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Sets, Data Models and Data Independence
A thorough examination of databases and data management will include many flavors of data and information models, including conceptual, logical, physical, mathematical, and application models. Database technology is constantly evolving, with new approaches and refinements to existing platforms. The choice of a data access solution depends in part on the underlying data model; whether a data store operates with sets, graphs or other types of data.Data management technology has undergone evolutionary development since the 1950s. The modern database management system (DBMS) represents mature, but not static, technology. Besides the emergence of new approaches to data persistence, there are continued refinements to mature DBMS platforms.
Today's data stores implement a variety of data models, including graphs, sets, collections, arrays, cubes and other variants, including the hierarchical data model, relational model, network data model (CODASYL), trees, nested sets, adjacency lists and object stores. The index sequential access method (ISAM), key-value data stores and record management systems have also been implemented in various forms for decades.
The concept of a data store that supported set operations such as union, intersection, domain and range emerged in the 1960s, based of course on Georg Cantor's set theory published in the 19th century. In 1968, D.L. Childs, then at the University of Michigan, wrote seminal papers about set-theoretic data structures that provided data independence, meaning an application did not have to know the physical structure of the data. During that era of first-generation databases (see CODASYL 1968 Survey of Data Base Systems), data access typically required the use of pointers and descriptions of physical data structures.
Childs authored pioneering research about implementing set operations that enabled a programmer to approach the data storage and retrieval problem from a logical view, rather than a physical view of the data. His March 1968 paper, "Description of A Set-Theoretic Data Structure", explained that programmers can query data using set-theoretic expressions instead of navigating through fixed structures.
"A set-theoretic data structure (STDS) is virtually a 'floating' or pointer-free structure allowing quicker access, less storage, and greater flexibility than fixed or rigid structures that rely heavily on internal pointers or hash-coding, such as 'associative or relational structures,' 'list structures,' 'ring structures,' etc. An STDS relies on set-theoretic operations to do the work usually allocated to internal pointers. A question in an STDS will be a set-theoretic expression. Each set in an STDS is completely independent of every other set, allowing modification of any set without perturbation of the rest of the structure; while fixed structures resist creation, destruction, or changes in data. An STDS is essentially a meta-structure, allowing a question to 'dictate' the structure or data-flow. A question establishes which sets are to be accessed and which operations are to be performed within and between these sets. In an STDS there are as many 'structures' as there are combinations of set-theoretic operations; and the addition, deletion, or change of data has no effect on set-theoretic operations, hence no effect on the 'dictated structures.' Thus in a floating structure like an STDS the question directs the structure, instead of being subservient to it."
In August 1968, Childs published "Feasibility of a Set-Theoretic Data Structure. A General Structure Based on a Reconstituted Set-Theoretic Definition for Relations".
"This paper is motivated by an assumption that many problems dealing with arbitrarily related data can be expedited on a digital computer by a storage structure which allows rapid execution of operations within and between sets of datum names. In order for such a structure to be feasible, two problems must be considered: (1) the structure should be general enough that the sets involved may be unrestricted, thus allowing sets of sets of sets...; sets of ordered pairs, ordered triples...; sets of variable length n-tuples, n-tuples of arbitrary sets; etc.; (2) the set-operations should be general in nature, allowing any of the usual set theory operations between sets as described above, with the assurance that these operations will be executed rapidly. A sufficient condition for the latter is the existence of a well-ordering relation on the union of the participating sets. These problems are resolved in this paper with the introduction of the concept of a 'complex' which has an additional feature of allowing a natural extension of properties of binary relations to properties of general relations."
The Federal government, including the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), frequently funded computer science research and development during that era. One such effort was the University of Michigan's Research in the Conversational Use of Computers (CONCOMP) project for which Childs did his work on set-theoretic data structures. During that era, DARPA also funded development of packet-switched network technology and the ARPAnet, the forerunner of today's Internet.
Childs' CONCOMP papers were available only to 'qualified requesters' although Childs presented the August 1968 paper at that year's Congress of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP). Those 1968 papers did not receive the broad dissemination of research papers published today via the Internet. Nonetheless Dr. Edgar F. Codd, who'd gotten his PhD at the University of Michigan, cited Childs' paper on set-theoretic data structures in his June 1970 paper about the relational model.
Many persons who had not discovered Childs' papers erroneously believed the foundation of data independence and set-theoretic operations over data had been laid by Codd.
Following Codd's 1970 paper on the relational model, other database researchers published papers that discussed the concept of data independence. In 1971, Chris Date and Paul Hopewell authored "Storage Structures and Physical Data Independence" for the ACM Workshop on Data Definition, Access and Control. The authors wrote about data independence being integral to the relational model:
"Such data independence was explicitly called out as one of the major objectives of the relational model by Ted Codd in 1970 in his famous paper "A Relational Model of Data for Large Shared Data Banks" (Communications of the ACM 13, No. 6, June 1970)."
Dr. Michael Stonebreaker's 1974 paper, "A Functional View of Data Independence", cited Codd's 1970 paper and Date's 1971 paper, but not Childs' papers in 1968. Similarly I've found other publications that credit the notion of data independence or physical data independence to Codd and Date, without referring to Childs' papers.
During the 1990s, the advent of object databases and object-oriented programming frequently surfaced topics related to the relational model and data independence in articles, conference presentations and online discussions. Prominent defenders of relational fidelity included Chris Date, David McGoveran, Hugh Darwen and Fabian Pascal. In debates about the relational model (then and now), data independence and relational algebra are often cited as key factors that differentiate Codds' relational model from less formal approaches. Relational algebra includes the group of set-theoretic operations that provide mathematical underpinnings to the relational model.
With the emergence of the Internet, Childs' papers are now widely-available to researchers. We now know Childs' pioneered concepts of data independence and set-theoretic operations over data. The works of Georg Cantor and D.L. Childs provided groundwork that enabled Dr. Edgar F. Codd to develop the relational model. Several years ago I had an e-mail exchange about this with Don Chamberlin, the co-inventor of SQL who worked with the late Dr. Codd at IBM. He acknowledged Childs' contribution:
i<>"Thanks for the reminder of David Childs' work. As you have observed, modern relational databases owe a lot to Childs and he deserves recognition for this early and pioneering work."
Since his pioneering work on set-theoretic data structures, David Childs has published papers about extended set processing, XML processing and other subjects that will be a topic for the future.
Part 2: "Laying the Foundation" It will be interesting to watch whether set-store data access architectures become high fashion for processing large data sets.
Part 3: "Information Density, Mathematical Identity, Set Stores and Big Data" David Childs authored pioneering research about implementing set operations that enabled a programmer to approach the data storage and retrieval problem from a logical model, rather than a physical model of the data.


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yep, because of the HURRICANE down in the coast, he is being activated to help out texas and louisiana!!! we are so proud of him! as of right now, he will be here in san antonio in the "headquarters" of the operation!!
well, me and my boys are having a STAR WARS marathon!! all 6 epi while i try to clean our room!! just relaxing upstairs......joshua is getting into EVERYTHIN...so as i clean up something, he comes and takes things out or makes more mess!! FUN FUN FUN!! :)
WELL, one week of homeschooling down and i am SOOO LOVING my new system of planners and charts for us1!! much more organzied and i am even making a weekly MENU!!! so easy to know what we are having on what day!!!
anyway, i am truely enjoy myself and alex is learning so much!! every week we are going to study a STATE...this week, of course, we studied TEXAS and learned all kinds of easy facts and such !!
Saturday, August 30, 2008
WELL.....james is activated!
yep, because of the HURRICANE down in the coast, he is being activated to help out texas and louisiana!!! we are so proud of him! as of right now, he will be here in san antonio in the "headquarters" of the operation!!
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Friday, August 29, 2008
Hola family and friends!
We hope everyone is doing GREAT!! As for us, well, AUGUST is a pretty busy month in our home!! We have enjoyed our time together as a FAMILY now since June 23rd!! it has been WONDERFUL having james HOME AGAIN!!!!
First, I MUST start with some WONDERFUL news that we received this week…..i am pretty sure you know that I think my WONDERFUL hubby is a HERO to our FAMILY, well, this week he got something so BIG and WONDERFUL given to him by the U.S. ARMY……our HERO got word that he will be receiving the THE BRONZE STAR MEDAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so PROUD OF HIM!!!!!!! This is such an HONOR for him and us and we could not be more proud of him!!!! I am not sure when they will be awarding him but I will let ya'll know!!
Well on top of that news, this month, we have celebrated 2 special BIRTHDAYS!!!
