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After Dixie State College officials removed a statue of Confederate soldiers on Dec. 6, senior Greg Noel told KSL-TV that the school must address the school's apparent history of racial insensitivity or the controversy "will foster more issues and more situations and more conflict until it just bursts."
An African-American senior from Las Vegas who serves as a peer adviser and as student vice president for clubs, Noel believed he was exercising his right to free expression. But he later learned his televised remarks prompted administrators to investigate whether he had violated school policies.
The incident reflects the pressure some campus sources say Dixie's dean of students, Del Beatty, is putting on elected student leaders, such as Noel and president Brody Mikesell, to tone down their advocacy for retiring their school's century-old Dixie name.
Administrators, however, deny they are pressuring students. Vice president for student services Frank Lojko, who oversees Beatty, denied administrators probed Noel's KSL remarks. But a Dixie staffer, who asked to not be named for fear of retaliation, confirmed the scrutiny of Noel's interview.
The issue of renaming the school slated to become a university next year continues to rile the St. George community. Some argue the name can be construed as an affiliation with the racist history of the American South, while others, who associate the name with southern Utah's pioneer heritage, say it binds the campus with the community.
On Thursday, dozens of residents attended what had been planned as a closed meeting hosted by the college's branding consultant, demanding the school's future name include Dixie, according to local news reports.
"I'm tired of people coming from outside the area and bringing their prejudice and hates and dislikes and trying to throw it on us because that's never been what Dixie was all about," Mayor Dan McArthur told the St. George News. "Dixie is a place we're all proud of."
Clash of ideas • Just as Dixie completes the academic steps for its upgrade, the college and the community face vigils, criticism and other expressions of student dissent that have been a fact of life at U.S. universities since the Berkeley sit-ins of the 1960s. Hostile community members have threatened to withdraw donations and heckled students and faculty who question the Dixie name.
The same faculty members recruited to diversify the campus as part of its university aspirations are being derided as outsiders who should leave if they don't like the school's culture.
The collapse of civility prompted faculty leadership to call for respectful dialogue.
"We desire and hope that all people who have an interest in the naming issue, or any other matter of importance concerning the college, will be allowed to speak their minds without fearing personal, academic, or professional repercussions," the faculty senate executive committee posted Dec. 10 on a faculty list-serve.
Many professors on the list-serve expressed dismay with the vitriol directed at those who have raised concerns about the Dixie name.
"I am frankly tired and disgusted with being labeled by many as an 'outsider' and troublemaker whose opinion does not count and who should pack my things and leave," wrote biology professor Marius van der Merwe, a South African. "It is as if a section in our community tries to defend themselves against accusations of being intolerant by showing everyone just how intolerant they really can be."
Danelle Larsen-Rife, a new psychology professor who is among the few Latino faculty members, says she also has been urged to leave.
Changing minds • Roi Wilkins, an African-American student from Los Angeles, said the Dixie name had bothered him since he arrived on campus four years ago. But he was always told there were no racial connotations to the nickname for Utah's southwest corner.
"Then I heard the yearbook was called The Confederate. That's interesting," he said. "I went to the library [this year] and picked random years, 1965 to 1968, and found some horrific things. One page said, 'What would the South be without slavery?' "
The books feature numerous images of students in black face, holding mock slave auctions, dressed in Confederate uniforms and staging parade floats and skits that seem to ridicule blacks, such as a crowd in black face behind a white student dressed as a Col. Sanders-type figure.
"In 1968 they were still doing minstrel shows. That was the year Martin Luther King got shot," said Wilkins, a senior majoring in social work.
Washington County's initial settlers included former slave owners and slave drivers from the South. Fifty years ago, the school enthusiastically embraced the Confederate identity, adopting the Rebel mascot and hoisting the Confederate battle standard. The college changed its team name to the Red Storm in 2009.
Lojko contends the yearbook photos are being blown out of proportion, and the college does not need to acknowledge that history.
"It isn't the same student body or the same administration as today. That hasn't gone on for years," he said. "We've worked extremely hard to have a positive environment for all students to interact on campus."
But Mikesell, a 26-year-old senior from Henefer, and many others believe the images are relevant.
The integrated studies major is deeply engaged in campus life and public service. He grows his hair long, then cuts it to donate to cancer patients, and recruits as a college ambassador. It was on recruiting trips to California that he encountered students unwilling to consider studying at a place called Dixie.
"One said, 'Your name makes me shudder,' and walked away," said Mikesell, whose heritage is Polynesian.
Pressure or advice? • Administrators say they want Mikesell to represent all students in his role as student-body president, and that means avoiding using his position to push personal views. "Several students [came] to me asking, 'Who is speaking for us?' [Mikesell] should be speaking for all students," Beatty said.
Mikesell said, "I thought I was doing that already, but I'll do a better job. I will present both sides equally."
In one of several meetings with Mikesell, the student said, Beatty asked him to explain his role in organizing an anti-racism vigil at the Confederate statue the week before it was hauled away. Mikesell said he was not involved and only came across the gathering as it was disbanding. He spoke with a police officer who apparently reported his name to administrators, and he feels it was inappropriate for them to question him.
Chief Don Reid denied his officer investigated what he called the "nonevent," and Lojko denied administrators asked Mikesell about it.
Lojko said the student services office aims to guide, not censor, students. The goal is to "serve and protect the student and help them out so they graduate and have employment." He was present at Mikesell's Dec. 4 "advisement" session and saw nothing amiss, he said.
"I think somewhere something got twisted and there is this paranoia that you can't speak out," Lojko said.
It is appropriate to ask student leaders to avoid presenting their personal positions as those of their school or its students as a whole, said Robert Shibley, a senior vice president with the free-speech watchdog Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.
"But student leaders need to be free to communicate their views as well," he added. "That's the way a university and a free society are supposed to work."
Nothing in Dixie State policies dictates what student leaders can say in public, although they require the president to represent the student body on various boards, including the trustees who are to settle the name question on Jan. 18.
Campus policies ensure students' freedom of expression, and the mission statement promotes diversity of viewpoints. "He can say anything he wants," President Stephen Nadauld said recently. "We really like Brody. We love it that he's passionate. We are all about freedom of expression."
Still, Mikesell feels he is under pressure to stop emphasizing the yearbook photos and "focus on the future and positive things," while Noel fears administrators are looking for ways to retaliate against student leaders who criticize the school and its name.
"I feel it's my right to let students know what has occurred," Mikesell said. "I want to persuade as many students as possible to look at these yearbooks and consider these things in context."
Dixie State's upcoming "rebranding" meetings
Jan. 9: Public forum, 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Gardner Student Center ballroom.
Jan. 18: Dixie board of trustees.
Jan. 25: State Board of Regents meeting on the Dixie campus.
Correcting a description of history
A Dec. 10 story in The Salt Lake Tribune describing connections between the LDS Church's "cotton mission" in southern Utah and the Southern Confederacy misidentified a leading settler who admitted mistreating African-Americans when he supervised slaves in Mississippi.
An autobiography by George Armstrong Hicks, a pioneer near St. George during the Civil War, describes how one of his ward's ecclesiastical leaders boasted during work parties of whipping slave men and raping women. That passage references Albert Washington Collins, not Washington City bishop Robert Dockery Covington, as the Tribune reported.
The wording of Hicks' account is not clear, but the autobiography's introduction identifies the abuser as Collins. It was published last year under the title Playing with Shadows: Voices of Dissent in the Mormon West, edited by Will Bagley, Polly Aird and Jeffrey Nichols.
Covington and Collins, who married into each other's families, owned plantations near Summerville, Miss., before they converted to Mormonism and migrated west. Covington descendants acknowledge Covington owned slaves, but they say their family-written histories report he treated them well and freed them before he left.
Collins, who died in 1873, served as one of Washington County's first sheriffs, serving from 1859 to 1863.


