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And HBO's 'True Detective' offer good storytelling that explores its characters and their journeys over 17 yearsJanuary 10, 2014 9:59 PM
PASADENA, Calif. -- At least two dramas debuting in 2014 bear watching: HBO's engrossing "True Detective" (9 p.m. Sunday) and A&E's "Those Who Kill" (10 p.m. March 3), which is set and filmed in Pittsburgh.
'Those Who Kill'
"Those Who Kill," which filmed its pilot in Pittsburgh in December 2012 and returned in 2013 to shoot the balance of its 10-episode first season from September through December, follows Pittsburgh homicide detective Catherine Jensen (Chloe Sevigny), her collaboration with forensic psychologist Thomas Schaeffer (James D'Arcy) and their pursuit of serial killers. It's based on a Danish series of the same name.
Producers said they filmed in Pittsburgh due to the state tax credits.
Star Chloe Sevigny was thrilled to be in Pittsburgh -- she's from the Northeast and in an interview whispered, "I don't really like L.A." -- but executive producer Glen Morgan was initially less enthused.
"Joe Carnahan, who directed the pilot, and I thought we'd go to Vancouver because there's a natural scrim over there, a great atmospheric look," Mr. Morgan said. "And [producing studio] Fox said there are some tax breaks in Pennsylvania. Joe and I complained the entire flight there, and from the airport to Downtown we're like, 'Yeah, we're coming here.' There was a look that hadn't been seen on TV historically. It was a place that had been considered down and out and had something to prove, and it's bounced back and it was reflective of what our characters have gone through."
Ms. Sevigny warmed to Pittsburgh instantly and enjoyed living in Bloomfield down the block from Tessaro's, one of her favorite haunts.
Although the show involves one investigator, Thomas, who identifies with serial killers, and another, Catherine, who is obsessive in her pursuit of killers, Mr. Morgan said the show is more about the characters than the killers.
The pursuit of criminals will vary: Some cases will take three episodes, others two.
Although it's a crime drama, the show has a serialized element about Catherine's pursuit of her stepfather (Bruce Davison), a respected Pittsburgh judge who she believes to be a killer, something only hinted at in the pilot but is explored in subsequent episodes. (Her brother is also missing, and she believes he was killed by her stepfather.)
"She just seemed endlessly fascinating," Ms. Sevigny said of her character. "There's so much to work with there, just trying to find her way out of that darkness by any means necessary, which includes manipulating James' character as best she can. She can't rest until there's justice for her brother, so she's just shut herself off from the world and can't function in any relationship."
Ms. Sevigny said starring in a crime series can be draining, but she didn't find it as difficult to shed her role as when she was a brittle, judgmental wife in a polygamous relationship on HBO's "Big Love."
"I remember doing 'Big Love' and everybody yelling at [my character] all day, and that was even worse," she said. "Everyone thought I was the bad guy. That was painful. I think you turn it off when you go home at night and try not to bring the world home with you."
'True Detective'
HBO's "True Detective" offers up a slow-boil murder mystery that plays like an eight-episode, page-turning mystery. It brings to mind "The Killing" -- minus all the red herrings -- if those detectives turned on one another.
In 1995, Louisiana detectives Martin Hart (Woody Harrelson) and Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) investigate a murder with possible occult leanings.
A woman is found murdered with antlers affixed to her head, giving the show a "Hannibal" vibe, although "True Detective" is less gruesome and trippy.
The story bounces through time from the events of the 1995 investigation to a similar case in 2012 in which an older Hart and Cohle take turns telling a new set of detectives about their earlier investigation, revealing along the way stories of their partnership and lives.
All eight episodes of this smart series were written by novelist Nic Pizzolatto and directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga.
"True Detective" offers a deep dive into the psyches of both men. Cohle has a penchant for pessimistic philosophizing (he thinks humans are irreparably damaged and should "stop reproducing and walk hand in hand into extinction"), while Hart appears to be a family man but suffers from his own peccadilloes that almost bring the partners to blows in the show's second episode.
Episodes sometimes move with a laconic pace that befits the poverty-stricken, backwater setting, but coupled with over-long episodes (often 58 minutes), viewers might want the show to sometimes move it along already.
But there's no denying that, even when it seems to dawdle, "True Detective" resonates, thanks to grounded storytelling that revels in the details of its characters and their journeys over a 17-year period.
"True Detective" is envisioned as an anthology, similar to "American Horror Story."
If it's renewed, the show will keep its title but will follow new detectives in a new story.
HBO premiere dates
HBO's "Boardwalk Empire" will wrap up with its fifth and final season this fall.
"Game of Thrones" returns for its fourth season at 9 p.m. April 6. A trailer for new episodes will air Sunday immediately before the "True Detective" premiere.
In April "Game of Thrones" will be followed by a new season of "Veep" at 10 p.m. and the new comedy series "Silicon Valley," about high-tech entrepreneurs and programmers from writer Mike Judge ("Office Space," "King of the Hill"), at 10:30 p.m.
A new season of "Vice" airs starting March 14, and the miniseries "The Normal Heart," based on the Larry Kramer play, will air in May.
"Girls" debuts a new season at 10 p.m. Sunday and has already been renewed for a fourth season.
A portion of this column originally appeared online in the Tuned In Journal blog. Post-Gazette TV writer Rob Owen is attending the Television Critics Association winter press tour. Follow RobOwenTV at Twitter or Facebook. You can reach him at 412-263-2582 or email@example.com.


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My wife is from Buffalo, so my impression is about polar opposite
Sorry dude
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Originally Posted by Stefins
this is such a NON STORY!!!
Yet it has 6 pages worth of conversation. Funny how that happens
Looks like Reggie won't be signing with Buffalo in the off season
Originally Posted by BuffaloSoldier2
As someone born in Buffalo, I find it funny. I'm good looking so I always do well but we don't have as many good looking women as NYC or LA. As a result, the competition factor is weak. A lot of 6s think they are tens there. I'm sure a lot of ugly posters on this board have done better for themselves because of the competition factor in Florida. There are so many attractive girls, they have to settle for someone.
I do find it funny that Bush is running his mouth. He wifed up a girl who got pounded on a film by a crappy R & B singer and is considered a bust as a #2 pick. Perhaps, he should worry about his own play before he loses another job like he did in NO.
I guess you forgot he went for over 200 on your precious Bills last year.
Deshaun Watson is the TRUTH!
