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From the 'Nisei MK II' card:
Place 1 agenda counter on Nisei MK II when you score it.
Hosted agenda counter: End the run.
Does this really means that you get a free 'End the run' that the corporation can use a any time?
From the 'Nisei MK II' card:
Does this really means that you get a free 'End the run' that the corporation can use a any time?
Yes, you get one 'End the Run' ability, because the card has one hosted agenda counter. From the rule book
user1873's answer is correct. To clarify further, the Corp will probably choose to use Nisei's ability at phase 4.3 of the "Timing Structure of a Run" diagram located in the FAQ. After the Runner has bypassed the final piece of ice, approached the server, and decided whether to jack out or continue the run, but before the run is considered successful, there is one final chance to use paid abilities such as Nisei's. It is during this final chance that you will use Nisei's ability.
If your intuition is telling you that this is a powerful ability, your intuition is right. There is some BGG discussion here. 4 cost for 2 agenda points is a bit on the steep side, but the ability is extraordinarily powerful.


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Pupil and School Support
Pupil and School Support provides support to mainstream schools in Birmingham in promoting inclusion and raising achievement with a particular focus on children and young people with learning difficulties.
PSS teachers visit schools across the city. As the name of the service suggests they help staff in schools in supporting individual pupils as well as providing assistance to schools in establishing effective systems for including children with special educational needs.

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WHEELING - Participants in this Memorial Day Weekend's Wheeling Heritage Trail Bicycle Tour who pause at one of several rest stops along the way will be able to get a cold drink of water, enjoy some fresh fruit - and meet one of the biggest supporters of the Ohio Valley's nationally recognized trail system.
That would be Ruby Greathouse, president of the Brooke Pioneer Trail Association, who will be stationed near the Ohio/Brooke County line during the seventh-annual event, which is organized by the Ohio Valley Trail Partners. The non-competitive tour set for May 26 features three rides of varying lengths - 10 miles, 30 miles and 100-km (62 miles) - providing something for everyone from the beginner to the more ambitious cyclist.
The Brooke County group's tent will be located near Short Creek Road, near where participants in the 100K ride leave the trail for a loop through West Liberty and Bethany and 30-mile riders turn around to return to Heritage Port. There, riders will be able to take a break, get a cold drink of water, enjoy some fresh fruit and use one of several portable restroom facilities.
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TOUR PLANNERS — Attending an Ohio Valley Trail Partners meeting to discuss plans for the upcoming Wheeling Heritage Trail Bicycle Tour were, from left, Wheeling Councilman Robert "Herk" Henry, Brooke Pioneer Trail Association President Ruby Greathouse, OVTP Treasurer Valerie Reed and OVTP President Doug Wayt. -- Ian HIcks
"Very important, because that's such a long haul - and there are not always trees that are big enough to go behind, shall we say," Greathouse noted.
Greathouse, a Wellsburg resident, has worked for many years to link the area's trail system - including the Wheeling Heritage, Brooke Pioneer and Yankee trails - with a network of connected trails through Pennsylvania and Maryland that lead all the way to Washington, D.C. Today, the only break in the chain is a stretch from the north end of Wellsburg to the western terminus of the Panhandle Trail in Weirton, which Greathouse's group eventually hopes to close.
It's not unusual to see Greathouse hard at work along the Brooke Pioneer Trail, hedge clippers or even hatchet in hand, making sure riders don't have to duck low-hanging tree limbs in their path.
"I've been known to go ahead and attack the darn thing," she said.
Ohio Valley Trail Partners President Doug Wayt said the trail tour's purpose is twofold. It's a way to showcase the area's trail system, but also to encourage more people to adopt a healthy lifestyle.
"We attribute much of our success to Brooke Pioneer's and Ruby Greathouse's efforts to make it a success," Wayt said. "It just shows how well we can work together as trail supporters."
Wayt said he's expecting as many as 400 riders from eight to 10 states for the Wheeling Heritage Trail Bicycle Tour, which drew 325 participants last year - a significant growth from 76 at the inaugural event in 2007.
On tour day, participants in the 100-km ride will leave Heritage Port at 8 a.m., followed by 30-mile riders at 8:45 a.m. and 10-mile riders shortly thereafter. Upon completing their respective courses, riders will be able to have lunch and enjoy live entertainment at Heritage Port.
One thing returning veterans of the event may notice this year is the addition of lighting inside the Hempfield Tunnel - better known locally as Tunnel Green. No longer will organizers have to light the way through the old railroad tunnel using portable lanterns and golf cart headlights, Wayt said.
For information about the trail tour, call the Quick Service Bicycle Shop at (740) 635-3700 or e-mail to email@example.com. A registration form also is available by visiting the Ohio Valley Trail Partners' Facebook page.


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Cervical Teratoma
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- primary thyroid teratoma
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Cervical teratomas are extremely rare germ cell tumors (neoplasm) that occur in the neck. The majority of teratomas occur in the testes or ovaries (gonads) or the lower back (sacrococcygeal region). In rare cases, other areas such as the neck may be affected. Most cervical tumors occur in children and are non-cancerous (benign). In extremely rare cases, cervical teratomas occur in adults and are usually cancerous (malignant).
The term "cancer" refers to a group of diseases characterized by abnormal, uncontrolled cellular growth that invades surrounding tissues and may spread (metastasize) to distant bodily tissues or organs via the bloodstream, the lymphatic system, or other means. Different forms of cancer are be classified based upon the cell type involved, the specific nature of the malignancy, and the disease's clinical course.
Teratomas are germ cell tumors that, in rare cases, occur in the head and neck region. Some researchers differentiate between cervical and primary thyroid teratomas. For a diagnosis of primary thyroid teratoma one of three conditions must be met: a tumor must occupy a portion of the thyroid gland, a direct connection must exist between the tumor and the thyroid, or a teratoma is accompanied by the absence of the thyroid. However, most cervical teratomas have some type of relationship with the thyroid and the clinical picture and prognosis between these tumors is the same. Therefore, many researchers have abandoned separating these tumors and classify all neck teratomas as cervical teratomas.
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I would like to access my photos in iCloud from a webiste running Asp.Net.
Is there a way to access them outside of the web interface?
You could access the public link of your shared photostream, parse the HTML, and get the pictures from the iCloud server. You would need to save this files to your server or database (as stream or blob datatype).


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CHARLOTTE, N.C.- Behind five players in double-figures and three players with double-doubles, the Charlotte 49ers cruised past Pfeiffer, 95-51, in an exhibition game in Halton Arena, Thursday evening.
"It was great to be back in Halton Arena," Charlotte coach Alan Major said. "I was pleased with our effort. I was also pleased with our unselfish play with 19 assists on 28 field goals. We also rebounded the basketball tonight with three players with double figure rebounds."
Freshman Darion Clark exploded all over the court for the Niners, recording 19 points and 12 rebounds to notch a double-double. Clark was a perfect 5-for-5 from the field and hit nine free throws. Freshman Willie Clayton also recorded a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Sophomore Terrence Williams contributed 16 points, while freshman Mike Thorne also tallied a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds. Freshman Denzel Ingram added 13 points.
Sophomore Pierria Henry displayed his playmaker skills, finishing with a game-high five assists and six steals. The 49ers recorded 19 assists and 13 steals in the win. Nine different players scored for Charlotte, allowing its bench to score 37 points.
Charlotte enjoyed a 56-37 advantage on the glass. The 49ers seized opportunities off Pfeiffer's 28 turnovers and scored 37 points. The Niners' presence was felt down low as they scored 44 points in the paint.
Charlotte controlled the first half taking a 47-28 lead at halftime. The Niners got off to a slow start after trailing 6-0 to the Falcons. That didn't last long as Clark's layup sparked a 10-0 run to push Charlotte to a 10-6 advantage with 15:04 remaining. The Niners never trailed again and continued to use a dominating defense that caused 13 Pfeiffer turnovers in the first half.
Clark was 3-for-3 from the field and 6-8 from the free throw line en route to 12 points in the first half. He also grabbed nine rebounds. Clayton and Nickerson recorded seven points each. Ingram also put up seven points, with six coming from behind the 3-point arc.
Pfeiffer placed two players in double digits. Tayron Gibson led the Falcons with 13 points and Josh Humphrey recorded 10.
The 49ers are back in action on Friday, Nov. 9 when they host Charleston Southern in their season opener at 6 p.m. in Halton Arena.


