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6th Year Puts "Coach Witty" Back On Field
Thursday, March 5, 2015 - Dan Hoard
The UC Bearcats are likely to be the only team in college football next year with a former coach in the starting lineup. When fifth-year senior cornerback Adrian Witty suffered a significant groin injury in the season opener last... read more
Backcourt Brothers
Saturday, January 31, 2015 - Dan Hoard
Troy Caupain verbally committed to play college basketball at Cincinnati in early June before his senior year of high school. Three days later, Kevin Johnson did the same thing. The two future Bearcats read about each other after committing... read more
Annen Sprinting Toward NFL Shot
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - Dan Hoard
Who is the fastest tight end in this year's NFL draft? Would you believe UC's Blake Annen? The 6'4", 247 pounder is not even among the 29 TE prospects listed in the USA Today's NFL Draft guide, but after... read more
Tommy Tuberville Talks about The Masters
Friday, April 11, 2014 - Scott Springer
As the nation's sports focus turns to Augusta, Georgia and The Masters for a week, many people don't realize that Tommy Tuberville played college golf in addition to football. With numerous Bearcat football lettermen in town April 11 for the annual... read more
Gunner Comes Out Firing In Bearcats Spring Game
Saturday, April 5, 2014 - Dan Hoard
The Bearcats annual spring game began with an 8-yard pass from Gunner Kiel to Mekale McKay. Followed by a 7-yard strike to Max Morrison. Then a 47-yard bomb to Chris Moore. And then another 15-yard bullet to Moore. Four... read more
Bearcats Have One Of Nation's Best Recruiters In Prunty
Thursday, April 3, 2014 - Dan Hoard
Cincinnati's associate head coach and co-defensive coordinator Robert Prunty has been named the Recruiter of the Year in his conference in each of the last four seasons by Scout.com. "Robert Prunty is one of the best recruiters in the... read more
Catching up with Deyshawn Bond
Thursday, April 3, 2014 - Scott Springer
The University of Cincinnati offensive line has the luxury of an experienced center who is only a sophomore. Deyshawn Bond out of Warren Central High School in Indianapolis could potentially be a four-year starter; a rarity on a Division I... read more
Catching up with Offensive Coordinator Eddie Gran
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - Scott Springer
Back for a second year, University of Cincinnati Eddie Gran is revving up the Bearcat offense even more. When Munchie Legaux was injured last year and Brendon Kay stepped in, the offense eventually reverted to what Kay was familiar with,... read more
Edwards Looks To Build On Excellent Start
Friday, March 28, 2014 - Dan Hoard
Did you know that the UC football team had a freshman All-American last year? Safety Zach Edwards, who started the last 11 games at safety, received honorable mention recognition among the nation's top freshman from CollegeFootballNews.com. "He's got a... read more
Gunner Kiel Looks To Make Name For Himself In Cincinnati
Tuesday, March 25, 2014 - Dan Hoard
With a father, uncle, and two older brothers who played quarterback in college, it's easy to imagine young Gunner Kiel spending countless hours tossing a football through a tire hanging from a tree in the backyard of his home... read more
Inability To Finish Ends Bearcats Season
Friday, March 21, 2014 - Dan Hoard
At every NCAA Tournament game there's a person who rapidly types out a description of the play-by-play. It's similar to how a court stenographer produces an official transcript of the proceedings. In Cincinnati's season-ending loss to Harvard, that person... read more
Catching up with running back Tion Green
Monday, March 17, 2014 - Scott Springer
With the move of Ralph David Abernathy IV to receiver (although he'll still run some) UC looks like their moving toward bigger backs.Though last year's rushing leader was Hosey Williams, who does put 200 pounds on a 5-foot-7 frame, the... read more
Kilpatrick Aims For Bigger Prize
Thursday, March 13, 2014 - Dan Hoard
In 1941, Ted Williams batted .406 with 37 HR, 120 RBI, and the 7th best OPS in MLB history (1.2875). It's been 73 years and no major league player has batted .400 since. That year he was not the... read more
A Big Step On The Road Back For Legaux
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - Dan Hoard
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step" - Lao-Tzu Far be it from me to paraphrase a famous quote from an ancient Chinese philosopher, but for Munchie Legaux, the long journey back began with a... read more
Co-DC Hank Hughes on his Return to UC
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - Scott Springer
Like Eddie Gran, another member of the University of Cincinnati football coach has returned to the Bearcats from an earlier stint.Co-defensive coordinator Hank Hughes was on Tim Murphy's staff in 1993 when the Bearcats broke a ten-season losing skid with... read more
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Yup,I got a big surprize today ,I found out what SPI red looks like.but I dont want to get into that right now...I'm totally sick about it...
Before I get into that My day started out great I seam sealed the pillar I epoxied yesterday,then hung the door again...I want the door on so I can check the gaps as I'm replacing the 1/4 ...Then I cut out the field of the 1/4...and ran smack into a perfect example of why I leave those plug welds a little proud so they can be seen if they ever have to be removed again ....You just never know when one of your repairs will come back for new repairs and you run into your own work...well since I'm replacing the 1/4 I had to remove a few of my own welds it was easy all I had to do was drill my 1/8" hole in the center then drill that out with the bigger bit.it poped right off..then I reinstalled the striker support so I could close the door and put it outside for a while.
tempory striker plate.
OK Ray, So you wanted to see what SPI red looked like,I did too but not this bad...They say a pic tells a thousand words ,its true but not one of those thousand words can I post, they'll kick me out for sure...
This red is super nice every bit of what I expected from SPI, the pic just dosent do it justice....
Awww Mike! Can see why you're sick. Damn! Hey, it's only a little time and money. You'll laugh about it in a day or 2.
Holy crap Mike...I just wanted to see a door jamb done...I wasn't expecting you to do a complete on your shop floor...Not to worry Mike...it should polish right out...LOL.
I remember one time when I was repping Dupont...I mixed up a gallon of pearl red Base Coat (3 cars in a fleet all the same color). An over zealous apprentice picked up the gallon of paint and asked where I would like it put as it spilled all over me. That little Mormon got a quick lesson in what "PG13", "Restricted Adult" and "Some scenes may contain language that may offend some listener's, listening discretion is advised"...meant and a whole lot more. At least all I had to do was open more toners and write them off, you, you poor bugger had to pay for it...lets see how good Barry's warranty is now...LOL...Sorry Mike I couldn't resist, I feel for you Bud.
That color does look cool though.
I'm working on the owner of the 90 TA to go with SPI red.
I figure I'll draw a chalk outline of a body on top of it...........
Maybe snap a pic and make it my new avitar.......
I'll have to put "brain" deadbodyman under it.
My poor dogie was right there, watching and it got on his ear and head,when we got home I had forgot all about it being on him and my wife freaked out thinking he got into a fight ....so I had to come clean and tell her too..
The worst part is it was unopened (I was just lifting it from the floor to the paint bench 2 feet) so all the binders and everything were on top and the solids were on the bottom until stired so I cant even use the quart I saved with my cat-like reflexes,its all solids no binder...
This car is a perfect example how a little paint job can snowball into a big costly job...
come to think of it red cars might be bad luck for me ,the only accident I've ever been in was in my friends brand new "red"1980 Honda civic. I never drove a red car again,I probably shouldn't drive this car at all after its done...yeah right...what I should do and what I do do arnt always in sync...
I wonder how many gallons it'll take to finish the floor????
I like your Idea of the body chalk outline, that's hilarious, just put a sign underneath saying "customer with a bad attitude" and if you ever got one of those customer's, all you'd need to do is point to the outline.
Sorry to hear about that paint spill accident, but like many things in this trade, if it hasn't happened to somebody in this trade, they haven't been in it long enough.
Oh my God that sucks! At a store I bought paint as a kid they sent someone out with a gallon who put it on his rear seat for the drive home.......you know what happened.