On August 10th, we celebrated our big boys 6TH BIRTHDAY!!! YIPPEEE!!! So hard to believe that he is now 6 years old!!!!! AMAZING! We had a little party for him at a pizza place and we had a BLAST!!! It was really bittersweet because he actually asked james, after asking who was going to be there, "daddy, will you be there too?" and james said "of course I will be" and then he realized WHY he was asking, and he went on to hug him and told him that THIS YEAR daddy would be there for his birthday!! Awwww…..this last year he has grown SO MUCH…both physically and mentally! He is just such a smarty and is doing so well homeschooling!! We are really proud of him and all he has done this last year….He is starting 1st grade and we bought his FIRST true curriculum and we are so EXCITED!!! I can't wait to get started…I know we will be a bit rusty but we sure are going TRY!! and he retains so much info, he can remember AMAZING facts!!! so awesome! he is excited about getting started doing class!! we ordered his curriculum and it is FAITH BASED so we will BOTH be learning so much about GOD and the world around us together!!
And then on August 25th, we celebrated our little baby's 1st birthday!!!! WOWOWOW….hard hard hard to believe that he is ONE already!!! It seems like just YESTERDAY, I was in shock after finding out that on NEW YEARS 2007 that I was PREGNANT!!!! Awww, it has been just be such an awesome year….he has grown so much from that little bitty 6 lb 4 oz baby to a 17lb 8 oz little boy…he is pulling to stand, cruising, standing & babbling!! And his first word?!?!?! MAMAMAMAMA!!! AAWWWW!!!! I am so happy because that is my first baby that has EVER said my name FIRST!!! YIPPEEE!!! He is truly a mama's boy and I am so happy! J FINALLY!!!! Anyway, he is doing well and such a little guy!! one bad habit is that he puts EVERYTHING---EVERYTHING IN HIS MOUTH!!! OMG, i have such a FEAR that he will choke on something! and i sweep and mop and this little one will FIND something to put in his mouth!!! AAARRRGGGGHHHH!!!! this is my first baby that has done that. i think because alex was our first and we kept him CONFINED to a specific area (because he was the only one) but now with 3 boys and a nurse, well, we can't and he has the run of the HOUSE!!! YIKES! We are so BLESSED to have him in our lives! And for his BIRTHDAY, he FELL OFF THE BED AT 3 AM!!!!! OMG, talk about SCARY!! Thank God he was just fine except he scared MOMMY AND DADDY like crazy!! Just our luck, after a YEAR of sleeping with us, his birthday would be the day he FALLS off the BED!!! He was fine, just scared himself and most of all US !!!! we are going to go out to eat at a favorite restaurant and just CELEBRATE his life!!!
Well, for the month of JUNE, and JULY we took some time off to be TOGETHER…we spent 2 wonderful weeks RV'ING together, just us, our little family of 5! It was really awesome to just BE together, without nurses, therapies and drs appts!! Wow, back to just being us….we spent our first week in ROCKPORT….we stayed at an RV PARK out there…it was WONDERFUL!! The ONLY bad part was MAN, those mosquitos were just about ready to TAKE US AWAY!!! Thank GOD we were SLIGHTLY smaller than THEY WERE!!!!!! Yep, they were pretty big and VERY BOLD….they would just STICK to you, without a thought on their mind except to eat off you!!! My little matthew and daddy got the worst of it (over 27 bites on matthew!)….anyway, it was nice just being together as a family….we did a lot of fun things around that area like the aquarium, fishing, the jetties, etc….very nice!!! We also took another 8 days at a WONDERFUL place called GUADALUPE RIVER RV RESORT….and I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT! It was just BEAUTIFUL and peaceful….defiently a place to go! They have lots of cabins if you don't have an rv and if you do, well, YOU MUST CHECK IT OUT!!! We had so much fun in Kerrville , tx!! it was just really relaxing and peaceful and just having so much fun swiming and being together. and THE RAIN HELD OUT until we got HOME!!! yep, GOD sure BLESSED us because our whole trip, we had no rain and just BEAUTIFUL days....and on our way home, the HURRICANE that hit texas came in THAT DAY!! the rain even waited until we got EVERYTHING OUT OF THE TRAILER!!! THANK YOU GOD! Anyway, we have pictures up at FLICKR for anyone wanting to see some pictures!!! And if you are up to READING , you can check out my BLOG for a COMPLETE (J) account of our vacation…and I do mean COMPLETE!! And you KNOW I can WRITE!!!
Well, MATTHEW is doing AWESOME!! We are so happy! Since late MAY early JUNE, he has been CLEAR IN THE LUNGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wowowowow, it has been so NICE to not have him SICK!!! ONE WHOLE YEAR of it…james likes to credit HIMSELF for matthew getting BETTER saying that he just missed daddy and that is why he was so sick for the past year…..pawsha!!! I told him it was the ANTIBIOTICS that he has been on since april/may and will continue to be on thru the winter….just as a precaution! So far so good!!! We are just trying to get him STRONG so that he can learn to WALK and TALK!! He is just getting BIGGER…he is such a HAPPY boy and now with daddy home, well, he is that much more HAPPIER!! He LOVES wrestling with his BROTHERS and boy, he is REALLY good at it!!! His baby brother enjoys tormenting him and vice versa….he is now got an ATTITUDE and before, if someone took something from him, he would just watch him do it and not say ANYTHING, well, NOW, boy, he lets you know if you are doing something he does not want you to do!!! He YELLS AT US!!! It is too cute to hear him just go off!! NEVER before has he really showed that kind of EMOTION and it is so awesome to see!!! And to see him get mad….josh doesn't know what to make of it when he does it but he usually backs off if he does!!! He will be starting school soon and get back into the rhythm of it all!! YAYAy!
Well, as for james, apart from being home again, THANK YOU GOD, he is also back at work after over 40 days on leave!!! We are now starting to get into that kind of rhythm but we are so happy because he is now on working 4 days a week so that means we get him for 3 WHOLE DAYS….awww…that is so awesome and we are so happy about that! We can take a quick trip out of town if we wanted to…very nice!!! But he is back to working out and keeping in shape….we are just so happy to have him HOME!!
AS FOR ME, well, I am just hanging out with all my boys! It has been so AWESOME having my family back together. We are just EXCITED on everything…it is kinda bittersweet because whenever we do something, we always seem to ask our self, when was the last time we did this and sometimes it is almost 2 years ago!!! We lost a WHOLE YEAR TOGETHER….it sometimes doesn't hit you until you think about that. And then there are the things we are doing that we realize it has been OVER a YEAR since we did it together….like going to CHURCH, going to eat somewhere, etc…just today, we started home school and how nice it was to have james here to ask alex how his day went and all of that…he even got to help get alex study area set up!! Anyway, it was just really nice!! I finally got a diagnosis for my arm that has been paining me in FOREVER…TENNIS ELBOW!!! Yeah, you know with all the time I have, I do SOOOOO MUCH tennis playing at the local country club….yeah right!!! I know that you can get it with out that but what a diagnosis…and with the FIBRO, it just amplifys the pain I am in!!! after josh is weaned, I hope to finally get some PAIN RELIEF from my FIBRO….i can't even IMAGINE what it feels like to be PAIN FREE….soooooonnn!!
sooo, that is our AUGUST for 2008!! we are SO PROUD of JAMES and his BRONZE STAR METAL!!! just amazed and so happy that he is who he IS!! and then our boys turning one year older....we feel SOOOOO BLESSED, THANK YOU GOD!!
i put together some MONTAGES for both boys!! i hope you check them out!!
ALEX'S video montage
James Alex Turns 6!
JOSHUA'S video montage
Happy Birthday, Joshua Michael!
well, that is it for now...i know it has been a LONG TIME since i have kept up with ya'll and my blog but that will GOD WILING change now....
Proud Army wife to James, mommy to Alex(5), Matthew(4) & Baby Joshua (1)
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Monday, August 04, 2008
wow!! baptism...
hola!! well, things are trucking along in our neighborhood!! we have been just BUSY being us....it is really nice like that!!
well, today, we went to our FIRST baptism class so that we could baptise JOSHUA & Matthew!!! we are happy!!
i found something out that was PRETTY PROFOUND!! i had NO IDEA that the way that the church viewed a baptism was this: WE ARE BORN IN/FROM WATER AND THEN REBORN IN WATER IN THE CHURCH BY BAPTISM!!! WOWOWOW...i had NO IDEA!! that was pretty big...i just kept thinking about that. very interesting...GOD WILLING this will be a GROWING time for my family and i....
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Jade Sapphire Lacey Lamb Yarn in 108 Guava
100% Extrafine Lambswool Yarn
A lace knitters dream. a 3-ply lambswool yarn - knit singly, it works up singly for a combweb shawl, or knit in multiples for a variety of weights and textures. Featured extensively in Victorian Lace Today, this yarn is delightful - luxurious, light, and the colors are phenomenal - at a whopping 825 yards a skein, a scarf can be done with one, a lovely shawl with two - and with a beautifully gift boxed set of four - you can go where your imagination takes you!
A beautiful, melony orange.