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Other than that, Pakistan is as complete an enemy as you could have. Not only has it been stupid of us to keep sending them billions in "aid", which was really just payoff money for the table scraps of terrorist leaders they'd give us (which is a screwed up situation in itself), but that policy has isolated us somewhat from India, who should be our major ally in the region. Pakistan has taken most of the money we've given them over the years and used it to buy money to point at the Indians, and the Indians know that.
It's terrible, it's stupid. It's worse than that because the Pakistanis have nuclear weapons, and after the Bin Laden strike I remember reading a story where the ISI got so paranoid they were actually driving their nuclear warheads around on unmarked, basically unguarded trucks out of fear that we were going to swoop in and take them. You want to get scared for the future, imagine Pakistani nuclear weapons being driven around Karachi and Lahore on unmarked moving trucks by a couple of guys with nothing more than AKs. Yeesh.
It's part of why I approve with drone strikes that we're doing in northern Pakistan. Bush tried to let Musharraf handle it and treat his country like a legitimate, functioning government. Obama has been tougher on them, and better as a result, imo.


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Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs has announced that U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) will deliver a policy address on the Princeton campus on Wednesday, Jan. 18, at 7:30 p.m. in Alexander Hall's Richardson Auditorium.
Clinton's speech is scheduled as part of the celebrations surrounding a newly created professorship, the S. Daniel Abraham Visiting Professor in Middle East Policy Studies, the first holder of which is Ambassador Daniel C. Kurtzer, former U.S. ambassador to Israel and Egypt. Admission to the speech is limited to University students, faculty, staff, alumni, guests and the media. There are no more tickets available.
"We are delighted Senator Clinton is coming during the 75th anniversary of the Woodrow Wilson School to inaugurate the S. Daniel Abraham Chair," said Anne-Marie Slaughter, dean of the School. "The Abraham Chair will be the focal point of a host of School activities related to the Middle East for years to come."
Kurtzer also lauded Clinton's visit as a promising opportunity to broaden discussions about Middle East issues.
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I am an Ultra-Conservative, Alpha-Male, True Authentic Leader, Type "C" Personality, who is very active in my community; whether it is donating time, clothes or money for Project Concern or going to Common Council meetings and voicing my opinions. As a blogger, I intend to provide a different viewpoint "The way I see it!" on various world, national and local issues with a few helpful tips & tidbits sprinkled in.
Oh Look Here Is Some Development In Cudahy - Well Maybe!
So another "Condo" project is being proposed for Cudahy. This must be some of the Earth shattering Kaboom development we were promised!
Developer proposes 78 condo units in Cudahy
As one reader emails me this
"This makes little sense... When are we going to be in the news for bringing in new business and NOT Condos!"
Another reader has this to say:
"Randy, this just made it past Planning (only) Committee on Jan 8th.....doesn't really mean it will be built, ie: Iceport, Library Square Apts. where financing was said to be ok, but wasn't and not vetted by City (I was as that meeting with lots of regrets and apathy around the cttee and Biernat saying they have no one to vet prospective businesses and then they fall through at last minute after all the announcements and premature excitement - duh, you think the Planning Committee would know how to prioritize how to bring business to Cudahy - NOT!) NOW the grand announcement (from the Mayor? or Developer) in the JS today!)"
And they are correct. How many of these plans don't cut the mustard and pan out?
I am just waiting for the announcement that another Payday loan type store or Convert your Gold to Cash store wants to move to Cudahy. Oh wait, a liquor store! How about another used car lot, or even another bar to open in Cudahy? I fear that both Jo-Ann Fabric & Craft and Get It Now would be the next businesses to pull out of Packard Plaza.
Shouldn't be long given the traffic to the Packard Plaza Mall is down. Maybe people will falsely blame the South Milwaukee Wal-Mart, the lake to the east of us (how does the North shore communities make it work) or I guess people just don't like Fabric/crafts or Appliance/Home furnishing in Cudahy.
Many people when confronted with facts like to be an ostrich and stick their head in the sand. You know denial is not a river in Egypt.
What if what a reader tells us is true?
"If not our elected officials, or the Community Development Coordinator who was placed in that position by the elected officials, then who do we blame. There is much speculation going on as to why the businesses at Packard Plaza are disappearing. The one reason that I have been told by most of the store owners is that the current owner of the land wants to have it property rezoned for manufacturing so he can sell it. The way that he has chosen to remove long standing, well established, successful businesses is to raise the rents beyond reach of these businesses or simply to not extend the leases. Yes, there haved been some new, short term tenants, but the long term businesses are mostly gone or are leaving. It is truly a shame for our community, with its overwhelming possibilities for business expansion, to have none going on. Yes, expansion! We have several pieces of property open, and empty. Land going fallow and wasted. We have access to the railroad, the airport and express ways for shipping. We have an abundant fresh water source. We have business in the past who were interested in coming here, except for the near sightness of the then elected officials who kept saying that they weren't good enough businesses. We would have had expension and jobs and more stores and businesses not less. We need new leadership, and guidance. We need a rock solid leader who cares deeply about our city. We need to elect officials who are not in this for the self gratification or the what's in it for me attitude. One who, when he was mayor looked out for the residents, listened to them and acted on their behalf. One who worked tirelessly to do the right thing for our community, and will again if he is elected. We need to get out and vote to make the changes happen, only we can do this. We need to have someone back at City Hall who workes for us. That man is John Hohenfeldt. If you want to see action on businesses and development here in our city, then get out and vote."
On a slightly different note, does anyone know who For Rent and For Lease are and what election they are running in? I see so many of their signs across the city and just cannot find them on the ballot listings.
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ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 305, December 3, 2004
ARSC Director Named CASC Chair
Arctic Region Supercomputing Center (ARSC) Director Frank Williams has been elected chair of the Coalition for Academic Scientific Computation (CASC). CASC is a nonprofit organization of supercomputing centers, research universities and federal laboratories that offer leading edge hardware, software, and expertise in high performance computing resources and advanced visualization environments. Founded in 1989, CASC has grown into a national association representing 41 centers and programs in 28 states.
As chair, Williams will lead the organization in promoting scientific computing in academic centers across the country, and providing a forum for discussion of and possible action on opportunities and challenges the members share. Additionally, ARSC will host the group's annual meeting this spring, bringing approximately 60 visitors to Fairbanks and UAF.
IBM: Running Jobs Interactively with Loadleveler
IBM's Parallel Operating Environment (poe), allows jobs to be run interactively using resources administered by Loadleveler. In Issue 303 of the HPC Users' Newsletter we showed how this functionality could be used in conjunction with Totalview for debugging purposes. In this issue we take a more general look.