At a paint store here in town where I bought for years they had a stain on the tile floor where some paint spilled. Everytime some solicitor came in with some miracle cleaning product (we still get that sort of thing around here on a semi regular basis) he would tell the guy "clean that up and we will buy a box from you".
Man that sucks Mike, damn I feel for you.
hey well the bright side is you can now buff your table? No?
Don't feel so bad. I just had a gallon of SPI and think it was sitting too long to use...but mine is in the can.
About 20 yrs ago I fix and painted my uncle's RX7 that was rear ended ,When I recieved the HOT RED paint I opened it right away and stired it up good so I could see how nice it was.Man it was nice too..well, as I was stirring some paint spilled down the sides, I wasnt a real "full time" painter back then and I didnt put drain holes in the groove so when I hammerd down the lid even more spilledm,when I grabbed the gallon to put it away it slipped out of my hands like it was oiled....Another reason I think red is bad luck for me... I scooped it all up with a dust pan and a big bondo squeegie and put it all back in the can....I USED IT and the car came out beautifull he drove that thing around for 10 yrs...This one was never opended and when it hit the floor upside down (jelly side down) it kinda exploded...Oh well the next gallon will be here tomorrow...
You can bet your bottom dollar I'll have FULL coverage when I start driving this bad boy...I know someone is going to hit me before I sell it...red is bad luck...
het tec maybe I'll get a floor buffer....
one time I gargled my gun right before paint and turned the air back down to normal psi and loaded the gun. Did a little test squirt and the cup lid blew right up into the air and paint splattered all over me, the parts, and all over the floor.
the jerky motion of my hand as this was happening deposited solid thick paint all over my hand and arm. What a mess.
You know ,come to think of it........I've screwed up a lot, "Brain dead" I always wear a mask though so I'll be screwing up for a few more years...
Back when we all used syphon guns my favorite was letting the cup hit the roof on the last coat ....That gun gets heavy at the end of a day...
Yeah Mike, I remember when I first got in the trade and the painter that I was working under was a relatively decent guy but played more practical jokes than he painted cars. He had just stirred a quart of black paint and poured off what he needed and called me in the paint room. As soon as I walked in he screamed at me and told me not set foot in his mixing room without safety glasses and that the fumes could make me go blind if I didn't wear them. I was new and naive and ran to put on my safety glasses and walked back into the mixing room. He handed me the lid to the black paint and the biggest ball peen hammer I had ever seen. Then he told me that one of the first things I needed to learn was how to properly put the lid on a paint can so the paint wouldn't go bad. Then he handed me the hammer, took the lid back and gently placed it on the open can of black paint. Then he leaned over the can as though he was examining the can real carefully. He pointed to a spot on the lid and told me to get real close and give that lid a fairly good wack with the hammer. I did as he said, he backed away and I couldn't figure out at the time why the whole shop was watching but, I gave that can a real good wack with my face about 10 inches away from the can.
My face was Black, my hair was black, I was covered in black...the rest of the shop had a good laugh, I was a bit pissed, but then the painter came over, gave me one of his special rags for wiping cars down before he painted them and told me that the rag had paint remover on it and I should wipe the paint off my face...which I proceeded to do. It wasn't paint remover, thank God, but it was gun wash...I spread that black paint all over my face, my neck, my hands where covered in black. Then one of the body men brought out a tape recorder and asked if I'd like to sing along to one of his favorite songs...He pushed play and it was Al Jolson, singing Mammy, how I love ya, how I love ya, my dear old Mammy.
I was initiated....Apparently I wasn't the first guy that was told to sing along with Al Jolson.
Just think all the history thats been lost because of no video cell phones.That one would have been a keeper.LOL
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Arsenal Football Club has agreed terms with Costa Rican side Deportivo Saprissa to sign teenage striker Joel Campbell.
The 19-year-old who was in the Costa Rica squad for the recent Copa América and the Under-20 World Cup, has chosen the Gunners despite strong interest from a host of top European clubs.
Born in the Costa Rican capital San José, Campbell is predominantly left-footed and has made six full international appearances, scoring twice. He scored on his debut in a 5-0 win over Cuba at this year's CONCACAF Gold Cup, helping his side to the Quarter-Final of the competition.
Campbell added a second to his tally against Bolivia in the Copa América. He has also scored ten times in twelve appearances at Under-20 level, including two goals in three appearances in the Under-20 World Cup in Colombia.
Campbell has had two seasons in his native Primera División, where he played for Deportivo Saprissa and on loan at Puntarenas, making a total of eight league appearances.
Deportivo Saprissa is one of the top clubs in the CONCACAF region and has won the Costa Rican Premier League a record 29 times.
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Arsenal Manager Arsène Wenger said: "Joel Campbell has already shown that he is a player with great ability, and has also performed well on the international stage at a young age. We look forward to the formalities of the transfer being completed and working with Joel when he joins us at Arsenal."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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If only they had played like this more often in the first 102 games of the year.
Philadelphia's offense chased Washington ace Stephen Strasburg from the game early, and Cliff Lee shut out the Nationals over seven innings in an 8-0 win. The victory snapped a three-game losing streak and marked the Phillies' first game without outfielders Shane Victorino and Hunter Pence, who were traded to the Dodgers and Giants, respectively, earlier Tuesday.
"I think we kind of realized something was gonna happen just with the way we were playing," Lee said of the trades. "It wasn't like a complete surprise, but what's done is done. [General manager Ruben Amaro Jr.] and those guys have a job to do, and they feel like the best thing for our organization right now is to move those guys, and hopefully it ends up being the best thing for us."
Lee was also mired in trade rumors the past few days. Several reports pegged the Rangers, one of his former clubs, as having interest. Lee said Amaro Jr. told him the rumors were just that.
"Ruben did tell me that some teams proposed some stuff to him, but nothing that ever made even close to sense for the Phillies," Lee said.
Facing the club that entered the day with baseball's best record, the Phillies (46-57) racked up 13 hits. Strasburg surrendered six runs on eight hits and exited after just four innings in his worst outing of the season.
Lee, on the other hand, looked more like the pitcher of old. The former Cy Young Award winner allowed no runs on just five hits and struck out seven in just his second win of the season.
"We beat a good pitcher," manager Charlie Manuel said. "I thought we played very good. We did come out with some life and everything. I mean, we got 13 hits."
Third baseman Kevin Frandsen, who was called up from Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Friday, hit a two-run home run in the second inning to start the scoring. In the third, left fielder Juan Pierre, who was also heavy in trade rumors before Tuesday's non-waiver Deadline, created a run. After singling to center field, the speedy veteran stole second and then swiped third and scored on a throwing error.
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TAU Profiling on Midnight - Part II
[ By: Ed Kornkven, with thanks to Sameer Shende ( www.paratools.com ) for much helpful feedback on this article ]
In > issue 381 , we showed the steps required to do profiling of an MPI program using automatically generated TAU profiler calls. In this article we will first discuss the automatic profiling of loops and then show how to manually add profiler calls to instrument arbitrary sections of code. We will finish with an introduction of TAU instrumentation overhead.
