alley Days, Fireworks Shows, Dollar Dog Nights, Kids Fun Days, and more. Also, five bobble head nights and four replica jersey nights are on the calendar, offering the first 15,000 fans through the gates on each of these nights a keepsake of one of their favorite Indians players, past and present.
Last June, we added a dedicated staff to provide you service and maximize your investment in the Cleveland Indians. This season, look to hear from your Client Service Specialist often with updates and invitations to exclusive events. If at any time you have questions related to your season ticket package, please call 216-420-HITS, and we will connect you to your Service Specialist.
We thank you for your support and loyalty.
Go Tribe!
Nick Arndt
Director, Season Ticket Sales.
By the way, if anyone is every going to be at Progressive Field and needs a 20% coupon, let me know – they sent me 12 of them.
So, ticket wise, I'm all ready to go for the 2012 season. I have tickets to every game that I plan on attending except for the games that I'm heading to out West. I'll probably just turn to stubhub for those.
There's only 21 more days until Opening Day. Wow. Also, you have until Sunday to win a CC Sabathia shirt. To enter, all you have to do is comment.


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VANCOUVER - Don't blame salmon fishermen for the plight of some endangered killer whales off the Pacific coast, says a newly released report.
After three international conferences and nearly 15 months of reflection, members of a joint Canada-U.S. panel studying Southern Resident Killer Whales have concluded there's no simple, linear, cause-and-effect relationship between the number of salmon available to the orcas and the population's growth.
The Independent Science Panel was struck by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in 2011 and was asked to answer whether fishing reduced the supply of food to the whales and if that impeded their recovery.
The population is listed under the Species at Risk Act in Canada and under the Endangered Species Act in the U.S., and since the 1970s the numbers have been growing by less than one per cent.
"It's not a given that ... their health is being hindered by the fishery," said Larry Rutter, fisheries policy assistant with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
"There are many other competing hypothesis as to what's constraining the growth of the population, everything from toxins to noise to boat traffic to all kinds of things."
Southern Resident Killer Whales live almost exclusively in the Salish Sea and the Juan de Fuca Strait in the waters off British Columbia and Washington state between July and September.
But the report says between April and June, only about 32 per cent of the population lives in the area, with the remainder of sightings during those spring and early summer months taking place in waters off northern Oregon and Vancouver Island.
During the winter, members of the population are sometimes found off the coast of central California but more frequently appear off the coast of Washington state.
Between 1974 and 2011, the group's population has fluctuated between 67 and 95 animals, growing by a rate of 0.71 per cent a year. In contrast, members of another population, the Northern Resident Killer Whales, have increased from 120 animals in 1975 to more than 260 currently.
The report confirms chinook are an important part of the southern residents' diet, and evidence collected since 1994 indicates some pod members have been in poor condition, which is associated with higher mortality rates.
Yet the report cautions against concluding a reduction in the salmon catch would mean more fish for the killer whales.
That's because other orcas, and predators like seals and sea lions, feed on chinook at the same time as the Southern Residents, and harvest levels for chinook are already low, so there's limited opportunity to further reduce the catch, states the report.
The report said there is a statistical correlation between the population's survival rates and the abundance of chinook.
However it also said there is limited evidence linking the growth of the killer whale population with salmon availability.
"Because SRKW growth and salmon abundance data are observations of uncontrollable events obtained from an unknown sampling design, there is a high risk of incorrectly assigning causes to correlations and making weak inferences," concluded the report.
Rutter said officials at NOAA are studying the report and will have internal discussions before meeting with Canadian fishery officials over the issue.
He said a comment period will run until the end of January, allowing individuals who participated in the process and other interested parties to give input on the findings.
Officials in NOAA will then have to decide this winter if they'll make any fisheries' management decisions for the spring because of the report's findings, he said.
"The main question we have to decide is should fishing as we now manage it be modified in some way," Rutter said. "That's the central question."
Paul Macgillivray, a spokesman for DFO's Pacific region, said officials inside the department are now analyzing the report and trying to determine how it will be used to inform decision on killer whale recovery actions and salmon fisheries.
"We're in the process of looking through the report in more detail, and saying, 'OK, what do we glean from the advice that's provided,' and go from there," he said.
He said both agencies will then have a discussion and compare notes on whether the issue should be pursued further in the context of the Pacific Salmon Commission.
Macgillivray said it's too early to say if the report will impact salmon-fishing plans for 2013.
The panel included seven senior scientists from five Canadian and U.S. universities, as well as a non-university research institution.
