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January 28, 2013
Music videos filmed in Cape Town
Cape Town has long inspired the arts – either in song, or by capturing the beautiful scenery and inhabitants of the place. In the world of music videos, there is no shortage of examples of the Mother City's stunning visuals being seen on screen.
Below, we highlight some of the best examples of Cape Town being featured in music videos:
Kongos – Escape
Not only is this music video filmed in Cape Town, the song is also about Cape Town. Listen closely to the story: when it seems like the world is collapsing around you, best pack your bags and head for "that southern tip"! It's a beautiful track by the Phoenix-based band with close ties to South Africa, who shot scenes for Escape in Silvermine, the harbour and elsewhere in the "Good Hope town".
Solange Knowles – Losing You
Beyoncé's sister, Solange, filmed the video for her 2012 release Losing You in the vibrant township of Langa, near Pinelands. Dressed in a variety of interesting outfits, Solange hangs out at the local barber, visits a tailor's shop, and does what many local Capetonians do regularly – piles into a minibus taxi for a rather "cozy" ride with her fellow passengers! The video hints at the colour and vibrancy of township life in South Africa.
A – Nothing
British alt-rockers A released this track back in 2001 – and yet, the unmistakable inner-city streets of Cape Town's CBD are still instantly recognisable to anyone who has paid the Mother City a visit. The band somehow managed to empty entire streets to film this one, giving Cape Town an eerie, post-apocalyptic feel, which matches the heavy guitar sounds of this track. Look out for the unfinished highway, the Civic Centre, lower Long Street and other places on the Foreshore.
Coldplay – Paradise
You know that Chris Martin and co. were on the right track when they chose to film the video for a song called Paradise in South Africa. Filmed during their tour here in 2011, the video tells the tale of an elephant that escapes the London Zoo and is reunited with the rest of his elephant band on the plains of Africa. Sort of. Best to just watch the video!
iScream & the Chocolate Stix – My Cape Town
Another track that is very specifically about Cape Town, and this time, it celebrates the real, contemporary city. Filmed in the run-up to the FIFA 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the video sees the band jumping around and having fun at all the regular hot spots: Camps Bay, the Two Oceans Aquarium and Table Mountain, to name a few. If you ever want to understand why the locals are so in love with the place they get to call home, this video should give you some idea.
BONUS – want proof that it's a dog's life living in Cape Town? Check out the video for Johnny Neon's Hearts, in which an adorable German shepherd goes bounding through Cape Town with a GoPro camera attached to his back! It adds a wonderful perspective to Cape Town's beaches, parks and promenades.


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Ext.form.NumberField and Japanese IME input
As a newbie in ExtJS (version 3.2) and Japanese IME, I'm puzzled that I see odd behaviors using Ext.form.NumberField.
Basically, out of the box Ext.form.NumberField doesn't think numbers in Hiragana mode of IME as valid numeric values, and as soon as I enter numbers they all get cleared out. The odd thing is that numbers on the number pad seem to be treated as numbers fine.
Can someone please explain me what's going on here and how I could resolve the issue?
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There is a maskRe that only allows numbers and periods. This is using RegExp using the baseChars, decimalSeparator and allowNegative configs. Those 3 things, by default, would allow: '0123456789.-'Mitchell Simoens @LikelyMitch
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Hi Mitchell,
Thanks for your reply. Well, I am aware of what maskRe can do. However, that doesn't make any difference if I type in Hiragana mode of the Microsoft IME. In Hiragana, a full-width mode, I'm able to type numbers but as soon as I stop typing or move out of the field, numbers get cleared.
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One person is dead following a two vehicle crash on Interstate 81 in Washington County, Virginia Friday morning.
Virginia State Police say that 53-year-old David Trivett of Damascus died after his pickup truck was hit from behind.
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TimelessWritten by on August 24, 2005 Contributors: Rich Boyd The 41st Annual L.A. Roadster Club Dad's Day
Some traditions, like Father's Day, are an integral part of our culture. The L.A. Roadster's Father's Day Show has become an annual automotive tradition. Each year the L.A. Roadster Club supports several charities, such as the City of Hope, with a donation; total donations are now over $100,000. This year, the 41st Annual L.A. Roadster Exhibition, Trade Show, and Swap Meet was held for the 26th time at the Pomona Fairplex, Saturday and Sunday, June 18 and 19.
As we toured the show on Saturday, it was as if time had stopped, and we witnessed many smiles as wide as ours. We talked to builders, hobby-hauler owners, and custom vintage truck and car component manufacturers. We met fabricators, craftsmen, painters, and enthusiasts whose eyes shared the same gleam. What a great hobby!
Within the preferred parking area, we saw more custom vintage pickups than we'd ever seen at the L.A. Roadster Show. In the guest roadster area, limited to drop-top '36-and-older vintage vehicles, we gathered ideas of components we'd like to incorporate in the CUSTOM CLASSIC TRUCKS Smith Men '34 Ford roadster pickup.
Throughout the day the show's announcers allowed sons and daughters of all ages to wish their dads a Happy Father's Day. Those children sounded so cute those of us without youngins almost felt like adopting. What made the event most special for many of us was spending time with the guy who first introduced us to the hobby: Dad. Taking your dad to the L.A. Roadster Show as an adult is as much fun as playing catch with him in the backyard as a little kid--and it's less sweaty. In essence, spending Dad's Day Weekend with your father at the L.A. Roadster Show is both timeless and priceless.
Since you already know when next year's event will be, you and your dad should mark your calendars. Until then, enjoy some of what we appreciated this Dad's Day Weekend.
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Here's an early-'60s Unibody Ford truck that's long on looks, panel prep and fitment, paint, wheels, and stance.We know that sedan deliveries are a bit of a stretch in a vintage custom truck magazine. We couldn't resist photographing this bright-yellow '57 Chevy.We'll make a gentlemen's bet that you're looking at a '36 Ford pickup wearing American Racing Torq-Thrust IIs.
Do you think the owner of this '58 or '59 Chevy panel delivery drove all the way from Valdosta, GA? Kudos to the Chevy's caretaker if that's the case.Pearlescent blue paint on an Effie panel delivery works fine, if you've spent the time to prep the panels for paint, as this proud owner has.A '58 or '59 Chevy 1/2-ton had some Kustom cues: satin maroon paint, '50s pinstriping, wide whites and '50s-era car hubcaps. Kool daddy!An early-'30s Chevy pickup and a '41 Ford truck basked in the sun side by side. If they can do it, perhaps Ford fans and Chevy lovers can get along . . . maybe not.Chassis builder SAC Hot Rod Products, of Orange, CA, displayed several of its award-winning products, one of which was the chassis under a customer's '32 Ford three-window coupe.
