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ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 297, August 13, 2004
- Announcing ARSC Fall 2004 Science Seminars
- Lectures by Visiting Mathematicians
- Tips for Better I/O Performance on the Cray X1: Part II
- Scripted Chaining of Batch Jobs and File Checks
- X1: Don't Forget to Link for SSP Mode
- Quick Tip
Announcing ARSC Fall 2004 Science Seminars
You are invited to attend ARSC's Fall Science Seminars:
September 8-10, 2004 Arctic Region Supercomputing Center University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks, AlaskaWednesday September 8th:
"Supercomputing Applications"
- James O'Dell, Chief Scientist, ARSC
"A Perspective on Ocean Modeling and Sea Ice Modeling and the Importance of Supercomputer Power to Their Evolution"
- Albert Semtner, Professor, Naval Postgraduate School
"Development of the Earth System Modeling Framework"
- Nancy Collins, Software Engineer, National Center for Atmospheric Research
"Use of Computers for Paleoclimate Research"
- John Kutzbach, Professor, University of Wisconsin
- Buck Sharpton, President's Professor, University of Alaska Fairbanks
"Little Quarks and Big Computers"
- Gerry Guralnik, Professor, Brown University
"On Molecular Sequence Alignment: Some Reasons for Doing It Well"
- Tom Marr, President's Professor, University of Alaska Fairbanks
A final schedule will be released later. Check at: /arsc/support/news/hpcnews/hpcnews296/index.xml
Lectures by Visiting Mathematicians
Jerome Percus and Ora Percus of The Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Department of Physics, New York University, will present the following series of lectures. All four talks will be held in the Elvey Auditorium, in the UAF Geophysical Institute:August 24, 11:00 am
Fluids Under Tight Confinement
Jerome K. Percus
A preliminary study is made of the new phenomenology encountered when classical fluids are confined to enclosures that are of the order of the particle size in all but one spatial dimension. Self-diffusion is taken as the indicator of this phenomenology. The anomalous diffusion occurring in strictly one-dimensional flow is first reviewed, and then its extension to the single-file regime in which particles cannot pass each other. When the system enters the parametric regime in which particle exchange is first possible, a rapid transition to the characteristics of normal diffusion takes place, which is organized by the concept of "hopping time".August 24, 3:00 pm
Can Two Wrongs Make a Right? Coin Tossing Games and Parrondo's Paradox.
Ora Percus
A number of natural and man-made activities can be cast in the form of various one-person games, and many of these appear as sequences of transitions without memory, or Markov chains. It has been observed, initially with surprise, that losing "games" can often be combined by selection, or even randomly, to result in winning games. Here, we present the analysis of such questions in concise mathematical form (exemplified by one nearly trivial case and one which has received a fair amount of prior study), showing that two wrongs can indeed make a right -- but also that two rights can make a wrong!August 25, 11:00 am
Piecewise Homogeneous Random Walk with a Moving Boundary
Ora E. Percus
We study a random walk with nearest neighbor transitions on a one-dimensional lattice. The walk starts at the origin, as does a dividing line which moves with constant speed gamma, but the outward transition probabilities p_A and p_B differ on the right- and left- hand sides of the dividing line. This problem is solved formally by taking advantage of the analytical properties in the complex plane of an added variable generating function, and it is found that (p_A, p_B) space decomposes into four regions of distinct qualitative properties. The asymptotic probability of the walk being to the right of the moving boundary is obtained explicitly in three of the four regions. However, analysis in the fourth region is a sensitive function of the denominator of the rational fraction gamma, and encounters some surprises. Applications of random walk problems to sequential clinical trials will be mentioned.August 25, 3:00 pm
Small Population Effects in Stochastic Population Dynamics
Jerome K. Percus
We focus on several biologically relevant situations in which small populations play a significant qualitative role, and take some first steps to incorporate such situations in the continuous dynamics format that has been so elegantly developed in the past. We first describe a small number of model systems in which the influence of small populations is evident. The we analyze in detail a toy model, exactly solvable, that suggests a path towards the attainment of our goal, and follow this by a formal vehicle for doing so. Application to model systems, and comparison with numerical solutions, indicates the potential utility of this approach.
Tips for Better I/O Performance on the Cray X1: Part II
[ Thanks to U.S. Naval Academy Midshipman Nathan Brasher for this report on his work at ARSC this summer. See: Part I of this two-part series. ]
As described in Part I of this study, I collected I/O bandwidth data on the X1 by writing files, 10MB in the formatted cases and 100MB files in the unformatted cases, and recording the elapsed time per write. I varied several parameters (all of which are under the user's control) to determine their effect on I/O performance. These parameters and the means by which an X1 user can vary them are shown here:
I/O Parameter Method of setting ================= ====================================== Access method Fortran open statement File format Fortran open statement Buffer size Unicos/mp assign command (assign -b) Chunk size Fortran source code logic Blocking scheme Unicos/mp assign command (assign -s)
In graphing the results, I only show the maximum speed obtained for each test over several runs. The maximum was chosen because it was felt that this best represented the potential for high bandwidth. Also by taking the maximum bandwidth and discarding other results I was able to ignore abnormally slow times resulting from sharing disk access with other users.
The four graphs all show I/O bandwidth as a function of buffer size, and have five curves plotted, one for each of five different chunk sizes. Each graph shows results for one combination of access method and file format:Sequential, Formatted:
Sequential, Unformatted:
Direct, Formatted:
Direct, Unformatted:
I found three primary contributors to high I/O performance:
- unformatted files,
- arge buffer sizes,
- few large write statements as opposed to many small writes.
The first effect is particularly dramatic. Writing unformatted files is typically 100-200 times faster than writing their formatted equivalents.
When the computer encounters a formatted write statement, it must interpret the format before outputting results. As you can see by comparing the graphs for unformatted I/O to their counterparts, factors like buffer size and chunk size do not have quite the same effect on formatted I/O as they do on unformatted I/O. This is because the overhead created by a format statement overwhelms the other factors in terms of significance. The results is that formatted output is slow regardless of the circumstances. To achieve top performance, only use formatted I/O if you absolutely have to.
