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Copyright ©2009 Beaufort County Library
A Department of Beaufort County Government
The Board of Trustees of the Beaufort County Library has adopted the Code of Conduct to provide a welcoming environment for those using library facilities and resources.
Warnings are at the discretion of library staff. Failure to comply with the Library's established regulations may result in removal from the premises, exclusion form the library system, termination of library privileges, and arrest or prosecution.
The following are prohibited on Beaufort County Library property:
1. Any loud conversation or noise that disturbs or interrupts library customers.
2. Sitting on tables or putting feet on furniture.
3. Refusal to leave library at specified closing time.
4. Use of library telephones, computers, or other equipment without permission.
5. Misuse of library supplies/technology for personal, program, or meeting use, including staples, paper clips, or copy paper and copy machines without paying the fee.
6. Consuming food outside of designated areas. Closable plastic drinking containers are permitted.
7. Glass containers.
8. Sleeping.
9. Loitering anywhere on library grounds.
10. Bringing non-service pets/animals into a library or leaving them tied up outside.
11. Theft, defacement, or vandalism of library property or materials.
12. Leaving any child under the age of 8 unattended.
13. Leaving any child under the age of 12 in the library building without responsible supervision. (Youth ages 8-12 in the children's area as long a parent / guardian is available another part of the building.)
14. Actions, behaviors, or comments that can be considered harassment, abusive or obscene toward other customers and/or library staff.
15. Use of rest rooms for inappropriate purposes.
16. The possession or use of alcohol or any illegal drug in a library facility or property.
17. Possession of weapons of any kind, including camping and/or pocket knives.
18. Engaging in any sexual activity, sexual harassment, or indecent exposure including the public display of material inconsistent with the Internet Use Policy.
19. Failing to provide identification when asked.
20. Not being fully clothed, including not wearing shoes or a shirt.
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Here is a quick, public summary of MCIF:
- Establish business and operational objectives
- Prioritize practices and define roadmap
- Accelerate adoption with tools and services
- Report, analyze and act on results
From a process engineer's perspective, business and operational objectives are a given whether derived by MCIF or some other method. We certainly escalate suggestions of benefits to be derived from exploiting an opportunity for change through adopting a set of one or more practices, but we are typically tasked with attacking the current shortcomings apparent to executives. For this posting, let's agree we are given objectives.
Our task is then to find a set of practices which will move the teams toward achieving those objectives. Reqt # 1. We cannot select practices without metrics.
In particular, I strongly assert that metrics which represent the current state and which are expected to indicate the value (or loss) from process change must be expressed before any attempt is made at practice selection. How else am I to compare available practices and select from among them? We might implement any without baselining*, but would afterwards be unable to tell 'different' from 'better.'
How do we get from objectives to metrics? I once attended an ITMPI presentation by Dr Victor Basili (of my alma mater) on the Goal Question Metric approach which has been applied to study the value of (waterfall) software process improvements.
Let's now assume that a successful GQM or other technique provides some metrics with which to select and assess process changes. MCIF would then prioritize these and define a roadmap for their adoption.
Metrics are necessary but insufficient for achieving process improvement. Reqt # 2. Metrics must be decomposed to measures, and those measures (as well as their relationship to other components of metrics) must be communicated to the development team. Please note: This does not imply quotas for measures.
The distinction is important because members of a software development team have direct control over product and process measures but may have no ability to control (or even to view) metrics. An analyst may not know the average cost to deliver test results per use case point but can directly affect the minutes required to outline the scenario currently under development. Process engineers need to provide the team with measures which can be viewed, tracked, and controlled by the development team members. Importantly, fluctuations in those measures for special cause can be identified immediately by the team and communicated to the process engineer.
Metric? Measure? What's the diff? Gary Pollice provided better definitions, but here are mine:
- A measure communicates a value relative only to a scale. (millisecond, defect)
- A metric communicates a relationship of two or more measures. (MIPS, defect density)
- Descriptive statistics are a special form of metric which relate a set of measurements to itself to predict expected values for such measurements. (Longest running transaction, Typical defect severity)
*Baselining is a key part of Shewhart's PDCA/PDSA cycle.

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2009 Goodguys PPG Nationals - Hello ColumbusWritten by on November 1, 2009 2009 Goodguys PPG Nationals
Columbus is conveniently situated halfway between the Mississippi River and the Atlantic Ocean, and less than 300 miles from more than a dozen states. It is the capital of Ohio and for three days every July, the capital of the hot rod universe. The phenomenon occurs when the Goodguys PPG Nationals rolls into the Ohio Expo Center.
This is one of the best Goodguys shows of the season, and draws a huge number of participants-something like 6,000 rods, customs, classics, muscle cars, and trucks to be not exact. The PPG Nats is a magnet for elite-level show vehicles from the best builders. It also draws a huge number of grassroots, low- to mid-buck, owner-built rides. And with approximately 100 awards handed out on Sunday afternoon, the little guy has as good a chance of winning a prize as the big boys do. And for all those participants who couldn't care less about winning something and just want to show off their trucks and appreciate other peoples' rides-it's a guaranteed great time.
CCT was there for all our typical reasons-to fill our bellies with fairground food, wander through the massive assemblage of aftermarket vendors, sit through a tech seminar or two, dig for treasure at the swap meet, watch the competition at the autocross sponsored by Air Ride Technologies (now called RideTech), and photograph as many custom and classic trucks as we could, so you can see them too.
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Jim Smith from Street Customs was in Columbus to show off Richard Childress' '65 Chevy C10, which won the Hot Hauler prize.It's rebuilt from top to bottom, and is powered by a GM Ram Jet 502 tied to a Tremec TKO 600 five-speed. The black and red paint was inspired by Dale Earnhardt's #3.Bill Baron kept the hood wide open on his mirror-finish '40 Ford to reveal the dressed-up 350. At the other end, Bill bolted up a Jag rearend. The interior is finished in neo-traditional style.The exterior was shaved of brightwork, but the five-spokes in the fenderwells and the blown 496 under the hood provide plenty of shine to complement the tangerine finish.A contemporary treatment was what Jim and Ann McGrew chose for their '69 Chevy CST project. The LT4 engine is tied to a 4L60 transmission.Gary Myers went a different way with his '40 Ford, pulling off most of the trim and shooting the body in buttered-popcorn yellow. Hard to miss.Here's a clean '72 Chevy Cheyenne, updated with tires and wheels, bench seats and console, and Boyd five-spokes. Ronnie and Linda Loyd brought it from Virginia Beach.