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Just the facts: Breaking down the ASG
Just the facts: Breaking down the ASG
With the AL's 4-3 victory in our rearview mirror, here's a look at some of the things that make the 2009 All-Star Game unique and fit right in with trends through history:
Pitch: A foul ball by Ichiro Suzuki off a 94 mph fastball from Tim Lincecum, lined into the stands near the right-field foul pole.
Hit: Ichiro, single to right off Lincecum, on a 2-and-2 changeup.
Hit-by-pitch: Derek Jeter, by Lincecum, second batter, first inning.
Run: Ichiro, on Pujols' error, first inning, no outs.
Error: Pujols, on Mark Teixeira grounder.
Out: Josh Hamilton, forceout, Pujols to shortstop Hanley Ramirez.
Strikeout: Roy Halladay, by Lincecum, second inning.
NL hit: David Wright, single to right, second inning.
NL run: Wright, RBI single to right by Yadier Molina, second inning.
Substitution: Prince Fielder, pinch-hitter for Lincecum, RBI double off Halladay, second inning.AL in STL: The American League is now 4-1 in All-Star Games in St. Louis, the lone NL victory coming way back in 1940, 4-0 at Sportsman's Park. All out: The Phillies' outfield trio of Raul Ibanez, Shane Victorino and Jayson Werth became the 13th trio in history on an All-Star roster, and the first since 1995 when Cleveland's Albert Belle, Kenny Lofton and Manny Ramirez were selected. The only trio to repeat? The Red Sox Hall of Fame trio of Fred Lynn, Jim Rice and Carl Yastrzemski in 1977 and '79 -- interrupted only by teammate Dwight Evans taking over in right for the 1978 Classic. Not all in: With third baseman Evan Longoria's scratch, the Rays missed out on becoming the fifth team with all four infielders in the game, with first baseman Carlos Pena, second baseman Ben Zobrist and shortstop Jason Bartlett. The last was the 2002 Yankees with Jason Giambi, Alfonso Soriano, Jeter and Robin Ventura. Both sides now: Eight of the players selected to go to St. Louis now have been All-Stars in both leagues. The first-time two-timers: Jason Bay of the Red Sox (Pirates '05-'06), Brian Fuentes of the Angels (Rockies '05, '07), Ted Lilly of the Cubs (A's '04), and Johan Santana (Twins '05-'07) and Francisco Rodriguez (Angels '04, '07-'08) of the Mets.
John Schlegel is a national reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Thinking to buy this dedicated film scanner. Read all the reviews available on net. Any one in the forum owns this or like to share first hand experience about this? Pros & Cons? Any other advise please? Is this value for money? Amazon is selling around £170.
What I am looking specifically out of this post is to know more about the film advancement and aligning out of this equipment.
Thanks in advance.
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text: I'll try to make the story short... My sis is gay. A few weeks ago, someone was talking about going over to her house, and was getting directions. Sis gave them the directions, then said, "and if you get lost, its a small town. Just stop and ask where the lesbians live, we're the only ones there." She said it in a light-hearted and off-handed tone. A few days later, the boss calls her into the office, and she's been written up. Someone overheard her say the word "lesbian" and was offended and complained. She is now prohibited from saying the word "gay" or "lesbian" while in the workplace. Is this discrimination? She's the only one not allowed to use those two words in the workplace. Yet the men in the place are still allowed to talk about oogling women and the like. In case it matters, this is in Colorado. I mean, its not like she was giving a blow-by-blow description of what goes on with her lifestyle or anything. It just blows my mind that they could get away with this. She's all stressed out over this cause now she doesn't feel comfortable working there, and doesn't know who to trust (cause of course the complainer who was offended gets to remain anonymous). Any advice that I could pass on to her would be helpful. Perhaps a gay advocacy group or something she could turn to? We're in the Northern Colorado area. Thanks in advance.


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Phoenix Extinguishes Flames in 5-1 Horizon League Tournament Win
By: Jill Wunrow
VALPARAISO, Ind. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - The Green Bay (23-26) softball team opened up Horizon League Tournament play scoring three runs in the final inning to secure a 5-1 win over No. 3 seed UIC (26-26) Wednesday at the Valparaiso University Softball Field in Valpo, Ind.
UIC took the first lead of the game with two outs in the bottom of the third inning when Natalie Hernandez hit a solo homerun down the left field line, giving the Flames the 1-0 advantage.
Green Bay took the 2-1 lead in the top of the fifth inning, scoring two runs with two outs on the board. With Tia Collins (Orfordville, Wis.) on second, pinch running for Shannon Butts (Greenfield, Wis.), Ashleigh Racer (Waterford, Wis.) hit an RBI double to left-center field, scoring Collins for the 1-1 tie. Senior Amanda Omahen (San Diego, Calif.) followed with an RBI single to left field, advancing to second on the throw, while Racer scored the go-ahead run for the Phoenix.
Green Bay finished the inning scoring two runs on three hits while stranding two runners on base for the 2-1 edge over UIC.
With one out and the bases loaded for the Flames in the bottom of the fifth inning, pitcher Alli Goecks (Beloit, Wis.) struck out UIC's Jacki Fletcher before catcher Shannon Butts connected with Alli Rivera (Geneseo, Ill.) at third to pick off the Flames runner, halting the scoring to close the inning.
After a hitless sixth inning by both teams, Green Bay's Shannon Butts and Jessica Hrncar (Bristol, Wis.) led off the top of the seventh by each earning a walk. Racer hit a sacrifice bunt, advancing the runners to second and third before Omahen hit an RBI double to right center field, scoring Hrncar and pinch-runner Amanda Pozolinski (Appleton, Wis.) for the 4-1 advantage.
Danielle Peerenboom (Appleton, Wis.) later sent an RBI double to right center field scoring Omahen to boost the Phoenix lead to 5-1. Peerenboom reached third on a wild pitch before Paige Newtols (Green Bay, Wis.) earned a walk. Miranda Reinke (Milwaukee, Wis.) struck out swinging before Peerenboom was caught stealing at third to retire the inning for the Phoenix.
Green Bay retired the side in the bottom of the final inning to secure the 5-1 win. Goecks, a Second Team All-League selection, went the distance for the Phoenix from the mound, improving to 11-11 on the season while striking out three batters and allowing two walks and four hits.
Omahen led the Phoenix from behind the plate, going 2-for-3 with three RBIs while Racer, Peerenboom and Shannon Butts each added a hit in Green Bay's win.
The Phoenix will face No. 2 seed Loyola (24-21, 15-8 HL) Thursday at 1:30 p.m. With a win over the Ramblers, the Phoenix will face either No. 5 seed Butler (24-30, 13-11 HL) or No. 1 seed Valpo (37-16, 19-5 HL) Friday, May 11 at 1:30 p.m. With a loss, Green Bay will face No. 4 seed Youngstown State (28-20, 12-10 HL) Thursday, May 10 at 4:00 p.m.
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I finally started on my next project!!!
I'll post progress pics as I go along.
I finally started on my next project!!!
I'll post progress pics as I go along.
What is it?
Metal Westars
Wow! Looking good so far.
Got the slots drilled and dremeled (could be cleaner, but hey this IS my first attempt)
Now onto the second one and getting the resin parts primered and put onto the tube.
Thanks for the comments Chucko!
Here is the unweathered finished version... they would have worked better had I had access to a drill press instead of just a hand drill, lol
Hey that's coming along nicely. The slots down the side of the barrel look uneven but like you said it was your first attempt. Are you going to do a run?
that looks sweet dude
Looks great..hoping for a run of these!
That looks good man!!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Although the barrel isn't entirely metal as the muzzle tip and power cell portions are from the resin kit, I'd be interested in a run... pending on price.
I've always wanted to match a metal barrel to my resin handles.
Yeah, I'd love to do a run once I perfect them, but I would need resin kits of the emitter and power cells as well as the handles, and since I have never molded it would be interesting, lol... plus recasting these would not be good
I need to get a picture with the weathering, they look good, can't really tell the resin from the metal that much now
If I take care of the handles, emitter and power cell ends, what would you charge for just the barrels?