Direct access when combined with unformatted data is even faster. I have been unable to figure out exactly why direct unformatted produced the best results, but it was consistently faster than the other formats, often as much as twice as fast as sequential unformatted.
I tried changing the record access order, thinking that this speed up was a results of the somewhat artificial conditions of our test (direct access records were, in fact, accessed in sequential order). However, direct unformatted ran at the same speed regardless of the order in which the records were written. Thus, if you are looking for every possible tweak to cut down on I/O access time on klondike, try direct access, unformatted files.
Buffer size is another important consideration. As you can see from all four graphs, larger buffer sizes always result in better performance. This was anticipated from the knowledge that memory is much faster than disk access and by storing results in a large buffer one can cut down on the frequency of disk accesses. It is worth noting as well that the Cray default buffer size of 64 KB works well in most circumstances.
It is also interesting that while large buffers can partially compensate for small chunk sizes, they do not completely solve the problem (compare the curves for "whole array" and "10,000 elem chunks" on the two graphs of unformatted I/O). The data also show that more, smaller chunks always degrade performance.
I have chosen to describe, rather than graph, the effects of the final parameter in this study, the Fortran file blocking scheme. The reason is that, in all tests, the different blocking schemes, f77, f90, COS, and unblocked file I/O all performed within 3% or so of each other. If you need to specify a blocking scheme for portability, then go ahead and do it, otherwise using the Cray defaults works fine.
In conclusion, mostly what this study did is to confirm what we already suspected about the slowness of mechanical disk drives. Few large writes will run faster than many small writes.
If possible, store your data in large arrays and output it all at once using unformatted I/O. If you absolutely cannot use large arrays and write statements, at least allocate a large buffer size in order to compensate.
I hope that the production of this hard data on I/O performance will aid the users of klondike to improve their computational performance.
program test_prog implicit none include 'mpif.h' real (kind=4), dimension(:), allocatable :: array real, dimension(10) :: writetime integer :: nelts, chunksz, ntests, i, rep, j, ierr real :: start, end ntests= 20 nelts = 250000 chunksz = 250000 open(unit=1, status='replace', form='formatted', file='results') write(unit=1,fmt='(I4)') ntests allocate(array(nelts)) do i=1, nelts array(i) = mod(i,10) / 10.0 end do call mpi_init(ierr) do i=1,ntests open(unit = 11, status='replace', form = 'unformatted', & access = 'sequential', file = 'outfile1') start = mpi_wtime() do rep = 1, 100 do j=1, nelts, chunksz write(unit = 11) array(j:min(j+chunksz-1,nelts)) end do end do end = mpi_wtime() writetime(i) = end-start close(unit = 11) end do write(unit = 1, fmt='(f10.6)') writetime print *, 'SEQUENTIAL UNFORMATTED' print *, 'Fastest Time : ',minval(writetime),' sec' print *, 'Slowest Time : ',maxval(writetime),' sec' print *, 'Average Time : ',sum(writetime)/ntests,' sec' do i=1,ntests open(unit = 11, status='replace', form = 'formatted', & access = 'sequential', file = 'outfile2') start = mpi_wtime() do rep = 1, 10 do j=1, nelts, chunksz write(unit = 11, fmt='(100f4.1)') & array(j:min(j+chunksz-1,nelts)) end do end do end = mpi_wtime() writetime(i) = end-start close(unit = 11) end do write(unit = 1, fmt='(f10.6)') writetime print *, 'SEQUENTIAL FORMATTED' print *, 'Fastest Time : ',minval(writetime),' sec' print *, 'Slowest Time : ',maxval(writetime),' sec' print *, 'Average Time : ',sum(writetime)/ntests,' sec' do i=1,ntests open(unit = 11, status = 'replace', form = 'unformatted', & access='direct', recl=4*chunksz, file = 'outfile3') start = mpi_wtime() do rep = 1, 100 do j=1,nelts/chunksz write(unit = 11, rec=nelts*(rep-1)/chunksz+j) & array(j:min(j+chunksz-1,nelts)) end do end do end = mpi_wtime() writetime(i) = end-start close(unit = 11) end do write(unit = 1, fmt='(f10.6)') writetime print *, 'DIRECT UNFORMATTED' print *, 'Fastest Time : ',minval(writetime),' sec' print *, 'Slowest Time : ',maxval(writetime),' sec' print *, 'Average Time : ',sum(writetime)/ntests,' sec' do i=1,ntests open(unit = 11, status = 'replace', form = 'formatted', & access='direct', recl=4*chunksz, file = 'outfile4') start = mpi_wtime() do rep = 1,10 do j=1,nelts/chunksz write(unit = 11, rec=nelts*(rep-1)/chunksz+j, & fmt='(250000f4.1)') array(j:min(j+chunksz-1,nelts)) end do end do end = mpi_wtime() writetime(i) = end-start close(unit = 11) end do write(unit = 1, fmt='(f10.6)') writetime print *, 'DIRECT FORMATTED' print *, 'Fastest Time : ',minval(writetime),' sec' print *, 'Slowest Time : ',maxval(writetime),' sec' print *, 'Average Time : ',sum(writetime)/ntests,' sec' call mpi_finalize(ierr) end program
Scripted Chaining of Batch Jobs and File Checks
[ Many thanks to Kate Hedstrom of ARSC, for yet another article! ]
In the new ARSC storage environment, files are now purged on the work areas. I'll be describing one way to deal with this on the IBM in your loadleveler job script. Something similar should work on the Crays.
The new mode of working might involve copying files from $ARCHIVE to the work area, for instance configurations files for a model. This can be done by hand before the job is submitted, or it can happen in a batch script. However, it can't happen in the main batch script since the compute nodes can't see $ARCHIVE. The purpose of the "data" loadleveler class on iceberg and the "work" class on iceflyer are to allow $ARCHIVE to be visible from batch jobs. We can manage this by job chaining:
- First phase fetches the files from $ARCHIVE and submits the second phase.
