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If you have a geeky man in your life like we do (the dad in our fam is a Chemical Physicist who works with lasers and loves video games, comics, zombies, caffeine, and bacon...TOTAL nerd!) then Father's Day is a fantastic opportunity to spoil him with some of the awesome geeky dad inspired reads that are out there.
Here are some excellent choices for geeky dads and kids alike to promote bonding (both human and chemical)
This one brings out the pyro, explosion loving side of every true geeky dad and helps him share this passion with his like minded progeny. I figure it's safer to build a potato cannon than to make napalm, which is the last explosive project hubs and son did together!
And here is a History geek's alternative to the above (son and I would love this one)
Here's a great answer to those hellicopter type parents out there. Geeky dads are usually the complete opposite... I'm not sure just how many times I've heard hubs say to Kaden "try licking that battery!"
Now for some personalized geeky books, just for dad:
For the Comic Book Geek:
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For the Bacon Connoisseur:
and bonus cookbook...
For the Star Wars Fanatic:
and bonus cookbook (wtf!):
For the Trekkie:
For the Caffeine Fiend:
plus a cookbook :p...
There's lots more for techie type nerds and computer nerds too... but those ones are too boring for me (yawn) so if that is your kinda daddy-nerd, I apologize!
Remember to whip up some bacon, eggs, and coffee for your geeky guy on Father's Day, then let him relax with his new reads or send him out with the kids to terrorize the neighbour hood with a potato cannon!
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If I had to name one concept in standard SQL that I thought was the most important one, and that is worth Microsoft's investment for future versions of SQL Server, I'd say window functions, hands down, without a doubt. Window functions are a subset of what the standard calls set functions, meaning, functions that are applied to a set of rows. The term window is used to describe the set of rows that the function operates on, and the language provides a clause called OVER where you provide the window specification. So what's the big deal, and what makes window functions more important than other features that are missing in SQL Server? There are so many reasons… But first I'll give a bit more background about window functions, and then I'll get to the reasons and demonstrate use cases…
First, to clarify, SQL Server 2005 already introduced some support for window functions—the ranking calculations: ROW_NUMBER, RANK, DENSE_RANK and NTILE, and partial support for window aggregate functions with only the partitioning part implemented. SQL Server 2005 was a great release for developers with so many cool and practical T-SQL features. The number of solutions that I simplified and optimized just with the ROW_NUMBER function and CTEs is amazing. Still, there are many standard features related to window functions that SQL Server didn't yet implement (as of SQL Server 2008 R2) and that can help address quite a wide variety of business problems with simpler and more efficient solutions.
These days the next major release of Microsoft SQL Server—version 11—is being developed. These are pivotal days for candidate features where decisions are made whether they will or will not make it to the final release. And even though I think that more complete support for window functions is so important to developers and to the success of SQL Server, I'm not sure at all that we will see those in the product. This is time for us as part of the SQL Server community to express our strong opinion. Hopefully Microsoft will realize how important it is for us to have those features in the product, as well as to show that the SQL Server community's opinion matters.
In this article I will explain some of the key features that are missing in SQL Server and why it's important to add support for such features. If you share my opinion, and haven't done so already, you can cast your vote in the following feature request items:
Ordering for aggregates (used to allow subsequent framing options):
Framing (ROWS and RANGE window sub-clauses):
DISTINCT clause for aggregate functions:
LAG and LEAD offset functions:
PERCENT_RANK and CUME_DIST Distribution Functions
FIRST_VALUE, LAST_VALUE offset functions:
Reuse of window definition using the WINDOW clause:
QUALIFY filtering clause:
Like with any thing in life that you're not aware of, you don't know how it can help you if you don't know that it exists. My feeling is that many developers are not really aware of the capabilities of the standard window functions and therefore Microsoft doesn't see a lot of demand for it. Education and raising the topic to people's awareness is therefore key to the realization of the benefits, and as a consequence, encourage people to ask Microsoft for more support.
The unfortunate part is that all of SQL Server's leading competitors; including Oracle, DB2 and Teradata for some time now already have a far more complete support for window functions. So even though my focus and passion is for SQL Server, I sometimes find myself in the awkward situation of demoing standard SQL window functions on Oracle when teaching or presenting.
So what's missing…
The most important missing features are probably ordering and framing options for window aggregate functions. Other key features that are still missing are distribution and offset functions, and reusability of window definitions. More details shortly.
Why are window functions so powerful?
SQL is often referred to as a set-based language. The reason is that the language is based on the relational model, which in turn is based, in part, on mathematical set theory. When writing SQL queries you're supposed to deal with a table (or relation, which is a set) as a whole, as opposed to the table's individual rows. Also, since sets have no order, you're not supposed to make any assumptions in regards to the physical ordering of the data.
The reality is that for many developers set-based thinking is far from being intuitive, and it can take a few good years to truly think in SQL terms. This is why often developers tend to use cursors—because using those feel like an extension to what they already know. Cursors allow you to deal with one row at a time, and also rely on specified order of the data.
Window functions have an ingenious design. They do operate on sets, or windows, while allowing you to indicate ordering as part of the calculation where relevant. Not to confuse with cursors, window functions allow defining ordering for the calculation without making any expectations in regards to ordering of the input data given to the query or the output coming out of the query. In other words, no relational concepts are violated. Ordering is only part of the specification of the calculation. Similarly, other common elements in querying problems, like partitioning, framing of applicable rows, are all intuitive parts of the window specification. So in a sense, I see window functions as bridging the big gap that exists between cursor/iterative and set-based thinking.
Now, that's a lot of words before showing even one example. So let's look at a few more concrete examples of some of the missing features…
Sample Data
Most of the examples I'll show are against a database called InsideTSQL2008. You can find the script creating it here: http://www.InsideTSQL.com/books/source_code/InsideTSQL2008.zip. In addition, the following view will be used in some of the examples:
USE InsideTSQL2008;
IF OBJECT_ID('Sales.EmpOrders', 'V') IS NOT NULL
DROP VIEW Sales.EmpOrders;
CREATE VIEW Sales.EmpOrders
DATEADD(month, DATEDIFF(month, 0, O.orderdate), 0) AS ordermonth,
SUM(OD.qty) AS qty,
CAST(SUM(OD.qty * OD.unitprice * (1 - discount))
AS NUMERIC(12, 2)) AS val,
COUNT(*) AS numorders
FROM Sales.Orders AS O
JOIN Sales.OrderDetails AS OD
ON OD.orderid = O.orderid
GROUP BY empid, DATEADD(month, DATEDIFF(month, 0, O.orderdate), 0);
Ordering and Framing for Window Aggregate Functions
As mentioned, currently window aggregate functions support only a partitioning element. What's missing are ordering and framing options. The standard supports an ORDER BY clause to define ordering in the window and ROWS and RANGE clauses that frame the window based on the defined ordering. A classic example that would benefit from ordering and framing is running totals. Consider the following Accounts table definition:
CREATE TABLE dbo.Accounts
actid INT NOT NULL, -- partitioning column
tranid INT NOT NULL, -- ordering column
val MONEY NOT NULL -- measure
CONSTRAINT PK_Accounts PRIMARY KEY(actid, tranid)
The table represents deposit (positive value) and withdrawal (negative value) transactions in bank accounts. You need to calculate at each point what the account balance was. Like with many querying problems there's a partitioning element (actid), ordering element (tranid), and a measure that the calculation applies to (val). Window aggregate functions in standard SQL support all three elements. Here's how you would express the query calculating the balance at each point for each account:
SELECT actid, tranid, val,
SUM(val) OVER(PARTITION BY actid
ORDER BY tranid
AND CURRENT ROW) AS balance
FROM dbo.Accounts;
You can achieve such calculations today in SQL Server using a subquery or a join:
-- Set-Based Solution Using Subqueries
SELECT actid, tranid, val,
(SELECT SUM(S2.val)
FROM dbo.Accounts AS S2
WHERE S2.actid = S1.actid
AND S2.tranid <= S1.tranid) AS balance
FROM dbo.Accounts AS S1;
-- Set-Based Solution Using Joins
SELECT S1.actid, S1.tranid, S1.val,
SUM(S2.val) AS balance
FROM dbo.Accounts AS S1
JOIN dbo.Accounts AS S2
ON S2.actid = S1.actid
AND S2.tranid <= S1.tranid
GROUP BY S1.actid, S1.tranid, S1.val;
But besides the fact that these solutions are not as straightforward and intuitive as the one using a window function, there's a big problem with the way SQL Server currently optimizes the subquery and join solutions. Assuming you defined a covering index on the partitioning column, followed by the ordering column, and including the aggregated measure, for each row SQL Server will scan all rows with the same partitioning value and an ordering value that is less than or equal to the current. Given p partitions with r rows in average, and fairly even distribution of rows in partitions, the total number of rows processed in such a plan is pr + p(r + r^2)/2. This means that in respect to the partition size, the algorithmic complexity, or scaling, of the solution s quadratic (N^2). That's bad. The window function form lends itself to good optimization, especially with the fast track case like the above (rows between unbounded preceding and current row). It should be straightforward to the optimizer to optimize this query with one ordered scan of the index, translating to simply pr rows being scanned.