I've got two unused resin kits at a buddies house... he's been saving them for me.


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In Nordyke v. King the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco has ruled that the Second Amendment is incorporated against the states and local governments. The ruling was written by Judge Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain with a concurring opinion from Judge Ronald M. Gould. The suit was originally brought about in an attempt to stop Alameda County from passing an ordnance that prohibits firearm possession on county property in order to prohibit gun shows at the county fairgrounds. The decision references Heller v. DC by saying that it abrogated Hickman v. Block (1996) which declared the Second Amendment only a collective right and not an individual one. However, the courts decision says that the Heller v. DC ruling centered on the ability of individuals to defend themselves in their homes but the ordnance enacted by Alameda County did not directly impede or limit armed self-defense in the home and not all laws that make exercising a right more difficult are automatically an infringement of that right.
How is this important to us here in New York State? The ruling applies to the states in the Ninth Circuit's district which are AK, AZ, CA, HI, ID, MT, NV, OR and WA. Although New York is not in their district, this ruling can be cited in other circuits. Even if cited by another circuit, the decision is not binding.
This decision comes after a previous decision by the Fifth Circuit Court decision to uphold the individual right to bear arms. That district includes TX, LA and MS.
This is another positive step forward for individuals who wish to legally own firearms.


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Taylor comes to you with a beautifully realistic skin texture and plenty of options to create just the look you want. Her custom-designed face was created in ZBrush. Her ten, true-to-life expressions were created using DAZ 3D's Expression morphs, included in the Face Room - it can easily be applied or removed with just one click. With separate INJ/REM poses for her head, you get to use different morphs if you so choose.
With six delicious lip colors, seven vibrant makeup options and six inviting eye colors, Taylor is a delightfully different woman for all seasons!
What's Included and FeaturesFeatures
- Taylor Custom Character
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ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 233, November 30, 2001
- SV1ex Memory Upgrade at ARSC, Dec. 8
- New ARSC MPP Specialists
- Fast Fourier Transform Applications
- Tuning a C++ MPI Code with VAMPIR
- ARSC Training: Visualization Case Studies
- Quick Tip
SV1ex Memory Upgrade at ARSC, Dec. 8
As announced by Cray:
http://www.cray.com/news/0111/sv1ex_enhmem.htmlthe first "X" memory upgrade to the SV1e has been shipped, and it's coming to ARSC.
Chilkoot will be the first SV1ex with the faster memory.
Our install date is Saturday, Dec. 8th. Chilkoot users should check "news downtime" for the schedule. We encourage you to time your codes now and again after the upgrade, and let us know what improvements you see.
In addition to faster main memory, the memory upgrade includes a 32GB solid-state storage device (SSD). SSD is auxiliary memory hardware used for high-performance temporary storage. It provides file access at about the speed of main memory (rather than at the speed of rotating disks). It will support three functions:
- provide an extremely fast, scratch filesystem (/ssd). If your program performs large amounts of file I/O, you'll be able to store heavily used files on /ssd (as you might on /tmp) during runs of the program.
- provide a secondary data segment (SDS). This is accessible using the assign command, and is a second way to perform very fast file I/O.
- provide a logical device cache (ldcache). This is a file system buffer managed by the OS. It will be used to increase I/O transfer rates on heavily used file systems.
This is an exciting upgrade, and we'll keep you informed via this newsletter. Chilkoot users should (as always!) pay attention to MOTD and news items.
New ARSC MPP Specialists
ARSC welcomes Jim Long and Tom Logan, ARSC's new MPP Specialists. They will help users port, optimize, parallelize, and run codes on the IBM SP, T3E, and future ARSC parallel systems. Jim and Tom bring scientific and programming experience, and are welcome additions to ARSC User Services.
We hope they'll be frequent contributers to this newsletter, and, as the next two articles show, they're off to a good start.
Fast Fourier Transform Applications
[ Thanks to Tom Logan of ARSC for this contribution. ]
It was Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier (1768-1830) who first determined that any periodic or any finite function can be represented as a series of sine and cosine terms. The corresponding sum of terms is referred to as the Fourier Series. This series can be calculated using the Fourier transform, which, in essence, decomposes or separates a waveform or function into sinusoids of different frequency which sum to the original waveform.
The Fourier transform has some interesting properties that make it particularly useful. Foremost of these is the Convolution Theorem, which states that convolution in the time domain is equivalent to a multiplication operation in the frequency domain and vice versa. This means that rather than convolving two series in the time domain (O(N^2) operation) we can perform a Fourier transform to the frequency domain, multiply the two series (O(N) operation), then perform an inverse Fourier transform. The problem is that the Fourier transform is itself an O(N^2) operation. Thus enters the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) which is a clever method of decomposing a discrete Fourier transform (DFT) that reduces the computation to an O(NlogN).
The FFT is the cornerstone of many fields of mathematical research and a basic tool in many branches of engineering. The usefulness of the FFT is based on the transformation of complex functions from the time domain to the frequency domain where some problems become far more tractable. Two operations in particular, convolution and correlation, can be performed in a very simple way using the FFT. The input data are transformed into the frequency domain where the amplitude spectra are multiplied and the phase spectra are added (for convolution) or subtracted (for correlation). The resulting data is inverse transformed back into the time domain to produce the same output that would be produced by a (cyclic) convolution operation in the time domain.
My own background with the FFT has been in SAR signal processing, which requires convolution of a time sampled Radar return with a reference function in two dimensions (both range and azimuth) in order to create a focused image. Also, the FFT proves particularly useful for image co-registration using frequency correlation to determine sub-pixel offsets. This can be applied to both complex images (for instance to create interferograms) or to simple amplitude images (to create time series or seamless mosaicking).
However, there are many other applications of the FFT.
Here is a list of interesting web sites. They show the breadth of FFT applications, along with the specifics of the Fourier transform, DFTs, and FFT implementations.
I give excerpts from most of the sites, and offer my own comments in parentheses:http://utcsl.phys.utk.edu/~forrest/papers/fourier/
(Excellent background of theory)
An Introduction to Fourier Theory by Forrest Hoffman
The Fourier transform is used in linear systems analysis, antenna studies, optics, random process modeling, probability theory, quantum physics, and boundary-value problems and has been very successfully applied to restoration of astronomical data. The Fourier transform, a pervasive and versatile tool, is used in many fields of science as a mathematical or physical tool to alter a problem into one that can be more easily solved. Some scientists understand Fourier theory as a physical phenomenon, not simply as a mathematical tool. In some branches of science, the Fourier transform of one function may yield another physical function.http://astron.berkeley.edu/~jrg/ngst/fft/fourier.html
(Good background of theory along with several applications highlighted including communications, astronomy, seismic research, and optics.)
The Fourier transform has many applications, in fact any field of physical science that uses sinusoidal signals, such as engineering, physics, applied mathematics, and chemistry, will make use of Fourier series and Fourier transforms. It would be impossible to give examples of all the areas where the Fourier transform is involved, but here are some examples from physics, engineering, and signal processing.http://www.spd.eee.strath.ac.uk/~interact/fourier/fourier.html
(Almost identical to last address, with a few more applications identified including sonar, signal filtering, and acoustics.)http://members.ozemail.com.au/~robgc/visgde.htm
(This is a very interesting web site with many visual examples of the FFT in use including general theory and oil industry application.)
A Visual Guide to Digital Signal Analysis Principles by Robert Crowleyhttp://www.meyersanalytics.com/epfft.htm
(Fourier transforms aren't just restricted to hard sciences - here's a stock market prediction application based on the FFT.)