- Second phase does the big computation and submits the third phase.
- Third phase moves files to $ARCHIVE.
If the computation is really long and takes more time than the eight hours allowed by the standard class, the first job could check to see if the forcing files are still there from the previous stage before fetching them.
If the fetch fails, the batch script should not try to submit the second phase.
If the files aren't there for the second phase, the big computation should not try to run.
"if" in Shell Scripts
Let us review the syntax of "if" statements in shell scripts. Although I use tcsh for my interactive shell, I use the Korn shell (ksh) for scripts. In this case, it is exactly like the Bourne shell (sh). The only reason I switched to ksh is because you can export variables all in one line:
export MP_SHARED_MEMORY=yes
rather than the sh version:
MP_SHARED_MEMORY=yes export MP_SHARED_MEMORY
Back to the "if" statement. The general form is:
if <some check> then do something fi
with optional elif and else clauses. The simplest form of <some check> is simply a Unix command, which returns a value to the shell indicating success or failure:
if date then echo "date" ran else echo "date" didn't run fiAnother form of <some check> involves a test on some condition. There are two equivalent forms of this:
if [ -d /usr ] then ls /usr fior
if test -d /usr then ls /usr fi
Note that the shell is fussy about whitespace in this example.
Here, "-d" is a test for whether the argument is a directory. There are other tests. An incomplete list is:
-d directory -f regular file -r readable file -w writable file -a file exists -s file exists and is not empty
Putting "if" to Work
The script for the first phase (in the data/work class) could contain lines such as:
# Copy file to current directory then submit the big job phase if cp $ARCHIVE/my_dir/my_file . then /var/loadl/bin/llsubmit phase_2 fi
If more than one file has to be copied, we could check for success after each one (here, "!" is a logical "NOT"):
# Copy files to current directory or die if ! cp $ARCHIVE/my_dir/my_file_1 . then echo problem copying my_file_1 exit fi if ! cp $ARCHIVE/my_dir/my_file_2 . then echo problem copying my_file_2 exit fi /var/loadl/bin/llsubmit phase_2
For phase two, we want to make sure the files are there:
# Check for needed files if [ ! -f my_file_1 ] then echo my_file_1 not found exit fi if [ ! -f my_file_2 ] then echo my_file_2 not found exit fi # Run the job and submit the cleanup phase if successful if ./my_big_job then /var/loadl/bin/llsubmit phase_3 fi
Phase three, moving results back to $ARCHIVE, is left as an exercise for the reader (if you get stuck, contact ARSC consulting which knows how to find me).
X1: Don't Forget to Link for SSP Mode
If your code multi-streams poorly, you should test it in single-streaming, or SSP, mode. To do so, compile all source files with "ftn -O ssp ..." or "cc -h ssp ...", and don't forget to link with "-O ssp" or "-h ssp" as well. If you link without the "ssp" option, your application will run in the default MSP mode using only one SSP per MSP.
A user had this problem last week and discovered it as follows. His was an OpenMP program, and he expected to run it with 16 OpenMP threads, one per SSP on a single shared-memory X1 node. The following command is correct, and tells the scheduler to run the application with 16 threads:
aprun -d 16 ./a.outIt, however, reported the error message:
"aprun -d cannot exceed node size"
The problem: while he'd compiled for SSP mode, he'd linked for MSP mode, and there are only 4 MSPs per node. Relinking with "-O ssp" immediately solved the problem.
The "file" Unix command will immediately tell you if an executable file was linked in SSP or MSP mode:
% ftn -O ssp -c tt.f % ftn -o tt tt.o % % file tt tt: ELF 64-bit MSB executable (not stripped) MSP application NV1 - version 1 % % ftn -O ssp -o tt tt.o % file tt tt: ELF 64-bit MSB executable (not stripped) SSP application NV1 - version 1 %
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Skimmed through the pages and found nothing for ROTJ glove color. Any help?
The ROTJ glove color is white and light grey. They are basically the same gloves used in ESB, but time and weather lighten them up really good. Here's a pic in preparation of filming a segment in the dessert from ROTJ
If you plan to buy S1's gloves, the recipe he has is to damp them but just the grey part with a cloth or sponge, and leave them outside in the sun for a whole day, and repeat the process as necessary.
The gloves i have are white cotton-lycra, so i need to dye them.
I'm not sure if lycra will get dye and stick to them. But if so, make sure to do that BEFORE you sew in the white details to the fingers and forehand. They are white, and not the same color as the whole glove.

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How can the snake gets the larva, if the larva is in the narrow cell?
You know snakes drink like horses or people. In other words they suck. I wonder if these snakes have "evolved" in such away they suck the larva from the cells?
