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Global Astronomy Month 2010: Inaugurating a New Annual Celebration of the Universe
28 May 2010
Global Astronomy Month (GAM), a project of Astronomers Without Borders (AWB), has captured the energy of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009) and refocused it as an ongoing annual celebration of the Universe.
GAM 2010 saw professional and amateur astronomers, educators and astronomy enthusiasts from around the globe participating together in the spirit of IYA2009. The outstanding public participation experienced in this month-long series of outreach events has led Astronomers Without Borders and its partners to declare Global Astronomy Month an annual event to take place each April—and several global projects launched during GAM 2010 will continue throughout the year as ongoing Astronomers Without Borders programs.
"Global Astronomy Month wasn't envisioned as a one-time event," said Mike Simmons, President of Astronomers Without Borders. "It was meant to be a platform that would bring partners and new programs together. This inaugural event showed what could be accomplished, and proved the value of an annual month-long event. With the astronomy community looking forward to GAM each year, we expect it to become a regular launching pad for new initiatives."
The Global Star Party and SunDay, begun as part of the landmark 100 Hours of Astronomy Cornerstone Project of IYA2009 in April 2009, will be back in 2011. A newcomer, Lunar Week, will continue as well. Other special initiatives, such as GAM 2010's Saturn Watch, will be organized around special opportunities each year.
Some programs have been added to AWB's array of year-round activities, including Internet-based remote observing sessions, a global dark skies campaign and a new astropoetry project.
Remote Observing Programs, in collaboration with the Virtual Telescope (VT) of Bellatrix Observatory in Italy, were among the most successful GAM initiatives. More than 32,000 visitors from 120 countries visited the VT website for programs such as: "Online Messier Marathon" (with 6500 participants from more than 100 countries); "Is There Anybody Out There?" (1500 participants from 80 countries); "Here Comes the Sun" (500 participants from 60 countries); "Walking on the Moon" (2200 participants from 70 countries); and "Cosmic Depths" (1900 participants from 60 countries). These were all guided programs with Dr. Gianluca Masi of VT as the online host. In addition, "The Universe at Your Command" gave those interested in a "do it yourself" experience a chance to operate the telescope on their own. All of these remote observing opportunities were offered free of charge by Bellatrix Observatory. Following their great success during GAM, the Virtual Telescope and AWB will continue to collaborate and expand remote observing programs.
One Star at a Time, a global light-pollution awareness and action campaign that engages people worldwide in preserving and protecting the night sky above their own sites, was launched during GAM as a long-term AWB program. Goals for 2010 include gathering one million pledges to preserve the night sky and adding one thousand observing sites to the registry of the Global StarPark Network. The One Star website and a Facebook Cause page have more information, and pledges are taken on the website.
The Astropoetry blog, launched during GAM, will continue with regular updates under the direction of AWB editor, author and astropoet Bob Eklund. Readers are invited to contribute poetry of the night sky—new or old astropoems, essays, experiences, book reviews, links to astropoetry resources, and information on astropoetry events. Contributions of content for the blog should be sent to: email@example.com.
GAM 2010 also featured new programs built on international collaboration with interaction between participants from around the world. One such program was 30 Nights of StarPeace, part of the ongoing StarPeace project that brings together observers across national boundaries. For GAM, StarPeace created a global peace chain encircling the world over a month's time, joined by the common passion for observing the sky. A highlight of the 10 segments of longitude forming the chain was the one in west Asia, the Middle East and east Africa, when ten countries organized simultaneous observing sessions, linking their sessions via the Internet .
Another very popular program, Cosmic Concert, combined the beauty of the night sky with the evocative power of music in a highly innovative new approach to enjoying astronomy.
Participants in GAM 2010 events registered on the official website are invited to download certificates acknowledging their efforts and enthusiasm. Event organizers can register events, publish public reports with photos and download certificates through June.
More information:
- Website: www.gam-awb.org
- Blogs: http://gam-awb.org/gam-project-blog.html
- Twitter: http://twitter.com/GAM_2010
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/globalastronomymonth
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Aiming to raise $1 million for families affected by pediatric cancer, Brian Johnson will be racing at the upcoming Rolex 24 at Daytona. Fans can send in donations by text all through the race in the frontman's "Highway to Help" campaign.
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13. The Sea Kingdoms: The History of Celtic Britain and Ireland by Alistair Moffat
This book was published after the author produced and presented a television series of the same name for Scottish Television, and many of its flaws and virtues reflect that beginning. I haven't seen the series (although I might be interested). Roughly country by country the book goes through a broad Celtic history of the British Isles, including Scotland, Ireland, Wales, the Isle of Man, Cornwall and even England. It does not give any focus to Brittany, despite the early assertion that Celticness should be defined by language rather than race or other criteria.
While the editing missed a few things (one chapter in particular has an undue number of proofreading and other errors, and far too much emphasis is laid on mna si being an alternate phrase for bean si, or banshee, when any Irish child should have been able to point out that mná (women) is simply the plural in Irish for bean (woman), and thus mná sí would actually be banshees) the broad strokes of the history seemed correct where I knew enough to comment. My real quibble is with the chronology, which skips around a lot, even within given chapters, often making the point in question less clear. Similarly, a point made in one chapter sometimes appears to be contradicted in another.
Still, allowing for this not being a 'scholarly' history, I think it's well worth the read, for bringing Celtic past and present together, as a true cultural heritage and largely ignoring (or at least downplaying) the tourist tat. It also makes a good argument in bringing forward the sea links that were so important in the early parts of this history (which includes some decent discussion of the Viking influence on the Celtic lands, and a return Celtic influence on Scandinavia) when land travel was often more difficult and nearly always slower.
