text:
Tuning and Analysis Utilities:
Tackling Large Scientific Applications
This document describes the process used to apply TAU to the Advanced Regional Prediction System (ARPS) code. PSC's Blacklight system was used to perform the analysis. Other users of large codes can also apply the techniques outlined here to improve their code optimization.
ARPS is being used in support of the NSF-funded project Enabling Petascale Ensemble-based Data Assimilation for Numerical Analysis and Prediction of High-Impact Weather.
ARPS employs both MPI communication calls and OpenMP directives. Its makearps system can be configured to build the code four ways: serial, OpenMP, MPI, and hybrid.
Our objective was to automatically apply source-level instrumentation to the hybrid version of ARPS. However, both parsing and run-time errors were immediately encountered with the less complex MPI code. We altered our approach to start with the simpler dynamic instrumentation model. Once timing information was obtained from dynamic instrumentation, compiler instrumentation was instituted. Finally, source code instrumentation was performed using the TAU Program Database Toolkit (PDT).
We found source-level profiling to be robust when applied to reduced sets of routines. By using a feature of PDT which allows files and functions to be specifically included or excluded, we were able to meet our initial objective of automatically profiling the MPI version of ARPS.
Usage instructions for all three tools are included here.
ARPS compilation
In general, ARPS was compiled using its default optimization settings:
-O3 -fnoalias -ip -fp-model precise
When run-time errors occurred in instrumented source files, the makearps debug switch (-d) was applied. This allowed us to trace into these intermediate files and take corrective measures.
Viewing Profiling Data
In addition to the usual program output, TAU generates a set of profiling data files. For a run using four MPI processes on Blacklight, the file set looks like:
profile.0.0.0 profile.1.0.0 profile.2.0.0 profile.3.0.0
These files are small, and they may be examined with a text editor, but the data is formatted for pprof (text output) and ParaProf (GUI), companion pieces to TAU. Versions of pprof and ParaProf are installed on Blacklight. However, it may be more convenient to install the Windows version of ParaProf on a local machine. See the ParaProf User's Manual from the University of Oregon for more information.
To view profile data, download the set of profile.* files and run pprof from the directory that contains the profile data. Or, start ParaProf and open the directory that contains the data files from the File menu.
Dynamic Instrumentation
Dynamic instrumentation, also known as library interposition, was tested first. This method is the simplest one to use. It is applied to existing binaries.
To perform this type of instrumentation, configure the TAU environment:
module load tau/2.20
and then use the tau_exec script with one or more options to start the application:
mpirun -np 4 tau_exec [ -io | -memory | -T MPI ] arpsenkf_mpi ...
MPI functions are instrumented by default unless "-T SERIAL" is specified. Profile data was viewed with pprof and ParaProf. (See the section on Viewing Profiling Data.) This gave us some idea of where cycles were being spent. To get additional detail, however, it was necessary to move on to the next level.
Compiler Instrumentation
Compiler instrumentation is applied to the entire code. The use of compiler instrumentation requires a compiler switch. For example, to use Intel's ifort compiler, enable the -finstrument-functions flag. Compiler instrumentation was found to be reliable at all optimization levels.
On Blacklight, configure TAU:
module load tau/2.20
and select compiler instrumentation:
setenv TAU_OPTIONS '-optCompInst'
The choice of a TAU Makefile doesn't matter for compiler instrumentation options, but something relatively simple is suggested:
setenv TAU_MAKEFILE ${TAU_ROOT_DIR}/x86_64/lib/Makefile.tau-icpc-mpi
The overhead can be significant, but the compiler-instrumented code was only used occasionally for different core counts. The results were used to define a short list of routines for subsequent analysis using the source-level instrumentation model.
The default settings yield minimal output from the TAU compiler scripts. Additional options are available for controlling output (
-optVerbose) and determining if intermediate source files should be preserved (
-optKeepFiles). Both are recommended, at least initially.
setenv TAU_OPTIONS ${TAU_OPTIONS}' -optVerbose -optKeepFiles'
Verbose option may be removed once the instrumentation process has stabilized. but we've made a habit of maintaining it.
KeepFiles retains copies of intermediate source codes. Clean-up operations can be modified to include TAU intermediate files, e.g., *.pdb, *.chk.f90, *.chk.pomp.*, *.inst.f90, and *.opari.inc.
After updating a few of the ARPS clean options, we decided to keep the intermediate files too.
TAU compiler scripts must be specified for building the application. For the ARPS code, three lines were added to the makearps script just before the
makecmd variable was set:
set C_str = "'CC = tau_cc.sh'" set FTN_str = "'FTN = tau_f90.sh'" set LDR_str = "'LDR = tau_f90.sh'"
Multiple binaries were tested, including uninstrumented and compiler-instrumented versions, and source-level builds with and without masking. Multiple TAU versions were also used. We recommend that binaries be renamed to reflect what was used in building them. For example:
mv arpsenkf_mpi arpsenkf_mp-opt-tau-2.20-compinst
This also allows additional binaries to be built while test runs are in progress.
Test jobs must load the TAU module that was used in building the code. This will ensure that the corresponding binaries and libraries are used.
A run-time verbose setting is also available, and its use is also recommended.
setenv TAU_VERBOSE 1
Verbose output may be eliminated after successful testing, but we usually left it in place, too.
Profile data was viewed with pprof and ParaProf. (See the section on Viewing Profiling Data.)
Source Instrumentation - Program Database Toolkit (PDT)
Source instrumentation (PDT) supports the finest level of profiling and is therefore highly desirable. The first step in using this model is to identify an appropriate TAU makefile.
All available makefiles reside in the library directory /usr/local/packages/TAU/usr/2.20/x86_64/lib/Makefile*
To work with MPI source using PDT, the selected makefile must include both "mpi" and "pdt" in its name. For example, Makefile.tau-icpc-mpi-pdt could be chosen.
An attempt was made to apply PDT instrumentation to the entire ARPS code. Pre-2.20 versions of TAU were unable to complete the parsing and instrumentation phases. In these cases, we limited TAU profiling to a few routines that had been identified by compiler instrumentation runs (see the section on compiler instrumentation).
TAU 2.20 finished both the parsing and instrumentation phases without any problems. However, the instrumented code failed at run time. For large production codes, particularly legacy sources like ARPS, such problems are common.
Using TAU 2.20, the entire code was recompiled and run with debugging options enabled. Subsequent failures produced tracebacks which allowed us to identify the culprit: an I/O routine with multiple entry points.
The PDT model supports inclusion or exclusion of files and functions. In this case, the problematic file was excluded by creating a masking file which contained:
BEGIN_FILE_EXCLUDE_LIST arpsio3d.f90 END_FILE_EXCLUDE_LIST
The masking file was named "select.tau" and placed in the top-level application directory. To use it, the TAU_OPTIONS setting was changed from
optCompInst to
setenv TAU_OPTIONS \ '-optTauSelectFile=/usr/local/packages/bench/arps5.3.0_20100630/select.tau'
The exclusion workaround allowed the entire code with the exception of file arpsio3d.f90 to be instrumented.
Similarly, one may include only certain files and/or functions:
The inclusion setting as shown above limited instrumentation to this single subroutine, ENSRF_ANALYSIS. Of course, more than one function could be included (or excluded).
We also applied loop-level instrumentation to a single routine. In this case, the select.tau file looked like:
BEGIN_FILE_EXCLUDE_LIST arpsio3d.f90 END_FILE_EXCLUDE_LIST BEGIN_INSTRUMENT_SECTION loops file="enkfhelp.f90" routine="ENSRF_ANALYSIS" END_INSTRUMENT_SECTION
Note that all inclusions and exclusions appear in a single file.
optVerbose and
optKeepFiles settings described in the section on compiler instrumentation may be removed or left in place. We maintained them.
Profile data was viewed with pprof and ParaProf. (See the section on Viewing Profiling Data.)

subset: commoncrawl


text:
You are visiting our UK site. Click here to view our US site
Rang & Dale's Pharmacology, 6th edition (9780443069116)
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
Binding: Paperback
A straightforward way to master a complex subject! This bestselling textbook presents all the knowledge you need to get through your pharmacology course and beyond�using a clear and accessible approach that makes the material easy and interesting to learn. Progressing logically from a molecular understanding of receptors and drug actions to the clinical uses of the most important groups of drugs, it delivers the latest information on cannabinoids and rimonabant, Cox 2 inhibitors, pharmacogenetics, biopharmaceuticals, and drug abuse�as well as "lifestyle drugs" such as performance-enhancing substances, botulinum toxin, and Viagra®. And now, online access via STUDENT CONSULT makes it an even more effective learning resource!
Weight (including packaging): 2001g
99 in stock
Now: £41.39 (zero tax)
Was: £45.99
Save: £4.60
Saved: 10.00%!
Save: £4.60
Saved: 10.00%!
Customer Reviews
There are currently no reviews for this book. Be the first!Review this book...
People who purchased this also purchased...
Acupuncture in the Treatment of Depressionby Rosa Schnyer
Price: £41.39 £45.99
[more info]
Blood Stasisby Gunter Neeb
Price: £43.19 £47.99
[more info]
Chinese Dietary Therapyby Liu Jilin and Gordon Peck
Price: £46.79 £51.99
[more info]
Five Element Constitutional Acupunctureby Angela Hicks, John Hicks and Peter Mole
Price: £40.49 £44.99
[more info]
Ten Lectures on the Use of Medicinals from the Personal Experience of Jiao Shu Deby Jiao Shu De and Craig Mitchell (Translator)
Price: £39.69 £55.00
[more info]
Subscribe To CMT
Shopping Basket
Your basket is empty!
Change Language
Change Currency
Events Calendar
Qigong for Self-Healing with Daverick Leggett (Saturday 15th October)
The focus of the day will be self healing through the practice of Qigong. [more]
Working with Excess- TCM Nutrition with Daverick Leggett (Friday 14th October)
Many,or perhaps all, chronic conditions have an underlying deficiency at their root [more]


text:
CLEARANCE - The Black Lion
The Chess Predator's Choice Against Both 1. e4 and 1. d4Product Code: b0062NIC
Publisher: New in Chess
Author: Van Rekon & Jansen
Year of Publication: 2009
Pages: 280
Notation Type: Figurine (FAN)
Book DescriptionMore than 85% of all chess games start with either 1.e4 or 1.d4. The Black Lion presents a flexible, logical and sensible way for Black to meet both of these moves.
This robust, multipurpose opening system looks quiet, like a sleeping lion - hence the name. But when this predator is provoked, and the game heats up, Black eats its prey in an extremely swift and efficient way.
The opening moves are easy to learn, Black has a good choice of middlegame plans, the positions are fresh and interesting, and White will often struggle to counter Black's ideas.
The story of The Black Lion is remarkable: Jerry van Rekom and Leo Jansen are two strong Dutch club players who developed the system and wrote a book about it in 1997.
Their work attracted a lot of attention and had to be reprinted many times. This is a fully revised and updated edition.
Extensive explanations, clear summaries and concise conclusions make The Black Lion an accessible and easy-to-navigate opening manual for chess amateurs. The book is unique in that its many diagrams are all seen from Black's point of view!
Returns & Exchanges
This is a Specialty Item and All Sales are Final. No refunds, returns or exchanges are allowed.
Media Mail Eligible
Media Mail® shipping from the US Postal Service is the cost-effective way to ship Books, Software and DVDs. With shipping rates starting at only 4.00, it's the most affordable shipping method available.


