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Thoughts on Dex-Cool and Head Gaskets
I've been doing a whole lot of research on Dex-Cool and trying to determine if I want to leave this coolant in my Northstar or pull it out and replace with something like Zerex G05 or Peak Global.
Apparently DexCool can become acidic over time if it is either a) not maintained, or b) exposed to air due to minor leaks in the coolant system. Over time, the acidity of the Dex-Cool can damage all kinds of gaskets. A number of folks who regularly replace head gaskets in Northstars have reported that the condition of the gaskets pulled from cars still running Dex-Cool often appear to be more worn out and rusty than typically seen with cars not running Dex-Cool. One person who has described this pattern is Jake (97EldoCoupe).
Now, we already know for sure that Dex-Cool can severely damage gaskets that have a Nylon carrier. The best description of this I've seen to date is here:
Also, although nobody knows for sure, the failure mode of our Northstar engine gaskets "may" be in part due to Dex-Cool becoming acidic over time. From what I have read on this message board, one of the more likely theoretical failure sequences could work something like this:
Step 1: the head gasket begins to slightly leak such that coolant makes its way to the head bolts
Step 2: the Dex-Cool is now exposed to air and quickly becomes highly acidic
Step 3: the head bolts start to become loose as the acidic Dex-Cool reacts with the aluminum block and dissolves the aluminum threads in the block
Step 4: combustion pressure places enough force on the bolts that they pull loose from the block due to the weak threads damaged by the Dex-Cool
Why does this happen with Dex-Cool? It appears that the addition of a specific organic chemical called 2-ethyl-hexanoic acid may be a big part of the root cause. As far as I can tell, ONLY GM and ONLY Dex-Cool (and Dex-Cool clones) use this organic acid in the design of the coolant. Ford tested Dex-Cool in one of its vehicles and decided NOT to use Dex-Cool, instead moving toward a Hybrid coolant containing organic additives (but not 2-ethyl-hexanoic acid) while still containing low levels of silicates (like the old green coolants had). A good primer on the various coolant options can be found here:
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I realize that some people are die-hard Dex-Cool supporters and others either want to know what their options are (besides Dex-Cool) and/or would like to switch from Dex-Cool to some other coolant which may avoid some of the issues with Dex-Cool. I do not want to start a "flame war" but rather have a meaningful dialog about options besides Dex-Cool for those of us who are interested.
One of the best coolant cross reference matrixes I've found so far is here:
This .pdf is also attached to this post.
From my research, for anyone who wants to convert from Dex-Cool or a Dex-Cool clone and who also wants to avoid the 2-ethyl-hexanoic acid, I think there are a few options: Zerex G05 (does contain some silicates as well as borates), Peak Global (does not contain silicates, phosphates or borates), Motorcraft Orange (G05 clone), Honda Blue (contains phosphates by no silicates or borates). There may be others as well.
For myself, I've converted one of my two Northstar powered vehicles over to G05 and I may use Peak Global in the other . . .
Re: Thoughts on Dex-Cool and Head GasketsApparently DexCool can become acidic over time if it is either a) not maintained, or b) exposed to air due to minor leaks in the coolant system. Over time, the acidity of the Dex-Cool can damage all kinds of gaskets.
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.............and how come every other car in the world, most of which run DEXCOOL or a proprietary variant, don't "eat" gaskets.
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Hi Ranger -
I don't have all the answers and this was part of the reason for my post, to get feedback from others. Perhaps exposure to air is not the reason Dex-Cool becomes acidic, I really don't know . . . Perhaps it becomes acidic just due to a lack of maintenance. Either way, it still begs the questions:
1. Why take the "chance" with Dex-Cool when other options are available?
2. What causes the aluminum block to deteriorate and "let go" of the head bolts?
3. Do we believe that the ONLY coolant option that will work in an aluminum Northstar is DexCool and if not, then why not change to something with a potentially lower risk of causing issues?
It seems to me that earlier Northstars running on traditional green silicated coolant appear to have a much lower HG failure rate (based on survey on this site and comments from people doing these repairs), so why not switch to something more like that and try to reduce the risk of the HG failure?
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The shift to DEXCOOL began in 1996. I think the failure rate for 97-98-99 is highest in the poll. We are of the opinion that the main problem is metallurgy - casting porosities in the block contributing to weak thread machining. Many pictures and posts earlier in here by AJxtcman on just this subject. Block casting changed in 2000.
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Submariner409 -
Perhaps I am beating the proverbial "dead horse" here, I hope not, and again, the goal is really to focus on options available to those who may want to switch versus having a debate over whether one should or should not switch. I have had a lot of trouble researching what non-Dex options were available and which ones would be compatible with an existing Dex fill without causing strange reactions, etc. I've only identified a few long life coolants that seem viable and I've already mentioned them.
By the way from my research, very few (if any) other manufacturers beyond GM have adopted DEX or DEX equivalents as their recommended fill. From my research it appears that Daimler, Chrysler, Ford, BMW, Honda and Toyota do not use Dex. I am NOT a coolant expert so I can not guarantee this information is 100% correct, but I do believe it is . . .
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Yes, this is another operating hypothesis which may very well be the case. Having said that, it seems very coincidental to me that the majority of issues occurred starting the years that DEX was first deployed. I realized that DEX cut-over initiated in '96 but I thought factory fill in '96 Northstars was still the traditional green silicated coolant? I also realize that many have described how often times the bolts that "let go" also are wet and the holes/threads badly corroded. If the issue was casting/porosity on its own then wouldn't all of the bolts be affected? And, why do the bolt holes get so badly corroded when the coolant gets to them?
This is clearly a very complicated problem without a single variable causing the failure modes, it may possibly be compounded by many variables interacting in a unique way, as is often said to be the case with catastrophic engineering failures. In some cases, taking just one link out of the chain of events can eliminate (or greatly reduce) the risk of the failure occurring . . .
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My wife is driving a '96 Bonneville 3800. It's 13 years old and has 160K on it and has never had a leaky gasket. So much for the Dex eating gaskets theory. By the way, Dex is acid based. That is probably what started THAT myth. Don't ask. I don't know what that means, but I am quite sure it is not anything that eats gaskets. Remember, you eat oranges and they have "acid" in them. There is no reason that you MUST use Dex. Use whatever tickles your fancy it you are uncomfortable with it. Using a different coolant will not cause any problems.
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Thanks for the input. I think eventually all coolants deteriorate and become less basic. I've read that some coolants start with a pH in the 10-11 range and others start more in the 8-9 range. The high pH is said to be bad for certain metals - too basic. The lower pH coolants (like DexCool I think) are said to be better for some metals (like aluminum) however, the big issue is how well buffered the coolant is to preserve the basic nature of the coolant. If the pH crosses the neutral mark and goes acidic (due to the buffers breaking down), then the problems may begin in earnest, apparently including damage to nylon gaskets.
I realize that many people have never had a problem with DexCool and the percentage with the issue varies. It does seem however that DexCool may have more very serious issues than other products available . . .
Which non-Dex coolant do you recommend for aluminum engines like the Northstar?
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Any old standard green Ethylene Glycol-based coolant advertised as being low-silicate formula or no-silicate formula. Havoline or Prestone in a 60/40 coolant/distilled water mix.
Stop being a chemist and drive your car. Trying to suss out the various coolant chemistries and how they react over time with various metals may lose you some sleep but it won't solve anything in the engine. Or are you an organic chemist with DuPont ???
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The coolant additives are what deteriorate and need replenishment.
I have no recommendations as I don't know anything about them. I seem to recall someone touting G05, but I can't recall who or why. Personally I think it is like oil. People have their favorites, swear by one and at the other, but in the end all that matters is that it gets changed.
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The information below might or might not be useful to this discussion. I don't have a dog in this hunt and I don't have a chemistry degree.
What I am is the daily driver of a properly maintained high mileage '98 Seville.
The following was pulled from the Chevron/Texaco web site three or four years ago.
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Havoline® Extended Life Anti-Freeze/Coolant DEX-COOL®
Detailed Product Specifications
Havoline Extended Life Anti-Freeze/Coolant DEX-COOL is a
single-phase, ethylene glycol type universal automotive engine
coolant based on a Texaco's patented long life organic corrosion
inhibitor system.
