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Joined: 10 Jul 2011
Posts: 4
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 4:23 pm
Post subject: Which prep material's worth buying?
I bought the GAMSAT practise questions and the test from the acer website but when it comes to preparation material. However, I am really confused by the vast amounts of prep courses available. Does anyone know which one is most useful and why?
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Joined: 12 Dec 2010
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Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 8:44 am
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I did gammy in March 2011. I used medprep for theory and Des O'Neil for questions. Found medprep great for chem and physics. I had never done phys before and struggled with chem at uni. Also found medprep great for section 2 feedback. Des' feedback on essays was generic and pretty useless I feel. I have friends who said that prepgenie was a waste of time. Others benefited from their practise questions. So I'm not sure about them. I ended up doing quite well with a score 90th percentile but my gpa is another story. Hope this helps.
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Joined: 26 Aug 2011
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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 10:19 pm
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I don't think anyone can say which one is the best sorry masn101.
Each has their advantage, disadvantage, and helps people.
My strategy is to sign up for all of them. Its expensive but hey, 1 year is more expensive then all of them.
I do like the examkrackers mcat questions, but it's a personal preference because i don't like reading the educational section in a chapter i just like flipping to the end where there are the problems and solutions. the examkrackers is purely all MCQ questions.
but i think the best thing to do that is better than all the courses and textbooks, and tutors out there, is to study and buddy up with someone.
This is the most powerful and proven method to pass gamsat. I also have most of the commerical materials out there too. So study with ME :D :D :D :D :D
Are you in sydney by any chance?
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Joined: 25 Nov 2011
Posts: 11
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 2:18 am
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Some good information posted here, thanks!
Just starting to prep myself for GAMSAT and wondering what I should start off with?
Anyone have a list of sites, forums or groups on where to purchase prep material? I have seen people mention Prepgenie. Looking on Google I found passgamstat, gamsat-prep, gamsattestpreparation, gamsatguru. Does anyone know anything of these, if they are any good or are worth purchasing? Also wondering what sites are out there that are worth while to practice on.
Would love to hear peoples reviews or comments on any of the above.
Thanks in advance for any tips or pointers.
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Joined: 20 Nov 2010
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Location: Sydney
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 11:32 am
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I dont like gamsat guru because his site is too commercial for my taste and the author has no verifiable credentials to be doing gamsat courses. Gamsat-prep (same as gold standard) is a new outfit promoted all over this forum by md-4-me and run by a Canadian doc. Its hard to get unbiased views about this company and I believe Des Oniell (the most established outfit) considers gamsat-prep to just be a peddler of recycled mcat materials. As for Prepgenie, there are numerous criticisms of this outfit on this website. Mates have told me that prepgenie sells access to otherwise free youtube science videos. Very suspect if you ask me.
I got an overall score of 73 (99th %ile) in 2011. My advice is to learn the assumed science knowledge in section 3 by combining the free science lectures from khan academy with medpreps homestudy course. You dont need to spend heaps of cash purchasing dvds or videos or webcasts or attending lectures to revise biol, chem and phys. Khans lectures are great and medpreps science manuals are spot on. Once you have the science under control, then I recommend Des ONiells practice gamsat science questions and acers questions to get ready for actual gamsat science questions. For sections 1 and 2, both Des ONiell and medprep seem adequate according to posts on this forum and other forums. I liked MedPreps personal critiques of my essays more than Des ONiells general remarks. But, from my experience, there is no substitute for reading a wide variety of literature, history and philosophy regularly over several months.
Enjoy Melbourne.
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Joined: 26 Nov 2011
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Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 12:09 pm
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Hey guys I'm quite new to Gamsat (sat last year but I didn't do very well).
I did no prep courses and got 61.
I find that Des O'niell's prep courses are a bit too expensive even though I haven't heard that they're that fantastic. I have a few friends who got around the same mark as me and they used Des O'niell's prep course. However they didn't really study that hard (I think).
Now I'm looking for advice for other prep materials that are actually worth trying out.
How would you guys rank these prep materials? (1 being the best, 5 being the worst): Des O'niell home-study course, Gamsat Guru course, MCAT resources, MedPrep course and ACER booklets? I heard that Gamsat Guru's course is shit. Does anyone have the Gamsat Guru prep course? If so, did you find it helpful for Section 3?
I've heard good stories about MedPrep. How good is MedPrep compared to Des O'niell?
And since there are no calculators allowed for Gamsat 2012, would it be more beneficial to use MCAT resources rather than Gamsat prep courses?
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Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 3:26 pm
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There is no one course fits all, it will depend on what your strengths and weakness are and thus where you need to focus. I personally took a brute force approach and got my hands on just about everything I could. I found that they all had strengths and weaknesses so having a couple allowed me to cover all the bases. It isn't to hard to pick this stuff up second hand at a good price (assuming that you don't want essay feedback). You don't need to worry about how old it is since the exam content really doesn't change from year to year.
Please keep in mind that the following statements are just my own personal opinion and should be taken with a pinch of salt. I am currently in the IT industry (although not for much longer
) and have basic 1st year uni exposure to Phy/Chem/Math but have not done any English or Bio since year 11 at school. Below is focused on S3 since they all were much of a much ness in S1 and I did not use any for S2.
MedPrep Home Study - Good all round course book which I used as the base of my study. The practice questions seemed to be designed to help reinforce the sections and thus were not very GAMSATy, but the practice exams were spot on.
Des O'Neill - The science section was very comprehensive, fact based and light on explanations. I found it more useful when I needed more practice on a section than what MedPrep gave. I would not recommend this as the only study guide for someone unless they are very science literate to begin with. They do have lots of good practice questions that help bed down your understanding (e.g. not GAMSATy).
Guru Method - Very short course, very to the point. All the practice questions are written like they would be in the GAMSAT. This is definitely the course if you are short on time and already have a solid understanding of the material. This is about teaching you to pass the GAMSAT not broadening your knowledge.
PrepGenie practice exams - I found these quite difficult (they felt harder than the real exam). There were also other issues with the quality of their product that prevent me from recommending them.
Beyond this, I would recommend that you get the Acer GAMSAT books as they are great practice exams (although they felt easier than the real exam). Also use resources like the Khan Academy to fill in any gaps.
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Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 4:49 pm
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What if I already have a good science background?
Which course do you think is the best for preparing in terms of methods on how to solve problems, timing and training on the types of questions in the Gamsat.
I already know all the concepts of organic chemistry covered in the Organic Chemistry for Dummies book.
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Location: Adelaide
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 6:00 pm
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What was the breakdown of your 61?
It might be worth hitting a few practice exams first to work out where you could improve. Start with the Acer ones and then see how you fair.
It had been a long time since I had done anything (I'm a fair bit older than most applicants) so I found MedPrep was great for knocking the dust off. Des was good for getting in depth on a given sub topic that was causing me grief and Guru was good for lots of GAMSAT practice.
So the Guru Method might be what your looking for. Fairly to the point, lots of practice questions that are true to the GAMSAT style. Full of tips, tricks and strategy for the exam.
If you get through that and want more exam practice, you could look at the MedPrep testbank.
Just my 2c, hope it helps.
PS. I am in no way affiliated with any of the above companies. But if they want to contribute to my 'keep me out of the poor house student fund...
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Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 6:10 pm
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I think I got 60 for S1, 65 for S2 and like high 50's for S3.
With S3, I don't think it was my lack of knowledge but I just didn't know how to solve them. Also I lost my motivation at S3 and I know I did pretty shit in that section. The different graph styles and questions were quite confusing.
I have dealt a lot with organic chem, different spectroscopies, anatomy, chemistry and physics.
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Location: Sydney
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 7:40 am
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Hello NeedGammyAdvice
Even if you have a uni science background, I think the key to succeeding on section 3 is to understand scientific definitions and equations and graphs in the way gamsat examines science. I know several people who committed large amounts of scientific knowledge to memory at school and uni but did not really understand the deeper concepts and derivations and connections. They generally scored in the mid to high 50s (50th to 60th %ile) on section 3. I dont know if this might explain your score in the 50s on section 3.
I recommend medprep homestudy for re-orienting your science knowledge in the way gamsat wants you to know it. The relationships between phys and chem equations/formulas and graphs are explained succinctly and well which helped me to orient my thinking for gamsat. I would not recommend Des ONiells pre-gamsat science revision materials because these are mostly dense collections of facts without revealing logical and conceptual relationships in an obvious way. Understanding these relationships, I think, is essential. However, I would recommend Des ONiells trial gamsat questions (you can purchase these separately or second-hand). Also, I would recommend medpreps three or four trial exams that come with their homestudy materials but I think that Des ONiells questions are better as far as org chem is concerned. I have heard nothing good about gamsatguru but have not used his material myself. ACERs practice questions/tests are very useful once you have the science under control. I also think you might consider supplementing organic chem for dummies with a more substantial text book for the harder synthetic reactions. I have commented on free sources of good science lectures previously on this thread.
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Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 7:49 am
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Thanks for the information elefant.
Going through the khan academy site it appears it has lots of information that would be very helpful. Are there particular topics I should focus on?I also see they have practices on there as well, are they worth going through?
Medprep - I like the fact that they are focused on Gamstat, explain what it is and how to help you succeed with the exam. They also have 4 options does it matter which one to take? Some offer more topics than others and it will be different pricing but wondering is it worth while to study from the bigger package or take the smaller and combine with other methods of studying?
I too prefer more critique and will take that into consideration as well. I will look into doing the practice q's once I get some the studying under my belt. Again thank you for pointing out which sites are benefical to practice on
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Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 12:27 pm
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Thanks for the advice guys.
elefant, by "Des ONiells trial gamsat questions", do you mean the red book (Practising Science MCQs Home Study Course) or the purple book (MCQ's & Exam Attendance course)? What's the difference between the two?
Also is the MedPrep Basic package (the one without online lectures) any good? Does MedPrep only sell 2 or 3 exam papers? Because it says on their site that it will give you 3 exam papers for the Deluxe and Classic packages and 2 exam papers for the Basic and Economy packages. Or is there a way to just purchase exam papers from their site or is that only possible if I purchase them second hand?
Also I haven't really heard good news about Gamsat Guru either at one site (although it was from 2009). However some people say it's to the point so I'm confused right now.
So I'm basically deciding between purchasing Des O'Niell's practice questions, a MedPrep package or Gamsat Guru. Any more input is very much appreciated. Thanks!