First, create a Loadleveler script.
iceberg2 1% cat llinter-mpi # @ job_type = parallel # @ node = 2 # @ tasks_per_node = 8 # @ network.MPI = sn_single,shared,us # @ node_usage = not_shared # @ class = standard # @ wall_clock_limit = 1800 # @ queue
There are a few things to keep in mind when writing your script:
The 'output' and 'error' keywords are not valid with interactive work. If you want to save stdout and/or stderr from your interactive work you will need do it manually.
Using a short 'wall_clock_limit' will increase the likelihood that your job will be able to take advantage of LoadLeveler's backfill scheduling algorithm and therefore run.
NOTE: Interactive work will not wait in the queue for resources to become available. If insufficient resources are available to start the job you may get an error message like the following:
iceberg2 76% ./hello_mpi -llfile ./llinter ERROR: 0031-365 LoadLeveler unable to run job, reason: LoadL_negotiator: 2544-870 Step b1n2.20740.0 was not considered to be run in this scheduling cycle due to its relatively low priority or because there are not enough free resources.
Requesting fewer nodes will also improve the likelihood that your job will be scheduled promptly.
Environment variables cannot be set in an interactive LoadLeveler script.
Next we run the application.
If you have used the mpi compilers (e.g. mpcc_r, mpxlf_r, etc.) you can launch the executable using the "-llfile" option. E.g.,
iceberg2 2% ./hello_mpi -llfile ./llinter-mpi Hello from proc 8 of 16. Name=b5n6 Hello from proc 0 of 16. Name=b7n9 Hello from proc 9 of 16. Name=b5n6 Hello from proc 1 of 16. Name=b7n9 Hello from proc 10 of 16. Name=b5n6 Hello from proc 2 of 16. Name=b7n9 Hello from proc 11 of 16. Name=b5n6 Hello from proc 3 of 16. Name=b7n9 Hello from proc 12 of 16. Name=b5n6 Hello from proc 13 of 16. Name=b5n6 Hello from proc 4 of 16. Name=b7n9 Hello from proc 14 of 16. Name=b5n6 Hello from proc 15 of 16. Name=b5n6 Hello from proc 5 of 16. Name=b7n9 Hello from proc 6 of 16. Name=b7n9 Hello from proc 7 of 16. Name=b7n9
You might see some warnings as LoadLeveler is starting the application, these can be disregarded. E.g.:
ATTENTION: 0031-408 16 tasks allocated by LoadLeveler, continuing... ATTENTION: 0031-722 can't set priority to 0
If you think you will be repeatedly running your application you could alternatively use the MP_LLFILE environment variable to set the name of the LoadLeveler script. E.g.:
iceberg2 3% setenv MP_LLFILE /wrkdir/username/llinter-mpi iceberg2 4% ./hello_mpi
Jobs not compiled with the mpi compilers, for instance, serial or OpenMP jobs, must use the poe command when being launched. E.g.,
iceberg2 5% setenv MP_LLFILE /wrkdir/username/llinter-omp iceberg2 6% poe env OMP_NUM_THREADS=8 ./omp-hello HELLO FROM 0 of 8 threads HELLO FROM 7 of 8 threads HELLO FROM 1 of 8 threads HELLO FROM 5 of 8 threads HELLO FROM 6 of 8 threads HELLO FROM 3 of 8 threads HELLO FROM 2 of 8 threads HELLO FROM 4 of 8 threads
Here the env call is used to set the environment variable OMP_NUM_THREADS for the executable omp-hello. Below is the LoadLeveler script we used with omp-hello.
iceberg2 7% cat llinter-omp # @ job_type = parallel # @ node = 1 # @ tasks_per_node = 1 # @ node_usage = not_shared # @ class = standard # @ wall_clock_limit = 1800 # @ queue
Since interactive jobs are invoked from a front-end node the poe process will actually reside on the front-end. This allows one to attach a debugger (such as pdbx) to the poe process. (Discussion of this will be left for a future newsletter article.) It also allows the user to send a signal to the job. These capabilities can be incredibly useful.
Here's an example of how signals can be used to cause a core dump of an interactive LoadLeveler executable. This might be used if the code has deadlocked, for example. First we find the process id for the poe process and then send the signal:
iceberg2 7% ps -u $USER grep poe 1234 925804 pts/5 0:00 poe iceberg2 8% kill -QUIT 925804
In the working directory there should now be a "coredir" directory for each process that was running. The core files within these directories can be inspected with your favorite debugger.
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ScaLAPACK Intro: Part II of IV
In this article, we'll show how a program can configure processes into a BLACS 2-dimensional process grid, in preparation for calling solvers and other functions from the ScaLAPACK library.
The concept of a virtual processor grid was described in Part I of the series, which appeared in the last issue : There are multiple ways to perform the task, and you can readily find other sample programs and tutorials on the web. The ScaLAPACK User Guide, available on-line and in print, is the ultimate authority.
In the example given here, the following three steps are used to create the processor grid:
Determine the total number of processors with a call to BLACS_PINFO.
Remember that BLACS is a library of lower-level communication routines, which, like MPI, provides basic functions which can be used by high-level libraries, like ScaLAPACK. The BLACS routines, like MPI routines, are also directly available to the user program and, in fact, you have no choice but to use some of them.
In the sample code, each process makes the following call to discover which process it is in the startup 1D process grid, and how many processes there are in total:
call blacs_pinfo( iam, nprocs )
Next, manually factor the number of processors into a rectangle as close to square as possible. I've borrowed a function written by Carlo Cavazzoni of CINECA to to this (it's not done by BLACS).
call gridsetup (nprocs,nprow,npcol)
This computes the number of rows and columns we'll have in the process grid, such that NPROW x NPCOL == NPROCS.
Inform BLACS of this grid extent:
call blacs_get( -1, 0, context ) call blacs_gridinit( context, 'r', nprow, npcol )
MPI has communicators, BLACS has contexts. For this example, the default context, which includes all processors, is all we need. The BLACS_GET call simply returns a handle to the default context for use in subsequent BLACS calls. BLACS_GRIDINIT informs BLACS of the grid extent which we computed in step 2. Behind the scenes, BLACS then assigns processors to points in this virtual grid.
The grid is now defined.