Another example for running totals is querying a table called EmpOrders with a row for each employee and month, and calculating the cumulative performance for each employee and month; in other words, the total value for the employee from the beginning of his/her activity until the current month. Here's how you would express it with a window aggregate:
SELECT empid, ordermonth, qty,
SUM(qty) OVER(PARTITION BY empid
ORDER BY ordermonth
AND CURRENT ROW) AS run_qty
FROM Sales.EmpOrders;
empid ordermonth qty run_qty
----------- ----------------------- ----------- -----------
1 2006-07-01 00:00:00.000 121 121
1 2006-08-01 00:00:00.000 247 368
1 2006-09-01 00:00:00.000 255 623
1 2006-10-01 00:00:00.000 143 766
1 2006-11-01 00:00:00.000 318 1084
2 2006-07-01 00:00:00.000 50 50
2 2006-08-01 00:00:00.000 94 144
2 2006-09-01 00:00:00.000 137 281
2 2006-10-01 00:00:00.000 248 529
2 2006-11-01 00:00:00.000 237 766
There are many business examples where ordering and framing options can be useful besides calculating account balances. Those include inventory, running totals for reporting, moving averages, and so on. Here's an example for a query calculating the average of the last three recorded periods:
SELECT empid, ordermonth,
AVG(qty) OVER(PARTITION BY empid
ORDER BY ordermonth
AND CURRENT ROW) AS avg_last_three
FROM Sales.EmpOrders;
There are also various temporal querying problems where running totals serve part of the solution.
For simplicity I showed examples where framing is based on the ROWS clause where you indicate an offset in terms of number of rows. The standard also supports a RANGE clause that allows indicating an offset in terms of values, such as time intervals, as in the following example returning the average of the last three months:
SELECT empid, ordermonth, qty,
SUM(qty) OVER(PARTITION BY empid
ORDER BY ordermonth
RANGE INTERVAL '2' MONTH PRECEDING) AS sum_3m_qty
FROM Sales.EmpOrders
ORDER BY empid, ordermonth;
Offset Functions
The SQL standard defines several offset functions that would make developers' life so much easier compared to the tools available today for similar needs. Among the missing offset functions are LAG and LEAD, returning a value from a row in a given offset from the current row based on specified ordering. For example, the following query will return, for each current order, also the order date of the previous and next orders:
SELECT custid, orderdate, orderid,
LAG(orderdate) OVER(PARTITION BY custid
ORDER BY orderdate, orderid) AS prvod,
LEAD(orderdate) OVER(PARTITION BY custid
ORDER BY orderdate, orderid) AS nxtod
FROM Sales.Orders;
custid orderdate orderid prvod nxtod
------- ----------- -------- ----------- -----------
1 2007-10-03 10692 2007-08-25 2007-10-13
1 2007-10-13 10702 2007-10-03 2008-01-15
1 2008-01-15 10835 2007-10-13 2008-03-16
1 2008-03-16 10952 2008-01-15 2008-04-09
2 2007-08-08 10625 2006-09-18 2007-11-28
2 2007-11-28 10759 2007-08-08 2008-03-04
Notice how elegant and intuitive this form is. The default offset is one row, but you can also be explicit if you need an offset that is other than one row, e.g., three rows:
SELECT custid, orderdate, orderid,
LAG(orderdate, 3) OVER(PARTITION BY custid
ORDER BY orderdate, orderid) AS prv3od
FROM Sales.Orders;
There are lots of business examples for the usefulness of these functions, like recency calculations, trend analysis, and others. Here's an example for a query addressing recency calculations, returning the difference in terms of days between the current and previous orders:
SELECT custid, orderdate, orderid,
LAG(orderdate) OVER(PARTITION BY custid
ORDER BY orderdate, orderid),
orderdate) AS diff
FROM Sales.Orders;
Other missing offset functions are FIRST_VALUE, LAST_VALUE, returning the value from the first or last rows in the partition based on specified ordering. Here's an example returning the value of the first and last orders per customer with each order:
SELECT custid, orderdate, orderid, val,
FIRST_VALUE(val) OVER(PARTITION BY custid
ORDER BY orderdate, orderid) AS val_firstorder,
LAST_VALUE(val) OVER(PARTITION BY custid
ORDER BY orderdate, ordered
AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING) AS val_lastorder
FROM Sales.OrderValues;
custid orderdate orderid val val_firstorder val_lastorder
------- ----------- -------- ------- --------------- --------------
1 2007-08-25 10643 814.50 814.50 933.50
1 2007-10-03 10692 878.00 814.50 933.50
1 2007-10-13 10702 330.00 814.50 933.50
1 2008-01-15 10835 845.80 814.50 933.50
1 2008-03-16 10952 471.20 814.50 933.50
1 2008-04-09 11011 933.50 814.50 933.50
2 2006-09-18 10308 88.80 88.80 514.40
And here's an example calculating the difference between the current order value and the first and last:
SELECT custid, orderdate, orderid, val,
val - FIRST_VALUE(val) OVER(PARTITION BY custid
ORDER BY orderdate, orderid) AS diff_first,
val - LAST_VALUE(val) OVER(PARTITION BY custid
ORDER BY orderdate, ordered
AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING) AS diff_last
FROM Sales.OrderValues;
Distribution Functions
Standard SQL supports window distribution functions that performing statistical calculations. Specifically it supports the PERCENT_RANK and CUM_DIST functions, calculating a percentile rank and cumulative distribution. These functions give you a relative rank of a row in respect to other rows in the window partition, expressed as ratio/percent. The specific formulas used by the two variants are:
PERCENT_RANK: (RK-1)/(NR-1), where RK = rank, NR = number of rows in partition
CUME_DIST: NP/NR, where NP = number of rows preceding or peer with current row (same as next rank - 1)
Here's an example using these functions:
SELECT custid, COUNT(*) AS numorders,
PERCENT_RANK() OVER(ORDER BY COUNT(*)) AS percentrank,
CUME_DIST() OVER(ORDER BY COUNT(*)) AS cumedist
FROM Sales.Orders
GROUP BY custid;
custid numorders percentrank cumedist
------- ---------- ------------ ---------
13 1 0.0000 0.0112
33 2 0.0114 0.0337
43 2 0.0114 0.0337
42 3 0.0341 0.1124
53 3 0.0341 0.1124
37 19 0.9545 0.9663
24 19 0.9545 0.9663
63 28 0.9773 0.9775
20 30 0.9886 0.9888
71 31 1.0000 1.0000
Reuse of Window Definition using WINDOW Clause
Suppose you need to write several window functions that rely on the same window definition (or part of it). You will end up with a lot of repetition of code. Standard SQL has a clause called WINDOW that allows naming a window definition or part of it, making it reusable. For example, instead of:
SELECT empid, ordermonth, qty,
SUM(qty) OVER ( PARTITION BY empid
ORDER BY ordermonth
AND CURRENT ROW ) AS run_sum_qty,
AVG(qty) OVER ( PARTITION BY empid
ORDER BY ordermonth
AND CURRENT ROW ) AS run_avg_qty,
FROM Sales.EmpOrders;
You would use:
SELECT empid, ordermonth, qty,
SUM(qty) OVER W1 AS run_sum_qty,
AVG(qty) OVER W1 AS run_avg_qty,
FROM Sales.EmpOrders
WINDOW W1 AS ( PARTITION BY empid
ORDER BY ordermonth
As you can see, with the WINDOW clause the code is shorter, more readable, and easier to maintain.