text:
When it comes search engines, google is still the king, and they are doing everything they can to maintain their lead, in the name of providing more relevant search results for it's users, according to their official blog, this change impacts 11.8% organic search results, say it another way, there are about 12% of google search results are considered low quality by google itself. They planned and started the update about one year ago, no wonder I saw a few of my keywords' ranks dropped like a rock, the good thing is that those keywords promoted by content rich links are not affected, some of the keywords even ranked better than before, it's safe to say that old way of link building is doomed.
Now what on earth is plain link building and how do people do it? a large percentage of SEO firms will do this, they will get links from any websites which accept adding links, the only updates on those websites are the new links, almost all of them are garbage, the name link spamming are just for these sites. Now google algorithm probably will weed out these sites, any links on them will be affected too.
A few real world examples will help to explain what I said. When I got into online marketing long time ago, I started promote the keyword, SUV cargo net, it was old way of link building all the way, almost all the sites I got link from had too many links, and the worst thing is that those sites are linking sites only and had no content, not even crap content. In the beginning, the ranking of the keyword in question rise pretty fast, eventually the keyword could be found on first page, this was the case until google made the change. Now let's look at another keyword, chain pullers, we promoted this keyword with articles and blog posts, almost no plain links, now we have really good ranking for this keyword. Old and outdated linking campaign lost to content linking, what's next? It all boils down to content, when you create unique and quality content, not only people will love to read your stuff, so do the search engines. It's never too late to build good blogs for business purpose, take a look at this blog, top smartphones 2011 , in the beginning I just post to it casually, lately I added nice stuff left and right, and to my surprise, I have high ranks for some of competitive keywords. Now you can see, blog marketing with great content is the way to go. Say you're building your own bogging network, something like lever load binder, then it will be easier to do article marketing.
At the end of day all you have to do is to create attractive content, share the content with people, in the mean time advertise your business with your content, this strategy will prevail in short or long term. The virtues, persistence and patience, are essential for your success, long term strategy is required to improve anything of significance, it doesn't matter you're doing SEO or advertising your business, keep writing, publishing, sharing and creating, you will see the day of success. Ezine is one of the best article directories out there, new article will be indexed within an hour if not minutes, of course your posts on some blogs will be indexed real fast as well, let look at some aticles or posts which are published and indexed, take chain pullers as an example, good writing, interesting content, indexed and cached, all these points make it perfect for SEO.
We're not finished yet, please remeber, the social media is the must have channel for your marketing effort. One thing you can do for your blogs is to install twitter tools, sign up for a twitter account and create a new application, set up API credentials in your twitter tools option, you should choose to post a tweet for every new post, it's real easy and useful, it's a big loss if you don't use this tool.


text:
Add to Calendar
August 21, 2012 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Continuing group meetings will be held on the 3rd Tuesday of each month. 1:00-3:00 pm.
Group topics will include:PTSD, alcoholism/substance abuse, depression, domestic violence, homelessness, and additional related topics.
Individual in-depth counseling available at no cost.
The East Texas Healing Center, 407 E. Hospital St. Nacogdoches.
For more information call 936.569.7729.


text:
Anyone know of any good alien, apocalypse, or horror movies?
I've been in the mood for a movie from any of these three genres. I would prefer new because there is a greater chance that I haven't seen it but I also love old movies too so feel free to suggest whatever. I'm just looking for any suggestions or favorites of others. I don't put any stock into critics so I thought deals woot could be a good source of info. Thanks for any suggestions.
15 Answers answer
I imagine you've seen each of the following, but why the heck not:
Alien: District 9
Apocalypse: Children of Men...also, Wall-E (jk)
Horror: The Devil's Backbone
Aliens is always a good start when looking for a good "Alien" movie!
The Alien Anthology is listed on here quite often. Looks like it's about $27 on the Amazon UK site right now.
Note: It's $40 on the US side right now...
Well, you are in my wheelhouse, but what room do you want? Action? Gore? Or great storytelling? Looking for some more obscure stuff in the good storytelling section. Since you are wanting stuff you haven't seen, I'll include some foreign stuff.
The Orphanage and
Pan's Labyrinth. They are both subtitled films but Guillermo del Toro is a master storyteller worth the trouble of the subtitles.
Pumpkinhead is a B grade horror movie but I felt it had an excellent story.
What Lies Beneath has some good horror tropes.
The Legend of Hell House is an oldie but still scares the crap out of people I show it to.
The original "House on Haunted Hill* is also a classic.
Solaris was an interesting sci-fi psychodrama. I think it's available in English, I saw in Russian with English subtitles.
The Host is a fun Korean monster movie with some unexpected twists.
Pitch Black You've probably seen it but if you haven't you should.
Skyline had a weak ending but I enjoyed the film
Horror Sci-Fi:
From Beyond is kind of hokey but it has some intriguing ideas and memorable lines.
The Faculty is funny with some good action bits
Comedy Horror:
Night of the Comet. If you liked Zombieland, you have to see this.
Sean of the Dead if you enjoy British humor.
They Live is a must see, along with
Repo Man
Apocalypse (I am including dystopic futures)
Mad Max and Road Warrior you have probably seen
Damnation Alley is a golden oldie
Book of Eli fell flat with me but others liked it
A Boy and his Dog Good luck finding it.
Equilibrium Awesome gun-fu
On the Beach. Seriously scared me as a kid, still haunts me.
The Blood of Heroes. Good luck finding it.
The Road. I have this one but it's supposed to be very depressing so I haven't watched it yet.
Children of Men, a first-rate story
Grave of the Fireflies, an unforgettable anime movie
Silent Running, contemplative and sad.
I have pretty much all these films on one format or another.
Aliens, Road Warrior, and Evil Dead.
I actually haven't seen a few of these movies. I'll have to check them out. I'm into everything from B movie horror to gore movies. I like alien movies like skyline and I am number 4. Apocalypse would probably be more of the zombie thing but I would be intrigued by another take on the apocalypse.
The Cabin in the Woods.
Writers: Joss Whedon, Drew Goddard
Melancholia - it's an apocalyptic movie and not really at the same time. A gorgeous film, though you'd have to be in the mood for something more than just the dramatic explosions.
Didn't we do this question a few months ago?
Alien movie: The Thing (1982)
Apocalypse: Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Horror: The Shining
If you want to see a B movie apocalyptic classic, get a copy of Night of the Comet.
Edit: Doh! @moondrake beat me to it.
Scariest movie I ever saw: Yentl.
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
OMG: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1979370/
The Return of the Killer Klowns from Outer Space in 3D
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Dark City (1998)
Soylent Green (1973)
Blade Runner (1982)
The Shining (1980)
Alien (1979)
Thanks for all the suggestions. There are lots of movies from this that I'm going to check out.


text:
In the lifeboat game the rules when you are unconscious specify that :
Other players could swap their position with yours or steal your cards and you can't defend yourself.
But nothing is specified for the cases where you are dead and still in the boat. There is a note allowing other players to steal your cards but nothing about position swapping.
Following the rules it seem to be disallowed (as it isn't specifically allowed), but does anyone have experience with either variant? Is there a FAQ with this info somewhere? The official FAQ is really short and the extensions don't add any details about this.


text:
I think mine is "there's no such thing as a five minute job" - that programmers tend to be overly optimistic about development and that we should really think through a the implications before promising a quick solution to a problem and then diving in to code
Sign up
- Anybody can ask a question
- Anybody can answer
- The best answers are voted up and rise to the top
closed as not constructive by DeadMG, Walter, Telastyn, psr, Jeff Atwood♦ Aug 4 '12 at 8:34
As it currently stands, this question is not a good fit for our Q&A format. We expect answers to be supported by facts, references, or expertise, but this question will likely solicit debate, arguments, polling, or extended discussion. If you feel that this question can be improved and possibly reopened, visit the help center for guidance.If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
There is always a better way to write your code.
No matter how excellent you find the code you write, you will be surprised how bad it is if you review it in a few years. Just because a few years before, you were unaware of some patterns you know today, or some language features you've learnt meanwhile, etc.
Your software will live considerably longer than you think it will at the time that you write it.
I started my career in the 80's. I started on software that originated in the 70's and was still being used in the 90's (maybe longer, I don't know for certain of its fate). Some of my own open source code is half way through its second decade.
Working well with others is very important.
"Show me your 'Go to guy' and I will show you your problem"
Slapdash Hero Coders - those who just crank out code with no regard for convention, readability or whatever anyone else is working on - can cause more harm than good.
Not saying that the people who can write tonnes of good quality code are bad thing. Just rare.
Learning new languages is part of the job
I learned about four programming languages in school back in the 80's but have used one of them in a job. I've had four jobs where I didn't even know the language I was hired to use.
Overall, I've learned and used professionally perhaps a dozen languages in my career, including FORTRAN, c, c++, c#, java, perl, Tcl, ruby, groovy, awk, python, sh, batch, DCL, javascript, and a few small DSLs. Doing a little math, I seem to average a new language every couple of years, though there's a lot of overlap.
If anything has been a constant in my career, it's change.
That would be the lesson of humility.
Software is never complete.
There is always some changes in requirements, improvements, bug fixes that you have to be prepared to handle. Thus, be flexible and accept the fact that
Keep studying every day. The knowledge of today is obsolete tomorrow.
Ironically this answer should be obsolete tomorrow too. But really, study hard one or two stuff and be certificated if it's possible, be the God of that things (maybe programming languages or system/network/database administration) and always keep an eye in other minor things, like other languages without importance to you.
I mean for example, be an awesome professional of Java and Oracle DB administration, but study a little of Python, PHP, C++, HTML5, Javascript, although no to a certification level. Study each web or language framework that exist. Study or try to have some (basic) experience with each database that exist, like SQL Server, MySQL, Cassandra, HBase, PostgreSQL, and the whole No-SQL world like MongoDB and CouchDB. Try to have some experience with linux administation and virtualization.
That's the biggest lesson that I learnt from my 16 years of experience. I was for almost 10 years a mono-language programmer, using Pascal in its era, and Visual Basic 6 at the beginning of the millenium, and a PHP developer since 9 years ago. But from then I learn that developers need to know at least a little of everything.
"If your math is wrong, you're toast."
Learnt it the first time several years ago. Learnt it again just two weeks ago.
I would say the best lesson I learnt is
"You should always go for the best approach possible and not your approach."
I have learned that best design principle is KISS (Keep it simple, Stupid!).
I have learned that keeping your code simple and clean should be the primary concern, and each team member should understand what you have code.
If it ain't broken, don't fix it !
Trying to extend and improve stuff that already works may give you a big headache
There is no try
Lets say you have a task or bunch of tasks that are estimated to take 4 days. Then your boss or project manager asks if you could try to get it done in two days for some important reason. Wanting to be a good, flexible employee, you might be tempted to say: sure, you can try. Most likely outcomes from this is that you either miss the deadline, or you're going to do half-assed hack to get it done. And it's not your boss's fault for asking you to do it, that's his job. It's your fault for not saying no, which is your job.
You can't bargain with time. You can bargain with scope. Be professional and don't sell yourself short.
"That will never happen" actually means "That will never happen until the first day in production"
It feels good to write top-notch, cutting-edge, clean code.
Even if I am asked to do some quick fix-workaround that would ruin the code base, I rather do it the good way.
Don't use fancy OOP features just because you can! - YAGNI (You ain't gonna need it)


