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Learning Express Library has practice tests
The Monroe Library added the Learning Express Library during the summer of 2008. It's not a database of books or articles, but a service with lots of practice tests and ebooks for improving performance on academic and professional tests. Includes practice exams for GMAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, and TOEFL. Also mathematics, reading, and other skill improvement tutorials. This service requires registration. Ask questions at the Learning Commons Desk in person or by telephone at 504-864-7111.

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By K. Kerr
K. Kerr is a lawyer, human trafficking activist and Director of Programs for Freedom House, the first transitional shelter dedicated to supporting survivors of human trafficking in the San Francisco area. K. Kerr has been a Spark member since 2009.
I have spent the last five years in the fight against human trafficking. I have worked and written on this topic and still I am left with a lot of unanswered questions. In this, I am not alone. I can repeat what the U.S. Government, United Nations and various nonprofit organizations report. I can tell you what I have seen in working with populations vulnerable to trafficking and survivors of trafficking. Despite this, key questions around scope and solutions, remain unanswered.


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City of Grand Island, NEHome Menu
City Calendar
Storytime (Ready to Read)
- Date: November 20, 2019 11:00 am - 11:45 am
- Location: Grand Island Public Library
1124 W 2nd St
Grand Island, Nebraska 68801
This Storytime meets every Wednesday at 10 and 11am in Bookingham Palace. This program emphasizes the six pre-reading skills children need to know before entering kindergarten: reading, writing, playing singing, and talking. The library models the American Library Association's Every Child Ready to Read Initiative skills. Program activities might include stories, crafts, music, and treats. For children ages 3 to 5 years old. Daycares and groups of 6 or more please call ahead at (308) 385-5333 so we can have enough craft and other supplies prepared. Call the library for more information.Return to full list >>


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Tim McGraw 's Two Lanes of Freedom tour launches May 2 in Birmingham, Ala., and will hit 30 cities in the U.S. and Canada through the end of July. Brantley Gilbert and Love and Theft will also be appearing with the headliner.
McGraw has partnered with Tumblr to create "Fanticipation," a program which will allow fans to announce through Tumblr when tickets will be available in their own hometown. Beginning in early February, McGraw will call a fan in each market who is selected to participate in the program and personally tip them off regarding the on-sale date so they can share the information with their friends and other McGraw fans first.
The tour begins shortly after McGraw and wife Faith Hill conclude the limited engagement of their Soul2Soul concert series at the Venetian in Las Vegas. Those shows continue Saturday and Sunday (Jan. 18-19) and end April 27.
The tour supports McGraw's new album, Two Lanes of Freedom, set for release on Feb. 5. It marks his first album for Big Machine Records.
"This album marks a new sense of excitement and artistic freedom for me, and I really wanted to extend that same feeling to the tour and create a cool vibe for the fans," McGraw said in announcing the tour. "Let's leave anything that might be weighing us down out in the parking lot and spend a few hours together feeling alive and free. We've started working up new songs from the album, and there's some really cool stuff we'll be able to pull out this summer."
Here's a list of confirmed tour dates:
May 2: Birmingham, Ala.
May 3: Charlotte, N.C.
May 4: Raleigh, N.C.
May 10: West Palm Beach, Fla.
May 11: Tampa, Fla.
May 12: Atlanta
May 17: Philadelphia
May 18: Pittsburgh
May 19: Detroit
May 23: St. Louis
May 24: Chicago
May 25: Cincinnati
May 26: Darien Lakes, N.Y.
May 30: Indianapolis
May 31: Cleveland
June 1: Washington, D.C.
June 7: San Diego
June 8: San Bernardino, Calif.
June 9: Mountain View, Calif.
June 13: Albuquerque
June 14: Salt Lake City
June 15: Denver
June 20: Beaumont, Texas
June 22: Dallas
June 28: Hartford, Conn.
June 29: Boston
June 30: Holmdel, N.J.
July 25: Toronto
July 26: Bethel, N.Y.
July 27: Virginia Beach, Va.


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A note for Bill Hick's fans, this isn't a post about Bill may he R.I.P. (or rant and rail as he sees fit).
Klep (and others for that matter) questioned my tone the other day and my reply was that I wrote in my voice. I knew what I meant but was grasping for ways to illustrate my point.
That was until Monday while listening to a 2 hour long Joe Rogan Experience podcast when the subject of Bill Hicks came up.
Taking a dump
For those of you unaware of Bill Hicks he was a comedian from the U.S. bible belt with decidedly un-bible belt material.
One of the things they touched on in the podcast was Bill's ability to clear the audience from a room.
Where some comedians would be pleasantly funny enough to maintain a room, others mediocre, but not so bad as to encourage you to leave your seat (pfft, it will be over soon), Bill cleared rooms.
You either loved or hated Bill's style, his subject matter and his perspective.
The example in the podcast was him performing to a room of about 200 people. About 1/2 way through a 2 minute simulation of him "taking a dump" (there is a short version off the joke in the YouTube clip above), the majority of people got up and left the room.
What was left was about 50 audience and a handful of comedians laughing their heads off.
He was left with his true audience, his true believers. People to whom he didn't have to make apologies, people that loved what he did.
Really there is only one comparison you can make between Bill and I (except that you may find either or both of us offensive).
He spoke with his voice.
I write with my voice.
I'm not alone in this, hopefully the majority of us that blog are writing in our voice, not a voice that panders to our perceived notion of what our readers want to read.
You start pandering to what you think your audience wants and you are left with nothing but Australian politics.
Rivs is a writer that I have at times been in heated disagreement with. Many people find the pictures of semi-naked women that begin most of his posts offensive. I on the other hand squirm knowing he's catching my attention with shemales (not there's anything wrong with that). To be honest, I prefer that to scary real life shots of him…
However you feel about Rivs, he writes, he posts, in his voice. At the end of the day, while we may disagree on somethings, many things, I love his blogging voice and so I read him, skipping the odd post or statement because we have had those discussions in the past and agreed to disagree.
There have been many others that write in what I think of as a strong and occasionally unpalatable voice, Megan and Jong come immediately to mind, but there are many others.
I loved them too… I dearly loved them and will miss them till I am rolling in my grave burning from the fires of hell.
It's not all about content
As a general rule I don't care so much about the topic of a post. Guides may have me flick past, raid updates usually leave me dead bored, achievement post, even blog milestone posts often leave me hitting delete in my feed reader, even from my very favorite of bloggers.
What counts to me is the voice with which the post is written. I know I have often received comments along the lines of…
I don't have a Mage, I hate the alliance (particularly Gnomes), I don't PvP, in fact we have absolutely nothing in common. I read you because I like the way you write.
It's the same for me when reading other's posts.
- Too me wishy-washy is worse than badly written.
- Passive will make the most exciting moment for you, the most dull for me.
Writing from my black heart
Navimie is trying to tell me I write from my brain, but I know that while my brain may guide my fingers to type, it's my heart that forms the words to be written.
I have spoken recently of LinkLove and LinkHate. Not of LinkLike and LinkDisagree. This is because I am passionate, my voice is passionate. It's full of love and joy for all that is or could be good in the world, or it is filled with what pisses me off.
I'm not passive-aggressive in my writing. If I have a beef with you, you will know, here on the front page of my blog, not in the back rooms of twitter. But then it's the same if I love you.
So when I speak of hate, I don't mean hatred, I mean a strong passion of and maybe for disagreement. I mean I don't take a maybe-yeah or a maybe-no position. If I say yes, I mean yes. If I say no, well you know how that turns out.
I know I clear feed readers. I know that there are people out there that dislike my voice, dislike my posts.
I also know that there are some, maybe only a few when all is said and done, that come to hear my voice whether it's about my soggy cornflakes or destroying the Horde (my enemies, replace with yours).
In this world of choices, where for many the decision to get out of bed in the morning is the most daunting choice around, we all, you and I, have the choice whether to read or not read what another writes.
- You may choose to read me, or not.
- You may choose to agree with me, or not.
- You may choose to comment, to blog post a retort, or neither of the above.
- You may choose to love or to hate me, for one post or for all.
They are your choices, just as it is my choice to post in my voice.
I love Klep, we have been friends for a long time. Whether I have truly offended him or not. Whether he now hates me, or not. Whether he continues to read me, or not, we will both be true to ourselves for we have spoken and made choices.
The same is true for every reader that ever has or ever will pass by the Home of the Gnome.
Remember folks, my door is always open, either going or coming, it's your choice (even the choice of slamming it on the way out).
Bill Hicks.
If you want to know more about Bill Hicks then a good place to start is The American: the Bill Hicks Story.
I cried through this more than I did through E.T. despite recent suggestions that E.T. and I might be involved in some kind of conspiracy, which may or may not involve some very reasonably priced Real Estate.
Gnomer and Out!
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Kiura BLACK Chronograph 2016
The Kiura BLACK Chronograph Watch designed by Alessio Romano
"ki-uh-ra" recalls the Italian word "chi ura" … a nostalgic shout-out in the Sicilian dialect of the watch's designer
What time is it?