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Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 6:07 pm
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in answer to Adora
I did the medprep classic package and then upgraded to the deluxe pack because I wanted access to both internet lectures and textbooks to study from. I prepared from overseas so didnt have the option of attending lectures in person but I dont think I was disadvantaged. On the science front, I benefited most from the physics and chem lectures, took notes and combined these with the medprep textbook info to make sense of things. I was very happy with medprep overall but it was not perfect. I preferred Des O'Niel trial gammy practise questions to medPreps but learned a lot from both sets of gammy questions in different ways. Different gammy prep courses have different strengths but prep courses are not a panacea. I put in heaps of work to get through medpreps materials and had frustrating and sometimes dark days. It was worth it in the end. Because I performed poorly in chem at uni and didnt do physics in school, I felt that I needed Medpreps deluxe package for maximum coverage. But I think less intensive packages could work for those with better science degrees than me. Some people dont need any tutoring or prep courses whatsoever I have heard (I envy them!!!).
My feeling is that since you are new to Oz, you should learn more about gammy and graduate entry medicine, assess your current level of preparation and your areas of weakness, and only then consider purchasing one course or another.
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Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 11:06 am
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Adorra wrote:
Going through the khan academy site it appears it has lots of information that would be very helpful. Are there particular topics I should focus on?I also see they have practices on there as well, are they worth going through?
I would do all the orgchem topics and possibly all the chems.
I prefer freelance-teacher.com over khan however.
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Practice (SETP-09)
· International Conference on Theory and Applications of
Computational Science (TACS-09)
· International Conference on Theoretical and Mathematical
Foundations of Computer Science (TMFCS-09)
The website http://www.PromoteResearch.org
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From: Ilse Ipsen <email@example.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 14:24:58 -0500
Subject: Graduate Student Modeling Workshop (IMSM09), Jul 2009
The 2009 Industrial Mathematical & Statistical Modeling (IMSM) Workshop for
Graduate Students will take place at North Carolina State University, 20-28
July 2009.
The IMSM workshop exposes graduate students in mathematics, engineering, and
statistics to exciting real-world problems from industry and government.
Besides giving students experience in the team approach to problem solving,
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Local expenses and travel expenses will be covered for students at US
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With best regards,
Ilse Ipsen, Pierre Gremaud, and Ralph Smith
From: Ben Leimkuhler <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 18:02:45 +0000
Subject: 3 Lectureships at Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt and Strathclyde Universities
Three Lectureships in Computational Mathematics and Scientific
Computing at Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt and Strathclyde Universities
As part of a major grant from the UK's Engineering and Physical
Sciences Research Council, a new Ł8M Centre for Numerical Algorithms
and Intelligent Software (NAIS) is being established as a
collaborative project of three Scottish Universities. The Centre
will have links to industry and to universities in the UK, Europe and
the USA. Three open-ended (tenured) lectureships in Numerical
Analysis/Computational Mathematics/Scientific Computing are being
established to spearhead research in the Centre.
Lectureship in Computational Mathematics, School of Mathematics,
University of Edinburgh
Lectureship in Computational Mathematics, School of Mathematics and
Computer Science, Heriot-Watt University
Lectureship in High Performance Computing/Scientific Computing,
Department of Mathematics, University of Strathclyde
These are all open-ended (permanent/tentured) positions. Hiring
will be on the standard UK lecturer scale (maximum Ł43,622). It is
anticipated that augmented startup funds will be available to support
these posts. For each of these positions, candidates should have an
excellent research track record (including multiple publications) and
well formulated research plans compatible with the aims of NAIS, and
a commitment to excellent in undergraduate and postgraduate
teaching. The posts are available from a mutually agreed date on or
after 1 August 2009. The closing date for applications to be
received (including letters of recommendation) is March 16. For
details regarding NAIS and information on how to apply for any or all
of the positions, please consult the NAIS website at http://
www.nais.org.uk on or after February 10. Postdoctoral fellowships
and PhD studentships are also available. Informal enquiries
regarding the posts may be addressed to Ben Leimkuhler, University
of Edinburgh (firstname.lastname@example.com), Dugald Duncan, Heriot-Watt
University (firstname.lastname@example.com), or Mark Ainsworth, Stratchlyde
University (email@example.com).
From: Michael Eiermann <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:16:12 +0100
Subject: Professorship, Freiberg, Germany
The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at the Technical
University (TU) Bergakademie Freiberg invites applications for the
tenured position of a
Professorship (W2) in
"Scientific Computing and Numerical Simulation"
to commence summer 2009 pending final approval by the German Federal
Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). We seek a candidate with a
strong research record in one of the currently active areas of
Scientific Computing with an emphasis on mathematical analysis. In
addition, the ideal candidate will have experience in the numerical
simulation of engineering applications in at least one of the four
core areas of the TU Bergakademie Freiberg: Geosciences, Materials,
Energy and Environment.
As part of the recently established research center Virtuhcon (Virtual
High-Temperature Conversion Processes, http://www.virtuhcon.de) at the
TU Bergakademie Freiberg, with an initial funding for five years from
the BMBF, the successful candidate is expected to assemble and lead an
interdisciplinary research group "Reactive Flows", one of the three
research groups which form Virtuhcon. The primary task of this
research group will be the development and implementation of reactive
flow simulation software for high-temperature conversion applications
using state-of-the-art numerical and high performance computing
methodologies. The candidate should be committed to help building and
leading the Centre for Innovation Competence.
More information can be found at the URL
From: "Constantinides, George A" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 10:25:30 -0000
Subject: Research Associate/Assistant Position
Research Associate / Research Assistant and PhD Studentship
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Real-time Numerical Optimization in Reconfigurable Hardware with
Application to Model-Predictive Control
Research Associate salary range: Ł29,550 - Ł32,910 Research Assistant
salary range: Ł26,580 - Ł29,550
Fixed term appointment for up to three years.
Imperial College is ranked in the top ten universities of the world,
according to the 2008 Times Higher Education Supplement league tables.
Applications are invited for a Research Associate or a Research
Assistant in the Control and/or Circuits and Systems groups,
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Applications are
also invited for an associated funded PhD studentship. The positions
will be based at the South Kensington campus of Imperial College
London, and will begin on 1st April 2009 or as soon as possible
You will be working on a new EPSRC-funded interdisciplinary and
inter-institutional project, formed as a collaboration between Dr
George A. Constantinides and Dr Eric C. Kerrigan at Imperial College,
Prof Jan M. Maciejowski at Cambridge University, and Prof Ling Keck
Voon at Nanyang Technological University (Singapore). Industrial
partners associated with the project include Xilinx, The MathWorks,
and the European Space Agency.
The project aims to use systems and control theory to help devise
efficient implementations of numerical algorithms in
Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) based computation. We also intend
to bring the power of FPGA-based computation to bear on
model-predictive control applications, where optimization problems
need to be solved in real-time.
You will have a strong analytical background, and exposure to one or
more of the following areas: numerical analysis, optimization,
nonlinear control theory, model-predictive control, FPGA-based
computation, digital hardware design.
For a Research Associate appointment, you will have completed your
Ph.D. or equivalent in a relevant area. For a Research Assistant or a
PhD appointment, you will have completed, or be about to complete an
M.Eng. or M.Sc. degree with first class honours or distinction in
Engineering, Computing, Mathematics, or a closely related
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their application form and a CV with at least two references.
Please apply to Mrs. Wiesia Hsissen, Department of Electrical and
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From: Didier Henrion <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 10:45:32 -0500
Subject: PhD position at LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse, France
PhD positition (September 2009-August 2012)
Numerical aspects of polynomial optimization for systems control,
supervised by D. Henrion and J. B. Lasserre at LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse, France.
The PhD topic lies on the boundary of several branches of applied
mathematics: numerical analysis (stability of algorithms, linear algebra),
real algebraic geometry (polynomial equations and inequalities), functional
analysis (theory of moments), mathematical programming (convex optimization
over the cone of positive semidefinite matrices), with systems control
engineering applications (automatic control, linear and nonlinear dynamical
systems). At the end of the project the candidate should be able to solve
numerically some difficult problems like fixed-order robust controller
design. A good background in applied mathematics is required (numerical
analysis, functional analysis, mathematical programming), as well as a
good knowledge of the scientific computing package Matlab. Some knowledge
of systems control is welcome.
A 3-year PhD fellowship (funded by the French Ministry of Higher
Education and Research) is available for this project, interested
candidates please contact D. Henrion at email@example.com before 31 May 2009.
From: yanping lin <email@example.com>
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2009 02:05:52 -0700
Subject: Contents, Intl Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling 6(2), 2009
Content of International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling:
Volume 6, No 2, 2009
Volume 6, Number 2 (2009) --- Contents
B. Lamichhane, Mortar finite elements for coupling compressible and
nearly incompressible
materials in elasticity ....................................177
H. Fahs, Development of a hp-like discontinuous Galerkin time-domain
method on
non-conforming simplicial meshes for electromagnetic wave....... 193
K. Wang and H. Wang, An optimal-order error estimates to the
modified method of characteristics for a degenerate convection-diffusion
equation .............................. 217
F. Thai and L. Cao, Multiscale asymptotic method for heat transfer
equations in lattice-type structures................231
Y. Cao, Z. Chen and M. Gunzburger, ANOVA expansions and efficient
sampling methods for parameter dependent nonlinear PDES ....256
B. Stehlikova and D. Sevcovic, Approximate formulae for pricing
zero-coupon bonds and their asymptotic analysis..............274
R. Gao, J. Song and X. Tai, Image zooming algorithm based on
partial differential equations technique...............284
D. Shi and J. Ren, Nonconforming mixed finite element method for the
stationary conduction-convection problem ........293
N. Chumchob and K. Chen, A robust affine image registration
L. Ge, W. Liu and D. Yang, L2 norm equivalent a posteriori error
estimate for a constrained optimal control problem.......335
From: "Commun. Comput. Phys." <email@example.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 22:05:48 +0800 (HKT)
Subject: Contents, Commun. Comput. Phys. Vol. 5 No. 1 (2009)
Communications in Computational Physics (CiCP)
Volume 5, Number 1, 2009
Eray Uzgoren, Jaeheon Sim and Wei Shyy
Marker-based, 3-D adaptive Cartesian grid method for multiphase flow
around irregular geometries.
Commun. Comput. Phys., 5 (2009), pp. 1-41.
Regular Articles:
John P. Boyd and Lei Wang
Truncated Gaussian RBF differences are always inferior to finite
differences of the same stencil width.
Commun. Comput. Phys., 5 (2009), pp. 42-60.
Jin Wang and Anita Layton
Numerical simulations of fiber sedimentation in Navier-Stokes flows.
Commun. Comput. Phys., 5 (2009), pp. 61-83.
Daniel Appel? and N. Anders Petersson
A stable finite difference method for the elastic wave equation on
complex geometries with free surfaces.
Commun. Comput. Phys., 5 (2009), pp. 84-107.
Kristopher T. Kim
Comparison and improvement of the computational efficiencies of two
FFT-based iterative solution methods for the scalar
multiple-scattering equation. Commun. Comput. Phys., 5 (2009),
pp. 108-125.
Junqi Huang, Aihua W. Wood and Michael J. Havrilla
A hybrid finite element-Laplace transform method for the analysis of
transient electromagnetic scattering by an over-filled cavity in the
ground plane. Commun. Comput. Phys., 5 (2009), pp. 126-141.
Yang-Yao Niu, Chih-Hung Chang, Wen-Yih I. Tseng, H.-H. Pen and
H.-Y. Yu, Numerical simulation of an aortic flow based on a HLLC type
incompressible flow solver. Commun. Comput. Phys., 5 (2009),
pp. 142-162.
Bogdan G. Nita and Arthur B. Weglein
Pseudo-depth/intercept-time monotonicity requirements in the inverse
scattering algorithm for predicting internal multiple reflections.
Commun. Comput. Phys., 5 (2009), pp. 163-182.
Y. Nishimura, Z. Lin and L. Chen
Full torus electromagnetic gyrokinetic particle simulations with
kinetic electrons. Commun. Comput. Phys., 5 (2009), pp. 183-194.
End of NA Digest