text:
RedHead Squaltex II BONE-DRY Rain Jackets for Men
The RedHead® Squaltex® II BONE-DRY® Rain Jacket's ultra-quiet 240 gram polyester outer shell is backed by our BONE-DRY 100% waterproof, windproof, breathable membrane. Other features include a polyester mesh lining, visor hood with double bungee drawcord, fleece-lined handwarmer pockets, fully taped seams, nylon-lined bellows pocket, full front zipper with snap-closure storm flap, and elastic cuffs. Machine wash. Imported.
- 240 gram polyester
- Ideal for rainy, windy conditions
- Ultra-quiet 240 gram polyester outer shell
- BONE-DRY 100% waterproof, windproof, breathable membrane
- Polyester mesh lining
- Visor hood with double bungee drawcord
- Fleece-lined handwarmer pockets
- Nylon-lined bellows pocket
- Full front zipper with snap-closure storm flap
- Elastic cuffs
- Fully taped seams
Matching RedHead Squaltex pieces sold separately can be found through keyword search by typing in the keyword "Squaltex".
Outdoor Answers
Get help about this item from fellow customers.
Ask your questions. Share your answers.
are these jackets and bibs really 100% waterpoof like being out in heavy down pore or good for only light rain
is this packable
Did they use Velcro on the pockets again?
What was redesigned?
Need Help? 7 days a week: 7am to 10pm CT or call 1.800.227.7776 anytime


text:
Search Catalogue
Carlisle Floydb. 1926
Carlisle Floyd has created a distinctively American idiom for opera, drawing on national folk and religious music traditions * His nine music theatre works combine penetrating social commentary with acute psychological insight * Writes his own librettos, in which he has treated such themes as the aftermath of the Civil War, the Great Depression, and rural fundamentalism * Susannah, his best-known opera, has entered the permanent repertory with countless productions in the U.S. and a growing number in Europe
Works by Carlisle Floyd include:
Susannah (1953–54) musical drama in two acts
Of Mice and Men (1969) opera in three acts, six scenes
The Passion of Jonathan Wade (1962, rev.1989) musical drama in three acts
Looking Ahead: Carlisle Floyd is busy at work on his new opera, Prince of Players, premiering at Houston Grand Opera in March 2016. Manitoba Opera gives multiple performances of the composer's opera, Of Mice and Men, in April 2016.
"With a commitment that rivals Smetana's in Bohemia or Britten's in Britain, [Floyd] has striven to create a national repertory … He has learned the international language of successful opera in order to speak it in his own accents and to enrich it with the musical and vernacular idioms of his own country." — Andrew Porter, The New Yorker
Mailing List
Sign up for news updates and offers via emailSIGN UP
Listen To Floyd
Shop for Floyd
Sheet Music, CDs, downloadsSHOP NOW
Explore our library of 1500 online scoresVIEW SCORES


text:
I have a UIAlertView with the following delegate method:
- (void)alertView:(UIAlertView *)alertView willDismissWithButtonIndex:(NSInteger)buttonIndex {
But I have a problem. In that method, I do some logic and perform some lines of code which take a small amount of time. I would like to dismiss the alertView before I do all of this. I want to dismiss the alert view at the very top of that method. That way, when the user taps a button on the alertView, the app doesn't seem frozen for a second while the next lines of code are executed.


text:
Jean R. Shepard, 86, of Van Buren passed away Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. She was born March 24, 1926, in Plainfield, Ill., to Frank and Vida Britt Hobbs. She was a member of St. Michael's Catholic Church in Van Buren and was a past member of the Garden Club. Jean led tour groups at UAFS, as she was the bus tour coordinator from 1975-2008. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bill Shepard.
She is survived by two daughters, Sheila Jones and her husband Stacey of Fort Smith and Carol Lynn Shepard of Van Buren; two granddaughters, Stacie Marie Kohles and her husband Greg of Van Buren and Amanda Echols and her husband Aubrey of Fort Smith; and three great-grandchildren, Jacob and Maddox Echols and Toni Kohles.
Rosary will be said at 4 p.m. today at the Edwards Funeral Home Chapel, where the family will greet friends following the Rosary.
Funeral Mass will be 10 a.m. Wednesday in Immaculate Conception Catholic Church with burial at the U.S. National Cemetery. Service is under the direction of Edwards Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Bob Lowder, Fred Rizzo, Lonnie Watts, Don Sangster, Jim Scholle, Kevin Anderson and Jeff Beauchamp.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to St. Michael's Catholic Church, 1019 E. Pointer Trail, Van Buren, AR 72956; or to UAFS, P.O. Box 3649, Fort Smith, AR 72913.
Online condolences may be sent to www.edwardsfuneralhome.com.


text:
10 Aug 2010 12:59 PM #1
[FIXED-213] List not refreshing snapshot when calling loadRecords
As can be seen below, after modifying the store by calling loadData, the snapshot is not updated to reflect the latest clean data source, but instead represents the first loaded data source. I'm doing advanced filtering in my application (because NestedList is not yet inheriting from list, so I'm basically coding NestedList with filters). To workaround for now I am calling "delete store.snapshot;" before "store.loadData(..."
Ext.setup({ onReady: function () { var data = []; for (var x = 0; x < 100; x++) data[data.length] = { html: x }; new Ext.List({ fullscreen: true, store: new Ext.data.Store({ fields: ['html'] }), tpl: new Ext.XTemplate('<tpl for=".">
{html}
</tpl>'), itemSelector: '.list-item', dockedItems: [{ dock: 'top', xtype: 'button', text: 'shorten list', handler: function () { var store = this.ownerCt.getStore(); store.loadData([{ html: 'invisible'}]); alert(store.snapshot.getCount()); } }] }).getStore().loadData(data); }});
11 Aug 2010 9:41 AM #2
Nice, two bugs with the same example.
11 Aug 2010 9:45 AM #3
Just out of curiosity... what's the second bug? I'm assuming the first one is that snapshot is not maintained correctly in loadRecords
11 Aug 2010 9:54 AM #4
You changed the handler, but the sample is the same.
25 Aug 2010 9:45 PM #5
I didnt really understand this issue. Im have problem to get the store sorted after I add new records.
3 Sep 2010 7:38 PM #6
I've refactored this to add records via store.add instead of the custom adding logic that used to exist inside loadData. This alleviates the snapshot issue and should standardize the loading process further.Ext JS Senior Software Architect
Personal Blog: http://edspencer.net
Twitter: http://twitter.com/edspencer
Github: http://github.com/edspencer
28 Mar 2012 12:19 AM #7
how to fix it?
I got this issue in my app (ST 1.1)
how to fix it?
28 Mar 2012 12:29 AM #8
Similar Threads
Snapshot in StoreBy harsha_velicheti in forum Ext 3.x: Help & DiscussionReplies: 1Last Post: 6 Feb 2012, 8:32 AM
Refreshing a list's viewBy danvega in forum Sencha Touch 1.x: DiscussionReplies: 2Last Post: 22 Jul 2010, 4:55 AM
[OPEN] [FIXED] A ComboBox's empty text is not shown when calling clearInvalidBy Jose Jeria in forum Ext GWT: Bugs (2.x)Replies: 2Last Post: 8 Sep 2009, 10:46 AM
[FIXED] List.add(List) in BeanModelReaderBy sdc in forum Ext GWT: Bugs (1.x)Replies: 3Last Post: 16 Jul 2008, 11:50 PM


text:
22 Mar 2013 2:17 AM #1
ST 2.2 beta 2 new SQLite Plugin
Hello !
As seen in the changelog : "Added Native SQLite plugin".
Is there any doc available ? Any example on how to implement this ?
Is this also available for web apps, or only for "native" packages ?
23 Mar 2013 6:36 PM #2
- Join Date
- Mar 2007
- Location
- Gainesville, FL
- Posts
- 39,167
- Vote Rating
- 1251
There is no documentation yet for this or examples. Right now you would have to rely on reading the code.Mitchell Simoens @LikelyMitch
Sencha Inc, Senior Software Engineer
Check out my GitHub, lots of nice things for Ext JS 4 and Sencha Touch 2
Think my support is good? Get more personalized support via a support subscription. https://www.sencha.com/store/
Need more help with your app? Hire Sencha Services firstname.lastname@example.com
Want to learn Sencha Touch 2? Check out Sencha Touch in Action that is in print!
When posting code, please use BBCode's CODE tags.
26 Mar 2013 1:19 AM #3
Does anyone know how the SQLite-database is stored on the device? Is it stored in the browser cache or in the native file system?
26 Mar 2013 5:32 AM #4
The same as the local storage, in the browser's cache (and yes, iOS 6 can wipe it without telling you)
26 Mar 2013 6:25 AM #5
26 Mar 2013 6:39 AM #6
Ah, maybe then. This plugin seems to be for sencha wrapper (to generate native apps, such as apk for android). It may be some sort of bridge plugin to allow writing sqlite files on the devices instead of the browser cache. I know that phonegap uses some kind of trick like this.
My previous answer was about web sqlite in general, not about this "native sqlite" plugin which I haven't used yet.
26 Mar 2013 7:01 AM #7
4 Apr 2013 4:32 AM #8
Done some investigation
Since I did not recieve any answers on wether or not the Native SQLLite plugin stores data on the devices native filesystem or not I ran a little test using the command line in Chrome dev tools.
I just ran:
HTML Code:
Ext.device.SQLite.openDatabase({ name: 'test', version: '1', displayName: 'test', estimatedSize: 100, creationCallback: function() {alert('DB created'); } });
http://localhost:3000/?command=SQLite%23openDatabase&sync=true&name=test&version=1&displayName=test&estimatedSize=100& creationCallback=11&__source=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%2Ftest%2F&_dc=1365078199504
And since I have no server-configuration that can handle SQLite commands of course the operation would fail. Now the question is how to test-run the new native SQLLite plugin locally when running Chrome Dev Tools on a computer.. Any ideas?
3 Jun 2013 3:30 AM #9
if you can't read the code then a quick noob test is to just add some console.logs in the required place, package the app for iOS, and use Safari>Develop>your_iOS_app to look in console for logs.Github https://github.com/vadimpopa
Sencha tips and articles : http://vadimpopa.com
Twitter: @vadimvpopa