Automatic Loop Instrumentation
We saw previously how easy it is to instrument function calls with TAU. Instrumenting loops is nearly as easy using TAU's "select file" option. To tell TAU that we want to instrument loops in the main() function of our source file cpi.c, we create a configuration file (we'll call it select.tau) that looks like this:
BEGIN_INSTRUMENT_SECTION loops file="cpi.c" routine="main" END_INSTRUMENT_SECTION
To build a program so instrumented, the basic idea remains the same: set the Makefile variable TAUMAKEFILE to the name of the TAU stub Makefile corresponding to the kind of instrumentation we want to do. We are going to use Makefile.tau-pathcc-mpi-pdt again. This time we also have to tell the TAU compiler to use our configuration file by adding the tau_cc.sh option "-optTauSelectFile=select.tau". Our TAUMAKEFLAGS variable now reads:
TAUMAKEFLAGS = -tau_makefile=$(TAUMAKEFILEDIR)/$(TAUMAKEFILE) \ -optTauSelectFile=select.tau
This example is set up in the code samples directory on Midnight. Let's fetch the sample code into our work directory, compile and run it, and view the profile:
% cp -r $SAMPLES_HOME/parallelEnvironment/autoloops_tau_pi \ $WORKDIR % cd $WORKDIR/autoloops_tau_pi % make % qsub -I -l select=1:ncpus=4:node_type=4way -l walltime=30:00 \ -q standard # That placed us on an X2200 compute node, once one is available. %% cd $PBS_O_WORKDIR %% mpirun -np 4 ./cpi %% $PET_HOME/tau/x86_64/bin/pprof
The profile displayed by pprof looks a lot like the one we created in the last installment, but with the addition of three entries corresponding to the three loops in file cpi.c. For example, one of the loop entries is labeled:
Loop: int main(int, char **) C [{cpi.c} {58,5}-{62,5}]
This is the entry for the loop on lines 58-62 in cpi.c. Pretty straightforward -- we can match timings for loops to the source code, like we did for function calls. The profile shows the same information as for calls, including the number times it was executed, the number of subroutine calls made from the loop, and the inclusive and exclusive time that the loop used.
Manual Instrumentation
If TAU will insert profiling calls automatically, why would anyone want to insert them manually? After all, inserting profiling means changing the code, which is time-consuming and error prone. Furthermore, once those instructions are inserted into the code, they will have to be later removed (or otherwise dealt with) in order to run the program without profiling. Automatic instrumentation has a limitation however, in that you only get the profiling that the automatic instrumentor knows how to provide. To instrument arbitrary code sections, we will manually tell TAU what to instrument.
An Example
We have another version of our trusty pi program, this time with explicit calls to TAU timer routines. Again, there is a copy in the code samples directory on Midnight which we will run from our work directory:
% cp -r $SAMPLES_HOME/parallelEnvironment/manual_tau_pi $WORKDIR % cd $WORKDIR/manual_tau_pi
The Makefile has a few changes from the previous example, but let's first take a look at one (simplified) API for doing manual TAU instrumentation in an excerpt from our new version of cpi.c:
#include <TAU.h> double f(double a) { return (4.0 / (1.0 + a*a)); } int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { int i, n, myid, numprocs, namelen; double mySum, h, sum, x; double startwtime, timePi, timeE, time1; char processor_name[MPI_MAX_PROCESSOR_NAME]; MPI_Init(&argc,&argv); TAU_START("main-init()"); /* <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< */ MPI_Comm_size(MPI_COMM_WORLD,&numprocs); MPI_Comm_rank(MPI_COMM_WORLD,&myid); MPI_Get_processor_name(processor_name,&namelen); if (argc > 1) { sscanf(argv[1], "%d", &n); } else { n = 1000000; } TAU_STOP("main-init()"); /* <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< */ /* ... */ /* Calculate pi by integrating 4/(1 + x^2) from 0 to 1. */ h = 1.0 / (double) n; sum = 0.0; for (i = myid + 1; i <= n; i += numprocs) { x = h * ((double)i - 0.5); sum += f(x); } mySum = h * sum; MPI_Reduce(&mySum, &sum, 1, MPI_DOUBLE, MPI_SUM, 0, MPI_COMM_WORLD); /* ... */
There are three added lines that we use to manually time an arbitrary section of code. We first #include TAU.h. Then, we add calls to macros called TAU_START() and TAU_STOP() to explicitly start and stop the timer for the section of code to be instrumented. We can have multiple (possibly nested, but non-overlapping) timers, each one identified by the string parameter passed to TAU_START() and TAU_STOP(). That same string also labels the timer output in the resulting profile.
Running the Program
We build and execute the program in the usual way:
% make % qsub -I -l select=1:ncpus=4:node_type=4way -l walltime=30:00 \ -q standard # Now we're on a compute node... %% cd $PBS_O_WORKDIR %% mpirun -np 4 ./cpi
There are a couple of changes to the Makefile we introduced in Part 1. Again, we set the variable TAUMAKEFILE to Makefile.tau-pathcc-mpi-pdt. Now we need to add options to appropriately use the TAU calls at compile and link times. First, we specify the path to TAU.h using the "-I" compiler option in the variable CFLAGS. Second, we move the reference to TAUMAKEFLAGS to the definition of CC so that when we disable TAU profiling (discussed below), those flags aren't used.
The Profile
After running the program, we again display the resulting profile with pprof.
%% $PET_HOME/tau/x86_64/bin/pprof
The meaning of the columns in the pprof output was given in part one ( > issue 381 ). The difference between the profile of the automatically instrumented code and this one with explicit TAU calls is the additional profile entry for main-init(), our explicitly instrumented initialization code.
There is a potential problem with profiling short routines that are called many times- the instrumentation instructions themselves can take a relatively large portion of the total execution time, possibly confusing the profile results. The function f() in the pi code is an example of this. Our profile shows that f() was called 250,000 times and consumed approximately 1.5 seconds. Its caller, main(), used about the same amount of time, presumably by making all those calls. Starting and stopping the (automatic) timer for all those calls is proving to be expensive. TAU has a mechanism for dampening the overhead effect of many calls which is activated by the environment variable TAU_THROTTLE. With TAU_THROTTLE turned on, if a function executes greater than 100,000 times and has an inclusive time per call of less than 10 microseconds, profiling of that function will be disabled after the 100,000-call threshold is reached. (These thresholds can be modified using the environment variables TAU_THROTTLE_NUMCALLS and TAU_THROTTLE_PERCALL -- see the Tau User's Guide.)
Let's run the experiment again, this time with TAU_THROTTLE.
% mpirun -np 4 TAU_THROTTLE=1 ./cpi % pprof
We see now that the time reported for f() has dropped to 0.6 seconds, the time for main() is down to 0.6 seconds, and the total time to run the program is reduced from 3.2 seconds to 1.4 seconds. Notice too that the number of calls to f() is reported as 100,001 -- TAU_THROTTLE is doing its job and is reducing the overhead of TAU. This isn't a particularly good example of the benefit of TAU_THROTTLE. f() is very simple and is called relatively many times, so we still see a lot of overhead. TAU has other more advanced strategies for compensating for instrumentation overhead that we aren't going to cover here but the point for now is, overhead can be an issue when instrumenting real codes and TAU has methods for dealing with it.
Disabling TAU Instrumentation
Suppose that we now want to run this manually instrumented progam without TAU instrumentation. We could edit the code to remove the three lines we inserted. But in a real application, we might have instrumented the code in several places. Finding those locations and removing code is an error-prone bother. Fortunately there is a much easier way. Going back to the Makefile, we see these two lines:
# Uncomment the following line to compile with TAU disabled. #CC = mpicc -DTAU_DISABLE_API
Try it. Edit the Makefile, or use the copy in Makefile.disable_TAU, do a "make clean" to get rid of the previous executable and object files, and rebuild the program:
% make clean % make -f Makefile.disable_TAU
Notice the commands that were executed:
mpicc -DTAU_DISABLE_API -I/u2/wes/PET_HOME/tau/include -c cpi.c mpicc -DTAU_DISABLE_API cpi.o -o cpi -lstdc++
By uncommenting that line in the Makefile, we changed the compiler from the TAU wrapper "tau_cc.sh" to the ordinary "mpicc", and we defined the variable "TAU_DISABLE_API". This definition causes the macros TAU_START() AND TAU_STOP() to be #defined as null statements. So they don't have to be edited out of the code in order to run the uninstrumented code.
In Closing
These two articles have attempted to distill the power and complexity of TAU into a simple and repeatable approach for getting basic profile information from MPI-based codes. There is plenty more to say about TAU, and I plan future articles covering topics such as instrumenting OpenMP codes, using TAU with PAPI counters, doing execution traces and more discussion of the pprof and paraprof reporting tools. Feedback from readers, sharing stories of success or otherwise, is welcomed.