Kiura is also a word that delves into the culture and language of Japan. In Japan where simplicity, harmony, ethics, and severity are the pillars of the welfare of the inner life, it is also the principle that have inspired past designers and present designers today alike to reflection and re-evaluation of the classic watch; the chronograph. Kiura embodies these characteristics by reducing and simplifying every aspect' of the classic" chronograph, by returning it to the essence of its simple and pure graphics ensuring maximum efficiency and precision.
Kiura Black Chronograph is a contemporary and classic design free from all those confusing (and unnecessary) markings that few understand. A watch that reads like the time you understand. Clearly proud of the mantra that less is more!
Kiura is a 40mm Chronograph Watch made of a black IP stainless steel case and 20mm leather band. Kiura has 3 sub-dials; the left sub-dial is a stopwatch measuring time in minutes with the center sub-dial measuring time in seconds and the third sub-dial measuring time in 24 hour increments.
Kiura Black Chronograph is also available with a black IP stainless steel case, white dial and black printing; the opposite of the watch you see pictured here.
To re-set the subdials, please refer to our Wear and Care section.


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- BOINC source code
- Getting the code using Git
- Write Access to the remote Git repository
- Windows build dependencies
- HTC Power to Give source code
- Source code structure overview
BOINC source code
BOINC is free software, distributed under the Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 3 or later.
The BOINC source code is maintained in a Git repository on Github. The Github web interface lets you
- browse the source tree, get individual files, and view the revision history.
- browse recent commits.
Getting the code using Git
Installing Git
- On Windows, get a Git client like 'Git for Windows' (console) or TortoiseGit (GUI) (see this guide for Windows).
- On Linux, Git is usually provided by your distribution. If it is not already installed, check your distribution's package manager and look for package "git" or "git-core".
- On Mac OS X, use MacPorts (to keep Git up to date, recommended) or a manual installation package.
- Recommended free GUIs: SourceTree (includes an embedded Git), SmartGit (free for non-commercial use), GitX (latest)
You don't need to fully understand Git; just skim the instructions below. If you intend to modify BOINC or to look at branches, you'll need to know at least the basics.
Recommended reading/watching:
- Pro Git: Great free online book (also commercially available in print!)
- All the rest: Cheat sheets, tutorials and more videos
Cloning the Git repository
To clone the repository into a local directory called (for example) 'boinc', run the commands:
git clone https://github.com/BOINC/boinc boinc
On Windows using TortoiseGit, right-click on the parent directory, select 'Git Clone...', and fill in the dialog with one of the above URLs. Don't forget to remove both 'git clone' and 'boinc' from the commands above.
The 'clone' operation pulls down ~150 MiB of source and gives you a copy that you can modify and compile locally. However, you will not be able to push changes to the BOINC repository. For write access, see below.
Change to the directory 'boinc'. Here you will find the files corresponding to the HEAD of the 'remote master branch'. The whole development history of the project can be found in the 'boinc/.git' subdirectory.
You can replace the files on your 'master branch' by files from older branches or older tags using the appropriate git command - without needing to contact the Git repository server again as all the history can be found under 'boinc/.git'. This is called 'checking out'. See the instructions below for checking out different branches or tags.
Sometimes it is necessary to purge all untracked files created by build tools (_autosetup, configure, make) and reset the source directory without pulling a new clone. This can be done using:
$ git clean -f -d -x
Changing your repository origin
Prior to 27 July 2015, the main BOINC repository was on boinc.berkeley.edu rather than Github. If you cloned a repository from here, you'll need to change its origin to Github. On Unix you can do this with the command
git remote set-url origin https://github.com/BOINC/boinc
On Windows with Tortoisegit:
- right-click on your repo folder
- select Settings
- in the left column, select Remote (under Git)
- select "origin" in the Remote: list
- change the URL to https://github.com/BOINC/boinc.git
- click Apply
Working with the local Git repository
Staying Current
The local git repository which you created when you cloned the remote repository has a complete snapshot of development at the time it was cloned. You can use this to build the BOINC software, and you can even make local changes to your local copy. Meanwhile the BOINC developers will be making changes to the remote repository as they continue working on the software. To see what changes have been made there since you cloned the repository you must first "fetch" the changes from that repository. These will go into a branch called "origin/master", which is not the current working branch of your repository (which by default will be the "master" branch). So to compare your local copy with the remote, follow this example:
$ cd boinc $ git fetch $ git diff --name-status master..origin/master M client/app.cpp M client/app_config.cpp M client/client_types.h M client/cpu_sched.cpp M client/cs_prefs.cpp M client/cs_scheduler.cpp M client/result.cpp M client/result.h M client/rr_sim.cpp M client/sim.cpp M clientgui/MainDocument.cpp M doc/versions.inc M html/user/get_passwd.php M html/user/server_status.php M lib/coproc.h
The "--name-status" flag causes only the name and status of differing files to be displayed. The "master..origin/master" specification causes the difference to be displayed between your local repository (the "master" branch) and the remote repository (as fetched onto the local "origin/master" branch).
If you wish to update your local branch to match the remote repository then simply use the git "pull" command, as in this example:
$ git pull Updating 6790085..2bb3e74 Fast-forward client/app.cpp | 2 +- client/app_config.cpp | 12 ++ client/client_types.h | 2 +- client/cpu_sched.cpp | 12 +- client/cs_prefs.cpp | 5 +- client/cs_scheduler.cpp | 15 +- client/result.cpp | 7 +- client/result.h | 3 + client/rr_sim.cpp | 4 +- client/sim.cpp | 6 +- clientgui/MainDocument.cpp | 12 +- doc/versions.inc | 380 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------- html/user/get_passwd.php | 101 ++++++------ html/user/server_status.php | 38 ++++- lib/coproc.h | 5 + 15 files changed, 332 insertions(+), 272 deletions(-)
You could also use the "git merge" command, which would merge the changes from your local copy of the "origin/master" branch into your local "master" branch. The "git pull" command is shorthand for "git fetch" followed immediately by "git merge".
Tags & Branches
For all software other than the client (i.e., server, web, and API) use the master branch. Don't use a client tag or branch; the server software in it probably isn't stable.
Various versions of the source code are available in the remote repository (and now, in your local copy of it):
- remote tags:
These are snapshots of the state of development taken at a specific point in time.
You can check out a 'remote tag', but you should not modify the files thus checked out -
for that you need a separate branch (which can be created later though).
The tag's name indicates what's in there. For example, the release of BOINC client version 7.0.60
has been given then tag 'client_release/7.0/7.0.60'.
git tagto list the remote tags.
- remote branches:
BOINC developers perform long-running work on source code that needs to be visible
to other members of the team by working on a 'remote branch'.
There are:
- The remote master branch: This is the most recent version of the source code. It always exists, contains the freshest code and has not necessarily been thoroughly tested.
- Other branches: For example, work on version 6.12 of BOINC that is not done in the 'remote master branch', (let's say because of the need for a immediate bugfix) may be done in a remote branch called 'client_release/6/6.12'.
Some tagged versions are available as compressed archives from here.
git remote show origin to list the remote branches.
When you cloned the Git repository a 'local master branch' was created.
This initially matches the 'remote master branch', but once you start editing files,
it will of course deviate from it.
You can create local branches and tags (both invisible to anyone but yourself).
You can check out a specific 'remote tag' to compile,
or you can create a local branch based on a specific 'remote tag' to work on the code.
- See Git Basics - Tagging for the concept of 'tagging'.
- See Git Branching - Remote Branches for the concept of 'remote branches' and the concepts of the 'local' and 'remote' master branches.
- See What is the difference between a tag and a branch in git? for a short intro on 'tags' and 'branches'.
- See Checkout GIT tag for an explanation about 'checking out git tags'.
If you want to have an overview of the development history, refer to - this discussion on stack overflow about generating pretty pictures of the same.
For the impatient living on Unix, you can follow Slipp D. Thompson's idea and edit (or create) your '~/.gitconfig' file, adding the following command aliases:
[alias] lg1 = log --graph --abbrev-commit --decorate --date=relative --format=format:'%C(bold blue)%h%C(reset) - %C(bold green)(%ar)%C(reset) %C(white)%s%C(reset) %C(dim white)- %an%C(reset)%C(bold yellow)%d%C(reset)' --all lg2 = log --graph --abbrev-commit --decorate --format=format:'%C(bold blue)%h%C(reset) - %C(bold cyan)%aD%C(reset) %C(bold green)(%ar)%C(reset)%C(bold yellow)%d%C(reset)%n'' %C(white)%s%C(reset) %C(dim white)- %an%C(reset)' --all lg = !"git lg1"
Then run
git lg
inside the 'boinc' directory for a quick text-only history dump, which will look something like this:
* 403afa4 - (14 hours ago) client: work fetch policy tweak - David Anderson (HEAD, origin/master, origin/HEAD, master) * 28f7f95 - (17 hours ago) client: Default to /usr/bin when looking for VboxManage. - Rom Walton * b4f7e33 - (18 hours ago) client, Android: run CPU-intensive apps in background mode - David Anderson * b0504e9 - (24 hours ago) Mac: script builds boinc_zip library when building other BOINC libraries - Charlie Fenton * edc96a2 - (24 hours ago) Mac: update build scripts for OS 10.9 - Charlie Fenton * 0d04b84 - (24 hours ago) Mac: Update build script for wxWidgets 3.0.0 - Charlie Fenton * 04e8f00 - (30 hours ago) client, Win: when running GPU detect, use "boinc.exe" rather than "boinc" on cmdline. - David Anderson * be2f175 - (2 days ago) DOC: Add entries for MIPS and x86 for Android. - Rom Walton * cc32c51 - (2 days ago) Merge branch 'master' of ssh://isaac.ssl.berkeley.edu/boinc-v2 - Rom Walton |\ | * 6d78613 - (2 days ago) API: make boinc_api_fortran.cpp compile - David Anderson | * 36460bc - (2 days ago) Compile fixes for Ubuntu - David Anderson * | 8bb3af6 - (2 days ago) DOC: Update android client to 7.2.41. - Rom Walton |/ * 9b041f7 - (2 days ago) VBOX: Fix case of virtualbox and vboxheadless for platforms that are case sensitive. The code... * 9220ceb - (3 days ago) Admin web: deprecate problem_host.php, which sends a confusing email to user - David Anderson
Examples using tags and branches
To revert back to the remote master branch after you have modified some files in a too hasty fashion:
git checkout master
What is the absolutely latest tag issued?
