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- Harry Potter: "How can he think that? How can he think Dumbledore would just make it all up — that I'd make it all up?"
- Sirius Black: "Because accepting Voldemort's back would mean trouble like the Ministry hasn't had to cope with for nearly fourteen years. Fudge just can't bring himself to face it. It's so much more comfortable to convince himself Dumbledore's lying and trying to destabilise him."
- — The Ministry's denial of the rebirth of Lord Voldemort[src]
This campaign encapsulated the Ministry of Magic's attempts to discredit, slander, and smear both Albus Dumbledore and Harry Potter, as well as anyone perceived or believed to be an ally with them.
This campaign was put in place on 24 June, 1995 — after the Rebirth of Lord Voldemort and ended on 18 June, 1996 — after the Battle of the Department of Mysteries. This campaign was put into place when Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge denied the Dark Lord's return, a fact that would ruin the thirteen years of peace that the Ministry had worked so hard to build and maintain.
This campaign had a negative affect; as the majority of the wizarding world began to believe Harry and Dumbledore over Fudge, once Voldemort was revealed to have returned; the entire wizarding community not only lost complete trust and respect for Fudge, but also confidence in the Ministry of Magic itself; as a result, Fudge was removed from office as Minister for Magic by force.
Due to paranoia, Fudge believed that Dumbledore was trying to usurp his position of Minister for Magic, and not only used the Daily Prophet to make it look as though Dumbledore and Potter were liars and "nutters," but also stripped Dumbledore of many of his titles and statuses: Supreme Mugwump of the International Confederation of Wizards, the Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot, the Order of Merlin, and eventually the Headmastership of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Harry, for supporting Dumbledore and being the one who claimed Voldemort returned, also suffered from this campaign. Fudge planted Dolores Umbridge as the Hogwarts High Inquisitor and headmistress in order to further destabilise Dumbledore and Harry. Fudge also made it clear that anyone siding with Dumbledore should clear out their desks in the Ministry's office. Due to the great influence the Ministry had, the majority of the wizarding community ceased supporting Dumbledore and Harry and lost a chance to prepare themselves against Voldemort. The campaign also pressed the position that Harry was a deluded attention-seeker that could not be trusted.
When Voldemort was revealed to have truly returned, Fudge was forced to accept it and to reveal everything to the world, by which time it was too late to prepare. The campaign, along with all the Educational Decrees and Daily Prophet articles that were crafted to fuel it, were all retracted, and Fudge was subsequently dismissed in disgrace.
Background information
- "You-Know-Who... returned? Preposterous."
- —Cornelius Fudge's disbelief[src]
Harry was forced to watch as the Dark Lord was reborn before his eyes. Once the potion had done its work, Harry witnessed Voldemort summon the Death Eaters by pressing Wormtail's Dark Mark.[5] Later, once he had watched Voldemort berate his Death Eaters for their betrayal and speak of his future plans, he was forced to duel with the Dark Lord. Harry was able to escape because of the Priori Incantatem effect between his wand and Voldemort's. As he was running, Cedric's echo asked Harry to return with his body, which Harry did.[6]
Upon returning to Hogwarts, Harry continued to clutch Cedric's body, refusing to let go.[7] Once Dumbledore had pulled Harry to his feet, he instructed him to remain there. When Alastor Moody removed Harry from his presence, Dumbledore realised something was wrong. Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, and Severus Snape rescued Harry from the impostor Moody.[7] It was revealed that Bartemius Crouch Junior, Crouch Snr's only son and Voldemort's most loyal Death Eater, was using Polyjuice Potion to impersonate Alastor Moody in order to perpetrate a plan for Lord Voldemort. After hearing Crouch's story and Harry's account of the events in the graveyard, Dumbledore could come to no conclusion other than that Lord Voldemort had returned.[7]
When Dumbledore informed Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge of the events that had taken place that evening, Fudge believed them to be the work of one deranged madman. When he was taken to question Barty Crouch Jr, the Dementor that accompanied him subjected Crouch to the Dementor's Kiss before he could be actually questioned by Fudge.[8] Fudge regarded this as no loss since he had "been responsible for several deaths!"[8] When Dumbledore pointed out that this meant Crouch could no longer testify as to why he committed his crimes, Fudge stated that Crouch did them because he was a madman. Dumbledore replied that Crouch's crimes had been part of a larger plot to revive Lord Voldemort. Fudge smiled and said that Dumbledore was believing the words of a raving lunatic.
Dumbledore proceeded to point out that Harry's account of what happened in the graveyard jived with what Crouch was saying. Fudge smiled again and pointed out that Harry was not necessarily the best source, as he (according to Rita Skeeter) had been said to be mentally unstable. Dumbledore replied, in no uncertain terms, that Harry was sane. When the others present began to defend Harry and pointed out Cedric Diggory's death (with even Harry trying to convince Fudge that Voldemort had returned and Snape showing his Dark Mark to Fudge), Fudge shouted that Dumbledore and his staff were working to destabilise thirteen years of peace.[8]
Dumbledore then proceeded to give Fudge a string of suggestions to ensure the safety of the wizarding community and to defeat Lord Voldemort; Dumbledore noted that had Fudge followed these steps, he would be memorialised as one of the bravest and greatest Ministers for Magic in history, otherwise he would be looked down as the man who stepped aside to allow Voldemort a second chance to destroy both the wizarding and muggle worlds. When Fudge replied that these ideas would result in him being thrown out of office, Dumbledore replied that Fudge loved his position too much, and that they had reached a parting of ways. While there was no hint of threat in Dumbledore's voice, Fudge took this as a threat and stormed off telling Dumbledore that they would speak in the morning about his running of Hogwarts.[8]
The campaign
Against Albus Dumbledore
- "Deep down, Fudge knows Dumbledore's much cleverer than he is, a much more powerful wizard, and in the early days of his Ministry he was forever asking Dumbledore for help and advice. But it seems that he's become fond of power now, and much more confident. He loves being Minister for Magic, and he's managed to convince himself that he's the clever one and Dumbledore's simply stirring up trouble for the sake of it."
- —Cornelius Fudge's attempts to discredit Dumbledore[src]
During the following summer, the Ministry of Magic began to make moves to discredit Dumbledore.[9] After he made a speech to the International Confederation of Wizards announcing Voldemort's return, he was stripped of his title as Supreme Mugwump. It is implied that he was voted out by representatives selected by the Ministry of Magic. They used the excuse that he was going senile in his old age. Soon after, he was removed from his post as Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot, for much the same reasons. Fudge even threatened to retract the Order of Merlin, First Class, from Dumbledore.[9]
When he appeared as Harry's witness at the disciplinary hearing of Harry Potter, Fudge told him that he considered Dumbledore's views on the Dementor attack "bilge".[10] When Fudge began to slander Harry in front of Dumbledore and the entire Wizengamot talking about Harry's misuse of magic at Hogwarts, Dumbledore pointed out that the Ministry had no right to punish students for what they did at school and could not expel students from school. Fudge took exception to this remark, indicating his want to influence the workings of Hogwarts.[10]
He got his wish a few weeks later when Dumbledore could not fill the position of Defence Against the Dark Arts professor. On 30 August, the Ministry passed Educational Decree Number Twenty-Two.[11] This established that in the event the Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry could not find someone to fill a position in his faculty, the Ministry of Magic would appoint someone instead. The following day Fudge appointed his right hand witch, Dolores Umbridge, as the new Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor, which he believed would kill two birds with one stone; Fudge now had a spy at Hogwarts, and as he believed Dumbledore was using Hogwarts as a training centre for an army to use against the Ministry, he could enforce a Ministry-approved theory-based curriculum in Defence Against the Dark Arts to prevent students from learning any practical defensive magic.
Fudge further increased his control at Hogwarts on 8 September. This is when the Ministry passed Educational Decree Number Twenty-Three. This decree created the position of Hogwarts High Inquisitor, which was immediately filled by Dolores Umbridge. The reason for the decree was ostensibly to improve the "falling standards" at Hogwarts. In reality, it gave Fudge greater control of the teaching staff through Umbridge. Umbridge now had the power to inspect and suspend Hogwarts staff. Fudge continued to tighten his grip on the school throughout the school year with more Ministry decrees.
