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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by buddahfan, Jun 21, 2007.
Good post. It will be interesting to see how this first year shakes out.
Durant was soft in college. I saw him play enough to know that he avoids contact like the plague. Some people like physical contact others don't. Durant doesn't like physical contact. No hogwash about it. Thanks for commenting on my post. Have a nice day and enjoy the Pistons game today.
is there any way we can watch these games? i see the pistons are playing at 6 tonight
NBA.com : Summer League 2007 Sign up and wait until they post the webcast link later on.
Good job Cloud.
I've got a few PMs about where to post NBA Summer League and where to post Pistons Summer League. I'm moving this thread to the NBA Summer League to the NBA Stuff forum because we should have a lot of BBSC posts here for discussing the Pistons SL and games in the Pistons General Discussion forum. I realize it's not an elegant solution, but it is somewhat of a solution without sorting through dozens of responses that span lots of topics.
By avoiding contact Durant has/will develope better court vision and footwork. His game isn't power. If you bump into Oden you might find yourself displaced 2 to 3 ft. away from where you were. His game is power.
First side line report from your roving PF reporter Me and the wife rolled into Vegas about 2:30PM yesterday with the temps hitting 110 degrees. Luckily for us the AC was working in COX Pavilion as we sat down at the at the beginning of the second quarter of the Mavs-Sonic games. The early crowd of curious onlookers were there to see Mr. Durant and based on my observations, he is long way from winning rookie of the month in November. Yeah he was the high scorer for the game, but 18 pts on 17 FGA reminds me of Kobe's early days.. As far as playing defense abd banging, it was almost non existent for the number 2 overall pick. It was almost as if the Sonic braintrust said to avoid contact to avoid injury as Durants boney legs and frame initially looked under nourished in the NBA world. On most defensive sequences he stood on the outside watching his fellow players bang for rebounds. #5 pick Jeff Green played tentively but allowed the focus to be on Durrant. The Sonics also had Johan Petro, Julius Hodge and former Detroit Mercy player Jermaine "I can't sing" Jackson there to hone their skills. The Mavs Maurice Ager, was clearly the crowd pleaser during this game as the former Spartan star had a series of dazzling dunks scoring 17 points and was the only player to have an autograph table set up after the game for the fans to meet him and get signatures. The Mavs first pick in the draft, Nick Fazekas, (#34 overall) had a terrible game shooting wise (1-7) and his parents who were sitting directly behind us were groaning on every miss.:( I will provide highlights of the next two games we saw on the next post.
Good work Dre. Hopefully you, Low and myself can hookup at one of the games and start a Piston uprising. I got first dubs on a picture with CB if he shows up.
It was good work and thank you LA Dre very much. We all appreciate you taking the time to post your observations. Maybe you can a job as a freelance Piston writer for the DetNews on-line edition and replace McCosky. I see that as a big improvement. TheeTFD: But don't LA Dre's comments about Durant support mine and go against yours? Just wondering.
Thanks for the report, Dre. Stay cool and keep 'em coming!
Buddha, Durant may not have Piston DNA. So maybe the test/evaluation isn't comprehensive. We know he doesn't have power-benches 185 one time-but bball still isn't always about power.
My wife cannot bench 185. I could probably put her on a program that had her benching 185 within the year. Would she be able to play basketball better? Not likely.
Second game summary. Team China vs Memphis Grizzlies. The Las Vegas tourism bureau knows how to satisfy their visitors from overseas>> by bringing in Team China to diversify the crowds at the these summer NBA League games. Great idea as the Asian population at the game was in full force as they were there to support their fellow countrymen and it seems everyone in the house was waiting for a surprise visit from Yao Ming himself. Some youngster even yelled there's Yao and a bunch of folks stood up looking. Alas no Yao sighting today other than a tall teen in a Yao Rocket jersey. But Team China had an ace in the hole that must have furiated the Bucks organization. Yes there wearing # 11 in the Team China lineup was the Bucks #6 pick Yi Jianlian. He received a nice ovation from the mixed crowd as he was introduced in the starting lineup. Team China scored the first 3 points on an and 1 situation but watched the Grizzlies quickly score the next 10 points as Rudy Gay proving that his rookie year was no fluke dazzled the crowd with dunks and Dr. J like swoops to the basket. Meanwhile Jianlian practiced some of his post moves and outside shots and finally got Team China back in the game. His first couple of shots were blocked as he tends to telegraph his moves but based on what I saw he could start in the Pistons middle right now! The bio says he is only 19, but he has more skills than any recent 19 year old big man we use to have on our squad The Grizz #4 pick Mike Conley Jr. is very fast, but they had another little guy out there by the name of Klye Lowry a second year player from Villanova last year that was just as quick and seem to run the offense and score when needed. Not sure what he did last season, but the Grizzlies braintrust has a couple of future stars there if they decide to let Lowry develop with PT like they will let Conley do. Of course since this is the summer league it could have been the competition that made him look good. The Grizz pulled away to a 22 point half time lead as Team China missed a ton of shots in that second qtr, but made a run in the 4th to close the gap back to 8 before losing 86-77. Gay finished with 21 pts, Lowry, 13 and Conley 12. For TC, Jianlian scored 23 despite sitting out most of the second and third qtrs. Team China's other center a 7 footer by the name of Wang Zhizhi was the game's high scorer pumping in 27 points, many of them in the 4th qtr rally. The game was disrupted midway through 4th qtr when Greg Oden and the rest of players for the next game went to change. A crowd of kids quickly converge on him to get autographs and it took awhile to get everyone's attention back to the game.