I enjoyed this a lot, and may well follow up on the bibliography, if I can find the books. (I randomly came across this in a second-hand bookshop in Jerusalem.)
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On that note, I wanted to hand it over to Paras to share his thoughts on the community going forward.
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I first came across Concept Feedback in 2010 when we got great feedback from the community on the design of the VWO homepage, and one of the users even sent us a mockup for a complete redesign. So it goes without saying that we at VWO are very excited to be acquiring this awesome community of 26,000+ expert designers.
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A place to record my adventures of being a gentle consumer and living more fully, with less stuff.
Monday, April 15, 2013
Dear Unstuffed,
I became...um...a touch overzealous, strident even. I think I turned off a few friends. But not you. You stuck by me through it all. You were such a good support. I could turn to you anytime and pour my heart out. You would listen, not saying anything, not judging, just being there for me.
You were there when I discovered permaculture and a new-found desire for gardening. You encouraged my rapidly growing obsession with wild food and healing plants, and I loved how I could talk and talk and talk to you about things like weeds and hedges and compost.
It was because of you that I got involved with Transition Ottawa and without you I don't think I would have gotten my permaculture design certificate, started gardening on my allotment plots, taken an herbal apprenticeship, begun leading walks and workshops, and quit my job to start my own business.
I am grateful to you for so much, which is why this is so hard for me to say. Unstuffed, it's over. I'm sorry, but I just think that we've outgrown each other. I've changed so much and it's time for me to move on.
To be honest...well...I've started another blog. It's still really new and there's a lot of work to be done yet. I'm still getting to know it and how to use it, but I think we'll be really good for each other.
Unstuffed, it's not you. It's me. I hope we can still be friends. So if you want to hang out sometime, you can find me here. You're the best.
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- wendyytb said...
It was here that I learned conscience...and gained so much knowledge. I was encouraged by your example. My life was changed forever, and for the better...
Thank you.
- April 15, 2013 at 5:01 PM
- Amber said...
Thanks Wendy. It's through the blog that I was able to connect with such wonderful people like you! I'm so grateful for that.
- April 16, 2013 at 8:54 AM
- daltxguy said...
Congratulations on your progress and the new blog/business.
I share your concerns about the economy, peak everything and the financial system. Like you I fear that it may come undone anytime but perhaps like you, realize that it IS already happening but that so far, for now, it's happening slowly enough that there is time to react, learn, adjust and set off in a new direction.
I follow your progress with interest as it reflects my own!
- April 16, 2013 at 9:03 PM
- Amber said...
Thanks daltxguy! I have come to see my awareness of the issues as a gift that created space for me to really reflect on how I want to live my life. I feel like my path is much more authentic and aligned with my values than ever before and I have a real sense of purpose and meaning. Amidst the fear, worry and sense of loss, it is what keeps me grounded, hopeful and moving towards joy. :)
- April 17, 2013 at 10:09 AM
- Chile said...
Congratulations on moving forward into a new business and blog, Amber.
Isn't it amazing how much we've all changed since those first early days of blogging? Lately I've been coming to grips with the overzealousness with which I approached food preservation back then. Holy cow, nobody needs THAT many jars! LOL
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Makes 12
125g butter
75ml milk
75g white chocolate, chopped
200g caster sugar
150g plain flour
½ tsp baking powder
1 egg
½ tsp vanilla extract
For the topping
75g white chocolate, chopped
Preheat the oven to 170oC/325oF/Gas mark 3 and line a bun tray with 12 paper bun cases.
In a medium-sized saucepan on a low heat melt the butter and then add the milk, white chocolate and caster sugar and stir until the chocolate has melted and the sugar dissolved. Stir to mix and set aside to cool for 2 minutes.
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - Nov 5, 2012) - Eventbrite, the online registration and ticketing platform popular among nonprofit organizations, today announced a new survey revealing trends among Americans who support nonprofits with donations of time and money. The findings, drawn from a uSamp online survey of 1,772 American adults commissioned by Eventbrite, reveal that while 72% of those surveyed have supported a cause with a donation of time or money in the past year, only 21% describe themselves as being personally passionate about the cause they supported.
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It was clear a half-hour before Town Council took its vote on a petitioned moratorium on large-scale biomass wood-burning facilities that it was going to pass.
Early in the evening, the 13 councilors heard from a half-dozen residents who said they wanted them to support the 17-month moratorium.
Then, each councilor had a chance to voice their opinion.
"Residents have voiced their opposition to biomass," said At-large Councilor Patrick Devlin, who said he supports doing a "careful and detailed study" on biomass and waste-to-energy burning before the town allows a facility to operate in Greenfield.
It still is not clear how or if the moratorium will affect the 47-megawatt biomass plant planned for Butternut Street in the industrial park.
At-large Councilor Mark Wisnewski said he was going to vote "yes," because he felt it was prudent that the town make sure it has ordinances in place before dealing with such issues.
"I think it's prudent and reasonable," said Precinct 2 Councilor Keith Kaltzberg.
Precinct 1 Councilor Marian Kelner said she believes the moratorium is a great opportunity to give the issue time and thoughtfulness.
At-large Councilor Mark Maloni said public health was at the top of his list of reasons for voting "yes" to a moratorium.
The petition, which was penned by Shelburne Falls resident Janet Sinclair, who graduated from Greenfield schools, and was signed by at least 25 Greenfield voters, was presented to the town several months ago.
After holding a joint public hearing, the town's Planning Board decided not to send a recommendation to the council, partly because its members couldn't agree on what the recommendation would be, while the council's Economic Development Committee sent a positive unanimous recommendation.