Each process in the example program now turns around and asks BLACS_GRIDINFO to repeat back what we've told it, and to give us new information, its coordinate, e.g., COL and ROW, in the grid. In this call, all variables are output except "context":
call blacs_gridinfo( context, nprow, npcol, myrow, mycol )
When a program is done with a BLACS context, it should release it with BLACS_GRIDEXIT. When it's done with BLACS altogether, it should call BLACS_EXIT. (These calls are similar to the MPI functions, MPI_Comm_free and MPI_Finalize.) The sample program makes these calls, and terminates. Here's our parallel solver thus far:
program slv ! ! Test program, sets up and solves a simple system of equations ! using ScaLAPACK routines. ! implicit none integer :: n,istat,info,i,j real,dimension(:,:),allocatable :: a real,dimension(:,:),allocatable :: c integer,dimension(:),allocatable :: ipiv parameter (n = 13) integer :: context, iam, pnum integer :: mycol, myrow, nb integer :: npcol, nprocs, nprow integer :: l_nrowsa,l_ncolsa integer :: l_nrowsc,l_ncolsc integer,parameter :: descriptor_len=9 integer :: desca( descriptor_len ) integer :: descc( descriptor_len ) integer :: numroc interface subroutine say_hello ( context, & iam,nprocs,myrow,nprow,mycol,npcol) implicit none integer :: context integer :: iam,nprocs,myrow,nprow,mycol,npcol integer :: i,j,pnum end subroutine say_hello end interface ! ! ----- Initialize the blacs. Note: processors are counted starting at 0. ! call blacs_pinfo( iam, nprocs ) ! ! ----- Set the dimension of the 2d processors grid. ! call gridsetup(nprocs,nprow,npcol) ! ! ----- Initialize a single blacs context. Determine which processor I ! am in the 2D process or grid. ! call blacs_get( -1, 0, context ) call blacs_gridinit( context, 'r', nprow, npcol ) call blacs_gridinfo( context, nprow, npcol, myrow, mycol ) call say_hello (context, & iam,nprocs,myrow,nprow,mycol,npcol) ! ! ----- Exit BLACS cleanly ----- ! call blacs_gridexit( context ) call blacs_exit( 0 ) end program slv ! !----------------------------------------------------------------------- ! subroutine gridsetup(nproc,nprow,npcol) ! ! This subroutine factorizes the number of processors (nproc) ! into nprow and npcol, that are the sizes of the 2d processors mesh. ! ! Written by Carlo Cavazzoni ! implicit none integer nproc,nprow,npcol integer sqrtnp,i sqrtnp = int( sqrt( dble(nproc) ) + 1 ) do i=1,sqrtnp if(mod(nproc,i).eq.0) nprow = i end do npcol = nproc/nprow return end ! !----------------------------------------------------------------------- ! subroutine say_hello ( context, & iam,nprocs,myrow,nprow,mycol,npcol) ! ! Each processor identifies itself and its place in the processor grid ! implicit none integer :: context integer :: iam,nprocs,myrow,nprow,mycol,npcol integer :: i,j,pnum do i=0,nprocs-1 call blacs_barrier (context, 'a') if (iam.eq.i) then write(6,100) iam,nprocs,myrow,nprow,mycol,npcol 100 format(" PE=",i2,":",i2," PROW=",i2,":",i2," PCOL=",i2,":",i2) endif enddo call flush(6_4) call blacs_barrier (context, 'a') end subroutine say_hello
Here's some sample output. After the grid creation procedure, each process calls the "say_hello" routine which causes it to dump information about itself, like this:
Interpret as follows: process 7 of 12 wrote the above line, and in the processor grid, it has been defined as row 2 of 4 and column 1 of 3. Here's full output from runs on 1, 3, 4, and 12 processors:
KLONDIKE$ aprun -n 1 ./slv_part2 PE= 0: 1 PROW= 0: 1 PCOL= 0: 1 KLONDIKE$ aprun -n 3 ./slv_part2 PE= 0: 3 PROW= 0: 1 PCOL= 0: 3 PE= 1: 3 PROW= 0: 1 PCOL= 1: 3 PE= 2: 3 PROW= 0: 1 PCOL= 2: 3 KLONDIKE$ aprun -n 4 ./slv_part2 PE= 0: 4 PROW= 0: 2 PCOL= 0: 2 PE= 1: 4 PROW= 0: 2 PCOL= 1: 2 PE= 2: 4 PROW= 1: 2 PCOL= 0: 2 PE= 3: 4 PROW= 1: 2 PCOL= 1: 2 KLONDIKE$ aprun -n 12 ./slv_part2 PE= 0:12 PROW= 0: 4 PCOL= 0: 3 PE= 1:12 PROW= 0: 4 PCOL= 1: 3 PE= 2:12 PROW= 0: 4 PCOL= 2: 3 PE= 3:12 PROW= 1: 4 PCOL= 0: 3 PE= 4:12 PROW= 1: 4 PCOL= 1: 3 PE= 5:12 PROW= 1: 4 PCOL= 2: 3 PE= 6:12 PROW= 2: 4 PCOL= 0: 3 PE= 7:12 PROW= 2: 4 PCOL= 1: 3 PE= 8:12 PROW= 2: 4 PCOL= 2: 3 PE= 9:12 PROW= 3: 4 PCOL= 0: 3 PE=10:12 PROW= 3: 4 PCOL= 1: 3 PE=11:12 PROW= 3: 4 PCOL= 2: 3
Here's one way to compile the sample program:
IBM Cluster:
% mpxlf90_r -q64 -qextname -qsuffix=cpp=f90 -qipa -c slv.f90 % mpxlf90_r -q64 -qipa -qextname -o slv slv.o \ -lblacssmp -lesslsmp -lpesslsmp
Cray X1:
% ftn -O ssp -o slv slv.f90
In Part III of this series comes the hard part, distributing the data arrays in block-cyclic fashion.
Preview of Cray PAT Training
An important goal of next week's training is to simplify the use of the X1 performance analysis tool, CrayPAT. The training will center on 4 or 5 simple scripts which help perform one analysis task each.
For instance, here's a script to produce a basic calling tree of your code. Script Name: "patcalltreefunc."
