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By Patsy R. Brumfield / Daily Journal
TUPELO – Former Tupelo martial arts instructor J. Everett Dutschke insists he had nothing to do with a ricin-letter plot against President Obama and other officials for which a Corinth man is under investigation.
"I categorically deny it," he told the Daily Journal about 4:15 p.m., a few hours after a break in a federal court proceeding to present evidence against Kevin Curtis.
"I met the guy on two occasions," Dutschke said in a telephone conversation. "I wasn't going to be pulled into his fantasy world."
He did, however, admit he met with the FBI last Thursday, saying agents came to his house and he gave them permission to search it.
Dutschke said he had worked with Curtis' brother, Jack, but not with Kevin.
"He almost had my sympathy," the former legislative candidate said, alluding to his own legal problems with three Lee County indictments against him on fondling charges.
He also admitted to what he termed a brief confrontation with Curtis in 2010, claiming Curtis posted a Mensa certificate on his MySpace site. Dutschke said it was a fraud and ultimately was removed.
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OXFORD – No evidence presented in court today indicates Kevin Curtis sent poison-laden letters to President Obama and others, said Curtis' attorney
Christi R. McCoy after the hearing was ended by a judge's schedule problem.
"I just don't see it," she said about 2 p.m. after the hearing was reset for 10 a.m. Tuesday.
McCoy said she and co-counsel Hal Neilson have asked the U.S. Attorney's Office to declare the situation "no harm, no foul" and at least let their client out on bail while the investigations continue.
"We understand … evidence made it look like Kevin did this," McCoy noted. "The family understands they (the government) had to move quickly, but now we believe they should be satisfied there is no criminal threat from Kevin Curtis."
Tuesday, the government is expected to call to the stand Tupelo attorney David Daniels, who got into an altercation with Curtis in 2003, and perhaps a law enforcement officer reportedly familiar with a situation involving Curtis in Chicago back in the 1990s.
"We didn't find most of today's testimony relevant," McCoy added.
OXFORD – Kevin Curtis' attorney suggested today that threatening letters to elected officials could have been sent by someone else, such as J. Everett Dutschke of Tupelo, indicted in Lee County on child molestation charges.
Dutschke, a martial arts instructor out on bond awaiting trial, and Curtis apparently had a long-running email feud. Curtis' parents also emailed Dutschke to tell him to back off.
Today's testimony is a continuation from Friday, when Magistrate Judge S. Allan Alexander heard government and defense arguments about whether Curtis' case should be bound over to a grand jury. His bail also was at issue.
Curtis, 45 of Corinth was arrested last Wednesday by federal authorities on accusations he mailed threatening letters laden with the deadly poison ricin to President Obama, U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker and Lee County Justice Court Judge Sadie Holland.
Defense counsel Christi R. McCoy of Oxford pressed FBI investigator Brandon Grant on Friday to tell the court what direct links and direct evidence he had to show Curtis was responsible.
Grant said he did not have any, although he expected evidence from a far-flung investigation into the allegations.
Over the weekend, investigators scoured Curtis' home, his vehicle and his ex-wife's home and reportedly failed to discover any incriminating evidence, McCoy said late Sunday.
Prosecutors for the hearing are assistant U.S. attorneys Chad Lamar and John Marshall Alexander.
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(Below is a running account from today's hearing. Some information is paraphrased. Please excuse the typos and glitches likely as I type rapidly.)
10:30 – Curtis escorted into courtroom. Orange jail garb, ankle shackles, handcuffs. Cuffs now unlatched. McCoy co-counsel is former FBI agent Hal Neilson.
10:39 – Alexander back in courtroom. Calls case back for consideration. Says started preliminary and detention hearing on Friday. Recess about 6 p.m. Grant comes forward to continue testimony.
(Lamar – From Friday testimony, talk of execution or plans to do so this past weekend. One was for his residence and vehicle. What kind?) Small Ford, maybe Escape SUV. Smaller SUV. (Residence?) Corinth. (Warrants and searches over weekend on his cell phone from Escape, GPS device in vehicle/) Tomtom system. (Before results, let's talk about testimony Friday. Asked about why arrest warrant listed Lee County. Aware that federal crimes can be prosecuted in district where begin, end or pass?) Yes. (Holland letter delivered and received where?) In Lee County, Tupelo.
(Recall McCoy asking about letters … only markings was Memphis postmark April 8?) Yes. (Told her codes across the back of each envelope or upper fold?) Yes, discussed USPS codes. (Told her ongoing investigation?) Codes … informed, all three from Lee County, specifically from Tupelo. Placed in the mail and collected by postal workers. Working to narrow down exact location. (Do GPS devices, like Tomtom in Curtis' vehicle… keep a digital record within it… where device has been, dates and times?) Typically they maintain recent trips, etc. (Only if on?) Yes. (Do you have preliminary data from GPS?) Yes, last night … looked at it. Several addresses and locations … Cornth, Booneville, at least one Tupelo Franklin TN, Alabama.
(Could have gone other places with it turned off?) Yes MCCOY – COMMENT – What he is going into is new information over weekend, no objection if I am allowed to cross him on that? JUDGE – You will. (Lamar – COULD he hae gone to other places?) Yes. (Data – dates and times of trips?) We found, no dates and times. (Attempts to see if data can be mined from it?) Attempting to do that, yes.
(Remember McCoy questions about Curtis' communications usually via email, not letters?) Yes. (About emails to congress, political leaders?) Yes. (Can you send ricin by email?) No sir. (Recall IP address book from Facebook … saying this is wht he uses when he logs onto FB?) (Has same quotes as in letter?) Yes. (Most of the IP addresses came back to Corinth residence?) Yes. (Recall testifying that in April, different IP address came up?) Yes. Both addresses go back to same geo-location. Assume it is his residence. (No others?) Based on my knowledge of document, correct.
(Search of Corinth residence … ) JUDGE – (Asks about why two different IP addresses.) (Lamar – Could be two different modems.) Grant says one could be to computer, one could e for a telephone.) (Lamar – search on Friday, results?) Thursday, task force went in. On Friday, Hazmat team… did not identify any apparent hazardous materials. Scene then turned over to regular scene investigators. No ricin, not equipment there for manufacture. (How describe … material?) Awaiting final results in Md. By Looking at it and description of experts… it is preliminarily testing as ricin, a crude form. Appears that someone took castor beans, put them in blender. Looks like sand. (Lamar – same as coffee bean grinder?) That would be a low-tech way to do that. Doesn't require much science, to get ricin inside out.
(Lamar – castor beans … available?) Yes, ornamental plants. Can order online. Told I can go to home improvement stores … to use in bait against rodents. (Blenders … available?) Yes. Easily removed that way. (Regardless of how crude it was or is… still testing as ricin. Can it still hurt you?) Yes. Still could … depending on amount or how took it in … could cause death. Lot of factors go into that.
(What else inside house?) Computers, correspondence email in drawer. (Weapons?) Yes. Two, being traced by ATF. One was 9mm and other a 380. (Searches of computer … ?) Yes. (What preliminary results?) Initially searched for "dirty word" search …. terms about ricin. All negative. Searched RAM .. with most recent searches. Now doing a deep dive. Preliminary… nothing yet. Shows were external hard drive and thumb drive plugged in and weren't recovered.
(Searches… for internet addresses from that computer. Google, Yahoo?) Yes, full diagnostic searches. One computer hadn't been used for a while. (Recall saying on Friday … informed that "to see a wrong…. continuance" passage … not on his main FB site? Passage in the letter?) Yes. (Not prior to April 8 postmarking of letter?) ON that one site. (True now?) No, additional analysis. Quote appeared on his space on Internet. (Main FB site? Not there?) I don't know. (But?) Found on other sites. (Also "I am KC" … signature?) Yes
(Talked about indentions on outside of envelope to President and Sen. Wicker?) Yes. (Did you learn that another indentation found?) Yes. (Where?) What understand, on Holland letter. President – 202 Millford. Wicker – 109 Inez Drive. Holland – 109 Inez Dr. A former address. (What about envelopes?) All three self-sealing with self-adhesive stamp. (No licking or moisture?) No. (Shows him Exhibit 6 – recognize it?) Yes, first saw it today. Social Security Admin letter to our office… says Curtis on SS benefits, which he admitted initially. (Disability?) Lists … headaches bipolar, back aches, head, neck. (When applied for SS for mental disability?) Dec. 29, 2009. Approved June 20… can't make out what he's saying] Nov. 30, 2012… went back about verification.
(When interviewed Curtis, did you ask him … about SS?) Yes, office aware of some kind. He said over $700/month from headaches from motorcycle accident when he was 16. Not bipolar.. more from head and neck injuries. (Introduce Exhibit 6 into evidence.) MCCOY – NO OBJECTIONS.
(Aware now Curtis is on some kind of probation? Intoxication in Leeds, Ala.?) Yes, public intoxication matter. (How long on probation?) 24 months. (Date ?) Or not past May 2015. (When he was convicted … was he fined?) Yes, fine and court costs. (Information to … MCCOY – OBJECTION… CONTINUING LEADING OF WITNESS.) LAMAR – I am. Rules permit that. JUDGE – Try not to do that.
(Did he pay fine?) Yes. A processing company received it. Two or three money orders. Most recent in March – $140. He wrote his name, address as 2503 Ewell Ave., Tupelo 38801. His mother and step-father's. (Used throughout process?) Yes, listed as primary address. [Curtis is shaking head and talking to McCoy]
(Lamar – [shows exhibit to McCoy] Shows document to Grant… email, seen before?) Yes. Email is correspondence between Curtis and … a church.. Rev. Mike HIcks at a local church in north MS…. Tupelo. (Summarize it?) From KC Justice for You, email address .. to several addresses including some to Curtis, others at St. Luke's Church in Tupelo. When I read this … at bottom in 2003, Curtis approached Hicks to tell him about what occurred at NMMC … body parts, his wife. I don't see his wife. Not allowed to give testimony. March 8, 2009, says to see message to Hicks. "He never answered me or called me." Attached is an article about the killing of a pastor at an Illinois church.