You can see part of the blower feeding a Chevy 350. The interior continues the style with leather (or faux leather) upholstery and custom dash and console.There's a ZZ4 in this black beauty. It's Dick Advey's '36 Chevy, with '60s drag-inspired rolling stock and a contemporary interior. The beltline graphics include some super-subtle, but elaborate brushwork. It's impressive.Dave and Theresa Carter's children are the coolest kids in Urbana, OH, because they get to ride around in this dropped, two-tone '66 Suburban instead of a Kia Sedona.Look for a full feature on Joe Horisk's vanilla-white and cherry-red '55 Chevy Cameo from Montchanin, DE, pulled along by a mighty 540ci Smeding Performance Chevy big-block.Dave Clark's graduation present in 1983 was this '72 Chevy C10, which had been his grandfathers and great-grandfathers (great-granddad lost his license in it for driving too slow). The 60K-mile pickup with a 250 stovebolt might've once been a coal company truck.There's plenty to eat at the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus-like these roast beef sundaes. Wash it down with a fried chicken milkshake.The window sticker says '40 Ford/Buick. In addition to the piecut '40 Buick hood and '37 Buick and '41 Chevy nose combo, Bill and Joan Roberge's multiple personality pickup-all the way from Maine-features '37 Cad headlights and a Chevy powertrain.
We remember Butch Fairchild from the Model A sedan he used to bring to Columbus (the one with the Alfred E. Neuman graphics). This year he and wife Gail showed up with this silver '55 Chevy-assuming it's the same guy.Dave Clark painted this Grant helmet-metalflake, gold-leaf lettering, and all-more than 30 years ago, and it still looks great and the message is as timely as ever.It was PPG's Best Use of Color pick, but there's more to this '56 Cameo than the paint, starting with the blown 406 small-block and six-speed. Les and Marjorie Allen have had their pickup all over the U.S. this year and came to Columbus from Arlington, WA-2,500 miles away.The Saturday rain showers didn't diminish the shine of this low-slung '51 F-1, rolling on Foose wheels. Owner Gordon McGilton stuffed a GM ZZ4 motor between the front fenders of his Ford.The other prize-winner in Bill Steele's garage is this '55 Chevy First Series, 350-powered and low enough to scrape shadows off the pavement. If you think Bill's four-wheeled rides are great, you should see the custom bikes he builds for a living.Chevy didn't build a Fleetside dually in 1969, but Ervin Thomas of Columbus rectified that, in addition to reducing the profile with a 31/2-inch chop and lowered stance and rebuilding the chassis to accommodate the rear tires, among other mods. Ervin has owned the truck for 32 years.Thanks to Rob and Pauletta Pickelhaupt for bringing their nicely done '48 Ford F-1 from Port Huron, MI.Congratulations to Charlie Winesdoerfer for owning such a fine '51 Chevy, painted patent-leather black and rolling on Americans. The firewall was modified to fit the Chevy 350 with an Edelbrock 4V carb and intake.
Every year Jeff Eischen comes to Columbus with something impressive-always classy and always a traditional hot rod. This year it was this Deuce roadster pickup, wearing all kinds of period details and running a '65 327 mill.After 20 years in a junkyard, Carl Zimmerman's '48 Autocar is back. It's a classic and a custom, built on a frame from the same '92 GMC Topkick Ryder truck that provided the 366 gas engine and Allison four-speed, with a Jerr-Dan rollback out back.The '66 Chevy C10 Stepside is owned by Sue Streetman of Clemmons, NC, and powered by a ZZ4 engine with a five-speed. The inside is as nice as the outside-done in black and red.Don Keller's handbuilt '35 Dodge rolls on some cool piecrust whitewalls and artillery wheels, with a 350 and TH700 for power.The center tank holds fuel and the red ones are filled with air for the compressors for the four-corner bags that dump Don's Dodge on the ground.Charles Blanton has owned his twice-rebuilt '35 Chevy for 20 years and did it all himself-minus the interior.Another long-haul hauler is Rik King's LT1-packed '46 Chevy, from Lake Jackson, TX. Traditional rod-style paint includes some elaborate pinstriping (look closely at the nose and headlight housings).
Business or pleasure? Whatever the reason Bob Lusetti chose to bring his '51 Ford cab to town is OK by us. It's powered by a Chevy and, in addition to those purple graphics, also wears the Sharpie signature of customizer George Barris.Bill Steele's Hemi-powered Model A coupe has been all over the car mags and is Goodguys' 2009 Hot Rod of the Year. But we also like that '64 Chevy C10 Fleetside keeping it company. Bill, owner of Steele Kustoms, reworked the entire truck, but kept the time-honored paint.A lot of original stuff remains on Ron Strader's '54 Dodge C-1-B 1/2-ton, including the 218ci six-cylinder mill and three-speed. The Dodge has 69,000 original miles. The paint has been redone in the eight years he's owned the truck.Suede sea green and tomato-red steelies with caps drew our attention to Randy Amos' nostalgic '53 Chevy, with a stovebolt and five-speed to get him back to Clarksburg, WV.Chopped and channeled, open-wheeled, and loaded with patina and personality, James Scandale's '48 Ford took no awards, but looks like it's been fun to build and fun to drive.The green paint zapped our retinas before we focused on Dave Rieger's '50 Willys pickup, built by Dave himself at Classic Revivals in LaGrange, OH. The 1.89L Isuzu diesel engine can also burn biodiesel, so it's even greener than it looks.This was the first Goodguys event for Bob Romine, heading for the gate with his purple '57 Chevy 3100. Bob's owned his Stepside for seven years, and it's looked like this since February. There's a 461ci big-block under the hood.The chrome looks fresh and what's left of the paint looks factory on Thom Boffo's '50 Chevy, packed with a TBI small-block.
