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AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2013-2014: SINGLES: Posted a 16-7 record overall including seven-straight dual match wins … collected a 14-6 record in dual match play … named to WCC Honorable Mention team for regular season performance … ended season with 6-3, 6-3 victory over San Diego's Filip Vittek in WCC Championships semifinals on April 25 … cruised 6-2, 6-3 over San Francisco's James Tallman in quarterfinal matchup at the WCC Championships … overcame Daan Maasland of Oregon 6-4, 6-4 on April 9 to extend winning streak to three matches … regrouped to take victory over BYU's Matt Pearce 6-4, 3-6, 1-0(4) on April 5 … overwhelmed Sam Wexman of Willamette University 6-0, 6-2 on March 28 … downed New Mexico State's Paul Denele 6-0, 6-1 on March 16 … defeated Jack Schoebel of Gonzaga on March 2 by a score of 6-2, 6-3 … battled for a 6-2, 6-7, 6-2 win over No. 69 New Mexico's Rodolfo Jauregui on February 23 ... 6-2, 6-3 victory over Freddy Gelbrich from No. 64 San Diego State on February 20 ... knocked off Fresno State's Eric Komati 6-5, 6-1 on February 16 ... defeated Kyle Richter from UC Santa Cruz and Sonoma State's Phillip Holbrook in a doubleader sweep on February 1 ... nailed down the win over Jannis Koeke from No. 64 Georgia State with a 6-4 first set and dominating 6-0 second on January 26 ... reached the quarterfinals of the Aggie Invitational at UC Davis by defeating Jamin Ball of Stanford 6-1, 2-1 (retired) and Niranjan Ram of Sacramento State 6-4, 6-2 in early October. DOUBLES: Posted a 5-5 record overall, including dual matches, with partner Mikheil Khmiadashvili … tandem played at the No. 2 doubles position … tallied a three-match winning streak during the end of the season … knocked off Saint Mary's tandem of Samuel Bloore and Wil Martin 8-2 in opening round of WCC Championships on April 23 … edged out Pacific's Denis Stolyarov and Sem Verbeek 8-7 on Senior Day … defeated Saint Mary's pairing of Samuel Bloore and Wil Martin 8-5 on April 18 … overcame pairing from No. 39 Oregon, Daan Maasland and Joey Swaysland, 8-6 to clinch the doubles point on April 9 … routed Willamette University pairing of Sam Wexman and Blake Brash 8-0 on March 28 … began playing with Khmiadashvili in late March … posted a 9-5 overall record with Sam Bertram and 7-4 record in dual matches ... tandem played at the No. 2 doubles position … cruised 8-3 over San Francisco's Germain Bahri and Christian Brockstedt on March 7 … downed Gonzaga's Vladimir Mijatovic and Joey Brandt 8-5 on March 2 … defeated Hayden Sabatka and Andrew Van der Vyver from No. 69 New Mexico 8-5 on February 23 ... triumphed 6-3 over Fresno State's Alexandros Georgios Vakouftsis and John Darmstaedter on February 16 ... they clinched the doubles point over No. 64 Georgia State tandem of Sofiane Chevallier and Robert Schulze with a 9-7 tiebreaker on January 26 ... semifinalist at the UC Davis Invitational while paired with Sam Bertram; defeated teams from Cal and Fresno State to reach the semifinals.
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2012-13: SINGLES: Racked up a 14-2 record in his first season on the Mission Campus … was extraordinarily dependable during the season when he played locking down the No. 3 and 4 positions … bested then-No. 55 Tulane in a tough match, ultimately prevailing 2-6, 7-6, 6-2 … topped No. 70 Purdue 6-4, 7-6 … did not lose a match from Jan. 26 through Mar. 1 racking up seven straight wins … during the streak, he picked up strong wins against then-No. 50 BYU (7-6, 6-4) and then-No. 38 Boise State (6-2, 6-4) … DOUBLES: Combined with several partners in the No. 2 and No. 3 doubles positions … played with Tomasz Soltyka in a 9-8 win over Furman in the No. 2 position helping the team to a 4-3 win … teamed with Tom Pham to take down BYU's No. 2 doubles pair, 8-6 … defeated No. 38 Boise State's No. 3 doubles team, 8-7, with Eugene Muchynski.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was ranked No. 1 in Europe … participated in the European Championship … reached No. 61 in the International Tennis Federation (junior) rankings and 998 in ATP.
PERSONAL: From Sochi, Russia ... graduated from Peoples' Friendship University of Russia in Sochi in 2012 ... son of Aram and Susana Khacharyan ... has an older sister, Diana Khacharyan … interests include soccer and computers. He will be studying in the School of Arts and Sciences.
Why he chose Santa Clara?: "I chose Santa Clara because it has a very strong tennis team, a high level of education, perfect weather and because it's in California."

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With his success in three "High School Musical" movies, Zac Efron appeared to be the perfect actor for the remake of the 80's toe-tappin' film "Footloose." But the young star says he's headed into a different direction – an "unknown" direction.
"I'm sure 'Footloose' would have been a huge challenge," Zac told Entertainment Weekly Thursday in Las Vegas, where he's receiving the ShoWest Breakthrough Performer of the Year award. "But, the actors that I love and the actors that work really hard in this industry are always shaking things up, trying new genres, acquiring new skill sets."
Adding, "That's what's always going to appeal to me: the unknown."
Following the news last month that Zac pulled out of the project, a rep for Paramount told Access Hollywood that the remake will move forward without the actor.
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"'Footloose' is a project we've longed to see re-booted for a new generation. While Zac is no longer attached, we remain excited and committed to the collective brain trust of Kenny Ortega, Neil Meron and Craig Zaden, who will reinvigorate the franchise," a rep for the studio said in a statement released to Access. "Their fresh take on the film will undoubtedly be filled with the same kind of breakout performances that we've come to expect from them."
One of the heartthrobs who may replace Zac is "Gossip Girl" star Chace Crawford, who reportedly auditioned for the role last week, according to E! Online's Marc Malkin.
Zac will next be seen on the big screen in "17 Again," on April 17, and is in talks to star in "The Death & Life of Charlie St. Cloud," where he would reunite with "17" director Burr Steers.
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The foundation of a girls' college named after Aishwarya Bachchan has been laid by his father-in-law, Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan. Last year, Bachchan's family friend and Samajwadi Party leader declared to set up a girls' in Daulatpur. Aishwarya and her hubby Abhishek Bachchan were in the center of attention in the foundation laid program, which was held in the presence actress-turned-politician Jayapradha, Amar Singh, Jaya Bachchan and four former chief ministers.
Aishwarya expressed her extreme happiness with this college, which she said should have been named after her late grandfather-in-law Harivansh Rai Bachchan or wifeTeji Bachchan.
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In a brief speech, Aishwarya said "it is a dream come true... My family always wanted to do something for the education of girls".
The Bollywood diva said she was taken by surprise when she came to know that the college was in her name but added it would have been better if it was in the name her late grandfather-in-law & poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan or wife Teji.
"I was however convinced when the elders told me that the place of the bahu (daughter-in-law) in this family is very important," Aishwarya said.
The college will initially provide education up to 12th class on CBSE pattern. However, it would be extended to degree level later on. Amitabh Bachchan has also given his word to provide all the educational expense of two girls. The classes will be started from July this year.