100% Extrafine Lambswool
Approx: 825 yds
Needle Size: Varies by project
- Please Select -
002 White
108 Guava
109 Doubloon
204 Hot Pink Rose
207 Wisteria
211 Dusty Rose
214 melon
218 Blood Orange
225 Blueblood Red
238 Oxblood
258 Mauve
305 Key Largo
307 Glacier Blue
320 Prussian Blue
330 Midnight Blue
405 Lime
507 Buckskin
520 Paprika
531 Brownie
622 black
960 Carrera Marble
962 Cyclone
968 Morel
1307 French Blue
1407 Hills & Dales
From Vogue Knitting Spring/Summer 2010, this shawl takes just 2 skeins of Lacey Lamb. This version is beaded - so add beads and a crochet hook above, and you're ready to go! (You'll need the magazine, too!)
Purchase the pattern here: https://store.vogueknitting.com/p-1754-beaded-shawl.aspx
For over 5000 years, the alpaca has been raised as a domesticated animal throughout South America. But here, in the United States, they're still novel in comparison. In 1980 the first 10 alpacas to reside outside of zoos were imported into North America. Both the cute, fluffy Huacaya, the more well known of the two types of alpacas, and the elegant-looking, sleek Suri alpaca began gracing our shores only a few short decades ago. Brought here not just for their "magical" quality, both types of alpacas have always been prized for their thick, soft fleeces. Known for centuries as "The Fiber of The Gods," quality, versatility, and rarity are some of the factors that have kept alpaca fiber growing in demand over the years. In the fashion world it is considered to be one of the most exclusive fibers, competing only with wool, cashmere, and mohair. Alpaca fiber can be used in a variety of ways, from as sheer as the finest silks, to as thick and chunky as tweeds and wool. It dyes easily, makes the warmest batting, the softest felt, spins like a dream, and can be mixed with other fibers to combine textures and beauty. (from the Alpaca Registry)
Alpacas are members of the Camelid family, which also includes llamas, vicuñas, guanacos and the "Old World" dromedary and Bactrian camels. Alpacas are ruminants with three stomach compartments which efficiently convert grass and hay into energy. Their padded feet with two toes each have little impact on the ground as they graze, making them friendly to the environment. Their communal dung piles make collection and composting into rich fertilizer easy. Alpacas communicate using body language and sounds. The most common sound is a soft hum, although they use others, including a clucking sound and an alarm call. Alpacas usually live to be 15 to 25 years old, are about 3 feet tall at the withers and usually weigh between 110 and 175 pounds. Baby alpacas are called crias, and usually weigh between 14 and 20 pounds at birth. The gestation period for a female alpaca is about 340 days (almost a year) and twins are rare. Two breeds of alpacas are recognized by their different fleece types: huacayas, which make up most of the North American herd, and suris. Huacayas have fluffy, crimpy fiber, while the more lustrous straight fiber of the suri hangs down in long tight locks.
What is baby alpaca yarn?
Baby alpaca fiber typically comes from the first shearing of an alpaca, giving you the softest, most beautiful fiber the animal may ever produce.
Where do Alpacas live?
Alpacas, llamas, vicuñas and guanacos come from South America, primarily Bolivia, Chile and Peru. It is thought that alpacas were originally domesticated from vicuñas in the Andean highlands of Peru more than 6,000 years ago. During the 11th and 12th centuries, alpacas were revered by the Incas, whose husbandry was very sophisticated. The animals were highly selected for abundant fine fiber, and evidence suggests that the quality of fiber then was superior to today's. These years of sophisticated breeding were interrupted by the Spanish conquest of the Incas in the 16th century, when alpacas that were not slaughtered were driven to the higher elevations of Peru and Bolivia, the "altiplano". In the 1800's, alpaca fiber was discovered by the English, and it has been an important worldwide commodity ever since. Peru produces about 90% of the world's alpaca fiber today.
Alpaca Fiber
Alpaca fiber is valuable because of its many positive attributes and relative scarcity. It is as soft as cashmere, more durable than merino wool, fine, lightweight and lustrous. Alpacas come in 22 recognized natural colors with many variations and blends, more than any other fiber producing animal. Each year, an adult alpaca produces an average of five to eight pounds of fiber. In North America, alpaca fiber used to be sold almost exclusively to hand-spinners because there were not enough alpacas to make commercial processing economically viable. This changed in 1998, however, when breeders from all over North America formed the Alpaca Fiber Cooperative of North America, Inc. (AFCNA) to pool and process fiber each year.
Alpacas in the U.S.
Alpacas are a growing part of the modern U.S. agricultural scene; breeding them is gaining popularity as a home business. Alpacas are also used as pets and 4H animals as well as for their luxury fiber. They are easy to train and care for, and are generally healthy and hardy, requiring only basic shelter, shearing, worming and annual vaccinations. Although most breeders enjoy daily contact with their animals, some people buy alpacas and board them with another breeder. Some people show their alpacas in showmanship, halter, obstacle and fleece classes. Alpacas are also used to demonstrate agility or the use of fiber at fairs and other exhibitions. They are excellent for PR and community service, such as visiting schools or nursing homes. They're shy, but generally well-mannered, and their charm and great looks bring smiles to everyone's faces.


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Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Ladies Who Lunch (Surprise Edition!)
A friend of mine celebrated her 40th birthday on Saturday.
She doesn't know it, but she is having a birthday luncheon today.
I LOVE birthdays.
I LOVE friends.
I LOVE lunching with the ladies.
Its the perfect trifecta.
Posted by Unknown at 10:53 AM
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6 comments:
- Anonymous said...
oo what a wonderful birthday surprise! I am sure she will love it!
- August 24, 2010 12:45 PM
- Gretchen said...
- August 24, 2010 1:35 PM
- O Mom said...
You cleared out the dining room just in time. I love your place settings.
- August 24, 2010 2:57 PM
- Carpool Queen said...
Love that blue! *And the cake*
- August 24, 2010 5:20 PM
- Sandy said...
How pretty! And I agree on the trifecta...!
- August 24, 2010 9:30 PM
- Such The Spot said...
You're the new Martha, you know that? Wish I were closer...
- August 27, 2010 10:55 AM
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What to Expect for the App: Powerful Searching
How do you take a full-featured, mature Mac program that has been in active development for nearly two decades and bring it to handheld devices like the iPhone and iPad? That's the question we've been wrestling with as we developed Accordance for iOS.
First, we realized there was no way we could do everything at once, so we had to decide which Accordance features were must-haves for the initial release. Second, we were determined to port and use as much of our existing Accordance code as possible. Third, we knew whatever features made it into the iOS app would have to be reimagined to accommodate a touch interface and a smaller screen. Nevertheless, we wanted the interface to feel like Accordance. In other words, we wanted it to be as consistent as possible with the interface philosophy behind Accordance for Mac.
Our original plan for the first release of our iOS app was relatively modest: it had to let you read your existing Accordance modules and support some basic searching and note-taking. During the course of development, however, we found that we were able to utilize far more of our existing code than we had originally hoped. Incorporating that code took time, but it meant that we were able to bring over Accordance features we never dreamed would make it into the initial release.
You'll see this most clearly in the search capabilities of Accordance for iOS. You can search using all of the wildcard symbols and any search commands which don't involve linking two separate windows. In other words, the LINK, CONTENTS, HITS, INFER, MERGE, and STYLE commands are not in the initial release of Accordance for iOS, but all of the other commands, including the powerful FUZZY and COUNT commands, are there. You can search key numbered Bibles by key number, and grammatically tagged texts by lexical form, inflected form, root, and grammatical tag. The following screenshot shows a search for all geminate verbs in Hebrew. The results are instantaneous on my iPhone.
Here is a search for all the hapax legomena (words appearing only once) in the Greek New Testament. This search actually takes about twenty seconds to complete on my iPhone, but then again, it's an iPhone!
Imagine sitting in a seminary class where the professor begins talking about hapax legomena. With a few taps you surreptitiously perform this search with your iPhone. By the time he's finished defining the term, you raise your hand and announce that there are 1942 such words in the Greek New Testament. From that moment on, you'll be a legend on your campus! ;-)
The ability to create complex searches via a simple interface is a hallmark of Accordance for the Mac, and you can expect the same thing from Accordance for iOS. In future posts, I'll tell you more of what you can expect from the Accordance app.
Archived Comments
Rick Bennett
By the way, it took only 11 seconds to do the hapax legomena search on my iPad. :-)
3 hours 37 minutes and still not finished for me. Oh, wait ... I still don't have the app
David Lang
I deliberately held off on showing split screens and instant details just yet, but yes, those features are there. You gotta let me string you all along a little bit! ;-)
I allow you to string me along... with as many details as possible.
I sure hope this app comes out on the App Store soon! I guess maybe I'm not as patient as I should be.
Jay Davis
Will we be able to highlight commentaries? Will the split screen be side by side or top & bottom?
Chris Smith
I'm so excited!! I hope that it is really fast for Scripture reference entry, as looking up verses while listening to sermons will be a popular use of this app. I know you said you're introducing a new concept for quick reference entry, and I'm excited to see it :-)
Joshua Stewart
Will I be able to project Accordance from my iPad to a projector?
