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hey guys, these are a few airsoft bb pistols that I found. It seems that they would make good templates for modification into blaster style Star Wars guns.....they are on my computer so they are attatched. Let me know what you guys think....
hey guys, these are a few airsoft bb pistols that I found. It seems that they would make good templates for modification into blaster style Star Wars guns.....they are on my computer so they are attatched. Let me know what you guys think....
I like the second and third ones.
if anyone cares, the second and third guns are from a website called UNcompany.com, and are found by clicking "pistols" then "Kokusai". They are about 100 dollars. The others are from ShortyUSA.com, under the heading "gas guns". They are all roughly 100-150 dollars.
I'd try looking for 'em on Ebay; I found the gun from the first picture on Ebay for about 15$. And it does seem to have potential for Fett-purposes..
Well, the two last pictures are of the Mauser C96, and I believe that is actually what Han Solo carries - though slightly modified. So for that, you've made an excellent finding
yeah its the mauser c96 and the "rifle" variant of it.....
there are also a couple of nerf guns with a little sanding (to get rid of the big NERF word) and some paint make great custom weapons
This reminds me when I asked advice on my ROTJ blaster's weathering... I did mine around working airsoft pistol, and got a little heat from members here about the 'working weapon that shoots' part. If you build one with these, be extra careful when handling them...
the third one down looks like it could be a good base for an EP1 assention gun.
The top one is some sort of rifle variation of the Ruger Mk1 (the gun that Greedo carries).
The last two are M712 Mausers - similar to the standard 1896 broomhandles used in the original trilogy. There was an M712 in Episode I.
I've been wanting to try and adapt the below air pistol into my version of a Verpine sniper rifle-without hacking it up, although I'm sure that's a stretch...Any thoughts on what (if anything) it could be made into?
try an esb side arm for that sucker instead! awesome pistol man
i found while some air soft guns look great, you can tell when they used to be airsoft guns
but some of those look very interesting!
Hey, I remember those bb guns. I had one, when I was younger. It would indeed make a good base for an ESB sidearm
#2 & 3 definitely have that Hammerli / Pardini look about them
[Dude you need to go to www.Wookiepedia.com go to the search bar and type in DL 18 blaster pistol.
seen this one awhile back and thought it would be a good gun for a conversion to an EE3 or one very similar to it
post of the living thread! lol, necro-posting for fun and profit. but this is kinda cool, that mauser rifle variant just got the gears in my head spinning.


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If a modern revolver is fully cocked, or if its hammer is down due to a trigger pull, its cylinder should remain locked in place and should not be able to rotate.
The possible causes of improper rotation might be:
• Bad timing, in that the cylinder locking bolt rises in the wrong place, or at the wrong time, to allow it to rise into and secure the appropriate cylinder notch,
• Weak locking-bolt spring, which allows the bolt to be displaced out of its notch by movement of the cylinder of any kind,
• Oversize (or even undersize) locking bolt, which keeps the bolt from securely remaining within its appropriate notch, or
• A locking bolt with rounded edges (that are supposed to be sharp), allowing it to be forced out of the notch by cylinder rotation.
In any case, the revolver is defective and at least potentially unsafe. If it is within warranty, Taurus should repair it at no charge. Contact them for instructions.
If it is out of warranty, a good pistolsmith can repair it, but the job may be expensive.
What say you, Eli: Am I on the right track? I believe that you know more about revolvers than I do, so please chime in.


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A man has told a Sydney court he heard "deranged" and "incomprehensible" screaming before he saw a shirtless man throw an object off the balcony of The Hyde apartment building the morning Lisa Cecilia Harnum fell to her death.
Simon Gittany, 39, has pleaded not guilty to the murder of his fiancée, Ms Harnum, by causing her to fall from the couple's 15th storey rented apartment in the luxury building on Liverpool Street in Sydney's CBD on the morning of July 30, 2011.
At Mr Gittany's committal hearing on Tuesday, witness Josh Rathmell said he was walking through Hyde Park that morning when he heard screaming and looked up at the apartment building.
"The best way I could [describe the screaming] would be emotional and deranged," Mr Rathmell told Downing Centre Local Court, via audio-visual link from New York.
"I believed it to be a male voice. It was deranged, it was incomprehensible."
Mr Rathmell said when he looked up at the building he saw a man throw a black object over the balcony.
"I saw a white male, I believe he had his shirt off, and my very first impression was this white male ... [had] something I could only guess at the time to be a black duffle bag or luggage.
"I believe I saw him in a rapid movement unload and move back."
He said the "unloading" motion and the man returning to the apartment was "one swift movement".
Mr Rathmell said he heard "two crashing sounds", and when he got closer to Liverpool Street, he saw people rushing towards the outside of the apartment.
"I started coming to the conclusion it's not a black object, but it was in fact a human being."
As he stood near Museum station, Mr Rathmell said he saw people trying to revive what he now realised was the body of a female.
He then saw a man, wearing a white shirt and striped pyjama pants, who he believed to be the man he'd seen on the balcony, approach the woman's body.
"I observed him openly mourning, obviously very shocked as he walked straight towards the body. He had his hands over his face.
"He then approached the body and knelt down beside it and engaged in conversation with people around him."
Mr Rathmell agreed with Mr Gittany's barrister, Anthony Bellanto QC, that he originally told police he was 50 metres away when he saw the incident, but told the hearing he was about 60 or 70 metres away.
"You agree first of all that there's an inconsistency about what you said in your statement ... about the distance you were away and what you said today," Mr Bellanto asked.
Mr Rathmell said: "That's correct. I've never been told exactly how far I was standing. All I can go off is just an approximate guess."
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[EDIT] This may belong in the Cargo Hold, but since I'm not selling them, I automatically put it here.:facepalm Actually, I MEANT to put it in the Soft Parts section. Shows you how much I'm paying attention.
I bought two of these Balaclavas for Trooping. They're $8, and fit into an ammo pouch! Black, super thin like nylon stockings, and very breathable. You can see through it, but for under helmets....it's GREAT. No pasty chins showing under your bucket!:lol
I also got the fleece ones from Cheaperthandirt, but they're for colder weather.