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This photo was sent from Lapua, Finland by my great grandfather's sister Sanna (Wiita) Honkaharju to her sister Josefina (Wiita) Kitinoja in the United States. On the back is written, "Tässä minä olen ja tyttärenpoika ja karjani pari vuotta sitten." This translates to, "Here I am and my daughter's son and my cattle a couple of years ago." (Translation thanks to Ismo Nuuja.) This is probably referring to Kalle Herttua whom, according to a letter to Josefina and Sylvia Kitinoja, was helping Sanna with her cows in the summer of 1947. I have another photo of Kalle with his family that looks very similar to this boy, so I think there is a very high probability that it is him.
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Kalle was born in 1939 to Iska and Liisa (Honkaharju) Herttua, so he would be eight in the cow photo. Sanna was born in December 1874 to my great great grandparents Matti and Justina Wiita, so she is 72 here. It is so nice to see the young and the old working side by side.
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Shattering the Bell CurveThe power law rules.
by DAVID A. SHAYWITZ
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Life isn't fair. Many of the most coveted spoils--wealth, fame, links on the Web--are concentrated among the few. If such a distribution doesn't sound like the familiar bell-shaped curve, you're right.
Along the hilly slopes of the bell curve, most values--the data points that track whatever is being measured--are clustered around the middle. The average value is also the most common value. The points along the far extremes of the curve contribute very little statistically. If 100 random people gather in a room and the world's tallest man walks in, the average height doesn't change much. But if Bill Gates walks in, the average net worth rises dramatically. Height follows the bell curve in its distribution. Wealth does not: It follows an asymmetric, L-shaped pattern known as a "power law," where most values are below average and a few far above. In the realm of the power law, rare and extreme events dominate the action.
For Nassim Taleb, irrepressible quant-jock and the author of "Fooled by Randomness" (2001), the contrast between the two distributions is not an amusing statistical exercise but something more profound: It highlights the fundamental difference between life as we imagine it and life as it really is. In "The Black Swan"--a kind of cri de coeur--Mr. Taleb struggles to free us from our misguided allegiance to the bell-curve mindset and awaken us to the dominance of the power law.
The attractiveness of the bell curve resides in its democratic distribution and its mathematical accessibility. Collect enough data and the pattern reveals itself, allowing both robust predictions of future data points (such as the height of the next five people to enter the room) and accurate estimations of the size and frequency of extreme values (anticipating the occasional giant or dwarf.
The power-law distribution, by contrast, would seem to have little to recommend it. Not only does it disproportionately reward the few, but it also turns out to be notoriously difficult to derive with precision. The most important events may occur so rarely that existing data points can never truly assure us that the future won't look very different from the present. We can be fairly certain that we will never meet anyone 14-feet tall, but it is entirely possible that, over time, we will hear of a man twice as rich as Bill Gates or witness a market crash twice as devastating as that of October 1987.
The problem, insists Mr. Taleb, is that most of the time we are in the land of the power law and don't know it. Our strategies for managing risk, for instance--including Modern Portfolio Theory and the Black-Scholes formula for pricing options--are likely to fail at the worst possible time, Mr. Taleb argues, because they are generally (and mistakenly) based on bell-curve assumptions. He gleefully cites the example of Long Term Capital Management (LTCM), an early hedge fund that blew up after its Nobel laureate founders "allowed themselves to take a monstrous amount of risk" because "their models ruled out the possibility of large deviations."
Mr. Taleb is fascinated by the rare but pivotal events that characterize life in the power-law world. He calls them Black Swans, after the philosopher Karl Popper's observation that only a single black swan is required to falsify the theory that "all swans are white" even when there are thousands of white swans in evidence. Provocatively, Mr. Taleb defines Black Swans as events (such as the rise of the Internet or the fall of LTCM) that are not only rare and consequential but also predictable only in retrospect. We never see them coming, but we have no trouble concocting post hoc explanations for why they should have been obvious. Surely, Mr. Taleb taunts, we won't get fooled again. But of course we will.
Writing in a style that owes as much to Stephen Colbert as it does to Michel de Montaigne, Mr. Taleb divides the world into those who "get it" and everyone else, a world partitioned into heroes (Popper, Hayek, Yogi Berra), those on notice (Harold Bloom, necktie wearers, personal-finance advisers) and entities that are dead to him (the bell curve, newspapers, the Nobel Prize in Economics).
A humanist at heart, Mr. Taleb ponders not only the effect of Black Swans but also the reason we have so much trouble acknowledging their existence. And this is where he hits his stride. We eagerly romp with him through the follies of confirmation bias (our tendency to reaffirm our beliefs rather than contradict them), narrative fallacy (our weakness for compelling stories), silent evidence (our failure to account for what we don't see), ludic fallacy (our willingness to oversimplify and take games or models too seriously), and epistemic arrogance (our habit of overestimating our knowledge and underestimating our ignorance).
For anyone who has been compelled to give a long-term vision or read a marketing forecast for the next decade, Mr. Taleb's chapter excoriating "The Scandal of Prediction" will ring painfully true. "What is surprising is not the magnitude of our forecast errors," observes Mr. Taleb, "but our absence of awareness of it." We tend to fail--miserably--at predicting the future, but such failure is little noted nor long remembered. It seems to be of remarkably little professional consequence.
I suspect that part of the explanation for this inconsistency may be found in a study of stock analysts that Mr. Taleb cites. Their predictions, while badly inaccurate, were not random but rather highly correlated with each other. The lesson, evidently, is that it's better to be wrong than alone.
If we accept Mr. Taleb's premise about power-law ascendancy, we are left with a troubling question: How do you function in a world where accurate prediction is rarely possible, where history isn't a reliable guide to the future and where the most important events cannot be anticipated?
Mr. Taleb presents a range of answers--be prepared for various outcomes, he says, and don't rush for buses--but it's clear that he remains slightly vexed by the world he describes so vividly. Then again, beatific serenity may not be the goal here. As Mr. Taleb warns, certitude is likely to be found only in a fool's (bell-curve) paradise, where we choose the comfort of the "precisely wrong" over the challenge of the "broadly correct." Beneath Mr. Taleb's blustery rhetoric lives a surprisingly humble soul who has chosen to follow a demanding and somewhat lonely path.
I wonder how many of us will have the courage to join him. Very few, I predict--unless, of course, something unexpected happens.
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BALTIMORE- The UMBC women's soccer team scored twice in a six-minute span in the first half and went on to blank visiting Howard, 3-0, at Retriever Soccer Park.
The Retrievers (3-2-2) extend their unbeaten streak to three, while Howard failed to win back-to-back games for the second time in 2013 and slipped to 2-3-1.
Red-shirt junior forward Jessy Brown (Plantation, Fla./American Heritage) scored her first collegiate goal and it turned out to be the game-winner in the 33rd minute. Classmate Lilly Rydon (Stirling, South Australia) and sophomore Alexa Quaranta (Baltimore, Md./Perry Hall) each recorded their second strikes of the season, as UMBC hit the three-goal mark for the first time since a 5-0 win at St. Peter's on August 31 of last season.
Freshman forward Victoria Burress (Bristow, Va./Patriot), who scored her first collegiate goal in Tuesday's 1-1 draw at Loyola, contributed a pair of assists in the contest.
