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This post is a continuation of our trip to Greece in June 2011. Part one can be found here.
After four and a half hours hunched over a table on a crowded ferry, we were certainly ready to climb off the boat in Mykonos.
We had booked our hotel room ahead of time, but judging by the number of hoteliers trying to lure us their way, you probably wouldn't need to. If you do book a hotel, learn for our mistake and book your transportation as well. We ended up standing in line for a cab for two hours before snagging one and getting a ride to the Carrop Tree Hotel. Our accommodations weren't quite as luxurious as our last hotel.
But the view from our balcony definitely made up for it!
As soon as we put our bags down, we were out the door and headed to the beach. Paradise Beach was packed with sunbathers, both clothed and unclothed. We certainly got an eyeful in every direction we turned, so we trained our gaze on the ridiculously clear water instead.
By 5 pm the beachside bars were blasting music and bikini-clad ladies were climbing on top of the tables to dance. It was quite the scene so we hung around until we'd soaked up every last sliver of sun, and then hopped the bus back to our hotel. We made it back in time to watch the sun set from our balcony before rinsing off the sand.
After cleaning up, we walked down to the Little Venice area for dinner at Casa di Giorgio's and stopped into a few bars before settling down at Skandinavian Bar for the night.
On our second day in Mykonos, we thought we'd try to check out one of the other many beaches on the island. We headed back over to the Little Venice area to find a bus.
From Little Venice, we were told that the buses to the beaches left from the Old Port area.
But once we got to the Old Port, we found out we had just missed the bus and would have to wait two hours for the next one. We could have taken a taxi, but we couldn't find any of those around either, so we made our way back to Paradise Beach.
We spent the afternoon lounging around in the sun and taking in the sights. After squeezing in showers and a quick nap, we walked to Niko's Place, a restaurant we had seen on our walk around the island earlier in the day.
The food was delicious and the limoncello shots were even better. We checked out a couple bars after dinner but ended the night at Skandinavian Bar again. We should have made it an early night because we were leaving the next day, but that's not like us at all. Instead we were able to get a few hours of sleep in our twin beds before checking out of the Carrop Tree and making a bed on the beach nearby.
We thought we knew exactly where we needed to go to catch the ferry to Santorini. The port we arrived at, right? Wrong. We showed up an hour early, as suggested, presented our tickets… and were told we were at the wrong port. Apparently the "old" in Old Port doesn't mean it's not still in use. With the taxi wait looking to be more than the hour we had, we begged a lady in the parking lot to give us a ride to the Old Port. She dropped us off with ten minutes to spare and by the time we boarded that ferry we were ready to get to Santorini.


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Personally i would just strip out good/evil choices from dialogs and have it all be action and reputation based, (Treat someone badly and his friends/faction will like you less), in a sandbox RPG you could then have reputation spread as npcs interact with eachother and you could track multiple values per npc. (a NPC might for example consider you to be a good guy to have around in a fight while he wouldn't let you enter his home unsupervised since valuable items often "go missing" when you're around)
I agree, This is the better way of doing it imho instead of getting a global evil or good reputation.
But you still have evil&good choices even with this system because otherwise you can't get negative reputation unless it's with the bad guys you get negative reputation.
It can be really "simple choice" like you're walking a corridor in perhaps an inn and you bump into someone and then thers the choices like..
1. Excuse me, I'll step aside.
2. Get outta my way.
3. *push him out of the way*
4. *move aside and then stick your leg out so he trips over it*
You could make it even more evil if the person that you bump into is a handicapped person or an old lady with a cane lol.
And you can imagine yourself how you could keep building on what happens next after each of those choices.
Maybe the person is an important npc.. or an important npc that will have a big impact on your game later on... and will remember you.

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i literally was shaking my head.
scrolling through my twitter feed (a potentially fatal mistake on inauguration day), i saw some hullaballoo over yet another classic from @PastorMark ::
Praying for our president, who today will place his hand on a Bible he does not believe to take an oath to a God he likely does not know.
— Mark Driscoll (@PastorMark) January 21, 2013
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San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo began its life along the San Antonio River about six miles South of San Antonio de Valero in 1720. Why two missions so close together? The former was operated by the Franciscan Priory in Queretero and the latter by the Franciscan Friary in Zacatecas (both in present day Mexico). The walled compound, approximately six acres, became known as "The Queen of the Missions". Even today she is the most heavily visited and highly regaled of the four remaining mission communities.
During its heyday the walled town housed about three hundred and fifty citizens in sixty-four two room apartments built into the walls surrounding the courtyard. The converts used the living quarters primarily for sleeping and shelter during inclement weather. They had been use to living and working outside and continued that tradition. Farming, teaching, socializing, and daily activities took place outdoors. Here the natives from small hunter-gatherer bands learned how to become good Spanish citizens and earn their keep. One or two friars and only one soldier taught them various trades and how to defend themselves from their enemies.
The National Park Service with cooperation of the Archdiocese of San Antonio, Los Compadres, the San Antonio Conservation Society , and other like minded groups try to preserve three distinct periods in the life of San Jose: the Spanish Colonial Period of the 1700s, the Benedictine refurbishing of the 1850s and the WPA reconstruction of the 1930s. Each group has left its mark on the Queen. San Jose boasts to be the most completely restored of the mission towns. Eighty percent of the buildings and twenty percent of the church structure had fallen into ruins over the centuries.
As the visitor leaves the parking lot for his/her visit, the first structure he sees is the Visitor Center. Inside he is greeted by the ranger and docent staff and is invited to watch the twenty-three minute award winning movie, Gente de Razon (Men of Reason). The free presentation begins every half hour and depicts the story of the people who came to the missions in the 1700s, what happened to them, and where they are today. This presentation gives a great overview of mission life and enhances the walk through the complex. One hour guided tours, given by a ranger or docent, happen at 10:00, 11:00, 2:00, and 3:00 daily. The Visitor Center also houses a small museum with exhibits depicting mission life and a small bookstore.
Leaving the Visitor Center, you turn left along the walkway and enter the town through the Southeast gate. Notice the large open area, where many of the natives would work and play. Enter the open door to your right into the bastion. Note the rounded roof (first error committed by the WPA). In reality the roof would have been flat and the three pound canon would rest on top. The canon would not be shot from inside, because the squad would be totally deaf after one shooting in the enclosed space, because of the reverberation. Anyway, the Apache or any other tribe would not have attacked a walled town. They were looking for food and perhaps a slave or a woman to take away. They attacked to the labores (fields) or to the ranchos to rustle some cattle or sheep.
Exiting the apartment, continue to your right. a short way ahead is a free standing horno, a bake oven. The chimney on the horno should not be there (mistake number three--not too bad considering all of the reconstructing the WPA did). Like the Northern tribes, the natives lit a fire inside using local wood. After sufficient amount of time, they removed the embers and tested the heat of the oven by throwing some flour into it. If it browned nicely the horno was ready to receive the bread dough. This flour is called cake. Remember Queen Marie Antoinette? When she said, "Let them eat cake," this was the cake she was referring.
Walking all the way down to the convento, on the right is a religious goods store operated by the parish. Outside the gate and walls is the priory and church office. The parish has just erected a large status of Our Lady of Guadeloupe and Juan Diego kneeling in front.
otice the different arches in the two story convento. The convento is where the friars lived and perhaps some VIPs who visited the town. The first row of arches are Romanesque in design, while the second row is Gothic, (round verses pointed). The Gothic ones were erected by the Benedictines in the 1850s. They were a Germanic order and wanted to turn San Jose into a seminary. The Civil War ended their ambition.
After walking through the garden turn right into the refectory, i.e., the dining room. Here the friars ate and welcomed guests to dinner. In Spain at that time was a caste system, which made the one in India seem like a democracy. Spain had twenty-six levels: the royal at the top and the serfs at the bottom. Near the top were the soldiers, many of whom aspired to a noble title. When they came visiting after a long hard day in the saddle, they refreshed themselves, and sat down to dine. After the friar said the appropriate grace before meals, he Suggested that the soldiers go to the pass through into the kitchen and take their meal ala buffet style. The soldiers balked at this and said that the expected to be served. The Franciscan said: "In this town we are all equal. There are no slaves. If you want to eat, you must serve yourselves."
Leaving the refectory, walk along the Convento hallway. Look into the rooms and see the fading frescoes in the cells. These are most probably original frescoes. Note the door on the second floor leading to the church. Most probably the friar preached to the congregation in the nave of the church from this doorway.
Now come to the sacristy doors. These are the original doors and stonework around them. The sacristy was in constant use as a chapel where Mass was said, even after the dome of the church collapsed in the 1860s. Today the Blessed Sacrament resides there and due respect must be given to this holy place. Before entering the church nave, look at the stair leading up to the window on the left side. Also note the two sconces on either side of the chapel: St. Dominic and St. Francis.
Enter the nave of the church. The statues of Mary and Joseph are both from the 1700s. St. Michael the Archangel in the upper doorway is from a later period. Exiting the church at the rear right before you is the most important building the the town: the grannery. Remember the friars promised to feed and protect the natives. The grannery held the abundant foodstuffs grown on the three to five hundred irrigated acres in the labores. This food was rationed out to the citizens a couple times a week. No one starved inside the town.
Now turn around and look at the facade. The natives were illiterate. So the Franciscans taught in stone. At the top is a cross, signifying Jesus Christ. Through out are heads of cherubs, or little angels, the heavenly presence. Pomegranates, a symbol of fertility, appear through out the facade. Below the cross is St. Joseph, holding baby Jesus. On his right is St. Dominic and on his left is St. Francis. Why? Dominic and Francis were contemporaries and were frequently seen together. Dominic founded the Order of Preachers, while Francis founded the missionary Franciscans. Dominic holds a book. Francis holds a cross signifying his stigmata, the five wounds of Christ. He also holds a scull in his arm, knowing that his mortality accompanies him all the way through life. Below Joseph is a circular window, the Rose window, which is common to most European churches. Notice the shells adorning the facade. These are a symbol of the flowing waters of Baptism. Below is the statue of Our Lady of Guadeloupe an important feast in New Spain On either side of her are statues of her parents: Joachim and Anne. Why? My theory is that natives welcome their grandparents in their prayers. The Franciscans, aware of this, added Jesus' grandparents to the facade.
Walk around the right side of the church and look at the fresco design. This was done by the WPA in the 1930s. Imagine how the church would have looked completely covered with the designs. Now go to the stairway leading the the choir loft. This fell in ruins around the turn of the century.
The steps are hand hewed oak. The parishioners were asked to keep the steps in case the church was ever restored. When the WPA asked if any one in San Antonio had the steps leading to the loft, they received every single one of them. An amazing story.
To our right look at the famous Rose window, one of the most photographed objects in San Antonio. There are three possible stories for the window. First, Pedro Huizar, the stone mason, was engaged to a girl in Spain named Rosa. He asked her to come to San Jose and marry him. She boarded the ship, but never arrived. The second one says that the window is named for St Rose of Lima, the first canonized saint of the New World. Finally, the priest used to bless the catachumens kneeling before the window with the Eucharist.
Other things to see within the compound are the interior of the grannery with the diorama of a day in the life of the mission, the exhibits on the restoration of the mission and the oldest grist mill in Texas. The latter will be the subject of the next article.