text:
13 Old War Photographs You Won't Believe Aren't Photoshopped
World War II was a hell of a time. Ask your grandpa: He'll tell you all about the solemn, grim-faced, gritty reality of the whole thing until you become grizzled by proxy. Now, we're not going to sit here and say your grandpa is full of crap (the guy could probably still gut us with a can opener). We're just saying that maybe some of the ways we picture WWII looking -- all razor-jawed men charging through the mud in black and white -- isn't entirely accurate. Because we know for a fact that at least some of the soldiers were carrying floppy dong-shaped rifles into battle, and those air aces had the most fabulous planes ...
#13. War Is No Excuse for Not Looking Pretty ...
Via Ipmsrealcote.com
You've seen that plane before, right? That, or one like it. It's the kind of thing we automatically think of when we talk about WWII flying aces: a grim-faced, begoggled young man striking a dashing figure as he mounts his coal-gray plane to do aerial battle with sinister forces. Now, let's colorize the photo:
Via Io9.com
And run it through an Elton John filter.
That is substantially more fabulous than we pictured it.
That is indeed a gentle pink WWII fighter plane. And it is not a fluke: Some fighter groups were so specialized that they only operated during certain times of day. The lovely pink planes of the RAF 16th Squadron were one such unit: Near invisible at both sunset and sunrise, the pinks were able to fly over Nazi lines and take valuable photos of enemy units. Presumably so they could post them on their blogs with absolutely scathing critiques of their outfits.
Ah, but we shouldn't make fun. Not because that's actually a clever tactic, or because their pilots were easily 10 times the men we'll ever be, but because we'll run out of jokes before we get to the really ridiculous war planes ...
#12. Look, in the Sky! It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's ... an Ice Cream Truck?
Via Ww2db.com
Well, that's some weird camouflage ...
Via Ww2db.com
Assembly planes, or Judas goats, worked like NASCAR pace cars: They were brightly colored so everyone in formation could see them and use them as markers to align themselves with. Or maybe their parent planes just didn't pay enough attention to them when they were growing up ...
Via Ww2incolor.com
It's like a hockey goalie wrapped in a Twister mat.
Via Hyperscale.com
If you're going to fight fascism, why not do it with style?
Hey, kids, look! Up in the sky, it's the Wonder Bread plane! And what's that it's dropping from its underbelly -- why, Wonder Bread, of course! Let's all run toward the Wonderful Wondrous Wonder Bread Canisters, totally heedless of the integrity of our limbs!
Via Ww2db.com
"This leveling of your city was brought to you by Fruit Stripe Gum. Fruit Stripe: Die in fire."
#11. The Nazis Attack ... Los Angeles?
Via Rare Newspapers
That's not one of those novelty newspapers you can pay two dollars to print out and have read "[Your Name] Stops All War With Unreasonably Large Schlong." That was a real issue of the Los Angeles Examiner, and even a somewhat accurate headline. Here's the actual "attack":
Anyone else now have the 20th Century Fox theme in their head?
Wait, what? Were the aliens from Close Encounters part of the Axis back in the day? What are we looking at here, precisely? The answer is obvious: We don't know.
See, after the Japanese caught the U.S. asleep with our hands firmly wedged in our trousers over at Pearl Harbor, America was extra vigilant for the next imperial attack. In the early hours of February 25, 1942, unidentified flying objects were seen in the nighttime sky above LA. Instead of wondering at the infinite possibilities of the cosmos, men did what men did back then: They blew the shit out of it first, and asked questions later. And even then, those questions were just variants of "Is there any way we can blow some more shit out of that thing?" When the UFOs made their appearance, search lights opened up and AA fire caused "the air over Los Angeles to erupt like a volcano." Special-edition newspapers the next day spoke of enemy craft being shot down, but nobody knows exactly what happened there -- officials, as usual, blame weather balloons.
"Help! It's got lips!"
That's it. They've caused enough trouble: We're declaring war on weather balloons.
#10. Plane Crashes Are Inexplicably More Dramatic Than You Think
Via Ww2db.com
Real plane crashes don't look like Hollywood special effects, right?
They're way, way crazier.
The above picture shows the B-24L Stevonovitch II of the 464th Bomber Group. It was hit by German anti-aircraft fire on April 10, 1945. And to get this shot -- the exact moment when a shell bursts and severs the wing of an airplane, but before that wing fully snaps off and flies away -- the photographer had to have been some sort of psychic mutant, or else he was the guy who blew the wing off. This is one of the more famous aerial disaster images, but not the craziest:
Via NARA
"Get in closer! I'm gonna try to light my cigar."
Jesus! We'd make fun of friggin' Michael Bay if he put that veritable river of fire coming out of a plane in a Transformers movie.
Via Arkmilitaryheritage.com
That's the engine down at the bottom, in mid-explosion.
"Maybe if we hit the throttle we can catch up with our own engine. Johnson, when we get close, I'll need you to reach out the window and try to grab it."
"Do you really think that'll work, Sarge?"
"Hell no, son! But if you're gonna die, you may as well die crazy."
#9. A Tragedy, or a Cuddlefest?
Via Scribd.com
Victims of a gas attack? Nope, just Official Nappy Times during the blitz. When the Axis bombing raids flew over London, the unflappable Brits just grabbed their binkies and their upper lip starch and headed down into the subways to sleep how we always suspected British people slept -- in a giant, well-mannered pile. Seriously, look at the guy in front: He doesn't even take his derby off in the subway, in the middle of a bombing raid ... to sleep.
#8. Watch Out for the Potholes
And here's why everybody in the above photo was napping in the subway, and not on other forms of public transportation. This wasn't a sinkhole or anything; it was a bomb crater right in the center of a London street after an October 14, 1940 attack. During blackout conditions, the bus driver didn't see the giant hole (wait, did the buses put their lights out, too? And they still tried to make their stops?!) and he crashed right into it.
Via Time & Life / Getty
"Ladies and gentlemen, we're experiencing some slight turb- wait, do buses experience turbulence?"
#7. Hazmat Babies
Via Theatlantic.com
Quick quiz:
What is this?
1. The BioShock Saturday morning spinoff, Lil' Big Daddies.
2. Space babies.
3. Just some prepared infants.
The correct answer is No. 3: Gas masks don't fit babies, and yet, as our tragically ill-advised research has confirmed, babies are not immune to airborne poisons. So special devices were designed to protect infants in the event of an attack, and thanks to classical conditioning gone awry, now none of these kids can fall asleep unless they smell mustard gas.


text: 25 most sleep-deprived cities POSTED: 12:39 PM Sep 27 2011 UPDATED: 2:00 AM Oct 25 2013 Text Size: Small Text Medium Text Large Text Print Tweet They're not just sleepless in Seattle. Find out which U.S. cities are the most sleep-deprived. Comments The views expressed are not those of WCTI12.com, WCTI NewsChannel 12 or its affiliated companies. By posting your comments, you agree to accept our terms of use.


text:
- Pre-Departure Information
Passport and Visa Information
You must have a passport to travel abroad and to apply for a visa.
Please verify that your passport is up to date and will be valid for 6 months after your departure from the host country.
Obtaining a passport
Apply for a passport as soon as possible! Obtaining a passport can take quite a bit of time and can delay the visa process and flight reservations. The sooner you have it the easier the process will be! You can find a passport office close to you in the following link: http://iafdb.travel.state.gov/
For more information on passports and how to apply for one, please visit the following link:http://travel.state.gov/content/travel/english.html
What is a Visa?
A visa is a formal travel document (sticker, piece of paper, electronic number synched to passport) issued by the embassy of the country you wish to visit. A visa is often required, in addition to your passport, to enter and exit your final destination. A visa is an official document that confirms that an individual is authorized to enter the territory for which the visa was issued. A visa is essentially your permission to travel to and within a particular country.
A student visa, issued by the host country, confirms that you are approved to study in the host country for the duration of your study abroad program. Your student visa provides the opportunity to remain in the host country longer than a typical tourist.
Visa requirements and application processes vary greatly by country, so please be sure to contact your host country's embassy or consulate to learn the specifics for your trip. Look through the State Department's Country Specific Information to research entry and exit requirements, gather additional details about required documentation, and determine how to apply.
The Study Abroad Office may assist you with the visa process, however, it is your responsibility to apply for and obtain a visa. Visa requirements vary by country and by jurisdiction. The Study Abroad Office will assist with any questions you may have, but it is each student's responsibility to apply for and obtain a visa. Please note that these are regulations imposed by the government of the host country, not Saint Louis University.
If you do not have your returned passport and visa 3 weeks prior to your departure date, please contact the Office of Study Abroad!
- The timeline to obtain a student visa varies from country to country. Please be sure that you plan accordingly and provide plenty of time to finalize your visa and passport paperwork prior to departure.
- For some countries, if your stay is less than 90 days, you will not need a visa.
- You must obtain your visa before you leave the United States.
- Some consulates may require that you apply for the visa in person. You may be required to purchase a visa or drive/fly to retrieve your visa (or hire an agency on your behalf to assist with your visa). Other students may only need to mail in an application.
- If you are required to apply in person, schedule your appointment with the consulate as soon as possible. Consulates have limited availability and appointment times book quickly. The earlier you confirm your appointment, the easier the process.
- Make sure that you read and re-read which documents are required for your visa application.
- Some visa applications require you to submit your actual passport with the application. Plan accordingly and do not submit your passport and visa application if you have any upcoming international travel scheduled (family vacation, etc.) and will need your passport before you leave to study abroad.
- Please be sure to read all information from your host university with regards to instructions on how to obtain a visa.
Common Visa Requirements:
(Please check the specific requirements of your host country)
- Valid passport (valid for 6 months after departure date from host country)
- Completed visa application
- Two passport size photos
- Payment of required fees
- In some cases, additional identification such as a drivers license, birth certificate, or bank statement showing that you have the necessary funds to complete your journey.
- Some countries require a copy of your travel ticket and acceptance letter from your/the host institution abroad
Visa Services:
The following are visa services that may assist you with obtaining your visa.
Please note that these services are not endorsed by or affiliated with Saint Louis University.
Zierer Visa Service: www.zvs.com
Perry Visa: www.perryvisa.com
St. Louis China Visa Service Center: www.scanews.com/ChinaVisa/
Visas for Travel to Other Countries While Abroad
Please keep in mind that some countries require visas, even for short periods of time.
Be sure to research the entry requirements of the countries you intend to visit, before you depart for your destination.
Check with the U.S. Department of State to see if your destination country requires a visa: http://studentsabroad.state.gov/traveldocs/visas.php