UMBC dominated time of possession and outshot the visitors, 15-1, for the contest. Retriever senior goalkeeper Lauren Kadet (Oakville, Ont./St. Thomas Acquinas) earned the victory without posting a save, while Howard junior netminder Kyra Dickinson tallied six stops for the Bison.
The Retrievers broke on top late in the first half, as Burress found Brown just inside the Bison box area. Brown wheeled, eluded a defender, took one touch and hit a left-footed shot from 11 yards out beyond the reach of Dickinson and into the far right corner of the net.
Rydon took advantage of a failed HU clear in the 39th minute, as she picked off a square pass at the 13-yard line, wheeled and knocked home a shot to Dickinson's right.
UMBC put the game away early in the second half. In the 53rd minute, Burress broke in with Quaranta on the right side and slotted a short pass to her adjacent teammate. Quaranta gathered the pass, and from 10 yards out, tucked a shot into the lower left corner of the net.
The Retrievers play game No. 2 in the current three-game homestand on Sunday, when they host Bucknell at 1:00 p.m.
Notes: The Retrievers improved to 11-0-0 all-time vs. Howard…UMBC reached the three-win mark through seven games for the first time since 2006.


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Since 2010, the Real Estate Unite conference has been held once every year in Lagos, Nigeria. The event brings together all of the biggest players and personalities in the Nigerian and indeed the West African/African region to showcase their real estate portfolios and products as well as to discuss topics relevant to the industry.
The 2015 event was held on the 29 – 30 September and spanned over 2 days, with day 1 having a seminar/exhibition platform where various companies showcased their services and unique offerings. The first day also hosted a Real Estate Leaders meeting which had a roundtable of high level leaders from various Nigeria and Pan African companies including JLL's SSA Chairman Mark Bradford, JLL's Head of West Africa Chinwe Ajene Sagna as well as Gbenga Olaniyan of Estate Links, Vinay Mahtani of the Churchgate Group, Ronald Chagoury Jr of Eko Atlantic and Akin Olawore of International Realty Valuation to mention a few. The leaders' meeting was anchored by Timi Adesanya, a Senior Analyst of the JLL Nigeria Corporate Solutions Team, who was also an ambassador of the Real Estate Unite 2015 Conference.
The Women in Real Estate (WIRE) also held a spirited conversation on Day 1, debating on questions such as "is there was a glass ceiling for women in the workforce? If one does exists, how do women successfully circumvent it? What is the role of gender (if any) in the workforce?" Chinwe Ajene-Sagna also served as one of the panellist spearheading this conversation.
Day 2 of the event had the conference and Awards Dinner. JLL's Mark Bradford was a keynote speaker on the transformation panel where he spoke on the constant changes the world experiences and how it affects the real estate landscape globally. He also spoke about how global real estate leaders such as JLL are constantly developing new methods and strategies to keep up with the ever changing climes. Mark then concluded his presentation by showcasing the RED platform, JLL's innovative tool for real estate portfolio data analysis. This was very well received by the audience.
JLL's Chinwe Ajene Sagna was also a speaker as part of the sustainability panel where she discussed how sustainable practices are becoming/now crucial to real estate development, design and decision making in the global real estate landscape. Day 2 concluded with cocktails at the terrace and then an award dinner where Mark Bradford had the honour of presenting one of the awards to the selected recipient.
The Real Estate Unite 2015 was very well attended and was an excellent opportunity for the JLL team to both network and showcase our capabilities.


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The new Bertram 540 (r) is clearly more sleek, modern, less boxy and clunky than the old 1981 Bertram 54 design.
Report by Capt. Steve Larivee--
My first look at the Bertram 540 showed a boat with sleek lines and curves in all the right places. I gave myself a moment to compare this new boat with my mental snapshot of the vintage 54, almost creating a side by side comparison. The first thing that jumped out at me was the forward windows. I had to do a double take to see that they weren't just painted on for looks, but sure enough, they were real. Already, I'm seeing the "outside the box" thinking of the new Bertram 540. Forward windows, generally, haven't been seen on Bertram convertibles since about 1983. The old Bertram started life in 1981 with forward facing windows, but then a couple of years later the company glassed them over for the rest of the boat's 20-year life. (Hatteras got rid of its glass windshields in 1986 on its 55 convertible.) Hints of Rybovich
Then I let my eyes wander to her bow. The new Bertram has an ever-so-slight concave curve to the stem, while the old Bertram was ruler-straight. My eye then followed the sheer line aft and there I found a graceful swoop down to the cockpit coaming that reminded me more of a late Rybovich design or a Dave Martin sweep than the old Bertram which had an angular, ruler-straight drop in the sheer. The rounded aft part of the side windows is all Rybovich, not squared-off like the Bertram 54.Myth Makers
The new Bertram 54 is nearly a foot beamier than the old and some of these inches went into wider side decks than the old 54 had. Of course that is a good thing, but that's not the half of it. It's hard to believe these days, but that "great old" Bertram 54 actually had engine air vents on the side decks (you had to step over them to get to the bow) in addition to a rather ugly rectangular engine air box on the hull sides, for the first five years it was built! Hard to believe, but true. Evidently this little problem wasn't too embarrassing to the folks at Bertram because it wasn't rectified until the late '80s.
The more I compared the two boats, the "Legendary 54" and the new 540, the more I was beginning to think that perhaps some "myth" had crept into the old legend.The Cockpit
The cockpit had no surprises, and I didn't expect any. There really aren't any tricks to cockpits, they all fish the same: they all have rod holders, transom doors, fish boxes, live bait wells and the now standard mezzanine seating with freezers and refer below. There is room to mount a fighting chair, and room behind it for the mate to steer it while the angler is hooked-up and fighting.
Back in the old days anglers and crew would perch themselves on top of the freezer chest up against the cabin bulkhead while trolling, waiting for fish to strike. As a result owners had to add the canvas awning you will find on most vintage Bertrams. The new 540 has a nice flying bridge overhang that provided shade for those sitting on the mezzanine. Again John Rybovich had figured this out a long time ago and it is pretty clear to me that Bertram's designers, Gianni and Paola Zuccon, had done their homework before they set down at the CAD-CAM.
Thanks to her 17'10" beam – nearly a foot greater than the old 54 -- there's 178 sq ft of cockpit area. Note the powder coated finish on the ladder and grab rails.
The Innovative Salon
When you walk into the main salon, you can't help but notice that this is a very different arrangement. This is not your typical sportfish, and you have to do a double take at the cockpit to be sure that you are actually on a boat made for extreme fishing. First, it's those windows. I stood inside the doorway, leaning against the counter next to me, and just took in the natural light of what appeared to be a very large and open main salon. And I actually had a view ahead. The salon seemed larger than any I had been on before in this size range. I found myself liking the airy, bright interior. Perhaps the Italians know what they are doing, after all.
In the late 1970s and early '80s owners used to simply cover up those forward windows with blinds, curtains or masks on the outside of the windshields to stop the sun from tuning the interiors into an oven. Eventually builders simply took that to the next obvious step and did away with troublesome windshields (they often leaked or cracked and were somewhat vulnerable to serious green water). It was also a lot cheaper to just glass over this area. Inside they installed cabinets and a place for a TV screen. And so it has been for the last 25 years or so on every major sportfishing boat or convertible – until now.