Celtics vs. Trailblazers This final game of the summer schedule brought in a lot of fans with their Celtic and Trailblazer garb as well as fans or alumni of The Ohio State University. The late crowd was more vocal than the earlier fans because their future seem to be on the line here. Prior to the game you saw the likes of Doc Rivers, Danny Ainge, Nate McMillan, and Mo Lucas hanging out and signing autographs for the younger fans. Once again Oden got the largest ovation during the lineup announcements. His first act of enforcement was to block three jump point shot from the left wing for a goal tend. . Those sitting around me questioned why he would attempt that and only surmized that he wanted to let us know that he could block and he has arrived. He quickly got three fouls in the first three minutes and sat down until the second qtr. On the other side of the ball, Glen "Big Baby" Davis, the C's #35 selection in the draft also picked up 3 quick fouls in the first 4 mins and had to sit awhile. He is a mound of energy and appeared quicker and less nervous than Oden (at least last night he appeared to be) and I only wished he could give at least 30 of his listed 289 pounds to our own Amir Johnson. He does have the energy, but way to early to see if he will become the next Barkley, Corliss or Oliver Miller Of the Trailblazers other draft selections, only Taurean Green the #56 selection seem to have a flow of the game, but missed a lot of shots (but surprisingly was able to grab a few of his own rebounds). Not much play out of Petteri Koponen and Josh McRoberts. Gabe Pruitt, the guy who accused the Pistons of hanging him out to drive in the draft room looked kind of decent out there for the Celtics, but didn't make enough of an impact in his first game. I left after the end of the 3rd quarter, but Oden had 8 fouls at the time and 4 points and fouled out with 10 fouls. La Marcus Aldridge had a real good game and if he and Oden can form a good tandem over there the next couple of seasons, then those twin towers can challenge for the ring by 2010 if not sooner. Looks like this game is getting ready to be televised on NBA-TV right now, so you all can view and form your own opinions. I will be back over at the Cox Pavilion in about 2 hours to get ready for JMAX, AMir, Stuckey, Afflowlo and Co. Hopefully Amir is here with his agent and he and Joe can sit down tomorrow at MGM and ink his contract . Later folks. Oops, forgot to mention that the Celtics probably won this game due to the added "veteran" play of Gerald Green and Rajon Rondo as well as the inspired play of Leon Powe.
She could hard foul better. She could take it to the hoop better.
Durant will get his points in the NBA. The league will see to it that officials enforce a no touch policy with regard to him, a lot more so than someone like LeBron who can take a hit and keep coming at you and as a result he will get a lot of foul shots on what would not be fouls for someone like LeBron, Duncan etc. On defense Durant will be able to use his height and length to defend somewhat against shorter opponents provided they can't go around him. I do not like his over all game for reasons I have already posted. He will do great in fantasy league and probably become a "Stern created Star". All things being equal if normal contact would be allowed in defending him, Durant would be a bust. I think I have made my point clear as have Durant supporters.
Thanks for the reports Dre, they are awesome. I watched Durant play yesterday. Other than watching the future stars, the summer league game I saw was some truly horrible basketball. I can see why you left after Oden fouled out!
How much can your wife bench?
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Since leadership came up in a different thread, rather than hijack that thread for my own nefarious purposes, I thought that I'd start this thread.
Leadership is a fascinating study. It takes a lifetime to master.
It is one of my core beliefs that the most valuable resource is people, and leadership is, therefore, the most valuable single skill.
Given a core of a thousand random people, certainly with a core of ten thousand, and good to fair leadership, I would say that most goals are attainable. Very few people are truly dead weight. That's why folks whose sole value is the ability to hit a small ball thrown at them with a bat are so well paid. (A side street here is that is exactly why turning away folks in the face of a disaster is one of the worst possible choices, but that's another discussion. I leave it to the tin foil specialist to make that case.)
I would like to keep this thread theoretical. Examples are usually necessary, but I would like, in particular, to avoid current politics. Not only is this not the forum for it, but I'm not really interested in who you vote for. Like your choice in bed partners, both of us will be more comfortable if you keep that knowledge to yourself.
I would like to discuss leadership theory, skill, practice and principle.
It is my belief that leaders are made, not born, and it is my experience that leadership, like welding, diving, shooting or public speaking is a skill, with all of a skill's attributes. It can be learned, taught, studied, applied and ignored.
Most of the things I've learned about leadership have their basis in the military, and I've applied what I learned there over a career in construction, using leadership, authority and power over crews of various sizes to perform construction tasks of most scales. Most of my beliefs about leadership, therefore, can be traced to military teachings, and the sources for formal leadership theory and instruction are mainly military. There are, however, significant differences between military and civilian leadership, and there are further differences between professional leadership and political leadership. I don't know a lot about political leadership, and I try not to discuss politics. I avoid the political forum here for exactly that reason, and invite you to go there if you'd like to discuss politics.
To start off, I open with my favorite definition of leadership, since that's usually the first thing asked of students or taught in formal leadership training.
Leadership is the deliberate inspiration of both the act and the spirit of following.
In the future, I will add some of my favorite quotes about leadership. For now, I invite the rest of you to relate your favorite definition of leadership, and if you don't have one, I invite you to find one.
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Hooksett, home of high-rising flapjacks
Minneapolis Star Tribune | February 19. 2013 4:57PM
With my siblings and I seated at the table - and Mom, too, taking a rare break from kitchen duty - we'd watch Dad at the stove, easing batter onto that hot, spattering cooktop, and deftly wielding a spatula as he stacked thin, golden pancakes on a platter. They would disappear as quickly as he could make them.
During the intervening decades, I found myself following Dad's pancake example (OK, minus the prepackaged mix), at least in the batter department, where the operative words were thin, semi-lumpy and pourable.
That is until two years ago, when I encountered "The New Comfort Food" (Chronicle Books, 2011) and a different kind of pancake recipe.
Adapted from a classic New Hampshire diner - Robie's General Store in Hooksett - this time-tested formula has a crazy amount of leavening, which quickly turns the batter into a doughy, sticky, air bubble-filled mass. Pourable it's not, but this batter yields a high-rising, incredibly tender pancake.
Handling this batter requires some finesse. I quickly discovered that a heaping and semi-messy scoop of batter didn't spread as it hit the center of the pan, and who wants a too-small, too-tall pancake?
Not me. Using a narrow, flat-blade spatula, I nudged the batter outward - from its highest point in the center to the pancake's outer edge - creating a larger, and slightly slimmer pancake. Perfect.
Another difference: The vast majority of pancake recipes that I've encountered call for greasing the griddle or pan with cooking oil. That comes as no surprise; vegetable and canola oils have a higher smoke point than butter, and pancakes require a hot pan.
But this recipe requires butter, and plenty of it; let's face it, there's no such thing as a low-calorie pancake. However, using butter is tricky. A too-hot pan or griddle will burn the butter, and a not-hot-enough-cooking surface will make for a lousy pancake.
That's why monitoring the heat level is essential. I've found that ever-so-slightly reducing the heat after each batch seems to work, although, in the end, so what if the butter turns a little brown? The trade-off is beautifully browned pancakes with a delicately crisp, almost lacy exterior.
Dad would have loved them.
Buttermilk Flapjacks
Makes about 8 pancakes.
Note: "For the best results, you've got to take your time and cook the flapjacks one by one with plenty of butter in a hot skillet," writes James Oseland in "The New Comfort Food."
