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January 31st, 2010
Denim is a big trend this season and when it's being worn from head to toe, we want to know how to wear our jeans in light of this denim craze. So here are the 3 key jean trends for spring;
Carrot jeans – yes, you heard us right. This style of jean are named so as they have a high waist, fill out at the hips then narrow down to the ankle, much like, well the shape of a carrot! They work well for slim waists and look great with heels for a dressed up casual look. They can however drown a petite frame, depending on the size of the heels of course!
Harem jeans – super soft denim is used to create the draping effect of one of our favourite styles of last summer. Jean harems however have a much edgier look than the trouser variety. They are more constructed, have more detailing but are just as comfortable. Wear dressed up with this seasons peep toe shoe boots or dressed down with pumps and a simple tee.
Trouser jeans – this trend takes inspiration from some of the latest trouser styles; high waists, wide legs and pleating. The use of light weight denim helps to achieve these styles and makes them a great, yet smart alternative to trousers. This style will also suit just about every shape and size!
The perfect companion for these fashion forward jeans is a simple cami or vest top, this way the focus remains on the denim. Our essential strappy tops come with an integral bra for the support you need without putting up with showing bra straps. Or for a bit of added glam, our slinky alterneck with jewelled neckline should do the trick! Fitted tees also work well, especially with looser fitting jeans such as the harem or wide leg style. And remember, a nude tee-shirt bra worn underneath a white tee will disappear but a white bra will still be visible so the choice is yours, play it discreet or flaunt it?!


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The headstamp is: 5.7 x 28 06 & either FMB or FNB or FWB. A bit difficult to make out the last.
It's obviously a 22 cal. One member said that it was and H&K pistol round. I have no idea. I've never seen or heard of one before.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Discussion in 'December 2006' started by max, Dec 2, 2006.
Detroit hosts Portland Tuesday Dec 5 7:30pm tv: tv20
Nazr will definitely have problems defending Randolph. He may even foul out before the 4th quarter, lol... Basically, our defensive strategy is stop Randolph and we will stop the Trialblazers. Or maybe we stop everyone else except Randolph???
Chat is open. See you there.... http://www.pistonsforum.com/misc.php?do=flashchat
Maybe the story is that we let them stay in it in the first half and then they got bold--this happens in a regular season game. There are potential problems: We don't make stops like we used too late (Tay on Zack?) We play a one on one offense without much motion--same as last year. (Portland basically stopped us) Our bigs were abused as we are often slow and sometimes undersized. Lets see what the team has this weekend.
Another lower tier team humbles the Pistons...this time on their home floor. Outrebounded, outhustled and out played again. The bench looked good in the first half with 20 pts, but they didn't score in the second half because Flip didn't play them.... 7-24 /3 ball attempts...Blazers score more at the FT line than the Pistons attempt, because our bigs don't know how to attack the rim. What is LB doing these days? We need him, a backup PG and an inside post player to supplement our allstaters... Too late Joe and Mr. D got rid of LB, Arroyo and darko....
Billups took 9 three pointers, and made one two pointer. He was flat footed, and played an incredibly lazy game. With a chance to win the game, he dribbled around trying to get himself another 3 pointer. Jarret Jack stole his lunch and ate it on the Palace floor. There are other scapegoats, but Tay and Rip were the only Captains that actually showed up and gave a solid effort. Very disappointing that we didn't go back to Flip Murray after he played so well. No bench, no energy from the starters, crap result. Kudos to Sheed for playing a great game. Dice and Nazr weren't great but they weren't horrible. You can only do so much when your perimeter defense allows a free path to the basket.
I really think the boys will ramp up on the Mavs Thursday.
Yep, bad game. Going to read tomorrow on how Billups and co. learned their lesson about taking teams lightly, the same lesson they have had about 500 times in the past few years. Yikes, how in the heck are they going to beat Dallas and Orlando on a back-back to start their 5 game road trip.
Because they're better and currently have a bad taste in their mouth.
Could there be any better opportunity to play Blalock than a home game against a team with a suspect backcourt? Or for that matter, playing Amir Johnson, Jason Maxiell or giving Delfino substantial minutes? We shot 24 three pointers in a grind it out home game. I don't trust Flip to use the hook fast enough, or at all for that matter, but this is beyond ridiculous. If you think Portland beat us, that would be wrong. We plain beat ourselves playing stupid, lethargic basketball. So much for going to work. More 3s than free throws!
NBA - Portland Trail Blazers/Detroit Pistons Box Score Tuesday December 5, 2006 - Yahoo! Sports I forgot to mention that we did get one MVP performance. The bench of Dice, Davis, Delfino and Murray had 22 points, 8 rebounds, 3 blocks, 5 assists and no turnovers. Almost reads like a KG statline.
I don't like the strategy for the end of the game tonight. We were down 1 point with 20 seconds left and we had the ball. You gotta take you chance early so that you can foul if you don't score. Why did Chauncey consciously dribble the clock out? Then when Sheed picked and popped, both defenders followed Billups, but he didn't even look back at Sheed. Instead, he forced it to a fully covered Rip. Zach Randolph has been a force recently, and there was no doubt that he was going to out muscle us tonight. Tay on Zach? Not a good idea. Who cares if Sheed fouls out with 30 seconds? He would have been the best defender in that situation. I would rather see Dale Davis start than Nazr at this point. We are a very weak team that relies on the perimeter way too much. I know I'm preaching to the choir, but we need to find out if JMax, Amir, and Blaylock can help... cause if not, then we need to make a deal.
Because Mr. Big Head was trying to get enough separation to jack a big shot. I posted it to chat as it went down. The only # he was calling on that play was his own. Small ball has been working so well, but this was a tough it out, grind it down game like the playoffs. Slow tempo, lots of half court, and it doesn't suit a small lineup that is geared to transition. What does it say that I agree and we should start a 37 year old guy over our newly signed (4 year contract) free agent center? Folks, bad news. There are no trades. We have almost zilch when it comes to tradeable assets. By not completing a BBen S&T this summer, or re-signing Tony Delk, or re-signing Kelvin Cato or keeping Mo Evans instead of dumping him for Samb, that means or core trade assets become Sheed, Dale and Rip plus the kids.
Coaches comments.
That is what Joe should be yelling to the choir tomorrow before they board airball one (or whatever it is called ) to Dallas tomorrow. CB even took more 3 ball attempts then he had assists and he is your starting PG!! Our guys have relied on the jumpers for so long they seem to have forgotten how to attack the rim and when they do, they cannot seem to finish the easy layups or putbacks. The players need to be called out on this and Flip needs to be put on notice that he needs to call a time out and get in somebody's face when they continue to play lackadasical. Bench those starters CB, Sheed, etc until they can step up and play their game. It makes no since for CB or Prince to dribble/backatheir man down and either get stripped or pass it to fully covered man. Why isn't there ever any weakside help? If Flip won't play the bench he currently has, then Joe needs to find some players that can produce and more importantly players that Flip can trust. One thing different from last year team is that they could finish these tight games with a W. This year they already have last second losses to the Hornets, Jazz and now Tblazers that should have been W's in each case.
Can't believe they lost to these clowns. They're gonna have to turn it around really fast, or else it'll be a 4-game losing streak by week's end.
Stop It!
at least the starting 4 got their minutes :nerd2: FREE THE BENCH!!!
He would have made that shot if he was not tired.. Seriously, I am going to wait until the next 2 games before sounding the alarms. So far it looks like good old Piston ball taking 2 teams lightly. Its been going on for years now. Mohammed does look like a 30mil mistake at this point but the season still is young. Its supposed to be a front court centered around Sheed and when he only scores 5 points its very hard on the team. Have to put this mostly on Billups if I were to pin a worst performance award. He is supposed to be the team leader as well as starting PG. He jacked up 3's, could not get the offense going. Lackluster games like this seem to start with him so I am sure whats going on there. 1 loss to a bad team is understandable but 2 in a row? Especially before starting a long road trip.
More 3's than free throws, and bad defense is are signs of no effort. Pistons sat around for the whole game and they got burned. I thought Jarret Jack was getting bad calls, but that is not the reason for the loss.
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Michael Johanson
Department Chair and Associate Professor of Music, Director of Composition and Music Theory
Copyright, Steve Hambuchen
Michael Johanson's music reflects a deep interest in bringing together materials drawn from a wide range of styles and approaches, all filtered through a distinctly personal voice. His work is informed by an abiding interest in timbral and coloristic possibilities, a wide-ranging harmonic palette, an interest in extended instrumental techniques, and the occasional integration of elements found in jazz. Johanson's compositions have been performed at various concerts and festivals throughout the United States and abroad by distinguished soloists and ensembles.
Venues at which performances of Mr. Johanson's music have taken place include the Ann Goodman Recital Hall in New York City; St. John's Smith Square in London, England; the Shenyang Conservatory of Music in China; the Thai National Theater Recital Hall in Bangkok; the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts; the International Beethoven Festival; the James Madison University Contemporary Music Festival; the "June in Buffalo" festival; the Society of Composers Incorporated; the Williams College Chamber Players; "A Celebration of New Music" at Texas Tech University; Western Washington University; the Indiana State University Contemporary Music Festival; Fear No Music; Resonance Ensemble's "Music and Memory" concert; the Great Western Horn Symposium in Las Vegas; Portland Piano International; VIR Men's Ensemble; the Lewis & Clark College Orchestra; and the Cascadia Composers concert series. Ensembles and institutions that have commissioned his works include the International Beethoven Project, Trio Bella Voce, the Northwest Horn Orchestra, Post-Haste Duo, Portland Percussion Group, the Indiana University New Music Ensemble, the American Friends Service Committee, Indiana University's Newman Center, the Oregon Repertory Singers, the Portland Chamber Orchestra, and the March Music Moderne festival.