In the Bertram 540, two 16,000 BTU air conditioners are able to keep the temperature at bay. And gone are the individual vents that blow cold air onto a few unlucky guests. Looking up, there are open areas in the length of the overhead that disperse the cooled air evenly across the whole room. Great idea and I don't know why everyone doesn't do this. Add 10 "Thank You" points to the Bertram 540 for this.The Aft Galley
Now with the cooling taken care of, I pondered the lost storage space those forward cabinets used to accommodate. It mostly gave you cabinet space for the galley...so where did that space get moved to? Then it struck me. There's no longer a galley up forward. That counter I was leaning on was actually a galley counter, in the aft end of the salon. Then, as I pictured myself working and cruising in this boat, the advantages started to hit me in waves.
Firstly, it made the forward windows so much more allowable. This opened up and brightened what was once typically a dark cave of a salon. Secondly, it allowed for whoever has galley duty to remain a part of the action by staying near the cockpit, inarguably the work center of any fishing machine. Simply put, gone are the days of "Oh man, you won't believe what you just missed!!!" simply because you wanted to make a sandwich. Brilliant!
By adding forward windows and moving the galley aft, this Bertram has a main salon that is bright and airy. Check out the grab rail attached to the 6'6" high overhead. The couch to port can be removed in favor of an optional lower helm.
Bertram even took the galley aft concept a bit further towards keeping the "galley slave" a part of the cockpit action, by adding a retractable window in the aft bulkhead, so you aren't just watching the action, you're an integral part of it. Lower the window to hand out food, or just keep it open in temperate climes.
The galley is functional, featuring two large refrigerated drawers, and four freezer drawers. And there's plenty of room to stand behind them when pulled out to the full open position. The stove is recessed into the counter to port and it has the standard removable cover to add counter space when not cooking. I've always complained that these should be hinged, since there's never any place to put those covers when you do want to cook. Bertram however, added a dedicated space for it right under the retractable window. Add another 10 "Thank You" points for that move. A Lower Helm Option
One last benefit to the "galley aft" arrangement. By giving the boat the benefit of having forward windows, you also have the advantage of an optional lower helm station. The 540 accommodates it to the port forward section of the salon at the cost of removing the settee. Some cruising families will love that feature when the weather turns foul. I tested hull #1 which did not have this option, but I have to believe that visibility would be fine in the salon. The bow only raised 5 degrees at cruise, so steering from the salon is certainly a viable option.
For myself, I think the isinglass Bertram installed under the flying bridge hardtop is more than adequate to keep the helmsman dry and snug in all but the coldest situations. Some Suggestions
While I became a quick fan of the "galley aft" concept, there are, however, two things that I see as needing improvement with the galley layout itself. First, the switch for retracting the aft window is outside the galley, just inside the salon door in fact, which means you have to go all the way around the counter to get to it. Why not move it into the galley where it belongs? Secondly, there is an elevated counter on top of the main galley counter. It serves no real purpose (that I'm aware of), so I would get rid of it and then add 2-3 deck mounted stools to turn that counter into an additional eating area for those quick snacks, while still leaving fast access to the cockpit.
Moving the galley aft means you never miss out on what's going on in the cockpit. Adding a retractable window to the aft bulkhead means you're a part of it as well. I like the teak helm and companion seating on the flybridge and there's a molded in footrest for the captain. Note the large transom door. This is a cockpit made for entertaining, cocktail parties or al fresco dining.
Accommodations Layout
Given the surprises and innovations in the main salon, I was a bit disappointed that they didn't keep coming once I got down below. But the accommodations were still very comfortable and allowed for just the right touch of luxury that Bertram was striving for. Immediately to port are the two guest berths laid out in an "L" pattern. This is how all bunks should be, it allows for sitting without hitting your head. Just ahead of that cabin was a door that opened to the over-under washer/dryer. To starboard, is the master stateroom. It features a queen sized island berth and an en suite head. The master also featured a large built-in window that was duplicated in the guest cabin opposite, only I didn't give it its due notice there. Here it's such a large part of the décor that you can't help but notice that it's not just another small port light. It's actually multiple panes of thick glass that are molded into the hull and in fact, add to its integrity. So much for no surprises!
The master stateroom features a queen sized island berth and large windows that are molded into the hull.
The forward VIP stateroom is pretty standard with a pedestal queen pretty much like every other convertible this size being built today. However, most builders these days will install two separate berths here, one to port and one to starboard which gives the cabin added versatility and opens it up a bit. I'm sure Bertram would be glad to do the same.What Have the Cool Captains Done?
Many convertibles used to have portlights in the master staterooms, but as the "clean look" gathered momentum, and Bertram may have been among the first to start the trend back in the early '80s, by the mid-1990s, portlights were out virtually everywhere on these battlewagons. Certainly professional captains of these convertibles in the 1990s were champions of the "cool, clean smooth" look. First, tenders and davits on the bow disappeared because these were specialized fishing machines not cruising boats. Then, it wasn't long until bow rails and life lines were stripped off by the cool captains (against ABYC regs).
Since it is just a tournament fishing machine and not used for cruising, one didn't need to anchor, so get those ugly things out of the way along with the windlass and huge anchor cleats. With just a couple of small recessed cleats for dock lines and a couple of recessed deck hatches, the fore deck was clean as a whistle. What Does "Convertible" Mean, Anyhow?
We like the fact that Bertram has a mind of its own and has designed back into the boat something that should never have been taken out in the first place. The Italian Ferretti folks running the American Bertram know what the English word "convertible" means! It doesn't mean flat-out fishing machine! If you want that, get a "Sportfisherman" like a Merritt, something from Harker's Island, or Bernie Madoff's old Rybovich – we hear it's for sale.
The folks at Bertram and the Ferretti Group have quite intentionally designed a boat for cruising, entertaining and fishing. They have done that because they have noticed that for the last 6 years or so the hard-core fishing tournament crowd is getting smaller. Killing billfish is a thing of the past and the baby boomers are giving way to a new generation who look at the world, at fishing, and at boating differently. They have noticed that there has been a steady decline in sportfish boat sales but cruising boats are as popular as ever (the current economy not withstanding). Thus the "Convertible" -- which was intended as a boat that could do both activities well – is as viable a concept today as ever.
I think that it is ironic that it took Bertram to re-introduce the convertible. Superior Flying Bridge
Moving up to the flybridge, I was happy to see that the ladder had a decent enough angle so that you didn't feel like you were scaling a vertical wall. This goes a long way towards keeping those folks that have not acquired their sea legs more comfortable. Both it, and all the grab rails, had a white powder coated finish that was very easy on the eyes, to say nothing of making maintenance easier. Once on the bridge, there's a commanding view with isinglass all around.
It's also here that, in my opinion, the Bertram 540 has again scored over her nearest competitors by giving the bridge deck the best possible layout. The helm console is far enough aft that the captain can see, and respond to, the action in the cockpit clearly and easily – yet still see the bow. The helm station is also aligned with the centerline of the boat, just the way I like it, so that the helmsman with a bit of practice instinctively knows how much room is between his shinny white topsides and those nasty creosote pilings in a tight slip.
Forward of the console is a great U-shaped seating arrangement that will make a perfect gathering spot while heading out to the fishing grounds, and a great bragging spot on the way back. This spot begs for a pedestal mounted table. A quick check of the options list and sure enough, there it was. Bertram knows that during a party, people love to gather on the flying bridge, and there is plenty of room, plus counter space for food and wine. Of course icemakers and refers are installed here.