2 c. flour
2 tbsp. sugar
4 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. fine sea salt
12 tbsp. (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, divided, plus more
2 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 eggs, lightly beaten
Maple syrup, for serving
In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
Melt 4 tablespoons ({ stick) butter. In a medium bowl, whisk together melted butter, buttermilk, vanilla extract and eggs. Whisk buttermilk mixture into flour mixture, mixing as little as possible to make a thick (and lumpy) batter. Do not overmix; too much stirring will result in tough pancakes.
Heat a skillet or griddle over medium heat. Add 1 tablespoon butter and heat until butter's foam subsides. Ladle in about 1/2 cup of batter and cook, turning once, until pancake is deep golden brown on both sides, about 4 to 5 minutes total. Repeat process with additional butter and remaining batter. Serve hot, topped with butter and maple syrup.
Nutrition information per each of 8: Calories: 325; Fat: g; Sodium: 776 mg; Carbohydrates: 31 g; Saturated fat: 12 g; Calcium: 223 mg; Protein: 7 g; Cholesterol: 95 mg; Dietary fiber: 1 g.
Diabetic exchanges per serving: 2 bread/starch, 4 fat.
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Re: Got red...
more like "Got brown?"
Re: Masque of the Red Death
Love this design. Robe is exquiste. Has my vote. Do have to say the off set of the Red Death is a little too much, leaves just a bit too much "empty-ish" space on the left side (where hands are). Maybe thats contributing to why votes aren't more...
I like the design, for the most part, as well, Nymph, but the eye could use a lot more character (ferocity) and a different shirt color would help.
Re: Red Rover
Awesome shirt. I hope to get this one.
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Re: Red Riding Hood
This is an awesome design. I love the composition, especially Riding Hood's posture.
Do you have a detail picture that shows her hand, and what she's holding? I assume it's a basket, but I can't tell from the picture.
Re: Rider from hell
Cute and evil! A winning combination.
Re: Into The Woods
Gorgeous! I love it! Your Red Riding Hood reminds me of the way she's pictured in the Fables comics. If this prints, I am definitely getting it and wearing it all the time.
Re: Preserved
Haha, this is brilliant! I love the heiroglyphs. And IMHO, there is nothing wrong with more anthropomorphic food.
Re: The Redwood Estate
I love everything about this. It was worth breaking your drawing hand. :D
+1 from me. Fog, baby, fog!
phineus wrote:This is offensive. You should be ashamed.
May I ask how? I mean, there may be something I'm missing, but as far as I can see, there is nothing in the design that appears to be approving of people being injured for the sake of diamonds.
My interpretation of the design is that it's simply calling attention to the fact that diamonds and bloodshed are sometimes intertwined. And calling your attention to it lets you form your own judgements and decide what actions you're going to take about it.
Re: Cherry Bomb ver 01
There are red triangles between all the cherry stems, too...
Re: Firefish
looks great!!!! i would love to wear this one.
great idea.
Re: Dancing with the Devil
Much improved! +1
Very clever design. Had you put something in the screen, this would be over the top.
jessicaprd2 wrote:Haha, my thoughts exactly!
Check the shirt comp. The design rests above the um... girly parts.
I don't think it does. It's not like having a cthulu theme on your shirt automatically gets it printed. Starwars shirts seem to fog and print way more often so thus the ban. Else the reckoning would be half or more Star Wars shirts.
Re: Darth Knight
This is AWESOME! Appealing to those that wouldn't understand it, just for artistic value, but also hilarious for those who do understand it
Wait, this is in the fog? I really have a hard time understanding the demographics of shirt.wooters. I'd kill to see just 10 mugshots of randomly selected, active users.
Re: Red Rain
I was pretty sure I recognized that title. Though no one would recognize the vague (tasteful) music connection, its a great design
Thanks for all the kindness thus far! I didn't participate in last week's derby, so I guess i'm just playing catch up. Next week my design will be all red, I promise
This is awesome!!! I would buy it in a heartbeat.
earger2learn wrote:Are Those GRITS or bottom teeth?!!!
Either way, I'd I'm getting this shirt when it picked!
I get it, Kiss my grits.
I don't see this one gettinf made, but it was fun entering after being told not to by my employer. "No more woots till this project is completed!"
I sent him the files, but he was in a movie house, so I had 3 hours to kill. I could not believe no one did lips. I was gonna make the vampire lips with a drop of blood, but I thought the "Ooh, gross" factor would hurt votes.
Enjoy, thanks!
epicfal wrote:Haha, this is brilliant! I love the heiroglyphs. And IMHO, there is nothing wrong with more anthropomorphic food.
Awesome, Seed. Love it!
Re: Ancient Jazztecs (resub)
Love it. Reminds me a lot of the The Mighty Boosh
Re: etch-a-shirt
I want one for my wife so I can make stuff on her chest. "Tune in Tokyo, Tune in Tokyo!"
This is minimalist perfection at its absolute finest!!! Winner, winner, Chicken Dinner!
Re: Matadorable
oh luckyfelix. I just can't say no! GMV :3
Ya know, I really love the story of Red Riding Hood because its got such sinister undertones. I think you've really done that justice
P.S. Have you ever played the video game "The Path"? I think that really nailed the creepiness that Little Red Riding Hood is all about.
Re: Koi of the Rising Sun
This looks so great! You always do such beautiful, clean graphic art. Keep it up
Re: Red Dragon
That dragon is so great!!! What an awesome character design. His tiny wings are my favorite
Great shirt, awesome concept,I really LOVE this shirt, great job.
One of the biggest Zaphod Beeblebroxs on this site beat you to it, and got rejected.
Re: red fish blew fish
The word play here made me giggle and the design is adorable :D
ha ha nice one mate! +1
DizzahGee wrote:Nope, the number is clearly 42.
This design is hot! I would buy it and wear it!
Make space in the fog, this is brilliant! +1
Re: Paint the town RED
oooooohh i wnt this!!!!
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|Cute graphic courtesy of Miss Amy Lemons!
You can click on the book cover to read the reviews on Amazon.
You can click on the book cover to read the reviews on Amazon.
|Cute graphic courtesy of Miss Amy Lemons!
I read Reading With Meaning for my literacy class and it was so helpful. Debbie Miller's work is amazing. I love your schema chart! Too precious!
One of my favourite teaching resources is Kid Writing by Eileen Feldgus and Isabell Cardonick. It's an easy and understandable text and best of all, so practical to use in every classroom! This book has really helped me focus on building my Language block this year!