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HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — Sixth-ranked North Carolina scored the last 11 goals of the game, including a 10-0 margin in the second half, to defeat Hofstra 14-5 Saturday night in front of 5,345 fans at James M. Shuart Stadium.
Senior attackman Marcus Holman had three goals and four assists in the game to move into second place all-time in both career goals and career points at UNC as Carolina won for the sixth straight time, improving to 9-3 on the campaign. The Pride fell to 7-5 on the season as Carolina has now won the last four games in the series against Hofstra after Hofstra had won six of the first seven meetings between the two teams.
Carolina trailed twice by two goals in the first half but held the Pride scoreless for the last 34:38 of the game as freshman goalkeeper Kieran Burke continued his hot play in the cage. Burke finished with 12 saves while allowing five goals, a 70.5 save percentage. In the past six games, he has made 88 saves, while allowing only 47 goals (.651). He also equaled his career high with seven ground balls in the win over the Pride.
Hofstra did not score against Burke or his backup Bradley Dunn after Lance Yapor scored off an assist by Adrian Sorichetti with 4:38 to play in the first half. That goal put Hofstra up 5-3 but Burke saved all eight shots on goal against him in the second half before yielding to the walk-on Dunn with 3:12 to play in the game.
Offensively, Marcus Holman had his usual workmanlike effort for UNC. When he scored with 7:11 left in the first quarter, it was not only the first goal of his 16th career hat trick, it also marked the 27th successive game in which he has scored a goal. That ties the school record for consecutive games with a goal set by attackman Mac Ford in the mid 1980s. Holman can break the record next Friday when UNC plays High Point on Senior Night.
Holman's three goals give him 114 for his career. He passed both Ford and Jed Prossner on Saturday night and now ranks second in UNC history behind only Bert Fett, who scored 128 goals from 1972-75. Holman's seven points pushed his career total to 193 for his career. He passed John Webster, Dennis Goldstein, Michael Burnett and Bert Fett on the all-time points list in the game and now trails only Bruce Ledwith (1970-73) who had 204 points in his career. His four assists give him 79 for his career and he is now tied with John Webster (1990-93) for fifth place all-time at UNC.
While Holman had a game in which his historical numbers caught the headlines, it was a total team effort on the offensive end. The Tar Heels had nine different goal scorers and were able to exploit some one-on-one matchups as Carolina tallied nine of their 14 goals unassisted. Chad Tutton had a hat trick, the fifth of his career, while Joey Sankey had two goals and an assist. Jimmy Bitter, Davey Emala, Steve Pontrello, Ryan Creighton, Spencer Parks and Patrick Kelly each scored goals for the Tar Heels. Lance Yapor had two goals for the Pride while Adrian Sorichetti and Sam Llinares each had a goal and an assist for Hofstra.
R.G. Keenan had a stellar game at the X for Carolina, winning 12 of 20 face-offs and earning a game-high eight ground balls. Senior defenseman Kieran McDonald matched his career high for ground balls in a game as he had seven. Overall, UNC had a 37-27 edge in ground balls. Carolina outshot the Pride 48-28, including a 17-5 edge in the third quarter when UNC went on a 7-0 scoring run. As a team, UNC finished with 13 saves while sophomore goalkeeper Chris Selva had 17 saves for Hofstra. UNC won 13 of 22 face-offs overall. Hofstra had 12 turnovers in the game while Carolina had 10, including seven in the fourth quarter after committing only three in the first 45 minutes of the match. UNC went 3 for 6 on the extra-man while Hofstra finished 1 for 3.
Hofstra opened the scoring with 4:58 elapsed as Sam Llinares tallied off an assist from Tyler Johnston. On the play, UNC defensive midfielder Greg McBride sustained a right leg injury and did not return to action as Ryan Creighton, Mark McNeill and Jake Matthai combined to take extra runs the remainder of the contest. Less than two minutes later Hofstra made it 2-0 on an unassisted goal by Lance Yapor. The Tar Heels faced an early two-goal deficit against the team leading the nation in scoring defense at 6.36 goals per game. The Tar Heels did not flinch as Marcus Holman scored at 7:11 to cut the deficit to one and then fed Spencer Parks for some high heat at 5:38 of the quarter for a tie game.
Neither team scored the remainder of the first quarter but the Pride regained the lead as Adrian Sorichetti scored over Burke's left shoulder at 13:22 of the second quarter, assisted by Llinares. Hofstra then killed a penalty before Tutton tallied on an under-handed shovel shot from five yards out to tie the game with 9:28 left before halftime. Carolina had another EMO chance but again Hofstra denied the Tar Heels and then capitalized when Drew Coholan scored an unassisted goal at 6:32 to regain the lead. Less than two minutes later, with Marcus Holman serving a penalty for a push against HU goalie Selva, the Pride made it 5-3 with an EMO goal by Yapor, assisted by Sorichetti, at 4:38. From then on, the Tar Heels pitched a shutout.
Tutton scored his second goal of the game on an outside bounce shot with 4:13 left in the quarter and then the Tar Heels survived a Hofstra EMO after a slashing call against Ryan Kilpatrick, keeping the deficit a single goal at halftime.
After Evan Connell was called for pushing with five seconds left in the first half, the Pride started the second half a man up for 25 seconds and with possession. It was the first halftime deficit UNC had faced since the Duke game on March 13 and was similar to the last two meetings with Hofstra. In both games, UNC trailed at the half by a goal but came back to win with strong second half efforts.
That scenario played out again Saturday night. The Tar Heels killed off the penalty and then dominated the third quarter in every aspect. Ryan Creighton tied the game on a nifty goal on a wrap around at 13:26 before freshman Steve Pontrello gave the Tar Heels the lead for good on an outside bounce shot at 12:43 of the third period.
