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As the fall 2009 semester begins, more students are taking chemistry courses than ever before. This fall more than 3,600 students are enrolled in chemistry classes and laboratories in the Cook Building. An historical perspective of chemistry enrollments is shown in the bar graph below that documents the explosive growth.
Although increasing undergraduate enrollments explain some of the growth seen in chemistry classes, we also attribute much of this growth to the ever-increasing quality of the UVM undergraduate, bringing more and more students to UVM seeking professional careers in the health and related sciences. Given the large number of students to be taught, we offer primarily large-lecture sections, with 150-200 students in each. This fall we have more than 900 students enrolled in five lecture sections of general chemistry and 350 students in two sections of organic chemistry. These sections include students from the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, as well as all students seeking to obtain a medical degree (M.D., D.V.M., D.D.S., O.D., etc.) after graduation from UVM. Those wishing to pursue a post-graduate degree program need four semesters of chemistry, including two semesters of the dreaded organic chemistry, which acts as a rite of passage for many doctors-to-be.
For chemistry and biochemistry majors, however, we offer smaller, more focused classes, with about 50 students in general chemistry and 30 in organic chemistry. This provides a more intimate setting, giving chemistry and biochemistry majors more opportunity to be together and to interact with their professors.
Although we teach most of our students in large-lecture sections by necessity, all chemistry instructors take great pride in their teaching and have developed skills to teach effectively in a large-lecture-hall environment. For example, see our feature on Lecturer Alexander (Sandy) Wurthmann (UVM Ph.D. in Chemistry 2006), who received the Kroepsch-Maurice Excellence in Teaching Award in 2009. Sandy teaches both semesters of our organic chemistry sequence for pre-medical students and other science majors.
Research is another important focus of chemistry faculty members. There are too many successes in research to mention them here. Research grant funding has increased over the past several years - even in the face of dramatic limitations in research funding from national institutions such as the National Institutes of Health. For example, Profs. Giuseppe Petrucci and Matthews were successful in obtaining a major research instrument from the National Science Foundation. The award purchased a new $430,000 mass spectrometer with liquid chromatograph which will be a key instrument for many faculty in the department. Our junior faculty have also made excellent progress in establishing their laboratories and research programs, and in obtaining federal grant funding. We profile two professors here: Matthias Brewer and Rory Waterman, who have both received prestigious CAREER grant awards from the National Science Foundation. Prof. Waterman has also received two other highly prestigious awards: a Cotrell Scholar Award from the Research Corporation and an Alfred Sloan Foundation award.
Key to research in chemistry by faculty are the graduate and undergraduates who work with our professors as partners in research. This fall there are 40 graduate students in Chemistry from diverse backgrounds. Among them are three are from Africa, two from the Middle East, and four each from China and India; the remainder come from around the United States.
Most of our undergraduate chemistry majors find time to work in research groups with our professors and graduate students during their time at UVM. This training in research often spurs interest in pursuing graduate degrees in chemistry and related fields. Our students in chemistry and biochemistry are accepted into a range of programs across the United States - from Harvard University in the east and Duke University in the south to Washington University or Texas A&M in the middle of the country, to the Scripps Research Institute in the west. After completing their training, many of our undergraduate and graduate students have gone on to develop highly productive careers. For example, Michael MacCoss (UVM B.S. in Chemistry 1996 and Ph.D. in Chemistry in 2001) is now an Associate Professor of Genome Sciences at the University of Washington. Mike also just received a prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) from the NIH.
The Department of Chemistry is also very proud of our undergraduate majors for their accomplishments while at UVM. We profile two undergraduates who completed their degrees this May. Joseph C. Wright was awarded the Hannah Howard Prize at the May 2009 College of Arts and Sciences Commencement Ceremony. This prize is awarded annually to the College of Arts and Sciences undergraduate student with the highest cumulative grade point in the College. Jillian Davidson received the 2009 Mariafranca Morselli Leadership Award from from the Women's Center. The Mariafranca Morselli Leadership Award is presented annually to an undergraduate woman majoring in a scientific discipline who has demonstrated leadership qualities, academic excellence and who has contributed significantly to the awareness on campus of the rights of women.
Of course, we depend upon the generosity of alumni and their gifts to make many of our programs possible. I draw your attention to the story about the new summer undergraduate student research fellowship that was just created through a gift from Louise Foley (UVM 1965). Louise remembers very well her summers spent working in the laboratories of Prof. Martin Kuehne (emeritus) and the benefit she gained from these experiences. She in turn established this year the Martin E. Kuehne Organic Chemistry Fund to honor her former professor's many contributions to the educational experience at UVM and to the field of organic chemistry. This endowed fund provides an annual summer stipend for an undergraduate chemistry major engaged in a summer research project in synthetic organic chemistry.
I hope you will enjoy reading more details about exciting accomplishments in Chemistry by faculty and students in our news section.
Dwight Matthews, Chair


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Basic Research to Advance Sustainable Chemistry
Basic Research to Advance Sustainable Chemistry Workshop
National Academy of Sciences Keck Center
500 5th St NW
Washington, DC 20010
Thursday, April 28th, 2011
On April 28, the National Research Council Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology hosted a webcasted workshop on Basic Research to Advance Sustainable Chemistry, sponsored by the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry.
Joining were a distinguished group of academic chemists and speakers from Dow, Merck, Alcatel-Lucent, Nike, Bristol Myers-Squibb and other firms. This free webcast discussed chemistry breakthroughs needed by industry to move towards sustainable practices, and possible research areas that could be funded under a Sustainable Chemistry Basic Research program.
This workshop was aimed at chemical researchers at all career phases who were interested in learning about how their research might contribute to the sustainability of key areas of commerce.
Participants gained insight on key chemistry breakthroughs needed to make products and processes more sustainable.
Each session included an open discussion period. Online participants were able to send their questions and comments live during the session.
Speakers included:
Arjen Salemink, Alcatel-Lucent
John Harland, Intel
Mitch Smith, Michigan State University
Jack Kruper, Dow
Henry Bryndza, DuPont
Jen Schomaker, University of Wisconsin
Joe Armstrong, Merck
David Leahy, Bristol Myers-Squibb
Robert Maleczka, Michigan State University
John Frazier, Nike
Stan Weller, Zep
Roger McFadden, Staples
Eugene Chen, Colorado State University
To learn more about this workshop, please contact Rachel Yancey.
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. CHE-1132553

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Their 2004 album. Lim.Ed. 500 copies on vinyl, Nice looking gatefold sleeve Swedish mellow pop who went #1 in official saleschart. Take an Elvis/ Roy Orbinson sounding singer with synthezisers from recent Depeche Mode and back him up with a rockband who loved The Clash since kindergarten years. Burt Bacharach for the 21st century. Tracklist: 1. Stairs 2. Something to believe in 3. Lost Love 4. Heart of Hearts 5. How could you forget? 6. Skin on Skin 7. You weren´t even close 8. Found 9. Hold me 10. Call me Anything 11. Pretty little Babies
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PORTLAND — The chess team at Deering High School won first place Saturday in the novice division of the state championships held at the University of Maine in Orono.
Coached by Jeff Borland, it was the team's first state-level competition, going up against eight other teams, according to school officials. Each team member played four, 1½-hour games in a marathon of chess.
Alsaady Thoalfakar anchored the Deering team, winning four games and the individual high score in the novice division. Also scoring high were Hilal Ahmed and Qutaiba Hassoon.
Other Deering team members are Orkhan Nadirli, Shervin Sabeti, Risopheak Ley, Jason Cheng and Antonio Rodriguez.


text: We stayed with Nanette and Steve for 2 nights. We were 2 couples, so used up both of their rooms! What a beautiful location...... lovely gardens around the property with fruit trees and a great mountain view. The cottage was a nice spot to have cocktails before dinner, and having the small kitchen was great. Nanette and Steve were welcoming... More


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Money, a growing cancer in politics, needs to be excised. In my seventh election to the United States Senate in 1998, I had to raise $8.5 million. $8.5 million factors to $30,000 a week, each week, every week, for six years. It's not just raising campaign funds the year ahead of the election any more. In order to raise this sum, you have to travel the country and still depend on Washington assistance. To get that assistance you have to raise money for other Senators who are up during the six years in order to get their assistance when you're up. Thus, the beginning of Washington influence on local elections. Tip O'Neill's rule that: "All politics is local," has changed to "most politics is national." The national media and pundits have taken over campaigns.