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Skating champ Rachael Flatt takes your questions
One of my favorite stories leading up to the Winter Olympics in Vancouver was that of figure skater Rachael Flatt.
Here was a fresh-faced teenager from Colorado Springs who thrilled the world with her gleeful Olympic performance. Before that, she stole hearts at the U.S. Figure Skating championships in Spokane.
When Flatt came home from Spokane and was feted at her high school, The Denver Post's John Henderson wrote: "A piece of the Olympic Games came to Cheyenne Mountain High School on Tuesday morning. It was a little part, standing 5-foot-2, a twirling dervish of blond curls and steel-nerved jumps. Rachael Flatt has come home."
Now she's reaching out to her fans.
Flatt is the latest participant in The Post's "Fan Mail" feature. Readers can email The Post to ask Rachel questions about her Olympic experience, her career on the ice and her life off it.
Questions will be accepted through Wednesday.
Please email your questions to Rachael to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Her responses will appear at denverpost.com on Friday and in Saturday's edition of the newspaper.


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ESPN broadcaster Chris Berman's wife dies in car accident
Corrections & clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the ages of the victims and some details of the collision.
The wife of longtime ESPN broadcaster Chris Berman was one of two people killed in a car accident on Tuesday in Connecticut.
The Lexus driven by Kathy Berman, 67, struck a Ford Escape driven by an 87-year-old man in Woodbury at around 2:16 p.m., according to the Connecticut State Police summary of the accident obtained by USA TODAY Sports. After the collision, Berman's car continued down an embankment before it overturned into a small body of water.
The Escape hit a utility pole after the initial collision and the driver, Edward Bertulis, died as result of his injuries.
"This is a devastating tragedy and difficult to comprehend," ESPN president John Skipper said in a statement. "Chris is beloved by all his ESPN colleagues and for good reason: He has a huge heart and has given so much to so many over the years. We know how much his family means to him and all we can do at a moment like this is give him the love and support he will surely need at this hour. Our thoughts and prayers are with Chris, Meredith, Doug and the entire family."