$ git describe --tags `git rev-list --tags --max-count=1` client_release/7.2/7.2.41
What's the most recent tag for the currently checked-out version?
$ git describe --always --tag client_release/7.2/7.2.4-2866-g6ff59ea
This means that the HEAD is based on 'client_release/7.2/7.2.4', with 2866 commits on top (I think).
What are the differences between the HEAD and the latest tag issued?
$ git diff HEAD client_release/7.2/7.2.41 | wc -l 271949
271949 lines have differences.
You may want to see the differences to file 'version.h':
$ git diff HEAD client_release/7.2/7.2.41 version.h | grep BOINC_VERSION_STRING -#define BOINC_VERSION_STRING "7.3.0" +#define BOINC_VERSION_STRING "7.2.41"
Looks like the HEAD is an as-yet-untagged 7.3.0. The choice is yours ... what do you want to compile? You probably want something more stable.
Check out a specific tag for compilation
As mentioned above, the code for each client release is 'tagged'.
For example, the code for version 7.2.9 is tagged with
git tag
to list all the visible tags. Note that the tags come in lexicographical order, not in version order! If you want to sort them by version number:
git tag | perl version_path_sorter.pl
Where the source for the sorter function is here: VersionPathSorter
git tag --list '*/7.2/*'
to list only the tags matching '/7.2/'.
git checkout client_release/7.2/7.2.9; git status
to check out BOINC client version 7.2.9.
...and proceed with compilation.
Write Access to the remote Git repository
Note: you don't need direct write access to contribute code to BOINC.
Given the distributed nature of Git
you can publish your contributions elsewhere (e.g. on GitHub)
or send your patches via mail (using
git format-patch).
Direct write access to the main repository is currently available via the SSH protocol with public-key authentication. If you want direct write access, contact David Anderson and/or Rom Walton. They'll ask you for your public key. Here's how you can create a public/private key pair and use it after you've been granted access to the repository:
Please see this page for details.
Linux/Mac OS X
- General note: before you start, please check whether you already have an existing key
~/.ssh/id_rsa. If so, please choose a different key filename for the commands below! Alternatively, you could also reuse the existing key and continue with the final step.
- Note to Mac OS X users: if you prefer "Finder" over "Terminal" hit
CMD+SHIFT+Gin "Finder", then enter
~/.sshto go to that hidden folder.
The following shell/terminal command will create a key pair that gets stored
in your
~/.ssh directory:
- Public key:
- Private key:
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa
If you used the standard key filename id_rsa and you want the repository named boinc-v2.git, use the following URL to access the repository:
If you had to use a different key filename because of an existing key
that you don't want to overwrite or reuse,
you can define a so called ssh host alias that allows you to specify which key to use
when accessing the BOINC repo.
To do so, add the following to
~/.ssh/config (create the file if necessary),
assuming that you created the ssh key as
host boinc-git-server Hostname boinc.berkeley.edu Port 22 IdentityFile ~/.ssh/boinc-key User gitolite
Now that you have the host alias defined you may access the repo using the alias in the clone URL (instead of the full user/hostname information):
git clone boinc-git-server:boinc-v2.git
Finally, send the public key to David or Rom. Important: the private key should never leave your system! Keep it safe!
Windows build dependencies
All the additional dependency files are now stored in separate "boinc_depends_win" repositories.
You should clone the version of the dependency tree that corresponds to the version of Visual Studio you have installed.
|Visual Studio 2005
|Visual Studio 2008
|Visual Studio 2010
|Visual Studio 2013
For example:
git clone http://boinc.berkeley.edu/git/boinc_depends_win_vs2010.git.
The dependencies should be stored in the same parent directory as the BOINC source code:
+-+ source | + boinc | | | + api | + client | + clientgui | + etc... | + build_depends_vs2010 | | | + curl | + openssl | + wxwidgets | + zlib
When you have older source code, deleting all previous source code and downloading it fresh will sometimes fix the breaks in building BOINC. Make sure to back up your own code prior to deleting the source code.
HTC Power to Give source code
The source code for HTC Power to Give (a variant of the BOINC Android client) can be found using the instructions here.
Source code structure overview
The BOINC source tree includes the following directories:
|Android port
|The BOINC API (for applications).
|Some test applications.
|The BOINC client.
|The BOINC Manager.
|The BOINC screensaver for Windows.
|The BOINC Tray component (checks for user activity on Windows).
|Header file for - NVIDIA API.
|Bunch of Certificate Authority Certificates (for libcurl?).
|The database schema and C++ interface layer (needs mysql.h).
|Data collection API (?).
|PHP files for the operational web interface.
|PHP files for the participant web interface.
|PHP include files
|Translation files for project websites.
|Code that is shared by more than one component (core client, scheduling server, etc.).
|Translation files for BOINC Manager.
|Code for the - m4 macro processor (Why!)
|For building on Macs.
|For installing on Macs.
|Files required to create a distribution package for various operating systems.
|Python modules used by tools.
|Remote job submission system for BOINC.
|Several example applications together with Windows and Mac project files and a Linux makefile for building the applications. It also includes Windows versions of some libraries (GLUT, jpeglib, etc.) that many applications will need, but which are not part of BOINC.
|The scheduling server, feeder, and file upload handler.
|Generate plots using gnuplot
|Test scripts.
|Operational utility programs.
|Volunteer Data Archival code.
|Project files for compiling the client under Windows, and the Windows installer.
|Compression functions; not used by BOINC, but may be useful for applications.
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Getting Personal started with one clever personalised calendar and has grown into a multi-million pound ecommerce business. Rachel Miller talks to Giles Harridge to find out the secrets behind their success
If you've ever struggled to find a personal gift, you'll understand the frustration that inspired the creation of Getting Personal. The brainchild of Giles Harridge and John Smith, Getting Personal offers a wide range of gifts including some unusual and highly personalised products such as calendars, cards, mugs and more.
When it was started more than ten years ago, the company consisted of two founders plus "someone to make the tea". Getting Personal now employs 30 people, rising to 50 in the run-up to Christmas, and has a 10,000 square-foot warehouse.
The idea for Getting Personal was borne out of frustration at the lack of interesting corporate gifts. Giles and John, who were doing consultancy work together, decided to come up with their own product. It was a personalised calendar featuring the name of the recipient included within a photograph - as pebbles on a beach or in the Hollywood walk of fame.
Friends, colleagues and family loved it, so Giles and John built a website to sell it to a wider audience. With one product in two versions (desk calendar and wall calendar), they set up for business in November.
Positive PR
Knowing that the actual product got such a positive reaction, they sent samples to the media in a bid for some positive PR. They really hit the jackpot when ITV's This Morning featured their calendar just weeks after they had launched. "We got a great response," says Giles. "Phil and Fern showed the personalised calendar to camera and orders came flying in."
As the new year began, Giles and John came up with a new romantic theme for a Valentine's calendar. And they opened up new opportunities by producing calendars that could start in any month enabling them to sell calendars all year round. "We sold even more calendars around Valentine's Day than we had over the first Christmas," says Giles.
Rapid online growth
Since that confident start, Getting Personal has expanded, adding new products to the range including more personalised products such as champagne and greetings cards, as well as fun and quirky items. Turnover has risen steadily year on year.
Clever marketing is one reason why Getting Personal is thriving. As well as PR, Giles and John have devoted a lot of time making the Getting Personal website highly visible on internet search engines. "We've always known how important search engine optimisation is," says Giles. According to Hitwise (which measures market share by visits to websites), Getting Personal is consistently one of the top five websites in the gifts and flowers category. "We were neck and neck with Interflora in the run-up to Valentine's day one year," says Giles.
At the same time, public relations is still an important part of the marketing strategy. "We constantly try to get coverage in the media, from local and national press to TV - it really makes a lot of difference." A couple of years after launch, Getting Personal was awarded the prestigious Manchester Evening News Young Business of the Year.
Customer service
Customer service is also a fundamental part of the Getting Personal approach. "One thing we do is publish customer reviews," says Giles. "We ask for feedback when we take the order and ask for reviews. Our ratings are through the roof. About 93% of our customers give us a four or five-star rating out of five.