Distinguished performers who have played and/or commissioned Mr. Johanson's music include Frederick Hemke, Kia-Hui Tan, Peter Henderson, Iwan Roth, Leander Star, James Giles, Kevin Schempf, Brian Kilp, Sean Fredenburg, Inés Voglar, Joël Belgique, Justin Kagan, Dunja Marcum, Susan Smith, Garth Simmons, and many others.
Mr. Johanson has received awards and/or fellowships from institutions such as the American Music Center, ASCAP, Wildacres Residency, the MacDowell Colony, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and Palazzo Rinaldi (Noepoli, Italy). He is the 2015 recipient of the Oregon Music Teacher's Association Composer of the Year Award. Johanson is the 2009 winner of the Gil Seeley Prize in Composition, an award given by the Oregon Repertory Singers for his composition "Earth Dweller." His work "Memento" was recorded by internationally recognized saxophonist Frederick Hemke on his CD "Simple Gifts." Johanson's work "Dynamo" is featured on trombonist Garth Simmons' "American Visions" CD. Johanson was the 2012 Composer-in-Residence at the Jubilus Music Festival in Gainesville, Florida. His composition "Gravitations" was featured in the July 2012 International Arts Educators Forum in Citta di Castello, Italy. Mr. Johanson's music is published by September Hills, Honeyrock Publishing, and Dorn Publications.
Formerly on the faculties of Indiana State University, Williams College, and Stetson University, he is currently Associate Professor of Composition and Music Theory at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon. He serves as Artistic Director of Friends of Rain, Lewis & Clark's faculty contemporary music ensemble.
Mr. Johanson teaches courses in Composition, Contemporary Music Theory and Aural Skills, Counterpoint, and Orchestration.
Academic Credentials
D.M. 2004, M.M. 1994 Indiana University, B.M. 1991, 1990 Eastman School of Music


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Bulldogs And Razorbacks Square-Off in Arkansas Saturday
Feb. 28, 2014
About the Game
Probable Starters
#Assists Per Game
Head Coach: Mark Fox
#Assists Per GameHead Coach: Mike Anderson
Record at Arkansas / Years: 56-36 / 3rd season
Overall Record / Years: 256-134 / 12th season
Assistant Coaches: Melvin Watkins (Assoc. HC), TJ Cleveland, Matt Zimmerman
Georgia vs. Arkansas
Saturday's game is the 32nd all-time meeting between Georgia and Arkansas in basketball. Arkansas holds a 17-14 lead in the series. These two schools had never met before 1992, when the SEC expanded and was pared into Eastern and Western Divisions.
Eight of Georgia's wins in this series have come in Athens (1992-96-98-02-04-08-12-14). Three have come in Fayetteville (2003-07-11). The other three took place during SEC Tournament play on neutral courts: 1997 in Memphis, 2008 in the SEC Tournament Championship game in Atlanta, and 2010 in Nashville, Tenn.
A geographical breakdown of the series follows:
More Noteworthy
Offense on the Uptick
One thing is apparent through the season thus far: Georgia's offense appears to be measurably more effective than last season, even without its best scorer from 2013. In 18 of 27 games thus far, the Bulldogs have scored over their seasonal average (60.8) of last season. The team's overall shooting percentage has also risen from 40.8 of last season to its current mark of 44.7.
When Georgia defeated LSU 91-78 on Feb. 6, it marked the first time since 1995 in which Georgia had cracked the 90-point mark twice during the SEC schedule.
About the Schedule
Conference expansion manifests itself in many strange ways, not the least of which occurs in scheduling. Georgia fans noticed this oddity most recently as their football team has traveled to Auburn in consecutive seasons.
This season their basketball team will experience one of the oddest quirks to its schedule in years. Kentucky will not travel to Athens for a game this season for the first time since the 1962-63 season. Same for Tennessee. For Florida, which also won't play a game in Athens this season, the last time it didn't play in Athens was in 1961-62. The Gators are the most frequent opponent in UGA hoops history.
It took a World War to keep all three schools out of Athens together in the same season the last time. Not since the 1943-44 season -- when Georgia dotted its schedule with random groups like Lawson General Hospital and Robins Airfield -- has this phenomenon occurred.
Georgia and the SEC
Following are a few tidbits about Georgia's history in the SEC:
Staff Changes for 2014
For the first time of his 4+ seasons in Athens, head coach Mark Fox made changes to his immediate coaching staff. Three-year UGA letterman (2002-04) Jonas Hayes was promoted from Operations Coordinator to Assistant Coach. A native Atlantan, Hayes returned to UGA in 2012 after serving as an Assistant Coach at Belmont Abbey in North Carolina for five seasons. He had also assisted the programs at South Carolina State, Morehouse and his alma mater, Douglass High School, after graduating from UGA in 2004.
Hayes, whose twin brother Jarvis continues to play professionally overseas, became the first Georgia basketball alumnus to hold a full-time assistant's position on the staff at his alma mater since Mark Slonaker assisted Hugh Durham from 1989-95.
To replace Hayes in the Coordinator's position, Fox hired Byron Samuels in May of 2013. The Winston-Salem, N.C., native, is a veteran of the collegiate ranks whose career includes head coaching stops at Hampton, Radford and, most lastly, at Hillsborough Community College, where he coached recent UGA alum John Florveus. Samuels is a veteran of SEC basketball, having assisted four Tennessee teams that earned NCAA Tournament berths.
Fox Best at Molding Talent
Blogger and hoops junkie Dan Hanner of RealGM.com penned an article in February of 2012 that anointed Georgia head coach Mark Fox as the top coach in college basketball at player development. Hanner used a complex formula to rate college coaches. Among Hanner's many observations he writes, "Mark Fox has truly been fantastic at getting the most out of his players."
The top five in the Player Development category include Fox; Bo Ryan (Wisconsin); Craig Robinson (Oregon State); Lorenzo Romar (Washington); and Mike Montgomery (Cal).
Perhaps the most tangible proof of Fox's talent development is the number of NBA draftees and current pros that have played for him. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope became the 11th player under his tutelage to get drafted by an NBA club. He was the fourth 1st-rounder.
Fox Also Tops at Producing Grads
Head Coach Mark Fox must also receive some degree of credit for developing high-performing students in the classroom. Since his arrival in April of 2009, no fewer than 14 Georgia basketball players have earned their undergraduate degrees. Every player that has exhausted his eligibility at UGA under Fox has completed his degree.
Prominent among this group of 14 includes Damien Wilkins - nephew of UGA great Dominique Wilkins - whose last year of eligibility came in 2004 and who has played professionally in the NBA ever since.
Last summer the Georgia program was recognized by the NCAA for its Academic Progress Rate (APR) scored of 990, which ranked among the top 10 percent of all men's basketball programs.
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Hi guys, this is SA from TGF. I'm the Site Admin there and I am sharing our small effort to review and test at the range the above mentioned gun.
Rami comes in a hard plastic case which is further enclosed in a cardboard box. Packings includes a spare magazine, a safety lock, a plastic cleaning rod and a cleaning brush. The documentation includes a certified fired target, a user's manual and a warranty card. Quite a few things in a small pistol case. :D
Finish, Looks and Manufacturing Quality:
Rami is a very well finished gun and gives the look of a top end gun. The gun has a matte black polycoat finish which has been nicely done. With the normal magazine, Rami looks quite elegant but with the extended magazine, it looks a bit out of balance (bottom heavy) in the first look, though handling the gun is quite easy with the extended magazine. All external and internal parts are very well finished and there are no tooling marks and rough edges.
Slide, Frame and Grip:
Rami has a well made forged steel slide in matte black polycoat finish. As in all CZ75 slide-in-frame design, the slide grooves are on the outer side all along the length of slide. Accordingly, the slide is much lesser in width and height as compared to most other handguns. When fully assembled, slide houses the barrel, recoil mechanism, firing mechanism, extractor and ejector. Sights are fixed on the top in a dovetail.
The frame is made of aluminum alloy, has black polycoat finish and is quite light in weight. Full length slide grooves are located on the inside of the frame which provides a very tight slide to frame fitting, the secret of CZ75 model accuracy. Decoker lever, take down lever and mag release are located on the frame on left side and are non-ambidextrous. The mag release lever and decocker can however be installed towards the right side for left handed shooters.
Grips are made of checkered black rubber, provide a firm hold. Overall, the size of grips is quite small, as in case of most sub-compact handguns. Front and rear serrations on the frame provide good hold, however, with the standard 10 round magazine it is not easy to firmly hold the Rami, specially for shooters with big hands. With extended 14 round magazine which enhances the grip size to about 12 mm, hold is not an issue though it enhances the overall gun size and sort of compromises its concealability a little.
Action and Barrel:
CZ 2075 RAMI is a short recoil operated, locked brech pistol which uses the Browning linkless cam locking system. On firing, this system locks the barrel and slide together with the help of a lug which is part of the barrel and fits into the recesses on the roof of the slide. After initial recoil stroke, the barrel is cammed downwards at the rear, allowing the slide to continue the recoil stroke and eject the spent cartridge.