In the end, 11 of the 13 councilors voted to pass the moratorium. Precinct 3 Councilor Brickett Allis abstained — Allis was one of the members of the Zoning Board of Appeals who voted three years ago to issue a special permit for the Pioneer Renewable Energy biomass plant.
According to Sinclair, Greenfield is the first town in Franklin County, and possibly the state, to have a moratorium on biomass and waste-to-energy facilities.
After the council meeting was adjourned on Wednesday night, Mayor William Martin said the moratorium is a good thing.
"It will give the town the tools it needs to review any new information," said Martin. "It makes a lot of sense."
Sinclair said she was "very pleased for Greenfield and Franklin County."
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Chris Noth gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
I am angry about Sex & the City 2 right now but what SJP is doing on the carpet tonight in London for the premiere is pretty f-cking amazing. If it's anywhere you want to do this, it's obviously in England. Definitely spectacular. So of course there are more photos of her than of the other girls. Full Story
Big & the 80s
Several costume changes yesterday on the NY set of Sex & the City 2. You saw the white dress already and the came a blue violet one and an 80s ensemble, my favourite. White ankle jeans! Perhaps a flashback scene? Big, yes, of course, is still in the picture, because even they have to concede by now that the on and off business is tired and done, right? Then again, considering how sh-t the first film was, this might not be a safe assumption. Full Story


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"Kevin S. Forsyth has made great use of interactive maps—he's located the places in Chicago and surrounding areas where The Blues Brothers movie was filmed and placed them on an interactive map so you can find them easily. Click on the different pins, and a picture of the place will pop up, with a bit of information about the movie." Nice, included my full name and didn't fiddle with the page title. (no longer online)


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We're supposed be finishing up our long debated, ever-ongoing discussion tonight over which save-the-date concept we are going wtih: the vintage palm springs postcards or the old school looking airline tickets.
I say "concept" as if this were a multi-million dollar ad campaign. This is the state of insanity I've reached.
The postcard idea is a fab one, if I do say so myself, and I love it because I haven't seen it done much. We have three gorgeous vintage hotel postcards that we'd use the images from on the front and would print information on the back of each. So one would be travel Info, one would be the save-the-date itself and one would be all the extra information. We'd put them all in a pretty little folder and mail them off. It would totally convey the vibe of the old Hollywood, Palm Springs, girls by the pool sipping colorful drinks thing, which is what I love most about that era. But Greg realllllly loves the airline ticket idea, and since we are doing destination it would be kinda cute to give a shout out to that aspect of the wedding. I just worry that its too cute…borderline cutesy.
But unfortunately, I sense that by giving in to Greg, I will pass along twice as much satisfaction to him than I would have received by getting my way (wow there is a lot of math involved in my post tonight).
So airline tickets it is. Little does he know that I already have a backup plan: use my vintage postcards for the welcome bags in the hotel rooms!


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On Deck: August 9th - Limping Yankees, Jason Bay, and Mike Trout for MVP?
The Guys get Animated Debating Mike Trout's MVP Candicacy
Kenny and Kris get in a heated debate over whether or not Mike Trout is your AL MVP, plus they take calls on the Yankees and their recent struggles. Coming off a tough win against Detroit, is there any confidence in New York going forward?
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This is a quick tutorial on how to draw the grim reaper. I made this for viscom class at school, and each step is a seperate drawing, so thats why it looks a bit wierd. Enjoy :)
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Concurrency and Erlang
I gave a talk titled Concurrency and Erlang at Linux.conf.au in January, 2007. Thank you so much to everybody who attended it and made me feel welcome: I got overwhelmingly positive feedback from it, and it was an honour to speak at such an esteemed conference. This also serves as a homepage for the very similar Erlang and Concurrency talk that I gave to the Sydney Linux Users' Group (SLUG) in July 2006, since the two talks were more-or-less the same.
- View the official talk homepage on the Linux.conf.au site.
- Download the (annotated) slides in PDF format (~9.5MB). Note: These slides are slightly more updated than the official ones that I gave to the Linux.conf.au committee.
Resources and Links
Talk-Specific Stuff
- Wikipedia's information about Tim Sweeney's Unreal Engine series, which powers a pretty extraordinary list of games, from first-person shooters to massively multiplayer online role-playing games. Small plug: BioShock and Mass Effect, two games I'm so hanging out for in 2007, use the Unreal Engine 3.
- The Company of Heroes E3 Trailer and in-game engine demo, which I showed briefly during my talk. zomgwtf that's some fantastic graphics.
Concurrency and General Programming Articles
- Added on 11/02/2007: Edward A. Lee's essay about "The Problem with Threads" is a great introductory essay for those of you who don't have a lot of experience with multithreading, and don't yet believe it to be intractable. Highly recommended.
- Lambda the Ultimate's discussion about Tim Sweeney's talk at the PoPL (Principles of Programming Languages) conference in 2006, titied The Next Mainstream Programming Languages. Highly recommended.
- Software and the Concurrency Revolution by Herb Sutter (well-respected in the C++ community) and James Larus.
- Why implicit parallelism in functional languages are not quite the solution to everything.
- An interview with Tom Leonard of Valve Software about multi-threaded challenges (the creators of that somewhat decent-selling Half-Life 2 game).
- The Solution to C++ Threading is Erlang by Todd Hoff, a good article on why shared-state concurrency is difficult and why message-passing semantics are just a ton better.
- An interview with John Carmack (you know, the author of those small games named DOOM and Quake), where he speaks a little about problems dealing with concurrency.
- Wikipedia's page about the Actor model for concurrency (which is employed by Erlang). Steve Dekorte has a page about the history of support for actors in programming languages, with some links to other sites that talk about actor implementations.
