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Critical Thinking: A Necessary Skill in the Age of Spin
The ability to think critically is one skill separating innovators from followers. Critical thinking reduces the power of advertisers, the unscrupulous and the pretentious, and can neutralize the sway of an unsupported argument. This is a skill most students enjoy learning because they see immediately that it gives them more control.
Devastating Consequences
That said, young people -- without significant life experience and anxious to fit in -- are especially vulnerable to surface appeal. Targeted advertising affects their buying and eating habits; choosing friends for the wrong reasons can lead to real heartache. Decisions about joining the military, becoming a parent or choosing a career have indelible effects on a person's life. An inability to think critically at an early age can have devastating consequences.
Every educator is in a position to teach students how to gather information, evaluate it, screen out distractions and think for themselves. Because critical thinking is so important, some believe that every educator has not only the opportunities, but also the obligation to incorporate critical thinking into his or her subject area. This helps students evaluate prepackaged conclusions and clears a path for original thoughts.
A World of Illusions
Seeing beyond superficial appearances is especially important today because we are surrounded by illusions, many of them deliberately created. The effects may be subtle, or they may affect us profoundly. While we seek out and appreciate some illusions such as films and novels, other illusions can make us miserable and even kill us. We need to know if foods that taste perfectly fine can hurt us in the short term (as with Salmonella contamination) or in the long term (cholesterol). A virus might be so dangerous that we should avoid public places, and political candidates promising to clean up government can end up being more corrupt than their predecessors. We want to know if items we purchase are durable or junk, and whether people we are attracted to are truly as considerate as they seem at first. Students are constantly being presented with information not only in the classroom, but also from their friends, parents, the Internet, films, television, radio, newspapers and magazines, and they need tools to analyze all the input.
How False Ideas Creep Into Our Belief Systems
The first step in teaching critical thinking is to help students recognize how easily false ideas can creep into their belief system. For example:
1) People believe stories because they are the ones available.
Most people would identify Thomas Edison as the inventor of the incandescent light bulb. Although Edison perfected a commercially successful design, he was preceded in the experimentation by British inventors Frederick de Moleyns and Joseph Swan, and by American J. W. Starr. Sometimes a belief such as the one about Edison becomes well known for reasons that are difficult to trace. At other times, it is easy to see that a story became available because a mainstream media source determined the story was newsworthy. Sometimes, that editorial decision has more to do with what is sensational, entertaining or popular than with what is of lasting importance. Just because a story is available does not mean it is accurate or important.
2) Beliefs may justify past actions.
In July 2006, half the respondents to a Harris Poll said they believed that when the United States invaded Iraq in March 2003, that country possessed weapons of mass destruction. But in 2004, the CIA had already concluded that Iraq possessed no stockpiles of illicit weapons. Even reliable, available facts had not superseded the mistaken impression that many still held.
3) People may not recognize the significance of their own perceptions.
In November 2005, a suicide bomber struck the Radisson Hotel in Amman, Jordan. On the eighth floor, Ita Martin heard a loud noise. Still, it was not until she turned on CNN that she learned a bomb had gone off. "Oh, my God, I'm in that hotel!" she exclaimed. Had she trusted her own ears and eyes, she may have gotten out of there much more quickly.
Understanding Motivations
Students don't need much convincing that two of the biggest enemies of the truth are people whose job it is to sell us incomplete versions of the available facts, and the simple absence of accurate information. They may need more convincing that a significant problem is their own willingness to believe what they want to believe. Students can be reminded that companies advertising products take advantage of our desires; they do not describe the benefits of their competitors' products any more than a man asking a woman to marry him encourages her to date other men before deciding. It is a social reality that people encourage one another to make important decisions with limited facts.
Fortunately, when students are educated about information-gathering techniques and critical thinking, they have the tools necessary to see through spin and make decisions based on fact, rather than myth or propaganda. Regardless of your subject, critical thinking is one of the most important skills you can teach.
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As the article suggests every educator is in a position to teach critical thinking skills, including parents and those who work with younger students. For example, during read alouds with picture storybooks adults can model certain strategies and use scaffolding to teach a child to infer, ask "why?", understand characters, etc. On the playground a teacher can help a child "think through" why a particular spot is not okay to play in.
Teaching children to think is a fundamental concept that most early educators strive to introduce to their young learners. Creative and stimulating strategies that cajole them into analyzing objectively any given challenge, topic or a task are critical to this process. For educators the entire process of inculcating this basic skill evolves from being an engaging activity to the most satisfying, when their young wards perfect the rudimentary skills of this vital aspect of learning. With each higher grade of learning it becomes increasingly important for educators to build the necessary skills in their wards to think beyond the face value of vetexts or topics. Viewing a topic or theme from various perspectives, is the KEY to stimulate learners to think BEYOND and reach a 'Higher Order of Thinking' (HOT).
HOT lays the foundations of critical thinking and with each passing academic year becomes the vital key to achieving academic competence. Bloom's Taxonomy is a much appreciated and adopted thumb of rule to structure and develop gradual levels of thinking higher. The six levels are Remembering, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation and Creation. These six levels of higher thinking provide the much required framework for acquiring strong critiquing and analysis skills for all age groups of learners. Encouraging learners to move from lowest to the highest levels of thinking will help in developing higher order thinking.
Very important points, Randy, thanks! One of the best ways to teach critical thinking skills without antagonizing parents (a concern expressed by one comment here) is to show kids through specific exercises how vulnerable they are to cognitive biases and distortions. These exercises can be very simple and non-threatening, while also helping open each child's mind to the need for paying attention to "how" they think rather than simply "what" they think. I would HIGHLY recommend that every educator read Daniel Kahneman's recent book /Thinking, Fast and Slow/. He includes some simple and very concrete examples from his and others' research that make many common cognitive biases very clear. There's no need to attack any child's (or parent's) personal beliefs in doing so, and I would imagine that even educators will be surprised at their own capacity for cognitive distortion after reading this book. I've written a bit more about this on my blog, Family Matters (http://familymatters.vision.org/FamilyMatters/bid/73671/Parenting-Issues...) but I really would recommend picking up the book if you get the chance.
I appreciated the link to your blog. As one of your posts mentioned the importance of "focused, individual feedback," I thought I'd take the opportunity to give you some and say thanks very much for that point, especially in the context of teaching critical thinking. It can be too tempting (as you mentioned) to get frustrated when they take the superficial route, and scold them for laziness (which could just end up silencing them from sharing any further attempts at critical thinking). On the other hand, a little coaching can go a long way toward making the skill one they enjoy using.
These are fine comments about the need to teach students critical thinking skills. I would want to extend these comments to specifically flag helping students learn how to make discriminating judgments about the reliability of sources of information, the likelihood of predictions, the likelihood of causal explanations, and about the best options and best solutions in decision-making and problem solving -- and doing these with an open mind. Add to these skill at identifying, analyzing, and evaluating arguments, as well as constructing good arguments themselves, and writing good reflective prose -- and we have a core of contexts that call for effective instruction in our schools and colleges on critical thinking.
But we need to be discriminating ourselves in how we do this. Many teachers think that it is enough to give students critical thinking challenges: What is the best energy source for our country to rely on as its dominant energy source? Why did Huck Finn's father abduct him? What caused the Titanic to hit that iceberg? Which internet sources about the moon landing are reliable? These are challenging questions, but unless students have a sense of how to answer these questions, they are usually invitations for hasty non-critical responses. In order for these challenges to be effective invitations to careful critical thinking we need to teach students so that they use effective thinking strategies in answering them with an open mind, e.g. they know what kind of evidence is needed to support their judgments, and they don't rush to judgment until they have all the evidence on both sides of an issue.