Rick Bennett
@Joshua: there are no specific features that accommodate this; it would have to be based on the capability of the iPad itself.


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IN THE COMMENT: Chip Ahoy said:
This question, amusing as it is, suffers the equivocation fallacy whereby the use of a term with more than one meaning is switched.
The men who complain about women who play games, ridiculous on the surface because men play games too, are referring to emotional games of the sort one of my sister excels. Having such a sister has taught me what to look for here, she glees at her ability to provoke observable emotion in her subject. Jealousy? That'll do. Anger? That works. Rage? Best of all possible observable emotions.
Our hostess knows this, and we know she knows this, but she playfully switches the term from emotion games to formal games within the proposition. So the answer is, "Yes, of course, better games would be an improvement." Games like Lawn Darts at Forty Paces, or Horseshoes Without the Poles, Naked Barbed Wire Twister, Paintball Without Armor, Cowboys and Indians with Real Weapons, Pack One Another's Parachute, Ski the Grand Canyon, Boxing With Gauntlets, Riding Lawn Mower Rodeo, Human Piñata, Hunting on the Island of Doctor Moreau, Beanbags Filled with Nails, Barefoot Jellyfish Collecting, William Tell, Ninjas VS. Ballerinas, Survive the Viper Pit, Chainsaw Badminton, Grenade Tennis, Komodo Dragon Roundup, Geisha High Wire Race, Find the Short in the Flooded Basement, Hide and Go Seek in the Shark Tank, White Water Rafting Tag.


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Each day, nearly 3,500 people die on the roads. Tens of thousands more are injured. Families are broken apart. The futures of young people are dashed. Road accidents have become the leading cause of death for people aged 15 to 29. This is an unacceptable price to pay for mobility.
The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims was started by RoadPeace in 1993. Since then it has been observed and promoted worldwide by several NGOs, including the European Federation of Road Traffic Victims (FEVR) and its associated organizations.
On 26 October 2005, the United Nations endorsed it as a global day to be observed every third Sunday in November each year, making it a major advocacy day for road traffic injury prevention.
Theme for 2011:
'From Global Remembrance to Global Action across the Decade'
Let's make 2011-2020 a decade to remember!
In May this year, governments, international agencies, civil society organizations and private companies from more than 100 countries launched the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020. Road traffic crashes kill nearly 1.3 million people every year and injure or disable as many as 50 million more. The primary goal of the Decade is to save 5 million lives over the ten-year period.
WHO and the UN Road Safety Collaboration encourage governments and nongovernmental organizations around the world to commemorate this day as a means of drawing the public's attention to road traffic crashes, their consequences and costs, and the measures which can be taken to prevent them.
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RS 3/5 on Feb 28, 23:09
Thank you {nm} on Feb 28, 23:14
Nothing on FAMWD? {nm} on Feb 28, 23:15
Zippo.. {nm} on Feb 28, 23:16
For the curious.....RS has also pegged (editor opinion) some long range openings.. on Feb 28, 23:16
Thanks Notfabio....bit of fun, will be interesting to see how these eventually play out... on Feb 28, 23:51
thanks notfabio. Any idea about winter olympics impact on sunday BO? {nm} on Feb 28, 23:23
Unfortunately no. {nm} on Mar 01, 00:06
Thanks. Really NICE Number For Alice Which I Can Deffentially See Claiming The All-Time March Opening Record. on Feb 28, 23:46
..while my first impulse would be that Diary appears high, there actually has been significant advance interest in it from parents. {nm} on Mar 01, 00:06
Bounty Hunter looks pretty high - am overseas, is this geeting a heavy, visible marketing push over in the US? {nm} on Feb 28, 23:53
RS 3/5 Tracking - Tagging for Reference on Mar 01, 02:26
why would "remember me" do so much worse than "dear john"? {nm} on Mar 03, 20:01
ALCNW mid 70s brkln mid singles. LOL. Good thing I ignore their 'tracking'. {nm} on Mar 08, 00:31
I call bull on the Bounty Hunter prediction... just like I did on them claiming Alice will be in the mid-40s just two weeks ago. {nm} on Mar 01, 03:49
Actually, it was three weeks ago... but they've essentially added $10 million every week. on Mar 01, 03:54
Why would that be a problem?Especially if you yourself are aware of the pattern?RS,for all of their research,is only offering an opinion. {nm} on Mar 01, 07:24
Even if you're aware of the pattern, other people might not be. So you have to watch out for sudden fluctuations in price. {nm} on Mar 01, 10:28
Percy Jackson was undertracked quite a bit... on Mar 01, 09:48
Wimpy isn't exactly Harry Potter, but... on Mar 01, 15:16


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Diablo Cody, Penelope Spheeris and Universal Pictures co-chairman Donna Langley [pictured] will take part in Chapman University's 14th annual Women In Focus Conference.
The attendees roster includes Nancy Meyers, Maya Rudolph and director Anne Fletcher.
The conference is scheduled for Apr 12 at Chapman University's Dodge College Of Film And Media Arts in Orange County, California.
Dawn Taubin, the former head of marketing at Warner Bros who currently serves as professor of public relations and advertising at Dodge College, will moderate the event.


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So I really like kitchen gadgets, as you may know. I haven't had a salad spinner in years, but since I don't go through all that much salad while Matthew is around, I haven't really needed one.
When I started doing the CSA Box this summer, I realized I'd need something to help me dry all those beautiful greens I was getting. So... I purchased a salad spinner at the PX. The one I got happens to be a Martha Stewart, but my clever friend Laura found the same model sans MS brand on amazon (and guess what.... she bought that baby with gift cards she earned on... you guessed it! Swagbucks!).
I wanted to review this product here because it is pretty much amazing, and it appeals to me on several levels. If you've thought about a salad spinner (as I know so many of us are often pondering the ways of salad spinners), you should consider this one!
Things I love about it:
1- It is collapsible! The inside bowls both collapse in so it is about 2 inches thick- hello storage friendly!
2- It contains a colander, a bowl, and the lid that lets you spin. This is a spinner, but also a colander, and a bowl you can serve the salad out of. The colorful accents (and the ring around the outside is the part that collapses) makes this fairly aesthetically pleasing, particularly for such a pragmatic tool.
3- To spin, you pull a little string! It is WONDERFUL! The wretched spinner of my childhood was a sometimes-broken gizmo that often pinched fingers and frequently incited infantile rage at my duties of salad spinning (though, to be fair, also sometimes ignited wonder at the sheer genius of spinning things in tupperware cupboards)
4- There's a break! Press the button, the spinning stops, pull out your clean greens with minimal sheen, and be on your way to stuffing your gullet with crisp, vitamin packed leaves.
5- The part that folds in to make this so compact is really pretty smooth, and after using it a few times, the collapsing process has become easier. I was wary at first, but it's easy to clean, and I love that it stores so compactly.
Essentially, for 20$ you're getting three things in one, and you're getting glorious, non-watered-down lettuces and whatnots. Enjoy!
Go buy it! Hey look, I even put a link up! (If you are inclined to buy, you should buy it via this link- I'll get a little pat on the back via the Amazon Associates program. Also, if you're at Ft. Campbell, they do have this in the Martha Stewart version which is usually $24.95, but fancy that, the military price is the same as it is here on Amazon.)
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Product Review: Collapsible Salad Spinner of Wonder!
So I really like kitchen gadgets, as you may know. I haven't had a salad spinner in years, but since I don't go through all that much salad while Matthew is around, I haven't really needed one.
Posted by Claire at 8:36 AM
5 comments:
- Allison and Noah Riley said...
We got a salad spinner for our wedding, and I remember thinking, "what the deuce? why?" (Hope that wasn't from you... in which case, it was a lovely salad spinner.) For I am always buying our spinach/greens in bags or clamshells.
And then came the day that I started buying from farmers' markets or in bulk at Whole Foods. And after washing my field greens and laying them out on a towel to dry - yeah. I get it now.
- Laura said...
I also just saw this at BB&B the other day. They had it, but it was $30.
- joven said...
beautiful blog..pls visit mine and be a follower.. thanks and God bless..
- Anonymous said...
Is your salad spinner still working well? I just bought one at our BX, but looked at the poor Amazon reviews afterwards. I want to love it!!!
- Anonymous said...