I showed just part of the standard support for window functions that SQL Server is still missing. There's more, like window frame exclusion. There are also other set functions not implemented, like ordered set functions, and so on. But here I wanted to make a point in hope that Microsoft will realize how important it is to add such support in SQL Server 11. If you feel so as well, help make a difference by voting for the items, write about the topic, talk about it, increasing people's awareness. Hopefully this request will find open ears. As a reminder, here are the open items for some of the requests for enhancements:
Ordering for aggregates (used to allow subsequent framing options):
Framing (ROWS and RANGE window sub-clauses):
DISTINCT clause for aggregate functions:
LAG and LEAD offset functions:
PERCENT_RANK and CUME_DIST Distribution Functions
FIRST_VALUE, LAST_VALUE offset functions:
Reuse of window definition using the WINDOW clause:
QUALIFY filtering clause:


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In an interview with Adam Bryant at The New York Times, former Tesco CEO Sir Terry Leahy described how he tried to create a culture centered around good service and good manners. He perfectly describes the sometimes negative impact the smartest people can have on an organization:
"If I had to sum it up, it would be about being generous at work rather than selfish. It is amazing how often you see people who can't help themselves — because of their ambition or their insecurities or whatever — and that they're basically selfish and they take out rather than give.
For some people, that's a transition that they have to make, and not everybody can make it. Sometimes the brightest find it the hardest to make that transition because they've always been better than the people around them. They find it hard to trust the people around them to do the work. They think, 'Well, I know best.' When you see organizations that struggle, it's mainly that people can't trust."
Sometimes the brightest people, whether it's their intention or not, can be seen as trying to put themselves above everybody else or advance at others' expense. Their colleagues feel marginalized, which leads to a culture that's less collaborative, less trusting, and centered on individuals.
The challenge for managers is to create an environment where people have enough in common that they feel like they trust each other, and where the norm is always respect. High performance or intelligence can't be grounds for exceptions, or it doesn't end up working for anybody.
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A freelance reporter for NBC Nightly News decides to do a segment on computer hacking, so they sit down with roving cracker Adrian Lamo at a Washington, D.C. Kinko's. After demonstrating vulnerabilities in a telecommuncations company's computer system, the reporter asks him if he'd be able to hack NBC's system. With the camera rolling, Lamo gained access to NBC's intranet in five minutes. Among the applications he accessed was an affiliate scheduling system that I helped write while working as a consultant at NBC in early 2000.
Network lawyers pulled the plug minutes before the segment was scheduled to air, and anonymous sources cited ethical concerns. I find that decision quite understandable, considering that the reporter not only observed, but encouraged Lamo to try hacking NBC's intranet. Legal and/or ethical concerns aside, this was probably a prudent thing for NBC to do. I certainly would not publish a story about a security hole in my site until I was absolutely sure it was sealed tighter than tight.


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Bogdan (Arhi in the forum) moved nearly 50 projects from MPLAB 8 to MPLAB X over the last few weeks, including the USB Bit Whacker 32. We asked if he could point out any bugs he might have encountered. Read the small interview below.
UBW32 is a large project, how long did it take you to move it?
The project leader of UBW32 was hesitant to move to MPLAB X so he kept putting it off. One day I decided to port it for him. Within 15 minutes the project was compiled and functioning 1:1 on MPLAB X.
Where there any difficulties, bugs, etc.., you may have encountered?
Well since I use Linux, many of the include commands that use the front-slash '\' have to be rewritten with back-slashes '/ '. That was 90% of the problems. The rest were case-sensitive file names, also in the include statements. For example if the file name is theFile.h you can't include "thefile.h", but the exact use of upper, and lower cases in the name.
That sounds easy enough, anything else?
Well there were some issues with the compiler settings not being copied over the way I expected, but that problem was fixed with MPLAB X v1.2 release.
Sorry for nitpicking, but '\' is backslash, and '/' is just slash, no "front". So he really converted backslashes to slashes.
A lot of people call it forward or front slash. The convention is mostly so people can ensure you are talking about the correct symbol.
I think I hear it as forward slash more often then just slash.
weird, I am into computers since 1981, I lived on 3 continents in 6 countries, visited more, had customers from all over the World and never heard the term "forward slash" till few days ago :D …
I see that wiki also mentiones it (just searched for it) but in every day usage – never, it's a slash and a back-slash… it always was :)
few clarifications …
UBW32 project was looong time ago, I think it was BETA4 or BETA5 of MPLABX that was actual and Brian didn't ask for it, I converted it for myself and after I did I sent him the archive with project. I have no knowledge if he used that to base his MPLABX version of UBW32 or he did it from scratch… the only reason I mentioned ubw32 was because it's bigger then your average small project and it took 15 minutes to convert it..
I converted bunch of backslashes to slashes, I don't even thing backslash is regular even on windows, it's an escape character in C/C++ so stuff like #include "USB\Usb.h" should be illegal on windows too (MAL was full of them), in best case scenario it could be #include "USB\\Usb.h" ..
Case mismatch problem is 100% related to MAL, I had no issues with any of projects I converted exept for microchip files that were inconsistent among themselves.
I found few bugs in BETAx and 1.0 and 1.1 .. and they are all fixed, using 1.2 attm and the only problem is with regards to full screen on 64bit linux and that's some java problem that will hopefully be fixed soon… for now the workaround is not to use mplabx in full screen
The UBW32 code is more tricky than most because of the dependence on particular versions of MAL. I did try converting it several times with the early versions of MPLAB X beta, and the problems I had were mainly due to bugs in MPLAB X and incompatibilities with MAL. At one point it became very frustrating and I gave up. The latest version of MPLAB X (1.2) is quite good, and the latest version of MAL works well with it, I believe. It took Microchip a long time to get all of the MPLAB X issues in MAL worked out. However, as arhi says, converting the old project into MPLAB X wasn't a big deal – as long as you clean up any issues with MAL. Thanks for bringing up the project again here guys.
cool to see that v1.2 is good,
how about coverage of the complete pic families, 8bits to 32,
is everything can be compile now ?