I have found many many teachers wanting to do this who are not sure how to. That has been the focus of my work over the past 25 years -- infusing instruction in critical and creative thinking into their content instruction -- and most teachers I have worked with have had dramatic results -- great lessons that not only improve their students critical thinking abilities but significantly elevate their level of real content understanding. This is not too hard for a teacher to master. My experience has convinced me that while infusing such instruction into all classrooms is achievable, it will take many alerts like we find in Randy Kasten's article to wake the world of education up to the need to do this. I urge you all to make spreading this word a priority! Our future may depend on it.
I'm inwhole-hearted agreement with you here Randy, but would spin you further along by countering that Critical Spinning is Necessary in an Age of Thoughtlessness. Standing in the forum arguing "truth" against doxa gets you killed (Socrates) or, in the best case, a 20 point trouncing in the polls (been ther, done that!) Yes, students need to think critically, but not by wielding Occam's Razor to hack out the truth through a jungle of spin. The 21st century 24-7 spin machine moves too fast for that ancient approach. Once they have found their truths, students need to learn to produce "realities" that "fight fire with fire," or they will just be engaged in academic fiddling while Rome burns (been there, and done that, too!)
Unfortunately, even though many if not most colleges place critical thinking high on the mission statement list, too many employers still complain that students are missing this critical skill, if I may. In order to teach it and make sure students learn it, we must use critical thinking itself to problem solve. First, education cannot be forced. The student must be motivated or choose to learn, and by learn I am referring to the stickiness of knowledge. All to often A's are obtained, even 4.0's with little learning. Personally, I ignore these biased indicators. In addition, I don't check to see if students have learned. I do check, however, to see if they are paying attention and enthralled with the priceless, all encompassing, purifying, freeing, empowering nature of critical thinking, even critical, creative, intuitive thinking (all that I teach and coach are in these three words). Yet I do see its acquisition in the focus and attention paid, the statements made, the enlivening seen, and the greatest of being, be-ing.
We MUST create awareness and free the student to learn critical thinking, anything, for that matter. WE must have a passion for critical thinking. But more than that we must CARE. Care about the students, first and foremost. Once this equation is satisfied, success follows. Academia often fails for many inherent reasons. Even the former president of Harvard, Derek Bok, tells us that we do well by our students; however, we still fall far short of passing on the critical skills, knowledge, and attitudes needed by all of today's citizens. And that's the key. All must have access to CT and be able to not only obtain it but master it to greatest intellectual, emotional, physical, even spiritual effect. And that will only be solved by freeing the teaching of it from academic bureaucracy and state corruption, only by placing it where all have access to it free of these corruptions will the gaining of this critical knowledge begin to reach the heights of acquisition and application it so justly deserves.
Great topic and very timely with the "information age" we are in! I think it's so important for students to learn to think critically and to question everything... Understanding the motivations of those behind the information is huge and with so much information and mis-information out there this is a must. ~April (www.vingapp.com)
I decided to make critical thinking one of my "core pillars" this year. However, I found embedding it within my curriculum was much more difficult than I expected, especially when trying to keep it engaging. http://listenwise.com has great lessons built around current events and public radio pieces that push kids to critically listen and evaluate stories.
Great article Randy. There is some interesting research outlined in the article below about transcend limiting beliefs and ideas we may have picked up unconsciously or via advertising/media, as you point out.
It's a research piece about limiting beliefs and the practice of affirmations, however the findings can be applied in the situations you speak of and used effectively with children to help them move beyond limiting beliefs and stories through the use of properly formed/structured questions that get the mind to expand beyond its limits.
I have applied the findings in my mindfulness work with students and teachers with great success. The power of questions continue to amaze me and are powerful tools in the push for teaching critical thinking skills, among other things.


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Little people in dreams often point to a person or situation is insignificant, rudimentary process or incomplete status, position.
When we see ourselves small, in my life at the same time, we feel their insignificance in relation to that event. In reality, there is a feeling of insecurity, inferiority or humiliation.
If in addition to this symbol you see yourself in an ugly dress or a bad situation, the dream may indicate fear of some threat, weakness of spirit and lack of support.
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a dream portends trouble and worries for children, many moms such dreams before the child gets sick and one will somehow look after, help and take care. At the sight of the child and the plot of a dream you can say what is not only the extent of your concern, but the reality of the threat of trouble.
If in addition to your feelings and emotions from the dream nothing happened, and in life, everything is limited to your anxieties. But if there were any alarming signs of wounds on the body, any negative characters, there is something to think about.
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this characteristic of the symbol excludes the interpretation for the cubs. It concerns the adult, a normal animal, reptile or bird, but small in size compared to conventional (standard). Taking into account the interpretation of the species any characteristic, whether positive or negative feature, just becomes insignificant. Again, the rule works in relation to any aspect. For example: small evil crocodile is not a dangerous enemy, who wants, but cannot hurt you. A small elephant is a small income from the promising case. And so on.
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Piggy dreams «Diminished man in a dream» — see the Blogs of Magicom dreams about the characters.

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"The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals & policies...is a foolish idea. Instead the two parties should be almost identical, so that the American people can throw the rascals out at any election without leading to any profound or extensive shifts in policy. Then, it should be possible to replace it every four years if necessary, by the other party, which will be none of these things, but will still pursue, with new vigor, approximately the same base policies."
Professor Carroll Quigley from "Tragedy & Hope" (and self described by Bill Clinton as an important influence on his political goals & aspirations)
"That's what the people who sent us here expect of us. With their votes, they've determined that governing will now be a shared responsibility between parties. New laws will only pass with support from Democrats and Republicans. We will move forward together, or not at all -– for the challenges we face are bigger than party, and bigger than politics.
At stake right now is not who wins the next election -– after all, we just had an election...
That's the project the American people want us to work on. Together."
President Obama SoTU 2011
Did PBO repudiate any of his positions from before the elections?
Imo, no.
Did he admit to any mistakes? Again, no.
So he's being praised by many as "a Clintonesque centrist"
And wants RINO's like McCain, who are all to happy to flip back to their true progressive selves after talking tough prior to Nov., to help him solidify his accomplishments and achieve his "new" goals (which are really the same as the old ones) , because parties don't matter.
Hmmm, isn't that what Quigley postulated?
Arizona Senator John McCain said on Sunday he thought President Obama had "learned a lot" in his first two years as president, and that he saw adjustments in the president's politics following the November midterm elections.
I think he's doing a lot of right things.
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I've been thinking lately about how many Classic Trilogy characters show up in the Prequel era--and I don't mean the obvious ones like Obi-Wan, Palpatine, and C-3PO. Here's the ones I can think of off the top of my head--any others?
Sate Pestage
Palpatine's future dignitary (and brief successor) makes an appearance in Cloak of Deception as his aid.
Wilhuff Tarkin
Appears in Cloak of Deception as the Governor of Eriadu and in Rogue Planet as a Republic General.
Greedo (???)
In one of the most famous cut scenes, a brash young Rodian is called Greedo. It contradicts EU and is just a bad idea all around. If Greedo were as dumb as he is in Mos Eisley, he wouldn't have lived long enough to get there. I guess Lucas realized that and made a wise decision to cut it. Still, he's included for completeness.
Appears briefly in the Aurra Sing comic. A kid in Mos Espa who's terrified by her appearance and tactics is asked his name, which turns out to be Wuher. The age and general appearance are right.
Tessek (???)
A Senator Tessek is mentioned in Cloak of Deception. I think it's either a typo for Senator Tikkes or Tessek is a common Quarren name. I can't imagine an Old Republic Senator retiring, becoming an accountant, and getting mixed up with Jabba.
Bib Fortuna
Jabba's majordomo way back when. I don't like this one, and the contradiction of EU is the least of my reasons. First, he looks different--way different. Second, he seems young in ROTJ, and this would put him in his 60s. A bit too old for the character as he appeared, I think.
Ephant Mon
Appears in Prelude to Rebellion.
Djas Puhr
Apparently appears as a slaver working for Sebulba in Scholastic's Episode One Adventures. I haven't read this, as it requires an expensive subscription.