Panel members were asked to evaluate the available scientific evidence and attended three workshops between September 2011 and September 2012 in Seattle, Wash., and Vancouver, B.C.
Their final report was made public on NOAA's website at the end of November.
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NCLB Update (http://www.nochildleftbehind.gov/)
On December 20, Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental and Interagency Affairs Laurie M. Rich joined Florida Commissioner of Education John Winn to highlight the importance of reading and present free books and toys to St. Lucie County Schools, a gift to students and school libraries whose materials were destroyed by Hurricanes Frances and Jean. The 71,000 items were provided by the sponsors of the No Child Left Behind Summer Reading Achievers program, which encourages students in grades K-8 to read during the summer months to maintain their skills. Over the past summer, students in 11 sites around the country participated in the program and read nearly 384,000 books. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2004/12/12202004a.html.
Staying on theme, the Department is inviting applications under the Early Reading First program, which supports local efforts to enhance the reading skills of preschool-age childrenespecially those from low-income familiesthrough strategies, materials, and professional development that are grounded in scientifically based research. (Note: the competition is limited to high-need school districts and organizations based within those districts. For a list of eligible districts, see http://www.ed.gov/programs/earlyreading/eligibility.html.) The deadline for transmittal of pre-applications is February 7. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/programs/earlyreading/.
In 2004, Secretary Paige appointed 10 Regional Advisory Committees (RACs) to advise the Department on the technical assistance needs of educators in 10 geographic regions across the nation. These RACs are now conducting an educational needs assessment of their regions and, in March 2005, will submit a report to the Secretary identifying the challenges each region faces in improving student achievement. You can ensure that your input is considered by registering on the RAC web site at http://www.rac-ed.org/ and posting your comments in the public discussion area designated for your region. The results of these assessments will be used to assist the Secretary in establishing funding priorities for 20 new comprehensive technical assistance centers that will help states, school districts, and school to implement the goals of the No Child Left Behind Act.
NCLB: Making a Difference
The next "Education News Parents Can Use" broadcast (January 18, 8:00-9:00 ET), celebrating the third anniversary of the No Child Left Behind Act, will present videotaped success stories from past shows to help illustrate just how the law is changing the face of American education. Among the featured segments: high-performing schools from New York City and Sterling, Virginia, recognized as No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon Schools for narrowing the achievement gap; the Toledo, Ohio, school district for its early success implementing the supplemental educational services provisions of No Child Left Behind; Spokane Public Schools in Washington and their "Fit for the Future" initiative, a standards-based health and fitness curriculum designed for students in grades 1-10; elementary schools from Silver Spring, Maryland, to Burbank, California, which have experienced dramatic turnarounds as a result of an emphasis on professional development, data analysis, and parental involvement; the Vail, Arizona, school district, which determined to identify children with learning challenges early and intervene immediately; an Atlanta program that recruits and prepares teachers from business and the military; a successful bullying intervention program at Spring Grove Intermediate School near York, Pennsylvania; and the Prince Edward County, Virginia, schools, where, some 50 years ago, African-American students walked out of their segregated schools to demand equal facilitiesa case that became part of the Brown v. Board of Education decision. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/news/av/video/edtv/. (You can watch live and archived webcasts at http://www.connectlive.com/events/ednews/.)
Also: For each state, the Department has developed a PowerPoint slide of academic and budgetary improvements. These slides are updated regularly. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/nclb/overview/importance/difference/.
IDEA Comments/Meetings
On December 3, President Bush signed into law the much-anticipated reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). In turn, the Department's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) is soliciting comments and recommendations on regulatory issues under IDEA, mainly 34 CFR Parts 300 and 303 that would strengthen the federal effort to ensure the provision of early intervention services to infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families and ensure every child with a disability has access to a free, appropriate education of high quality that is designed to meet the high standards reflected in the No Child Left Behind Act. Feedback may be sent via mail or email and should be received on or before February 28 to be assured of consideration. Also, OSERS will hold a series of informal meetings during the first few months of 2005 to receive public feedback. Dates and locations for these meetings, to be held in Newark (DE), Columbus (OH), Boston, San Diego, Atlanta, Laramie (WY), and Washington, D.C., will be published in the Federal Register. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/proprule/2004-4/122904a.html. (For a directory of items in the Federal Register, see http://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister/.)