Snakes have long, narrow, tonges. :evil:


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Sport Horse Medicine Focus of AAEP's 2017 Resort Symposium
October 19, 2016
Lecture topics will include neurologic and orthopedic problems, imaging techniques, and treatment and rehab options.... Read More
Wulster to Speak on 3-D Printing in Large Animal Medicine
October 13, 2016
Dr. Kathryn Wulster is a radiologist and assistant professor of diagnostic imaging at Penn Vet.... Read More
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October 01, 2016
Users receive a personalized list of recommended improvements to help prevent barn fires at their facilities.... Read More
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September 21, 2016
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Study of Chokeberry to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Former Smokers
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|Cardiovascular Disease Oxidative Stress
|Dietary Supplement: Chokeberry Extract Dietary Supplement: Placebo capsule Dietary Supplement: Chokeberry extract capsule, acute
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single Blind (Participant)
Primary Purpose: Basic Science
|Official Title:
|The Effect of Chokeberry Polyphenols on Biomarkers of Cardiovascular Disease and Antioxidant Defenses in Former Smokers
- LDL cholesterol [ Time Frame: Baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks of intervention ]Change in LDL cholesterol from baseline
- Plasma area under the curve of chokeberry polyphenols and their metabolites. [ Time Frame: 0, 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 12, and 24 hours following dose, baseline and 12 weeks ]
- Resting systolic blood pressure [ Time Frame: Baseline, 6 weeks, and 12 weeks following intervention ]Change in resting systolic blood pressure
- Resting diastolic blood pressure [ Time Frame: Baseline, 6 weeks, and 12 weeks following intervention ]Change in resting diastolic blood pressure
- Urinary F2-isoprostanes [ Time Frame: Baseline and 12 weeks following intervention ]Change in resting urinary F2-isoprostanes
|Study Start Date:
|February 2012
|Study Completion Date:
|August 2015
|Primary Completion Date:
|August 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Placebo Comparator: Color-matched rice powder pill
Color-matched rice powder pill
Dietary Supplement: Placebo capsule
Color-matched rice powder pill, 2 x 250 mg/day for 12 weeks
Experimental: Chokeberry extract capsule
Chokeberry extract capsule
Dietary Supplement: Chokeberry Extract
Consumption of 2 x 250 mg chokeberry extract capsules daily for 12 weeks.Dietary Supplement: Chokeberry extract capsule, acute
Chokeberry extract capsule, 2 x 250 mg, one-time dose.
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More than 31% of Connecticut adults are former smokers, which may contribute to the high CVD risk in this state. Atherosclerosis, a hallmark of CVD, is a progressive life-long process. Chronic cigarette smoking increases atherosclerosis and CVD risk. While smoking cessation may lower CVD risk, former smokers still are at high CVD risk. The mechanisms by which smoking accelerates atherosclerosis formation are not fully understood. This knowledge gap prevents development of informed interventions to reduce CVD risk in former smokers.
Previous work suggests smoking increases oxidative stress and leads to elevated CVD risk. Former smokers also have decreased antioxidants and markers of vascular function in the circulation, suggesting that despite cessation, smoking has a lingering adverse effect on CVD protective mechanisms. Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa) is a native Connecticut plant rich in polyphenol antioxidants and is a promising intervention for reducing CVD risk in former smokers. Chokeberries have diverse polyphenols such as anthocyanins, proanthocyanidins, resveratrol, quercetin, and chlorogenic acid. Chokeberry consumption improves dyslipidemia, inhibits inflammation, and reduces oxidative stress in humans and animals, all of which could contribute to the prevention of CVD in former smokers. Therefore, our central hypothesis is that dietary chokeberry polyphenols reduce CVD risk in former smokers by improving lipid profiles and inhibiting inflammation and oxidative stress. Our long-term goal is to define the mechanisms by which polyphenol antioxidants mitigate CVD risk. The overall goal of this project is to conduct a randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial to evaluate the cardio-protective effects of dietary chokeberry polyphenols in former smokers.
Our objectives are to determine 1) the effect of chokeberry polyphenols on plasma cholesterol and triglyceride levels and on gene expression involved in cholesterol metabolism; 2) the extent to which chokeberry improves antioxidant and vascular function in former smokers; and 3) the association of bioavailability of chokeberry polyphenols to changes in biomarkers of CVD risk.
Successful completion of this work will result in improved understanding of the role of dietary berry polyphenols to regulate lipid metabolism, inflammation and oxidative stress. Thus, this study will be an important step to developing dietary recommendations for individuals predisposed to CVD risk, particularly former smokers.
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|18 Years to 65 Years (Adult)
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Former smoker (previously smoked ≥3 cigarettes/day for at least 1 year, cessation for at least 6 months
- Healthy male or female between 18-65 y
- Serum clinical ranges no more than mildly elevated (serum cholesterol <240 mg/dL) and serum triglyceride (<150 mg/dL)
- Resting blood pressure <140/90 mm Hg
- Stable body weight (±5 lb) for last 2 months
- BMI ranges within normal and overweight (18.5-39 kg/m2)
- Willing to maintain normal exercise level (<7 h/wk)
- Willing to avoid exercise 24 h prior to blood sampling
- Willing to ingest a dietary chokeberry supplement or placebo (500 mg/d) daily for 12 wks.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Previous diagnoses of CVD, diabetes, or arthritis (except for osteo-arthritis)
- Currently being treated for cancer (i.e., chemotherapy, radiation therapy)
- Women with prescribed estrogen replacement therapy
- Practicing slimming diet
- Practicing vegetarian diet
- Currently taking vitamin or mineral supplements or plant pills
- Alcohol consumption exceeding the definition of moderate drinking (2 drinks/day or a total of 12/week for men or 1 drink/day or a total of 7/week for women)
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01541826
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|Storrs, Connecticut, United States, 06269
|Principal Investigator:
|Bradley W Bolling, PhD
|University of Connecticut
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|Bradley Bolling, Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01541826 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
120068 ( Other Identifier: University of Connecticut )
|Study First Received:
|February 24, 2012
|Last Updated:
|March 8, 2016
Keywords provided by Bradley Bolling, University of Connecticut:
LDL cholesterol
oxidative stress
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Cardiovascular Diseases
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Mount Rainier
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Welcome to a mountain wonderland of dense forests, dazzling wildflowers, tremendous snowfields, and rugged glaciers. Enjoy the fresh smell of trees and soil, the soothing - and sometimes deafening - sound of falling water, and the refreshing cold breezes off the glaciers. And towering above all this scenic display is magnificent Mount Rainier
This is a complex landscape, but the explanation of its origins are simplicity itself: fire and ice. The mountain is a volcano born of fire and built up above the surrounding country by repeated eruptions and successive flows of lava. It is a relatively young volcano, only about one million years old. By contrast the mountains of the Cascade Range that Mount Rainier looks down upon are at least 12 million years old, created by the folding, buckling, and uplifting of the Earth's surface. Mount Rainier is not an isolated volcano, for from Lassen Peak in California to Mount Garibaldi in British Columbia an entire line of volcanoes defines the north-south march of the Cascades. These peaks dominate the skyline, ever a reminder that they are only dormant and may at any time, like Lassen Peak in 1914-21, and Mount Saint Helens in 1980, erupt in fury and rage at the fragile world built by humans. One of the unexpected side benefits of these eruptions has been the deposition of ash and pumice layers that are rich in nutrients and support the abundance of wildflowers throughout the mountainous Pacific Northwest.
