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Discussion in 'April 2007' started by max, Apr 9, 2007.
At NewYork April 9 7:30PM tv: FSN
Chat is open!!! http://www.pistonsforum.com/misc.php?do=flashchat This could be the Eastern Conference #1 seed clinching game! GO PISTONS!
Very good games from Chauncey and Flip Murray. Decent game from McDyess. Everyone else mediocre to awful. No Hunter. Playoff style coaching from Flip (i.e., two substitutions in the second half and one fourth quarter defensive changeup).
Observations. Mardy Collins > Will Blalock. Steve Francis is a tool. Patrick Ewing looks older than John Thompson. ahb keeps leaving chat at halftime, just as Flip Murray starts heating up. The Knicks had no chance to beat the Pistons without Renaldo. Prince and Delfino had some sweet dunk finishes. BillLaimbeer seems pretty adamant about never doing a game recap for the forum. Chris Webber has already started putting in a punk effort in Detroit. It's been going on for weeks now, and no one wants to call a spade a spade. Well, I will.
Webber is coming off an extended bout with the flu. He has got double doubles the last two games. Tonight he did a little bit of damage inside for us in the first quarter, and made a nice pass or two. He also got a few shots at guarding Curry. Curry is a load. You got to give anyone who spent time defending him, while Curry was not scoring, some credit.
A well coached game. Three bench players were in the whole 2nd, and most of the 4th quarters. Rip maybe could have come out a bit earlier there, but hey he came out soon enough, and came back fresh enough to bury two clutch shots in the last minute, including a triple. Sheed had the clutch slam back, great timing on that. Billups started it all with his clutch midranger, abusing the short Nate Robinson. Not to mention he hit three triples to help get it tied up after we were down ten late 3rd. His second one beat the 3rd quarter buzzer. Tay was tired too, and probably could have used some rest himself. He was missing his short jumpers and even missed both free throws late. But the Pistons were playing some great D out there with that unit. Another bench player, Dyess, finished this one up. A better defensive player vs. Webber, and the right guy for the job at the moment. Dale Davis played quite a bit, and did a fine job guarding Curry, and getting several rebounds in his spare time. Delfino had a pretty good 2nd quarter. Seven points, all inside, including posterizing Curry. But he missed a few outside shots. Murray took a few ill advised shots here and there, but for the most part he made good decisions. He used some screens to make a couple of jumpers, got inside for the and one. As a team, the Pistons did very, very well with him in the game. He was in there as the 10 point deficit was erased, as well as being part of a 15-2 run mid 2nd quarter. No Hunter, and so no pairing of Murray and Hunter. No Jason, but hey, Dale Davis was the right guy for the job tonight, and he got the job done. Billups had an outstanding game, except for being a little lax on D at times on the quicker Nate R. As a team, we shot 1 for 10 on threes in the 1st half, with CB making the only one. Sheed continues to look for that elusive 100th triple. Rip made some shots early, but NY did a very good job on focusing on him, limiting good shots for him. Then he came up big at the end. We contained Curry quite well in the first half. We started out aggressively double teaming him, and then concentrated on just keeping the ball away from him completely. Third quarter though saw Curry get more aggressive, and that is a big reason we fell behind in that quarter. Somebody named Dale came along though and repaired that leak. Webber is coming off an extended bout with the flu. He has got double doubles the last two games. Tonight he did a little bit of damage inside for us in the first quarter, and made a nice pass or two. He also got a few shots at guarding Curry. Curry is a load. You got to give anyone who spent time defending him, while Curry was not scoring, some credit. (Talking about the first qaurter only.) Sheed did not do much really on O, but he was the primary defender on Curry, so he was still a good part of this win. Four bench players got significant minutes in this game. And the starters are all healthy. And Hunter and Maxiell were available. Some pretty good depth going into the playoffs. The biggest problem I see is lack of a backup point guard. With Orlando winning tonight, I think that about squashed NY's hopes for this season. Oh, and congrats to the Pistons on their 6th straight 50 win season. GO PISTONS!!!!!
Webber isn't even trying on defense lee. His rebounding has been half it was when he joined this team. He isn't making any plays. The flu excuse is over. Rip had a concussion and he's made more progress coming back.
Two games in a row where Billups plays the entire second half and comes up big down the stretch. This was a back to back...Flip is treading dangerous waters here as I can see Cb getting hurt with the over extention of play here. Just a few other points> Magic # down 1 for clinching HCA, although with a 26-13 road record, does it really matter? Pistons road record last year was 27-14. Pistons surpass both Rockets and Jazz in getting to 50 first (but can we beat them in the post season if either somehow lucks their way into the finals. Knicks outshoot Pistons in Fg%, Ft % and 3 ball. Pistons took to many uneccessary three balls (5-22). However the ones that Billups took in the 4th wer very timely. Rip looked tired out there to start the fourth and threw up an assortment of airballs and bricks before Flip pulled him for that needed rest. he came back in to hit a 3 and short jumper and canned 2 FT's down the stretch to help secure the victory. Tay had a key slam over Curry in the late fourth. Flip jr helped to lead the charge while Rip was resting and Dice was his usual self>grabbing a double-double with 11 pts & 13 boards. Stat of the night=leadfoot Webber had no boards in 22 minutes?? Delfino came in real early in the 1st but had a poor shooting night (3-8) and 7 pts. Knicks Nate Robinsons' 14 pts in the third quarter almost eclipse Pistons total third quarter output of 18 pts. He and Curry are the only knicks to show-up with 24 points a piece. Stevie Franchise may have turned the momentum in Pistons favor as he argued a no call when two pistons double teamed him into the corner and was tossed for saying something about Steve Javie's mother. Post game comments : Zeke said that the Pistons were VERY GOOD. Too bad he is now 3-11 since his contract extension and all but eliminated from the playoffs ...if they had just gone .500 over that period they would be sitting with 6th seed right now.
He really hasn't been doing much of anything lately. He hasn't been finishing games. Dyess has been playing in crunch time now. Hope he's not sulking . . . Tay needs a break. 39 min after playing 40+ last night. He looks awful. Chauncey as mentioned the whole 2nd half again We need direction in our offense.
He did have one of the Pistons' dunks of the year tonight though.
Good to see Billips show some offense lately. We will need him to do even more and return to pre-last year's playoffs form to go far. Tay looked awful out there tonight (except for that dunk) and they should give him some rest. He is a way better shooter than that. Don't know about Webber. Have they scouted him out or is he just waiting for the playoffs? We need some steady offense from him. Dyss has been like money in the bank lately. Murray ran a good point with good passes and then getting offensive to keep the defense honest. A few bad shots as Lee pointed out but still a good stint. Why he doesn't do this more often is a mystery? My concern is still with the offense. Again that drought hit us. When we go cold it seems to just get worse as if we were in quicksand. It wasn't great Knick defense. We need to have plays that can get us some easy reliable points since we don't have that great penetrator to bail us out. That has been my beef with this coach--that we don't run as smoothly as some of the other elite teams on offense. If we did, we would clearly be the most dominant team. The other remedy (for the offensive droughts) is to play Detroit defense for 48 minutes. This team still needs to rely on defense if it is going to go far in the playoffs. Tough defense eliminates offensive droughts as it gets us some easy points.