Appears in the same series as Djas Puhr--and is built by Darth Maul!
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We've discussed plotlines, characters, and series. But since this is a STAR WARS collecting site, perhaps some stories of yore related to prices would suffice.
Did you steal a pricy book for next to nothing? (No, no actual thefts, please ). Did you luck out and guess right, right off the newsstand/comic shop shelf?
My bests:
* Amazing Spiderman #238 ($2.50, with the tatoo thingy inside, from an "All For $2.50 Each" bin)
* Set of all 5 Punisher Limited series for $20 (Well, at one time this was a great deal... )
* G.I.Joe #2 in a bag of 3 for $.99 comics (First printing! But I read that puppy to death, i.e. only 'Good' condition)
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In an allogeneic transplant, a person's stem cells are replaced with new, healthy stem cells obtained from a donor or from donated umbilical cord blood. Chemotherapy or a combination of chemotherapy and radiation therapy is first given to eradicate cancer cells, to suppress the patient's immune system, or both. The new stem cells are then infused into the patient's bloodstream through an intravenous catheter, in a procedure that is similar to a blood transfusion.
Finding a Donor
Finding a suitable donor is critical for the success of an allogeneic transplant.
Because the immune system can distinguish between your body's own cells and cells that are foreign — and can destroy foreign cells — your donor's tissue type should match yours as closely as possible. If the tissue is not a close match, complications can result from the immune system's response to the transplant, which may be serious and difficult to treat.
In a condition called graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), for example, a donor's cells develop into white blood cells in a patient's bone marrow, but recognize the patient's own cells as foreign and attack them.
To avoid such complications, every effort is made to find a matched donor. This is done by a test called tissue typing, which is based on proteins called human leukocyte antigens (HLA) that are found on the surface of white blood cells and tissues.
Often the ideal donor is a patient's brother or sister who has inherited the same HLA. But only about one patient in four who could benefit from allogeneic transplant has this ideal donor. For the remaining 75 percent of patients, physicians expand the search to other family members, who may be only partially HLA matched, and to volunteer donor registries. In some cases, umbilical cord blood stored in public banks can be used as an alternative source of stem cells for allogeneic transplantation.
A major registry is the National Marrow Donor Program, which maintains a database of potential marrow donors and is linked with other national and international registries, creating a combined pool of close to 8 million potential donors. If you need a transplant and do not have a matching donor in your family, you can use information from your HLA typing lab report to search for potential donors. You can also search for cord blood units from the National Cord Blood Program.
Online searches may identify a number of potential matches, but only a transplant center can determine whether these potential matches are suitable and available. If you choose Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center to be your transplant center, we will work with you to evaluate matches. For more information, please call 212-639-7431.
Harvesting the Donor's Stem Cells
If you receive a transplant from a family member or from an unrelated donor, physicians will first collect or "harvest" the blood-forming stem cells from your donor's bone marrow or bloodstream.
Bone Marrow Donation
Bone marrow harvesting is performed in an operating room while the donor is under general anesthesia. The physician inserts a hollow needle into the rear and sometimes the front hipbone, both of which contain a large quantity of bone marrow. The breastbone is another accessible site that is rich in marrow, but this is very rarely used for harvest. The donor will not need stitches, but will have some pain and tenderness at the site of the harvest for about a week.
Blood Donation
Until recently, stem cells were harvested only from the bone marrow. Today, physicians can also collect stem cells from a donor's circulating blood — known as peripheral blood stem cells (PBSCs) — using a procedure called pheresis. Unlike a bone marrow harvest, pheresis does not have to be done in an operating room, and the donor does not have to be under general anesthesia.
A few days before the procedure, donors are usually given a medication (G-CSF [filgrastim], GM-CSF [sargramostim], or a combination of the two) that makes stem cells leave the bone marrow and go into the circulating blood. These agents can cause flu-like symptoms and bone pain in the days before and after the procedure.
The pheresis procedure will take several hours over the course of two or three days. The blood passes through a tube inserted in one of the donor's veins and then through a machine that separates stem cells from other blood cells, which are then returned to the patient. The stem cells collected during the procedure are either used immediately or are frozen and stored.
Preparing for the Transplant
When a donor's stem cells are available, patients receiving an allogeneic transplant will go through a process known as the preparative regimen, conditioning, or cytotoxic therapy.
In this step, physicians use chemotherapy with or without radiation therapy to kill cancerous cells in the body. If given in high doses, the treatment can suppress the immune system by destroying blood-forming stem cells in the bone marrow, decreasing the risk that the patient's body will reject the donor's cells. Such intensive treatment, called myeloablative or high-dose therapy, is not suitable for all patients.
An alternative way of preparing for a transplant is to give lower doses of chemotherapy with or without low doses of radiation. In this type of treatment, called a non-myeloablative or "mini" transplant, patients are also given drugs that suppress their immune system without destroying stem cells.
For patients who receive radiation therapy in addition to chemotherapy, Memorial Sloan Kettering researchers have developed a less intensive radiation treatment called hyperfractionated radiation. This approach involves giving small doses of radiation to the whole body, or to the parts of the body containing lymph nodes, two to three times a day over several days, a week, or more. This reduces many of the side effects of more-intensive radiation therapy. Patients usually receive the transplant a day or two after their last chemotherapy or radiation dose.
Transplantation and Recovery
After the preparative regimen is complete, the transplant can begin. Physicians usually transplant the harvested stem cells by injecting them into the patient's bloodstream, in the same way that they would administer a blood transfusion. Over the following days and weeks, the transplanted stem cells migrate to the marrow space in the patient's bones, where they gradually begin to produce blood and immune system cells. The transplant can be given in a number of ways, depending on the patient's disease, available donors, and other factors.
Between two and three weeks after the transplant, physicians usually start to detect the donor's cells in the patient's bloodstream. As time passes, a successful transplant graft will produce red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.
During the days immediately after transplantation, patients need a great deal of medical support. You may receive transfusions of irradiated blood products, such as platelets and red blood cells, as well as antibiotics to prevent and treat bacterial, viral, and fungal infections, which are most likely to occur in the first three months after transplantation. Patients are also vulnerable to complications resulting from chemotherapy with or without radiation therapy, which may require additional treatments.
Most patients remain in the hospital for several weeks after the transplant. During this time, precautionary measures are taken to protect the patient from infection. All people who enter the room are required to wear protective gloves and masks, and to wash their hands with antiseptic soap. Sometimes people entering the room need to cover their clothing with clean, disposable gowns. Fresh fruit, flowers, plants, or cut flowers are prohibited, as these can carry disease-causing molds and bacteria.
Types of Allogeneic Transplantation
Unmodified Stem Cell Transplant
In an unmodified, or conventional, transplant, all the harvested bone marrow cells — including a type of immune cell called T cells — are infused into the patient without having been manipulated in the laboratory. These transplants are more appropriate for patients who are at risk of relapse and who can tolerate the medications required to prevent the complication known as graft-versus-host disease.
T-Cell-Depleted Transplants
In T-cell-depleted transplants, the bone marrow cells harvested from a donor are first manipulated in the laboratory to remove T cells, which can cause graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) if transplanted into a patient. The remaining cells, including blood-forming stem cells, are then infused into the patient. New T cells will form in the patient from the donor's stem cells, but are less likely to cause disease than the donor's existing T cells.
Because T-cell-depleted transplants have a lower risk of GVHD, this approach can be used in transplants between patients and donors whose tissue types (HLA) are not fully matched. Because this type of transplant can be easier to tolerate, it may be a possibility for older patients, even those over 60 years old, provided they are otherwise medically fit.
Cord Blood Transplants
In a cord blood transplant, the stem cells used have been collected from the umbilical cord and placenta of healthy newborns. Because the likelihood of graft-versus-host-disease after cord blood transplant is low, there is a decreased requirement for a very close tissue type (HLA) match between the patient and the newborn donor.