Using PAPI with PMPI for Performance Measurement
[By: Don Bahls]
We have done a few articles on PAPI and PMPI in the past. This week we have a short example code that combines the two libraries to provide a basic performance analysis tool for MPI applications.
The idea is pretty simple- most MPI applications spend a majority of the runtime between the MPI_Init and MPI_Finalize calls. So if we start a PAPI timer when MPI_Init is called and stop it when MPI_Finalize is called, we can get a ball-park estimate of the floating point performance for each MPI task.
In > issue 373 , we showed how to get the FLOP/s rate for a section of code using the PAPI_flops routine, in this example the same basic code is used to get the performance for each task.
Here's the code:
mg56 % cat mpi_timers.c #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <mpi.h> #include <papi.h> /* function prototypes */ void toggle_timers(int first); int MPI_Init(int *argc, char ***argv) { toggle_timers(1); /* start the timer */ return PMPI_Init(argc,argv); } int MPI_Finalize() { toggle_timers(0); /* stop the timer and print out performance stats */ return PMPI_Finalize(); } void toggle_timers(int first) { int retval; /* return value for PAPI calls */ static float rtime; /* total realtime since first PAPI_flops() call */ static float ptime; /* total process time since the first PAPI_flops() call */ static long long flpops; /* total floating point instructions or operations since the first call */ static float mflops; /* Mflop/s achieved since the previous call */ if ( first == 1 ) { retval=PAPI_library_init(PAPI_VER_CURRENT); retval=PAPI_flops(&rtime, &ptime, &flpops, &mflops); } else { int size, rank, clock_rate, ii; double flops_per_clock=2; retval=PAPI_flops(&rtime, &ptime, &flpops, &mflops); clock_rate=PAPI_get_opt(PAPI_CLOCKRATE,NULL); retval=PMPI_Comm_size(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &size); retval=PMPI_Comm_rank(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &rank); for(ii=0; ii<size; ++ii) { if ( rank == ii ) { double util; util=100.0 * mflops / ( (flops_per_clock) * (double) clock_rate ); if ( rank == 0 ) { fprintf(stderr, "PAPI: task; real time; mflops; utilization %%\n"); } fprintf(stderr, "PAPI: %d; %f; %f; %f %%\n", rank, rtime, mflops, util); } PMPI_Barrier(MPI_COMM_WORLD); } } }
Here the toggle_timers routine does nearly all of the work. It initializes the PAPI timers and prints out the results when MPI_Finalize is called. Rather than use global variables to store the timers, static values are used for rtime, ptime, flpops and mflops.
This version improves on the PAPI example in > issue 373 by including a floating point utilization rate. The utilization rate is calculated by multiplying the clock rate by the number of floating point operations that can be performed per clock cycle (denoted by the variable flops_per_clock). In the case of a dual core Opteron this value is 2, while newer AMD quad core processors can perform 4 floating point operations per clock cycle. Check your processor documentation if you aren't sure about this value. We also need to know the clock rate to determine the floating point utilization rate. Fortunately, the PAPI C API has a call which returns the clock rate for a processor, so there is no need to hard code in that value into the code.E.g.
The Makefile is similar to the PAPI example from > issue 373 , however in this case we will generate a shared library as well.
mg54 % cat Makefile PET_HOME=/u2/wes/PET_HOME PAPI=${PET_HOME}/pkgs/papi-3.5.0 CC=mpicc CFLAGS=-I$(PAPI)/include -L$(PAPI)/lib64 -Wl,-R $(PAPI)/lib64 \ -lpapi -lperfctr -Wall libmpi_timers.so: mpi_timers.o $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $^ -shared -o $@ mpi_timers.o: mpi_timers.c $(CC) $^ $(CFLAGS) -c
Running "make" will yield a shared library called "libmpi_timers.so. If you happen to be using an MPI stack which uses shared libraries, you can get performance numbers without recompiling by simply setting the LD_PRELOAD environment variable on a Linux based system.E.g.
mg54 % mpirun LD_PRELOAD=$PWD/libmpi_timers.so ./a.out f=18014398509481984.000000 f=18014398509481984.000000 f=18014398509481984.000000 f=18014398509481984.000000 PAPI: task; real time; mflops; utilization % PAPI: 0; 1.919473; 1399.003174; 26.770057 % PAPI: 1; 1.918528; 1417.304199; 27.120249 % PAPI: 2; 1.918332; 1417.622192; 27.126334 % PAPI: 3; 1.919480; 1402.978394; 26.846123 % Cleaning up all processes ... done.
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Thanks to Bill # Homer, Jed Brown, Anton Kulchitsky, and Alec Bennett for sharing # this solution. # Paraphrasing the man page for rename only slightly: For example, given the files image1.png, ..., image9.png, image10.png, ..., image278.png, the commands rename image image0 image?.png rename image image0 image??.png will turn them into image001.png, ..., image009.png, image010.png, ..., image278.png. # # Bill Homer also shared this Perl solution. # If the names aren't quite so regular, here's a perl script solution: ./my_rename *.png where: % cat my_rename #!/usr/bin/perl use English; map {rename $_, $PREMATCH.sprintf("%03d",$MATCH).$POSTMATCH) if /\d+/;} @ARGV; # # Thanks to Martin Luthi for this python based solution which will work # on Macs, Unix and Windows. # Here comes the inevitable Python solution. It's not in its tersest form for readability, but you should get the idea. As an added benefit, the script runs on any platform (Mac, Windows, Unix, ...). For that reason the libraries os.path and shutil were used instead of the usual string manipulation. ================================================== #!/usr/bin/env python import glob, os, shutil for filename in glob.glob('image*.jpg'): path, fname = os.path.split(filename) newname = os.path.join(path, 'image%03d.jpg' % (int(fname[5:-4])) ) shutil.move(filename, newname) ================================================== The hard-to-parse 'image%03d.jpg' contains a C-format template '%03d', meaning a three-digit integer '%3d' padded with leading zeros. For my personal use I rename all images with the EXIF date/time which I obtain using jhead (one could also use PIL, the Python Imaging library). The images are then distributed into directories named after year/month, like 2008/03. # # Dale Clark came up with this perl one-liner. # perl -e 'for (`ls i*`) { /(\D+)(\d+)(\S+)/ && rename "$1$2$3",sprintf "%s%03d%s",$1,$2,$3}' # # Jed Brown suggested two alternatives to rename. # A more flexible tool is `prename' which is packaged with Debian perl, but is available on other platforms as well. The following pads the first decimal number with it's 3-digit zero padded representation. $ prename 's/\d+/sprintf("%03d",$&)/e' *.png Tip: Use prename with `-n' to see what changes it will make without actually making them. Yet another method is to load the directory into emacs using wdired-mode, then use interactive search-and-replace as well as macros to make your changes. # # Ryan Czerwiec shared this solution # Here's a fairly generic solution: #!/bin/csh -f set root = $1 set ext = $2 set nf = `ls -1 ${root}*${ext} wc -l` set ndigits = `echo "scale = 0 ; l($nf)/l(10) + 1" bc -l` set index = 1 while ( $index <= $nf ) set newnum = `printf "%${ndigits}i" $index tr ' ' '0'` if ( $%index < $ndigits ) mv $root$index.$ext $root$newnum.$ext @ index++ end exit The script takes the file name root and extension as its arguments, i.e. ./script.csh image png in this case. I've had it handle for you the number of digits to use rather than have it be another argument, and a lot more could be automated based on your specific situation, like if the incremented number is the only numeric characters in the file name, whether there's only one dot (this example assumes one before the extension), if the current directory doesn't contain any files other than those that should be processed, etc., but just typing in two filename parts isn't much bother, and further automation quickly has diminishing returns. You might need to sub \mv for just mv, which may behave like the commonly aliased 'mv -i' and bog you down with questions. # # Robert Linzell suggested the following. # I do this sort of thing routinely. In this case, awk would probably be the best way to extract the numerals and print a formatted file name. The shell will determine the looping syntax. In bash: for f in image*; do n=`echo $f awk '{i1=6;i2=index($1,".")-1;printf("image%3.3d.jpg", substr($1,i1,(i2-i1)+1))}'`; echo $f to $n; mv $f $n; done; image101.jpg to image101.jpg mv: `image101.jpg' and `image101.jpg' are the same file image10.jpg to image010.jpg image1.jpg to image001.jpg image2.jpg to image002.jpg image3.jpg to image003.jpg ... ... # # Kurt Carlson shared this ksh based solution. # A ksh method: typeset -R3 X integer J; integer I=1 while [ I -lt 100 ]; do J=1000+$I; X=$J; if [ -f image$I.png ]; then mv image$I.png image$X.png; fi; I=$I+1; done # # Ed Kornkven shared an alternative ksh version. # Here is a ksh solution which has been generalized a little to work for any file names with embedded numbers that begin with an alphabetic character. typeset -Z3 num for x in [a-zA-Z]*[0-9]* do head=${x%%[0-9]*} tail=${x##$head} num=${tail%%.*} #echo "head = $head, tail = $tail, num = $num" y=${head}${num}${tail##*[0-9]} echo "mv $x $y" done Use a for loop to process all the files that match "*.png". The typeset command types the variable "num" as integer with a width of 3 digits and zero padding. The rest of the assignments use Korn shell pattern operators to extract the parts of a file name and then reconstitute them into variable "y" with the number part padded with zeros. Q: # # Thanks to Ryan Czerwiec for this week's question! # I often use a driver script to set up and run FORTRAN executables since each is better at doing particular things. Usually the script will just execute things before and after the executable, but sometimes there's something I need done in the middle of the FORTRAN execution that is more easily done by a script, so I'll use the "call system" syntax. On one occasion, I needed the FORTRAN to do some I/O through both standard methods and system calls, and it needed to be done in a particular order. 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The best alternative is to use natural sweeteners line Stevia or agave cactus nectar. Both can stabilize blood sugar in as little as three days and keep your energy levels high.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
On Artificial Sweeteners...