The lead grew to two as Tutton scored on a bounce shot off an assist by Holman on the extra-man at 9:24. Holman went low to high from in close at 7:31 for a three-goal cushion and then Davey Emala scored an unassisted goal at 6:03 to force a Hofstra timeout. The Heels added to their lead with a timer-on goal by Sankey at 3:54 and then another goal by the Philadelphian off an assist by Holman with 16 seconds left in the period. That extra-man goal was Sankey's 30th goal of the season and Holman's 29th assist.
UNC added three more goals in the fourth quarter. Jimmy Bitter scored an unassisted goal from the left side at 8:53. Holman then scored his 30th goal of the campaign, another EMO goal, assisted by Sankey at 6:42. UNC finished off the scoring with freshman Patrick Kelly scoring off an assist by Holman, his 30th of the year, at 5:07.
Sankey and Holman both joined the 30-goal club on Saturday and Holman's 30 assists equal the eighth most in a season in UNC history. His 60 points mark only the 11th time a Carolina player has reached that plateau in a single campaign.
Carolina held Hofstra without a goal in the second half, the first time UNC has held
Burke exited the game with 3:12 to play as junior Bradley Dunn came on in the cage. A former member of the UNC club team, Dunn was added to the roster after March 26 after injuries sidelined Andrew O'Connell, Steven Rastivo and Duncan Saunders. The Sapphire, N.C. native has been the only backup to Burke for the last four games. He earned his first playing time of his career and his save on a shot by Aaron Jones with 1:51 to play set off the biggest celebration of the night on the Carolina sidelines.
The Tar Heels will be back in action again next Friday when they play host to the High Point Panthers at Fetzer Field at 7 p.m. The game will mark the final regular-season home game for eight UNC senior players.


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Friends of Stark Park in Manchester honored for preservation work
By DOUG ALDEN
New Hampshire Union Leader | August 17. 2014 10:03PM
Stephen Savio and the Sea Breeze Band performed at the Stark Park concert series on Sunday. (Doug Alden/Union Leader)
Board member Patricia Howard, former president of the group, proudly displayed the award before joining friends seated in lawn chairs just south of the bandstand.
The structure, built in 2009, and concert series are both part of Friends of Stark Park's efforts since it formed 10 years ago when a group of neighbors decided to take back the park and restore dignity to the property that includes the family gravesite of American Revolution Gen. John Stark.
The Friends' latest effort was upgrading the Stark family burial plot, which was showing two centuries worth of wear and needed attention. The group raised the money needed to restore wrought iron fencing around the plot where Stark and several family members were laid to rest.
Howard said the celebration of completing the extensive work on the Stark plot will continue with a public ceremony Sept. 14, complete with participants dressed in Revolution-era clothing and music dating to the country's earliest days.
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|Home > Tutorials > Bootstrap > Selecting Results
In the Coding Actions lesson, we created a Logon class that tests for input. In the Selecting Results lesson, we act on the outcome of that test.
After the Action processes a request, a result is selected to provide the response. A result may simply forward to an HTML page, a JavaServer page, a FreeMaker or Velocity template, or the result might construct a PDF or some other complex report (like JasperReports). There may be multiple results available to an action mapping. To indicate which one to select, the Action class returns a name corresponding to the appropriate result.
<action name="Logon" class="tutorial.Logon"> <result type="redirectAction">Menu</result> <result name="input">/Logon.jsp</result> </action>
In the Hello World lesson, our results used the default type,
Dispatcher. The
Dispatcher forwards to another web resource. Other kinds of views can be used by specifying a different result type.
The Logon mapping uses a different return type for "success" (the default result code). The
redirectAction result type takes the name of an Action (as configured in the
struts.xml file) as a parameter, and then issues a client-side redirect to the new action. As a result, the URI on the browser's location bar will change.
As we develop web applications, we often need to make forward references – we need to refer to an action we haven't written yet. For example, in the first part of the lesson, the next step is to open the "Menu" page. If we Logon successfully, there will be no where to go, since "Menu" doesn't exist yet.
One way to work around this problem is to create a stub "Menu" page.
<html> <head><title>Missing Feature</title></head> <body> <p> This feature is under construction. Please try again in the next iteration. </p> </body> </html>
If you are not using wildcards, another way to inject a "missing" page would be to specify a
<default-action-ref> element
If you are building an application page by page, it can be worthwhile to setup a standard "Missing" page, and then include it from your stubs.
<%@ taglib prefix="s" uri="/struts-tags" %> <s:include value="Missing.jsp" />
The framework offers a variety of result types. An Action can select the appropriate result by name, without actually knowing what result type will be rendered.
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By: Faisal Saif
Salman Khan may star with actors Naseeruddin Shah and Tabu in the Hindi remake of the Telugu hit 'Stalin' titled 'Radhe'. Sources have revealed that the two actors are in talks to feature in this film, which will be directed by Salman's brother, Sohail Khan. If you remember, Radhe was the character name from Salman's own blockbuster 'Tere Naam'.
Stalin was 2006 major Telugu money-spinner. The role performed by Salman Khan was originally enacted by telugu mega-star Chiranjeevi. The film is about a Major Stalin who invents a Principal to help others in life. Stalin was loosely based on a Hollywood Film titled 'Pay It Forward' that had Kevin Spacey and Helen Hunt. The Telugu version was directed by 'Ghajini' fame A.R.Murugadoss and it garnered 15 Crores business in it's opening weekend.
Sources also added about Salman Khan personally taking care of all the aspects of this film as he wants to re-boot brother Sohail Khan's career back as a Director. "It was at Salman's insistence that Tabu and Naseer were contacted. Salman felt that the duo could give the film a touch of class." adds the Source.


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After a day off, Ellen Page is back wearing her hat while she hangs out with Kate Mara.
Demi Lovato would like you to know she has been working out.
Anna Faris is in London and going where everyone else there is going. They must be giving out free coke at this place to get all these people. Plus, it would explain why Lindsay Lohan goes every night.
Gisele Bundchen gets in shape to award the World Cup trophy. Better her than some fat, middle aged dude.
Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn on vacation in Greece and papped.
Gabrielle Union out promoting herself.