Even as volcanic forces were building up this land, the slow, inevitable power of glacial ice began to shape and form it. Glaciers come from the snow that does not melt from year to year: it accumulates to greater and greater depths. The weight of the snow presses the air out, packs it down tight, and compresses it into ice. Gravity pulls the ice down the mountainside, both scouring and smoothing the bedrock as it goes. Freezing and thawing breaks rocks from the adjacent slopes, and they fall onto the glacier's surface. More debris is picked up by the passing ice. This is an inexorable process that continues today and will alter the mountain in the tomorrows to come. Yes, the process is simple, but it deals in forces that are beyond the control, and perhaps comprehension, of humans. Take a look at this mountain; it may be gone in a million years.
Geologic History
The volcanoes in the north- south trending Cascade Province evolved through a history of complex plate tectonic processes and glaciation. Different tectonic models have been proposed for the development of the Cascades, but all models include subduction, addition of exotic terranes, and oblique plate movements as important components in creating today's . . . read more
Geologic Setting
Towering 1.5 miles (2.4 km) above the surrounding mountains and about 3 miles (5 km) above the lowlands to the west, Mount Rainier is the second highest peak in the conterminous United States at 14,410 ft . . . read more
Geologic Features & Processes
Glaciers are highly effective erosional agents, shaping mountains into picturesque landforms with such distinctive erosional features as horns (peaks), cirques (deep, bowl- shaped, steep- walled recesses in a mountain), glacial valleys (U- shaped valleys), and arêtes . . . read more
The General park map handed out at the visitor center is available on the park's map webpage.For information about topographic maps, geologic maps, and geologic data sets, please see the geologic maps page.
A general photo album for this park can be found here. For information on other photo collections featuring National Park geology, please see the Image Sources page.
Currently, we do not have a listing for a park-specific geoscience book. The park's geology may be described in regional or state geology texts.
Please visit the Geology Books and Media webpage for additional sources such as text books, theme books, CD ROMs, and technical reports.
Parks and Plates: The Geology of Our National Parks, Monuments & Seashores.
Lillie, Robert J., 2005.
W.W. Norton and Company.
9" x 10.75", paperback, 550 pages, full color throughout
The spectacular geology in our national parks provides the answers to many questions about the Earth. The answers can be appreciated through plate tectonics, an exciting way to understand the ongoing natural processes that sculpt our landscape. Parks and Plates is a visual and scientific voyage of discovery!
Ordering from your National Park Cooperative Associations' bookstores helps to support programs in the parks. Please visit the bookstore locator for park books and much more.
For information about permits that are required for conducting geologic research activities in National Parks, see the Permits Information page.
The NPS maintains a searchable data base of research needs that have been identified by parks.
A bibliography of geologic references is being prepared for each park through the Geologic Resources Evaluation Program (GRE). Please see the GRE website for more information and contacts.
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Works on paper by Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst, Joan Miró and Louise Bourgeois, among others, make up this exhibition looking at the role drawing played in the development of the Surrealism movement. Around 160 examples of techniques like exquisite corpses, frottage and automatic drawing are on view in this first major exhibition devoted to the subject.
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Ward of Hurog, the heir-apparent Hurogmeten, looks and acts like a simple man . But in truth, he is nothing of the kind. Forced to hide from an abusive, corrosive relationship with his father, he plays "dumb" to protect his beloved brother Tosten (who everyone thinks has died), and his younger sister Ciarra, mute since birth due to an ancient curse. When his father dies, he meets the 'ghost' of the castle, who gives him the Hurogmeten's ring--and is m...
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Mercy (a shape-shifting coyote) must help her mate's ex-wife against a dangerous stalker. Mercy and her Mate/Husband Adam get a call form his ex-wife for help. She is being stalked by a dangerous man that has already killed trying to get to her. So they decide to let her stay with them while they scare him off. Adam is the Alpha wolf of the region's pack. But finding the man becomes harder then it seems. While this is going on Mercy gets a visit from...
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Re: Addiction Problem or Motivation Problem?
Originally Posted by Jaxie View Post
How much do you think is enough time?
The long and short of it is that I wanted it to work out, because I love my wife and I understand addiction from my own experience. If she had wanted to get sober and work it out she would have... But she didn't. I made the decision to stay and try knowing full well that it may go the way it did. I wish it would have worked out differently, but it didn't and that's life. No regrets, just a bit of sadness.
The one thing I don't miss is that 10 second pause outside the door. The one where you're wondering what's going to be on the other side of the door. Is it going to be the partner that I love or the addict in the throes of addiction/covering up their using. It sucked as a kid with my dad and it sucked as a husband with my wife. I do not miss it one bit.
In the end you have to make your decisions and he has to make his. With my wife I set a threshold, told a close friend about it, and checked in with myself and my friend as to whether the line had been crossed. She was almost there when she left. The friend helps for accountability and to crush your rationalizations. If he crosses the line you have to walk. That's my nickel's worth of free advice.
Re: Addiction Problem or Motivation Problem?
Recovery from addiction is about change. If he seeks recovery from a 12 step fellowship, that recovery is about change. If he takes it seriously, the is very real hope of change.
Re: Addiction Problem or Motivation Problem?
Thanks for your input Ivan.
This is exactly what I am afraid of. I KNOW he has an addiction probably already, as he came right out and told me. I am just afraid that even if he gets help with the addiction, he will still be a "deadbeat". I can not have that. How much time should I give him? When is enough enough? I want my marriage to work, but I also don't want to be taken advantage of. If he will truly change I'd like to stay. But if not, I need to leave. How much do you think is enough time?