On MPLAB v8 you had
C18 – you still have C18 (they talk about removing it when they get XC8 working stable), it works just like C18 on windows and mplab 8
C30 – it's being replaced by XC16, should be 100% compatible with C30 (I haven't tried it, I use C30 that was available for download until recently)
C32 – it's being replaced by XC32 and should be 100% compatible with C32 (I haven't tried it, I use C32 that was availble for download until recently)
Additionally to what you had with mplab v8 now you have
– C8 that should work with ALL 8bit devices and not only 18F's (so 10F, 12F, 14F, 16F and 18F's). It's supposed to be based on Hitech C compiler (no clue, never tried it)
– lite versions of hitech
I haven't tried C8 but I did tried lite version of hitech and it's utter crap as it produces unusable bloated ugly code… but hitech lite was always crap, that's not related to mplabx …
Basically, with mplabx you have more then you had with mplab 8, it's better interface, modern, based on netbeans (I personally find netbeans to be order of magnitude better then eclipse so this is a great + from me to mcp)… it works both on Linux and windows, haven't tried it on Mac but I think it works there without a problem too …
As I mentioned, converting project, a large complex project, from mplab 8 to mplab x is really piece of cake and if you don't use MAL, it's in most cases just matter of importing the project into mplabx and it works immediately..


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Emotions are a top obstacle to weight loss
When it comes to losing weight, a popular New Year's resolution for many, people often focus on eating less and exercising more. But results of a new survey of psychologists suggest dieters should pay attention to the role emotions play in weight gain and loss if they hope to succeed.
The survey, conducted by the Consumer Reports National Research Center, asked more than 1,300 licensed psychologists how they dealt with clients' weight and weight loss challenges. When asked which strategies were essential to losing weight and keeping it off, psychologists cited "understanding and managing the behaviors and emotions related to weight management" as essential for addressing weight loss with their clients (44 percent). Survey respondents also cited "emotional eating" (43 percent) as a barrier to weight loss, and included "maintaining a regular exercise schedule" (43 percent) and "making proper food choices in general" (28 percent) as keys to shedding pounds. In general, gaining self-control over behaviors and emotions related to eating were both key, indicating that the two go together.
Ninety-two percent of the 306 respondents who provide weight loss treatment reported helping a client "address underlying emotional issues related to weight gain." More than 70 percent identified cognitive therapy, problem-solving and mindfulness as "excellent" or "good" weight loss strategies. In addition, motivational strategies, keeping behavioral records and goal-setting were also important in helping clients to lose weight and keep it off, according to survey results. Cognitive therapy helps people identify and address negative thoughts and emotions that can lead to unhealthy behaviors. Mindfulness allows thoughts and emotions to come and go without judging them, and instead concentrate on being aware of the moment. The survey results will be reported in the February 2013 issue of Consumer Reports Magazine® and online at Consumer Reports.
"Anyone who has ever tried to lose a few pounds and keep them off knows that doing so isn't easy. The good news is that research and clinical experience have shown that, in addition to behavioral approaches, cognitive behavioral therapy that targets emotional barriers helps people lose weight," said Norman B. Anderson, PhD, chief executive officer of the American Psychological Association.
Consumer Reports surveyed 1,328 licensed psychologists who provide direct patient care in September 2012 about their work and professional opinions regarding weight loss. The online poll was designed by the Consumer Reports National Research Center in partnership with experts provided by the American Psychological Association. Survey participants were randomly selected from the American Psychological Association's membership file. The margin of error was +/- 3 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level. A total of 55 percent of the sample was female, and the median age was 59 years old.
"Although it is generally accepted that weight problems are most often caused by a combination of biological, emotional, behavioral and environmental issues, these new results show the key role of stress and emotional regulation in losing weight. Therefore, the best weight loss tactics should integrate strategies to address emotion and behavior as well as lifestyle approaches to exercise and making healthy eating choices," said Anderson.
Psychologists help people identify emotional triggers that affect their eating and exercise behaviors, and develop strategies and problem-solving skills to make healthy choices. To learn more about psychological research on weight and behaviors and how licensed psychologists can help, visit the American Psychological Association.
The American Psychological Association. (2013). Emotions As Top Obstacle to Weight Loss [Press release]. Retrieved from http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2013/01/emotions-weight-loss.aspx


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In the years since Venturing started, the program has been defined by the activities Venturers do and a popular activity is service. Religious organizations charter the majority of Venturing crews. Following in the tradition of the Quartermaster, Ranger, and Quest awards, a similar, challenging award program has therefore been created for Venturing's religious life emphasis. The TRUST award is a unique opportunity for the youth of Venturing.
Trust is an essential aspect of our relationship with others - both personally and corporately. Learning to trust is the challenge. Today young people live in an increasingly pluralistic society made up of multiple nationalities, cultures, and religions. One way to work toward a safe future is to learn to get along and work together. Understand is a good start toward trust.
While working on the TRUST award, Venturers will learn more about themselves, their communities, their religion and culture, as well as those of others. As with many other requirements throughout the Venturing Program, Venturers will be required to share what they learn with others.
Five Areas of Requirements (each has required sections and electives):
1. Tending your Faith
Learn about your own religious journey, and earn the religious emblem for your faith group.
2. Respecting the Beliefs of Others
Learn about freedom of religion in the US and learn about religions other than your own in your community.
3. Understanding other Cultures
Learn about the historical significance of cultures in the US and study one cultural group in detail.
4. Serving your Community
Complete a community service project and learn about organizations in your community that serve youth.
5. Transforming our Society
Learn counseling skills, conflict resolution, peace and reconciliation, and how to apply them in your own life.
An illustration of the proposed TRUST medal is pictured on the top right of the front side of this sheet. It features the world enveloped in a pair of silver hands. The world has been a symbol of Scouting, communities, and religions for many years. The silver hands are both a representation of the Religious and Community Life Bronze Award and of the caring, nurturing, and understanding that the TRUST award instills in a Venturer. The medal is suspended from a ribbon with a solid field of purple. The purple represents both the color of the Religious Life programs of Venturing and is a historic color of religion and royalty for much of the world.
Available by August, 2005
TRUST Award Handbook, No. 33154
TRUST Award Medal, No. 14268
TRUST Award Pocket Card, No. 32285
TRUST Award Certificate, No. 32284


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Fueled by sophomore Zach Etten and junior Chris Bradley, Babson (8-5, 2-0) orchestrated a pivotal 15-6 run midway through the second half before hanging on for a 56-47 victory over MIT (6-7, 0-2), Tuesday night, in Rockwell Cage. The Beavers kept the Engineers' comeback bid at bay by winning the battle of the boards, while snagging 14 steals.
MIT sophomore Jimmy Bartolotta turned in another solid effort for the Cardinal and Gray, leading all scorers with 19 points and six assists. He also added five rebounds, four steals and two blocks, but the second-year swingman was unable to offset Babson's balanced offensive attack and strong perimeter defense.
Senior Brandon Eigenberg scored eight of his team-high 14 points in the second half, while the Babson guard picked up seven rebounds and four steals. Etten also reached double figures for the Beavers, scoring 13 points on 5-of-8 shooting.
Babson's Bradley was a difference maker in both teams' second conference game, scoring nine points and hauling in a game-best 10 rebounds, while holding MIT rookie Erich Bracht to the lowest scoring total of his brief career. Averaging a double-double on the season, Bracht finished 1-of-2 from the field for two points and a team-high eight boards.