"It's not just about getting traffic to the website, it's also about getting conversions," he adds. "We work hard to make our web experience simple and enjoyable, but the customer needs confidence and reviews provide that. Also they can ring us up - our number is clearly visible on the website. That makes a huge difference."
Thanks to its innovative products and high levels of customer service, positive word-of-mouth recommendation is also helping to grow the business. "We know that people come to us because they saw one of our calendars elsewhere. Our products show thought and also deliver the wow factor. We have made it really easy for people to buy a thoughtful and unusual present."
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'Supernatural' React: Back to the Good Old Days… Or Is It?
Last night's Supernatural at first glance seemed to be a true return to form, a reminder of the happy, fun, and truly comedic aspects the show used to have back when Sam and Dean were truly Sam and Dean. The brothers were back together, hunting together, taking on the world together! We were back, finally!
Or were we? Honestly, after ruminating on "LARP and the Real Girl," I'm even more worried about the future of the Winchesters. Sure, the episode was fun, and the brothers worked the same case after reaching their delicate, shaky truce at the end of last week's episode, but there were a couple hints and subtle things I noticed that didn't make me a happy camper. For one thing, no matter how hard Dean was trying to repair the brotherly bond with Sam (and oh, was he trying), they didn't actually work the case together. After encountering some weird deaths in a group of Live Action Role-Players, they infiltrated the game of Moondor, running into old ally geeky lesbian hacker Charlie Bradbury.
A quick aside: how awesome is Felicia Day's Charlie? Answer: the absolute best. Not only is she a fully actualized lesbian, but she is portrayed in a way that doesn't objectify or in any way treat her sexuality as anything but normal. She is as flirtatious as Dean, even more so since apparently LARPers are crazy horny. Seriously, what is in that water in Moondor? End of aside.
So Charlie was actually the Queen of Moondor… because, of course she was. But who else noticed that while Dean went off with Charlie and Sam researched with that random girl who was trying to get with him hardcore (Anyone catch her name? No?), they both solved the case, coming to the same conclusion – someone was using fairy magic on their enemies – but on their own. Did the brothers both realize that they successfully hunted without needing the other? I hope they didn't. That can't mean good things for the future.
Another thing I was none too please about was Dean's explanation of what went down recently between himself and Sam, when he was filling in Charlie. From the way he told his side of things, it's clear he truly blames himself for dragging Sam away from his attempt at normalcy with Amelia. Even though Sam made the decision himself to walk away and hunt with both feet in, Dean thinks it's his fault. Plus, he hasn't made it clear to anyone, not even Charlie, that he severed ties with Benny. He's keeping all that sadness and loss bottled up, and Sam doesn't even know Dean isn't talking with his vampire friend anymore. That also can't mean good things for the future.
The clever thing about last night's episode, though, was that all these worrisome aspects were hidden beneath a veneer of cheerful, fun, campiness via LARPing. Dean could hardly contain his boyish enthusiasm at the prospect of dressing up in medieval garb and strategizing with Charlie about where to best place the army for battle. He was having a ball. Especially when he and Sam finally got to wholeheartedly embrace the game at the end, and in full costumes and Braveheart face paint charged into battle – though not without first hearing Dean give the Braveheart speech, since it's the only speech he knows.
The best quotes from "LARP and the Real Girl" came from an unlikely source: the random cop walking Sam and Dean through the night's grisly murders. This guy should become a recurring guest star. Too bad they didn't give him a name!
Sam: Anything missing from the body?
Cop: You mean aside from the arms and legs? Nope, all there, twig and berries too.
Cop: Neighbor downstairs said she got woke up in the middle of the night by the sound of horses stomping their feet and galloping. Didn't find any hoof prints. She probably heard the TV, or was having a bad dream, or she was high as balls.
Cop: These kids today with their texting and murder.
Cop: God forbid he was contagious. I'm going to go dip myself in hand sanitizer.
Although I have to say, runner up with the best quotes was definitely (unsurprisingly) Charlie.
Charlie: I'm dropping my sword and walking off the stage, bitches. Have fun storming the castle.
Charlie: I'm just an IT girl, standing in front of a monster, asking it not to kill her.
Charlie: Call me, maybe?
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September 18, 2013
"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations…" – Matthew 28:19
A preacher friend recently said, "We've moved from making disciples to building churches". Without a doubt, he is correct. The entire missionary effort today seems to be backwards from what Jesus instructed us to do. When commissioning His church, Jesus said, "Go…and make" and yet we'd rather sit and wait. It seems our missionary zeal has died. Disciplining has been replaced with recruiting, at best. The Gospel has been replaced with worldly gimmicks. And our discomfort in sharing the message of Christ has led us to merely invite people to church. Then sadly, we've convinced ourselves that a simply "come to church sometime" is fulfilling our instruction to "make disciples of all the nations". In this, we have critically erred.
Two times we read where Jesus told the disciples that they were to be "fishers of men" (Matthew 4:19; Mark 1:17). If the Holy Spirit inspired this to be written twice, it must be important. Each of us…every believer…is called to be a fisher of men. We are called to plant seed. Now, lest any of us become conceited, we have no ability to make seed grow – that is God's business. Paul says the same when he wrote, "Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one? I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase" (1 Corinthians 3:5-7). Yet, even a casual reading of the Book of Acts will reveal that Paul spent His life sowing the Seed of the Gospel.
These days, missionary work seems to be done in reverse – by pretty much everybody. Jesus said, "…you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth" (Acts 1:8). Yet oddly, we want to reverse the order most of the time. Most of us these days are willing to send missionaries and dollars to foreign lands but unwilling to do anything locally where the Lord has planted us. Then, when our churches dry up, we wonder why. Is it possible we are not following the instructions of Jesus very well? I do believe so. Paul said, "But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully" (2 Corinthians 9:6). Most of us are proving this verse to be true every day – we are sowing sparingly and, as a result, we are reaping sparingly.
Not only that, even the idea of local missions is confused today. The local church is not to be "gimmicky" by drawing people in with worldly attractions. Our focus must always remain on Calvary's cross. Yet, this "gimmick gospel" which we see so much today is just the fruit of a bigger problem. Most believers think their job is to merely get somebody to church so the preacher can share the Gospel with them. This is why we often see gimmicks. But, we ALL are to be witnesses for Christ. We all are to be fishers of men. We all are to be making disciples! God's means to reach His own is the message of the Gospel (Romans 1:16; 1 Corinthians 1:21). If we'd put aside the gimmicks and do what God has called each of us to do, we may be surprised by the results.
So, what is the hindrance? Why are we so unwilling to do what God has plainly told us to do? Simply, it's uncomfortable. It gets us out of our comfort zone. If we can ever come to realize that the power to save is not in us, it will give us great courage to go forth. When the Holy Spirit empowers the Gospel message, lives are changed (1 Thessalonians 1:4-5; 2 Thessalonians 2:13-14). The power doesn't abide in us, but in Him. So, child of God, "Go therefore and make disciples…". It is your calling and it is your duty. But, oh what an honor God has bestowed on us that we are given the opportunity to share the message of His Son with a lost and dying world!
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by Rick Duran, Senior Editor
About three weeks after attending the press junket and screenings for Judd Apatow's smash hit Knocked Up, Universal Pictures invited the Frat Pack Tribute to visit the set of Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Needless to say, we were thrilled to get such an awesome opportunity. On top of that, the Tribute was also invited to be an extra (playing a member of the press) at a film premiere for the film's female lead, Sarah Marshall (played by Veronica Mars' Kristen Bell.) Depending on the film's final edit, you just might see me in the background of the premiere scene, standing on stage as Bell's character walks up to be interviewed.
As I arrived at the filming location, the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood, the set definitely looked like a movie premiere, red carpet, stage and all. The backdrop for the stage where the press would stand had Director's Guild of America logo printed across it. I made my way inside the Egyptian, where I was greeted by the film's Unit Publicist Claire Raskind. She had just learned that she too would be an extra in the film's premiere scene. Claire gave me the rundown of what to expect for the night and how our scene would be shot around 10pm. When I arrived to the set, Bell and the crew were wrapping a different scene being shot on a mountain outside L.A. Around the 7:00 hour, the press began arriving. I quickly learned the Tribute would accompany the likes of MTV, E!, Premiere.com, Hollywood.com, IGN.com, AintItCool.com and several others for the night's shoot.
I was thrilled to learn Drew (better known as Moriarty) from AICN was going to be in the scene. As a long time reader of his, it was very cool to talk to him about his recent trip to Forgetting Sarah Marshall's Hawaii set, in addition to many discussions about Judd Apatow's current wave of success. As a matter of fact, Knocked Up had crossed the $100 million mark during the week of this shoot and many of the press members present were already buzzing about Superbad, which would not open for another two months. Between the loud buzz for Superbad, Knocked Up's blockbuster success, and the Hawaiian shoot for Forgetting Sarah Marshall it was clear that people are genuinely excited for this new crop of actors emerging from the Apatow camp.