I can't fault Amber Heard's drink selection. Ice tea and a Cool Lime Refresher. My two drinks of choice during weekday daylight hours prior to 3pm.
Jon Hamm must have been touching the Hammbone.
Jerry and Jessica Seinfeld hang out before
Jessica literally hangs with Kelly Ripa.


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There have been lots of attempts to provide English language training over the internet, with text forums, skype, msn, etc. I would like to know if anybody has used Audio Forums.
YackPack is been implemented experimentally at:
http://loquela-education.net This is a free website offering resources and support for language learners and teachers.
The project has just started so no data back yet. It would be great if we could get some volunteer teachers to join the ELF forum to test out the system?
(I have also posted this in the CALL section, I hope that's ok?)
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List price is like $100 so more than likely that's what the dealer will quote you.
Quote from: t84a on Dec 04, 2012, 09:16:27 AMList price is like $100 so more than likely that's what the dealer will quote you.Plus labor.
It's a conundrum!!! Do I lay out the hard cash for a replacement or do I disassemble the thing and learn something new.The old dudes among us would take it apart to learn the parts and pieces and save some money as well. Whereas the young uns' that don't have the time or inclination will simply go the quickest route and replace the thing, never learning what makes it work.Neither way is wrong, just depends upon your perception of things and your curious nature about what makes your scooter go.
I briefly spoke to the service dealer and he's guessing around $200 total. He said removal of pipes could add to it. Then I have to get it there. He also said he's really busy right now, so it could take up to 10 days before I get it back. This is making me lean to do it myself quite a bit.From the PartsShark diagram it's looking like I need #31, two #33s and a #30. Is this correct?I don't see any mention of crush washers. Where do I get those from?


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so I'm done! Time to start the next part of the costume!
Here's the info if anyone is interested:
Helmet type:Terminal Fettler Cold Cast Aluminum Helmet, helmet no. 1
Paint style: Preproduction ver 2.
Panit method: Combinatino of spray paint and hand painting
Damage: topical
Everything came out nice enough, I think. The only part I goofed up on really was the killstripes. I dunno what I was thinking, but if you look you can see some "damage" where the old stripes were... but I left it there, because whats a few more scratches, right?
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The other day I was giddy on nitrous oxide and genuinely thought my teeth were loose because of course I did.
"Do you remember the last tooth you lost?" I asked my hygienist. It sounded a little more urgent than I wanted it to, so I continued.
"I remember it–I remember thinking 'I guess I'm an adult now.'"
With that we speculated about where I'd be years from now and I gave her Plan A, Plan B and Plan C.
It's funny to think about the things that are supposed to initiate us into the adult world.
I'm almost 100% sure that years from now, under the influence of auld lang syne or a particularly beautiful day, I'll turn to whomever's close and urgently ask: "Do you remember…?" and try to trace the time from there to here.


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ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 223, June 29, 2001
- Yukon Users: Change your NQS Scripts
- Published Work of Newsletter Subscribers
- Fires, Bears, and other Adventures
- Quick Tip
Yukon Users: Change your NQS Scripts
Most yukon users should make a minor change to their NQS scripts. Below is the text of "news noNFS", which explains the situation.
If you forget to add the described "noNFS" attribute to your script, don't worry, nothing terrible will happen. Your jobs will simply lose some potential run-time whenever chilkoot goes down for maintenance.From "news noNFS" on yukon:
Beginning July 1, 2001, all yukon NQS jobs which do NOT require the /allsys or /viztmp filesystems should be modified to include the following qsub option:
#QSUB -la noNFS # Job is not dependent on /allsys or /viztmp
Such jobs will be detected and allowed to continue running, even when chilkoot, which serves /allsys and /viztmp, is taken down. Yukon jobs which access /allsys or /viztmp should not specify "noNFS". Such jobs will be held when chilkoot, and thus /allsys and /viztmp, are down.Background information:
This change is required because DMF for the local yukon filesystems, /u1, /u2, and /tmp, is now independent of DMF on chilkoot. This is an extremely positive development. Yukon can stay up regardless of chilkoot's status; file system and DMF performance have improved, and network traffic reduced, on both systems. However, yukon does still rely on chilkoot for the two shared file systems.NFS file systems
/allsys and /viztmp are two NFS mounted, DMF supported, file systems connected directly to chilkoot, and available from most ARSC systems. For details, see "news viztmp", "news allsys", and
It will benefit many yukon users, those who do not access the NFS filesystem from their batch jobs, to continue running jobs even when chilkoot is down. The "noNFS" mechanism makes this possible without risking jobs which do require the NFS file systems.NQS job attributes
The qsub "-la" option creates a job "attribute," which is simply an informational field, for the job. It has no immediate effect within NQS other than to cause the name of the attribute to appear in the "qstat -f" output for the job. On yukon, the attribute "noNFS" will be detected by ARSC scripts which handle the clean shutdown of chilkoot. Jobs lacking the "noNFS" attribute will be held and released again after chilkoot comes back up.
Published Work of Newsletter Subscribers
[ This is an occasional series, designed to increase collaboration between readers of this newsletter. Whenever you publish research involving high-performance computing let us know. Send us the citation, relevant web sites, abstract, and your e-mail address (if you like), and we'll pass it on. ]
A Unified Framework for Eliminating Redundant Array Subexpressions
Steven J. Deitz Bradford L. Chamberlain Lawrence Snyder
In 15th ACM International Conference on Supercomputing (ICS'01)
- Abstract:
- Array programming languages such as Fortran 90, High Performance Fortran and ZPL are well-suited to scientific computing because they free the scientist from the responsibility of managing burdensome low-level details that complicate programming in languages like C and Fortran 77. However, these burdensome details are critical to performance, thus necessitating aggressive compilation techniques for their optimization. In this paper, we present a new compiler optimization called Array Subexpression Elimination (ASE) that lets a programmer take advantage of the expressibility afforded by array languages and achieve enviable portability and performance. We design a set of micro-benchmarks that model an important class of computations known as stencils and we report on our implementation of this optimization in the context of this micro-benchmark suite. Our results include a 125% improvement on one of these benchmarks and a 50% average speedup across the suite. Also we show a speedup of 32% improvement on the ZPL port of the NAS MG Parallel Benchmark and a 29% speedup over the hand-optimized Fortran version. Further, the compilation time is only negligible affected.