Wow. Kohl's needs to review their price! $39.99! I haven't used it yet but am really hoping now that it is as good as you say


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Between The Ropes
Paperback Edition: 302 Pages
Authors: Brian Fritz and Christopher Murray
As wrestling dominated the pop culture airwaves in the late 90s, wrestlers like The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin became international cultural icons. But, by the turn of the millennium, wrestling began its downward descent. In early 2001, both WCW and ECW closed its doors and were bought out by WWE, whose fortunes hit the skids shortly after, despite their virtual monopoly. In 2002, a new group rose from the ashes of WCW and ECW Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
Between the Ropes examines the last decade of pro wrestling, looking at its unprecedented popularity surge that transformed it into a legitimate billion-dollar business, and the decision-making follies that put WWE back down on the mat. It examines the upstart TNA, and its current position on the cusp of a national breakthrough. Fritz and Murray study the four organizations, their rise and fall from a business, storyline, and character standpoint. Also included from the authors show Between the Ropes are insights from major wrestling stars like The Rock, Hulk Hogan, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Ric Flair, Vince McMahon, Mick Foley, Bret Hart, Sting, Eric Bischoff, Chris Jericho, Rob Van Dam, and Shane Douglas
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It is Fast Friday again and time for another fast and fabulous dinner suggestion. If you are anything like me, by the time Friday rolls around the last thing you want to do to cook a big meal yet we all still have to eat. The dishes featured in this series aren't necessarily fancy but they bring together simple ingredients most people already have in their pantries or have easy access to and allow you to put a real meal on the table in between 30 and 45 minutes. Enjoy and if you have your own fast recipes you want to share, please send them my way and I will in turn share them with all of my readers.
I love Chinese food and often resort to getting take out in order to fulfill my cravings. But more often than not I am disappointed. The food arrives soggy and lukewarm and lacks the real flavors I'm craving. But the reality is that so many Chinese dishes are incredibly easy and quick to make so there really isn't any reason not to make them yourself.
Case in point is this kung po chicken dish from Noble Pig. It is fast, delicious and because you are making it yourself you can adjust the spiciness to your liking, which in my case is very hot. The key to ensuring that your dish is fresh and flavorful is to prep all of your ingredients before you begin cooking. Do this and not only will your meal be great but it will be done and on the table in a flash. Enjoy!
1-1/3 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1/2″ pieces
5 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons sherry
1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons cornstarch
2 teaspoons sugar
2 tablespoons rice vinegar
2 teaspoons Asian sesame oil
1/3 cup water
2 tablespoons cooking oil
3/4 cup cashews
4 scallions, white bulbs and green tops cut separately into 1/2″ pieces
1/4 teaspoon dried red pepper flakes, more or less depending upon your preferences
- In a medium bowl, toss the chicken with 1 tablespoon of the soy sauce, 1 tablespoon of the sherry and 1 tablespoon of the cornstarch.
- In a small bowl, combine the sugar, vinegar, sesame oil, water and the remaining 4 tablespoons of soy sauce, 1 tablespoon of sherry and 2 teaspoons of cornstarch.
- In a large wok, heat 1 tablespoon of the oil over moderately high heat.
- Add the cashews, stirring until light brown, about 30 seconds. Remove from the pan.
- Heat the remaining 1 tablespoon oil in the wok.
- Add the white part of the scallions and the red-pepper flakes to the pan and cook, stirring, for 30 seconds.
- Add the chicken with its marinade and cook, stirring, until almost done, 1 to 2 minutes.
- Add the soy sauce mixture and the scallion tops and simmer until the chicken is just done, about 1 minute longer.
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The Investment Company Institute announced Wednesday that assets in exchange-traded funds reached $1.6 trillion as of October, an increase of more than 30% over the $1.2 trillion in ETF assets counted as of October 2012. The great majority of those assets were in domestic equity funds — $972 billion — up from $733 billion as of October 2012, though assets in global and international equity ETFs increased even more on a percentage basis over the past year, from $295 billion to $392 billion.
In October 2013 alone, ETF assets rose $72 billion, or 4.7%, ICI reported, and the value of all ETF shares issued exceeded that of shares redeemed by $25.4 billion. In October 2012, the value of all ETF shares issued exceeded that of shares redeemed by only $1.89 billion.
As for mutual fund assets, ICI reported Nov. 26 that they increased by only $332 billion, or 2.3%, from October 2012 through October 2013, to a total of $14.63 trillion. Assets in stock mutual funds grew 4% to $7.40 trillion over the past year, while taxable bond fund assets grew only by 0.7%, muni bond funds fell 0.3% and both taxable and tax-free money market funds' assets decreased.
In October 2013, long-term mutual funds—stock, bond and hybrid funds—saw net flows of $10.7 billion, compared to outflows of $4.9 billion in September 2013. However, bond funds and money market funds both saw outflows during the month: bond funds saw an outflow of $15.58 billion in October, compared to an outflow of $11.58 billion in September. Money market funds had an outflow of $12.12 billion in October, compared with an inflow of $45.71 billion in September.
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Obama, as a candidate seeking the Democratic nomination to run for president in 2008, was asked by the Houston GLBT Political Caucus if he would support a "formal written policy of non-discrimination that includes sexual orientation and gender identity or expression … for all Federal contractors."
Obama's response – according to the survey, a copy of which was provided exclusively to Metro Weekly on condition of anonymity – was one word: "Yes."
Obama, in responding to the group's 2008 presidential candidate questionnaire, also stated that his campaign had a "written non-discrimination policy that includes sexual orientation and gender identity." He added that "[a]n Obama White House will implement a similar non-discrimination policy." In it, Obama states that he supported such a policy for all federal employees and, in a separate question, for all federal contractors.
Candidate Obama's 2008 answers have come to light at the same time Freedom to Work announced that more than 100,000 people have signed the organization's Change.org petition urging Obama to sign an executive order banning sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination by federal contractors.
The Employment Non-Discrimination Act, pending in Congress, would prohibit sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination by all private employers with 15 or more employees, but it has practically no chance of passage in the 112th Congress due to the Republicans' control of the House. In the meantime, supporters of employment nondiscrimination protections like Freedom to Work have been asking the president to prohibit such discrimination among federal contractors, who account for more than 20 percent of jobs in the country.
In a statement sent to The Advocate that was published earlier this week, Obama wrote, "I … support an inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act." In the next sentence, he added, "But a lot of work remains, and we cannot wait for Congress to act." He did not, however, reference the executive order proposal.
Metro Weekly reported in January that several sources outside the administration familiar with the process said that such a proposed federal contractor nondiscrimination executive order that would include sexual orientation and gender identity has been given the okay by both the Labor Department, which oversees federal contract compliance, and the Justice Department and that the executive order proposal is at the White House.
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Tico Almeida, the founder and president of Freedom to work told Metro Weekly of the news, "Candidate Obama made this executive order part of his campaign promises in 2008 because he believes workplace discrimination against LGBT Americans is wrong, and because this executive order is a completely safe political position to take during a presidential election year. Now its four years later, and signing this executive order is still a completely safe political position to take during a presidential election year."
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Nokia CEO Says Company Not for SaleBy CIOinsight
Nokia CEO Stephen Elop has issued a further denial that his company is an acquisition target.
"Nokia is not for sale," Elop reportedly told an audience during the Open Mobile Summit in London, according to The Wall Street Journal. He dismissed rumors of an imminent takeover as "groundless."
Nokia has been on acquisition watch since May, when rumors emerged of a possible $19 billion takeover by Microsoft. Those rumors started after Russian blogger Eldar Murtaz in, known for his digging into Nokia's affairs, tweeted May 31:"One small software company decided last week that they could spent19 bln USD to buy a part of small phone vendor. That's it."
That wasn't much, but it was enough to kick the rumor mill into gear. As Nokia's stock price has tumbled and analysts issue increasingly pessimistic research notes about the company's future, speculation over an acquisition has only increased. All that being said, though, Microsoft already has a partnership in place that extends most of the benefits of an acquisition--i.e.,Windows Phone running on Nokia's hardware--for a fraction of the cost.
Nokia is also wrestling with the transition from Symbian,its homegrown mobile operating system, to Windows Phone.
"We would continue to avoid the stock as Symbian smartphone sales are falling off faster than expected and we are skeptical that new Windows Phone (WP) models will be able to replace lost profits," Stephen Patel, an analyst with Gleacher & Company, wrote in a May 31 research note. "Our checks suggest mixed carrier support for Nokia"s transition to WP."To read the original eWeek article, click here: Nokia CEO Elop Denies Company Is for Sale.


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I will be attending three Thanksgiving dinners this year. I will be wearing stretchy pants at each meal (and probably a cute little dress to cover up the fact that I'm wearing stretchy pants).
It may surprise you to know that I don't do a lot of cooking on Thanksgiving. It's not that I don't want to it's just that I have so many wonderful cooks in my life that equally enjoy preparing a Thanksgiving feast. Who am I to spoil their fun?
So instead I thought I'd bring the cooks a gift in the form of candy. While they're mashing the potatoes and basting the bird they'll need a bit of sustenance in the form of toffee and chocolate.
I found this recipe for "Mock Almond Crunch" in a candy making book from the 70's with pieces of pastel nougat and divinity adorning the cover. Candy making can be an intimidating business, with it's thermometers, pots of molten bubbling sugar and the continuous fear of crystallization. The scariest part about this recipe is having these candies lying around the house and resisting the urge to eat every piece.