When Marietta Edgecombe betrayed Harry's rebel student group, Dumbledore's Army, to Umbridge in April 1996, Fudge's suspicions seemed to be validated when Dumbledore took the blame for forming the group in an act to protect Harry. When Fudge tried to arrest Dumbledore, Dumbledore attacked him and his entourage and made a hasty escape. Dumbledore was not seen again until the Battle of the Department of Mysteries.
It appears that Dumbledore took this beating from the Ministry and Daily Prophet with his usual grace, stating that he didn't care what happened to him as long as they don't remove him from the Chocolate Frog Cards.[9] He did not show overt anger or displeasure at his treatment. This may have been because he was acting against Voldemort anyway, and there was no way the Ministry was going to stop him.
Against Harry Potter
- "Potter... regularly collapses at school... brain was affected by the attack inflicted upon him by You-Know-Who."
- —The Daily Prophet's negative regard of Harry Potter[src]
The campaign to discredit Harry Potter unofficially began even before he gave evidence about the return of the Dark Lord. On the day of the Third Task of the Triwizard Tournament, Rita Skeeter published an article with the title "Harry Potter Disturbed and Dangerous." Using sensationalist journalism and quotes from people known to dislike Harry such as Draco Malfoy, Rita painted a picture of Harry as an attention-hungry boy who can speak Parseltongue, befriended creatures that scared normal wizards such as werewolves and giants and flopped around on the ground, loudly complaining of pains in his scar. She also stated that Harry might resort to using the Dark Arts in his attempt to win the Triwizard Cup. It was nothing if not effective; when Dumbledore indicated to the Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge that Harry's story matched the account of Barty Crouch Jr, the Minister openly claimed that Harry was unstable.
The Daily Prophet began to regularly snipe at Harry over the following summer. He became a running gag; according to Hermione Granger, the Prophet would say things like "a tale worthy of Harry Potter" if someone was telling an unlikely story or "let's hope he hasn't got a scar on his forehead or we'll be asked to worship him next" if someone had a funny accident. She said that the paper was trying to portray Harry as a "deluded, attention-seeking person who thinks he's a great tragic hero". Harry, at the time, was unaware of the Ministry's denial, and did not comb through the entire Prophet to read the criticism against him and Dumbledore, instead just skimming the front page, believing that he should find articles about Voldemort's return there, only to be disappointed and throw the newspaper out when he found no such thing.
On the night of 2 August, Harry and his cousin Dudley Dursley were attacked by Dementors in Little Whinging. The Dementors were dispatched to Little Whinging on the orders of Senior Undersecretary to the Minister Dolores Umbridge, without the knowledge of Minister Fudge. According to Umbridge, the Ministry had been going on about discrediting and/or silencing Harry, but no one was doing anything about it, so she ordered the Dementors out to Little Whinging. She knew that Harry would have to either defend himself with a Patronus Charm or be subjected to the Dementor's Kiss, either outcome working in the Ministry's favour as using a Patronus would be a serious breach of the Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery. The Ministry initially expelled Harry from Hogwarts and planned on confiscating and destroying his wand. Dumbledore was notified in time to prevent this from happening. Instead Harry's punishment was changed to a hearing at the Ministry.
In an underhanded move to attempt to prevent Harry from attending his own hearing, the Ministry changed the time and location of Harry's hearing on the very morning it was set to be held. Harry thankfully arrived in time to make the hearing. The disciplinary hearing of Harry Potter was tried in front of the full Wizengamot. It appeared to be nothing more than a show trial, but due to the intervention of Dumbledore, who acted as a barrister for Harry, Harry got a fair hearing. Once evidence was presented, it was obvious that Harry was not guilty, but Fudge stubbornly kept trying to deny this fact. When the court was polled for a verdict, the overwhelming majority voted for acquittal, with only roughly seven, including Fudge, Umbridge and Percy Weasley voting for conviction.
Dolores Umbridge's regime
The campaign was much less direct once Harry returned to Hogwarts. The only overt control they had was through new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor Dolores Umbridge, who punished Harry for telling the truth with sadistic and abusive punishments by means of a Blood Quill and slowly gaining more and more control over the school, whether it was inspecting teachers, interrogating students, or simply trying to convince everyone that the Ministry was right about everything.
Overall, the Ministry had a harder time getting to him, but the effects of the summer campaign continued to haunt Harry. Other students continued to heckle Harry, but overall the student populace was split. A few who knew Harry personally turned against him, though. A good example of this was when Percy Weasley sent a letter to Ron. The letter told Ron to cut ties with Harry and tell tales on him to Umbridge. Also Seamus Finnigan, who shared a dormitory with Harry and was friendly with him, turned against him, calling him "mad" on the night they returned to Hogwarts.
The noose tightened on 7 October, when the Ministry passed Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four. This decree was aimed directly at Harry, his two best friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, and all those who had attended the first meeting of what would become Dumbledore's Army. This group, led by Harry, was formed in response to Umbridge's method of teaching only theory-based defence. They hoped to learn practical defence, knowing that Voldemort was out there. When the group was discovered, Fudge and Umbridge initially thought that they finally had a way of driving Harry Potter out of Hogwarts and marginalising him in the wizarding world. Dumbledore took the blame for Harry, enabling Harry to continue his studies.
While it seemed that Dumbledore was taking his discrediting with his usual grace, Harry was unable to control his temper at the way he was treated by the Ministry, and began to lash out even at Ron and Hermione. During the first few days back at school, Harry attempted to persuade Fudge's right-hand woman, Umbridge, that Voldemort has returned, and that he had duelled the Dark Lord. This led to Harry screaming at Umbridge, for which he was punished with detention where he had to cut words into his own hand. When he read Percy's letter to Ron, it all seemed to hit home for him. Harry was terribly hurt reading those words. He had liked and lived with Percy, and now Percy was suggesting that Harry might become physically violent if Ron decided not to be friends with him.
When the mass breakout from Azkaban occurred, Fudge blamed Sirius Black for being the mastermind instead of accepting Harry and Dumbledore's explanation, and Umbridge further enforced the suppression of the truth by preventing the teachers from speaking to students about it. Harry was further infuriated with this, as he saw the Ministry was adamant in their denial even when the mounting dangers were providing more evidence to the truth. Harry ceased his subscription of the Daily Prophet out of sheer disgust, and finally found satisfaction in Dumbledore's Army. He relished the opportunity to resist Umbridge right under her nose. He poured all his effort into the D.A. as a way of making himself feel better when he was being constantly attacked.
The truth revealed
Battle of the Department of Mysteries
However, Dumbledore's Army was discovered by Umbridge, who tried to get Harry expelled for forming an illegal Defence group. However, Dumbledore took the blame for the formation of the group and was forced to flee the school. Shortly after, with Educational Decree Number Twenty-Eight, Umbridge was named Headmistress and she did all in her power to continue to discredit Harry and tighten her control over Hogwarts, but without much help from the other teachers.
After Harry got a vision of his godfather, Sirius Black, being tortured by Voldemort, he and his friends decided to go to the Department of Mysteries to rescue him (this later turned out to be a trick of Voldemort's: Black was safe, but Voldemort needed Harry to retrieve a particular prophecy from the department). Before they could leave, they were caught by Umbridge, but they eventually got rid of her by leading her into the Forbidden Forest and having her carried away by centaurs angry at her racist and arrogant remarks towards them.
The students headed to the Department of Mysteries, where they found Lord Voldemort's Death Eaters waiting for them. A battle ensued, during which Harry's friends were injured and the prophecy destroyed. The Order of the Phoenix arrived and battled the Death Eaters, and Sirius Black ended up being killed by Bellatrix Lestrange in the Death Chamber. Furious and grief-stricken, Harry pursued her into the Atrium, where Voldemort himself soon Apparated. Voldemort and Dumbledore then engaged in a duel, which ended with Voldemort trying to possess Harry unsuccessfully due to Harry's ability to love. Following his attempt to possess Harry, Voldemort grabbed Bellatrix and the two Disapparated, but only after Voldemort was seen by many Aurors, Ministry workers, and Cornelius Fudge himself.