Havoline Extended Life Anti-Freeze/Coolant Pre-Mixed 50/50 DEX-COOL
is a 50/50 mixture of Havoline Extended Life Anti-Freeze DEX-COOL
with deionized water.
Havoline Extended Life Anti-Freeze/Coolant DEX-COOL is a universal
engine coolant that incorporates patented organic acid corrosion
inhibitor technology. This coolant meets both ASTM D 3306 for
automotive service and ASTM D 4985 for heavy-duty diesel service. It
is a nitrite-, nitrate-, phosphate-, silicate-, borate and
amine-free formulation which uses Texacos patented carboxylate
technology to provide maximum protection of the six basic metal
alloys found in most heat transfer systems. Since the coolant
contains no phosphates or silicates, hard water deposits in the
cooling system are almost eliminated. The low level of abrasive
dissolved solids in Havoline Extended Life Anti-Freeze/Coolant
DEX-COOL results in improved water pump seal life.
The life of a coolant in an automobile engine is limited by the
corrosion protection ability of the corrosion inhibitors. The main
corrosion inhibitors in Havoline Extended Life Anti-Freeze/Coolant
DEX-COOL have been shown to remain above 95% of their original
concentration after 150,000 miles in automobiles.
This allows much longer intervals between coolant changes without
worrying about loss of corrosion protection. Used Havoline Extended
Life Anti-Freeze/Coolant DEX-COOL was tested in laboratory
controlled corrosion tests for new coolants after it had already
been in service for more than 200,000 miles.
The used Havoline Extended Life Anti-Freeze/Coolant DEX-COOL passed
the ASTM D 1384 requirements for glassware corrosion with results
equivalent to new coolants and also passed the ASTM D 4340 Aluminum
Hot Surface Test for new coolant. Havoline Extended Life
Anti-Freeze/Coolant DEXCOOL represents the next generation of
universal engine coolants.
This coolant is suitable for a five year or 150,000 miles service
life in automotive applications. Note: These products are not to be
used to protect the inside of potable water systems against freezing.
Havoline Extended Life Anti-Freeze/Coolant DEX-COOL is manufactured
from ethylene glycol and a highly effective long term corrosion
inhibitor package based on carboxylate technology. This inhibitor
system eliminates the need for
silicates, phosphates, borates, nitrites, nitrates and amine
additives traditionally used for this purpose. The replacement of
these inhibitors is significant for water pump life because many of
these conventional inhibitors have been shown to be abrasive to
water pump seals. In comparison field tests with conventional
coolants in taxi fleets, Havoline Extended Life Anti-Freeze /
Coolant DEX-COOL significantly reduced the need to replace water
pumps during the 100,000 mile test.
In addition to fleet tests, this product has also been tested by a
major manufacturer of water pump seals, and has been found to be
more compatible with the seals than any other coolant tested.
Meets GM 6277M--GMs new Long Life Coolant specification
5 year or 150,000 mile service interval
Provides effective, long term corrosion protection for aluminum,
brass, cast iron, steel, solder and copper
Protects against winter freeze up and minimizes the chance of
summer boil over
Compatible with water pump seal materials and minimizes the
formation of abrasive dissolved solids
Storage stable for at least eight years
No silicate dropout or gel formation during use or storage
100% biodegradable in its pure unused form
Excellent heat transfer properties
Nitrite-, borate-, phosphate-, nitrate- and amine-free
Outstanding hot surface aluminum protection
Superior protection in high operating temperatures
Compatible with conventional antifreeze. Dilution with
conventional antifreeze will reduce extended life benefits.
ChevronTexaco recommends that this product not be diluted by more
than 10% with conventional coolants.
© 2003-2005 ChevronTexaco Corp. All rights reserved
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If you highlight the "Havoline Extended Life..................." line (Firefox) and right-click on the highlight you can call up the Google search for the article.
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Learn something new every day.
Re: Thoughts on Dex-Cool and Head Gaskets
I'm not really seeing anything I wasn't already aware of in that description. Although there are some technical specs provided, they are not comprehensive as they do not really detail what IS in the mix . . . Also, I noticed that the test results were "lab" based and not "real world" based. Unfortunately, the lab often doesn't represent reality . . .
Thanks for sharing this though - first time I'd seen it.


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"What are you doing?" He asks.
"I'm doing what you asked me to do last night when you came in pissed!" His wife replied.
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|Ithaca College's School of Business hosted the annual North East Academy of Legal Studies (NEALSB) conference from April 30 to May 2, 2010.
Ithaca College's School of Business hosted the annual North East Academy of Legal Studies (NEALSB) conference from April 30 to May 2, 2010. NEALSB is a division of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ASLB), a national association of teachers and scholars in the fields of business law, legal environment, and law-related courses outside of professional law schools. IC has held a presence in the organization for over 20 years with faculty presenting papers at conferences, publishing in the annual double-blind refereed journal, and holding spots on the group's central board. The three-day conference in Ithaca attracted over 35 business law educators from across the northeast and other areas of the United States.
Participants stayed at nearby LaTourelle Resort and Spa, but this year's affair was unique in that it marked the first time the conference's academic sessions were hosted on a college campus, and the first time it was held in central New York. "In the past, conferences have been held at resorts and other conference centers," says Marlene Barken, associate professor of legal studies at Ithaca College, and program chair and president-elect of NEALSB. "We have received an overwhelmingly positive response to this year's change of location and we hope to have set a model for future events."
Mark Cordano, interim dean of the School of Business, welcomed attendees at dinner Friday night, and Saturday's program included a tour of Ithaca College, led by School of Business freshman Jake Tenenbaum. Jake, who is also a member of the Deans' Hosts and Peer Advisor groups, focused attention on the Dorothy D. and Roy H. Park Center for Business and Sustainable Enterprise, one of the first 100 buildings in the world to receive platinum LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification. "The opportunity to highlight the business school as well as the College's efforts toward sustainability was invaluable," says Barken. "IC has a long-standing relationship with NEALSB, and participants were impressed by our facilities and initiatives."
Attendees enjoyed sustainable meals and snacks using compostable wares, all provided by IC's Conference and Events Services. Program folders and paper products were made from recycled materials, and registrants received a gift of an Ithaca College biodegradable mug. "Overall, there was an effort to move the conference toward greener practices which reflects much of what is going on in the business world and beyond," say Barken.
The conference's focus was on current legal issues and teaching legal studies to undergraduate students. Session topics included legal practice, tax, employment discrimination, benefits for military personnel, first amendment, property, contracts, and internet law. School of Business faculty members led numerous sessions. Eileen Kelly and Susan Rosenthal of the Management Department presented a paper on "Legal Insights on Mandatory Flu Vaccinations." Alka Bramhandkar (Finance and International Business Department), with Marlene Barken and Gwen Seaquist (Marketing and Law Department) presented a paper on "Credit Ratings and the First Amendment." Tyler Rauber, a senior Finance major and Barken's teaching and research assistant, provided research support for the paper and attended the conference. Barken was particularly pleased to involve Tyler in the presentation. In addition, Barken and Seaquist led a panel discussion about "Innovation in the Classroom," one of the conference's key topics this year. Seaquist is a past president of NEALSB.
Barken, who has been on the faculty of Ithaca College since 1984, earned an undergraduate degree in history from Cornell University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. She teaches the Introduction to the Legal Environment of Business I and II foundation courses as well as multiple upper-level seminars in the Division of Interdisciplinary and International Studies, including Environmental Law and Policy, Marketplace Regulation and Consumer Protection, and the Senior Capstone course for Legal Studies majors. She currently serves as chair of the business school's Sustainability Committee and is a member of the College's Climate Action Plan Education Implementation Committee. Barken summed up the event as "an excellent opportunity to bring together scholarly professionals and to involve students in a prestigious academic program. Ithaca College's new School of Business facilities provide a terrific conference venue, and I'm sure we will attract many more such programs."


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The Tale of David Buuck and the Crystal Nexus
We're plenty sure that you're familiar with CAConrad by now, and most significantly, with his (Soma)tic Poetry Exercises, which have produced some great results from poets all over the yard—but this one takes the cake. Conrad created #54, "Crystal Nexus," just for our favorite Oakland-based performance radical, David Buuck, "who eats the dirt." The exercise requires Buuck to find a gemstone; research its magical properties; sleep with it under his pillow; ask three friends to sleep with it under their pillows (must be two women and two men total); trust the stone to carry the nexus of their dreams and his; upon return, rub the stone all over his face; wash it thoroughly; swallow it; "DREAM with your crystal representative inside you INSIDE YOU;" on the following day, pass the stone; take notes about notes; make a new friend; and pull a poem out of the stone and the new friend.