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BACKGROUND IMAGE: iSTOCK/GETTY IMAGES
Strategy is the goal in business process outsourcing
When is soccer like IT outsourcing? When it's used to explain how businesses need to create strategic value from business process outsourcing.
It's a familiar metaphor: Youth soccer has been compared to any venture in which the participants randomly chase the ball around the field rather than focus on attacking the goal strategically. The dot-com boom period of the late '90s and early '00s is a perfect example.
Harvard Business School professor Lynda Applegate took the soccer metaphor even further during her talk at the recent BPO/ITO World Forum, an IT outsourcing conference in New York. The comparison was especially appropriate, given that the Euro 2012 semifinal was going on the day of the conference, and that much of the audience was from Europe and other soccer -- excuse me, football -- nations, such as Poland (the co-host of Euro 2012), Uruguay, Scotland and Ireland.
In Applegate's analogy, successful enterprises have moved past the "little field" of youth soccer and on to the full-size pitch, and have incorporated the main missing ingredient (other than, of course, skill): strategy. "Strategy," she said, "is what makes you different from everybody else, not the same; and the differences are what add value to everyone in the ecosystem."
The context of this ecosystem is business process outsourcing (or BPO) providers and customers, but it could be any situation. "The challenge today is how do we create new ecosystems, add value and make the industry stronger," Applegate said. "How do we use technology to change the rules of the game and create new ecosystems that drive value for all parties?"
IT strategies and goals
And what, again, does soccer have to do with this? Contrary to conventional wisdom in the U.S., soccer is a game of strategy, a lot less like the NFL and a lot more like chess. Each position on the field has a role, and each grouping of positions -- defenders, midfielders and forwards -- has its roles and responsibilities.
Strategy is what makes you different from everybody else, not the same.
When defenders are controlling the ball, Applegate said, "midfielders are getting into position and finding white space. It's not a straight shot to the goal. When people are reinventing the game, you need more than one strategy, more than one midfield position. The forwards are following the midfield, getting to where they need to be when the midfielder gets the ball. What is the long-term goal we are going after? Do I have a compelling goal? What is the size of the field?"
You can see how fluidly Applegate moves between the fields of football and business. And the comparisons are striking. Aren't business managers working to define the field, boundaries and roles; to establish goals, defend positions and respond to challenges?
Too often, however, the answer is "no" -- or at least, "not completely." Goals are going to get scored against your team, but that's okay as long as your team scores more goals.
While Applegate's presentation was compelling, I couldn't help but think that much of the technology industry in particular and much of IT thinking are still stuck in "youth soccer" mode. Note how fast the term big data sprang up last year. Suddenly, the most mundane business analytics tasks were lumped into the discussion about big data -- or worse, pushed to the sidelines as unimportant in the "big" picture. In many aspects, the cloud is new applications of old technology, the next logical step of virtualization, but it is treated as radically new. Some vendors are crafting their own buzzwords, like SMAC stack (as in "social, mobile, analytics and cloud") in order to define the latest technology playing field.
More about enterprise IT strategies
VMware CIO: Bringing the consumer experience to the enterprise
Before companies even start considering the new wave of technology solutions, they need to keep asking fundamental questions like these: "What is the business problem we're trying to solve?" "What kinds of technology will I need to have in place to accommodate our growth plan?"
Another soccer fundamental (and I know this because I used to coach the little ones) is "keep your head up." You have to see where you are passing, and if you get distracted by dribbling the ball, you will miss the opportunity to see open players. In other words, don't let your own business get in the way of your succeeding and growing or building a technology ecosystem that allows the business to seize opportunities when they arise.
Let us know what you think about the story; email Scot Petersen, Executive Editor. For enterprise IT news and updates throughout the week, follow us on Twitter @enterpriseCIO.


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So everybody has a thread now IF xey gets one I do too //7.
so who are the people prowling The misc?
The ones you know:
@deathblade _13_666: aka Death, Mika(by nef)-
Member since 2001 he's like 25 still lives with his parents. I don't like him nor dislike him....(he's white.)
@Ellipsis : aka ralf, Ralph,Dotz,tripple dot, hyphen. ect-
Ralph he does art always eats like twilight,wreck-it-ralf and the wiiU which he recently got after GOING ON AND ON About it EVERY SINGLE DAY. (he's black)
@Kaito Loves Jozette : aka Jozelle, jozz, jozzy, joze, grell (or anything thats part of her name at the time)- The youngest (and the cutest) Awesome uhhh She really pretty and smells like watermelon. OHOH and she's black
@Arb Kyc : aka xey....- LOVES Pokemon and vocaloid but vocaloid first
He's gay he tends to get into fights. very few keep his company. (he's like white and mexican.(Don't let him pull that Spaniard crap.))
The ones you may know:
@Nephthys : aka nef, neph-
Shes cool shes married she has 1 kid shes in online college. NOT ONE TO BE MESSED WITH!
(she's naitive american)
@Kleio : aka KLEIO!~
Party type she likes everybody everybody likes her (shes white as a cloud)
@Assud : aka chad (he rarely comes on as assud)
He'sa jerk. (white)
@DarkMoonPrince : aka josh, joshie, DMP
he's great ungoes tons on glomps and poke and kicks so he's immune.
@kaitou Ace: aka ace....
webmaster (white)
@Jack Frost : aka AG.
Nerd likes merlin BEWARE THE FANFICT (white)
@MissAstaire : (I don't really know.)
jakio: aka jakki.(or something...)
You probally don't know these:
@Cantelope : aka cante, divi's waifu
He always talks!!! (asian)
@Ugly.Ted : aka ted
...nope (white)
@Divinity : aka divi
Shes reallllllllly nice almost too much so.
NOT TO BE MESSED WITH.(black)
@Dolores Haze - aka haze, haize, h4z3,
@Naughty Dog - aka dog.
@Fomalhaut - aka brian, brianana, bribri
@Kain - aka kainy.
nerdy white raver.
The bots
shikamaru- he's rude but you can play blackjack with him!
gir- He's cute dance with him sometimes.
jakkibot-...... I guess shes cool don't kick her though...
Meh. I gave up at the end
All the people who are going to call racist No.