The best alternative is to use natural sweeteners line Stevia or agave cactus nectar. Both can stabilize blood sugar in as little as three days and keep your energy levels high.
8 comments:
- A Trivita Mom said...
Healthier alternative to sugar
Nourishes the pancreas
Won't cause tooth decay
Nutritionally supports healthy digestion and gastrointestinal function
For an extra taste of natural sweetness
Stevia is an herb native to Latin America. Also called sweet leaf or sweet herb, its leaves contain stevioside, a compound about 30 times sweeter than sugar. Because stevioside keeps its sweet flavor even when heated, Stevia can be used in baked goods and hot beverages and studies indicate it is unlikely to promote tooth decay like sugar does
- November 26, 2008 at 4:58 AM
- Swubird said...
I've eaten all kinds of artificial sweeteners, and I can definitely vouch for Stevia. I bought it at Trader Joes, and it's very good. I don't like my things too sweet, so Stevia is just right.
Splenda is okay, but I definitely won't eat it after reading your short article. No use in doing something dumb. I've already done enough dumb stuff to last me the rest of my life.
I saw that you had stopped by my site. Sorry I wasn't home. Every year at this time we go to Las Vegas to relax and blow off a little steam. It resets the mind and the spirit. I promise that when we get back, I'll post a short story that'll raise your brow.
Until then...remember...
Happy trails.
- November 26, 2008 at 6:49 AM
- cherry said...
liza, meron na ba stevia sa pinas? sana meron nga. natakot naman ako sa splenda, yan pa namn gamit ko
- November 26, 2008 at 7:34 AM
- wendy said...
i've been using splenda as sweetner ever since I got pregnant. perhaps its contributing to the low energy I am feeling these days.
- November 26, 2008 at 9:22 AM
- HEALTH NUT WANNABEE MOM said...
Great post! I love Stevia and really try to drink anything without artificial sweeteners but I do love that darn diet Pepsi!
- November 26, 2008 at 12:50 PM
- WebbieGurl said...
I am not so familiar with sweeteners, all i know is, i do noy like too sweet things anyway.. i go for sour and hot and spicy tastes...
By the way Liz, the award you gave me. It is postd in my main page, the little squares (representing the awards) and it is linked to the award citation (this case your post) if clicked.
- November 26, 2008 at 1:53 PM
- Enchie said...
I use splenda too...is equal ok? but now, I also use honey as an alternative, they say it's healthy to take 1 tbsp a day or after eating :)
- November 26, 2008 at 3:43 PM
- NotJustAMom said...
Thanks for the info. I have never heard of cactus nectar. I'll have to look it up.
- November 27, 2008 at 12:21 AM


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It has been suggested to me that for the benefit of anyone who wasn't following the vacuformed helmet thread, I should start another thread just for this.
Like a lot of us, I've always wanted to do a bunch of different helmet paint-jobs to display together- mostly a Jango and the McQuarrie logo designs developed before ESB. This is my way of making lower-cost helmets for just that purpose. I had a left-over fiberglass shell from my Disney projects that had been slated to become my Jango (who knows when I would have gotten around to that project!). Instead, I sliced it up and made vacuform bucks. I wasn't sure exactly how it would turn out, but I'm very pleased with the results!
Since my set of custom helmets will be just for display, I'm not sure if I will just paint the visor black, or install an actual tinted lense.
So I've ended up with a 9-piece 'kit' of sorts from which I can make my Mandolorian army of helmets:
Vacuformed .080" styrene shell (3 pieces), resin ears and rangefinder, templates to cut out 'turn signals', extra styrene to aid in joining parts and behind 'turn signals'.
Templates for both the T-visor and the rangefinder stalk.
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The only things not included with the kit to do a complete helmet are the smoked clear visor and the rangefinder stalk. However, templates for both are included so you can cut your own.
Also included are some strips of styrene to aid in joining the front and back halves under the ears.
Pics of assembled helmet before any finishing (putty, paint, etc.):
Note: there is no 'dent' to doing Boba versions, since most customs will be 'non-Boba' (Jango or custom Mando). However, its easy to make a dent by heating up a small spot with a hair-dryer or something similar and pushing in.
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Thursday, October 4, 2012
Dolphin 2.1 and non-resizable places panel icons
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- AnonymousOctober 5, 2012 at 2:18 AM
Hi Chema,ReplyDelete
could you please provide a picture, how 4.8 dolphin looked as well? Just for comparison.
I have edited the article to add an older version of Dolphin for comparison. You will also notice that the settings button has changed, both in location and in terms of the icon they are using.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 14, 2012 at 9:44 AM
It should be configurable, but I didn't like the auto-resize feature, and I prefer the small icon size that I'm seeing in KDE 4.9.1, Dolphin 2.1, in Sabayon 10.ReplyDeleteReplies
To each his own, of course, but I like flexibility and it is one of the main reasons I favor KDE as my main DE. I loved the auto-resize feature, but I can see others not liking it, so the flexibility to go one way or the other is perfect, I think.Delete
Unfortunately, the solution they are bringing in 4.10 is an in between compromise, I think. I would rather have the ability to turn auto-resize on and off, that would be awesome.
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On replication
This week has been dominated by questions of replication and of what standards are required to serve the interests of transparency and/or science (not necessarily the same thing). Possibly a recent example of replication would be helpful in showing up some of the real (as opposed to manufactured) issues that arise. The paper I'll discuss is one of mine, but in keeping with our usual stricture against too much pro-domo writing, I won't discuss the substance of the paper (though of course readers are welcome to read it themselves). Instead, I'll focus on the two separate replication efforts I undertook in order to do the analysis. The paper in question is Schmidt (2009, IJoC), and it revisits two papers published in recent years purporting to show that economic activity is contaminating the surface temperature records – specifically de Laat and Maurellis (2006) and McKitrick and Michaels (2007).