- Futures are another interesting idea that can be used with either shared-state concurrency or message passing: the concept is to return from any RPC calls immediately, but the variable is lazy so that any attempts to access it will block until the RPC call returns.
- Dan Kegel's classic C10K problem article, which discusses finding solutions to the problem of a single machine serving 10,000 clients simultaneously. Even though the article is written in 1999, all the techniques there are still applicable today. (Of course, then I just snigger when I think that Erlang can handle 10,000 concurrent connections with relative ease.)
- Added on 31/01/2007: An excellent Slashdot discussion about multi-core computing (in the context of IBM's chief architect claiming that developing software for multi-core systems will be hard). Most of the
Score:5comments I read are pretty good, and mention things such as Erlang, new programming paradigms, that most applications are not CPU-bound, and, of course, the horror of using mutable shared state. Perhaps the Slashdot comments are an indication that the industry is maturing and finally waking up (or perhaps not at all…).
- Added on 12/04/2007: You know it's mainstream news when it hits news.com.com.com.com: apparently game developers now have to adapt to a multi-core world. Naw, really?
- Added on 24/04/2007: Mark-Jason Dominus's classic article "Why I Hate Advocacy" is a must-read for all programmers: "you have to lead people, not drive them before you". Highly recommended.
Software Transactional Memory
Software Transactional Memory, or STM, is the last bastion of hope for people who, for whatever reason, must still use shared mutable state in concurrency. Wikipedia has a great introductory page about it, and Simon Peyton-Jones has the best papers about it. STM's still a very active research topic so it's not recommended you use it in production work unless you're really confident with it, but it's a promising future direction for shared-state concurrency.
- Simon Peyton Jones's STM page has a lot of links to his research.
- There's also a new draft paper named Beautiful Concurrency that Simon's working on.
Added on 08/02/2007: Patrick Logan rips software transactional memory to shreds in a blog posting. His most valid point is that STM is basically untested right now, whereas message-passing and share-nothing concurrency has been used successfully in many systems for many years. Don't take the article's opinion as gospel, though! Yes, Patrick's a smart and experienced developer, but Cale Gibbard (who responds in the comments to the article) is also a smart guy, and Simon Peyton Jones, a leader in STM research, is a very smart guy—as is Tim Sweeney, who supports STM and has his fair share of experience with threading issues. Read the article and be aware of the issue, though. Given the choice, I'd personally prefer share-nothing and message-passing vs transactional memory, but the two aren't really mutually exclusive. (You can implement message-passing on top of STM, if you like.)
Added on 09/02/2007: The Lambda the Ultimate community discusses Patrick Logan's post about STM (intelligently, as usual).
Here's some Erlang tutorials:
- Getting Started with Erlang.
- An Erlang Course.
- Best practices for Erlang development: a recommended read since it introduces you to some different philosophies that Erlang takes, such as why Erlang does not encourage "programming defensively".
- Added on 24/01/2007: a tutorial on how to build an OTP application in Erlang.
- Added on 06/02/2007: Thinking in Erlang, an excellent ~30-page introduction for C/C++/Java/Python programmers who haven't dealt with the functional programming paradigm before.
- Added on 04/03/2007: The Pragmatic Programmers (famous for their "Pragmatic Programmer" and "Agile Web Development with Rails" books) have released a book named Programming Erlang. The book appears to have two chapters dedicated to the very important OTP libraries, too. Yeah, now there's actually a modern book you can learn from—I can't wait to get my hands on this either!
- Added on 18/04/2007: Dave Thomas (of The Pragmatic Programmer fame) writes two great introductory articles about Erlang on his blog: article un, article deux.
- and, of course, the Erlang homepage.
… and here's some general articles about Erlang:
- Performance Measurements of Threads in Java vs Processes in Erlang.
- 20000 users connected to a single ejabberd server.
- The Wikipedia entry on Erlang.
- An IBM developerWorks article about Erlang.
- Erlang SMP Performance on a Sun Fire T2000 (that rather lovely 32-core 2U rackmount server).
- Joe Armstrong shows how to write a fault-tolerant server in Erlang in, uhh, about 200 lines.
- Added on 17/02/2007: Jay Nelson writes an excellent, informative email about why he chose Erlang (over Java + JSP) for implementing a web server and game server. He covers a lot of reasons, from the merits of evaluating different programming languages, to the kickass stuff that the Erlang OTP Platform provides you that no other language does.
- Added on 06/03/2007: The MMORPG Vendetta Online is now using an Erlang-based backend server… excellent, Smithers. Includes mandatory link to Lambda the Ultimate discussion (that of course started talking about LISP vs Erlang vs C++!)
You have the choice of either using real kernel-level threads in C, or using a library that implements purely userspace threading (like Erlang, a.k.a. green threads). Userspace threads are very appealing since they're so cheap and they arguably interact better with system libraries (a lot of which simply aren't threadsafe), but unfortunately a big reason to use concurrency in C is to have background threads that perform I/O, which userspace threads don't help you with at all since you're still running one user process (from the point of view of the kernel) for all your threads. It's not very hard to write a lightweight message-passing implementation in C, though: just email me if you'd like some details on how to do this. (In GUI applications, it's really easy: just send a new event back to the main loop, and let the main thread pick it up and distribute the event to whatever thread should handle it.)
- Protothreads for C.
- GNU Pth (a.k.a. GNU portable threads), which implements userspace threading in a fairly portable library.
In general, Google around for protothreads, user-space threads, green threads, and actors in combination with C, libraries and the like to search for more interesting C libraries.
(This section added on 22/02/2007).
- Here's an implementation of Protothreads for Objective-C.