The End Point Fast Fourier Transform (EPFFT) System & Indicator for short term & intraday trading. This package contains the advanced mathematical technique called the end point fast fourier transform and noise filter. These mathematical techniques are currently used in today's space-age missile and speech recognition applications and are applied here to stock and commodity trading.http://www.ee.bilkent.edu.tr/~haldun/wileybook.html
(Here's an example one of many books that can be had on the subject)
The Fractional Fourier Transform with Applications in Optics and Signal Processing
Haldun M. Ozaktas, Zeev Zalevsky, M. Alper Kutay
So far applications of the transform have been studied mostly in the areas of optics and wave propagation, and signal analysis and processing. They include Fourier optics and optical information processing, beam propagation and spherical mirror resonators (lasers), optical systems and lens design, quantum optics, statistical optics, beam synthesis and shaping, optical and quantum wavefield reconstruction and phase retrieval, perspective projections, flexible and cost-effective time- or space-variant filtering with applications in signal and image restoration and reconstruction, signal extraction, signal and system synthesis, correlation, detection, pattern recognition, phase retrieval, radar, tomography, multiplexing, data compression, linear FM detection, and study of time-frequency representations, differential equations, and harmonic motion. Many of these applications are discussed at length in this book. By consolidating knowledge on the transform and illustrating how it has been applied in diverse contexts, the book aims to make possible the discovery of new applications in other areas as well.
Tuning a C++ MPI Code with VAMPIR[ Part I of III. Thanks to Jim Long of ARSC for this series of articles. ]
The Terrestrial Ecosystem Model (TEM), used at the UAF Institute of Arctic Biology's Spatial Ecology Lab ( http://picea.sel.uaf.edu ) simulates a continental to global sized ecosystem with up to 48 output variables.
TEM, written in C++, was ported two years ago to run on a Cray T3E. A global run on a 300 MHz workstation at that time took 3 days on 60,000+ gridcells (0.5deg.lat x 0.5deg.lon). On an Alaska dataset using 1,100+ gridcells, speedups on the T3E run as high as ten using 64 slave processors, while the most cost-effective computations occur with 4 slave processors (speedups 3 to 4). The price-performance ratio is maximal for 8 slave processors (speedups 4 to 6). Amount of speedup is proportional to the number of outputs requested for a given number of slaves.
In TEM there are two distinct portions. In the equilibrium portion, MPI calls are first used to initialize the model and bring it to equilibrium. Then in the transient portion, MPI is used to implement a master-slave work sharing algorithm where the master reads input files to obtain climate data for each yearly time step. Future plans include coupling TEM synchronously with a climate model, rather than having the future climate prescribed.
The problem is naturally parallel, and it was felt that the scalability of the implementation should be better than observed, even considering the high bandwidth requirements when many outputs are requested. It was also desired to investigate the performance of the code on other parallel platforms, in particular, ARSC's linux cluster and IBM SP3 cluster, in the context of thousands of simulations for a sensitivity analysis study.
Using the Alaska dataset with 4 slaves and 200 years of transient simulations, the code was rerun on the T3E with links to the vampirtrace library. VAMPIR is used to view the tracefiles, showing a graphic timeline of MPI calls within user code. Overhead for vampirtrace calls is negligible.
A comparable run using vampirtrace was also made on ARSC's training cluster. This is composed of 8 dual processor pentium II 333MHz nodes connected by ethernet and myrinet networks, and running VALinux.
Figure 1 (click on icon for larger view)
Figure 1 shows complete VAMPIR traces for the T3E (top graph) and cluster runs using ethernet (bottom). It's clear from the graphs that the T3E run completed in less time, and that the overall message passing characteristics of the two runs were similar.
The T3E output showed that the total wall-clock time was 37:09. All slaves meet a barrier after finishing their equilibrium portion. This barrier was passed at 15:56, leaving 21:13 for the MPI-intensive transient portion.
A summary chart produced by VAMPIR for the transient portion only showed:
T3E 5-CPU Run ------------- 1:46:38 total cpu time 1:17:17 total application time 0:29:20 total MPI time
Using ethernet to pass messages on the linux cluster showed an unexpected result. The MPI-intensive portion of the code ran in the same time as on the T3E. VAMPIR's summary chart for the transient portion only showed:
Linux Cluster using Ethernet, 5-CPU Run --------------------------------------- 1:46:55 total cpu time 0:36:29 total application time 1:10:25 total MPI time
In figure 2, VAMPIR was used to zoom in on the MPI-intensive portions of the T3E and cluster (with ethernet) runs. The graphs are again stacked with the T3E output on top, and show roughly equal time slices.
Figure 2 (click on icon for larger view)
The short compute time of the cluster compared to the T3E is conjectured to be due to faster pointer dereference time for a linked list of objects that save the state of each gridcell after a time step. This conjecture remains to be proved in the future, perhaps with some probe code to access hardware counters. In the graphs, green areas show computation, red shows time in MPI calls, and the lines between nodes show messages. Zooming in even closer (figure 3) makes it obvious that the T3E spends more time processing but less time in MPI calls than the linux cluster:
Figure 3 (click on icon for larger view)
With 4 slave CPUs, there are 275+ pointer dereferences per CPU per time step. The smaller cache structure on the T3E is designed to handle data with a higher degree of locality, whereas the cluster CPU caches are large enough to contain all the data of the entire linked list (~ 275 x 556 bytes = 153Kb). The shorter compute time is offset by the longer time to pass messages (fig. 2 & 3). The equilibrium portion of the code on the T3E, however, ran in half the time of the cluster (15:56 vs. 33:27). Constant driving data is used in this portion of the code (computational, or green, portion of fig.1).
Message passing on the cluster using myrinet, rather than ethernet, was also a surprise. The total wallclock time was only 7.5 minutes longer than the T3E, (44:45 vs. 37:09). The summary chart for the transient portion only showed:
Linux Cluster using Myrinet, 5-CPU Run -------------------------------------- 0:57:09 total cpu time 0:37:07 total application time 0:20:02 total MPI time
At first glance, Myrinet apparently outperforms message passing on the T3E for this code (20:02 vs. 29:20, but see fig.4 and discussion). Combined with the conjectured cache performance of the cluster for linked list dereferences, the total wallclock time of the transient portion was about half that of the T3E. This is significant as only the transient portion of the code needs to be run in a sensitivity analysis.
The first step in optimizing the parallel performance of the code is to inspect the VAMPIR output more closely.
As shown in figure 4, the increased MPI time on the T3E is due to the master processor waiting longer at barriers while the slaves compute. The time to actually transfer data (using myrinet--not ethernet--on the cluster) is roughly equal.
Figure 4 (click on icon for larger view)
On both platforms, the barrier wait is the master's dominant activity, as well as a significant fraction of the total MPI time. Furthermore, all but the first slave hit their corresponding barrier before the master determines their next input data, and none of the slaves begin computing before all the slaves have their new data. These are clues that this code might be tuned by 1) overlapping computation on the master and slaves and 2) having the slaves begin computing as soon as they receive new data.
This series of articles expands on the discussion of lessons learned in a collaborative, for credit, course in parallel scientific computing put on by UAF/ARSC and the Universities of Montana and New Mexico over the Access Grid. The collaboration, and this work, was presented at SuperComputing 2001 in the SC Global ( http://www.scglobal.org ) Access Grid forum.
In the next part of this series we look at an improved version of the code as well as VAMPIR output from ARSC's new IBM SP3, Icehawk.
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As announced long ago, the final course in ARSC fall training schedule is on Dec 12.
Wednesday, Dec 12, 2001 2-4pm: Visualization Case StudiesFor registration, see:
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Is there an evil conspiracy going on? Perhaps not. Perhaps the evil is merely a product of creeping greed — avarice that has crept into the food and chemical industries and into government as a natural consequence of opportunity and disregard for consequences. Would those industries and their friends in government attempt to suggest that the Paleo diet was merely a fad? Would greed be a powerful enough motivation? It's possible. Here are three lies the food industry would like … Continue reading


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New Orleans Bed and Breakfasts are still offering Papa Noel rates through the end of the month. In other words, now is a good time to drop everything and head to New Orleans.
There's no place like New Orleans during the holidays. We like to celebrate in this town, with feasts and music and lights and more. It's hard not to get caught up in the mood once you're here.
- Singing Santa and the Riverwalk Jazz Band are still serenading folks at the Riverwalk Marketplace.