And hooray, Buuck is posting his progress on Vimeo. In "Crystal Nexus Part 1," you'll find him rubbing the stone all over his face, and then. . . .
Crystal Nexus part 1 from David Buuck on Vimeo.
In "Crystal Nexus Part 2," Buuck says, "I don't honestly know if it's passed or not…I didn't see any instructions, anything saying that I needed actually to uh, investigate my shit." He goes on to report on his morning, which includes waking to the phrase, "Dig the Caesars." Maybe he's been reading this? Quite close. Then he reads his poem; we'll say it's a bit NSFW, at least aurally. So yeah, watch this Good TV with your headphones on.
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The Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS) is a national level highway information system that includes data on the extent, condition, performance, use and operating characteristics of the nation's highways. The HPMS data is used by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to support the biennial Condition and Performance Reports to Congress, as well as the annual Highway Statistics publications. Each State is required to submit data to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) by June 15 of each year. The June submittal covers data for the previous calendar year and includes Oregon´s Certified Mileage for the year. Thus, the submittal in June 2010 was data as of December 31, 2009. The data from HPMS is used by Congress for the biannual Condition and Performance Report and is a portion of the federal aid allocation process. It is also used by the Highway Economic Reporting System (HERS) and other national research groups, as well as by ODOT and other local agencies to assist in decision making processes. The HPMS Submittal includes limited data on all public roads, more detail on selected samples on the Arterial and Collector functional systems, and statewide summary information. The sampling process allows ODOT to gather data on a limited number of samples, but still represent the entire universe. We currently have over 2200 samples with 100% of the Interstates and Freeway/Expressways sampled. Samples on the rest of the Arterials and Collectors have expansion factors. These factors represent the ratio of universe mileage to sample mileage for a category of roads. When the data from samples is expanded, it provides us the chance to create summaries of data about various road systems. The additional sample data provides more detail about traffic, pavement, and geometrics.
The table below shows the State of Oregon's Certified Public Mileage since 1979. The Federal Highway Administration defines a public road as: "Roads under the jurisdiction of and maintained by a public authority which are open to travel by 2 wheel drive passenger vehicles" (paraphrased). 23 U.S.C. 315, 402(c). The drop in mileage between 1984 and 1985 is primarily due to the U.S. Forest Service closing many miles of their roads to the public. The drop in mileage between 1993 and 1994 was due for the most part to a change in BLM mileage being reported. Most of the drop in mileage between 2006 and 2007 is due to a change in reported mileage from the Oregon State Forest Service and the US Forest Service mileage. The 2000 to 2012 mileage does not include BLM mileage as per a federal ruling.
There are five Summary datasets to be submitted each year. These datasets provide summarized information for a defined area and supplement the more detailed section data. These five summaries are: 1. Statewide SummariesStatewide summaries describe the demographic, system length and daily vehicle miles traveled (DVMT) total estimates for the Small Urban and Rural public roads that are functionally classed as rural minor collectors or local. Small Urban areas are delimited by the Federal Aid Urban Transportation Boundary (FAUB) and that are between 5,000 and 50,000 in population. Rural areas encompass everything not within the FAUB. 2. Urban Area SummariesUrban area summaries describe the demographic, system length and DVMT estimate for all functionally classified local roads within the FAUB areas with a population greater than 50,000. Oregon has seven urbanized areas. They are Portland-Metro, Salem-Keizer, Eugene-Springfield, Medford, Bend, Corvallis and Rainier. Rainier is included because it is considered to be part of the Longview, Washington urbanized area. Beginning with 2014 data, three new Urbanized areas will be added – Albany, Grants Pass, and Milton-Freewater (part of Walla-Walla, WA). 3. Vehicle Summaries (Travel activity by vehicle type)The state estimates percentages of vehicles in each of FHWA´s thirteen vehicle classes for each functional classification. The estimates are built from approximately a few hundred counts that are done on a three year cycle and then summarized into functional system groups and vehicle types. The vehicle groups are motorcycles, passenger cars, light trucks, buses, single-unit trucks, and combination-unit trucks. 4. County SummariesThe county summaries dataset contains the system length data for all roads functionally classed as rural minor collector or local and is stratified by the ownership and urban code. 5. NAAQS Summaries (National Ambient Air Quality Standard)The final summary dataset contains the system length and travel data for all roads functionally classed as rural minor collector or local that are within an EPA Non-Attainment or Maintenance Area, and the relative pollutant standard. Currently, Oregon has two NAAQS areas - Oakridge and Klamath Falls.
Estimates Statewide pavement estimates are provided to be used as default inputs for FHWA's pavement deterioration models. These estimates are stratified by functional classification, urban or rural, and whether it is on or off the State Highway system. Examples of pavement data types in this summary are thickness of rigid and flexible pavements, base types, joint spacing, and binder types. MetadataMetadata within HPMS is used to describe data collection procedures and post-processing, primarily on traffic and pavement data that may impact the consistency or quality of the data. Metadata applies to an entire data item or group of data items and not to any single data item entry. Examples of traffic metadata items include the percent of actual counts for the reported year, the number of permanent and portable count sites, seasonal/day-of-week/axle/growth factors and type of counts. Examples of pavement metadata include the type of equipment used to collect IRI/rutting/faulting, collection intervals, and method of collection. The final two metadata items describe ramp termini and ramp traffic estimation procedures.
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Slow Start Dooms Phoenix in Road Loss at EMU
By: Andrew Gavin (@GBGavin)
YPSILANTI, Mich. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) – Senior Alec Brown (Winona, Minn.) totaled 19 points and 10 rebounds and junior Keifer Sykes (Chicago, Ill.) added 13 points, but visiting Green Bay (5-3) could not overcome a tough offensive first half and fell at Eastern Michigan (6-3) 67-58 at the Convocation Center in Ypsilanti, Mich.
Green Bay jumped ahead to a 7-4 lead early after four points from junior Greg Mays (Chicago, Ill.) and a jumper from Sykes, but Eastern Michigan then used a 23-6 spurt over the next 12-plus minutes to lead 27-13 with 3:35 remaining in the first half. The Phoenix, which shot 28.6 percent (6-21) and had 12 turnovers in the half, trailed 29-18 at halftime.
Heading out of the break, Eastern Michigan's lead would reach as many as 15 points (39-24) with 14:50 to play before Green Bay got hot from long range to close the deficit. Sykes knocked down a pair of three-pointers and senior Vincent Garrett (Chicago, Ill.) made another to cut the EMU lead to 41-35 with 9:18 on the clock.
Eastern Michigan scored the next six points to reclaim a 12-point advantage at the under-8 media timeout. Green Bay was unable to get the deficit to below six points the rest of the way.
Foul trouble forced Brown to sit on the bench for much of the second half. He had picked up his fourth foul by the 12:22 mark, including being whistled for three quick ones after halftime.
The 7-foot-1 senior returned to the floor at the under-eight media timeout and scored 10 points the rest of the way. He finished the game 5-of-11 from the field and 8-of-10 from the free-throw line.
Committing 28 fouls, Green Bay saw more players than just Brown get in foul trouble as seven players had three or more fouls in the game. Eastern Michigan took 15 more free throws (28-39) and scored 11 more points from the line than Green Bay (17-24). The Phoenix had entered the game among the nation's leaders in fewest fouls per game.
Sophomore Jordan Fouse (Racine, Wis.) had eight points, nine rebounds and a steal, but he saw his streak of 30-straight games with at least one block end. Fouse and Brown combined for 10 offensive rebounds as the Phoenix held a 37-29 edge on the glass.
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Palmer High School Yearbook Diversity Debate
Two students say they were let go from the Palmer High School yearbook staff and two others quit, over decisions made by their advisor.The students say they believe those decisions were unethical.
"She told me to in these exact words, you either cut the gay couple or I cut the page." said former Palmer High School Yearbook Staff Member Rudolpho "Coco" Tribulio.