#====================================================================== #!/bin/ksh # # This script generates a PAT report. # Tom Baring, ARSC, Dec 2004 # PAT_RT_EXPERIMENT="samp_cs_time" SCRPT=$(basename ${0}) SYNTX="Syntax: $SCRPT [-h] <instrumented_exec_name> <name_of_xf_file>" case $1 in "-h" ) echo echo $SYNTX echo echo "Preparation:" echo " 1. Instrument the executable: pat_build <executable_name> <instrumented_exec_name>" echo " 2. In the PBS script (or interactive environment):" echo " [ksh] export PAT_RT_EXPERIMENT=$PAT_RT_EXPERIMENT" echo " [csh] setenv PAT_RT_EXPERIMENT $PAT_RT_EXPERIMENT" echo " 3. Run the instrumented executable. E.g., mpirun -np 4 ./<instrumented_exec_name>" echo " 4. This produces the .xf file needed by this script " return 0 ;; esac EXEFILE=${1:?$SYNTX} XFFILE=${2:?$SYNTX} RPTFILE=${XFFILE}.${SCRPT}.rpt D="-d samples%" B="-b ssp,calltree,function" S="-s percent=relative" echo "Generating report: ${RPTFILE}" pat_report $D $B $S -i $EXEFILE -o $RPTFILE $XFFILE #======================================================================
The script's "-h" option gives information to help you get started:
KLONDIKE$ ./patcalltreefunc -h Syntax: patcalltreefunc [-h] <instrumented_exec_name> <name_of_xf_file> Preparation: 1. Instrument the executable: pat_build <executable_name> <instrumented_exec_name> 2. In the PBS script (or interactive environment): [ksh] export PAT_RT_EXPERIMENT=samp_cs_time [csh] setenv PAT_RT_EXPERIMENT samp_cs_time 3. Run the instrumented executable. E.g., mpirun -np 4 ./<instrumented_exec_name> 4. This produces the .xf file needed by this script
Once you've accomplished step 3, you run the script against the .xf file generated. This creates the performance report, which is given a descriptive, if obnoxiously long, name:
KLONDIKE$ ./patcalltreefunc slv.inst slv.inst+103720sdt.xf Generating report: slv.inst+103720sdt.xf.patcalltreefunc.rpt [....................] KLONDIKE$ more slv.inst+103720sdt.xf.patcalltreefunc.rpt [...cut...] Table 1: -d samples% -b ssp,calltree,function Samp% SSP=0 Calltree Function 100.0% Total ------------------ 100.0% main ----------------- 69.6% init_my_matrix_ ---------------- 70.1% pdelset_ --------------- 45.5% pdelset_ 32.0% infog2l_ infog2l_ 22.4% blacs_gridinfo_ blacs_gridinfo_ =============== 29.9% init_my_matrix_ ================ 30.3% pdgetrf_ [...cut...]
A nice thing about CrayPAT is that by tweaking the parameters to pat_report, you can generate multiple reports from the same .xf file, to expose different features of the run.
Fall Training: Dec 7, Cray PAT; Dec 14, AVS/Express
The conclusion of ARSC's Fall Training calendar:
Title: Cray Performance Analsys using CrayPAT Instructor: Tom Baring Date: Dec 7 at 1pm Location: WRRB 009
Title: AVS/Express Visualization Quickstart Instructor: Roger Edberg Date: Dec 14 at 1pm Location: WRRB 009
Complete training schedule: http://www.arsc.edu/support/training.html
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swaffy: damn you and your admirably insidious scheme to get me to make you a 2nd tape, i only got 1 hour of sleep last nite cuz i was gripped by a bug of inspiration to start a rough pass that bored into my head like a little rat weevil bazzdidd anyhoo, to help me avoid wastin tape on stuff you already know, plz confirm you are unfamiliar with all the following candidates for inclusion (gsj & jdah'll recognize a few):
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barry, "fancy dance"
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hector zazou's "sahara blue" album
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sakamoto's Snake Eyes score
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d.a.f. aka robert gorl, "mit dir" & "a ist weider da"
deee-lite, "*****cat meow" remixes
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"full moon" from barry's King Kong
"gene explores the titanic" from Raise the Titanic
axus, "near or far"
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So, I'm writing this post as somewhat of a follow up to my post about the 9 3rd graders who plotted to injure/kill their teacher. After I wrote the post, Observations by the Bay wrote a comment, where he asked how I felt about this story, where a kid was consistently bullied in middle and high school. He said, "Should these boys assaulting Eric Wolfe be given the death penalty as well," which leads me to believe that he thought that I thought that the 3rdgraders should be given the death penalty. I wrote back informing him that this is completely not true. In my original post, I asked, should a 12-year-old murderer not be charged with murder (showing the flaw in not charging kids under 13 with a crime), and I think the blogger thought I meant that the 3rdgraders should be given the death penalty. So again, I absolutely do NOT think they deserve the death penalty because at most it could only be proved that they would assault the teacher.
Let me clarify what they should be charged with. If I were the prosecutor, I'd probably start off with a charge of conspiracy to commit first degree murder [conspiracy murder charges are always charged in the first degree because if somebody conspires to murder, it is obvious that it was premeditated] and plea bargain it down to conspiracy to commit aggravated assault with a deadly weapon).
The blogger also said that "In short, while we agree that these thoughts are not normal for the kids, you seem to blame the kids. Personally, I put my money on the parents." And this was my error in not posting anything on the subject. Do I blame the kids for their ACTIONS? Yes. Do I blame them for the MENTALITY behind their actions? Absolutely not. People who argue that these "kids just didn't know better" flat out don't know how to parent. These kids did know better, but the parents of these kids need to emphasize that stuff like this is wrong. It amazes me how much we just brush off bad behavior as "just being kids" or "he has ADD" or "she's just really overactive," when in reality, a good 90% of the time it's a lack of DISCIPLINE. I'll admit that I was hard-headed as a kid, and do you know what got me to straighten out? Spanking. A good set of spankings, and I was obedient (for a week or two), but then I'd be back to being stubborn. What happened when I disobeyed? Another spanking. After time, I LEARNED to behave. Positive reinforcement is important in a kid's life, but when a kid disobeys, they need to be punished!
Now, on to the caseof Billy Wolfe from Fayetteville, AR and the bullies. Billy, now a sophomore at Woodland Junior High School, has been bullied since he was 12 when he attended McNair Middle School. He has been punched so hard that he has lost consciousness, needed stitches on the inside of his cheek, and his braces have gotten stuck in his cheek on 1 occasion. The incidents have been documented on bus videotapes as well as cell phones of the aggressors themselves.
But the bullying hasn't been just physical: "In ninth grade, a couple of the same boys started a Facebook page called 'Every One That Hates Billy Wolfe.' It featured a photograph of Billy's face superimposed over a likeness of Peter Pan, and provided this description of its purpose: 'There is no reason anyone should like billy he's a little b*tch. And a homosexual that NO ONE LIKES.'" (censor is mine) (New York Times). At this point, I should note that Billy is not a homosexual.