The first half in the early-evening tilt was evenly played, with strong defense preventing either squad from gaining an advantage. After a lay-up by freshman Ted Keith at 3:49, the Engineers grabbed their largest lead of the game at 21-15. However, four quick points by Eisenberg and a jumper by junior Greg Bush erased the lead and leveled the score at 21 as the halftime horn sounded.
Babson's scoring run in the second half pushed the Beavers ahead by 12 with just under eight minutes left in regulation, and the Engineers struggled to climb back into contention. MIT would eventually get as close as five (50-45) after Bartolotta sank a pair of free throws, but Babson responded with six points of its own from the charity stripe to seal the win.


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One of the biggest things I miss when using my laptop is the ability to select text in one window, then middle-click paste it into another. Sure, I can push both buttons together, but that requires a degree of accuracy, and it's supposed to be a quick, one-finger action, not a move-two-hands affair. I can imagine this would be infinitely useful using Linux on a Macbook too, as they don't even have right-click. I started looking round for a solution to this problem, and eventually found it.
First, we need install an old accessibility extension to X which is called xkbset. In Ubuntu or Debian, just sudo apt-get install xkbset. The original idea of this software is to provide support for people who might not be able to use a mouse or keyboard so well, so it enables things like MouseKeys (control the cursor with the numpad) and StickyKeys (hit shift, lift off, type a letter, get a capital), and SlowKeys (only register a keypress after a certain amount of time). But we're going to use it to map a keyboard key to a mouse button with MouseKeys.
First, we'll get rid of all the cursor-control stuff, so you can still use your numpad. As root, edit the file /usr/share/X11/xkb/compat/mousekeys and remove everything between interpret.repeat= False; and // New Keysym Actions. Notice this maps some new "keysym" actions below, specifically the one called Pointer_Button2.
Next, we'll make a script to configure xkbset, to turn MouseKeys on, to not turn it off after a period of inactivity, and to map a key of your choice to middle-click. Here's my ~/.middle-click.sh:
#!/bin/bash # set XKB layout setxkbmap -layout us # turn on mousekeys xkbset m # stop mousekeys expiring after a timeout xkbset exp =m # map keysym to other keysym xmodmap -e "keysym Menu = Pointer_Button2" # this also works # xmodmap -e "keycode 135 = Pointer_Button2"This maps the Menu key (it's between Right Alt and Right Ctrl on my keyboard, looks like a menu with a mouse cursor) to mouse button 2, which is middle click. Notice I can also use any other key on the keyboard, by commenting out the keysym line, and using the keycode line. Keycodes are different from keyboard to keyboard, so to get the keycode of the key you wish to use, run xev in a terminal, push the key you desire, and watch the terminal output.
For the Mac users, left-click is button 1, and right-click is button 3. If I was using a Mac, I imagine I'd map Right Command to Button2, and Right Option to Button3. I hope the right side of these buttons has a different keycode to the left side. If not, I've read of people using F11 and/or F12. man xmodmap will tell you how to use a modifier like Cmd+F12 if you so desire.
Under Gnome, I use System -> Preferences -> Sessions to start this script as I log in, so I don't have to worry about it again. Don't forget to make your script executable with chmod +x ~/.middle-click.sh


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From Gondwana and Laurussia to Pangaea: Dynamics of Oceans and Supercontinents
Frankfurt, Germany, September 30 - October 10, 2008
Workshop and fieldtrip to the Awaynat Wanin Area of the Southern Ghadamis Basin, Libya, April 23 - 30, 2008
A workshop and field trip of the International Geoscience Programme (IGCP) project 499 entitled "Devonian Land –Sea Interaction: Evolution of Ecosystems and Climate" (DEVEC) was organized between April 23rd and 30th in Tripoli, Libya.
The workshop and the field trip were devoted to the stratigraphic evolution of Devonian sequences in the Awaynat Wanin area, Southern Ghadamis Basin with a focus on sequence stratigraphy, sedimentology and facies, and palaeoecology. The Devonian of Libya is of special interest for the project due to the excellent sequences mainly representing very shallow water environments and even fluvial sequences. The workshop was initiated at the Libyan Petroleum Institute (LPI) in Tripoli with an opening ceremony, which includes the welcoming adresses by the General manager of LPI, Dr Bourima A. Belgasem, and the coordinator of the meeting, Dr Ali D. El Mehdawi. After introductory remarks on the IGCP 499 project, its objectives and results within the last four years by Dr Peter Königshof a key note presentation by Bashir Elmejrab, Shell EP Libya GmbH, on the Geology of the Ghadamis Basin was given.
Regional Geology
In the morning of the second day the party went to the Awaynat Wanin area, a trip of more than 500 km to the southwest of Tripoli crossing the impressive region of Hamada Al Hamra. On the way to the south, the wonderful cliff exposures of Mesozoic series of the Sirt Basin have been visited. Participants arrived in the field camp in the late afternoon and were introduced to the regional Geology.
ConclusionFor all participants – especially those from foreign countries – the workshop and the accompanying field trip offered a unique opportunity to get an insight into the sedimentology, facies, sequencestratigraphy and palaeoenvironmental interpretaion of the Devonian sequences of the Southern Ghadamis Basin and to compare them with other sequences which have been investigated wordlwide in the framework of the IGCP 499. Relationships of regional geological features, the correlation with other areas worldwide and open questions with respect to biostratigraphy, facies interpretation and depositional environment, generated vivid discussions in the field and during evening discussions and helped identify topics requiring future research. One of the main advantages of the field trips was the presence of scientists representing different disciplines. Therefore, the workshop will act as a catalyst for future collaborative research between groups in and outside Libya, as well as offering a network for collaboration between researchers involved in the IGCP 499.
The common efforts of the Libyan colleagues produced a successful event in Tripoli. Moreover, the workshop was organized in an attractive area, both scientifically and naturally, of fine sections, within a spectacular landscape and, what is most important, attracted a good range of colleagues (Fig. 5). The IGCP 499 project is a UNESCO-IUGS sponsored project and on behalf of the organizers and the project leaders we would like to thank all the participants for their valuable contributions during the scientific meeting and the field trip. Cordial thanks are expressed to the local specialists for the organization and guidance of the field trip. We are grateful to these and many other individuals who helped make the workshop both successful and highly enjoyable. Special mention is also made of the following companies and institutions for sponsoring: Libyan Petroleum Institute (LPI), German Science Foundation (DFG), German Federal Foreign Office, Senckenberg Research Society and Natural History Museum.
Joint IGCP 499 / SDS Meeting "Rapid Global Change in the Devonian", Subcommission on Devonian Stratigraphy and IGCP 499 Devonian Land Sea Interaction Nevada, USA, September 09 – 18, 2007
As in previous years, a joint meeting of IGCP 499 and the Subcommission on Devonian Stratigraphy (SDS) was held in fall 2007 in Nevada. The successful conference and field trip brought together scientists engaged with the Devonian from all over the world. Three days of technical sessions took place in the historical Opera House of Eureka, Nevada. A pre-conference field trip led to sections spanning most of the Devonian in north eastern Nevada and western Utah. The meeting in Eureka was very well-organized by D.J. Over, Dept. of Geological Sciences, SUNY Geneseo, New York, and J. Morrow, Dept. of Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, California. The field trip was perfectly arranged by Jared Morrow and the co-leaders C.A. Sandberg, J.E. Warme, M.A. Murphy, and D.J. Over.