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Hi Deanna and all the other K readers!
thank you for this topic! I teach at a small private school, (I am the K team) so all my profess-dev comes from what i find for myself. we are trying to move our elem program toward a bal- lit approach. any advice on books, products, seminars that can help will be greatly appreciated! i have D Diller's books and saw her this summer-awesome! Am using Kidwriting- woohoo- i am fianlly doing something current! :) 1st gr is reading the D Miller comprehen book...any suggestions for Kinder bal lit prgrams? currently we use a HEAVY phonics program...i need some of all the other stuff, but am not sure where to start! thanks so much! anne
Hi Deanna,
Reading with Meaning is one of my favorite go to books! The second edition is being released on Amazon on January 1st for anyone interested:)
The Resourceful Apple
I am in the middle of How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character and it is amazing! It is full of studies - and I love a good study - about what is working and what isn't in helping children be successful. I love this book so much! I am bringing new ideas into my classroom every day based on what I am reading.
Cate O'Donnell
Mrs. O'Donnell's Room
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So I wore my new Mando armor to comicon and... well the armor kind of fell off. The adhesive i used didn't work out for me (super glue + hot glue). I was tring to get the armor to vest by using Chicago crews (screw rivets).
So i need help with 3 things
1. how can i get metal to PVC (my armor is made of PVC sheets.. easy to form and thick enought to look good on me)
2. any other suggestions for getting armor to vest?
3. i need a new visor, anyone have any for sale?
I would like to do this again at next years comicon or any other events comeing up. I was talking to a Mando Merc and he used velcro, but he said it would probably need replacing after the con. I want to try to have a system that will last a long time.
and yes i will post what few pictures i have of my armor when i get the pics from my friends, it was phase 1, i plan on phase 2 to look more like i wanted.
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There are women who fight for equal rights with men, and there are women who fight for more equal rights for men. Sibel Oresin is a prominent consultant in Turkey for those having marital issues, and she is widely respected in conservative circles. Recently, Ms. Oresin has been arguing for introduction of laws which would allow polygamy for men. "A man looks for friendship, sexuality, motherhood, and good housekeeping qualities in a woman. Unless you possess these qualities, you ought to be ready to be cheated on." Ms. Oresin argues that any wealthy man would insist on all of these qualities in a woman so why not beat him to the punch by informing hubby, a few more females are required in the household in order to keep him focused on the home, not on some floozy in a harem or wherever those kind of women are found. She is a strong supporter of more rights for men, and even makes clear, "If I were a man, I would be for polygamy."
In reality, although it is against Turkish law, there presently exists examples of polygamy, marriages known as an "imam-wed-wife." I guess Ms. Oresin has a point. Men certainly would love to fall in love with a woman possessing multiple qualities. However, in the modern world, it requires both man and woman working. So, how about "gender equality polygamy?" The modern woman has a right to marry a man who provides good sex, cooks, and cleans the house. As Ms. Oresin notes, "It's written in the Quaran."
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Property Taxation
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Chapter 5. Disaster Relief: Tax Deferral
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195.2. Certification of reduction in taxes; February 1992 floods. In the 1991–92 fiscal year or as soon as possible thereafter during the 1992–93 fiscal year, the county auditor of an eligible county, proclaimed by the Governor to be in a state of disaster as a result of the floods that occurred in California in February 1992, shall certify to the Director of Finance an estimate of the total amount of the reduction in property tax revenues on both the regular secured roll and the supplemental roll for that fiscal year resulting from the reassessment of eligible properties by the county assessor pursuant to Section 170, except that the amount certified shall not include any estimated property tax revenue reductions to school districts (other than basic state aid school districts), county offices of education, and community college districts.
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Marker: Tiberius T9.1
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[2012-07-06] Lymphocyte evolution and ontogeny in non-eutherian mammals Based on their different reproductive modes and evolutionary history, extant mammals are divided into three lineages: eutherians, marsupials and monotremes. Marsupials are the closest relatives to eutherians. They are born ...
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NIA is pleased to welcome Carl V. Hill, Ph.D., M.P.H., to lead the Institute's efforts addressing health disparities in biomedical research and its workforce. Dr. Hill joins NIA as the new Director of the Office of Special Populations. In this position, he will help facilitate studies focused on health disparities; support the development of initiatives to enhance NIA's research and training efforts targeting underrepresented groups, including minorities and women; and provide advice and guidance to senior staff on health research related to special populations.
"Dr. Hill's experience and innovative ideas for addressing health disparities will enrich NIA's existing initiatives, as well as generate new ideas and approaches," said NIA Director Richard J. Hodes, M.D. "Reducing health disparities is a top priority for the Institute, even more so as the aging population becomes larger and more diverse."
The demographics of aging are changing dramatically, according to a recent Federal report, Older Americans 2012: Key Indicators of Well-Being. In 2010, non-Hispanic whites accounted for 80 percent of the U.S. older population; projections for 2050 indicate that the composition of the older population will be 58 percent non-Hispanic whites, with increasing proportions of Hispanic, black, and Asian older Americans.
Dr. Hill comes to NIA from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), where he was a Contract Officer's Technical Representative with the National Children's Study and previously served as Health Scientist Administrator (HSA) for the Extramural Associates Research Development Award in the NICHD Division of Special Populations. Before joining NICHD, he was an HSA with the National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities, now the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD). He currently chairs the trans-NIH Special Populations Research Forum and is a member of the NIH Diversity Council.
"The science of considering populations that are disproportionately affected by various health outcomes is critical for protecting public health. Research suggests that what we experience in early life and through adulthood can significantly influence our ability to thrive as seniors. With my previous experience at NIMHD and child health and now at the aging institute, I'm excited for the opportunity to address health disparities across the lifespan," said Dr. Hill. "I especially look forward to working with the amazing community of scientists at NIA to continue this work."
Dr. Hill was a member of the inaugural class of the Master of Public Health program at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. He later joined the charter class of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Public Health Prevention Service (PHPS), where he worked on the 1997 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), helped to establish the Center for Bioethics in Research and Healthcare at Tuskegee University, and implemented a local version of the YRBS in Harris County, Texas. Upon completing the PHPS program, Dr. Hill was a research fellow at the Center for Research on Ethnicity, Culture, and Health at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and joined the W.K. Kellogg Doctoral Fellowship Program in Health Policy at Michigan.
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Hi, I wanted to share my take on the many benefits of attending IBM Impact 2010 as a cloud developer in this quick video. Hope to see you at IBM Impact.
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If you work in a development shop similar to mine, you and many of your coworkers have more than one workstation under your desk.We use those extra machines for a variety of reasons but by and large they they tend to serve most often as foot warmers. That is not to say that they are unnecessary but rather they simply aren't used most of the time. If you try to eliminate one, you will surely need it within the next week but if your manager asks if it is really necessary you would be hard pressed to pinpoint precisely when the last time it was used for something really important. To developers, these extra machines are potential sandboxes for isolated experiments or testing scenarios. For managers, they are relatively unused capital investments that require inventory control and have depreciating value.