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missmisa needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 79 designs submitted by 32 freelance designers.
I need a new logo for my company. My company is very antique inspired, especially world antiquity inspired (themes such as antique postcards, maps, etc will be on the new website.). It is called "Miss Misa" so please design the logo around that name.
Miss Misa
I would like the logo to only be black and/or grey.
Something different from my original logo.
Hope that helps, and looking forward to working with you!
- Must say "Miss Misa"
- I like fonts such as new courier, or old typewriter font (ex: anthropologie)
- so far all entries have been script, so I would not mind seeing other logos in other fonts.
- simple yet classy and elegant
- Something different from my original logo
- Here are two websites that have similar antique themes:
No bright colors
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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Tonight I want to introduce you to, EveliniCutza, a YouTube Beauty Guru with whom we have had a friendship for over two years now! I originally found out about Evelina when she created a YouTube video response to our popular Waterfall Braid tutorial.
Evelina is from Moldova, and not only is she beautiful but she is very creative, too! I know that you will enjoy her channel, just as we do!
As a treat to all of you, we posted two videos to YouTube tonight. This one, and another that you will see here on Wednesday night.
Here I show you {using Evelina as my model} how to create a gorgeous sock bun updo, with crossed micro-braid accents. The best thing about this updo, is that you can complete it in under 5 minutes!
This hairstyle is perfect for occasions such as Prom, Homecoming, a wedding, ballet, or any other formal event! {However, this does not stop me from wearing this style in a more dressed down look!}
Items Needed: Brush, rat-tail comb, spray bottle, 1 sock bun form, 2 small hair elastics, 2 large hair bands, 2-4 bobby pins, and hairspray {if desired}.
Time Requirement: 3-5 minutes
Skill Level: Medium
Step-by-Step Instructions:
Happy Hairdoing!
* Note from Mindy: Don't forget to follow us on BlogLovin, a new easy-to-use blog reader!


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Warm Bittersweet Chocolate Rum Torte
- Yield: 8 servings
- Prep: 25 mins
- Cook: 45 mins
- Vanilla Custard Sauce:
- 1 1/2cups half-and-half
- 3 egg yolks, lightly beaten
- 1/2cup granulated sugar
- 1/8teaspoon salt
- 2teaspoons vanilla extract
- Torte:
- 4ounces semisweet or bittersweet chocolate
- 3tablespoons dark rum
- 4tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
- 3/4cup granulated sugar, divided
- 4 eggs, separated
- 2tablespoons Dutch process cocoa
- 1/8teaspoon salt
- To prepare custard sauce, whisk together half-and-half, egg yolks, sugar and salt in a heavy saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, until thickened. Cool slightly and stir in vanilla. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate several hours or overnight.
- Preheat oven to 300F. Coat bottom and sides of an 8-inch springform pan with cooking spray.
- To prepare torte, combine chocolate with rum in a small heavy saucepan. Set pan over very low heat and stir occasionally until chocolate melts and mixture is smooth (or melt in microwave).
- In a medium bowl, beat butter with a mixer on medium speed until smooth. Gradually add 1/2 cup sugar and beat 2 to 3 minutes or until smooth and fluffy. Add egg yolks and beat 1 minute. On low speed, beat in melted chocolate mixture (which may still be warm) only until thoroughly combined. Add cocoa and beat until incorporated.
- In another medium bowl, with clean beaters, beat egg whites with salt until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in remaining sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, until stiff peaks form. 6. With a large rubber spatula, gently fold one-fourth of whites into chocolate mixture. Add remaining whites, folding gently. Spoon batter into pan.
- Bake 40 to 50 minutes. The torte will rise to the top of the pan during baking but will sink dramatically as it cools.
- To serve, remove sides of springform pan and cut with a sharp knife. Serve with custard sauce. VARIATION: To make a coffee-flavored torte, melt the chocolate with 3 tablespoons Kahlua instead of rum.
Recipe by Greg Patent.
Nutritional Info *per serving
- Calories 320
- Fat 14g
- Cholesterol 175mg
- Sodium 115mg
- Carbohydrate 42g
- Fiber 1g
- Sugars 40g
- Protein 5g


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VIR Uniform Patches Penalty
- 20 June 2016
All drivers are required to have the following patches, or embroidery, on their driver's suit:
a. F2000, F1600, or Atlantic Championship Series as appropriate
b. Hoosier Racing Tires
c. SCCA Pro Racing
The following drivers were observed during podium presentations at VIR by Series Officials to be in violation of this rule:
Keith Grant - Missing Atlantic Championship Series patch; $25.00 fine
David Grant - Missing Atlantic Championship Series patch; $25.00 fine
Brandon Dixon - Missing all required patches; $25.00 fine
Trenton Estep - Missing F1600 Series, SCCA Pro, Hoosier patches; $25.00 fine
Calvin Ming - Missing F1600 Series, SCCA Pro, and Hoosier patches; $25.00 fine
The patches are available at the Series trailer. These patches are required under a contractual obligation between FRP, Hoosier and SCCA Pro Racing. You may appeal this fine to FRP's Chief Steward.