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Data vs. Information in Higher Education
By User9147039-Oracle on Jul 14, 2014
I thought I would share the text of a letter that we've submitted to Senators Tom Harkin and Lamar Alexander, Chairman and Ranking Member of the HELP (Health, Education, Labor and Pensions) Committee where the Higher Education Re-authorization Act (HRA) and higher ed reform more broadly is being discussed and addressed. While some of what is being discussed around higher ed reform doesn't intersect directly with Oracle's interests or strengths, the issue of leveraging data to make better decisions (i.e., converting data into useful information) is something that Oracle has not only a keen interest in but also considerable expertise from our work across many different industries.
July 10, 2014
The Honorable Tom Harkin United States Senate Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions 428 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510
The Honorable Lamar Alexander United States Senate Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions 835 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510
Dear Chairman Harkin and Senator Alexander:
Oracle has a shared interest in data related to higher education, and have watched with interest the series of hearings held by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP Committee) related to the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. We appreciate the thoughtful and deliberative approach taken by the Committee related to this reauthorization. While we realize the hearings thus far have not directly dealt with data they have touched on the collection of better data in a general sense. Now that legislation has been introduced, we are offering our comments on the topic of data as it relates to higher education and look forward to working with the Committee as the bill makes its way through the legislative process.
Oracle is a leader in providing innovative and comprehensive data systems for institutions of higher education in the United States. Our software and hardware systems are the foundations for the data platform in higher education throughout the country, with over 1400 campuses leveraging Oracle technology, 430 of which run Oracle Peoplesoft Campus Solutions student information system, the core application of the academic enterprise. Our products are used everywhere, from small community colleges to the largest world-class, multi-campus university systems. Over 11 million students have data stored and processed using Oracle's systems, more than any other provider of its kind in the United States.
PeopleSoft Campus Solutions is a comprehensive software suite that provides institutions with support for the full student life-cycle, from prospects and recruiting to enrollment and alumni management. Our products allow institutions to provide services and information to students, as well as prospective students, in an easy to use format both online and in real-time.
Industry Strategy Council
Oracle incorporates feedback from its most strategic customers through industry strategy councils. The longest standing of these councils is Oracle's Education & Research Industry Strategy Council. Meeting semi-annually, this group consists of a broad range of 29 higher education institutions (with representation from community colleges to the largest AAU research universities) which provides input on the most pressing issues facing higher education where technology can play a pivotal role.
Without question, higher education institutions are "data-rich" organizations that collect information on students at multiple points and for various purposes as they progress through educational systems. In fact, higher education institutions likely possess more raw data and information on their students than any other type of organization in any sector. While some institutions have structures and processes in place to analyze and use the data, few have the ability to quickly turn that knowledge into timely action.
Within most higher education institutions there exists a complex web of disconnected systems such as learning management, library, fund-raising, recruiting, human resources, financial systems, research grants, and more. Although these systems could benefit from sharing information with one another, most institutions do not have a uniform way to collect and compile the data produced. As a result, information technology budgets on most campuses are heavily burdened by high costs to connect and maintain integrations between all these systems and the information they hold, which is money that could be spent on higher-value projects to support the institution's mission.
Particularly at larger institutions, these divisions lead to
numerous data silos. A large research
university is not unlike a mid-sized city with its own police and fire
departments, hundreds of buildings in a multitude of locations, thousands of
employees and tens of thousands of constituents. The departments within such a system
routinely collect information on students for a variety of purposes, and often
times this happens without coordination or sharing of information. For example, Student Financial Aid, the
Office of the Registrar, and the Student Affairs Department with a university
system all generate separate data that could be useful together, but the lack
of collaboration and organization result in a missed chance to use data to tell
a comprehensive story. What are absent
are the tools, data and IT governance structure, and the organizational
capacity to turn data into meaningful information to drive student success.
The keepers of the most data within college systems, Institutional Research departments, typically spend much of their time compiling statistics into fact books and meeting basic regulatory reporting requirements, and are rarely focused on the strategic use of data to support one of the core missions of the university –increasing the productivity of teaching and learning. Operational and performance reporting has fallen to the diverse silos of operations within the complex enterprise that is a higher education institution.
Data and Data Management
While one might assume that there exists just one record for each student within a system, this often is not the case and can cause problems on many levels. Human error is one contributing factor to duplicative data. A seemingly insignificant mistake entered into a system from day one can result in duplicate data that over time, contributes to inaccuracies in reporting and in many cases, a false representation of student success (or lack thereof). For example, if an applicant uses the name "John B. Smith" during his first interface with a college, and simply "John Smith" during a subsequent interaction, two records have been created for the one student. In many instances, the "John B. Smith" record is never replaced or deleted, and can actually count against an institution as a non-progressing student or a dropout.
Duplicative data is often created as a result of discrepancies in "data definitions." Institutions are routinely asked for data on their student population, from various local, state and federal sources, all of which may ask for the exact same information, but in different ways. For example, there are numerous definitions that vary across federal and state program reporting, such as the definition of a full-time student, ethnicity, dependency status, date of birth vs. age as of a certain date and residency, to name just a few. These definitions vary across programs from the Department of Education to the Department of Labor to the Department of Health and Human Services to other agencies interacting with institutions of higher education. Time wasted to report a duplicate record, as well as the amount of unnecessary data amassed as a result are both serious and costly problems for institutions.
Definitional confusion frequently becomes a volume management issue. The volume of required compliance reports is vast and made cumbersome by the multiple definitions of data that vary by report. This pulls limited resources from Institutional Research departments to focus on non-strategic activities like compliance instead of valuable strategic analysis such as evaluating student success and risk factors.
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) As required by the Higher Education Act, the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) is a system of surveys that collect data from all U.S. postsecondary institutions that participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. IPEDS collects data within a variety of categories, including institutional characteristics, completions, enrollment, student financial aid, graduation rates, finance, and human resources. While it may have been an appropriate tool for capturing a snapshot of student populations in the past, it is essential that as the Committee considers reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, IPEDS is brought into the twenty first century.
Students in 1966 experienced higher education very differently than students in 2014. Rather than applying for a specific program, staying in it until completion and subsequently becoming employed in that specific field, a typical student today may start out at a community college, change his or her major two or three times, transfer institutions, take a leave of absence and return to school, or even reduce at some point to half-time status. The availability of on-line courses from many different institutions contributes to the swirl though an academic system versus a linear path at one institution. Market forces and employment trends push students into different majors and schools, and family circumstances or simply the high cost of a college degree can also impact how, where and why a student attends college. We need to study students, not just institutions. Further, we need to recognize that each institution has a different mission, and meets the needs of its students in a unique way.
Specific problems with IPEDS are well-documented and agreed
upon across industries. For example, as
noted in a 2010 GAO Report, "IPEDS graduation rates only measure the outcomes
for first-time, full-time, degree/certificate seeking students, which comprise
49 percent of entering students nationwide according to IPEDS data. Students who attend part-time or transfer in
are not counted toward a school's graduation rate. All nongraduates are treated as dropouts,
even if they go on to graduate from another institution."[1]
We agree that this is a problem and symptomatic of an outdated system in need
of refreshing.
A more longitudinal method that provides a comprehensive, 360 degree view of a student moving through and out of a system can make the same data much more valuable and worth the time and financial resources institutions of higher education invest into complying with IPEDS reporting rules. While a longitudinal view of a student's progression through higher education is a laudable goal, the endpoint should be inclusive of all learning, K-through-adult continuing education.
Contextualizing Data
It is important to note that the repeated calls to link data to outcomes should be tempered with the reality that defining meaningful outcomes for all interested parties is extremely difficult. Although institutions can influence and support student success, we must remember that the mission of Federal Student Financial Aid programs, as defined by the Department of Education, are to "make college education possible for every dedicated mind."[2] Although the ultimate goal of every academic institution is to educate students, the way each institution approaches that mission can be almost as varied as the populations they serve. As a result, the outcomes for each institution may be very different, but no less effective.
For example, students often begin a program and acquire the
sufficient skills and credentials to be hired by a company without having to
complete the entirety of the program or earning a diploma. In such instances, the Department of
Education fulfilled its mission by providing education to a dedicated student,
and the student achieved his or her goal by gaining the skills necessary for
employment in the field of his or her choice. We can all agree that these are not "failure" type situations, and must
not allow extremely strict or "one size fits all" definitions for student
The reauthorization of the Higher Education Act presents an opportunity for Congress to amend antiquated policies and complex and duplicative reporting requirements that are costly and burdensome to institutions of higher education. In addition, improving data reporting rules can help companies responsible for storing and processing student data, like Oracle, to create products and applications that can help students, faculty and employees of higher education institutions get the most out of their time and efforts.
Creating Additional Resources for Student Services
Our Education & Research Industry Strategy Council members have shared concerns with us regarding the countless hours and resources they must commit to ensuring they are in compliance with federal regulations.
Simplification of data collection requirements across the board would allow institutions to better fulfill their individual missions by utilizing their resources to focus on serving the students themselves. Regardless of type, every single department within an institution of higher education desires for its staff to spend less time behind computer screens collecting, analyzing and reporting on data, and more time enriching and improving upon the experiences of their student population. Academic Advising Departments can spend more time keeping students on the quickest and most efficient pathways to completion, and provide students with additional resources on their career choice or professions. Researchers could spend more time producing research, and less time jumping through administrative hoops.
One Council member recently reported that its Financial Aid Office spends approximately 85% of its resources tracking, monitoring or reporting in order to follow federal regulations. This is clearly a tremendous burden and expense for the institutions, which must abide by a number of separate programs that each come with its own rules and regulations that do not coincide with one another. Further, such systems must be set up and maintained separately, but must work together as each influences the eligibility for the other. For instance, each institution has its own refund policies for students who do not complete their enrollment in a term. Financial Aid must independently perform intricate calculations using specific guidelines to determine if funds must be returned to various federal programs.
It is our firm belief that it is possible to simplify reporting requirements and enrich student experiences while at the same time collecting and synthesizing information necessary to ensure the integrity and quality of our nation's institutions of higher education.
Increased Efficiency through Simplification
Streamlining data collection requirements could also allow
companies like Oracle to
improve the products we offer to institutions of higher education. If the systems we create, operate and maintain are less complex to develop, we can increase our speed of delivery and deployment to our higher education clients, enabling them to operate more efficiently.
With additional time and resources, Oracle could shift emphasis towards more modern technologies such as predictive analytics, device-aware access (mobility), and embedded social capabilities, which would lead to increased utilization and collaboration among our higher education constituents. As mentioned previously, common data definitions could allow for data to be transferred more easily and efficiently, which would make the interface easier to navigate and draw conclusions from. Further, harmonization of data definitions could help us to make the interface more user-friendly, and ultimately result in greater adoption among students, faculty and staff.
Finally, data standardization would be an enabler for common business processes across institutions, which could lead to increases in shared services between and among higher education institutions. Significant efficiency and effectiveness gains could be realized if there were a greater reliance on shared infrastructure (public and/or private cloud technologies). For example, community college systems within states could share a common instance of human resources (human capital management), financial, and student administration systems, among others.
The goal shared among servicers, institutions, and Congress during the Higher Education process is above all, to improve opportunities for students to gain a quality education. It is our belief that the challenges and suggestions outlined above could help that goal become a reality.
Cole Clark Global Vice President, Higher Education and Research Industry Business Unit, Oracle Chair, Higher Education and Research, Industry Strategy Council