King Scholars
In recognition of the legacy of Dr. King (whose birthday will be observed on January 17), the Department is again soliciting applications under the Martin Luther King, Jr., Scholars Program, offering as many as 10 summer internships at its Washington, D.C., headquarters. Selected studentscontinuing undergraduate or graduate students with an interest in education or public policy and administrationwill receive temporary federal appointments for an eight week period from June 13 to August 5. They will be hired at federal pay grades GS-4, 5, 7, or 9, depending on qualifications and the level of education completed, and be assigned to the Office of the Secretary or the office of one of the assistant secretaries to assist with a variety of projects designed to offer developmental experiences and exposure to government and public policy. Applications are due by January 21. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/programs/mlk/.
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Student TECH CORPS, a new program developed by a national, non-profit organization, TECH CORPS, and sponsored by a $241,510 federal grant, is providing technology training and certification to middle school students in 20 rural schools in Georgia, Ohio, and Washington. Specifically, the program offers students in-depth technology skills training using standards-based technology curriculum and hands-on experience and helps students to apply their knowledge by managing a "Student-Run Help Desk" that provides on-site support to their school's technology infrastructure. Eventually, TECH CORPS plans to expand the program nationwide. For more information, please go to http://stcportal.easycgi.com/.
Note: This Friday (January 7), at 3:00 p.m., the Department will release the third National Education Technology Plan. For more information, please go to http://www.nationaledtechplan.org/.
Volunteer Service
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, approximately 64.5 million Americans volunteered during the 12-month period ending September 2004. That is an increase from 63.8 million the year before (September 2002-2003) and 58.8 million the initial year of the study (September 2001-2002), following the terrorist attacks of 9/11. Also, women volunteered at a higher rate than men (one-fourth of men and about one-third of women participated); persons age 35-44 were the most likely to volunteer, followed by 45-54-year-olds and 55-64-year-olds; parents with children under 18 were more likely to volunteer than persons without children of that age (36.9 percent versus 25.4 percent); and married persons volunteered at a higher rate than persons who have never married (33.9 percent versus 23.2 percent). For more information, please go to http://www.bls.gov/news.release/volun.nr0.htm.
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"These past few days have brought loss and grief to the world that is beyond our comprehension. [I know that our citizens are particularly troubled to learn that so many of the deaths were young children.] The United States will continue to stand with the affected governments as they care for the victims. We will stand with them as they start to rebuild their communities. And together the world will cope with their loss. We will prevail over this destruction."
President George W. Bush (12/29/04)
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The National School and Business Partnerships Awards, created by the Council for Corporate and School Partnerships, recognize exemplary school and business partnerships across the country. Partnerships involving public schools and/or school districts and businesses are eligible to apply for the award. The Council will present six awards; those selected will receive $10,000 to support partnership efforts. Applications sent via mail must be postmarked by January 28. Applications sent via email or fax or completed online must be received that day. For more information, please go to http://www.corpschoolpartners.org/award.shtml.
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Ladysmith Black Mambazo is an a cappella group from South Africa. The musical group became well-known in the USA after working with Paul Simon on his 1986 album Graceland.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo has recorded many songs for Sesame Street over the years, including vocals for the Anything Muppet tribesmen in "African Alphabet". They also performed the song as themselves, joined by Paul Simon.
The group can also be seen in Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration and in the celebrity version of "Put Down the Duckie".
They also made an appearance in The Ghost of Faffner Hall, and sung at Richard Hunt's memorial service.
They were spoofed with the worm band, Wormsmith Black Mambazo in episode 3448 of Sesame Street, when they performed "African Alphabet" at the Worm World Music Festival.


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The FIM released an updated entry list for the three Grand Prix classes yesterday. Though the list was not much changed from the previous version published in November, there were one or two notable changes.
In the MotoGP class, Leon Camier was listed as the second rider at the IODA Racing team; in Moto2, Franco Morbidelli and Roman Ramos filled the last two vacant slots at Italtrans and QMMF respectively; and in Moto3, the winter signings of Ana Carrasco, Isaac Viñales, Scott Deroue and Enea Bastianini were added to the list.
The biggest news the list contains is the inclusion of Camier in the MotoGP line up. The Englishman has been linked with the IODA ride since November last year, when it became clear that Alex Lowes and Eugene Laverty would be filling the Voltcom Suzuki slots in World Superbikes.


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- If on, switch it off. If off, leave off.
- Note only under exceptional circumstances should the handset be left switched on and in any case every precaution to prevent the handset connecting with the Communication Service Provider should be made. Consider use of a Faraday Bay (Shielded Bag).