Khaki's a crisp color to paint a mid-'30s Ford pickup. CCT's editor captured the truck's current caretaker entering the preferred parking area.Hopefully, there wasn't a fire in Dodge City on the weekend of the L.A. Roadster Show. We bet the Ford Model A fire truck is always first on the scene of any conflagration!Barbara and Mike Tobermani's '53 Chevy Pro Street pickup is looking for a new home. Their Chevy graced the cover of the Winter '04 issue of CCT.The toothy grille on this F-1 makes us think of a Land Shark. Maybe we watched Jaws too many times growing up.
Wearing jet black paint, Kelsey Hayes wires, wide whites, and a chopped top are all timeless elements comprising the build of this pristine '40 Ford pickup.Having a street- performance stance, a 327ci Bow Tie powerplant and red paint is a perfect way to renovate your '66 El Camino.Stricker's Rod Shop in Laguna Beach, CA, built Kelly Boyd's beautiful navy blue '30 Ford Model A roadster pickup.We're not in the habit of running photos of hoodless haulers. However, some Tri-Five Chevy pickups are too tasty to resist.In 1957, Ford extensively restyled the F-100. The owner of this particular '57 made some major modifications of his own.We don't think you'll ever see another original steel '28 Ford Model A roadster pickup quite like Steve Wilkinson's.


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This is a close-up of the baby's skin just behind the ear. Every part of the skin's surface has small ridges and hollows in a unique pattern. During this week the dermal ridges-the deeper layers of skin-start to mature, giving rise to finger- and toeprints.
At the end of this week, your baby's anal sphincter muscle is fully functional. This should prevent any small particles of meconium from being passed into the amniotic fluid. Meconium is first produced at 12 weeks. It is the somewhat greenish/black first poop that nine out of 10 newborn babies pass in the first 24 hours.
Meconium is formed mainly from cells discarded from the lining of the gut as it lengthens and expands, and the waste of any nutrients which have been absorbed from the swallowed amniotic fluid. It is continuously produced, slowly moving down the gut to enter the large bowel (colon) by 16 weeks. Meconium is sterile since there are no organisms inside the gut and no bowel gas is produced.
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The duo Four Shillings Short will bring its mix of Celtic, folk and world music to Curry County in August, with four free, all-ages concerts in Brookings, Harbor, Gold Beach and Langlois.
The married couple — Aodh Og O'Tuama from Cork, Ireland, and Christy Martin from California — are touring in support of their "Around the world in 30 instruments" program that features traditional and original music from Ireland and Scotland, Indian ragas, folk ballads, old-time songs and a variety of medieval and Renaissance instrumentals.
They play a variety of instruments including hammered dulcimer, mandolin, mandola, bouzouki, tinwhistles, recorders, medieval and renaissance woodwinds, north Indian sitar, charango, bowed psaltery, banjo, bodhran, guitar and percussion, and even a Krumhorn. They also sing a cappela.
Performances are scheduled for:
•Aug. 8: 2 to 3 p.m. at the Chetco Community Public Library, 405 Alder St., Brookings.
•Aug. 8: 7 to 9 p.m., at the Harbor Performing Arts Center, 97900 Shopping Center Ave.
•Aug. 10: 1 p.m., Curry Public Library, 94341 Third St., Gold Beach.
•Aug. 11: 4 to 6 p.m., Langlois Public Library, 48234 Highway 101.
Four Shillings has toured for nearly two decades, playing across the United States and Europe. They have published 10 recordings, perform 150 concerts a year and spend their lives traveling from town to town performing at music festivals, theaters, libraries and schools.
According to the duo's press release, Aodh Og O'Tuama grew up in a family of poets, musicians and writers. He received his degree in music from University College Cork, Ireland, and received a fellowship from Stanford University in California in medieval and Renaissance performance.
Christy Martin grew up in a family of musicians and dancers. From the age of 15, she studied north Indian sitar for 10 years with a student of master Sitarist Ravi Shankar. She began playing the hammered dulcimer in her 20s and has studied with Maggie Sansone, Dan Duggan, Cliff Moses, Robin Petrie, Tony Elman and Glen Morgan.


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January 24, 2012
Enrolling its 100th Fellow, the Seventh Annual Series Runs Through Spring 2012
The New York University College of Nursing (NYUCN) has received a $30k grant from the New York City Council to fund its Leadership Institute for Black Nurses (LIBN) for spring 2012. The LIBN has enrolled 10 new fellows, bringing the Institute's seven-year total to 100.
The Leadership Institute for Black Nurses was conceived of in 2005 by Yvonne Wesley, PhD, RN, FAAN, an NYUCN alumna, NYUCN adjunct associate professor of nursing, and LIBN's Director. LIBN helps black nurse managers to both envision and achieve career goals in administration, education, and research. It was founded not only to advance black nurses' careers but also to address the extreme disparities in health between African-Americans and other groups in the United States.
Dr. Wesley emphasizes that both race and gender have historically been barriers to career advancement.
"Black nurses in entry level managerial positions for more than five years, share feelings of stagnation," she explains. The Institute helps the Fellows express and pursue their career goals within the workplace and negotiate across an uneven table."
LIBN holds six monthly training sessions, addressing topics such as individual efficacy, leadership paradigms, negotiation, and collaboration. Participants not only build on personal strengths to develop leadership ability, but also gain practical management skills, such as developing a vision, evaluating and measuring program outcomes, and understanding health care management and finances.
"This program was established in keeping with a long tradition of commitment to black nursing leadership at the NYU College of Nursing," says NYUCN Dean Judi Haber. "With the grant from the City Council, the Institute's commitment to education and mentorship has been greatly enhanced. We are delighted by, and appreciative of. the City Council's generous support and commitment to developing leaders in nursing."
Each participant is paired with a leading African-American nurse in the New York City area who serves as Project Mentor and advisor on a community-health project. In addition, the program has invited 10 outstanding nursing leaders in the New York City area to be Career Mentors available to the fellows for additional consultation.
Jennefer Grannum, RN, BS, MS, Nurse Manager at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center, was a LIBN fellow in 2006, and went onto become a mentor in the program.
"The LIBN provided me with an opportunity to share my experiences with others and propelled me into thinking beyond my scope," Grannum said. "The superior level of networking among peers and the dynamic interactive sessions are other distinguished features of the LIBN. As a Fellow and Mentor, I am confident that my experience will help me to become a catalyst for leading changes," she said.
Wayne J. Christie RN, MSN, CAN, an Associate Director of Nursing at NY Methodist Hospital, was also a 2006 fellow and subsequently gave back to LIBN by becoming a mentor.
"LIBN has been a process of transformation which unfolded over time," Christie said. "Finally tapping into my personal and professional potential is very profound. It is about relationships, establishing them and nurturing them. Mentoring other Black nurses through the transition from LIBN fellow to mentor has been most rewarding," he said.
The Leadership Institute recruits nurses by contacting chief nursing officers in hospitals, deans of nursing programs, and Black nursing associations. Participants must have a minimum of a baccalaureate degree and have shown leadership ability. Of the participants, more than two-thirds (69%) hold master's degrees, and all serve in management-level positions.