Tribulio and Anna Carmicheal say their yearbook advisor told them that a lesbian couple holding hands could not be on a page they were creating about high school relationships.A School District 11 spokesperson says there is another reason.
"When the photos came back from that page there was too much PDA and that is against Palmer policy," said District 11 Public Information Officer Devra Ashby.If you look at pictures from last year's yearbook,however, you can see several forms of public displays of affection.
"Regardless of any sort of situation inside the photograph. If theres too much PDA, it's against policy. It's going to get cut," said Ashby.
At that point, the relationship page was cut and replaced by a page called diversity. "I think it was a vision of the class to do a page that was focused on diversity and do a a collage of all the diverse cultures backgrounds," said Ashby.
But Carmichael says the yearbook advisor came up with a new restriction. "No names, only the labels. So for a picture of a muslim, she wanted to label them as a muslim," said former Palmer High School yearbook editor Anna Carmichael.
District 11 Devra Ashby says the diversity page was supposed to be more of a collage, and would not have encouraged segregation. "We don't discriminate in any way or form, so we wouldn't discriminate or find that appropriate, said Ashby.
Ashby says the diversity page in this year's edition will have the collage, but there will be no labeling.


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Voter turnout expectations are high for today's election thanks to the battle for the White House.
Hardin County Clerk Kenny Tabb said turnout will be heavy if absentee voting is any indication.
More than 1,400 absentee votes had been cast by Monday morning by those who went to the county clerk's office and signed affidavits saying they woul not be in town on Election Day.
Additionally, an estimated 1,600 paper absentee ballots and emails to members of the military have been sent out. Absentee ballots sent by mail must be received by the county clerk's office by today to be counted.
The increasing population means there are about 70,000 registered voters in Hardin County and absentee voting this year is at its highest rate ever, Tabb said.
It is expected to outstrip about 1,000 absentee votes at the clerk's office and 1,000 paper ballots cast in 2008.
There is no early voting in Kentucky.
Tabb is expecting turnout of at least 65 to 67 percent. The last three presidential elections have brought between 60 and 63 percent of registered voters come to the polls.
That's a much better turnout rate than some other elections have seen, such as the 17 percent of voters who participated in the primary in May, Tabb said.
"It's pitiful sometimes," he said.
The publicity and long campaigns surrounding presidential elections usually draw a higher-than-average turnout, Tabb said.
Local candidates on the ballot also draw voters, with an expected turnout of between 45 and 50 percent in such elections.
It's important for residents to vote, Tabb said.
"This is one of the basic rights all Americans have," he said. "We shouldn't take it for granted. We shouldn't take it lightly."
Voting takes place in each of the 57 polling places from 6 a.m. until 6 p.m. today. Anyone in line to vote at 6 p.m. will be allowed to do so, regardless of how long the line is or how long it takes. Anyone not inside the polling location at that time won't be allowed to vote.
Voters should bring one of the following forms of picture identification with a signature on it: a driver's license, Social Security card or credit card.
Tabb said he expects today to go smoothly.
Officials had been making plans for special polling stations for West Point in case the evacuation continued into Election Day, but residents have been allowed to return to their homes.
The polling location will remain at its normal site at West Point Independent School.
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Here's what yellow frontal armor looks like . I will paint my green over a couple coats of this stuff. The light makes it look a bit brighter than it is. Sorry for the cruddy pic.
Here's what yellow frontal armor looks like . I will paint my green over a couple coats of this stuff. The light makes it look a bit brighter than it is. Sorry for the cruddy pic.
Anybody ever tell you you'd make a great dwarf?
Nice chest
Yeah, I seem to recall hearing some gurgling sounds through the shattered teeth and blood that sounded something like that.
Lookin' good man!!
I like the vest!
Don't put that pot helmet on your head then, it'd totally complete the dwarf look.
Looks good, are you going to do all the armor like this, layering then scraping away? If so are you doing silver next or is it beneath the yellow?
The armor itself is hammered aluminum. It should all beat-up pretty well according to my tests and calcs. The green is applied now.
I still hadn't nailed down exactly what color I wanted for this custom Mandalore, except that it would be "greenish"(my favorite color anyway). It happened just like those scenes of two people at opposite ends of a field of flowers running and leaping towards each other while music is playing; .......Oh-ho, sweet mystery of life at last I've found you....AND THERE IT WAS! John Deere touch-up paint! WooHoo! This stuff is freaking GREEN! I look like a tractor(ok, more like a bald lawn mower). It'll weather nicely with overshades etc.
Here's a new page and a half of further progress on my scratchbuilt suit;
That looks great!! Well done!! Shouldn't be any problems with that armor staying attached!!!
Well done!
That looks great man. You did a phenomenal job on the shaping and contouring.
Hey, thanks, guys! 'Preciate the feedback. I'm satisfied with this first try. I really am dreading the backplate, though .
I've already started on my all metal helmet.
:ekk i made my armor in the same way but mine is not to rounded for my next i try to make more curvated ... yup
That is kick a$$ man!
Is that Gimli without his helmet?? Nice wwork on the armor by the way.
MMM...Superfreakinfantastic! WW.....and at that fast pace too! If ever you start building a Slave 1,...I'm riding shotgun!
Wow, great job. By the way, what gauge sheet did u use?
Excellent work & excellent tutorial as well - enjoyed visiting your site!
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Scotland is a country that certainly knows how to enjoy itself, and no city in Scotland knows how to enjoy itself more than Glasgow.
Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, the London Underground – it's no wonder London remains one of the world's most sought-after travel destinations.
From world-changing history to ground-breaking music, visit Manchester to experience a city which never disappoints.
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The slow-cooker can be your best friend during the summer months. Enjoy the weather with friends and family while the slow-cooker does all the work for you. With great dinner recipes like tender and juicy pork, sandwiches, and even desserts, you can easily reap all of the benefits of this great kitchen appliance with just a few simple ingredients.
Slow-Cooker Beef NachosWhether you're planning an easy dinner or a hearty snack, these tasty nachos feature simple ingredients that combine for bold flavor.
Pulled Pork with Bourbon-Peach SauceThe name of this barbecue sauce says it all. If that doesn't sound like summer in a dish, we don't know what does!
Melted-Tomato BLTsUpgrade your BLT with this must-try "roasted" tomato recipe. Your taste buds will thank you!
Slow-Cooker Green Chile PorkMake tonight Taco Night by preparing this flavorful pork and dishing it up alongside all the trimmings.
Slow-Cooker Veggie ChiliWe normally reserve chili for warming our bones in the winter, but this version that calls for lots of summer produce, like zucchini and yellow squash, is too good for just one season. We also love adding fresh corn kernels instead of frozen for a bit of sweet summer goodness.
Slow-Cooker Lemon Poppy-Seed CakeMake this easy cake in your slow-cooker for your next backyard BBQ or garden party. Fresh lemon juice and zest give the cake a brightness that will rival the summer sun.
Chicken Fricassee with Cream and Morel MushroomsThis recipe is full of fresh herbs and aromatics that are abundant and cheaper during the summer months.
Beef Pot Roast with Turnip GreensThis recipe calls for veggies and herbs you can find at your local famers market or maybe have growing in your own backyard, like parsnips, turnip greens, thyme, and parsley.
Sausage and Pepper SandwichesThis recipe is great for all those gorgeous bell peppers you see around this time of year but have no idea what to do with. It's also an easy lunch that everyone will enjoy.
Glazed Carrots with Green OlivesHere's a simple side done in the slow-cooker that's perfect for your next outdoor gathering.
White Bean, Artichoke, and Chard RagoutThis recipe calls for lots of great produce like leeks, Swiss chard, carrots, bell peppers, fennel, and lemon. Plus, it's hearty, delicious, and good for you!
Peaches 'n' Cream TapiocaUse fresh, gorgeously sweet peaches in this slow-cooker tapioca for a treat that the whole family will love.
Cheesy Grits with ShrimpA Southern favorite is made simpler in the slow cooker. Grits are slow-cooked for 6 hours, and then topped with cream, Cheddar cheese, and hot sauce. Tender, quick-cooking shrimp are the final touch, making this one meal you won't soon forget.
Poached SalmonHere's a unique take on salmon that is a perfect light summer dish. Serve with steamed veggies or try it on top of your favorite salad.
Slow-Cooker Tuscan BeansWe like this easy side that calls for just four ingredients. It'll be a nice change from the standard baked beans at your next BBQ.