- "...you saw proof, with your own eyes, that I have been telling you the truth for a year. Lord Voldemort has returned, you have been chasing the wrong men for twelve months, and it is time you listened to sense!"
- —Cornelius Fudge sees proof of Voldemort's return[src]
When Fudge walked into the Ministry of Magic Atrium after the Battle of the Department of Mysteries and saw Dumbledore, he appeared to be of half a mind to have his Aurors seize him, but he had also seen Voldemort with his own eyes. This confirmed the stories that Harry and Dumbledore had been telling the Ministry and wider wizarding world the truth for a year.
Umbridge was removed from her positions at Hogwarts, Fudge was dismissed as Minister in disgrace while Head of the Auror Office Rufus Scrimgeour took his place,[12] and Dumbledore was reinstated as Headmaster. Harry, who had so recently been insulted and slandered by the press, became the darling of newspapers like the Daily Prophet. The newspapers called him "the lone voice of truth" among ridicule, while failing to mention that it was them doing the ridiculing. The Ministry also had the nerve to ask Harry to be their poster child, that is, convince the public that the Ministry was winning the war against Voldemort (which was yet another lie) a move both Harry and Dumbledore opposed.
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 31 (The Third Task)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 31 (O.W.L.s)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 5 (Weasley's Wizard Wheezes)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 32 (Flesh, Blood and Bone)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 33 (The Death Eaters)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 34 (Priori Incantatem)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 35 (Veritaserum)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 36 (The Parting of the Ways)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 5 (The Order of the Phoenix)
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 8 (The Hearing)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 15 (The Hogwarts High Inquisitor)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 1 (The Other Minister)


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On Saturday, Obama said the Christmas day non-attack over Detroit was the work of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the latest incarnation of the perennial boogieman used by government to frighten people into accepting foreign invasions and occupations and an ever-growing police state grid at home.
"We know that [Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab] traveled to Yemen, a country grappling with crushing poverty and deadly insurgencies. It appears that he joined an affiliate of al Qaeda, and that this group — Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula — trained him, equipped him with those explosives and directed him to attack that plane headed for America," Obama said in his address to the nation.
Nassir al-Wahishi is the new Osama bin Laden. He was appointed by Ayman al-Zawahiri to run AQAP in Yemen. Al-Zawahiri is a documented intelligence asset. His brother Zaiman al-Zawahiri fought for the CIA in Kosovo and ran terrorist camps under NATO protection in the U.S. zone in Kosovo.
Ayman, according to January 2000 U.S. Congressional testimony, was granted U.S. residence by the Immigration and Naturalization Service. This is almost impossible for many legitimate immigrants to obtain but is often granted to CIA assets that need to get in and out of the country as they perform their assignments.
Ayman al-Zawahiri founded the Egyptian Islamic Jihad with the help of the Muslim Brotherhood, an organization long ago penterated and comprmised by British intelligence. The CIA funneled support to the Muslim Brotherhood in an effort to overthrow Egyptian president Gamal Abddul Nasser, considered the father of Arab nationalism.
[efoods]"The real Muslim Brothers are those whose hands are never dirtied with the business of killing and burning," Robert Dreyfuss summarized in 1980. "They are the secretive bankers and financiers who stand behind the curtain, the members of the old Arab, Turkish, or Persian families whose genealogy places them in the oligarchical elite, with smooth business and intelligence associations to the European black nobility and, especially, to the British oligarchy."
The Islamist movement and in particular the violent Jihadist movement are creations of the elite and are used for political purposes contrary to those declared by their wild-eyed adherents who are generally patsies and useful idiots.
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is but the latest assemblage of fanatics to be used by the elite to further their agenda of global domination and the mass murder and suffering it requires.
If Nassir al-Wahishi is connected to Ayman al-Zawahiri, it is a pretty safe bet to say he is a tool of the CIA as well. Nassir al-Wahishi also had a close relationship to the Big Kahuna of CIA operatives, the late Osama bin Laden.
"This is not the first time this group has targeted us," Obama continued in his weekend address. "In recent years, they have bombed Yemeni government facilities and Western hotels, restaurants and embassies — including our embassy in 2008, killing one American. So, as president, I've made it a priority to strengthen our partnership with the Yemeni government-training and equipping their security forces, sharing intelligence and working with them to strike al-Qaeda terrorists."
Obama's statement came one day after Britain's PM Gordon Brown called an "emergency summit" on "extremism" in Yemen. "Gordon Brown has invited key international partners to a high-level meeting in order to discuss how best to counter radicalization in Yemen," a statement issued by Downing Street announced. "The prime minister will host the event on 28 January in London."
"Yemen's problems are many, and some are already spreading beyond its borders," the establishment declares from the pages of The Washington Post. "Security and stability are deteriorating. The population is growing rapidly. The economy is collapsing. There are few good options today; things will look worse tomorrow. Immediate and sustained international attention is needed to at least lessen the impact of some problems."
"While military and counterterrorism operations are critical, long-term development assistance is also necessary."
Iranian Press TV comments: "Concerns are growing that the same fate as those of Afghanistan and Iraq, suffering violence despite years of foreign military presence, might await Yemen's Muslim nation."
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November 27, 2009
Adobe sneak peek: Major GPU acceleration for video
Adobe video specialist Dennis Radeke shares quite a few details about how Adobe is leveraging graphics processors (GPUs) to greatly accelerate common operations in Adobe video apps. Taking this together with After Effects & Premiere Pro going 64-bit, I think a lot of Adobe video customers will be very happy. Check out his post for more info.
Inevitably this news will raise questions about what'll happen with Photoshop. I can't get into a lot of details, but here are a few points offhand:
- We're working together with other Adobe teams, including the video & Flash teams, on core GPU & multicore acceleration technology. That's how we've started delivering GPU-based features, including Pixel Bender in Photoshop.
- It's a long and tricky road, as folks who ran into driver incompatibilities, etc. in CS4 can attest.
- To that point, we think technologies like OpenCL are exciting, but they're young. Dennis notes that some new features are NVIDIA-only right now and points out, "Given a choice between doing it with CUDA or not doing it for a while [while waiting for] OpenCL, we chose the former."
- Obviously we want Adobe apps to run as well as possible regardless of your configuration. Just as they used to optimize for both PowerPC and Intel/AMD chips, Adobe engineers continue to work closely with multiple manufacturers (Intel, AMD, NVIDIA, and others) to wring the most out of their hardware. Again, this is where standardization will help, but it does take time.
Too bad they chose the easy road.
[I'm not sure what about it is "easy." –J.]
They should have chosen Open CL or at least Direct Compute.
[So, if you had to choose between them doing nothing in this regard for CS5 and doing what they're doing, you'd choose nothing? –J.]
I hope they will chose the standard path in Photoshop.
[As I say, everyone wants to make things fast as broadly as possible. What Dennis's post describes is what was possible right now. I don't know what else I can say beyond that. –J.]
Drazick, if you look at the link John provided it mentions the following:
"Question: "Will you support OpenCL in the future?"
Answer: Clearly this is an answer for someone higher up to answer, but my hunch is that we'll certainly look at it in the future as it aligns with our goals of being open and non-propietary."
So it sounds like they will end up using Open CL, but since it's a far away enough decision cannot commit to it just yet. I think it's great to give a group of users a speed boost as soon as they can and then hopefully widen the support rather than no one getting a speed boost at all until later.
And I'm writing this from a computer using an ATI GPU.
John I LOVE YOU!!!
I really, really, like your blog. It's usually informative, sometimes downright instructional, and almost always a pleasure to read.
[Aw, shucks. –J.]
Seriously? "leveraging"? You might as well have used "utilizing" — another abomination spawned in the circle of linguistic hell reserved for business communicatíon.