In moving Black nurses toward positions of greater authority, the LIBN aims to develop health-system leaders who will be in positions to find solutions to racial disparities in health care. African-Americans are more likely than members of other groups to die from some of the leading health problems today, such as cancer, heart disease, hypertension, and diabetes.
"Research shows that Blacks receive lower-quality care even when they have insurance and access to health care,"" says Dr. Wesley, who hopes that with more black nurses in executive leadership positions, these problems will receive closer examination and greater resources.
The 2012 Leadership Institute for Black Nurses Fellows are:
For more information on the LIBN, please visit http://www.nyu.edu/nursing/ce/libnurse.html
About LIBN: In keeping with a long tradition of commitment to Black nursing leadership, the mission of the New York University Leadership Institute for Black Nurses at NYU College of Nursing is to prepare nurses of African descent for leadership positions. Through education and mentorship, the New York University Leadership Institute for Black Nurses serves as a resource to empower nurses that seek career advancement in administration, education, research.
The New York University College of Nursing is a global leader in nursing education, research, and practice. It offers a Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Master of Arts and Post-Master's Certificate Programs; a Doctor of Philosophy in Research Theory and Development, and a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree. For more information, visit www.nyu.edu/nursing
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LORENA (November 14, 2012)--The community is hosting a celebration of support, strength and hope on Sunday after an automobile accident left 14-year-old Tanner Underwood with major brain trauma.
Tanner Underwood, son of James and Carol Underwood, suffered a traumatic brain injury after a car accident on I-35 in March.
Tanner is the son of a Baylor University law professor.
The community celebration will last from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. in a casual atmosphere at Hog Creek Icehouse in Speegleville.
The family event is $15 for adults and $10 for children up through 7th grade.
Admission will cover dinner, live music, dancing, auction, games, raffles and more.
Raffle prizes will include an iPad and Kindle and Thanksgiving Day tickets to the Cowboys game are among the items to be auctioned off.
The event has been organized by several of Tanner's classmates at Lorena High School who formed the "TU 32 Hope Crew" to offer support to the basketball and football player.
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Senior physicists constantly complain they spend too much time on administration, teaching, getting grants, serving in committees, peer-reviewing articles, supervising, etc. . Do senior physicists conduct research by getting their post-docs and graduate students to do all the intensive work for them?
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I can answer for experimental particle physics. The answer is yes.
Seniors are instrumental in motivating and, as you say, getting the money, overseeing that the experiment runs in group decisions, since experiments involve many groups. If they are any good in physics they also have ideas on analysis, but the bulk of the work is carried by the graduate student whose thesis it is. Post docs have freedom of choice once the analysis stage is reached after having worked innumerable hours on hardware or software for the experiment . It is their chance of being original enough to succeed in someday being counted among the seniors.
Physics is top sport. When sports(wo)men age, they generaly discover that it becomes more and more difficult to compete. Some keep training and stay in the game till late age, but sooner or later they discover that the golden years are long past. No problem: these seniors carry a wealth of knowledge, and a position as coach, sports events organizer, etc. provides a natural second career.
Does a coach contribute to the results of his/her team? Sure (s)he does!
From the way the question is phrased, I take "senior physicist" to mean physicist who are advanced in administration rather than advanced in age.
The answer is that no, senior physicists do not contribute directly to research. At least, they do not contribute more than everyone else who works at a physics department. And do note that most of the people earn their money because of "physics" do not have an advanced physics degree and certainly are not "physicists". Instead, for each physicist there are large numbers of undergraduate students, graduate students, janitors, secretaries, various specialties such as plumbers, builders. Large experiments employ huge numbers of technicians, computer programmers, various blue-collar workers, accountants, lawyers, the list goes on and on. Finally, any physics group purchases equipment (example: personal computers, oscilloscopes, raw material) from companies that have little to do with physics. Since physics is an endeavor that is supported by taxes you might want to consider all taxpayers as contributing to physics. In this sense, sure, senior physicists do contribute.
The success of the human race is due to its unique organizational skill. Though most of the individuals do not understand this, the species is a classic herd animal. Almost all of the human race's domesticated animals are also herd animals, i.e. dogs, horses, chickens, pigs, ducks, cattle, donkeys, camel, llama, various fish, etc. The only common exception is the cat, hence the common expression, "like trying to herd cats".1
As a herd animal, humans do their activities in packs. They generally form hierarchical structures typically led by an older "alpha" male. This male spends his time keeping the other herd members in line and defending himself from aspirants to his position (which typically comes with improved access to females or various other perks). Their most impressive herd behavior are the large scale conflicts they organize. They use their most advanced available technology to hunt each other in packs. Humans make velociraptors look cuddly.
The success of the human species in physics is due to extreme specialization. Any given physicist knows almost nothing from direct observation. Instead, almost all knowledge is obtained from other physicists. This is the ultimate in specialization, there is no other known animal species anything like it. This specialization is extremely useful. For example, the number of physicists who actually measure the mass of the electron is only a tiny fraction of the total but all of them use the same number.
The stuff that goes on in a physics work groups is is all standard primate behavior that can be observed with more clarity in any jungle (the clarity arises because you will be examining a different species). Any sociologist can tell you these things. And there is at least one sociologist who specializes in physics, Harry Collins. To learn more about the sociology of physics, try picking up some of his fascinating books: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Collins
As a side note, the sociology of science is not a subject that is appreciated by very many physicists. They would instead prefer to believe that physics is an activity that is governed by a universal inclination to seek the truth. The only reason I ended up reading on the sociology of physics is because I was taught general relativity by Joseph Weber, and Weber was the primary subject of a book by Collins, "Gravity's Shadow: the search for gravitational waves". Naturally, when I saw the book on sale, I bought it, read it, and was fascinated by the description of physicists in it.


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Subject: Re: [OMPI users] mpirun only works when -np <4 (Gus Correa)
From: Matthew MacManes (macmanes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-12-10 17:08:07
Hi All,
I agree that the issue is troublesome. It apparently has been reported, and there is an active bug report, with some technical discussion of the underlying problems, found here: https://svn.open-mpi.org/trac/ompi/ticket/2043
For now, it is OK, but it is an issue that hopefully will be resolved sooner rather then later.
Thanks again for everybody's help!
On Dec 10, 2009, at 2:01 PM, Gus Correa wrote:
> HI Mark, Matthew, list
> Oh well, Mark's direct experience on a Nehalem
> is a game changer, and his recommendation to turn off the shared
> memory feature may be the way to go for Matthew, at least to have
> things working.
> Thank you Mark, your interjection sheds new light on the awkward
> situation reported by Matthew.
> I don't have a Nehalem platform, hence I cannot do any testing.
> A couple of questions to the OpenMPI pros:
> If shared memory ("sm") is turned off on a standalone computer,
> which mechanism is used for MPI communication?
> TCP via loopback port? Other?
> Why wouldn't shared memory work right on Nehalem?
> (That is probably distressing for Mark, Matthew, and other
> Nehalem owners.)