- Instead of switching off, it may be better to just pop the battery. Phones run a different part of their program when they are turned off. You may wish to avoid having this part of the program run.
- Collect and preserve other surrounding and related devices. Be especially careful to collect the power charger. The phone's battery will only last a certain amount of time. When it dies, much of the data on the device may go too!
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Hostel hopping in the South Island
He assured me that all I had to do was relax and enjoy the ride. That he'd do the driving. We took no guidebooks. No maps.
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My partner Colin knew all the highways and byways so well that we rarely travelled the same road twice on our two week South Island driving tour. Because I work at YHA New Zealand in the finance department, I looked forward to stopping and staying at YHA hostels along the way.
Forty odd years ago I'd frequented the small towns and winding roads from Mount Cook to Te Anau as a trainee in hotel management. My 2011 trip was a step into the past and a jolt into the present. I saw change everywhere. Wanaka had grown. The landscape around Te Anau had transformed from scrub to pasture. Some areas had deteriorated. The smaller towns of Ross, Hari Hari and Whataroa – which years ago were abuzz with large timber mills–now lay idle and in disrepair.
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The most obvious changes were the roads that took us from Christchurch to Arthur's Pass, Franz Josef to Wanaka, the Southern Lakes, Dunedin, Gore, Invercargill into Fiordland and Te Anau, then back through Queenstown, Mackenzie country and home to Christchurch. In the late 60s and early 70s, many of those roads were shingle. When I told a Japanese traveller at YHA Franz Josef Glacier that it had taken me forty years to make my way there again, she asked, "Why? Why? Everything in New Zealand is so close!"
How true. Now that the roads have been paved, everything seems that much closer.
Living like a hosteller
Before we set out from Christchurch in Colin's Nissan Terrano, I convinced him that if we were staying at hostels, we would have to live like hostellers! That meant embracing a sense of community and, in a hostel, the kitchen was the most communal. With gas hobs flaming and pots of pasta on the boil, I chatted with the younger hostellers as they prepared their meals.
Travel tales
Colin commented, "You only need to be around people to start talking!"
That's how you hear great travel stories. Like a Welsh traveller in his 30s who we first saw at YHA Franz Josef Glacier and then again at YHA Wanaka, YHA Queenstown Lakefront and then in YHA Dunedin! He'd been travelling Australia, Europe and the South Island via YHAs with a Brazilian who had been to New Zealand three times. He understood why hostelling can be so great. It's inexpensive. Convenient. And has kitchens where you can share a meal with interesting folk.
True, a lot of those folk are younger, but that keeps things interesting!
New experiences on the doorstep
I became firm in a conviction on my South Island tour: I don't need to travel beyond my home shores for unseen landscapes or for creating new memories. It's all in New Zealand. There is so much beauty. So much kindness. There is so much here that it could take a lifetime to explore it all.
- Nan McDonald
Nan and Colin booked their South Island hostel accommodation through YHA New Zealand. If you'd like more information on services and deals, visit www.yha.co.nz, call 0800 278 299 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
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On today's highly anticipated Anderson, the mothers of Toddlers & Tiaras, in addition to lamely defending their highly questionable parenting choices, were given makeovers modeled after some of their daughters more questionable pageant looks. It was delightful. It was grotesque. It was everything you'd want it to be. The moms, thankfully, looked absolutely ridiculous and— oh! OH! The delight in hearing them say that the outfits that they so proudly dressed their young daughters in felt too revealing once on them— I can't even.
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Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett of the Tactical Narcotics Team are back and oh so bad. Featuring all the fast pace and all-out action of the movie, it's your job to ensure that these TNT cops are not DOA! Somewhere on the streets of Miami, something is going down which must be stopped. You can play as either Mike or Marcus in first or third-person viewpoints, making your way through 15 stages of fast paced, all-action gameplay, with gameplay featuring multiple mission objectives. In addition to a variety of weapons, destructible environments, and changing playstyles, the game features a Bad Boy rating system, where you are rewarded for your actions and achievements. Play the perfect cop or be a Bad Boy. What are YOU gonna do?
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Also known as: Bad Boys 2, Bad Boys II
Release Region: United States
Release Date: September 21, 2004
Publisher: Empire Interactive
Release Region: United Kingdom
Release Date: February 27, 2004
Publisher: Empire Interactive
Also available on: PlayStation 2, GameCube
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Dear Vidalia® Onion Grower/Packer:
Below you will find the Vidalia® Onion Registration Application and Certification Mark License Agreement. If you have grown and plan to sell Vidalia® onions this year, both forms must be completed and returned to this office by March 1. Any application received after this date may result in assessment of a penalty for late registration. PLEASE REMEMBER TO COMPLETE AND SIGN THE CERTIFICATION MARK LICENSE AGREEMENT ALSO.