If you are a network administrator there are certainly computers in your inventory that are older and lack the capacity to be counted on for everyday use. They sit in a corner or in a blade rack and are probably idle or even powered off. These assets take up physical space and contribute very little to your data center. However, they have little sale value but may represent a significant investment. Or maybe you just can't part
with them for sentimental reasons.
Whatever the reasons for having computing resources lying around that are seldom used, here is an idea: Virtualization. With virtualized images you can use those machines for whatever purposes are required and for as long as they are required without having to spend hours loading them with a compliant OS image, installing software and configuring them for use. Virtual image libraries could hold preinstalled systems for almost any need. It could be for anything:
When the need for the machine is passed, it can be un-deployed and returned to the pool. This could significantly increase the available computing power of an entire development business. The ability to turn any machine into a needed and useful system on demand is real agile computing and gives a whole new dimension to governance.
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Dustin and i manned the IBM booth at InterOp in Las Vegas last week. The conference was very different from the industry conferences I remember, but then again I haven't been to one in a long time. I don't recall seeing boxing matches, light shows or bikini models but I think they are a welcome addition.
Ostensibly this conference was focused on cloud computing and was even called the "Cloud Summit". However, in the vendor area, there were few real cloud computing specific peds. Most of the vendor displays were about hardware, system monitoring and security.
Ric Telford of IBM gave a keynote address and sspoke of IBM's cloud offerings. After the keynote, there was a flurry of visitors asking about IBM, Cloud Computing and IBM's cloud offerings. Most of the visitors were looking for education and we were happy to have the opportunity to talk about the company and cloud computing from IBM's perspective.
We had the CloudBurst Appliance with us and it drew some interest. The purple case definitely stood out and drew inquiries. Some excitement is being generated but I think now the industry and the market has to catch up to us.
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CloudBurst gets it right
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Cloud Computing is essentially a Systems Management innovation. I understand that, to some, that means simply managing hardware and capacity or computing power. However, it also involves deployment of enterprise level software. While some software is a kind of out-of-the-box asset that can be installed generically as if it were a hard asset, infrastructure software like WebSphere requires considerable skill and knowledge.
Tier1 cloud computing implementations must be able to expand the enterprise into provided capacity quickly and autonomically. If the scale-out requires tremendous effort and specialized skills then the cost savings that cloud offers is severely mitigated.
CloudBurst provides a mechanism to quickly deploy WebSphere environments to private clouds and allows the administrator to simply manage the assets on which WebSphere will run. The expertise of setting up and configuring WebSphere is, in effect, canned. This allows for much more rapid deployments and reduces the need for more expensive admins.
While many companies are still putting forward more technologically sophisticated offerings that still require even more technologically sophisticated staff, WebSphere has produced a product with a value which is more easily realized, understood and which can be seen on the balance sheet.
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Applied for membership last January. Was number 298 by April I think. Checked last week and I'm moving up..... # 119 now. Couple dozen more members lose interest in the sport or move out of town and I'm in.
Does anyone from this Hand Gun Forum go to or belong to the Aurora Gun Club ( Welcome to the Aurora Gun Club ) in Aurora Colorado? It's out on (where else?) Gun Club Road east of Aurora. About 20 minutes from home so it would be nice and convienient for after work plinking in the summer.
I went out there today to check the place out and found out that there is a 1000 member cap and a 300+ waiting list. I had no idea this could be the case but mark that up to just being naive I guess. They have 5 trap ranges, 7 pistol berms, what looks like 25 tables for those 100 yard long guns and another 10 or so for 200 yard rifles. An archery range as well. I'm looking for information about the club part of it. I know they just increased the initiation fee and yearly membership but it still might be better than standing in line at an indoor range in the summer. Everyone I spoke with there seemed friendly, but I wasnt invited to shoot. Membership has it privileges.
I'm looking to participate in some of the competitons they host but it looks like it wont be this coming summer, not with that waiting list. I will be stopping out to watch the competitions as I find out thier dates. I'd like to find out if this is something I really do want to get involved in. They might even have 'non-member' participation.
I also drove out the "Golden" club another 7 miles east of AGC but that is definatly more skeet, trap and long gun then handgun. I only saw about 6 lanes for pistols there.
Does anyone know about any other Gun Clubs or public outdoor ranges around this area I havent heard about yet? I know about Cherry Creek
State Park already. Not impressed there at all.
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I have a small beaver pond that I hunt in Maryland. The pond is a little less than an acre in size and 4 feet deep in the deepest part with dead trees and root clumps scattered throughout it. We kill wood ducks and some mallards out of it and the only plant that is growing in the pond is duckweed that i know of. Is there anything else that could be planted in the pond, without draining it, that would helpful to attract more ducks? if so what would be best? Attached are 2 pictures of the pond. Thanks for any help or suggestions anyone has to offer.
There are also 2 swans that live in the pond that never leave. Would the swans be detrimental to trying to grow something new in the pond?
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The Tennessee Technological University Sports Medicine Department is an integral part of the Athletics Department. The Sports Medicine Department is made up of five full-time Certified Athletic Trainers, two Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainers, and several student athletic trainers. This staff is responsible for the health and well-being of all 14 sports and more than 300 student-athletes.
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- Tar Heels are now 8-2 overall, 5-0 at home.
- UNC is now 3-0 all-time against East Carolina, 1-0 in Chapel Hill.
- Senior guard Dexter Strickland handed out a career-high 10 assists and posted his first collegiate double-double with 11 points and 10 assists.
- Strickland has 26 assists in the last three games. He set his career high with nine against UAB, had seven against East Tennessee State and now topped his career high again with 10 against ECU.
- Strickland's previous high for assists in any three-game span in his college career was 14, earlier this year against Florida Atlantic, Long Beach and Mississippi State.
- Strickland has 50 assists and 16 turnovers this year, an assist-error ratio of 3.1 to 1. He is averaging 5.0 assists per game. His previous season-best for assist average was 2.2 per game as a sophomore in 2010-11.
- Sophomore guard P.J. Hairston tied his season high for scoring with 18 points, 14 of which came in the second half. It was Hairston's sixth double-figure scoring effort in his last seven games. Hairston made 6 of 10 shots from the floor and had six rebounds, three of which came on the offensive end.