As the night's first scene began filming, in which Sarah is exiting a limo while Peter (the film's lead played by Jason Segel, of Knocked Up and CBS' How I Met Your Mother) is left in the background holding her purse, Segel was greeted by fans from the sidewalk shouting about how they loved him in Knocked Up. Indeed, there was a hefty amount of love for this entire block of Judd's films. At one point before the premiere scene began shooting, we were briefly introduced to Shauna Robertson, the film's producer and one of the essential figures in Judd Apatow's team. Apatow and Seth Rogen have been quoted in several interviews, "We know a joke works if it can make Shauna laugh." One look at her track record and you will understand how vital a figure she has been in some of the best comedies of the past decade, 6 of which were made under Apatow Productions.
The limo scene set the description for the rest of the night's shoot. It establishes how Segel's character is gradually pushed out of Sarah's life, which in later scenes will lead to the devastating break-up which will ultimately send his character to Hawaii. During the several takes of Bell and Segel's limousine exit, the press members and I were invited to join the extras playing the screaming mob of Sarah Marshall fans. For the various takes, we were asked to shout Sarah's name, and during one take were specifically asked to shout only that. This direction prompted one extra to yell "Sarah, I love you but they won't let me" after the take finished. You won't hear that line on film, but that was one joke I'll always chuckle at. Additional takes were shot of Sarah being interviewed on the red carpet by MTV, while Peter is slumping in the background. Following those shots, the press members and I were informed that shooting had broken for lunch at 10 pm, and we'd be filming our scene around 10:45. During the break, we had a couple bites to eat and many laughs. One reporter from IGN.com impressed us with his knowledge of old school hip-hop lyrics. Once the break was over, we began to see the dozens of extras in full black tie suits and gowns, ready to play the premiere's attendees.
The Frat Pack Tribute's Rick Duran Takes Copious Notes (top left, looking down)
Our group was split onto both sides of the stage; I would be standing along the far right side next to the film crew from Hollywood.com. For the remainder of the night, I had my tape recorder in one hand, pen and notepad in the other. Whether or not this counts as my lazy stab at method acting, I created a prop for my takes: whenever film was rolling, I'd scribble the word "Notes" on my pad. By the end of the night, I filled up about two pages with that word. Our role in the scene was to be interviewing the actors (played by extras who resembled several celebrities), while Sarah would make her way up to the stage. Meanwhile, Peter would be stuck on the red carpet, being shunned by a friend of Sarah's and a loud photographer. In between a couple takes, we had the opportunity to speak with Segel and Bell up on stage, discussing their experiences during the shoot which later turn to them trying to one-up each other with jokes. The two actors seemed genuinely happy throughout the night, both onstage with us and off. At the end of her takes, Bell would dance for nearly a minute before having to go back to her mark. Segel would join her for a dance or two throughout the night. During our brief conversation with Jason Segel, whom also wrote the film's screenplay, he shared a story about bad red carpet experiences, including one night where he was told to "get off the red carpet" so the photographers could "take pictures of celebrities." Sure enough, during a couple takes, the actor playing a loud photographer would yell out that same insult. For other takes, the actor would try different insults, including one calling Segel "Frankenstein."
The yells from this photographer gave us a brief view at the Apatow crew's penchant for trying out various versions of jokes. Across from us, on the opposite end of the Egyptian Theater's red carpet, the film's director Nick Stoller (previously a writer on Apatow's Undeclared) watched from a monitor and instructed the actors to try alternate versions of particular lines. Our best example of this was after Bell left our stage and posed for pictures on the red carpet. During this scene, the photographer would yell out catcalls in a variety of ways, at one point screaming "Ooh yeah, give me that A-S-S! Yeah!" That actor would throw out different jokes for a good 10 to 15 minutes worth of takes. The same could be said for another actor playing a friend of Sarah's who is less enthused to see Peter. After a few takes, the interaction between their characters would develop a little more tension, as would the actor's following reaction to shouting at an unseen character. Though that scene had moved on from our area and further down the red carpet, we had to remain in place for continuity, interviewing other extras playing interviewed celebrities. As the night grew later, the interviews taking place on our stage grew wackier with the extras. I believe some of this fun was caught on Hollywood.com's camera. At the beginning of the night, the interviews were serious inquiries regarding the activity of a film extra, but by night's end everything from celebrity gossip to jokes about presidential candidates were going on while film was rolling.
A nice shot of Rick's hand, at right. Oh, and star Jason Segel too.
The night's filming wrapped at around 2:15am, two hours later than they anticipated. We were told that footage from the scene would be sent to us soon and that was it for the night. For the 7 or 8 hours I spent on set that night, so many details seemed to run by pretty fast. The stories of the Hawaii footage suggested Jason Segel segued into Leading Man status with ease. Our brief encounter with him showed how he was very proud to be a part of Apatow's highly collaborative productions. Kristen Bell had a high amount of spirit throughout the night. Her former Veronica Mars co-star Enrico Colantani (her onscreen father) had apparently stopped by the set to say hello; that would have been cool to witness. In general, it was a rather relaxed atmosphere and we were all excited to be put in front of the camera. From the brief snippets of dialogue we heard, in addition to descriptions of previously shot footage, we had our confirmation that Forgetting Sarah Marshall will be an R-Rated comedy.
Stars Jason Segel and Kristen Bell
It was an honor to be invited for the visit and walk-on opportunity, but an even bigger thrill just to witness the latest project from this highly successful and talented group. In person, Jason Segel and Kristen Bell were very kind people, and it was a treat to see these two film what will ultimately be an extremely high profile movie in Summer 2008. Much like what Judd and Shauna have overseen with Steve Carell, Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill, it was nice to see Jason Segel get the same opportunity. Here is an actor whose has been part of many television ensembles being given the chance to bring his screenplay to life, and playing the lead role in a mainstream studio comedy. That's why people were buzzing about Superbad hours earlier; audiences are responding to films starring actors not as familiar as Hollywood's top marquee names. And on this particular night, we witnessed Jason Segel playing a man overshadowed at a Hollywood premiere, when in a little less than a year, he will the center of attention and celebration at a premiere of his own.
During our visit to the set of Universal's Forgetting Sarah Marshall at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood, we had the opportunity to chat with the film's stars Jason Segel (Knocked Up, How I Met Your Mother) and Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars, Heroes.)
The following conversation took place while a movie premiere scene was being filmed. The Frat Pack Tribute was among the many media outlets invited to participate in the scene. In between takes, Segel and Bell took part in a couple impromptu mini-interviews with our group of invited media guests.
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Jason Segel: We shut down Hollywood Boulevard. This is madness.
I think some of these extras did just wonder in on set from Hollywood Boulevard. Has anyone tried to come in and slip you resumes & headshots?
Jason Segel: No, but there's the heavy smell of booze permeating the whole crowd, so you might be right.
Tell me about the part you're playing in this film.
Jason Segel: Sure. I play a guy called Peter Bretter whose movie star girlfriend dumps him after 5 ½ years, so he goes to Hawaii to clear his head. As he's checking into the hotel, there she is with her new boyfriend. It's a romantic disaster trapped in paradise.
And this is from the creative mind of Judd Apatow, he's one of the producers on this?
Jason Segel: Judd is one of the producers, I'm the writer and Nick Stoller, one of our old friends is the director. It's a bunch of old friends.
It must be nice to stick around with those guys and have old buddies to count on when your working.
Jason Segel: Yeah, the fact that Judd would let me write something was nice enough and now it's getting made, it's unreal. He's the most loyal person I've ever met.
Where did this idea come from?
Jason Segel: I always have awkward relationships with the ladies for whatever reason. I don't know and so here we are. I was able to sort of take all of those terrible, terrible, terrible dates and turn them into a money making venture.
Have you had any weird encounters on red carpets with exes at all?
Jason Segel: Not with exes, but I've been yelled at by my share of photographers. In the film, which we're about to shoot, I was once walking down the carpet and someone screamed at me, "get off the red carpet so we can take pictures of celebrities."
Jason Segel: Yeah, thank you. I appreciate that. That was a hard night.
It wasn't fun.
What's it like working with Kristen Bell?
Jason Segel: Kristen Bell is the best. You know when I wrote that part, it was a very fine line because I didn't want anyone to be a villain in the movie. And she's played it to perfection. She couldn't be a more talented actress and a great person.
(Kristen Bell approaches our area)
What do you guys do during downtime? Are you cracking jokes?
Jason Segel: You know she talks, like a lot. She kinda just talks and talks. It's nice at first because she says a lot of interesting…oh, she's here now. She's great. She's funny.
Kristen, what do you have to say about Jason Segel as your leading man?
Kristen Bell: Oh... who? Oh the writer?
And your non-celebrity boyfriend in the film.
Kristen Bell: I haven't met him yet, but I hear he's awesome.
(We are asked to move back as the scene is being prepared for shooting)
Kristen Bell: Alright everyone, six feet! Six or seven feet! (To Segel) I don't talk that much
Jason Segel: No, you don't talk that much at all. I stopped listening every time she talks.
Kristen Bell: No, Jason is the talker.
Jason Segel: Everything I say, she's like, "you told me that before."
Kristen Bell: Because he tells stories over and over again.
Like what? What's a story he keeps telling?
Kristen Bell: Anything. This one time at band camp. Whatever. All the time.