Cheesy Savory Bread PuddingUse just-picked tomatoes still warm from the vine if you have them in this savory bread pudding. We love serving this at brunch, just remember it takes at least 3 hours in the slow-cooker.
Red Quinoa Pilaf with Tomato, Spinach and Pine NutsThis is a great recipe for all those tantalizingly tasty tomatoes you see during this time of year. It's also packed full of nutritious ingredients like fresh baby spinach and red quinoa.
Tangy Asian MeatballsWith a different and delicious Asian-style glaze, these meatballs are a great addition to any potluck meal, indoors or outdoors.
Turkey Stuffed PeppersUse those beautiful bell peppers and that fresh basil you have growing in your backyard or find at the farmers market in this light and fun summer dish. Add a mixed green salad, and it's a perfect, easy meal.
Chicken with Peanut-Butter Barbecue SauceFinishing chicken in a slow cooker helps it to be moist and flavorful, not dried out and tough. This barbecue sauce might just be your new favorite recipe.
Pulled-Pork TacosTacos are always a great summer meal you can eat with your hands. In this recipe, your pork gets perfectly tender and shreddable in the slow cooker.
Jalapeño and Lime Refried BeansWe like this zesty, south-of-the-border side dish for picnics and outdoor get-togethers. Top with queso fresco and fresh cilantro for something truly special.
Slow-Cooker Pork Tacos Al Pastor with All the FixingsStart by slow-cooking pork shoulder in an aromatic bath of pineapple, beer (try a floral, spiced white ale like Hoegaarden or Blue Moon), and canned chipotles in adobo. Then shred the meat and set out a taco bar full of fresh flavors, bright colors, and crunchy textures. You can't go wrong here. We like bowls of crumbled cheeses, sliced radishes, chopped onions, avocado, shredded cabbage, and plenty of fresh cilantro.
5-Ingredient Slow-Cooker Pulled PorkFive ingredients and a few minutes of prep are all you need to prepare this delicious BBQ dinner for friends and family.
Peppered Corn on the CobHave fun with fresh corn in this unique twist on corn on the cob. You'll love the subtle heat from jalapeno, and we all know everything is better with bacon.
Seafood GumboSeafood gumbo is a perfect meal after a day on the beach. We love this slow-cooker version from Real Simple.
Slow-cooked BBQ Chicken SandwichesServe this crowd-pleaser at your next backyard get-together. The tangy barbecued chicken pairs perfectly with the light and refreshing slaw.
Mamma Mia Italian StewWe love this stew because we can pack in all our favorite summer produce and just leave it to do it's thing while we do ours. A cool summer night and a glass of wine, and we are in heaven.
Slow-cooker Sloppy JoesSloppy Joes are great during the summer because you can just send the kids outside to eat and not have to worry about the mess. Spend a few hours at the pool while this recipe cooks and come back to an easy lunch or dinner.
Sina's Georgia-Style Boiled PeanutsThis salty snack couldn't be simpler or tastier. It calls for just three ingredients and pairs perfectly with those small-batch summer ales from local breweries.
Provençale Chicken SupperWe love this quintessential slow-cooker recipe any time of year. Just throw everything in and 8 hours later, dinner is ready.


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The Rooms Center, is located on main square between many cafes with sunny terraces, discos and restaurants that offer a typical Dalmatian menu in the cities small streets that cannot be bypassed. We offer air conditioned twin rooms.
During the summer months these little streets can be used for cooling down in the shade but in the afternoon and night-time they turn into live entertainment.
The streets are full with live outdoor music and people full of excitement. Disco and beaches are 5 minutes walking. The closest island is 15 minutes away by ferry.
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We have no any special conditions exept that animals are not allowed and that you have to respect house rules. Earliest check-in time is 12.00 hrs, and latest check-out time is 11.00 hrs. The animals are not allowed.
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The Rooms Center is situated in the center of the Old Town, in the walking zone, on the main square-'Narodni Trg'. The Rooms Center is on the square, at the beginning of the street Don Ive Prodan, near Restaurant-Pizzeria'Tinel' number 4, first floor, right.
If you coming by car ,you can park car at the street which is around walking zone and that parking have to pay (from 22h-8h no charge). Free parking is 10-15 minutes walking from The Rooms Center.
From airport you can take bus to the Old Town.Bus ride takes about 30 minutes, first stop is main bus station and second stop is Old Town. Bus station in the Old Town is just a few minutes walk from The Rooms Center.
If you coming from main bus station, take bus with name ''Poluotok' . Bus ride 5 minutes and when pass the bridge in the port get off at next stop.And then for a few minutes you are on the main square'Narodni Trg'.
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The Rooms Center is located on main square of peninsula di Zadar. Everything important to see in Zadar is very close. You have to walk 5 minutes for beaches, fun, market....ferry is 200 meters, bus and train station is 1 km far...


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Hac Boston/Projects
From HaskellWiki
1 Sharing your code
If you need a place to host a project so that others can help with it, we suggest github, but if you are using darcs patch-tag is just dandy as well.
You can also apply for an account on the community server.
2 Projects
If you have a project that you want to work on at the Hackathon, please describe it here.
Since Hackathons are great for teamwork, consider joining one of the projects mentioned below. If you're interested in one of these projects, add your name to the list of hackers under that project.
2.1 Trifecta
Trifecta is a library for dealing with both parsing and the ancillary concerns that arise once you have a parser.
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Council of Europe Anti-Racism Commission to prepare report on Serbia
Strasbourg, 25.10.2010 - A delegation of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) visited Serbia from 4 to 8 October 2010 as the first step in the preparation of a monitoring report. During its visit, ECRI´s delegation gathered information on the implementation of the recommendations it made to the authorities in its previous report of 2008 and discussed new issues that had emerged since.
The delegation held meetings in Belgrade and Novi Sad with representatives of all relevant ministries, public officials, human rights NGOs and minority groups.
Following this visit, ECRI will adopt a report in which it will make a fresh set of recommendations on measures to be taken by the authorities to address racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, antisemitism and intolerance in the country. Among these, three will be revisited two years after the publication of the report as part of an interim follow-up procedure.
In its 2008 report, ECRI expressed concern on the Law on Churches and Religious Communities which was not in line with international and European standards in this area. It also found that the perpetrators of racist acts were seldom brought to justice.
In the same report, ECRI expressed concern over the precarious situation of Roma, Ashkalis and Egyptians displaced inside the country. It also noted that long-term measures were needed to establish a climate of mutual respect between the different ethnic and religious groups, especially those living in the autonomous province of Vojvodina.
ECRI is a human rights body of the Council of Europe, composed of independent experts, which monitors problems of racism and intolerance, prepares reports and issues recommendations to member states. For more information on ECRI: www.coe.int/ecri
Link to 2008 ECRI report on Serbia.
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Earlier in the week I asked my grandson Gage what kind of haul he expected to make Halloween night. The answer surprised me.
I was thinking in terms of candy. A good haul would be three large bags (approximately 25 pounds) of processed sugar that would last the average kid about two days.
Gage had something else in mind. With a perfectly straight face he said, "A Nintendo 3DS."
Either things have changed substantially since last Halloween or we weren't talking about the same holiday. Who gives out $200 gaming systems to trick-or-treaters?
Me: "Halloween is still a door-to-door operation, right?"
Gage: "Yeah but now there's a witch who comes to your house."
According to Gage, Switch Witch sneaks into your house Halloween night while everyone is asleep and switches your hard-earned candy for an "awesome toy."
Gage explained that a better deal you couldn't get anywhere else. As this was his first Switch Witch year, he was going to shoot for the moon. If he didn't get the Nintendo 3DS, he'd still have all of his candy.
I asked how Switch Witch knew he wanted a Nintendo 3DS? Gage said it was foolproof. He only had to tell his mom, Grammy, and me. We would tell her.
Switch Witch sounded vaguely familiar, like Santa Claus but with a broom and a wart instead of a reindeer and a twinkle.
The idea is well-intended. Getting rid of all that processed sugar in exchange for a item that won't rot your kid's head sounds great. There's just one little problem: Do we really need another kid holiday fraught with unrealistic expectations?
As the current Fright Night stands, there's no loss of sleep worrying about whether you're going to get what you want for Halloween.