< Just ahead of the helm is a great gathering spot. We'd add the optional pedestal table.
The Helm
Back at the helm, there are two things I would change. First, there needs to be a recessed area to put stuff. Someplace to lay your cell phone, portable GPS or whatever, without having it go sliding to the deck. Secondly, I'm not a big fan of the layout of the electrical switches. They just seemed to be all jumbled together helter-skelter. They are over to port in front of the companion seat and under a hinged plastic cover. To operate them the skipper has to leave the helm, lift the cover, then search for the right switch since they are in no logical order. I'd separate them into groups for engine, navigation, courtesy, etc. I'd color the horn switch red and move it to an obvious spot handy to the helmsman. Problem solved. Underway
So much for the tour, now let's get this puppy underway! When Bertram tasked its design engineers with revamping the coveted 54, several were concerned about touching what was already a premier riding hull, and I was among them. Don't fix it if it ain't broke! Truth be told, while the deep-V hull design rode well, it was also a bit rolly at anchor or when trolling. As we have already seen, there was room for improvement in this venerable old design, which should not be surprising since the design was three decades old. The changes were subtle enough, adding a warped deadrise to the stern to give increased performance through a varied envelope, as well as the inclusion of a modified tunnel over the props. These two changes gave the boat both increased performance but also a lower draft than otherwise. 12" hard chines were added to give the boat more stability at rest and when trolling, as well as some added flat running surface to improve speed and knock down spray.
The 540 has a displacement of around 83,737 lbs. fully loaded and wet, a beam of 17'10" and a 5'5" draft. On test day winds were 5-10 out of the north. The old Bertram 54 was known for its rough water capability and so we took her down the long, winding Miami River, then straight out Government Cut to find the squarest and hardest waves possible in the indigo-blue water of the Gulf Stream. 20 miles out the 15-mph northerly started pushing up the five-knot Stream a bit so were able to finds some 2' to 4' lumps. Occasionally we saw a breaking sea.
Our test boat was powered with the optional twin CAT C-32 ACERTs producing 1,676-hp each. The standard engines are twin MAN V-12's at 1,224-hp, and upgrading to the Cats adds a penalty of only 3,422 lbs. so it's easy to see why virtually all of the current orders are with the Cat engines. (There is also a middle ground option for MAN V-12's at 1,360-hp.) Both the MAN choices are counter rotating, the Cats are not. They had ZF 2060A transmissions hanging off the back end with a reduction ratio of 2:029/1A and were turning Veem 34x51 5-bladed props.
A clean, gel-coated engine room. There's 5'4" of headroom and the air intake vents are filtered to keep saltwater and moisture away from the machinery. Everything is labeled clearly and note the oil change quick connects (with the red caps) at the bottom of the photo. Same accommodations for waste oil. And there's plenty of room to get around all sides.
She draws fuel from a single centerline mounted tank that straddles the center of gravity, so burning fuel will have no adverse effects on stability. Add 10 more "thank you" points. Performance in a Seaway
We started our test runs into the seas and with the tide. Her sharp entry carved through the waves cleanly, with that flared bow throwing water far away from the hull. She felt solid.
With a sharp entry and flared bow, she handled the seas like a thoroughbred.
It felt as if she wanted us to throw more at her, but alas, we had both hammers all the way down pouring 3 gallons a minute into the 3,350 horses and she just shrugged it off. The hull didn't slap, bang or shudder. There was just a little pounding – as there should have been – as we chomped into the four footers. Although I brought my sea legs onboard with me, neither I nor the landlubber cameraman that accompanied me, felt that we had to hang on for dear life. Quite the contrary, we were able to move about the flybridge with the usual hand on the grabrails, rather than having to clutch, pick your moment to grab the next, and then continue as needed. It was surprisingly comfortable, and this was to be the worst of it.
Turning to a beam sea and she rode cleanly and smoothly through them with hardly any roll. Turning downwind and she tracked straight and true. No wandering from the following seas pushing the stern about and she was surprisingly stable. The Turning Test
The rudder deflects 22 degrees for good low speed maneuverability, but at cruise, you'll get roughly half that before the force of the prop wash against the rudder adds enough resistance to stop you from forcing it further. So in other words, when cruising, your turns will have a wide radius unless you slow down, to allow for turning the wheel further.The Backing Down Test
When there's a fish on you'll naturally need to back down hard. Something no boat is keen to do, as the sharp entry is at the other end. I did it with the 540 and she had great directional control on the engines, literally going wherever I wanted her to, in spite of the 2'-4' seas – and doing it quickly. Backing hard directly into the seas, she did what any boat would do and shipped water right over the transom. I pushed her hard to ensure she would do exactly that, mostly to judge how quickly she could discharge that water. True to Bertram's reputation, she shed whatever we could force into the cockpit right back where it came from quickly. This boat was made to fight the fight. Low-Speed Handling
With no bow thrusters or joysticks you're reminded that this isn't an entry level yacht. However, there was plenty of torque in those 5 bladed props so low speed maneuvering is hardly a problem. There is a 2 second delay in the transmission, so ease it into gear and hold before advancing the throttle, otherwise you'll be rewarded with a hard clunk into gear. As soon as the transmission's engaged, though, she moves ahead with authority, so be prepared to pull it out of gear in close quarters. You'll hear a welcome "chirp" to let you know you've hit neutral.
There's a trolling feature on the options list and it's a good idea to consider it. It will allow you to slow your idle speed considerably. Without it she idles at a brisk 10.5 MPH. The boat won't walk sideways in the conventional manner, due to her torque, but you can put the wheel hard over and use your single outboard (that is to say the engine on the outside of the turn radius) engine going back and forth from forward to reverse to push her sideways in the direction you want to go and she'll head there smoothly. Best Cruise Speed and Range
Believe it or not, some people who buy these boats care only about how fast the boat will go when racing their buddies out to the fishing grounds in the morning and back to the docks at night for a frosty one. All of the boat builders tell us that if a boat in this class won't do 40 knots they have a problem. Even in this day and age? Yup, that's what we are told.
To get that kind of speed one needs to test in flat water, such as in Biscayne Bay. Since we have never heard of anglers going there to catch big game, we didn't go there to find out what the Bertram 540's top speed could be. It is really not very important because what really counts is a boat's "best cruise" speed and mile per gallon performance and the boat's range. And these numbers we got in the Gulf Stream where a boat like this will really be operating.
In the sea conditions we encountered, the boat's sweet spot for best cruise is from 1300 to 1700 rpm where is traveled from 17.8 knots to 29 knots during our runs. In that range the boat gets .33 nautical miles per gallon throughout the range, burning from 69.7 to 88 gph. The absolute best cruise setting appears to be at 1700 rpm, where the boat goes 29 knots and has a range of 454 nautical miles.
For owners who want to take the boat to Costa Rica or Peru, the boat has the range if you don't mind going at near-displacement speeds. For example, at 11.2 knots which is the speed most large motoryachts travel on long cruises, the boat's range is 787 nm on 90% of the boat's 1,534 fuel capacity, which is the greatest of any boat in class. Dial the speed back to 9.1 knots and she'll go 1,294 miles on a load of fuel.