Both of these papers were based on analyses of publicly available data – the EDGAR gridded CO2 emissions, UAH MSU-TLT (5.0) and HadCRUT2 in the first paper, UAH MSU-TLT, CRUTEM2v and an eclectic mix of economic indicators in the second. In the first paper (dLM06), no supplementary data were placed online, while the second (MM07) placed the specific data used in the analysis online along with an application-specific script for the calculations. In dLM06 a new method of analysis was presented (though a modification of their earlier work), while MM07 used standard multiple regression techniques. Between them these papers and their replication touch on almost all of the issues raised in recent posts and comments.
Data-as-used vs. pointers to online resources
MM07 posted their data-as-used, and since those data were drawn from dozens of different sources (GDP, Coal use, population etc. as well as temperature), trends calculated and then gridded, recreating this data from scratch would have been difficult to say the least. Thus I relied on their data collation in my own analysis. However, this means that the economic data and their processing were not independently replicated. Depending on what one is looking at this might or might not be an issue (and it wasn't for me).
On the other hand, dLM06 provided no data-as-used, making do with pointers to the online servers for the three principle data sets they used. Unlike for MM07, the preprocessing of their data for their analysis was straightforward – the data were already gridded, and the only required step was regridding to a specific resolution (from 1ºx1º online to 5ºx5º in the analysis). However, since the data used were not archived, the text in the paper had to be relied upon to explain exactly what data were used. It turns out that the EDGAR emissions are disaggregated into multiple source types, and the language in the paper wasn't explicit about precisely which source types were included. This was apparent when the total emissions I came up with differed with the number given in the paper. A quick email to the author resolved the issue since they hadn't included aircraft, shipping or biomass sources in their total. This made sense, and did not affect the calculations materially.
Data updates
In all of the data used, there are ongoing updates to the raw data. For the temperature records, there are variations over time in the processing algorithms (satellites as well as surface stations), for emissions and economic data, updates in reporting or estimation, and in all cases the correction of errors is an ongoing process. Since my interest was in how robust the analyses were, I spent some time reprocessing the updated datasets. This involved downloading the EDGAR3 data, the latest UAH MSU numbers, the latest CRUTEM2/HadCRU2v numbers, and alternative versions of the same (such as the RSS MSU data, HadCRUT3v, GISTEMP). In many cases, these updates are in different formats, have different 'masks' and required specific and unique processing steps. Given the complexity of (and my unfamiliarity with) of economic data, I did not attempt to update that, or even ascertain whether updates had occurred.
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First post for TDH. Have been reading for some time though. Decided to listen to what alot of you have posted, and really tried to do my research before jumping in. I Have ordered a helmet from Sarge, have got a quote for gauntlets from Ruffkin, (which I am going to get), and have made some armour with the templates by Wizard, (mate thanks HEAPS for those!!!!!!)
Here is a pic of what I have done so far. I have used thermo-moulded plastic. Light weight, but REALLY strong, about 3mm thick. I am yet to curve some of it and sand the edges but its a start.
I would like to ask one question though, does anyone know where I can get pics or a PDF file of the pics on the chest armour and the shoulder armour as I would like to hand paint them on.


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Objective: Go to Cherry Tree Station
The secret passage from Rex's cell lands Chase in hot water. Chief Dunby is waiting on the other side, furious over McCain's meddling. Fortunately, Chase has discovered a vital clue: a small hammer that Rex must have used to tunnel his way out of prison. A small etching on the hammer reveals that it came from the Bluebell Mine!
After your run-in with Dunby, you find yourself back at the pier near the police station. Run toward the station and vault the fence, then follow your objective marker to locate the nearby train station.
Use the ticket machine outside the station to choose a destination—in this case, the Bluebell Mine. Confirm the location on your communicator, and Chase will hop aboard the train after it arrives.
Objective: Enter the mine
It's not long before you're dropped off at the Bluebell Mine. Simply follow the objective marker to locate the mine's entrance. Unfortunately, the workers won't let any unauthorized personnel into the mine. You'll have to get rid of them!
Follow your objective marker to locate a nearby storage shed. Use the crowbar to break in, then crack the safe to discover a valve wheel.
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Re: How much deck over the cabin do I remove?
loki9, thanks, but I got it to work by twiddling the url!
Mr. Chef, what year is your boat? I think the 26 was produced till Grampian folded in the late 70's?
boatpoker, so when the water freezes in the core it won't really be visible by looking for bulges in the deck?
I've tapped here and there on the deck and found variations in several areas. It comes and goes depending on how far I am from leaks where the deck hardware is located. Some areas are just fine, others sound dull. I haven't found much that sounds like a drum.
To bad the moisture meter is a bit on the expensive side. I think I might buy one when I go looking for boat #2. Seems like a very usefull tool for older boats.
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Has the video been taken off of youtube?
Copy pasting the url doesn't work for me... Really hoping to see how the deck looks.
Re: How much deck over the cabin do I remove?
Kind of a difficult question to answer but neither percussive sounding nor moisture meters will work on frozen structure. get a small hammer put some masking tape on it and get a neighbour with a relatively new boat to let you tap it to see what good core sounds like. Good core will produce a solid "click" and almost no bounce back of the hammer. Wet core will give a dull thump with little bounce back and core that has rotted and separated from the FRP will give a pronounced bounce back sort of like hitting a drum skin. It does not take long to get the hang of it if you listen carefully. There is no need to hit hard, just gentle taps letting the fall of the hammer do the work.
This is one of the few areas where a moisture meter will be quite accurate so
if you can borrow one it would take all of five minutes to map out the entire trunk.
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Re: How much deck over the cabin do I remove?
boatpoker, so if it freezes, should I be able to tell where the water is in the core? Or does that take a few years to be apparent?
Re: How much deck over the cabin do I remove?
I am very familiar with Grampians and if the cabin trunk is wet around the grab rails mounts ( as per your photo of sitting water), I guarantee the entire trunk top is saturated with extensive balsa degradation (compost). Re-coring by a pro with the proper tools and experience would be at least 100hrs. labour for the inexperienced probably four times that much.
As to repairing from above or below ... have you ever tried to wall paper a ceiling ?
Resin soaked glass fiber is much heavier and not as stiff as wet paper.
You will never recoup the expense of a repair like this. As long as the bulkhead supporting the mast step and the shroud chain plate knees are sound, consider it a disposable boat, go sail it and don't waste time or money on repairs
Re: How much deck over the cabin do I remove?
Has the video been taken off of youtube?
Copy pasting the url doesn't work for me... Really hoping to see how the deck looks.
Never mind, mucking around with the url got it to work!
So looking at the video, I have a few comments:
- Is the hull solid fiberglass? If it is, there would be no rot between the hull and keel, just nasty old caulking and fairing compound?
- There seems to be a long crack along the deck, maybe where the front end of the cabin wall meets it? That would affect the structural strength of the deck.
- I think krisscross's suggestion of drilling drainage holes is a good one. It could also help assess things.
- You have the same Kobalt channel lock pliers I have!
Re: How much deck over the cabin do I remove?
Umm, ouch. That looks bad, really bad. The rot at the keel/hull joint may be terminal if the rot at the deck/cabin trunk line isn't. I've cleaned up really really dirty smelly boats before, but I did so knowing that they were sound hulls. I don't think I'd spend 10 minutes on this one. I'd salvage the rig, motor, and whatever I can unbolt from the hull and get rid of the rest. Sorry to be so blunt, but if you want to go sailing, there are much better ways.
Re: How much deck over the cabin do I remove?
I'm a real hack when repairing old boats so if you like 'pretty' - stop reading right here.