So, what should be done in cases like this? The bullies should be suspended after the first incident, as well as charged with assault and battery. After the third (possibly even the second) incident, the bullies should be expelled (as well as charged with assault and battery). They should be charged with libel for the Facebook group, specifically writing that he is a homosexual. I also support the Wolfes' actions to sue the bullies. They are considering suing the Fayetteville School District as well. My opinion on that is that the district should only be sued if it's clear that they are not taking proper action against the bullies. If this is happening so frequently, I'd assume that their actions haven't been sufficient, but not knowing the background, I can't say that for sure. The Wolfes' lawyer, D. Westbrook Doss Jr., said that the point of this lawsuit is not to gain monetary reparations, but to make a point that bullying has to be stopped.
I write all of this to sum up my point on punishing minors. As with all crimes, punishments should be looked at on a case-by-case basis, but there are some general guidelines that remain true most of the time. Most kids over the age of 6 or 7 clearly know that murder is wrong. If you kill somebody after that age, you need to be punished – I don't care if you're only 10 – you know that murder is wrong. As well, bullies know that what they're doing is wrong as well. If it were up to me, probably 90% of the kids charged as minors would be charged and punished as adults.
This all being said, I go back to my point that discipline and values are up to the parents. Parents need to teach their kids values and discipline them when they break the rules. Instead of blaming medical disorders or genetics, a lot of the blame should be shifted to the parents. This isn't ALWAYS the case, but again, a lot of these cases where kids are diagnosed as being hyperactive or having ADD/ADHD are really just cases of poor parenting and a lack of discipline. I'm grateful that I had parents who disciplined me, and I'm especially thankful for spanking – that's really what kept me in line. But parents have to be careful with spanking – don't do it out of anger, do it out of love. This means that 1) you need to set guidelines on how many spanks based on the action and make sure that your child knows the consequences of disobedience and 2) Don't necessarily do it immediately after the child disobeys – make sure that you're calm, otherwise you're only making the situation worse.
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Fly Rod Under $100
A buddy of mine bought his first fly rod from Cabela's..... the 5 piece Stowaway. I wasn't sure how it would handle due to the 5 pieces, but I must say.... I was pretty impressed. I ended up owning 2 stowaways and love them. I originally bought them for my so-called "trash rods" (something that I could throw behind the seat of my truck).... They are proving themselves to be better than I expected.
A 5 wt would have been a better rod, but a 4 wt makes a 3 pd smallie feel like the fish of a lifetime, and a 4 pd fish is just unreal!
TFO makes a 7'6" 5 wt, it is model #TFO 5-76-4P and has a retail price of $139.95. It is one of their professional series rods.
|I went to the BPS this weekend to buy a rod. However, they didn't have any 5 wt. rods smaller than 8'6". Would I be able to do any smallie fishing on a 4 wt. rod, or am I going to have to choose between fishing for trout and panfish only vs. getting my rod stuck in the trees on the small streams? Or, can someone point me to a good 7'6" 5 wt. rod? Neither Temple Forks nor St. Croix makes one.
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The fish kills on the Susquahanna this season are being blamed on very warm water and an unusually high amount of fertilizer runoff into the river. Interesting though how the smallmouth bass were affected far, far more than any of the largemouth bass in the river system.
I agree with the shorter rod length for fishing the small streams with tree canopies. It can be done with a longer rod, but that would involve choking up on the rod to effectively shorten it in those situations, and this is not easy for a beginner.
Good luck, and have fun.
The longer rod would be better for smallies; but the biggest consideration if you are only going to get one rod (which is a good idea by the way when you are starting out in fly fishing) is to have something that will work better on the small streams you mentioned you will be fishing most with it. The longer 8'6"-10' rods would be better on the larger streams and rivers for smallies; but they will get hung up in the tree branche canopy a lot on the small streams in your area.
A shorter rod can always be used on bigger water; but a long rod cannot always be used on a small stream with a tree canopy like those in the Allegheny Mountains.
I strongly suspect the fish kill on the rivers was due to very high water temps due to the high air temps (it was in the mid-90's to low 100's each day we were there and lower than normal rainfall this past summer. My family and I visited my father the last week of July and the air temps were very high. Dad told us it had been like that since early June, so the river temps would have been very high with the low water and high air temps that had lasted for all those weeks.
Since you fished the Susquahanna, you know how large a river it is. It is also an excellent smallmouth fishery. Despite its size, I was able to fish it effectively with the Fenwick glass 7'6" 6 wt rod I bought when 15 and used through college.
As a point of reference, that Fenwick rod, one of the best glass rods on the market at the time, was $90.00 in 1968 when I bought it (in today's equivalent dollars it would be about $350.00) and it took a lot of hours working for $1.50/hr to get the $90.00 to buy it back in 1968. Now there are rods on the market for the same or even a little less that are as good as or better than that Fenwick and it takes fewer hours of work to be able to get the $90.00 together to get one. Newcomers to fly fishing are entering it at a time when there are some very nice rods on the market for rather low prices compared to 30 or more years ago.
Yeah, I backed off the Avid idea pretty quickly when I saw that it was so much more expensive than its spinning counterpart. I guess the Imperial is St. Croix's flyrod offering in that price range. Thanks for the suggestion of the 7'6". Getting hung up in stream-side flora is a concern I have. Why would the shorter rod be better for smallies?
By the way, I fished the Susquehanna on a 2-day float trip this summer. The fishing was extremely slow on Saturday because of the mysterious fish kill occurring on that river among others in the region, but it picked up some on Sunday. That is a great river.
I grew up in northeast PA and did a lot of fishing in the type of small, mountain streams you are going to be fishing brookies in. I mention this because I disagree with the recommendation of an 8'6" rod because you will find it getting in the branches overhead the vast majority of the time in those streams. You already know how the trees form a canopy over the streams from your spin fishing, imagine what it would be like trying to use an 8'6" spinning rod on those streams.
Therefore, You would be far better off with a 7'6" 5 wt rod because it will prove to be less of a problem with the tree canopy on those small streams you will be spending most of your time on. And at 7'6", it will allow you to fish a larger river for smallmouth. When I lived in northeast PA, the rod I used most of the time was a 7'6" 6 wt because I fished those small streams 75% of the time. I used the rod on the Delaware (a very big river) and even on the Susquahanna (a huge river that is over 1 mile wide) for smallmouth.
The above is why I think you'd be much better served and happier with a 7'6" 5 wt. And you don't need a St. Croix Advid series rod as a beginner. The St. Croix Imperial series, TFO, ECHO, Redington, and Lamiglas G1000 are all very good rods that sell for between $75.00 and $150.00. Loomis and Redington (the RedStart series) sell a complete fly fishing package for under $200.00 that will include a rod, line, reel, backing, and leader (unfortunately the Loomis 7'6" one is a 4 wt) and you can often find shops (including BPS) selling St. Croix Imperial series rods or TFO rods as a package that includes reel, line, backing, and leader for under $200.00.