Lapiston, the issue is that no matter how much we criticize Billups, when he goes out to sit in the second quarter, the offense stalls then. Usually the culprit or force emitting this negative vibe is Hunter. We all know that he and Flip jr can't be on the floor at the same time as their no direction and over dribbling lead to too many perimter or forced shots with the clock running out. Hunter didn't play tonight, but he must have rubbed some of those vibes off Dale Davis, as the Pistons didn't regain control of the second qtr until DD sat down. Yepadoodle, Davis was out there with Junior.. In the second half there a couple of times where Davis was right by the hoop and still passed out to someone else to shoot.???? Has anybody noticed that Junior plays better in the second half than the first?? Lets hope Joe's reluctance to trade for another consistent backup PG doesn't comeback to haunts us the post season. Can't have to many scoring droughts in the playoffs and then over play your starters to stay in the game and get into the later rounds.....
C-Webb got his first tech as a Piston! Dale Davis looks like a caveman! Tayshaun deserves rest after playing 43:06 in the Cavs game and then playing 39 minutes tonight. That being said, beautiful in-yo-face dunk against Curry! Nate Robinson is so widdle.... AWW! I felt bad for him, out there working his ass off and hustling like no other. And I thorougly enjoyed his near-save that led to a little dunkage from 'Fino. And I loved 'Fino's reaction after he slammed the ball home. He's one sexy Argentinian! Why didn't he play in the 2nd half? Oh, Billups. What can I say? I love you! Very nice follow up dunk from the 'Sheed. I enjoyed watching the bench's reaction to that. The judging on his vertical ranged from like 3 feet to to 9 inches... I love how everyone on the team seems to have fun even when the game is so close and the tension in the arena is suffocatingly thick. No Hunter....? McDyess is my hero. Thank goodness someone could rebound the ball! I can't believe C-Webb had 0 boards. I thought he was going to have a great game as soon as he scored that slow motion layup on Detroit's first posession. Oh, well... ...here's to going 4-0 against Orlando (and Darko!) on Wednesday! Cheers!
a haiku for the game: did what we had to. knicks had no chance to win it. why was it so dark?
Yeah the Zekes brought some tenacity early in the season with their 5 OT wins. Zekes in the Lotto, do they have a pick? Sounds like they were all we could handle.
Dre, I am not sure if it is so simple as the back up point (the droughts) but they do bother me because as you say, we can't afford too many of them in the playoffs. Certainly the back up point has been key in our problems on and off with that second unit. Murray has the talent to do what is necessary but he doesn't always show up. Yes, usually the drought is with Billips out but sometimes we start the game slow too with our starters. We can't afford that either. I think the problem (with the first unit early) lies somewhere in our APPROACH to the offense. It is too loose--a sort of create as you go. We have so much talent that our guys can do a lot of things. I would like to see our guys do less things but do them very well (Sheed on the block, Rip mid-range, Tay with a catch and shoot, etc.). I won't worry about the droughts if we play Detroit defense including bringing in energy with the second line players and play tough defense from the first quarter. Against Miami, it will mean giving some real playing time to Davis and let Nazi come in for a few minutes to serve up some fouls on Shaq also.
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The extensive violence that followed the flawed Kenya election continues raising issues concerning those who participated in the horrors. Hundreds of people were killed, many even burned in homes or churches. Kenya's Justce, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs minister, Martha Karua, made clear there will be no amnesty or forgiveness for those who generated the outbreaks of hate and violence. "Some people have been calling for forgiveness of those arrested but I want to say that the due course of law must take charge." Instead of amnesty, she wants to expedite the execution of the law against those who committed crimes in the name of politics.
Part of the problem is that high level leaders in Kenya's government undoubtedly encouraged violence in order to prevent Raila Odinga's opposition party from assuming power. At this point, those who followed and obeyed the call for violence are in jail, but the president and his cohorts remain free from being charged with anything. In fact, they continue ruling and continue using their power.


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Western governments continue issuing requests to Russia to remove its forces faster from Georgia as per the truce agreement signed to end the conflict in that area of the world. However, Russian soldiers were at work digging positions outside Georgia's main Black Seat port city of Poti on Thursday even as Moscow maintained that is soldiers were on schedule to pull out of the country proper by Friday. A major factor in contradictory statements concerning the removal or presence of Russian military personnel most probably stems from differing understanding as to what the truce agreement actually contains. A Russian officer told correspondents for the Moscow Times, "we are standing within the Collective Forces for Peacekeeping Zone which extends south to the Rioni River and east to Senaki and the Inguri Dam." It may well be there is no agreement as to what constitutes the peacekeeping zone.
A major source of confusion arises from Russian belief there are "buffer zones" and Georgian conviction no such areas were ever part of an agreement. Georgian President Saakashvili bluntly told the world, "There will be no buffer zones. We will never lie with any buffer zones. We will never allow this." The Moscow Times reporters witnessed some Russian troops withdrawing while others remained in positions.
The South Ossetian people appear happy at the change in their lives which now includes the presence of large numbers of Russian troops. President Saakashvili may issue tough statements but his foolhardy invasion has resulted in significant changes in the situation in this area of the world. Our mistakes live on after our stupidity.


text: Have any other Australian posters had a look at the new tests? They are on the ISA website and come in after 1st May. For those outside Australia they are based on the US pattern tests. I had a look at them today - well the first 3 ones. The more advanced ones are quite difficult. But I think it is about time they developed tests that will work on skating skills and hopefully create a better standard of basic skating.


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By Chris Harris
Defensive organisation is the key to Arsenal's revival, according to Thomas Vermaelen.
Arsène Wenger's side recorded their eighth win in nine Premier League games on Sunday as Mikel Arteta's late strike saw off Manchester City at Emirates Stadium.
Vermaelen contributed to a vital clean sheet - Arsenal's fourth in six matches - and he praised the whole team for doing their duty off the ball.
"It's about the organisation of the team," said Vermaelen. "It's not just about the defenders who defend, it's the whole shape of the team. That's really good at the moment and we must be really pleased with that.
"The momentum we had before QPR was really important because when you win seven games in a row, you climb up the table. But in the Premier League, everybody can beat everybody, we can all drop points. You have to be focused, because every game will be hard.
"In some games we have shown a lot of quality and we can compete with everybody. But you have to be consistent in the league and sometimes that's not been the case for us. But we will try to do that better next year. I'm confident we can do that."
For now, the target is a top-three finish - something that seemed unlikely two months ago. Arsenal have a two-point advantage over Tottenham - with Chelsea and Newcastle a further three points back - and Vermaelen is determined to end the season as north London's premier team.
"That is what we play for, the battle for third place, which gives us direct qualification for the Champions League," he said. "That is very important for the Club and is our main target at the moment.
"I have only been here for three years but I know there is a big rivalry between Tottenham and Arsenal. I hear it every day on the streets, they ask us to be above Tottenham at the end of the season. But we can only look at ourselves and just play.