That word… it burnzzz us!
I may be wrong though — as Immanuel Kant famously postulated: Taste is a matter of discussion, not (logical) dispute, so maybe I'm just completely behind the curve (english is only my second language, but one I frequently encounter in my work).
Just a humorous jab, not a flame.
[Heh–guilty as charged. You can't swim in a sea of marketroid-middle-mgmt.-buzzword bilge water and escape completely clean. –J.]
Anna, wanna marry me?!?
You say some features in OpenCL are NVIDIA-only — but isn't CUDA NVIDIA-only?!
I had hoped for Adobe to support the great and open new features of Snow Leopard like OpenCL and Grand Central to speed up the experience of their applications, but once again I doubt I will buy a product again… not within the first year — that's for sure…
I read what they said.
Yet I can't receive the assumption that using Open CL means having nothing at the moment.
Go to Beyond 3D forums and see what people are doing now with Open CL.
Yea, it's much easier at the moment writing code with CUDA than Open CL. Yet it can be done.
Did I understand that right, that Photoshop (as well as as After Effects and Premiere)is also moving to CUDA? That means more GPU acceleration than in PS CS4, right? GREAT!
[We need to be careful in not setting expectations too high. We are of course working to evolve the Photoshop GPU story, but the migration to Cocoa–and then to 64-bit–is a massive effort. It would be wise to bear that in mind when imagining what can be done in one cycle. Also, note that the optimization tasks & challenges in video are often quite different than what we face with Photoshop. –J.]
Going CUDA only is a joke, you guys have to to move to an open standard because as of today professional GPU's is the last green bastion. ATI has better chips in the current generation and I can bet my wallet that they are not going to have any design wins in the next gen consoles with Intel practically sealed the deal with Sony and AMD with MS and Nintendo.
By supporting only one manufacturer you guys are asking for trouble…
ND – OpenCL isn't even really finished as I mentioned in the article. It's either wait a much longer time or get it done with a technology that is available today. Also, NVIDIA owns around 90% market share in the professional space, so it makes sense to go CUDA right now.
Snow Leopard, OpenCL and Grand Central Dispatch: Of those three, only one is 'open' outside of Apple. Adobe is committed to open workflows and technology wherever possible. CUDA will work on Mac, we're compatible with Snow Leopard right now and the next version of Premiere Pro and After Effects will be 64-bit native (snow leopard). Lastly, I can't help but point out that we're doing better CPU utilization today with CS4 than other comparable Apple products. We will use all 8 cores on a Mac whereas FCP uses only 2. Nevertheless, we're committed to improving wherever there's opportunity and I'm sure the many people involved in our product development are looking at ALL avenues for improvement. Please feel free to comment further on the actual entry on my blog should you so choose and thanks for the input.
Let's say you're right about the short term. CUDA is the only available option.
What we're afraid is that means you'll be buried with it.
It might not be logical for you to develop something twice, once for CUDA and then Open CL.
I hope Adobe won't do that mistake.
While I understand that OpenCL is not ready for primetime yet. My concern is that by starting to support CUDA only, it will be more diffcult for Adobe to switch to switch to OpenCL later. How portable is the CUDA code? What incentive will Adobe have 2 years from now to add OpenCL support? These questions really bother me because I know that in the corporate world it's all about money and ROI and I don't see Adobe going back to OpenCL unless it's going to be a trivial thing to port the existing CUDA code to OpenCL.
Max – Without getting into too much detail, I believe that we are very serious about moving to CUDA at some point. If OpenCL had been ready at the time, the choice would have been clear to be more 'open' – which is always are strategy.
My understanding is that OpenCL is a consortium of hardware and software vendors including nvidia. I understand that a lot of CUDA code has made it into OpenCL, so that bodes well.
I hope this answers your questions – thanks for your comments.
Duh – replace "CUDA" with OpenCL…
CUDA is a dead end. OpenCL is what Adobe should aim for.


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There are no limits on how much disk space can be consumed by a zone. The global administrator is responsible for space restriction. The global administrator must ensure that local storage is sufficient to hold a non-global zone's root file system. Even a small uniprocessor system can support a number of zones running simultaneously.
The nature of the packages installed in the global zone affects the space requirements of the non-global zones that are created. The number of packages and space requirements are factors.
In the Solaris 10 release, non-global zones that have inherit-pkg-dir resources are called sparse root zones.
The sparse root zone model optimizes the sharing of objects in the following ways:
Only a subset of the packages installed in the global zone are installed directly into the non-global zone.
Read-only loopback file systems, identified as inherit-pkg-dir resources, are used to gain access to other files.
In this model, all packages appear to be installed in the non-global zone. Packages that do not deliver content into read-only loopback mount file systems are fully installed. There is no need to install content delivered into read-only loopback mounted file systems since that content is inherited (and visible) from the global zone.
As a general guideline, a zone requires about 100 megabytes of free disk space per zone when the global zone has been installed with all of the standard Solaris packages.
By default, any additional packages installed in the global zone also populate the non-global zones. The amount of disk space required might be increased accordingly, depending on whether the additional packages deliver files that reside in the inherit-pkg-dir resource space.
An additional 40 megabytes of RAM per zone are suggested, but not required on a machine with sufficient swap space.
The whole root zone model provides the maximum configurability. All of the required and any selected optional Solaris packages are installed into the private file systems of the zone. The advantages of this model include the capability for global administrators to customize their zones file system layout. This would be done, for example, to add arbitrary unbundled or third-party packages.
The disk requirements for this model are determined by the disk space used by the packages currently installed in the global zone.
If you create a sparse root zone that contains the following inherit-pkg-dir directories, you must remove these directories from the non-global zone's configuration before the zone is installed to have a whole root zone:
See How to Configure the Zone.


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The Lotus ring set in white gold and diamonds is one of the Maison's emblematic pieces. This exceptional "Between-the-Finger™" ring has a unique mechanism, which enables the shank of the ring to swivel so that it can be worn in different ways on different occasions.
In addition to this technical achievement, the ring is inspired by a predominant symbol in Eastern cultures: the lotus flower. As a symbol of wisdom, prosperity, and love, it evokes Van Cleef & Arpels' attachment to the lightness and fragility of Nature.


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Giants beat Mets 6-4 for 5th straight win
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As fans filed out of AT&T Park and into a sunny San Francisco afternoon, they serenaded the home team with chants of "Sweep! Sweep! Sweep!"
The tune has become a familiar sound here this season — and it's only June.
Gregor Blanco doubled, singled and drove in three runs, and the surging San Francisco Giants beat the New York Mets 6-4 on Sunday for their fifth straight win.
"There's nothing I can complain about," manager Bruce Bochy said.
The Giants completed their fourth sweep of the season. They've won 14 of 17 games to build baseball's best record at 42-21, and they own a 9 1/2 game lead over the rival Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West.
Even those on the 2012 and 2010 World Series teams can't remember a regular-season roll like this.
"We're going to ride it out, ride the wave," said Tim Lincecum, who allowed two home runs to Curtis Granderson in six innings. "It's fun to be a part of."
San Francisco has done it behind a deeper lineup, which was evident again in its latest victory.
Blanco gave Angel Pagan a day off in center field. Hector Sanchez started at catcher for All-Star Buster Posey. Offseason addition Michael Morse played first base for Brandon Belt, who is on the disabled list with a broken left thumb. And Brandon Hicks started at second base, as he has most of the season for the injured Marco Scutaro.
Morse, Hicks and Brandon Crawford each drove in a run for the Giants, who chased Zack Wheeler in the fourth. Wheeler (2-6) gave up four runs and six hits.
"The club is getting contributions from everybody," Bochy said. "Last year, it seemed like your hope is through the heart of the order and then you have to wait for them to come back around."
Granderson's two long balls provided the biggest highlights for the Mets, who have lost a season-high six straight. Lincecum (5-4) allowed six hits, struck out six and walked one in six innings.
Four relievers held the Mets to one run in two innings before Sergio Romo recorded his 20th save in 22 chances.