- I'm very grateful to one of my readers for a pointer to an implementation of Erlang-style message queues for Objective-C: each thread has its own message queue, and sending to another thread's message queue is asynchronus for the sending process. The receiving process can process the messages at their leisure. (Of course, I only found out about this after spending a day writing my own implementation of thread-local message queues… Murphy's Law strikes again!)
Note that Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) will augment the very useful
-[NSObject performSelectorOnMainThread:withObject:waitUntilDone:] method with a bunch of new methods to perform selectors on other threads besides the main thread. But, uhh, don't tell anybody, because I think that's information under NDA right now or something. (Ssssh.)
- A mind-blowing article by Andrei Alexandescru (of Modern C++ Design fame) about using the
volatilequalifier to detect compiler-checked mutex locking.
- A paper on implementing software transactional memory in C++, titled Lowering the Overhead of Nonblocking Software Transactional Memory.
- As usual, you can hack up C++ templates to support just about anything, including futures.
- Added on 23/01/2007: A rather interesting-looking C++ framework named Channel provides (what else?) a crazy C++ template library to support (a)synchronous distributed message passing and event dispatching.
- Added on 13/02/2007: The Kent C++ CSP Library, a library modelling Tony Hoare's Communicating Sequential Processes idea (very similar to Erlang-style actors/concurrency) in C++.
- Added on 16/03/2007: Boost is gunning to have a new coroutine library available for evaluation at the end of the Google 2007 Summer of Code run.
- Added on 09/04/2007: The Await & Locks library provides the excellent await (atomic wait) synchronisation primitives often taught in (good) concurrency textbooks. This is much more sane than using mutexes, semaphores and condition variables for managing shared-state concurrency. Compare the pipe example on that webpage to one that'd you'd have to write with mutexes and condition variables!
- An introductory article about JavaSpaces.
- I've also heard some good things about Jini, Sun's Java networking that can be used as a message-passing infrastructure to build applications on. I don't know enough about it to judge whether it'd be useful at all or not, so check it out yourself and see!
- The Stackless Python Homepage, which adds Erlang-style message passing to Python.
- An excellent Introduction to Concurrent Programming with Stackless Python.
- Note: I did some informal benchmarks with Stackless Python, and the runtime turned out to be pretty good indeed: it was roughly 4-5x slower than Erlang on code that achieved similar goals. (Note that this is actually quite a compliment: Erlang's messaging system is, as you'd expect, bloody fast.) I think it'd be more than feasible to use Stackless in heavily concurrent projects.
(This section added on 15/02/2007.)
- Brendan Eich quoted as saying "Threads will be added to JavaScript over my dead body" (along with one of his mates saying "I'd rather eat glass"; snigger). Interestingly, he declares that JavaScript 3 "will be ready for the multicore desktop workload". Let's hope that JavaScript 3 fixes the rather bizarre implicit type conversion semantics too…
(This section added on 03/02/2007.)
Haskell has all of the same primitives and ingredients that Erlang has to support pure userspace threading and message-passing. Arguably, Haskell could be an even better choice than Erlang in the future for two reasons. First, it's actually possible to omit threading from the core language and add it via a library (as some people have already done), which means that you can choice your threading model at your pleasure: kernel threads? Userspace threads? It's up to you. Second, the type system can be used to check invariants and concurrency properties if you wield it correctly, and also forces a very clear separation of functions that do and do not manipulate state. GHC already supports many concurrency primitives (including the
MVar, the nicest sort of mutable state primitive that I've seen yet), including using a combination of purely userspace threads with kernel threads.
I haven't done any threading in Haskell for a long time and no doubt the state-of-the-art has moved very forward in the past few years, so Google around and check out the Haskell wiki yourself: there's bound to be a plethora of information out there. Keep in mind that Software Transactional Memory is also in Haskell!
Blogs and good programming language sites:
- Patrick Logan often talks about concurrency and distributed programming issues, and has insightful comments on everything from Python to LISP, Erlang, Smalltalk and Java.
- Lambda the Ultimate is an excellent site about programming languages that has an enormous number of interesting threads covering everything from concurrency issues to type systems.
- gamearchitect.net has a lot of interesting articles on dealing with the complexity problems faced by games programmers, including a few about concurrency.
- And, of course, there's my own blog, where I write a whole bunch of my own opinionated crap about coding.
There's a lot of information that I wanted to disseminate during the talk, but there's just not enough time in 30 minutes to talk about too much stuff! A few people commented that I was making Erlang out to be the best thing ever. Please don't take it that way: I've had experience with quite a few languages (C, C++, Python, Ruby, Erlang, Haskell, Objective-C) and all of them have their place and merits. Erlang is a stellar choice for writing highly distributed or concurrent applications, or for anything to do with network servers. Due to its lack of good GUI bindings, I wouldn't use it for a normal desktop application unless the domain's really quite specialised: stick with a more mainstream language for that kind of app, though still try to avoid shared-state concurrency if possible!
If there's anything you'd like me to clarify or ask about at all, please feel free to email me via the link at the bottom of this page.


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Location: Niasar City,Isfahan Province.
Days of trip: (Without air plane) 2 Days from Tehran to Tehran (Without heavy traffic you need About 3 hr driving from Tehran to Niasar-240 Km )
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Todd Woody has this article in the February 27, pharm
2012 issue of Forbes Magazine:
MOTORING ACROSS THE PUGET Sound, store Reenst Lesemann spots a yellow, barnacle-encrusted contraption bobbing on the wind-whipped waters off Seattle. Called the SeaRay, it's the prototype of a device that Lesemann's startup, ColumbiaPower Technologies, is betting can help transform wave energy from a long-running science experiment into the next renewable energy bonanza. "I have never seen a multibillion-dollar market where the customers are literally waiting on the technology," says Lesemann, a former venture capitalist.