"If we win every game, we will finish on top of them, so that is what we will try to do."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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'But with Hamel out of the lineup, a torn knee ligament having ended his season, Tsyplakov could find himself back in the lineup on a regular basis beginning with tonight's game against the Florida Panthers at the National Car Rental Center.'
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a 1997 BMW 328i Sedan with the Sport Package
the 'ass problem'
here it is in another position
here's one of the reasons I bought it:
Interior is clean:
two problems here
what should I do about this? i always buy cars with bolster tears and the intent to fix them, but no idea what it costs. I'd like to do it right out of the gate this time. How much would that cost?
Needs a couple of things that I noticed:
clutch bushings are shot
shifter bushings are shot
Front tires are mounted backwards of rotation.
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AMES, Iowa – Gears, motors and balloons were a highlight during the 2012 Bratney Companies 4-H Robotics Challenge at the Iowa State Fair. Teams from across the state competed in this two-day event at the 4-H Exhibits Building.
Twelve teams competed at the junior and senior levels. The teams were given two challenges the day of their competition: to build a robot using the Lego Mindstorms NXT platform, and to build a second robot using only items in a "junk drawer."
"We try to really challenge teams to think out of the box and work together," said Holly Bignall, a 4-H youth development program specialist with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. Bignall also is programming coordinator for 4-H STEM activities (science, technology, engineering and math).
"This year's challenges really stretched our youth, and I think the individual youth and the teams have benefited from the process of devising creative solutions. It's these thinking skills that programs like this foster that will help these youth become tomorrow's innovators," Bignall said.
The following awards were presented during the Aug. 13-14 event. Photos of the junior and senior challenges can be viewed on the 4-H Flickr site.
Sci-Tech, Muscatine County, received the 4-H Engineer Award, for the highest combined score from the challenge's two robot-building events. The team also received the NXT Challenge Award as the top scoring team in that challenge and the Innovative Programming Award. This award goes to the team whose NXT Challenge program is notable for its innovation in producing desired robot behavior. Team members are Derek Johnson, Aaron Scott, Max Roth, Collin Carroll, John Brooks and Caleb Anderson. Coaches are Jerry Anderson and David Scott.
MHS Robotics, Linn County, received the Junk Drawer Challenge Award for scoring the highest in that event and the Mechanical Ingenuity Award, given to the team whose Junk Drawer Challenge robot is notable for out-of-the-box design solutions. The team also received the Clover Award for demonstrating the 4-H values of teamwork, cooperation, generosity, responsibility, learning, working within space, time and materials constraints and showing respect for others. Team members are Tara Zumwalt, Ross Brunner, Willis Fulmer, Steven Long and Austin Priborsky. The team is coached by Chris Martin.
Master Builders, Winneshiek County, received the Engineering Elegance Award for their robot's visual appeal and the Creative Solution Award, given to the team whose NXT robot demonstrates a remarkably creative solution to an engineering dilemma encountered. Team members are Logan Brincks, Lucas Brincks, Devin Franzen and Eric Franzen. Coaches are Mary Brincks and Connie Franzen.
In addition, Brincks and Franzen received the Golden Clover Volunteer Award. This award goes to team volunteers who provide leadership by encouraging teamwork and appropriate but restrained guidance, allowing youth to engage in the engineering process and being an example of 4-H values.
LEGO Masterminds, Scott County was named runner-up for the Innovative Programming Award. Team members are Jake Vaughn, Isaiah Vaughn, Claudia Vaughn and Logan Nugent. Coaches are Timothy Vaughn and Terri Vaughn.
Sci-Tech, Muscatine County, was named runner-up for the Mechanical Ingenuity award.
Hardin County 4-H received the 4-H Engineer Award, the NXT Challenge Award and the Junk Drawer Challenge Award. The team also was named runner-up for the Mechanical Ingenuity Award. Team members are Alex Geitz, Samantha Reinertson, Jake Miller, Emily Stansbury, Joseph Tibbs, Joel Stephenson and Devon Wilson. The team is coached by Jason Miller.
Hawk Engineers, Delaware County, received the Clover Award. Team members are Parker Ostrander, Alex Schnieders, Dakota Waterhouse, Kyle Edwards and Grant Borchardt. Coaches are Tina Ostrander and Alan Schnieders.
Lake Mills, Winnebago County, received the Innovative Programming Award. Team members are Andrew Mannes, Grant Fjelstad, Cooper Rogness, Clay Hagen and Jace Johnson. Coaches are Alan Johnson and Jamie Rogness.
Pocahontas County 4-H Robotics was named runner-up for the Innovative Programming Award. Team members are Caleb Ekstrand, Daniel Foster, Spencer Moon, Chase Pibal and Hunter Grace. The team is coached by Dean Ekstrand.
Block Stars, Dallas County, received the Mechanical Ingenuity Award. Team members are Dalaney Kidd, Shelby Jonson, Nathan Thompson, Ben Romig and Drew Storey. Michael Kidd coaches the team.
Early Achievers, Sac County, received the Creative Solution Award. Team members are Austin Goettsch, Kallie Goettsch, Beth Pickhinke, Jon Pickhinke, Katie Brinkman, Ben Kolbe and Kevin Steinkamp. Coaches are Steve Determan and Denise Pickhinke.
LEGOMedics, Polk County, was named runner-up for the Creative Solution Award. Team members are Zach Halter, Mathew Cernicky, Andrew Cernicky, Max Beh, Ben Means, Keirick Glennon, Henry DeAngelis and Jack Scholz. Coaches are Karen Halter and Meghan Glennon.
Coaches Ulrike Grimaldi and Cathy Vrentas of LEGO Robotic Builders, Polk County, received the Golden Clover Volunteer Award. Team members are Roman Grimaldi, Evalina Grimaldi, Ethan Tunney, Tala Davis, Aspen Davis, Owen Fischer and Logan Rafdal. The LEGO Robotic Builders also received the Creative Solutions Award.
[PHOTOS] 2012 Iowa State Fair - Junior Bratney Companies 4-H Robotics Challenge
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text: chances are its ready to rock as it is. i'd say take it to the range, put three or four hundred (thats alot) of rounds through it. if it fires them all with no hiccups, id say your all set. as for checking for wear, look at the magazine lips for excessive wear, and check out the feed ramp. if both look good, and it shoots well, then you have yourself a damn good gun.


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ARSC T3D Users' Newsletter 95, July 12, 1996
Imagine The Perfect MPP... (ARSC T3D User Survey)
As we discuss different configurations for our expected T3E, we are gathering user input. Our goal is to learn more about your MPP needs, both current and projected, to help guide our decisions.
Consider this: We face an inevitable tradeoff between number of PEs and amount of memory per PE. How do you come down on this?
Below (if you want to really get into it), are some "survey" questions. We would appreciate answers to these, along with your opinions on the "perfect" T3E configuration.
Contact Tom Baring at:
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ARSC T3D User Survey
- How much memory does your code require, overall? Is the current 64 MB per PE sufficient? Too much? How much memory could you effectively use per PE? Do you now feel "forced" to use extra PEs in order to meet memory demands?