"It's tough to keep losing by one or two runs," Wheeler said. "But we're at least keeping them close and on the edge of winning games by one or two runs."
The Giants overcame deficits against the mistake-prone Mets in all three games.
Following the pattern that played out all weekend, Granderson drove a 3-0 pitch over the wall in center to give New York a 2-0 lead in the first. He hit his eighth homer of the season in the sixth and doubled in the eighth.
The Mets might have scored more if Matt den Dekker had not been caught stealing third in the first.
Blanco's two-run double capped a three-run second for the Giants. Morse drove in another run to give San Francisco a 4-2 lead when he grounded into a double play in the third.
"We do have confidence," Blanco said. "Anytime we see ourselves losing a game, for some reason, we step it up. For some reason, we get mad and things start happening."
Lincecum singled in the fourth for his first hit of the year. That also ended the afternoon for Wheeler, who gave up four runs and six hits in 3 2-3 innings. He struck out six and walked two.
Granderson started to bring the Mets back with a solo shot over the wall in right and into McCovey Cove in the sixth. It was his 15th multihomer game and first since Oct. 3, 2012, while playing with the Yankees against Boston.
After Blanco's RBI single in the seventh, Granderson doubled in the eighth, putting Daniel Murphy in position to score from third on Jean Machi's wild pitch. Machi got Chris Young to fly out with Granderson on third to keep the Giants ahead.
Brandon Hicks singled home another run for San Francisco in the eighth.
NOTES: Mets 3B David Wright was out of the starting lineup for the first time all season. He struck out as a pinch-hitter in the seventh. ... San Francisco opens a four-game home series against Washington on Monday, sending Ryan Vogelsong (4-2, 3.39 ERA) to the mound opposite Nationals ace Stephen Strasburg (5-4, 3.10). ... The Mets have Monday off before beginning a three-game series against Milwaukee on Tuesday in New York.


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Seeing a physiotherapist if you are experiencing more than the usual ache from a run or training can be an effective tactic at staving off more serious injuries later on.
Ben Kaplan, National Post · Nov. 1, 2011 | Last Updated: Nov. 1, 2011 6:05 PM ET
James Slade has run 13 marathons in his life, enough to know the difference between sore muscles and something much worse. Training with his wife in Winnipeg, Slade was preparing for the Ottawa Marathon this May and, as happens, had fallen behind with his training and was trying to overcompensate on a long run.
"I was about 45 minutes into that run and all of the sudden — zot! You feel that shot of pain through your whole body and realize, 'This is not good,' " says Slade, 52, whose kneecap had temporarily dislodged from its socket.
"The difference between good and bad pain is that good pain is something that builds up slowly or is a dull ache. But when you feel something acute, you know you've done damage — you ain't going to recover tomorrow."
Pain is a part of any runner's routine, as natural a side-effect as increased appetite, weight loss and blistered toes. However, there's a difference between the type of pain that we grit our teeth through and endure and that other pain, the kind that threatens to end runners' careers. The problem is, it's not always easy to identify which is which.
"Pain is a very complex experience, not just the sensation, but the emotions and the thoughts that go with it," says Dr. Kenneth Craig, professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia and editor of the medical journal Pain Research & Management.
"Pain typically is seen as a warning of damage, impending or real, and it's our bodies first line of defence when we're in a dangerous physical situation."
Craig says it's important for runners not to "catastrophize," which means to have an overly emotional response to something that doesn't feel right. It's easier said than done, and something I probably did last Thursday. It was my second long run after the marathon and, for the first time, I couldn't walk after finishing 17 kilometres. I made an appointment to see a physiotherapist that day.
"There's a difference between hurt and harm," says Ron O'Hare, founder of Lifespring Clinic, and the attendant physiotherapist for the elite athletes at the Scotiabank Marathon. "You want a degree of hurt — you should feel good pain after a long workout — but bad pain is what lingers beyond 24 or 48 hours. Could you keep running? Yeah, maybe. But would I recommend it? No."
There's been a lot of bad news recently surrounding long-distance running, with 32-year-old Jean-Francis Presseau suffering a heart attack two kilometres from the finish line at the Montreal Oasis Marathon in September and 27-year-old Kale Garner succumbing to his injuries at last month's Scotiabank Marathon. In both instances, details remain scarce and heart trouble is obviously much different than torn ligaments or hurt IT bands. But we all push ourselves in search of increased distances and lower finishing times, and it's important to listen to the pain messages our bodies send us in the process.
Slade has spent the past two decades running in Winnipeg, and he took two months off from training after tweaking his knee. Since then, he's raced 10 kilometres and a half-marathon, slowly testing himself, seeing his physiotherapist, and cautiously plotting his marathon return.
"I'm getting older, and every year I appreciate that there's new risks," he says. "Injuries are part of marathon running, they're going to happen, but you can't ignore real pain when you're truly hurting — it never works."
Have you been struggling to battle through a nagging injury, or do you have an insight to share from a past ailment? We'd like to hear about it. Visit us on the NP Running Facebook page, and follow Ben Kaplan on Twitter: @NP_RunningBen.


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St. Vincent Island
How much history can one island hold? If you're looking at the barrier islands and keys off the coast of Florida, the answer is quite a lot. Take St. Vincent Island, for example. It's a barrier island guarding the western entrance to Apalachicola Bay in the Florida Panhandle. Geologists estimate the island to be a mere 4,400 years old, but in that time it has been an outpost for Confederate soldiers, a cattle ranch, a resort and hunting preserve for rich tourists, a Spanish military camp, and a home for Native Americans.
St. Vincent Island is about 12,300 acres in size, with fourteen miles of beaches on the eastern and southern shores. It is sandwiched between St. George Island on the east and a small spit of land jutting out from Cape San Blas on the west. Indian Pass, which separates the island from the mainland, has historically been too shallow for major ship traffic, but the gap between St. Vincent and St. George islands (known as West Pass) was once a critical commercial entrance to Apalachicola Bay. The terrain is a microcosm of Florida itself, featuring small freshwater lakes, hills, forests of virgin pine growth, and swamps. Its first human residents were Native Americans who lived about 2,000 years ago. Archaeologists have located pottery shards and shell middens testifying to their stay.
Documentation of the island's naming is scant, but the reigning theory is that Franciscan friars working with the Apalachee tribes during the first Spanish colonial period named the island after St. Vincent, a martyr of the fourth century. Creek and Seminole Indians eventually made it to St. Vincent Island, replacing the earlier native tribes whose numbers dwindled from disease and battle following the arrival of the Europeans. Spanish forces also used the island in 1815 as a temporary refuge while operating in the Apalachicola River valley.
In 1811, Creek and Seminole leaders added St. Vincent Island to a large land grant designed to settle their debts to John Forbes and Company, a British trading firm. This land grant was known as the Forbes Purchase, and ultimately consisted of about 1.5 million acres of territory between the Apalachicola and Wakulla rivers.
The validity of the Forbes Purchase was challenged once Florida became a U.S. possession in 1821, but the successors of the Forbes firm held title to St. Vincent Island until 1858, when they sold the land to Robert Floyd, a lawyer in nearby Apalachicola. Floyd and his young son Gabriel lived on the island, most likely at a point overlooking West Pass. The elder Floyd was serving as a collector of customs for the United States government as of 1860.
Despite its strategic view over the western route into Apalachicola Bay, St. Vincent Island played a relatively limited role in the Civil War. Several companies of the Fourth Florida Infantry commanded by Colonel Edward Hopkins occupied the island during the summer of 1861, but Governor John Milton ordered the island and all supplies and equipment removed later that year. The Confederates did build a small fort on the island, which they called Fort Mallory in honor of Stephen Mallory, Confederate Secretary of the Navy. It was short-lived, however. When Union naval personnel from the East Gulf Blockade Squadron landed on St. Vincent in December 1861, they reported that the fort had been dismantled and deserted.