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The Crimson won 14 of 19 events to claim the HYP title over Princeton and Yale (Kevin Burns).
PRINCETON, N.J. – The Harvard men's swimming and diving team rode eight event victories on Saturday and six more on Sunday to wins over Princeton and Yale at the annual HYP meet. This marked the first dual meet win for the Crimson ever at Princeton's DeNunzio Pool and clinched at least a share of the Ivy League dual meet title for the Crimson.
The Crimson extended its dual meet win streak to nine with the pair of victories and improved to 8-0 overall on the year, 6-0 in the Ivy League. Harvard also set three school records at the meet, one DeNunzio Pool record and registered 14 NCAA 'B' standard times.
Harvard will conclude its dual meet schedule when it hosts Penn Saturday, Feb. 9 at 12 p.m.
Harvard picked up on Sunday right where it left off on Saturday, setting a school record in the 200 medley relay to get the day rolling. Jack Pretto, Chuck Katis, Oliver Lee and Griffin Schumacher teamed up for an NCAA 'B' standard time of 1:27.18, edging out the previous school record of 1:27.61 which was set in 2009. Princeton took second with a time of 1:27.62.
Princeton responded with a win on the one meter as Stephen Vines posted a score of 332.75 to narrowly beat out Mike Mosca's score of 330.40. Harvard took the next two events, however, beginning with Christian Carbone's 'B' standard time of 3:49.85 in the 400 IM. Carbone blew the other competitors out of the water as Princeton's Caleb Tuten took second in 3:54.79. The freshman's time stands as the fifth fastest in school history.
Lee and Chris Satterthwaite owned the 100 free with a pair of NCAA 'B' standard times. Lee set a new personal record of 43.29 for the win with Satterthwaite finishing second in 44.10. Lee's time is tied for the 10th best in the NCAA this season and is the second fastest in program history behind Satterthwaite's school record of 43.18.
The Tigers came back to go 1-2 in the 200 back and 1-2-3 in the 100 fly before the Crimson secured their HYP victory with three straight wins to close out the meet. Steven Kekacs led a 1-2-3 finish in the 500 free with personal best time of 4:26.23 to carry Harvard down the stretch, just ahead of teammates Kyle McIntee (4:26.35) and Greg Roop (4:28.46, PR).
The 200 breast belonged to Katis who turned in his third individual win of the weekend with a time of 1:57.87. Schumacher, Lee, Brophy and Satterthwaite capped the weekend off with a winning time of 2:55.24 in 400 free relay, the second best time in program annals and an NCAA 'B' cut.
Friday's Results
Chuck Katis headlined a dominating day one for the Harvard men's swimming and diving team at the annual HYP meet, winning both the 100 breast and 200 IM to help The Crimson open sizeable leads over Princeton and Yale. Harvard will resume competition on day two with a 106-80 advantage over the Tigers and a 153-33 margin over Yale.
Harvard won eight of the 10 events on Saturday beginning with the 200 free relay. Griffin Schumacher, Oliver Lee, Will Brophy and Chris Satterthwaite combined for a time of 1:18.71 in the event, setting a new school record and eclipsing the NCAA 'B' standard in the process. Schumacher, Lee and Satterthwaite were each a part of the previous school record of 1:19.17, which they set last year along with Zach Walters. Princeton swam to a second-place finish with a time of 1:19.37.
Mike Mosca made it two in a row for the Crimson with a dominate performance on the three-meter diving board. The sophomore set a pool record with his score of 399.45, more than 35 points ahead of Princeton's Stephen Vines who took second with 363.70 points. Michael Stanton, meanwhile, turned in 317.05 points to take third.
The 200 free proved the be the closest race of the day as Princeton's Sandy Boyle finished first in 1:36.79, just out touching Satterthwaite who finished second in 1:36.81. Both times met the NCAA 'B' standard and rank 1-2 in the Ivy League this season.
Princeton went 1-2-3 in the 100 back with Michael Strand placing first in 48.57. That was the last race the Tigers would win, however, as the Crimson swept the final six events of the night.
Katis picked up his first victory in the 100 breast with a time of 54.08 as Princeton touched the wall in second and third. Katis, who previously turned in the fourth best times in the NCAA this season at 52.49, has now won the event three times on the year.
The 200 fly also went to Harvard as Christian Carbone remained unbeaten in the race with a personal best time of 1:45.84, meeting the NCAA 'B' standard. That time ranks 19th in the NCAA and is the fourth fastest time ever posted by a member of the Crimson. Jacob Luna took second in the event in 1:46.46, also an NCAA 'B' standard time and the sixth fastest in program history.
Lee turned in a stellar performance in the 50 free, breaking Satterthwaite's school record of 19.84 with a time of 19.76. That currently stands as the 10th best time in the country and meets the NCAA 'B' standard. Griffin Schumacher, meanwhile, also posted a 'B' standard time of 20.19 to take third.
Katis returned to the pool to pick up his second win with a time of 1:47.71 in the 200 IM. He was followed by Steven Kekacs who cruised to a victory in the 1,650 free in a personal best 15:22.18, meeting the NCAA 'B' standard.
The 400 medley relay team of Jack Pretto, Katis, Luna and Satterthwaite combined for a time of 3:14.12 to close out the day, topping Princeton's 'A' team which finished in 3:14.37.


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PERTH, Australia (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday called the formation of a new opposition coalition in Syria an important step that would help Washington better target its help, but she stopped sort of offering full recognition or arms.
France earlier became the first European power to recognize Syria's new opposition coalition as the sole representative of its people and said on Tuesday it would look into arming rebels against President Bashar al-Assad once they form a government.
Six Gulf Arab states recognized the coalition on Monday but the United States wants to see the new opposition demonstrate it can influence events on the ground in Syria.
"We have long called for this kind of organization. We want to see that momentum maintained," Clinton told reporters in the Australian city of Perth.
"As the Syrian opposition takes these steps and demonstrates its effectiveness in advancing the cause of a unified, democratic, pluralistic Syria, we will be prepared to work with them to deliver assistance to the Syrian people."
Twenty months into their bloody uprising, fragmented Syrian opposition groups struck a deal in Qatar on Sunday to form a coalition led by Damascus preacher Mouaz Alkhatib, who appealed for international recognition.
Clinton announced an extra $30 million in aid to those affected by the war in Syria after talks in Perth involving her Australian counterpart, Bob Carr, and U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and his Australian counterpart, Stephen Smith.
Clinton said the $30 million would help get food to hungry people inside Syria and to refugees who have fled to Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq.
The aid would be provided through the World Food Program, which is supplying food aid to more than one million people in Syria and nearly 400,000 refugees in neighboring countries.
The additional funds brought U.S. humanitarian assistance to those affected by the Syrian crisis to nearly $200 million, Clinton said.
The United States says while it is not providing arms to internal opponents of Assad and is limiting its aid to non-lethal humanitarian aid, it concedes that some of its allies are providing lethal assistance — a fact that Assad's chief backer, Russia, says shows Western powers are intent on determining Syria's future.
Russia and China have blocked three U.N. Security Council resolutions aimed at increasing pressure on the Assad government, leading the United States and its allies to say they could move beyond U.N. structures for their next steps.
Editing by Michael Perry and Robert Birsel


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Jane Henson, matriarch to Muppets, dies at 78
LOS ANGELES The Jim Henson Co. says Henson's partner in marriage and Muppets has died.
The company says Jane Henson died Tuesday at her Connecticut home following a battle with cancer. She was 78.
She and Jim Henson met in a University of Maryland puppetry class in the mid-1950s, and they became creative and business partners in the development of the Muppets.
The Hensons married in 1959 and had five children: Lisa, Cheryl, Brian, John and Heather. The pair separated in 1986, and Jim Henson died in 1990.
In 1992, Jane Henson created and funded The Jim Henson Legacy to preserve his artistic contributions.


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The White House has been trumpeting the fact that 8 million people selected insurance plans through state and federal exchanges set up by the Affordable Care Act.
But how many of those people really gained coverage — that is, how many were previously uninsured?
For the first time on Thursday, the White House released data on that question. According to the Department of Health and Human Services, about 87% of people who signed up through federal health care exchanges were previously uninsured.
Here's how the percentage was determined: Of the 5.45 million people who signed up through the federal exchange, 5.18 million (or 95%) applied for financial assistance in their insurance plans. In doing so, they were required to answer a question about whether they already had health insurance. Only about 695,000 people (13%) indicated they did have coverage.
HHS said data from state-based exchanges would be available at a later date.
In total, the White House said more than 8 million people had selected insurance plans through exchanges established by the health-care law. Almost half of those — 47% — came in the last month of enrollment and during a special two-week enrollment period in April.
The administration also said more than 5 million people gained coverage through the Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act. It's not known how many of those who qualified for Medicaid coverage were previously uninsured, but experts have said new enrollees in Medicaid were "primarily" without insurance before.
According to a RAND Corp. study released last month, most of the new Medicaid enrollees either did not have coverage last year or had it through other means like Medicare, retiree health insurance, and other government plans.
The White House did not say how many enrollees in new plans had paid their first premiums. On a conference call with reporters, an HHS spokesperson said it wouldn't have that data until sometime later in the year.