The meeting in Eureka was attended by about 45 colleagues from 11 countries who presented 40 oral and 12 poster contributions which covered the whole array of Devonian research topics. Among those papers dealing with sea-level changes and/or cyclic sedimentation, stratigraphy, regional geology, palaeontology as well as land-sea interactions were strongly represented. On September 17 the annual SDS meeting was held, followed by a business meeting of IGCP 499.
The six days field trip, representing an essential part of the entire conference, started in Las Vegas on September 9. Outcrops of various Devonian successions and local areas were demonstrated, highlighting some of the classical as well as recently investigated sections.
The field trip route within the Great Basin region (Basin and Range province) covered primarily carbonate shelf settings including reefs, and slope to basinal deposits of different areas such as the Confusion Range and Burbank Hills in Utah, Lincoln County and Antelope Range in Nevada. Special attention was paid to the impact related Alamo Breccia (very well exposed in the Hancock Summit West and Mount Irish) and to several sections spanning the Frasnian/Famennian boundary (besides others the classical locality at Devil's Gate near Eureka). Furthermore, Lower to Middle Devonian strata including the Silurian/Devonian boundary were demonstrated. It was especially impressive for the participants to visit sections introduced by some of the pioneers of western US Devonian research.
The attendees were provided with an abstract volume and a perfectly arranged field trip guidebook (references see below). Further information can be obtained from the websites of IGCP 499 (www.senckenberg.de/igcp-499) and SDS (www.unica.it/sds).
Over, D.J. & Morrow, J.R. (eds): Subcommission on Devonian Statigraphy and IGCP 499 Devonian Land Sea Interaction, Program and Abstracts. – 93 pp.; Eureka, Nevada.
Field Workshop of IGCP 499 San Juan, Argentina, May 14 – 22, 2007
A field workshop of the International Geoscience Programme (IGCP) project 499 entitled "Devonian Land –Sea Interaction: Evolution of Ecosystems and Climate" (DEVEC) was held between May 14th and 22nd in San Juan, Argentina.
The common efforts of all the above mentioned organizations and specialists produced a successful event in San Juan, Argentina. Moreover, the workshop was organized in an attractive area, both scientifically and naturally, of fine sections, within a spectacular landscape of the Precordillera and the Andes and, what is most important, attracted a good range of colleagues. On behalf of the organizers and the project leaders we would like to thank all the participants for their valuable contributions during the scientific meeting and the field trips. Cordial thanks are expressed to the local specialists for the organization and guidance of the field trip. We are grateful to these and many other individuals who helped make the workshop both successful and highly enjoyable. Special mention is also made of the following companies and institutions for sponsoring: UNESCO/IUGS, German Science Foundation and German Federal Foreign Office.
IPC 2006, June17-21, 2006, Beijing, China
Few more pictures see annual report 2005 more will be added soon.
An introductory presentation of the new IGCP took place during the gathering of a good number of members belonging to the international 'Subcommission on Devonian Stratigraphy' (SDS) at an SDS meeting held in Rabat (Morocco) from March 1 to 10, 2004.
The meeting was entitled "Devonian neritic-pelagic correlation and events" and organized by Ahmed El Hassani and his crew at the 'Institut Scientifique de l'Université Mohammed V, Agdal' including an extended field trip to Devonian key sections in the Dra Valley (for link see: http://www.israbat.ac.ma/SemPub/SDS2004/2nd_Circular.htm). 24 oral presentations on Devonian matters including e.g., biostratigraphy, palaeontology, eventstratigraphy, and chemostratigryphy were given during the first two days of the meeting in Rabat. Additionally, 20 posters have been presented touching similar topics. 50 participants from various countries attended this part of the meeting. After the technical sessions an extended fieldtrip to the marvellous Devonian geology of the Dra Valley in the Anti Atlas was attended by 30 participants. The trip was guided by two German groups, Thomas Becker and his crew from Muenster University, and the Senckenberg group from Frankfurt (Gerhard Plodowski and collaborators). The main focus of the trip was set on Lower to Middle Devonian siliciclastics, but minor parts of some sections even reached into the Upper Devonian. A very high grade of biostratigraphic resolution could be demonstrated using a number of taxa (e.g., brachiopods, goniatites, conodonts, tentaculitids, trilobites, ostracods). Other taxa, such as corals and crinoids, have been investigated by attending specialists. Aspects of cyclic stratigraphy and detailed sedimentology and facies analyses have been intensely discussed.
During the technical part of the meeting the just accepted IGCP Project 499 was introduced for the first time to the scientists working in the Devonian. Additionally, a brief overview about other new IGCP projects showing some relations to IGCP 499 was also given (e.g., IGCP projects 491, 497, and 503).
6th Baltic Stratigraphic Conference, St. Petersburg (Russia); August 22 – 26, 2005
IGCP 499 has been included this conference that was coordinated by Zivile Zigaite in the framework of IGCP 491 that is focused on mid-Palaeozoic vertebrates (coordinated by Min Zhu and Gavin Young). IGCP 499 was represented by Jurga Lazauskiene who organised a business meeting. There will be more information to come with the next update of the website.
Joint IGCP 499 / SDS Meeting in Siberia, July 25 – August 9, 2005
In the tradition of successful joint meetings and field trips of Devonian IGCP projects and the international Subcommission on Devonian Stratigraphy (SDS) a very successful meeting was held at the Institute of Petroleum Geology, United Institute of Geology and Mineralogy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch in Novosibirsk. The meeting which included a splendid field trip to the South of Siberia (July 26 – August 6, 2005) and well-organised technical sessions (August 7 – 8, 2005) was run by a great team from Novosibirsk under the guidance of E.A. Yolkin, A.V. Kanygin, N.K. Bakharev, N.G. Izokh and O.T. Obut (and a wonderful team helping to arrange the sessions and the field trip in a perfect way!) was entitled "Devonian Terrestrial and Marine Environments: From Continent to Shelf" (DECONS). About 75 scientists (among them 32 colleagues from foreign countries) presented 35 oral lectures and 44 posters. Business meetings of IGCP 499 and SDS were held on the afternoon of August 8, 2005. The field trip lead the participants to various Devonian outcrops in the Salair, Rudny Altai, and Gorny Altai regions yielding a great variety of rocks in different facies settings (from nearshore/terrestrial to open marine conditions) and from the Lower to the Upper Devonian. Four field camps had to be set up by the perfectly working team. A more detailed report – with more photographs is going to come soon (for first impressions see below). A big "THANK YOU" to our Siberian colleagues for arranging these unforgettable days!
Website: http://petrol.uiggm.nsc.ru/DECONS
North American Paleontological Convention (NAPC), Halifax, Nova Scotia (Canada), June 19 – 26, 2005
The first North American meeting of IGCP-499 - Devonian Land Sea Interaction: Evolution of Ecosystems and Climate (DEVEC) – met in a symposium titled "Correlation of Devonian Marine and Terrestrial Strata" chaired by D. Jeffrey Over at the June 2005 North American Paleontological Convention in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The oral session consisted of six talks; posters on Devonian topics numbered seven. In addition, several other talks at the meeting were on Devonian floras and faunas. The IGSP-499 session started with an overview of IGCP, IUGS, and the goals of IGCP-499 by Over and others. This also included a review of research projects that deal with refined correlation and nearshore to terrestrial facies under investigation. Bartholomew and Baird followed with descriptions of their research on Middle Devonian strata in New York State, including the sequence stratigraphic position and correlation of the famous buried forest at Gilboa, New York and timing of sea level rise during the major Taghanic flooding and bioevents. Savage described an interesting conodont fauna from the Upper Devonian of Thailand that has implications for paleogeographic reconstructions and dispersal of cosmopolitan faunas. Boyer finished the session with a study of brachiopod faunas in dysoxic strata, looking at community structures and bioturbation relative to oxygen levels. Posters, that were on display for two days, showcased Devonian brachiopod epibionts, fish, and terrestrial vertebrates. The most important aspect of the meeting was the communication between different workers and the development of interdisciplinary projects, especially involving palynologists and macroplant specialists.