Array Language Support for Parallel Sparse Computation
Bradford L. Chamberlain Lawrence Snyder
In 15th ACM International Conference on Supercomputing (ICS'01)
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- This paper describes an array-based language-level approach to parallel sparse computation. Our approach is unique due to its separation of sparse index sets from arrays, both syntactically and in the implementation. This design allows users to express their computation using dense array syntax, making the code easier for readers to understand and for compilers to parallelize and optimize. This work is done within the context of Advanced ZPL, retaining its crisp syntax and source-level performance model. Our implementation uses a novel sparse storage format that supports general operations such as arbitrary iteration and slicing. We describe how our compiler automatically optimizes this data structure into more compact forms based on the operations required by the program. We demonstrate our approach using the NAS CG and MG benchmarks, comparing our implementations with the original Fortran+MPI versions in terms of clarity and performance. We present performance results on the Cray T3E indicating that our implementation compares favorably to the hand-coded NAS versions in terms of memory requirements and often surpasses them in terms of execution speed.
You can order copies of these papers from the ACM, find them in the ICS proceedings or in the ACM digital library (once they're posted there).
Brad Chamberlain: email@example.com.
Fires, Bears, and other Adventures
In the general-interest category, it's fire season... about 100,000 acres have burned thus far in the Tanana Flats, south of Fairbanks. We had a couple days of bad smoke in town, and some incredible sights of smoke and fire-induced cloud formations.
Also, two of our readers have already had bear encounters this summer.
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William Styron (1925–2006), a native of the Virginia Tidewater, was a graduate of Duke University and a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. His books include Lie Down in Darkness, The Long March, Set This House on Fire, The Confessions of Nat Turner, Sophie's Choice, This Quiet Dust, Darkness Visible, and A Tidewater Morning. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the Howells Medal, the American Book Award, the Légion d'Honneur, and the Witness to Justice Award from the Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation. With his wife, the poet and activist Rose Styron, he lived for most of his adult life in Roxbury, Connecticut, and in Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, where he is buried.


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Gain new perspectives, develop critical thinking skills, improve your research methods and expand your world view through eye-opening historical study. Acquire knowledge that you can apply in a variety of professional settings or build upon in graduate studies.
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With the addition of features and multi-touch gestures first pioneered on the iPhone and iPad, Lion is truly different than any other Mac OS. This handy guide is packed with concise information to help you quickly get started with Lion, whether you're new to the Mac or a longtime user. Once you learn the essentials, you can use this book as a resource for problem-solving on the fly.
Mac OS X Lion Pocket Guide goes right to the heart of Lion, with details on system preferences, built-in applications, and utilities. You'll find configuration tips, keyboard shortcuts, guides for troubleshooting, lots of step-by-step instructions, and many other features—all in an easy-to-read format.
Chris Seibold is an engineer, writer, and cartoonist residing in Knoxville, Tennessee. As an engineer, he has tackled such diverse processes as powder coating and hot dog casing manufacture. As a writer, he has focused on computing and written for a variety of online and traditional media, including serving as Senior Contributing Editor for the Apple Matters web site and contributing hacks to iPod and iTunes Hacks, with a talent for making the complex accessible to the interested but harried user. As a cartoonist, he has produced both cartoon strips and editorials. Chris also managed to spend some time working producing radio shows relating to sports. As soon as he hits television, the trifecta will be complete. Chris lives with his wife, young son, and what is quite possibly the world's dimmest canine. He has a degree in Physics from the University of Tennessee but has yet to find work involving frictionless inclined planes.
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If you have a light weight MacBook or MacBook Air that you can take with you, you do not want to drag along a heavy manual. There are times when you can't remember how to enter a special character, or a needed key command (Chapter 8; Keyboard Commands and Special Characters). There are times when you experience a problem (Chapter 4; Trouble Shooting Mac OS X). There are times when you can't remember a password (Chapter 7: Managing Passwords in Lion). There are times when you need a small light weight pocket guide (Mac OS X Lion Pocket Guide).Mac OS X Lion Pocket Guide begins with a good quick introduction to what is new in Lion, and how to install it, and how to use it. It also includes a chapter on System Preferences. In just a small page and a half it covers the essentials of Mission Control "you're going to love it." Did you know that the symbol on the Command key is the "Place of Interest Symbol?" The more I explored Mac OS X Lion Pocket Guide the more I liked it.
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Well, this is my first review for an O'Reilly book, not the first I've read mind you, but the first I've read with the express purpose of reviewing (in fact it's the first book I've read with that in mind). Having said that I likely would have read this one anyway being a chronic Mac aficionado and a reader of Chris Seibold's blog it was already on my must read list for this fall. I'm happy to say that it didn't disappoint, Chris has delivered a well written, easy read that leaves the indecipherable technical jargon at home while managing to not pander. He presents Lion in a way that a novice user will understand while still including kernels of wisdom a power-user will find handy. The book covers all aspects of Lion, from the features of it's new GUI to Keyboard shortcuts that even as a power-user I didn't know. When I started into the first chapter I was delighted to see the subheading "What Lion Can't Do" and if you read nothing else in the first chapter read this section understanding the limitations of the OS is crucial when deciding whether or not to adopt it right away. For most people the deal breaker when making this decision will be the lack of Rosetta support, there aren't many apps that are in wide use that don't have a Lion (and by definition Intel-native) version; however, if your business is dependent on a piece of software from a company that went bankrupt, or the loss of Burning Monkey Puzzle Lab makes you feel like life just isn't worth living (Freeverse decided to discontinue a whole slew of games rather than port them to Intel) you might want to wait on upgrading to Lion. I'm glad Chris included this section, and it's a big step towards separating the first chapter from Apple's Lion Keynote. Another point I personally hadn't considered, but that will make a big difference to my workflow, is the combination of Full Screen apps with multiple monitors. I had no idea that when using a full screen app in a multiple monitor setup that the secondary monitor(s) would show "a static, gray linen screen". The further I read, the more I encountered situations I hadn't thought of, great tips to make adopting Lion easier, and a solid grounding in the basics of OS 10.7. The book also lists some handy troubleshooting tips for common issues that can occur with your Mac (gasp! Macs can have issues!?!) like what to do when a hard drive starts making clunky noises, or how to quit an app that's misbehaving. This all adds up to a worthwhile read regardless of skill level, and a must read for anyone who is planning to make the move to Lion.