text:
WHEELING - The West Virginia Circuit Clerks Conference is scheduled to be held in Wheeling in recognition of the state's 150th anniversary this year.
Ohio County Circuit Clerk Brenda Miller said Ohio County was chosen as the host county because Wheeling was the first state capitol. The conference is scheduled to be held Aug. 11-14 at Oglebay Park's Wilson Lodge. The annual meeting, which provides training about procedures and new laws for circuit clerks and deputy circuit clerks, is sponsored by the West Virginia Supreme Court.
To make the visit more special, Miller said she is planning to use trolleys that will take the clerks to different sites across the county including The Highlands, Centre Market, West Virginia Independence Hall and Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack. She estimated about 200 people will attend the training.
"It is the 150th anniversary. We want to make sure the attendees enjoy themselves," Miller said, adding she wants people to see what Wheeling and the county have to offer between training sessions.
Miller requested and received $5,000 in funding from the Ohio County Commission for the trolley endeavor. She also is planning to have Independence Hall's director, Travis Henline, do a portrayal of a historic figure during the conference dinner. West Virginia's archivist, Joe Geiger, also is expected to speak about the state's history and Wheeling's role during the dinner.
While attendees are responsible for their room costs at the park, Miller noted she still is seeking corporate sponsors for the event itself. Miller said she is receiving help planning the outings from Frank O'Brien, executive director of the Wheeling Convention and Visitors Bureau.
"It's amazing the resources they have," she added of the CVB.


text:
So on the Twitter website, underneath the post there's a timestamp, but it's not very specific - it will just say something like Jul 10, or 11 hours ago or something like that. Is there any way to find the EXACT time a tweet was posted? Like to the second? I want to avoid messing around with programming or dealing with the API if possible, but I've looked all over, and haven't been able to find anything.
It is not possible without getting down in HTML or using an extension that does what I am going to do. It was most likely formatted this way to be more friendly to the wider audience.
Right click the time link and inspect the source with an approriate browser.
You should see something similar to the following.
Quicker ways include
Hover over the "23 seconds ago" link. It will bring up a tooltip with the exact date and time it was posted.
However, this is only to the minute, not the second.
You can view the timestamp down to the second by using the mobile version of the site. (NB: You need to be logged-in to see it.)


text:
Bethesda: Reports that Wolfenstein The New Order requires a day one patch to work are "utter nonsense"Written by: / / 7 Comments
Bethesda's Pete Hines has responded to El33tonline's queries regarding the functionality of Wolfenstein The New Order without a patch, telling us the reports are "utter nonsense." Here's his full reply:
@El33tonline absolutely not. utter nonsense. I've been playing for a week with no patch. There is one, fixes some stuff, not required
— Pete Hines (@DCDeacon) May 15, 2014
[End of Update]
Original Story]
Sometime late yesterday reports began doing the rounds that Wolfenstein: The New Order would require a day one patch for both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, weighing in between 5GB and 7.3 GB.
Here are a few Twitter users who have seemed to confirm the news:
Wolfenstein has a day-one 5GB patch. #WolfensteinTheNewOrder #bethesda
— Mark DeSanto (@heymarkd) May 14, 2014
@heymarkd The Xbox One version is 7.3GB. I have a feeling this game has great audio and graphics.
— Jonathan Leack (@JLeack) May 14, 2014
Day one patches aren't uncommon, but if one Twitter user is to be believed, this patch is a crucial requirement if you want to start playing the game at all.
Twitter user Jan Olsen wrote:
@heymarkd I can confirm that neither version is playable with the day one patch. People will be buying a "useless" disc without the patch..
— Jan Olsen (@JanolsenJan) May 15, 2014
We certainly hope this isn't true, especially for players who aren't connected to the internet or are limited by bandwidth caps.
We'll let you know once we find out more.
Wolfenstein: The New Order is out on May 20th around the world across Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.
If you need to find out more about this action-packed first-person shooter, don't miss El33tonline's past and continued Wolfenstein coverage for loads of screenshots and additional trailers, as well as our E3 2013 hands-on preview and another look at the game from gamescom 2013.
Don't forget that if you pre-order The New Order, you'll gain access to the upcoming beta test for id Software's next DOOM game. There's no way to know when that beta will become available, but at least you'll be ready to get the first peek at what id Software has been working on for the last few years.
Tags: bethesda, machinegames, patch, titleupdate, wolfensteintheneworder


text:
Flash: A Disruptive Technology for Enterprises
By gsedivas on Dec 23, 2009
Flash memory technology has been a total game changer in the consumer space over the last twenty years. Now, enterprises are starting to reap the benefits of flash.
Listen to this edition of Innovating@Sun in which host Hal Stern, VP Global Systems Engineering, Sun Microsystems, interviews Lisa Noordergraaf, a Senior Performance Engineer in Sun's Performance Technologies group, on flash as a disruptive technology and how Sun's innovation with flash in the storage hierarchy has vastly improved system performance for enterprises.
Sun Flash Technology
Sun Storage F5100 Flash Array
Sun Flash Accelerator F20 PCIe Card


text:
Thinking Small,
On a global scale
Of course you want to be sure your tour company is "green"! By travelling with us, your students are actually helping the environment and the community on their excursion. Read 10 Reasons Why We're Eco here.What's this about?
Australian Adventures
Australia is host to some of the oldest rainforest in the world. Home of wildlife found nowhere else on earth. Guardian of The Great Barrier Reef. Keeper of ancient aboriginal culture.
All Inclusive Value
Trips include expert guides, accommodation, activities, meals and snacks, plus extras like field guides to keep. No hidden extras or additional fees.
We're An Educational Tour Company
This means your excursion can be fun AND highly academic. Marine biologists, widlife experts, Aboriginal elders and teachers are your guides.
If You Want More Than a "Coach Tour"
Our educational tours combine culture, history and exploration of the natural world. Join us!


text:
Continuing Education Blog
PNCA offers evening and weekend classes for adults and young people. For adults we offer courses in art, craft, and design, as well as professional development classes. For children we have Saturday classes during the school year and week-long camps during the summer. In addition to our regular teen classes, we also offer immersive summer Pre-College Studios. Our blog below gives you an idea of some of the goings on, and you can see our full course catalogue online here.
Portland Metro Scholastic Art Awards
The Portland Metro Scholastic Art Awards is on exhibit now at PNCA! This is an inspiring exhibition of Middle and High school artwork by students from in and around the Portland area. All different types of media are on display; from painting and printmaking, to ceramics and assemblage. The level of skill, originality, and personal voice demonstrated by students featured the exhibition is truly impressive.
Make sure to stop by PNCA and check out the Exhibition if you are in Portland. Click the jump to check out more images from this year's Portland Metro Scholastic Art Awards The exhibition will be in PNCA's commons from January 29th through February 24th, 2012.
Informal Reception PNCA:
All student participants welcome. Pacific Northwest College of Art Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 4:00 – 7:00 pm Individual Gold Key work on display.
FORMAL Ceremony – Newmark Theater Individual Gold Key, and Senior Portfolio Gold, Silver and Honorable Mention recipients will receive an invitation in the mail for the Newmark Theater Ceremony.
Back to the Start
You know what makes a great Saturday morning? It's different for everyone, for sure. For me, a great Saturday morning has a little bit of sunshine, a crisp January breeze, and the start of a new round of Youth classes. We welcomed over 45 young students this weekend and had lots of fun in the process. I can tell that this is going to be an awesome term filled with great artwork. We already have some drawings, paintings, and prints in the works. Here is a peek at how our first day went.
Stick with us. It's gonna be a great two months. Keep updated on our flickr site.
Sneak Peek
We had a great first week of classes and have been working on the new catalog. To the right is a first look at the spring cover by Lizzy House. The spring classes are online now and the summer will be coming shortly. New classes include Mechanical Advantage in Kinetic Sculpture, Etching and Special Projects in Ceramics. The full schedule of summer classes will be available soon.
St. Agatha School Visit
A very cool group of students from St. Agatha Catholic School visited PNCA to participate in a hands on activity inspired by work from the ART.WRITE.NOW Exhibition. Led by Instructor Heather McLaughlin, students were prompted to choose a work in the exhibit and complete a short worksheet. Students then learned about value and ink wash techniques. Their drawing ideas were pulled from descriptive terms they were asked to write down relating to their chosen work of art from the exhibition.
If you would like to check out more images from our activity with the student's from St. Agatha you can do so by visiting our Outreach Collection on Flickr.
Youth Program Internship
For the last five years the Youth Program has offered an internship to interested BFA students during PNCA's Spring semester. Our internship program has seen a great deal of change over the years, shifting from a somewhat informal 2-credit internship to a rigorous, hands-on 3-credit internship with an academic component and practicum. Our Interns work in our classrooms on Saturdays and assist Instructors. In the afternoon they learn different teaching techniques, educational approaches, etc. Here are some of our past participants.
It's really great to work with these BFA students, and to see their enthusiasm for art and education. We have four new interns joining us for our Winter and Spring terms. They will be working in our classrooms starting this Saturday. If you would like to see what our students and interns are up to, visit our In the Classroom collection on flickr.
Winter Classes to Start Soon
Hey There! Did you know that Youth and Pre-College classes are just around the corner. Our Winter term begins on Saturday, January 28th! Woohoo! We can hardly wait for the kiddos and teens to be back on campus! Right now we are in the midst of preparing for youth classes… supply lists are coming in; classrooms are set! Soon, brand new sketchbooks, 140lbs watercolor paper, and other materials will be arriving. Mmmm… fresh, shiny new sketchbooks.
We have some really fun classes on the way including:
MiniMasters(4-6) with MaryEllan Hartman
Drawing + Painting(7-8) with Alice Hill
Art + Storytelling(9-11) with Gary Sweet
Hand Printed Fabric Design(12-14) with Magena Kelly
Beginning Painting(Pre-College) with Benny Fountain
We can already tell that some really amazing artwork is going to be made by the students this coming term!
ART.WRITE.NOW on Exhibit at PNCA
The install is complete! The ART.WRITE.NOW Exhibition looks amazing! If you're in town, come down to PNCA to check out this wonderful collection of work by talented teens from all across the nation!
ART.WRITE.NOW TOUR stops in Portland!
ART.WRITE.NOW is currently being installed in our commons! Here is a sneak peek at some of the amazing artwork that will be featured. The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards' Traveling Exhibition showcases work by top teen talent from Portland and around the nation.
The ART.WRITE.NOW Tour, a traveling exhibition of select works from the prestigious Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, is coming to PNCA. This touring exhibition presents some of the most stunning examples of teen-produced work in the nation. Among the more than 100 pieces of art and writing showcased in the ART.WRITE.NOW Tour are winning works from four Portland-area teens. The exhibit represents a small sample of the Alliance's annual national exhibition, which in 2011 showcased more than 600 works from teens in grades 7 through 12. The ART.WRITE.NOW Tour is central to the Alliance's mission to provide recognition for creative teens and to highlight the value of arts education.
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards is the longest-running, most prestigious recognition program for creative teens and the largest source of scholarships for young artists and writers. Since 1923, more than nine million students have been recognized through exhibitions and publications and have shared in over $25 million in awards and scholarships that opened doors to prestigious institutions.
The program boasts a long list of distinguished alumni who also won when they were in high school, including Andy Warhol, Robert Redford, Philip Pearlstein, Richard Avedon, Zac Posen, Joyce Carol Oates, Sylvia Plath, John Lithgow, Ned Vizzini, Abdi Farah (winner of the Bravo reality show Work of Art: The Next Great Artist) and John Baldessari. As the program prepares for its 90th anniversary in 2013, the Alliance is calling all alumni to reconnect and join in the celebration.
The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers identifies teenagers with exceptional artistic and literary talent and brings their remarkable work to a national audience through the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. The program is generously supported by Scholastic Inc., Maurice R. Robinson Foundation, Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, AMD Foundation, Command Web Offset, The New York Times, Blick Art Materials, Ovation, and New York Life Foundation.
The Best of 2011
So as far as years go, this one was pretty great for the Youth Program. We got to make a lot of awesome artwork with our students. We met some amazing artists in both our Youth and Teen class offerings. We hosted schools from around the northwest like St. Josephs from Seattle, and joined educators from around the United States for the National Art Education Association Conference. We have welcomed new instructors, staff, and interns into our program, and had the pleasure of working with people who are truly committed to art education and a life of creative practice. If you would like to see some of our favorite moments from the last year, you can visit our Best of 2011 set on Flickr.
A big thank you to the PNCA Staff, Youth Faculty and Program Staff, as well as the parents and students, who support our programs and have helped make 2011 great. With your help 2012 will be even better!
PhotoShop Fun
Here is a glimpse at some of the digital editing work that our Visual Elements students created on their last day of class. There are some interesting approaches with the photoshop tools here. If you would like to see more, as always, make sure to check out our Flickr page. Also, there is still time to register for our winter classes! Just visit our Registration Site!
Past Articles
By month ...
July 2016
June 2016
May 2016
April 2016
March 2016
February 2016
January 2016
December 2015
November 2015
October 2015
September 2015
August 2015
July 2015
June 2015
May 2015
April 2015
March 2015
February 2015
January 2015
December 2014
November 2014
October 2014
September 2014
August 2014
July 2014
June 2014
May 2014
April 2014
March 2014
February 2014
January 2014
December 2013
November 2013
October 2013
September 2013
August 2013
July 2013
June 2013
May 2013
April 2013
March 2013
February 2013
January 2013
December 2012
November 2012
October 2012
September 2012
August 2012
July 2012
June 2012
May 2012
April 2012
March 2012
February 2012
January 2012
December 2011
November 2011
October 2011
September 2011
August 2011
July 2011
June 2011
May 2011
April 2011
March 2011
February 2011
January 2011
December 2010
November 2010
October 2010
September 2010
August 2010
July 2010
June 2010
May 2010
April 2010
March 2010
February 2010
January 2010
December 2009
November 2009
October 2009
September 2009
August 2009
July 2009
June 2009
May 2009
April 2009
March 2009
February 2009
January 2009
January 2007
Useful Apps
PDX Bus: Trimet
Food Carts Portland
Portland Essentials
PDX Pipeline
Portland Weather
AnyStop: Trimet
Food Carts Portland
Portland Essentials
PDX Pipeline
Portland Weather