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Martin Paldan (Denmark's most well-known adventure sports photographer) was supposed to accompany us, but his motorcykle broke down, so the Christians had to settle for the less-known, less-equipped Sea Legs Girl Run N Snap. Here are pics from the 25k route (run a total of 4 times (did I just write that?)). We only ran it once.
|Christian, Christian & small head
|The first 3k were a bit technical, but very runnable.
|The first and only water stop on the route (besides the start/finish) after about 10km.
|Sjællands 3rd highest point: Vejrhøj 121 meters.
|Wild onions smell wonderful! They adorn the route in many places.
And that rounded off 110km over 4 days. All on trails. Think I'm sad about not running Copenhagen Marathon? Or Skechers 100k on roads? Not really. Not at all. I'm just happy to not be injured. And to be experiencing Denmark like this. (if as a baseline you think of Denmark's nature as boring, you will constantly be pleasantly surprised).
In summary, Winforce has a runnable, beautiful, varried route with almost no asphalt. Lots of altitude change - enough for almost 3 points for UTMB, but all finishing participants will receive 2.
I am so excited to be part of the making of this race- and look very much forward to being race physician (I would of course love to make this a focus of my practice in the future). Looks like SR will be running it. It is just his kind of route. I would not be surprised if he wins. He will do well if he doesn't cramp up. That's where I come in with a magic electrolyte elixir.
Two noteworthy preformances
|Veéra Vainio, 21 years old from Finland Photo: BT
Speaking of amzing
|Pia Joan Sørensen after 40k in 3:08 on her way to winning the Danish 100km championship. Photo: Skechers Ultra
Sidenote: one woman gets good at running by not running (jumping, skiing, dancing, etc) and one woman gets good at running by running a lot. That's all I have to say.
My next 100 miler
So it looks like I will be running the Superior Sawtooth 100 miler. Haven't signed up, but will soon. SR hasn't written yet about his future job on his blog yet, but said I could after his phone conversation last week. Looks like we will be moving to Duluth, Minnesota. My job will still be in Denmark, so there will be lots of transatlanticism in our lives. But more time spent together than not by far. In terms of places to live in the US, it could hardly get better than Duluth.
My last running song of the day reminded me of an even better song and an even better band from 20 years ago now (wow). I am so in love with Tanya Donelly. How much is too much? She has so many good songs to choose from.


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Hedda Gabler Opens in February
To what lengths will a person go to avoid scandal? How desperate do people need to become before they take matters into their own hands? The PSU Theater Arts performance of Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen—under the direction of professor Glenn Gauer—explores these questions.
The play premiered in 1891, and although it barely survived critics' reviews, went on to become a standard in the 20th century. Generations of leading ladies have found Hedda one of the most intriguing and challenging female roles of the stage and screen.
The curtain rises at 7:30 p.m. in Lincoln Performance Hall, 1620 SW Park, on February 23-24 and February 28-March 3. A 2 p.m. matinée is scheduled February 25 and a low-cost preview is at 7:30 p.m. on February 22. Tickets may be purchased at the PSU Box Office, 503-725-3307, or through Ticketmaster.
Renowned director to stage Così fan tutte
TITO CAPOBIANCO, KNOWN worldwide for his ingenious and innovative staging, returns to Portland State to direct Mozart's comic opera, Così fan tutte, April 27, 29 and May 2, 4 and 5. Performances are in Lincoln Hall at 7:30 p.m. with a 3 p.m. matinee on April 29.
Capobianco was on campus in 2004 as a guest director for Die Fledermaus. He has received the Jeannine B. Cowles Distinguished Professor in Residence, which brings such opera greats as Marilyn Horne to PSU.
With more than 300 opera, theater, and television productions to his credit, Capobianco is considered a major force in the development of opera in the United States.
Tickets for Così fan tutte are available at the PSU Box Office, 503-725-3307, or through Ticketmaster.
Story of the world's first antibiotic
by Thomas Hager '75, Harmony Books, 2006
PRIOR TO WORLD War II, nothing on earth could stop a bacterial infection once it started. Then came sulfa, a little-known family of drugs that changed the course of scientific and medical history.
Thomas Hager's The Demon Under the Microscope tells the dramatic story of this unexpected wonder drug that burst onto the global stage in the mid-1930s and all but disappeared just 10 years later with the discovery of penicillin. Ironically, sulfa, a medicine that helped so many Allies in World War II, was discovered by a German laboratory by a corporation whose executives would later be put on trial for war crimes at Nuremberg. The story goes on to include concentration camp experiments and the worst mass poisoning in U.S. history.
A veteran science and medical writer, Hager is the author of three books, including Force of Nature: The Life of Linus Pauling, and his work has appeared in publications ranging from Reader's Digest to the Medical Tribune. He lives in Eugene.
The life of a concertmaster
DAWN CARTER '90, MA '97 is in her third season as concertmaster of the Portland Columbia Symphony Orchestra, and she loves it.
"I enjoy being in a leadership position," says Carter. "I feel like I'm making a big difference, and working with Huw Edwards, our conductor, is terrific."
The role of concertmaster is a familiar one for Carter, who has held that position with the Portland Youth Philharmonic, the PSU Orchestra, and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. She also played in the violin section of the Oregon Symphony for many years.
Carter started her musical career at age four on the piano and at age six with the violin. She and her husband, Jonathan, are raising four future musicians of their own on a blueberry farm in Vancouver, Washington.
On May 4 and 8, Carter will be featured soloist with the orchestra playing Bach's Concerto for Oboe and Violin. The PSU connections do not end with Carter. Susan Chan, PSU music professor, will perform Beethoven's Second Piano Concerto on March 23 and 35. See www.columbiasymphony.org for locations.
Jose Builds a Woman
by Jan Baroos
PSU Ooligan Press, 2006
Split Creek: War Novel of the Deep West
by V.O. Blum
(Michael Horowitz Ph.D. '81)
Times Eagle Books, 2007
Early Mystics in Turkish Literature
translated by Gary Leiser '69 and Robert Dankoff
Routledge, 2006
Home Ground: Language for an American Landscape
by Barry Lopez and Debra Gwartney
(English faculty)
Trinity University Press, 2006
Great and Minor Moments in Oregon History
edited by Dick Pintarich '72, MA '80
New Oregon Publishers, 2006
The Reading Glitch: How the Culture Wars have Hijacked Reading Instruction
by Lee Sherman '76 and Betsy Ramsey
Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2006
A Pacific Northwest Nature Sketchbook
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Timber Press, 2006