Jason Segel: Whatever. I love band camp. (laughter)
How would you describe the chemistry that you guys have?
Jason Segel: Uh… wow…
Kristen Bell: Vicious.
Jason Segel: I feel like I didn't know I had a midget fetish. But, here we are. (laughter)
Kristen Bell: Or I a giant.
The title of the film is called "Forgetting Sarah Marshall." So how do you get over someone? How do you forget them?
Jason Segel: That's a good question. I guess the film is about that you can't forget them, but it's more about coming to terms with what's happening and appreciating what you had. It doesn't have to be forgetting someone.
So you drew on this movie from a lot of your personal experiences?
Jason Segel: Yeah, here and there. I've had an interesting relationship with women my whole life so I don't know. I sort of was able to channel it I suppose.
What does that mean "interesting" exactly?
Jason Segel: I fall very hard very quickly and then I end up getting smashed. I end up getting slaughter every time.
Have you run into any exes on a red carpet situation?
Kristen Bell: Thankfully, no, but I don't date much. So no, I have not. Strictly professional.
So this is real acting on your part?
Kristen Bell: This is the real acting. Right here. Right now.
Jason Segel: She went out with Alf for a long time.
Kristen Bell: He's a really good guy!
Once he went through the rehab.
Kristen Bell: Yeah! (laughter)
Has this film allowed you to indulge in any bad Hollywood behavior?
Kristen Bell: No, because I'm an angel.
Jason Segel: Sent from heaven.
(Segel & Bell are asked back on set for a few minutes, and return after a take.)
Would you say you're more like your character on Veronica Mars?
Kristen Bell: I would say so, yeah.
Who do you look to to play this character? Is there someone that you're trying to emulate?
Kristen Bell: Not really. It's just sort of nailing… it's actually my own instincts. The expectations when you get onto a red carpet where everything is super exciting and amazing. It's really easy to slip into that BS mode. When it's just like, I hate to say it's BS, because a lot of people do get excited, but there's a point where you have to check yourself into reality and say I can be excited to be here, but I still need to be sincere. And there's like a certain amount of insincerity in Sarah Marshall just because she's just trying to get through the job. But, then I think the great thing about the script is that there's a lot of sincerity in her as well in her off camera hours.
When you said "Check myself into reality," I swear it sounded like you were going to say check yourself into rehab. I was like, "What? What's going on here?"
Kristen Bell: No, not me, not me (laughter)
What red carpet questions do you never want to be asked again? Like what have you heard a million times?
Kristen Bell: When there's drama going on in celebrity circles they're like, "what do you have to say to so and so and so and so?" I'm like, "I don't know so and so and so and so. I certainly wish them well, but who cares?"
(Kristen is called back to set)
Kristen Bell: Hey, I'm having serious conversation right here!
Thank you so much.
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NVIDIA's 1.4 Billion Transistor GPU: GT200 Arrives as the GeForce GTX 280 & 260by Anand Lal Shimpi & Derek Wilson on June 16, 2008 9:00 AM EST
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Building NVIDIA's GT200
Here's a Streaming Processor, NVIDIA calls it an SP:
NVIDIA calls an individual SP a single processing core, which is actually true. It is a fully pipelined, single-issue, in-order microprocessor complete with two ALUs and a FPU. An SP doesn't have any cache, so it's not particularly great at anything other than cranking through tons of mathematical operations. Since an SP spends most of its time working on pixel or vertex data, the fact that it doesn't have a cache doesn't really matter. Aside from name similarities, one NVIDIA SP is a lot like a very simplified version of a SPE in the Cell microprocessor (or maybe the SPE is like a really simple version of one of NVIDIA's SMs, which we'll get to in a minute). While a single SPE in Cell has seven execution units, a single NVIDIA SP only has three.
By itself a SP is fairly useless, but NVIDIA builds GPUs and if you add up enough of these little monsters you can start to get something productive given that graphics rendering is a highly parallelizable task.
Here's a Streaming Multiprocessor, which NVIDIA abbreviates as SM:
A SM is an array of SPs, eight to be specific, along with two more processors called Special Function Units (SFUs). Each SFU has four FP multiply units which are used for transcendental operations (e.g. sin, cosin) and interpolation, the latter being used in some of the calculations for things like anisotropic texture filtering. Although NVIDIA isn't specific in saying so, we assume that each SFU is also a fully pipelined, single-issue, in-order microprocessor. There's a MT issue unit that dispatches instructions to all of the SPs and SFUs in the group.
In addition to the processor cores in a SM, there's a very small instruction cache, a read only data cache and a 16KB read/write shared memory. These cache sizes are kept purposefully small because unlike a conventional desktop microprocessor, the datasets we're trying to cache here are small. Each SP ends up working on an individual pixel and despite the move to 32-bit floating point values, there's only so much data associated with a single pixel. The 16KB memory is akin to Cell's local stores in that it's not a cache, but a software-managed data store so that latency is always predictable. With this many cores in a single SM, control and predictability and very important to making the whole thing work efficiently.
Take one more step back and you've got a Texture/Processor Cluster (TPC):
The G80/G92 TPC (left) vs. the GT200 TPC (right)
NVIDIA purposefully designed its GPU architecture to be modular, so a single TPC can be made up of any number of SMs. In the G80 architecture it was made up of two SMs but with the GT200 architecture it now has three SMs.
The components of the TPC however haven't changed; a TPC is made up of SMs, some control logic and a texture block. Remember that a SM is a total of 8 SPs and 2 SFUs, so that brings the total up to 24 SPs and 6 SFUs (must...not...type...STFU) per cluster in GT200 (up from 16 SPs and 4 SFUs in G80). The texture block includes texture addressing and filtering logic as well as a L1 texture cache.
The modular theme continues with the Streaming Processor Array (SPA) that is composed of a number of TPCs:
The GT200 SPA, that's 240 SPs in there if you want to count them
In G80 the SPA was made up of 8 TPCs, but with GT200 we've moved up to 10. Note that each TPC now has 3 SMs vs. 2, so the overall processing power of GT200 has increased by 87.5% over G80.
And here's G80/G92, only 128 SPs thanks to two SMs per TPC and 8 TPCs
At the front end of the GPU we've got schedulers and control logic to distribute workloads to the entire array of processing cores. At the other end we've got L2 texture caches and rasterization processors that handle final filtering and output of data to the frame buffer.
The culmination of all of this is that the new GT200 GPU, the heart of the GeForce GTX 280 and 260, features 240 SPs, 160KB of local memory, an even smaller amount of cache and is built on TSMC's 65nm process using 1.4 billion transistors.
1.4 Billion Transistors. It wants vertex data. Really bad.
754 Million Transistors
There are more transistors in this chip than there are people in China, and it's the largest, most compute-dense chip we've ever reviewed.
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Chaser - Monday, June 16, 2008 - linkMaybe I'm behind the loop here. The only competition this article refers to is some up coming new INTEL product in contrast to an announced hard release of the next AMD GPU series a week from now?
BPB - Monday, June 16, 2008 - linkWell nVidia is starting with the hi end, hi proced items. Now we wait to see what ATI has and decide. I'm very much looking forward to the ATI release this week. Reply
FITCamaro - Monday, June 16, 2008 - linkYeah but for the performance of these cards, the price isn't quite right. I mean you can get two 8800GTs for under $400 and they typically outperform both the 260 and the 280. Yes if you want a single card, these aren't too bad a deal. But even the 9800GX2 outperforms the 280 normally.
So really I have to question the pricing on them. High end for a single GPU card yes. Better price/performance than last generations card, no. I just bought two G92 8800GTSs and now I don't feel dumb about it because my two cards that I paid $170 for each will still outperform the latest and greatest which cost more. Reply
Rev1 - Monday, June 16, 2008 - linkMaybe lack of any real competition from ATI? Reply
hadifa - Monday, June 16, 2008 - link
No, The reason is high cost to produce. over a Billion transistors, low yields, 512 bit bus ...
Unfortunately the high cost and the advance tech doesn't translate to equally impressive performance at this stage. For example, if the card had much lower power usage under load, still it would have been considered a good move forward for having comparable performance to a dual GPU solution but with much cooler running and less demanding hardware.
As the review mentions, this card begs for a die shrink. It will make it use less power, be cheaper, run cooler and even have a higher clock. Reply
Warren21 - Monday, June 16, 2008 - linkThat competition won't come for another two weeks, but when it does -- rumour has it NV plan to lower their prices. Most preliminary info has HD 4870 at 299-329 and pretty much GTX 260 performance, if not, then biting at it's heels. Reply
smn198 - Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - linkYou haven't seen anything yet. check out this picture of the GTX2 290!! http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=350t4rt&s=3">http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=350t4rt&s=3 Reply
Mr Roboto - Wednesday, June 18, 2008 - linkSoon it will be that way if Nvidia has their way. Reply


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European markets are reeling as economic data points to worsening conditions despite promises that European economies will receive monetary support. European shares ended last week on a rally after the European Central Bank hinted at more quantitative easing, but many economists warn that the bounce has little to do with fundamental strength in the economy.