The 1971 and 1973 Congress limited spending in federal campaigns. The vote was bi-partisan and President Richard Nixon signed both measures into law. The Congressional intent was to prohibit the buying of the office. But the Supreme Court in Buckley vs. Valeo, set aside the '73 Act and now requires candidates for office to veritably buy the seat. The Court limited the freedom of speech with money, amending Madison's first amendment to the Constitution. Now, we have Corzine in New Jersey spending $60 million of his own money to be elected to the United States Senate; Bloomberg spending $109 million to be Mayor of New York, and Meg Whitman spending $118 million in the California Governor's primary and the election is not until November. In Citizens United the Supreme Court now has permitted Corporate America to secretly buy the office. All a corporation has to do is to contribute to a 501(c)(4) group and the State has lost its ability to elect its own Congressman or Senator. Last minute out-of-state money elected Brown to the U. S. Senate in Massachusetts; Miller in the Republican primary in Alaska; O'Connell in the Republican primary in Delaware. In "The Secret Election" The New York Times editorializes against corporate takeovers: "...the advocacy committees that are sucking in many millions of anonymous corporate dollars, making this the most secretive election cycle since the Watergate years."
Today, Congress spends most of its time on the needs of the campaign with little time for the needs of the country. When I came to the U. S. Senate in 1966, Mansfield, the Majority Leader, had a vote nine o'clock every Monday morning to ascertain a quorum to do business. And on Friday he kept us in until five o'clock in the afternoon. Now Congress spends Mondays and Fridays out of Washington raising money. In Washington on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays Senators have fund raisers at breakfast, lunch and dinner. A special week each month is reserved for fund raising, with Lincoln's and Washington's birthdays merged to go to California and New York to fund raise. The Republican or Democratic lunches on Tuesdays are mostly to strategize fund raisers for Senators up for re-election. Thursday's policy lunches are now canceled so that Senators can go to the party headquarters in the District for two hours to make calls for money. With committee meetings and floor debates, there is little time left to see constituents, only contributors. Senators of one party seldom work with Senators of the opposite party. It used to be different -- but when Republican Senators on my Commerce Committee had a fund raiser against me in Washington and all except Ted Stevens attended, I had the feeling that, if they wanted to get rid of me, I wanted to get rid of them. This explains the partisanship.
Washington is full of pollster politicians. The first rule of the pollster is: "Never divide the voters. Comment on both sides of an issue and answer you're 'concerned,' you're 'troubled.'" You're taught not to lead -- do nothing, just vote the poll and raise money. The real needs of a country, like a Marshall Plan, are never found in a political poll. This allows the Washington lobbyists with the money to run Congress. For example, Grover Norquist of the Americans for Tax Reform obtains a commitment against taxes long before a senator can be elected. Any senator wanting to pay the bill for government is talking to a fixed jury. The cover of a recent issue of Time headlines: "The Best Laws Money Can Buy. $3.5 billion was spent on lobbyist last year. Why that's the biggest bargain in town." And rather than covering the issues, the media covers the ups and downs of the parties by covering the money. The headline in USA Today was "Big cash edge for GOP in state bids."
Like a dog chasing its tail, Congress has tried for thirty-five years to control spending in federal elections, only to be thwarted by the Supreme Court intent on equating speech with money. To return to Madison's freedom of speech, Congress needs to pass a Joint Resolution amending the Constitution "to authorize Congress to limit or control spending in federal elections." I proposed such a Joint Resolution, obtaining bi-partisan approval of the majority of the U. S. Senate, but never the two-thirds required to amend the Constitution. Then Phil Gramm made it a partisan issue, telling me: "When you Democrats give up the unions, we'll give up the money." The Republicans were in control my last three years in the Senate, but they would never call a Joint Resolution for consideration for fear of having to vote on the Hollings amendment limiting spending. Shortly after I introduced my amendment, the Governors Conference called asking that money be limited in state elections. My point is that the people would approve such a Joint Resolution in a New York minute. They resent the corruption of money in politics.
After the 1973 enactment, Congress limited Strom Thurmond and me to so much per registered voter or $387,000. Fast forward for increase of population and years of inflation, a South Carolina Senator would be required to raise three or four million dollars for a senatorial campaign -- not ten or twelve million required today. Once the Constitution is amended, Congress can provide limits, public financing, control corporate contributions, or whatever. But the first amendment for freedom of speech would be restored its meaning. Special interests would be limited. Lobbyists would be limited, losing control. National Committees would be limited so that the States' needs could be addressed. The Senator would now have time for the country instead of the campaign. Federalism and the strength of democracy would be restored. The corruption of government would end.
Today, both Republican and Democratic members of Congress act helpless to excise the cancer. Incumbents are at the epicenter of fund raising in Washington, D. C. Every special interest in the world has a lobbyist ready, willing and able to help you if you help them. Your party committee will help you make up any deficit and guide the Senator's fund raising over the next six years. Several offices back in the State will help you develop contributors. With the advantage of overwhelming any opposition financially, you can all but guarantee your re-election. Not the Senator, not the Congressman, but the process is corrupted. The people don't realize how this corruption can be corrected because the press and media are the chief beneficiaries of the money chase. Eight-five percent of the cost of a campaign goes to the media. The press or media can stop the money chase by pressuring Congress to amend the Constitution to limit spending in elections. The last five of the amendments to the Constitution deal with elections. And restoring the people's privilege to elect their leaders is more important than the five.
Now, a recent Washington Post headline, "Super PACs' alter campaign," reads: "A new political weapon known as the 'super PAC' has emerged in recent weeks, allowing independent groups to both raise and spend money at a pace that threatens to eclipse the efforts of political parties." And one might add: "the efforts of the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee or the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee." Special interests always contributed to the party campaign committees to keep the favor of the party. Senators have always aligned themselves with one party or the other, and there was always cohesion or control by the Majority Leader or Minority Leader. "Super PACs" no longer will tend to give to one party committee or another, but they can act in a tailor-made or singular fashion -- only when their special interests are concerned. And they can fix the vote secretly and at the last minute as desired. This changes "government of the people, by the people, for the people" to become "government of the special interests, by the special interests, for the special interests." I used to think a Constitutional amendment returning to the intent of Congress in '71 and '73 limiting spending in federal elections was the better approach. But now with "super PACs," a Constitutional amendment to limit or control spending is absolutely necessary to return the people's government back to the people. Otherwise, the Golden Rule will pertain: "Those with the gold will rule."


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Second-tier cities like Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada will be the new destinations of information technology-enabled services in the future, said Manish Soman, managing director of Deloitte Consulting India Private Limited.
Delivering the keynote address at the one-day national workshop on 'Business Process Outsourcing -- Growing up in Value Chain' in Hyderabad on Friday, Soman said that emphasis would be more on ITES work than on just IT services hereafter in India.
"The estimation is that by 2008 around 20 per cent of the gross domestic product is expected to come from the Indian IT industry," he said.
He said that the steps taken by the BPO industry in the country were "just baby steps and the companies need to develop on the foundation laid over the last couple of years. We must make companies understand that work should be outsourced to India because we provide better quality rather than because of lower costs."
Ajay Sawhney, state secretary (IT and communications), reiterated the government's support to the industry.
"We are also looking at places which have good educational institutions to be developed at the destinations for the IT industry to grow," he said.
According to Sawhney, the government has identified around 10 second-tier cities and would take necessary steps in the next 12-18 months to develop them as the next IT destinations in the state.
Earlier, O P Goenka, president of the Federation of the Andhra Pradesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said that Nasscom estimated the size of the BPO industry in the country at around $24 billion by 2008.
"This represents an estimated annual compounded growth of around 58 per cent from 2002 to 2008 making it the fastest growing opportunity in the country," Goenka said.Goenka said that the industry was changing as providers of BPO services and higher-end services rather than remaining mere call centres or carrying out routine data crushing tasks.