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Williams and Arnfelt need to go to the PS.
I'm not saying he is totally void of talent, but I might consider trading Ziggy Hood. It appears to me that Ziggy is best suited for a 4-man DL. He just seems to me..( At times )...Ziggy looks disinterested in a 3-4 set. He knows he usually an't accumulate statistis playing in that type of formation. And Ziigy looks like a guy who WANTS Stats!! I feel Woods has shown more then enough to man that spot. But, I also think Ziggy has more trade value to a teams that does play a 4-3 defense, and who are thin at D-Linemen. I would rather try to deal Ziggy now, then have to just let him walk away, and we get nothing for him.
That's my main point exactly. I mean Hood is in his final year of his 5 year deal. And, unless the Steelers vastly over pay him, why would Hood stay in a system he probably doesn't like all that much ? And there is little chance the Steelers franchise tag him after this season, guaranteeing him top-5 DE money. So even if we take a loss, I might deal him. Especially if the Steelers think that either Woods or Mclemdon can fill the void.


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Subject: Re: [OMPI users] MPI process dies with a route error when using dynamic process calls to connect more than 2 clients to a server with InfiniBand
From: Ralph Castain (rhc_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-07-22 15:50:36
It was easier for me to just construct this module than to explain how to do so :-)
I will commit it this evening (couple of hours from now) as that is our standard practice. You'll need to use the developer's trunk, though, to use it.
Here are the envars you'll need to provide:
Each process needs to get the same following values:
* OMPI_MCA_ess=generic
* OMPI_MCA_orte_num_procs=<number of MPI procs>
* OMPI_MCA_orte_nodes=<a comma-separated list of nodenames where MPI procs reside>
* OMPI_MCA_orte_ppn=<number of procs/node>
Note that I have assumed this last value is a constant for simplicity. If that isn't the case, let me know - you could instead provide it as a comma-separated list of values with an entry for each node.
In addition, you need to provide the following value that will be unique to each process:
* OMPI_MCA_orte_rank=<MPI rank>
Finally, you have to provide a range of static TCP ports for use by the processes. Pick any range that you know will be available across all the nodes. You then need to ensure that each process sees the following envar:
* OMPI_MCA_oob_tcp_static_ports=6000-6010 <== obviously, replace this with your range
You will need a port range that is at least equal to the ppn for the job (each proc on a node will take one of the provided ports).
That should do it. I compute everything else I need from those values.
Does that work for you?
On Jul 22, 2010, at 6:48 AM, Philippe wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Ralph Castain <rhc_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> On Jul 21, 2010, at 7:44 AM, Philippe wrote:
>>> Ralph,
>>> Sorry for the late reply -- I was away on vacation.
>> no problem at all!
>>> regarding your earlier question about how many processes where
>>> involved when the memory was entirely allocated, it was only two, a
>>> sender and a receiver. I'm still trying to pinpoint what can be
>>> different between the standalone case and the "integrated" case. I
>>> will try to find out what part of the code is allocating memory in a
>>> loop.
>> hmmm....that sounds like a bug in your program. let me know what you find
>>> On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 12:51 AM, Ralph Castain <rhc_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>>> Well, I finally managed to make this work without the required ompi-server rendezvous point. The fix is only in the devel trunk right now - I'll have to ask the release managers for 1.5 and 1.4 if they want it ported to those series.
>>> great -- i'll give it a try
>>>> On the notion of integrating OMPI to your launch environment: remember that we don't necessarily require that you use mpiexec for that purpose. If your launch environment provides just a little info in the environment of the launched procs, we can usually devise a method that allows the procs to perform an MPI_Init as a single job without all this work you are doing.
>>> I'm working on creating operators using MPI for the IBM product
>>> "InfoSphere Streams". It has its own launching mechanism to start the
>>> processes. However I can pass some information to the processes that
>>> belong to the same job (Streams job -- which should neatly map to MPI
>>> job).
>>>> Only difference is that your procs will all block in MPI_Init until they -all- have executed that function. If that isn't a problem, this would be a much more scalable and reliable method than doing it thru massive calls to MPI_Port_connect.
>>> in the general case, that would be a problem, but for my prototype,
>>> this is acceptable.
>>> In general, each process is composed of operators, some may be MPI
>>> related and some may not. But in my case, I know ahead of time which
>>> processes will be part of the MPI job, so I can easily deal with the
>>> fact that they would block on MPI_init (actually -- MPI_thread_init
>>> since its using a lot of threads).
>> We have talked in the past about creating a non-blocking MPI_Init as an extension to the standard. It would lock you to Open MPI, though...
>> Regardless, at some point you would have to know how many processes are going to be part of the job so you can know when MPI_Init is complete. I would think you would require that info for the singleton wireup anyway - yes? Otherwise, how would you know when to quit running connect-accept?
> the short answer is yes... although, the longer answer is a bit more
> complicated. currently I do know the number of connect I need to do on
> a per-port basis. a job can contains an arbitrary number of MPI
> processes, each opening one or more ports. so i know the count port by
> ports but I dont need to worry about how many MPI processes there is
> globally. to make things a bit more complicated, each MPI operator can
> be "fused" with other operators to make a process. each fused operator
> may or may not require MPI. the bottom line is, to get the total
> number of processes to calculate rank&size, I need to reverse engineer
> the fusing that the compiler may do.
> but that's ok, I'm willing to do that for our prototype :-)
>>> Is there a documentation or example I can use to see what information
>>> I can pass to the processes to enable that? Is it just environment
>>> variables?
>> No real documentation - a lack I should probably fill. At the moment, we don't have a "generic" module for standalone launch, but I can create one as it is pretty trivial. I would then need you to pass each process envars telling it the total number of processes in the MPI job, its rank within that job, and a file where some rendezvous process (can be rank=0) has provided that port string. Armed with that info, I can wireup the job.
>> Won't be as scalable as an mpirun-initiated startup, but will be much better than doing it from singletons.
> that would be great. I can definitely pass environment variables to
> each process.
>> Or if you prefer, we could setup an "infosphere" module that we could customize for this system. Main thing here would be to provide us with some kind of regex (or access to a file containing the info) that describes the map of rank to node so we can construct the wireup communication pattern.
> i think for our prototype we are fine with the first method. I'd leave
> the cleaner implementation as a task for the product team ;-)
> regarding the "generic" module, is that something you can put together
> quickly? can I help in any way?
> Thanks!
> p
>> Either way would work. The second is more scalable, but I don't know if you have (or can construct) the map info.
>>> Many thanks!
>>> p.
>>>> On Jul 18, 2010, at 4:09 PM, Philippe wrote:
>>>>> Ralph,
>>>>> thanks for investigating.
>>>>> I've applied the two patches you mentioned earlier and ran with the