By the time the war had ended and things were getting back to normal, Gabriel Floyd had died, leaving the ownership of St. Vincent Island in turmoil yet again. George Hatch, a banker and former mayor of Cincinnati, purchased the island for $3,000 at public auction and lived there for a time. He died in 1875 and was buried on the island, making his the only marked grave on St. Vincent.
Hatch's family remained on St. Vincent Island for a number of years before selling it in 1890. Ownership passed in 1907 to Dr. Raymond Vaughn Pierce, a physician from Buffalo, New York. Pierce had made a fortune manufacturing patent medicines with names like "Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery" and "Dr. Pierce's Pellets." He also published a book entitled The People's Common Sense Medical Advisor in Plain English.
Pierce decided to transform the island into a resort and hunting preserve. He constructed a number of cottages and buildings for his family and guests, and imported a variety of exotic wildlife, including the Sambur or India deer, Japanese deer, and Chinese antelope. He also maintained a number of food crops and a herd of cattle to supply his table. A thousand wild hogs and three to four hundred head of cattle were estimated to roam the island during the 1920s.
Dr. Pierce died on St. Vincent Island in 1914, but his descendants continued to run the island for a number of years. During World War II, large portions of the island's virgin yellow pine timber were cut and transported over a makeshift bridge to the mainland. The Pierce family also began leasing oystering rights to outside parties in order to make money. The family sold St. Vincent Island in 1948 to brothers Henry and Alfred Loomis, who sold it in 1968 to the Nature Conservancy. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service promptly designated St. Vincent Island as a National Wildlife Refuge, which it remains today.


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FAYETTE CROSS COUNTRY: Fayette's cross country team will be off to Ottawa on Saturday for the district competition—the first step in a quest for a trip to the state meet.
Team leader Darrell Randall will face stiff competition from runners in his own conference, not to mention from other schools participating.
Randall placed fourth Thursday at the final BBC Jamboree run at Hilltop. Hilltop's Cody Livensparger was first at 16:48, followed by Stryker's Kenny Graber (17:01), Pettisville's Lincoln Frey (17:05) and Randall (17:16).
Other Fayette finishers were Trevor Cox (16th, 18:20), Dalton Goeltzenleuchter (18th, 18:24), Chase Hookstadt (21st, 18:58), Tyler Keefer (22nd, 18:59), Hunter Colegrove (23rd, 19:05), Tim Stoltzfus (25th, 19:12), Clay Burkholder (36th, 20:16), Skylar Sommers (37th, 20:16) and Dusty Lantz (38th, 20:17).
Stryker finished on top of the team standings with 34 points, eclipsing Hilltop with 37. Fayette followed with 81.
In the girls run, Erica Goeltzenleuchter placed third (20:51), behind Pettisville's Tanner Hostetler at 20:07 and Edon's Levi Cvikel at 20:43.
Alexa Kessler took 12th at 22:47, Olivia Molina was 17th at 23:16, Sarah Kovar was 20th at 24:00 and Rachel Seiler placed 27th at 26:31.
Pettisville finished on top with 45 points, followed by Stryker with 65 and Fayette with 79.
JUNIOR HIGH—Ben Grieser placed second in the BBC junior high run at 11:43, five seconds out of first.
Tyler Cox was sixth at 12:05, followed by Chandler Sanford (7th, 12:06), Skylar Lantz (9th, 12:16), Ian Schrock (12th, 12:23), Dylan Ashemeier (13th, 12:38), Jared Wagner (15th, 13:22), Ben Kessler (N/A, 13:24) and Thomas Ehman (N/A, 14:25)
Fayette won the meet.
In the girls race, Jill Stuckey placed first overall at 13:04, followed by Liz Maginn (3rd, 13:42) and Miranda Minzey (16th, 19:54).
FAYETTE VOLLEYBALL: Fayette's varsity spikers weren't overwhelmed in a league loss last week at Stryker, and they aimed to turn the outcome around last night as the tournament season opened at Pettisville.
The teams were selected to meet again last night to open sectional tournament play. The winner will advance to the finals Saturday in Pettisville.
The Eagles kept it close in the opener at Stryker, falling 25-22, then lost 25-21 and 25-20.
Fayette got off to a slow start Oct. 13 at the home season finale as Edon went on top 25-15. After that, the teams stayed close. Edon won the match with scores of 25-21 and 25-20.
JV VOLLEYBALL: Fayette's junior varsity volleyball team ended the 2009 season with a league win against Stryker.
"This was a great way to end the season," coach Alissa Stockburger said.
Although the overall record doesn't show it, Stockburger saw a lot of growth over the season.
"The girls learned to work well with one another, and they began developing a deep love of the sport," she said. "These things are far greater than a list full of wins—even though those would be nice too."
It was a good season overall, she said, and she was pleased with how they faced challenges with excitement.
"I look forward to working with these girls next year and can't wait to see the things we will accomplish."
Against Stryker, the Eagles dropped their opener 18-25, but came back to win 25-23 and 25-17.
Fayette dropped the first game 25-6 Oct. 13 against Edon, but came back for a close 22-25 game.
Fayette split two matches at Holgate Oct. 10. The host team fell 25-20 and 25-23. Against Fairview, the Eagles lost 26-28 and 18-25.
"The girls played really well on Saturday," Coach Stockburger said. "They kept a good pace going the entire time. I have never seen them have so much fun and play so well."
In other matches this month, Pettisville won 25-5, 28-26 on Oct. 8; Hilltop won 28-26, 25-19 on Oct. 6; and Liberty Center won 25-17, 25-14 on Oct. 5.
MORENCI CROSS COUNTRY: Whitmore Lake made it look easy at the Tri-County Conference league meet Oct. 13 at Britton-Deerfield, placing runners in five of the top seven positions.
The Trojans won the event with 21 points, ahead of Sand Creek with 68 and Madison with 83. Morenci placed sixth, with only four runners competing.
Luke Spaulding was first for the Bulldogs at 18:29 for 16th place. The freshman turned in his top time of the season.
His brother, Jake, also produced his top time of the year with a 20th place finish at 18:47. Micah Gillen was close behind, taking 22nd at 19:01. Logan Drummond placed 27th at 19:21.
Whitmore Lake's Zach Carpenter covered the course in 15:56 and two other runners finished below 17 minutes.
At the county meet Saturday near Blissfield, Luke Spaulding placed 37th at 18:47, followed by Jake (42nd, 18:55), Gillen (47th, 19:09) and Drummond (48th, 19:10). That time was Drummond's best.
MIDDLE SCHOOL—Reagan Stowell was first overall in the TCC run at 11:53, just tenths of a second ahead of Spencer Elliott.
Mariah Gillen placed seventh overall and second among the girls at 12:29.
At the county meet, Elliott took seventh. Gillen was beaten by an Onsted runner in the final 100 meters.
MORENCI VOLLEYBALL: Morenci's varsity volleyball squad played some very good games at Saturday's county tournament and they also played some very bad games, said coach Dennis Owens.
"We just couldn't finish the good games off," he said. "Our passing really hurt us on Saturday and we missed some serves at critical moments."
In pool play, the Bulldogs faced the third, fourth and seventh seed teams.
Against Tecumseh, Morenci lost 18-25 and 12-25. Against Blissfield, Morenci lost 24-26 and 6-25. Madison took a 25-11 and 25-18 win. In bracket play the Bulldogs fell to Addison, 19-25 and 19-25.
The top servers were Mariah Bovee 27/30, with one ace and 16 points; Tess Ramsey, 17/18, with one ace; Chanler McCaskey, 17/19, with two aces; and Tia Tompkins, 16/19 with one ace.
Ramsey gave 25 assists and Mercedez McCaskey added 14.
In passing, Bovee went 36/50 on digs and 42/45 in serve reception. Chanler McCaskey was 34/43 on digs and 29/30 in serve reception.
On offense, Tompkins finished with 16 kills and only four hitting errors. She also had one block. Phoenix Duncan scored 13 kills and made two blocks. Chanler McCaskey tallied 12 kills and one block.
MADISON—Morenci dropped a TCC doubleheader Oct. 13 at Madison, 14-25, 20-25 and 17-25, and 25-21, 8-25, 20-25, 9-25.