- Is your code compute-intensive? "Embarrassingly parallel?" How would you benefit from more PEs or be hurt by fewer?
- Is your code communication-intensive? What percentage of its time is spent synchronizing and/or sending data between PEs?
- Is your code file-intensive? What percentage of its time is spent reading/writing to disk?
- Does your code run efficiently on a large number of PEs (>8)? How well does it "scale?"
- How often do you need access to more than 4 interactive PEs? What work do you do interactively?
- Do you like ARSC's MPP batch queue structure? Does it meet your needs?
- What are your projected storage needs? Do you need long term file storage at ARSC? How useful do you find CRL?
- Which programming language(s) and communications package(s) do you use?
- Why have you chosen the T3D as your platform?
- What additional services would you like ARSC to provide? What practices would you like us to discontinue?
- Do you expect your future usage to mimic your past usage?
m_64pe_24h Queue Priority AdjustedWe increased the priority of the m_64pe_24h queue this week, causing it to be searched in advance of the 8, 16, and 32 PE queues. This was in response to a persistent situation on Tuesday, in which half of the T3D's PEs remained idle, although 64pe jobs were queued. This vexing situation is shown in the following outputs (captured on Tuesday) from mppview and qstat:
denali$ mppview -L _________________________________________________________________________ \ . . . . . . . . \ \ . . . . . . . . \ \________________________________________________________________________\ _________________________________________________________________________ \ . . . . . . . . \ \ . . . . . . . . \ \________________________________________________________________________\ _________________________________________________________________________ \ AAA AAA BBB BBB CCC CCC CCC CCC \ \ AAA AAA BBB BBB CCC CCC CCC CCC \ \________________________________________________________________________\ _________________________________________________________________________ \ AAA AAA BBB BBB CCC CCC CCC CCC \ \ AAA AAA BBB BBB CCC CCC CCC CCC \ \________________________________________________________________________\ Part User PID Program State Flags Shape- YZX (base) Elapsed ---- -------- ------ -------- ------ ------ ----------------------- --------- 26 AAA 61728 hib4A Active B 16= 2x 2x 4 (0x200) 1:05:25 37 CCC 63803 hib6B Active B 32= 2x 2x 8 (0x208) 0:27:39 48 BBB 55270 hib1C2 Active B 16= 2x 2x 4 (0x204) 3:12:26 denali$ qstat -a grep pe_ ----------------------------- NQS 1.1 BATCH REQUEST SUMMARY ----------------------------- IDENTIFIER NAME USER QUEUE JID PRTY REQMEM REQTIM ST ------------- ------- ----- --------------------- ---- ---- ------ ------ --- 99044.denali R011t AAA m_16pe_24h@denali 94875 20 3315 86361 R10 99033.denali R060t BBB m_16pe_24h@denali 94515 20 7405 86371 R10 98989.denali R128t CCC m_32pe_24h@denali 93635 20 9495 85565 R14 99048.denali runcp EEE m_32pe_24h@denali 499 16384 86400 Qqr 99003.denali runcp EEE m_64pe_24h@denali 286 16384 86400 Qce 98995.denali R013t AAA m_64pe_24h@denali 377 12288 86400 Qce 99037.denali run12 DDD m_128pe_8h@denali --- 2048 500 QqsThere are a few reasons why this situation occurred and then perpetuated itself:
- ARSC currently limits the batch queues to 120 PEs total. This guarantees that at least 8 PEs will be available (or in use) by interactive jobs at all times. However, as shown above, it also blocks the 64pe queue if both 16pe queues and the 32pe queue are running.
- Prior to the adjustment, the queues were searched in order, according to size, from smallest to largest. Whenever a 16pe or 32pe job terminated, another could "sneak in," replacing it, before the 64pe job got to run, effectively replacing one block with another. In the case above, if CCC's job terminated, EEE's 32pe job would replace it immediately. The 64pe jobs would then be blocked because of the 120 complex limit.
- The T3D use pattern seems to have shifted slightly. On Tuesday, 6 jobs were submitted to the 32pe queue (about twice "normal" for the last month); 8 jobs were submitted to the 16pe queue (also, about twice "normal"). This created a demand backlog, ready to block the 64pe jobs.
As an aside, the "ST" column, above, is the job's status code. Here is an explanation of the codes in that column (see "man qstat" for other codes).
If the first status character is "R" then the job is running. If the "R" is followed by a number, then that is the number of currently active processes started by that request.
If the first character is "Q" then: "the request is in a queue and is eligible for routing or running." The two characters which follow indicate:
ce (Cray MPP systems only.) The complex Cray MPP processing element (PE) limit was reached. qr The queue run limit was reached. qs The queue in which the request resides was stopped.
(The mpp_128pe_8h queue is "stopped" except from Fridays at 6:00 PM to Sundays at 4:00 AM). See Newsletter #74 or execute the command "qstat -m" for more information on the current T3D queue structure.
cf77 and cc Invoke Different MPP LoadersThe "cf77" command uses "mppldr." The "cc" command uses "mppld." (Similarly, when compiling for the Y-MP, "cf77" uses "segldr" while "cc" uses "ld.")
These two loader interfaces differ in command line inputs and default settings. One difference is in their treatment of unsatisfied external references. If a source program references externals which can not be found, mppldr will create an executable while mppld will not. This is the explanation for the "glitch" I encountered while linking MPICH v1.0.13 (which has two unsatisfied externals) and mentioned last week.
The "Cray MPP Loader User's Guide" (SG-2514 1.1) states:
The mppldr command provides a simple invocation method in which the loader handles many of the requirements of loading your program. The mppld command provides a traditional UNIX interface in which you must provide more information to the loader to load your program correctly.And:
Differences between In addition to differences in command-line mppldr and mppld invocation formats, mppldr and mppld vary in other 2.6 ways. Table 3 summarizes these differences. Table 3. mppldr and mppld differences Feature mppldr mppld Default directives file /lib/segdirs/mpp_def_seg /lib/segdirs/mpp_def_ld Environment variable MPP_SEGDIR MPP_LDDIR processing Object file processing All object file All .o files names are included (sequential object as bin files. files) are included as bin files. All .a files (library object files) are included as lib files. Default setting of DUPENTRY=CAUTION DUPENTRY=CAUTION: DUPENTRY directive :CAUTION:NOTE NOTE:NOTE. Because of the different dupentry setting, and the practice of including library object files as lib files, mppld issues fewer diagnostic messages about duplicated entry point names than mppldr. Default setting of DUPORDER=OFF The DUPORDER=ON. An DUPORDER directive first definition of ordered search an entry point is algorithm is used. chosen, regardless The entry point that of the definition's mppld chooses depends location. on the order of definitions and references. See "DUPORDER directive," for more information. Default system libraries A list of default No default libraries libraries is are included. You included. Most must specify all common system libraries required routines are by your program. included in these libraries. Default setting for USX=CAUTION. A USX=WARNING. A USX directive program that program that contains unsatisfied contains unsatisfied external references external references is still executable is not executable and mppldr exits and mppld exits normally. Calls to with a nonzero error unsatisfied status. references are intercepted when the program is run. Default setting for FORCE=OFF. Modules FORCE=ON. All FORCE directive in bin files are modules encountered included in the in bin files are executable program included in the only if they are executable program, referenced, contain whether or not the a main program, or modules are initialize global referenced. data.It's probably not too smart to ignore compiler/linker warnings. You know EXACTLY when your program will take a different execution path and hit that unsatisfied external. (During a demo, of course.)