If you're curious about the boat's absolute top speed in flat water, just ask the folks at Bertram to give you a test run in Biscayne Bay, and we're sure they'll be happy to oblige.Conclusion
If anyone shared my attitude regarding Bertram messing with an already proven success story like the 54, this test should put those feelings to rest. Bertram set its sights on improving on the old 54 and they did it with flying colors. While no boat is perfect, my only criticisms were the switch placement at the helm and the retractable window switch placement in the galley. The two big design departures of the 540 – the windshields in the salon and the aft galley – in my opinion work just fine.
But more importantly, the changes to the interior will go far towards driving sales to not only the hard-core extreme fishermen that this boat was originally built for, but also to more casual fishermen who are looking a serious cruising platform and yes, the black tie affair.
Perhaps a new legend has been born.
Standard and Optional Features
Marine Electronics
|VHF Radio
|Air Cond./Heat
|Battery Charger/Converter
|CD Stereo
|Dripless Shaft Seals
|Head: Fixed
|Shore Power
|Trim Tabs
|Washdown: Fresh Water
|Washdown: Raw Water
|Water Heater
Exterior Features
|Ice Chest
|Outlet: 12-Volt Acc
|Swim Platform
|Transom Door
|Transom Shower
Boats More Than 30 Feet
|Bow Thruster
|Engine Synchronizer
|Glendinning Cablemaster
|Oil Change System
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A Different Kind Of "Healthcare" Taking Root On Indiana Farms
By Jane Hardisty, State Conservationist
Thursday, October 31, 2013
There's a potentially game-changing movement coming from America's heartland. It has broad implications regarding the vitality of our farms, the health of our planet and our ability to feed more than 9 billion people who will be coming to dinner by the year 2050.
This movement continues to grow thanks to a different kind of "healthcare"—the health and care of our precious soil. Previously, most of us have looked at soil in terms of its "quality." But as one farmer observed recently, "Anything can have quality, but only living things can have health."
So while it might seem like a trivial word-choice important only to those that work in the marketing department, the focus on "soil health" verses "soil quality" reflects a fundamental shift in the way we think about and are caring for our nation's soil.
Talk to any farmer working to improve the health of the soil and he or she will likely tell you that the "ah-ha" moment came when they realized that soil isn't just an inactive growing medium. In fact, the soil is alive and teaming with trillions of microorganisms and fungi that are the foundation of an elegant, symbiotic ecosystem.
This new reality has quietly brought about an agricultural revolution as more and more farmers in Indiana and throughout the nation are harvesting a wide range of benefits—on and off the farm—by improving soil health. From every angle—business, production, sustainability, and environmental—managing for soil health makes sense!
USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) recently launched a new education campaign titled "Unlock the Secrets in the Soil" to help more farmers discover the basics and benefits of soil health—and to encourage the adoption of soil health-improving practices like cover cropping, no-till and diverse crop rotations.
The journey to improving soil health has its challenges. Every farm is different and has its own set of unique resource issues. Fortunately, our nation's farmers are innovative, courageous and tenacious. NRCS is committed to assist these soil health pioneers—and to help make their farms more productive, resilient and profitable along the way.
As we face mounting production, climate and sustainability challenges, I believe there is no better time to make a long-term commitment to improve the health of our living and life-giving soil.
The promise of our future depends on it.
Jane Hardisty is the State Conservationist for USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service in Indiana. For more information on soil health visit www.in.nrcs.usda.gov
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The past four episodes: character-development. It's slow and steady, but definitely there, and in all kinds of forms. Mutta changed and finally realized his strengths, gaining lots of confidence from it, and also becoming mature enough to forgive his former employer that he gave the Zidane, Sharon's condition subtly gets worse, the chief of Nasa gets some unexpected background (also I love that small scene of a young Deneil Young). And whoa, Hibito actually left with a big post-traumatic stress disorder after what happened on the moon.
I like that recently, the series has at least remembered to be varied: a few months ago I remember complaining that the arcs take too long, and that the series got too monotone. This arc again solves this by focusing on many things at the same time, so that we're not just stuck with just one scenario. It's still nowhere near the levels of the first 40 episodes, but I can't deny that these events really pushed the characters further.
This reminds me of the reason why I don't consider the Legend of Galactic Heroes to be the best anime ever. Sure, it's amazing. Among the smartest anime out there. However, like Space Brothers, it was just so incredibly long. At times it really felt like a chore to try and sit through it, and it sometimes spent a bit too much of its time meticulously developing its cast and storyline, at the expense of pacing. The same has happened with Space Brothers: technically it's doing everything right, but I want to see that amazement again of Mutta hearing that he gets to become an astronaut. The meticulous team building in an environment you could trust nobody thanks to the red cards. The longer a series goes on, the more chance it has of becoming stale in one way or the other. I'd like to view this with a bit of a broader perspective, using other, really long series and how they coped with their length. Generalizations will follow:
– Monster actually did this perfectly. The key was that it was built up meticulously: as it went on every single episode continued to deliver thanks to the build-up of the early episodes.
– Gintama also could not keep up for me after 100 episodes. The reason for that was that it ran out of jokes and started trying too hard. The other side of the extreme.
– Touch also had points where it got really stale, but what saved it was that it kept you on your toes. Although it only barely got away with this.
– Maison Ikkoku is another odd one. Helped by immense character-development and a ridiculously strong climax. It also didn't play all of its cards immediately.
– Hajime no Ippo is a strange one: it also suffered from getting stale a bit, due to the entire series being about boxing, not the most varied topic. And yet the second season came and improved upon it by being much more over the top and doing this really well.
– Hikaru no Go had some amazingly strong episodes, but it too suffered from being stale despite how it just kept being intelligent. Again, the way in which every episode was about Go had something to do with that.
– Kodomo no Omocha is also a weird one, because its worst arc was in the middle of the series, and it picked itself back up afterwards
– Jigoku Shoujo was helped by that it was about three distinct parts that all had a clear beginning and ending and purpose.
– Hunter X Hunter is only now getting really good because we've finally gotten to the actual point that everyone has been waiting for ever since they first announced the new series.
I can see the following patterns from these series:
– Monotony can make things get stale, but not always.
– It's not enough to only be ridiculously knowledgeable about your subject material. It's just a very important and welcome ingredient. like having a steak dinner be so much better if it's the meat from one of those Kobe cows or something.
– The best solution is: meticulous planning. Knowing exactly what you're building up for, and knowing exactly what you want to do with it. That can excuse a lot.
How to relate this to Space Brothers: what I feel like it's missing is planning. Up to the arc in which Mutta became an astronaut, the creators felt like they were in full control. Right now it feels like they're just adapting the manga chapters as they come along with a steady pace, without really giving the extra mile.
so yeah, another reason why it's wrong to adapt manga that are still currently ongoing. If you don't know where the plot is going, then you're going to be limited in one way or the other. I get that it makes sense from a commercial standpoint, but there are more things that do that that are just not right.
Rating: 4,5/8 (Good)


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Aggravated robbery in Port Arthur
Port Arthur Police responded to an aggravated robbery at Central Mall this morning when they received a call from the victim who reportedly was giving a ride to an acquaintance who then stole the driver's money.
According to a report from PAPD, officers were dispatched in regard to the aggravated robbery at approximately 9:19 a.m., April 4. The caller reported that after giving an acquaintance a ride to the mall, the subject pulled a knife on the victim and demanded money. The victim turned over an unknown sum of cash to the alleged perpetrator. The thief then reportedly fled the scene on foot.