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Thomas B. Hess, Willem de Kooning, New York: George Braziller, 1959 (ill. pl. 124).
Sidney Tillim, 'The Figure and the Figurative in Abstract Expressionism', Artforum, vol. 4, no. 1, September 1965, pp.45-8, p.45 (ill.).
Maurice Tuchman (ed.), The New York School: The First Generation, Greenwich, Conn.: New York Graphic Society, 1965, p.54 (ill.) (a revised edition of the original Los Angeles County Museum catalogue of the exhibition 'The New York School', 1965); also published as The New York School: Abstract Expressionism in the 40s and 50s, London: Thames and Hudson, 1970 (ill. fig. 17).
Gabriella Drudi, Willem de Kooning, Milan: Fratelli Fabbri Editore, 1972 (ill. pl. 82).
Franz Schulze, 'Reflections on de Kooning', Artnews, vol. 73, no. 9, November 1974, pp.46-7, p.46 (ill.).
George Dickerson, 'The Man Who Painted "Woman V"', Australian Women's Weekly, 4 December 1974, pp.6-7, p.7 (ill. col.).
Harold Rosenberg, De Kooning, New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974 (ill. col. pl. 116).
Elwyn Lynn, 'The 1976 Adelaide Festival and Two Spectacular Women', Art International, vol. 20, no. 6, Summer 1976, pp.21-5, 52-3, p.22 (ill.).
Thomas b. Hess, 'Four Pictures by de Kooning at Canberra', Art and Australia, vol. 14, nos 3 and 4, January-April 1977, pp.289-96, p.293 (ill.).
Paul Cummings, Jörn Merkert and Claire Stoullig, Willem de Kooning: Drawings Paintings Sculpture, New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, in association with Prestel-Verlag, Munich, and W.W. Norton and Co., New York and London 1983 (exhibition catalogue), p.182 (ill. col.); as issued by the Musée National d'Art Moderne, 1984, p.100 (ill. col.).
Harry F. Gaugh, Willem de Kooning, New York: Abbeville Press, 1983, pp.8, 55, 56, p.6 (ill. col., also reproduced in colour on front cover).
Diane Waldman, Willem de Kooning, New York and London: Harry N. Abrams, 1988, pp.92, 97, p.96 (ill. col; London edition also reproduced in colour on front cover).


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On any other night, bar-hopping is a good way to experience as many settings as possible and ensure that you don't enjoy any of them. It's even more problematic on New Year's. Julian Manning's advice? Stay put. "Find the party, bar, or friend's house where you want to be and settle in for the night," says the bar manager of Poe's Kitchen at the Rattlesnake. "Bars are already on edge on that night, and most problems happen when you decide to hop from place to place. 'A couple of drinks here and a couple drinks there' turns into 'lots of drinks' fast. It's a very good recipe for getting into trouble."
This may come as a surprise, but there are all sorts of other guests at the bar, all of whom want to order a drink. Weird! "I think many people underestimate the crowd at the bar leading up to the midnight surge," says Keith Harmon, wine director at Tres Gatos. "Get your round of drinks prior to 11:30 to avoid countdown angst."
"I think the biggest amateur mistake is spending too much money," says Sean Griffing, co-owner of TRADE. "An easy way to avoid this pitfall is to either host friends for cocktails before going out or throwing a New Year's party at home." See, even a bar owner thinks you should stay home. "In my experience, you save money and can better connect with friends and family." If you do go out, skip the most expensive bottle on the list. The point of the night is to share good tidings with friends, not to flex your wallet dick.
Drinking a regular old glass of Champagne on New Year's is boring. Do you drink nothing but Guinness on St. Patrick's Day? Do you drink bald-eagle blood on the Fourth of July? Take a page from Tom Tellier, beverage director of Restaurant dante and il Casale, and spritz up your prosecco with a little Aperol to add a more complex, citrusy, bitter note. Sterling Jackson of the Ritz-Carlton's Avery Bar suggests adding a sugar cube along with rhubarb bitters and Lillet Rouge to your Champagne.
Want a different kind of bubbly? The Beehive's Bertil Jean-Chronberg recommends a sparkling red. "It's a great alternative to Champagne because it still has the fizz and that 'special occasion' feel, but it also pairs well with all types of food." Or why not toast with a beer instead, says Max Toste of Lone Star Taco Bar. "Lambic beer is the Champagne of the beer world. Its tart and zippy flavor goes very well with hors d'oeuvres and fancy party snacks." Jason Kilgore of Catalyst suggests Brouwerij Bosteels DeuS, a beer that's made much like Champagne. "It goes through secondary fermentation, disgorgement, etc., in the same manner, but is still brewed initially," he says. "And the bottle design is clearly a rip-off of Dom, so your friends won't think you're cheap." Or you could always reach back in time for a celebratory drink, says TJ Douglas, owner of the Urban Grape. Mead, he explains, was used for centuries at celebratory feasts throughout Europe, "sort of like today's modern-day New Year's Eve parties."
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2,820,812: The number of applications for Social Security Disability Insurance in 2012.
The number of people applying and getting approved for disability benefits hit multiyear lows in 2012, a potential sign of an improving labor market.
Last year some 2.8 million people applied for Social Security Disability Insurance, the lowest level since 2009, and about 980,000 approvals were issued, the lowest level since 2008. Historically, both numbers remain elevated and are likely to continue to be high as the average age of SSDI applicants is about midway through the Baby Boom generation.
There has long been a link between high unemployment and rising applications for disability. A 2011 report from the White House noted that as many poor Americans reach the end of their unemployment benefits, they apply for disability benefits.
Applying for benefits doesn't mean automatic approval, of course. About 33% of applications in 2012 were approved, down from more than a 50% approval rate in 1998. Part of the lower rate is attributable to a backlog in the system. Many applications made in 2012 still haven't been decided. But the lower rate could also be affected by workers seeking benefits because they see no alternative.
But the decline could be an indication of better conditions in the jobs market. Though 2012 wasn't exactly a gangbuster year for employment, the economy did manage to add about 1.8 million jobs and the unemployment rate declined more than half a percentage point to 7.8% over the course of the year.
The drop in applications in 2012 likely is a positive sign for the labor market. There have recently been indications that unemployed workers are re-entering the labor force as hiring conditions improve, meaning that discouraged workers aren't turning to disability benefits. That also is occurring even as unemployment benefits expired for more out-of-work Americans. About 2 million Americans were receiving payments through federally backed emergency unemployment programs at the end of 2012, down from more than 3.5 million at the start of the year.
If the labor market improves further in 2013, as expected, it could be good news for the SSDI program that has been under increased pressure since the recession hit. Last year, the Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees projected the disability trust fund would be exhausted as soon as 2016, two years earlier than was projected just one year prior. That's because even though new applications and approvals are lower, the total number of recipients is steadily growing. There were a total 8.8 million people receiving SSDI benefits in 2012, and though the rate of increase may slow, the number isn't likely to drop soon. Once someone starts receiving disability, they often continue for life.