But anyway, here's a little example which uses unsatisfiable externals. Note that a similar FORTRAN program, compiled with cf77 (thus loaded by mppldr), is immediately executable.
/* goodbye.c */ #include <stdio.h> main (int argc, char **argv) { extern int Unsatisfied_External(); int i; if (argc > 1) i=Unsatisfied_External(); printf ("goodbye \n"); } denali$ TARGET=cray-t3d; MPP_NPES=2 denali$ cc goodbye.c [ Messages about unsatisfied externals and the statement: mppldr-112 cc: WARNING Because of previous errors, file 'a.out' is not executable. ] denali$ a.out ksh: a.out: cannot execute denali$ chmod 700 a.out ; a.out [ Messages about unsatisfied externals ... and then a correct run] denali$ cc -c goodbye.c denali$ mppldr goodbye.o [ Messages about unsatisfied externals ... ] denali$ a.out [ Messages about unsatisfied externals ... and then a correct run] denali$ a.out XXX [ Messages about unsatisfied externals ... then a crash, because it tries to execute "i=Unsatisfied_External()". ]
Announcement: 11th International Parallel Processing SymposiumI got this information off of the WWW. See the URL:
http://cuiwww.unige.ch/~ipps97/ 11th International Parallel Processing Symposium 1-5 April 1997 University of Geneva, Switzerland Important Dates: 20 September 1996 ..... Manuscripts Due 13 December 1996 ..... Review Decisions Mailed 20 January 1997 ..... Print Ready Paper Due 30 August 1996 ..... Workshop Proposals Due 31 October 1996 ..... Tutorial Proposals Due 31 October 1996 ..... Commercial Exhibit Registration Call for Participation: Sponsored by the Technical Committee on Parallel Processing, the symposium is the committee's primary forum for engineers and scientists from around the world to present their latest research findings in the field. In addition to technical sessions of submitted paper presentations, IPPS '97 will offer workshops, tutorials, an industrial track, and commercial exhibits. Our University of Geneva hosts are making arrangements for on-campus housing as well as specially priced nearby hotel accommodations. Also through the University, IPPS will be able to provide daily luncheon in addition to the usual breaks and refreshments. Full details will be available in the Advance Program. Also in 1997, PARCON, the one-day Symposium on New Directions in Parallel and Concurrent Computing, will co-locate with IPPS. To accommodate their inclusion, workshops & tutorials will be held the first and last days, papers will be presented in technical sessions on the second and third days, and PARCON will be presented on the fourth day.
Correction: Table Headers on MPI TimingsIn both Newletter #92 and #94 I put incorrect information into the headers for my tables reporting timing results for EPCC/MPI and MPICH.
My table headers were incorrect in two ways. The values are times (not "rates"), in microseconds, to transfer one entire buffer of the given size (not "value" of the given type). A sample correct header would look like this (changes are single-quoted):
Table 1Transfer 'TIMES' (PE to PE, no ACK) in Microseconds Per REAL*4 'BUFFER' Obtained from /mpp/bin/f90 "ring.simple.f"
Thanks go to the two readers who reported this.
ARSC T3D Users' Group Met on July 11thAbout 30 local users showed up for Frank Chism's presentation on the T3E. We got some good insights on an exciting machine. Stay tuned. And in the meantime, I would encourage everyone to check out CRI's T3E WWW page:
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The LTTC has cleaned up its act enormously and can wear its British government ASET logo with pride. The Quite website is a poorly designed, unprofessional BlueVoda template, which is not even optimised to load correctly some browsers. Although the organisation is genuinely motivated and gives some sound advice, it is nothing more than you have already been given to your questions on this forum, or in the other pages on this site or in Alex's blogs.. Furthermore it looks as if they are also trying to join the already too long list of self appointed accrediting organisations. Finally, among the organisations they list, one is very dubious, and one is a proven scam - it only accredits its own schools and the quality of its website and the language it uses will bear testimony to this. I happen to have inside information!
If schools are claiming to be accredited by the College of Teachers, write to Arthur Reed and ask him if they are either genuinely accredited, or just listed corporate or individual members. Many TESOL courses trade on the fact that as simple listed members, adding the CoT logo lends credence to their operation. It might to the TESOL student, but we recruiters and administrators know otherwise.
I'll repeat again from an earlier posting, that it will be impossible for anyone to police the world of TESOL single handed. There are those of us who have been recruiters and school administrators for decades and the only way we can control the situation is by refusing the certificates and degrees which we know to be the issue of substandard courses or diploma mills.
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It is therefore just as important - or even more so - not only to check the qualifications of the TESOL course providers and to check that they are genuine members, but also to verify the credentials of the 'accreditors'.
Probably the best thing to to do would be to ask that 'certain university'.mohamedansary72 wrote:My question is: will I be accepted if I have this MA of the LTTC?
Also , probably the best thing to do is to ask LTTC - but it appears that LTTC can sometimes be a bit cagey about giving information. Nevertheless:I also do not understand the real relation between St Clements' and LTTC ! .
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IL notes: Schoop overcoming adversity08/19/2013 6:00 AM ET
By John Wagner / Special to MiLB.com
This year, Norfolk's Jonathan Schoop faced some adversity for the first time in his baseball career.
His troubles had nothing to do with a slump or a trade. The adversity was a stress fracture in his back that caused him to miss more than two months.
"I have never been out for a week, much less two months, and I've been playing since I was 4 years old," Schoop said. "I didn't know what to do. I couldn't walk away from it. I needed to fight my way through it."
Schoop has fought his way back onto the field for the Tides and is hitting .249 with eight homers and 31 RBIs in 56 games. While those numbers may not match the goals he set for himself before the season, they are more than respectable for a 21-year-old who's one of the youngest players in the International League.
"I knew I would be challenged by some good players with big league experience," Schoop said of his first taste of Triple-A. "My goal was to come here and prove myself, to play hard and to play well and do the things we need to do to win."
After a slow start in which he batted .222 in April, Schoop got hot in May. He was hitting .348 that month before the back injury knocked him out until the end of July.
But Tides manager Ron Johnson likes what he's seen from Schoop.
"He's still learning things a young player at this level needs to learn," Johnson said. "He's learning how to hit to right field, how to cut down strikeouts, things like that. But he's able to do some impressive things. When he runs into a ball and really hits it, it stays hit. He hits the ball like the guys in the big leagues do. He can turn the double play as well as anyone."
There remain kinks Schoop needs to work out offensively. He's struck out 46 times in 56 games and has drawn only 12 walks for a .300 on-base percentage. But the native of Curacao said he's just trying to keep things simple offensively.