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International Education Week
2014 Events
Monday, November 17
- Bubble Burst: Explore What's Outside Your Bubble
DSU lobby (11:00-2:00)
- Get Smart About Ecuador- Fun & Facts
GRH lobby (9:30-3:30)
- I Wish Someone Had Told Me... (Study Abroad Information)
- Japanese Movie Night featuring Gojira
- Crude: Exploring the Complexities of Oil Extraction—A Film and Dialogue Event
Elizabethtown Historic State Theatre (7:00 ET)
Tuesday, November 18
- GlobeTrot- Discover the World, One Residence Hall at a Time Select WKU Residence Halls (5:00-7:00)
Wednesday, November 19
- From the Hilltop to the Global Job Market
- Painting Matryoshka: A Russian Nesting Doll
Thursday, November 20
- Geography Awareness Day
South Campus, Room 303 (8:00-2:30)
- 8:15-9:15am – An Overview of Ecuador
- 9:45-10:45am – Study Abroad (SAGL) and Kentucky Institute for International Studies (KIIS)
- 1:00-2:00pm –Happy Water - Niger, presented by Jonathan Oglesby
- English Department Study Abroad Fair
Cherry Hall Lobby (10:45-2:30)
Friday, November 21
- Spanish Dance Fusion (flamenco and salsa lessons)
Gordon Wilson Hall 200A (10:30-11:30)
Ongoing Events:
- Geosphere
DSU Niteclass, 11/17-11/19, 9:00-4:00 and 11/20, 9:00-12:00 (to schedule a tour contact Kay Gandy, firstname.lastname@example.com)
For more event details, visit OIP's calendar!
International Education Week is an opportunity to recognize and celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide.
The objective of International Education Week at WKU is to provide opportunities for
students, faculty, staff, and community members to engage in intercultural dialogue
and experience firsthand diverse cultures and perspectives.
IEW 2014 Planning Committee
Mindy Johnson (Student Activities)
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Dr. Sara Northerner (IEAC, IDST)
Jill Brown (LAS)
Rebekah Golla (KIIS)
Katherine Hale (SAGL)
Judith Szerdahelyi (PCAL)
Ginny Durakovich (HRL)
Ethan Sykes (HRL)
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[1]Reporter Sarah Ovaska's investigative reporting on the questionable practices of State Rep. Stephen LaRoque [2], a powerful member of Speaker Thom Tillis' leadership team, is drawing attention from the "mainstream" news media.
Yesterday, the conservative Beaufort Observer [3] termed the revelations "troubling" and called on LaRoque to address the questions raised.
WPTF radio in Raleigh [4] also featured Sarah during a half-hour appearance with afternoon host Bill LuMaye.
This morning, the Kinston Free Press [5] reported on the story as did State Government Radio [6].
Seems a sure thing there will be more to come.
For lists of updated links to additional coverage, click here [7].


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Amid reports of special contract clauses on his behaviour, Milan directors note Antonio Cassano "is at a Last Chance Saloon."
The Sampdoria player is just days away from completing his transfer to San Siro, although the legal battle with his club means he cannot play until February 1.
"I think this is a Last Chance Saloon for him and that Milan are the very best he could've hoped for," director Leandro Cantamessa told Calciomercato.it.
"He was fortunate and I don't think he wants to let this opportunity slip him by. He has talent and if he cares about himself at all, he won't fail in this once-in-a-lifetime chance."
There are reports that Cassano's contract will include numerous clauses on his behaviour to safeguard the Rossoneri.
These include the option for the club to terminate his contract if he breaks the 'code of ethics' set out for the whole team.
Meanwhile, Cantamessa also confessed that Ronaldinho was likely to make way for Cassano.
"The players do more or less take the same role, so it could be an understandable club decision. Besides, the Coach has made it clear what he thinks."
Ronaldinho has spent most of this season on the bench.
The Milan director also commented on reports ex-Milan legend Leonardo is ready to take over at Inter.
"I have never been anti-Inter, as they are rivals and not enemies. As for Leonardo, this is part of the profession of a Coach. There are more shocking things than this.
"I am Leonardo's friend and spoke to him this week, purposefully avoiding any questions over his future. This too means being a friend...."
See the latest Serie A predictions and betting tips with Eurotips.co.uk [11]


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Turkish Green Beans (Zeytinyağlı Taze Fasulye)
1 pound of fresh green beans or
1 pack of frozen green beans (either French style or Italian cut)
1 big onion, finely chopped
2 cloves of garlic, sliced or chopped
2 big fresh tomatoes, finely chopped, grated, or blended or 1 can of petite diced tomatoes
1/4 tsp sugar
1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 cup hot water
1/8 tsp ground cumin
pepper/crushed pepper
1 Tbsp tomato paste
If you prefer beans with a bit of crunch and are not mushy, try parboiling the beans for 1-2 minutes in salted boiling water, drain and cook as follows but reduce cooking time.
If you're using fresh green beans clean and trim them to 1 to 1 1/2 inch pieces. Heat the olive oil in a pan and cook the chopped onions and garlic until light brown. If you want to use tomato paste add it at this point and stir for a min.
Add the beans and stir them until they slightly change color (approximately 6-8 mins). Add the tomatoes and cook for 5 mins and then add sugar (cumin and pepper), water, and salt. Cover the pan and cook on low heat until the beans are soft (30 mins with frozen beans - 45 mins with fresh ones).
I cook it for far less time as I don't like very soft beans.
This is traditionally served cold, but it's good when it's warm too.
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The following is a laundry list of ways to improve performance in serial.
The material in this web page focuses on how to time codes so that we know
how long they take. Knowing which parts of codes take time is the first
step to improving performance.
A good on-line reference for timers and other performance tools is LLNL performance_tools tutorial
>time ./fooexec
to get screen output detailing how long the code took. For example, in a bash shell, I got the following
>time ./fooexec real 0m0.121s user 0m0.000s sys 0m0.000sThe real time here is wall clock time. The user and system time correspond to CPU time. In this particular instance, the code did very little, so that .121 seconds was essentially just the system overhead for calling the small executable from the harddrive into execution.
Generally, if the wall clock time is consistently much longer than the total of the sys and user time, then the time for fetching data to and from hard drives may be taking a good deal of time. In parallel codes, the code may be spending a good deal of time waiting on communication between processors.
For this code on a second run, the code was already resident in RAM
>time ./fooexec real 0m0.007s user 0m0.000s sys 0m0.010s
This timing is unusual in that user and sys (CPU) time should total less than the real or wall clock time. Under csh or tcsh shell the time command can give a good deal of other information about the code's run-time performance, e.g., how much memory it used. (See the man page).
One way to get portability is to use the standard C clock function.
Then from Fortran, use a wrapper to call it. Here's the wrapper.
This timer usually works, but the gettimeofday function used above is
typically of somewhat higher resolution, measuring "wall clock time"
as opposed to "CPU time".
#include < time.h> float ftime_() /* printf("Here we are:\n clock=%f12.8\n",(float)clock()); */ {return (float)clock()/CLOCKS_PER_SEC;}
The wrapped function is called as ftime. The Fortran or C code has calls to ftime() as follows:
Having declared pretim and entim as real*4
pretim = ftime()
Code segment to be timed
entim = ftime() - pretim
Then entim is the elapsed CPU time for the "Code segment to be timed". In C the declation would be as "float" and semicolons would be required at the ends of lines.
The clock function is portable in that as part of the C standard, it exists everywhere C does. A disadvantage with the C clock function or Fortran90 cpu_time is that the resolution is often pretty low. Frequently the smallest nonzero time is 1.e-2 or 1.e-3 seconds. So to time a bit of code you have to get it to repeat many times. Then the data stays in cache so the code runs artificially fast. Occasionally, the compiler figures out a loop is repeated with the same data and figures out it is unnecessary. Then times can get really short.
Another common C timing function appropriate for wall clock time is gettimeofday, which returns a struct
of which the second component typically has a higher resolution than
clock(). The following wrapper on gettimeofday allows a Fortran
code to call a subroutine wtime.