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Reader, admit it. I know you're on the edge of your seat, waiting and hoping that I'll present the full scintillating text of Reverend Stone's lesson, and believe me, I have no intention of letting you down. Read on!
[A Congregational Church is a Catholic Visible Church. 1652.]
by Samuel Stone
SOCRATES and Plato are distinguished one from another by their proper and essential forms. As a man and a lion differ in their common form, so Socrates and Plato in their proper form. All opposition is firstly from the form; hereby a thing is that which it is, and is therefore by this distinguished from all other things. All essential distinction and opposition is from the forms of things; they differ not only accidentally, but essentially one from the other, and are distinguished one from another by their essential forms.
The numerical difference between Socrates and Plato is an argument of their specifical distinction; it includeth and implieth an essential difference between things, being distinguished by their proper, individual, essential forms. It is true that our intellectuals are so wounded by the apostasy of the first man that it is exceeding hard for us to find out the forms of things; we are forced many times to describe the forms of things by their accidents, as we are constrained to describe the elements by their proper qualities arising from their forms; yet every one of them hath a proper form. The existence of every thing is from all the causes; nothing can exist and be that which it is without its proper form. And the difference of the proper form is no less than the difference of the common form but rather greater. Look how much greater the similitude and agreement is between singulars in regard of their common forms—so much greater is the difference of their proper form. The difference and opposition of contraries is the greatest and strongest, and yet they communicate in the same genus: these are more opposite one to another than things that are not under the same genus: white and black are more opposite than white and bitter, &c. Gravia bella fratrum.
To differ so numerically is to differ formally; to differ in number is to differ in form; for number is an affection or proper adjunct following the essence. Socrates and Plato have two distinct forms; hence they differ in essence; hence they have two distinct essences and beings; hence they are two; one cannot be the other; they cannot be both one and the same, hence they differ numerically one from the other. Where there is one humanity and essential form of man, there is one essence of man, and one man; and where there are two humanities and essential, proper, and individual forms of man, there are two men; hence they differ numerically, and one is not the other, or the same with the other. Socrates is not Plato, but is numerically different from him. Socrates is one, and Plato is another, as London is one city and York another.
The difference of number is nothing but the difference of the proper and individual form, and to differ in number is to differ in form. Two men have two different forms, two lions have two different forms. If Socrates and Plato, or any other individual men differing in number, should not differ in essence and form, they should differ only accidentally one from the other, as one man differs from himself, or as Socrates in his old age differs from Socrates in his youth, being the same man and differing only in accidents, not in essence. Socrates should be Plato, and Plato Socrates, and when Alexander rides Bucephalus, Aristotle sits in the same saddle, and it were impossible not to set the saddle upon the right horse, for every horse is the same essentially; and he that stealeth one horse, he stealeth all the horses in the world, because the essence of the one is the same with the essence of the other. There is a difference, indeed, in accidents, but none in essence; there being, according to this account, no essential or substantial difference between them.
Lastly:—hence there is, upon the same account, no essential and substantial man in the world, but only Ideal; for all generals subsist in individuals, and individuals subsist only in themselves. If, therefore, individuals differ not essentially one from another, but only accidentally, there is no substantial and essential man subsisting by himself, because individual men only subsist in themselves. If, therefore, no individual, proper, essential, human form, there is no individual, essential man subsisting, and therefore no individual, substantial man in the world. Every individual man is an accidental man, having no proper, substantial individual form or essence. He that hath no substantial proper form, hath no substantial proper essence, and therefore cannot be a substantial, individual man. And hence there is no substantial, individual man in the world, but only ideal and common; and Socrates and Plato should differ essentially no more from one another than Doctor Martin and Doctor Luther. But the truth is, they have not one and the same essence, but differ in their essential form one from another. For an accidental form cannot be the prime and principal essential Cause of a substance.
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We have a big weekend of training in Georgia.
We are training friday,Sat,Sun,and Monday.
I got 85 flyers from one of my Pro's for the big Holiday training party.
I have both of my mutts home from the Pro's for a few weeks.
What are ya'll doing for the Holidays?
We are trying to stay ahead of the crowd and train amap.
Merry Christmas,
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ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 300, September 24, 2004
- 300 Issues !!!
- Hello from Mike Ess
- Hello from Guy Robinson
- Meet Ed Kornkven, ARSC Vector Specialist
- Meet Rebecca Koskela, ARSC Bioinformatics Specialist
- 300th Issue Contest! 3 Prizes!
- MPICH2 Release 0.971
- IBM LL Scripts Should Specify "network.MPI" as "shared"
- Barrier Implied when Allocating Co-Arrays
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300 Issues !!!
We just celebrated the 10th Anniversary Issue but can't ignore a number like THREE - ZERO - ZERO! For this huge event, I thought you might enjoy catching up with past editors, meeting new ARSC staff members, and winning prizes in YET ANOTHER contest!
Thanks again to all readers, subscribers, contributors, and answerers of Quick-Tips!
Hello from Mike Ess
[ Mike started this newsletter in '94 and produced issues (weekly!) for almost two years... ]
Hello all,
What a great thing the the internet is! ARSC's newsletter has been spreading the word on High Performance Computing for ten years and we are all better for it.
Twenty years ago (in Cray-XMP time and b4 internet) each supercomputing site had it's own newsletter, it was usually a monthly hardcopy text-only version. Newsletters like Cray Research Marketing Newsletter and the newsletters from ECMWF, NCAR, LLL, and Sandia were the only way that Cray Users knew they weren't alone. Lucky was the site that had a librarian collecting all the other newsletters and mailing out the site's own. ARSC continues this tradition of getting the word out, congratulations.
Mike Ess, http://mywebpages.comcast.net/mike_ess
Hello from Guy Robinson
[ Guy was co-editor from early '97 through late '03. ]
Is there life after newsletter editing?
One of my desires during my "mature gap year" was to travel, and thanks to a world wide network of friends in a great many places this was actually pretty easy to do.
To the surprise of many folks when I stopped work at ARSC I didn't fly back to Europe immediately. While spending a lot of time putting all my stuff into storage, I also made many day trips and also flew off to see Vancouver, Missoula, and Portland.
The highlight of the stop in Missoula was Don Morton taking me flying so I had a better idea of the way the university hides itself in the hills. (Don used to be a major contributor to this newsletter, but now I think he'd rather be flying.) Then there was SC in Phoenix, back to Fairbanks, then back to the UK for a quiet family Christmas.
The first grand international trip was to Australia for the grand prix and then a tour 'round the continent. Darwin is interesting, it has the frontier feel of Alaska and there are so many similarities that it is "sister city" to Anchorage. The big difference is the temperature and humidity but both locations see tourism as a way forward. Catching up with Rob Bell in Melbourne, we drove along the grand prix circuit for a while before I headed back to the tail end of a Fairbanks winter.
Due to the odd way I've been purchasing airline tickets all my trips tend to start/finish in Fairbanks.
It was back to the UK, then back to Fairbanks in August to catch the start of Faculty Camp and see the continued development of this by Tom Logan and staff.
The next trip was to Russia, Moscow and St. Petersburg in particular. Walking round St. Petersburg seeing the palaces on a bright spring day with ice still on the river made for a great day out. Apart from the historical sites, it was good to see how wonderful a public transport system could be. (This feeling was compounded by the complete failure of the London underground on my return to the UK!)
Between travels I've been sorting and organizing as I try to put three households full of items together into one. A considerable volume of old magazines, references, and notes have been recycled. A disappointment has been to see how little has actually changed in ten years of scientific computing from the scientist's point of view. We have bigger, more complex models but the techniques and approach is essentially similar.
I've never been a great fan of having a computer at home, preferring to spend that time on other interests. Of course, if home is the office, some sort of system becomes necessary, so a PC has made its way into my life. After a reasonably good start, the ugly world of viruses and other incidents soon started to take up more time than actual work. Thus, I've now installed Linux, and hopefully that will get me around the problems.
Being just a short train ride from London it is relatively easy to drop down there for meetings. (Short means an hour and a half each way, but it is a great time to catch up with reading.) I've been to various technical meetings on the development of UK, European, and international grids, and a number of climate working groups. In Europe, many projects are building grids out of existing networks and formalising the connections between groups of scientists to build the next generation of working environments. In the evening there are shows and other events to go to. I particularly recommend the free BBC recordings; see http://www.bbc.co.uk/tickets , if you are ever in London.
In October I start working with various folks at the UK Meteorological Office, helping to port several climate codes to the Earth simulator. I'll be based in Exeter, UK, for a little while and then it's off to Japan.
Finally, thanks to all the friends who have helped out while I've been travelling, looked after things, provided rides and housing, etc. This adventure wouldn't have been possible without your support.
I'd also like to thank all those who have submitted items to the newsletter, it was always fun to coerce items and to talk with readers about the impact it had on the way they worked. If any reader manages to catch me during my coming travels I'd gladly buy them a pint and talk more about our adventures, either in the physical world or the virtual world of supercomputing.
Meet Ed Kornkven, ARSC Vector Specialist
Edward Kornkven has been on the ARSC staff as a Vector Specialist since fall of 2002. He came to ARSC from Colorado Springs where he was a Senior Software Engineer at Ambeo, Inc. At Ambeo he wrote and maintained components of their data warehouse management tools, including their SQL parser and database storage module.
Before that, Ed held various academic positions including teaching at the University of Wyoming and the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.
It was at the University of Illinois that he first entered the high performance computing arena, working with researchers from the Illinois Natural History Survey and NCSA on models of insect pests using the Cray YMP and Connection Machines CM-2 and CM-5, as well as writing visualization programs for those models. He also was a research assistant at UI's Parallel Programming Lab investigating parallel programming models and their implementation.
Ed is married to Elizabeth, and spends most of his free time enjoying her and their six children whom they have schooled at home for the past thirteen years. A Wyoming native, it still warms Ed's heart to see western garb on the clerks celebrating the "Rancher Days" meat sale at the Fairbanks Safeway store.
Meet Rebecca Koskela, ARSC Bioinformatics Specialist
Rebecca Koskela has a background in both bioinformatics and high performance computing. Prior to joining ARSC, she was a member of the senior management team of the Aventis Cambridge Genomics Center and manager of the Scientific Computing group in Cambridge, MA. She was a bioinformatics specialist at the Mayo Clinic, director of informatics in the Department of Genetics at Stanford University and also worked at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory with the Dana Consortium for the Genetic Basis of Manic-Depression Illness. In addition to her bioinformatics experience, Rebecca specialized in system performance and analysis at Sandia National Laboratories, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Cray Research and Intel.
Rebecca was raised on the Kenai Peninsula and is happy to be "home" again.
As a Bioinformatics Specialist, Rebecca will be working with the Institute of Arctic Biology Bioinformatics group and other biological projects at the university.
300th Issue Contest! 3 Prizes!
Yes, there will be prizes! Which will involve, you guessed it, Alaska Sourdough Starter and Zipper-Pull Thermometers good to 40 below.
Define the term: "Supercomputer."
- Your "definition" MUST be 42 words or less (as judged by "wc").
- Scoring will depend on a variety of factors. E.g., Does it educate or stimulate discussion? Is it humorous or original? Feel free to quote other good definitions of "supercomputer" if you'd like, but that won't help much for "originality." I'll try to recruit a balanced panel of judges.
- Anyone who subscribes to the email edition of this newsletter, including ARSC staff, can enter, but prizes are only for non-staff.
- Deadline: September 30, 2004
MPICH2 Release 0.971
We received this announcement from Rusty Lusk:
> A new release of MPICH2 is now available from the web site > > http://www.mcs.anl.gov/mpi/mpich2 > > This has nearly all MPI-2 functionality. Details can be found in the > RELEASE-NOTES file in the distribution. > > This is release 0.971. (We are saving the number 1.0 for when > absolutely all of the complete MPI-2 Standard is fully implemented.) > For Linux and Windows clusters, this MPICH is more robust and > higher-performning than any versions of MPICH-1, the current version of > which is 1.2.6.
IBM LL Scripts Should Specify "network.MPI" as "shared"
LoadLeveler allows you to specify "node_usage" as shared or not_shared and "network.MPI" as shared or not_shared.
Even if you specify node usage as shared, specifying network as not_shared makes network adapters unavailable to other jobs. Recently, we have seen several instances where jobs on iceberg were sharing nodes but not sharing adapters, meaning that nodes were left empty when there was plenty of work waiting.
Iceberg users: in the future, please specify network use as "shared" in ALL LoadLeveler scripts. This will work appropriately for node_usage of "shared" or "not_shared".
ARSC is updating "news queues" and our other documentation with this change. Here's an example:
#!/bin/csh # # @ error = Error # @ output = Output # @ notification = never # @ job_type = parallel # @ node = 5 # @ tasks_per_node = 8 # @ node_usage = not_shared # @ network.MPI = sn_single,shared,us # @ class = standard # @ wall_clock_limit=3600 # @ queue ./a.out
Barrier Implied when Allocating Co-Arrays
Last week, an ARSC user discovered (the hard way) the following fact about Co-Array Fortran. From CrayDoc manual: "S-3694-52: Fortran Language Reference Manual, Volume 3", Section: "8.1.7. Specifying Allocatable Co-arrays":
------------------ Caution: Execution of ALLOCATE and DEALLOCATE statements containing co-array objects causes an implicit barrier synchronization of all images. All images must participate in the execution of these statements, or deadlock can occur. ---------------
Implicit barriers occur in many other places, MPI collectives and OpenMP PARALLEL DO, for instance, but this one may be unexpected as it's tucked into a regular Fortran language construct. On the other hand, it makes sense. It's allocating a global object, so it's reasonable that all processors should wait until the allocation has completed and the array is thus safe to use.
The user was allocating the array on the only two images that actually needed it... which also makes sense... But, in terms of debugging time, this turned out to be an expensive mistake.
Quick-Tip Q & A
A: Does anyone know a work-around for this? Everything compiled, but it fails to link. % mpxlf_r -O3 -qarch=pwr4 -qtune=pwr4 -qcache=auto -qhot -qstrict \ -bmaxdata:1000000000 -bmaxstack:256000000 -o myprog \ modules/*.o grid/*.o tools/*.o local/*.o atmos/*.o \ land/*.o coupler/*.o main/*.o /bin/sh: /usr/bin/mpxlf_r: 0403-027 The parameter list is too long. # # Short answer from Hank Happ: # Perhaps I'm being naive, but wouldn't first putting all the *.o files into a library file (*.a) using the "ar" command work? # # "Answer -v", from Greg Newby: # This problem isn't related to the compiler or linker, but a limitation on the command length of the Unix shell (/bin/sh in this case, although some ARSC systems reportedly use the Korn shell, ksh, as /bin/sh). What's happening is, the subdirectories and names of all those .o files add up to a length that's longer than the shell can handle. (Yes, the shell uses a static array of characters to handle its arguments, rather than allocating memory on the fly.) The solution I recommend is creating a .a archive file using ar. Put all those .o files into it, then just add the one .a file to the compiler command line above. The compiler's linker will look into the .a file and extract all the .o's it needs. Since you'll insert to the .a one .o at a time, rather than all at once, the command line length won't be an issue. Presumably you're using a set of Makefiles to build all this code (I hope so!). Just add an extra step after the compile step (that creates the .o) to add the .o to your .a. For example, if you have a Makefile in the coupler directory: # Get to the subdirectory: cd coupler # Make coupler.o mpxlf_r -c coupler.f # Add the .o to the .a: ar -r ../mylibrary.a coupler.o "man ar" for complete syntax details. "ar" is similar to "tar", but is used directly by the compiler/linker. The "-r" says to replace an old coupler.o, if one exists. If you have a top-level "make clean", make sure you remove mylibrary.a, too, so you don't accidentally link against old .o's. Once your .a contains all of the needed .o's, your compile line above will shorten to something like this: % mpxlf_r -O3 -qarch=pwr4 -qtune=pwr4 -qcache=auto -qhot -qstrict \ -bmaxdata:1000000000 -bmaxstack:256000000 -o myprog myarchive.a There are a few details you'll need to work out for yourself, depending on your Makefile, such as dependencies, but the above should help to get you started. # # And another alternative, borrowed from a user's makefile: # This solution assumes that, for each subdirectory, "*.o" expands to a sufficiently short string that the shell can handle it. It uses relocatable loads to combine multiple object files into single object files, by subdirectory: % ld -r ./modulesObjs.o modules/*.o % ld -r ./gridObjs.o grid/*.o % ld -r ./toolsObjs.o tools/*.o % ld -r ./localObjs.o local/*.o % ld -r ./atmosObjs.o atmos/*.o % ld -r ./landObjs.o land/*.o % ld -r ./couplerObjs.o coupler/*.o % ld -r ./mainObjs.o main/*.o % mpxlf_r -O3 -qarch=pwr4 -qtune=pwr4 -qcache=auto -qhot -qstrict \ -bmaxdata:1000000000 -bmaxstack:256000000 -o myprog \ ./*Ojbs.o Q: I frequently want to delete a bunch of files from a large directory... but with a catch. A simple wild-card expression describes the files I want to RETAIN, but there's no simple expression for the files I need to remove. E.g., I want to delete everything except: "*.f90" Is there an "rm" option like grep "-v", which says "select the files not matching the expression"? Other suggestions?
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collected Mahakam River region, Kalimantan, Indonesia
Ceremonial gong
18th century
79.5 (h) x 27.8 (w) x 7.5 (d) cm
Gift of Robyn, John and Simeran Maxwell through the Australian Government Cultural Gifts Program 2010
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Musical instruments play a major role in ceremonies throughout Southeast Asia. In animist communities the ancient bronze or brass gong is considered the most important. Often made in Brunei, a local brass and bronze casting centre, valued gongs were traded throughout Borneo to become the most important treasures of a longhouse, along with large Chinese ceramic jars.
Around the central boss, this gong is embellished with images of writhing dragons similar to those which often appear on the Chinese jars. Its chain is studded with small birds. The selection and spatial arrangement of bird and reptile motifs reflect the upper and lower realms of the cosmos, widely depicted in the arts of Borneo.