Those high-tech rollers are the only brightwork on the exterior of Roger Woody's smooth '55 Chevy, winner of the NAPA Trick Truck award. The engine is a big old '04 GM 8100 Vortec, hooked up to a six-speed transmission.The other Willys pickup in Columbus was Bill Comer's "in progress" '48, which he's owned since the '70s. He stretched the front 10 inches to fit the 402ci big-block where a Flathead once lived, and widened the rear fenders for fatter tires.The fresh red paint in the cockpit of Steve and Dana McKinley's '51 Chevy is a big contrast to the mottled blue exterior-but both provide a lot of character to the truck. Three Rochester 2-jets feed a 327.


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I know that the movie Batman Begins [2005] was made many years after the movies Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Forever, and Batman and Robin, but it seems to be set before all the other movies in the series.
I am not sure but after seeing all the movies I think it is based on a year much earlier than the other movies.
Does Batman Begins occur before Tim Burton's Batman?


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For Immediate Release
Conn-Selmer recently added several key artists to its Henri Selmer Paris Roster. They include Chris Bullock, Joe Girard, Daniel Hawthorne-Foss, Eric Marienthal, Douglas Masek, Mike Murley, Scott Sandberg, Zach Stern and Loren Stillman. Robert Lichty, Product Director for Henri Selmer Paris, did comment, "Henri Selmer Paris is a legendary brand. The sound of these saxophones is what keeps generations of players attracted to it and seeking it out. It is phenomenal to see so many accomplished artists joining our roster and sharing their sound on a Henri Selmer Paris instrument."
Congratulations to these artists in joining a growing list of impressive musicians. For more on Conn-Selmer and the entire family of endorsing artists and clinicians visit http://centerstage.conn-selmer.com/
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Conn-Selmer is the leading manufacturer and distributor of musical instruments for student, amateur and professional use under the brand portfolio of Vincent Bach, CG Conn, King, Holton, Selmer, Armstrong, Leblanc, Ludwig, Musser, Prelude, Glaesel, Soloist, William & Lewis, Scherl & Roth. With a focus on quality craftsmanship, innovation and superior musical performance, Conn-Selmer operates U.S.A. production facilities.
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SES131: FSocL M-1 (2013-2014)
CURRICULUM PROGRAM: Special Education
COURSE TITLE: Focus Social/ Leisure M -1hr
COURSE LENGTH: 36 weeks
Major Concepts/Content: The Focus Social/Leisure course is designed to develop a repertoire of developmentally appropriate social and leisure activities the student can engage in both individually and in a group. Instruction is meaningful, functional, age appropriate, and integrated in various community settings (i.e., library, shopping center). Activities use naturally occurring materials and situations, and are designed to help students acquire and generalize skills. Students develop and increase social skills to function to the greatest extent possible in post-secondary life. These skills include social and behavioral control/expectations, communication skills, conflict resolution, interpersonal and intrapersonal problem solving, and responsibility. Emphasis is also placed on activities occurring in the community setting and addresses personal safety, and indoor and outdoor leisure/recreation.
Major Instructional Activities: Instructional activities involve practical application for the generalization of skills in natural settings such as home, school, and community. Student activities include human sexuality/ dating/ healthy relationships, personal safety, issues on abuse, exploitation, and abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. Activities include pursuing hobbies, interests, sports, or other appropriate activities undertaken in free time. Activities may require the student to be knowledgeable of the use of related technology, tools and equipment (i.e., computer software, communication device).
Major Evaluative Techniques: Students will be evaluated through informal and formal assessments. Multiple authentic assessments will be used as students perform, produce and otherwise demonstrate skills in the context of real life scenarios. The objectives of this course may not be mastered in one school year and students may earn multiple credits in this course.
Course Objectives: The essential objectives of Focus Social/ Leisure course are designed to facilitate learning outcomes appropriate to the instructional needs of each student. Instructional activities are based upon real world needs with the goal of increased independence and autonomy in his or her home and community.


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COPPERAS COVE (october 23, 2012)--There has been an increase in people getting tattoos as medical bracelets to alert others of their allergies and health concerns.
Tony Lubcker and Laura Plautz of Central Texas have gotten several matching tattoos in the seven years that they dated, such as matching tattoos of their wedding date in place of wedding bands.
"It's more permanent, easier to see and can't get lost," said Lubcker.
Now, they're getting matching tattoos that could save their lives.
"If something happens and I can't talk, hopefully when the EMT checks my pulse, he'll see this so that they don't create further problems," Lubcker said.
Lubcker is a mechanic, but he's allergic to tetanus, often used to treat injuries with metal, rust and nails.
His wife Laura Plautz is allergic to pork products and erythromycin, commonly found in antibiotics.
"I would be extremely sick and have problems breathing," Plautz said.
The couple say wearing jewelry on their hands is dangerous and inconvenient for their jobs.
"I don't have time to stop and take a ring off or take a bracelet off that might get hooked on to something," Plautz said.
Although most health insurance does not cover the cost of these tattoos, those with allergies say the benefits are well worth it.
"At the very least, if there is an accident, they'll know what not to give me," Plautz said.
The increase in medical bracelet tattoos has given tattoo parlor owners like Navida Smith of Pinstripes Tattoo & Body Piercings an incentive to help those with allergies.
"Tattooing as a whole is looked down upon, so to have something positive and be able to give back to a community that supports us is a wonderful thing," Smith said.
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Pinstripes Tattoo & Body Piercing is located at 2520 E. HWY 190 in Copperas Cove.


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dead deal. too bad this is a nice price.
2.5 Inch. Laptop bay sized. Either you need a Adapter for full sized bays, or a laptop
Go with a Crucial M4 instead. Same price and speed, better reliability.
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From http://masi.cscs.lsa.umich.edu/~crshalizi/notabene/ergodic-theory.html
irreducible Markov chains with finite state spaces are ergodic processes, since they have a unique invariant distribution over the states. (In the Markov chain case, each of the ergodic components corresponds to an irreducible sub-space.)
By "ergodic processes", I understand it to be the same as "ergodic measure-preserving dynamic system", if I am correct.
As far as I know an ergodic measure-preserving dynamic system is a mapping $\Phi: T \times S \to S$ that satisfies a couple of properties, where $S$ is the state space, and $T$ is the time space. Sometimes there is a measure preserving mapping on $S$ that can generate the system by repeating itself.
So I wonder how a Markov chain can be written as a mapping $\Phi: T \times S \to S$, and what the measure preserving mapping that generates the Markov chain is?