- The Victory Belles are still ringing in the holidays at the Stage Door Canteen, where you'll experience the best of the 1940s.
- Holiday Teas are still being served at Longue Vue House and Gardens.
- Cirque Dreams Holidaze is still dazzling spectators.
- The lights are still dazzling at the Celebration in the Oaks.
- You can still tuck into a Reveillon dinner.
- You can still experience a Creole Christmas in the French Quarter on December 26 and 27, 2011.
- And it isn't too late to celebrate New Year's Eve in style!
You may just want to get away from home this holiday season. You may want to spend a romantic first Christmas with your sweetie, or rediscover your spouse now that the kids have grown. Whatever your reasons, be spontaneous, and come to New Orleans Bed and Breakfasts. Take advantage of special Papa Noel rates in New Orleans Bed and Breakfasts, and enjoy yourselves.


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By Chris Harris
This year's run-in feels different to Arsène Wenger because his team are on the way up, not the way down.
Arsenal challenged for all four trophies last season but, by this time last year, they had lost their grip on three of them in the space of 13 days and were beginning to falter in the title race.
As Wenger's side enters the final 10 games this term they are riding the crest of a wave after five consecutive Premier League wins. Unlike last season, a top-three is only belatedly on the agenda and Wenger believes that is crucial.
"It is different from last year because we had a lot of negative experiences then," he told Arsenal Player. "We were in four different competitions and we were knocked out in three in the space of two weeks, and you are only human beings.
"On top of that some results were really going against us, when you think about the last minute [equaliser] against Liverpool at home, you think about Tottenham when we were ahead.
"These two results killed the hope we had to play for the championship and from then on we felt, subconsciously, too secure that we were in the top four anyway. Once you don't go for the championship anymore it's different.
"This season it's completely different, we were completely out of the top four, we have come into it on a good run and now of course it is taking advantage of that momentum.
"We are on a positive momentum and last year we were on a negative momentum. That changes it completely. On top of that we have experience. There again, it is how much are you ready to give? How much commitment can you give in every game? How focused can we be?"Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


text: So long story short, on New Years Day my barely 2 year old Toshiba laptop decided to help me celebrate new years by deciding it needed a new motherboard and hard drive. It, of course, is no longer under warranty. Happy New Years to me. Ive decided it is not worth the money I spent on it to get it fixed. I want to replace my laptop with another laptop and am considering a Mac. However, all I use my computer for is email, the internet, online banking, iTunes and watching videos (mostly ice network and YouTube; some on-line tv shows and dvds). Im too computer illiterate to do anything more than that. So, is a Mac worth the money if that is all Im going to be using it for? In the past Ive had an hp desktop which I was very happy with, a Dell laptop (which I would never consider again) and the Toshiba. Basically, I am looking for a dependable laptop that I will not have to replace every 2 years. Thanks.


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Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski has made another step in his return to the field after offseason back and forearm surgeries. Gronkowski practiced in full pads Sunday. Here is what ESPN Boston's Mike Reiss saw:
"In the 15 minutes that reporters were present, Gronkowski went through running drills as players ran the width of the field multiple times, then was part of an agility drill in which players step over bags while keeping their eyes up to catch a football thrown by a coach," Reiss wrote. "He also took part in a lower-key blocking drill in which he worked on technique by getting out of his stance and hitting a blocking pad held by a coach."
Fantasy Analysis:
The expectation is that Gronk won't be ready for Week 1 or probably Week 2, but he could return by Week 3 versus the Buccaneers. But drafting him in the third, fourth or fifth round isn't really about having faith that he play again; it's more a belief that he will play like the Rob Gronkowski of previous seasons. I remain skeptical of that, especially since back surgeries can drastically impact a player over the long haul. Zach Sudfeld should see a lot of playing time early on.


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Green Bay's Brown Named Finalist for Lefty Driesell Award
By: Andrew Gavin (@GBGavin)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) – Despite his career coming to an end last month, Green Bay's Alec Brown (Winona, Minn.) is still being recognized for his performance as a Phoenix. The 7-foot-1 big man was named a finalist this week for the 2014 Lefty Driesell National Defensive Player of the Year award, CollegeInsider.com announced. As one of 25 finalists for the award, Brown also earned a spot on the 2013-14 Lefty Driesell Defensive All-America Team.
The Driesell Award is handed out annually to the top defensive player in the nation and will be awarded at the CollegeInsider.com Awards Banquet on Friday in Dallas, site of the Final Four. Brown and junior Keifer Sykes (Chicago, Ill.) are finalists for the Lou Henson Award for Mid-Major Player of the Year and Green Bay head coach Brian Wardle is a finalist for the Skip Prosser Man of the Year award, which will also be named at the banquet.
Wardle, Sykes and Brown led the Phoenix to a 24-7 record and a 14-2 mark in conference play to claim the program's first Horizon League regular season title in 18 years. Sykes (6 times) and Brown (4 times) combined to win 10 of the conference's 17 player of the week awards. Read a complete season recap here.
The 7-foot-1 Brown started rewriting the Phoenix blocked shot records from the moment he put on a uniform, and had his best defensive campaign as a senior in 2013-14. Brown broke his own single-season school record for rejections (94) and tied the Horizon League career blocks record (309). He owns the top four single-season blocks totals in program history.
Averaging 3.2 blocks per game, Brown tied for seventh nationally and led the Horizon League. On March 3, the senior was named the Horizon League Defensive Player of the Year and to the All-Defensive Team for the second-straight season.
In 2013-14, Green Bay ranked second nationally in blocks per game (7.3) and broke the program's single-season team record for the fourth consecutive season with 223. In the past four seasons, Green Bay blocked 10 or more shots as a team in a game 10 times, with Brown alone posting double-digit rejections twice.
As a sophomore, Brown set a Horizon League and program record with 11 blocks in a victory over Wright State, and, on Nov. 23, 2014, Brown blocked 10 shots as part of a triple-double performance against Minnesota Duluth.
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Every season a number of Arsenal players go out on loan to gain valuable first-team experience. With the 2012/13 campaign now well underway, 15 Gunners are currently away from the Club.
Arsenal.com tracks their progress throughout the season. Our Arsenal's Loanees page offers an overview and below is the latest instalment of our Loan Watch.
Chuks Aneke
Crewe 1-0 Bury
Saturday, December 15
Chuks Aneke was substituted at half time as Crewe left it late to beat Bury.
Emmanuel Frimpong
Bolton 2-0 Charlton
Saturday, December 15
Emmanuel Frimpong started as Charlton lost at the Reebok, and was substituted after 83 minutes.
Joel Campbell
Celta Vigo 0-1 Real Betis
Monday, December 17
Joel Campbell played the full 90 minutes as Real Betis continued their good start to the season with victory over Celta Vigo.
Ju Young Park
Celta Vigo 0-1 Real Betis
Monday, December 17
Ju Young Park started as Celta Vigo were beaten by Real Betis. The South Korean striker was substituted at half time.
Philip Roberts
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Saturday, December 15
Philip Roberts came on in second-half stoppage time as Inverness and Dundee United played out an enthralling draw at Tannadice.
Benik Afobe
Bolton 2-0 Charlton
Saturday, December 15
Benik Afobe did not get off the bench as Bolton triumphed over Charlton.
Numancia 0-1 Ponferradina
Sunday, December 16
Wellington was an unused substitute as Ponferradina continued their fine recent form with victory at Numancia.
Samuel Galindo
Lugo 3-2 Real Madrid II
Friday, December 14
Samuel Galindo was named on the bench as Lugo triumphed over Real Madrid II.
Craig Eastmond, Sanchez Watt
Bournemouth 1-0 Colchester
Saturday, December 15
Craig Eastmond and Sanchez Watt are both injured and missed Colchester's trip to Bournemouth.
Nicklas Bendtner
Juventus 3-0 Atalanta
Sunday, December 16
Nicklas Bendtner was not involved in Juventus' comfortable win against Atalanta.