>>>>> ompi server. Although i was able to runn our standalone test, when I
>>>>> integrated the changes to our code, the processes entered a crazy loop
>>>>> and allocated all the memory available when calling MPI_Port_Connect.
>>>>> I was not able to identify why it works standalone but not integrated
>>>>> with our code. If I found why, I'll let your know.
>>>>> looking forward to your findings. We'll be happy to test any patches
>>>>> if you have some!
>>>>> p.
>>>>> On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 9:47 PM, Ralph Castain <rhc_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>>>>> Okay, I can reproduce this problem. Frankly, I don't think this ever worked with OMPI, and I'm not sure how the choice of BTL makes a difference.
>>>>>> The program is crashing in the communicator definition, which involves a communication over our internal out-of-band messaging system. That system has zero connection to any BTL, so it should crash either way.
>>>>>> Regardless, I will play with this a little as time allows. Thanks for the reproducer!
>>>>>> On Jun 25, 2010, at 7:23 AM, Philippe wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>> I'm trying to run a test program which consists of a server creating a
>>>>>>> port using MPI_Open_port and N clients using MPI_Comm_connect to
>>>>>>> connect to the server.
>>>>>>> I'm able to do so with 1 server and 2 clients, but with 1 server + 3
>>>>>>> clients, I get the following error message:
>>>>>>> [node003:32274] [[37084,0],0]:route_callback tried routing message
>>>>>>> from [[37084,1],0] to [[40912,1],0]:102, can't find route
>>>>>>> This is only happening with the openib BTL. With tcp BTL it works
>>>>>>> perfectly fine (ofud also works as a matter of fact...). This has been
>>>>>>> tested on two completely different clusters, with identical results.
>>>>>>> In either cases, the IB frabic works normally.
>>>>>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated! Several people in my team
>>>>>>> looked at the problem. Google and the mailing list archive did not
>>>>>>> provide any clue. I believe that from an MPI standpoint, my test
>>>>>>> program is valid (and it works with TCP, which make me feel better
>>>>>>> about the sequence of MPI calls)
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>> Philippe.
>>>>>>> Background:
>>>>>>> I intend to use openMPI to transport data inside a much larger
>>>>>>> application. Because of that, I cannot used mpiexec. Each process is
>>>>>>> started by our own "job management" and use a name server to find
>>>>>>> about each others. Once all the clients are connected, I would like
>>>>>>> the server to do MPI_Recv to get the data from all the client. I dont
>>>>>>> care about the order or which client are sending data, as long as I
>>>>>>> can receive it with on call. Do do that, the clients and the server
>>>>>>> are going through a series of Comm_accept/Conn_connect/Intercomm_merge
>>>>>>> so that at the end, all the clients and the server are inside the same
>>>>>>> intracomm.
>>>>>>> Steps:
>>>>>>> I have a sample program that show the issue. I tried to make it as
>>>>>>> short as possible. It needs to be executed on a shared file system
>>>>>>> like NFS because the server write the port info to a file that the
>>>>>>> client will read. To reproduce the issue, the following steps should
>>>>>>> be performed:
>>>>>>> 0. compile the test with "mpicc -o ben12 ben12.c"
>>>>>>> 1. ssh to the machine that will be the server
>>>>>>> 2. run ./ben12 3 1
>>>>>>> 3. ssh to the machine that will be the client #1
>>>>>>> 4. run ./ben12 3 0
>>>>>>> 5. repeat step 3-4 for client #2 and #3
>>>>>>> the server accept the connection from client #1 and merge it in a new
>>>>>>> intracomm. It then accept connection from client #2 and merge it. when
>>>>>>> the client #3 arrives, the server accept the connection, but that
>>>>>>> cause client #1 and #2 to die with the error above (see the complete
>>>>>>> trace in the tarball).
>>>>>>> The exact steps are:
>>>>>>> - server open port
>>>>>>> - server does accept
>>>>>>> - client #1 does connect
>>>>>>> - server and client #1 do merge
>>>>>>> - server does accept
>>>>>>> - client #2 does connect
>>>>>>> - server, client #1 and client #2 do merge
>>>>>>> - server does accept
>>>>>>> - client #3 does connect
>>>>>>> - server, client #1, client #2 and client #3 do merge
>>>>>>> My infiniband network works normally with other test programs or
>>>>>>> applications (MPI or others like Verbs).
>>>>>>> Info about my setup:
>>>>>>> openMPI version = 1.4.1 (I also tried 1.4.2, nightly snapshot of
>>>>>>> 1.4.3, nightly snapshot of 1.5 --- all show the same error)
>>>>>>> config.log in the tarball
>>>>>>> "ompi_info --all" in the tarball
>>>>>>> OFED version = 1.3 installed from RHEL 5.3
>>>>>>> Distro = RedHat Entreprise Linux 5.3
>>>>>>> Kernel = 2.6.18-128.4.1.el5 x86_64
>>>>>>> subnet manager = built-in SM from the cisco/topspin switch
>>>>>>> output of ibv_devinfo included in the tarball (there are no "bad" nodes)
>>>>>>> "ulimit -l" says "unlimited"
>>>>>>> The tarball contains:
>>>>>>> - ben12.c: my test program showing the behavior
>>>>>>> - config.log / config.out / make.out / make-install.out /
>>>>>>> ifconfig.txt / ibv-devinfo.txt / ompi_info.txt
>>>>>>> - trace-tcp.txt: output of the server and each client when it works
>>>>>>> with TCP (I added "btl = tcp,self" in ~/.openmpi/mca-params.conf)
>>>>>>> - trace-ib.txt: output of the server and each client when it fails
>>>>>>> with IB (I added "btl = openib,self" in ~/.openmpi/mca-params.conf)
>>>>>>> I hope I provided enough info for somebody to reproduce the problem...
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"Impacts of the Community Reinvestment Act on Neighborhood Change and Gentrification," with Samuel Vitello '13. Working Paper, October 2013.
"National debt and the economy," with Michael Jones.
Article in Times Record, July 8, 2011.
Extended version with tables and graphs.
"Attrition in Models of Intergenerational Links Using the PSID with Extensions to Health and Sibling Models," The B.E. Journal of Economics Analysis & Policy, Vol. 11: Iss. 3 (Advances), Article 2 (2011).
Additional tables for above paper.
"The Impact of Changes in Family Assistance on Partnering and Women's Employment in New Zealand," New Zealand Econ Papers. 42:1 (2008).
"Mother's Time Spent in Care of her Children and Market Work: A Simultaneous Model with Attitudes as Instruments" with Peter Howie, John Wicks, Doug Dalenberg, and Rachel Connelly. Applied Economics Letters 13:8 (2006): 503-506.
"Appendix for Mother's Time Spent in Care of her Children and Market Work: A Simultaneous Model with Attitudes as Instruments" Dec 2004.
"Questionnaire for Mother's Time Spent in Care of her Children and Market Work: A Simultaneous Model with Attitudes as Instruments" Dec 2004.
"Transitions in Welfare Participation and Female Headship," with Dave Ribar. Institute for Research on Poverty Discussion Paper DP#1275-03. November 2003. Revised version published in Population Research and Policy Review 23:5/6 (2004):641-670.
"The Impact of Welfare Waivers on Female Headship Decisions," with David Ribar, October 2003. Revised version published as "Welfare Reform and Female Headship" in Demography 41:2 (2004):189-212.
"Measuring the Impact of Welfare Benefits on Welfare Durations: State Stratified Partial Likelihood and Fixed Effects Approaches," The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 4:1, Article 1 (2004).
"How much is Leisure Worth? Direct Measurement with the Contingent Valuation Method" with Doug Dahlenberg, John Wicks, and Eric Schuck, October 2001. Revised version published in Review of Economics of the Household 2:4 (2004): 351-365.
"Direct Valuation of Person Care by Households" with Doug Dalenberg and John Wicks. Population Research and Policy Review 23 (2004): 73-89.
"Job Instability and Earnings and Income Consequences: Evidence from SIPP 1983-1995" (2002).
"The Effect of the Size Distribution of Establishments on Employment and Earnings," with David Ribar, July 2001.