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Mac OS X Lion Pocket Guide by Chris Seibold is one of those handly small books that O'Reilly does so well. In this case, we have a concise, but thorough, look at the key features and facets of Apple's latest operating system and how it changes the way in which we interact with our Macs. The handy book begins by exporing the new features and then logically looks at how to upgrade, what issues may emerge and a quick overview of how to benefit from the new features.
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With the release of the new Mac OSX Lion operating system come new books to help us learn the ins and outs. The first one I have come across is the Mac OSX Lion – Pocket Guide, written by Chris Seibold and published by O'Reilly in August 2011.O'Reilly has provided me with a review copy – with a catch. It only comes as an ebook. – that is a PDF file. This turns out to be the first ebook, that I have read, having steered well clear of them so far. OK, so I read my User Group Newsletter in PDF format each month, but when I do I always wistfully think of the good old days when it came on paper in the mail! As a matter of interest, the book includes 205 pages of content and that would be pretty thick as a paper version.But anyway, when I found that the review copy would come electronically I bravely decided to give it a fair go and try out this ebook business. I tried out reading it on my iPod Touch but found that too much of an effort to keep expanding and moving around each page on the small screen. I did think though that the Touch could be useful as an emergency reference device (a 'pocket' guide!) if I was away from the computer, for example helping someone else. Of course an iPad might be the perfect answer, but not having one, I can't comment.So I read the book using Preview on the Mac. As a straight read it was OK but I still would have preferred a real book. Being tucked away in the study staring at a screen is not as comfortable or friendly as sitting in a cosy lounge chair with family members near by. However, as a reference text there were advantages to the ebook format. Clicking on a Table of Contents entry takes the reader to the referenced page and, of course, the general Edit/Find function quickly searches out any word in the document. There is no Index – but one would not add a lot in this context.Turning to the actual content, I found it great for an introduction to OSX Lion. It covers what has changed from the previous system, installing the new system and migrating to it, trouble-shooting, the all important system preferences, built in applications (eg Mail, Address Book etc), passwords and keyboard commands. The trouble-shooting section caught my eye. Yes things can go wrong, but for us normal users they are usually fixable. In the main, the Guide explains, trouble can occur with older applications and attached devices. For example most readers would have already heard that our old PowerPC based application won't work with Lion – that includes two of my long time favourites AppleWorks and Quicken!I haven't purchased Lion yet – for two reasons. First, wise superusers always warn against using version one of anything and second, I am not ready to give up some of my older applications. However, I was very interested to read all about Lion. As I indicated earlier, this ebook is a great introduction. I found it covered everything I could think of , to a level of starting out with Lion and using it at a basic to intermediate standard in the longer term. This could be more than sufficient for most general Mac users.So do you need this Guide? My recommendation is yes. Even if you don't sit down and read it from cover to cover, as I like to, it is bound to be invaluable as you muddle though the new OS learning about it in a trial-and-error fashion. When you get to an 'error' the Guide will be there to help. I also find that reading a guide or manual after the first exploration and use gives me lots of 'Aha' moments when what seemed to be strange behaviour is explained or something new is uncovered.So happy reading.
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The School Administrator's Certificate program is a performance-oriented program that leads to a Master of Education degree with an emphasis in Educational Leadership or Special Education Administration. Concentrations are also available for K-12 Principal, and Special Education Supervisor and Director.
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Most classes are offered at the GVSU Eberhard Center or DeVos Center on the Pew Campus in downtown Grand Rapids. Overnight accommodations are conveniently located in the area, several within walking distance of the campus. Some classes are offered in weekend, off-campus or distance education formats. In the weekend format, three-credit courses meet one weekend a month for three months. Students electing to take two weekend classes would meet two alternate weekends each month for three months. One-credit modules meet for one weekend.
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|There's a new 157 blacklist for $330 shipped on ebay I've been eyeing, might still be on there.
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I can highly recommend the Camp Seven Valdez. I've been riding one a bunch this season, and while it's a bit on the small side for me, (a 156 for my 6'3", 200lb frame) it is a lot of fun. I've taken it everywhere on the mountain, from steeps, to park, to groomers, and trees. The only problem I really have with it is holding an edge on steep, icy hardpack, but most boards will struggle with that. And they'll struggle even worse if they're undersized for you.
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Not a board suggestion sorry, but you might wanna try scoring something cheap when the end of season sales hit. I've got a Ride Machete 157W (I'm 5'10, 180lbs and size 12 feet) and I love it as an all around board, but it's not the cheapest.
On the boot front, I'd strongly suggest trying the Burton Rulers when you get to boot shopping. The separate lacing for the upper and lower zones is excellent (I have feet that are size 12 and wide and they are still super comfortable) and really easy to adjust.
Having said that, if you're finding turns etc to be hard work, that might be contributing to the foot pain/discomfort, so once you sort out a board with more of an edge, it might be a lot less of an issue.
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Hey guys, I'm looking for a new board and I need some suggestions.
I'm a 220lb rider with a size 11-11.5 boot. So I've been looking at 159w boards.
I've been recommended a ton of boards, but the kicker is I'm trying to stay under $300 since I'm probably going to need new bindings and possibly new boots soon.