text:
Email to a Friend
Availability: In stock
Preamp Tubes
Power Tubes
What do these options mean?
Double click on above image to view full picture
Only registered users can write reviews. Please, log in or register
What kind of power tubes does your amp use?
Doug's Tubes, Inc.
P.O. Box 32
Levittown, NY 11756
Mon-Fri 10am-5pm est
Call to place an order:
Email for tube recommendations:


text:
Is Honduras a good travel location for backpackers? I want to know where I can find good backpacking hostels in Honduras. What are some common backpacking travel cities or towns? I am a solo male traveler and am looking to go to Honduras in November. I will be there for 2 weeks. My budget is around $1000 not counting the airfare. Preferably I would love to stay on an island or beach for a week and then go experience the culture.
Firstly I haven't been to Honduras for about five years and all this is off the top of my head:
Honduras is cheap, since you mention USD I assume you are American so there are probably fairly cheap flights.
Honduras is poor. They have beaches but they don't take great care of them, at least on the mainland. I spent Easter at Omoa and found it very dirty compared to Mexico's beaches.
There is a backpacker scene. By far the main attractions are the scuba diving in the Bay Islands followed by the Mayan ruins at Copán.
The diving courses were well known to be amongst the cheapest in the world. Many backpackers went there to get PADI certification, or to progress to a higher level.
I never went to the Bay Islands but some reports were that they weren't so great if you weren't diving. Perhaps the beaches there were also not great but many people mentioned sandflies being a problem. The Bay Islands were originally British rather than Spanish so surprise surprise - they speak English there!
I liked Copán very much even after having been to many Aztec and Mayan sites before in Mexico and Guatemala. The ruins are pretty but the town nearby was absolutely my favourite place to just hang out in Honduras. It had hostels and a backpacker scene, it's an attractive colonial town, and they seemed to be spending the tourist money wisely making it nicer. Usually I don't like tourist trap towns but I loved this one.
Honduras has one of the nicest capital cities in Central America, Tegucigalpa. Perhaps not utterly safe but safer than the neighbouring countries' capitals plus it's built in a hilly area which makes it more scenic. And there are backpacker hostels.
But if you're looking for a cultural experience my absolute number one recommendation for Honduras is to visit the Garífuna villages. They are a black skinned people descended from West Africans and indigenous Caribs and Arawaks. They have a unique culture and speak their own language. Where else will you meet people that look African and speak a native American language? They also have their own yummy alcoholic drink called "guifiti". The villages welcome backpackers and the more difficult the village is the reach the more amazing your experience will be. All the villages are on the coast with amazingly beautiful beaches. From memory there is a string of them both to the east and west of Tela and I seem to recall there are some near another coastal city in the country.
But things change fast in the world so five years is a long time and I'm sure some important things have changed. Do some research, and have a great trip!


text:
How can I greet a person in a manner similar to "Nice to find you in here!" (— meaning meeting a friend by chance somewhere)?
Sign up
- Anybody can ask a question
- Anybody can answer
- The best answers are voted up and rise to the top
The most common one is
but it does not particularly mean you feel nice about it (nor does it mean it is bad). If you want to express that, you can just add the direct translation:
There might be a lot more ways to say that, but I'll try to offer more general examples. The following lines would be said with a wide smile.
In my opinion, Japanese people don't say a counterpart to "nice" because they express it with their smile. They don't bother to say it. 「あら」and「よ」are said to draw an attention. (They might express a pleasant surprise.)
I'm not sure how often speakers like こんにちは or どうも, but as far as my family is concerned, my husband, 40s, don't like long words. I like longer words, for some reason. (It may depend on speakers' sex, but I don't know for sure.)
Well, just for your information, what about meeting superiors?
I would say
My husband will probably say
The above lines would be said with a wide smile and a bow. I personally think どうも adds a little polite tone to the line. I feel this どうも is different from the どうも in 「よ、どうも」which seems simply to mean "hello"in a friendly way.
I'd say
I would go with お久しぶり! because it works even if you saw them 2 days ago.


text:
I can get it close to the LCD but there's about a 0.05 (estimate) gap. I think I can shim it with some electricians tape. Also, the hex screw that holds the lipped plate in place is English -- not Metric. I don't know if that's a concern. It boggled me for a few minutes.
Also, the lipped plate is longer than it needs to be and because I have to move it so far forward, it impacts part of my Samyang Lens -- lifting it slightly and causing a slight misalignment.
If you would only make a lens ring adapter for the NN3/4/5 you would save a lot of people a lot of grief. Mounting a camera on an NN3/4/5 is still the weak link in your product line.


text: Any interest in a loanees challenge where you use only loanees to gain promotion? You can use any team in the world by using any league that is in the boxed/steam download game and during the first season you'll be allowed to have 5 non-loanees in your team. You can also sign free agents during the first season and signings can only be made by signing current/ previous loanees.


text:
In Harry Potter and The Order of Phoenix, Dolores Umbridge always seems to be wearing pink color dresses. Is there any significance for this?
Extremely Feminine
Dolores Umbridge is depicted as an extremely girlish character.
From the Harry Potter Wiki:
The pink clothes & accessories, the kittens and the high-pitched voice are to depict girlishness.
We can say that the filmakers wanted to show irony/contrast in the character.
Sources : Dolores Umbridge < Harry Potter Wiki
A glance through official wikis and 'making of' sites does not appear to shed much light on this, other than the fact that she seems to dress like a favorite auntie.
According to Harry, she looked like someone's maiden aunt, and that her style of dressing would fit someone half her age.
Personally, I think it was a conscious decision on the part of the filmmakers to dress her this way, thus making her the living embodiment of 'a wolf in sheep's clothing'.
Sickly sweet pink on the outside, twisted and rotten on the inside, a perfect contrast.
Pink is to Umbridge as black is to Snape. Umbridge acted like a little girl in some ways, using it to hide her true self. Her gaudy pink visage was meant to make her seem respectable and unthreatening, helping in her political machinations and her actions as Hogwarts High Inquisitor. The pink walls of her office and the kitten plates, etc etc contributed to this.