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This is a question about a result from Newton's Principia. It says, roughly, that the if you intersect lines $ax + by + c$ with a smooth, closed, convex curve, then the area of the curve that the line cuts off cannot be expressed as an algebraic function of $a, b$ and $c$.
My question is regarding Newton's proof. There are a couple versions out there, but I'll summarize the one on Wikipedia.
Fix a point $P$ inside the curve, and fix a line $L$ through $P$. Construct a spiral, $f$ as follows: draw another line $M$ through $P$, and let $\theta$ be the angle this makes with $L$. Thus $L$ and $M$ close off a sector of the curve, with some area $A(\theta)$. If we plot $(A(\theta), \theta)$ in polar coordinates, we get a spiral. Newton observes that this spiral intersects any line through $P$ infinitely many times. Thus the spiral cannot be algebraic, for if it were then there would be infinitely many solutions to a polynomial.
Fine. I agree with Newton's argument that the spiral cannot be algebraic, but how does this imply the original statement? More specifically, the proof is only successful because we allow the spiral to continue infinitely. But why can't we make a periodic function $B(\theta)$ such that $B$ expresses the area of the sector with angle $\theta$ for $\theta \in [0, 2\pi]$?


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The 5 Most Insulting Ways Products Are Advertised to Men
It wasn't so long ago that pipe-smoking men in dark suits could sell their products to women with a patronizing pat on the head and a wink. Those days went the way of the cocktail lunch, but sexism still rages in the advertising world. It's just that now, everybody gets in on it. And just as ads in the 1950s assumed that all women were housewives desperate for new ways to starch their husbands' shirts, advertisers today demonstrate an extremely low opinion of their male customers.
That's why there are so many ad campaigns that ...
#5. Assume Men Are Stupid (And Proud of It)
Most of us aren't old enough to remember back when women were seen as nothing more than baby-making servants with childlike brains, but if vintage advertisements are to be believed, we're lucky humanity didn't just devolve into a species of red-lipped cretins.
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Thanks to braless hippies and better packaging technology, we're past the point where one sex is perceived as brighter than the other, right? Not if you watch truck commercials. Take this Ford F-150 ad, for example. Denis Leary's voice-over comes right out and says that the truck was engineered by the people "we all cheated off of in science class." As if science nerds would never actually be the ones interested in the F-150. They're too busy driving, what? Mathmobiles?
But you see, trucks are manly, and doing science and math are unmanly. You're not unmanly, are you? "What is that you're reading, a book? Oh, sorry, we thought you had a penis."
"Arrowdie-whatics? That's a big word! Bet I can still carry it in my pickup, though!"
It's not just stupidity that is supposed to make all of the males in the audience nod and say, "That's me!" -- it's childlike laziness, too. Here's an Eggo waffles ad that boasts that it's so easy to make breakfast, even a lazy, stupid male can do it! Even though he quickly gets distracted by a game of kitchen golf:
"Look at this goddamn idiot. Eggo."
That kind of plays into another assumption -- that men resent their lives as normal citizens and want to revert to childhood to live in lazy, stupid bliss. Here's a Dodge Charger ad where the narrator gives a bitter narration of all the routine human things he's expected to do that day that somehow insult his manhood:
"I will shave. I will clean the sink after I shave ... I will listen to your opinion of my friends ... I will be civil to your mother ... I will put the seat down ... I will put my underwear in the basket ... and because I do this, I will drive the car I want to drive."
Smash cut to a muscle car roaring down the track:
The tag line is seriously "Man's. Last. Stand." Written by a person who's never met one.
That's right, males! Basic acts of adult communication and cleanliness mastered by most 15-year-olds are such an insult to your natural state of filth and social retardation that you need an expensive sports car to make up for it!
This frozen pizza ad shows us what happens if you don't give males some kind of vehicular incentive to clean up after themselves. They're basically dogs, obliviously tracking mud all through the house, until the female comes home to scold them:
"Gary, we just had the carpets cleaned yest- is that a turd?!"
#4. Question Your Masculinity
It's one thing to assume you're so shit-for-brains-stupid that car science is out of your realm of comprehension -- at least there, the consumer isn't the butt of the joke. After all, the announcer of the truck ad lumps himself in with the dumb kids, and in the other ads, the dumbass husband fumbling his way through modern life is supposed to be the lovable hero of the story.
But beer companies know better. They've employed some needle-sharp psychology to insist that only confident, manly men have the balls to drink their drink. Anyone else is literally and unintentionally dressed in women's clothes.
How ballsy is that? "When you're done taking off your feather boa, I'll have a cold one waiting for you" (smirk). Miller Lite is starting out with the false assumptions that a) men don't know what ladies' clothes look like and b) if they did, they'd already be drinking the elixir of testosterone, Miller Lite. If not, well, then you're this guy.
He wore the same thing as the woman, see. And that makes him less than human.
But of course, we can always rely on truck commercials to be even less subtle. Another Ford ad warns you against buying a truck that "doesn't have the stones" to get the job done.
"Ford. Because Chevys are for eunuchs."
The "stones." As in slang for "testicles." That's right, men of the world. We know you're constantly worried about your inadequate scrotum. And that's OK, because this truck will make up for it. It has balls for both of you. If you go with a lesser truck, one with smaller male genitals, you will fail, and all of your fellow males will know that you were sexually inadequate.
For probably the saddest attempt at this, Vespa tried the same psychology on their little tiny scooters:
Via Liammooney
"Look, we're trying everything we can here. We're not above just blowing you for cash."
Look at that cute little baby motorcycle calling itself "manly!" If that Vespa were a movie, it would be Look Who's Talking, all the way. Or maybe The Little Rascals. Any movie where little babies do grown-up stuff is what Vespa would be. But shhhh ... don't tell them that. Let them have their fun questioning your manhood.
#3. Dress Ordinary Products Up as Manly Industrial Power Tools
For as long as men have had beards, they've used razors of some sort or another. So you've got to pity the person tasked with putting a new spin on such an ancient product. One technique that might work (if your audience is composed of cavemen) is to attach a cutting edge technical name to a rock-simple product. Which is why we get razor blades with names like Quattro Titanium and Fusion Proglide Power Razor.
The Jackhammer Beastfuck Beard-Assassin. It doesn't even have blades -- just fists.
It's almost like they put a whole bunch of made-up words in a hat and then picked them out at random, kind of like Secret Santa. Take Gillette's Mach 5, for example. What makes a razor deserve the name Mach 5? Do they know how pants-shittingly fast that is? What exactly was Gillette going for by naming a razor blade after a speed that will literally remove your colon?
Hey men, do you like to be clean? Are you embarrassed about washing your body with neutral-colored loofahs? Of course not. That's a crazy way to think. But the same people who made Axe Body Spray are convinced that by transforming a basic cleaning apparatus from just, you know, basic to a "detailer shower tool," men will be more likely to buy them. Maybe they're right. After all, men like cars, and this definitely looks like something for cleaning a car.
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Take away the loofah and just admire that fully erect penis of a bottle.
Hardcore, yeah? Look again:
It's a loofah encased in rough-looking plastic that could "detail" the first layer of your dick skin off. Because that's what men want, right?
Hey, are you emasculated by the fact that you have to iron your own clothes? Because that's ladies' work? You need this badass iron for men marketed by Philips. THIS IS THE GODDAMNED CORVETTE OF IRONS!
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"If you don't make engine sounds while using this iron, TURN IN YOUR BALLS, YOU PUSSY!"
And forget about that prissy "deodorant" that merely "makes your dried sweat not stink so bad." You need Silver Protect for Men, the ad campaign for which demonstrates with a CGI animation how it unleashes a barrage of "silver ions" that launch themselves at your armpit like cannonballs, exploding odor in a horrific bombardment campaign that leaves no one alive:
They then form a protective garrison of metal bars and balls across your armpit:
It's the Iron Curtain of BO.
Holy shit, the warning label on this stuff must be a foot long! Aim this deodorant at the family dog and all that will remain is a smoking hole in the carpet.