> So, judging from Mark's experiments,
> it looks like Nehalem, or perhaps its interaction with
> the current Linux kernels, still hasn't solved problems regarding
> efficent memory access.
> Or is this a rough misinterpretation of Mark's experiences?
> It is amazing to me that this issue hasn't surfaced on this list
> before.
> Or maybe it did but I wasn't paying attention, after all,
> I don't have Nehalem.
> After all this is about the very basic functionality of MPI
> in the latest hardware, which has been in the market for several
> months now.
> Anybody running MPI production code on Nehalem,
> that can report scaling experiments, perhaps compare with other
> hardware platforms?
> Any possibility that tweaking with BIOS settings or
> special kernel parameters can solve this problem?
> Any word from the pros on the list that have direct experience
> with Nehalem and OpenMPI?
> Anybody has experimented with MPICH2 on a single node dual
> socket Nehalem, for a comparison?
> Thanks,
> Gus Correa
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Gustavo Correa
> Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory - Columbia University
> Palisades, NY, 10964-8000 - USA
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Mark Bolstad wrote:
>> Just a quick interjection, I also have a dual-quad Nehalem system, HT on, 24GB ram, hand compiled 1.3.4 with options: --enable-mpi-threads --enable-mpi-f77=no --with-openib=no
>> With v1.3.4 I see roughly the same behavior, hello, ring work, connectivity fails randomly with np >= 8. Turning on -v increased the success, but still hangs. np = 16 fails more often, and the hang is random in which pair of processes are communicating.
>> However, it seems to be related to the shared memory layer problem. Running with -mca btl ^sm works consistently through np = 128.
>> Hope this helps.
>> Mark
>> On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 8:03 PM, Gus Correa <gus_at_[hidden] <mailto:gus_at_[hidden]>> wrote:
>> Hi Matthew
>> Save any misinterpretation I may have made of the code:
>> Hello_c has no real communication, except for a final Barrier
>> synchronization.
>> Each process prints "hello world" and that's it.
>> Ring probes a little more, with processes Send(ing) and
>> Recv(cieving) messages.
>> Ring just passes a message sequentially along all process
>> ranks, then back to rank 0, and repeat the game 10 times.
>> Rank 0 is in charge of counting turns, decrementing the counter,
>> and printing that (nobody else prints).
>> With 4 processes:
>> 0->1->2->3->0->1... 10 times
>> In connectivity every pair of processes exchange a message.
>> Therefore it probes all pairwise connections.
>> In verbose mode you can see that.
>> These programs shouldn't hang at all, if the system were sane.
>> Actually, they should even run with a significant level of
>> oversubscription, say,
>> -np 128 should work easily for all three programs on a powerful
>> machine like yours.
>> **
>> Suggestions
>> 1) Stick to the OpenMPI you compiled.
>> **
>> 2) You can run connectivity_c in verbose mode:
>> home/macmanes/apps/openmpi1.4/bin/mpirun -np 8 connectivity_c -v
>> (Note the trailing "-v".)
>> It should tell more about who's talking to who.
>> **
>> 3) I wonder if there are any BIOS settings that may be required
>> (and perhaps not in place) to make the Nehalem hyperthreading to
>> work properly in your computer.
>> You reach the BIOS settings by typing <DEL> or <F2>
>> when the computer boots up.
>> The key varies by
>> BIOS and computer vendor, but shows quickly on the bootup screen.
>> You may ask the computer vendor about the recommended BIOS settings.
>> If you haven't done this before, be careful to change and save only
>> what really needs to change (if anything really needs to change),
>> or the result may be worse.
>> (Overclocking is for gamers, not for genome researchers ... :) )
>> **
>> 4) What I read about Nehalem DDR3 memory is that it is optimal
>> on configurations that are multiples of 3GB per CPU.
>> Common configs. in dual CPU machines like yours are
>> 6, 12, 24 and 48GB.
>> The sockets where you install the memory modules also matter.
>> Your computer has 20GB.
>> Did you build the computer or upgrade the memory yourself?
>> Do you know how the memory is installed, in which memory sockets?
>> What does the vendor have to say about it?
>> See this:
>> http://en.community.dell.com/blogs/dell_tech_center/archive/2009/04/08/nehalem-and-memory-configurations.aspx
>> **
>> 5) As I said before, typing "f" then "j" on "top" will add
>> a column (labeled "P") that shows in which core each process is running.
>> This will let you observe how the Linux scheduler is distributing
>> the MPI load across the cores.
>> Hopefully it is load-balanced, and different processes go to different
>> cores.
>> ***
>> It is very disconcerting when MPI processes hang.
>> You are not alone.
>> The reasons are not always obvious.
>> At least in your case there is no network involved or to troubleshoot.
>> **
>> I hope it helps,
>> Gus Correa
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Gustavo Correa
>> Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory - Columbia University
>> Palisades, NY, 10964-8000 - USA
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Matthew MacManes wrote:
>> Hi Gus and List,
>> 1st of all Gus, I want to say thanks.. you have been a huge
>> help, and when I get this fixed, I owe you big time!
>> However, the problems continue...
>> I formatted the HD, reinstalled OS to make sure that I was
>> working from scratch. I did your step A, which seemed to go fine:
>> macmanes_at_macmanes:~$ which mpicc
>> /home/macmanes/apps/openmpi1.4/bin/mpicc
>> macmanes_at_macmanes:~$ which mpirun
>> /home/macmanes/apps/openmpi1.4/bin/mpirun
>> Good stuff there...
>> I then compiled the example files:
>> macmanes_at_macmanes:~/Downloads/openmpi-1.4/examples$
>> /home/macmanes/apps/openmpi1.4/bin/mpirun -np 8 ring_c
>> Process 0 sending 10 to 1, tag 201 (8 processes in ring)
>> Process 0 sent to 1
>> Process 0 decremented value: 9
>> Process 0 decremented value: 8
>> Process 0 decremented value: 7
>> Process 0 decremented value: 6
>> Process 0 decremented value: 5
>> Process 0 decremented value: 4
>> Process 0 decremented value: 3
>> Process 0 decremented value: 2
>> Process 0 decremented value: 1
>> Process 0 decremented value: 0
>> Process 0 exiting
>> Process 1 exiting
>> Process 2 exiting
>> Process 3 exiting
>> Process 4 exiting
>> Process 5 exiting
>> Process 6 exiting
>> Process 7 exiting
>> macmanes_at_macmanes:~/Downloads/openmpi-1.4/examples$
>> /home/macmanes/apps/openmpi1.4/bin/mpirun -np 8 connectivity_c
>> Connectivity test on 8 processes PASSED.
>> macmanes_at_macmanes:~/Downloads/openmpi-1.4/examples$
>> /home/macmanes/apps/openmpi1.4/bin/mpirun -np 8 connectivity_c
>> this is maddening because ring_c works.. and connectivity_c
>> worked the 1st time, but not the second... I did it 10 times,
>> and it worked twice.. here is the TOP screenshot:
>> http://picasaweb.google.com/macmanes/DropBox?authkey=Gv1sRgCLKokNOVqo7BYw#5413382182027669394
>> What is the difference between connectivity_c and ring_c? Under
>> what circumstances should one fail and not the other...