That's because kids already have a good idea of how trick-or-treating pays off. In fact there's a formula: H X D = Z, or roughly the number of hours times the number of doors equals Z amount of candy.
It's almost impossible to screw that up. Who ever heard of a kid waking up the morning after Halloween and crying because a witch forgot to bring him a bicycle?
No kid drives himself crazy hoping that a magic rabbit will bring him a BB gun. Correspondingly there's no anti-climatic letdown because all he got was a chocolate bunny the size of a horse.
There's a reason kids don't write letters to Columbus or Martin Luther King asking for a pony. It's because the rules for those holidays haven't changed. There's no expectation of a major payoff.
Maybe I'm just a traditionalist. Maybe I just like my holidays the old-fashioned way. I do know that Switch Witch wouldn't have worked on me. It's too much like paying for your presents.
Then there's the possibility that Switch Witch could easily get out of hand and go from being a simple alternative to tooth decay to a maxing out of your credit cards.
Right now you're probably thinking, "Well, isn't it up to parents to make sure that Switch Witch doesn't turn into a materialistic nightmare."
Maybe you're an idiot. How do you think we got Christmas?
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Two microfluidics-based systems, a Bio-Rad Experion and an Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer, are available for the analysis of DNA, RNA, proteins and cells.
The Applied Biosystems AmpFlSTR system is used to screen 15 different small tandem repeat (STR) markers and the Amelogenin locus for gender determination. This service is intended for Human Cell line identification and is for research purposes only. These STR markers include those genotyped by the ATCC.
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Promoter (Human Promoter 1.0R Array) and tiling (various organisms) arrays available on our Affymetrix GeneChip system can be used for transcriptome mapping as well as in discovering sites of DNA- protein interaction (ChIP-chip), of DNA methylation (MeDIP-chip), and of sensitivity to DNase (DNase Chip).


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WHS Adoptable Animals
The Wisconsin Humane Society (WHS) is a private, nonprofit organization whose mission is to build a community where people value animals and treat them with respect and kindness. For more than 128 years, WHS has been saving the lives of animals in need. We offer adoption services that place 9,000 animals in new homes annually, veterinary services that save thousands of lives, educational programs that instill respect for animals, behavior services to assist guardians and a myriad of other initiatives that help end suffering for animals. We depend entirely on private donations to fund our programs and rely on volunteers in nearly every department. If you are interested in adopting, volunteering, enrolling in a class, taking a tour or making a donation, check out our comprehensive web site at wihumane.org. The adoptable animals' web pages are updated every 30 minutes!
Shelter Dog Joins MPD!
The Wisconsin Humane Society is thrilled to announce the acceptance of one of the shelter dogs into the Milwaukee Police Department's Vice Control Division's Drug Detection Canine Program. Dozer, a 1-year-old yellow Labrador Retriever, was chosen for training after passing aptitude and medical tests.
Detective Glen Bishop recently contacted Natalie Zielinski, WHS behavior manager, about his quest to find a dog to work in law enforcement. A rather exuberant, intelligent canine came to Zielinski's attention and she suspected that the lab might excel in police work. Curious, confident, highly motivated and eager to learn, this smart dog fit the ideal profile.
"We have assisted the police department in finding good matches for their program in the past," Zielinski said. "For the right dog, this opportunity is ideal. I can't imagine a better placement for a dog like Dozer, who really needs a job, in addition to a loving guardian. We're so excited for him."
Like all dogs available for adoption at the Wisconsin Humane Society, Dozer was neutered, microchipped, vaccinated and tested for heartworm disease.
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Penelope and Javier are already parents to 2-year-old Leo Encinas Bardem, born in January 2011.
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Community and social computing
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In the mix of the travel and other things, I'd almost forgotten about this dW podcast interview I did earlier this month. Scott and I talk about the online communities course in this interview.
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Upgrading the Managing Online Communities course
We'll be upgrading the Managing online commuities course next semester. The last I heard, the new course number will be MIS 424/524. This means that it will be a both undergrad (senior) & grad level course. Partially it is administrivia: grad students and professionals want to take it and can't do that as a 300-level (junior) course. Next semester, you don't have to be a degree-seeking student to register for this course, but yes, it is still local (rather than an online course) and a full semester long.
To go with that we will need to revise some of the cirriculum as well as add additional work appropriate for graduate level students. Unfortunately, I have not had much time to think about that and may not have it done before I leave on vacation in two weeks. I guess I get to take my laptop along and work a little over the holidays.
One of the regular assignments we have is analysis of news articles and papers on Web 2.0 and social projects and sites, and a presentation to the class. This semester has been more freeform to see what students will come across. For the grad level, I think we will need them to provide greater insight into the site they review: what is their business model/how do they make money or pay for it; how do they attract/retain visitors; how do they reward members; etc.
The final project also needs to start much earlier to give our students more time to complete the work. Apparently there was some confusion on what they were supposed to do. Also the selection of tools at their disposal were not sufficiently varied. We'll try and look for more tools per my previous note.
We like the aspect of interfacing with high schools, but we may need to expand to more schools to have a larger user base. The complication is that each trip to the high school has some overhead involved for both parties; the high school computers have firewalls/filters for some sites which are relevant; they may not be adequately equipped for enough students; high school classes may have a lot of movement (people come in and out of class often). A better way would be to bus the high school students to a controlled environment like the Hoffman ecommerce lab at UAMIS.
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Managing Online Communities course on local ABC TV
The local ABC affiliate in Tucson (KGUN9) came by on Monday and recorded our Managing Online Communities class. Our students were presenting their final project concepts at Howenstine High school at the time, so you won't see me in it. The video shows some of the students presenting as well as the high school students participating. They interviewed one of the high school students, their teacher and the UAMIS teacher, Andrea Winkle, talking about the event.
It was a little chaotic from the students presentations' perspective: power was out for half the workstations and they were trying to fix it in the middle of class; the media crew and later the photographer (hired by the University) were all around; the high school Internet access blocked some of the sites that our students built their project on; and people just kept coming in and leaving for random reasons. Anyway, I still think it was successful but we may need to rethink the format a little and perhaps the tools our students can use.
Their final project requires them to create and build a concept for what their audience may want to use out of any combination of Web 2.0 tools they want. Some of our students are more technical than others so some actually wrote the software, while others used the service apps we had or on other sites. We can't show the projects until our students are done with it but I can describe some of them:
I think next semester we need to pick out a selection of free resources they can build their project on. From the Web 2.0 Summit, I added to my list of such resources that let you build your own social network on their service: Ning.com, GoingOn.com, Xing.com, netvibes's ecosystems, ITtoolbox.com.
I'll keep looking for more; we want to offer people a number of different options so they can work on innovative ideas. Again, this is not a programming class, and we don't expect that they'll build one of their own or modify these extensively, but you never know what will happen.
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SOA Compass in Russian and Japanese
Our SOA Compass book is out in Russian and in Japanese, on different international book vendor sites. These were translations done from our own English version and released just recently. Norbert from our author team, indicated that they tried to translate the meaning of the title rather than a literal translation. Our names are also translated phoenetically according to Norbert's wife who learned Russian in school.
Now if I can only figure out the web site enough to purchase a few copies for myself... Can anyone translate?
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Tim Berners-Lee initiates "Web Science" academic research
According to a recent New York Times article, Tim Berners-Lee is partnering with MIT and the Univ of Southampton (UK) to launch their Web Science Research Initiative. I don't have much more information than that but it sounds like a graduate level research space into a more modern version of social networking analysis. The key people are Berners-Lee, Wendy Hall (head of School of Electronics and CS at U of Southampton), Nigel Shadbot (prof of AI, Univ of Southampton), and Daniel Weitzner (principal research scientist at MIT).
Quote from the release:
Commenting on the new initiative, Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of theWorld Wide Web and a founding director of WSRI, said, "As the webcelebrates its first decade of widespread use, we still knowsurprisingly little about how it evolved, and we have only scratchedthe surface of what could be realized with deeper scientificinvestigation into its design, operation and impact on society.
"The Web Science Research Initiative will allow researchers to take theweb seriously as an object of scientific inquiry, with the goal ofhelping to foster the web's growth and fulfill its great potential as apowerful tool for humanity."