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Preparing for a feast to mark Orthodox Christmas
January 7, 2013
STEUBENVILLE — A warm fire and the camaraderie of men preparing a Christmas feast were evident as soon as the visitor walked up to the large barbecue pit where three pigs and a number of chickens......
Meery Christmas too all of our orthodox friends. May God bless you all during this season and in the new year.
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That is your front page? Pigs roasting pigs. How about talking about the rape and the cover up story. Your newspaper is a joke.
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Goodbye to all that...Phrases for the Dustbin
Posted 30 December 2002 - 10:34 PM
"We are not a museum company!"
"No tutus and toe shoes for the XYZ ballet!"
"Jones has turned classical ballet on its ear!"
"The new work goes beyond ballet..."
I could think of more, but I don't want to be piggy.
Are there any phrases you'd like to confine to oblivion?
Posted 30 December 2002 - 11:57 PM
Posted 31 December 2002 - 01:15 AM
"Blends elements of contemporary and classical dance"
"We need to update our repertoire for the younger set"
No names. ;)
Posted 31 December 2002 - 03:04 AM
A real insult to the intelligence on the bases of both æsthetics and physics.
Posted 31 December 2002 - 06:55 AM
"Diamond Project" (oops, that just kinda slipped out)
Posted 31 December 2002 - 07:23 AM
heritage works...
Posted 31 December 2002 - 11:16 AM
embracing of our strategy for the future
move the company forward.
redefining the creative concept
move forward and get things back on track in a positive way
make the company into one of the 10 best in the world.
new level of international excellence and recognition
put it on the map
Posted 31 December 2002 - 11:44 AM
Posted 31 December 2002 - 11:49 AM
(Makes me think of the Caffeine Fairy)
appealing to a younger audience
bike shorts
Posted 31 December 2002 - 12:21 PM
Posted 31 December 2002 - 01:15 PM
I've seen this review many times. I've GOTTEN this review I'd love to see writers start asking what about formalism is so elusive to them.
Posted 02 January 2003 - 07:24 AM
Posted 02 January 2003 - 07:30 AM
I think I'd add: X is a WORLD CLASS company.
I've had to check a couple of company web sites in the past couple of days and I'm astounded at how many "world class" companies there are. Some of them have 20 dancers, are in small cities, dance four times a year. What possible meaning do they think the phrase has? The Dutch National Ballet describes itself this way: "World class in every sense it ranks alongside the other major international dance companies." To be sure it is absolutely clear what they mean by "other major international companies," they expand upon this inside: "Het Nationale Ballet ranks alongside other prestigious international companies such as The Royal Ballet, Le Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris, American Ballet Theatre, the Kirov Ballet and the Bolshoi Ballet." Really.
By this standard, DanceView is an internationally renowned publication -- 10% of our subscribers live in Europe and all of them renown it
Posted 02 January 2003 - 07:39 AM
"Artistic unity and harmonious cooperation are the keynotes of the Russian Ballet. It is important to remember that the supreme technical excellence of individual dancers is the least remarkable element contributing to the sensational success of M. Diaghileff's organization. The art of his famous maitre de ballet would lose half its significance in a commonplace setting, or accompanied by banal music. On the other hand, to appreciate properly the genius of a Stravinsky, we must be assisted by the interpretations of the mimes and dancers. The maquettes of the great decorators, Bakst, Roerich, Anisfeld and the rest, glow like Persian miniatures on walls, and art connoisseurs are justified in prizing them highly. But how much more thrilling their work becomes when magnified on an ample stage! A perfect performance is essential to intensify the values and originality of these various elements, and it would seem that the Diaghileff Company alone can give such performances. America is fortunate in being offered a dazzling repertoire in which every phase of their amazing versatility will be given full scope."
Posted 02 January 2003 - 07:47 AM
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Is ojiisan an idiomatic word choice for a chronologically gifted man, akin to obaasan for elderly women? For example, when giving your seat to them on the train.
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おじいさん means both a grandfather and an elderly man. When written in kanji, it is written as お祖父さん when it means grandfather, and written as お爺さん when it means elderly man. The same applies to おばあさん (お祖母さん/お婆さん).
It is natural to call an elderly man おじいさん. However, I have heard that some people do not like the use of おじいさん and おばあさん which mean elderly man and woman, and that in particular they do not like to be called that way. I guess that the reason for this is that calling a person おじいさん or おばあさん may imply that the most relevant attribute of the person is his/her age. Although I do not find it reasonable, I may hesitate to call someone who I do not know at all おじいさん or おばあさん to avoid unnecessary conflict.
By the way, similarly to おじいさん and おばあさん, おじさん can mean an uncle or a middle-aged man, and written as 伯父さん (elder brother of parent), 叔父さん (younger brother of parent), or 小父さん (middle-aged man, but not commonly written in kanji). The same applies to おばさん (伯母さん, 叔母さん, 小母さん).
Note that you can also call middle-aged woman 奥さん and middle-aged man 旦那さん, ご主人さん. (What I mean by middle-aged is 35~55+). Not really used by young people, rather between middle-aged people or from staff to customer; さん becomes さま then.
As well, you can call young people (15~30) おにいさん/おねえさん even if they are younger than you. In Kansai, we call staff this way too (I believe it's not common in Tokyo area).


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Is there any other martial art apart from wing-chun, that uses technique or drills like chi sao (sticky/sticking hands)?
Several martial systems contain drills to improve sensitivity with varying degrees of systemisation and formality. As a result, they have a different flavour from the chi sao in Wing Chun, but they each have a similar purpose: to build sensitivity and awareness.
Specific examples:
Other arts such as Aikido contain many sensitivity drills, but they're often ingrained into the philosophy of the art as a whole, which means they don't look anything like chi sao or push hands. They're less static and formalised, and they involve full body movement rather than isolation of the upper body. (YouTube demo.)
Shaolin (Chi Sim) Weng Chun (which is not the same style as Wing Chun) also has chi sao, although it's a bit more like Tai chi's pushing hands.
Chi Sim Weng Chun has chi sao sets (looping through several certain moves following each other) as well as 'free' or open chi sao. It's a practice with semi-relaxed arms 'twirling' around each other where you try, without using force, to find the right opening and hit the opponent. In this way it's similar to other chi sao/pushing hands exercises I suppose. It is fairly similar to taichi pushing hands. To get a better idea, watch these example videos: vid1 | vid2.