Cord blood can therefore be a good alternative stem cell source for patients without a matched unrelated donor, particularly for those requiring conventional (non-T-cell-depleted) transplants. Learn more about Memorial Sloan Kettering's research on cord blood transplantation.
Donor Lymphocyte Infusions (DLI)
For patients with certain types of cancer whose diseases recur late after transplantation, physicians may treat the patient with gradually increasing numbers of T cells from the original donor. The low levels of T cells can eliminate the recurrent cancer without causing significant graft-versus-host disease.
Management of Complications
A number of complications might occur after an allogeneic transplant. Most of them can be prevented, managed, or treated.
Graft-versus-Host Disease
Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) can develop if white blood cells that have formed from the donor's stem cells recognize the patient's cells and tissues as foreign and attack them.
The lesser the match between a donor and a patient's tissue types (HLA), the greater the risk and severity of GVHD. Factors such as the age and gender of the patient and the donor, as well as the intensity of the chemotherapy with or without radiation therapy the patient receives before transplantation, also determine the risk of GVHD.
GVHD can be either acute or chronic. Symptoms of acute disease include skin rash and intestinal or abdominal discomfort, which is caused by an inflammation of the liver and the lining of the intestine. In patients with this condition, the rebuilding of the immune system may be delayed.
Your doctor may administer drugs such as methotrexate or cyclosporine to prevent acute GVHD from occurring. Drugs called steroids may also be given to control the condition if it develops.
Graft Failure
Sometimes, the donor's stem cells fail to develop and replenish the patient's blood cells after the transplant. The most common cause of this complication, called graft failure, is that the patient's immune system recognizes the donor's cells as foreign and the body rejects them. This may occur if the chemotherapy with or without radiation therapy given before the transplant were not able to fully suppress the patient's immune system.
Graft failure can also be caused by infections with certain viruses. Improved methods for prevention, early detection, and treatment of these infections are reducing graft failure caused by viral infections.
The risk of graft rejection generally lasts about two to four weeks after transplant, although it can occasionally develop at a later time. If graft failure occurs, your doctor may recommend transplanting more donor stem cells, if they are available.
Complications of High-Dose Therapy
Patients who have received high doses of chemotherapy or radiation therapy may develop acute or chronic complications — including infections, bleeding, and anemia — during the period before blood cell production returns to normal. Liver and lung problems can also develop after a transplant. Physicians have developed treatments for both acute and chronic side effects that help many patients.
Another possible complication is mucositis, a condition in which the cells that line the mouth and intestinal tract are destroyed by the high-dose chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy. Symptoms include mouth pain and ulcers, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and infection. A new drug called recombinant human keratinocyte growth factor (rHuKGF), which is being studied in clinical trials, is believed to reduce the duration of mucositis in transplant patients.
For some cancer patients — particularly those whose disease is in an advanced stage or has already relapsed when the transplant is initiated — there is a risk that their disease could come back after a transplant. This can happen if the chemotherapy with or without radiation therapy did not eradicate the cancer successfully.
At Memorial Sloan Kettering, patients who have had a transplant are followed closely by their team of doctors, who watch for any signs of returning disease. If the cancer recurs, the doctors shift their treatment strategy.
In rare instances, patients may develop a secondary cancer or a noncancerous condition such as a myelodysplastic syndrome as a result of the high-dose treatment.


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Larry D. Roberts
STOUGHTON - Larry D. Roberts, age 77 passed away Monday, December 3, 2012 at St. Mary's Hospital. He was born in Wells, MN on June 10, 1935, the son of the late John Register and Bernice Roberts. Larry graduated from Wells High School and attended Dunwoody College of Technology in Minneapolis. He then moved to Wisconsin where he met and married Gladys Anderson in Janesville on June 12, 1955. He owned and operated Larry Roberts Auto and Electric and for 20 years, served on the Stoughton School Board. He enjoyed auctioning, collecting unique items and fishing.
He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Gladys; son Rick (Lora) and their children, Olivia, Sydney, and Preston; daughter, Debra (James McCrary) Lopez and her children, Jason and Amy Leatherberry; one great-grandson, Cashton Leatherberry; three sisters, Judy (Arlo), Sue (Leon), and Janet. He is further survived by numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Larry was preceded in death by his parents, and brother, Michael.
Funeral services are tentatively planned to be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, December 8, 2012 at Cress Funeral Home, 206 W. Prospect Ave., Stoughton. The family will greet friends at the funeral home on Friday from 4 - 7 p.m and on Saturday, one hour prior to service. Burial will be in Lutheran Cemetery South following the service.


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Let's start with this premise;
40%=Die hard Democrats
40%=Die hard Repulicans
No matter what.
20%=swing on given election
Yes, the old 80 / 20 rule.
In the late 70's, early 80's the 25 to 45 year olds were the swing group, often labeled the Reagan Democrats.
Raised by people who endured the great depression and WW II.
We were taught self reliance and independence.
Along came RR.
He eloquently spoke to our dreams, our visions!!
So that demographic swung his way.
As we raised our kids, living our dream, we provided for our kids in a way never done before.
We took care of every thing.
They wanted for nothing, I mean NOTHING!!
It was all taken care of!!
Now, we are not 25 - 45 year olds any more.
We are 55 - 75 year olds.
The 25 - 45 year olds now are the swing demographic.
Along comes "the Obama" speking eloquently to the vision and dreams of this demographic.
He promised to take care of everything !!
They bought it, because it is how they think it should be.
They like having everything taken care of for them.
WE raised them that way.
I know there are several splinters within each party demographic, I am talking about the same phenomenon that elected RR.
Until I see something different, I think this is what the people want.


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Random thoughts... does anyone else find advogato's interface a bit lacking?
Often, I find I have to click through 2-3 pages to do common things like post a diary entry. In general, I feel like it's harder than it should be to do the things I want to do, or that I do often. While this feeling might go away after I get used to it, perhaps it isn't as welcoming to new users.
Other random thoughts... sometimes people post diary entries that have interesting ideas that are worth discussing. While email is a suitable route for that, wouldn't it be cool if you could reply to those?
Even more random... first there were linear news readers, then there were "threaded" news readers. These are essentially trees, where each node has one parent. Now, the web does threaded discussions one up: we have directed graphs instead of trees. But short of a WikiWikiWeb-type CGI program, the web is geared to "read this" rather than "comment on this". Mightn't it be cool if you had some kind of "threaded" system where posts may have more than one parent? Someplace where you could bring separate discussions that are mutually relevant together instead of forever splitting them. For example, a discussion hanging off an article with one hanging off a diary entry. Ah... if I only I had the time... anyways, I'm getting far too random for my own good.
Anyways, my prob parser is stuck right now; the training data is in an ass-backwards format in which words aren't necessarily given a part-of-speech. In other words, rules are in the form Nonterminal->(Terminal|Nonterminal)* rather than Nonterminal->Terminal* | Nonterminal->Nonterminal*. Of course, I could split things up myself (by putting the grammar in CNF), but then there I will loose some generalizations (ie in AP-> NP and NP | AP-> VP and VP NP, each "and" will get a different non-terminal, but I want only one. Sometimes the POS will be different, so I can't say "always make 'and' an adjunct".) Grr... I could use a part-of-speech tagger, but then I have to 1) link the 'C' POS tagger to ML or 2) play around with the training data's nonterminals to be compatible with the tagger's tags. Alternatively, I could shell out $2500 for a good training set...


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• China Southern to fly the A380 to Sydney, with one of its daily services to be upgauged from an A330 from 27 October• Sydney is the world's sixth busiest A380 airport• Sydney Airport remains Australia's Chinese gateway, with Chinese nationals the second largest passenger group behind New Zealand
China Southern will start flying the flagship A380 on its popular Guangzhou-Sydney route on 27 October, maintaining Sydney Airport's status as one of the world's top A380 airports.