According to one note by a large investment bank, the bounce is likely more a result of the "nicest house on a bad block" phenomenon, where options globally are less appealing, and a bet against the euro and on European equities may be the best way to earn a positive return. The ECB's comments helped Germany's DAX stock index to rise more than 1.6 percent last week after a steep decline following similar falls in China, the United States, and throughout emerging markets around the world.
Weak Demand across the Continent
European activity and global demand seem to be weakening, at least according to one indicator from Germany. The country's manufacturing PMI stunned analysts with a sharp drop to 52.1 in January, below 53.2 in December and far below expectations. At the same time, the country's services PMI also fell to 55.4, a drop from 56.0 in December. Both readings fell short of expectations.
Additionally, one indicator of disinflation is now pointing towards actual deflation throughout the Eurozone. Private sector firm input costs fell in January for the first time in nearly a year.
Analysts believe that Germany's manufacturing index is one of the most important indicators of global demand, since Germany's companies often produce machines used in China for producing consumer-facing goods. Thus, the composite manufacturing PI fall may indicate weakened conditions in China that other indicators have also confirmed, and that have caused investors to sell off Chinese equities and lose confidence in broader Asian growth in 2016.
At the same time, retail sales in the United Kingdom fell at their highest rate in more than a year in December, which some analysts are saying because of cold weather. While volume of sales including fuel fell 1 percent, according to the Office for National Statistics, prices also saw a steep decline, falling 3.2 percent in December.
Consumers in the country seem especially hesitant to make purchases, as clothing, shoes, and textiles plunged 6.2 percent. Falling prices and falling sales volumes could be pointing to a deflationary trap, in which a vicious cycle of lower spending caused by expected falling prices leads to worsening economic conditions. Many economists have expected the ECB to intervene more aggressively, while recent data in the UK may also encourage the Bank of England to work to counteract falling pricing and lower economic activity.
ECB Loose Monetary Policy
Already ECB president Mario Draghi reiterated his bank's attempts to use monetary policy to encourage more spending, investment, and general economic activity in the Eurozone. Draghi said that the ECB would "review and possibly reconsider" its monetary policy position, hinting that more quantitative easing may come to the Eurozone later this year.
A continued weakening of the euro could cause problems for China, which has faced mounting pressure to devalue its currency because of the quantitative easing programs in Japan and Europe. Some analysts expect, and some investors have been actively encouraging, Chinese policymakers to make moves to devalue the yuan sometime later this year.


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A NEW YOU: Setbacks are chances to rise up even stronger
It is a sun-filled summer afternoon, and I am sitting on a lounge chair at the beach reading the comics page in the newspaper. As I looked up at the gorgeous blue ocean before me, I remembered a story I heard about a boy nicknamed "Sparky."
In his youth, he must have felt like an underdog, as it was said that Sparky was a shy and awkward boy. But God had given him a gift — the ability to draw — and Sparky was thankful for that talent.
"Some day, you're going to be an artist," a kindergarten teacher once said to him. And he held that dream in his heart.
Yet, Sparky was rejected over and over. In his senior year of high school, he submitted some drawings to the editors of his yearbook. He was turned down, and this was painful. Sparky sent art samples to various companies. However, he was rejected. He tried time and again. But he was passed over each time
Sparky worked at various odd jobs and was in the service. But he never gave up his dream. Eventually, a creative idea came to Sparky. He decided to draw his autobiography in a comic strip. The hurts of his early years provided the material, as he described his childhood in pictures: a little boy who was an underachiever, a child who was not popular and who was clumsy. He drew pictures of himself holding a kite that would never fly, kicking a football and falling down, and losing a baseball game.
So, Sparky the cartoon based on Sparky the boy who was shy and rejected became the famous cartoon character Charlie Brown in his comic strip "Peanuts." Every time Charles Schulz failed, he bounced back. Schulz became one of the most influential cartoonists of all time, and his work reached 75 countries in 2,600 different papers and was published in 21 languages every day.
Maybe you set out for a life full of meaning, joy and purpose. But, then, like the succession of waves crashing upon the shoreline, you experienced one challenge followed by another. Perhaps, you just about had what you most desired. And somehow, like sand in an hourglass, it slipped through your fingers.
People may have hurt you, rejected or taken advantage of you. Or, your current circumstances do not look good. Then, similar to the tide, you recede; as you lose all hope that there will ever be brighter days ahead.
However, all is not lost. As with Charles Schulz, the obstacles that have been in your path are giving you everything that you need for the successes that will soon materialize.
Your good efforts have not been in vain. There is much more to your life than what you are going through right now. There's something coming your way that will offer you travel in an amazing, new direction. Hence, don't let worries, fears or disappointments stop you from trying once more.
Today is a brand-new day, so pick yourself up and go forward toward your dreams. Put your trust in God and be patient. He will lead you down the right path. In our garden, if I plant tomatoes too early, I can expose them to frosts that can ruin the crop. If I plant the tomatoes too late, it can prevent proper production. The tomato plants must be planted at the perfect time to have a great harvest. Likewise, if you've experienced stumbling blocks or delays, God isn't necessarily saying, "No." Possibly, he's whispering, "Wait." For God is going to take that setback and turn it into a significant comeback!
With no National Football League teams willing to give him a chance, I read how Kurt Warner never abandoned his dream of becoming a professional quarterback or his belief in God's guiding hand. Warner grew up in a small town, was from a broken home and faced many difficulties. In college, Warner wasn't a starting quarterback until his senior year. And after graduating, he didn't make the NFL draft. In spite of his talent, teams did not seem to want him as he watched from the sidelines.
Rejected, he soon found himself stocking shelves and working in a grocery store. He wasn't expected to do anything great in the sports world. But Warner persevered with courage, always hoping and endeavoring to get another tryout with an NFL team.
Through hard work, patience and trust in God, Warner overcame the odds and prevailed. A few years later, Warner was a league and Super Bowl Most Valuable Player and on his way to an illustrious Hall of Fame career and worldwide recognition. Happily married with seven precious children, Kurt Warner put his life in God's hands and said, "I am where I am, because I believed and never gave up."
Whatever you are believing that God can do for you, don't quit now. God has not forgotten about you. A while back, I was in New York City for a business meeting. I walked over to the reception desk in the large Park Avenue building, and the security guard politely asked for my name and identification. "It's Catherine," I said, as I handed him my ID.
Next, he looked down at his guest list and saw my name. Only then, was I allowed to go onto the elevator up to the seventh floor for my appointment, because my name was written down on the list. In the same way, your name is "engraved on the palm of God's hand." Isaiah 49:16 And it stands written there forever.
Scripture says, "In due season you will reap if you don't give up." Galatians 6:9 So move ahead with purpose. Roadblocks will finally be removed from your life. You are about to find where you belong. You're going to meet new, remarkable people. And you will enjoy blessing after blessing, after blessing.
God has a better, bigger and brighter plan for you. Therefore, never give up. It's your season to succeed. Be ready to reap the rewards God has in store for you.
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Designing WATER features
Want to make your golf course more memorable? Just add water.
Daydream with me for a minute. Imagine sitting next to a mountain stream. Visualize the exhilarating sight of rushing water flowing over rocks and boulders. Imagine the soothing sound of water splashing on the rocks nearby and the gentle babble of the meandering stream. What a relaxing mental image!
Wouldn't it be great if visitors carried the same soothing image away from your facility? With thorough planning, the right location and proper design and construction techniques, you may be able to provide a similarly memorable experience for your guests by creating a stream feature.
What is a stream feature? In its simplest form, a stream feature consists of a series of at least two pools or lakes that are connected by a stream channel. Water enters the top pool, spills into the stream channel, and flows to the bottom pool.
Defining your vision You must first decide on a vision for the proposed stream feature. Are you attempting to create a postcard view or a signature image for your facility? Or are you simply attempting to upgrade a particular area of the landscape? Is the stream you envision more like a raging rapids or a babbling brook? Is it important that the stream have a natural appearance, as if Mother Nature herself placed it there? The answers to these questions will guide you in selecting the proper location for the feature and determining how much the project will cost.
Location, location, location Obviously, selecting the location for your water feature is of critical importance. Sometimes the best and most logical choice for a stream feature is a spot where run-off water naturally flows after a rain event, such as an existing creek bed, swale, spillway, low spot or drainage ditch. Creating a stream feature in one of these areas will not only beautify a potentially blighted area of your landscape, but may also reduce the amount of time you spend on maintenance and erosion control.
q Elevation. Select a location for your stream feature where there is a change in elevation from the top pool to the bottom pool. Obviously, water must flow downhill. Streams with too little or no elevation change may stagnate from a lack of water movement. Your location should have a minimum elevation drop of 5 feet for every 100 feet of stream channel.
q Visibility. Choose a location that is highly visible and as close as possible to high-traffic areas. For example: Golf course areas near greens, tees, landing areas or cart paths may have great potential. Visual obstructions, such as tall plantings that block the view of the feature, should be kept to a minimum if at all possible.
q Availability of water. Depending on which method you choose, remember to consider availability of water in selecting a location. The top pool may be fed from any or all of the following sources:
Recirculation system. For this system, pipe water from the bottom pool to the top pool via a recirculation pump. Locate the submersible pump in a wet well near the bottom pool, or, if skid-mounted, on the floor of the bottom pool. With this option, you must have access to electric power.