The barrel is of high quality, is made of hammer forged steel and is a little less than 3 inches in length. Like most other CZ handguns, the barrel is not chrome plated. Despite its tiny size, the remarkable accuracy of the gun speaks of a very precise rifling of lands and grooves in the barrel.
Trigger Mechanism:
CZ 2075 RAMI has a DA / SA trigger. The trigger pull measures approximately 1.6-2.5 lb in SA and 5.5 lb in DA mode.
Not a great trigger really, Rami's trigger has quite a long pull and then some creep before it finally breaks. The breaking however is quite sharp. During dry firing, I was not impressed with the trigger at all, however, after shooting the gun, I realised that despite the creep and pull, the trigger allowed me to achieve a clean break most of the time. I think after shooting over 300-400 rounds, the creep should reduce and that would make it a remarkable trigger.
Recoil Mechanism:
For a gun of this small size, Rami does not have a strong recoil though it still jolts the hand of the shooter. If I have to compare it, its far more than Makarov and far less than a Taurus PT145. Nevertheless, the overall balance of the gun makes it quite convenient to place a quick and accurate second shot, though not as good as a Makarov. The double recoil spring helps in reducing the recoil a great deal. Surprisingly, the recoil guide rod is made of plastic :o
Below are the results of Ramis accuracy conducted from 10, 20 and 30 M.
Accuracy Test - CZ 2075 Rami
Condition: NIB
Dist: 10, 20 & 30 M
Ammo: POF 2Z
Sequence: 5 shots from 10 M, 5 from 20M and 5 from 30M on the same target.
Stoppages: None out of 15 bullets.
Precision Shooting Score: 132 / 150 (88%)
- 10 M................1.2 inches (50/50 pts)
- 20 M................1.2 inches (50/50 pts)
- 30 M................3.4 inches (45/50 pts)
- ....................... 145/150 (93.33%)
Overall Score......... 132+145=277 / 300 (92.33%)
Accuracy Rating: EXTREMELY ACCURATE
I have carried out accuracy tests of many guns and I can tell you that most of the large size handguns wouldn't be able to shoot more accurately than a sub-compact Rami. Boy, 1.2 inches from 20 M is remarkable accuracy
Now few results from range sessions conducted with CZ 2075 RAMI. All target have been shot using both hands, without any support. The distance, ammo and other details are given on the targets.
4 string of 5 bullets each were shot from 15 M, in standing position with hands un-supported. Rami make an average group of 2.6 inches which is not at all bad for a combat handgun of any size.
COMPLETE REVIEW AND OTHER ACCURACY TESTS WITH HI-RES IMAGES ARE AVAILABLE AT TGF. Click here to access.


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'"It was pretty easy for us off the start of the game," Sabres coach Lindy Ruff said. "(Pittsburgh) had some guys who were playing pretty hard. They got us on our heels and they kept us there."'
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ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 389, June 27, 2008
- On the Hazards of Array Syntax, ( Or How I Achieved Six Orders of Magnitude Speedup )
- Handling Little Endian Files with XLF
- Iceberg Farewell
- Quick Tip
On the Hazards of Array Syntax, ( Or How I Achieved Six Orders of Magnitude Speedup )
[ By: Lee Higbie ]
For a few computational problems the phenomenon being modeled is completely local. What happens at one point in the model does not depend on what goes on around it. To a first order, a forest fire's burning depends on the weather and the fuel, but not on the fire's behavior a mile away, in another part of the forest. These programs, sometimes called embarrassingly parallel, are the easiest to parallelize for supercomputers because the model can easily run on many cores.
Most programs require information from neighboring points, which means that the cores running the program must communicate- the major source of speed and programming bottlenecks for many parallelized programs. For example, the weather here depends not only on the local temperature, pressure, wind speed, but also on that of the areas nearby. Wind and barometric pressure changes propagate rapidly compared to fires.
I received a program from an Outside source ("Outside" is Alaskan for "Lower 48"). It is a first order production forest fire model. We wanted to adapt it to use for the fires we have in Interior Alaska, ones that often account for more than half the acreage burned in the entire US.
In the middle of this fortran code, inside the main triply nested loop, is the innocuous looking code block:
MC1 = 1.03*EMC where ( PCP > 2. ) MC1 = 35. end where where ( MC1 < 1. ) MC1 = 1. end where
After changing the geometry for the larger region needed for Alaska; updating the grid to use 1 km cells; and changing to a projection that is more suitable for our latitude, I had a program grid with about 2.7M grid cells instead of the original 10K. In the course of modifying the program, we also changed from 24 time cells to 49.
I ran the program. It bombed when it ran out of time, so I started a performance analysis. With gprof I quickly found that the main routine accounted for nearly all the execution time. After inserting a few:
call cpu_time(time) print *, [ cumulative elapsed time in code block]
I isolated the time to those simple lines above. Twice I had ignored them--no loop, nothing much going on. Right? Wrong!
I changed them slightly to:
real, dimension(1800, 1500, 49) :: PCP, mc1, EMC ... where ( PCP > 2. ) mc1 = 35. else where mc1 = max(1, 1.03 * EMC) end where
I figured this would stop trashing the cache and reduce storing the elements of the array mc1, to one store per element. This change sped up the loop nest by about a factor of three, pretty good for an hour's work. But still on the order of a second per innermost loop iteration.
But, I kept thinking about the physics. The inner pair of loops was working on the mesh's 2.7 M grid cells, why would any cell require more than a second's worth of computation? And if you do the arithmetic, that works out to a couple core-weeks of CPU time, still far from feasible for a production code that should run daily or twice daily during the fire season. Even using all of Midnight's 2312 cores, it would take thousands of seconds. Embarrassing.
I reread the paper describing the fire model, the one the original program was based on, and decided that nearly all the work implied by the array statements was redundant. Each variable in both of the statement blocks above is triply subscripted for longitude, latitude and time. The innermost loop pair is also over longitude and latitude. Only the value for the current cell is being used in any iteration.
Conveniently i and j are used for longitude and latitude. With the redundant calculations removed, the statement block becomes:
where ( PCP(i, j, :) > 2. ) mc1(i, j, :) = 35. else where mc1(i, j, :) = max(1, 1.03 * EMC(i, j, :)) end where
The innermost loop pair includes more than 100 lines of code, but now it runs about a million times faster than before. 396M loads and stores have been eliminated from each loop iteration. (The third subscript, the colon above, is over the time steps.)
Those 396 million extra loads and stores took so much time that the one hundred line loop pair runs about a million times faster than the original. Embarrassment gone.
[Ed. Note: On the entire program, which performs extensive I/O, the changes would save more than 100,000,000,000,000,000 stores and reduce the run time by a factor of about 5000.]
Handling Little Endian Files with XLF
[ By: Don Bahls ]
By default IBM systems such as iceberg generate big endian binary files. This can cause problems when you attempt to use binary files that were generated on a little endian system, such Linux systems using AMD or Intel processors. Version 10 of the XLF compiler has a runtime option which allows Fortran I/O to use unformatted little endian files.
Here's an example using the reader and writer codes from newsletter 344 see: /arsc/support/news/hpcnews/hpcnews344/index.xml#article1 .
Compile the code as you normally would.
iceberg1 46% xlf90 reader.f90 -o reader ** reader === End of Compilation 1 === 1501-510 Compilation successful for file reader.f90. iceberg1 47% xlf90 writer.f90 -o writer ** writer === End of Compilation 1 === 1501-510 Compilation successful for file writer.f90.
If the application is run, we get a standard unformatted big-endian file. The command "od -x" lets us verify the output.dat file is in the expected format.E.g.
iceberg1 51% od -x output.dat 0000000 0000 0018 cede d0da ce0f aded dead beef 0000020 cafe feed deaf bead edef face 0000 0018
When the XLFRTEOPTS environment variable is set, little-endian unformatted I/O will be performed for each specified unit. In these two examples, unit 11 is used for the I/O.E.g.
export XLFRTEOPTS=ufmt_littleendian=11 iceberg1 53% ./writer iceberg1 54% od -x output.dat 0000000 1800 0000 edad 0fce dad0 dece efbe adde 0000020 edfe feca cefa efed adbe afde 1800 0000
The reader application confirms the output.dat file is formatted properly.E.g.
iceberg1 61% ./reader Integer*4 matches. Real*4 matches. Integer*8 matches. Real*8 matches.
If you happen to need to do little-endian I/O on a range of units you can specify a range with the XLFRTEOPTS environment variable:E.g.
# specifies that little-endian unformatted I/O be done on units 10 # to 100 export XLFRTEOPTS=ufmt_littleendian=10-100
For additional details on this feature see the following documentation available on the IBM website:http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=43&uid=swg21243120
Iceberg Farewell
Back in 2004, iceberg became the first allocated IBM system at ARSC. It was one of the first systems that IBM deployed with, the then new, Federation 2 switch. Over the last 4 years iceberg has been a work-horse HPCMP and academic users alike. In a little under a month, iceberg will be retired to make way for our latest allocated system.
Accounts on iceberg will be inactivated at 1 PM AKDT on July 18th.