Norwich 2-1 Wigan
Saturday, December 15
Ryo played no part in Wigan's defeat to Norwich.
Conor Henderson
Doncaster 1-4 Coventry
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Conor Henderson was not in the Coventry squad as they convincingly beat Doncaster.
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Ms. Benazir Bhutto expressed dissatisfaction with the initial official report on the suicide bombing that greeted her arrival home. It appears Musharraf warned her about possible attacks and asked Bhutto to delay returning, but Ms. Bhutto named three suspects behind the attack in her letter to the president, she claimed the conspirators were "people with powerful positions in government and included "a close friend of the president." The strange alliance between two arrogant and self centered individuals had strains from the beginning but each needed the other for self interest. Musharrf is increasingly unpopular while Bhutto has popularity but also angers fundamentalist elements in the population
According to the Lahore Daily Times, Bhutto has named specific men including the PUnjab chief minister Caudhry Pervaiz Elahi and a former intelligence officer. By naming specific people, Ms. Bhutto has added a new strain to their relationship. Does President Musharraf take action against his close allies because Ms. Bhutto claims they are conspiring against her? The two allies are trapped in their own strengths and weaknesses, Ms. Bhutto has the support of many moderate components of the Pakistan population while Musharraf is trying to walk the thin line of maintaining his conservative support without alienating moderates and vice versa.
Pakistan is divided and there is no doubt terrorists will continue with their efforts to kill Musharraf and Bhutto. What will happen if either or both of them are killed? Has anyone in the Bush administration considered that possibility?


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Although Node has a complete library of developer-contributed modules to automate server-side development, this book will show you how to program with Node on your own, so you truly understand the platform. Discover firsthand how well Node works as a web server, and how easy it is to learn and use.
Garann returned to frontend development three years ago after spending several years working on backends. She started the Austin All-Girl Hack Night and teaches women to code as an instructor for Girl Develop It Austin. When she's not writing JavaScript, she's often operating some sort of power tool as she remodels her 111-year-old house.
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The book Node for Front-End Developers by Garann Means presents a great introduction to Node and its surrounding modules.Not only is using the same language for both client-side and server-side awesome, but Node itself is fast, stable and production ready. Node was first created by Ryan Dahl and is built using Google's V8 JavaScript Engine.The book is nicely organized and lightly touches everything you'd want to have when starting with a new web framework. If you haven't done a ton of web development, you'll get lots of introductory bits on things to learn such as the key-value store Redis.The following topics (and more) are covered:- Setting up Node and Node Package Manager (NPM)- Testing with command line- Serving static content- Serving dynamic content- URL routing- Handling HTTP POST data- Handling AJAX requests w/ JSON and JSONP- Using node.js with HTML5 websockets (very cool!)- Server side templates, passing server side data to templates- Partial templates- Working with persistent storage- Working with files- MVC patternYou won't go deep into any one topic; however, the book gives you just enough information to know where to go from there. I'd recommend this book to anyone with some JavaScript experience that wants to know what Node is all about.
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I've reviewed "Node for Front-End Developers" for the O'Reilly blogger program. Because I've been contributing to an open-source Node.js ebook, I was very excited to read this book. I must warn you-- this book is less about Node.js than it is about prototyping web applications using modules available in Node.js. If you begin reading this from that perspective and you have little knowledge of Node.js in general, you will gain a lot from reading this. If, however, you have experience with Node.js and have used frameworks such as Express and Connect, there is not much more covered in these 58 pages.Garann Means has written this book in a great way. She doesn't start off explaining the Express framework like most introductions to Node.js would have done. Instead, she shows how to create a minimal http server, add templating and middleware, and then discusses Express and separating concerns into an MVC or MVC-like pattern. There are a few times where I think the terminology could be misleading. For example, at the beginning she talks about 'scaffolding'. Scaffolding in general implies code generation and the only bit of true scaffolding discussed in the book occurs on one line in one of the last few chapters when the Express framework generates an empty application. I would have liked to see some true 'scaffolding' examples, either with code specific to the book or with third-party modules. Aside from one or two other terminology issues (which is probably just me being picky), the content is spot-on. Garann does talk about asynchronous operations a little, but this is a huge area of concern for front-end and back-end developers when migrating to Node.js because the asynchronous and event-driven nature of common tasks (files, database) can often increase the complexity of a simple task. Had she expanded on the asynchronous nature of Node.js more, I would have given this book five stars. She does offer a caveat in the Postscript that this book doesn't cover all there is to know about Node.js, and she's right. Before or after reading this, you should read the introduction in the Node.js documentation and the Express framework's documentation. In conclusion, this is an excellent introduction to prototyping web applications using Node.js. I would recommend this book to people who are familiar with JavaScript programming and want to being prototyping without the need to learn additional languages and frameworks like Ruby on Rails, Catalyst, ASP.NET MVC, etc.
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Mental health has over many decades acquired the unwelcome reputation of being a pariah or stepchild of the health services. This was partly because it was narrowly understood as psychiatric illness, an area of concern for only psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses, patients and their families. However, the past three to four years have seen mental health care steadily moving out of this quarantine, towards mainstream health care. Also, mental health care has begun to address issues that distress South Africans on a day to day basis such as crime, violence and HIV/AIDS. This is starting to change peoples perceptions of mental health as an abstract, mysterious set of interventions, to an understanding that this is a component of health that addresses issues of general psychological well being and problems of day-to-day living. This transformation of mental health has been made possible by a diversity of developments, pioneered by the Mental Health Directorate in the National Department of Health, working in conjunction with provincial departments of health, non-governmental organisations and other interest groups. Some of these developments deserve special mention: * The Draft Mental Health Bill of 1999 which was published for public comment in the Government Gazette on the 4th February 2000. This draft Bill provides the legislative framework for the provision of mental health care in a humane manner, based on the individual rights espoused by our Constitution, and resonant with the times in which we live. Should this Bill be passed in the year 2000, as it is intended, this will be an important milestone. The new challenge that will obviously arise from this is the formulation of pragmatic implementation strategies. * Violence Surveillance Project, undertaken by the Mental Health Directorate in conjunction with the Institute for Health and Social Sciences, as part of the National Crime Prevention Strategy * Training of Primary Health Care Workers in Victim Empowerment * Development of Secondary level studies for Victims of Violence * Development, together with the Centre for the Study of Violence, of the Violence Prevention Project in Schools * Collaboration between the Mental Health and HIV/AIDS directorates to develop policies for pre-and-post test counselling of individuals * Development, together with Columbia University in New York, of interventions to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in institutions for people with intellectual disabilities The above areas of focus do not imply that people with psychiatric illness have been neglected. The Mental Health Directorate has also paid attention to: Development of Norms for Severe Psychiatric Care and Standards for monitoring Quality of Care in institutions providing mental health care. This was done together with the University of Cape Town. De-institutionalisation of people with mental health problems, to provide care in a milieu as close to the family of the patients as possible. This project was done together with the Centre for Health Policy (CHP) (see Research hot off the Press). Identification of barriers to the implementation of findings of mental health research. Areas of focus where more attention is needed include: Integration of mental health care into Primary Health Care (PHC) based on the District Health System. A lot of effort has been dedicated to this, for instance, by the Community-based Mental Health Project (CMHP), attached to the University of Durban-Westville. A scientific evaluation by an external team that could help to identify factors that facilitate and those that inhibit integration would be useful. Identification of barriers to the implementation of mental health research findings, most of which have been hailed as breaking new ground. Strengthening the capacity of provincial departments of health (and welfare) to translate the mental health policies of the national department into workable strategies. Focusing on the issues that affect us a nation on a daily basis such as crime and violence will almost certainly enhance peoples understanding of mental health as an integral aspect of daily living and not as a far-off illness that only affects some people who are hidden away in institutions. Of course, results speak louder than aspirations, and I have begun to see some of the interventions, for instance, the training of health workers in victim empowerment, beginning to enhance confidence and change attitudes. The formulation of the legislation is another important development. The partnership between the Mental Health Directorate and various NGOs, academic institutions and other interest groups, in enhancing the mental health care of the people of South Africa, as already been highlighted, is commendable. So although there is still a long way to go before the mental health system in South Africa approaches the ideal for this country, some important steps forward have been taken and the future looks promising.