I don't think there's any style besides Wing Chun that works from the center line, though.
Chi sao can be considered a drill for developing sensitivity to positioning and vulnerabilities within a quasi-sparring context. Under that definition, I would add:
Those with experience in sticking hands as well as exposure to other arts are likely to note the fundamental similarities between chi sao and the grappling drills found in other arts:
I have seen something a bit like Chi Sao in Eskrima (Doce Pares) hand-to-hand training exercises.


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I need to try some of these things.
by Monique3 Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 07:49AM Report as inappropriate
Not so sure about choosing red wine- that tends to give headaches to many... My other concern with all those juices, smoothies, and berries is that even if you get something "organic", you still can't be sure you'll get a good quality product without pesticides, and that was stored right. Winter cucumber products tend to give me horrible allergies, which means there actually is some chemical junk in them. beware.
by venenumletalis Monday, January 28, 2013 at 10:49AM Report as inappropriate
cucumber water is delicious! I want to try the sparkling water and berries now too!
by Chris213 Thursday, November 29, 2012 at 06:31AM Report as inappropriate
skinny women drink water (:
by LittleBunny Monday, November 26, 2012 at 02:51PM Report as inappropriate
I'm not sure about adding Kale to a fruit smoothie...it seems like that would change the flavor a lot. I guess I shouldn't knock it until I try it, but it sounds a bit odd as a flavor combination.
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love the coffee substitute!
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They all look pretty nice in the cup, but in a I-would-never-drink-this kind of way.
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The coconut milk with raw cacao looks so good!
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30 Oct 2012 10:16 PM #1
Packaging an Architect project
I'm attempting to package my Architect ExtJS 4.1 project for a web deployment, in order to reduce the number of HTTP downloads and script size.
I'm using SDK Tool beta 3.
First I run this command in my project folder.
sencha create jsb -a app.html -p app.jsb3
I then run:
sencha build -p app.jsb3 -d .
After that I create an index.html file and change the script locations for the new files.
After they I load the index.html in chrome, and the project doesn't work. The console shows me that for some reason my class files are still trying to be loaded from a folder that doesn't exist (seems related to the namespace of my application).
Is this known to be broken or am I missing something?
6 Nov 2012 3:36 PM #2Phil Strong
6 Nov 2012 6:56 PM #3
Ah I see I was using the wrong tool.
The package command seems to be aimed at Touch projects, I'm trying to minimise a build for the web (ExtJS).
Do these same commands work with ExtJS? After following the steps, I don't see any .json files generated which I can use with the sencha package command. The sencha compile concatenate commands seems to be what I need to use, however the generated file doesn't appear to work when I use it in my app.html file.
7 Nov 2012 9:11 AM #4
More documentation and some examples would help us all.
Here is what I have figured out over the last two days.
From the ExtJS SDK directory generate an application directory with
sencha generate app MyApp ~/Sencha/projects/MyApp
Use your own path to the "MyApp" directory.
Then save the Architect project to that directory.
Actually I think that I opened my Architect project first and then deleted the directory where the architect project was and recreated it with the "sencha generate app" command. And then resaved the project into that directory.
Then I ran
sencha app build
to get the built application which will be in the "build" directory.
This assumes that you have all the parts installed correctly.
Sorry if this seems sketchy but I wrote it quickly as I'm still trying to figure out the complete picture.
If this is the wrong information, I hope the Sencha devs will pipe in and correct me.
7 Nov 2012 6:32 PM #5
Hmm sadly this doesn't work for me.
When I follow your method exactly, Architect complains about not being able to save some files.
When I copy the architect project over a generated project manually, I get further, however the built project complains with some javascript errors. The generated index.html is a little different to the architect app.html...
However when I copy app.html over index.html and do a rebuild, I get a 0 byte all-classes.js.
Not sure what to try next...
8 Nov 2012 7:26 AM #6
You'll need to simply add the includes from the app.html to index.html as sencha build needs the microloader (afaik)Phil Strong
8 Nov 2012 7:27 AM #7
Note that we'll be adding Ext JS support w/ Cmd in a later release. For now we only support sencha package build and sencha package run (touch only). We've built it in such a way that at some point down the line we'll enable you to run the whole suite of sencha command.Phil Strong
8 Nov 2012 7:54 AM #8
OK, so to be clear, the current advice is that Cmd will not work with ExtJS projects right now?
8 Nov 2012 4:42 PM #9
It is working for me on a test project. I can run the project from my project directory and the loader loads each .js file.
Then I do "sencha app build" and in the build directory is a new directory with the .js files combined together into one file. I even have some external components which I have included using overrides and requires and they included in the app.js also. The build runs and loads faster to boot.
I do not think that I have modified much to get this to work.
I am working on ubuntu 12.04 linux and did have to work a bit to get compass installed. Problems were related to how ubuntu handles ruby gems. Again I did not write this down and have not been able to get it work on my laptop. I'm writing down all steps taken now so I can reproduce things! My new private wiki is my friend.
I was on the road today and not in the office and do not have access to my computer where all this is located. I'm sorry my instructions above were limited but I spent a good bit of time figuring out how to do this and am not sure of all the steps I took. It was a lot of trial and error. I will try an set up another project and document what I did but it will not happen tomorrow. Sorry current work prevails.