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The Gravois Bluffs wal-mart had the "A New Hope" 4 pack. They were in the center aisle by the toy department and not on the DVD display.
The Gravois Bluffs wal-mart had the "A New Hope" 4 pack. They were in the center aisle by the toy department and not on the DVD display.
Where is the Gravois Bluffs store located?
Take 270 to the Gravois exit and go west to 141. Turn south on 141 its on the left side of the road, 2 lights down (across 141 from Lowes).
Wal-Mart Store #805
653 Gravois Bluffs Blvd
Fenton, MO 63026
Thanks! I can't believe Manchester, Bridgeton, nor Kirkwood had one on Tuesday.
I was able to make it and i thought it sucked this time. Wasn't much there at all(that interested me anyhoo).Originally Posted by anti-hero
Anyway, I ofund the VOTC ROTJ wave at Target in Alton, IL.
Yeah, I was there right at 9 when it opened and I didn't see anything good. There was a guy with an Ephant Mon for $20 And I passed at first on an Imperial Officer, then went back to buy it and the guy in front of me snagged itOriginally Posted by prozac
Oh well.
Still not much of anything around me. I left a handstanding Luke at St. Ann Walmart this morning. And there was some Empire wave VOTC at Bridgeton Kmart yesterday. Can anyone tell me what waves the Scout Trooper and repainted Bespin Luke are in?
Manchester Wal-Mart had the Bespin Luke on their pallet display, the only location I've seen that had a pallet display that included single carded figures, not to mention the carrying cases. Sorry, not much help!!
The Regency Square Sam's has the Falcon set.
None of the figures seemed to have their gear, except Obi-wan's lightsaber handle.
Sunset Hill TRU has the Endor Ambush Set.
Hampton Target Tuesday night: VOTC Chewie and R2, one of each. Left R2.
Saint Ann Walmart Wednesday afternoon: Trilogy 3 packs, one each of Empire, and Jedi. Left both, but went back today and they were both gone. They had them for 10 bucks each. Not bad, even if they are all repacks. They chose good figs to re-use, IMO.
Earlier this week Florissant Target had their VOTC's marked regular $5.99 and on sale for $5.09. They now have regular marked at 8.79 but still ring up for 5.09. (at least as of this morning they did) There was only one Han on the pegs today so I was able to get rain checks that I can use at any Target!!