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- Hairston and Tokoto scored UNC's next 11 points (seven by Hairston and four by Tokoto) after the Pirates pulled within seven with 14:27 to play in the second half.
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|Which heads do you guys recomend for decent torque and high rpm. My camaro is running 2.41:1 gearing in the rear end. I currently have a TH350 tranny but am thinking of putting in a TH 700 R4. I could use the lower first two gears and .70:1 over drive. Does any one know any thing about what years are the best for 700 R4's? Ive herd they are weaker than the good old TH 350 but with the engine build I am doing I dont think I will hurt it, too bad.... I hope. If the parts list I am useing will help ask and I can list them. Thanks for all your helpful information.
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If I remember the 624 was an alternet for the 882 casting.There both known for cracking.
The 624s are better than the 305 heads in flow but are thin.If there not cracked and don't need allot of money use um.But if they need $300 worth of freshening can them and find a better set.
993s are a good 76cc head that can be found cheap.There supposed to be the most common 350 head and I don't think most people know there any good.
If you got flat top pistons you should be at 9:1 with a 76cc head just use the thin gaskets and maybe mill the head decks.
462624 are junk. Very thin casting, possibly the least desirable SBC head.
I have a set of them lying around if it makes you feel any better
According to Mortec, the 14022601 heads are 1.84"/1.5" with 58cc chambers.
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I'd assume the 624 heads flow more air. Has your block been decked? If not, have it decked so that the pistons are 0.025"-0.030" below deck height, and use a 0.015" shim-style gasket. This should give you close to 9:1 with the 76cc heads. And port dem sum*****es.
|Alright I went and checked out my heads, The "350" heads have 1 15/16 in intake. ( Sorry no caliper around.) and the "305" heads have 1.7- in intake. The casting #'s are 14022601 "305" and the "350" # was 462624. I found 3 listings of the 14022601 # one is out due to 1.3 exhaust valves and one dosent have valve size at all. The third has no cc. the 462624 is a 350/400 head w/ 1.94 int. and 1.5 exh. so that site says. if any one knows more plese help me out. also any one know any thing about the block casting #? My source site was http://www.chevy-camaro.com/chevy-camaro-chevy-head-codes.asp thanks for your time.
Greg is right about the valves. You need to measure them like Greg said, but I would use a dial caliper.
Also, 305 usually comes with around a 60cc head. If you really have 64cc chambers and 1.94 valves, it is not a 305 head.
What is the casting number (the whole number, not just the last 3) on these heads?
Well I would rather know are your new pistons flat tops, dished or have a small dome?
There is no 305 that came with a 1.94 intake they always used either 1.72 or 1.84 also there are several different chamber sizes for 305 heads.
The 350 could have 1.72 or 1.94 or 2.02 intake valves so if you compared them and theyre the same you have 1.72 intakes. Better get a small ruler and measure them, also casting numbers will help too. Let us know what you find.
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I am rebuilding a 1975 350 engine and I have 2 sets of heads to choose from. I am putting in 9.3:1 comp. forged pistons. The block is bored .030. The pistons are rated 9.3:1 at .030 with 64 cc heads. I have 76cc heads off another 350 (77-79 casting # on the block is 14013679 I dont know what this is out of as there is no vin # in the ussual spot and the internet has been useless up to here. It is a 4 bolt main. If you know about this # can you help me here too?) and I have 64 cc heads off a 1980 305. Both have 1.94 intake valves and 1.5 in exhaust valves. What set should I use on this engine. This will be going in my 1979 camaro and I want all the power i can get out of the engine. All my head figures are off a web site and may be inaccuarate. I will post the head #'s as soon as i can read them off the heads. I know the valves are the same size on both heads as Ive compared the two. I have been told to use the 350 heads and I cant figure out why.I figure that if the ratio is 9.3 with 64cc heads it will be lower with 76 and id like at least 9:1 comp. If any other info is needed ask, I will be more than willing to find out. I would really appreciate some help on this as it seems im the only one in favor of the smaller chamber heads.
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This question comes up pretty often. Here's a brief pic tutorial I put together a little while ago. The rail in this sequence looks very similar in size to the one you posted.
Rail approach - Imgur
little update...
I haven't been riding a ton and when I have it's been more with friends on groomers and just hanging out riding any run we want. None of my old guy / dad friends ride park.
I did get out yesterday and I am happy to report I did my 1st down "hand rail" BA's advice and that of others helped a ton, and just manning up and trying it. I think I had more of a mental block then anything.
I popped over not up like suggested and landed on the rail solid. I did slide off the opposite side about half way down. I didn't get hurt and the feeling of riding the rail even for the shortened distance I did felt great. I may have looked like a complete goof throwing my fists into the air and screaming " yaaaaa " to my buddy I was riding with. (he is a 20 something park guy) no matter what it felt great!!!!!
I had a long day and was sore and a bit tired so I figured end on an up beat note. I didn't try again but if left me with confidence, pride, and the feeling I can check a goal off of this years "want to learn" list.
|Nice keep working at it
Progress made last night
Hi gang,
Many thanks for all the input. I've listened to members, studied videos and watched many riders form doing this. It was now my time to do this.
As you could tell I was a little overwhelmed by the feature my local hill had. I went with my kids and they brought one of their friends to a great park hill 2 hours away last night and they have a progression park and regular park .
I started in the progression/beginner park and I also started to get comfortable on my new set up.
I took everyone's advice/input and things worked out well. Dialing in the speed took a bit but this is a common theme for me. We got it figured out.
Here is the simple low to the ground ride on rail I started with, all 50/50's I took a few laps riding on then started to ollie onto it. Some times sliding off toe side, 2 sliding off heelside. but when I locked on I was right on top good form and I could feel I was stable.
Here is a slightly larger rail that was in the bigger park, yes they had even bigger ones but I felt this was a great progression or step up from the other one.
I think it is ollie only, as if you went straight on or ride on I think you would smack your board into the front of the rail as seen in the pic, correct me if I"m wrong. The point this was a step up for me.
So I did the same. Dialed in my speed and started ollie'ing onto it. This one was little longer and I locked onto it and made the end of the feature nearly every time.
Thanks to everyone for helping me build my confidence and the great input to allow this dad to continue to learn/improve in the park. I had another great outing with my kids and hope this continues for a while. Still learning and progressing.
|i usually ollie next to the rail a bit before if im nervous to get a feel of how much speed i need to get on the rail. Once ive built that muscle memory and gain a bit more confidence, go for it, dont freak yourself out or youll botch it.
|john doe
If you're referring to the down rail in your pic it looks a little scary with how low it si from that angle. I prefer rails I have to suck my legs up to hit. Gets you low and makes misses a little less bad.