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Families with small children are making up a growing part of the clientele at three Marion County food assistance sites.
Directors of The Lord's Storehouse at Main Street Ministries in Hillsboro, Tabor Food Pantry at Tabor Mennonite Church near Goessel, and Marion County Emergency Food Bank at Valley United Methodist Church in Marion said they are seeing an increased need from families with multiple mouths to feed.
"We are feeding 150 people each week, which is four times more than we were doing a year ago," said Lavonne Carrington, Main Street Ministries director. "We don't have any limitations on who we serve, all are welcome, but we are seeing more and more of the working poor, young families with several mouths to feed and paychecks that just don't stretch as far as they need to."
Carrington said since the Lord's Storehouse does not accept money from any government agencies, applications are not necessary for food assistance. However, this also means that the facility is fully supported and funded by community donations.
"We have some wonderful supporters," Carrington said. "Sometimes there are anonymous donors who set aside money at the local grocery stores for us and we can buy what we need, thanks to them."
Carrington said food for the needy also came from church, school, and community group food drives and donations, as well as individuals.
"We had a gentleman that recently butchered a bull," she said. "He paid all the processing fees, put it all in hamburger, and gave us all the meat. This is a good time for it too, because this time on Saturday it will likely all be gone."
This Saturday Carrington said food commodities would be available for pickup at the Hillsboro facility and while people were there, they would likely stop in and get the frozen items as well.
"We definitely have a need for more meat, dairy, and fresh food items," she said. "It's very hard to feed a family these days, and the donations are so very much appreciated."
Janna Duerksen, Tabor Food Pantry committee member, said a continued need for groceries kept them busy in the rural Goessel area.
"We served a family just yesterday that has two paychecks, but there are several children and then extended family members in the same household," she said. "It is just very hard in this economy to make all the ends meet when there are many mouths to feed."
Duerksen said the rural church facility was very grateful for the Goessel High School can-the-teacher-day, which brought in a large amount of canned goods to the food pantry. In addition, Parent Teacher Organization food drives and donations from other local groups kept their shelves full.
"We always have a need for items like toilet paper and laundry detergent," she said.
"Sometimes people just don't think of those needs. Also peanut butter is very big, as is macaroni and cheese, ramen noodles, spaghetti and sauce, or cereal. It is amazing how expensive cereal is these days."
Marion County Emergency Food Bank director Janet Bryant also said she has seen an increase in younger families needing food.
"It's a constant struggle for those families with young children," she said. "Sometimes we even have people come in that gave food in a donation a year or two ago, but now they find themselves on the other end, needing assistance."
Bryant said the food bank in Marion works on a referral basis and people could not just drop in randomly.
"We have ministers make a referral and then we are glad to have them come in and choose what they need," she said.
The food bank gets its support from the churches and community organizations in the Marion area.
"We used to get more food donations and now people are more apt to give money," Bryant said. "We certainly appreciate whatever way people choose to give, it is all put to good use, but the actual food donations are a lot easier for all of us."
Bryant said those wishing to make food donations to the Marion County Emergency Food Bank could drop off their items on Monday and Thursday mornings at the Valley United Methodist Church.
Donations are also accepted at the Tabor Food Pantry and Main Street Ministry by calling (620) 367-2318, and (620) 877-0942, respectively.