(Lamar [shows him another exhibit] Did you or team obtain this?) Yes … committal papers filed in chancery court of Prentiss for Mr. Curtis. To have him evaluated by mental health authorities… involuntary.. by his wife, Laura Curtis. Approx date late August 2001. (What happened?) Appears he was committed and dismissed Sept. 11, 2001. [McCoy, Neilson read over next exhibit shown them by Lamar.]
(Lamar – I gave defense stack of copies to be copied. McCoy – We didn't see this one. Lamar – I can't say I gave her every one.) (Exhibit – did you or team ask questions about passage … about a Booneville police officer saying Curtis was investigated before? From Capitol Police report. Did you ask Booneville?) Yes, this exhibit. (Summarize?) Yes, various reports where Curtis is either complainant of subject of a complaint. Oct. 2008, report he pulled weapon from his waistband.. simple assault charge. Oct 2008, he complained against Mr Pardue for cyberstalking Sept. 2008, Curtis filed about garbage can through his window. Aug. 2008, Pardue against Curtis, cyberstalking. April 2008, Curtis complained about Crown Victoria in front of house and watching him. He called at least once or twice, say he'd taken photos of it. Nov. 2007, he and ex-wife disagreed after power was turned off. She asked him to leave, daughter called police with concerns.
(Lamar – exhibit, emails. Exhibit 10. Recognize?) Yes, obtained by court search of his residence. Emails between Curtis and … J. Everett Dutschke. Appeared to engaged in debate about who is the biggest liar, putting fake info on their websites. Appears all boiled over from earlier interaction… Dutschke perhaps agreed to publish or try to publish Curtis' manuscript on Missing Pieces Talk about fake accounts, man up and be real men… Curtis family member tells Dutschke to leave Curtis alone. (Who do those people purport to be?) Ed and Elois …. his stepfather and mother. (Claim who they are?) Yes, Kevin's parents.
(Their response to Dutschke … ?) They say never know what's going to show up on your doorstep, so just keep it up. (Exhibit 11 – what is that?) Document from search … appears to be a petition … for legislation to President, Senate, House, Gov. MS, Cochran, Wicker, Rep. Travis Childers – to regulate bones and tissues, to regulate organ harvesting in U.S. Discussion about the trade and urged them to take action … to make it illegal … before or after person's death. Signed Nov 2006, by Curtis and others in Tupelo.
[FYI – Dutschke ran against Rep. Steve Holland for the state House in 2004. Judge Sadie Holland is Rep. Holland's mother.]
(Exhibit 12 – seen that before?) Reporting from ongoing matter… haven't seen it except this. Daily Journal. Family is concerned about arrest, claims he suffers bipolar disorder and doesn't take his medication. (Say he regularly medicates?) Says three years ago, convinced him to take meds. Says he doesn't. (11:27)
(Showing him documents. Report on Curtis? Assault conviction?) Yes, in Lee County 2003. Disposition – 108 days in prison, dismissed. (Is that David Daniels incident?) I believe it is. (Document show charge … about Booneville PD, on Pardue?) Yes, Booneville report mentioned words "I ain't scared of you" … dismissed. Conviction in Monroe, La. -= cyberstalking Jan. 25, 2010 – 24 months probation, court costs. Understand this was his sister or his first ex-wife. 11:29
(JUDGE TELLS HER to limit questions to new matter.) McCoy asks to retrieve exhibits. [She has on seersucker suit, 4-inch red stilletto heels.)
(McCoy – DOCUMENT from SS Admin… documents his mood disorder?) Yes. (Documents – what makes it … that he is involved with this crime?) Nothing. (Anything in it to bear on this hearing?) I believe so. Helps establish a behavioral background for Curtis. Perhaps doesn't realize what he doing or suffering from a mental disorder to lead him to these crimes. (Mentioned Nov. 30, 2012 contact with SS. Bearing?) None. Recent contact. (Is that wrong?) No. (Aware, aren't you, that Curtis has secured housing?) Yes. (It is dependent on his receiving SS?) Yes.
(Ask about Exhibit 7 – purports to be an email … sent by Kevin Curtis?) My understanding. (To a church in 2003?) Yes, original sent 2003 … (This email 2009 – he complains about 2003 email?) Yes. (What bearing on this proceeding?) Shows Curtis holds on to things. Concerned me … when attach an article … he was upset, not allowed to give testimony. When attach 6 years later, an email back to same church … newspaper article about pastor being killed … causes us to evalutae whether this is a veiled threat. (Did you?) Yes, it's ongoing. (Any information he has threatened anybody at St. Luke?) This is the only one, still investigating. (Email is very respectful?) Yes. More attachment of article, which has no bearing about his testimony about NMMC.
(You said he has no bearing?) Article .. why would he send article about pastor being killed. Attached to email about wanting to give testimony. (Why?) I don't know. (Is it possible that people at church death had some prior connection to St. Luke's?) Perhaps. Just unusual manner of which email sent. Unusual. (Exhibit 8 – civil commitment proceedings by Laura Curtis … to commit Kevin to Dept of Mental Health?) My understanding. (You said you understood that he was placed into custody of care of department?) On my limited review … I see August … clerk authorized it.
(Look at back page… order… in chancery court of Prentiss County?) Yes. (What …read title.) Order dismisses the application. (Short order, signed by Jacqueline Mask in 2001. Read paragraph.) Masks says he doesn't pose a potential danger to himself and others. Signed by chancellor. (Exhibit is 13-year-old proceeding, filing… concludes that he does not pose a likely harm to himself or others?) That's what it says. (How does that play into why we are here today?) Aug. 2001 … documents why dismissed. Notes, he makes very little sense in his actions or behavior… although she does not find evidence of psychiatric illness. We can't determine his state of mind.
(His mental state in question. Again, how does that make it more likely than not that he committed crime he is charged?) It doesn't. Still conducting our investigation to obtain evidence to point to Curtis. (Agree that sane people commit crimes?) Yes. (Mentally ille?) Yes. (Do you ahve evidence that someone who suffered mood disorder is more likely to do something like this?) No.
(Exhibit 9 – reports from Booneville police?) Yes. (Lamar asked you … I never did that Capitol Police Report. [He says he has a copy] So, this exhibit … BPD. Some separate incidents?) Yes. (As I am reading it, looks to be in 2008?) Yes. Majority… 2007 and 2008. (Thse reports … one details situation where neighbor claims Curtis pulled a gun on him?) Yes. (Report from Mr. Curtis' side … he believes he was threatened at time?) Yes. (What further investigation done into that?) I don't know. (At times, there is justification on pulling a firearm on someone?) I would agree. (Another exhibit … details where soeone pulled a gun on Mr. Curtis?) Pretty sure … (Exhibit 12 – David Daniels exhibit.) (Situation in Lee County, 2003 … Probation papers about simple assault conviction? Altercation with David Daniels?) My understanding. (Court found Daniels justified in doing so?) Yes. (Court was Sadie Holland?) Yes. (What communication has Curtis had with Sadie Holland since then?) I don't know. Still attempting to ascertain. (Hasn't Holland said she hasn't heard a peep from him since this happened?) Don't read press. I don't recall that. Know communication with her office.
(What do elimination prints reveal?) Haven't completed. (Exhibit 9 – BPD report … one from Pardue… his version. No conviction, nothing?) No. (Then other reports, Curtis claims problems … that someone threw something through a window?) Yes. (Report he has concerns about Crown Vic watching his home?) April 2008, Yes. (Report where he and Mrs. Curtis had gotten into verbal altercation, child calls police. He left peacefully?) Yes. (Any other reports you know about?) No.
(In your complaint we talked about Friday … you said got your information from Capitol Police … on back of this document, it indicates … you relied on?) Yes. (Says advised investigating Curtis since 2007?) Yes. (So, ex-wife reported he was delusional, anti-gvernment and spying on him?) Yes. (Asks him to read …) Searh … no weapons found, multiple computers. Sgt. says stalking charges from 2008. (Cori Robbins says she knows he has never been violent. Why not included?) An oversight on my part. Majority of information came from here. I was trying to show information. Need to talk to Det. Robbins. (Your report comes verbatim from Capitol Police?) Yes. (But nothing about his lack of violence … said Friday and now today, to determine his state of mind and his behavior. Is that not important?) Yes, we have to do additional investigation.
(For the better part of his adult life has lived in Booneville or somewhat close?) Has lived other places. (In past 10 years, most time in Booneville area?) And in Alabama. (Wouldn't you say Police detective there should have insight into his behavior?) Yes. (You chose not to include it?) Yes. (In there appears to include four reports … Graph 15 … affidavit… Robbins said Curtis investigated several times since 2007? Really no investigation of Curtis?) I don't want to characterize what BPD has done or not.
(Isn't one… Mr. Pardue that Curtis … in a band together … complains Curtis has been booking shows without telling him?) Yes. (He's mad because Curtis tells people Pardue is lazy?) Yes. (Do you consider that an investigation of Curtis?) No. Based investigation on what I thought was important. (Exhibit 10 – Appears to be emails from Dutschke?) Yes. (Who is he?) Individual Curtis spoke about… lives in Tupelo. They have had a disagreement… over Internet .. Dutschke previously worked for Curtis' brother as insurance agent .. Curtis was there doing telemarketing work. (What is disagreement?) Thik multiple sources … just appears they don't like each other … say posting things that aren't true about each other. Boil down to Dutschke making previous pledge or statement that he may be willing to print Curtis' manuscript.
(So, those emails from Dutschke, threatening?) Yes, ma'am. Putting them in context … refers to him as a dumb-ass. In effect let's take it outside. (Says to meet him somewhere and we'll take care of it? Violent streak?) Yes. (Mention email correspondence about what was said to Dutschke, when making these threats toward Curtis? What said?) Want some more action, you never now what is going to show up on your doorstep, so just keep it up, big boy. Mother and stepfather defending their son. A disagreement … threats all in eye of the beholder. (Never know … insinuating ricin could show up?) Not saying that.