>> I'm off to the Linux forums to see about the Nehalem kernel issues..
>> Matt
>> On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 13:25, Gus Correa <gus_at_[hidden]
>> <mailto:gus_at_[hidden]> <mailto:gus_at_[hidden]
>> <mailto:gus_at_[hidden]>>> wrote:
>> Hi Matthew
>> There is no point in trying to troubleshoot MrBayes and ABySS
>> if not even the OpenMPI test programs run properly.
>> You must straighten them out first.
>> **
>> Suggestions:
>> **
>> A) While you are at OpenMPI, do yourself a favor,
>> and install it from source on a separate directory.
>> Who knows if the OpenMPI package distributed with Ubuntu
>> works right on Nehalem?
>> Better install OpenMPI yourself from source code.
>> It is not a big deal, and may save you further trouble.
>> Recipe:
>> 1) Install gfortran and g++ if you don't have them using apt-get.
>> 2) Put the OpenMPI tarball in, say /home/matt/downolads/openmpi
>> 3) Make another install directory *not in the system
>> directory tree*.
>> Something like "mkdir /home/matt/apps/openmpi-X.Y.Z/"
>> (X.Y.Z=version)
>> will work
>> 4) cd /home/matt/downolads/openmpi
>> 5) ./configure CC=gcc CXX=g++ F77=gfortran FC=gfortran \
>> --prefix=/home/matt/apps/openmpi-X.Y.Z
>> (Use the prefix flag to install in the directory of item 3.)
>> 6) make
>> 7) make install
>> 8) At the bottom of your /home/matt/.bashrc or .profile file
>> put these lines:
>> export PATH=/home/matt/apps/openmpi-X.Y.Z/bin:${PATH}
>> export MANPATH=/home/matt/apps/openmpi-X.Y.Z/share/man:`man -w`
>> export
>> LD_LIBRARY_PATH=home/matt/apps/openmpi-X.Y.Z/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
>> (If you use csh/tcsh use instead:
>> setenv PATH /home/matt/apps/openmpi-X.Y.Z/bin:${PATH}
>> etc)
>> 9) Logout and login again to freshen um the environment
>> variables.
>> 10) Do "which mpicc" to check that it is pointing to your newly
>> installed OpenMPI.
>> 11) Recompile and rerun the OpenMPI test programs
>> with 2, 4, 8, 16, .... processors.
>> Use full path names to mpicc and to mpirun,
>> if the change of PATH above doesn't work right.
>> ********
>> B) Nehalem is quite new hardware.
>> I don't know if the Ubuntu kernel 2.6.31-16 fully supports all
>> of Nehalem features, particularly hyperthreading, and NUMA,
>> which are used by MPI programs.
>> I am not the right person to give you advice about this.
>> I googled out but couldn't find a clear information about
>> minimal kernel age/requirements to have Nehalem fully supported.
>> Some Nehalem owner in the list could come forward and tell.
>> **
>> C) On the top screenshot you sent me, please try it again
>> (after you do item A) but type "f" and "j" to show the processors
>> that are running each process.
>> **
>> D) Also, the screeshot shows 20GB of memory.
>> This sounds not as a optimal memory for Nehalem,
>> which tend to be 6GB, 12GB, 24GB, 48GB.
>> Did you put together the system, or upgraded the memory yourself,
>> of did you buy the computer as is?
>> However, this should not break MPI anyway.
>> **
>> E) Answering your question:
>> It is true that different flavors of MPI
>> used to compile (mpicc) and run (mpiexec) a program would
>> probably
>> break right away, regardless of the number of processes.
>> However, when it comes to different versions of the
>> same MPI flavor (say OpenMPI 1.3.4 and OpenMPI 1.3.3)
>> I am not sure it will break.
>> I would guess it may run but not in a reliable way.
>> Problems may appear as you stress the system with more cores,
>> etc.
>> But this is just a guess.
>> **
>> I hope this helps,
>> Gus Correa
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Gustavo Correa
>> Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory - Columbia University
>> Palisades, NY, 10964-8000 - USA
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Matthew MacManes wrote:
>> Hi Gus,
>> Interestingly the results for the connectivity_c test...
>> works
>> fine with -np <8. For -np >8 it works some of the time, other
>> times it HANGS. I have got to believe that this is a big
>> clue!!
>> Also, when it hangs, sometimes I get the message "mpirun was
>> unable to cleanly terminate the daemons on the nodes shown
>> below" Note that NO nodes are shown below. Once, I got
>> -np 250
>> to pass the connectivity test, but I was not able to
>> replicate
>> this reliable, so I'm not sure if it was a fluke, or
>> what. Here
>> is a like to a screenshop of TOP when connectivity_c is hung
>> with -np 14.. I see that 2 processes are only at 50% CPU
>> usage..
>> Hmmmm http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/87zVEucBNFaQ0TieNVZtdw?authkey=Gv1sRgCLKokNOVqo7BYw&feat=directlink
>> <http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/87zVEucBNFaQ0TieNVZtdw?authkey=Gv1sRgCLKokNOVqo7BYw&feat=directlink>
>> <http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/87zVEucBNFaQ0TieNVZtdw?authkey=Gv1sRgCLKokNOVqo7BYw&feat=directlink
>> <http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/87zVEucBNFaQ0TieNVZtdw?authkey=Gv1sRgCLKokNOVqo7BYw&feat=directlink>>
>> <http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/87zVEucBNFaQ0TieNVZtdw?authkey=Gv1sRgCLKokNOVqo7BYw&feat=directlink
>> <http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/87zVEucBNFaQ0TieNVZtdw?authkey=Gv1sRgCLKokNOVqo7BYw&feat=directlink>
>> <http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/87zVEucBNFaQ0TieNVZtdw?authkey=Gv1sRgCLKokNOVqo7BYw&feat=directlink
>> <http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/87zVEucBNFaQ0TieNVZtdw?authkey=Gv1sRgCLKokNOVqo7BYw&feat=directlink>>>
>> The other tests, ring_c, hello_c, as well as the cxx
>> versions of
>> these guys with with all values of -np.
>> Using -mca mpi-paffinity_alone 1 I get the same behavior.
>> I agree that I am should worry about the mismatch between
>> where
>> the libraries are installed versus where I am telling my
>> programs to look for them. Would this type of mismatch cause
>> behavior like what I am seeing, i.e. working with a small
>> number of processors, but failing with larger? It seems
>> like a
>> mismatch would have the same effect regardless of the
>> number of
>> processors used. Maybe I am mistaken. Anyway, to address
>> this,
>> which mpirun gives me /usr/local/bin/mpirun.. so to configure
>> ./configure --with-mpi=/usr/local/bin/mpirun and to run
>> /usr/local/bin/mpirun -np X ... This should
>> uname -a gives me: Linux macmanes 2.6.31-16-generic
>> #52-Ubuntu
>> SMP Thu Dec 3 22:07:16 UTC 2006 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>> Matt
>> On Dec 8, 2009, at 8:50 PM, Gus Correa wrote:
>> Hi Matthew
>> Please see comments/answers inline below.