The Pfleuger Medalist reel at one time (back in the 50's through the 70's) was considered to be one of the best reels. Joe Brooks even used them to catch 100# tarpon. Although they are no longer considered to be among the best reels, they are still a good value. Martin is another reel make that you might consider looking into, they are excellent values as are Okuma, Scientific Anglers Concept reels, and the low-priced reels Cortland offers.
If you don't buy one of the packages that include a fly line, RIO, Scientific Anglers, and Cortland all offer an excellent beginner's fly line that are built on tapers specifically designed to help a new fly caster develop good technique. These lines sell for around $25.00 and a WF 5 to match the 5 wt rod is the way to go.
You will be fine with the medalist or sci anglers reel for trout.
You might want to look at the Temple Forks Outfitters Professional Series rods. I think they go for $120 or so. Google it and you will see how popular they are. Lots of bang for the buck and a great warrantee.
Number of peices is not much of a factor in terms of performance anymore. Many of the top-end models only come in 4pc.
Since the St. Criox warranty has been mentioned a couple times I thougt I would mention this ...
About 10 years ago I broke my St. Croix rod being stupid. They replaced the broken section w/o question. However, last year my dad's St. Croix rod broke in the same way for no good reason. Just setting up on a fish in a normal way. St. Croix gave a real song and dance and said his rod never came with a lifetime warranty and was void after ten years or something like that. It was real BS on their part. They did sell him a new rod for 50% off. So save your hang tags from the rod that say lifetime warranty on them for sure so if they try it on you then you will have some ammo against them.Not totally awful experience but a little lame on their part. He got a good new rod for less than $100 but having a company deny their warranty is weak to say the least. I still recommend the rods due to price and general quality but I do think allot less of the company than before that incident.
4pc vs 2 pc feel... hard for me to say. The ease of backpacking with a 4 pc outweighs any slight difference in feel. I suspect the price difference is the extra labor of making a 4 pc but I'm not a rod maker.
Here's a thought ...
AFT865 8' 6" 5wt 4pc Mod. Fast 3.30 oz $210.00
I take it that Pflueger and St. Croix are as good a value for fly fishing gear as they are for spinning/ baitcasting tackle. Thus, I will undoubtedly go with that since I've had such good luck with those brands in the past. Yes, I'm already a fisherman and no, this isn't a whim. However, I'm not ready to throw down $300 for a Legend, because, after all, I've never done any fly fishing, and I may end up hating it, although I highly doubt it. For the lifetime guarantee alone, I may consider moving up to the Avid though, assuming the guarantees are the same for fly rods as they are for spinning rods.
A question about 4 pc. vs. 2 pc: On spinning rods, the 2-piece rods are considered inferior to the 1-piece rods because of loss of feel. However, I've noticed that the 4-piece fly rods tend to be more expensive than the 2-piece rods. How do the 2 fly rod types compare as far as feel? Or is that not as big an issue in fly fishing since I won't be bumping lures off the bottom of the river?
Thanks again for the input.
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New Michigan Medical Society fund's target: 2-3 startups a year
A new fund has been created by the Lansing-based Michigan State Medical Society to invest in early-stage medical-device and technology companies around the state.
The fund, Quantum Medical Concepts, will look to invest up to $250,000 in each of two or three startups a year, according to Ben Louagie, the medical society's COO.
There is no fixed pool of money in the fund to invest from. For now, investments will be made as-needed from the medical society. Eventually, the society would like to have a dedicated pool of money.
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JABSOM joins First Lady Michelle Obama, Dr. Jill Biden (wife of Vice President Biden), the Association of American Medical Colleges and the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine as they encourage a new generation of doctors, medical schools and research facilities to make sure military heroes receive exemplary medical care. Coordinating JABSOM's response is retired U.S. Army Colonel Larry Burgess, MD, Professor of Surgery and Director of the Telehealth Research Institute.
"Our medical school has a long history of collaboration with the military and their dependents in understanding the unique challenges faced by deploying soldiers and their families during and after deployment," explains Dr. Burgess. He notes that many of JABSOM's physicians in training and medical students complete rotations at Tripler Army Medical Center and Veterans Affairs medical clinics. "This gives trainees a first-hand experience in understanding the problems experienced by the military and veterans."
Dr. Burgess explains that with the advent of Joining Forces, JABSOM is modifying its medical school curriculum, particularly those involving Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). For example, in the past, medical students would study the symptoms of a hypothetical 35-year-old male patient suffering from TBI after being involved in a terrible car accident. Now the scenario would involve a military patient injured in a Humvee when a roadside bomb exploded. This emphasis will provide students with a better understanding of the post-injury sequelae faced by soldiers as they return home and transition to the community.
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Princeton conducted a campus-wide test of its emergency notification system on Friday, Oct. 19, and was encouraged that 12,971 contacts with registered personal information in the system, or 87 percent, received a test message via live phone delivery or answering machine. Seventy percent of the calls were successfully received within the first 5 minutes of the test.
The test reflected improvements made to the Princeton Telephone and E-mail Notification System since its initial purchase in April 2007 to serve as an effective tool to notify the campus quickly about possible emergencies using multiple points of contact. During the PTENS test initiated at 1 p.m., the University sent simultaneous alerts to faculty, staff and students through landline phones, cell phones, e-mail and text messages, as could happen in a real emergency situation.
"Perhaps the most significant statistic is the increase in the total number of people who are now included in the notification system because they have now provided the University with at least one valid phone number," said Garth Walters, head of the University's Emergency Preparedness Task Force.
When the first test of the notification system was conducted in May, almost 2,500 individuals -- many of whom were graduate students -- were not included in the system because they did not provide at least one valid phone number in the Student Course Online Registration Engine (SCORE) database or the Office of Human Resources self-service website. The number of individuals without at least one valid phone number in the system now has dropped to just over 1,000.
"I believe this is due to a number of factors, including the outreach efforts of the registrar's office and the Graduate School," Walters said. "The Graduate School reached out to their students and asked them to update their information, and the registrar's office altered the SCORE database such that the first time a student accessed the system this semester, a screened popped up asking them to update their contact information."
Also noteworthy was the increase in the number of people who provided text message information. At the time of the May test, 1,011 individuals had supplied SMS text message addresses, while more than 5,000 additional people opted-in to receive text messages as of Oct. 19.