(Fact that his mother and stepfather…s ent email to violent man… backoff. What does it show today?) Online presence of Curtis and some disagreement with other individuals. That … I don't see the other side of this email .. but correspondence we're looking at. (Shows his online presence …?) Email suggests … Dutschke says Curtis making statements and posting online things that are false. Dutschke makes counteractions against Curtis. Known each other long time. Ongoing issue. Emails May 27, 2010, June 1 2010. Between Dutschke and parents of Mr. Curtis, ad Curtis.
(Were asked by Lamar … can someone send ricin by Internet?) No. (Did Dutschke receive envelope with ricin?) No. (Hs he been indicted?) Yes. (For dispicable violent act?) Yes. (He has said Curtis could be responsible….?) Don't know. (I believe Curtis told you …) He spent good amt of time talking about Dutschke. (Since Wednesday, tried to interview Dutschke?) Tried. not successful. Thursday or Friday. Continuing to try to do so. Sure efforts to re-interview. (Know whether Dutschke has capability to make ricin?) Given the right mindset and Internet, acquitions… absolutely could be … anyone could be involved. Yes.
(Conducted searches of his computer?) LAMAR – OBJECTION. (Dutschke's name came up Friday.) LAMAR – OBJECTION, EXCEEDS SCOPE. JUDGE- AGREE BUT THIS IS CROSS-EXAMINATION. BUT CAN QUESTION WITNESS.
(McCoy – Disagreement with Dutschke, recently about charges against Dutschke?) Yes. (Lives in Lee County?) Yes. (Mad at Mr. Curtis?) Yes. (Exhibit 11 – email to elected officials. Curtis imploring them to look at legislation. Email Dec. 1, 2010. Read it?) Yes. (Respectful?) Yes. (Any information that ever been an email that wasn't respectful?) Not aware … we're still waiting for more information. (Mentioned … these documents obtained during the search?) Yes (Not from home?) No … my understanding they were from the search. (Was a search … of his mom's house?) Yes, interviewed her on two occasions. Asked voluntary information. Not aware where came from. Gave envelopes.
(Laura Curtis, did she have envelopes?) Sure she did. (Curtis vehicle, were envelopes? What kind?) Don't know. (At his home, envelopes recovered?) I don't think so. Think they were taken from his vehicle. (Stamps?) No stamps. (Told if envelopes taken consistent with letters to officials?) Not sure. (Not forensically…. were they similar? Ones from his car, self-adhesive?) I don't know. (Wouldn't you think that is important?) Absolutely.
(Exhibit 12 – Daily Journal article?) Yes. (What is the relevance?) LAMAR – OBJECTION. RELEVANCE. JUDGE – YOU INTRODUCED IT AND ASKED HIM ABOUT IT. (MCCOY – Exhibit 12 … Daily Journal article … what is about it that is pertenant to your inestigation?) His mental state. To detrmine if have mental acumen or ability to do what did. I'm not a doctor. We need to detrmine if he has bipolar ondition, how could that affect him. If mails something, is he aware of it? Psychology 101.
(McCoy – based on your investigation into his mental state?) Still conducting investigation. (Let's talk about that. On Friday, number of questions posed … you said you couldn't answer because searches ongoing. Where?) Curtis residence, car. (Where all searches?) Consent from his mother and ex-wife. Consent given. (Ex-wife, they searched her home?) I don't know extent of search Haven't seen reports. (Is there anything that happened during search of her home, more likely than not that Curtis has committed these crimes?) I couldn't answer. (Are searches over?) Yes. (As far as physical search of where this man has been in past six months, is there anything left to searh?) Sure other places to come up with. Referring to court-authorized searches.
(What was taken?) Computers, paper artifacts, envelopes. No … as stated … no ricin or material identified. Or apparatus? (What would that be?) Simple as food processor or coffee grinder. (Dd you ask to search for specific items like that?) Yes. (Did you find it?) No ma'am. (Telling court… they must have been removed or discarded?) No. It was not located. (What about lye? Asked to search for it?) May have been . (Acetone?) Yes. Warrant specified … chemicals involved in the manufacture. Now we know it was a crude form. Learned yesterday morning.
(Still in the presumptive phase?) We're in preliminary positive phase. Final … will more than likely provide … may be wrong… strength or purity or toxicity level. (Those tests done late last week… waiting on final results?) Yes. All three letters … all three have preliminarily tested positive for ricin, awaiting final results. (Other tests over weeend?) Sure other tests. Process they do to get to final results. (Yesterday, conversation… that this ricin was crude and easy to make. But stated after nothing was found at his or ex-wife's residence?) Yes. (When we were here Friday… no discussion about ease of making, right?) Friday, different processes… crude… or weaponized. In talking with officials from WMD director this is crude form.
(You testified … had conducted prelim tests on computer at home?) Yes. (At this stage nothing to indicate searched for "ricin" or making of it?) At this time, Iv'e been informed … no information to suggest that. (You mentioned dirty-word search… it was negative?) Yes. (Deep dive planned… what will it show?) I'm not a computer person … terms may e wrong. But full forensics will show log-ins, websites, what's been erased. How found out about hard drive we can't find. (You said, hard drive and thumb drive… don't hae it.) We have one thumb drive but understand there's another one. Hardware plugged in that we have no access to
(You can't say when they were used?) No. (No matter or what you put on, a fingerprint is left?) Yes. (Nothing on those computers that shows anything related to making of ricin?) Yes. (You do have a thumb drive?) We have one. Additional kinds used. Must re-check my notes. (Three computers… how old are they?) I don't know. (Who else has used them besides Curtis?) I don't know (Who else are they registered to?) I don't know. We will do additional analysis. (You said more than 1 IP addresses?) Two. (Court asked if was another computer?) No. I said … could be a hard line for computer and perhaps telephone.
(You remember … an invoice from Comcast, showing when Curtis got line. March 21?) I don't know. (Got Comcast … could be different modems?) Modems, carriers. (What is significance of more than one IP address?) Accessing something through a smart phone, digital dial-up. I'm not a computer person. (Anything about two geo-locations to his home… to suggest he committed this crime?) No ma'am.
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OXFORD – Tupelo attorney David Daniels is a possible witness today in the government's case against Elvis tribute artist Kevin Curtis of Corinth, accused of sending poison-laden letters to President Obama and at least two others.
Daniels, a former District 1 assistant district attorney, may be asked to testify about a decade-old confrontation he had with Curtis, when Curtis claimed Daniels tried to "hit on" his girlfriend.
Ultimately, Lee County Justice Court Judge Sadie Holland issued a restraining order for Daniels against Curtis and found him guilty in the altercation.
Today's proceeding is a continuation of Friday's hearing for Magistrate Judge S. Allan Alexander to hear government and defense information to decide is the case should be sent to a federal grand jury. She also will rule on whether to set bond for Curtis.
• Watch this website for updates.
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OXFORD – Kevin Curtis' attorney says federal authorities found nothing incriminating from searches of his home, vehicle and ex-wife's home over the weekend.
"Searches turned up completely empty," says Christi R. McCoy of Oxford, Curtis' defense counsel.
The Corinth man is due back in an Oxford courtroom at 10 a.m. Monday for continuation of a Friday hearing.
Magistrate Judge S. Allan Alexander is listening to government testimony seeking to convince her the case against the Elvis tribute artist and small businessman should be turned over to a grand jury.
The government also wants her to hold Curtis without bail. He's been in the Lafayette County Detention Center since his arrest last Wednesday.
After more than three hours Friday, McCoy pressed the government's only witness, an FBI weapons-of-mass-destruction specialist, to admit their evidence was scant although he expected further testing and analysis to point the finger at Curtis.
Prosecutors said, as the hearing recessed, that they have at least one more witness.
Last Thursday, federal prosecutors accused Curtis of sending threatening letters through the mail, containing what they believe is the deadly poison ricin.
In addition to President Obama, suspicious letters were received by U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker of Tupelo and Lee County Justice Court Judge Sadie Holland of Plantersville.
• Watch this website for more details from Oxford on Monday.


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High Priestess: One of the trumps of the Major Arcana of the tarot. Numbered II. In the system of Eliphas Levi, it corresponds to the Hebrew letter Beth. In the system of the Golden Dawn, The High Priestess corresponds to the Hebrew letter Gimel and the Moon.
High Priestess:
A female Witch who, often with a High Priest, is the leader of a coven. In traditional covens, to achieve this level requires extensive training and experience. In covens that have a three-degree system, a High Priestess will have been initiated into the third degree. It is often abbreviated as HPS.
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Hebrew letter: Gimel
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Path on the Tree of Life: 13th path connecting Tiphareth to Kether.
Qabalistic Description. The 2nd Key, the 13th Path. The Priestess of the Silver Star. The Path of the High Priestess connects Kether to Tiphareth along the Middle Pillar, and functions as the purest root-essence of consciousness. It is the direct connection from the highest consciousness, across the Abyss, to the middle consciousness. The letter Gimel means camel whose ability to store water enables the traveler to cross the Great Divide.
Card Description. The High Priestess rules the long path uniting Kether to Tiphareth, crossing the reciprocal Paths of Venus and Leo. She is the great feminine force controlling the very source of life, gathering into herself all the energizing forces and holding them in solution until the time of release. Her colors, pale blue, deepening into sky blue, silvery white, and silver, relieved by touches of orange and flame, carry out these ideas.
Interpretation. Change, alteration, increase & decrease. Fluctuation (whether for good or evil is shown by cards connected with it.) Compare with Death and the Moon.