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Stephenie Meyer never camped out to catch the latest work from her favorite authors.
"Most of the authors I really loved were already dead," Meyer said in an interview this week. Her faves included Louisa May Alcott, Margaret Mitchell and Jane Austen.
"There were no sequels at that point. … I learned to enjoy books in a finite way," she said.
This weekend, fans of Meyer's Twilight saga are faced with a choice: whether to embrace the movie based on Meyer's non-Twilight novel, the alien-invasion tale The Host.
The movie "The Host," opening nationwide Friday, March 29, depicts an Earth in which most of the human population has been taken over by alien "souls." It follows one teen girl, Melanie (played by Saoirse Ronan), who resists from within when an alien tries to control her.
"Some of [the fans] will [see it], and I think some of them won't," Meyer said matter-of-factly. "A lot of women say, 'Oh, it's science fiction,' like it's a negative to them."
One of Salt Lake City's most devoted Twilight fans said it's unlikely the movie version of The Host will draw the same affection that the "Twilight" movies did.
"It's kind of odd," said Kandi Prickett, who runs the Salt Lake City Twilight Fans Facebook page. She asked the page's 350-plus fans whether "The Host" would be as popular as the "Twilight" films, and "every one said it will not be as big as 'Twilight.' "
A Salt Lake City academic who has become the resident expert on all things Twilight also sees a difference in interest between Meyer's sparkly vampires and her pale-eyed aliens.
When Christine Seifert, associate professor of communication at Westminster College, recently looked on the message boards of a popular young-adult literary forum, she said, "what I found interesting is that people who didn't like Twilight like The Host, and people who liked Twilight didn't like The Host."
The difference is what's at the core of each story, Seifert said.
"At its heart, Twilight is a romance novel and a very traditional romance novel," Seifert said, describing the ageless love story between the human Bella and the century-old vampire Edward Cullen. Later in the saga, werewolf Jacob Black also was mooning over Bella. To fans focused on the romance, Seifert said, "Edward didn't have to be a vampire."
On the other hand, Seifert said, The Host "is basically a science-fiction story." It has a Twilight-like love triangle, as Melanie still loves her boyfriend, Jared, while the alien "soul," named Wanda, develops feelings for Jared's best friend, Ian. "But, at its heart, it's imagining over this world," Seifert said.
Prickett, 42, said The Host "was more mature. You still have the triangle, but there's no sexual tension. It's not as mysterious, because aliens are way different than vampires."
The fans on Prickett's Facebook page stay engaged, she said, monitoring the careers and personal lives of the actors who appeared in the "Twilight" films. Last weekend, the two big items of interest were Kristen Stewart's award at the Kids' Choice Awards and a fire that hit actress Ashley Greene's condo and killed one of her dogs.
For some fans, Seifert said, the line between the actors and the characters they play can get blurred.
"To really hardcore fans, Kristen Stewart is Bella and Robert Pattinson is Edward," Seifert said. "That's part of the reason they were upset when Kristen Stewart was caught having an affair."
The affair, which happened last summer when Stewart was spotted with Rupert Sanders, the married director of Stewart's movie "Snow White and the Huntsman," "in some ways turned fans off," Seifert said. "That's when you saw more people who said they were over Edward and Bella. They couldn't pretend it was real anymore."
Meyer faces a similar challenge in not being continually defined by Twilight. "She's tied to Twilight in ways that fans will have difficulty being accepted as anything else," Seifert said.
Seifert compared Meyer's situation to that of Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling, who last year published her first adult novel, The Casual Vacancy, a dark story of class division in an English village.
"I read it, I loved it and it's not Harry Potter," Seifert said. "There are people who saw J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter as inextricable. So a book that's full of sex and drugs and abortion and abuse was impossible for real Harry Potter fans to take."
Meyer, who is working on a sequel to The Host, said she tries to tune out such pressures.
"When I write, I really don't think about any audience," she said. "You can't worry about what somebody wants to see from you."
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thanks so much for all the feedback everyone!
Ryannorthcott-Thanks and glad to hear I'm not alone.
lander91-good point. I never thought about the profiles specifically. I will definitely consider that.
Natalie-thanks for confirming what I've been feeling. I almost bought the TRS instead of the Ladies Choice. It's funny because I have very muscular legs yet lack the weight and strength to really power my board. I've always been light on my feet, but not sure if that even makes sense in snowboarding. BTW, is the Ollie pop more all mountain freestyle?
I really feel like it's the length more than anything. Maybe I will stick with that middle of the road flex and just get a shorter board and sell one of my other two.
Thanks again!
I am actually pretty close to your build. I've been riding about 30 times/year over the last 12 seasons so I'm fairly advanced. Heres my stats and boards
22 yo
5' 2''
115 pounds
GNU ladies park pickle 140cm
Lib Tech TRS 148 cm
I definitely can tell you that 148 is at the outer limit for the length of boards girls our size should be riding. I definitely cannot throw around my TRS like I can my GNU, but I dont need to since I bought the board for charging and stability at high speeds which is exactly what it does.
I originally bought my GNU for park and all-mountain. I also do basic park stuff, grabs, 50-50s, boardslides on any features I can find with only that board. I also go to mount bohemia which is like midwest backcountry because I love tree runs but the wide open runs ride like moguls when it gets tracked out. I rode my TRS (the long board) and it was pretty challenging to turn on a dime through the trees, moguls and chop because of the length and weight. But it was AWESOME in the pow.
I can't imagine trying to do park with a board that long as a female rider, I just don't have the muscle to pop and spin a board that big. Not that it can't be done. Basically what it comes down to is that your ladies choice is an awesome board for all-mountain, the longer the more stable, but is not exactly ideal for your park riding. I would either keep your board and get a park specific board (onyx, infinity, gypsy, forum spinster) and switch between the two (which is what I do), or ditch that board and get something that can do both reasonably well in a 143-144.
If you go any softer with the flex your going to sacrifice its all-mountain performance, the ladies choice is still a medium flex. All those boards you mentioned besides the ollie pop are definitely park oriented. Now that I've progressed with my TRS I get back on my softer, rockered GNU board and it feels a bit surfy and out of control at high speeds.
I also agree with lander91, your rome was a rocker which initiates turns really easily because theres less edge contact, but your GNU is gonna ride more aggressive and has some camber thrown in the mix so itl be harder to turn
Sorry for the long post! Hopefully something in there was helpful
I'm wondering if it might be less of the 2.5cm size difference and more the profile/flex difference between a park board and an all mountain board. I'm 125 lb, intermediate rider too, and ride a 143 rocker board for park and 151 flat-rocker for all mountain (getting a 152 camrock next season).
I definitely can't throw the 151 around like my park board, but having been lucky enough to demo a bunch of different profile boards earlier this year, I found way more difference in similar length boards that had different profiles and flex than I do in the 8cm difference between my two current boards. Just my two cents.
|Same weight, bit taller. My general impression: fun boards for riding fast are not only longer but also stiffer, thus far more challenging/work in crud. It's stability vs. agility. I ended up having a quiver to have the right board for each condition. Good day groomer/pow (pure freeriding/carving, no park) boards are long n stiff (156-159), and got a small n softish 153 for crud n mogul resort days. Difference in how they ride in moguls is huge. The first ones are hard work, the latter one almost fun. But vice versa, on good groomers, the stiff/long ones are far more stable than the short/softer one. It's a trade off
|Keep it as your groomer blasting board and a deeper pow board....as you add some more weight and skills it will get better. Or you could unload the LC pretty easily.
|All I can tell you is that my significant other is the same build and experience level and feels the exact same way about her b-pro. She invested quite a lot in it and says she much prefers the feel of her old cambered burton feelgood, says the board isn't maneuverable in the same way, pretty much exactly what you described. She bought it because of the salesman and the graphic, but is looking at getting something else for next year. I know I'm not really offering advice, but it's interesting to see someone else in the same boat
Ladies! Ever ride a board that felt too big? Pls help!