Walters credited this increase to the change in the way individuals were asked to provide text message information. In the past, individuals had to input their SMS text message e-mail address in SCORE or the HR website. This academic year, individuals with cell phone information in the system were automatically sent a message to their cell phones asking them to opt-in to receive text message alerts from the University's notification system.
"In an actual emergency situation, the University may not always choose to notify individuals via text message, but it's important to have text message information in the system to ensure we have multiple methods of reaching the campus community in an emergency," Walters said.
The test reached the vast majority of University members in student and employee databases through 18,634 phone calls, 17,280 e-mails and 6,604 text messages. Live phone delivery of the test message was received by 50 percent of all contacts in the system, while 37 percent of contacts in the system received the message by voice-mail. The notification system can access up to six phone numbers per person, in addition to two e-mail addresses and a separate text messaging address.
Faculty, staff and students were asked to update their phone, e-mail and text messaging information through the appropriate University self-service websites in order to be notified during the PTENS test. Walters said these efforts proved successful, noting that 64 percent of undergraduate students had put their cell phone information in SCORE as of Oct. 19. In August, the number of undergraduates who had put cell phone information in SCORE stood at 42 percent. The number of faculty and staff who had registered cell phone information in the HR database also increased, from 27 percent in August to 55 percent as of the Oct. 19 test.
Walters noted that cell phone information will now be included in the personal information for freshmen entering Princeton each year. For the first time this year, students were asked to provide cell phone information as part of the application for admission, so upon enrollment the cell phone numbers were entered as part of a freshman's personal information in SCORE. In the past, the University had not specifically asked students to provide cell phone information.
"During our outreach efforts, we noted that there is still some level of hesitation among a small segment of our population with regard to sharing cell phone information, but individuals should be assured that cell phone numbers in the system are private, and the University will only use PTENS to contact individuals with urgent messages," Walters said.
Individuals who did not receive the test through any of their expected personal contact numbers or addresses are asked first to verify that their information in the SCORE database or the Human Resources self-service website is correct. If the information in the database appears to be correct and the test message was not received, the University is asking individuals to e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com with a brief explanation of which contact numbers did not receive the test.
Members of the campus community updating their information should note that the PTENS system requires at least one valid phone number in order to accept the entire record for a specific person. If an individual provides only a text message address, the system will not notify that person.
The PTENS system, acquired from the vendor NTI Connect-ED, complements the communication tools the University already has in place to respond to a range of emergencies that may include weather-related closings, environmental health crises, public safety incidents and other unique emergency situations. In the event of an actual emergency, the University will continue to relay critical information using the most appropriate options from a full range of notification resources, such as: Web announcements, e-mail, an automated message line, the new Tiger TV emergency alert system, local radio stations, door-to-door notifications and posters.
Answers to frequently asked questions about the University's emergency notification system are available on the University's Emergency Guidelines for the Campus Community Web page.


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Chapter 4: Applying Proportions
Here you will learn all about ratios and proportions. You will start by learning what a ratio is and the different ways you can write a ratio. Next, you will learn about proportions and how to solve proportional equations. You will also learn how to solve real-world problems by writing and solving proportional equations. Finally, you will learn how to convert units of measurement using proportions.
- 4.1.
Write, Compare, and Order Ratios
- 4.2.
Use Unit Rates and Equivalent Rates
- 4.3.
Write and Solve Proportions by Using Equivalent Rates
- 4.4.
Write and Solve Proportions by Using Cross-Products
- 4.5.
Connect Proportions to Real-World Situations
- 4.6.
Use Unit Scale When Problem Solving
- 4.7.
Use Scale Factor When Problem Solving
- 4.8.
Read and Interpret Scale Drawings and Floor Plans
- 4.9.
Read and Interpret Maps Involving Distance and Area
- 4.10.
Understand Three-Dimensional Scale Models and Designs
- 4.11.
Understand Scale Relationships
- 4.12.
Convert Customary Units of Measurement
- 4.13.
Convert Customary Units of Measurement in Real-World Situations
- 4.14.
Convert Metric Units of Measurement
- 4.15.
Convert Metric Units of Measurement in Real-World Situations
- 4.16.
Use Metric and Customary Units of Measurement in Problem Solving
- 4.17.
Solve Problems Involving Rates and Unit Analysis
Chapter Summary
You learned that a ratio is a comparison between two quantities and can be written in three ways. Just like fractions, two ratios can be equivalent and you can write ratios in lowest terms. You learned that when two ratios are equivalent, a proportion is formed.
You learned that you can use proportions to solve problems when you know that a common ratio exists between two quantities. Proportions that contain a variable can be solved by cross multiplying or by using equivalent rates. Typical problems that be solved using proportions are problems that have to do with scale drawings, scale models, or maps. You learned that you can also use proportions to convert between customary or metric units because a defined ratio exists between two given units. You practiced converting between different customary units, between different metric units, and between customary and metric units. You also learned how to solve problems involving rates and unit analysis.


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To the Editors:
Brian Hayes's column "Fat Tails" (Computing Science, May-June) reminded me of a class I taught last semester on the reliability of electronic devices, in which my goal was to explore how electronic components break.
I wanted to explain various reliability problems (such as the breakdown of gate dielectrics in modern integrated circuits) as a "stochastic process terminated by a threshold." In the context of dielectric breakdown, this process would entail the random generation of defects until a percolation path shorts the gate dielectric.
I thought of the simplest modification of the classical one-dimensional random-walk problem, in which I would terminate the random walk with an absorbing point and then explore the arrival-time distribution at the absorption point. This I thought would be an example of a "stochastic process with a threshold."
Specifically, I defined an infinite grid, set the absorption point at grid location 0 and injected particles at grid point N. After injection, the particle hops to the left or right with equal probability of 1/2 until it reaches the grid location 0—and I noted the number of steps required to reach this point and then inject another particle.
To my utter surprise, however, I soon noticed that the average number of steps taken to reach the absorption point continued to increase with the number of particles injected. I then discovered that the arrival-time distribution is also a power law and has a "fat tail"—just as was discussed in the article.
The implication is interesting: Before shipping integrated circuits, semiconductor companies test a few at accelerated-aging conditions to find the average failure time and then extrapolate to normal operating conditions and to millions of circuits to ensure that the product will have a given lifetime. If the law of averages does not hold, this extrapolation becomes meaningless, and the average lifetime could be better than expected!
Muhammad Ashraful AlamPurdue UniversityWest Lafayette, IN
You can find this online at http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/num2/2007/7/a-tale-of-tails/1
© 2016 Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society


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