Psychological Value. This Arcanum may be used when you are having difficulties in discerning the hidden elements of a problem or situation, or when you need to let go of certain emotions, entanglements, or situations you have been stuck in. It is especially useful when you are prone to periods of tension, anxiety and selfishness. You can invoke this Arcanum when you are experiencing difficulties in achieving inner peace, are seeking serenity, or when you are trying to become most like your truest inner self. It can also be used when you need to receive inspiration, or develop and improve your skills of mediumship and psychometry. (According to the Divine Arcana of the Aurum Solis—Divinity: Pontos; Greek Letter: Delta.)
source: Llewellyn's Complete Book of Psychic Empowerment, by Carl Llewellyn Weschcke & Joe H. Slate (Llewellyn Publications) - Carl Llewellyn Weschcke
Because of its large size, it was originally considered a planet; however, its shape and location required it to be redefined as one of the thousands of known asteroids. It is often treated as a minor planet. Juno is named after the Greek queen of the gods who is also the goddess of marriage. Some astrologers consider Juno to be important and use it in their computations. Keywords for Juno used by astrologers for interpretations include: spouse, wife, partnerships, law giver, judge, women's issues, weather, money, and seduction. Depending upon its location in a chart, Juno can also represent rape, sex as a weapon, spousal abuse, and persons so abused. May sometimes refer to alternative lifestyle relationships.
The concept of a guardian angel is extremely old. In Zoroastrianism, guardian angels were called fravashis. Before Christianity, the Romans had protective guardians. Men had a genius and women a juno. Jesus Christ confirmed the existence of guardian ...
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The Golden Bough is a reference to a mystical tree branch in Greco-Roman myth. In an ancient tale the hero Aeneas, on a quest, consults a prophetess who is one of the Sibyl at Cumae. The Sibyl instructs Aeneas to break a branch from a certain tree ...
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Love to Cook? Register for Fall Culinary Classes at the ACA
June 13, 2006If youve always loved to cook or are ready to make a career change, its not too late to register for the fall semester at the Academy of Culinary Arts at Atlantic Cape Community College. The academy is accepting applications for fall classes, which begin Wednesday, Aug. 30, at its Mays Landing campus, 5100 Black Horse Pike.
The ACA offers two-year degree programs in Culinary Arts, Food Service Management and Baking and Pastry. Full-time classes meet five hours a day, Monday through Friday, in a morning or afternoon session from August through December and January to May. Full-time students not pursuing a degree can complete the requirements for a culinary certificate in three semesters. Part-time and evening classes are available.
The ACA also offers four short-term specialization programs. Baking and Pastry, Hot Food, Catering and Food Service Management certificates can be earned in just nine monthsan ideal situation for industry professionals who want to strengthen their skills or for food enthusiasts interested in satisfying their culinary curiosity.
The academy offers personalized, high-quality training at a low cost. The price of the two-year program is considerably lower than that of comparable cooking schools. Financial aid, grants, scholarships and loans are also available.
The ACA has been training future chefs since 1981, and is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. For more information on the academy, call 1-800-645 CHEF, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com, or visit http://www.atlantic.edu/aca.


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Practice Smart Watering
Water is essential for plants, along with light, air and nutrients, but too much water causes more harm than good. In fact, over-watering is a common problem that weakens plants, inviting pests and diseases into your landscape. Giving each area of your garden just the right amount of water is easier than ever with the help of automatic drip lines, soaker hoses and rain sensors. Even without this technology, following some simple watering guidelines will reduce maintenance needs and save valuable water for people, salmon and other wildlife.
How to Practice Smart Watering
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Water conservation is important to provide a safe, reliable supply of water for our community's growing needs today and in the future. Join your neighbors and help conserve our water resources. Programs and services that encourage smart watering are available to Bellevue customers from Bellevue Utilities and Cascade Water Alliance.
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A Homeowner's Guide to Becoming Sprinkler Savvy (video)
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Holiday outreach initiatives planned
Posted November 28, 2007; 03:00 p.m.
Members of the University community will have the opportunity to share the holiday spirit through a series of community service initiatives and special events planned for December and January.
A holiday "A Cappella Jam" performance featuring the Tigressions, Tigertones, Tigerlillies, Nassoons, Shere Khan and Wildcats student groups will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, on the Palmer Square Green. The event is free and open to the public, and attendees are encouraged to bring a new toy to be donated to the YWCA Princeton St. Nicholas Project.
On Sunday, Dec. 16, a "Holiday Hoops" food drive will provide free admission to a Princeton men's or women's basketball game to anyone bringing a nonperishable food item to Jadwin Gymnasium. Donations will go to the Mercer Street Friends Food Bank. The women's team plays Syracuse University at 2 p.m., followed by the men's team taking on Manhattan College at 5 p.m.
Through Dec. 16, donations of nonperishable food items and personal hygiene products for the Mercer Street Friends Food Bank will be collected at several campus sites: 1 New South; C320 Engineering Quadrangle; Jadwin Gymnasium; Helm Building; MacMillan Building; Robertson Hall; Lewis Thomas Lab; Dillon Gymnasium; 22 Chambers St., Suite 101 (Office of Community and Regional Affairs); and the 100 level of Frist Campus Center. Items especially needed include peanut butter, rice, pasta, pasta sauce, canned goods, cereal, spices, toothpaste, deodorant, bath soap and disposable diapers.
Additionally, campus and local nonprofit groups are participating in initiatives to collect donations including books, games, gift certificates, food, personal care items, toys, winter jackets and sleepwear. Participating organizations are Anchor House/Angel's Wings, the Crisis Ministry of Princeton and Trenton, Community House, Health Care Ministry of Princeton, HomeFront, the YWCA Princeton St. Nicholas Project and Womanspace. For more information about these organizations and donations needed, visit the community and regional affairs website or contact Erin Metro at (609) 258-5144 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
In addition, community members can start saving men's and women's business attire for the annual gently used clothing drive planned for January. Details will be announced at a later date.
The outreach initiatives are sponsored by the offices of community and regional affairs and human resources, the Department of Athletics, the Frist Campus Center and the Undergraduate Student Government.


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"My father knit smelt traps, which is small mesh, and I would help him out," George Elliott said as he picked over twine.
"But he didn't make cast nets. It was something I learned on my own."
Already handy with the needle by the time he was 15 years old — he's been netting twine in the underhand fashion since he was nine — the Main Brook resident said he found a cast net mesh that was knitted by his grandfather and it all started from there.
Elliott said knowing how to make the net was important at the time because fishermen would use cast nets to catch bait.
Almost 70 years later, Elliott can still keep a steady pace with the needle.
Working his way through a series of twine, in a continued looping motion, Elliott wraps the twine around a measuring card, pushes the needle through the mesh to create the knot and says he doesn't know if he'll make too many more.
The reason being, he's out of lead — which is used to make the sinkers.
"I had some Babbitt (bearings to melt down), but the fumes are hard," he said. "If I came across some lead I'd probably do another one."
But at 82 years old, Elliott is more interested in passing the skill on.
He would like to teach the underhanded knitting style, and how to attach drawstrings and make lead sinkers.
"I only knows of myself still making cast nets, and once I'm gone, …" he said. "I'd like to see someone else to keep it going."
The process
Elliott said the first thing that needs to be learned is tying the underhand style, which he can teach.
"It's the same knot over and over," he said.
From there, his approach has been to start with a 48-mesh horn — the top of the mesh.
Knitting his way down the mesh, adding additional meshes to expand the width, Elliott's cast nets are 26 inches long and contain 240 meshes at the bottom.
When this is completed, he'll add the lead sinkers — 80 in total.
Elliott will melt the lead down himself, in a mould that will shape the sinkers into a ball shape.
"I had a mould that belonged to my grandfather for shaping leads, but it (went missing)," he said. "So then my grandson made one up for me."
After the leads are attached comes the attaching of the drawstrings, which Elliott says is the most important part of the net.
He adds 16 drawstrings — of the same length and distance apart — and connects them to the hand-held line that is used to tuck the net together and drag in the catch.
If this isn't done correctly, the net won't draw together evenly, he said.
"It's a lot to figure out by yourself, but if someone had the interest, I'd be willing to teach them."
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Them boys put on a show tonight. On defense they were unreal at times. Bobcats spent the second half chucking up horrible and contested shots
Lopez was a beast in the paint, on both sides of the ball showed hella athletcism, i was shocked.
Rivers was breakin ankles and gettin to the rim at will, needs to work on the 3 pointer though.He was a menace on defense too
Aminu shut down whoever he guarded. period
If AD plays how he played tonight, he'll be an all star. Defended the paint and perimeter and paint equally well, scored from everywhere on the court, and this kid hustles. Wow
Vasquez can run this team he was awesome, I looked up and he had 10 assist, made it look easy
Anderson was like Peja, but with defense, he guarded the Sf too, not bad
Miller and Roberts off the bench looked good.
Aminu. He played well tonight. Played great D and was aggressive on Offense.
Jason Smith is sitting on a giant pad and he winces when he sits and stands, that back must be killing him.
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I really want the fellowship 9 pack, but I can't find it ANYWHERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I really want the fellowship 9 pack, but I can't find it ANYWHERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Roger Nasty Butler!"
I don't think it was supposed to come out until '03. Santa Clause (my girlfreind) got mine from ebay.
I know that they have popped up at Wal-Mart, I found a thrashed one there with a $29.99 price tag (what a steal!). It's also available for pre-order from the KB Kids website for $39.99.
Hope this helps you find one, it really is a cool set!
I have seen it on KB's website, but I haven't pre-ordered it yet. I am hoping to find it. The one I saw on ebay was at 50 dollars already.
"Roger Nasty Butler!"
yep, the 6 inch arwen is awesome. she comes with her horse and a wounded frodo. i just saw about 6 of these at toys 'r us on monday.
the 12 inch one, however is horrible, as all the 12 inch LOTR figures are. as much as i gripe about hasbro, they would of done a much better job on the 12 inch line.
word is, the next wave of LOTR 12 inch figures have been cancelled. i hope and pray toybiz is gonna let sideshow make these. could you guys just imagine 12 inch elf archers, and an 18 inch sauron?
Ohhh....I would love one of those Arwen's derek!
I scouted my TRU today, and found the Gandalf and Ring Wraith rider packs. But no sign of Arwen. Or Legolas for that matter.
I also found the Gimli/orc 2-pack, and the Sam-Frodo boat pack.
So that was a nice score for me. But alas, no legolas for me...
"Roger Nasty Butler!"