text:
Willem-Alexander Becomes King of Netherlands
The new king of the Netherlands ascended to the throne Tuesday in a ceremony that throws into sharp relief the costs of maintaining Europe's royal families at a time of economic austerity.
Crown Prince Willem-Alexander was invested as his country's first king since the late 19th century in what his abdicating mother, Queen Beatrix, insisted was a sober ceremony in Amsterdam that befits straitened times.
The events aren't expected to be marked by the fierce protests from squatters—some shouting "no home, no coronation"—that overshadowed Beatrix's inauguration in 1980, also a time of economic crisis.
The Dutch royal family still enjoys widespread support, according to the annual survey commissioned by the public broadcasting service NOS. It shows 78% of the Dutch population support the monarchy, although 44% back a cut in the annual benefits received by the royal family.
While other royal houses in Europe have reduced expenses, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has indicated that the payment to the Dutch monarchy won't be cut, though it costs taxpayers close to €40 million ($52 million) annually.
"The Netherlands are now, next to the Scandinavian countries, the only country where the royal family does not have to compromise" on expenses, said Herman Matthijs, a professor at the University of Ghent who has studied the budget costs of Europe's royal families.
A study released this month by Mr. Matthijs shows the Spanish and British royal families have reduced expenditures from 2009-13. By contrast, the total cost of salaries and material expenses for the Dutch monarchy increased 4.5%, according to Mr. Matthijs' calculations.
"We will see if Willem-Alexander must also make concessions on payments next year," Mr. Matthijs said.
The debate over royal spending has been muted in Scandinavia because Norway, Sweden and Denmark are among the European countries least affected by austerity. Sweden this summer will stage its second royal wedding in three years. In Denmark, chain-smoking Margrethe II is immensely popular, enjoying a 77% favorable rating among her subjects, according to a recent Megafon/Politiken/TV2 poll.
In Spain, the Royal House said its 2011 budget, the first it disclosed publicly, was 5.2% lower than the budget for 2010, a reflection of austerity policies implemented amid Spain's deepest recession in decades. The budget was cut again in 2012 and 2013.
But the relatively modest payments exclude funds the king draws for various expenses. King Juan Carlos I and other royals pay income tax and other taxes, but don't own their palaces and, like some other European monarchies, don't have to pay for transportation and security.
Despite the British royal family's popularity, many people would like to reduce the amount of money the royals receive. According to pollsters Ipsos Mori, 52% of British citizens polled last year say the royal family shouldn't receive as much money as it does. Still, a decade earlier some 76% said the royals should receive less.
King Albert II in Belgium has benefited from a law—criticized by the central bank—that indexes salaries to inflation. His allowance is agreed at the start of his reign and can't be altered, save for inflation, to ensure the king's independence from Parliament.
He started in 1994 with €6 million a year to fund his role as head of state and this has grown to about €11 million. In keeping with the general mood of austerity, the king agreed to spend the latest increase (around €300,000) on renovation and upkeep of the royal palaces. In addition, there are allowances for other members of the royal family.
But the figures don't include spending on various castles and palaces, which are maintained by the state, or official air travel, which comes out of the defense ministry's budget.
Though expenses are being scrutinized, the popularity of monarchies seems to depend on other issues, including the behavior of members of the royal family.
The Belgian king has a much more political role than many of his European peers, while new Dutch legislation has minimized the role of the Dutch monarch in forming a government.
However, the Belgian monarch's role is disputed. The N-VA, by far the most popular party in Flanders, ultimately wants a separate Flemish republic and sees him as partisan to the French-speaking Walloons.
Controversy also flared up recently after Belgium's dowager Queen Fabiola, the widow of Albert's brother, Baudouin, was accused of setting up a foundation to avoid the country's high inheritance taxes.
In Spain, the declining health of the 75-year-old monarch and recent financial scandals that have tainted the monarchy have intensified calls for him to abdicate in favor of Crown Prince Felipe, his 45-year-old son. Thousands of people demonstrated against the monarchy this month on the 82nd anniversary of the establishment of Spain's last republican government.
Republican governments aren't always cheaper, however. Mr. Matthijs's study shows the office of the French president spends more than €110 million annually, almost three times the declared cost of the British and Dutch royal families to their governments.
—John Stoll in Stockholm and Cassell Bryan-Low in London contributed to this article.
Write to Ellen Proper at email@example.com, David Roman at firstname.lastname@example.com and Frances Robinson at email@example.com


text:
Vegas Goes Country!
In preparation for the 45th Annual Academy of Country Music awards on April 18, country music artists descended into Las Vegas a few days early for a weekend full of fun. On Friday April 16, headline act Lady Antebellum was joined by Emily West, The Band Perry, David Nail and Danny Gokey as each act took to the stage to begin the ACM Concerts at Fremont Street Experience.


text:
This CoolBlast® Solitaire Long Sleeve Shirt is an athletically-inspired performance top with contemporary elegance and feminine style. Whisper-light fabric in an allover mini diamond jacquard print lowers your body temperature with moisture-activated cooling technology. The white quarter zip boasts a crystal solitaire in a silver zipper pull.
Perfect for showing and great for schooling, the easy-care Riding Sport™ Competition Shirt keeps you comfortable. This short sleeve riding shirt has a quarter-zip front and a figure-flattering cut. Complete with stock tie loop.
Another style for your CoolBlast® collection, this CoolBlast Contrast IceFil® Shirt helps lowers your body temperature by 5°! Cooling mesh inserts under the arms increase airflow for even more comfort. A trendy contrast front zip, contrast collar lining and topstitch detail create a look that's even more fun.
The Riding Sport™ Plaid Trim Short Sleeve Zip Mock has slimming princess seams and distinctive plaid detailing that makes you stand out from the crowd. In soft jersey knit with four-way stretch, this riding shirt will be your favorite with breeches and jeans.
Freshly redesigned, the Kerrits® Competition Koat is a versatile and budget-friendly show coat option. It's made of Kerrits' easy-care, wrinkle-resistant Dynamic Extreme™ fabric with four-way stretch and styled to enhance the figure. This show coat has a classic 3-button front with a hidden zippered placket for a smooth look.
Enter your next competition in style and comfort! This CoolBlast Liberty™ Short Sleeve Competition Shirt is so pretty, you just might wear it for schooling. Its made of technical fabric and mesh to keep you cool, with a slim cut for a neat look under a show coat. The contoured hem stays tucked while you ride. Collar and cuffs lined in Liberty of London™ Art Print fabric.
A wonderful addition to your show ensemble, the Devon-Aire® Nouvelle Stretch Show Coat offers a classic look, excellent stretch and a budget-friendly price. This show jacket is well tailored with rolled shoulders, a three-button front, notched lapels, flap pockets and a double-vented back.
Enter your next competition in complete comfort and style! This CoolBlast Liberty™ Long Sleeve Competition Shirt features technical fabric and mesh to keep you cool in hot competition. It has a slim cut for a neat look under a show coat and a contoured hem that stays tucked. Collar and cuffs lined in Liberty of London™ Art Print fabric.
For quality that defies the price, you'll love this Riding Sport™ Debut Show Coat. Lightweight and breathable fabric flatters like traditional show coat fabric, yet it's exceptionally easy-care. In a classic tonal windowpane pattern, it's styled with a three-button front, a double-vented back and front pockets.
Look polished and stay cool in the show ring with the Ovation® Performance Competition Coat. Machine washable for exceptionally easy care, this show coat is made of ultra lightweight stretch gabardine fabric with a full stretch mesh lining. European-inspired style elements include four silver buttons and contrast Ultrasuede collar.
Lightweight, easy-care and breathable, Huntfield's® Pro Competition Coat in climaTech performance fabric has a traditional matte finish and beautiful drape. This show coat offers built-in stretch plus dirt and water repellency. European-inspired styling includes a four-button front, silver buttons and black Ultrasuede collar with double piping.
A traditional ladies' show shirt in a machine washable cotton blend, the Devon-Aire® Concour Show Shirt is a welcome addition to your show wardrobe. This classic long sleeve show shirt provides a crisp look with reinforced placket and cuffs, single needle tailoring and traditional choker. A great value!
A great value and an easy addition to your show ensemble, the Devon-Aire® Concour Short Sleeve Show Shirt is made of an easy-care cotton blend fabric. This ladies' show shirt is classically tailored with a traditional choker, hand-set buttons and reinforced placket.
You'll love the performance, feel and drape of the Huntfield's® Classic Competition Coat. It offers all the benefits of athletically-inspired fabric; it's lightweight, washable, stretchy and breathable. Yet it also offers the polished look of a matte finish typically found in a traditional wool blend coat. Dirt- and water-repellent, it's lined with mesh.


text:
Description: This fabric is waterproof, durable and has a slight crossgrain stretch. This product can be used in making diapers, changing mattress covers and applications that require waterproof fabric. CPSIA certified. Machine Wash Warm, No Chlorine Bleach, No Fabric Softeners, Dry ...
go to product
Explore Fabric.com
We're here to help
Discover Fabric.com
Sewing Center


text:
How secure is Apples disk encryption FileVault 2 when someone has physical or network access while the computer in sleep mode or is running a screen saver? Are there ways to circumvent FileVault 2 when the computer is not turned off?
Apparently FileVault 2 is secure against a DMA Attack if the screen isn't unlocked, since 10.7.2 (so make sure you're running Lion). My guess is that on sleep the keys are encrypted with your password, rather than just left in memory.
I'm assuming that it also means it is protected against a Cold Boot Attack too.
The only sources I could find on it is this blog post.
Just a quick addition to the previous answers; if you are still worried someone would get the hold of your encryption key from RAM during standby, one could enable a power management feature of OS X called "DestroyFVKeyOnStandby", as mentioned here (same link as Richard Belisle), page 37.
The full command would be
This would enable destruction of the FileVault key during standby for all
Yes, OS X is still vulnerable to the Cold Boot Attack, because the encryption keys are kept in memory while the machine is powered on (i.e., from you enter your password on boot until your machine is completely powered off). This is a problem for all software full-disk encryption tools, and not specifically related to FileVault 2.
Depending on the version of OS X that you are running, your machine may or may not be vulnerable to DMA attacks with tools like inception. Versions >= 10.7.2 disables FireWire DMA when the machine is locked.
In older versions of Mac OS X, an attacker with physical access to the machine could plug in via Firewire (or Thunderbolt) and use DMA attacks to gain access to memory. This would let the attacker slurp out your password and thus defeat FileVault 2's protection. However, this vulnerability was fixed in Mac OS X 10.7.2.
Later versions of Mac OS X have largely eliminated this vulnerability. The attack is still possible if a user is logged in and the machine is unlocked. However, when the screen lock kicks in, the OS enables extra protections that prevent this attack.
Also, setting a firmware (pre-boot) password may help.
I found an article with the general security analysis of FileVault: http://eprint.iacr.org/2012/374.pdf
It references other security research that answers my question.
Read this from Apple for current info as of 10.7.4, especially check out the "Firmware" section.