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A:[[ Some Unix commands, like ps and finger, spit out a line of column [[ headers followed by a table of information. Being self-absorbed, [[ I often want to grep for myself in these tables, but I need to see [[ the column headers too, because they change depending on the command [[ options. Check out the different "ps" column headers! [[ [[ mg56:~ % ps -e head -1 [[ PID TTY TIME CMD [[ mg56:~ % ps -l head -1 [[ F S UID PID PPID C PRI NI ADDR SZ WCHAN TTY TIME CMD [[ mg56:~ % ps -ef head -1 [[ UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD [[ mg56:~ % ps -elf head -1 [[ F S UID PID PPID C PRI NI ADDR SZ WCHAN STIME TTY TIME CMD [[ [[ Apparently the developers did NOT consider my needs when they wrote [[ these tools. To see the header and information rows, am I really [[ stuck doing this?! [[ [[ mg56:~ % ps -ef head -1 [[ UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD [[ mg56:~ % ps -ef grep mortimer [[ mortimer 9996 9994 0 10:07 ? 00:00:00 sshd: mortimer [priv] [[ mortimer 9998 9997 0 10:07 pts/8 00:00:00 -ksh [[ mortimer 18706 9998 0 10:27 pts/8 00:00:00 ps -ef # # Thanks to Ryan Czerwiec # The short answer is: yes, you're stuck because the problem is with the behavior of the grep / head and not the original command. It's not really a developer issue since they all behave as intended. There are solutions for some particular commands, but the broad scope of every header-producing command effectively precludes any generic solution or the ability of developers to predict the need and implement one. It wouldn't be a big deal to replace each of these commands with an alias or script on a case-by-case basis. There happens to be a workaround for ps, but as an example, you could change your pattern so it would also catch the header too, but likely nothing else additional. You'd have to know ahead of time what the header looks like and what strings in it wouldn't be found elsewhere, for instance PID for ps, as in: ps -elf grep "[Pm][Io][Dr]" In standard grep (definitely not foolproof), or: ps -elf grep "PID\ mortimer" in gnu grep. # # Greg Newby # With apologies for BSD vs. SysV Unix options for the PS command, I'll show a few examples from my Mac, where there are plenty of processes owned by my username. There are several scripts and aliases I can imagine writing to meet your needs, but this doesn't seem that hard to do by just separating the two commands by a semicolon. First command gets the header, second gets your processes. It's pretty, and doesn't limit you to particular ps options. % ps -ax head -1 ; ps -ax grep `whoami` PID TT STAT TIME COMMAND 2587 ?? Ss 87:40.94 /Users/newby/Documents/local/bin/Firefox.app/Contents 391 p1 Ss 0:00.02 login -pf newby 5085 p1 S 0:00.10 /Users/newby/.local/bin/mutt -F /Users/newby/.muttrc. 889 p2 Ss 0:00.01 login -pf newby 3105 p2 S+ 0:04.26 ssh firstname.lastname@example.com 933 p3 Ss 0:00.01 login -pf newby The semicolon simply tells the shell to run both commands, without giving a prompt in between. This will work on all shells I know of. "ps -ax" is about the same as "ps -ef" on midnight. "ps -aux" is about the same as "ps -elf" on midnight. Here's another, sorted on the PID field: % ps -aux head -1 ; ps -aux grep `whoami` sort +1 USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TT STAT STARTED TIME COMMAND newby 102 0.0 -0.4 82904 9024 ?? Ss Fri08PM 0:06.56 /System/Li newby 103 0.0 -0.4 359984 8536 ?? Ss Fri08PM 0:16.66 /System/Li newby 252 0.0 -0.1 349660 2692 ?? S Fri08PM 0:00.29 /System/Li newby 344 0.0 -0.1 55992 2256 ?? Ss Fri08PM 0:00.40 /System/Li newby 347 0.0 -0.0 27316 364 ?? S Fri08PM 0:00.01 /sbin/laun newby 353 0.0 -0.3 878884 5504 ?? S Fri08PM 2:20.76 /System/Li newby 354 0.0 -0.1 27936 1580 ?? S Fri08PM 0:00.49 aped ... If any of these suit you, then take the ones you use most commonly and add them as aliases or functions or shell scripts. Adding a pipe to "sort" opens many neat opportunities [you can even pipe one sort to another]. # # Brad Havel # Usage of egrep, which allows for more complex regular expressions to be grepped, would allow the command to be combined into a single pipe (assuming there is at least something on each line which could be searched, such as "PID" and userid for the ps -[elf] example above. ----- (mg56) [=> ps -ef egrep "(PID havel)" grep -v "grep" UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD root 10064 31279 0 07:21 ? 00:00:00 sshd: havel [priv] havel 10066 10064 0 07:21 ? 00:00:00 sshd: havel [priv] havel 10067 10064 0 07:21 ? 00:00:00 sshd: havel@pts/0 havel 10068 10067 0 07:21 pts/0 00:00:00 -bash havel 10102 10068 0 07:21 pts/0 00:00:00 ps -ef (mg56) [=> ps -el egrep "(PID 3889)" grep -v "grep" F S UID PID PPID C PRI NI ADDR SZ WCHAN TTY TIME CMD 1 S 3889 10066 10064 0 77 0 - 4406 schedu ? 00:00:00 sshd 5 S 3889 10067 10064 0 75 0 - 4375 schedu ? 00:00:00 sshd 0 S 3889 10068 10067 0 75 0 - 2728 wait4 pts/0 00:00:00 bash 0 R 3889 10196 10068 0 77 0 - 867 - pts/0 00:00:00 ps ----- While probably not useful for everything it is a bit cleaner and a little more graceful than the "head -1; ps -ef" method. # # Derek Bastille # One dead-simple way to do this is to use an OR with grep like this: [mira-e0]:/bastille >ps -aux grep -E "bastille USER" USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TT STAT STARTED TIME COMMAND bastille 843 90.4 15.1 593456 197696 ?? R Thu10AM 151:22.68 /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari -psn_0_4194305 bastille 793 1.0 1.2 228884 15704 ?? S Thu09AM 94:18.28 /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemUIServer.app/Contents/MacOS/SystemUIS bastille 2785 0.9 3.1 562604 41228 ?? S Fri05PM 55:54.16 /Applications/MeetingMaker 8.6.2/Meeting Maker Calendar.app/Contents/Mac bastille 872 0.4 4.1 292420 53500 ?? R Thu10AM 47:24.02 /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app/Contents/MacOS/Terminal -psn_0_4718 bastille 801 0.1 0.5 199112 6000 ?? S Thu09AM 5:50.56 /Applications/Microsoft Mouse.app/Contents/Resources/MicrosoftMouseHelpe ... (I did this with OS X, so the ps is a bit different). Basically, the -E is for including a real expression. So I'm telling grep I want lines with 'bastille' or 'USER'. For your ps header example, you'd want to use: ps -ef grep -E "UID mortimer" # # An Editor # Derek forgot about this option he showed me a while back... % ps -aux grep -e mortimer -e USER Q: Is there a way to tell which flags the MPI compiler is passing to the system compiler? Specificially I would like to see which include files and libraries are being passed to the system compiler.
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We are happy to announce the latest feature on the Blizzard site: the Blizzard Music Section. Check out some of your favorite musical numbers from Diablo, StarCraft, Warcraft, and World of Warcraft. With quick-and-easy access to the iTunes store, it has never been easier to browse our music, create your own playlist, and listen to the tunes you want, anytime, anywhere! Also, all you audiophiles out there, be sure to read the track notes straight from Blizzard's sound team!
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http://www.MapleIndex.Com - A New Maplestory fan site. You're able to make your guild his own site with no work, And to meet new friends.
http://www.MusicStoryRadio.Com - Earn points by listening to radio, And buy NX Cash with these points.
http://www.Mapleanime.Com - Maplestory fan site. Helpful downloads and all the Maplestory flash games in one place.
http://www.Hidden-Street.net - A Really useful sites, With great guides for quests and etc.
http://www.BasilMarket.Com - You're able to buy/sell stuff. and to meet new friends.
http://www.MapleSim.Com - BannedStory Simulator
BannedStory is the program that simulates the characters, pets , skills and more.
Post here if you know more Maplestory fan sites , guides , guilds , news and etc. and i will add them later.!


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Utahn Dies in Qatar
A Utah soldier -- supporting Operation Enduring Freedom -- was killed this week, at his military camp in Qatar.
Authorities say it was a non-combat incident that claimed the life of Army 1st Sargeant Tracy Stapley, 44, of Clearfield.
Stapley was assigned to the 308th Medical Logistics Company, based in St. George.
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Today's market for mobile apps goes beyond the iPhone to include BlackBerry, Nokia, Windows Phone, and smartphones powered by Android, webOS, and other platforms. If you're an experienced web developer, this book shows you how to build a standard app core that you can extend to work with specific devices. You'll learn the particulars and pitfalls of building mobile apps with HTML, CSS, and other standard web tools.
You'll also explore platform variations, finicky mobile browsers, Ajax design patterns for mobile, and much more. Before you know it, you'll be able to create mashups using Web 2.0 APIs in apps for the App Store, App World, OVI Store, Android Market, and other online retailers.