"I'm just trying to get my pitch, see it and hit it," Schoop said. "If you chase bad pitches at this level, they're going to keep throwing them."
Defensively, Schoop has primarily played second base since his return from the disabled list. While he's yet to make an error at the position, he said he's still learning things in the field.
"I'm trying to think about what I do before I do anything," he said. "Before a batter steps in the box, I'm trying to think through the game, know what I'm going to do before anything happens.
"If you know what you're going to do before every play, things start coming easier to you. The smarter you are, the easier the game is."
In brief
Tight races: While two IL pennant races have been decided, two are still very tight entering the final weeks of the season. In the North Division, Rochester is on top by two games over Pawtucket with Buffalo 3 1/2 games back and Lehigh Valley 4 1/2 behind. And the Wild Card remains up for grabs as Pawtucket begins the week with a one-game lead over Norfolk, 1 1/2 over Buffalo and 2 1/2 over Lehigh Valley. Durham opens the week with a magic number of three to win the South, while Indianapolis' magic number in the West is five.
Cumpton's coming along: Entering July, Indianapolis RHP Brandon Cumpton had a 4-5 record with a 3.71 ERA. He was 0-2 in July and is 2-0 in August, although his other numbers certainly have improved. Cumpton has a 3.26 ERA over the past two months, including a 2.84 mark in August, to lower his overall ERA to 3.55. That ranks 10th in the IL.
He said it: "It was a stupid decision. It's not something I'm proud of. I hurt the team at the time. It will never happen again." -- Syracuse RHP Ryan Mattheus to The (Syracuse) Post-Standard . The "decision" Mattheus talked about was punching his locker after a bad outing for Washington in May. He ended up breaking his right hand and missed extended playing time. In two relief appearances with the Chiefs, Mattheus has allowed one hit and one walk over three scoreless innings.
He said it, part II: "Mike [McCoy] is just a scrappy-type guy. Sometimes he gets pushed back because of prospects, but he's just a really good leadoff hitter. He's pesky up there. He's not scared to take a pitch. He'll hit with two strikes. When Mike puts his mind to it, he really battles." -- Buffalo manager Marty Brown to the Buffalo News. McCoy is hitting .247 in 93 games with the Bisons; in 54 games leading off, he has a .348 on-base percentage.


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The people of Myanmar have waited for nine days for their government to indicate the slightest concern for their welfare, but, aside for two UN planes that landed, the military junta has been hesitant to make any concessions to world opinion. But, out of the blue, the thugs who govern Burma finally granted permission for a single US plane loaded with supplies to land with supplies. The UN estimates due to failure on the part of the Burmese government to act responsibily, at least 100,000 people will die because of the cyclone and the botched relief effort. Donors throughout the world have sent enough supplies to last for months but nothing is moving due to refusal on the part of the junta to allow in UN relief workers to supervise distribution of supplies and reconstruction work.
The UN has reached the point where it has absolutely no faith in the integrity of the Burmese government or its statements about the cyclone. The junta seized aid in the two UN planes that landed and allowed their own workers to distibute supplies in an effort to claim credit for any aid received by people. At this point the main concern of the junta is having a vote on their constitution which would legalize their dictatorship and imcompetence.


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No New Commandment
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His Commandments
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The Whole World
Scripture's emphasis on God's desire to save His people shows us that the atonement was designed to pay fully for all of the sins of the elect. Two thousand years ago, Jesus paid for the sins of His people. This ...Read More
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Aspirin is a drug that reduces swelling, pain , and fever. In recent years, long-term low-dose aspirin has been recommended to reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes . In the future aspirin may be recommended to reduce the risk of some cancers. Reye's syndrome, a rare but serious illness affecting children and teenagers, has been associated with aspirin use. To prevent Reye's syndrome, people should consult their doctor and/or pharmacist before giving aspirin, aspirin-containing products, or herbs containing salicylates to children and teenagers.
Common brand names:Bayer, Ecotrin, St Joseph Aspirin, Aspergum, Bayer Aspirin, Halfprin, Norwich Aspirin, Zorprin
Summary of Interactions with Vitamins, Herbs, & Foods
Replenish Depleted Nutrients
Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is a common side effect of taking aspirin. A person with aspirin-induced GI bleeding may not always have symptoms (like stomach pain) or obvious signs of blood in their stool. Such bleeding causes loss of iron from the body. Long-term blood loss due to regular use of aspirin can lead to iron-deficiency anemia . Lost iron can be replaced with iron supplements. Iron supplementation should be used only in cases of iron deficiency verified with laboratory tests.
Vitamin C
Taking aspirin has been associated with increased loss of vitamin C in urine and has been linked to depletion of vitamin C.1 People who take aspirin regularly should consider supplementing at least a few hundred milligrams of vitamin C per day. Such an amount is often found in a multivitamin .
Intake of 3 grams of aspirin per day has been shown to decrease blood levels of zinc.2 Aspirin appeared to increase loss of zinc in the urine in this study, and the effect was noted beginning three days after starting aspirin.
Folic Acid
Increased loss of folic acid in urine has been reported in rheumatoid arthritis patients.3 Reduced blood levels of the vitamin have also been reported in people with arthritis who take aspirin.4 Some doctors recommend for people with arthritis who regularly take aspirin to supplement 400 mcg of folic acid per day—an amount frequently found in multivitamins .The interaction is supported by preliminary, weak, fragmentary, and/or contradictory scientific evidence.
Vitamin B12
In a study of people hospitalized with heart disease, those who had been taking aspirin were nearly twice as likely as nonusers to have a low or marginally low blood level of vitamin B12.5 That finding by itself does not prove that taking aspirin causes vitamin B12 deficiency. However, aspirin is known to damage the stomach in some cases, and the stomach plays a key role in vitamin B12 absorption (by secreting hydrochloric acid and intrinsic factor).The interaction is supported by preliminary, weak, fragmentary, and/or contradictory scientific evidence.
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In one study, treatment with a probiotic preparation promoted healing of small-intestinal damage that was apparently caused by taking aspirin. The probiotic strain used in the study was Lactobacillus casei, and was taken daily for 3 months.6
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Cayenne (Capsicum annuum, Capsicum frutescens) contains the potent chemical capsaicin, which acts on special nerves found in the stomach lining. In two rat studies, researchers reported that stimulation of these nerves by capsaicin might protect against the damage aspirin can cause to the stomach.7 , 8 In a study of 18 healthy human volunteers, a single dose of 600 mg aspirin taken after ingestion of 20 grams of chili pepper was found to cause less damage to the lining of the stomach and duodenum (part of the small intestine) than aspirin without chili pepper.9 However, cayenne may cause stomach irritation in some individuals with stomach inflammation ( gastritis ) or ulcers and should be used with caution.