For that just give a solid ollie over the rail a few times to get comfortable with getting up and over the rail. Be sure to have a plenty of speed. Then just start cutting back the angle of attack and tapping the rail. From there you progress into looking down the rail and committing to the whole rail. Remember it is more about out the up when you ollie.
Ya ride what you got is my motto. It's 1/2 hour door to my butt on a lift. They are really working on building a better park and so far they have. We don't have mountains here so, again, ride what you got.
Better than only riding once a year at a great resort out west or only 10 times a year somewhere farther away.
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|And try not to force it! Just be nice and relaxed and you will know when you lock into a good grind. If you pop on a little weird and dont feel comfortable on the rail dont try to stick it out just slide off early and try again next run
|Just remember with any down rail you're going to be ollieing out not up so if you shoot out and over you'll get on it regardless of the height.
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Archives for September 2010
Sabres Notes: 14 players reassigned
Is Mancari Good Enough for the Big Leagues?
"I don't have an answer for it," Mancari, who has two goals and five points in 16 NHL games, said recently. "I feel when given an opportunity, when I came up last year and played a few times with (Derek) Roy and (Thomas) Vanek, I thought that I played well. I thought that I played to a level where I could be here.
Sabres' new jerseys add to hometown pride
'"The alternate takes you back to the Bisons [Buffalo's original hockey team] days, with the same exact font as the Buffalo lettermark on the new alternates, as well as a new, unique tribute to the old era and old colors of the 1970's era," Wulf said.'
Neck ailment nags Sabres' Kaleta
'"I have a little bit of stiffness, but it's more of resting to make sure I'm healthy, getting ready for the actual season. I'm sure I'll be in a couple games in the next couple of days here, but I feel fine. I feel good. I'm excited and ready to go."'
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Sabres trim roster by 14 players
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ARSC T3D Users' Newsletter 72, February 2, 1996
Meeting on the Optimization of Codes for the CRAY MPP Systems
The meeting on optimizing T3D codes at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC), January 24th to 26th went very well. There were about 56 attendees and all of them were united in the common goal of getting high performance out of the T3D. When subjects like padding, mppexec and craft came up, everyone in the audience knew what was what and had their own stories to tell.
Cathy Mulligan, who ran the conference for PSC, has collected the slides of each presenter and will have them duplicated for each attendee. When I get my copy of these slides, I will again list the talks and readers of this newsletter can request copies from me. The PSC staff were very helpful and provided attendees a lot of information on many topics.
Below are some of my impressions of the talks. It was interesting how often cache utilization came up during each of the talks. Cache utilization was as important at this meeting as vectorization would be at a conference on Y-MP optimization. On the down side, there were many disturbing results where parallelization efforts conflicted directly with cache utilization.
Short Summaries
Performance of a Major Oil Reservoir Simulation, Olaf Lubeck (LASL)The speaker described his group's results on a CRADA project. This project is to develop a portable MPP oil reservoir model. His current results show a strong conflict between portability/maintainability and performance. He gave a very telling "back of the envelope" explanation of why most users were getting only about 10 mflops/PE on the T3D:
Consider a DO loop that loads two operands and stores one result per loop trip. And assume:
- No caching
- The floating point operations (4 per trip) are free
do i = 1, 100, 4 ! the skip defeats caching c(i) = ( a(i) * a(i) + b(i) * b(i) ) / 2.0 enddoThen for each trip thru the loop we have:
load a(i) 24 clock periods load b(i) 24 clock periods floating point operations(and indexing) free store c(i) 12 clock periodsThen for the speed of this loop we have
( number of flops / time per trip ) * processor clock rate = ( 4 flops / 60 clock periods ) * 150 MHz = 10 mflop/sSure, there are a lot of special assumptions above, but the cache utilization comes out as critical. If the loop is like:
do i = 1, 100 ! cache provides 3 easy hits c(i) = ( a(i) * a(i) + b(i) * b(i) ) / 2.0 enddoThen the average load time per trip per operand is something like:
( 24 + 3 + 3 + 3 ) / 4 = 8.125 clock periodsand the speed goes way up. (The access time for an operand already in cache is only 3 clock periods.)
Parallel Sequence Analysis, Alexander J. Ropelewski (PSC)PSC has been a champion of parallel sequence analysis and the speaker showed us what can be done on various platforms. The problem seems to be constrained by large datasets and their attendant I/O problems. With the T3E, PSC sees a cleaner interface to I/O and so better performance. I was surprised by the number of presenters who have reached a limit on optimizing their code and were waiting for the T3E.
Software Package for Simulation of Electro-magnetic Fields, Daniel Katz (CRI)The speaker spoke about the problems of porting an entire package to MPP platforms. (Too often we hear of good MPP results on a portion of a code but that effort is useless until the entire code runs on the MPP.) In most useful applications, each component must have a solution on the MPP. But the run time of each component determines the amount of optimization effort on each component. As a surprise to most attendees, the speaker showed that Craft was an efficient, quick solution for those components that had a minimal effect on runtime. This allowed the programming team to concentrate their parallelization and optimization efforts on those components that determine run time.
The Parallel Finite Element Method, Dave O'Neal (PSC)The speaker's talked described the implementation of a new algorithm for parallel implementation of the finite element method as a replacement to the more traditional preconditioned conjugate gradient method (PCG). This algorithm has a greater potential for parallelism than PCG and is described in the 1995 Spring CUG proceedings. The speaker can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com for further details.
Mathematical Offsetting Scheme to Improve Alignment and Enhance Performance on MPP Systems, David Wong (NCSU)The audience was very interested in these results. David Wong showed how the improvement of padding arrays to reduce cache conflicts was also a function of the number of processors. What might be a successful padding strategy for N processors might fail for 2*N processors. He then went on to devise criteria for choosing the padding that would reduce cache conflicts independent of the number of processors. Using these criteria he could calculate optimal padding in specific cases and showed speedups that were good for a range of processors. The results were complicated and all of us who have wrestled with this problem are interested in seeing the details of his unifying results in copies of his slides.
Parallel Simulated Annealing on the T3D, Carlos Gonzalez (PSC)Optimization by genetic search or simulated annealing requires a large number of expensive function evaluations and MPP seems to be the right tool. But the search strategy has to coordinate the efforts of the processors doing the evaluations. The speaker described his efforts to combine the results on the individual processors into a coherent successful search. Interestingly, most of the development work was done on the C90 with a simulator of his parallel code and then when results were reasonable on that friendly platform, the code was moved to the T3D.