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The Topeka Police Department has wrapped up their investigation into the stabbing death of 57 year old Dennis Emery but no charges have been filed.
All statements and documents regarding the stabbing at St. Gregory's Suites on SW Harrison have been handed over to the Shawnee County district attorneys office for review.
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I'm racking my brain trying to remember an American made (ca. early 1940s?) war film about Americans at war, perhaps with some romantic comedy aspects to it. Main reason for interest: Mess scene in film where NCO says, "Thanks for the add".
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It seems there are some people who specifically don't want to know their baby's gender before birth. Is there any halachic basis to this, or is it just superstition?
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I know of one posek who proved that this is perfectly fine, from the fact that many seforim cite traditional segulos to determine a fetus' gender. Obviously, then, there is nothing improper about knowing the gender beforehand. (One could argue that knowing with certainty is worse, but this seems like a distinction without a difference. And besides, even sonography is far from foolproof.)
The Shailos Rav (by Rav Chaim Kanievsky), in 12:2, says one should not do it based off the Koheles Rabbah 11:5 and also can be seen in Medrash Rabbah Toldos 65:12 that says seven things are hidden from man and one of them is knowing the gender of a child in the womb .
It sounds like superstition. However, I know some don't want to know the baby's sex, so that they have a level of enjoyment after the long birthing process of finding out whether the baby is a boy or a girl. I am sure others might have other reasons. I don't know of any halachik basis.
It seems that it it Muttar, though some would say it isn't ideal. R' Avraham S. Avraham writes the following (Nishmas Avraham Vol 2, p109):
I was in a shiur Rav Moshe Heinemann gave 3 years ago about halachos of pregnancy and childbirth, and he said that it is completely permitted and people just haven't gotten used to the idea yet.


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6 Insect Predators That Go Out of Their Way to Be Evil
You might think of insects as gross or scary, but you probably don't think of them as evil. After all, they're too stupid for that. Insects just trundle along and eat whatever they can find; it's not like they go out of their way to be sadistic about it.
Actually, upon closer examination, we're pretty sure they do.
#6. Allomerus Ants Build Elaborate Torture Towers
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In the past, we've given you plenty of reasons to be afraid of ants: They are intelligent, organized, adaptable and probably two-thirds into their world domination plan already. And while most of them appear content to survive on picnic scraps and discarded party food (for now), others are way more ambitious. In 2005, scientists discovered the first known traps made entirely by ants with the specific purpose of catching bigger bugs, and they look like this:
Via Alain Degean
It's basically a hundred glory holes with a mousetrap inside each.
Yep, those holes are constructed to trap insect legs so that the ants can race out and slowly rip apart the victim.
That is Allomerus decemarticulatus, a species of ant in the Amazon, and their elaborate trap system is possible thanks to their relationship with a certain kind of tree. The tree provides a good habitat for the ants, and the ants keep larger insects away from the tree by tearing the shit out of anything that touches it.
The ants get to work cultivating a special type of fungus, all by themselves, and then use it to build large, hollow platforms that big insects can easily climb (otherwise, they'll just slide off the surface). These structures are dotted with hundreds of tiny holes -- and inside each hole hides an ant, waiting for an opportunity to do this:
As soon as a bug steps into their fungus trap, ants will begin grabbing its limbs and pulling them in opposite directions as they sting it to death (which, oh yeah, is a thing ants can do). Small bugs are snatched away in seconds -- the bigger ones can stay up there for hours, slowly being torn into more manageable chunks. Eventually these contraptions look like miniature versions of a medieval torture tower.
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Awesome, it's whack-an-eldrich-horror-from-beyond time!
Knowing how dedicated these little bastards are, we fully expect human-sized versions of these things to start cropping up in our backyards overnight. Just know that we're on to you, you little shits.
#5. Tiger Beetles Are Living Land Mines
Tiger beetles are exactly as badass as the first part of their name implies -- they run so fast after their prey that they're literally blinded by their own speed, moving too quickly for their eyes to gather photons. They don't just eviscerate their prey, but also the laws of physics. But those are the adult tiger beetles; we're here to tell you about their even more terrifying offspring.
Instead of chasing their prey, tiger beetle larvae take a much more subtle approach: They hide in holes in the ground and wait, essentially forming whole minefields filled with tiny versions of the sarlacc from Return of the Jedi.
Via Beetlesinthebush
There's a little regurgitated Boba Fett somewhere in there.
And then, when another insect approaches, this happens:
If ever there was a time for the sound effects guy from America's Funniest Home Videos, this is it.
They erupt from the sand like a jack-in-the-box from hell and snatch up the prey at the speed of light, dragging far bigger insects than themselves below the ground to be devoured. These things are so hardcore that they can stay down there for weeks without eating and are able to survive floods.
Oh, and just in case a bigger prey tries to drag them both away once its been locked in the beetle's jaws, the young tiger beetle also has hooks on the sides of its abdomen that anchor it to the walls of its little death hole. It's basically a living, meat-eating manhole cover that eventually grows up into the Flash, if the Flash had bones on the outside and chewed people's heads off.
Via Beetlesinthebush
Sorry, but if we had to see it, so do you.
#4. Mantidflies Eat Spider Babies, Secretly Replace Them
Imagine you're having a child, and after taking care of its gestating form for the amount of time required by your species, it's finally time for it emerge into the world -- but when the moment arrives, a horrible mutant bug comes flying out instead, thanking you for the meal. Luckily for you, in this scenario you're a spider, so we're pretty sure you're immune to fear.
What we just described is the modus operandi of the mantidfly, which at first glance looks like the insect equivalent of a centaur or something:
Via Wikimedia Commons
And at second glance looks like a sadistic third grader glued a mantis to a wasp.
The mantidfly combines the raptorial forelegs of a mantis with the aerial hunting technique of a wasp and the utter terror of your worst nightmare. While strictly a hunter as an adult, a mantidfly begin its life as hairy, wingless grub that survives by attaching itself to a female spider where her fangs can't reach, sucking just enough blood to keep both of them alive.
Via Discover Magazine
Wow, it's like having an agent, only ... well, actually it's exactly like having an agent.
Oh, but that's just the beginning. The spider herself is only a stepping stone in the mantidfly's twisted life cycle; its true goal is to get its slimy claws on some succulent spider eggs, and it's willing to wait as long as it needs to to get to them (here's one that ended up waiting 44 million years). Some mantidflies even attach themselves to male spiders, wait for them to have sex, jump into the female like some sort of sentient STD and only then get to the eggs.
And then, when the spider is wrapping her offspring in a thick cocoon of silk to keep them safe, the parasite will sneakily get in there and allow itself to be wrapped with them. Once inside, the mantidfly larva mutates into a different form that feeds by sucking the unborn arachnids from their protective shells. The spider, meanwhile, has no idea that she's taking care of a baby-eating atrocity and is in for a huge surprise.
Via Discover Magazine
"Hi, Mom. Come give me a hug."
When it's eaten its fill, the mantidfly undergoes one final transformation into a scythe-armed terror of the skies and emerges from the cocoon. And in case you were feeling bad for the spider, the next one should help you get over that ...


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The finance ministers and central bank governors of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) held an extraordinary meeting in Riyadh today to discuss the global financial crisis.
They also met with Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, who highlighted the importance of ongoing cooperation among GCC countries.
In a statement, the ministers and central bank governors expressed confidence in GCC countries' stable financial sectors and strong economies, which will enable them to deal with any possible impact of the global financial crisis.
GCC countries are expected to continue experiencing economic growth, spending on development projects will continue, and private sector involvement in economic development will increase, the statement said.
In addition, GCC banking systems have sufficient liquidity and capital, it noted.
In a statement after the meeting, Minister of Finance Dr. Ibrahim Al-Assaf stressed that cooperation is needed to mitigate the impact of the financial crisis on GCC economies, including the coordination of policies and procedures.