The season of Holiday parties and gatherings is upon us. I like to keep simple, homemade gifts like these on hand for a thoughtful hostess gift. This batch makes plenty so whatever I don't give right away I have stashed in an airtight bag in the freezer. That way I have a gift at the ready and out of sight out of mind – which means I won't be eating candy all day long (in theory).
Mock Almond Crunch
adapted from "Homemade Candy from the food editors of Farm Journal"
8 whole graham crackers
1/2 cup sliced almonds, toasted
3/4 cup dark brown sugar
1/2 cup + 2 T butter
1/4 teaspoon Fleur de Sel, Maldon, Vanilla salt – or some other fine finishing salt
3/4 cup bittersweet chocolate chips (Ghirardelli 60%)
Lightly butter a 10×10 baking dish. Pre-heat your oven to 325*.
Arrange the graham crackers on the bottom of the dish and sprinkle the toasted almonds on top. Set aside.
In a medium sauce pan melt the butter and brown sugar and boil for 3 minutes. Pour sugar mixture over the crackers and almonds in a thin even layer. Sprinkle with salt.
Place dish in the oven and bake for 10-12 minutes or until the toffee layer is bubbling all over.
Remove from the oven. When the bubbles have subsided sprinkle on the chocolate chips and let the residual heat melt them. With an offset spatula smooth the chocolate layer over the entire surface.
While still warm score the candy with a sharp knife cutting them into your desired shape and size.
Place in the freezer for 10 minutes to set the chocolate. Remove from pan and cut along the scored markings.
Serve immediately or can be sealed in an airtight container for up to one week. Can also be frozen for up to one month.


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This thread talks about how to use magma with PGI fortran to use those PGI cuda fortran features. But it only gives any example about making use of the MAGMA SGEMM routine in fortran (binding C).
They build interface of sgemm like this:
interface sgemm
subroutine sgemmDev(transa, transb, m, n, k, alpha, a, lda, b, ldb, beta, c, l
dc) bind(c,name='magmablas_sgemm')
use iso_c_binding
integer(c_int), value :: m, n, k, lda, ldb, ldc
real(c_float), device, dimension(m,n) :: a, b, c
real(c_float), value :: alpha, beta
character(kind=c_char), value :: transa, transb
end subroutine sgemmDev
end interface
However when I want to use complex version device routine "magma_cgesv_gpu", I found no way to use the same method to write the interface so that I can call the magma routine in fortran code.
I wrote my interface like this:
module cgesv_gpu_magma
use cudafor
interface ! cgesvDev
subroutine McgesvDev(n, nrhs, a, lda, ipiv, b, ldb, info) bind(c,name='magma_cgesv_gpu')
use iso_c_binding
integer(c_int), value :: n, nrhs, lda, ldb, info
complex(C_FLOAT_COMPLEX), device, dimension(n,n) :: a
complex(C_FLOAT_COMPLEX), device, dimension(n,nrhs) :: b
integer(c_int), device, dimension(n) :: ipiv
end subroutine McgesvDev
end interface
end module cgesv_gpu_magma
However, in fact, the type of complex variable the magma use is not normal complex type in C, it's "cuFloatComplex". I can not find the corresponding constant from ISO_C_BINDING(http://software.intel.com/sites/products/documentation/hpc/compilerpro/en-us/fortran/lin/compiler_f/bldaps_for/common/bldaps_interopc.htm). The C_FLOAT_COMPLEX is the corresponding constant from ISO_C_BINDING to normal complex in C. Using C_FLOAT_COMPLEX results in error when I run my code([n53:88718] Signal: Segmentation fault (11); [n53:88718] Signal code: Address not mapped (1)).
Does any one know how to solve this problem or have example about using magam complex version device routine in fortran?
The reason I don't use the fortran interface "magmaf_cgesv_gpu" that magma provide is the complex variable's type is a pointer, but I want to use the cuda fortran features to declare complex variable as "complex(b4), device, allocatable :: dA(:,:), dB(:,:)". So If I use the fortran interface that magma provide, I would get the error info that the arguments 3 and 6 are invalid.
subroutine magmaf_cgesv_gpu( n, nrhs, dA, ldda, ipiv, dB, lddb, info)
integer :: n
integer :: nrhs
magma_devptr_t:: dA
integer :: ldda
integer :: ipiv(*)
magma_devptr_t:: dB
integer :: lddb
integer :: info
end subroutine magmaf_cgesv_gpu
Please help, I really need to get this work. Thank you in advance.


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National Weather Service Has Classified Twister As F5
With a third of its businesses and more than 100 homes destroyed or severely damaged, La Plata has begun digging out from the aftermath of the strongest tornado ever recorded in Maryland.
The Sunday night storm killed three people in Charles and Calvert counties and injured nearly 100 more. A preliminary assessment by the National Weather Service rated the twister an F5 on the Fujita scale, the most powerful.
"It is so shocking to go through our town and see it almost leveled," said town manager Doug Miller. "We're just trying now to get the essential services back and start cleaning up."
La Plata was under a 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew for the second consecutive night Monday. Officials said the curfew would continue at least until electricity is restored to the 1,000 customers still without power in Charles County.
Much of the area was cordoned off and residents had to have a police escort to get to their property. Public schools remained closed Tuesday in Charles County.
Charles County officials negotiated with state and federal authorities to find an appropriate landfill site for the tons of debris that will have to be dumped as demolished buildings are cleared away. Residents worked to board up windows and patch roofs on still-standing homes and businesses.
Under the Fujita scale, a twister with an F5 rating has winds from 261 mph to 318 mph. Sunday's tornado left a trail of damage 26 miles long and extending from 50 feet to more than 400 feet wide in places.
Maryland has never had an F5 and only two F4s are on record - including one in 1926 that killed 14 schoolchildren in La Plata. If the preliminary F5 rating for Sunday's tornado is made final, it will be the first of that magnitude in Maryland, said Susan Weaver of the weather service.
Gov. Parris Glendening declared a state of emergency for Charles, Calvert and Dorchester counties, freeing the National Guard to help. Sens. Paul Sarbanes and Barbara Mikulski toured the devastation Monday and promised to expedite federal help.
Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, who also surveyed the damage from the air, said the tornado appeared to have touched down "like a bouncing ball."
The storm killed two people in La Plata and one in Prince Frederick in Calvert County. Ninety-five people were injured, according to the Charles County Sheriff's Office. There also were reports the tornado touched down in Dorchester County on the Eastern Shore, where a house was demolished. No one was injured.
William G. Erickson Jr., 51, of Waldorf, died in La Plata after a house collapsed, said Nina Voehl, a county spokeswoman. His wife, Susan, was in surgery Monday night at Prince George's Hospital Center. A nursing supervisor said Mrs. Erickson was in serious but stable condition.
A neighbor, Laura Silk, said Ericksons were visiting their new house, which was under construction, when the tornado struck.
Donald Hammonds, 54, was found in his car at U.S. 301 and Maryland Route 6, among the hardest hit areas in La Plata. He died at a nearby hospital, said Capt. J.C. Montminy of the county sheriff's office.
In Prince Frederick, Margaret Albey, 74, and her 77-year-old husband, George, were found by neighbors huddled underneath a couch in a field of debris that had been their home for the past 32 years. She was dead at the scene. Her husband was rushed to Washington Hospital Center, where he was listed in good condition Monday afternoon.
Just southeast of the Albey home, George and Mary Gibson stood outside their house Monday, gazing in awe at the uprooted and downed trees laying across the roof and plunging through one side of the structure. In the back yard, their garage sat upside down.
"We're just lucky to be alive," said Mary Gibson.
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Mt. Airy, USA and the Community Design Collaborative will present conceptual design plans for the new proposed Lovett Park. The presentation will be followed by Dining under the Stars and Moonlight Movies in Mt. Airy screening of "To Kill a Mockingbird."
On Friday, July 13th at 6:30 p.m., the Mt. Airy community is invited to see what's in store for Lovett Park at the Lovett Park Design Presentation. Lovett Park is an open green space adjacent to Lovett Memorial Library, 6945 Germantown Ave.
Volunteers from the Community Design Collaborative will present conceptual designs for the park that illustrate the vision that emerged from an extensive community engagement process. The presentation will be held in the park. Images from the design plan will be displayed on boards throughout the space so that visitors can see first-hand how the plan transforms the site while building upon existing assets of open space, trees, and gardens.
The goal for Lovett Park is to transform the open space beside Lovett Memorial Library into a vibrant community asset that will enhance Germantown Avenue in Mt. Airy by connecting two nodes of the commercial corridor with a beautiful, pedestrian-friendly park.
In 2011, Mt. Airy USA began working with the Community Design Collaborative to help develop a vision for what this site could become. After a series of community meetings that included members of the East and West Mt. Airy Neighbors civic groups, business owners, and area residents, the design team generated a conceptual design plan for the site, which will be presented Friday evening.