#include < sys/time.h > #include < stdlib.h > /* This timer returns wall clock time. The first entry is current time in seconds. The second entry is microseconds. */ void wtime_(double tim[2], int *ierr2 ) { struct timeval time1; long tim1, tim2; int ierr; double elap; ierr = gettimeofday(&time1, NULL) ; *ierr2 = ierr; if (ierr != 0 ) printf("bad return of gettimeofday, ierr = %d \n",ierr); tim[0] = time1.tv_sec; tim[1] = time1.tv_usec; /* printf("tim1 = %f \n",tim[0]); printf("tim2 = %f \n", tim[1]); */ }
program testtimers c c This program tests the calling of C timers c from fortran. c real*8 sum, tim(2), tim2(2), elapsed integer i, ierr, ierr2 i = 1 sum = 0.d0 call wtime(tim, ierr) print*,' tim1 =', tim(1), tim(2) , ierr do while (sum .lt. 19) sum = sum + 1./i i = i+1 end do call wtime(tim2, ierr2) tim(1) = tim2(1) - tim(1) tim(2) = tim2(2) - tim(2) c c It's important to do the differences separately as tim(1) and tim(2) c are O(10^9) and are almost equal to one another. So converting c to a microsecond number before subtracting results in a coarse resolution. c elapsed = 1.e6*tim(1) + tim(2) print*,' elapsed time is ', 1.e6*tim(1) + tim(2) ,' microseconds' elapsed = elapsed/1.e6 print*,' elapsed time is ', elapsed,' seconds' stop end
pgf77 -c test.f gcc -c timw.c pgf77 -o test test.o timw.o
For the pgf77 compiler, we could have used an intrinsic timer, but that timer would not be portable for example to g77 compiled code.
This timer (gettimeofday) typically has a higher resolution than the
clock function. For example, in Linux, Solair and AIX, the resolution
is microseconds. Again to compile the code with the xlf compiler on
the p690, delete the _ after the wtime.
For wall clock time I often prefer just to use the MPI_Wtime() function. If you have an MPI library available, just link to it, then between MPI_INIT() and MPI_Finalize() calls you can even though your code is really serial, use the MPI_Wtime() wall clock function. It usually returns an answer with a resolution in microseconds. The following code was used above and is modified here to instead use the MPI_Wtime call.
program testtimers c c This program tests the calling of C timers c from fortran. c include 'mpif.h' real*8 sum, startim, entim, elapsed integer i, ierr call MPI_Init(ierr) i = 1 sum = 0.d0 startim = MPI_Wtime() do while (sum .lt. 19) sum = sum + 1./i i = i+1 end do entim = MPI_Wtime() - startim print*,' elapsed time is ', entim, ' seconds' stop end Usually, the resolution of MPI_Wtime() is in microseconds.
will list files in reverse order of time, so the newest files will appear last. So if you've just run a profiled code you can easily find the log file. Each line of the file will correspond to a subroutine, and will tell you how often the subroutine was called and the total time spent in that subroutine. Generally, if we want to speed a code, knowing where the code spends most of its time shows us where to concentrate. Or if a subroutine is called "oodles" of times maybe it should be inlined.
Here's an example run. It was compiled with the pgf77 compiler using the -p flag. What do we see? After the executable ran, the file "pgprof.out" was produced. It follows.
PROF NODALL 0 a.out 1093292124 0
h blade1-13 23023 0 1
t 1 7
p 0
f zge062704_1.f
r zgebrd110 1 238 1 49.3378 23.3085
r zgebd3 1 702 1 7.52057e-05 6.07718e-05
r zlabr2 1 1342 199 26.0292 1.0356
r zgeupm 1 2064 1393 22.0503 0.918796
r zgemver 1 2342 207 2.94329 2.94329
r zgemvt2 1 3113 1393 21.1315 21.1315
f zrivbrd2.f
r zrivbrd 1 1 1 109.268 59.9301
The driver is zrivbrd (contained in the fortran file zrivbrd2.f). According to the logfile, it takes 59 seconds. This is wallclock time, i.e., elapsed time for the entire code exectution. Wallclock time may include time for I/O and also time that the CPU has spent running other user's code. Thus it is important to profile where possible on computational nodes. There we are guarantted that no other user is using the processor. In contrast, on the head node, or in using the p690, there may be a good deal of contention for user resources, resulting in inconsistent runs.
In this instance (from looking at the code), the driver calls some library routines from LAPACK, which has been linked to but not compiled with the -p flag. Since the LAPACK codes were not compiled with the profiler, the times spent in the library routines are attributed to the driver.
Another time consuming routine is zgebrd110, which required 23.3 seconds
most of which was actually spent in running the BLAS routine dgemm
(matrix matrix multiply). The next longest time 21.1 secs, which calls
the BLAS matrix vector multiply dgemv. zgemvt2 was
called 1393 times, (called only from zgeupm also called 1393 times).
The routine zgemver was called 2342 times and required 2.94 seconds
(it calls BLAS dgemv and also dger which are rank one updates).
For a prettier display of the results, I typed
>pgprof pgprof.out
which gave a GUI which gave some better explanations. For instance the 238 is the line of the file zge062704_1.f on which the routine zgebrd110 starts. It also give another informative column of times, which is how long a code spends in a routine and its subroutines. For example zrivbrd and its subroutines required 198.268 seconds.
These results (blaming all the time on the BLAS calls) seems to indicate that we should make sure we have a good BLAS library. (The results of that experiment will appear below. For a tutorial on the PGPROF profiler, see PGPROF
The pgprof profiler also has parallel capabilities.
One way of course, is by "brute force". Brute force is plausible with some Unix commands. The one indispensable "track it down" command is grep. So for example to search all the .f files in a directory for the ones that contain the characters ZLABR2(,
>grep ZLABR2( *.f
Or to search a bunch of .a archive files to find which one has the>GNU elusive function "foobar"
>nm -A *.a | grep foobar
where the | pipes the output of "nm -r *.a" which is a massive amount of symbols to grep. Grep throws away all the lines of the output except for those that contain "foobar". The -r flag made sure that the name of the .a file is included on each line of the nm generated symbol table.
Then by tracking down all the subroutines, you'll eventually construct a tree showing which ones call which. Or you could have just used the -pg compile option. Most of the traditional computer vendors such as IBM, Digital, HP, have their own utitilies which will construct a call table for you. For the open source environments (gcc, g77, etc.), provided you have compiled with the -pg flag. There is also well-known public domain program GNU gprof (by Jay Fenlason), which works with C, Fortran, and Pascal. I hope to give you a longer demo, but "info gprof" would get you going. See also the web page GNU gprof or Class notes from Rice University.
Call tables are also constructed by programs such as lint for C and ftnchek for Fortran 77. These are public domain, but some supported licensed programs can be purchased. Lint and ftnchek also give a good deal of info about possible programming problems such as mis-typed argument lists, non-portable language constructs, etc.
One problem with Fortran 90 is that the standard open source tools such as lint, ftnchek and gprof don't yet work with it. So not only do you have to buy a Fortran 90 compiler, but then you have to purchase these as development tools. Fortunately, we have the pgi flavors here. Also on the p690, we have the IBM tools.
Getting rid of the profiling and using the -O4 compiler option made little difference in the times.
Swapping the PGI supplied BLAS for the ATLAS BLAS dropped the LAPACK time down to 25 seconds, i.e., 430 Mflops of complex, equivalently 1320 Mflops for double. Theory: using the Goto BLAS with Intel compiler and flags will push the rate above 500 Mflops. For directions on linking to ATLAS, Intel, and Goto BLAS libraries on the Blade Center, see BLAS libraries
But the alternative bidiagonalization version was reduced in time only from 48 seconds to 34 seconds. A first problem was that the block size had been set to 3 for purposes of debugging. Returning the block size to the usual 16, the time went to about one half second more than the current LAPACK routine. Looking carefully at the profiler data, it turned out that the average zgemver calls took longer than the average call to zgemvt. I then realized that most of the zgemver calls (one per call to zlabr2) were actually zgemvt calls with a "zero" update. Fixing these calls so that they do not call a matrix update routine avoided one write of the matrix per call to zlabr2. And reduced the time of execution to .7 seconds less than the current LAPACK call. Some remaining functions that take more than one second are the call to zlabr2 and the call to zgeupm. remaining investigation is whether the conjugation (not expressed as a BLAS call) could be responsible. Perhaps some of the vector operations for which conjugation is done an element at a time need some optimization?