Went out last night to my local TRU, Target, and Wally World only to find that TRU only had Gandalf the White from TTT and Treebeard. Target and Wallyworld had no LOTR figures at all. When I asked in Target, I just got a blank stare, then the inevitable umm..., I could not find anyone on the floor to ask at Wally Word and the customer service counter line was way too long. Anyone else having this problem?
I had that problem at Wal-Mart before Christmas. I guess they sold all of them, and hadn't re-stocked. I guess they didn't anticipate selling many during the holidays.
I haven't looked at Target, but TRU has had a decent supply of them.
"Roger Nasty Butler!"
I have no real proof of what I'm about to say, but from my vast shopping rout (up to 5 Targets and 5 WM in one night) I have found this.
Before the Xmas rush, when WM was resetting their toy department they shrunk the big front Star Wars display to a third of what it was during the summer. They prepared for the big Holiday movie toys (Harry Potter and LOTR). Thus for a brief period the front toy isle had LOTR, Harry Potter, and Star Wars figures. Even though it was set, I never saw anything but Star Wars fully stocked. Then a week or so later (at all of the WM I frequent) they clearance out all of their FOTR figures and removed the display from the main toy isle. Thus leaving Harry Potter and Star Wars to cover the whole isle. So, logic would lend us to believe that WM stopped carrying LOTR figures for some strange reason. I don't know why this could be. Could be they think the movie is too violent to sell the toys to kids. Could be they don't like the way Toy Biz runs things. Could be they don't like directors from New Zealand. Who knows? I do know that not a single Wal-Mart I've been to this holiday season (more than 10 different ones) have had a LOTR figure.
Now on to what I've found at Targets. Each Target is different. Thus what each Target carries is different. This is most significant to us in the toy department. The LOTR figures are carried at some Targets (and those that do have them have a great selection). It seems that some Targets don't have the second action figure isle which is where the LOTR figures are located. Along with McFarlane Sports Pics, Star Trek Enterprise and Nemesis figures, Star Trek Mini Manics figures ect. Most of the bigger Targets have them but not always. I think its luck of the draw and who sets up the toy department.
I'm not a store organizer, but you'd think this time of year you'd want the toys to go along with one of the biggest movies of the year and of all time. So, unless you have one of the lucky Targets or a TRU near by, your chances of buying LOTR figures is sparse.
Again, I have no proof of any of this, but as these are the facts as Ive scene them. Hope this helped a little.
If you want to find it you have to shop.
Hmmm, we'll at the horrible Wal-Mart by my house (I mean it, this place is a wreck), they had a pretty good amount of FOTR two packs, a few single figs, and 1 destroyed gift set on Dec 23rd. No TTT anywhere in sight. When I ask them anything, they look at me like they don't even understand english.
So I've been driving waaaaay out of my way to the only other WM around here looking for Marvel Legends. This is a much nicer WM, but they have no LOTR figures at all (and I get the same "ummmm" when I ask for figures).
So I guess my point is........ Wall-Mart SUCKS for us figure collectors, I really wish they wouldn't get any exclusives at all. And from what I've seen it looks like they don't carry TTT figures.
Thanks icatch.
Anyone else have any trouble getting Shadowfax to stand properly? I have to kneel him on his right front leg. I can't get just a standard standing pose. I have no problem with my Ring Wraith, but Shadowfax just won't seem to cooperate.
"Roger Nasty Butler!"


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Lenntek Pro Series with Balanced Armature Professional In-ear Monitor (IEM)
"My Altec Lansing 716s are getting old and my Sennheiser HD 600s will need new cords shortly, so when I saw the Lenntek Pros at Costco.com for $50, I couldn't pass them up. When I first opened the box, and cut open the sealed all around plastic, I noticed that the included tips are all very small. But if you push them deep, deep, deep into your your ear canal you can get a seal...." --chasfs
iRhythms A-9800 Passive Noise Reducing Ear Bud Headphones
Passive noise reducing ear bud headphones for iPod, white with acrylic finish, 3 sets of custom fit ear sleeves, 1 set of foam fitted ear sleeves, in-line volume control, travel pouch, 9mm neodymium drivers


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By M. Scott Morris/NEMS Daily Journal
In the reboot of the 1980s movie "Red Dawn," the North Koreans have developed a new weapon that renders most of the U.S. defenses useless.
With help from the Russians, they invade and take over wide swaths of this great country.
But no one would expect Americans to sit back and take such treatment.
Jed (Chris Hemsworth) is a Marine on leave in Spokane, Wash., when the invasion hits. He takes his brother and a ragtag team into the mountains, where he trains them in a patriotic montage. Before long, the Wolverines are killing North Koreans left and right.
Jed also has to learn to deal with his brother, Matt (Josh Peck). There's some bad blood for the pair to work through, as they deal death and destruction to the enemy.
It's not always easy, and the Wolverines suffer losses in the fight. They also get help from the good people of Spokane, as well as a small team of Marines who happen to be at the right spot at the right time.
I was a fan of the original "Red Dawn" (1984) with Patrick Swayze, Charlie Sheen, Lea Thompson, C. Thomas Howell and Jennifer Grey as the resistance fighters.
This update doesn't follow the original's plot exactly. There are a couple of clever adaptations and exciting moments, but mostly this is a pale imitation.
In the 2012 edition, the Wolverines run through a lot of crowded streets with stolen rifles and uniforms, which would seem to make them easy targets for the invading army. The filmmakers spent more time thinking about love interests than creating believable battle scenes.
Compared to the update, the 1984 version presented a more realistic resistance force, where the Wolverines used their knowledge of the terrain to their advantage.
I didn't despise the reboot. There's something elemental about watching Americans fight for their homes, and I was happy to see a key bad guy get his comeuppance.
As the credits rolled, somebody in the theater clapped, but I was nowhere near ready to go that far.
I give "Red Dawn" a C minus.
It's showing at Malcos in Tupelo, Oxford, Corinth and Columbus, as well as Hollywood Premier Cinemas in Starkville.
Look for movie reviews in Scene on Thursdays, and listen each Tuesday morning on Wizard 106.7 between 8:30 and 8:45 a.m.
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Kelli Karlson with Wizard 106.7 gives "Red Dawn" a B plus.
"It wasn't as good as the original, but it's a darn good movie."


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Massaud Deck Mount Tub Faucet with Hand Held Shower Head
Established as Hansgrohe's premier line in 1993, Axor continues to produce a bathing experience like no other. Their visions and designs are achieved through close collaboration with internationally renowned and award-winning designers such as Philippe Starck, Antonio Citterio, Patricia Urquiola, and Jean Marie Massaud.
Reflecting lifestyles of today and trends of tomorrow, Axor creations are as varied as the people for whom they are made. Their innovative style caters to those who demand architectural originality, enduring quality, and respectful use of water. While proudly gracing top-class hotels, elite office buildings, celebrity homes and luxury yachts all over the world, Hansgrohe has also constantly wowed critics at recognition events. It is the recipient of the prestigious 2013 Red Dot "Best of the Best" award for design, along with one of the most coveted awards, the 2012 Design Awards of the Federal Republic of Germany in the Product Design category.
Indisputably, these bathrooms are works of art offering a tranquil and intimate space for cleansing and rejuvenating the self. These products aim to breathe fresh life into bathrooms and encourage a new way of looking at how water is used.
Company Milestones:
- 1987 - Hansgrohe develops the first water-saving shower, which reduced water usage to 50%.
- 2001 - The Pontos grey water recycling system is developed to treat shower and bath water, making it reusable for toilet flushing and other uses.
- 2009 - Development of Eco-Smart technology, which reduces water consumption of all Axor mixers from 7 liters to 5 liters per minute through a pressure-independent flow limiter.
A graduate of Les Ateliers, Ecole Nationale Superieure de Creation Industrielle, Jean Marie Massaud's work, while "humanistic," is rooted in the applied sciences and clearly influenced by his training as an engineer. He has been described by Victor Carrasco, General Manager of Viccarbe, as "one of the top designers at international level."
In 2000, Jean-Marie Massaud formed Studio Massaud with Daniel Pouzet. Massaud's furniture designs are displayed in museums in Amsterdam, Chicago, London, Lisbonne, Paris, and Zurich.View other products by Jean Marie Massaud


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TaCa Replaces Roman Mailov in Krush 67kg Tournament
- Written by Dave Walsh
After stepping in for Houcine Bennoui to face Yuta Kubo in the opening round of the Krush 67kg Tournament on January 14th, Krush has announced that Roman Mailov has sustained an injury in training and will be replaced by TaCa. TaCa was originally set to fight in the reserve bout against MA Kick champion Jun Nakazawa, but now gets his shot in the main tournament against favorite Yuta Kubo. TaCa is a heavy-handed fighter who handed Hideaki Yamazaki his first loss and competed in the 63kg WILDRUSH League, where he went 2-3 (1 KO), finishing in 4th place. Although he is just 3-6 in the past 2 years, he has fought a pretty good schedule, with the 3 losses in the WILDRUSH League coming to 1st, 3rd and 5th placed Hideaki Yamazaki, NOMAN and Yukimitsu Takahashi, while his 3 losses in 2011 came to Ryuji Kajiwara, Ikki and Naoki Terasaki. His wins include his first fight against Yamazaki and wins in the WILDRUSH League over Naoki Terasaki and 2nd placed Hitoshi Tsukagoshi. Quite honestly, he has nothing to lose here as Kubo is considered a huge favorite and the expectations for TaCa are low, considering he didn't initially make it into the tournament field. I expect him to come out guns blazing, but unless he is able to hurt Kubo badly in the opening round, I don't see him doing very well. Replacing TaCa in the reserve bout against Nakazawa is Yoshihiro Tomihita, who went 4-0 in 2012 with a pair of stoppages.
One interesting thing to note is that this makes Abdallah Ezbiri the only remaining non-Japanese fighter in the tournament and he has a tough quarterfinal fight against Yuji Nashiro.