I'm hoping someone can relate and give some suggestions.
A little about me:
Intermediate rider (4th season, about 20 times a year, easy learner)
5'2", 120 lbs athletic build (broad shoulders muscular legs), 7 boot
Goofy, with a rather wide stance-16 inches from inside to inside binding (21 inches measuring from center to center binding).
I rode a Rome Lo-fi 146cm rocker till last year. It was a dream. Easy going, light and buttery. I wanted to charge a bit harder and have something with more edge control and bought the GNU ladies choice 148.5. I knew at the end of last year that this board was too much for me and unfortunately couldn't return a used board. I was sick to my stomach thinking how much I spent and that I didn't love it. It feels way too big. I can't throw it around like my lo-fi rocker. On moguls and other obstacles it feels too long and heavy to maneuver quickly. I suppose it would be great if I just wanted to simply cruise or hit large jumps. I feel like my board is riding me rather than me controlling and riding my board.
I like to ride all mountain with some speed, some tree riding, going off small ledges and natural jumps, some boxes and smallish jumps in the park.
Therefor, I think I need a board that is about 143cm and slightly softer than my GNU ladies choice. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!
I am seriously considering:
Never Summer Onyx (might be too soft?)
Never Summer Infinity (might be too much like my Ladies Choice from what a retailer told me)
Roxy Ollie pop
Salomon Gypsy
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Volleyball's Season Concludes in Round of 16
Dec. 7, 2012
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Kentucky volleyball team's season came to a conclusion at the hands of No. 1 Penn State on Friday in West Lafayette, Ind., by way of a 3-0 (25-18, 25-21, 25-12) score. Junior Whitney Billings led the way with eight kills and nine digs for the Wildcats who advanced to their second-straight Sweet 16 under the direction of eighth-year head coach Craig Skinner.
The Blue and White were among just nine teams in the nation making their second-consecutive appearance in the round of 16 and the senior class finishes as the only in one in program history to move to the round of 16 in the national tournament in three of four seasons.
"Hats off to Penn State, they were awfully good tonight," Skinner said. "I thought they played better tonight than they had the past couple of weeks. The margin of error is pretty small when you get to this point in the tournament … You really need to get one of those first two games to go in the locker room with a little bit of momentum."
Kentucky's year finishes at 22-11 overall, while the Nittany Lions stretch their record to an impressive 32-2 on the year.
Senior Stephanie Klefot had a team-high 11 digs and added a pair of assists as she finishes her career as one of the most decorated athletes in program history. Classmates Christine Hartmann closed out with 25 assists and Ashley Frazier had seven kills.
Junior Alexandra Morgan logged five kills and had a team-best three blocks. Sophomore Lauren O'Conner had four kills and freshman Kayla Tronick contributed three. Junior Jessi Greenberg had three digs and sophomore Jackie Napper added two.
Penn State captured a 25-18 victory in the opening frame behind 16 kills in the stanza. UK logged eight kills and benefited from four PSU service errors and a trio of blocks.
The Lions scored the first two points of the match before UK tallied its first point on a Nittany Lion service error. Morgan and Hartmann teamed up for a block to make the score 5-3 in favor of the designated home team before UK scored the next two points highlighted by a kill from Morgan to knot the score at five apiece. The Wildcats earned their largest lead of the set at 13-9 following back-to-back kills from Billings. Penn State fought back and tied things at 17 before finishing the set on an 8-1 run for the match's first victory.
Frazier got hot in the second set and led the way with four kills, but it was not enough as the Lions went ahead 2-0 into the break following a 25-21 second set win. Penn State managed just eight kills, but capitalized on 10 hitting errors by the Blue and White.
The Wildcats led 2-1 early in the set following a Morgan-Hartmann team on a block. Penn State roared back to take an 8-4 edge. Kentucky would not go away, however, and fought back to tie the score at 10 all on a kill from Billings. The Lions again garnered a four-point edge at 19-15, but the Wildcats would mount a 6-3 run and come within one at 22-21 highlighted by a pair of sizzling kills from Frazier. Penn State stole back the momentum on an erroneous attack by the Cats and the Lions scored the stanza's final three points to earn the win.
Billings paced the attack in the final set with four kills, but Penn State would finish the sweep with a 25-12 set victory. Penn State totaled a match-high .565 hitting clip and scored 13 points off kills in the final frame.
Consecutive kills from O'Conner and Billings lifted UK to a 2-1 lead that stretched to 4-2 on a kill from Frazier. Penn State responded to tie the score at four and claimed the lead on the very next point. The Lions would never look back en route to the 25-12 win.
Kentucky returns all but three players to the 2013 squad including two-time first-team All-Southeastern Conference selection in Billings.
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An Eventful Career Think your job is complicated? Try this one: Six months after your first day at work, the gubernatorial election you oversee becomes one of the closest in U.S. history. TV news trucks fill the parking lot. Ballots get recounted three times. A seven-month legal battle follows.
state lawmakers to pass laws opening meetings and documents to public scrutiny. That led to subsequent jobs at a time when government agencies were re-examining policies in the wake of various crises that dominated the headlines. Handy worked in the state's Department of Natural Resources during epic clashes between environmentalists and natural resource users; served as executive director of the Port of Olympia after the Exxon Valdez oil spill, helping to create Washington's first oil spill prevention plan; and ran the state elections division after Bush v. Gore led to calls for election reform across the nation. "I was always drawn to work in public policy areas that were exciting and current," Handy says. "Change was actively happening and the climate was ripe for reform." Handy has made one stab at public office: He ran for commissioner of public lands in 1992 and lost in the primary — despite being endorsed by every major newspaper in the state. He shrugs off the defeat: "I wasn't really drawn to running for public office," he says. "At this point in time, I'm done."
Also, the election system itself is thrown into turmoil when voters approve a new primary system. Then a fight erupts over whether signature sheets for initiative petitions can be released to the public. That case goes all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Even as you announce your retirement, the issue still isn't settled. Welcome to Nick Handy's world. Handy JD'75, retired last year from his job as Washington State's director of elections. His eventful six-year tenure capped a 35-year career in state government. He has helped shape policy in key areas of open records, natural resource management and elections. "When you embark upon a public policy career, you are likely to end up in areas that are interesting and transformative," he says. "One of the wonderful things about a law degree is all the different directions it can take you." Handy started his government career almost on a fluke: He wrote an article for the Willamette Law Review about Washington's new public disclosure law and got hired in the state attorney general's office, acting as legal counsel to the state's Public Disclosure Commission. It was a heady time to work in that area of government, he says — the fallout from the Watergate scandal led
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Secretary of State Sam Reed appointed Handy to the elections job in May 2004. Six months later, Republican Dino Rossi and Democrat Christine Gregoire were locked in an election battle that Gregoire first appeared to be losing — by 261 votes. A hand count financed by the state Democratic Party gave her a 10-vote lead. A judge's ruling later increased her margin to 129 votes. "That was very gratifying for those of us who worked in the administration," Handy says. But the judge in the case also found flaws in the state's election system. Handy centralized the state's voter registration database, kept better track of felons who had lost their right to vote and regularly purged the database of deceased voters. He also oversaw the transition to vote by mail. Lawyer Kevin Hamilton, who represents the Washington State Democratic Party, says Handy was unflappable during hotly contested issues and elections. "He has had to stand in the middle of shouting and finger-pointing and chest-bumping, and Nick always keeps his cool," he says. "I've had elections officials around the country hang up on me, but I never had anything like that happen with Nick. "He devoted a chunk of his life to running the machinery of democracy," Hamilton says. "It's hard to think of a more noble calling than that."
A Man for the Times: Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul J. De Muniz and six Willamette grads talk about their careers on the bench