text:
Top Definition
Calum Hood is in a band called 5 seconds of summer. He's so cute like a little puppy but then .4 seconds later he turns into this sexy little shit. He's so sexy he's just a ball of australian sex. He occasionally slaps the bass but I think he really means ass. He plays soccer too which is also really sexy. He has really nice lips that make you vomit. He glued a Cincinnati Reds snapback to his head. He's the only person on this planet who still looks hot while wearing an Adventure Time watch. He also thinks he's this rapper named Cash Money and he ships himself with Chris Brown.
Random: Have you heard of Calum Hood?
Me: Oh you mean Cash Money? Yea, he's in this australian band and he's so sexy.
Me: Oh you mean Cash Money? Yea, he's in this australian band and he's so sexy.
the whale's vaginaによって 2013年06月15日(土)
Trending Now
Photos & Videos
The extremely talented 15 year old singer/guitarist from aussie band 5 Seconds of Summer.
"What ethnicity is Calum Hood?"
"Nobody knows, but he sure is cute!"
"Nobody knows, but he sure is cute!"
aybbyによって 2012年10月01日(月)
Calum from da Hood is no ordinary fella. He is amazingly cute. He may not know exactly know how to be in a relationship but know that he will treet you right. He can always make you laugh even when you think it can't be done. He plays bass so you know what that means ;)
"Is that Calum Hood?"
"Calum from da Hood you mean?? Yeah you want some of that."
"Calum from da Hood you mean?? Yeah you want some of that."
haimynameismorganによって 2013年05月07日(火)
A very gorgeous human being that also happens to be a sex god that will plow anyone's pussy and belongs to a girl named Samantha Gilbert A.K.A. @cthxmuke on twitter
You: "Do you know who Calum Hood is?"
Samantha Gilbert: "OF COURSE I DO HE'S MY BAE
Samantha Gilbert: "OF COURSE I DO HE'S MY BAE
Frank Gioia is bæによって 2015年08月06日(木)
Also known as Calum Invisible Hood. Sometimes he doesn't know himself.
sang by calum hood himself, "who am i, who am i? when i don't know myself."
fuckin idk によって 2016年06月20日(月)
A cute nick name for the clit hood that makes it easier to talk about mastubation publicly
"I couldn't finish my work sheet because I hung out with Calum Hood last night"
Henry jkによって 2016年01月07日(木)
Calum hood is the bassist of the australian pop band 5 seconds of summer. he a 19 year old boy who thinks he can get away with anything because he's worshiped by 15 year old girls. he doesn't care about his fans no matter what they think, he has run away from them and been rude to them before. he has absolutely no respect for anyone who isn't a celebrity that he likes, such as his musical inspirations. he is too young to understand how lucky he is to be where he is.
don't be such a calum hood!
escarnoによって 2015年04月06日(月)


text:
David Eckstein
- Position(s):
- Nicknames:
- X Factor, Just Enough
- Born:
- January 20, 1975
- Bats:
- Right
- Throws:
- Right
- Height:
- 5' 7"
- Weight:
- 175 lbs
- Major League Debut:
- 4-03-2001 with ANA
- Allstar Selections:
- 2006 BR, 2006 WsMVP
At 5'6" and 170 pounds, babyfaced David Eckstein never looked the part of a ballplayer. But he squeezed every bit of talent from his small frame and became an All-Star shortstop. A throwback to the era when shortstops were light-hitting sparkplugs, Eckstein batted leadoff for the 2002 World Champion Angels, scoring 107 runs, while leading the league in sacrifice hits and being hit by pitches. He signed a lucrative free agent contract with the Cardinals after the 2004 season. David Eckstein is beloved by fans for his passion for the game, positive attitude, hustle, and scrappy play.
High school
Eckstein played baseball all four years at Seminole High School in Sanford, Florida. He was a two-time All-State athletic selection, and a prominent member of a state championship team.
He was also a member of the National Honor Society and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Eckstein was voted "Most Helpful" in the Class of 1993.
Eckstein was commemorated on the 2006–2007 Seminole High baseball squad's T-shirt with the recognition at the bottom of the shirt as follows: "22.DE.WS.MVP.06." Eckstein's number with the St. Louis Cardinals was 22, DE are his initials, and he was the 2006 World Series MVP.
Undrafted out of Seminole High School, Eckstein was a walk-on second baseman at the University of Florida. At the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, Eckstein was a walk-on player to the Florida Gators baseball team in the fall of 1994; he later earned an athletic scholarship. A standout in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), he was a first-team All-SEC selection in 1995 and 1996, a first-team All-American in 1996, a three-time SEC Academic Honor Roll selection (1995–1997), and the first two-time Academic All-American in Gators history. Eckstein was a member of the 1996 Gators squad that finished third in the College World Series. He was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 2007.
Eckstein also played for the Harrisonburg Turks of the Valley Baseball League in Harrisonburg, Virginia.He was selected by the Boston Red Sox in the 19th round of the 1997 amateur draft. He rose through the ranks of the Red Sox organization, regularly hitting over .300, but was considered by the club to have limited talent. He reached the AAA Pawtucket Red Sox in 2000 and hit just .246 there. The Sox put him on waivers on August 16th, and he was claimed by the Anaheim Angels. He immediately bounced back, hitting .345 in 15 games with the Edmonton Trappers, all at second base.
Los Angeles Angels
Eckstein made his big league debut in 2001 as the Angels starting shortstop on Opening Day, due to an injury to Benji Gil and the emergence of Adam Kennedy at second base. He finished fourth in that season's Rookie of the Year voting, and the next season, Eckstein finished 11th in American League Most Valuable Player voting, as he batted .293 with 107 runs scored, six triples, eight homers, 63 RBI, and 21 stolen bases.
He helped the Angels win the World Series. Eckstein led the American League in HBP and sacrifice hits in 2001 and 2002. Eckstein collected nine hits and scored six runs in the Halos' 2002 World Series victory... Eckstein was 4-for-5 with three doubles and two RBI in Game Four of the 2006 World Series. His eighth-inning double provided the winning run... He was named MVP of the 2006 World Series, after the Cardinals defeated the Tigers in five games.
St. Louis Cardinals
When the Angels signed shortstop Orlando Cabrera after the 2004 season, Eckstein became expendable and was let go. Within a few days, he signed with the St. Louis Cardinals. In 2005 he was voted the starting shortstop for the National League All-Star team, and he was an All-Star again the following year. He led the Cardinals with 7 triples in 2005. Two times in a 17-day stretch that season, Eckstein won a game with a "walk-off bunt". He hit .364 in the 2006 World Series and was 4-for-5 with three doubles and two RBI in Game Four of the 2006 World Series. His eighth-inning double provided the winning run and was named that year's World Series MVP. He joined Bucky Dent, Alan Trammell, and Derek Jeter as only shortstops to win the award.
Toronto Blue Jays
On November 5, 2007, Eckstein became a free agent along with Kip Wells, Troy Percival, and Miguel Cairo. On December 13, 2007, he signed a one-year, $4.5 million contract with the Toronto Blue Jays.
Arizona Diamondbacks
On August 31, 2008, Eckstein was traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks for minor league pitcher Chad Beck.
San Diego Padres
On January 15, 2009 he signed a discounted one-year contract with the San Diego Padres on the condition that he would play primarily second base. On August 22, 2009 the San Diego Padres extended Eckstein's contract through the 2010 season.
Eckstein did not join a team for the 2011 season. In June, it was reported that he received offers from the Padres and other teams, but has opted to not play baseball. He is working for his wife, actress Ashley Drane.
Eckstein is married to actress Ashley Drane. Three of his siblings and his father suffer from kidney ailments and have had transplants. Eckstein's brother Rick Eckstein was the hitting coach for the New Orleans Zephyrs in 2006 and will have the same role with the Memphis Redbirds in 2007; Rick also coached for Team USA in the 2005 Baseball World Cup.
- Tagged:
- 2002 World Series, 2006 World Series, Arizona Diamondbacks, Boston Red Sox, David Eckstein, Los Angeles Angels, St. Louis Cardinals, Toronto Blue Jays, University of Florida, World Series Most Valuable Player Award


text:
|Brief summary: Gymnastics Summer Camp for Ages 3-12
Details: Gymnastics camps at The Cave are a blast. With coaching available from kids new to gymnastics, to those trying to improve their skills for competetive gymnastics we provide teaching for all levels. Our coaches are experts at finding the fun in developmental progressions, and providing games with a purpose. Our staff includes coaches that have competed and coached at a high level, but also fully understand how to ensure that kids love their experience and have fun. Gymnastics is too much work to not enjoy the process.
Gymnastics camps will provide an environment of work and direct payoff. The body control and strength developed in this sport are unmatched. Regardless of whether or not your child wants to pursue gymnastics as a competitive sport, participating in gymnastics will yield lifelong benefit.
Camps run 10am to 2pm daily. Kids should bring a lunch each day.
Our gymnastics camps are open to kids age 3+. If your child is 3-5 years old please call in as we are creating a group specifically for this age and space is limited.
Extended care runs from 9am-4pm and can be added to your registration for $30/day.
Extended care event.
Full week $300
3 Days (M/W/F) $220
Note if you sign up within 1 month of the camp cost goes up 20%. If you register within two weeks of the camp cost goes up 30%.
Cancellation policy:
Retain 20% of camp fee if cancel within one month of camp start date
Retain 30% of camp fee if cancel within 2 weeks of camp start date
Retain 100% of camp fee if no show on camp start date
Start Time: Jul 29, 2013 10:00AM
End Time: Aug 2, 2013 02:00PM
Event Location: The Cave
Member cost: $360.00
Nonmember cost: $360.00


text:
RILEY COUNTY, Kan. (WIBW) -- The Riley County Police Department is asking for help from the public in locating a woman they say is now a person of interest in a 1977 killing. Officials say a witness recently provided police with new information on the cold case.
On August 4, 1977, officers were called to the area of the North Crest Trailer Park (Hunter's Island) where the body of 29-year-old Warren "Tiger" Lewis was discovered.
Police say Lewis had been shot and his body was found on the side of the highway on the south side of Manhattan by a jogger, after having been there for several days.
According to press release sent out by the Riley County Police Department on Thursday, May 31, 2012, a person of interest has recently been developed after speaking with a witness from that period.
Investigators would like to speak to the ex-wife of Dewayne Murrell, also known as "Cornbocker." Police say Murrell and the victim knew each other. Dewayne Murrell passed away in the 1980's but officials believe his ex-wife could have information on the deadly shooting. She is believed to be between the ages of 50-65. Her first name might be Wynonna and she is believed to reside in New York state.
She may also have an uncle that goes by the name of Dennis White who possibly passed away several months ago.
According to investigators, the woman is not a suspect but they believe that people may have spoken to her about the murder.
RCPD officials say investigators were following up on a 1980 rape case when the new lead in the Lewis homicide emerged. Lieutenant Michael Quintanar with the RCPD Investigations Division says detectives dug up different associations while investigating the rape case that led them to reopen the probe into Lewis' death. Quintanar says some of the names that popped up in both investigations are people who "ran in the same circles" back then.
Quintanar says police would like to identify the killer so they can finally give Lewis' family some closure after all these years.
Anyone with information regarding this case is asked to contact Riley County Police or Detective Ryan Runyan at 785-537-2112, ext. 2465.
Anonymous tips can be left with the Manhattan/Riley County Crimestoppers at 785-539-7777 or toll free at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). You can also visit their website for other options: www.manhattanrileycountycrimestoppers.com.