AMBER 4.1 for the T3D, James Vincent (Penn State University); Parallel AMBER Enhancements and Particle-Mesh Ewald Electrostatics, Tom Darden (National Institute of Environmental Health & Safety); CHARMM, Bill Young (PSC)PSC is famous for parallel chemistry/biochemistry applications like GAMESS, AMBER and CHARMM1. These packages are available in source form from their original authors and researchers all over the world have taken the source and modified it for their own molecules and machines. In these areas, the optimizations are not all on the machine side, sometimes the optimizations seem like cheating the laws of physics with their limits on force fields and disappearing energies.
Lattice QCD Simulation Programs on the Cray T3D, S.P. Booth (Univ. of Edinburgh); Implementing the Monte Carlo and Sparse Matrix Algorithms Needed for Lattice QCD on the T3D, Greg Kilcup (OSU); High Performance MPP Codes, Nicholas Mark Hazel (Univ. of Edinburgh)These QCD people need cycles and they're willing to go to assembly language to get them. I would like to believe that assembly language on the T3D is as easy as they describe but I vote for better compiler efforts.
Experience with Early Versions of the HPF Compilers for the T3D, Mike Ess (ARSC)This was an updated version of my presentation at the Alaska CUG. I went into more detail than before and presented some results on the 2.0 version of PGHPF.
F-- : A Minimalist's View of Parallel Fortran for Shared and Distributed Memory Computers, Robert Numrich (CRI)The speaker reported on CRI's efforts to prototype this extension to Fortran 90. The extension cleverly makes explicit the distinction between what is local and remote on a distributed memory machine. The author ( firstname.lastname@example.com ) is looking for user input for this extension.
Introduction to the CRAY T3E, Peter Rigsbee (CRI)This talk provided more details to what was said at the Alaska CUG (newsletter #54 9/30/95). The main differences from that newsletter, that I noted, were:
- The 300MHz version of the 21164 chip will be available in quantity for T3E shipment. (Earlier reports had said the 275MHz version would be used). Future models of the T3E will be able to use versions of the 21164 that are running more than 300MHz.
- All communication functions will be done thru the 512 off chip E registers and users will be able to access these registers at the assembly language level. A message queue is implemented with these registers and will be accessible to the users.
- Hardware (peak) transfer rates are 600MB/second thru the E registers.
- Initial memory configurations will be 64MB, 128MB, 256MB or 512MB per PE. Later models could support 1 and 2 GB versions.
- Configurations will consist of user PEs and service PEs in an approximate ratio of 16 to 1. The service PEs will initially be dedicated to service tasks such as being the redundant processor and providing OS functions. The user PEs will run three servers: a process server, a file system server and an error manager.
- All of UNICOS functionality should be available to users on each PE by the end of 1996.
- Initial results seem to show a 3X performance improvement on optimized T3D codes and a 5X improvement on unoptimized T3D codes.
- There is a backlog of orders thru 1996.
- All T3D problems will be fixed on the T3E. (JOKE)
Design and Implementation of Efficient Bitonic Sorting Algorithms on the Cray T3D, Chua-Huang Huang; Optimizing the ARPS Model for Execution on MPPs, Adwait Sathye (Univ. of OK)This effort again brought out the conflict between portability and maintainability versus performance.
I/O Optimization on the T3D, John Urbanic (PSC)Many of the attendees who left early missed these last but illuminating results. The speaker approached the I/O as an information path between T3D processors and archived storage. PSC has compared hardware peak performance at each segment of the path to measured performance for each segment of the path. So optimizing I/O on the T3D becomes a case history in "bottle-neckology" with some bottlenecks very restrictive on hardware peaks. Two interesting results that were confirmed by audience participation were:
- Optimal I/O involves at most 4 to 8 PEs doing all I/O, otherwise additional contention reduces total bandwidth.
- After all the tricks are played, 80 Mbytes is all that can be expected on realized I/O bandwidth. And in many cases not even this can be expected.
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Between Houston Texans running backs Arian Foster and Ben Tate , neither player was able to practice Monday. A hamstring injury sidelined Foster and Tate is dealing with multiple broken ribs. Foster was an early exit in Week 7, only rushing four times for 11 yards and unable to play beyond the Texans' first possession. QB Case Keenum will start in Week 9. Both backs are currently considered questionable. The only other back on the active roster who could play is Greg Jones .
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Uli Kalex from Alfabet, whom many of you know, has provided us with a guest post addressing one key fallacy which underlies much of IT's work with their business. I hope you enjoy it and feel free to comment.
As a mathematician and product manager, I strongly prefer the reliability of analysis over the uncertainty of gambling. That is why I like to go to Las Vegas . . . at least for the annual Forrester CIO and EA Forums. Thought and industry leaders from around the world get together and discuss the driving forces and challenges in IT management. As such, I experienced this year's event as a real catalyst for discussions around the increased requirements and frustrations in IT planning — and a call to arms for IT leaders everywhere.
Dwight D. Eisenhower once famously said: "Plans are worthless, but planning is everything." He was talking about armed conflicts, but the statement holds a lot of truth for today's businesses as well. In the business world, an unforeseen change can make even the most sophisticated plan obsolete overnight — be it a change in regulation, a budget cut, or a company acquisition. To survive and thrive in this increasingly complex and dynamic environment, businesses need an IT organization that shows a path to meet business objectives while being flexible and responsive enough to adapt as needed. Ultimately, the best route is always changing.


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An organization known as the National Center for Science Education, which operates in the USA and seeks to have the theory of evolution taught in state schools, devoted considerable space to the activities in Turkey on The Theory of Evolution and the Fact of Creation. The article concerned, attributed to the Reuters News Agency bulletin and Nature magazine, about the activities of the BAV (Science Research Foundation) and Harun Yahya, quoted these words from the Turkish-born Taner Edis, a physicist at Truman State University in Missouri, "Harun Yahya has managed to create a media-based and popular form of creationism."
The article also quoted a statement from the Darwinist geneticist Steve Jones in Nature magazine, "Creationism is a major issue in Turkish politics; the debate is much more tense than in the United States … All biology textbooks now used in schools are creationist in tone." Jones then went on to say that he believed that the theory of evolution would never be weakened in European countries in the way it has been in the USA, and that it would always remain a powerful force. Referring to the position of Darwinism in Turkey, however, he added, "I am not so optimistic about Turkey," and expressed the end of the theory of evolution.
Coming one after the other, these comments in the world press reveal the powerful global impact of the BAV and Harun Yahya's work on the subject of Darwinism.0000-00-00 00:00:00