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It's a rare day that more than more than one awesome thing happens, even rarer when there are three!
So I am going to share with you the 3 awesome things that made my (yester)day.
It's a rare day you discover a new Mage blog, Fire Mage blog, or Gnome (and Human) blog and while it isn't so rare to find a blog written by women, how rare is it to find a blog written by a Female Gnome Fire Mage and her Female Human Fire Mage friend?
(I have rolled characters on both of their servers in the past too… one of which was my 1st Mage… the one that convinced me I wanted to play a Mage, just not of the Human variety… small world hunh!)
On top of that they are empowered!
Take a look at one of their latest headlines:
Or, the one that has me drooling… and Ohhh Soooo happy I dumped that "useless" Arcane rading spec for a Fire PvP spec…
So Prelimar, there are more Fire Mage blogs out there, and this one is a ripper!
I just wish I hadn't received my own blog reading ban hammer at work…
Epic Drops
What's better than a mile long post about Gnomeaggedon's latest epic drop?
Someone elses!
While you generally find me only speaking of the Horde with a snarl in my voice, you will know that whenever I speak of the boys and girls at ForTheHorde I do it with a lot of affection. If I ever returned to the Horde it would be for these guys (and yes I have rolled a toon and joined with their guild.. even if they did server transfer to get away from me..)
Anyway, more impressive that Fikkles BG statistics… and did that Horde win ration make me cry…. is:
Sylus' Epic drop, or as he puts it Real Life Expansion Packs and Heroic Dungeon!
Home for the Gnome
Number 3 awesome thing to happen yesterday…
The Gnome got a Home… yep we are talking palyer housing of the physical variety.
No I am not blogging from the gutter, but I have been renting.. but soon… just after I have recovered from my New Years Eave hangover, I will be moving into my 1st owned home.
I'm super excited…
I have bought in a suburb of Melbourne named Lalor, named after Peter Lalor.. one of Australia's very few rebels, leader of the Eureka Stockade then later Politician.. this guy changed the place of Victoria in ways that a Pyroblast couldn't.
I'm pretty excited about that too!
Do the rounds
Anyway, drop by Empowered Fire and say hello!
Drop by ForTheHorde and give Sylus grats!
If you are in Melbourne.. well maybe you can drop by the Home of the Gnome… one I move in anyway…
Gnomer and Out!
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5 Jobs You Wanted as a Kid (And Why They Suck)
Every Saturday we have some of our favorite writers from around the web fill in for us. They get the opportunity to be insulted in the comment section and we get to push the neighborhood kids into leaf piles. Today's post comes from Zach Oberman, the man behind Underpants on the Outside which is about superheroes, not fashion.
Every Saturday we have some of our favorite writers from around the web fill in for us. They get the opportunity to be insulted in the comment section and we get to push the neighborhood kids into leaf piles. Today's post comes from Zach Oberman, the man behind Underpants on the Outside which is about superheroes, not fashion.
For some reason, we expect our children to be able to answer the question: "What do you want to be when you grow up?" Some responses are downright idiotic (I wanna be a dinosaur) but for the most part, kids tend to choose the last person they saw in a uniform.
Unfortunately, no one is explaining to our children that there are reasons most people don't stick with the careers that sound so awesome in kindergarten.
#5. Fireman
Why Kids Think It's Cool:
From a kid's perspective, being a fireman is awesome. You spend all your downtime hanging out in a clubhouse with your friends and a Dalmatian. To go to the first floor everyone slides down a pole. And if that's how they go downstairs, imagine what else firemen get to do! They probably take baths on a water slide! When you factor in the occasional siren, a fire station is only a ball pit away from being a Chuck E. Cheese.
Also, you get to play with the most powerful squirt gun on the planet, which never needs to be refilled. Once the fire's out, all that's left is for you to take pictures with your shirt off, like the ones on Mommy's calendar that make her breathe funny. (Because no childhood fantasy would be complete without some uncomfortable Oedipal implications.)
Why the Job Actually Sucks:
To adults, the idea of wrapping yourself in asbestos and running into a fire with an axe is freakin' INSANE. But there's no point in explaining that to a child. Kids think danger is awesome - it's what makes childhood pastimes like "Hot Potato: M-80 Edition" so popular.
One thing kids absolutely hate though is being bored. Sixty or seventy years ago, when houses were built out of dry leaves and matchsticks, fireman had plenty to do. But now everything's made of flame-retardant materials. These days, being a fireman means a whole lot of sitting around waiting for something to happen. When there is a fire alarm, it's usually some stoner burning toast.
And while firemen may be surrounded by the coolest toys around, what good are they? Sure, you can drive a big red truck, but if you drive it fast, people yell at you. If you use it to play Bumper Cars, people yell at you. And if you use the gigantic water gun to spray your friends, people yell at you (that goes quadruple if some of your friends happen to be African-American). Basically, you sit around, bored, surrounded by toys you can't play with or else you'll get yelled at. Being a fireman is like being in Time Out for a living.
Oh yeah - you also can't play with fireworks ever again. In fact, if you see people playing with fireworks, you have to put them out. Happy Fourth of July, kids!
#4. Princess
Why Kids Think It's Cool:
According to our six-year-old niece: "You get to wear pretty dresses and you get to ride ponies and everyone calls you "Your Highness" and you get to eat cake all the time and you get to live in a castle where no one ever tells you to make your bed and you get to marry a handsome prince and did we mention the ponies?" (This is where we became too engrossed in pouring a scotch and soda to continue listening.)
The pony is also a princess.
Why the Job Actually Sucks:
As we explained to our niece, she's correct about almost everything, right up until that part about the handsome prince. It's much more likely that she'll have to marry her cousin - the one you guys see at the lake every summer who picks his nose. If she doesn't like it, too bad, them's the rules, and no amount of preventative cootie measures are going to make the process any easier. In fact, cooties might be the least of her worries, because cooties won't be the reason her children end up like Charles II of Spain, who was so retarded he couldn't chew his own food. That sort of thing comes from "homozygosity." (You'll probably want to spell that for her.)
But hey - you take the bad with the good, right? PONIES!!!
#3. Policeman
Why Kids Think It's Cool:
If you have to ask, there is something wrong with you. Let us put it this way: OHMYGODYOUGETTOCARRYAGUN. Kids think that guns are the coolest thing ever. When you have a gun it means that you don't have to clean your room until you're goddamn good and ready, and anyone will trade you their Hostess cupcake for your carrots.
As for the job itself, that seems pretty cool too, when you keep in mind that a five-year-old doesn't have such a solid grasp of the American judicial system. As far as they can tell, cops arrest people who piss them off, which is appealing, because kids tend to have a lot of grudges. Maybe a couple years of solitary confinement will make Sally Johnson rethink not inviting you to her birthday party.
Why the Job Actually Sucks:
It's the first rule of the playground: No one likes a tattletale. While an adult might be able to understand a policeman's function as a pillar of society, kids need to know that to be a cop is to be the world's hall monitor. Which means no one will want to hang out with you, Captain Buzzkill. When you come around, everyone will stop playing their games (such as, "Hide and Seek in the back seat of my car in exchange for fifty dollars") and then put away their coolest toys, like that six-foot pipe that Daddy smokes for his asthma.
"Stop having fun, right now!"
Worst of all, everyone will call you "Narc," which is the way adults say "Teacher's Pet."


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Welcome to the Rare Book Department's Charles Dickens Collection website. In honor of the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens in 2012, the Free Library celebrated a "Year of Dickens" to showcase our outstanding collections. Charles Dickens was the most popular English writer of the Victorian age whose work continues to be studied, read, and enjoyed. In his career, which spanned a little over 35 years, he wrote 15 novels (if you count the unfinished The Mystery of Edwin Drood) and countless shorter pieces of fiction and journalism, bringing into the world nearly 1,000 characters, many of them the most memorable characters in all of fiction.
On this site you will find information about the collectors who donated their magnificent collections; a digital database of selected letters, manuscripts, illustrations, and other treasures; online exhibitions; and a blog about all things Dickens.


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Researchers Find Causality in the Eye of the Beholder
Jan 10, 2013
We rely on our visual system more heavily than previously thought in determining the causality of events. A team of researchers has shown that, in making judgments about causality, we don't always need to use cognitive reasoning. In some cases, our visual brain—the brain areas that process what the eyes sense—can make these judgments rapidly and automatically.
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I would like to write simple scripts in C#. Stuff I would normally use .bat or 4NT .btm files for. Copying files, parsing text, asking user input, and so on. Fairly simple but doing this stuff right in a batch file is really hard (no exceptions for example).
I'm familiar with command line "scripting" wrappers like AxScript so that gets me part of the way there. What I'm missing is the easy file-manipulation framework. I want to be able to do cd(".."), copy(srcFile, destFile) type functionality.
Tools I have tried:
NANT, which we use in our build process. Not a good scripting tool. Insanely verbose XML syntax and to add a simple function you must write an extension assembly. Can't do it inline.
PowerShell. Looks great, but I just haven't been able to switch over to this as my primary shell. Too many differences from 4NT. Whatever I do needs to run from an ordinary command prompt and not require a special shell to run it through. Can PowerShell be used as a script executor?
Perl/Python/Ruby. Really hate learning an entirely new language and framework just to do batch file operations. Haven't been able to dedicate the time I need to do this. Plus, we're a 99% .NET shop for our toolchain and I really want to leverage our existing experience and codebase.
Are there frameworks out there that are trying to solve this problem of "make a batch file in C#" that you have used?
I want the power of C#/.NET with the immediate-mode type functionality of a typical cmd.exe shell language. Am I alone in wanting something like this?