The plan reflects the variety of park uses suggested by community members and includes a number of new elements that will help attract visitors and energy to Germantown Avenue, including: an amphitheater for outdoor performances, a plaza with café tables and chairs, a nature play area for children, and a re-designed and welcoming entrance to the library that features outdoor chess tables. These features will also open up new programming opportunities for the Lovett Memorial Library.
Following the presentation, attendees are encouraged to spend the evening in Lovett Park to enjoy dinner and a movie. Starting at 6:30 p.m. , popular local gourmet food trucks Pitruco Pizza and Sweetbox Cupcakes will be at the park for Dining under the Stars. At 8:30 p.m., there will be a free screening of "To Kill a Mockingbird" as part of the weekly Moonlight Movies in Mt. Airy series, presented by Mt. Airy, USA in partnership with the Free Library of Philadelphia and the Trolley Car Diner.
These events occur weekly through Friday, August 17th and allow visitors to get a taste of what's to come in Lovett Park. During Dining under the Stars, temporary café tables and chairs will be set up roughly where the future plaza will be located, while the outdoor movie screening hints at the cultural entertainment events that will be possible once the amphitheater is in place.
For more information, call 215-844-6021 or visit http://gomtairy.com.


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Greetings, all! First, welcome to The Amaz!ng Meeting 7. The JREF staff and I have been repeatedly astonished – if not "amazed" – at the steady growth of this annual event, and we are appropriately grateful and humble for your presence here. But, I must explain my somewhat subdued appearance…
This is what I call a major bummer. During a routine medical examination more than a month ago, it was discovered that I had a nasty visitor inside me – yet another stunning example of Intelligent Design at work, friends. My doctors went in and removed it, and things are looking up again. I'll be pretty weak for a couple of months, but I assure you all that I'm fighting this thing with the very best technical help – I'm not at all shy about embracing technology! – and I'll be able to keep up with my regular duties as the treatment proceeds.
This is the reason you've not seen any recent videos from me. Of course, I'm very fortunate to have good folks like Phil Plait, that Bad Astronomer, along with the ever-present, ever-diligent, and very fierce Linda Shallenberger, to back me up. They stepped in to manage and resuscitate TAM 7, and I think the results speak for themselves…!
The public response to my illness has been very generous and flattering. I'm now all the more aware of just how important our work is, and I intend to stay around for a long time because I've got a lot to do. My prognosis is good, even though I've decided to go along with this old-fashioned "orthodox" medicine, cutting back on the prayers and faith-healing, and opting for minimal voodoo ceremonies.
I want to thank Sean McCabe, my personal assistant who has been with me for the past year as an intern and now returns to his home on the other side of the world before resuming his interrupted academic studies. He took of a whole year to serve as a JREF resident intern. I'm very grateful to Sean for his most excellent attendance on my needs, and I'm reluctant to see him go. He will be replaced by Brandon K. Thorpe, who now takes on the job of saving me from at least some of my more grievous errors.
In no special order: I want to thank Jamy Ian Swiss, with whom I'll participate after lunch today in what should be a very entertaining – and maybe embarrassing – discussion, Managing Director A Kovacs, Bart Farkas – who is again handling press relationships for us, Jeff Wagg, the JREF Outreach and Communications Manager, Rich Montalvo & Staci Woodrum – manning the video recording, Alison Smith, who manages the woo-woo applicants for us, our tried-and-true friend Lt. Col. Hal Bidlack, Paul Anagnastopolis – in charge of the JREF scholarship program, and a couple of Scots: Scot Morris, a former editor of OMNI Magazine, who I first met many moons ago in that position, and Scott Romanowski – who commands our very efficient and hard-working volunteer platoon.
Also, volunteer Ed Behr, who has our JREF merchandising under supervision, Karl Shallenberger – again hand-in-hand with Linda – and what TAM could be complete without Michael Shermer and Pat Linse? The constant clicking you'll be hearing will come from Scott Hurst, who has huge picture files of TAM events and – I'm told – can be talked into sharing them. Jose Alvarez, the artist who created the fabulous "Carlos" character for us in 1988 in Australia – and whose effects are still being felt Down Under! – is among us, too. Our faithful Aussie buddy Richard Saunders, the origami master, will fold almost any damn thing into a fantastic character at the slightest hint. And good old Ray Hall, has once more herded the scientific paper presenters into the corral. Penn & Teller, our most excellent friends, magician Mac King, and the brilliant Banachek are also on board, as usual, to our great delight…
Ladies & gentlemen, our present registration for TAM 7 as of this moment – and it will improve somewhat in the next day or so stands at 1007. But please consider: that figure is a tribute to the JREF staff who work so long and hard for 12 months to get it all together. And 3 days from now, they'll be settling in to figure out how to make TAM 8 take wing, while being diverted to TAM London – our very first TAM off this continent – which is already oversubscribed, folks, with European skeptics trying to squeeze in wherever they can. We MUST be doing something right, don'tcha think?
And please, folks, during your attendance here, take the opportunity of meeting me in person. That's why I made a special effort to be here at the event, to share your thoughts. We've decided that handshakes are perhaps not advisable, in view of the current 'flu situation, so forgive me on that count, okay? I'm available in the next few days, there's always an opportunity. Of course, there may be exceptions. If you're a rich widow you could get a hug – upon the presentation of valid documentation, of course.
In closing, briefly, I love you all and I – and my staff – are grateful for your support. And I'll beat this problem I presently have, I assure you.
Ladies and gentlemen of all ages, thank you for attending The Amaz!ng Meeting 7! Thank you, thank you, and thank you…


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Governor of North Carolina, 1945-1949. State legislator. Promoted good roads and rural electrification. Grave is 3 miles S.E.
Robert Gregg Cherry, a veteran of World War I, led the state through the closing months of World War II and the years of readjustment to a postwar economy, a period of general prosperity. The "Iron Major" was born near Rock Hill,
South Carolina
, on October 17, 1891. His mother, the former Hattie Davis, died when he was an infant. His father, a farmer and Confederate veteran, Chancellor Lafayette Cherry, died when he was seven. Young Cherry was raised by his uncle, Henry M. Lineberger, of Gastonia. In 1912 Cherry graduated from
Trinity College
(forerunner of
Duke University
), where he was captain of the basketball team. Two years later he completed a law degree at Trinity and returned to Gastonia to practice.
In 1917, with the entry of the United States into the World War, Gregg Cherry organized men from the Gastonia area into a unit that became Company A of the 115th Machine Gun Battalion, part of the Thirtieth Division. The outfit saw service in France and Belgium and was part of the force that cracked the Hindenberg Line. After the war Major Cherry was active in the National Guard. In 1921 Cherry married Mildred Stafford; they had no children.
While abroad Cherry had his name placed into contention for mayor of Gastonia. Shortly after his return he was elected to the post and then reelected in 1921. The voters of Gaston County sent him to the state House for five consecutive terms beginning in 1931. Initially opposed to a sales tax, Cherry changed his position and his support was instrumental in its approval in 1933. He served as Speaker of the House for the 1937 session, during which time he earned his nickname "Iron Major" for the firm guiding hand offered to his colleagues. In 1941 and 1943 he was elected to the North Carolina Senate. In 1944 Cherry defeated liberal Ralph McDonald in a bitterly fought Democratic gubernatorial primary and Republican Frank C. Patton in the fall. Cherry had the support of the political organization of
O. Max Gardner
and is often identified with the "Shelby Dynasty," although he was from a neighboring county.
As governor Cherry expanded mental health services by increasing hospital facilities and personnel. The state acquired
Camp Butner
, used by the military during the war, for construction of a mental hospital. During his term the state committed to creating a four-year medical school at Chapel Hill. The compulsory age for attendance in the public schools was raised from fourteen to sixteen. Governor Cherry successfully advocated increased teacher salaries and laid the groundwork for the road-building program initiated by his successor
W. Kerr Scott
. Philosophically, Gregg Cherry was a conservative and, like his predecessor
J. Melville Broughton
, advocated conserving money to cushion the shock of postwar adjustment.
Personally, Gregg Cherry was rough-hewn, plain-spoken, and at times profane, with a fondness for whiskey and chewing tobacco. In 1946 he personally intervened and settled the Erwin Mills strike in Durham. When a white mob in Northampton County attempted to lynch a black man in 1947, the governor reacted swiftly to bring the parties responsible to justice. In 1948 he hosted President Harry S. Truman, with whom he had much in common, in Raleigh on the occasion of the dedication of the memorial at the
State Capitol
honoring the three Presidents from North Carolina. That same year Cherry bucked the pressure of other Southern governors to support the Dixiecrat presidential bid of South Carolina Governor Strom Thurmond and remained loyal to the Democratic Party. After his term as governor Cherry returned to the practice of law in Gastonia.
R. Gregg Cherry, a Methodist, was a trustee of Duke University and the
University of North Carolina
. He died on June 25, 1957, and is buried in Gaston Memorial Park in Gastonia.