Re: Addiction Problem or Motivation Problem?
My two cents as a man and a recovering addict/alcoholic is that you have a couple of issues. Primarily that from what he's told you he defiantly qualifies as an porn addict. The fact that he loses time watching porn, thus not getting anything else done, is a big indicator that there is a serious issue. That's a good thing because at least you know it's a real problem with him. Unlike most of the women on this forum who are fragile and overbearing at the same time, freaked out about their husbands watching occasional porn (yes 2-3 times per week is occasional). Think of it like drinking or drugs; some people can have a beer or recreationally use drugs. Others (like me) get a taste and wake up 2 days later in a poncho with a clown nose up their ass. He can get help if he wants it, but you can't want it for him. Just like any other addiction.
The second issue IMO is that even without the addiction, he's a deadbeat. It's not a breadwinner man/woman issue people of either gender can be deadbeats. The condition is characterized by a lack of followthrough, grand plans that always change, and generally some sort of permissive deadbeat job description like artist or writer. If you're not paying the rent (or part of it) by selling art... You are not an artist! You simply have a hobby.
Even if he gets a handle on his porn issue, he'll still have the deadbeat issue. Expecting him to change both is unrealistic, especially with a non-intoxicant addiction. If you're an alcoholic you may think differently when you let your brain clear. With gambling, porn, or codependency the feelings/rush does not preclude normal behavior in the same way. It still steals the day but won't lead to brain damage.
Your 28, educated, and don't have any kids. You sound like a catch, for you the grass may indeed be greener. Though you'll have to have the courage to lose the anchor and jump the fence.
Re: Addiction Problem or Motivation Problem?
Thanks Sensei. I do love him, but not enough to keep living like this. I guess I have to wait and see if he means business. This is his last chance.
Re: Addiction Problem or Motivation Problem?
Hi Jaxie, I guess it all boils down to how much you love him? Hope springs eternal and people can change. I've posted my story in the ladies room. This is day three of my wake up call if your man is anything like me he'll need a lot of support. Having read several posts now by Fearless I'm really looking at my life and what I want to do with it in the future. I know I don't want to lose my wife - I pray she has the strength you seem to have.
Re: Addiction Problem or Motivation Problem?
Thank you fearful. It was good to hear it from another addict's perspective.
He and I definitely need MC and we both need it individually as well. I am just trying to figure out if that will be enough to actually beat this and if there will be brighter days ahead. Even so, sometimes I feel like it may already be too late for him to make up for what he has caused us both to lose.
Re: Addiction Problem or Motivation Problem?
So far, no responses from an addict point of view. I've been a sex and love addict probably from my teens. (58 now) Didn't know it till a year and a half ago. In 1988, when I got sober from addition to alcohol and drugs, I thought my life would be free from the grip of addiction if I remained vigilant. I can't quickly explain for you right now how my mind reconciled my secret sexual persona vs. trying to "do the next right thing" as a recovering person. It would make my brain explode. Still working on it...
My "acting out behaviors" as a sex addict included but were not limited to everything mentioned so far...porn, online social networking sex sites including web cams, etc.
Suffice as to say, I qualify to comment in this thread...
Is your husband an addict? ...probably
Is what he has told you the tip of an iceberg? ...likely
Can you and he solve this on your own? ...Not in my opinion
Is there a future for you together? ...if you both commit to the effort it will require, long term. He will need to commit to a lifetime of sobriety which is accomplished one day at a time. There is SA, SAA, SLAA (I'm involved with SLAA: Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous) You should seek counseling specific to being the spouse of a sex addict. To use the word trauma to describe what you are going through IS NOT overstating.
Addicts need to "hit bottom". They need to become "sick and tired of being sick and tired". This comes as the result of consequences. You need to set a zero tolerance boundary. You also must insist he get help. A therapist with a focus on sex addiction will likely encourage a 12 step fellowship. (see my list) He has already had consequences that have cause him pain (I know you are in pain too, but regarding his "bottom"...). He knows that this has caused him his education which has caused all of the things you describe and many more within him emotionally. He has revealed (I hate saying admitted) to you something that is an enormous source of shame. Inside he is a mess and he doesn't even realize how bad it is.
Addiction isn't an excuse, but rather an explanation. An addiction takes over. It tells you what to do, where to go, what to think, how to feel, and tells you that the rules no longer matter. The process is gradual thus the addict doesn't see it happening in real time.
Step one of the 12 steps is the beginning of hope: We admitted we were powerless over our addiction and that our lives had become unmanageable.
It's been so long since I first heard these words that I can't remember my initial reaction. Admitting powerlessness goes against the ego of a healthy person. It's even worse for the addict. (An addict is an egomaniac with an inferiority complex) But to break free from the grip of addiction, this surrender is non-negotiable.
I'm not responsible for my addiction. But I AM responsible for my recovery. If I fail to work my program of recovery and wind up losing the internal struggle to my addiction(s), I most definitely AM responsible.
There are a million things that could be said. This is a start. Hope it helps...
Re: Addiction Problem or Motivation Problem?
You are all right. It seems though that he is doing it for real this time. He is actually getting help for his addiction and seems to be more motivated. But I still don't know if I want to sit around and wait for him to prove himself to me. It will take him at least another 4 years to get his BA and even be able to come close to supporting us. I just hate the idea of leaving him and getting a divorce. I guess I just need to sit down and really think about what it is I really want and if I am willing to risk one thing for another.
Re: Addiction Problem or Motivation Problem?
His addiction is a symptom of a much larger problem. From my experience he will not change until he has to. As long as you are supporting him he does not have to.
I'm going through something similar with my husband except add PC gaming and no job for 10 years.
He's not going to change. What you see is what you get.
You are young, young enough to start over with a man who will love you and work with you, not use you.
Re: Addiction Problem or Motivation Problem?