I do a little park, smaller rails and boxes and smaller jumps, but mostly ride trails with my dad and friend who ski. I'm an east coast rider and usually hit places like Camelback, Mountain Creek, and Hunter. I get a lot of ice and hard packed snow that is effortless for them but a lot of work for me on my current board (which is a 153, I've had it since 2005).
My main problem is that I'm coming off a 2-3 year break from boarding after having a hip injury and surgery. I've gone a few times this year on my 153 and it was like riding a bike, was even able to hit the park with no problems, but as I mentioned it felt like a TON more work than normal. Fighting on trails to keep the board flat and to turn. I'm thinking I just need a longer and wider board with a different shape, but I'm not really sure what to get without spending too much.
Also a quick question, how tight do you guys zip up your boots and bindings? I'm not sure if my boots are too small, but I've been having some problems with my current ones, specifically in my toes. If I tighten them, they dig into the top part of my foot where the ankle meets, and it becomes uncomfortable and it feels like my feet want to cramp no matter how much I stretch. If I loosen them, all my weight ends up on my toes and it just plain hurts after a while. My shoe size is dependent on brand, wearing anything from 11's-12's, so I might go up to an 11.5 boot if you think it'll help since I'm wearing 11's now.
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Since I asked the question, I've been back to class and also had some private lessons. So I've taken your replies and melded them with what my teachers said to figure it out. I am taking International style. I didn't realize there was an American version. What's the difference?
I agree totally on refering to the technical manuals. They help allot in recalling the steps learned in class. I just got the new ISTD Rumba manual and it is very helpful. I guess the new Samba manual is not out yet (hence my questions...). Does anyone know when it will be available?
Thanks again for all your input!Carol
Dance boy, I hope you won't take offense when I say that it doesn't mean much to me that my being a competitor doesn't mean much to you I didn't mention my competitor status in order to impress anyone or to make myself out to be an "expert" of any kind -- I mentioned it to give context to my comments. And of course, you're free to take or leave those comments as you see fit, which is another great thing about discussion forums!
When counting 1/4 beats (or sixteenth notes) aloud, I was taught in music lessons to say, "1e&a2e&a," and so on. If you apply this to the basic samba rhythm of 3/4 - 1/4 - 1, you would count "1 a2." This is distinctly different from "1 & 2," which would have the beat values of 1/2 - 1/2 - 1. Both of these timings *are* used in samba, so that's why I think it's important to be precise about how they're counted.
I compete in Latin, but frankly, I haven't danced the corta jaca! So, I won't venture to give any info on that particular figure. However, you also mention traveling voltas, and ask about the timing that others use for those. We most definitely use half beats (1&2) for those voltas, rather than the basic samba timing. I don't know if this is "compliant" with the syllabus, but it's not an uncommon practice. My experience has been that using half beats allows the voltas to travel more fluidly and permits more rhythm in the center. YMMV
I have learned the Corta Jaca a month ago. The rhythm of this figure differs from the basic count wich is 1-and-2-1-and-2. The rhythm how we dance the Corta Jaca is and-1-and-2-and-3-and-4. The man places his left foot forward and stands on the heel. Replace weight to the right foot on count 1.Then the man places his left foot back and stands on the toe. After that replace weight to the right foot while turning to the right 1/4 turn. Repeat everything once. This is how we dance it, but I think there are more variations. If you download my dance software wich is freeware (not shareware), you can see this figure as a part of the gold program. You will see animated feet on your computer screen. Look for the figure Samba-Gold. This is the url of my site. http://www.xs4all.nl/~fghb/ballroom.htm I think Jonathan can give you a better explanation, but it is nice to see everything on your screen.
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First, there are accordoing to Laird, 8 cross rhythms in Samba. Figures that need a normal Samba bounce eg Samba Whisks are danced using a 1a2 timing.
Second, Corta Jaca is a completely flat and stationary figure (although it can rotate on the spot). It's danced with the timing of SQQQQQQQQQQ (10 quicks) not just 4.
Third, to complete the correct 4 bar phrasing another bar of music must be danced. This could be a further 4 quicks of Corta Jaca or another figure (or 1/2 figure) with or without using Samba bounce.
So, if you think you can dance Corta Jaca with Samba bounce try it. I think you will find it rather stange to do. Not only that, you will probably be all over the music!
I was glad to see that there was another reply on this topic. First of all, I don't like using the terms Quick and Slow when explaining a Samba figure. Because of the many different beat values, it can be very confusing. I agree with you that the basic rhythm 1 & 2 has the beat values 3/4, 1/4 and 1. You explained that the rhythm of the Corta Jaca has the rhythm SQQQQ. I think we both got a point. I see the Slow as a step before the real Corta Jaca. The four Quicks come close to my description. I think the step on the heel is very short. In my opinion the beat values for the Corta Jaca are 1/4, 3/4, 1/4 and 3/4. This feels more like a Samba than 1/2, 1/2, 1/2 and 1/2. Then there's another thing. The steps 2 and 4 are taken on the 1 en 2 counts, so you can count & 1 & 2. If all beat values are 1/2 then you get a very straight rhythm. You can dance it that way, but it's not how we learn it. Try dancing it with the beat values 1/4, 3/4, 1/4 and 3/4. It feels great! For example, if we dance travelling voltas, we use the rhythm 3/4, 1/4, 3/4, 1/4 etc, starting on count 1. Do you use only beat values of 1/2 for the travelling voltas either?I think the way we dance the Corta Jaca is a variation of the real Corta Jaca. I think that you don't turn in the original Corta Jaca, but take normal side steps. Perhaps therhythm we use is also a sort of variation, but it is more like the basic Samba rhythm.
Hope to hear more about this,
[This message has been edited by Fred Bolder (edited 02-14-2000).]