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Colorado State releases depth chart: No surprises
FORT COLLINS — Colorado State released its first official depth chart of the preseason Monday, and there were no surprises.
That's especially the case if the fact that converted defensive back Jasen Oden Jr. still is listed as the No. 1 running back isn't blown out of proportion. It's more of a formality, an acknowledgement that he was No. 1 going into fall camp, has worked hard, and that going into the season, CSU plans to give at least three other running backs looks to see who steps up. Those three are Alabama transfer Dee Hart, JC transfer Trey Jarrells, and true freshman Deron Thompson.
Especially because Hart has been plagued by a minor ankle injury the past week, my bet is that Jarrells will get the most carries of the four against Colorado Friday.
But I could be wrong. Read more…


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Making extra payments on your mortgage? Many people do — they're anxious to get that mortgage paid down as quick as they can. But especially with interest rates this low, that might not be the best place to put that next dollar.
So What Are The Top Five Reasons To Postpone That Mortgage Burning Party?
- 1. Your emergency fund is on the scrawny side. Before you send another extra dollar to your mortgage company, beef up your cash reserves. Sure, you are saving more in interest than you're earning in your bank account, but what happens if you lose your job? You can't rip out your bathtub and sell it on eBay for grocery money. And the bank isn't likely to loan you the money back while you're unemployed. Likewise, if you're still saving for retirement, putting that extra money toward your retirement savings is a smart move. You'll be taking advantage of the power of compounding by putting the money to work for you sooner. You get an extra bonus if adding to your retirement savings garners you more of an employer match.
- 2. You are carrying other debt, like credit card debt or a car loan. Those consumer loans should be paid down first. It's likely your credit card interest is higher than your mortgage rate, and your mortgage interest may offer you a tax deduction that you're not going to get from a credit card or car loan. Work on reducing your consumer debt to zero before even considering paying down your mortgage.
- 3. Capture the arbitrage. Remember not that long ago when online banks were paying 3.5%? That's about what you can get a 30-year fixed mortgage for these days. Economies are cyclical; it's only a matter of time until those deposit rates return, and go even higher. And when they do, you'll be glad to have your money earning more in the bank than the bank is charging you on your mortgage. Imagine the scenario where you could pay off your mortgage if you wanted to, but instead watch the interest you're earning outpace the interest you're paying.
- 4. Those extra dollars could be put to use elsewhere. Perhaps your career could use a boost from some coaching or certifications? The additional money you'll earn year after year from investing in your working future may return loads more than the savings on your mortgage.
- 5. Keeping a mortgage is a hedge against inflation. I remember when my mother-in-law paid off her mortgage years ago. She jokingly wondered what she would do with the whopping extra $92 a month she now had. Chances are, when they were a young married couple with a few children, that $92 seemed like a fortune. But years later, it was peanuts. That's what will happen to your mortgage, too. As prices all around you go up, you can enjoy having that one bill that will remain the same. That payment will become cheaper and cheaper, relatively speaking, as time goes on.
So When Should You Pay Extra On Your Mortgage?
Certainly keeping a mortgage is not for everyone. If your DNA is so debt-averse that you can't sleep at night knowing you owe someone (not exactly a bad character trait to have), paying off your mortgage can give you peace of mind and a good night's sleep. When you have all of the other aspects of your financial plan in place — your emergency fund is stocked, you've saved enough for retirement or are well on your way, you are carrying no other debt — then go ahead and make those payments if it helps you sleep better at night.
Planning to sell your underwater or just-treading-water house in the not too distant future? You might be in a position to need to bring money to the closing table or walk away with a small amount of cash, not leaving much for the down payment on your next home. In that case, paying extra on your mortgage for a period of time prior to the sale may yield a bit more return than simply stashing the savings.
Especially if you have been able to take advantage of the historically low interest rates we've experienced for the past few years, bypassing those extra mortgage payments can gain you more ground in other areas. But those dollars you could have put toward your mortgage and didn't are only valuable to you if you actually do something useful with them. Letting them be mindlessly consumed by lifestyle spending is the worst alternative to paying down your principal. As with all things in life, being purposeful with your money is the key to being successful.
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Prime Minister Tony Abbott has started the sensitive task of contacting the families of the 37 Australian citizens and residents killed in the MH17 disaster.
The first two telephone calls came as Australia intensified its lobbying of United Nations Security Council members to support a resolution demanding pro-Russian separatists provide "full and unrestricted access" to the crash site of the downed jet in Ukraine.
The prime minister also revealed he had spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin who had "said all the right things" and would be held to his word.
Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 is believed to have been blown out of the sky on Thursday by a surface-to-air missile, killing all 298 passengers and crew.
Mr Abbott said the families of the Australian victims may never come to terms with the loss.
"These are families in very difficult circumstances, numb with grief and only beginning to come to terms with their loss," he told reporters in Canberra on Monday.
The security council is set to vote on the resolution in New York around 5am Tuesday (AEST).
One of the sticking points with Russia, which has a veto on the council, appears to be the use of the term "shooting down" of the aircraft.
But Mr Abbott has no doubt it was shot down in a "criminal act" and is seeking advice on whether it can be declared a terrorist act, which would open the way for compensation payments for victims.
If Russia used its veto it would go down "very badly" in the international community.
"We will do our best to craft a resolution which no reasonable person could object to," the prime minister said.
The resolution should open the way for retrieval of the bodies, securing of the site and the "administration of justice".
In a second phone call with US President Barack Obama, the two leaders agreed that Russia had a responsibility to use its influence to compel the separatists to co-operate with international investigators in a prompt, full, unimpeded and transparent way.