Website: http://meguma.earthsciences.dal.ca/napc/napc.htm
In 2004 IGCP has been also presented in other meetings:
11 th International Palynological Congress in Granada (Spain), July 4 - 9, 2004
Website: http://meguma.earthsciences.dal.ca/napc/napc.htm
2004, October, 6: The first IGCP 499 business meeeting
On October 6, 2004 the first business meeting of IGCP 499 was held at the University of Göttingen, Germany, and was attended by about 40 colleagues from 9 countries. The meeting was embedded in the annual meeting of the German Paläontologische Gesellschaft which included a special session on Devonian topics. The business meeting substituted the originally planned meeting in conjunction with the Subcommission of Devonian Stratigraphy (SDS) this fall in Mashad (Iran) which had to be postponed due to organizational problems in Iran. Four of the five leaders of the IGCP 499 were present (only Jurga Lazauskiene was not able to attend) and a substantial number of regional coordinators from different countries contributed to the meeting (see 3.2).
Besides a general overview by the project leaders, colleagues from Belgium (P. Bultynck), China (X. Chen), Germany (Frankfurt group), Iran (M. Yazdi), Poland (G. Racki), Russia (N. Izokh), Spain (J. Valenzuela-Rios), Turkey (N. Yalcin) and the United States (C. Brett) reported about regional plans and initiatives. Presentations and discussions focussed on the activities during the initial phase of the project and how forthcoming activities will be coordinated both, thematically and with respect to future meetings. IGCP 499 meetings will preferably be held in conjunction with the international Subcommission on Devonian Stratigraphy (SDS) as it was the case in the successful initial meeting in Rabat (Morocco) in March 2004.
Press Conference at the Naturmuseum Senckenberg in Frankfurt (Germany), April 28, 2004
The IGCP-National Committee started a press campaing where IGCP 499 has been presented to the general public together with additional information on IGCP projects (poster presentation) in which there are substantial contributions by German colleagues (colleagues acting as leaders and/or co-leaders).


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Registered Memory (RMA / RDMA) and MPI implementations
In a prior blog post, I talked about RMA (and RDMA) networks, and what they mean to MPI implementations. In this post, I'll talk about one of the consequences of RMA networks: registered memory.
Registered memory is something that most HPC administrators and users have at least heard of, but may not fully understand.
Let me clarify it for you: registered memory is both a curse and a blessing.
It's more of the former than the latter, if you ask me, but MPI implementations need to use (and track) registered memory to get high performance on today's high-performance networking API stacks.
Registered memory is used by operating system bypass networks. It works like this:
- The application calls MPI_SEND with buffer XYZ.
- The back-end to MPI_SEND registers buffer XYZ.
- Registering both pins the memory in the operating system (i.e., tells the OS "never swap this page out or move it") and notifies the NIC of the virtual-to-physical address mapping of this memory.
- MPI_SEND can then tell the networking hardware "send the buffer at virtual memory address XYZ."
- The NIC hardware retrieves the virtual-to-physical address mapping, finds the physical address, and sends it.
In principle, this is a fine and reasonable mechanism. The NIC hardware is able to directly obtain the buffer from memory without bothering either the OS or the main CPU, leading to low latency and asynchronous message transfer "in the background."
But here are three problems with it:
- Registration can be a slow process (e.g., traversing the PCI bus — potentially multiple times — to notify the NIC of the virtual-to-physical mapping). To avoid adding registration time to the overall latency of MPI_SEND, MPI implementations tend to cache registered memory after it is used the first time. Meaning: the registered memory is not de-registered when MPI_SEND returns.
- There is only so much registered memory available — it's limited either by physical memory or NIC resources. The MPI implementation must track how much memory is registered, and sometimes evict prior-registered memory in order to register new memory.
- The user application may free memory that has been registered by MPI. MPI must therefore intercept when memory is returned to the OS and both de-register the memory and update its internal cache of registered memory. This is evil. E. V. I. L. Particularly in cases where the OS and/or the network stack don't provide adequate mechanisms to intercept freed memory.
(keep in mind that this is an already-too-long blog post; many details have been omitted from the above three points!)
In practice, since extracting high performance from many modern networks requires the use of registered memory, real-world MPI implementations have worked around the above issues. But usually at the expense of having significant amounts of complex code dedicated to these kinds of issues.
My $0.02 is that I wish OS's and/or network stacks would either obviate the need for registered memory or somehow make its use transparent (and fast).
That would be wonderful. 🙂
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Hurricanes are soccer champs
The Hurricanes are the champions for the Kinston-Lenoir County Parks and Recreation Barnet Soccer U14 League for the fall of 2012.
Team members are Jose Sanchez, Landon Barfield, Axel Sanchez, Gustavo Ramirez, Parker Mitchell, Joshua Hopkins, Nicole Barwick, Madison Spears, Isai Salas, Tyson Pressly, Ruben Ramirez and Wes Andrews.
The team is coached by Michael Spears.
Kinston native to present book at library storytime
Author Greshena Alexander will present her children�s book, �Fables & Lessons,� at 4 p.m. Nov. 28 in the children�s theatre at the Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library, 510 N. Queen St.
�Fables & Lessons� is a collection of stories that make it easy to relate for young children. There is a track team who has to learn to compete without their star runner, a turtle who hates his shell, and a boy whose first puppy turns out to be a bigger responsibility than he realized.
All of these stories and more come to life in Alexander�s collection of short stories for youth. �Fables & Lessons� helps children to understand that growing up and figuring out life�s lessons has its challenges but helps figure out and understand making the right choices, confronting fears and taking responsibility. These are things all must learn to do along the way.
A native of Kinston, Alexander attended Lenoir County Schools and is the youth pastor at Philippi Church of Christ in Greenville, where she lives.
For more information, contact the library at 252-527-7066 or neuselibrary.org.
Compassionate Friends group plans service
The Compassionate Friends annual candlelight service will be held at 7 p.m. Dec. 10 at Jackson Heights Baptist Church, 285 Camellia St., Kinston.
Compassionate Friends is a support group for parents and families who have experienced the death of a child of any age.
To have a loved one remembered at the service, turn in the name to Maria Lee at 252-523-6408 or Rhonda McIntosh at 919-222-6237 by Dec. 7. The night of the service, remember to bring a framed photograph of the loved one to be remembered.
The community is invited to attend the remembrance service.
Middle school to receive azaleas
Greene County Middle School has been selected to receive 67 azaleas to beautify the campus. The prize is from NC Beautiful as part of its 2012 Beautification projects. The group�s 27th annual azalea celebration rewards community groups across the state for improving their communities through creative landscape projects.
According to Leigh Corbin, assistant principal, the middle school will plant 37 and give the remaining 30 plants to Greene Central High School as a thank you gesture for sharing their facility after the April 2011 tornado.


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November 10, 2012 marks the first day of Avery Hall's second century. Designed by Charles Follen McKim of the legendary architecture firm McKim, Mead, and White, Avery Hall is home to the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) and the renowned Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, which support a culture of innovation and discovery in the fields of architectural practice and research.