1. To the most of people, including Robert Richey, in the ballroom dancing community, the "a" and "&" means the same thing in Samba: a quarter beat. 2. If you want to count timing in the "½, ½, 1" beat pattern, you might to use QQS. Otherwise, you can confuse others as well as yourself.3. Indeed, in Samba, sometimes people count "1e&a2e&a". It is for the expression of the dance, that is, to make the dance more musical. It, however, only applies for some of figures with Samba Bounce action, not for the Corta Jaca. You can try yourself to see whether this statement is right or not. 4. The two things: dancing the Samba Bounce action and the "1a2" rhythm are not equivalent. When the bounce action is used in a figure, you have to use the "1a2" type of rhythm. However, when you use the "1a2" type of rhythm in Samba, it is not necessary that you dance a figure with the bounce action. 5. I totally agree that we shall not use any technique book as a stone. We all try to understand some principles between the lines in the technique text. Within the principles, figures can be executed differently. One example is the Alemana discussion in the other thread. I have no any problems at all for the various execution methods presented in the thread. On the other hand, it is sad for me to see many dance teachers can't execute school figures properly. I'm not talking about the execution in a high standard, but an intermediate standard. "Not written in stone" can be an excuse for them.6. You're right, Steve. The school figure of the Corta Jaca, according to Lair, contains ten Quicks. I didn't state the whole figure for the reason I would wrote too much if I wanted to make it complete.I think over all this discussion is good. I learn something from this discussion. I hope it is the same for others.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - With 22:11 to play in the second half, Virginia erased a three-goal Duke lead and tied the game at six-all, but the Blue Devils did not lose their composure and used a 5-2 run to secure a hard-fought 11-8 victory over the Cavaliers Saturday afternoon at Klockner Stadium.
Duke has now won six straight games, including five victories over ranked opponents, to move to 9-1 (2-1 ACC) on the year, while Virginia falls to 5-4 (0-3 ACC) with the loss. Duke junior Kat Thomas led all players with four goals and juniorKim Wenger and senior Christie Kaestner both chipped in two goals and an assist to pace the Blue Devil offense.
"I'm really proud of our team," head coach Kerstin Kimel said. "We did a great job battling for 60 minutes today. Anytime you're on the road in the ACC and win the game, that's great. There were parts of our game that we didn't execute as well today, but given that, we're still excited to walk out of here with a win and get back to work on Monday. "
Virginia looked to limit Duke's possession by slowing down the pace of play, but the Blue Devils still jumped out to a 3-0 advantage to start the game. Senior Virginia Crotty kicked things off for Duke, registering the first two goals of the game before Thomas made it 3-0 with 21:13 to play in the opening period.
"We anticipated that they would try and play a little slower," added Kimel. "We had some different defenses that we were able to utilize and disrupt their flow and make them do things they didn't want to do. But [the pace of the game] disrupted our ability to substitute because there were long periods where we didn't have the ball."
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However, the opening eight minutes of the second half saw Duke's three-goal lead evaporate as Virginia was able to tie the game at six-all on two scores from Josie Owen and a goal from Julie Gardner. Despite the shift in momentum, the Blue Devils failed to panic and ,following a timeout, answered a minute later to take a 7-6 lead on Thomas' third goal of the game.
"[The timeout] was an opportunity to regain our composure and refocus on our game plan," said Kimel. "A lot of emphasis for us in the second half was winning the draw. We felt that if we had the ball, we would be successful in generating our offense, but we needed to win the draw. After that timeout, the kids responded really well."
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BURLINGTON, Vt. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) – For the second time in program history, the Green Bay women's basketball team earned the TD Bank Classic title, hosted by the University of Vermont, with a 74-57 win over the host Catamounts on Saturday evening at Patrick Gymnasium.
Sophomore Kaili Lukan (Barrie, Ontario) was named the tournament MVP, while sister junior Megan Lukan (Barrie, Ontario) was also named to the all-tournament team. Kaili finished the weekend averaging 12.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.5 steals in 26.0 minutes of action, shooting 70 percent (7-10) from three. Megan averaged 11.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 3.0 steals in 32.5 minutes.
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Green Bay started the second half with two quick baskets to force a Catamount timeout, and turned up the pressure on both the offensive and defensive end as it continued to build its lead. Going on a 13-0 run to take a 50-23 lead, the Phoenix defense held Vermont without a field goal over the first 5:38 of the stanza. A Butler layup and-1 ended a span of 10:03 scoreless minutes spanning both halves for Vermont, but the Phoenix continued to control the tempo as it cruised to the win.
Megan Lukan finished with a team-high 12 points, while Kaili Lukan added nine points and a career-high six rebounds. Mariah Monke (Fergus Falls, Minn.) had a career game with seven points, seven rebounds and two blocks. Vermont received a game-high 16 points and nine rebounds from Butler.
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The history of the Israel-Palestinian conflict has been characterized by a constant stream of miscalculations by Palestinian leaders who have a unique ability to snatch victory by blundering into defeat. Hamas had witnessed Israel depart from Lebanon after encountering the missiles of Hizbullah and concluded the best strategy was to continue firing missiles until it forced Israel to accept its ideas about how to deal with Gaza. In the week prior to the air assault, Hamas leaders challenged, no, they dared Israel to attack them and promised any attempt would be met with massive resistance by Hamas forces. Their assumption was that Israel had become a paper tiger who could be goaded and teased and humiliated. Hamas leaders enjoyed posing as heroic fighters for the rights of Palestinians and concluded what better way than to fire missiles until Israel caved into their demands.
Hamas leaders today hover in shelters still expressing the rhetoric of defiance even though there is scant prospect they can respond in other than defiant tones. Israel has been under tremendous pressure to halt the bombings but now insists there will be no cease fire until Hamas accepts the reality it can not allow rockets to hit Israel towns. Of course, the question now facing Hamas is whether they even have the power anymore to reign in small groups of so-called fighters for Palestine who insist they will not cease firing rockets. In a sense, the attitude of so many "leaders" in Gaza is, "apres mois, le deluge."
The Palestinian people have never been blessed with a Nelson Mandela type leader. Their plight calls for the emergence of figures who are shrewd negotiators and able to bargain for a solution that would enable the intelligent and hard working Palestinian population to obtain opportunities for economic and political success. Perhaps, it is time to ask Nelson Mandela to become the temporary advisor to Palestinians on how to negotiate for peace and prosperity.