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Family: Pinaceae, Pine view all from this family
Description Largest species of spruce; fourth largest conifer in the world. Bark gray to dark brown, thin, scaly, flaking in small circular plates 5–20 cm. across. Crown broad, conic becoming cylindric in older trees. Old trees may have no branches in the lowest 30–40 m. Shoots pale buff-brown, almost white. Needles stiff, sharp, 15–25 mm. long, flattened in cross-section, dark glaucous blue-green above with two or three thin lines of stomata, and blue-white below with two dense bands of stomata. Cones pale brown, pendulous, slender cylindrical, 5–11 cm. long, opening to 3 cm. broad. Scales thin, flexible 15-20 mm. long. pale brown. Seeds black, 3 mm. long. Wing pale brown, slender, 7–9 mm. long.
Dimensions Height: 49 m. (160 ft.)
Diameter: 0.9-1.5 m, (3-5 ft.) sometimes much larger.
Habitat Canyons & valleys, Mountains.
Range Northwest, Alaska, California, Western Canada.
Discussion Used widely in piano, harp, violin, and guitar manufacture, its high strength-to-weight ratio and regular, knot-free rings make it an excellent conductor of sound. For these reasons, the wood is also an important material for sailing boat spars, aircraft wing spars, and the nosecones of Trident missiles.