Carl Abrams,
Conservative Constraints: North Carolina and the New Deal
David Leroy Corbitt, ed.,
Public Addresses and Papers of Robert Gregg Cherry, Governor of North Carolina, 1945-1949
Archibald Henderson, ed.,
North Carolina: The Old North State and the New
Sarah McCulloh Lemmon,
North Carolina's Role in World War II
William S. Powell, ed.,
Dictionary of North Carolina Biography
, I, 361-362—sketch by Thomas S. Morgan
News and Observer
, June 26, 1957
Robert Sobel and John Raimo, eds.,
Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789-1978
R. Gregg Cherry Papers, Manuscript Department, Duke University, Durham
R. Gregg Cherry Papers, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh
US 29/74 (Franklin Avenue) in Gastonia
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When it came time for Urban Meyer, head coach of the defending national champion Florida Gators, to offer some advice to his new quarterbacks coach on how to handle Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Tim Tebow, the message was pretty simple.
"Coach Meyer said just don't screw him up," Scot Loeffler said.
All well and good. But we know the real reason that Meyer brought in Loeffler: to help Tebow become more "NFL Ready." And Loeffler has some serious bona fides, including his years doing wonderful work with quarterbacks at the University of Michigan (like Chad Henne, Tom Brady, and Brian Griese), though his encore was spent this past season with the Detroit Lions just trying to teach his quarterbacks the simple things, like, you know, not running out of the back of the end zone for a safety to seal a loss.
As I have previously written, Tebow needed to put "becoming a better pro prospect" at the head of his "To Do" list. And many -- including Tebow in the USA Today piece -- cited Loeffler's hiring as a reason he came back. But I'm not so sure that this is the perfect marriage. I mean, I think for Florida Gator fans even a slightly confused or tinkered with Tebow is better than the next guy, but what about for Tebow?
Loeffler can definitely help in a few major areas: footwork (avoiding the famed and slightly ridiculous "spread quarterback" label); reading coverages; accuracy; and the ability to make a wider variety of throws than Florida asks him to. But again, as I said before, I'm not so sure that he wouldn't get all this and more actually in the pros. All he turns down is a set amount of money (but not a "fixed" amount because an increase in Tebow's draft stock is purely speculative), aside from of course, more college glory and the "college experience," which did not serve people like Matt Leinert all that well and Tebow has achieved all that is humanly possible in college.
And I still think it ignores a big drawback for Tebow: all the hits he takes. He essentially takes hits like a runningback does, and the studies are voluminous showing that runners deteriorate, not so much over the course of a season, but at some point in their careers.
So the real parties in interest, Florida and Urban Meyer, now must try to satisfy two masters: win games but also make Tebow more of a "pro-guy." Do you try to call fewer runs for him? Do you emphasize different points of the game? Do you take some of the (limited) time Loeffler gets to spend with him and dedicate that to pro-style stuff rather than the immediate gameplan?
Don't get me wrong, Tebow becoming a better dropback passer can only help Florida, and Loeffler is a very good coach and is a great addition no matter what. But for Florida's sake I hope they don't fixate on this too much, and for Tebow's sake I hope he isn't expecting more focus on his pro prospects than might be appropriate. Time will tell.
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Global Digital Camera Market 2017-2021, has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis with inputs from industry experts. The report covers the market landscape and its growth prospects over the coming years. The report also includes a discussion of the key vendors operating in this market.
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A digital camera is an electronic device that is used for taking pictures in the form of data, which can be stored on computers or any other hardware devices as opposed to the earlier version of film-based cameras. The digital camera gained popularity by mid-2000s by replacing its predecessor — the film camera. These cameras are also capable of recording videos other than just taking the images. The digital camera is also popularly preferred for their advanced features, such as LCD screen, storage capacity, picture development, size, and Wi-Fi connectivity.
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is beginning to respond in writing to questions from federal interrogators, though plenty of questions still remain. NBC's Pete Williams reports.
Despite a serious throat wound preventing him from speaking, the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect is beginning to respond to questions from investigators, federal officials tell NBC News.
Nearly 48 hours after he was taken into custody following an intense gun battle and manhunt, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was communicating with a special team of federal investigators at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital. He was responding to questions mostly in writing because of the throat wound, according to the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity. The suspect remains in serious condition.
The throat wound may be the result of a suicide attempt, investigators said.
Officials are hoping to glean more information about the twin blasts Monday at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, which killed three people and injured more than 170, and determine whether Tsarnaev and his older brother, Tamerlan, who was killed in a firefight with police after a wild chase into the Boston suburb of Watertown on Thursday night, received assistance from others.
Word that the wounded suspect is able to communicate with authorities came as a surprise, especially after details about the severity of his injuries began to emerge earlier in the day.
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino told an interviewer that "we don't know if we'll ever be able to question the individual."
Law enforcement sources had said earlier they were putting the final touches on charges against Tsarnaev and would announce them Sunday. However, Justice Department officials said late in the day that charges would not be announced until Monday at the earliest. They did not give a reason for the delay.
Authorities have told NBC News that a special high value detainee interrogation team will question Tsarnaev without advising him of his Miranda rights. A "public safety exemption" allows investigators to question a suspect without being informed of his right to remain silent and to have an attorney present during questioning when it is thought that he or she might have vital information about a threat to public safety.
Other details on the Tsarnaevs emerged Sunday.
NBC News contacted the driver of an SUV who allegedly was carjacked by the brothers hours before the shootout. The driver, who asked that his identity not be revealed, said he escaped after the brothers drove his car to a gas station in Watertown. He described them as "brutal and cautious."
Also on Sunday, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick said that surveillance video clearly puts Tsarnaev at the scene of the attack, acting suspiciously.
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Police officers with their guns drawn hear the second explosion down the street. The first explosion knocked down a runner at the finish line of the 117th Boston Marathon.
"It does seem to be pretty clear that this suspect took the backpack off, put it down, did not react when the first explosion went off and then moved away from the backpack in time for the second explosion," Patrick said on "Meet the Press." "It's pretty clear about his involvement and pretty chilling, frankly."
Patrick noted that while he had not personally viewed the video recordings, he was briefed by law enforcement on their contents.
More details about the Thursday night chase surfaced over the weekend.
The brothers hurled a pressure-cooker bomb similar to the two that went off at the marathon during the firefight, Watertown Police Chief Edward Deveau said on Saturday. The men were in two cars when confronted by a lone police officer, Deveau said, and later threw four grenade-like explosives at pursuing officers.
Still, much remained unknown on Sunday about what might have driven the two suspects to violence. The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said on "Meet the Press" that Tamerlan may have traveled under an alias when he took a trip to Russia in 2012.
That trip may have been when Tamerlan, who the FBI identified as Suspect 1, "got that final radicalization to push him to commit acts of violence and where he may have received training," said committee chair Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich.
Also, crime scene units returned to the scene of Monday's twin explosions that brought an annual springtime rite to an end in screams and smoke. Debris and trash not far from the bomb site on Boylston Street were taken away in garbage trucks on Sunday after being sifted for evidence.
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said Sunday he has not seen evidence to link the bombings to any militant or terrorist group, and declined to speculate on whether or not Tsarnaev could be sent to Guantanamo Bay.
"We just don't have the facts, and until we get the facts, then it will be the responsibility of law enforcement, DOJ, and other institutions to make some determination as to how that individual should be treated, detained, charged, and all that goes with it," Hagel said. "But right now we just don't know enough about it."
Investigators are taking a look at Tsarnaev's behavior after he returned to the campus of the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth after the Monday bombings, Gov. Patrick said Sunday on "Meet the Press."
"There is evidence of some frankly kind of normal student behavior in those ensuing days, which when you consider the enormity of what he was responsible for certainly raises a lot of questions in my mind and as I say more to the point in the minds of law enforcement as well," Patrick said. "Those are the kinds of leads that still have to be pursued and run to ground."
Classmates of suspected bomber Dzhokar Tsarnaev suggest 'brainwashing' by older brother
In Boston, the hunt for the suspected perpetrators gave way to a time to mourn a week after the attacks. A funeral for marathon victim Krystle Campbell, 29, a restaurant manager, is scheduled for Monday at St. Joseph Church in her home town of Medford, Mass.
Menino and Patrick along with the central charitable One Fund Boston called for a minute of silence at 2:50 p.m. Monday to mark a week since the bombings. Bells will ring throughout the city and Massachusetts after the minute's passage, according to a statement from the mayor's office.
One person injured in the marathon blast was released from the hospital on Sunday, though 52 are still receiving treatment in Boston hospitals, with three in critical condition.
About 36,000 runners participated in the London Marathon on Sunday amid heightened security, many of them wearing black ribbons to commemorate the victims in Boston or carrying "For Boston" signs.
NBC News' Tom Winter, Michael Isikoff and Jeff Black contributed to this report.
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This story was originally published on Sun Apr 21, 2013 10:53 AM EDT