In quantum mechanics or anthropology, observations influence the observed. So using profilers or timers entails using "interrupts" distorting program execution. A less intrusive approach to observing the code in the wild is to use a hard ware counter. It samples: Every so many steps -- say 1000 clock cycles -- it polls, asking what command is being issued on this clock cycle? Then after program execution is complete, you can look and see what proportion of the time was spent doing what.
These timers are typically developed as part of the chip design process, and may or may not be available to the public. For example, the Digital Alpha chip had a very nice counter, but alas the sys admin never wanted to leave it on. This is because it would have some "drag" effect on the system.
Dongarra, et. al, have proposed a portable counter PAPI. It runs on most processors, and is public domain. Performance Application Programming Interface
Why? It's interesting to compare and see what bits of code can sustain the most flops per instruction.
We've seen how to time and profile. In an example, we got a big speedup (factor of two) by changing to a different BLAS library. More generally, if we found a part of the code that took a significant amount of time and did not have a corresponding optimized library call, we could try some of the techniques from the next lecture to optimize it ourselves. For example, 10% or so of the time in the example profiled code was not in BLAS routines, so I may have to try to optimize that code by hand.


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Would love to see pictures of real people wearing these gowns in a wedding! My sister in law is looking at them for her destination wedding next February.
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Posted 29 July 2010 - 05:13 AM
Would love to see pictures of real people wearing these gowns in a wedding! My sister in law is looking at them for her destination wedding next February.
Posted 29 July 2010 - 05:15 AM
This is the dress that I would love my MOH to wear . . . I found it and fell in love
Posted 29 July 2010 - 05:17 AM
Umm that is so weird! I posted a thread on this EXACT dress yesterday:
I think it is so perfect for a destination wedding- I think we will have the same BM's dresses! lol
Just checked- I see you posted on mine. I agree!!! I want to see it on actual people. My BM's are all shapes and sizes and I want to see a whole bridal party that wore it.
Posted 29 July 2010 - 05:18 AM
It is really beautiful! We are just having a hard time finding pictures of non-models wearing it If you find any, please post!
Posted 06 August 2010 - 09:02 PM
I've been looking for this dress! I didn't realize it was a Jasmine. LOVE it!!!
Posted 07 August 2010 - 04:09 AM
That's one that I am considering. Love the colours and how flowy it is.
Posted 07 August 2010 - 11:02 AM
Ahhh we want to see it actually on someone! lol
Posted 07 August 2010 - 03:57 PM
WOW it's a gorgeous dress! But I doubt any of my bridesmaids would want to wear it (they're kinda picky lol)
Posted 11 August 2010 - 09:55 AM
I have seen the dress...had one of my BM's try it on...wasn't much different from the model as she is about a size 2! It is a GORGEOUS dress! The biggest concern on her was the strapless idea and the lack of fabric in the back...she was having hard time keeping it up...even with it clipped.
Posted 12 August 2010 - 09:13 AM
Wow I love this dress, I haven't picked my BM dresses yet, but this is now definitely in my top 3.
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Landlord And Tenant Leases
( Originally Published 1918 )
Leases are contracts by which one party, called the lessor or landlord, gives to a second party, called the lessee or tenant, possession of land or other real estate for a fixed period of time, receiving in return for the use, possession and profit thereof a fixed compensation called the rent.
Duration.—A lease may be for life, by sufferance at will, or for a term of years.
A Lease for Life terminates with the death of the lessee or tenant or any person specified as such in the lease.
A Lease by Sufferance of the landlord exists when a lease for a term of years has expired and the tenant is allowed to remain in possession. Such possession in some states may be terminated without notice.
A Lease at Will is one which exists only during the will of the landlord and may terminate at the will of either party, as the rights of possession on the part of the landlord or the rights of abandonment on the part of, the tenant may justify, or by the death of either party, or by sale of property, or by due notice. Statutes usually regulate this notice in each state.
A Lease for a Term of Years begins and ends at a certain specified date. Under the latter the tenant possesses greater privileges than under either of the two former.
Written or Unwritten.—Leases for a term of more than one year, in most of the states, must be in writing, and hi some states must be executed, acknowledged and recorded in the same manner as deeds, otherwise they are invalid as against third parties without notice. In some states, such as Massachusetts, any lease not in writing is a lease at will.
In Pennsylvania a lease for three years or more must be in writing under the statute of Fraud. Where no time is mentioned it is deemed a lease for a year. Short notice is provided by statute in some cases.
Essential Specifications in a written lease are: dates, names, rent, description.
The Date fixes the beginning of the lease. Where no date is mentioned the time commences ordinarily with the delivery of the lease. This, however, is not always conclusive if another date can be proven.
Names.—The law recognizes only one Christian name and the surname. If a party assumes a false name he is nevertheless responsible. The landlord deals with the man, not with the name.
The Rent—Rents may be payable in other valuables besides money; the amount should, however, always be stated. If not stated, the law will allow the landlord what the use of the premises is reasonably worth.
Description of Premises. The lease must de-scribe the premises. It need not be in full detail; any general description that will identify the property is sufficient. The parts and appurtenances that ordinarily belong to such premises are included.
Who Cannot Give a Lease.—A husband cannot make a lease which will bind his wife's property after his death. A guardian cannot give a lease extending beyond a minor's majority which the minor cannot annul if he wishes, but if he does not annul it the tenant is bound by it. Under the common law a married woman cannot lease her property, but under the statutes of most states she can. A special statute supersedes the common law.
A minor cannot make a valid lease, but can become a tenant. Students under age hiring rooms come under this class.
Rights of Landlord
Subletting and Assigning Lease.—The landlord can prohibit his tenant from subletting the premises, or any part of them, or from assigning the lease, by stating the prohibition in a special clause of the same.
Tenant Breaking the Condition.—If the tenant has broken the condition of the lease by subletting the premises, the landlord, if he accepts the rent due, knowing of the subletting, cannot remove the tenant.
Right to Inspect Premises.-The landlord has the right to enter upon the premises to ascertain whether there is any waste or injury done, after first giving notice of his intention.
Making Repairs.—Unless expressly covenanted, the landlord is not obliged to make the necessary repairs. If a tenant wishes his land-lord to make special repairs during the term he must stipulate for the same in the lease. But if the landlord does agree to make all necessary re-pairs and fails to do so, even that does not relieve the tenant from paying rent.
Notice to Quit.—In case of a tenant at will, or one who holds over after the expiration of his lease with the consent of the landlord, a notice to quit is necessary to compel him to give up his possession. This notice must, as a general rule, be given at a date before some "rent day," and distant from it by the usual period at which rent is payable. Thus, if it is payable monthly, there should be a month's notice ending on the day when the rent is payable. The time for giving notice, however, is usually fixed by statute in the different states in order that summary proceedings for possession may be commenced. If the rent is in arrears, only a brief notice is required. In most of the states this is fixed at from five to fourteen days. Such notice need not be made to end upon the day when rent is payable.
Refusal to Vacate.—If a tenant refuses to vacate the premises after the termination of his lease, from any cause, the proper and safest way for the landlord, as well as the cheapest, is to get him out by process of law, or by a sealed lease to a third party, who can legally claim possession.
Rights of Tenant
Some of the rights of tenants are embodied in the above statements of the rights of the landlord.
To What a Tenant Is Entitled.—In taking possession of the premises the tenant is entitled to all the privileges and appurtenances to the property in all their details without being expressed in the lease.
Sale of Property.—The landlord affects the tenant's rights by selling the property, if he has a written lease. Such sale must be made subject to the rights of the tenant.
The Right to Sublet.—A tenant can sublet the rented premises or any part of them, unless expressly prohibited from doing so by the terms of the lease. He, however, remains responsible to his landlord, unless the latter accepts such third party as his tenant in place of the former and releases him in writing.
Lease Assignable.--A tenant's lease is always assignable unless it contains restrictions to the contrary. Such an assignment, however, in some states, must be under seal. The assignment may be for a part or the whole of the original term, but if for less than the original term, then it is properly subletting.
The Subtenant.—The subtenant bears no relation to the original landlord and is not responsible to him for rent. The tenant from whom he has rented is his only landlord. In the case of an assignment of the lease the new tenant becomes the tenant of the original landlord and must pay him the rent.
Repairs.—A tenant cannot make repairs upon the property rented and deduct the amount paid out from the rent, for that would be in effect compelling the landlord to do it.