"China Southern Airlines's decision to upgauge one of its A330 daily services to an A380 to Sydney later this year confirms that Sydney Airport is Australia's number one gateway to China, as well as being one of the world's top A380 airports," Sydney Airport Chief Executive Officer Kerrie Mather said.
"This announcement comes just weeks after Emirates confirmed that it will be flying an additional A380 here from June, with China Southern's additional A380 service to add 162,060 seats to the route annually and contribute $118 million in visitor expenditure to the NSW economy.
"Sydney Airport has one of the world's newest fleets with China Southern to become our fourth airline to fly the A380 here, alongside Qantas, Emirates and Singapore Airlines, maintaining our status as the world's sixth busiest A380 airport.
"New generation, quieter aircraft are revolutionising aviation, delivering passenger growth with better noise outcomes and fewer emissions.
"We were honoured to welcome the world's first A380 service in 2007 and we have grown from just a few services a week to more than 100 as more of our major airlines take delivery of new aircraft.
"The A380 has proved extremely popular with Australian travellers due to the superior passenger experience, greater comfort and space per passenger and quieter in-flight than conventional aircraft.
China Southern also today announced that its other daily Sydney-Guangzhou service would feature its new A330 product with lie-flat business class beds and seat-back entertainment on every seat. Stopovers in Guangzhou will also be even easier, with Australians to be able to stay up to 72 hours without a visa from mid-2013.
"This will enhance China Southern's appeal to the Australian market, having already shown phenomenal growth over the last three years with its Guangzhou service increasing to daily in early 2010 and then twice daily later that year," Ms Mather said.
"With growing affluence and a rising middle class, China is also one of our most important markets for boosting inbound tourism and we are working in close partnership with Destination NSW and Tourism Australia to attract more carriers and more services to Sydney, with 12 per cent compound growth in Chinese passengers every year for the past four years.
"This new A380 service will increase Sydney's share of mainland capacity to 56.5 per cent. "Visitors from China are now Sydney's second largest passenger group behind New Zealanders and are expected to become the number one passenger group over the next decade.
"Sydney Airport is ready to accommodate this important and growing market, with Chinese wayfinding signage and Mandarin-speaking Red Ambassadors assisting passengers at our international terminal, a Chinese iPhone app and terminal guides translated into Chinese."
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Okay, I love this show! Yes, the effects were cheesy and the stories were often terribly campy, but I was so sad when it ended back in 1989. I now have two things to look forward to in 2005: Star Wars Episode III and Doctor Who!Originally Posted by Cinescape OnlineDR. WHO is coming back to television
The BBC has ordered a new series
Dateline: Friday, September 26, 2003
By: PATRICK SAURIOL
News Editor
Source: BBC
DOCTOR WHO will be back on British television screens in 2005.
The publicity division for the BBC has confirmed that the legal snafu surrounding the rights for the sci-fi franchise DOCTOR WHO has been cleared up and a greenlight has been given to begin work on a new TV series. Writer Russell T. Davies has begun working on several new scripts for the new show, which should air on the network in, at the bare minimum, two years from now.
No other details about the new show, storylines or who will play the new Doctor have been announced except that the series will be a family show. This new project is separate from the previously announced animated DOCTOR WHO series in development. Richard E. Grant (WITHNAIL & I) will provide the voice of the animated Doctor.
"I grew up watching DOCTOR WHO, hiding behind the sofa like so many others," comments Davies. "DOCTOR WHO is one of the BBC's most exciting and original characters. He's had a good rest and now it's time to bring him back!
"The new series will be fun, exciting, comtemporary and scary. Although I'm only in the early stages of development, I'm aiming to write a full-blooded drama which embraces the DOCTOR WHO heritage, at the same time as introducing the character to a modern audience."
Oh, I am soooo glad that the BBC wants to do right by this show--at last!Originally Posted by Outpost GallifreyDavies at Hull Literary Festival
New series producer Russell T. Davies today attended a literary festival in Hull, UK, where some interesting bits of information came to light. Davies said that there is no concrete plan for the series at this stage, other than an outline (that will likely remain consistent) - nothing is set in stone apart from the fact that the series is coming back. The Doctor has not been cast yet. No master plan to bring the show back was in the offing; it just sort of happened, as a consequence of Davies repeatedly telling the BBC that he'd only work with them if he got to do Doctor Who. There's a production meeting on December 8th; things may start inching ahead around then. There will be other writers on the show but they'll be writing to specific briefs Davies sets. There will be a mix of stories; the whole spectrum of stuff from the old series, plus some new types of stories. Davies mentioned "Sapphire & Steel-type stories" involving shenanigans with time as one possible type of story. The reason BBC Wales are doing it is part of a wider plan to turn Wales into a production centre for television. Davies said that the series would likely consist of 13 45-minute episodes, most of which will be single stories. There are, at the moment, three two-parters, though that number may change according to how the budget plays out. He also said that we need to give Mal Young more credit for bringing back the series - it turns out that nearly every year, he's been coming up with budgeting plans and trying to get the series made. And people shouldn't just judge him by the fact that he produces Casualty and EastEnders - he also does less mass-market stuff like Dalziel and Pascoe, which tends to get overlooked. Doctor Who, he said, is a prestigious thing for the BBC - they're giving them an unheard-of 13 weeks of prep time, for instance, and it's envisaged as a series that will "run and run," in the manner of Casualty... a flagship programme. (Thanks to Stephen Graves, Paul Hayes, Ted Prendergast)


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Based in Corning, New York, OFFI & Company was born out of a love for great design. OFFI & Company satisfies this passion by creating simple, beautiful and practical furnishings that address the modern urban lifestyle. OFFI & Company products are created to be multifunctional, comfortable, and at home in any modern home in the world.
Eric Pfeiffer served as the VP of Design at Offi from 2000 through 2004, coordinating product design and directing the Offi innovation process. During his prolific tenure at Offi, he designed most of the products that were introduced and was credited with several design awards, including the 2003 ID Magazine award for the Offi Perch Lounge. Also while at Offi, Eric co-authored a book called "Bent Ply: the Art of Plywood Furniture", which features the step-by-step making of the Offi Wave Desk.
In January 2005 Eric started his new design studio "Pfeiffer Lab" with the goal of exploring the "the design of everyday objects in our lives." Pfeiffer Lab relies on Eric's penchant for simplicity of form to create useful and elegant solutions for everyday living. His reductive designs are expressed in timeless forms that recognize a product's usefulness and necessity while exhibiting the beauty and honesty of a products material.
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Track Hindprints are about 1 1/4" (30 mm) long when heel mark shows, with 5 toes; foreprints smaller and rounder, with 4 toes showing.
Sign Den is a burrow 3" (75 mm) wide, usually concealed under a log, stump, or boulder.
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Community Calendar
Friday, June 28, 2013
The PAAD Study : Physical Activity and Alzheimer's Disease (Health/Exercise)
Location: UNC Greensboro
UNCG is offering a free 8-month exercise program for people who qualify to take part in aresearch study. Interested individuals must be between 50-65 years of age and have a family history ofAlzheimer's disease. If interested, they should go to the website for the Physical Activity and Alzheimer'sDisease study which is at www.paadstudy.org
Triad Commute Challenge (Educational)
Location: Online
The Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation (PART) invites you to participate in the 7th Annual Triad Commute Challenge 2013. The Triad Commute Challenge is a public awareness campaign designed to encourage people to try an alternative form of transportation besides driving alone at least once between April 6th and July 6th. Last year over 5,000 people took the Triad Commute Challenge and committed to switch from a single passenger vehicle to an alternative transportation solution like walking, biking, using public transportation, carpooling, vanpooling, or teleworking which at least once during the campaign which translates into an emissions reduction of 2,900 tons and saving more than $759,000 in fuel. Sharing the ride means not only cleaner air but also a healthier community and a more vibrant economy. Visit us online to register and learn more.