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Republican National Convention
Fair enough. Sounds great doesn't it? Go out there Republican supporters and support the war you support!
Republican National Convention
Fair enough. Sounds great doesn't it? Go out there Republican supporters and support the war you support!
To Change Your Heart
I beg to differ with you on #8. I submit that the custom of drinking HOT beerOriginally Posted by Pagan
is why the Germans started WWI & II. It kept them pissed off all the time!
I never had any large respect for good spelling. That is my feeling yet. Before the spelling-book came with its arbitrary forms, men unconsciously revealed shades of their characters and also added enlightening shades of expression to what they wrote by their spelling, and so it is possible that the spelling-book has been a doubtful benevolence to us.
- Mark Twain's Autobiography
WEAK as usual.Originally Posted by finataxia24
Al Gore claiming he invented the Internet......
John Kerry getting a medal in Nam for misfiring his M79 grenade launcher inside his River Patrol Boat(thanks to his political pals back at home who want him back from Nam)
The Clintons......
Those were all political jokes to me
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Listen to audio clips of President Bush's dumbest quotes and verbal gaffes.
Remix of Bush's State of the Union Address
Listen to an amusing remixed version of President Bush's State of the Union address.
Bush and Kerry Sing 'This Land Is Your Land'
He's a liberal wiener. He's a right-wing nut job. See John Kerry and George Bush square off and trade insults in this can't-miss campaign spoof of "This Land is Your Land."
Bushism Video: Fool Me Once...
Watch video footage of Bush making the following statement: "There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again."
'Daily Show' Coverage of Bush's Victory Speech
Listen to a hilarious clip from "The Daily Show's" coverage of George W. Bush's Dec. 13, 2000 victory speech.
I'd buy that joke if it wasn't for the bottom right hand corner, no man ever tells the truth about the size of his package, if anything they would exaggerate, hmmm, if he is exaggerating there...Originally Posted by finataxia24
Gase has taken an interesting approach to instilling a winning culture in Miami. He is cocky. He is smart. He is borderline deranged.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/sp...#storylink=cpy
That a boy Ronnie! Wwwell............done:evil:
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George Lopez Subrebost
doctoral dissertation, tech. report CMU-RI-TR-05-53, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, October, 2005
|Providing the medical tools to measure and report biomolecules without interference from other impeding molecules or from triggering the body's immunoresponse is far from trivial. For the past 30 years, microdialysis has been extensively used as an in vivo bioanalytical measurement procedure to recover biomolecules from tissue or organs. These biomolecules can provide physicians an early and subtle indication of the onset of disease, supplying a view of the cellular and molecular inner workings of the body.
This thesis presents a monolithic microdialysis chip that integrates sample acquisition, fraction collection, and biofouling control on the same silicon substrate. A microfabrication technology that allows an in situ, porous cellulose acetate membrane to be suspended over silicon microchannels using standard spin coat deposition is shown. These membranes were created using phase inversion techniques and adhesion of the organic cellulose acetate membrane to the inorganic silicon substrate was characterized. Based on the physical parameters of the cellulose acetate lacquer and the surface properties of the substrate, it was possible to span 75-? wide cavities. Cellulose acetate membranes were fouled with a myoglobin protein solution and then characterized. Permeability tests indicate a decreased analyte flux, while visual observation using scanning electron microscopy shows protein aggregates on the surface that are irreversibly adsorbed after repeated rinsing. Isoelectric forces were explored as a method to regenerate the membrane to pre-fouled levels by dislodging adsorbed myoglobin molecules from the membrane surface. Using embedded platinum electrodes beneath the cellulose acetate membrane, an electric field (230 V/m) was established across the thickness of the membrane. Application of the electric field showed a 7.6% maximum increase in analyte flux after membrane fouling, with a 51.5% increase in analyte flux necessary to return the membrane to pre-fouled levels.
Automated fraction collection is accomplished on-chip using passive microvalves that allow accurate temporal acquisition of analyte samples. Fraction collection is demonstrated on the backside of a microdialysis chip using a set of deep-etched, 6 ?-volume collection chambers coated with a hydrophobic
Associated Lab(s) / Group(s):
Microelectromechanical Systems Laboratory
Number of pages: 221
|Text Reference
|George Lopez Subrebost, "Silicon-based microdialysis chip with integrated fraction collection and biofouling control," doctoral dissertation, tech. report CMU-RI-TR-05-53, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, October, 2005
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Alfred, NY - Our challenge for Alfred this year was during new student orientation. We needed to create an interactive presentation of the new students during orientation and then the ability to link the story back to the social media networks for presentation.
We decided to create to three different presentations for this project. A Gigapan photo which is an Ultra High Resolution photo consisting of several hundred photos stitched together, several 360 Interactive Panoramas allowing student to see all around the event and then follow-up with a HD Video.
The Gigapan was the first big challenge. We had to put 1,300 students and facility into the shape of an 'A' on the Pioneer Stadium football field stretching from 30 yard line on both sides of the field. Then shoot an estimated 600 photos in 6 minutes at 19 mega pixels each.


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UW's Ross taken 8th overall by Toronto
SEATTLE - Terrence Ross was selected by the Toronto Raptors with the eighth pick in the first round of the 2012 NBA Draft on Thursday continuing a trend of Washington players joining the ranks of the NBA.
Ross is the 10th player to don a Husky uniform and be selected in the first round and the ninth player overall in the Lorenzo Romar era picked in the NBA Draft. In the last eight drafts, at least one Husky has been selected in all but one year (2008).
He is the fifth Husky to be drafted in the top-10, joining Bob Houbregs (3rd, Milwaukee, 1953), Detlef Schrempf (8th, Dallas, 1985), Brandon Roy (6th, Minnesota, 2006) and Spencer Hawes (10th, Sacramento, 2007). Martell Webster signed with Washington for 2005, but elected to enter the draft instead and was selected 6th overall by Portland.
Ross' teammate Tony Wroten is also expected to be selected later in the draft. If Wroten is selected in the first round, it would mark the first time in Husky history that teammates have been chosen in the first round.
Ross left Washington after his sophomore year. He helped the Huskies to a 24-11 record in 2012, an NIT semifinal appearance and Pac-12 regular season championship.
"Being at Washington and playing for Coach Romar has been a blessing," Ross said back on April 1 when he declared for the draft. "On the court, off the court, with school and in life...it's just been a real blessing to consider myself a Husky and get to where I am right now."
Ross established himself as not only one of the Pac-12's most complete players, but one of the nation's top athletes. He ranked among conference leaders in eight categories: points (16.4, 4th), rebounds (6.4, 6th), offensive rebounds (5.1, 3rd), free throw percentage (.766, 11th), steals (1.3, 12th), 3-PT FG makes (2.1, 8th), 3-PT% (.371, 14th) and blocks (0.9, 13th).
He earned first team All-Pac-12 honors in 2012 and led Washington in scoring, tallying 574 total points - tied for 9th most in UW single-season history.
He also was second on the team in minutes, rebounds, steals, 3-point makes, 3-point field goal percentage and blocks.
Ross was the only Husky to reach 30 points in 2011-12, doing so twice. He was second with 9 games of 20-plus points.
Ross flourished in Washington's run to the NIT semifinals in New York. He averaged 25.0 points in four games. He was a perfect 15-of-15 from the free throw line and led UW shooters from three point range, making 15-of-37 attempts (.405).
As a freshman in 2011, he was part of a Husky team that went 24-11, won the Pac-10 Tournament championship and advanced to the third round of the NCAA tournament.


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The Week's Best Longreads: The Daily Beast Picks for November 10, 2012
How a Race in the Balance Went to Obama
Adam Nagourney, Ashley Parker, Jim Rutenberg, Jeff Zeleny, The New York Times
Seven minutes into the first presidential debate, President Obama's staff were in full panic. But though they played the rest of the game in catch-up mode, their machine had been programmed to win all along.
How the GOP Got Stuck in the Past
David Frum, Newsweek
The finger-pointing misses a bigger truth: Republicans have become estranged from modern America. Why fixating on the old glory days is bogging down the party's future.
Come On, Feel the Buzz
Alex Pareene, The Baffler
How Politico sold out journalism and ushered in post-truth politics.
The Politics of Fear
Mark Danner, The New York Review of Books
The 2012 campaign featured endless drama about the American relationship with Israel, but scarcely a word about the horrors in the West Bank.
The Right's Jennifer Rubin Problem
Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic
Conservatives lobbied hard to install one of their own at the Washington Post. But it didn't work out as they imagined.
The World Is Watching
Roads & Kingdoms
Election night from 23 countries around the world.
For more great longreads, visit our friends at Longreads.com. [http://www.longreads.com]


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By Parrish Alford/NEMS Daily Journal
OXFORD – If there are going to be college basketball rankings it's better to be ranked than not be ranked.
Ole Miss entered those rankings Monday when voters for the Associated Press Top 25 and the USA Today coaches poll labeled the Rebels among the 25 best teams in the country.
They very well may be.
AP has Ole Miss at No. 23, the coaches at No. 24. The Rebels are certainly playing at high level right now, and the rankings are acknowledgement from those outside the area code.
At the end of the season, it will be not rankings but other numbers – like the RPI – that have more sway with the NCAA tournament selection committee.
No national champion will be crowned by the top 25.
The rankings will further the buzz for this team and will make it a larger part of the national conversation provided the Rebels do what is required to remain in the rankings, and that is simply to win.
If their new status serves to further motivate the Rebels, that's fine. They just better not forget the motivation it took for them to get where they are.
"It's been a long time since we've done something great here, and we understand what we need to do," said Nick Williams, a fifth-year senior.
Murphy Holloway on the inside and Marshall Henderson at the 3-point line have become the most recognizable faces of the program, but the Rebels have gotten significant contributions from a number of different directions on any given night. Williams' 3 for 5 3-point shooting effort against Arkansas is but one example.
Ole Miss is still a long way from the greatness Williams describes, and many challenges are ahead, but in the first two weeks of SEC play the Rebels have shown a number of factors found in great teams: Timely shooting, rebounding, defense, team chemistry and resiliency.
As the Rebels become more of a known commodity what they need is all of the above every night – the consistency which is found in most ranked teams.
That's what will help Ole Miss pick off a couple of big wins and avoid the pitfalls against some SEC brethren that while holding down the league's collective RPI rating can still rise up and knock off a team that takes the floor unfocused and unprepared.
Players have shown what they can do for two weeks in the SEC.
Now they need to show what they can do for the duration of the grind of which they love to speak.
Parrish Alford (firstname.lastname@example.com) covers Ole Miss for the Journal. He blogs daily at InsideOleMissSports.com.