13 Nov 2012 3:00 PM #10
Of course it will work you just don't get hand holding by Architect yet. Using the docs for Ext JS and Cmd from the command line should work just finePhil Strong


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samspil og konflikt mellem kommune, praksislæge og sygehusSeemann, Janne; Antoft, Rasmus (København, 2002)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6833
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Real-Time Realistic Social Sharing of Experiences and EnvironmentsVatrapu, Ravi; Suthers, Dan; Joseph, Sam (Frederiksberg, 2009)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The Shared Experonments system provides interactive services for ubiquitous real-time interactive social sharing of experiences and environments. Designed and implemented for ubiquitous high-speed wireless environments, the Shared Experonments system provides synchronous ways and means for interactive social sharing of erstwhile personal experiences while one or more persons are in remote locations. Example scenarios include sharing of experiences with friends and family while off hiking or trekking, as well as business situations where a remote field worker must collaborate in real time with other field workers or head office. The Shared Experonments system integrates multiple realities and works in a variety of mixed reality modes and interactional settings, and crucially supports deixis from one environment to another. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7977
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Abstract: With reference to the discussion about shareholder versus stakeholder maximization it is argued that the normal type of maximization is in fact stakeholder-owner maxi-mization. This means maximization of the sum of the value of the shares and stake-holder benefits belonging to the dominating stakeholder-owner. Maximization of shareholder value is a special case of owner-maximization, and only under quite re-strictive assumptions shareholder maximization is larger or equal to stakeholder-owner maximization. Broad stakeholder maximization is the sum of the returns to all stake-holders also including the shareholders of a company. Although it may be the ultimate goal for Corporate Social Responsibility to achieve this kind of maximization, broad stakeholder maximization is quite difficult to give a precise definition. There is no one-dimensional measure to add different stakeholder benefits not traded on the mar-ket, and therefore there is no possibility for practical application. Broad stakeholder maximization instead in practical applications becomes satisfying certain stakeholder demands, so that the practical application will be stakeholder-owner maximization un-der constraints defined by other stakeholders' interests. These constraints vary for dif-ferent stakeholder owners and new standards for Corporate Social Responsibility and more active political consumers will strengthen these constraints. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6613
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towards optimal distinctivenes in European film makingAlvarez, José Luis; Mazza, Carmelo; Strandgaard Pedersen, Jesper; Svejenova, Silviya (København, 2003)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Abstract. This paper advances a micro theory of creative action by examining how distinctive artists shield their idiosyncratic styles from the isomorphic pressures of a field. It draws on the cases of three internationally recognized, distinctive European film directors - Pedro Almodóvar (Spain), Nanni Moretti (Italy) and Lars von Trier (Denmark). We argue that in a cinema field, artistic pressures for distinctiveness along with business pressures for profits drive filmmakers' quest for optimal distinctiveness. This quest seeks both exclusive, unique style and inclusive, audience-appealing artwork with legitimacy in the field. Our theory of creative action for optimal distinctiveness suggests that film directors increase their control by personally consolidating artistic and production roles, by forming close partnership with committed producer, and by establishing own production company. Ironically, to escape the iron cage of local cinema fields, film directors increasingly control the coupling of art and business, hence forging their own "iron cage". "[T]he unusual and paradoxical place that Pedro [Almodóvar] has been able to find: we are within the industry but we preserve our peculiarity." (Agustín Almodóvar, 2001). Optimal distinctiveness: "social identity is viewed as reconciliation of opposing needs for assimilation and differentiation from others." (Marilynn Brewer, 1991). URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6672
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Abstract: The announcement of a convertible bond call is associated with an average con- temporaneous abnormal stock price decline of 1.75% and an ensuing price recovery in the conversion period. A price fall and the subsequent recovery suggest price pressure as the explanation for the announcement eect. However, in a perfect capital market the option to convert is not exercised early and hence, the increase in the number of shares outstanding does not occur at the announcement date. Instead, this paper ar- gues and provides evidence that hedging-induced short selling is causing at least part of the short-run price pressure. Key words: Convertible bond calls; Hedging; Short selling; Price pressure; Underwriting JEL Classication: G14; G24; G32 URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7165
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Abstract: In this paper, we show that the welfare implications of immigration which takes place in upturns, and may be partly reversed in downturns, are very different from the implications of immigration usually found in static models. Abstracting from any gains to capital owners and native workers due to complementarities, we find that (especially temporary) immigration may still benefit native workers in a European type of labour market where minimum wages may bind in downturns. However, in the presence of hiring costs, these effects may be reversed. Thus, promoting temporary immigration schemes may lead to adverse consequences if they also increase the costs of hiring foreign labour. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7700
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Abstract: We study the welfare effects of earnings testing flat-rate old-age benefits in a quantitative overlapping generations model with idiosyncratic labor income risk. In our model economy, even a moderate earnings testing reduces individuals' expected lifetime utility, whenever other taxes are taken into account. Moreover, it also lowers the realized lifetime utilities of those at the bottom of the lifetime utility distribution. Social security; Retirement; Means-testing URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7705
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Abstract: The paper presents first empirical evidence on the effect of foreign ownership on the union wage premium. Using matched employer-employee data for Denmark, the positive effect of plant-level unionisation on wages is found to vanish in foreign-owned firm. While the estimation establishes a positive wage effect of foreign ownership of between two and four per cent for workers employed in non-unionised firms, the foreign ownership premium is close to zero for workers in highly unionised enterprises. This result might help to understand why trade unions frequently resist foreign take-overs even though the existence of a positive foreign ownership wage premium is widely acknowledged in the literature. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7715
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A Reflection on Historical Sociology and IRLeander, Anna (Frederiksberg, 2009)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In 2004 I published an argument to the effect that "taking Tilly seriously" could help International Relations (IR) scholars understand some of the processes and mechanisms involved in state-building (Leander, 2004: the chapter is pasted in at the end of this statement). This short statement is a reflection on why, if I were to write that piece today, it would be written differently. I would still argue that we should all engage the Historical Sociology of State-Building (HSS) in a serious way (go beyond the folklore as I termed it in 2004) but my inclination today would be to be far more explicit about to the pitfalls of not going beyond the folklore as well as about the importance of studies of practices (in anthropology, ethnography, geography, regional/area studies or even IR, sic!) in signposting these pitfalls. This change in tone has less to do with any particular idea or argument in historical sociology, and even less with the work of any particular historical sociologist (seen the focus of this workshop Tilly will figure as the recurring reference point) than it does with the way the HSS is read, feeds into and shapes IR discussions (section 1). The way HSS has been integrated into IR has led scholars deeper into the pitfalls which hamper their understanding of contemporary state-building. More specifically it has perpetuated a misconstrued understanding of the inside/outside, it has obscured the nature and role of the private/public, and that it has devalued contextually specific articulations of politics and governance (sections 2-4). This "misunderstanding" is not only a scholastic matter as it translates into policies that are ineffective, inadequate not to say positively harmful (section 5). As the statement concludes, the implication is that IR scholars who decide to walk the terrain chartered by HSS would do well to observe the warning signposts set up by observers of political practices around these pitfalls. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7968
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Subject: [OMPI devel] [Fwd: Re: Fwd: Purify found bugs inside open-mpi library]
From: Terry Dontje (Terry.Dontje_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-05-02 07:27:47
Forwarding the following message since it contains Brian Blanks purify
results since I think most of them are out of my purview and I am also
on vacation now :-).
attached mail follows:
Hi Terry,
I did a memset() prior to the call to processor_info(), and the UMR went
away. I further tested by setting pinfo.pi_state to -1 prior to the call to
processor_info(), and processor_info() always sets pinfo.pi_state to 2.