Originally Posted by Jaxie View Post
Thank you so much for your advice. I guess I was just wondering if he can beat the porn addiction, would that be what he needed to get motivated? Or would he still be the same as before. I know no one here can tell me for sure, just wondering what others had to say.
LOSTWIFECRUSHED- That is the hard part. What do I want? I was young when we were married and came from a broken home so this is how I know how to live. I wouldn't even know how to go about finding a roommate, moving out, etc. I also fear how lonely life would be with out him.
He did admit his addiction to me, I never caught him and it seems he is really trying. But we have been through this before, except he never opened up about the addiction. And he goes back to his same old self in a week or two. I guess time will tell if he is serious this time and if he isn't, I guess I will have to summon the courage to leave for good.
He may have an addiction, who knows, he might also just be selfish and happy to let you be miserable while he checks out. FOR YEARS. Stop worrying about what he needs to be motivated! who cares? He doesn't seem to.
And what about you? He knows he can stay as long as he tells you what you want to hear. But what is he doing? Do you really want to be a sex cop now---on top of everything else? He needs to deal with his problem and start pulling his share.
The ball is in your court.
Don't let him get away with it.
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Thank you so much for your advice. I guess I was just wondering if he can beat the porn addiction, would that be what he needed to get motivated? Or would he still be the same as before. I know no one here can tell me for sure, just wondering what others had to say.
LOSTWIFECRUSHED- That is the hard part. What do I want? I was young when we were married and came from a broken home so this is how I know how to live. I wouldn't even know how to go about finding a roommate, moving out, etc. I also fear how lonely life would be with out him.
He did admit his addiction to me, I never caught him and it seems he is really trying. But we have been through this before, except he never opened up about the addiction. And he goes back to his same old self in a week or two. I guess time will tell if he is serious this time and if he isn't, I guess I will have to summon the courage to leave for good.
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I wouldn't put up with this IF HE WAS the breadwinner!
I am going through that now after almost 8 years of marriage. My husband has been doing this and he is the breadwinner! Be very careful, his online use may have easily slipped into live cam sites where others can hook up and meet for sex! (My husband did this---but said he was only looking---no hookups--YEAH RIGHT then why not just watch a video?)
This is way over the line! And he may have also crossed this line after years of hiding it from you. Sounds like he just pulled the car in the garage and parked in front of the computer while you have been doing all the work!
He has betrayed his vows to you if he has been searching for/having cyber with other girls.
You deserve better.
You have been working and have no kids yet?? Lucky and smart.
Don't make excuses for him, you hold all the cards.
What do you want? Take time and decide, that's what I am doing....deciding if I even want to try and fix anything.
Take care of yourself.
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Addiction of any form takes over and the affects of these behaviors do bleed out into the rest of ones life.
Pay attention to what he is doing to over come this and it will not happen over night either.
I would suggest he get in IC, together you go to MC, and you do a alanon group or IC. If you want your marriage to work then be proactive about it now.
It was most likely a very hard thing for him to admitt to you.
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I agree it makes no difference what you call it what matters is how is he addressing it.
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As I think about memories of Christmas time, I can't help going back to early childhood days in Elizabethtown. Christmas Day was an all-day event with family time, including dinner, sharing of gifts and storytelling.
Hearing Dr. Verlin C. Kruschwitz deliver the message at Severns Valley Baptist Church is something I cherish. I admit my parents did spoil me as a child, but they always made clear to me the reason we celebrated Christmas. Jesus Christ and His birth marked a season of hope and love for all man.
As a young person growing up on Sycamore Street, I remember the stores at Houchens Plaza and the Christmas decorations on the light poles in the parking lot. It seemed shoppers were everywhere. I remember looking at toys at TG&Y, eating at White Dove Bakery, Mom enjoying herself at the S&H Green Stamp Store and Dad shopping at the new Houchens grocery and talking with his friend Doug Patterson.
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I remember making my list for Santa and showing my parents what I hoped Santa would bring me. The town square was the hub of most shopping action when I was a young man. I remember going on the square to The People's Store, Marcum's and J.J. Newberry. My parents loved shopping at Western Auto, which always seemed to have all the "cool" electronic devices and, of course, the bike I wanted.
As much as I remember those times and stores, it was really about people like Marvin Jones and Marie Byrd at The People's Store showing my mother clothes and shoes, Norman and Edith Dupin at Western Auto making sure they got the bike out to my father's truck without me knowing it and many others who all made everyone feel special.
While visiting my grandmother's house on Crestwood Street, I was able to walk to Hawkins Grocery where they always had "Christmas candy" that you could purchase by the pound. Walter B. Hawkins, one of E'town's true gentlemen, always treated me with a few "taste tests" before I chose the candy I wanted.
It was small-town America at its best and, although I didn't always know it at the time, I was so blessed to have grown up here. The innocence of this small town insulated and protected me and my friends as we were growing up and enjoying life.
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Christmas is a time where faith, family and friends should be our focus. It's my hope we all carry these beliefs with us longer than just the Christmas season.
As my mother would have said to me, "Paul, be sure your children know the reason we celebrate Christmas."
I have kept these words close to my heart. My wife, Tonda, and I have shared many of these traditions with our three sons.
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When my wife and I exchanged our wedding vows on a scorching Texas day in 2005, the words we stated to one another hinted at a desire to take responsibility for ourselves and our actions in the relationship we were forming. By repeating those phrases, I was promising to do all I could do to assume my role in the marriage. In essence, I was stating my intention of sticking by her side through all the ups and downs life could throw at us.
So it was a shocking revelation in the early days of our marriage when I realized my spouse could not possibly meet every need or want I had. Nor could she continually prop up my fragile ego so I could feel better about myself.
I'm afraid that, in our Christian culture, when people recall the biblical command that the two "will become one flesh" (Gen. 2:24) they just assume their partner is going to fulfill everything for them. Unfortunately, that misperception leaves a lot of disappointed and anxious people. Misguided expectations have created a dynamic of relational anxiety in many relationships. One or both partners don't take responsibility for their own role in the relationship, but abdicate it to the other.