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Travis Zajac and Patrik Elias scored in a shootout and Martin Brodeur made 37 saves and stopped four of five shooters to give the New Jersey Devils to a 2-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday night.
Brodeur made a sprawling stop on Andrew Shaw to end the contest and give New Jersey a four-point lead on Ottawa in the race for sixth place in the Eastern Conference.
Zajac, who returned to the lineup Sunday after sitting out with an Achilles' tendon injury, snapped a shot over Corey Crawford for the winner in the shootout.
Patrick Sharp beat Brodeur between the legs on Chicago's third try to send it to extra rounds. Defenseman Brent Seabrook tied the game for Chicago midway through the third period. The loss was the second in a row for Chicago after winning five straight.
Crawford finished with 21 saves and the Devils were limited to 11 shots over the final 45 minutes.
Seabrook tied the game at 8:34 of the third period after the Devils had trouble getting the puck out of their zone. Dave Bolland retrieved the puck above the left circle with a little help from defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson and sent the cross-ice pass that Seabrook ripped past a seemingly screened Brodeur, who was looking for his 119th career shutout.
Crawford kept the score tied less than a minute late with a save on Zach Parise after New Jersey won a faceoff.
Brodeur nearly gave the game away with less than six minutes to play when his clearing pass up the middle of the ice was intercepted by Marcus Kruger. However, the goaltender gloved his one-on-one snap shot.
Sykora, who was demoted to the Devils' fourth line on Monday, gave the Devils the lead with 4:18 left in the opening period with his 18th goal of the season. It came with nine seconds left on a hooking penalty against Seabrook and resulted when Chicago got caught on a bad line change.
Defenseman Mark Fayne found Adam Henrique at the Blackhawks' blue line and the rookie sent a pass toward the left side of the crease that a wide-open Sykora deflected past Crawford.
Chicago took 23 shots at Brodeur in the opening two periods and the 39-year-old turned them all aside. His best save came early in the second period with a pad stop on a close-in rebound attempt by Viktor Stalberg.
For the second straight game, the Blackhawks' power play was miserable. They had three chances in the first two periods, including a 68-second two-man advantage in the second period, and failed to register a shot.
In a 6-1 loss to Nashville on Sunday, Chicago had four extra-man chances and also failed to get a shot on goal, which shows how much it misses suspended defenseman Duncan Keith and captain Jonathan Toews (concussion).


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U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) officials today are spotlighting the development and implementation of novel, multi-stakeholder partnerships that promise progress in big data discovery, education and innovation at a White House-sponsored event, Data to Knowledge to Action, in Washington, D.C.
The event follows last year's launch of the Administration's National Big Data R&D Initiative that has recorded significant progress and accomplishments since being introduced in March 2012.
A leader in the initiative, NSF has made significant investments to advance big data–the collection and analysis of extremely large datasets–by developing foundational techniques and technologies, building infrastructure, and nurturing research and education communities.
In addition, NSF has supported a broad range of research activities, including projects to extract value from large, complex data sets such as cancer genome data; to approximate how the human brain processes language to improve computer search engines and understanding of our own brain's activity and to build data storage systems that retrieve information 200 times faster than current systems. One NSF-funded research group at the University of California, Berkeley has already attracted the likes of Yahoo! and Twitter and has fueled an array of new start-ups.
"We are seeing tremendous progress–data are accelerating the pace of discovery in almost every science and engineering discipline," said Farnam Jahanian, NSF's head of Computer and Information Science and Engineering who also serves as co-chair of the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development subcommittee that is co-sponsoring Data to Knowledge to Action. "These discoveries lay the groundwork for a national innovation ecosystem that will strengthen the foundations of U.S. competitiveness for decades to come."
Last March, NSF led the charge in carrying out federal efforts to advance the Obama Administration's National Big Data Research and Development Initiative, a major step toward addressing the challenges and opportunities of big data. At its launch, six federal departments and agencies promised more than $200 million in new commitments aimed at managing the explosion of big data and developing new tools and techniques to extract knowledge and accelerate discovery and innovation.
What follows is an update on NSF's activities:
NSF invests $30 million in foundational research for new techniques and technologies for big data. NSF, with support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), issued a joint call for proposals in March of 2012 to advance foundational research in managing, analyzing, visualizing and extracting useful information from large, diverse, distributed and heterogeneous data sets. After a robust merit review, NSF invested nearly $30 million in 46 new projects involving dozens of universities across the country for a wide portfolio of research in areas including data management techniques, analytic approaches and e-science collaboration environments.
NSF invests $32 million in eight Data Infrastructure Building Blocks (DIBBs) projects. DIBBs efforts aim to advance and build extensive data infrastructures that enable scientific discovery. One DIBBs project, for instance, will operate the Sloan Digital SkyServer for the astronomy community and update and modify its components so that it can be easily reused by other areas of science, such as turbulence research, environmental science, neuroscience, genomics and radiation oncology. Other projects work to create more sophisticated tools for data analytics and to design search engines that go beyond text-based queries.
NSF funds Berkeley's AMPLab. The University of California at Berkeley's Algorithms, Machines, and People Laboratory (AMPLab), whichNSF is supporting with a five-year, $10 million Expeditions in Computing award, has developed a deeply integrated, high performance open source platform for data analysis and machine learning on big data. This work, which has already fueled start-ups, has also been adopted by companies such as Yahoo! and Twitter.
NSF sponsors Ideas Lab. From Oct. 7-11 in Atlanta, Ga., an NSF-funded Ideas Lab brought together leading experts from a range of disciplines and perspectives to generate transformative ideas for using large datasets to enhance the effectiveness of teaching and learning environments. In 2014, NSF plans to make up to $5 million available for compelling proposals, including up to $3 million for those that emerged from the Ideas Lab.
NSF funds new center to better understand human intelligence, build smarter machines. NSF recently awarded $25 million to establish a Center for Brains, Minds and Machines at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This center is seizing opportunities in areas ranging from artificial intelligence to neurotechnology, all involving vast amounts of data, for an integrated effort to produce major breakthroughs in fundamental knowledge. This is a key component of the administration's BRAIN Initiative.
NSF funds large project to improve the usability of privacy policies in an era of big data. A $3.75 million award made through NSF's Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace program will enable researchers to systematically collect and analyze website privacy policies in order to improve the efficacy of communicating privacy policies to website users.
EarthCube invests in big data technology in the geosciences. EarthCube, which supports the development of cyberinfrastructure to expedite the delivery of geoscience data for knowledge, awarded $13.25 million to 16 projects in 2013. Funded projects include networks to help geoscientists develop standards and policies, demonstrations of promising technologies for integrating across vast geosciences data, and activities to plan innovative architectures across the whole enterprise.
NSF supports U.S. participation in the Research Data Alliance (RDA). NSF awarded $2.5 million to support the U.S. arm of the international RDA, which has participation from 50 countries, to accelerate research data sharing among scientists around the globe. In the past year, RDA held two plenary sessions in order to devise use cases and best practices for improving interoperability and accessibility of science research data.
NSF invests more than $17 million in Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering (CDS&E). CDS&E projects develop, adapt or use capabilities offered by advancement of both research and infrastructure in computation and data. NSF funded 60 multidisciplinary projects that will employ new computational and data analysis approaches for major scientific and engineering breakthroughs for an investment that surpasses $17 million in 2013, including many involving analysis of large data sets. In fiscal year 2014, a substantial expansion of the program is anticipated.
NSF builds Cyberinfrastructure Framework for 21st Century Science and Engineering (CIF21). NSF's CIF21 portfolio consists of programs throughout the foundation that advance cyberinfrastructure for science across all disciplines. This portfolio, which includes programs such as BigData and CDS&E, supports innovations in software, networking and data sciences, as well as in training of the next generation of cyberinfrastructure-savvy scientists and engineers. In fiscal year 2013 this strategic framework included programs with a combined investment of over $75 million.
NSF funds CIF21 track for graduate education and research. NSF funded three CIF21 Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) projects. While all research involves advanced computation of data in a variety of disciplines, one award in particular, Big Data U: A Program for Integrated Multidisciplinary Education and Research for Big Data Science, aims to create a new breed of scientists able to navigate the intricacies of specific research disciplines and to develop tools for big data science.
The CDS&E track in mathematical and statistical sciences invests an additional $12.3 million. NSF funded another three dozen projects in 2012 and 2013 for researchers from disciplines such as computer science, theoretical and applied mathematics and statistics to engage in projects that cover a wide spectrum of technology. For example, one project is working to make linear algebra, which is widely used in scientific computing, faster and easier to use.
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