>> Matthew MacManes wrote:
>> Hi Gus, Thanks for your ideas.. I have a few
>> questions,
>> and will try to answer yours in hopes of solving
>> this!!
>> A simple way to test OpenMPI on your system is to run the
>> test programs that come with the OpenMPI source code,
>> hello_c.c, connectivity_c.c, and ring_c.c:
>> http://www.open-mpi.org/
>> Get the tarball from the OpenMPI site, gzip and untar it,
>> and look for it in the "examples" directory.
>> Compile it with /your/path/to/openmpi/bin/mpicc hello_c.c
>> Run it with /your/path/to/openmpi/bin/mpiexec -np X a.out
>> using X = 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, ...
>> This will tell if your OpenMPI is functional,
>> and if you can run on many Nehalem cores,
>> even with oversubscription perhaps.
>> It will also set the stage for further investigation
>> of your
>> actual programs.
>> Should I worry about setting things like --num-cores
>> --bind-to-cores? This, I think, gets at your
>> questions
>> about processor affinity.. Am I right? I could not
>> exactly figure out the -mca mpi-paffinity_alone
>> stuff...
>> I use the simple minded -mca mpi-paffinity_alone 1.
>> This is probably the easiest way to assign a process
>> to a core.
>> There more complex ways in OpenMPI, but I haven't tried.
>> Indeed, -mca mpi-paffinity_alone 1 does improve
>> performance of
>> our programs here.
>> There is a chance that without it the 16 virtual cores of
>> your Nehalem get confused with more than 3 processes
>> (you reported that -np > 3 breaks).
>> Did you try adding just -mca mpi-paffinity_alone 1 to
>> your mpiexec command line?
>> 1. Additional load: nope. nothing else, most of
>> the time
>> not even firefox.
>> Good.
>> Turn off firefox, etc, to make it even better.
>> Ideally, use runlevel 3, no X, like a computer
>> cluster node,
>> but this may not be required.
>> 2. RAM: no problems apparent when monitoring through
>> TOP. Interesting, I did wonder about
>> oversubscription,
>> so I tried the option --nooversubscription, but this
>> gave me an error mssage.
>> Oversubscription from your program would only happen if
>> you asked for more processes than available cores, i.e.,
>> -np > 8 (or "virtual" cores, in case of Nehalem
>> hyperthreading,
>> -np > 16).
>> Since you have -np=4 there is no oversubscription,
>> unless you have other external load (e.g. Matlab, etc),
>> but you said you don't.
>> Yet another possibility would be if your program is
>> threaded
>> (e.g. using OpenMP along with MPI), but considering
>> what you
>> said about OpenMP I would guess the programs don't
>> use it.
>> For instance, you launch the program with 4 MPI
>> processes,
>> and each process decides to start, say, 8 OpenMP threads.
>> You end up with 32 threads and 8 (real) cores (or 16
>> hyperthreaded
>> ones on Nehalem).
>> What else does top say?
>> Any hog processes (memory- or CPU-wise)
>> besides your program processes?
>> 3. I have not tried other MPI flavors.. Ive been
>> speaking to the authors of the programs, and they are
>> both using openMPI. I was not trying to convince you to use another MPI.
>> I use MPICH2 also, but OpenMPI reigns here.
>> The idea or trying it with MPICH2 was just to check
>> whether
>> OpenMPI
>> is causing the problem, but I don't think it is.
>> 4. I don't think that this is a problem, as I'm
>> specifying --with-mpi=/usr/bin/... when I
>> compile the
>> programs. Is there any other way to be sure that
>> this is
>> not a problem?
>> Hmmm ....
>> I don't know about your Ubuntu (we have CentOS and
>> Fedora on
>> various
>> machines).
>> However, most Linux distributions come with their MPI
>> flavors,
>> and so do compilers, etc.
>> Often times they install these goodies in unexpected
>> places,
>> and this has caused a lot of frustration.
>> There are tons of postings on this list that eventually
>> boiled down to mismatched versions of MPI in
>> unexpected places.
>> The easy way is to use full path names to compile and
>> to run.
>> Something like this:
>> /my/openmpi/bin/mpicc on your program configuration
>> script),
>> and something like this
>> /my/openmpi/bin/mpiexec -np ... bla, bla ...
>> when you submit the job.
>> You can check your version with "which mpicc", "which
>> mpiexec",
>> and (perhaps using full path names) with
>> "ompi_info", "mpicc --showme", "mpiexec --help".
>> 5. I had not been, and you could see some
>> shuffling when
>> monitoring the load on specific processors. I
>> have tried
>> to use --bind-to-cores to deal with this. I don't
>> understand how to use the -mca options you asked
>> about.
>> 6. I am using Ubuntu 9.10. gcc 4.4.1 and g++ 4.4.1
>> I am afraid I won't be of help, because I don't have
>> Nehalem.
>> However, I read about Nehalem requiring quite recent
>> kernels
>> to get all of its features working right.
>> What is the output of "uname -a"?
>> This will tell the kernel version, etc.
>> Other list subscribers may give you a suggestion if
>> you post the
>> information.
>> MyBayes is a for bayesian phylogenetics:
>> http://mrbayes.csit.fsu.edu/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
>> ABySS: is a program for assembly of DNA sequence
>> data:
>> http://www.bcgsc.ca/platform/bioinfo/software/abyss
>> Thanks for the links!
>> I had found the MrBayes link.
>> I eventually found what your ABySS was about, but no
>> links.
>> Amazing that it is about DNA/gene sequencing.
>> Our abyss here is the deep ocean ... :)
>> Abysmal difference!
>> Do the programs mix MPI (message passing) with
>> OpenMP (threads)?
>> Im honestly not sure what this means..
>> Some programs mix the two.
>> OpenMP only works in a shared memory environment
>> (e.g. a single
>> computer like yours), whereas MPI can use both shared
>> memory
>> and work across a network (e.g. in a cluster).
>> There are other differences too.
>> Unlikely that you have this hybrid type of parallel
>> program,
>> otherwise there would be some reference to OpenMP
>> on the very program configuration files, program
>> documentation, etc.
>> Also, in general the configuration scripts of these
>> hybrid
>> programs can turn on MPI only, or OpenMP only, or both,
>> depending on how you configure.
>> Even to compile with OpenMP you would need a proper
>> compiler
>> flag, but that one might be hidden in a Makefile too,
>> making
>> a bit hard to find. "grep -n mp Makefile" may give a
>> clue.
>> Anything on the documentation that mentions threads
>> or OpenMP?
>> FYI, here is OpenMP:
>> http://openmp.org/wp/
>> Thanks for all your help!