Celebrating 50 Years of the Museum of Anthropology (Exhibit)
Time: 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Location: Museum of Anthropology, Wake Forest University
As the MOA commemorates its 50th year, this student-curated retrospective exhibit showcases the Museum's history through a detailed timeline featuring photographs from the institutional archives and artifacts from around the world. Open Tuesday to Saturday. Admission is free.
Chinese Ceramics from the Changsha Kilns (Exhibit)
Time: 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Location: Museum of Anthropology, Wake Forest University
MOA's new permanent exhibit provides an overview of the ceramics produced by families at the Changsha Kilns during the Tang Dynasty more than one thousand years ago. The exhibit puts Tang ceramics into their historical, geographic, and cultural context. The Tang Dynasty was a time of peace, prosperity, and acceptance in China, during which Changsha ceramics and other goods were traded to reach as far away as western Asia and Africa. The exhibit features more than 100 spectacular ceramic objects from the MOA's Lam Collection. Open Tuesday to Saturday. Admission is free.
Descendants of the Maya: Photography by Dr. Morton W. Huber (Exhibit)
Time: 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Location: Museum of Anthropology, Wake Forest University
This exhibit features twenty-seven black-and-white photographs of Maya people, traditional craft activities, archaeological sites, and colonial constructions taken in Guatemala during the 1960s. Weavings and other items collected by Dr. Huber at the time are also on display. High Point resident Dr. Huber, a biochemist by training, is also an accomplished artist and photographer. His art and photography have been featured in three books and galleries in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Japan. Admission is free.
Memory - Nature and Nurture (Exhibit)
Time: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location: Waterworks Visual Arts Center
Four female artists examine a delicate blend of memory & imagination & its role in nature & nurture in shaping cultural norms for women. Creative process & inspiration are highlighted in a woman's life by visual representation. Diana Greene's (Winston-Salem) beautiful narrative features photographs of different dresses from various stages of her life. Allison Luce's (Mooresville) clay work is symbolic of the body & soul & questions how embedded attitudes & nostalgia influences our memory. Kristi Ryba (St. John's Island, SC) uses vintage photographs to create paintings from personal memory based on iconography & messages of Medieval & Renaissance altarpieces. Kathy Sosa's (San Antonio, TX) series of portraits are a celebration of women, influenced by the rich cultural heritage of Mesoamerica. Opening Reception Friday, May 31. Informal gallery talks with artists at 5pm. Reception 6-8pm. Free & open to the public.
Opening Gala with Joshua Bell (Music)
Time: 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM
Location: Dana Auditorium, Guilford College
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BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Veterans Administration has told western New York members of Congress that more than 700 patients at the Buffalo VA Medical Center may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis B or hepatitis C because of accidental reuse of insulin pens, according to a published report.
Authorities told The Buffalo News, which first published the report on its website Friday, there is a "very small risk" for the diabetic patients who may have been exposed to the reused insulin pens between Oct. 19, 2010 and November 2012.
The VA memo obtained by the News said the problem was discovered by a routine pharmacy inspection last Nov. 1.
In a statement to the Associated Press, Evangeline Conley, a VA spokeswoman, said the hospital "recently discovered that in some cases, insulin pens were not labeled for individual patients." She added that "although the pen needles were always changed, an insulin pen may have been used on more than one patient."
Conley said that once this was discovered the hospital took "immediate action" to ensure the insulin pens were being used according to pharmaceutical guidelines.
Insulin pens used by diabetics to inject insulin can be disposable or reusable with replaceable needles and cartridges. But according to the Institute for Safe Medication Practices, even reusable pens should not be used on more than one patient.
After seeing the VA's memo, Rep. Chris Collins, a Republican who represents the Buffalo area, said he spoke with Dr. Robert A. Petzel, undersecretary for health at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
"His thought was that it's a very, very low chance of passing infection," Collins said. "But it's not out of the realm of possibility, and that's why they're testing everyone," Collins told the News.
Collins said that even with a fresh needle, contamination could have occurred if bodily fluid flowed back into the insulin pens.
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Nice, a self defense weapon against bandits.
i personally own the first run of this case for the 4/4s, and mine isn't actually that good, moisture forms in between the glass and screen, dust and hair gets between the glass and screen, and the proximity sensor does not function with the case on. they might have improved the case but for me, it was not worth $100 to kickstart. just my experience
How much is it???
Deff. Gonna be getting this
How much is it tho???
Still sounds like my otterbox armor series is superior... Besides the gorilla glass I don't see many higher quality materials or specs.
Buuuut... Upon further youtube vide review, That 9mm impact truss looks pretty impact resistant. May have to check this out in person if I can get my hands on 1.
Ummm, if you know where to get an I5 for 125 bucks then spill the beans man, I want one too!!!!
So getting this!!
strong and sturdy as what it's looking out of the images here . a must deal for all to keep your costly device containing many confidential all safe ... i'm in to have it..
I just got my whote Lunatik Taktik Extreme for my iPhone 5. The quality of the material and packing are very high quality. You can easily distinguish the geniune and the fake (or as Ebay sellers call them - replica). After reading reviews of the geniune and replica, you can easily spot the fakes.
Installation is vey easy. It only took me only a few minutes (spent so much time cleraning the screean and the gorilla glass). It is very important that the gorilla glass and the iphone screen are clean and dust-free. The sensitivity of the gorilla glass is great - no appreciable difference to when I had a screen protector or when the iphone screen is naked. The Home button response is also very similar.
The extra length, width and thickness makes it much easier to hold. The polymer bezel and back plane provides a comnsiderably firmer hold. It is approciable heavier than a naked iPhone or with the More-Think Armor case I was using before I bought the Lunatik Taktik.
On/Off button requires a little bit more pressure (very little more). I used my finger nail to press it before. The integrated vibe button switcher (silencer) requires a small implement like a pen to press, unless you have fingers as thin as pencils, you need something to push it.
I noticed that there are rainbows on the gorilla screen when the iPhone is off. It is almost invisible but you will see it if you find it. However, when you turn on your iPhone, the rainbow (very slight) can only be seen if the backgound is black or very dark. I am wondering what I can do to prevent the rainbow appearing.The now too-common drop tests seen in YouTube is true. It will not harm your iphone if you throw it hard on a concrete or loose gravel ground. However, it can scratch the case. So do not do it just to impress your friend. If you really have to perform a throwing demonstration, put a thin rag on the ground.
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If you live near Reading,Pa. and would like one on one help for your noisy crazy dog i'd be glad to give you the step by step lesson to take home so you can fix your own issues. I tried this a few years ago with mixed results, usually depends if the owners want to change or not. Had a client from 2 years ago come back this week because noise was reappearing...had to work on the owners thought process, took 30 minutes to fix the dog again, if the owner remembers their lessons they will be fine.
Amateur status starts Jan. 1st 2014, until then i'd be glad to help individuals, don't wash them out for noise it can be fixed...Randy cell #484 332 9781


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Project Description: The La Pena Housing Facility is upgrading its distribution system with new pipe, fire hydrants, and water meters to consolidate with Coachella Valley Water District to solve high arsenic problem.
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THE choice for sport bikes / nakeds
I've used other "universal" saddlebags in the past, and tried the fit of several on my Speed Triple before buying the OGIO. These have truly been perfect. It measures 11 liters each side, 15 liters expanded. I can just barely close it around a 8.5" x 11" binder without expanding it. Expanded I can fit my full face helmet inside. It has plenty of room for 2 full changes of clothes plus shoes, rain gear, camelbak, and thermal gloves in one side, without expanding. The rain covers are handy, and work well if you treat them with ScotchGard or similar. External skinny pockets are perfect for small tools, paperwork, or other pocket size things you want to keep readily available. Look good, work well, don't scratch my bike, great bags.