The Ukraine has delegated leadership of the investigation to Dutch officials.
Former defence chief Angus Houston will lead Australia's efforts on the ground to recover, identify and repatriate the dead.
To date, the Australian government has deployed 45 officials to assist, including 20 from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 20 Australian Federal Police Officers, two Australian Transport Safety Bureau investigators and three Defence officials.
Mr Abbott also has spoken with the Dutch, British, Malaysian, Ukraine, German, French and New Zealand leaders in a round of telephone calls during the past few days.
The mood of world leaders had become "firmer and sterner" than it was on Friday, because of mounting evidence MH17 was shot down by pro-Russian rebels "quite possibly supplied by the backer", he said.
The situation at the crash site was still "shambolic" and urgent action was needed to secure the site for independent investigators.
"Having those people in control of the site is a little like leaving criminals in control of a crime scene," Mr Abbott said.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop is at the UN to prosecute Australia's case.


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Texas welcomes N.Y. gun owners
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is inviting New Yorkers who aren't pleased by Gov. Andrew Cuomo's new gun regulations to move to his home state to keep their Second Amendment rights.
A series of Web ads were launched Wednesday, popping up across screens on various media websites accessed in Manhattan and Albany, including that of The New York Times, reported the Austin American-Statesman. The ads are paid for with Abbott's campaign operation Texans for Greg Abbott and promise the uninfringed right to bear arms as well as lower taxes and more money for ammo.
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One particular Facebook ad reads:
"Here in Texas, you will have the liberty and the opportunity to achieve your dreams. On top of that, we have no income tax, yet still manage to have a multi-billion dollar budget surplus.
"We have right to work laws and a reasonable regulatory environment. Texas has created more than 275,000 jobs in the last year alone! And we'll fight like hell to protect your rights.
"You'll also get to keep more of what you earn and use some of that extra money to buy more ammo.
"I hope to see you soon in Texas. In the meantime, sign up to show your support for our second amendment rights."
The ads started appearing on New Yorker's screens the day after Cuomo signed into law a package that fortifies the state's current assault weapons ban, prohibits magazines holding more than seven rounds, strengthens the rules dealing with the mentally ill, dictates harsher punishment for the smuggling of firearms and pushes for mandatory background checks.
Eric Bearse, the Texans for Greg Abbott spokesperson, told POLITICO on Wednesday that the ad buy is "sizable," though he wouldn't be more specific. He said that the ads will be up for a few days.
"We believe that the Constitution and liberty shouldn't be sacrificed on the altar of political expediency and that the tragedy in Connecticut has been shamefully exploited by politicians pursuing an agenda that doesn't fit with the Constitution," Bearse said.
Abbott's Facebook page has been updated about three times about the ads and invitation. The three posts have collectively gotten more than 7,000 "likes" and more than 1,000 shares.


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Let me give context.
I'm writing a program that uses JFugue, and I want it to loop a particular pattern over and over again until the user presses a key on the keyboard (anyone not familiar with JFugue: play a tune over and over again).
Now, I'm using keylisteners like a good programmer, now, the problem is how can I tell the loop to keep going until a keyevent is received by the listener? I've been looking for an answer pretty well everyone and haven't found anything close to this dilemma. I'm getting many "take input until someone types 'quit'" kind of problems, which I know how to code, but that isn't what I am looking for. The program isn't waiting for input before doing something, its doing something until it receives input.
Any ideas?


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|Archived January 18, 2018
The Great Basin Research and Management Partnership (GBRMP) promotes comprehensive and complementary research and management collaborations to sustain ecosystems, resources and communities across the Great Basin -- a five state area experiencing similar sociological and ecological concerns.
Our vision is of teams representing the full spectrum of organizations and stakeholders working together to solve the region's ecological and socio-economic issues through the integration of research and management. GBRMP does not replace existing collaborations, but builds upon their strengths by increasing coordination and communication among them. GBRMP provides a mechanism for assembling the diverse research and management groups working in the Great Basin to:
(1) obtain consensus in identifying and prioritizing regional issues;
(2) expand and help focus existing collaborative efforts;
(3) facilitate new teams to address emerging issues. It also provides critical information sharing capacity for both existing collaborations and new teams.
Read the Great Basin Research and Management Partnership Briefing Paper.
The following priority issues were identified as a result of the Collaborative Watershed Management and Research in the Great Basin Workshop held in Reno, NV in 2006. Each link below delivers a chapter from Chambers, J. C., A. Evenden, and N. Devoe, compilers. 2008. Collaborative Management and Research in the Great Basin - Examining the Issues and Developing a Framework for Moving Forward . USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, General Technical Report. RMRS-GTR-204.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Richard Howell doesn't mind all the attention going to his more heralded North Carolina State teammates. The senior is focused on ensuring his team meets its potential as an Atlantic Coast Conference contender.
The 6-foot-8 forward is providing interior toughness and relentless rebounding for the No. 20 Wolfpack. And heading into Saturday's home game against top-ranked Duke, Howell doesn't want N.C. State to squander any opportunity to claim the league title it was picked to win in the preseason.
``I just feel like it's my last year and I can't go out there with the same intensity I went out with last year,'' Howell said. ``I don't want to look back and say, `Damn, I could've played this game a little harder.' At the end of the game, I want to know that I did my best and went as hard as I could ever second I was on the floor.''
That attitude has been invaluable for the Wolfpack (13-2, 2-0). On a team with preseason ACC player of the year C.J. Leslie, preseason all-conference pick Lorenzo Brown and projected rookie of the year Rodney Purvis, Howell's presence inside has been critical.
He's started every game of the past two seasons for N.C. State, which has won nine straight and has the chance for its first 3-0 ACC start since the 1988-89 season.