Serving leaders were Chanler McCaskey (19/22, four aces and 13 points), Tompkins (18/22, three aces and 11 points), Ramsey (17/21, six aces and 12 points).
Ramsey gave 16 assists and Mecedez McCaskey gave 14. Bovee had 21 digs and was 38/39 in serve reception. Tompkins, Chanler McCaskey and Naomi Hoffman each finished with 17 digs. Tompkins, Duncan and Chanler McCaskey each had nine kills and Duncan notched four blocks.
LCS—Lenawee Christian School posted a non-conference win Monday night, 25-15, 28-26 and 25-23.
Bovee scored 10 service points, Ramsey went eight for eight at the line, and Chanler McCaskey scored three aces on an eight for 10 showing.
Ramsey gave 12 assists and Mercedez McCaskey added eight.
Hitting leaders were Tompkins with six kills, one block; Duncan six kills and Meghan Smith five kills.
In passing, Bovee finished with 25 digs and went 14/14 on serve reception. Chanler McCaskey had 10 digs and went 14/16 on serve reception. Duncan was 11/11 on serve reception.
JV VOLLEYBALL: Morenci's junior varsity volleyball team kept on the winning track right up until the semifinals when they fell to Onsted.
"The girls were determined and they played hard," coach Shana Love said. "We came out of pool play very strong and the highlight was probably Tecumseh."
Love said it was disappointing for the team to finish in the fourth-place spot by points after they had defeated each of the three leaders earlier in the day.
The Bulldogs emerged from pool play with wins against Hudson and Lenawee Christian School and a split against Tecumseh.
After drawing a bye in the next round, the Bulldogs defeated Clinton in two games, 27-25 and 25-17, then moved on to the semifinals.
Onsted took the opener, 25-18, but the Bulldogs came back to win 25-20. The Wildcats ended it with a 15-5 win.
Statistics leaders were:
Brooke Bovee, 20/21 serves, 26 digs, 26 assists, 28 kills;
Carolyn Blaker, 44/51 serves with 11 aces, 19 digs, 9 kills;
Breanna Gilson, 33/42 serves with 11 aces, 18 assists, 16 digs, 4 kills;
Chelsea Phillips, 22/28 serves, 17 digs, 13 kills;
Matea Garcia, 48/50 serves, 43 digs, 6 kills;
Hannah Jeffers, 18/25 serves, 14 digs.
MADISON—At Madison Oct. 13, Morenci took a double-header with scores of 25-18 and 26-24, and 25-13 and 25-15.
"The girls played very consistently and tired out the Madison team," Coach Love said. "Madison was able to stick with us the first match, but they ran out of steam in the second match and we went away with the pair of wins."
Statistics leaders were:
Bovee, 16 digs, 6 assists, 7 kills, 13/13 serving;
Blaker, 15 digs, 18/19 serves;
Gilson, 9 assists, 3 kills, 21/23 serves;
Phillips, 4 kills, 15/17 serves with 7 aces, 1 block;
Garcia, 9 digs, 15/17 serves;
Jeffers, 8 digs, 10/10 serves.
LCS—Morenci took a non-league win Monday at Lenawee Christian School, 25-18 and 25-20.
"We played awesome tonight," Love said. "It was a total team effort. Everyone came in the game and did their job, and everyone got stats tonight."
Statistics leaders were:
Bovee, 14/14 serves with 3 aces, 10 digs, 10 assists, 2 kills;
Blaker, 7/8 serves with 2 aces, 4 digs, 3 kills;
Gilson, 10/10 serves with 2 aces, 9 digs, 6 assists, 3 kills;
Phillips, 8/10 serves with 2 aces, 3 kills;
Garcia: 11/13 serves with 3 aces, 13 digs, 3 kills;
Jeffers, 9 digs.
Ashley VanBrandt, Taylor Schisler and Alexis Baker each scored a kill. Erin Vanderpool, Aisha Mossing and Jessica Storrs each came in to contribute some valuable digs to help seal the win, Love said.
MORENCI FOOTBALL: By DAVID GREEN
In a game of breaks and mistakes, Clinton took better advantage of the miscues and posted a 29-14 TCC win.
The Redskins (7-1) remain unbeaten in league play and face Summerfield (8-0) on Friday to determine the league champion.
The contest against No. 11 ranked Clinton came down to a matter of "what-if" situations.
If Jarrett Keller had been able to clearly pull in Brett Bovee's pass near the goal line.
If the punt return hadn't been fumbled.
If Clinton's line drive kickoff hadn't ricocheted off a Morenci player's shoulder pad back to the Redskins.
If the Bulldogs hadn't lost control of the ball on a long gain.
"We just kept mucking it up," coach Tom Saylor said. "We had them on the ropes and we let them get away."
And add to the "ifs" the injury of Clayton Wolf. The senior left the game early in the fourth quarter with Clinton leading 16-14 and a couple of breaks later, the contest was nearly out of reach.
"I don't know if I've had so much adversity in one season," Saylor said. "I think this is the best three-and-five team I've ever coached in my 41 years."
Saylor was impressed with Clinton's effort—especially in light of the loss of their top runner two games earlier—but he thinks the Bulldogs had their opportunity for an upset.
"I think that game was a lot closer than the score shows," he said.
Clinton put together a good drive to score mid-way through the first quarter, but Morenci answered with a drive capped by Keller's 47-yard sprint to the goal line.
Clinton added one more touchdown in the second quarter, but Morenci went on top 14-13 when Brett Bovee passed to Isaac Jeffers in the end zone with 40 seconds before intermission. Keller ran for two points and the lead.
Morenci fumbled a punt in the third quarter which soon led to a Clinton field goal. Clinton got the ball back after the kickoff bounced off a Bulldog, but lost possession when Jordan Bach jumped on a fumble.
Three more fumbles followed before Clinton's quarterback scrambled for a 54-yard touchdown run for a 23-14 lead with 5:54 to play.
The Redskins intercepted late in the game for a 60-yard touchdown with 11 seconds to play.
JV FOOTBALL: Morenci's reserve football team might be playing for the league title here Thursday after defeating Clinton 18-6 last week.
Coach Ryan Love thinks there are at least two teams with two losses each, but the Bulldogs have one loss and a tie. Whiteford visits for a 6:30 p.m. game to wrap up the season.
A great defensive showing held Clinton to a single touchdown—a 70-yard pass play late in the third quarter.
Morenci scored at 4:46 in the second quarter when Simon Jeffers capped a drive highlighted by Cody Graham's 75-yard sprint. Jeffers also made the conversion.
Jeffers scored on a five-yard run in the second quarter and carried on the conversion for a 16-0 lead that held at half-time. Jeffers had a 46-yard run on the second drive.
Clinton had a 43-yard run shortly before intermission, but John Michael Martinez stripped the ball on the tackle and Brad Funchion fell on it to end the threat.
Hayze Wolf intercepted on Clinton's conversion to keep the Bulldogs 10 points ahead.
Late in the game, Lucas Hollstein sent a punt to the Clinton four-yard line. On the Redskins' first play, the snap went over the quarterback's head and out of bounds for a Morenci safety and the final 18-6 score.
Hollstein finished the game with seven tackles, two caused fumbles and one fumble recovery. Jacob McVay was in on 10 tackles.
Jeffers tallied 126 yards on 11 carries. Graham covered 190 yards on 23 carries as the Bulldogs ground out 343 total yards rushing.


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A Web 2.0 based collaboration platform for maintaining and sharing of HL7 Arden syntax Medical Logical Module
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Background: Arden syntax for medical logical module (MLM) is a language for representing medical knowledge [1]. Although it has been standardized and promoted by HL7 since more than 20 years, however, the utilization of Arden syntax in health care is still limited. Sharing of MLM between different health care institutions can promote the adoption of Arden syntax. Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center has published a MLM knowledge repository with web technology, however, the MLMs are published in a static list [2]. The static web page could be expanded, so that the users can comment MLMs or write new MLM [3]. With the development of technology, Web 2.0 as an interactive online tool for maintaining and sharing MLM appears effectively and is recommended [3]. The first objective is to design and develop an interactive web-based platform for maintaining and sharing of Arden syntax MLMs. The second objective is to create a MLM based knowledge repository in the context of smart home care.