Therefore, I am starting to suspect this is a bug in purify. Maybe purify
is having issues detecting that this variable was updated by system code.
I'm going to forward a sample program to the IBM purify team to have them
investigate further.
I also attached a copy of mpi_purify.txt that contains all the purify
findings. Therefore a handful of UMR errors that occur through different
call stacks. Also, there are 2 file descriptors left open & a lot of memory
that leaked despite me calling MPI_Finalize().
Let me know if you need me to try something else or to produce any
additional output.
Thanks again,
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Terry Dontje <Terry.Dontje_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> So I've been kibitzing with Jeff on the below. If you do a memset of pinfo
> prior to the line you show below does the UMR go away. I believe it will
> not and that you probably will need to do something like pinfo.pi_state = 0.
> Can you try this out for me?
> Thanks,
> --td
> Brian Blank wrote:
>> Hi Jeff,
>> That definetly worked for me. Thanks so much for you help.
>> Purify did find some other UMR (unitialize memory read) errors though, but
>> they don't seem to be negativley impacting my application right now.
>> Nonetheless, I'll post them later today in case anyone is interested in
>> them.
>> Just to give you a sample of what it see's now, one of the UMR errors
>> seems a little odd ... paffinity_solaris_module.c line 180.
>> if (P_ONLINE == pinfo.pi_state || P_NOINTR == pinfo.pi_state) {
>> I'll post the rest of the UMR errors later today.
>> Thanks again,
>> Brian
>> On Apr 29, 2009, at 4:06 PM, Jeff Squyres <jsquyres_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> Actually, I think your program is erroneous -- it looks like you're using
>>> number of bytes for the sizes[] array when it really should be using number
>>> of elements. Specifically, it should be:
>>> sizes[0] = (int) sizeof(tstruct.one);
>>> sizes[1] = 1;
>>> sizes[2] = 1;
>>> sizes[3] = 1;
>>> Since MPI knows the sizes of datatypes, you specify counts of datatypes
>>> -- not numbers of bytes.
>>> That seemed to make your program work for me; double check and ensure
>>> that it works for you.
>>> On Apr 29, 2009, at 1:21 PM, Brian Blank wrote:
>>> To Whom This May Concern:
>>>> I originally sent this to the users list, but realizing now that this
>>>> might be more appropriate for the developer's list as it is dealing with
>>>> issues internal to the openmpi library (sorry for the dual distribution).
>>>> Please start with second email first.
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Brian Blank
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: Brian Blank <brianblank_at_[hidden]>
>>>> Date: Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 1:09 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: Purify found bugs inside open-mpi library
>>>> To: users_at_[hidden]
>>>> To Whom This May Concern:
>>>> I've been trying to dig a little deeper into this problem and found some
>>>> additional information.
>>>> First, the stack trace for the ABR and ABW were different. The ABR
>>>> problem occurred in datatype_pack.h while the ABW problem occurred in
>>>> datatype_unpack.h. The problem appears to be the same still. Both errors
>>>> are occurring during a call to MEMCPY_CSUM().
>>>> I also found there are two different variables playing into this bug.
>>>> There is _copy_blength and _copy_count. At the top of the function, both
>>>> of these variables are set to 2 bytes for MPI_SHORT, 4 bytes for MPI_LONG,
>>>> and 8 bytes for MPI_DOUBLE. Then, these variables are multiplied together
>>>> to get the size of the memcpy(). Unfortunetly, the correct size are either
>>>> of these variables before they are squared. There sometimes appears to be
>>>> an optimization where if two variables are next to each other, they are
>>>> sometimes converted into a MPI_BYTE where the size is also incorrectly
>>>> taking these squared values into consideration.
>>>> I wrote a small test program to illustrate the problem and attached it
>>>> to this email. First, I configured openmpi 1.3.2 with the following
>>>> options:
>>>> ./configure --prefix=/myworkingdirectory/openmpi-1.3.2.local
>>>> --disable-mpi-f77 --disable-mpi-f90 --enable-debug --enable-mem-debug
>>>> --enable-mem-profile
>>>> I then modified datatype_pack.h & datatype_unpack.h located in
>>>> openmpi-1.3.2/ompi/datatype directory in order to produce additional
>>>> debugging output. The new versions are attached to this email.
>>>> Then, I executed "make all install"
>>>> Then, I write the attached test.c program. You can find the output
>>>> below. The problems appear in red.
>>>> 0: sizes '3' '4' '8' '2'
>>>> 0: offsets '0' '4' '8' '16'
>>>> 0: addresses '134510640' '134510644' '134510648' '134510656'
>>>> 0: name='MPI_CHAR' _copy_blength='3' orig_copy_blength='1'
>>>> _copy_count='3' _source='134510640'
>>>> 0: name='MPI_LONG' _copy_blength='16' orig_copy_blength='4'
>>>> _copy_count='4' _source='134510644'
>>>> 0: name='MPI_DOUBLE' _copy_blength='64' orig_copy_blength='8'
>>>> _copy_count='8' _source='134510648'
>>>> 0: name='MPI_SHORT' _copy_blength='4' orig_copy_blength='2'
>>>> _copy_count='2' _source='134510656'
>>>> 0: one='22' two='222' three='33.300000' four='44'
>>>> 1: sizes '3' '4' '8' '2'
>>>> 1: offsets '0' '4' '8' '16'
>>>> 1: addresses '134510640' '134510644' '134510648' '134510656'
>>>> 1: name='MPI_CHAR' _copy_blength='3' orig_copy_blength='1'
>>>> _copy_count='3' _destination='134510640'
>>>> 1: name='MPI_LONG' _copy_blength='16' orig_copy_blength='4'
>>>> _copy_count='4' _destination='134510644'
>>>> 1: name='MPI_DOUBLE' _copy_blength='64' orig_copy_blength='8'
>>>> _copy_count='8' _destination='134510648'
>>>> 1: name='MPI_SHORT' _copy_blength='4' orig_copy_blength='2'
>>>> _copy_count='2' _destination='134510656'
>>>> 1: one='22' two='222' three='33.300000' four='44'
>>>> You can see from the output that the MPI_Send & MPI_Recv functions are
>>>> reading or writing too much data from my structure, causing an overflow
>>>> condition to occur. I believe this is causing my application to crash.