Maximiliano Firtman is a developer focused on mobile and RIA development. He is a professor in web and mobile technologies, and founder of ITMaster Professional Training. He is author of many books in Spanish, including books on Java ME, ASP.NET, AJAX and Professional Web 2.0. He is founder and manager of ARFUG (Argentina RIA & Flex User Group), an official Adobe User Group covering many RIA technologies, including AJAX, Flex, AIR and Silverlight. He has spoken at conferences in Spanish and English and published dozens of articles in magazines (.CODE, Users) and online (MaestrosDelWeb, Forum Nokia). He has been a Forum Nokia Champion since 2006, and has developed many mobile projects as MobileTinyURL.com and widgen.com. He is an expert in AJAX, Adobe Flex, Java ME, Widgets for Mobile and iPhone development.
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Great jog!
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I really recommend this book. The autor did a great job. He's really clear to understand (I don't know much ENG). I love this book...
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By far the best bok on Mobiles
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I have read nearly all books about programming Web Apps. Programming the Mobile Web is by far the best one and covers all topics you need. The author also delivres lots of useful links.
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A fantastic introduction for the seasoned web developer looking (needing) to branch out into the Mobile space. Even if you're not planning to do mobile, the techniques present will help make your website better.I have written more comments which you can read here: [@]But I whole-heartedly suggest you purchase this book.
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Good background, great reference book
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I bought this as an ebook and will likely be purchasing the paper version. This is a great reference for the experienced (XHTML/CSS/JS) web programmer who is looking to apply their skills in the mobile realm.
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Fantastic resource
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I am relatively unfamiliar with developing mobile websites, hence why I purchased this book. It offers a VERY thorough overview of the the challenges facing a mobile web developer. After the overview, the author provides many examples. Each chapter is filled with informative charts clearly showing the differences between mobile platforms. There is a slight emphasis on the iPhone, but other platforms- even platforms I hadn't heard of- are covered. The author is right- creating a mobile website is more than simple HTML on a small screen.I highly recommend this book.
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Best mobile web reference I've seen
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The purpose of this book is to identify best practices when creating web applications that will be consumed by mobile web browsers. It not only does an excellent job outlining those best practices, but it's incredibly up to date in its content. Not only is there information related to "retina display" available in iPhone 4, but there is also a brief discussion about how Palm has been purchased by HP (both events occurred only a few months ago).The book begins by providing the most comprehensive discussion of mobile browsers that I've ever seen. The author furthers this discussion throughout the book by providing some of the most detailed information on the compatibility between these various mobile browsers and the standards that each one supports. The book warrants a purchase simply for this information alone.The author continues by providing examples of supported doctypes, coding markup, and CSS. The author demonstrates CSS differences between the major mobile browsers, and demonstrates some libraries to make web applications look more like native applications. There is a lot of attention given to Safari, and rightly so, since it is one of the most popular mobile browsers available. However, the reader should be prepared for this fact.All in all, I found this to be a terrific reference to the state of mobile browsers and a great reference to assist in maximizing compatibility among mobile browsers. I'd highly recommend this for any developer who is creating mobile web applications. By following the guidelines outlined in this book, your applications will be able to effectively reach the largest mobile population possible.
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The City of Lakeland is pleased to announce that the T.Mims Corp. Red, White & Kaboom Independence Celebration will take place with live music at Lake Mirror along the Frances Langford Promenade on Wednesday, July 3rd from 6:00 p.m. - 9 p.m. with a breathtaking fireworks display dazzling the crowd at 9 p.m.
A live concert featuring Sam Bullock and the Soul Alliance will entertain the crowd. This multi-piece R&B Band comprised of a tight rhythm section, horns and back-up singers play music that includes hits from the '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s and the '90s, done with a big band swag. They also play hit music from Broadway, some Jazz, and newer pop to round out their repertoire. The lead singer, Sam Bullock has been influenced by singers such as Michael Bublé, Paul Davis, Peabo Bryson, Brian McKnight, Smokey Robinson, Michael Jackson and Prince. He also names the Eagles and Journey as huge influences. The Soul Alliance has a commanding stage presence with the goal to have fun and get the crowd energized as they show the audience that they truly are masters of their craft.
Tom Mims, President of T. Mims Corporation said, "We are very excited to sponsor Red, White & Kaboom again this year. It is an excellent opportunity for our community to come together in celebration of our great country and it is free to the public." Mims added, "We will be continuing our Chow for Now canned food drive to benefit Volunteers in Service to the Elderly so we want each spectator to bring at least one can of food for VISTE." There will be Chow for Now volunteers with grocery carts circulating through the park collecting canned goods. Volunteers in Service to the Elderly (VISTE) is a community-based, non-profit organization serving Lakeland, Bartow, Mulberry and Ft. Meade. Established in 1983, the primary goal of VISTE is to enable frail elderly persons to continue living independently and safely in their own home.
During Red, White & Kaboom there will be a variety of food and drink vendors around Lake Mirror so bring a blanket and enjoy the festivities in celebrating our great nation. The event will conclude with a dramatic display of fireworks over the lake. The evening is free to the public and everyone attending is encouraged to bring at least one food item to benefit Chow for Now. All City parking garages will be open for T.Mims Corp. Red, White & Kaboom.
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Right now, Andre Johnson must be asking himself, "What gives?" Apparently everything in his body.
Johnson was forced to leave Sunday's practice early and was taken off on a golf cart due to a right groin muscle injury. Head coach Gary Kubiak said he's "not too concerned" about it and that Johnson was pulled from practice as a precaution. After practice, as he was being taken off the field, Johnson told reporters that he doesn't know how bad the injury is.
"I'm going to get it checked out," he said.
This comes just two days after Johnson declared himself fully healthy, prepared to prove his doubters wrong, and ready to return to his All-Pro form of a few years ago.
Update: Johnson said Sunday afternoon that he has a "minor strain," and that he expects to be out of action for "maybe a week or so."
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Johnson might miss just a day or three, but you know that's not the story here. Johnson played through a lot of pain for almost all of the 2010 season because of an ankle injury. Then 2011 arrived, and both of his hamstrings gave way. He underwent a knee scope in May and now this. Johnson's talent and upside is just as big as the red flag affixed to his draft stock.


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I recently published an ARTICLE about the soon to be released Google Chrome OS. On that article I discussed how I see Google Chrome OS in a great position to take the world by storm, relegating the "Is Linux ready to take over the desktop OS arena?" debate to a thing of the past.
Having said so, and certainly acknowledging the many good things it may bring back to Linux and its community, Google Chrome OS has been surrounded by some controversy lately. Such controversy was not only caused by the revolutionary cloud-based concept it is pushing forward, but also because there are question marks around the limitations in functionality and privacy it may bring with it. As a result, I wanted to get a feel of what others think on this matter, so I quickly put together a poll. Here are the results:
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Looking at these results, there is no clear tendency, but it seems Google Chrome OS didn't convince the Linux community. Most votes lean towards a negative impression, or even worse, lack of understanding or plain indifference.
I personally think such negativity is mostly caused by the drastic changes the Google Chrome OS model is proposing. After all, change is never easy and always faced with resistance. However, after using Google Chrome OS Web Store for some weeks now and witnessing what many of its apps are capable of, I must admit it is an attractive model indeed, one that I am sure will shake the foundations of what we understand as desktop computing today.
Thanks for reading and specially to all of you who voted!
Monday, January 10, 2011
Chrome OS: Friend or Foe? (POLL results)
Publicado por Chema Martín en 12:48 PM
Etiquetas: Google Chrome OS, Linux, poll results
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- AnonymousJanuary 10, 2011 at 6:44 PM
The choices are 5 out 6 negative. I don't think the choices capture the full spectrum of sentiments. Your were better off having just two or three choices. Good, Neither, and Bad.ReplyDelete
I will wait and see.ReplyDelete
Even the worst experience in life has something for us..
The change is something that adult cannot bear.
The young will take it with both hands like the SMS.
We will have to take it with a pinch of salt or may be like twitter at large
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The budget for the United States Army which was sent to Congress on February 4 is 9% higher than current-year Army funding, but it does not include operational funds for the wars in iraq and Afghanistan and some procurement, recruiting and retention programs needed to maintain the readiness of combat forces. The Bush administration asks Congress to fund one budget, but that budget is really not THE budget. For example, the Army's base budget for 2008 is $129 billion, but at least another $128 billion in war funding wll be added to that total for an overall expenditure in 2008 of $257 billion. The US Army request constitutes about 27% of the Defense Department request for $515 billion.
Currently th ere are 523,000 soldiers in the Regular Army, even though the Army's base budget calls for 489,000. the additional soldiers, and the recruiting and retention incentives needed to maintain the large force have so far been funded from war supplement money. The Bush method of funding its wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is never clear since additional money is usually hidden in budgets of other areas of the government like the State Department or in reseach funds. One result is an inability of the American people to actually know the true cost of fighting in far off lands.
Hopefully, a new administration will be more honest with the American people and present a true military budget that includes all cost.