>> > Matt
>> Well, so far it didn't really help. :(
>> But let's hope to find a clue,
>> maybe with a little help of
>> our list subscriber friends.
>> Gus Correa
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Gustavo Correa
>> Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory - Columbia University
>> Palisades, NY, 10964-8000 - USA
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Hi Matthew
>> More guesses/questions than anything else:
>> 1) Is there any additional load on this machine?
>> We had problems like that (on different
>> machines) when
>> users start listening to streaming video, doing
>> Matlab calculations,
>> etc, while the MPI programs are running.
>> This tends to oversubscribe the cores, and
>> may lead
>> to crashes.
>> Can you monitor the RAM usage through "top"?
>> (I presume you are on Linux.)
>> It may show unexpected memory leaks, if they
>> exist.
>> On "top", type "1" (one) see all cores, type "f"
>> then "j"
>> to see the core number associated to each
>> process.
>> 3) Do the programs work right with other MPI
>> flavors
>> (e.g. MPICH2)?
>> If not, then it is not OpenMPI's fault.
>> 4) Any possibility that the MPI
>> versions/flavors of
>> mpicc and
>> mpirun that you are using to compile and
>> launch the
>> program are not the
>> same?
>> 5) Are you setting processor affinity on mpiexec?
>> mpiexec -mca mpi_paffinity_alone 1 -np ...
>> bla, bla ...
>> Context switching across the cores may also cause
>> trouble, I suppose.
>> 6) Which Linux are you using (uname -a)?
>> On other mailing lists I read reports that only
>> quite recent kernels
>> support all the Intel Nehalem processor
>> features well.
>> I don't have Nehalem, I can't help here,
>> but the information may be useful
>> for other list subscribers to help you.
>> ***
>> As for the programs, some programs require
>> specific
>> setup,
>> (and even specific compilation) when the
>> number of
>> MPI processes
>> vary.
>> It may help if you tell us a link to the
>> program sites.
>> Baysian statistics is not totally out of our
>> business,
>> but phylogenetic genetic trees is not really
>> my league,
>> hence forgive me any bad guesses, please,
>> but would it need specific compilation or a
>> different
>> set of input parameters to run correctly on a
>> different
>> number of processors?
>> Do the programs mix MPI (message passing) with
>> OpenMP (threads)?
>> I found this MrBayes, which seems to do the
>> above:
>> http://mrbayes.csit.fsu.edu/
>> http://mrbayes.csit.fsu.edu/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
>> As for the ABySS, what is it, where can it be
>> found?
>> Doesn't look like a deep ocean circulation
>> model, as
>> the name suggest.
>> My $0.02
>> Gus Correa
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A "Death Spiral" is something that can happen in games where your combat skill is affected by your health (or similar attribute). If you take a hit, your combat skill decreases slightly (making it harder for you to hit the opponent and/or easier for the opponent to hit you).
While there is a certain realism to this, it can often quickly lead to the "death spiral" where each hit makes it increasingly unlikely for the loser to come back, as they are getting consistently worse at attacking and/or defending.
It can lead to very lopsided combat, even against some seemingly well-matched opponents.
The death spiral is the process where a given character continues to lose ability to fight when they take damage due to injury penalties.
Some games have a profound spiral; the first guy to do any real damage develops a large and widening ability gap over the opponent. Some of the most profound include Traveller (CT, T4, and MGT editions), Burning Wheel, Shadowrun, White Wolf's Storyteller system, and Cyberpunk 2020.
Others have a delayed Spiral, where damage doesn't apply penalties until a heavy amount has been taken. Examples include: Warhammer FRP (1E, 2E), Dark Heresy, Rogue Trader, Pendragon, several BRP variations using hit locations.
Many others have no death spiral at all; you fight full up until you drop. Examples include all D&D editions, most Palladium Books games.
While realistic in a sense, the death spiral often isn't any fun.
The bad thing about a spiral is it can make getting in the first whack exceedingly important. In a game with a long, slow death spiral, this can result in spending a lot of time as character who really lost the fight in the first round of combat is slowly whittled down in a death of a thousand cuts.
The good thing about death spirals is that they do tend to be slow, and that means players can quickly grasp that they're in a bad situation and start looking for ways out before it's too late.


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I like to use TreeSize and WinDirStat. What else is out there, and why should I use it?
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Windirstat is great. I've used various others but always come back to windirstat
Scanner by Steffen Gerlach is definitely my favorite and in my opinion has a much more logical, intuitive, and useful UI than WinDirStat and TreeSize (the only other two I originally used). It's easy to see the specific end-of-the-nesting large files and recycle or delete them with a quick click. Navigate with a click and a parent folder button. Context for sections has Hide, Open, Recycle, Remove. Integrates well with Explorer (as I'm sure many do).
Sequoia is very dated but it's the one I use.
Gives an interesting visual overview of your drives/folders.
I use JDiskReport. I believe it was written as a demo of Swing controls as much as anything else, but it's always been good enough for me.
SpaceMonger is a good tool. Allows you to zoom in/out on a graphical block view of files. Larger file are bigger rectangles, smaller files are smaller.
Very good tool.
I have tried several now, and among these I prefer WinDirStat and TreeSize.
But there are many to choose from:
Disk Usage - command line utility that reports the disk space usage for the directory you specify. By default it recurses directories to show the total size of a directory and its subdirectories.
Personally I like to use du from cygwin (but then I am a command line person, one of my colleagues referred to me as Mr Blackscreen when entering my office once...). Sometimes use a script that saves the output automatically, like the following:
I found SpaceSniffer the other day. I also like Sequoia mentioned elsewhere.
DiskMon, Disk Usage are 2 examples of utilities from Sysinternals
I've tried every disk usage visualizer I could find, and I stick with Treesize Free. I much prefer the tree view as opposed to the 'stump view' or the boxes-in-boxes approach.
In Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2, the Resource Monitor does a great job of this.
DiskView is a great application that has Windows Explorer integration
I like to have FolderSize installed. It gives you another column called Folder Size that you can use instead of the regular Size column. And it shows how much space that folder use.
Much better than using a separate tool or right-clicking and waiting for it to count in my opinion. First time you "open a disk" in explorer it works like crazy for a while, just so you are prepared, but that only happens once every boot. So I don't mind it at all.
Oh, and its tiny and all free =)
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(2) For the purpose of ensuring compliance with section 6.1, a police officer may require the driver of a motor vehicle to stop.
(3) The driver of a motor vehicle, when signalled or requested to stop by a police officer, shall immediately come to a safe stop.
(4) At a trial to determine whether a contravention of section 6.1 has occurred, a court may find evidence that the police officer enforcing the section honestly and reasonably believed a person present in the motor vehicle to be under 16 years of age to be sufficient proof of the person's age, unless the accused shows on a balance of probabilities that the person was, at the time of the offence, 16 years of age or more.