Upon arrival at the scene, police met with the victim who described the circumstances of the incident. PAPD officers quickly located the actor, according to the report. They recovered all the stolen funds and returned the money to the victim. The actor was arrested and charged with aggravated robbery. There were no injuries, the report read.


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MINNEAPOLIS – UMBC freshman Emily Escobedo (New Rochelle, N.Y./Maria Regina) finished 52nd out of 62 swimmers in the prelims of the 200-yd. individual medley with a new school record time, Thursday afternoon on Day One of the 2014 NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships at the University of Minnesota's University Aquatic Center.
Competing in the first of nine heats, Escobedo finished second with a new school record time of 2:00.25. The time slips past her previous record of 2:00.63 which she set during her bronze-medal swim at the America East Championships.
The freshman is the third Retriever female swimmer, and fourth swimmer overall in program history, to compete at the NCAA Championships. She follows in the footsteps of Jacque Wisnauskus and Lindsey Prather who qualified for the national meet in 1990 and 2002, respectively. Last year, Mohamed Hussein (Cairo, Egypt/Victory College) competed at the men's championship meet as a junior, and returns this year to compete in Austin, Texas next week (March 27-29).
University of Georgia's Melanie Margalis paced the prelim field by touching in at 1:54.15. New Hampshire's Katie Mann, the 2014 America East champion in the event, placed 40th with a time of 1:58.78.
Escobedo continues her meet in Minneapolis on Friday with the 100-yd. breaststroke, followed by the 200-yd. breaststroke on Saturday.


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Wii U GamePad could serve as second monitor for local multiplayer
Nintendo has spent a lot of time touting Wii U's ability to create new asymmetrical multiplayer experiences. However, what if you want some synchronous symmetrical multiplayer--like the good ol' days? Wii U will be able to do that as well, and could do away with "split-screen" gaming entirely.
The Wii U GamePad also doubles as a Wii sensor bar. That means one player could play on the TV, aiming his or her Wii Remote. The other player could be facing a different direction, pointing a different Wii Remote at the Wii U GamePad, which serves as a (tiny) television.
A patent unearthed by Nintendo World Report shows the various ways two gamers can play multiplayer with both a Wii U GamePad and a TV.
The GamePad and Wii sensor bar could be placed next to each other, if two players wanted to sit side by side. To ensure the Wii Remotes don't get too confused, "the system can rapidly alternate activation of each sensor bar." Additional players could be added to this set-up, provided there are additional GamePads.
Nintendo hasn't shown off this multiplayer method in public, and it seems potentially cumbersome to implement in real life. But hey, this would be a very Nintendo approach to throwing LAN parties.


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BALTIMORE – The UMBC softball and baseball teams recently took part in the League of Dreams, a locally-run, non-profit organization that provides physically and mentally disabled men, women, boys and girls with the opportunity to play baseball or softball. Softball's junior catcher Taylor Hall (Cosby, Va./Cosby) and men's lacrosse's sophomore middie Pat Young (Ewing, N.J./Christchurch School) followed with a trip to Providence, R.I. for the NCAA Student-Athlete Leadership Forum.
"Our student-athletes truly enjoy working with the League of Dreams," assistant softball coach Julia Culotta said. "It allows our athletes to take a second from the hectic life of a student-athlete to give back to the community. The brave kids and families who belong to the League of Dreams have so much to teach our athletes about how sports can heal."
Frank Kolarek, the founder and operator of the League of Dreams, is a former professional baseball player with Oakland Athletics organization and now works as a scout for the Baltimore Orioles. Frank also worked as the International Director of Softball for the Special Olympics, Inc. which serves more than 152 foreign countries. UMBC and the League of Dreams have been working together since the organization was founded in 2004.
"I think the League of Dreams is a great organization," head baseball coach Bob Mumma said. "Our guys get a lot out of it. I don't think they always know what to expect when they get there, but as you watch them over the couple of hours, you see them really interact with the kids, they're having a good time and the kids are having a good time. It's a great event for our student-athletes to be able to give back to the community."
Hall and Young spent four days with approximately 450 student-athletes, coaches and administrators at the NCAA Student-Athlete Leadership Forum. The two participated in leadership activities, workshops, community service activities and had a chance to listen to numerous motivational speakers.


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A supercomputer at the government's Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee has been named the fastest in the world.
Titan, a Cray XK7 system occupying 200 cabinets, reached a speed of 17.59 petaflops -- 17.59 quadrillion calculations per second. The latest semiannual Top500 global ranking was announced Monday at a supercomputing conference in Salt Lake City.
Titan zipped past the previous winner, named Sequoia, at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, east of San Francisco, which regained the U.S. title from China in the previous 2012 rankings. In the latest list, U.S. supercomputers hold three of the top five positions and five of the top 10.
Titan last month replaced the Energy Department lab's XT5 Jaguar, which was ranked the fastest computer in November 2009 and June 2010. It was used to develop models for climate change.
The lab explains what makes Titan king:
Titan is a Cray XK7 system that contains 18,688 nodes, each built from a 16-core AMD Opteron 6274 processor and an NVIDIA Tesla K20X GPU accelerator. Titan also has 710 terabytes of memory.
Its hybrid architecture - the combination of traditional central processing units (CPUs) with graphic processing units (GPUs) - is largely lauded as the first step toward the goal of exascale computing, or generating 1,000 quadrillion calculations per second using 20 megawatts of electricity or less.
Titan reached a speed of 17.59 petaflops on the Linpack benchmark test - the specific application that is used to rank supercomputers on the Top500 list. Titan is capable of a theoretical peak speed of 27 quadrillion calculations per second - 27 petaflops - while using approximately 9 megawatts of electricity, roughly the amount required for 9,000 homes.
That capability makes Titan 10 times faster than Jaguar with only a 20 percent increase in electrical power consumption - a major efficiency coup made possible by GPUs, which were first created for computer gaming.
"It's not practical or affordable to continue increasing supercomputing capacity with traditional CPU-only architecture," said Jeff Nichols, the associate director for computing and computational sciences at the Oak Ridge lab. "Combining GPUs and CPUs is a responsible move toward lowering our carbon footprint, and Titan will enable scientific leadership by providing unprecedented computing power for research in energy, climate change, materials, and other disciplines."
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Recently, Malaysian airline billionaire Tony Fernandes purchased track-day carmaker Caterham, which is based in the UK. After having lost the bid to buy Lotus, Fernandes is eager to push Caterham forward into new automotive territories.
Caterham, pronounced "kay-trim," is most well known for its iconic Caterham 7 track-day open-top two-seater, which has been in production since 1973.
Word has now come from Autocar that Caterham has entered a joint venture with Renault to build a "fun-related" sports car. Underneath, the two models will be virtually identical. On the exterior, however, the two will be drastically different, each molding the body to fit within the brand aesthetics.
Aware that in order to become a profitable modern automaker, Caterham must expand beyond two-seaters and enter a more mass market with SUVs and the like. Why on earth is Caterham eager to expand its lines? Current Caterham CEO is none other than Mike Gascoyne, former Formula One team boss. Simply put: Caterham wants to expand so it can make money. And why does it want to make money? So the company can fill its coffers and fund its F1 team. Typical automakers, like Mercedes, have an F1 team because they sell profitable SUVs, not the other way round.