I would use a pressure treated board (on the inside) as a backing for the new rail, which would have rail posts made of pressure treated wood (or teak), filling the holes on top of the cabin with a fiberglass patch. I would drill a few holes from the inside (in the low spots of delamination) to drain the core so that the freeze damage is minimal. Trying to fix 'right' an old boat like that is usually not worth the money.
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Re: How much deck over the cabin do I remove?
Here is a link noting condition upon arrival at my house. I already soft scrubbed the cockpit and WOW it looks amazing! Now to finish cleaning the mold out of the interior so I can check for leaksand at least work in a clean environment.
Re: How much deck over the cabin do I remove?
Mr. Chef, your 26 has the outboard engine right? If so that really helps keep costs under control. If it just cost you a few hundred bucks to get it towed to your place, that is not much of a risk, money wise. That is a good way to get into sailing if you ask me.
This winter I will map out the spots that puff up on the deck from the freezing in the plywood core. I'm thinking of marking them with green painters tape and taking photos, then removing the tape(so it doesn't look so silly). That way in the warm weather if I choose to repair something I will know how far the worst of the water damage is.
Minnewaska, no thanks, we just -gave away- a like new, barely used piano!
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Help needed - planning an Oregon trip in March
Hey guys. Posted this in the NorthWest thread but I'll post a thread here in case it gets some more love.
I'm hoping some Oregon locals and some folk who go there often might be able to help me out with something:
My girlfriend and I are going on a big overseas trip early next year. We're going to have about four days in Oregon from March 6th - March 9th, and I thought it'd be awesome to get some snowboarding in there.
I was initially hoping to stay at Timberline, but I think that might be a touch out of our price range - staying just one night would be an option, but lack of transport from Portland and then back in is an issue for us. It looks like a better move is going to be to find some cheaper accommodation in Government Camp or somewhere else nearby.
My current plan is that we'll stay in Government Camp, snowboarding an evening / lit session at SkiBowl the first evening (we're only getting into Portland early-mid afternoon), and then have two full days at Mt Hood Meadows after that. Obviously I'm not familiar with the skifields and resorts there, so if people recommend others above that, and they're viable options (remembering we have no real mode of transport), lemme know.
I've found some companies operating shuttles from Portland for about $40 USD - are there much cheaper shuttles from Government Camp? Would we be able to hitch-hike up the mountain fairly easily? Especially since we won't have any gear of our own; we're renting.
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The cameras at EnergySolutions Arena captured Enes Kanter's bellow. The image was replayed time after time on the big screen above the court where the Jazz went on to beat Denver 105-103.
"Let's go," he yelled in slow motion, his mouth opening and closing with the speed of a drawbridge.
Kanter had sparked the play of the game with a rebound and an outlet pass to Jamaal Tinsley, who found Gordon Hayward. Hayward delivered a touch pass to Derrick Favors; Favors wasted no time dunking the ball and putting the Jazz up 97-93 with 5:57 remaining in the game.
The looping video of Kanter jubilant even out of real time was a fitting metaphor for the Jazz, who were indeed very slow in getting going. On a night they were booed in the first quarter and combined with Denver for six technical fouls, the Jazz rallied from a 16-point first-half deficit to defeat their fiercest division rival and remain undefeated at home but also far from perfect.
The Jazz once again dawdled to a dismal first-half start and trailed 65-54 at halftime before commencing an inspired comeback in the third quarter.
"We knew what we had to do," said Al Jefferson, who led all scorers with 28 points. "We weren't doing nothing in the first half. We let them just disrespect us on our home floor. They're dunking balls, laughing in our face, [fans were] booing, all that good stuff. If I was [the fans] I would have done that, too. I guess we just said enough is enough."
Through 15 games, the Jazz (8-7) have been uniquely adept at putting themselves in precarious situations before finding their way out of them.
Leading the way was a nonconventional unit, led defensively by DeMarre Carroll and Jamaal Tinsley. It was Carroll, who in the last of his 23 minutes forced Denver point guard Ty Lawson into passing the ball as time expired, preventing the Nuggets from even attempting a shot that could have forced overtime.
It was a sharp departure from the first half, when the Jazz were hapless defensively, allowing points in the paint like each one guaranteed a donation to the charity of their choice.
At halftime, the Nuggets were shooting 73 percent from the field, and 18 of their 30 baskets had either been dunks or layups.
"We're better than that," said Tinsley, who started his second consecutive game while Mo Williams recovers from a right foot injury. "We know that, we're capable of going out there and playing hard."
In the third quarter, Marvin Williams and Randy Foye combined for 16 points, including a 3-pointer by Williams that tied the game at 77 with 4:04 remaining in the quarter.
Tinsley said Monday's matchup was "like a playoff game," although through 24 minutes the Jazz looked nothing like a team that would reach the postseason.
"I'm concerned," Corbin said. "We can't afford to continue to do that. We're looking at that, we're evaluating it. We've got to get it figured out, sooner rather than later. It's just too much for us to continue to fight back."
But the primary takeaway for the Jazz on Monday was that they did indeed fight back, unlike games away from EnergySolutions Arena, such as in Denver, when they lost 104-84 on Dec. 9.
"For some reason we have an advantage on our home court," Tinsley said.
The Jazz are 6-0 at EnergySolutions Arena. Their major bugaboo has been road games, which is far from ideal for a team that plays its next three games in New Orleans, Oklahoma City and Houston.
But just as they are a different team at home than on the road, the Jazz were a different team in the second half and the first.
After allowing 65 first-half points, the Jazz clamped down and gave up only 38 in the second half.
"That will tell you what we can do," Tinsley said, "when we play defense."
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R The Jazz improve to 6-0 at home, despite falling behind by 16 points in the first half.
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March to Save Blair Mountain
In 1921, more than 10,000 West Virginia coal miners marched over Blair Mountain, in Logan County, WV, protesting unsafe working conditions in the mines, and with the intention of rescuing illegally imprisoned mine workers in Mingo County, on the Kentucky border. The marchers were met on the mountain by heavily armed anti-union coal-company thugs, and the result was the bloodiest battle on US soil since the Civil War.
This past weekend, in a march truly designed to bring together both sides of the green equations — people and the planet — nearly 800 pro-union and pro-clean-energy advocates recreated the march to Blair Mountain, in support of good clean-energy jobs for West Virginia, and in opposition to mountaintop removal mining.
In 2009, the National Park Service had listed Blair Mountain in the National Register because of the battle that happened there. But after lobbying from coal companies, the listing was removed, and now Blair Mountain faces destruction from mountaintop removal coal mining. Meanwhile, local residents suffer from polluted air and water, and ruined land covered over with "fill" — the tops of the mountains dumped down into the valleys after they've been blown to bits for the coal.
Green America marched in solidarity with local residents, workers' rights advocates, and clean energy advocates, for a brighter Appalachian future.
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Estrella Morente opens the XX Flamenco Festival, which pays tribute to Moraito Chico
During the meeting with the press, other artists having the leading roleof the Nights from the 7 until the 11 of february, were present too.
Among them: José Cortés Pansequito, winning the flamenco prize Calle Alcala 2012 and artist who accompanies for years on Antonio Gades and who arrived in Madrid with Manolo Caracol when he was 15.
This singer, according to Reyes, is with Enrique Morente and Jose Merce, the third leg of flamenco renovation assures that he belongs to an unique generation, like the one of the 27- he said- hard to do again, thanks to which flamenco is now humanity patrimony.
Convinced that flamenco needs an impulse, he encouraged the youngest artists like Francisco Jose Ramos, Arcangel, as well present, to give a hand to flamenco.
The Price's stage is booked on Wednesday, 8th, for the artist Alonso Núñez Rancapino, who will act with Fernando Moreno and Manuel Moneo El Barullo, to give way to the dance compagny "Manolete", of Manuel Santiago Maya.


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Welcome to the League's National Conference – You're 1 in 3!
Each year almost a third of delegates to the League's National Conference are there for the first time, so you are not alone.