Second-year coach Mark Gottfried motivated Howell to shed 20 pounds and get in better shape before last season, which Howell closed with a 16-rebound performance against Kansas in the NCAA round of 16. Now Howell has added a more vocal leadership role, including promising Gottfried after a 20-point loss to Oklahoma State in November that he would ``never let my team come out and play like that again.''
``He's just doing a lot more things,'' Gottfried said. ``And he's a senior. He steps up. I've always felt like seniors, they approach things a little differently when they're a senior. They start to realize that this is it, no matter what - this is their last year. Things start to matter a little more than sometimes they do when they're younger.''
Howell is averaging 12.7 points and 9.9 rebounds while shooting nearly 63 percent from the floor. He has eight double-doubles on the season and pulled down a career-high 19 rebounds against Norfolk State on Dec. 15.
``He just adds a dimension to our game,'' senior guard Scott Wood said. ``It makes it that much better, just being determined to go find the ball and having the knack to get a rebound when we need it is huge.''
Howell's presence alongside Leslie will give the Wolfpack the ability to counter Duke center Mason Plumlee, while the Blue Devils (15-0, 2-0) will be short-handed up front with 6-10 forward Ryan Kelly out indefinitely with a foot injury.
``We've got to box him out,'' Plumlee said. ``Sometimes his best shot is a missed shot because he just goes and gets it and gets closer to the basket. He's a tough player, plays physical and he's a high-motor guy inside and around the basket.''
Howell said he didn't start playing organized basketball until middle school because he was focused on playing football as a running back growing up. It explains some of his physical style, from muscling up shots in traffic to beating opponents to rebounds despite the fact he isn't a high flyer.
``I just think it's all about heart,'' Howell said. ``If I'm in the right position or even if I'm not in the right position, I feel if you just want the ball half the time and you have the desire to go get it, then you can get it. ... You've just got to go take it even if they're trying to block you.''
But Howell has also had to control that style to stay out of foul trouble, a frequent problem last season that often left him sitting for long stretches. Gottfried said the coaches have worked with Howell on understanding when to gamble for a steal or rebound and when to back off.
Howell fouled out in both of N.C. State's only losses this year to Oklahoma State and Michigan, and played 19 or fewer minutes in both games.
Howell said the tactics include assistant coach Rob Moxley shouting his name from across the practice court every time he starts to reach on defense. He laughed it off, but was quick to say he's more comfortable when everyone's not focusing on him.
``I'm not one that kind of likes all the attention,'' he said. ``I want to do good for my team. Whether it's me or someone on my team, I just want someone to get that credit.''


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Group opens minds of young readers
The Junior League of Omaha collects, donates books for kids who don't have any
An Omaha charity is opening the minds of children by giving them books to read.
The Junior League of Omaha helps children build a love for reading by putting books in the hands of children who don't have any. The organization collected 11,000 books for young readers last year.
"There's something magical about a book. You can kind of disappear into a book if you want to," said Leslie Mayo, president of the Junior League of Omaha.
Jen Alloway, a mother of two readers, gathered bags and books, organizing her own book drive to give to the league for the program they call A Book of My Own.
"It's just so important to start early and keep going and that kids love reading," Alloway said.
Literacy experts said children from middle-income homes have an average of 13 books each in their houses, and for lower-income kids, there's one book for every 300 children.
The Junior League accepts new and gently used books, sorts them and delivers them to children's organizations, giving them as gifts to young readers.
"If you look at the Omaha population, 16 percent is illiterate. If we can start early and foster that love of learning, hopefully with time we can make a change with that," Mayo said.
Mayo encourages others to recycle their reading material.
"A lot of times people don't know what to do with those books, so we're a great option, a home for kids who'd really like to have books," Mayo said.
For more questions, call the Junior League at 402-493-8818.


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Woman severely burned in Portland house fire; cause remains under investigation
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) � A Portland woman has been airlifted to a Boston hospital after suffering severe burns in a fire at her home.
Firefighters responded to the home on Burnside Avenue at about noon on Sunday and found the woman already outside. She was the only one at home.
She was taken to a city hospital before being flown to Boston.
Her name was not immediately made public.
Fire Chief Jerome LaMoria says firefighters were hampered because the nearest hydrant was covered by snow. He says the department had additional staff on because of the weekend storm, which helped.
The home suffered extensive damage.
The cause remains under investigation.


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Colorado Rapids great Marcelo Balboa taking questions for "Fan Mail"
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It's playoff time for the Colorado Rapids, the defending MLS Cup champs. So it's the prefect time to pitch your soccer questions to Marcelo Balboa for the next edition of The Denver Post's "Fan Mail" feature.
Balboa, a three-time player for the U.S. World Cup team and a stalwart for the Rapids for six seasons, remains deeply involved with the game.
Balboa, who lives in Superior, is the executive director for the Trebol Soccer Club in Boulder County. He's also an analyst for Rapids soccer on Altitude Sports and hosts a Sunday radio show on Mile High Sports, 1510.
So fire away. Ask him about the Rapids, youth soccer, American soccer in general or the international scene. Balboa is bound to have an answer.
Send your questions in an email to email@example.com. Please make sure to include your first name and where you are from.


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We promise, this is the last time Jalopnik readers will see a post about DAF for a long, long while (unless of course we can hook up a test drive of that TurboTwin X1). But, DAF beat FAF, so this is our victory lap. The, um, well, car pictured above was a gift from DAF to the Dutch Royals when prince Willem-Alexander was born. For years the Kini could be seen rocking the Italian Rivera where the young prince used it as a M hari. We just like where they put the headlights.
DAF vs. FAF: The Final Battle [Internal]