The flavonoids found in the extract of licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) known as DGL (deglycyrrhizinated licorice) are helpful for avoiding the irritating actions aspirin has on the stomach and intestines. One study found that 350 mg of chewable DGL taken together with each dose of aspirin reduced gastrointestinal bleeding caused by the aspirin.10 DGL has been shown in controlled human research to be as effective as drug therapy ( cimetidine ) in healing stomach ulcers .11 One animal study also showed that DGL and the acid-blocking drug Tagamet® (cimetidine) work together more effectively than either alone for preventing negative actions of aspirin.12
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Potential Negative Interaction
There have been two case reports suggesting a possible interaction between ginkgo Ginkgo biloba and an anticoagulant drug or aspirin leading to increased bleeding.13 , 14 In the first, a 78-year-old woman taking warfarin developed bleeding within the brain following the concomitant use of ginkgo (the amount used is not given in the case report). In the second, a 70-year-old man developed slow bleeding behind the iris of the eye (spontaneous hyphema) following use of ginkgo (80 mg per day) together with aspirin (325 mg per day). While this interaction is unproven, anyone taking anticoagulant medications or aspirin should inform their physician before using ginkgo.
Vitamin E
Although vitamin E is thought to act like a blood thinner, very little research has supported this idea. In fact, a double-blind trial found that very high amounts of vitamin E do not increase the effects of the powerful blood-thinning drug warfarin .15 Nonetheless, a double-blind study of smokers found the combination of aspirin plus 50 IU per day of vitamin E led to a statistically significant increase in bleeding gums compared with taking aspirin alone (affecting one person in three versus one in four with just aspirin).16 The authors concluded that vitamin E might, especially if combined with aspirin, increase the risk of bleedings.
There are theoretical grounds to believe that coleus (Coleus forskohlii) could increase the effect of anti-platelet medicines such as aspirin, possibly leading to spontaneous bleeding. However, this has never been documented to occur. Controlled human research is needed to determine whether people taking aspirin should avoid coleus.The interaction is supported by preliminary, weak, fragmentary, and/or contradictory scientific evidence.
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1. Coffey G, Wilson CWM. Ascorbic acid deficiency and aspirin-induced haematemesis. BMJ 1975;I:208.
2. Ambanelli U, Ferraccioli GF, Serventi G, Vaona GL. Changes in serum and urinary zinc induced by ASA and indomethacin. Scand J Rheumatol 1982;11:63-4.
3. Buist RA. Drug-nutrient interactions—an overview. Int Clin Nutr Rev 1984;4:114 [review].
4. Alter HJ, Zvaifler MJ, Rath CE. Interrelationship of rheumatoid arthritis, folic acid and aspirin. Blood 1971;38:405-16.
5. Van Oijen MGH, Laheij RJF, Peters WHM, et al. Association of aspirin use with vitamin B12 deficiency (results of the BACH study). Am J Cardiol 2004;94:975-7.
6. Endo H, Higurashi T, Hosono K, et al. Efficacy of Lactobacillus casei treatment on small bowel injury in chronic low-dose aspirin users: a pilot randomized controlled study. J Gastroenterol 2011;46:894-905.
7. Abdel Salam OME, Mószik G, Szolcsányi J. Studies on the effect of intragastric capsaicin on gastric ulcer and on the prostacyclin-induced cytoprotection in rats. Pharmacol Res 1995;32:209-15.
8. Holzer P, Pabst MA, Lippe IT. Intragastric capsaicin protects against aspirin-induced lesion formation and bleeding in the rat gastric mucosa. Gastroenterology 1989;96:1425-33.
9. Yeoh KG, Kang JY, Yap I, et al. Chili protects against aspirin-induced gastroduodenal mucosal injury in humans. Dig Dis Sci 1995;40(3):580-3.
10. Rees WDW, Rhodes J, Wright JE, et al. Effect of deglycyrrhizinated liquorice on gastric mucosal damage by aspirin. Scand J Gastroenterol 1979;14:605-7.
11. Morgan AG, McAdam WAF, Pacsoo C, Darnborough A. Comparison between cimetidine and Caved-S in the treatment of gastric ulceration, and subsequent maintenance therapy. Gut 1982;23:545-51.
12. Bennett A, Clark-Wibberley T, et al. Aspirin-induced gastric mucosal damage in rats: Cimetidine and deglycyrrhizinated liquorice together give greater protection than low doses of either drug alone. J Pharm Pharmacol 1980;32:151.
13. Matthews MK Jr. Association of Ginkgo biloba with intracerebral hemorrhage. Neurology 1998;50:1933-4 [letter].
14. Rosenblatt M, Mindel J. Spontaneous hyphema associated with ingestion of Ginkgo biloba extract. N Engl J Med 1997;336:1108 [letter].
15. Kim JM, White RH. Effect of vitamin E on the anticoagulant response to warfarin. Am J Cardiol 1996;77:545-6.
16. Liede KE, Haukka JK, Saxén LM, Heinon OP. Increased tendency towards gingival bleeding caused by joint effect of alpha-tocopherol supplementation and acetylsalicylic acid. Ann Med 1998;30:542-6.
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Farmington police joining 'Beard Nation,' supporting food pantry
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Union Leader Correspondent | September 25. 2013 7:34PM
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The duck, the rope and me
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Something strange happened yesterday. I was working in the chickenyard and I was watching one of the Muscovey drakes. He had a piece of baling twine, which was made of polypropolene (I think that is what the plastic rope is made of that holds bales of hay together), sticking out of his mouth. He was walking with it trailing behind him. I went over to investigate. It was down his throat. Now having had experience with animals eating long stuff (which detail I will go into later), I thought I had best get it out.
Hmmm. Pulled gently on the rope, nothing gave away, it was deep down his throat. So, now I am feeling a little panicky. What should I do, try to pull it out or cut it off and let it go through the body and out. Probably some kind of death if I had left it to go through his digestive track, I didn't know.
I gently held this bird with one arm and held between my legs, and gently and every so very very slowly, pulled this rope back out through his mouth. It took me about a good minute, because I did it so slowly. It finally all came out. Eeeks!!!! You should have seen it. I guess the (do they have gizzards like chickens?) rope had been partially all chewed up in the body by the body. I have no clue what goes on inside. But the part of the plastic rope that was about 6 inches inside the duck's body was all mangled up. It was weird and hard to explain. But I will try. The 6 inches of rope that was intact that was in the mouth and obviously down the throat was normal, but there was a part of the beginning of the rope that was all rough and kind of like in a ball shape. It was very distorted and chewed up looking.
I think that the rope was in the gizzard (if ducks have one). In the gizzard are like rocky things or something that chew things up? Something had made this rope all frayed up, I was astounded. The duck is fine, I watched him for awhile and kept an eye out for any weird behaviour, so far so good. Not to say that he is OK today, just no clue about what may or may not go on when something like this happens.
Even more reason to be extra clear of debris in the chickenyard. The plastic rope must have been left over from years before when we had horses, it probably had fallen to the ground and never got picked up.
The ducks are very playful critters and they find the weirdest things to play with, I always try to keep their yard cleared of any kind of stuff, but they do find things for sure.