Making Improvements.—For improvements that become part of the premises, or such as can-not be removed without injury to the same, the tenant can claim no allowance from the landlord; but a tenant may remove from rented property articles which he has placed for use in some trade, such as engines or other machines, or even in some cases of buildings erected for the same purpose, or articles for domestic use, such as furnaces, shelves, gas fixtures, etc. Of course a ten-ant can remove his personal property any time at pleasure.
Right to Quit—Where the renting is for a definite time no notice from either party to the other is necessary, as the landlord has the immediate right of possession as soon as the time expires; so the tenant has also the right to vacate at that time without giving notice to the landlord. Where, however, no limit of time is set a notice from either party is required.
Payment of Taxes.—Where the tenant is to pay the taxes on the property he occupies it must be distinctly stated in the lease, as a verbal promise is of no effect.
Effects of Mortgage.—If after renting the land-lord should mortgage the property, the mortgagee's rights would be subject to those of the tenant holding a lease in writing (duly recorded if necessary under statute), and a sale or fore-. closure could not disturb the tenant's possession.
Duties of the Landlord
1. It is the landlord's duty to see to it that his tenant has the quiet enjoyment of the premises and is not disturbed by any one having a better title to the same than the landlord.
2. The landlord must not render the tenant's occupation uncomfortable by erecting anything like a nuisance on or near the premises.
3. If not otherwise provided for in the lease, it is the landlord's duty to pay the taxes, ground rent, or interest on a mortgage that may exist.
4. The landlord is not bound to make repairs or allow the tenant for repairs which he may make unless especially agreed for in advance and so stated in the lease.
Duties of the Tenant
1. The tenant must take such care of the premises that others may not be injured by any neglect of any part of it.
2. The chief duty of tenant is to pay rent. If no time for possession is fixed, then he is only obliged to pay for time he has occupied; but if under any agreement for a certain term he will have to pay for that term.
3. He is expected to keep the premises wind and water tight and repair all damages made or suffered by him. Natural wear and tear he need not make good.
4. The tenant is obliged to return the premises to his landlord at the end of his term undiminished in value by any willful or negligent act of his. This requires him to replace broken doors or windows, or such other articles as may have been broken by use, neglect or accident.
Lease for Renting a House--Short Form
This instrument, made the first day of April, 19-- witnesseth, that I have this day let and rented unto Charles Waters my house and premises, No. 430 Lincoln Ave., in the City of Aurora and State of Illinois, with the sole and uninterrupted use and occupation thereof for one year, to commence the first day of May next, at the monthly rental of twenty-five dollars, payable in advance.
Witness my hand and seal.
Lease for Renting a House—Long Form
This Indenture, made the 20th day of May, 19 -, between William B. Clark, of Chicago, State of Illinois, of the first part, and James L. Holmes, of the same place, of the second part,
Witnesseth, That the party of the first part has hereby let and rented to the party of the second part, and the party of the second part has hereby hired and taken from the party of the first part, the ground floor, cellar, and second story of the premises known as 4244 Indiana Ave., in the City of Chicago, with the appurtenances, for the term of three years, to commence the first day of June, 19-, at the yearly rental of nine hundred dollars ($900), payable in equal quarterly payments on the usual quarter days in each year.
And it is agreed that if any rent shall be due and unpaid, or if default shall be made in any of the covenants herein named, then it shall be lawful for the said party of the first part to re-enter the said premises and to remove all per-sons therefrom.
And the said party of the second party covenants to pay to the said party of the first part the said rent as herein specified, and that at the expiration of the said term the said party of the second part will quit and surrender the premises in as good state and condition as reasonable use and wear thereof will permit, damages by the elements excepted; and the said party of the first part covenants that the said party of the second part on paying the said yearly rent and per-forming the covenants aforesaid shall and may peaceably and quietly have, hold, and enjoy the said demised premises for the term aforesaid.
In witness whereof the parties hereto have hereunto interchangeably set their hands.
Landlord's Agreement
This certifies that I have let and rented, this first day of September, 19-, unto Charles Burrows, my house and lot, No. 450 Taylor. Street, in the City of St. Louis, State of Missouri, and its appurtenances ; he to have the free and uninterrupted occupation thereof for one year from this date at the yearly rental of five hundred dollars, to be paid monthly in advance, rent to cease if destroyed by fire or otherwise made untenantable. HENRY BRANDON.
Tenant's Agreement
This certifies that I have hired and taken from Henry Brandon his house and lot, No. 450 Taylor Street, in the City of St. Louis, State of Missouri, with appurtenances thereto belonging, for one year, to commence this day, at a yearly rental of five hundred dollars, to be paid monthly in advance unless said house becomes untenantable from fire or other causes, in which case rent ceases, and I further agree to give and yield said premises one year from this first day of September, 19-, in as good condition as now, ordinary wear and damage by the elements excepted.
Given under my hand this day, etc.
Landlord's Notice to Quit
To CHAS. BURROWS.
SIR: Please observe that the term of one year for which the house and land situated at No. 450 Taylor Street, and now occupied by yourself, were rented to you, expired on the first day of September, 19-, and as I desire to repossess said premises you are hereby requested and required to vacate the same.
Respectfully yours,
St. Louis, Mo., June to, 19-.
Tenant's Notice of Leaving
To HENRY BRANDON.
SIR: The premises I now occupy as your tenant at No. 450 Taylor Street I shall vacate on the first day of July, i9-. You will please take notice accordingly.
Yours truly,
St. Louis, Mo., Sept. io, Io--.
Although the general laws applicable to landlords and tenants are given under that head, some additional features pertaining to farm leases demand special attention.
General Duties of Farm Tenants.—A tenant of a farm is bound without a special clause in the lease to cultivate the land, and generally so to manage all the affairs of the farm as good husbandry requires, and as is the custom in the vicinity.
Crops.—As a general rule when no time is specified at which the tenancy shall cease, the tenant is entitled to the so-called "away-going crops," or crops of the present season, but when the time is fixed and certain the tenant is not entitled to such crops, because he knew when he sowed that he took the risk of getting his crops off before the termination of his lease. It is also held that the tenant leaving is entitled only to the annual productions of the soil raised by his own labor, which does not include the permanent and natural products of the earth, such as trees, fruits of the orchard, natural grasses and the like. Local usages of the country are, however, largely taken into consideration here, and special statutes of the states may vary greatly in this respect.
Manure.—It is a general law that manure upon a leased farm cannot be removed by the outgoing tenant.
Fixtures.—The question as to what constitutes fixtures on a farm is a broad one, and we can only say that respecting this the rules are liberal in favor of the tenant. It is stated in a general way that a tenant may sever and remove at any time all such fixtures of a chattel nature as he has him-self erected or placed upon the rented premises for the purpose of ornament, domestic convenience, or to carry on a certain trade; such may be in some cases engines, machinery or buildings erected by him for such machinery.
Taxes. The tenant in possession is generally considered as liable for the taxes, but without special agreement he is under no obligation to his landlord to pay the taxes. This statutory liability varies in different states.
Good Advice.—No class of litigation is more intricate and technical than that of landlord and tenant. It should therefore be avoided if possible. In order to do so have your lease carefully executed, specifying as far as possible all details of conditions, and then observe them carefully. If, however, any one, be he landlord or tenant, anticipates difficulty, then we advise him to secure the services of a competent lawyer to help him if possible to avert the litigation or to conduct it for him.


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11-16-07 Auburn vs USF
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Soccer vs William and Mary
Soccer vs Dartmouth
9-1-06 Soccer vs Dartmouth
2007 - Second Team All-SEC forward ... Scored Auburn's goal in 2-1 OT loss at Hawai'i ... Assisted on both of Ashley Marks' goals in 3-0 win over Pittsburgh ... Saw the most playing time of the fowards (1601 mins.) ... Led the team with 52 shots ... Had 1st assist on Gabi Rivera's goal vs. UL-Lafayette ... Had a goal and an assist in 4-1 win over Kentucky ... Had first assist on Becca Howell's GWG vs. Vandy ... Scored GWG at Mississippi State ... Had a three-assist weekend against LSU and Arkansas ... Scored fourth goal of the season against Georgia ... Assisted on Chelsea Yauch's GWG at Alabama ... Assisted on both of Kara Kasten's goals in tie with LSU at SEC Tournament ... Scored in NCAA Tournament loss to Central Florida ... 18 career assists is fifth at AU ... 13 assists in 2007 tied for the Auburn single-season record.