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Ive been using many saddle bags in the past but this OGIO is the best there is! I love the aerodynamic shape and it compliments well with my Cruiser or Scrambler. The Rain hood is easy to use. I highly recommend this product


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Dynex Ear Bud Headphones for Apple iPod Shuffle
Listen to your iPod shuffle while on your way to class or at the gym. These ear bud headphones feature a lanyard neck strap for hands-free transport whether you're lifting weights or rollerblading.
iKEY Audio Q360 Ear Drumz Earbuds, BLACK
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ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 248, June 14, 2002
This week, ARSC installed a Cray SX-6. Here's the press release which we sent as a "Bulletin" on Tuesday, in case you missed it:
Here's a photo of "rime" in our machine room...
(Local folks, drop by the machine room viewing window--Butrovich Bldg--to see the real thing. The view is somewhat blocked by other machines, but if you strain, you can catch a glimpse.)
Unix Tools for Portable Applications, Part III of IV
[ Many thanks to Kate Hedstrom of ARSC for contributing this series of articles. ]Gnu autotools
Last time, we talked about using makemake to automatically generate Makefiles. It is a nice quick solution for relatively simple programs. Once our projects gain complexity, it would be nice to have some help in making them portable. The gnu autotools are used to create a configure script and a Makefile template; the Makefile itself isn't created until the configure script is run on the computer where you will do the compiling. It can then do sanity checking to make sure the compiler really is there and working. This article and the next will be a brief introduction to the gnu autotools. For more information, see the documentation that comes with the autotools and a book called "Gnu autoconf, automake, and libtool" by Gary Vaughan et al., 2000, New Riders.
There are three tools, called autoconf, automake, and libtool. Autoconf generates the configure script from its input file configure.ac (older versions used configure.in). Since much of what autoconf is used for is the generation of Makefiles, automake was created to help it out. Libtool is for creating libraries, both shared and static. These tools and much of their documentation are aimed at C and C++ users. However, they support Fortran to some extent; that is what we will talk about here.Simple example
Let's revisit that ocean model with three source files and one include file. We need two new files:
Makefile.am: ## Process this file with automake to create Makefile.in bin_PROGRAMS = model model_SOURCES = commons.h init.f main.f plot.f
Here, bin_PROGRAMS is a special name with the name of the executable we want to build. The next line tells it all the source files, including the include file. The first line is a comment.
configure.ac: dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script. AC_INIT([model], [1.0], [email@example.com]) AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([main.f]) AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE AC_PROG_F77 AM_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h]) AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile]) AC_OUTPUT
Again, the first line is a comment.
The AC_INIT line has to be the first macro. The three arguments are optional, but are the name of the package, the version number, and the email address of the responsible person. The brackets [] are quotes: it is recommended that all arguments be quoted.
AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR is a sanity check to see that main.f really is there.
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE initializes automake.
AC_PROG_F77 says that we will be using the f77 language and instructs autoconf to search for a working compiler.
AM_CONFIG_HEADER is optional here, but instructs the autotools to put all the C preprocessor defines into a file (config.h).
AC_CONFIG_FILES says that configure will be creating the Makefile from Makefile.in.
AC_OUTPUT has to be last.
You may come across examples that look somewhat different - the recommended style is an evolving thing as the autotools themselves evolve. I am trying to demonstrate current versions (autoconf 2.53 and automake 1.6.1).Running autotools
So, now what? We need to have a development system with autoconf and automake installed. These programs in turn require gnu m4 and Perl. On that system, create the configure script with:
aclocal autoheader automake --foreign --add-missing --copy autoconf
Then, copy all the files to the system where you will be running the program and type:
You will now have a ferociously big Makefile with all kinds of stuff in it. This Makefile complies with the gnu Makefile standards, including the "install", "clean", and "distclean" targets. Unfortunately, it does not have our include file dependencies in it. If we were using C or C++, it would ask the compiler to generate the dependencies actually used. For instance, if you have something like:
#if HAVE_FOOBY #include "fooby.h" #endif
it will get the fooby.h dependency only if HAVE_FOOBY is defined. It doesn't know how to do that in the Fortran world and therefore doesn't even bother to try. The gnu autotools are very flexible and extensible, however, so there is nothing to stop us from adding whatever we need to the system. We can write our own dependency checker, taking a hint from makemake. I happen to have such a checker, called "sfmakedepend", at:
Install it somewhere like $(HOME)/bin on the platform on which the program will be run. It is written in Perl and requires version 5.6 for the built-in man pages; that version of Perl is in /usr/local/pkg/perl/perl-5.6.1/bin on the ARSC systems.
Add these lines to Makefile.am:
depend: [TAB] sfmakedepend $(MDEPFLAGS) $(model_SOURCES)
and rerun automake, autoconf, and configure. Now you can type "make depend" to get the dependencies added to the Makefile. A similar tool can be found at:
http://www.helsinki.fi/~eedelman/makedepf90.htmlFortran 90
The autotools maintainers want to support just one Fortran language, not duplicate the macros for F77, F90, F95, F2K, etc. The way to ask it to pick from just f90 and f95 compilers is to say:
AC_PROG_F77([f90 xlf90 pgf90 epcf90 f95 fort xlf95 lf95 g95])
Just ignore that the messages come out referring to Fortran 77.
There is still a need for macros to test things like module file names, whether it is an f95 compiler, etc. Some of these things have been contributed at various times to the autoconf list, but not collected and included in the distribution. There is also at least one person who really wants duplicate everything for f77 and f90, including things like F90FLAGS, F90LDFLAGS, etc. This is the bleeding edge.Notes
On the ARSC supercomputers, you probably want to override which compiler it uses:
chilkoot or yukon% ./configure F77=f90 icehawk% ./configure F77=xlf
For a real application you will also want to override the FFLAGS, for example:
icehawk% ./configure F77=xlf FFLAGS="-O3 -qstrict"
Remember that make has default macro names for compilers, flags, etc? The same is true of the autotools as well. LDFLAGS and LIBS are meaningful and are both used in the link command. If you dare, look through the Makefile to see what names it is using. Look through config.h to see which C preprocessor macros are defined. Next time, we'll talk about a program which uses an external library.
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OpenMP Workshop at ARSC August 5-7
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OpenMP is emerging as an industry standard interface for shared memory programming of parallel computer applications. OpenMP offers a way to write applications with a shared memory programming model portable to a wide range of parallel computers. In addition, a number of research groups are actively developing future enhancements of the language, debugging and performance monitoring tools, optimizing compilers and run-time environments.
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|Great Lakes Steelhead & Salmon Amazing "Inland ocean" fisheries
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|I can see it now. Prizes and points for who has the longest tube, who has the longest rod, who has the thinkest line, who has the most precise placement, ....... I best stop before I get in trouble with the wife.
"Spey Golf!" If we get the kinks worked out this
could turn into a new Olympic Sport. They've already got so pretty silly ones now; why not this?
What creativeness "spey golf", I never thought of that one.
Guess we could throw Freds weighted tube flies.
I suppose we could use the 11 weight 2-handers for the long frives, the 9 weights for the medium distance shots, and the 7 wieghts for the short shots. But the really short puts me thinks need to be done with a lieght line single-hander and a small dry fly.
I can see it now, the duffers at the local golf course staring and scratching their heads just befor they call the cops to come and arrest these nuts our here playing golf with fly rods and fishing flies for balls.
The blondes, redheads, and brunettes are optional depending on your own preferences. However, if they aren't playing 'spey golf" (Watersprite, I love that name) they musr remain in the galley and only cheer when their favorite spey golfer makes a particularly difficult shot ('er cast).
Yes, I agree that the magazine editors have a huge role to play in this kiss and tell that we see masquerading as good, informative writing. I suspect that they do this because they think they must or they will lose readership and go out of print (er, business) There are a lot a mags on fly fishing these days. Some are not too bad, but they are not in the same league as the old Fly Fisherman of 25 or more years ago.