Some years ago we had a huge Rottwheiller that would eat socks. Eeeks.......I can remember a few times I would have to go the rear end of this blasted dog and remove a sock that had gone through his digestive track. Now that was not a pretty scene, nor did it smell very nice either. Don't ask me how he would find socks, I think he would go into the kids bedrooms and tackle these stinky things, thinking they must have smelled good enough to eat. Go figure that one. Have a great and wonderful day. Cindi
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December 18, 2007, 11:43:40 AM »
I remember cutting the chicken gizzards open and emptying all the gravel out. I'd guess that is what it was in the duck. The gizzard churns and grinds all the gravel around and that pulverizes the food, and that is probably what happened to the rope.
I had a siberian husky that ate a golf ball. It almost killed him. Once the vet gave him a laxative he finally passed it. He had 20 foot rubber bands chasing him that we would have to pull out. :shock: It was funny, he would run around, then a rubber band would catch a stick and then he'd whirl around trying to figure out what was chasing him and why. :-D
We had a puppy that ate some little christmas beads, and passed them through just like they went in..shiny red turds...
No processed socks, at least that we knew about....
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TMI on the sock extraction and the dog! All I have to say is that you must LOVE that dog.
I would do the same for any of mine.
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December 18, 2007, 09:57:14 PM »
My chow is part goat, I could swear it. She likes to eat paper towels and other paper products, not that we let her, she's a thief! Her favorite thing to eat, I hate to say, is underwear, gross! Cindi, I don't envy what you went through with the dog with sock butt, no, I really don't.
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December 19, 2007, 02:07:41 AM »
Yes Ducks have gizzards that is way it was in a mangled mess. And it was Good on ya for removing it as it would have plugged him up and he would have slowly starved to death. Because all of that mess would have just plugged up the gizzard and then he would feel full and nothing would have been able to pass through. Glad you got it out. That is also why you feed them Grit and Oystershell for the Duck Hens. YOu should have seen the stuff I have seen taken out of Dog, Cat, Goat and pig Stomaches and intestional tract being a vet tech assisting with surgery. Not a very pritty sight at all. Sometimes they will start to Calcify tight in where they got stuck.
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Dear friends, don't we have a wack of wacky animals eh? I had a dog (so many, many years ago), that used to chew up our underwear and pant crotches too. Can't count the number of pants that had gone by the wayside over those years, long, long ago. Never could figure that one out, hee, hee. Oh brother, what do they think eh?
Well, from the sounds of it, pulling that dumb rope out was a good thing. I thought it would have gone right through like the dog and socks, but a little more understanding of what the gizzard does, it makes sense, and yes, I am a grateful woman.
Angi, you must have seen many, many strange sights, being in the vet field as you were. You are fortunate that you have this background full of knowledge to assist you now with working with your many critters, yea!!!!
All the chickens and ducks have free feeding with oyster shell, but probably should get some grit to give them now and then, just for that extra nutritional stuff.
They are funny, the other day the opening to the fence wasn't completely shut. Guess I was in a hurry and didn't shut it correctly. Well, many were those chickens having a field day in new and uncharted territory. Wintertime I am not out the back as much and they don't get that extra free range like when I am out there. I quite often let them loose of their fenced area and they have a great time. They are very easy to put away when required, I just call them and they obey (hee, hee). Especially if I have a bread bag in my hand and I shake it, they come running as fast as they can, some even attempting a fly thing to get there faster, it is funny and anyone visiting gets a kick out of how they obey me, hee, hee. Have a wonderful and greatest of days. Cindi
There are strange things done in the midnight sun by the men who moil for gold. The Arctic trails have their secret tales that would make your blood run cold. The Northern Lights have seen queer sights, but the queerest they ever did see, what the night on the marge of Lake Lebarge, I cremated Sam McGee. Robert Service
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Back in the days on the farm, my youth, we had a calf swallow a bit of hemp rope. The rope managed to hang to gether all the way through the calf. It didn't all come out the same day--that was one long potty call, took nearly a week. No, we didn't try to pull it out, the vet said pulling on it at that point might do the calf more harm than good.
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I've heard of dental floss before - But what's this , GUT FLOSS ! Oh well , glad to hear it all came out well in the end .
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Brian, hee, hee. Now don't the cows have four stomachs or something like that, that would be a lot of gut to get tangled up in for sure, the rope going from place to place. Hmmm..have a wonderful and greatest of days. Cindi
There are strange things done in the midnight sun by the men who moil for gold. The Arctic trails have their secret tales that would make your blood run cold. The Northern Lights have seen queer sights, but the queerest they ever did see, what the night on the marge of Lake Lebarge, I cremated Sam McGee. Robert Service
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Yes Cows have a 4 chambered stomach
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Richard Nicoll Fall 2013
Why can't a woman dress more like a man—at least sometimes? There's so much that is complicated and demanding in womenswear at the moment—and very little direction in rational simplicity, other than Phoebe Philo's Céline (and the number of line-by-line copies of her this season is getting more ridiculous by the day). So it's very refreshing to come across a Richard Nicoll collection that lowers a woman's hackles for a few pleasant minutes while she contemplates a designer formulation offering a no-stress way of dressing with a slightly mannish approach. And, which, for once, has nothing to do with imitating Céline.
Nicoll had a few buzzwords for it printed on his program notes, the two best being Masculine Glamour and The Special Normal. You'll notice they're both paradoxes, in a way—but they accurately describe the gray-blue pantsuiting, roomy shrug-on coats, and the beige-and-white herringbone fur T-shirt at the beginning of this show. Backstage, pumped for explanations by an adoring female crowd, the designer said, "I went through a brand-ethos exercise recently, where I thought of all the words which meant something to me. And looking at them, I decided I just want to do something fresh and instinctive." It shows Nicoll in his best light—as London's closest thing to someone with an American designer sportswear mentality. He's not a conceptualist or a theatrical designer—what he's best at is putting together an effective wardrobe in the least number of pieces, and making each one pretty much seasonless. Add his pitch-perfect color sense, and he has a collection more or less every professional woman can relate to.


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Floral Arrangements for all Occasions
Floral Arrangements for All Occasions
Say "I Love You"
Spring Is In The Air
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We pride ourselves on being one of Central Pennsylvania's "finest" florists. We design and create floral arrangements for any occasion and offer funeral and sympathy services. Our floral designer, Bobbi Jo, has over 30 years of floral design experience and her designs exemplify the "beauty of flowers". We offer delivery within a 20 mile radius of our location in Colonial Park Pa.
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Davis Florist Gift Shoppe
Our floral shoppe encompasses over 1900 square feet of fine floral products, crafts, garden and gift decor. We also are Central Pa.'s only 100% organic Garden Center, offering a complete line of fine soils, ammendments, fertilizers and other indoor and outdoor gardening implements.
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Sneaky little fuckers!!
Who would win in a fight: A honey badger or a chimp with a chainsaw?If the creature is too huge for the Badger to straight-up eviscerate with its inch-and-a-half long claws or its razor-sharp teeth, the Ratel still knows how to go for the weak spot – the balls. That's right, folks, this thing has been documented as killing male lions by running underneath them and tearing off their scrotums. This is one creature you don't want to go balls-out against.