Full fight card for Jawin Presents Krush Grand Prix 2013 ~67kg First Class Tournament~ after the break
60kg Opening Fight (1): Katsuya Goto vs Leona Pettas
55kg Opening Fight (2): Shuichi Wentz vs Masahiro
63kg Opening Fight (3): Yukimitsu Takahashi vs Atsushi Ogata
63kg Opening Fight (4): Hisaki Higashimoto vs Taito
63kg Opening Fight (5): Minoru Kimura vs NOMAN
64.5kg Super Fight (6): Hiroya vs Keiji Ozaki
67kg Tournament Reserve Fight (7): Jun Nakazawa vs Yoshihiro Tomohita
67kg Tournament Quarterfinal #1 (8): Yuji Nashiro vs Abdallah Ezbiri
67kg Tournament Quarterfinal #2 (9): Hitoshi Tsukagoshi vs Yuya Yamamoto
67kg Tournament Quarterfinal #3 (10): Yuta Kubo vs TaCa
67kg Tournament Quarterfinal #4 (11): Shintaro Matsukura vs Makihira Keita
60kg Super Fight (12): Naoki Ishikawa vs Junpei Aotsu
63kg Super Fight (13): Masaaki Noiri vs Makoto Nishiyama
67kg Tournament Semifinal #1 (14): Winner of Quarterfinal #1 vs Winner of Quarterfinal #2
67kg Tournament Semifinal #2 (15): Winner of Quarterfinal #3 vs Winner of Quarterfinal #4
61kg Super Fight (16): Yuji Takeuchi vs Hirotaka Miyakawa
67kg Tournament Final (18): Winner of Semifinal #1 vs Winner of Semifinal #2


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Clean Power Plan for Existing Power Plants
President Barack Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency announced the Clean Power Plan on August 3, 2015. The plan provides a toolkit for states to implement to reduce the carbon emissions from existing fossil-fueled power plants. This plan is an update of the 2014 proposed plan and a step in the larger Climate Change Plan.
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In "Decision Time," Editor Brian Lovett will share a scenario from his 20-plus years hunting turkeys. Each hinges on a critical decision. Post what choice you would have made, then see how things actually turned out.
The Corn Snake
If you've turkey hunted a while, you've probably enjoyed one or two of those whacky, improbable hunts that make you shake your head.
But sometimes, whacky ain't all great.
One morning this spring, I slipped to the base of a ridge bordered by a cornfield. Most of the corn had been cut the previous fall, but the landowner had left a small patch standing for deer.
Nothing gobbled at my tree yelping, but after fly-down time, a bird across the town road started lighting it up. I yelped pretty hard at him, and within seconds, he had crossed the road and gobbling furiously in the field.
He had, however, brought a buddy: a jake. The shortbeard rushed to my setup and then rubber-necked away. The gobbler stayed put.
Finally, after 20 minutes of soft calling, the bird broke and started walking along a creek bottom toward the standing corn. He disappeared into the bottom and then ... well, disappeared. For 30 minutes, I didn't see or hear him.
Then, like black ghosts, six birds emerged from the bottom and rushed my setup.
"Jake," I thought. "Jake. Jake. Jake. Jake. But what's that last bird?"
I couldn't tell. The thick standing corn prevented me from seeing his beard, and the dorky jakes were also in the way.
"Crap, did the jakes run the gobbler off?" I thought. "Or is that him? He had a jake with him earlier, after all."
In my head, I heard an Alabama buddy say, "Shoot him and ground-check him."
With the birds starting to ease away, I had to shoot or hold fire.
What would you have done? Post your decision below.
Click here for Lovett's decision.


text: Leg bones from your butcher are excellent for dogs and are nutritionally good for them as well. The ones they have in the freezer section with a little meat and the marrow still in them. They're uncooked and the bone is nice and white. Other options that work very well for dogs is antlers. They both last a long time and don't splinter. Typically any cooked bone will splinter.


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Your future starts here! And, what better way to begin your future than a tour of South Plains College. Let members of the Campus Ambassadors, a student organization, guide you around our Levelland campus. Explore the student center, the library and even peak in on an actual class. You will have the opportunity to learn more about SPC and experience our unique college.
To schedule a tour, please call the Office of Enrollment Management at 806.894.9611 ext. 2113. If you would like us to contact you about scheduling a tour, please fill out the on-line form below. Once you have submitted this form, you will be contacted within a week. If you are not contacted, please call us at 806.894.9611 ext. 2113.


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This series of learning modules is designed for adaptation in an introductory Earth science or planetary science course. The modules actively engage students through Mars remote-sensing data and Earth-based analogs to understanding Mars geology.... (View More) Interviews with planetary scientists and geologists present current issues in planetary sciences. (View Less)
This project engages students in the science and engineering processes used by NASA Astrobiologists as they explore our Solar System and try to answer the compelling question, "Are we Alone?" Students will identify science mission goals and select... (View More) an astrobiologically significant target of interest: Mars, Europa, Enceladus or Titan. Students will then design their mission to this target in search of their chosen biosignature(s). Students will encounter the same considerations and challenges facing NASA scientists and engineers as they search for life in our Solar System. Students will need to balance the return of their science data with engineering limitations such as power, mass and budget. Risk factors play a role and will add to the excitement in this interactive science and engineering activity. Astrobiobound! will help students see how science and systems engineering are integrated to achieve a focused scientific goal. Includes an alignment document for NGSS and Common Core State Standards. (View Less)
This is a lesson about how to answer a scientific or engineering question. Learners will refine the scientific question they generated in Lesson 5 so that it can be answered by data and/or modeling, brainstorm possible solutions for the scientific... (View More) question chosen, determine reasonableness of solutions, use concept maps to enhance meaningful learning. The lesson uses the 5E instructional model and includes: TEKS Details (Texas Standards alignment), Essential Question, Science Notebook, Vocabulary Definitions for Students, Vocabulary Definitions for Teachers, two Vocabulary Cards, and a concept map supplement. This is lesson 6 of the Mars Rover Celebration Unit, a six week long curriculum. (View Less)
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In this activity, students identify habitats in Arizona, define and illustrate a food web in a kinesthetic exercise, and explain the importance of biodiversity in a writing assignment. Required materials include a ball of yarn or string. The... (View More) resource includes two student worksheets, a data sheet, answer keys, and Web links. This is Lesson 1 in the unit on Biodiversity, part of IMAGERS, Interactive Media Adventures for Grade School Education using Remote Sensing. The website provides hands-on activities in the classroom supporting the science content in two interactive media books, The Adventures of Echo the Bat and Amelia the Pigeon. (View Less)
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In this activity, students are introduced to the importance of maintaining biodiversity and to citizen science. The resource includes three student worksheets, a data sheet, answer keys, and Web links. This is Lesson 2 in Biodiversity, part of... (View More) IMAGERS, Interactive Media Adventures for Grade School Education using Remote Sensing. The website provides hands-on activities in the classroom supporting the science content in two interactive media books, The Adventures of Echo the Bat and Amelia the Pigeon. (View Less)
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This is a lesson about the field of astrobiology, the study of life in the universe, and ice as a preservative for evidence of life. Learners will consider the relationship between ice and life as they investigate the conditions required for life to... (View More) exist and sustain itself. They will study the impact of freezing on microbes and life processes and will learn about extremophiles, organisms that live in extreme conditions. Activities include small group miming, speaking, drawing, and/or writing. This is lesson 8 of 12 in the unit, Exploring Ice in the Solar System. (View Less)
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Asase Yaa brings West African culture to North SideJanuary 31, 2014 4:06 PM
West Africa comes to Pittsburgh this weekend. Via Brooklyn.
It's a performance by the Asase Yaa African-American Dance Theatre, presented by Pittsburgh's Kente Arts Alliance, Saturday evening at the New Hazlett Theater on the North Side.
For 13 years, Asase Yaa has been spreading West African culture through song and dance. Though the group does much of its work in its home of New York, the dance company does tour — though not every year.
Saturday will be the troupe's first visit to Pittsburgh. They will be bringing 17 performers — nine dancers, seven instrumentalists and one singer.
"This show is called 'Drum Love,'" said founding member Kofi Osei Williams, who serves as executive director and is a musician with the company. He will be among the artists on stage here Saturday.
"We put a ballet together about a young girl that came from a village into the city and she met some artists and she was amazed with them, but they took advantage of her. She sees that the people she was running to were the wrong people; she already had a core of people in the community who helped to show her a better life.
"So you're going to get a lot of strong dancing, strong singing, you're going to get powerful drumming by men and women. There's some contemporary stuff that we created ourselves and some more traditional stuff also."
The traditional stuff is pretty cool. From the costumes and dance to the music, some of it played on a balafon, which is an instrumental instrument in the Manding culture.
But the target audience is not limited to people with roots in Africa.
"The African dance community is so vast and there are so many groups of people, and we reach out to everybody," Mr. Williams said. "It's not only the African-American community. It's all people who are interested in African dance and tradition. Also people who are looking for a different experience in dance theater. A lot of African dance is formatted in a certain way, and we are still attempting to change that and make the format broader, something that people of all backgrounds can appreciate."
Kente Arts Alliance, the presenter, is a nonprofit group, founded in 2007, that works to present art of the African diaspora in hopes of entertaining, informing and lifting residents of underserved communities.
"We're trying to fill what we see as some gaps in the art offerings here in Pittsburgh by focusing on those kinds of things that would be considered 'black art,'" said Gail Austin, managing director of Kente Arts Alliance and one of its founding members. "We are primarily — but not entirely — focused on performing arts. We've done jazz, film, and dance."
The mission is important to Ms. Austin, a lifelong Pittsburgh resident who grew up in the Hill District and now lives in Manchester on the North Side. A retired member of the academic support center in the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh, she saw Asase Yaa perform in New York and worked to bring them here.
"One of the things I appreciate most is that they not only entertain but inform about the culture and art that comes out of Africa," she said. "It's important because culture tells a lot about peoples of the world. Not knowing about something just makes you kind of stupid, really. One should be informed in order to have a well-rounded and rich life experience. We all should know about the other cultures of the world."
The Pittsburgh arts community, she said, has some gaps to fill, particularly relating to Africa and the Caribbean.