Unfortunately, as a therapist, by the time most people end up in my office, their relationship is already stuck in a rut. No movement. No life. Certainly not the thriving life that most couples dream of when they decide to commit to one another.
Sitting in anxiety
It was anxiety in my marriage that brought to my attention the unhealthy expectations I had placed upon my wife. I had expected her to meet every need. I had expected her to always affirm me. I had expected her to fill those empty spaces in my heart and soul no one but God can fill. That is an exhausting job to expect of a partner, and it was my own inability to deal with my anxiety that drove me to expect more and more unrealistic things of her.
Anxiety is a deep emotion tied to our personhood as we struggle with our sense of identity and wrestle in our relationship with God. When we are unwilling to face anxiety in the battle to gain a clearer sense of self, we may unwittingly unload it onto our partner in the form of unreachable demands.
Most of us may be either unaware of or unwilling to admit to the presence of anxiety in our lives, but it's an important emotion for us to take personal ownership of—especially if we hope to have healthy relationships. Anxiety can manifest itself in our lives in a myriad of ways, and when it does, we have a couple options available to us. We can a) pretend it doesn't exist, while running away from it and pushing it further below the surface—in this hidden place, it will more than likely return to us tenfold; or b) bring it to the light, paying attention to it and seeking to understand what anxiety leads us to do. It is in this second place that God uses anxiety as a catalyst to help us grow as a person.
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Sex and marriage therapist David Schnarch talks about the process of differentiation, which he describes as "balancing two basic life forces: the drive for individuality and the drive for togetherness. Individuality propels us to follow our own directives, to be on our own, to create a unique identity. Togetherness pushes us to follow the directives of others, to be part of the group. When these two life forces for individuality and togetherness are expressed in balanced, healthy ways, the result is a meaningful relationship that doesn't deteriorate into emotional fusion."
When we enter into relationship with one another, we are automatically faced with the struggle of still standing on our own two feet when we're tempted to simply lean on each other. The early years of my marriage were marked by a constant push and pull as I tried to figure out who I was while being in relationship. But a healthy relationship does not demand I give up my identity, nor does it demand my partner to give themselves up to meet all of my needs.
Echoing the apostle Paul's words in Ephesians 5:21, a husband and wife are to "submit to one another out of reverence for Christ" (NIV), but it is a mutual submission that does not ask us to give up our created image in God (Genesis 1:27) in order to fulfill every need the partner may have. Rather, when we enter into a relationship with one another, our model is that of the Trinity, where Father, Son and Holy Spirit dwell together in relationship while maintaining their very unique identity.
Whether we are married, engaged, dating or single, we are all in the process of trying to maintain our unique identity just as we have a desire for mutual belonging in a relationship. This balance of mutuality and differentiation is known in theological circles as perichoresis—or "divine dance."
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I love the image of a divine dance taking place between the three members of the Godhead. It's an appropriate metaphor to remind couples that we need to be responsible for our own steps if we are to dance successfully together. I can't constantly be worried about what my partner is doing, and I can't expect them to take full responsibility for what only I can control. When I pledged "I do" to my wife, I was making a promise to her to take responsibility for myself as we lived life together. For her, I was promising to control the only thing I have control of: me.
When a spouse properly manages the anxiety of this shared life, they are offering their partner a valuable gift. They are giving them the opportunity to be themselves, free of having to constantly meet all the other's needs. And in that freedom, something beautiful takes place: Both partners are now free to serve and meet needs, creating space for the other to give fully out of their heart. When I took responsibility for my life and took control of my issues, my wife no longer had to always come and fix me. And when she didn't have to fix me, I was more enjoyable to be around, freeing her up to meet me relationally in ways I didn't expect.
As couples manage anxiety and take responsibility for their own lives within the relationship, they free each other up to truly give. Or, in Deitrich Bonhoeffer's powerful words: "Being free means 'being free for the other,' because I am bound to the other. Only in relationship with the other am I free."
Rhett Smith is a licensed marriage and family therapist (MDiv, LMFT) in private practice in Plano, Texas, and on staff at The Hideaway Experience, where he helps couples live more fulfilling marriages. Rhett is the author of The Anxious Christian: Can God Use Your Anxiety for Good? (Moody Publishers). He lives in Frisco, Texas, with his wife, Heather, and their two kids. You can find out more information at www.rhettsmithcounseling.com.
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Also, I feel that as I woman I've been sold this idea that you cling to your husband regardless. That everything will be fine if you submit and pray. But honestly I feel that my husband's gotta do everything right for my part to work. And no one teaches that in church. No one tells you that you will be ready to set go and if your husband is in lala land things will get hairy. What are you supposed to do then? submit to the lower standard? pray?
Good point. Choose a man very, very carefully for this reason and pray for him to stay on track. I'm pretty sure I've heard this discussed in church.
I think they point is that both the husband and the wife have to be honest about their anxiety. You shouldn't cling to him silently and hope for the best. If the husband is in lala land, and that makes the wife uncomfortable, then she needs to express that in a loving way.
My wife and I have been married for 7 years and we had some seriously hard times because she wasn't willing to tell me what she needed, and I was too dense to realize what she was hinting at. We have some friends who are going through a terrible divorce because the husband wasn't willing to honestly express his sadness and regret about their marriage, until he had cheated on his wife and felt so much guilt that he finally told her.
I think the Church (<--big C) rightly teaches that we should cling to our spouse, but I think people in the church (<--little c) are confused on what that means.
As usual the Internet has provided a place for an anonymous troll. :(
What part of the article do you not agree with? What part specifically? Is it setting realistic expectations in a marriage? Is it the honesty of emotions? Is it the healthy relationship between spouses and God?
Not sure what you are angry about Anonymous Guest with InflammatoryComment, other than Freud, Jung, and Adler's hangups.
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