2006 - Played in all 20 contests, starting 12 ... Started the final 11 games of the season ... Auburn Rookie of the Year award winner ... Tied for the team lead with five goals and was second on the team with five assists ... Collected three game-winning goals, two of which came off of corner kicks in overtime (vs. William & Mary, at Kentucky) ... Also scored the game-winner at LSU ... Had a goal and an assist in Auburn's 6-0 victory over Mississippi State ... Earned first collegiate point with an assist on Becca Howell's goal against Jacksonville State ... Had the only assist on Gabi Rivera's game-winning goal against Portland State ... Also assisted on Kristin Stewart's game-winner in the SEC West-clinching match vs. Alabama ... Two-time SEC Freshman of the Week (Oct. 2 & Oct. 16) ... Auburn Top Tiger.
High School - Graduated from Nerinx Hall High School ... Selected to the Missouri First Team All-State and First Team All-Conference as a senior ... Member of the 2005 Region II ODP Team ... Adidas Youth All-American in 2004 ... '86-'87 Interregional Tournament at the Home Depot Center in Los Angeles invitee ... Played for Mike Twellman's J.B. Marine Club Team in St. Louis ... All-Conference and All-State honorable mention choice for Vince Becker's team at Nerinx Hall.
Personal - Caitlin King ... Daughter of Julie and Kevin King ... Is the older sister of current sophomore, Julie King ... Has another sister, Meghan (24), and a brother, R.J. (17) ... Father Kevin played basketball at St. Louis.
Off the pitch with Caitlin...
Major: Education
Birthday: March 7, 1987
Club Team: J.B. Marine
Favorite Class: Reading Development
Favorite Auburn Tradition: Rolling Toomers!
Most Memorable Summer Experience: Freedom Festival!
Dream Job: Play in WPS
Soccer Mentor: Megan Young


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Take a look at the below list of Top 10 Most Dangerous Roads in The World in 2017. Roadways provide us a path to adventure. Some are incredibly scenic and exotic and will take you to some of the back areas of the locale. There are some that say the road less taken is the one that offers more, but sometimes these roads are less traveled for a reason. These world's top ten most dangerous roads 2017 may just be those that should stay less traveled.
List of Top 10 Most Dangerous Roads in The World 2017
10. Karnali Highway
The Karnali Highway is located in Nepal and is a 155-mile long highway winding through the Himalayas. It is reported that nearly 50 people die on this highway each year and its dirt surface is so horrible, even cyclists tend to stay off of it. Vehicles that do attempt to travel this highway find themselves slipping on loose dirt, stalling on the steep climbs, and hitting numerous potholes located throughout this stretch of road.
9. Vitim River Bridge
The Vitim River Bridge is located in Siberia and holds a reputation for being one of the scariest roads in the world. Even though there have been no fatalities reported on this roadway, few people dare to drive on it. It is an extremely old structure that is barely wide enough for a car, and if one gets stranded on it, there is no way to go around. This bridge has no railings and is just made from decayed wood that has iced over.
8. James Dalton Highway
The James Dalton Highway is located in Alaska and runs 414 miles between the Arctic Sea oil fields and civilization. This highway turns into a 'slip-n-slide' for truckers every winter when icy conditions and high winds turn it into a treacherous highway. This is probably one of the most awful roads to travel in Alaska during the winter.
7. Federal Highway 1
The Federal Highway 1 in Mexico covers 1,000 miles and is used by freight trucks moving goods to remote villages and towns. It runs along the coast of the Baja Peninsula and winds through the mountains and around steep cliffs. This road not only has a treacherous path, the Mexican drivers who use this roadway do not need to pass a driving test to operate a freight truck. You could be facing dangerous curves around steep cliffs with the likelihood of encountering untrained drivers.
The BR-116 in Brazil has been named the Death to Brazilians due to the unstable weather conditions that occur on its winding path by steep cliffs. The road is barely maintained but is considered acceptable even though it has caused numerous accidents. On top of the hazardous road conditions winding through dangerous terrain, this road also takes you through some of the worst crime areas of Brazil. Gang members often station themselves along the roadside to stake out vehicles to stop and vandalize.
5. Kabul-Jalalabad Highway
The Kabul-Jalalabad Highway is located in Afghanistan in an area known as the 'Valley of Death'. It has gained this fame due to the high number of Taliban that has stationed themselves along the route. If you don't encounter the Taliban, you still have to navigate narrow mountain passes being used by over-sized trucks.
4. Old Yungas Road
The Old Yungas Road is located in Bolivia and covers 40 miles of road that hugs cliffs overlooking a canyon. This road connects Coroico to La Paz and has so many sharp turns you should only attempt at 10 mph or risk falling over one of the cliffs. Even with the condition of this road well-known, there are still more than 200 fatal accidents on this stretch of road each year. It is a mostly a single-lane road with few guard rails, and most of the road has only the width for one vehicle. During the rainy season in Bolivia, fog and rain restrict the visibility and the road often turns into just a muddy track. This is the 4th most dangerous roads in the world 2017.
3. Atlantic Road
The Atlantic Road is located in Norway and is called the most scenic roadways in Europe. This five-mile long roadway connects the islands of Kristiansund and Molde and features eight bridges that cross a stretch of ocean that often experiences massive waves and incredibly strong winds during frequent storms. The road passes through an unsheltered part of the Norwegian Sea which accounts for the storms. It had originally been planned as a railway but turned into a roadway instead.
2. Guoliang Tunnel Road
The Guoliang Tunnel Road is located in China and translated into English stands for 'road that tolerates no mistakes'. Thirteen local villagers built this road by chiseling through the mountain a tunnel which measures 15 feet high and 12 feet wide. They wanted to allow easier access to the outside world and sold livestock to raise money to buy tools they needed to make the road. This road has some incredible views of the Chinese landscape which can be seen through 30-inch windows they cut out of the cliff just for viewing purposes. Many prefer to visit this top tourist attraction by foot as the road is one of the steepest in the world.
1. Commonwealth Avenue
Located in the Philippines, the Commonwealth Avenue could be considered a normal stretch of roadway covering 7.5 miles. This road is wide enough to include 18 lanes but to locals, it is a 'Killer Highway'. This name has been given due to the high rate of fatalities on it each year. The main reason for so many accidents is caused by the poor drainage system that allows for heavy flooding. Another factor for the high number of casualties is that tour buses cannot see motorcycles and pedestrians are often killed walking too close to the roadway.
Roads have been created to enable us to view some of nature's most fascinating views. Many of them have been designed for tourists to travel and have safety measures built into them so we can enjoy the sights and not worry about imminent death. While many seek challenges when traveling, it is not suggested you find that challenge on these world's top 10 most dangerous roads 2017.


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The Indian American community is one of the fastest growing immigrant communities in the U.S. Unlike previous generations, they are marked by a high degree of training as medical doctors, engineers, scientists, and university professors.American Karma draws on participant observation and in depth interviews to explore how these highly skilled professionals have been inserted into the racial dynamics of American society and transformed into 8220;people of color 8221; Focusing on first-generation, middle-class Indians in American suburbia, it also sheds light on how these transnational immigrants themselves come to understand and negotiate their identities.Bhatia forcefully contends that to fully understand migrant identity and cultural formation it is essential that psychologists and others think of selfhood as firmly intertwined with sociocultural factors such as colonialism, gender, language, immigration, and race-based immigration laws.American Karma offers a new framework for thinking about the construction of selfhood and identity in the context of immigration. This innovative approach advances the field of psychology by incorporating critical issues related to the concept of culture, including race, power, and conflict, and will also provide key insights to those in anthropology, sociology, human development, and migrant studies.
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Troy featured in New York Daily News
Published 8:17 pm, Friday, October 4, 2013
Troy was the subject of a feature story in Friday's New York Daily News. Written by Troy resident Suzanne Spellen, a former Brooklyn resident, the article details a number of projects under way in the Collar City.