>>>> Any help on this problem would be appreciated. If there is anything
>>>> else that you need from me, just let me know.
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Brian
>>>> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 9:58 PM, Brian Blank <brianblank_at_[hidden]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> To Whom This May Concern:
>>>> I am having problems with an OpenMPI application I am writing on the
>>>> Solaris/Intel AMD64 platform. I am using OpenMPI 1.3.2 which I compiled
>>>> myself using the Solaris C/C++ compiler.
>>>> My application was crashing (signal 11) inside a call to malloc() which
>>>> my code was running. I thought it might be a memory overflow error that was
>>>> causing this, so I fired up Purify. Purify found several problems inside
>>>> the the OpenMPI library. I think one of the errors is serious and might be
>>>> causing the problems I was looking for.
>>>> The serious error is an Array Bounds Write (ABW) which occurred 824
>>>> times through 312 calls to MPI_Recv(). This error means that something
>>>> inside the OpenMPI library is writing to memory where it shouldn't be
>>>> writing to. Here is the stack trace at the time of this error:
>>>> Stack Trace 1 (Occurred 596 times)
>>>> memcpy rtlib.o
>>>> unpack_predefined_data [datatype_unpack.h:41]
>>>> MEMCPY_CSUM( _destination, *(SOURCE), _copy_blength, (CONVERTOR) );
>>>> ompi_generic_simple_unpack [datatype_unpack.c:419]
>>>> ompi_convertor_unpack [convertor.c:314]
>>>> mca_pml_ob1_recv_frag_callback_match [pml_ob1_recvfrag.c:218]
>>>> mca_btl_sm_component_progress [btl_sm_component.c:427]
>>>> opal_progress [opal_progress.c:207]
>>>> opal_condition_wait [condition.h:99]
>>>> <Writing 64 bytes to 0x821f738 in heap (16 bytes at 0x821f768 illegal).>
>>>> <Address 0x821f738 is 616 bytes into a malloc'd block at 0x821f4d0 of
>>>> 664 bytes.>
>>>> Stack Trace 2 (Occurred 228 times)
>>>> memcpy rtlib.o
>>>> unpack_predefined_data [datatype_unpack.h:41]
>>>> MEMCPY_CSUM( _destination, *(SOURCE), _copy_blength, (CONVERTOR) );
>>>> ompi_generic_simple_unpack [datatype_unpack.c:419]
>>>> ompi_convertor_unpack [convertor.c:314]
>>>> mca_pml_ob1_recv_request_progress_match [pml_ob1_recvreq.c:624]
>>>> mca_pml_ob1_Recv_req_start [pml_ob1_recvreq.c:1008]
>>>> mca_pml_ob1_recv [pml_ob1_irecv.c:103]
>>>> MPI_Recv [precv.c:75]
>>>> <Writing 64 bytes to 0x821f738 in heap (16 bytes at 0x821f768 illegal).>
>>>> <Address 0x821f738 is 616 bytes into a malloc'd block at 0x821f4d0 of
>>>> 664 bytes.>
>>>> I'm not that familiar with the under workings of the openmpi library,
>>>> but I tried to debug it anyway. I noticed that it was copying a lot of
>>>> extra bytes for MPI_LONG and MPI_DOUBLE types. On my system, MPI_LONG
>>>> should have been 4 bytes, but was copying 16 bytes. Also, MPI_DOUBLE should
>>>> have been 8 bytes, but was copying 64 bytes. It seems the _copy_blength
>>>> variable was being set to high, but I'm not sure why. The above error also
>>>> shows 64 bytes being read, where my debugging shows a 64 byte copy for all
>>>> MPI_DOUBLE types, which I feel should have been 8 bytes. Therefore, I
>>>> really believe _copy_blength is being set to high.
>>>> Interestingly enough, the call to MPI_Isend() was generating an ABR
>>>> (Array Bounds Read) error in the exact same line of code. The ABR error
>>>> sometimes can be fatal if the bytes being read is not a legal address, but
>>>> the ABW error is usually a much more fatal error because it is definitely
>>>> writing into memory that is probably used for something else. I'm sure that
>>>> if we fix the ABW error, the ABR error should fix itself too as it's the
>>>> same line of code.
>>>> Purify also found 14 UMR (Uninitialized memory read) errors inside the
>>>> OpenMPI library. Sometimes this can be really bad if there are any
>>>> decisions being made as a result of reading this memory location. But for
>>>> now, let's solve the serious error I reported above first, then I will send
>>>> you the UMR errors next.
>>>> Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Brian
>>>> <datatype_pack.h><datatype_unpack.h><test.c>_______________________________________________
>>>> devel mailing list
>>>> devel_at_[hidden]
>>>> http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/devel
>>> --
>>> Jeff Squyres
>>> Cisco Systems
>>> _______________________________________________
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>>> http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/devel
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Rural Mothers and Exercise
Physical activity is a key ingredient in maintaining a healthy lifestyle and preventing excessive weight gain, factors that can significantly reduce cancer risk. The study, published in the Journal of Women's Health, found that specific internal barriers to being adequately physically active prevent some rural mothers from getting proper exercise. Anna Adachi-Mejia, PhD, principal investigator of the study and a member of the Cancer Control Research Program, said, "Our findings suggest that internal barriers for rural mothers such as self-discipline, time, and interest are the most salient barriers to making physical activity a priority in one's life." She noted that mothers living in rural areas may be at risk for exercise deficiency also due to environmental characteristics—having a high dependence on cars, for example.
"We want to know how to modify behaviors to lower a person's risk of cancer," she commented. "This study helps us understand how to support increased physical activity levels for rural mothers."
April 28, 2011
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