"Some of my Caribbean friends tell me, 'Oh, there's never anything here from the culture of Trinidad. There's no Jamaican music,'" Ms. Austin said. "We're going to try to address that as well."
But it's not easy.
"We have two to three big events a year," Ms. Austin said of her organization. "We're trying to reach four. Try as we might, we're having a difficult time getting over that hump."
The Asase Yaa African-American Dance Theatre is one of those big events. The show begins at 8 p.m. Saturday at the New Hazlett Theater in 6 Allegheny Square East on the North Side. You can get tickets for $20 at showclix.com or at the door.
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Berthold Beitz, one of the leading industrialists in postwar Germany, was born on September 26, 1913 in Zemmin/Pommerania. Many years after the war, reflecting on his experiences in Boryslaw during the German occupation, Berthold Beitz, director-general of the Krupp Corporation in Essen and an honorary member of the German Olympic Committee, was at pains to clarify that his motives had in no way been grounded in any kind of principled political opposition to National Socialism: That was no anti-Fascism, no resistance [Widerstand]. We watched from morning to evening as close as you can get what was happening to the Jews in Boryslaw. When you see a woman with her child in her arms being shot, and you yourself have a child, then your response is bound to be completely different."
In fact, though he never engaged in active political opposition to Nazism, Beitz's help to the Jews of Borsyslaw directly challenged the most crucial ideological fixation of the regime. In this sense, it may be categorized as a higher form of resistance to Nazism.
Like his father, Berthold studied to be a banker. In April 1939, at the age of twenty-five, he was engaged by the renowned Royal Dutch Shell Oil Company in Hamburg. It was as a result of the expertise he had acquired in the strategically important oil industry that Beitz could have his military service deferred and receive a wartime commission as the business manager of the Beskidian Oil Company - later renamed the Carpathian Oil Company—at Boryslaw in eastern Galicia.
Both Boryslaw and the nearby regional town of Drohobycz were important oil-industry centers with relatively large Jewish populations. Jews—chemical engineers, laboratory assistants, mechanics, auditors, businessmen, and also unskilled laborers—made up a large part of the local task force, which was taken over by the Carpathian Oil Company after the German occupation of Boryslaw and Drohobycz on July 1, 1941. In order to protect the indispensable Jewish employees from the sporadic anti-Jewish raids carried out by the SS and their Ukrainian collaborators, the Carpathian Oil Company, like other German firms in the surrounding region, housed them and their families in segregated work camps. For their protection they had a special badge sewn on their chests with the letter "R" inscribed on it. (The "R" probably signified Rüstungsarbeiter, or armaments' worker).
Arriving in Boryslaw at the beginning of July 1941, in the wake of the German troops, Beitz witnessed first hand the atrocities perpetrated against the helpless Jewish population. In the course of the so-called "Invaliden-Aktion" on August 7, 1942, the SS evacuated the Jewish orphanage of Boryslaw in an indescribably brutal manner. Beitz, who had been alerted by the Schutzpolizei (police constabulary), watched as infants were thrown out of windows and children dragged out of their beds were driven barefoot in the middle of the night to the railway station.
As the influential business director of the strategically vital oil company, Beitz had connections to the more important Nazi functionaries in the region. He was notified in advance of impending anti-Jewish "actions" and had the right to inspect the Jews who had been rounded up at the Umschlagplatz (transfer point), to pick suitably qualified workers, and to insure that none of his own workers were included in the transports to the death camps. Thus, in August 1942, he extricated 250 Jewish men and women from the transport train to the Belzec extermination camp by claiming them as "professional workers."
However, numerous eyewitness reports leave no doubt that the twenty-seven-year-old director of the Carpathian Oil Company by no means limited himself to workers who could expedite the production of oil for the German war machine. The Jews that he rescued from deportation included many unqualified workers, often in poor physical condition, who could not, by any stretch of the imagination, be described as "professionals" or indispensable to the oil industry. Beitz placed himself at considerable risk by passing on to his Jewish confidants inside information of impending "actions." Both he and his wife concealed Jews "on the run" in their own home, thus exposing themselves to denunciations.
Ironically, the only time the Gestapo actually started an investigation against him, was after a "false scent." Early in 1943, the German police arrested on the train to Hungary two Jewish girls with forged permits for "Aryan" workers signed by Beitz. It appears that the two girls belonged to a Jewish underground group led by Zwi Heilig. The organization had stolen blank forms of permits for "Aryan" workers from Beitz's office in order to smuggle its members across the Hungarian border. Heilig, who survived the war, later testified about the consternation of the Jewish workers at the Carpathian Oil Company who had heard rumors about a noisy altercation that their protector had had with Gestapo officials. Nevertheless, Beitz managed to survive the incident and remained at Boryslaw until March 1944, when he was drafted into the army.
Beitz's nomination as Righteous Among the Nations, strongly supported by the great majority of survivors from Boryslaw and its environs (many of whom had kept in contact with their rescuer after the war ), was hotly contested by a small minority. The opponents argued that the primary motive of the former director of the Carpathian Oil Company at Boryslaw was to increase the production capacity of the German armaments industry, that he had acted only in order to line his own pockets with money and, finally, that he had not put himself at any substantial risk in rescuing Jewish workers for the German oil industry.
Yet none of these allegations appears to be borne out by the facts of the case. There seems to be more substance to the claims concerning the evidence that Beitz gave in 1952, and again in 1966, in favor of Fritz Hildebrand, the notorious SS commandant of the forced-labor camp. In his 1966 testimony in Bremen, Beitz claimed that Hildebrand "shut both his eyes" to the forbidden employment of Jews in the company's offices and elsewhere. However, controversial as they may be, Beitz's postwar testimonies cannot undo the significance of what he did during the Holocaust.
On October 3, 1973, Yad Vashem recognized Berthold Beitz as Righteous Among the Nations. On 5 February 2006 Yad Vashem recognized Else Beitz as Righteous Among the Nations.


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Which frozen waffles are the best, and which can you "leggo"?
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Are there any breakfast goods as heartwarmingly delicious as waffles? Think back to your childhood, when you eagerly anticipated the "pop" of the toaster, with steaming, crispy waffles cheerily ejected from the slots, ready for a deluge of syrup.
Oh, the memories.
Whether you instinctively say "leggo my Eggo" or wax nostalgic about Aunt Jemima's waffles, truth is, there are a myriad number of brands of waffles out there these days. Many also purport to be "homestyle," which is dubious at best, considering they are found in the frozen section. That said, who has the time to make fresh waffles, let alone actually owns a waffle maker?
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Eight Daily Meal editors blind-tasted eight popular frozen waffle brands readily available in most frozen-food sections. From the aforementioned Eggo waffles of your childhood to the health nut's go-to (Kashi 7 Grain Waffles), editors made notes dissecting each waffle's texture, flavor, smell, and overall pleasantness. Was the waffle too dry? Crispy? Could it hold up to a healthy smothering of syrup?
Van's Natural Foods Whole-Grain Waffles had the lowest score in the pack. From their coarse, chalky texture to the lack of flavor, these waffles were mostly disliked for tasting "too healthy."
As one editor put it, "Why does it taste healthy? Waffles shouldn't taste healthy. It's like you could never have a delicious, healthy cupcake. Delicious, healthy waffles don't exist."
Best Aroma: Kashi 7 Grain Waffles
From the comments the editors made, the Kashi 7 Grain Waffles had the best smell, citing the sweet, honey-like scent. There's no accounting for taste, however; this waffle was grainy and bland, except for the slightest hint of sweetness.
It definitely looked like a whole-wheat waffle, though it was a little thin compared to the other brands. This thinness did contribute a crunch, however.
Average Taste: Eggo Homestyle Waffles
At 72.5 percent, Eggo Homestyle Waffles made an average showing in this tasting. This thinner waffle was also crunchier, especially in the cross-hatches of the waffle. It would probably hold up to syrup, and it's eggy flavor was definitely noted. It had a pronounced yellow color, and was generally considered on par with Aunt Jemima's Homestyle Waffles in terms of taste. It's a good middle-of-the road brand.
Third-place: America's Choice Buttermilk Waffles
With its soft, fluffy texture and hints of fruit-sweetness, America's Choice comes in third. Some editors noted it smells and tastes of blueberries, while two noted an entirely different quality — they described it as having an "animal feed" and "rabbit pellet" smell and taste. They were in the minority, however, as most of the panel enjoyed this waffle's light sweetness.
Aunt Jemima's Homestyle Waffle
Topping the list is Aunt Jemima's Homestyle Waffle. It has an eggy, buttery flavor with a slight salty aftertaste. It's yellow color had many of the panelists wondering if this brand was actually Eggo.
Though not the most crunchy (in fact, it skewed towards chewy), it was considered the best waffle with syrup. It also tasted the "least healthy," which seems to be the ultimate standard for what makes a good waffle.
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ARSC T3D Users' Newsletter 98, August 2, 1996
Porting T3D PVM Codes to Network PVM
[ Don Morton, visiting ARSC from Carmeron University, contributes this article. See his contact information, provided below. ]
Last week, Richard Barrett of LANL discussed numerous issues in porting Network PVM codes to the T3D. I have been interested in this area, and in the reverse scenario - writing T3D codes so that they'll easily port to a network PVM environment. Clearly, the issues mentioned by Richard, such as sending messages to TID's rather than PE's, are important when writing portable code. I have found that the most difficult task in writing portable PVM code is that of dealing with "spawning" vs. "non-spawning" environments. Although Richard touched upon this, I'd like to go a little deeper.
If we are writing code for the T3D, we are restricted to a Single-Program Multiple-Data (SPMD) paradigm - that is, we have the same executable running on each processor. We tend to address other processes by a PE number, or at the very least, the PVM TID of a PE. We don't have an inherent master-slave relationship between processes, although traditionally we view PE0 as a "master" process. If we want to run our T3D SPMD code in a network PVM environment, where spawning is necessary, then it's necessary to simulate the T3D behavior of a non-spawning environment. The following function is designed to do just that. It has been utilized in a T3D environment AND in a cluster of PC's running Linux.