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text: Sadly, its the fans who lost. I just maybe know more than most what we are losing. I watch and analyze every game, on both the defensive and offensive ends. On offense, we can replace Afflalo, who never was in there for a moment for his offense anyway. Its his defense we will miss. And we will sorely miss having Amir around to hustle to all the defensive plays. I see there is a "Maxiell next?" thread. Why not, Dumars seems bent on getting rid of any player capable of playing any D. Here is a preview of the upcoming season. Gordon, Rip, Tay, CV, and Kwame are on the floor. Its late in the season, Kwame is injured, with many injuries having piled up over the season because he is playing way more minutes than he is use to. Gordon misses a three. The other team collects the rebound and scores on an unopposed fast break. Next time down, Rip drives in, loses the ball. The other team scores on an unopposed fast break. Next time down, CV launches a three and misses. Another unopposed fast break bucket made by the other team. Next time down, Tay takes the whole clock to back down his guy, who he has some length on, but misses a weak hook shot. This time, at least no fast break. But the other team's shooting guard muscles past the ultra thin, tired out Rip and scores rather easily off a half court set. Next time down, we give Kwame the ball and he bricks a hook shot. Again, at least no fast break bucket, but hey, same story, no perimeter D, 2 more easy points for the other team. Its mid 3rd quarter, and we are down by 40 points. In come the rookies for the rest of the game. Still 10 more games left in the season, but the coach announces he is shutting down his starters, as mathematical elimination just occurred. We ain't making the playoffs, so its time to keep are guys healthy for possible trades.


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Francestown woman's wartime exploits made into DVD
By NANCY BEAN FOSTER
Union Leader Correspondent | November 03. 2013 11:21PM
Sirkka Holm, now 93, served in Europe in the Women's Air Corps during World War II. (Nancy Bean Foster)
But it wasn't just Europe that bothered Holm as a young teenager, watching the world change.
"When Japan invaded Manchuria in 1930, I was 10 years old," she said. "My mother made me stop buying things at Woolworth's because they were made by the Japanese. She told me to remember 'all those Manchurian people, including little girls like you, who had been killed.'"
When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941, Holm didn't hesitate to help. She enlisted to answer phone calls from "watchers," people stationed along the coast to count planes as they flew over. She worked the 2 to 4 a.m. shift despite the difficulty catching a streetcar so early in the morning. But she wanted to do more, so she joined the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. The mission of the first iteration of WAACs was to replace the men in military offices so that they could fight overseas. But a few months after Holm enlisted, the WAACs abandoned the auxiliary function and became a part of the Army itself, its name shorted to WACs, or Women's Army Corps.
With the WACs, Holm endured boot camp, watched wounded men from the African and Italian fronts come into a hospital in North Carolina, and suffered dirty looks from housewives who thought it was improper for a woman to be in uniform. Undaunted by all of it, Holm agreed to travel to Europe aboard the harshly retrofitted Queen Mary — there were 15,000 troops aboard the ship, but lifeboats only for around 800, she said.
"I wrapped my head in blankets at night because I was afraid of the rats," she said. "When the bombs came, everyone else woke up, but I slept through it."
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Discussion in 'November 2007' started by max, Nov 24, 2007.
Utah Nov 25 1PM tv: FSDN
CB vs. DW Tay vs. Kirilenko Sheed vs Boozer Dyess vs. Okur Oh yeah, this will be nice!
The Pistons are currently 8-4, including 4-4 on the road and 4-0 at home. Utah is 9-4, with 3 of those 4 losses occuring on the road (Lakers, Cavs, Pacers). Last year, the Jazz swept the Pistons, winning 103-101 in Utah and 100-99 in Detroit. Okur led Utah in the first game, scoring 23 points. The game in Detroit was Webber's Pistons debut. Deron Williams scored a career-high 31 points. Okur added 22 and Boozer scored 20.
The Jazz swept the Pistons two seasons ago as well. I'll be on the road coming back from Thanksgiving, so I'll have to miss this game like the last couple, but I really want a win over these guys. Come on, Pistons, get it done!
The last Pistons win over the Jazz was on March 13, 2005. Detroit won the game 64-62. Here were the post-game comments: "It's a miracle," Pistons coach Larry Brown said. "We didn't get anything accomplished against their zone, but we luck out and win the game."
NBA - Utah Jazz/Detroit Pistons Recap Sunday March 13, 2005 - Yahoo! Sports
hope i remember to wake up in time to get to the palace ;D
The Tay/AK-47 duel should be good. AK-47 has been a defnsive whiz thus far and Tay has also had his moments. If Sheed doesn`t play and Tay is shut down by Kirelenko, I see a loss for the Pistons on the horizon!
I remember that game like it was yesterday. Ben swats AK at the buzzer. No FGs in the 4th. One of those insanely ugly games that you just never forget.
Is that the halftime score??? Gosh! But those were the days where our D wins most of the games. Under Flip, scoring 64 is his halftime score target. Without Sheed in this game, this will be our 1st home game loss. Only way we win without Sheed in the lineup is the Jazz not a good 'away' team. With or without Sheed, this game is still a tough one. Hope I'm wrong.
This will be a good game to see how good we really are. We've only played 3 teams over 500 so far. Against sub-sub 500 teams we're 6-3. Not good.
Looks like Maxey and AA will get the start tonight as Rip is still under the weather and Sheed's knee is not ready to go. PISTONS CORNER: Utah matchup is always a challenge; Rip, Rasheed questionable
Watch out for Ronnie Brewer, he's a steal machine.
Chat is open! http://www.pistonsforum.com/misc.php?do=flashchat Unfortunately, I don't get this game on TV. :(
I wonder if it is just a coincidence that Kirilenko wears #47. Most likely not. The original AK - 47 AK-47 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
No chance without Sheed. We are average without him. Nazr got boards but is still soft. Deron and Booze owned the paint and it was our long jumpers vs. their bunnies.
Not a surprise the Pistons lost this game, I think even with a healthy Sheed the Jazz would have come out with a victory. There's just something missing from this team this year and is it because of a stale line-up? Maxiell is never going to be an All-Star but he's a nice piece and Rip seems to have lost his blur in motion always running wear out the other player persona. It's still early and Stuckey has to be integrated into the mix but the Pistons will need to make a trade to turn this into a championship unit. They are in need of an impact player -- how about a true center who can anchor the middle? Nazr had the game of his life today so trade him while he's got some value. The Pistons should look to grab Chris Wilcox from Seattle since they are going nowhere and he's the best big man out there that plays with fire. If not look for a 2nd round exit this year from the playoffs because this team is not significantly better than last year so why would the outcome be any different?
I think I saw the worst shot in the history of western civilization from Chauncey tonight. That and some of the worst defense on the Palace floor in quite some time.
The Jazz are a good but not an elite team. They were exposed last year in the playoffs. Only Boozer and Williams can hurt you. So Boozer is left wide open to go 16-19. No adjustment evident. His shots were wide, wide open. When we press, we go one on one. The Jazz get out on the break. Then we start the ref complaining routine. Our personnel is overall better than the Jazz. So why can't we beat them? Yes, no Sheed, but that doesn't explain our team play versus their team play.
If you are going to shoot a three you might as well step up to the line instead of shooting it from way back.
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Five Things You Didn't Know About Tires
1. For performance and handling, the trend has long been toward fatter tires with a bigger footprint. That's starting to change, though. Skinnier tires mean lower rolling resistance and better fuel economy, as well as a smaller aerodynamic profile. While fatter tires do handle better, tire engineers are making up the difference by designing skinny tires with a stickier tread formulation for traction and cornering ability.
2. Static electricity used to be a real concern for vehicles; if you're old enough, you may remember seeing station wagons with a "ground strap" dragging along the pavement. It's become a concern again, with newer tread compounds cutting back on the amount of carbon black in newer tires. The solution? Many tires are now designed with an "antenna strip" ...[more]
Can I Buy Just Two Tires?
We know that a lot of drivers are working pretty hard to make a dollar go farther and that the outlay for a full set of four tires – even inexpensive tires – can be considerable. That's why we run across drivers pretty often who ask if it's okay to just replace a pair of tires, then buy the other pair when they can afford them.
The answer is…yes, but…
You'll really need to pay attention to the size of the set of tires that you've already got and go with that exact same size of tires for your new pair. Having mismatched sizes of tires on your vehicle can result in squirrelly and unpredictable handling and ride quality. If your existing tires are all-season, go with all-season tires. If they're winter tires, go with winter tires. Ideal ...[more]
Flat Spots? Let's Clear Up Some Myths About That…
So your vehicle's been sitting for a while…you get in it, start the engine and pull out of the driveway when you notice a hard, rough (but very regular) vibration that only gets worse with speed. It doesn't feel like it's coming from the driveline or suspension – so what is it?
It could be that the tires have developed flat spots.
With the weight of the vehicle pressing down on the tires for long periods, a section of the rubber and belts can become softer (or harder) than the rest of the tire. This can be exacerbated by cold weather, or just by parking on a cold concrete floor.
Low-profile tires with short sidewalls can be more prone to flat-spotting, as can tires with an H or higher speed rating. In most cases, you can j ...[more]
A Brief History of the Tire
Ever wonder what the designations stamped on your tire sidewall actually mean? We'd like to break it down for you.
Let's take for instance, "P195/60R15 87S". This is a full service description of a tire.
In this case, "87S" denotes a tire's load capacity and speed rating. The higher the number, the greater the load capacity – an 87 load capacity means that tire can support 1,201 pounds. Speed ratings range from L (75 mph) through V (149 mph), and an S speed rating means the tire is good for 112 mph. W, Y, and Z-speed rated tires are available for extreme performance cars and are rated as high as 186 mph.
As for the rest of the information:
--"P" denotes Passenger Tire
--195 is the tire's width from si ...[more]
What To Do With Those Old Tires
Every year, about 290 million tires are discarded; of those, about 233 million are recycled in one way or another. Shredded tires can be used for playground surfaces, welcome mats, hot-melt asphalt, bark mulch and even made into building material for "green" construction.