The first thing you will notice is the sheer scale: it's big! Over 1,000 delegates from orchestras and organizations all over the US and overseas attend Conference every year, and at first it can seem a little daunting – but don't worry, you will soon get the hang of it and realize what a great occasion and opportunity it is.
Start by looking at the Program page of the Conference website. There you will see the layout of the week and the many different offering available to you. In particular don't forget to check out the Constituency Meetings on the My Conference page. Constituency Meetings are designed specifically to gather delegates with similar job descriptions and interests for focused learning and networking.
Here is an overview of what there is to see and do at Conference:
Orchestra Leadership Academy
The Conference begins with two days of learning designed specifically for you. Whether you're an executive director, board member, volunteer, staff, or musician there this is a seminar that's right for you. Consider coming early and taking advantage of these inexpensive courses and make your airfare go further!
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General Sessions
There are three general sessions this year. These are opportunities for us all to come to come together and discuss topics vital to our field. The sessions this year are:
Constituency Meetings
There are many useful and important aspects of Conference, but among the most popular are the Constituency Meetings. The League Conference attracts a broad range of delegates including board members, executive directors, musicians, staff, and volunteers from orchestras of varying sizes from across the country. Constituency Meetings are designed specifically for you to gather with delegates with similar job descriptions, interests, and questions for focused learning and networking. If you do not know your meeting group, you can ask any of the League's staff in the Registration Area. For more information of the constituency groups and sessions, click here >>
Toolboxes and Perspectives
This year's Conference offers a choice of two dozen Toolboxes and Perspectives. Toolboxes are practical, skill-based sessions designed so you can take the learning back and apply it to your orchestra now. Perspectives are exciting, big picture topics or opportunities that just might change how you see the orchestral field and the role you play in it. Choose which session you'd like to participate in when you register. For descriptions of the Toolboxes, click here and for Perspectives sessions, click here.
Exhibit Hall
Most delegates will arrive on Tuesday, June 6, in time for the opening of the Exhibit Hall, which is not to be missed. Nearly 100 companies set out their wares in the Hall and you should certainly tour the booths, make new connections, and be aware of all the products and services available to you. Click here>> for a list of Exhibitors.
It's all about the music, right? This year we have two spectacular orchestras showing off what they do best… and to make it easy, you can purchase tickets to both concerts when you register for Conference. Click here for more info >>
And here's three things NOT to miss!
- All-Delegate Reception
- Tune-Up Party
- Next : an Under 35 Event – sorry, if you're over 35, this event is not for you! Click here for more info >>
Tips for a great first Conference:
- Register as soon as you can to receive all the material you need, including tickets for meals and concerts.
- Keep your Program Book close at hand—it has all the essential information you will need during the week.
- Introduce yourself at every opportunity. So much of a successful Conference is the contacts and the new friends you make.
- Don't be afraid to ask! League staff and seasoned Conference-goers are there to help and all want you to have a successful visit.
- Use the Message Board in the Exhibit Area to make contact with fellow delegates.
- Bring layers - while Dallas will be warm in June, the hotel AC can keep some rooms chilly!
- Dress comfortably; we recommend business casual.
There is so much we could tell you but you get the idea! Take a few minutes to read the information on this site and take a look at the 2012 program book when it is published online in mid-May.
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CHICAGO — As part of a major restructuring plan, the National Bulk Vendors Association said it will reassign several administrative functions previously handled by the association's legal counsel, Morrie Much of Much Shelist Denenberg Ament & Rubenstein P.C. The reorganization was approved in October by the NBVA's board of directors.
Chief among the planned changes will be the appointment of a dedicated association administrator to oversee the NBVA's day-to-day operations, operator outreach programs and public relations. Accounting functions will also be outsourced. Additionally, Much will continue to serve as the association's legal counsel; NBVA officials told VT that an important part of its restructuring plan is retaining Much's industry expertise.
"Prompting the decision were key NBVA association members who have stepped up and offered their time and resources to ease the transition and implement the needed changes," said NBVA president Randy Chilton of Coinstar. "There is a lot of excitement around the anticipated changes."
The NBVA was founded in 1950 as an operator response to the U.S. Treasury Department's attempts to classify bulk venders as gambling devices and tax them accordingly. Since winning that skirmish, the association has acted as the industry's advocate in a number of legal battles and lobbying issues. These have included the successful campaign to allow commingling of plastic charms with ball gum in the early 1950s, as well as successful lobbying efforts for sales tax exemptions on both the state and local levels. More recently, the association has been involved in efforts focused on import taxes and toy safety issues.
The move by NBVA leadership to update the association, according to Chilton, was in response to a financially challenging year, due in part to a consolidating industry and a difficult economy. However, what was originally viewed as a measure to conserve funds through restructuring was quickly perceived as an opportunity to update the organization to better meet the needs of existing and potential membership. "The way we do things tomorrow will be very different from how we did them yesterday," said Chilton. "We feel the association will be stronger than ever with the changes."
While the association is still in a transition phase, Chilton and other NBVA leaders see major changes in store for the organization. Among the more apparent shifts will be a more decentralized management structure.
The NBVA's administrative offices are being relocated to Scottsdale, AZ. It is dedicated NBVA office space located within Brand Imports. The association's accounting responsibilities are being transitioned to Andrew Belsky of First Vending Partners (Walled Lake, MI), a CPA by trade. Phil Brilliant of A&A Global Industries is heading the transition team.
(As VT went to press, the NBVA announced the appointment of Kaydee Mooney as its administrator. She comes to the newly created position after working as an account manager at Brand. See story below.)
Chilton explained that the NBVA will promote volunteerism and transparency to become a member-driven organization. Improved communication will play a key role in this effort, he said, beginning with a re-vamp of the association's website. An enhanced Internet presence could make the website a one-stop educational shop for bulk vending operators, he explained. They could engage in real-time online discussions regarding industry trends and provide input regarding the association's agenda, for example.
"We're definitely heading down the path of increasing communication between the board, the executive committee and membership," Chilton said. "And when in doubt, we're going to reach out to membership to help with key decisions. You'll see a healthier association, and we hope a result of this will be increased membership roles."
Chilton also said the association is exploring synergies with other trade groups, including the Amusement and Music Operators Association. However, the possibility of collocating its show with another association's has been met with resistance by NBVA members.
Among the first decisions made since the October 6 restructuring announcement was a resolution to move the annual trade show out of Las Vegas. Chilton said a polling of membership determined this.
The 2009 trade show, currently scheduled for April 23-25 at Caesar's Palace Hotel in Las Vegas, will fulfill the association's multi-year contract made several years ago. The NBVA is studying a number of potential East Coast convention venues for 2010.
"There is an unprecedented amount of work needed to be done by NBVA members to get all this accomplished," Chilton summed up. "However, being involved in most of the conversations, I'm impressed at how the membership is stepping up to take it on. That's what makes it exciting.
"And that's the only way this entire enterprise is possible," he added. "There are people betting against our ability to do this, but in my mind that's not a smart bet."
SCOTTSDALE, AZ — The National Bulk Vendors Association has named Kaydee Mooney its new administrator. Her duties include billing, membership relations and assisting NBVA committees on general oversight of the trade group. Mooney will also aid members on legislative issues, communications and the planning of the association's annual trade show.
"I'm extremely excited about this opportunity, and hope to really reach out to the membership and provide ways for people to get more involved than they have been in the past," Mooney said. "I also look forward to working with both the board and new members."
For the NBVA, Mooney's appointment is the first time in its more than half-century history that someone has held such a post. Previously, the association's legal counsel, Morrie Much of Much Shelist in Chicago, managed administrative functions. The change is part of the group's restructuring plan. Much continues to provide legal services to the NBVA.
Mooney comes to the newly created position after working as an as account manager with Brand Vending Products. She will be based here in office space leased to the association by Brand. The association's new toll-free telephone number is (888) NBVA-USA.