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How to Use the Cluster Sweep Node in COMSOL Multiphysics®
Pär Persson Mattsson June 12, 2018
Keep your cluster admin happy by using the Cluster Sweep node in COMSOL Multiphysics® to optimize the parallelization of parametric computations on clusters.Read More
Pär Persson Mattsson February 20, 2015
We have previously written about HPC with the COMSOL Multiphysics® software, clusters, and hybrid computing. But not all of us have a cluster available in the office (or the hardware to build a Beowulf cluster). So what possibilities do we have if we really need that extra compute power that a cluster can give us? One solution is to utilize cloud computing, a service that provides compute power on a temporary basis, to give our computations and productivity a boost.Read More
Pär Persson Mattsson November 13, 2014
The first computer I used was a real performance beast. Equipped with Intel's 486 clocking in at 66 MHz, this machine was ready to take on whatever challenges the future would bring us. Or so I thought. The CPU clock speeds increased and soon passed 500 MHz, 1 GHz, and continued upwards. Around 2005, the top speed of the high-end processors settled around 4 GHz and hasn't increased much since then. Why is that? I'll explain.Read More
Pär Persson Mattsson April 11, 2014
Many of us need up-to-date software and hardware in order to work efficiently. Therefore, we need to follow the pace of technological development. But, what should we do with the outdated hardware? It feels wasteful to send the old hardware to its grave or to just put it in a corner. Another, more productive, solution is to use the old hardware to build a Beowulf cluster and use it to speed up computations.Read More
Pär Persson Mattsson March 20, 2014
One thing we haven't talked much about so far in the Hybrid Modeling blog series is what speedup we can expect when adding more resources to our computations. Today, we consider some theoretical investigations that explain the limitations in parallel computing. We will also show you how to use the COMSOL software's Batch Sweeps option, which is a built-in, embarrassingly parallel functionality for improving performance when you reach these limits.Read More
Pär Persson Mattsson February 20, 2014
In the latest post in this Hybrid Modeling blog series, we discussed the basic principles behind shared memory computing — what it is, why we use it, and how the COMSOL software uses it in its computations. Today, we are going to discuss the other building block of hybrid parallel computing: distributed memory computing.Read More
Pär Persson Mattsson February 6, 2014
A couple of weeks ago, we published the first blog post in a Hybrid Modeling series, about hybrid parallel computing and how it helps COMSOL Multiphysics model faster. Today, we are going to briefly discuss one of the building blocks that make up the hybrid version, namely shared memory computing. Before that, we need to consider what it means that an "application is running in parallel". You will also learn when and how to use shared memory with COMSOL.Read More
Pär Persson Mattsson January 23, 2014
Twenty years ago, the TOP500 list was dominated by vector processing supercomputers equipped with up to a thousand processing units. Later on, these machines were replaced by clusters for massively parallel computing, which soon dominated the list, and gave rise to distributed computing. The first clusters used dedicated single-core processors per compute node, but soon, additional processors were placed on the node requiring the sharing of memory. The capabilities of these shared-memory parallel machines heralded a sea change towards multicore […]Read More


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Wye College University of London Department of Biochemistry and Biological Sciences in collaboration with Horticulture Research International AFRC Postdoctoral Research Fellowship and Graduate Technician in Molecular Plant Pathology Applications are invited for a Postdoctroal Research Fellowship and a Graduate Technician in molecular plant pathology. The posts are to undertake work on the mapping and cloning of genes from /Arabidopsis thaliana/ that code for resistance to the fungal pathogen /Peronospora parasitica/. The positions are funded for four years (on the Research assistant 1A scale from 12,129 to 19,328 pounds per annum, and the Graduate Technician Grade D from 11,018, according to age and experience) under the AFRC Plant Molecular Biology Programme. The work will involve RFLP and RAPD mapping, YAC cloning and the analysis of gene function. The positions are to join an ongoing coordinated research program between HRI East Malling and Wye College aimed at understanding and exploiting gene-for-gene interactions in plants. Applications should be sent to Dr Jim Beynon, Department of Biochemistry and Biological Sciences, University of London, Wye College, Wye, Kent TN25 5AH, England, and should include a covering letter, curriculum vitae, list of publications and the names of three individuals from whom letters of reference may be sought. There is no closing date. For further details, phone 0233 812401 extension 483, or FAX 0233 813140.


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I have recently started work at a company using their proprietary CMS. Unfortunately, there is virtually no documentation for the application, and the source comments are also quite sparse.
Normally, given a particular task - I work down through the choices below, going to the next step if I can't find a solution
1: Consult the documentation (n/a) on how to do task X (i.e. create a page)
2: Read the source code - output variables - generally halt search after digging 4 or 5 steps into class/method chain
3: Ask the existing development team how they might achieve X in their application
4: Read the (uncommented) source again - go "rabbit hunting" - pursue each chain to completion
5: Make tea
On the one hand, my employer is looking for technical capability. On the other, they are looking for speed of execution. They are averse to me asking the other developer for assistance (despite the lack of documentation), yet seem surprised when I've then had to spend an hour (or two) rabbit hunting through their application for the origin of variable or method X. Bear in mind that I've been employed as an intermediate developer.
So, I wanted to get an outside perspective, is my process of elimination unreasonable? I can't imagine anyone writing a Zend Framework app without the documentation (and sometimes they struggle despite that...) - so working on some proprietary app with none is proving somewhat tricky.