The story is at http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/real-estate/urban-renovations-uncover-riches-troy-article-1.1472989
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Cal Poly Mustangs vs Highlanders College Hoops Game Preview
Cal Poly Mustangs vs UC Riverside Highlanders Odds
The UC Riverside Highlanders will be trying to slam the Cal Poly Mustangs on Saturday when the teams tip off at Student Center in college betting action.
The Highlanders sport records of 3-9 and 3-7 ATS heading into this battle, while the Mustangs have 4-6 and 3-5 ATS marks on the season. The OVER/UNDER records are 2-3 for the Highlanders and 2-3 for the Mustangs.
View Cal Poly vs UC Riverside Odds and Stats.
Betting Line:
Bettors looking to back visiting Cal Poly before tip-off in this one found them as 6-point favorites over at Sportsbook.ag earlier.
Power Rankings / Prediction:
The Highlanders sit at No. 248 in the current college hoops power poll here at Odds Shark, while the Mustangs sit at No. 239 on the same chart. The computers running our scores simulations have concluded that the Mustangs will win this game 63-55.
How They Match Up:
Rating these schools in several key categories is important for handicappers and UC Riverside has the nation's No. 324-rated offensive output, at 57.9 PPG. The visiting Mustangs defense ranks No. 159 allowing on average 65.2 PPG. The Highlanders FG% has averaged 38.9% so far, less than the Mustangs marksmen have achieved on the year, 42.7% per game.
Comparing how these foes stack up statistically, Cal Poly owns the country's No. 167-rated mark, allowing 70.5 points per game on the highway. UC Riverside, on the other hand, rates No. 302 in scoring at home.
Cal Poly lost its last outing, a 75-62 result against Washington on December 20. They failed to cover in that game as a 9-point underdog. The Mustangs endured a 75-62 loss at the hands of the Huskies on Thursday, despite a 23-point effort from Chris Eversley at Alaska Airlines Arena.
UC Riverside was a 61-53 loser in its last match at home against Air Force. They failed to cover the 7-point spread as underdogs. The Highlanders got 14 points from Chris Patton, but it was Air Force that prevailed in a 61-53 final on Saturday at Student Center.
Cal Poly Mustangs Trends:
When playing on Saturday are 6-4
Before playing Long Beach State are 2-8
After a loss are 6-4
UC Riverside Highlanders Trends:
When playing on Saturday are 1-9
Before playing CS Northridge are 3-7
After a loss are 5-5
A few Mustangs at Highlanders trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Cal Poly's last 5 games when playing on the road against UC Riverside
Cal Poly is 2-8 ATS in its last 10 games on the road
Cal Poly is 1-11 SU in its last 12 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 8 of UC Riverside's last 10 games when playing Cal Poly
The total has gone OVER in 4 of UC Riverside's last 5 games when playing at home against Cal Poly
UC Riverside is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games when playing Cal Poly
UC Riverside is 3-10 SU in its last 13 games
Next up:
Cal Poly home to Long Beach State, Thursday, January 3
UC Riverside at CS Northridge, Thursday, January 3


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Uganda isn't exactly a typical tourist destination - but if you want to see the real Africa, it has some remote and beautiful areas to explore
Uganda is something of a rarity in this modern world. It's a country where tourism is still rare, and in which you feel very much an intrepid explorer instead of the spoon-fed visitor. Travelling about here is far from straightforward, and to compound matters, the whole region is recovering from 20 years of brutal and horrific civil war. The area is heavily dependent on the large number of charities and NGOs that now operate here. But in a strange twist, it's these very charities that were my key to exploring northern Uganda.
I flew into Entebbe, and then went by matatu (white minibus-taxis) the few miles into the capital, Kampala. It's pretty typical of the larger African cities I had seen: a reasonably good infrastructure in the centre, a couple of modern shopping centres and busy commercial streets, which then gradually deteriorate to dusty ramshackle communities as you head to the outskirts. But I love such places, with their vibrant, chaotic atmosphere, where every bit of space has somebody trying to sell you something, and children follow you, smiling, shouting and laughing.
A charity called Mission Aviation Fellowship exists to help get aid workers and suchlike to the remote places that would otherwise be too dangerous or impracticable. They will also take fare-paying passengers from their small dirt runway at Kijjansi, a couple of miles outside Kampala. It's not only a relatively inexpensive and practical way to get around the country, it is also far safer than some of the roads in the north. The other advantage is that you get to see vast tracts of the country from the air. These are small light aircraft carrying about a dozen passengers, so you are guaranteed a window seat, and as they fly much lower than commercial airliners you can easily see the countryside below.
As we flew northeast towards Kotido, I was surprised how much water was below us. In fact, more than a quarter of Uganda is water, with the major lakes and rivers of the Nile system crossing the centre of the country. Once past this natural division between north and south, the landscape changes. It's far less green, and the generally flat plains see almost comical mountainous outcrops rising starkly at ever increasing intervals.
Kotido is a small settlement with a dirt airstrip, not far from the Kenyan border. I was here just for a day's visit, and hitched a ride with the local Oxfam staff to a tribal village a few miles from the town. It was a unique insight, as we were allowed inside the wooden palisade and shown into the straw huts where the men of the village were drinking some pretty vicious home brew. I was invited to try it, much to their amusement when my face revealed that it wasn't quite to my taste! The female pilot of the plane had advised me that if you show an interest in the people here, they will always show you hospitality, and it certainly seemed to be the case.
Half an hour's flight to the west took us to Kalongo, where the only hospital for many miles sits in the shadow of a small mountain. Landing on another dirt airstrip we were welcomed by, it seemed, the whole village. Often these flights bring the only outsiders they see for days at a time. The hospital was overwhelmed during the civil war, with thousands using the village as a safe haven each night. Even now, a fully armed tank stands at the gate. It's still incredibly busy, and is run by an Italian doctor and priest. Here, I was able to use one of the guest rooms within the hospital compound. These are very basic, but do have a shower and comfortable bed, and are very cheap.
The doctor gave me a tour, and explained graphically about the terrible experiences he had witnessed throughout the atrocities. There is little else to see here, and I was grateful to him also for arranging a lift to the next town – Patongo – with one of his priests. It was an interesting journey, through small villages where children line the roadsides, selling a few home-grown fruits or vegetables. Goats and chickens wander freely, and the passing of a car is something that attracts everyone's attention.
Patongo is a larger town, and was also formerly home to thousands of displaced people. I found a bed and hospitality with the team at Medair, a fine charity doing a lot of work locally. They are building water sanitation systems, and also helping look after child-headed homes and orphans. They are a dedicated group who were happy to let me tag along to the various different areas where they work. I found this was a great way not only to see a number of districts that just wouldn't be possible any other way, but also to gain a valuable insight into the reality of this area.
The people are friendly, and although I attracted a lot of attention as an obvious foreigner walking around the local market, I never once felt unsafe. Children crowd around you, hoping for sweets or some other handout, while the older members of the population just offer beaming smiles and hold out a hand to shake.
This isn't everyone's idea of a holiday, of course, but this is the real Africa. It's not somewhere you can pre-book either, you just have to be brave and believe you'll find a bed each night. Despite the poverty, the suffering and the lack of modern infrastructure, I found it a thoroughly rewarding experience, and one that I certainly hope to repeat soon.
Staying over in Kampala
There are two hotels I would recommend. The nicest is the Cassia Lodge, in a beautiful hillside position overlooking Lake Victoria. Closer to the city centre is the small but very pleasant Shangri-La Hotel Kampala.
The Ekitoobero Restaurant, on the Kitante Road, does the most wonderful traditional African menus.


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AXIO Core Financials from SBS Group is an Enterprise Resource Planning system that is powered by Microsoft Dynamics. The software is designed for global use and offers multi-language, multi-currency support and is compatible with companies that require multi-entity, multi-taxation functionalities.
The solution contains many financial processes such as accounts receivable, accounts payable, general ledger, and fixed assets and banking. AXIO Core Financials is meets all GAAP, IFRS, Sarbanes-Oxley, and DCAA requirements. The system universally integrates with any number of countries, companies, and other entities and is scalable to any number of users.
The software is based in Microsoft Dynamics AX and works well with other familiar Microsoft products and integrates with the Excel budget import tool. The system also offers project accounting and billing, project progress and cost tracking, and human capital management.