It has become a go here, fish with these flies, get this or that guide, at this time of year, and catch all these fish. Heck, even a newcomer to the sport can do this. All it takes is spending a little money for the right guide, the right flies, and the right rod and line. Of course, the flies and assorted other equipment needs to be purchased at "Chuck's Fly Fishing Emporium" because the owner lives right in the middle of the action and knows what works when. Besides, he is a "nice guy" who "just wants to share his bounty".
Once upon a time, the mags forcussed on the techniques or fly fishing and tying, the why it should be done this way, the insects being imitated for trout fishing, the fish itself, the resource, the comeraderie of fellow fishers, the history of the sport, and the ethics of fishing. I don't think it is too late to have this again. But this I know, if we who care about such things as a quality experience astream sit back and say nothing to the magazine editors, and the newbiew we meet astream, we are also to blame for what occurs.
What's this about spey golf? And where do the redheads fit in?
Hmm, I guess the grand spey's and xlt's will do fine for the long shots, but putting? I also guess you use grass leaders, huh?
Boy do we need the rain to get the fish moving...
Or ...... we could change this thread to "which do you prefer most, and why?"
To Blondes, Brunettes or Redheads.
You guys already know my answer!
Yes your right. But I can do it alone in solitude most of the time and every one plays by the well documented Royal and Ancient Rules of golf (which includes ethics), there are on course compliance monitors (starters), and at the end I do not have to take off my waders and clean all of the fly fishing stuff out of the car after each trip.
There are some benefits to golf over fly fishing. Think of all the money I would save on not buying fly tying materials alone.
I think over the winter I will do a cost and benefit comparison between the two sports.
Skiing whats that, another one of my youth sports that I had to give up since I relocated to the great lakes 23 years ago. I bet you would not believe that I actually Heli skied in the Canadian Bugaboos in 1976, but I did.
Oh well let me know when the next hot thread starts on fishing ethics, technology threats, fishery conservation, legislation etc..
Guess I should just go tie some more new Otis Bugs
Hal, carefull on that golf game idea. Remember what
Winston Churchill said: "A game of golf is a good walk ruined."
And by time you add up a couple of "rounds," the greens fees, cart, balls, etc., 19th hole, etc., etc., it will (just like skiing) cost you more than a seasons fishing trips.
But, as some wag said about golf: 'where else can you dress like a pimp and be thought of as at the height of fashion?'
Hope so, but I went to Borders today to see if any new fly fishing mags were of interest, and what to you know one of the national fly fishing magazines has another article on you know what blue ribbon Michigan river. (Hint: PMFLYFISHER) When and where to go etc, Do you know how many times it and the other blue ribbon trout and steelhead rivers have been written up ? I bet it is written about at least every spring and fall in one or more of the national magazines.
Why did they do it for $$$ , their own advertising and hope fully more fishing clients to guide, etc.....
Maybe I will try to seriously get the golf game together again.
Hopefully after today's election things will change a little on that front. God knows we needed to send a couple people packing.
Yes agree with both of your points.
I was writing a response which was just summarizing all of the issues formerly stated and then I realized I could not propose a viable solution to fix the problems.
The only thing that comes to mind as a start is more state DNR resources assigned to enforce fishing laws, management of guides and angler education.. That would require more funding increased taxes and fishing/guide license fees, political actions and you know what that means.
Lets face it there are a heck of a lot of fishing laws now on the books in each state which are not enforced.
In 43 years of trout fishing I have been checked for my fishing license and proper tackle less than 5 times and twice was in the same day in British Columbia which left me impressed thinking they had their fishery enforcement resources and methods under control. However reading the posts on this board from the BC anglers and hearing the state of some of their blue ribbon fisheries makes me reconsider if even their they have their fishery management and enforcement actions under control.
I get depressed just thinking about the lack of controls on the fisheries. Most states appear to focus their scarce fishery resources on fish management such as the hatchery operations
River Pimps
I just plain sucks. I read another one a couple weeks ago...written by a guide. The fall steelhead fishing here has been less than steller and I would be less than happy if I were an out of stater that read the article in Flyfisherman and decided to make the trip. You guys are right. Limit the number of guide boats, also, raise the price of out-of-state fishing licenses. I think that a large portion of responsibility falls in the laps of the mag editors too. Yes, the guies do the write-ups, but, the editors know what the result will be and they should know better in many cases. My 2¢.
Unfortunately, you are correct about the information available today. Yes, Wullf, Brooks, and others wrote about fly fishing back in the 60's. However, the focussed on how and why not when and where. I remember reading Joe Brooks talking about fishing for Missori River brown trout in the fall. However, he never mentioned where on the Missouri he fished. He did talk about how to dress for cold weather, and what equipment to use and why.
After moving to Montana, I went exploring and found exactly where Brooks was fishing for the large fall browns on the MIssouri. It was an out-of-the-way spot that was not that difficult to get to if you were willing to do some exploring with a 4X4, or willing to walk thr river bank for about 2 miles through a narrow canyon. The fishing was wonderful until the Kokanee Salmon were released into the river from an up stream irrigation diversion dam. The Kokanee spawn ant the same time as the browns and were digging up the brown trout redds. This area is only a ghost of what it used to be. But I digress.
My point is that Joe Brooks never told the exact where or the exact when, neither did Wulff, etc. All Brooks said was fall brown trout fishing on the Missouri River in Montana. Charlie Brooks was the same with his articles and books on the Madison and other Yellowstone waters. Charlie Waterman did the same as well. This despite that Charlie lived in Monatan 6 months/year and new exact where and when on mny Montana waters.
Interestingly, Gary LaFontaine gave when and where except for his two favorite places, the upper Clark Fork River and upper Rock Creek. Waters that I spent many an ejoyable evening or morning on, including having Gary come by and chat before or after fishing. He also never spoke about Flint Creek where I would also run into him at times. However, Gary wrote a lot about the Bighole river and the Missouri River, he claimed is was needed to "preserve" the fishery. Gary guided on both these rivers and had a guide friend in Helena, MT who guided on each of them. Guess who he mentioned in his articles about these two rivers?
I liked Gary and he was a very generous and honest man. However, I wished he would never had publicised the Missouri and Bighole Rivers.
Wulff would say he fished the Yellowstone River, Schiebert would say he fished the Madison river or Firehole River. They never said where they fished them or exactly what time of year.
I sure would like to see some of the same restraint practiced today by the fly fishing scribes. And, like you, I think that part of the answer would be to have state fisheries department limit the number of guides that could work a river, or stretch of river.
I agree with you but with the pervasive instant information age we are in now through the internet, cell phones, PDAs, etc. it appears it will not be stopping. In the 60s and 70s we waited for the monthly issues of Outdoor Life, Field & Stream, or Sports Afielt for Ted True Blood, Joe Brooks, or Charles Waterman, Lee Wulff article on may be one national blue ribbon fishery and only during the spring and summer fishing seasons. Now you go on the internet find what you want and the national outdoor and specialized fly fishing books and magazines are even more pervasive than the 60s and 70s. The proliferation of the media and the commercialization of previous recreational fisheries by professional guides since the 70s has really hurt most of our fisheries. I can remember in the 60s when there were no guides, and then in the 70s wondered why an angeler would need a crutch to hire a guide since that cuts their own individual learning curve and to me a big part of the challenge of the sport.
I have not hired a guide yet, probably should have when I first moved to the great lakes region in 1979 would have expedited my conversion from trout to steelhead and salmon fly fishing. But it was a great challenge and fun to got thorugh the conversion and succeed on my own.
Now rivers I never saw guides or drift boats in the 70s and early 80s have a constant stream of 30-40 drift boats with professional guides with their clients during the peak runs. If any one can tell me how they think that type of increased fishing pressure is good for the rivers and fishs I would like to hear it.
Maybe a solution is to limit the number of guides on any one river on any given day. Maybe that would help ? Some smaller rivers should have no drift boats on them period. To my knowledge there are only a few rivers in the U.S. with these types of rules.
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