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Such nonpayment applications as marketing campaigns and loyalty programs are more likely to drive adoption of NFC than payments, panelists told attendees of a recent "NFC Goes Social" event in Boston, organized by the MIT Enterprise Forum's NFC Cluster.
NFC Times Exclusive – The high penetration of contactless point-of-sale terminals and high use of contactless bank cards in Poland has spurred the launch of HCE mobile wallets by some Polish banks, but use does not appear to be taking off yet–at least if one bank's project is any guide.
NFC Times Exclusive Insight – Apple followed its launch of Apple Pay in France Tuesday with a launch in Hong Kong today, its ninth market globally and fourth in the Asia-Pacific region.
NFC Times Exclusive Insight – Apple Pay, as expected, has launched in France, its eighth market globally and third in Europe after the UK and Switzerland; but it launches with only one major bank in France, Groupe BPCE.
NFC Times Exclusive Insight – Telco joint ventures on opposite sides of the globe announced within hours of each other plans to pull the plug on their respective NFC wallets, marking another big hit for the future of SIM-based NFC.
NFC Times Exclusive Insight – Google has launched Android Pay in its fourth country, Australia, with one of the country's big four banks, ANZ, but the launch was beset by delays that have kept another of the big four, Westpac, on the sidelines for now.
NFC Times Exclusive – Apple's expansion into Switzerland late last week with its Apple Pay service followed a familiar pattern, as in many of the other new markets the tech giant has expanded its payments service in: support first comes from relatively small issuers while major banks hold out.
NFC Times Exclusive Insight – With the launch of Apple Pay imminent in France, telcos there are continuing to push SIM-based NFC technology, hiring a trusted service manager for their new NFC SIM "hub"–although No. 1 telco Orange will also support Apple Pay.
NFC Times Exclusive – Alliance Digital Technology Co., the joint venture of five Taiwanese mobile operators and transit fare-collection operator EasyCard Corp., is steering away from the TSM business, which was the reason it formed three years ago, NFC Times has learned. It will add a focus on providing mobile ID and authentication, the JV told NFC Times.
NFC Times Exclusive – French banks and their bank-owned domestic payments network STET plan to launch mobile payments in the first quarter of next year with a "large smartphone vendor" using the domestic payment network's own token service provider, STET told NFC Times.
NFC Times Exclusive – SHANGHAI, China: While Apple has signed up more banks and is believed to have more cards registered in China for its Apple Pay service–around 10 million, according to a source–Samsung is seeking to outflank its rival with more acceptance points and more applications for Samsung Pay, NFC Times has learned.
NFC Times Exclusive Insight – Microsoft, which has written off more than $8 billion from its failed Nokia acquisition and which is expected to fully pull the plug on its consumer smartphone hardware business, nonetheless believes a viable wallet app is a must-have to keep its Windows 10 operating system for phones viable–although its announcement this week of Microsoft Wallet is surrounded by unknowns, including exactly when the service will generally launch.
NFC Times Exclusive – Three years ago, in June of 2013, MasterCard announced it would "deploy a target" of 410,000 MasterCard PayPass-enabled point-of-sale terminals, to be rolled out "throughout Japan over the next three years."


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What is the difference between de corto plazo and a corto plazo (or de largo plazo and a largo plazo), meaning short-term and long-term? In what contexts can each be used?
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De corto plazo refers to a property of the object it's referring to, for example you could say
meaning that it is expected to be done in a short period of time, it could be something small, so it's referred as short term.
On the other hand, when you say a corto plazo, what you mean is that you (or someone else does) consider the object it's referring to as short term, for example a goal is a short term achievement for a larger objective. You could say,
meaning that in the short term, that it what you should be doing, as opposed to in the long term. In the example, the long term objective is being able to speak another language fluently.
From my experience (Argentinian), 'a corto plazo' is mostly used, I've never heard of anyone using the phrase 'de corto plazo'.


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Ziggy Marley laughs at the first mention of Denver, Colorado.
Yep, he was watching that election very closely—and to his surprise and sheer happiness, recreational use of marijuana passed. The 44-year-old, Grammy-winning reggae royalty (born David Nesta Marley) has a new live album out next month, Ziggy Marley in Concert, available exclusively through iTunes on December 18; the physical CD release is set for January 15. And because of this most recent election, he's already thinking that a live show somewhere in Denver may soon be happening.
Yah, mon.
EBONY: What made you want to record another live concert album?
Ziggy Marley: Well, I've actually been liking the things I've been doing and the vibe, so I wanted to share that and give people opportunity to experience the vibe that we have live.
EBONY: Your live shows are incredible. I've seen you and the Melody Makers perform before, and the crowd went bananas. What all goes into them?
ZM: Well, what we put in our live shows is spirits, you know. Yeah, we try to effect people on a spiritual level. It's very improvised a lot and it's very real. Emotions are real; it's not choreographed. And so every time you see us, we come with something unique. But we try to just connect on a spiritual level with people. That's the main idea.
EBONY: Is it difficult to live up to the Marley name?
ZM: I mean… this is a challenge. But it's not something that we think about as a challenge. It's a challenge because of people's perception, but for us, we're just trying to be true to what we're doing and be real and respect our father's legacy.
EBONY: That said, you and your siblings have all individually—and even as a group—certainly been able to make your own path. Was that relatively easy or did you kind of meet some bumps along the way?
ZM: There's always some bumps along the way, you know? There are always critics out there, but I think because of the longevity of what we've been doing, it's proved itself over time. That it's not a farce; it's not something that we're doing to just copy our father's thing or whatever. You know, is a test of things. [If] something can last over time, it has some value, you know?
EBONY: Who inspires you and why?
ZM: Well, my greatest inspiration is… I guess people call it God. We say Jah. We know some people might say "the universe" or other things, but there is a spirituality that guides us and gives us our purpose. In my life—and I'm not speaking generally, I don't know what about other people—but in my life this is what inspires me: this idea of purpose and service to your brothers and sisters. Music-wise, my father, Miles Davis, all of the great musicians. Marvin Gaye, too. I've even been checking out some classic, some Bach and some Beethoven, and studying, reading up about their music and about them. Because our music really plays a very important part in the psyche of society, and some music can do things to you that you never know.
We're just trying to be true to what we're doing and be real and respect our father's legacy.
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EBONY: Does it ever blow you away how big reggae music still is here in the United States, and how culturally we're so fascinated by it?
ZM: It is a big part of everything. But no, I'm not surprised. The music lives with the people. The music brings out the people. And because reggae doesn't really get a lot of commercial airplay and commotion, it's used certain times in certain stereotypical ways, but people go to concerts and to live shows. Reggae has a philosophy, you know? It's not just entertainment. There's an idea behind it, a way of life behind the music, which is a positive way of life, which is a progressive way of life for better people. The music lives with the people and it's very strong with the people.
EBONY: So recreational marijuana is now legal in Denver. Are you thinking about doing a concert immediately in Colorado now?
ZM: (Laughs) I was just thinking about that right now. I should be there right now doing a show, right?!
EBONY: Does that encourage you? Whether you love it or hate it, it's part of Jamaican culture—or people associate it as such. Did that kind of excite you, to see that that change was happening here in the States?
ZM: It's a good thing. It's a good thing for freedom. But smoking is one part of it. I don't know why we're reluctant to grow the plant hemp. Hemp is a part of the cannabis plant and it is very useful. You can make fabric, can make oil, can make fuel, so I'm very happy we're moving in the right direction. We're hoping to make the whole plant legalized, not just focusing on the smoking alone, but also


text: Charlene Tyrpin of Steubenville was the grand prize winner in the Steubenville Fun Map contest, sponsored by the Herald-Star and The Weirton Daily Times and WOGH-FM. The drawing capped a week-long contest on Froggy's morning show that tested listeners' knowledge of the businesses depicted on the fun map. At the end of the week, listeners were asked to submit an entry correctly listing all five daily answers. Tyrpin's name was drawn from the entries correctly identifying all five winning answers. For her prize, she chose a $100 gift card to Wal-Mart. Tyrpin, a longtime Herald-Star subscriber and regular Froggy listener, also received four tickets to the Pittsburgh Zoo courtesy of WOGH. Taking part in the presentation were, from left, the newspapers' Inside Sales Manager Maggie McGinnis, Special Projects Director Cindy Kotsch, Tyrpin and newspaper sales representative Sierra Martin. -- Linda Harris


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UConn men vs. AIC
What: Exhibition When: 7 p.m. today Where: Gampel Pavilion, Storrs Radio: WTIC-AM 1080 Worth noting: It is Kevin Ollie's first game as head coach after taking over from the retired Jim Calhoun in September ... Sophomore guard Ryan Boatright tweaked his ankle in practice Wednesday and was held out at the end. Ollie said the move was precautionary and Boatright will play tonight ... Center Enosch Wolf, who had missed practice time because of a third career concussion, took part in noncontact drills Wednesday. He won't play tonight, but is expected to practice Saturday and play Sunday in the second exhibition game against UMass-Lowell at the XL Center ... The Huskies lost Monday's practice to the hurricane. Women's coach Geno Auriemma volunteered to give up his early practice time Tuesday so the men could practice.