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Updated on 23 January 2013
Singapore: UniQuest's Managing Director Mr David Henderson announced his decision to move into non-executive directorship roles.
The head of one of Australia's largest and most successful university research commercialization companies will leave UniQuest next month to develop his directorship interests and pursue innovation in the internet space.
"With four careers behind me, I am looking forward to a few more new challenges before I take down the shingle," said Mr Henderson.
"I'm very proud of what we have accomplished at UniQuest, and it has been an absolute privilege to work with the UniQuest team. I am very confident that the company will continue to go from strength to strength in the years ahead, and with the strategy for the company's next five years taking shape now, it makes a lot of sense for that plan to be taken forward by a new MD," Mr Henderson said.
UniQuest Chairman Dr Carrie Hillyard said Mr Henderson's contribution over the past 16 years to UniQuest and the research commercialization sector in Australia has been significant.
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Program Review: Head Start
GAO's December 15, 2010 report, the eighth in a series responding to the Act's mandate, updates and adds new information on the use of Recovery Act funds by the Head Start program. Future GAO reports will focus on additional programs that have been funded under the Recovery Act.
What GAO Found
Grantees Report Expanding Program Options, Staff, and Enrollment, but Enrollment Figures May Be Unreliable
Grantees reported using Recovery Act funds to expand enrollment and staff in a variety of ways, but new enrollment was lower than anticipated and reported enrollment numbers may not always be reliable. Grantees received funds to increase enrollment from about 890,000 to an additional 60,600; reported enrollment increased by 55,100 by the end of September 2010. Grantees GAO interviewed used different definitions of "enrollment," which Office of Head Start (OHS) does not verify, introducing some unreliability in reporting. Grantees nationwide reported adding significant numbers of staff, but the portion of teachers who met recently increased standards slightly declined.
Following Low Expenditure Rates in the First Year, Mixed Messages from OHS about Spending Policy Led to Varied Spending Practices
Grantees experienced challenges in spending first-year Recovery Act funds, including delays in receiving grants and preparing facilities for expanded services, and received mixed messages about what to do with unobligated funds. By the end of the first year of Recovery Act funding, expansion grantees had expended at least 60 percent of their awards. Also, more than half of the grantees GAO interviewed said they were unclear about the policy regarding unobligated first-year funds. Because OHS did not communicate its policy to regional offices, grantees adopted varied spending practices that may not always have directed expansion funds toward programs' highest, current priorities.
OHS Hired a Contractor to Both Prepare for and Conduct On-Site Reviews, but Has Not Incorporated Some Risk Factors in Planning for Reviews
OHS has engaged a contractor to conduct the large volume of monitoring visits required 1 year after expanded operations begin, but has not always incorporated some risk indicators in planning reviews. OHS has also been conducting other monitoring efforts, including mandatory 1-year visits for Early Head Start expansion grantees. OHS's enhanced monitoring for 1-year reviews include grantee governance, and financial management. In response to prior GAO findings of fraudulent enrollment and attendance and enrollment discrepancies among some Head Start grantees, all monitoring visits to new grantees will be implemented as "surprise" visits. A few grantees awarded expansion funds had been earlier identified as high risk by their regional offices, and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Inspector General identified several financial management deficiencies among four of the expansion grantees it reviewed. However, information on identified risks was not always available to OHS reviewers. OHS plans to scope and staff its 1-year reviews of Recovery Act grantees based primarily on their prior experience with Head Start and Early Head Start and whether the grantees have recently received a triennial review.
Oversight of Recipient Reporting Data Quality Continues for the Fifth Round of Reporting
GAO's analysis of the data reported by recipients in Recovery.gov, including jobs funded, shows results similar to previous reporting periods. For example, GAO continued to see a small number of reports for which data issues could prevent linking related reports across quarters. Analysis of Head Start recipient data showed that an earlier concern with calculating full-time equivalent jobs is being addressed. Further, in response to September 2010 Office of Management and Budget guidance on transparency of narrative descriptions, OHS reported that additional agency reviews resulted in recipients clarifying their reports.
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GAO recommends OHS verify the definition of enrollment, clearly communicate it to grantees along with policies for extending the use of Recovery Act funds, and incorporate known risks into review planning. HHS generally agreed with GAO's recommendations.


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License Hell
I am still not very happy with the Symbiosis
architecture, though I know it is working fairly well, and
the GUI is coming along nicely. My major problem is that I
want to build this to be as open and extensible as possible,
but I feel that I am doing a lot of wheel re-inventing.
Because of this I spent some time looking at different
distributed architectures which I might be able to use as a
base, including JBoss, Jini, JXTA, JMX, and simple XML-RPC
or SOAP usage.
JBoss looks like good technology, but it seems to be
severely under documented (oh, but you can always pay money
to get the documentation), and I haven't been able to find
any decent GUI tools for management (but the JBoss group
does offer training, how convenient). I am not trying to
knock these folks, mind you. Most open source projects lack
good GUI tooks and documentation, but, like Oracle, it
benefits the JBoss group that it remains this way.
In regards to Oracle I am talking about the amazing
self-propogation of Oracle "consultants" needed to make
these databases work, though they have had over a decade to
make it easier to use. You have to go through and modify a
million stupid little text files filled with cryptic
informaton to make it run decently? Anyone ever hear of
self optimization? Apparently not Mr. Ego, err, Ellison.
After spending time learning the concepts of JBoss, it
seemed a bit overkill for my needs, and even with it I would
still need to develop a bit of my own "architecture" to glue
things together. It is still in my list of possible choices
though, as you can turn off some of the massive amounts of
capabilites that JBoss has (for example, I don't particulary
want to use the EJB Container).
Next was Jini, which looked very good, until I ran into
it's license, which made me cringe, fume, and delete all my
bookmarks related to it. I am no longer confused as to why
nobody uses that technology for open source development.
Such a horrible loss.
I had already spent some time on JXTA, and it again is
an interesting technology, and I find Sun full of
interesting ideas, but yet again, nobody is doing much which
this technology, and if I want to have "services" which work
with Symbiosis, which I don't write myself, I need to use
something where people will have a certain amount of
existing knowledge.
Maybe I am missing something obvious, but it seems that
almost all systems are built from a different mold, but look
very similar in the end. Is there no decent / generic
common mold which can be used to build distributed systems
from? I suppose as a Java guy I could just use simple RMI
with remote interfaces, but RMI is slow, and could never be
called an architecture, though some people like to call
everything and anything a framework, or an architecture. I
even find myself babbling like that.
If anyone has actually read this far, I would love to
hear some thoughts or feedback (though sadly advogato
doesn't have a wonderful mechanism in which to do that,
unless I posted this as an "article", which it is not nearly
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Caledonia advances to state volleyball semifinal
ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Caledonia volleyball team made sure their first ever trip to state will not be a short stay. The Warriors, seeded two in Class AA, swept past Maple Lake 3-0 in the State Quarterfinal match (25-12, 25-21, 25-9).
With the victory, Caledonia advances in the championship bracket to face Sauk Centre in the MSHSL Class AA State Semifinal. That match will be played Friday at 7 p.m. at the Xcel Energy Center.
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Looking west from Denver the Front Range rises from the plains in two giant steps: first the foothills that climb above the "Mile High City," then the high alpine summits, 54 of which loom above 14,000 feet (4,267 m). The difference in elevation between the peaks and nearby lowlands is striking. The square- topped silhouette of Longs Peak (14,256 ft, 4,345 m), the highest mountain in Rocky Mountain National Park, is the northernmost "fourteener" (mountains that exceed 14,000 feet above sea level) and towers 9,000 feet (2,743 m) above the adjacent plain. Longs Peak, a mass of Precambrian Silver Plume Granite, has challenged climbers since 1868 when a small party, that included John Wesley Powell, made the first recorded ascent. The infamous Diamond of Longs Peak, which ranks as the largest, highest, and steepest wall in the Southern Rockies, remains alluring to technical rock climbers from around the world.
The high country of the park consists of mountain peaks ranging in elevation from 11,000 to 14,000 feet (3,350 to 4,270 m) above sea level that form the Continental Divide, Trail Ridge, the Mummy Range, and the Never Summer Mountains. In addition to their height, the age of the rocks that form the core of these mountains is impressive. Although not the oldest rock in the National Park System (Grand Teton National Park holds that honor), they are from the same geologic time span, the Precambrian, which contains the oldest rocks on Earth and harkens back to a time when Earth's early crust and continents were forming. Volcanism formed much younger rocks (23 to 29 million years ago), which lie on the western slope of the park and constitute much of the Never Summer Mountains.
Much of the high country consists of gently rolling topography into which glaciers have cut cirques and valleys. Although the rocks that comprise the range are ancient, the timing of its uplift makes the Southern Rockies geologic newcomers as compared to mountain ranges such as the Appalachians. Like the ranges that were here before them, the Rockies began their rise from the bed of an ancient sea, but in this case just 70 million years ago during a period of mountain building called the Laramide orogeny. The north- south trending Front Range is principally the result of Laramide mountain building, faulting, and subsequent erosion. Present- day relief was enhanced by additional uplift during Cenozoic time (the most recent geologic era).
The Front Range contains some of the most accessible alpine scenery in the Southern Rockies. Rocky Mountain National Park preserves thousands of acres of mountain meadows, snow- fed streams, rolling alpine uplands, glacial moraines and valleys, volcanoes, lava, and ash. Trail Ridge Road traverses 50 miles (80 km) of rugged, mountain terrain between the resort communities of Estes Park and Grand Lake. The 11- mile (18- km) section of road that lies above tree line follows the Continental Divide and winds through periglacial environments covered by alpine tundra. More than 300 miles (483 km) of hiking trails provide access from roadways and trailheads to remote areas of the park.
Rocks and deposits are the foundation of today's scenery and record the geologic history and evolution of the park, which spans nearly two billion years. The evolution of the park's landscape may be highlighted with these geologic events:
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The NY times finds fault with O naming a trucking lobbyist as head of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
While the candidate has not actually been a federally registered lobbyist within the past two years, thus precluding the law against such an appointment,But it is hard to see how naming a trucking industry insider like Ms. Ferro, the president of the Maryland affiliate of the American Trucking Associations, to lead the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration squares with Mr. Obama's promise of "a clean break" from business as usual.Ms. Ferro's record, we believe, is disqualifying. With more than 5,000 fatal truck crashes a year, Americans cannot afford conflicts of interest in the running of their truck safety agency.