I'm pretty sure the web is already an object of serious scientific and even commercial inquiry, but more effort is always a good thing. In comparison, our undergraduate UAMIS class seems much less conceptual. I'm sure those ideas will eventually trickle down to us too. Social network analysis is a complex enough task, and not a simple topic; i.e., it'd need a full-blown semester to teach.
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CNN's Dobbs, Henry attempted to discredit DeLay prosecutor
Following the House Ethics Committee's October 6 admonishment [1] of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX), CNN host Lou Dobbs and CNN congressional correspondent Ed Henry promoted the spin -- advanced by DeLay -- that Texas District Attorney Ronnie Earle's September 21 indictments [2] of three top DeLay aides may be politically motivated. But as Media Matters for America has documented [3], Earle's record contradicts charges of partisan motivations.
On the October 7 edition of CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight, host Dobbs said to Henry: "I think it's incumbent upon us as well, Ed, to point out that the prosecutor in Houston [Earle] is a Democrat." Henry agreed with Dobbs, adding: "[H]e [Earle] went after Republican Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) several years ago, and that case fell apart."
The professed need of Dobbs and Henry to point that out about Earle did not extend to a sense of obligation to note, as a March 17* [4] editorial [5] in the Houston Chronicle did: "During his long tenure, Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle has prosecuted many more Democratic officials than Republicans. The record does not support allegations that Earle is prone to partisan witch hunts." This assertion supports Earle's own claim about his record. From a March 6 article in the El Paso Times: "Earle says local prosecution is fundamental and points out that 11 of the 15 politicians he has prosecuted over the years were Democrats."
Henry's statement that Earle "went after Hutchison" but that the case "fell apart" echoed the charges of a September 24 Wall Street Journal editorial attack [6] on Earle. The Journal's case against Earle's integrity and motives relied entirely on his unsuccessful prosecution of Hutchison in 1993. But MMFA cited several examples [3], which the Journal ignored, of Earle prosecuting Democratic officials; these include his 1983 indictment of then-Texas Attorney General Jim Mattox, who later opposed Hutchison in her 1994 Senate reelection campaign.
From the October 7 edition of CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight:
DOBBS: I think when we say "could," we also have to say that he could also be exonerated, and I think it's incumbent upon us as well, Ed, to point out that the prosecutor in Houston is a Democrat.
HENRY: That's right, and he went after Republican Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison several years ago, and that case fell apart.
This item originally indicated that the Houston Chronicle editorial was from June 17, 2004, and linked to a website providing the full text of the editorial but another incorrect date, March 17, 2003. In fact, the editorial was written on March 17, 2004.
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ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 316, May 20, 2005
- ARSC Summer tours: Wednesdays at 1 pm
- "First Friday" Art Walk to include ARSC DLab
- Gnu Make, Part III of III
- Specifying Projects in Loadleveler Scripts
- German Shephard Bite Increases Capacity of Compact Flash Disk
- Quick Tip
ARSC Summer tours: Wednesdays at 1 pm
ARSC Summer Tours start on June 1st. They are schedulded for every Wednesday at 1pm, June 1 - Aug 31.
If you're visiting Fairbanks this summer, you might add us to your list of destinations. If you live here, wait for a rainy day and bring your family!
The tours are actually "virtual tours", held in the Discovery Lab (which is in the Rasmusen Library). For more information:
"First Friday" Art Walk to include ARSC DLab
As in communities around the country, many Fairbanks art galleries and museums stay open after-hours the first Friday of every month. Instead of "bar hopping," art lovers "gallery hop."
You may add ARSC's Discovery Lab to your list of "galleries," the first Friday in June to experience the latest in 3D immersive computer art and music.
First Friday Art Walk Miho Aoki, ARSC/Art Joint Appointee Bill Brody, ARSC Visualization Specialist 5-8 p.m. Friday, June 3, 2005 375C Rasmuson ARSC Discovery Lab
Gnu Make, Part III of III
[ Many thanks to Kate Hedstrom for the culmination of the gmake series.]
In our journey with make, one friend sent me to this web site:
It contains Paul Smith's Rules of Makefiles. He also has these web pages:
http://make.paulandlesley.org/vpath.html http://make.paulandlesley.org/multi-arch.html
Last time we covered using conditionals and include files to clean up our Makefile. So far we have been assuming that everything is in one directory. Over time, our code has grown to encompass over a hundred source files. This was getting unwieldy, so the time has finally come to put things in subdirectories. As in many things, there's more than one way to do it. Some of the choices include:
- recursive versus nonrecursive make?
- the destination of object files: in the source directories, the top directory, or into a build directory?
We have chosen to go with nonrecursive make (for discussion, see http://aegis.sourceforge.net/auug97.pdf) and to honor Paul's third rule--life is simpler if the objects go into the current (top) directory.
Some Details
The top directory has the master Makefile, which includes Makefile instructions from each subdirectory, in files called Module.mk. The top Makefile starts with an empty list of sources. In each subdirectory, we find local sources by simply listing all the .F files and appending this to the master list:
in Makefile:
sources := include somedir/Module.mk
in somedir/Module.mk:
local_src := $(wildcard $(subdirectory)/*.F) sources += $(local_src)
Here, we are using the wildcard function to search the subdirectory for it's local sources. Each subdirectory resets the local_src variable, but that's OK because we're saving the values in the global sources variable. The other sneaky thing here is the user-defined subdirectory function, from the book Managing Projects with Gnu Make by Robert Mecklenburg:
subdirectory = $(patsubst %/Module.mk,%, \ $(word $(words $(MAKEFILE_LIST)),$(MAKEFILE_LIST)))
This does the right thing to figure out which subdirectory we are in from make's internal list of the Makefiles it is parsing. It depends on all the subdirectory include files being called Module.mk.
Library Details
The directory structure we are using has the top directory, an include directory, several directories which contain sources for libraries, and the directory for the main program. There is also a directory for the compiler-specific Makefile components, which we talked about last time.
Here is a complete example of a library Makefile component:
local_lib := libNLM.a local_src := $(wildcard $(subdirectory)/*.F) path_srcs += $(local_src) local_src := $(patsubst $(subdirectory)/%.F,%.F,$(local_src)) local_objs := $(subst .F,.o,$(local_src)) libraries += $(local_lib) sources += $(local_src) $(local_lib): $(local_objs) $(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $@ $^
The only thing that changes from one to the next is the name of the library to build. I'm actually keeping track of the sources with and without the subdirectory part of their name. The objects will go into the top directory, so they shouldn't have the directory in their list. I only need the path_srcs for creating the dependency information; make itself knows to look in the directories because of a vpath command. We are also updating a libraries variable, adding the local library to the global list.
Main Program
The main program is in a directory called Drivers and its Module.mk is similar to the library one:
local_src := $(wildcard $(subdirectory)/*.F) path_srcs += $(local_src) local_src := $(patsubst $(subdirectory)/%.F,%.F,$(local_src)) local_objs := $(subst .F,.o,$(local_src)) sources += $(local_src) $(BIN): $(libraries) $(local_objs) $(LD) $(FFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(local_objs) -o $@ $(libraries) $(LIBS)
Instead of a rule for building a library, we have a rule for building a binary. In this case, the name of the binary depends on if it's parallel or not and is defined elsewhere. The binary depends on the libraries getting compiled first, as well as the local sources. During the link, the $(libraries) are compiled from the sources in the other directories, while $(LIBS) are exteral libraries such as NetCDF and mpich.
Top Level Makefile
Now we get to the glue that holds it all together.
First, initialize some of the global lists (Note that, depending on your build process, you may not want to copy this clean_list, which includes "*.f90"! ):
#------------------------- # Initialize some things: #------------------------- clean_list := core *.o *.mod *.f90 lib*.a sources := path_srcs := libraries := objects = $(subst .F,.o,$(sources)
Second, define the subdirectory function (as presented above):
subdirectory = $(patsubst %/Module.mk,%, \ $(word \ $(words $(MAKEFILE_LIST)),$(MAKEFILE_LIST)))
Third, as discussed in the previous issue, add the user-defined switches and the compiler-dependent includes. Then we have the pattern rules we described in Part I. Finally we get to the meat of the includes:
.PHONY: all all: $(BIN) modules := Adjoint Ice Modules Nonlinear Representer \ Support Tangent Utility Drivers includes := Include Adjoint Nonlinear Tangent Drivers vpath %.F $(modules) vpath %.h $(includes) include $(addsuffix /Module.mk,$(modules)) CPPFLAGS += $(patsubst %,-I%,$(includes)) .PHONY: clean clean: $(RM) $(clean_list) $(BIN)
"all" is the first target that gets seen by make, making it the default target. In this case, we know there is only the one binary, whose name we know - the book shows how to do more than one binary. The modules are the list of subdirectories containing a Module.mk we need to include. "clean" is the target that removes all the cruft we don't want to keep. Both "all" and "clean" are phony targets in that no files of those names get generated - make has the .PHONY designation for such targets.Conclusion
I've presented bits of a make system that works for us in a portable, parallel ocean circulation model written in Fortran. I've probably glossed over things - feel free to contact me for details or clarifications. The Gnu make book has more of a Java slant, plus presents a Makefile for making the book itself.