To celebrate its next century, GSAPP and Avery Library will host a symposium, exhibition and celebratory reception to honor the Avery Hall's storied history on November 10. The symposium, which will take place at 1 p.m. in Wood Auditorium, will examine life in Avery Hall through three panels featuring faculty and staff from GSAPP, Avery Library and the Art History Department.
Art History professor Barry Bergdoll, GSAPP associate professor Andrew Dolkart, Avery Library curator of drawings and archives Janet Parks and architect Sam White will discuss Avery's past. Its future will be the topic of conversation for director of Avery Library Carole Ann Fabian, GSAPP professor Bernard Tschumi and GSAPP Dean Mark Wigley. A third panel focusing on personal reflections will feature GSAPP professor Kenneth Frampton, architect Michael McKinnell, and GSAPP associate professor Mary McLeod.
Immediately following the panel all attendees are invited to the opening of "Unfolding Avery," an exhibition on the building's history curated by GSAPP master's student Jihoi Lee. The exhibition, which will be on view until Dec. 19 on GSAPP's 200 level mezzanine, presents photo montages of Avery Hall. One chronicles the building's transformation over the past 100 years through original architectural drawings, including McKim, Mead, and White's plans from 1910. The exhibition includes an interactive screen where users are invited to browse course offerings between 1902-1912 and 2002-2012 in the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.
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A policy that has students kneeling briefly at the end of recess caused controversy this summer in a nearby school district, but it doesn't bother the parents at Rossmoor Elementary.
The kneeling policy is a safety measure implemented to make sure students have gotten off play equipment, according to Rossmoor Principal Kiva Spiratos. The policy has been in place for a year, she said.
Principal Spiratos explained in an email that students take a baseball knee when recess is over for about 10 seconds so the supervisory team can make sure students are safely off the playground equipment. It's followed by a whistle that tells students when to walk back to class.
A pilot kneeling policy was discontinued in August at Calimesa Elementary School in Yucaipa, according to news reports, after parents complained that it taught students to bow to authority.
"The intent of this program was not to upset families in any way or disrupt learning at the school. It was intended to improve safe conditions for every student that attends Calimesa Elementary School," said a statement on the Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified School District website.
But of about a dozen parents who spoke to the Pier recently after dropping their children off at Rossmoor Elementary, none took that view.
"I think they just do it to get a handle on the children," said parent Michael Gates. "I don't have any problem with it that I've seen."
Spiratos said the policy was implemented last fall when she saw room for improvement in the previous policy, where students simply froze.
"The objective of this freezing activity was to stop body motion, quiet student voices, make sure all students were off the play equipment, and transition into walking back to class safely. In six of my eight years at Rossmoor, the statement of 'freezing' alone did not meet this objective," she wrote.
Under the take-a-knee policy, students are safer and the transition to class has sped up, Spiratos added. "We have found that the children do stop, they do quiet their voices, the supervision staff can see immediately who is still on the equipment, and our campus is safer."
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Saturday May 21, 2017––A local auto dealer, Painter Mitsubishi, arranged for a celebration and recognition of Armed Forces Day with the presence of Snow Canyon High School Jazz band and the presentation of the Armed Services Flags and the Pledge of Allegiance by two veterans' groups at their dealership on Hilton drive in St. George, Utah. Arriving around 11:00 am to the sounds of 40's swing music provided by the Jazz Band, the Marine Corps League formed a firing detail and the American Legion provided a color guard of all the service flags. The band also played all the service songs after the veterans' groups arrived. As the flags were brought forward and dipped, Old Glory remained tall and the audience was invited to participate in the Pledge of Allegiance. Then as the pledge was concluded the Marines fired their gun salute. According to Tamara Sherman, at Painter, "they wanted to show their appreciation for the nations' armed forces and recognize their service." They also arranged to have a lunch for all the veterans who participated. All of this was done in recognition of Armed Forces Day.
Armed Forces Day in the United States comes after Armed Forces Week and honors all five military branches: Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard. Armed Forces Week begins the second Saturday of May and ends on the third Sunday of May. Armed Forces Day is always the third Saturday in May. Both Armed Forces Day and Armed Forces Week fall during Military Appreciation Month. Prior to the establishment of the Armed Forces Day, the Army, Navy, and Air Force all had their own days. President Harry S. Truman led the effort to establish a single holiday for citizens to come together and thank our military members for their patriotic service in support of our country. On Aug. 31, 1949, Defense Secretary Louis Johnson announced the creation of an Armed Forces Day to replace separate Army, Navy and Air Force Days. The single-day celebration stemmed from the unification of the armed forces under one agency — the Department of Defense.


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My son had so much fun yesterday on the train ride he didn't want to leave when it was over.
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They were outside enjoying the afternoon when we got there, and right away my uncle gets out this riding truck for my son. Anthony ended up crashing into everything, the wall, the chair, the table even a tree. I couldn't look anymore! it was his first time driving and clearly he needs more practice.
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There's a pretty cool movement afoot in Chestnut Hill, and it centers on a goal that conventional wisdom says is impossible: making the local public school a great school.
This is the vision of the recently minted Friends of J.S. Jenks, an organization that began this year with a campaign to create a music and arts program at Jenks. The kickoff fundraiser "Let there be Music" raised $8,000 towards a goal of $36,000. It was a great start for an organization hoping to put money into an institution that continues to be squeezed. It's also a good start for an organization that likely doesn't have the same sort of big-pocket parents and board members you'd find at area private schools.
Last Thursday, Hill resident Haviva Goldman, who is president of the Friends of J.S. Jenks, asked to make a short presentation to the Chestnut Hill Community Association to describe the group's vision.
Goldman explained that her group was inspired by "How to Walk to School: A Blueprint for a Neighborhood School Renaissance," a book about a group of parents that decided to step in and remake their local public school in Chicago and succeeded. The challenges at Jenks, Goldman said, are probably not as great as those facing Chicago. She said the group is going slowly but is committed to steady progress.
"We recognize that quality public schools are the foundation of building and sustaining communities," she told the board. "A strong public school benefits everyone."
Goldman is absolutely right, of course. A strong public school definitely benefits a community. It can raise property values. It can make the neighborhood more desirable. It improves the health of the whole community, even for those who are not sending their children to the local public school.
What's great about what the members of Friends of Jenks are doing is that they aren't sitting around waiting for politics and reality to change (they'd likely be waiting forever). Instead, they've decided to tackle the issue head-on with fund raising, organizing and – most importantly – forging partnerships between parents, educators and community resources. Theirs is a movement that recognizes that it takes out-of-the-box thinking and actions to make improvements happen.
If successful, this group of local parents and partners will be able to make a huge impact on Jenks and, by extension, the entire Chestnut Hill Community. With better programs and a richer curriculum, Hillers will have another really great educational choice. It looks as if that ball is already rolling. It's an exciting time to be involved in Jenks.
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I have a little problem with my Kesington Bluetooth Mouse on Ubuntu 12.10.
Ubuntu 12.10 considers my bluetooth mouse battery as a system battery as if it was the main laptop battery (so I have two on the battery indicator, the main and the bluetooth one). When it runs low level, near to die, battery, my laptop acts as if it was the main battery and I must quickly stop bluetooth and continue on the touchpad if I want to work.
Can anyone help me? Maybe I prefer to disable the battery control over the mouse, I don't care about it, I know it is fully charged, but Ubuntu always starts on 33% or less, I just want to work with it and when it will be battery-off I will recharge the batteries.
Many thanks in advance.