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Good luck to everyone.. updates from anyone there appreciated..
Good luck to everyone.. updates from anyone there appreciated..
19 back to the WB. Only numbers I know are 16, 21, 36.
As posted on fb open results
1 #39. Henry
2 #31. Dealer
3 #1. Boo
They're all run by T. Milligan I think.
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'I make my practices real hard because if a player is a quitter, I want him to quit in practice, not in a game.' - Bear Bryant / Alabama
Attitude and Driving aka "Driver"
Farmer's Calamity Kate aka (little) "Katie"
Congrats Bobby Lane getting second in the Am. ! Sorry don't know the other placements yet.
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Congratulations to Tim and his clients. Not a bad apple in the bunch!
Congratulations to Ed and Jackie Thibodeaux from Satin Belle Retrievers on a very successful Qual!
1 - #14 Eli and Jackie
2 - #2 GeeGee and Ed
Jams - #15 JoJo (Jackie) and #9 Cajun (Ed)
Sorry, I don't know the other placements.
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Way to go Team Milligan!! Congrats to Bobby Lane as well!!
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Illinois Ammo Ban Bill
A pair of ammunition ban bills are up for hearing in the House Executive Committee this week. If enacted, either of these bills would effectively ban the purchase of ammunition in Illinois. The bills in question are HB 4269 sponsored by Rep. Monique Davis (D-Chicago), and HB 4349 sponsored by Rep. Naomi Jakobsson (D-Champaign).
Here is what passage of either of these bills would mean to you:
1. Ammunition manufacturers would be required to imprint a secret code on cartridge casings so that the purchaser of the ammunition could be identified.
2. When you purchase ammunition, that secret code would be registered to your name.
3. All your ammunition purchases would be registered with the Illinois State Police.
4. You would be responsible for all eternity for ammunition registered to you.
5. It would be in your best interest to destroy all expended ammunition casings because an unaccounted for empty casing could be used to frame you for a crime you did not commit.
6. You would have to surrender all unregistered ammunition you now own to the Illinois State Police.
7. Reloading would be banned.
8. The Illinois Department of Revenue would be authorized to place a tax on ammunition and raise that tax any time for any reason.
9. Taxes and increased manufacturing costs would raise the price of a box of .45 ammo to $200 or more.
10. Gun ownership would become too costly for most people.
1. Call Rep. Monique Davis office at (217) 782-0010 and POLITELY tell the person that answers that you are a law-abiding gun owner and you would oppose Rep. Davis attempt to ban ammunition.
2. Call Rep. Naomi Jakobssons offce at (217) 558-1009 and POLITELY tell the person that answers that you are a law-abiding gun owner and you would oppose Rep. Jakobssons attempt to ban ammunition.
3. Call each of the following members of the House Executive Committee and POLITELY tell whoever answers the phone that you OPPOSE HB4269 and HB4349 and that you would like them to vote against those bills in the Executive Committee. Remember, you represent the gun owners of this state, so BE POLITE:
Rep. Dan Burke (D-Chicago) (217) 782-1117
Rep Joseph Lyons (D-Chicago) (217) 782-8400
Rep. Dan Brady (R-Bloomington) (217) 782-1118
Rep. Eddie Acevedo (D-Chicago) (217) 782-2855
Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios (D-Chicago) (217) 558-1032
Rep. Bob Biggins (R-Elmhurst) (217) 782-6578
Rep Michael Bradley (D-Chicago) (217) 782-8117
Rep. Brent Hassert (R-Romeoville) (217) 782-4179
Rep. Jim Meyer (R-Naperville) (217) 782-8028
Rep. Robert Molaro (D-Chicago) (217) 782-5280
Rep. Bob Rita (D-Crestwood) (217) 558-1000
Rep. Angelo Saviano (R-River Grove) (217) 782-3374
Rep. Arthur Turner (D-Chicago) (217) 782-8116
4. Please pass this alert along to all your gun-owning friends and ask them to make calls as well.
5. Please post this alert to any and all Internet bulletin boards to which you may belong.


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Pupils bury time capsule as part of £3.5m revamp of Fort Nelson - Friday, 5 November 2010
Older and younger generations came together to celebrate the burying of a time capsule on Wednesday (November 3) as part of the £3.5m revamp of Fort Nelson.
Pupils from Northern Junior School – who filled the time capsule – were joined by Second World War veteran Dennis Tree, who brought along his late grandfather's Victorian spade with which to perform the honours.
Twenty Year Five pupils from the Portchester school filled the time capsule with a specially-chosen selection of items, designed to sum up life in Hampshire in 2010. Contents included a school jumper, copy of The News, class photograph, profiles of each pupil written by themselves, a school lunch menu, toy giraffe and even a Tesco catalogue to give an idea of today's prices.
Mr Tree – a survivor of the Burma Campaign – was joined by the pupils and Winchester Mayor, Cllr Richard Izard, in burying the capsule and officially marking the start of building-work to create a breathtaking new gallery at the Victorian Fort. A second Victorian spade, used during the ceremony, was loaned by the Bursledon Brickworks Museum.
The gallery – newly named 'The Voice of the Guns' – is part of the ongoing £3.5 million redevelopment of Fort Nelson, home to the national collection of historic cannon and artillery.
Work to build the new gallery is the latest milestone in the project, which commenced construction work in the summer to help transform the Portsdown Hill museum into a visitor attraction fit for the 21st Century.
The revamp – part-funded by a Heritage Lottery Fund grant of almost £2m – will see the Victorian Fort refurbished sympathetically into a modern visitor attraction, complete with a new visitor centre with catering, shop and parking facilities, as well as brand new, state-of-the art education facilities including a "classroom of the future".
The project is due for completion during the summer of 2011. The Fort remains open during the construction period and events are operating normally. For more details, visit our "website:"http://www.royalarmouries.org.
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PST hacked
i am facing issue of hack in my network. one of the user's PST got hacked and Hacker is sending mails of same pst attached through GMail to his official ID . We blocked specific email ID but still the hacker is sending such mails.
we are unable to trace the hacker. Gone thru Event ID's but no any track been traced.
what is the way out to trace the hacker?
thanks in advance