Specifying Projects in Loadleveler Scripts
ARSC has recently made some changes to the way in which projects are specified in Loadleveler scripts on iceberg and iceflyer. This change allows the Loadleveler keyword "account_no" to be used to specify which project the CPU hours for a job should be charged against. If no "account_no" keyword is specified in a job script, the account number will default to the user's primary project (i.e. primary group).
The syntax is as follows: # @ account_no = projecta
(Note: the "account_no" keyword must appear above the "queue" keyword in the Loadleveler job script.)
Each project is assigned a Unix group when the project is created. The "groups" command will show your available projects and, for some users, additional Unix groups which are not associated with a project. You may only charge against a group name associated with a project, and not against any of the non-project Unix groups.
E.g.: iceberg2 1% groups projecta projectb projectc thrdprty
In this case, the user could run jobs under any of the first three groups, but not under "thrdprty," which might be a Unix permission group designed to restrict access to some hird-party software product.
Call ARSC consulting (907-450-8602) if you're not sure which groups are associated with projects or if this raises any other questions.
German Shephard Bite Increases Capacity of Compact Flash Disk
ARSC staff member Carol Falcetta discovered that a quick bite from her black shephard, Phoenix, to a compact flash disk increased it's capacity from 256 MB to 2 TB... as reported by Macintosh peripherals.
Unfortunately, the canine upgrade technology also rendered the photographs on the disk unreadable, and the disk, unformattable.
Quick-Tip Q & A
A: [[ I am using Loadleveler and want to get the number of nodes and [[ processors that my job requests to set two environment [[ variables: NODES and PROCS. After some searching, I found that [[ LoadLeveler sets the environment variable LOADL_PROCESSOR_LIST [[ when my job is run. This lists the node that each task is [[ running on. Below is an example of what I got when running a 9 [[ task, 3 node job. [[ [[ LOADL_PROCESSOR_LIST=b7n1 b7n1 b7n1 b7n4 b7n4 b7n4 b7n2 b7n2 b7n2 [[ [[ There must be a way to get the information I want from this [[ list. Can you help me figure out a way to set the value of NODES [[ and PROCS from the value of this environment variable? # # Thanks to Derek Bastille of ARSC for a straight forward Korn shell # solution. # In ksh, I can get those values by doing: PROCS=`echo $LOADL_PROCESSOR_LIST tr ' ' '\n' wc -l` NODES=`echo $LOADL_PROCESSOR_LIST tr ' ' '\n' sort uniq wc -l` # # Thanks to Alan Wallcraft for csh variants and a reminder about the # finite length of environment variables. # If you just wanted the number of processors, the following 1-liner will do (C-shell): setenv PROCS `echo $LOADL_PROCESSOR_LIST wc -w` For the number of nodes as well, use: echo $LOADL_PROCESSOR_LIST xargs -n 1 >! list_$$ setenv PROCS `cat list_$$ wc -l` setenv NODES `sort -u list_$$ wc -l` /bin/rm list_$$ The first line produces a file with one node-name per line and one line per processor. If we can guarantee that all references to a single node are consecutive, then sort -u could be replaced by uniq but sort with the unique option is safer. Note that LOADL_PROCESSOR_LIST can fail to include all processors if the list of processors is too long to be stored as a string in an environment variable. The maximum number of processors that can be handled by LOADL_PROCESSOR_LIST depends on the length of the node names. In this example they are very short, but at other sites I have seen fully qualified domain names in LOADL_PROCESSOR_LIST and this severely limits the usefulness of LOADL_PROCESSOR_LIST. # # And last but not least thanks to Jesse Niles for an obnoxious # one-liner which sets both PROCS and NODES. # It ain't pretty, but it seems to work (only in sh/ksh/bash): $(echo $LOADL_PROCESSOR_LIST awk '/ /{ print "export PROCS="NF""; system("echo \"export NODES\=\\c\"; echo "$0" tr \" \" \"\\n\" uniq wc -l sed -e \"s/[[:space:]]//g\""); }') Q: I always keep two terminal windows open to klondike (or whatever remote system I'm using). Are there any tricks for exchanging information between the two windows? For instance, I may type a command in one session, but want the same thing to happen in both sessions. E.g., "module switch PrgEnv PrgEnv.new" or "cd ~/blah/blah/blah". Or I may want to pass an environment variable between sessions. Yes, I know how to "cut" and "paste" between windows using the so-called "clipboard"... but it's a pain in the guru. Any other solutions?
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Senior midfielder Maria Kotas and junior attacker Tori Quinn have each earned IWLCA All-Regional honors, the organization announced on Monday.
Kotas was named to the IWLCA West Region First Team, marking the first player in program history to receive such honor. Quinn was named to the IWLCA West Region Second Team for the second straight season – the first player in program history to make an All-Regional team two times.
Kotas posted 81 points during her senior campaign on 56 goals and 25 assists, which set the single-season record for points. The Lancaster, N.Y. native also collected 67 ground balls, which also tied the program's season record, caused 53 turnovers and won 79 draw controls. The 2014 MAAC Midfielder of the Year, Kotas also was named to the MAAC All-Tournament Team for the fourth time, becoming the first player in league history to do so and was named MAAC Tournament MVP for the second-straight season.
She finished her career last Friday in the Griffs' NCAA Tournament loss to Penn tied for second in Canisius history with 200 career points and second in ground balls (183), draw controls (192) and caused turnovers (117).
Quinn, who previously owned the school record for points in a season with 79, finished her junior campaign with 71 points. Quinn now owns two of the top-five point producing seasons in Canisius history.
The Orangeville, Ont. native was named MAAC Offensive Player of the Year for the second year in a row, with 47 goals and 24 assists during her junior season. She also picked up 29 ground balls, won 16 draw controls and caused 23 turnovers.
Quinn currently has 114 career goals, and became the second-fastest player in school history to reach the century mark in the Griffs' win over Manhattan on April 12.
By making the All-Regional teams, Kotas and Quinn are now eligible for inclusion on the IWLCA All-American teams, which will be announced on Monday, May 19.


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Refrigerator magnets and other magnetic toys can provide a fun, educational experience for many young children. However, loose magnets and magnetic toys designed for adults can cause serious injuries and lifelong impacts for children and teens.In 2008, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) was successful in advocating for new Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) safety standards for children's products and toys that contain magnets. These new standards help keep children safe by ensuring that magnets in children's products will not fall out or become dislodged. This decreases the risk of loose magnets being swallowed by young children. Unfortunately, the new safety standards only apply to children's products. Many magnets are found in products designed for adult use. Recently, children have been injured as a result of swallowing small, round magnets marketed as "stress relief" desk toys for adults.
If your child has swallowed a magnet and/or been injured by a magnetic product, you can report that injury to the CPSC, the federal agency tasked with ensuring children's toys and other consumer products are safe.The CPSC has an online database for parents and the general public to report dangerous products and injuries related to consumer products directly to the agency. Anyone can visit SaferProducts.gov to report injuries related to magnet ingestions or other products directly to the CPSC. The site requests, but does not require, the injured victim's information. The CPSC must publicly disclose accident or investigation reports, but does not include identifying information for any injured individual or the person reporting the incident. If further information is necessary, the CPSC will contact the reporting individual directly, but such contact information is not shared with others.
Stronger regulatory action to remove dangerous magnets and magnetic products from the marketplace may depend on the CPSC receiving reports of injuries associated with these products. Parents and others who witness magnet-related injuries are encouraged to report the incidents to the CPSC.


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