But what can you do with your old tires? Here are some ideas:
--Fill a tractor tire with sand to make a great sandbox for kids
--Hang a tire from a rope as a tire swing
--Stack a couple of tires on top of each other, bolt them together and paint them a cheerful color, then use them as a planter
--Lay two rows of tires next to each other, somewhat staggered, and use them for broken-field running as part of football conditioning
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So…Many…Kinds…of Tires
Ever think about all the different vehicles that use rubber tires? Tractors, industrial equipment, everything else that rolls on rubber?
Each specialized type of tire requires a specialized design for its specific purpose. Aircraft tires, for instance, have to be very robust and handle a great deal of weight and stress, but for only a short period of time. Aircraft tires are often filled with an inert gas such as nitrogen, for more stable inflation levels, and are designed with specialized fusible plugs which provide a safer failure mode (rather than a sudden, catastrophic tire explosion).
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Which Type of Tire Tread Do You Need?
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So You Get A Flat Tire...What Now?
Nobody ever looks forward to a flat tire, and nobody ever says "well, that was a really good time" after having one. You can at least minimize the damage to your tire and danger to yourself, though.
Flats vs Blowouts
If you get a blowout, you'll know about it right away. Sometimes the tire can fail dramatically, with a bang as loud as a shotgun going off. Other times, it might just be a loss of air and a sudden change in your car's handling, followed by vibration, noise and a pull to one side. If it's a front tire that fails, your car might be a real handful to drive until you can get to a stop.
In either case, your first job is to pull off the road as quickly (but safely!) as you can. Don't jam on the brakes or make any sudden mo ...[more]
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Pictures: Youngsters visit Forbidden City
The Arsenal 2012 Tour, presented by Emirates, is currently in its fifth day.
Four of Arsenal's rising stars paid a visit to Beijing's Forbidden City on Thursday.
Kyle Bartley, Carl Jenkinson, Nico Yennaris and Chuks Aneke took a trip to the Chinese imperial palace which, for almost 500 years, served as the home of emperors through the generations.
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The 35-year-old doesn't need to be in the spotlight, instead content on being a consistent starter and a quiet leader among his peers. On Sunday evening, the St. Louis chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America will honor Westbrook as the 2012 winner of the Darryl Kile Award.
The Kile Award was first announced in January 2003 to memorialize the late pitcher and is voted upon annually by Cardinals players. Criteria include Kile's qualities of being "a good teammate, a great friend, a fine father and a humble man."
Kile took great pride in never missing a start in 331 major league outings and in never spending a day on the major league disabled list in 12 years. The right-handed pitcher passed away in his sleep due to coronary disease on June 22, 2002, leaving behind a wife, two small children, legions of fans and a grieving Cardinals organization.
Past winners include (no winner in 2002 to honor Kyle), Mike Matheny (2003), Woody Williams (2004), Cal Eldred (2005), Chris Carpenter (2006), Russ Springer (2007), Adam Wainwright (2008), Skip Schumaker (2009), Matt Holliday (2010) and Lance Berkman (2011).
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Photo Of The Week 3rd - 9th September 2012
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Autumn is coming
Confuse ?
Find wonder in the ordinary
Light for the day
Mind Blowing
Red Arrows tribute
Severe childhood
The Beast
The Bronze
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Liked autumn picture, because it's so simple and unique. The simple rules the world, that's for sure
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Many of the most popular distros out there offer ways to try KDE 4.7.0. I personally found Kubuntu's way easiest, so that's what I did. For those interested, I will discuss how to upgrade at the end of this article.
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As you can see from the screenshot above, KDE 4.7.0 does not look terribly different from KDE 4.6.5. Quite the contrary, it's only minor details that make it noticeable, such as the "Activities" button on the upper right.
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I was eager to see the new mobile broadband support in action, and after some brief testing, I have to say it worked perfectly!
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KDE 4.7.0 continues and perhaps even improves on its trend towards reducing its resource footprint. It's too early too tell, but it felt light, responsive, and fast.
If you want to install KDE 4.7.0 on Kubuntu like I did, simply follow the following steps:
Note that this is not the official Kubuntu implementation, so proceed at your own risk!
1.- From the command line, add the following PPA to your sources:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports
2.- Update:
sudo apt-get update
3.- And now upgrade (note that I am using
dist-upgrade purposedly to force the upgrade through):
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Just to clarify, this is by no means a KDE 4.7.0 review, not even a preview.
Installing KDE 4.7.0 on Kubuntu 11.04 like this is not the best way to try it for many reasons. For one, the Kubuntu developers don't get a fair chance of polishing things down to their tastes and needs. Another reason is that Kubuntu tends to limit or simplify some of KDE's features, so there will be things that you won't find here. Last but not least, it seems like the KDE 4.7.0 version that was packaged on that PPA is not the latest, or at least not complete (things like Kmail 2 were missing).
In any case, I think it is a good opportunity to take a look into KDE edge, and a fairly simple one as well. If you decide to go ahead, have fun exploring 4.7!


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Conor Henderson has joined League One side Coventry City on loan for three months.
The 21-year-old midfielder made his breakthrough into Arsenal's first team with an FA Cup appearance against Leyton Orient in the 2010/11 season, impressing in his display for Arsène Wenger's side in the fifth-round replay at Emirates Stadium.
Conor has bounced back from an eight-month spell on the sidelines after suffering a cruciate knee ligament injury during a pre-season friendly match against FC Koln in July 2011.
Signing professional terms with Arsenal in January 2009, Conor now joins Coventry City and their newly-appointed manager Mark Robins in order to gain valuable experience in his career progression.
Conor will stay at the Ricoh Arena with Coventry until December 22, but will not be eligible to play against Arsenal in Wednesday night's Capital One Cup Third Round match at Emirates Stadium.
We wish Conor the best of luck during his time with Coventry City.Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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|I had a border/GSD mix right out of college. She was an escape mastermind, nothing could hold her. She went through doors almost as quickly as a human, fence latches didn't slow her and if there was no gate she could climb just about anything. Anyway....while mowing one day she decided to take a run at the lawnmower, and in fear of her slipping and losing a paw I leashed her up and draped that over the clothesline. I might as well have shot her, she just flopped over and refused to move. dead weight, no response to even a nudge with a foot, which normally would have been game-on time. She did a petulant shut-down anytime a rope/leash was attached to her. It made taking her on walks a bit odd, I had to hold her tail. Must have looked very bizarre with me lightly gripping her tail as she happily walked by my side but it worked.
|I did it once, to run into our local coffee shop (it's just a few blocks from my house). I could see Ralphie and he could see me. The owner of the coffee shop then told me that as long as I kept him leashed and close to me, I could bring him in with me to get my coffee.
I have done it a lot and do it still. I guess it depends on the area you live. I see dogs outside shops every day, some tethered some not. We are not permitted to bring a large dog into any shop or store here so they gotta stay outside.
I used to muzzle my female as she was a bit aggressive but she just got used to waiting for me.
When I was about 6 or 7 we had an APBT, Jessica that was "my" dog (as much as a dog can be when your that young). We left her out in the backyard while we (my grandmother, mom and I) went to the store and when we returned there was a trail of blood in the snow and at the end of that trail laid my dog torn to pieces. Our neighbors opened our gate and threw their two pit bulls in our yard to use Jessica as a bait dog. That was the first time I've ever felt blood boiling rage in my life. It was extremely traumatizing.
People are stupid and cruel. I would never leave my dog outside if I plan on leaving the house. From someone stealing them, to stray/loose dogs attacking them, IMO its too much of a risk.
I tied a dog once outside a store to the garbage dumpster. But when you tie them, they can act like they are guarding whatever you tie them to. And, if someone comes up, they may just see the dog and think they should go and pet it and pick on it, etc. On that side of the store, I couldn't see, so I just never did that again. I will only stop at a store and put the dog on a down-stay in front of the windows, run in, grab a hot dog (for the dog), pay and get back out within a minute, keeping the dog in view the entire time.
And even then, it's hard. Because if someone drives up, they may be intimidated by the dog. So I just avoid it like the plague. Once in a blue moon I will do that, and only with the dogs that are totally trained, etc.
Now, when I was a kid, and had our shepherd mix, princess, I would snap her chain off, and we would go for a walk all through the town. She would go onto people's porches and eat their cat food. I would pretend I didn't know her. We would stop at that same store, though it was called Lawson's back then, and now it is called Circle K. Whatever. She would wait for me to buy a day-old chocolate donut. and when I would come out, I would feed it to her.
That dog lived to almost 15, and was healthy as a horse, after surviving stomach cancer shortly after we got her. The vet would examine her year after year expecting that cancer to come back as it was an aggressive form. But it didn't. The old girl never had any other problems. And hundred of chocolate donuts, and a couple of dozen chocolate chip cookies in one go, didn't seem to make any difference.
And she would go down and wait for me to come out of the store, not tied, not trained, not on a stay.
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I do not tie my dog up for most or all of the above reasons, but I do have a humorous story about 2 dogs tied to a bike rack.
One summer knight I had stopped at a 7/11 convenience store with my GSD Mac who I left in the car.