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They call it the Goudou Goudou, or le tremblement de terre. Both translate to the day the earth shook. Two years ago, on January 12, 200,000 people were killed and 1.3 million became homeless in less than a minute when a magnitude 7 earthquake rocked Haiti.
Once named the "Pearl of the Antilles" for its wealth in natural resources and value as a French colony, Haiti has been oppressed and neglected by many in recent decades. It now faces crippling levels of overpopulation, political corruption, illiteracy, and disease, as well as the lowest per capita income of any country in the Western Hemisphere. Overcrowding and demand for wood charcoal have led to severe deforestation and soil erosion throughout the country, presenting a problem for farmers struggling to grow enough food for their families, let alone earn a sufficient additional income. Food security—particularly micronutrient consumption—is a serious concern when analyzing childhood malnutrition. According to a 2009 UNICEF report, 87 out of every 1,000 children under the age of five died. Malnutrition is responsible for about 60 percent of all childhood deaths in Haiti, and 42 percent of surviving children experience permanently stunted growth and varying degrees of physical and mental impairment due to protein and vitamin deficiencies. All of these issues were present before the earthquake brought Haiti under the global spotlight.
Two years have passed, but the devastation still lingers. In September 2011, I took my first drive through Port-au-Prince to the city of Léôgane, where I would work as the Maternal and Child Health Intern for the Children's Nutrition Program of Haiti. As we bumped along National Highway #2, dodging lakes in the broken road, I gazed at the tent cities and slums with assorted NGO labels scattered across them that litter almost every corner of the city. The trash was ankle deep in some areas and political graffiti covered every building: "Trente-Six Mwa!"—or 36 months, the length of time the government was unable to pay its employees after the disaster. Broken glass glistened along the tops of walls. Despite these conditions, regular people went about their regular business. Vendors lined the lengths of the flooded street while dogs, goats, pigs, chickens, TapTaps, motos, and kids filled the road. There was so much life in a city that looked like it just narrowly escaped death.
Léôgane was the epicenter of the earthquake, and is now referred to as a "Republic of NGOs" because of the rush of aid that flooded in immediately after the disaster. The road to recovery is daunting. Trying to create sustainable solutions to the seemingly endless list of problems is like playing a game of pick-up sticks—you can't eradicate childhood malnutrition without also addressing women's empowerment and education, and you can't build a community center without first paying the mayor. Relief efforts, though valiant, risk creating a dependency cycle. Some have asked, "What's the point? Shouldn't we just pull out and let them (Haitians) sort it out themselves?"
My response, after three months of working on the ground in Haiti, wrestling with my own (sometimes jaded) opinion, is this: There is hope. There are wonderfully passionate people working towards "building back a better," stronger, and more stable Haiti, as medical anthropologist and Deputy UN Special Envoy to Haiti Paul Farmer says.
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The crust is commonly thinned in basins. It has been discovered by seismic and gravity anomaly methods that the crust below a basin is commonly thinned. Artyushkov states: "Considerable thinning of the crystalline crust occurs under most deep basins located on continents."15 Along with a thinned crust, the Moho, the boundary between the crust and mantle, is commonly raised (see figure 2).
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(Fortune Magazine) -- On the day Paul Hanrahan became employee No. 81 at a startup company known as AES in 1986, he felt liberated.
Hanrahan, who is now CEO of the sprawling global energy firm, had graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and spent five years on a nuclear-powered spy submarine, where rules and regulations governed everything.
AES (AES, Fortune 500) was different. Really different. The company operated without rules, regulations, or even a well-defined hierarchy. "We don't have procedures," an executive told him. "If we had a procedure, you'd assume we knew what we were doing when we wrote it, and we didn't. So figure it out and use your common sense."
Setting itself apart from the stodgy world of regulated electric utilities -- or any conventional company -- AES trusted people to do good and encouraged them to "step a little bit outside the norm," says Hanrahan. "That was what made AES fun."
At least while it lasted. AES's radically decentralized entrepreneurial culture has been the company's greatest strength and most glaring weakness since its founders, Dennis Bakke and Roger Sant, set up shop as a consulting firm called Applied Energy Services in 1981.
For the next two decades Bakke and Sant took AES on a thrill ride, expanding at a breakneck pace and bringing electricity to remote corners of the globe before nearly driving the company off a cliff. Its stock topped $70 in 2000, then plummeted to less than $1 when the company faced a liquidity crisis in 2002 and called on Hanrahan to right the ship.
Today AES is a case study in how to bring discipline to a large company without killing its essential spirit. AES recorded $16.1 billion in revenue last year, up 16%, and its stock is back up to about $15 a share. Global investors, including China's sovereign wealth fund, China Investment Corp., have approached AES about taking a stake in the company.
Based in Arlington, Va., AES owns and operates power plants and utilities in 29 countries on five continents, ranging from hydroelectric plants in Argentina to coal plants in Kazakhstan to a regulated utility in Indianapolis.
Founders Bakke and Sant met while working on utility deregulation in the Carter administration, after which they saw that business opportunities would arise as the U.S. deregulated power markets and countries around the world privatized their bloated, state-owned utilities.
Brimming with ideas, they made a business out of energy efficiency (showing industrial companies how to save electricity), created the first carbon offsets (planting millions of trees in Guatemala to neutralize emissions from a Connecticut coal plant), and led the company into uncharted territory (building the first privately owned power plants in Mexico and Jordan).
They purposely built a different kind of company. When AES went public in 1991, the company's prospectus said that its core values -- integrity, fairness, fun, and social responsibility -- were more important than the bottom line.
Meanwhile AES built power plants as fast as it could, borrowing whatever money it needed. The payroll grew from 1,400 people to 50,000. "We really did test the limits of how fast a company can grow before things start to fray around the edges," Hanrahan says.
The thrill ride came to an abrupt halt when banks refused to lend to AES after Enron failed. That was ironic because AES was, in many ways, the anti-Enron. It owned hard assets and avoided the energy-trading business and fraud that bankrupted Enron. But AES made mistakes of its own, like overinvesting in Latin America before the 2001 economic crisis. Most of all, AES assumed that it would always be able to borrow whatever money it needed. "You don't finance long-term assets with short-term debt," Hanrahan says. "That was the lesson learned."
Cleaning up the mess has taken years. Between March 2005 and March 2008, AES restated its financials no fewer than six times. "Now I understand what AES stands for," one investor told Hanrahan. "Always explaining something."
A new chief financial officer, Victoria Harker, was hired in 2006; she'd come from WorldCom, where as acting CFO she'd worked her way through the biggest accounting scandal of all time. Even so, she was surprised by what she found at AES. "In some businesses, people who were previously meter readers were providing accounting functions," she says. Not until 2008 did AES comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.
In the overhaul, Hanrahan and his team had to centralize functions like finance and business development and in some cases even create departments that hadn't existed, like human resources.
Yet the new discipline isn't throttling AES's ambitions. Coming out of the recession, dozens of new plants are on the drawing board, including a coal plant in Vietnam that will be the largest U.S. investment ever in that country. At the same time, AES is making a big push into wind, solar, and other alternative energy projects.
Hanrahan thinks the company has finally found a cultural balance. "There's still a lot of freedom to experiment, to find better ways to do things," Hanrahan says. "But we don't want people to come up with new ideas about how to report income."
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