Methods: To develop the platform for maintaining and sharing of MLM, Web 2.0 technologies are used. The open source project EditArea is used to build the Arden editor, so that the MLM can be easily created and edited [4]. For the compiling and execution of MLM, the open source compiler Arden2ByteCode is used [5]. To store the MLM in the platform, MySQL database is used. To build the knowledge repository with the developed platform, a literature review is conducted. The rules found during the literature review serve as source of the knowledge repository.
Results: The Web 2.0 based platform "MLM-Online" including a one-pass Arden compiler and an Arden editor for maintaining and sharing MLM has been implemented. This platform enables users not only to view, create, comment and search MLMs, but also to compile and execute them. The platform has a client-server architecture and the server program is deployed on a Tomcat server. When the server receives the request of compiling a MLM, it calls the Arden2ByteCode compiler to check the MLM's syntax and then compiles it into Java byte code. An interface for passing the input and output parameters for the execution of MLM has been implemented. Users of this platform are classified into different roles, so that they can be hierarchically managed.
88 rules from a knowledge repository in the context of smart home care have been found through a literature review. All of the rules are written in Arden syntax and maintained using the MLM-Online platform. Within the platform, all of these MLMs are compiled and executed correctly.
Conclusion: Decision support systems are effective for improving health care quality and reducing medical cost. The MLM-Online collaboration platform enables maintaining and sharing of MLM in an easy-to-access and interactive way. In addition, the platform can promote the application of Arden syntax. However, the functions of the platform are still limited, and the platform has to be evaluated by multiple users.
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- ANSI/HL7 Arden V2.5-2005. Health Level Seven Arden Syntax, Version 2.5. 2005.
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- Internet Archive [Internet]. Available from: http://www.archive.org/web/web.php [cited 16.04.2012]
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- Wright A, Bates DW, Middleton B, Hongsermeier T, Kashyap V, Thomas SM, Sittig DF. Creating and sharing clinical decision support content with Web 2.0: Issues and examples. J Biomed Inform. 2009;42(2):334-46. DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2008.09.003
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- Gietzelt M, Goltz U, Grunwald D, Lochau M, Marschollek M, Song B, Wolf KH. Arden2ByteCode: A one-pass Arden Syntax compiler for service-oriented decision support systems based on the OSGi platform. Comput Methods Programs Biomed. 2012;106(2):114-25. DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2011.11.003


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Following her official inauguration last week, the 48-year-old Forest Hills native received hopeful approval from nearly every elected politician and civic leader from Mayor Bill de Blasio, who officiated the swearing in, Congressman Joseph Crowley, who reportedly made peace with de Blasio after a quarrel over now-Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito – also in attendance – and Senator Charles Shumer.
As she held her hand over her father's copy of the Old Testament, eyes gazed towards the Lefrak Concert Hall stage at Queens College with hope and expectations for the future of the borough.
Transportation advocates looked with anticipation for the revival of the long-abandoned Rockaway Beach Rail line, while park advocates expect support for green space with a new 3.5-mile greenway.
Parents and educators looked on with hope that the new borough president would focus on education and secure jobs for tenured teachers, fight for after-school programs and ensure a brighter future for the students.
Civic leaders await smarter development in their communities and a unified battle against lobbyists who might not necessarily have the community's best interests at heart.
Prior to her election, Katz had unveiled plans including a high-tech economy, a push to rebrand the borough with mix-used district,s and hiring requirements for rebuilding projects on the Sandy-devastated waterfront.
Although borough presidents have a limited capital budget and must rely on their grandiose title to get support for game-changing legislation, with her background as the head of the City Council's Land Use Committee, and years of experience, maybe this cheerleader has more than just a pom-pom up her sleeve.
While it is certain that she cannot please every corner of the wide-eyed spectators at Queens College that night, Katz can however start with what she knows best.
Her first order of business, if she hasn't already started, should be to leverage as much support from the inside, her former Council cohorts, and create a unified vision for the future of Queens.


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Businesses also need negative reviews –julie p June 14, 2018 0 COMMENTS
Businesses also actually need negative reviews
Confused? Let me explain.
There are not two equal customers. Customers appreciate differently features in products/service. For example, I was reading reviews and comparing features from two smartphones. I read reviews/comments from one of them saying it was a fantastic device but it was too slow rendering videos. And this was the biggest complaint or negative comment. This complaint was irrelevant to me because I never use my smartphone to render videos and it did not discourage me from buying that smartphone.
Negative reviews can be subjective in nature, and they should not discourage you.
Negative reviews are a powerful way to gain insights about your products, and paying attention to customer feedback presents a tremendous opportunity to respond and fix problems.
Customers are more forgiving than you might think. They understand that businesses grow and that they have the capacity for improvement. How you react to feedback will determine whether they want to give your business another shot.
Growth and innovation
Negative reviews are opportunities for improvement. Improvement can lead to growth and innovation.
Businesses also need negative reviews to grow and innovate! 🙂
Of course, there are different types of negative reviews. Reviews giving one-star without any note; these ones are not useful. And there are some irrelevant reviews, that have nothing to do with your business. For example, imagine that you are in the hotel business and one of your customers writes this review: "one-star – I was there for the weekend and the hotel and the staff are fantastic, but it was raining all the time… "
Well if you didn't promise good weather and if you don't have a contract with San Pedro, the bad experience has nothing to do with your business.
Businesses also need negative reviews to grow and innovate if they identify problems in your product service. 🙂


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A Sandwich a Day: The Gorrito Croissanwich at Estrella Negra
Reviews of Chicago sandwiches.
Driving around the Fullerton and Western intersection, one could easily pass Estrella Negra and give it nothing more than a fleeting glance. The small facade is easy to miss and not particularly noteworthy, save for an illuminated sign displaying a large, turquoise Mexican candy skull. But what the little Bucktown BYOB lacks in superficial appearance, it makes up for in atmospheric charm. Bright, vibrant Mexican-style paintings adorn nearly every corner of Estrella Negra's four walls while Afro-Cuban beats pulsate through the speakers, creating a fresh, welcoming vibe not often found in the so-called "hip" part of town.
And Estrella Negra's food is equally as fresh as its decor. Take, for example, their spin on the croissant sandwich. Not typically the most nutritious option on the menu, Estrella Negra's Gorrito Croissanwich ($6) is a lighter, slightly more healthy option than the typical egg-cheese-meat trifecta and a perfect compliment to the warming weather. It is loaded with house-made guacamole and goat cheese crumbles (remember, we said slightly healthier). Tomato chunks, spring greens, and cucumber slices garnish the top, and a buttery croissant encases it all. The end result is a refreshing, crisp way to start off the morning, so long as morning starts after 11 a.m, when the restaurant opens.
Estrella Negra
2346 W. Fullerton Avenue, Chicago, IL 60647 (map)
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Couple new drawings that you may like
Mostly classics...
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Couple new drawings that you may like
Mostly classics...
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Ferrari 458 Italia
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Brilliant. Looks exactly like my car. Now you got me thinking about the stripes...
But please, please, pleeease spell the name "Ferrari" correctly next time. I don't mean to insult you and I'm sure it was just a typo, but it's just disrespectful to write the greatest name in automotive history wrong.
I've seen all kinds of horrible misspellings of Ferrari, like... FERARRI, FERRARY, FERRERO and etc. Surely it can't be that hard to spell FERRARI correctly? No offence to you przemson, just a little friendly reminder.
More fantastic work przemson and I especially like your elegant treatment of the Gallardo!
Keep them coming and keep us posted!
Always appreciate your work Przemek. Great stuff and you have wonderful hands. Great craft!
Mercedes Benz SLS AMG Roadster
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I'm very happy with the result.
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