Across the parking lot was a nice Dobi tied to a bike rack. Next to the Dobi tied to the same bike rack was a small Terrier. The Dobi was on his best behavior. The Terrier was barking insane at Mac who could have cared less. As I approached the door to the store the Dobi lifted his leg and drenched, showered that little Terrier. I mean pee soaked to the point that little dog had to shut his mouth and shake it off. I finished my shopping before the other two owners and went out to my car. Right after me the Dobi owner wearing a sweat suit came out, untied his dog and continued his jog having no idea what his Dobi did. As I pulled out off the parking lot the owner of the Terrier was approaching her dog. I can only imagine......
Thank you for a good laugh. What a funny story.
That little Terrier really deserved his golden shower. Dobi's know how to dish it out, at least the ones I've met.
I tied up my first GSD once. We were in an agility trial and the hotel we booked seemed really shady. I didn't know anyone else entered in the trial and was there alone. My room didn't have an alarm, so I walked to the lobby building to get one with the dog and tied her right outside the glass door. I didn't want to walk to the lobby alone!
Coke I could tie up at the little store we walk to where we vacation, but normally I'm walking with someone so one of us holds the dogs. My GSDs now would probably whine at me unless I put them in a down-stay.
Many of the stores I pop into while on walks in my neighborhood allow me to bring my dog in with me because they know him and trust him.
But, I will also make quick stops at places that do not allow dogs inside. My rule is there has to be line-of-sight. If I can maintain line-of-sight on my dog while I am in the store, I have no problem with tethering him outside.
I don't worry about my dog biting anyone if they approach him. And, quite honestly, people usually do approach him to give him friendly pets as they are walking by… if I had a dog that could not tolerate attention from strangers, I would not continue to do what I do.
To me, being able to tether the dog outside (by my rules) means the dog generally goes more places with me. He accompanies me on almost all walking-distance errands in the neighborhood. That is a good thing in my mind.
I don't go anywhere Lisl is not welcome.
The only place she doesn't go with me is Wal-Mart because I have to grocery shop and can't be watching every move she, or the customers are making.
|I agree with above posters that my dog would whine and try to follow me, and I think he would be nervous since he has never been left alone in public. I would especially worry somebody would steal him, since he tends to be friendly and he is a great looking dog.
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Jazz forward Paul Millsap won't be partying during the All-Star break.
Bruised and fatigued after starting every one of Utah's first 54 games this season, Millsap plans a low-key mini-vacation in Salt Lake City.
"I'm going to be at home resting," Millsap said. "I like beaches and things, but it's not the time. I just don't want to do nothing right now. I don't even want to leave the house."
In the Jazz's final game before the break on Wednesday night, Millsap scored 21 points and grabbed eight rebounds in a 97-93 win at Minnesota.
After the game, trainer Gary Briggs taped Millsap's grotesquely crooked pinkie finger on his left hand, which was injured during the game.
"It's all right," Millsap said.
Some other Jazz players and coaches will also spend their days off in Utah. Others have plans for quick get-aways to warmer climates.
"I'm probably just going to stay in Salt Lake," said Enes Kanter, who contributed 10 points and three rebounds against the Timberwolves.
"I'll work out. I'll relax. Maybe get a little crazy, you know."
Veteran point guard Earl Watson finished with six points and five assists at Minnesota as he continues a comeback from offseason knee surgery.
"I just want to keep getting stronger get my leg stronger so I can become 100 percent," Watson said. "I'm kind of excited for that just continuing to build physically."
Watson plans to "just chill out" during the All-Star break, although he plans to do so in Los Angeles.
"A little nicer weather," he said. "I'll get away from the snow a little bit."
Coach Tyrone Corbin will also escape Utah's winter. He is headed to South Carolina "to take care of some business and then get some rest."
Dunk defense
Forward Jeremy Evans will attempt to defend his slam-dunk championship in Houston on Saturday night.
With the help of Mo Williams, who has been sidelined with a thumb injury, Evans has been practicing "a few things" in recent days.
Asked if he can defend his title, Evans smiled and said, "It's going to be tough, but that's what I'm going for."
The Jazz play Golden State on Tuesday night in what has become a game with major playoff implications. The slumping Warriors are sixth in the Western Conference, one game ahead of Utah. ... Randy Foye made one 3-pointer against the Timberwolves, giving him 122 this season. He needs eight to break Memo Okur's single-season record for 3-pointers. ... After losing to the Jazz, Minnesota coach Rick Adelman said, "They are a hard team to play. We know that, and we talked about it. They are very physical. They are going to grab and hold and foul. You've got to play through it. You've got to be strong and play through it and I thought, at times, we didn't do that."


text: It just dawned on me that Laura Lepisto is the only world medalist of any discipline to never have made it to the Grand Prix Final in her career (can someone check?). Albeit, I know her career was cut short by an injury, but are there any other rare skaters like her? I have to say she's really lucky that she brought "it" at the right time and event.


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This is the first part of a series of interviews of the SOS Center's success stories with their GED program.
Mr. Cameron Barnes, a 32-year-old Milwaukee area man, recently received his GED after only 8 months.
What brought you here?
It's really convenient. I'm right around the neighborhood, it's close to home, its' free. It was perfect. I tried MATC before I tried to go here, I tried literacy services on 27th and Wells, tried that, this is the best I've ever attended I even did home school, where I had to pay money monthly to get the tests and everything. I had to send them in, get a score. It was nerve-racking. Sometimes you didn't get your scores for weeks - it was by mail. You couldn't move on when you wanted to, you couldn't work at your own pace. It was more time consuming. I was paying like 30 or 40 bucks a month. I needed more money for rent, things like that so I had to stop it.
What was your situation before you came?
More specifically, why didn't High School work the first time? Why did you find a need to have your GED this time? Have you tried to get your GED before?
I was trying to find a good stable job. I was working security. I did order-picking and warehouse work, shipping and receiving, working a lot of different jobs, just trying to keep the bills paid. I always wanted to come back to school, but I was so busy surviving it wasn't working. I even had to leave town a few times for work. Sacramento, Cincinnati, Mississippi. I tried all sorts of things. And I'm just trying to do the best by my daughter.
Why didn't it work the first time?
Why'd I drop out? Man, 16, I was on my own, my grandma left me, I was supposed to be with my uncle, but I was all alone at 16, I tried school, but I couldn't stay focused, I didn't' have a place to stay, it was just survival. l got a full time job. It was about survival. Being 16 on your own, it was weird. My grandma was taking care of a bunch of us, she had ten grandchildren, I was the oldest one, and I knew she couldn't handle it all, so I stayed in Milwaukee when she moved to Mississippi. Thought it would be best at the time – I had a teacher who was trying to help me in middle school, but he didn't really want me to stay with my family, so I left him. I didn't want him to have that control over my life. Been on my own since I was sixteen. Then I got a girlfriend, and now I have a daughter.
What happened at the SOS Center that helped you succeed?
I had the support, I could work at my own pace, and I could come in early, leave late, be here every day, or come one day. It was so about me, I could see how much work I put into it, I could see the change in myself, and I saw the difference fast. Literacy services had me do tests, but I never saw myself getting better. But here I can definitely see the progress.
What made you choose the SOS Center program over other programs?
The teachers tend to the students very well, it's not overcrowded, It s laid back, it's not loud here, people aren't arguing. It seems like you're studying at home. It was right for me.
Do you have any advice for future students?
Wow. Just stay motivated. Keep going even when it seems hard and it's driving you crazy. Just keep at it, the more you keep at it the easier it gets. I didn't know that right away. I can't believe I got through the math. Just doing that made me feel a lot better. I didn't think I could do it. I don't doubt myself anymore. I am more confident in what I can do.
What is your plan for the future?
Going back to school again and trying to get a degree. My associates degree, and place myself in a job or career that can make some money. I want to put myself in a better position than I have been. I have a baby now, so I need more money. I just really want to be the best that I can be for her.
About the SOS Center
For Over 30 Years, the SOS Center of Milwaukee has been helping thousands of families' lead better lives. In December 1982, Ken and Arlene Greve launched the SOS Center out of a single store front room at 3742 West North Avenue in Milwaukee. Their goal was to reach out to anyone that came looking for help. Inspired by Christ's compassion for the troubled and struggling, the Greves quickly recognized the need for educational opportunities. Supported by volunteers, the Greves initiated multiple life-changing tutorial programs, many of which continue today. In 1992, the SOS Center moved to a larger facility at 4620 West North Avenue. This larger location provided greater opportunities for free community programs and services.
Mission of the SOS Center
The SOS Center is a nonprofit social service agency providing Christian care, educational instruction and life skills activities for children and adults in the Milwaukee area.
For further information on other SOS Center success stories, please contact Jodi Kessel Lyon, Executive Director of the SOS Center at (414) 449-9964 or firstname.lastname@example.com to go to www.soscenterinc.org
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Save-the-dates not only inform your guests of the wedding date but also set the tone and feel of the wedding. It's a way for couple's to showcase their creativity and allow their expected guests to have fun when they open their mail. From balloons to scratch offs, here are our favorite interactive save-the-dates:
1. Balloons: Your guests will be blown away when they inflate this save-the-date.
Photo: Martha Stewart Weddings
2. Web Site: For those eco-friendly couples, creating a web site that depicts your relationship and proposal is the perfect way for your guests to get to know you better. It can even double as your invitations. For inspiration, check out Jess and Russ's story or create your own.
3. Scratch Offs: Build the suspense by letting your guests guess the date of your wedding. Then, reveal it after they scratch it off on this save-the-date.
Photo: Swiss Cottage Designs