First, the function prototype (in Fortran) looks like
subroutine startup(numprocs, mype, tidlist, icode) integer numprocs integer mype integer tidlist(0:numprocs-1) integer icodeThe behavior of the function is as follows:
We assume that the "master" process (the initial process in a network environment, PE0 on the T3D) somehow knows how many processes are to run. This might be read in from a file, come from a command-line argument, etc. The "master" process regards "numprocs" as an (in) parameter. All other processes regard this as an (out) parameter. Additionally, "mype", "tidlist", and "icode" are all (out) parameters.
From each process' point of view, startup() is called with uninitialized parameters (with the exception of "numprocs" on the master process), and upon return from the function, every process has a value for each of the parameters. Thus, each process knows how many total processes are in the virtual machine, they each know their logical position in the system, and they each have an identical list of TID's, so they can easily communicate with each other by referencing the appropriate logical PE in "tidlist" - if Process 3 wants to communicate with Process 7, it simply references tidlist(7).
"icode" is an error flag. If the call to startup() was successful, icode stores the number of total processes, otherwise it stores some negative value (note - this aspect hasn't been fully implemented in the following code).
The code (see below), "startup.F", is preprocessed with gpp on the T3D and cpp in other environments, and is conditionally compiled depending on values of preprocessing macro _CRAYMPP. _CRAYMPP is automatically defined if you're using the Cray MPP compiler.
The entire function is based on processes joining a global group, then obtaining information about themselves and other processes within the global group. Conditional compilation enables/disables code for spawning and T3D environments. The following differences are addressed through conditional compilation:
The global group name, "ALLGROUPNAME."
Variables declared for use in spawning environments are not used in the T3D environment.
In T3D environments, we're not able to join the global group (via pvmfjoingroup()), or obtain the instance within the global group (via pvmfgetinst()). Thus, the T3D-specific function, pvmfgetpe() is used. In spawning environments, we join the global group and get our instance in the group with pvmfjoingroup().
A good portion of the code in the function is only used in a spawning environment. After the spawn, we force a synchronization by having child processes send a message to the parent. Without this forced synchronization, future group operations (e.g. pvmfbcast(), pvmfbarrier(), pvmfgettid()) may fail, as the parent process may attempt to call these functions before others have even joined the group. Trust me, I've encountered this way too many times!
After the spawning code, there is no difference in T3D and spawning implementations. The rest of the code is centered on insuring that every process knows how many total processes there are, then each process obtains the TID's of every other process. One might be tempted to use pvmfgsize() to find the number of total processes, but, as above, this "forced" synchronization is necessary. Without it, it is possible for one process to reach this point before others have joined the global group, producing different values of "numprocs" for different processes! Again, trust me! Been there, done that!
The source code for the function is below, followed by the Makefile, which in turn is followed by "test.f," a simple program which calls the startup() subroutine. Note that in the main program there is no dependence on the architecture. This is all handled in startup(), and as long as basic PVM operations are utilized, it will be portable.
ccccccccccccccccccccccccc startup.F ccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc #ifdef _CRAYMPP #define ALLGROUPNAME PVMALL #else #define ALLGROUPNAME "alltasks" #endif subroutine startup(numprocs, & mype, & tidlist, & icode) implicit none ccc Header files include 'fpvm3.h' ccc----------------------------------------------------------- ccc Arguments integer numprocs ! number of processes to start up ! (if spawning). integer mype ! My process number ( 0 < p < numprocs-1)) integer tidlist(0:numprocs-1) ! List of PVM task id's integer icode ! Return code ! If successful - number of processes running. ccc----------------------------------------------------------- ccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc c c c In PVM environments, we assume that the master process (rank 0) c c passes 'numprocs' in as an argument. On completion, all processes c c will have 'numprocs' as an (out) argument, storing the number of c c processes running. c c c ccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc ccc----------------------------------------------------------- ccc Local variables integer info ! Return code for PVM calls integer i integer mytid ! My PVM TID #ifndef _CRAYMPP ccc declare variables for spawning environment character*255 binaryname ! stores name of executable, retrieved ! from arg 0 of command line integer numspawned ! number of tasks spawned integer myparent ! PVM TID of parent #endif integer MSG_NUMPROCS_BCAST integer MSG_ACK parameter(MSG_NUMPROCS_BCAST=888, MSG_ACK=333) ccc----------------------------------------------------------- ccc Enroll in PVM call pvmfmytid(mytid) ccc CRAY MPP does not allow us to join global group (or use it in ccc pvmfgetinst(), so just get PE number #ifdef _CRAYMPP call pvmfgetpe(mytid, mype) #else call pvmfjoingroup(ALLGROUPNAME, mype) #endif #ifndef _CRAYMPP ccc This code executes in a "spawning" environment if(numprocs .gt. 1) then if(mype .eq. 0) then ! I'm the parent task c get name of executable (myself) call getarg(0, binaryname) c spawn children call pvmfspawn(binaryname, PVMDEFAULT, '*', & numprocs-1, tidlist(1), numspawned) if(numspawned .ne. numprocs-1) then write(0,*) 'pvmfspawn() was unsuccessful -- ' write(0,*) ' ', numspawned, ' tasks were spawned' write(0,*) ' Task error codes:' do i=1,numprocs-1 write(0,*) ' ', tidlist(i) enddo call pvmfhalt() endif ccc Now, wait for each child to acknowledge that they've made it ccc this far in the code - this will allow us to conclude that ccc everyone has joined group ALLGROUPNAME. do i=1,numprocs-1 call pvmfrecv(-1, MSG_ACK, info) enddo else ! I am one of the newly spawned tasks - ack parent ccc First, find out who spawned me call pvmfparent(myparent) call pvmfinitsend(PVMDATADEFAULT, info) ccc Just pack any arbitrary integer call pvmfpack(INTEGER4, MSG_ACK, 1, 1, info) call pvmfsend(myparent, MSG_ACK, info) endif endif ccc End of code for spawning environments #endif ccc At this point, it is assumed that all processes are running - Process 0 ccc should now let all the other processes know how many of them exist if(mype .eq. 0) then call pvmfinitsend(PVMDATADEFAULT, info) call pvmfpack(INTEGER4, numprocs, 1, 1, info) call pvmfbcast(ALLGROUPNAME, MSG_NUMPROCS_BCAST, info) else call pvmfrecv(-1, MSG_NUMPROCS_BCAST, info) call pvmfunpack(INTEGER4, numprocs, 1, 1, info) endif ccc At this point, everyone should has a value for numprocs ccc Set up global data structures which will allow us to utilize ccc TID's. do i=0,numprocs-1 call pvmfgettid(ALLGROUPNAME, i, tidlist(i)) enddo ccc Everyone sync here call pvmfbarrier(ALLGROUPNAME, numprocs, info) ccc Finally, give icode a value - if all goes well, should be ccc same value as numprocs icode = numprocs return end ======================================================================= ################### Makefile ############################ ######### CRAY T3D at ARSC ############### #SYS_INC=/usr/include/mpp #FPP=/mpp/bin/gpp #FPPFLAGS=-FP #FC=f90 #FFLAGS=-dp #LD=f90 #LDFLAGS= #DISPOSITION= ######################################################### ######### LINUX with g77 ########### SYS_INC=/usr/local/pvm3/include FPP=/lib/cpp FPPFLAGS=-P -traditional FC=g77 FFLAGS=-m486 -Wall LD=g77 LDFLAGS=-L./ -L/usr/local/pvm3/lib/LINUX -lfpvm3 -lgpvm3 -lpvm3 DISPOSITION=cp runit ${HOME}/pvm3/bin/LINUX/ ############################################################ ######## end of site-peculiar definitions ################ INCLUDES=-I${SYS_INC} runit : test.o startup.o ${LD} -o runit test.o startup.o ${LDFLAGS} ${DISPOSITION} test.o : test.f ${FC} ${FFLAGS} -c test.f startup.o : startup.f ${FC} ${FFLAGS} ${INCLUDES} -c startup.f rm -f startup.f startup.f : startup.F ${FPP} ${FPPFLAGS} startup.F > startup.f ================================================================= program test integer np, mype, tids(0:127), ierr np = 4 call startup(np, mype, tids, ierr) print *, 'mype is ', mype, ' of ', np, & ' processes. My tid is ', tids(mype) end ======================================================================= Don Morton Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Visiting Scientist (summer) Voice: (907) 474-5507 Arctic Region Supercomputing Center Fax : (907) 450-8601 University of Alaska Fairbanks, AK 99775 http://grizzly.cameron.edu/morton.html =======================================================================
ARSC T3D User Group Met on August 1stWe had a nice turnout yesterday, despite the rain. Users and staff alike are both excited and apprehensive about the T3E. Excited? Of course. This is new technology that promises to solve bigger problems faster. Apprehensive? Of course. This is new technology that promises startup problems, incompatibilities, and a learning curve.
Some Concerns:
- How easily will T3D codes port to the T3E?
- Will there be a T3E version of AVS?
- Will the T3E have a C compiler, or only C++? Users report difficulty compiling public domain and personal C code on various C++ compilers.
- Will existing CRAFT codes port to the T3E? How small a subset is planned? What other implicit programming models will be available?
- What will the file system look like? DMF? CRL?
Some Expectations:
- Improved job scheduling and more immediate access to PEs may be possible, given the T3E's job swapping capability and its lifting of the power-of-two number of PEs per job restriction.
- Turnaround on the Y-MP should improve once separated from the T3D.
- Many users see the T3E as an major upgrade: they are already looking forward to running bigger simulations.
- Everyone looks forward to faster processors, better interconnect bandwidth, and better I/O bandwidth.
Don Morton Migrates South
At any rate, Don plans to start the long drive tomorrow morning. At ARSC, Don's departure is an early sign of approaching winter -- next thing you know, the sandhill cranes will start to fly. We thank Don for his many contributions to ARSC, the T3D User Group, and this Newsletter. We wish him a safe journey, a good year, and look forward to seeing him again next summer.
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