Discriminatory action prohibited
9. (1) An employer, a person acting on behalf of an employer or a union shall not take a discriminatory action against an employee by
(a) dismissing or threatening to dismiss an employee;
(b) disciplining, suspending or threatening to discipline or suspend an employee;
(c) imposing a penalty upon an employee; or
(d) intimidating or coercing an employee,
because the employee has acted in accordance with or has sought the enforcement of this Act.
(2) Where an action described in paragraphs (1)(a) to (d) occurs against an employee because that employee has acted in accordance with or has sought the enforcement of this Act, that action shall, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, be considered to be a discriminatory action.
(3) Where an employee alleges that his or her employer has taken a discriminatory action described in paragraphs (1)(a) to (d) against him or her, the employee may,
(a) where a collective agreement is in force between a union in which the employee is a member and the employer, and the collective agreement provides for the use of a grievance procedure where discrimination is alleged, follow that grievance procedure; or
(b) apply to the Labour Relations Board for a determination as to whether the action is discriminatory.
(4) Where an employee alleges that his or her union has taken a discriminatory action described in paragraphs (1)(a) to (d) against him or her, the employee may apply to the Labour Relations Board for a determination as to whether the action is discriminatory.
(5) Where the Labour Relations Board makes a finding that an action referred to in paragraphs (1)(a) to (d) is discriminatory, it shall order
(a) the reinstatement of the employee to whom the action was applied under the same terms and conditions under which that employee was formerly employed;
(b) the employer to pay or make up to the employee his or her lost wages, salary and other benefits;
(c) that a reference to the dismissal or disciplinary action against the employee on the employer's records be deleted; and
(d) the reinstatement of the employee to his or her trade union where the employee has been expelled by the union.
(6) Where an order is made under this section and is filed with the Trial Division that order is enforceable as if it were a judgment or order of that court.
(7) In this section "Labour Relations Board" means the Labour Relations Board established under the Labour Relations Act .
10. A person who contravenes this Act or who fails to comply with an order of an inspector made under this Act is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction, for a person
(a) who is not an operator, employer or owner, to a fine of not less than $50 and not more than $500; and
(b) who is an operator, employer or owner, to a fine of not less than $500 and not more than $5,000.
11. The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) prescribing signs and providing for their use;
(b) respecting the independent ventilation of designated smoking rooms;
(b.1) designating a worksite as a remote worksite for the purpose of subsection 5(1);
(c) defining a term for the purposes of the Act that is not otherwise defined in the Act;
(d) exempting events, areas, buildings or parts of buildings from the application of this Act; and
(e) establishing places where smoking is prohibited.
Conflict with another Act
12. (1) A municipality as defined in the Municipalities Act, 1999 and a city established under the City of Corner Brook Act , City of Mount Pearl Act or City of St. John's Act may make regulations or by-laws respecting smoking in a workplace or a public place that are more restrictive than this Act.
(2) Where this Act conflicts with another Act or a regulation, or a municipal or city by-law, respecting smoking in a workplace or public place, the provision that is the more restrictive of smoking prevails.
RSNL1990 cL-18 Amdt.
13. Section 33 of the Liquor Control Act is amended by adding immediately after subsection (6) the following:
(6.1) The board may cancel a licence where the licensee has been convicted of an offence under the Smoke-free Environment Act, 2005 .
SNL1993 c16.1 Rep.
14. The Smoke-free Environment Act is repealed.
15. This Act comes into force on a date to be proclaimed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council. (In force - Jul. 1/05)
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WHEELING - Wheeling police say after Bradley Patchin was kicked out of a downtown bar, he broke into his ex-girlfriend's car and waited for her before attempting to kidnapping the woman.
Ohio County Magistrate Harry Radcliffe arraigned Patchin Sunday on a charge of attempted kidnapping. The 23-year-old Weirton resident had yet to post $50,000 bond late Monday and remained in the Northern Regional Jail in Moundsville.
According to police, Patchin was kicked out of the 1056 Lounge on Main Street sometime late Saturday or early Sunday. His ex-girlfriend, Erin Smith, told police she had left the bar around 2:45 a.m. Sunday and found Patchin in the back seat of her car. He then exited the vehicle and told her, "You are going with me, we need to talk," a police report states.
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Smith started yelling for help, and Patchin allegedly grabbed her and covered her mouth with his hand. She was able to escape, however, and police responded to the scene a short time later.
Officers reportedly discovered a bent wire hanger in the back seat of Smith's vehicle. Smith said she did not recognize the item, but said she had used a hanger in the past to open her locked doors. Officers also observed hand prints in the dust on the rear door.
A preliminary hearing in the case has been scheduled for 11 a.m. Dec. 12 before Ohio County Magistrate Joe Roxby. A charge of attempted kidnapping carries a three- to 15-year prison sentence.


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BRENHAM, TX -- The Blinn Buccaneers got to work as soon as they got back from the semester break. That hard work paid off Wednesday night as every player on the roster scored in a 90-41 victory over Lone Star College – Cy-Fair.
"I was very happy for them because we've practiced seven times now, including three two-a-days, so for everyone to get in the game and score, I was glad for that because they deserve that after how hard they've worked," Blinn (8-7) coach Scott Schumacher said. "Everyone has givenus 100 percent physically and mentally, and I thought our guys played really well."
Freshman forward Rashaun Stimage led the Buccaneers with 19 points, and everyone on Blinn's roster scored at least five points. Stimage scored 13 of his 19 in the second half.
"He played really well," Schumacher said. "I thought he played well in the first half too, he just got in some foul trouble. Since we got back, he's been really good in practice and I thought tonight's statistics were a direct result of that."
Schumacher praised the efforts of DeQuentin Greer and Jefferson Ocoro, as well as Martaveous Smith.
"Martaveous played really well in the second half," Schumacher said.
"He altered shots, got rebounds and had a couple dunks."
The Buccaneers return to Region XIV Conference play Saturday when they play at Tyler Junior College at 6 p.m.
"It's time for the gauntlet now," Schumacher said, "every Wednesday and Saturday."


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An Introduction
Digbeth was almost certainly the site of Birmingham's birth when Berma's tribe chose to settle in the River Rea valley during the 7th Century A.D. The town which grew from this small settlement came to be famous as a place of opportunity where people with a wide assortment of skills, and from many regions of both Britain and the rest of the world, could make a successful living. The "city of a thousand trades" was no idle boast - and for centuries those who wanted to be part of Birmingham life were most likely to find a home in Digbeth.
It was Digbeth's plentiful water supply which acted as a magnet - not only the River Rea, but also the area's natural springs. In fact the name Digbeth is believed to have originally been 'Duck's bath' - a quaint description of one of these springs. The coming to Digbeth of the canals in the 18th Century and the railways in the 19th Century ensured that a large community was in permanent residence. Until, that is, the turn of the 20th Century, when Digbeth had become full to bursting point and people began to move out.
Today, Digbeth is a successful industrial centre and the vibrant community life of Digbeth's past will no doubt help to point the way to an equally lively future.
find out more at digbeth.org