. Irrigation feed system. In this system, the top pool is fed from the turf irrigation system. You can treat the water feature as a zone on your irrigation system. Run piping from the mainline to the pond to feed the upper pool. You can time this zone to operate when you need it to.
, Ground water system. This system, in which the top pool is fed from natural run-off and/or from a natural spring, allows you to make use of an unsightly creek or natural swale where water frequently collects. Areas of seepage can also be used to feed the system.
Work within your budget After you have decided on a location for the stream feature, contact a qualified water-feature design and construction firm. Inform them of your vision, and have them view the proposed site. Ask them to prepare a cost estimate to design and build the stream. If you have champagne tastes but you're on a beer budget, don't despair. Given the opportunity, most water-feature design and construction firms can work with you to identify modifications that can hold the project to within your price range.
Shaping your dream At the start of construction, work closely with the water-feature design and construction firm to stake the stream course, and locate the ideal spots for waterfalls and pools. After staking is complete, begin shaping the stream course. Accurate shaping is critically important to the stream's overall appearance and functionality. To facilitate movement in the water, shape in smaller 1- to 2-foot waterfalls, or step-downs, along with larger waterfalls, if elevations allow.
Build it to last After completion of stream shaping, line the stream feature with a synthetic stream liner. Installing a liner mitigates the risk of potential erosion problems and water loss caused from migration through porous soils. You should also install a layer of geotextile fabric over the liner to protect it from damage.
Next, place river gravel or cobble over the fabric in the streambed. Larger boulders can be used to line the sides of the stream. Choosing the rock to use in the stream is a subjective, but very important decision. Visit a few nearby quarries to view the rock and compare prices. Rock that is native to your area will generally look more natural and is also usually the best value for your dollar.
The higher the quantity of water expected to flow through the stream, the larger the rock must be. For most installations, use 2- to 4-inch river rock and 2- to 3-foot boulders.
You should use concrete at waterfall locations to stabilize larger rocks and to ensure that water flows over, not under or through, these rocks. You may consider installing rock outcroppings on the banks of the pools and stream to create an even more natural appearance.
The water-feature design and construction firm can assist you in specifying a pump with adequate capacity to fulfill your vision. Generally, a "babbling brook" will require a pump capable of about 300 to 750 GPM (gallons/minute) at the inflow point. A "raging rapids" will require 750 to 1200 GPM. A good rule of thumb in calculating water flow is this: Flowing water that is 1 inch wide and 1 inch deep will generate roughly 10 GPM. So if you can estimate the width and depth of your stream, you can approximate the size of the pump you will need.
Installation of a valve on the pipe feeding the upper pool is usually a good idea so that you can trim back the water flow if necessary. Also, a back-flow preventer will prohibit the water in the upper pool from draining into the lower pool upon system shut-off.
Maintenance A well-designed and properly constructed stream feature requires minimal maintenance. A regular visual inspection of the stream is a good idea. Look for any areas where boulders or cobble may have shifted, or where liner or fabric is exposed. Also, look for areas where erosion is occurring. These conditions may indicate higher than normal water flow in the stream channel due to excessive storm run-off. Make repairs as soon as possible if any of these conditions are present.
The recirculation pump will require routine preventative maintenance service, normally about every 3 years. You will need to drain pipes prior to winter in cold-weather locations.
Make an on-going effort to prevent the build-up of silt or organic materials (grass clippings, leaves, etc.) in the streambed. This will not only impede the flow of the stream, but may also cause water quality problems. If possible, plant low- to minimal-maintenance ground cover along the stream edge instead of turf.
Defining your vision of what the stream feature should look like and selecting the right location will help to provide direction for your project. Working with a qualified water-feature design/construction firm and allowing them to help you stay within your budget will bring the project to reality. Finally, build the stream feature to last and maintain it properly to ensure that visitors will enjoy your stream feature for many years to come.
- Display the OSHA Job Safety and Health Protection poster in a prominent location where workers can see it.
- Constantly update your OSHA No. 200 illness and injury log for the current calendar year and complete an OSHA 101 Form for any work-related injury or illness. Have these documents available for an OSHA inspector.
- Report any work-related injuries or illnesses involving the death of an employee or the hospitalization of three or more workers to OSHA within eight hours.
- Establish a written Hazard Communication Program that includes training for employees on any hazardous chemicals used in your operation.
- Conduct regular safety training sessions for all employees.
- Develop a "disclosure of information" policy that directs supervisors and employees on how to give out information if your business is contacted by an OSHA inspector.
- Ask for an "opening conference" with any OSHA inspector who shows up to investigate a complaint.
- Keep your cool, and don't act belligerent toward the OSHA inspector.
In November, OSHA published its finalized ergonomics standard. That same month, business groups, including the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), announced they would pursue legal action against OSHA and the regulation. In a news release, Mike Baroody, NAM's senior vice president for policy, communications and public affairs, listed three legal objectives to the rule:
- It reaches beyond the workplace to make businesses liable for previous injuries that are aggravated.
- It overrides existing workers' compensation laws and creates a "most-favored-injury" status for ergonomics by paying higher rates for those injuries.
- It ignores the will of the bipartisan majority in both houses of Congress, which voted to block implementation of the rule.
According to NAM, the suit has been joined with that of the National Coalition on Ergonomics and will be heard in the D.C. Circuit Court this year.
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Crime Prevention
Crime prevention is student and employee awareness of their environment. It is the willingness to look out for one another and to report suspicious activities immediately to Campus Police. Students and employees must be aware of their surroundings and develop a perception of what seems out of place, or out of the ordinary. Do not take chances, what may appear harmless could be serious. Fortunately, the right attitude, actions and awareness can help protect you and your belongings.
Most crimes that occur on campus are crimes of "opportunity." Here are some ways to avoid being a victim and have a positive learning experience here at City College of San Francisco:
- Do not leave personal belongings unattended even for a minute, regardless of location.
- Use the buddy system or request a police escort when walking to and from the parking lots.
- Avoid dark areas of the campus.
- Do not bring large amounts of money or valuables to the college.
- Report all suspicious activities to campus police by dialing (415) 239-3200, using the yellow Emergency Call Box or dialing #1 from any payphone on campus.
- Lock your vehicle and never leave any visible valuables.
- Lock your bicycle with a high-quality lock, using campus bicycle racks.
- Always be aware of your surroundings.
- Common sense is your best protection.
Theft Prevention
The increase in burglaries is part of a national trend; and not just
a problem at CCSF. The reason burglaries are prolific is because most
people often leave their valuables out in the open, giving criminals
an opportunity to make you a victim. Thieves can quickly enter
vehicles or buildings, often unseen.
What thieves may be looking for:
Lack of detection - Criminals will decide where they have enough time to take the item without being seen. Is the item in plain view and how easy will it be to take the item. The easier it is the more likely the criminal will attempt entry into the vehicle and take the item. Where is the vehicle parked? In a parking lot where people are present and where there may be a security camera; criminals are less likely to try to enter your vehicle. Criminals are looking for that vehicle that is parked on an unused street where no one is around and the criminal can take there time.
How easy is it – Criminals are looking for the opportunity and when you leave doors unlocked or windows open you have given them opportunity to commit the crime. The criminal doesn't have to waste time trying to use a tool to open the door or break a window to gain entry. The criminal knows his chances of not being discovered are better because there is no noise of breaking glass and less time is needed to commit the crime. Not to mention criminals know that entering an unlocked vehicle is not as serious a crime as having to break into a locked vehicle.
Value of an item – The criminal is looking for the item worth value to them and not you. That spare change may not mean anything to you but it does to a criminal who is trying to pay for there next drug fix. If the item is not visible, now the criminal also has to decide how long it will take to find an item of value, and if one does exist. Many criminals will only go for the sure thing such as a wallet or purse left out in open view; or, they notice when you stashed something prior to exiting the vehicle.
What Can You Do:
Take Out Valuables – If you can leave your valuables at home, do so. Otherwise, when you get to your destination, take valuables with you. If you have to leave them in your vehicle; place them in your trunk before you get to your destination.
Close your windows – Even a slightly open window makes it easier for a criminal to get into your vehicle and an open window will allow a criminal quick & quiet way to reach into your vehicle. Take the time to make sure you closed everything even on these hot days.
Lock your vehicle and set car alarm – When you get out of your vehicle make it a point to reach out to your door handle and make sure the door is locked. If a criminal is watching he will see that you did actual lock your car and will less likely make you his next victim. Remember the criminal is looking for the easy and fast target. Set your car alarm step two or three feet from your car and point the remote at the car and set the alarm. Most car alarms make a noise to indicate it is set. The movement of you pointing the remote and the noise the alarm makes when set will also detour the criminal from trying to enter your vehicle.
Tips for you to remember:
Record your serial numbers and keep then in a safe place in your home. If your valuables are stolen, the officer taking the police report will need the serial numbers so they can put them into the "Automated Property System" (APS). This system can tell an officer anywhere in the U.S who may come across your property that it belongs to you.
Mark your valuables with your Drivers License number because the police can get your name from the Drivers License number but not from a Social Security number.
Use anti-theft devices such as car alarms and locking devices over the steering wheel.