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When it comes to mainstream adoption of the use of GPUs and other accelerators, one of the primary barriers lies in programmability. While the vendor communities around accelerators have pushed to flatten the learning curve, the fact remains that it takes special effort on the part of ordinary developers to undertake the educational process.
The HPC space has proven, at most massive scale, that GPUs and accelerators can lead to significant performance improvements and these are certainly not unattractive to businesses outside of the traditional high performance computing purview. So the question becomes, what might "sweeten the deal" for mainstream developers when it comes to diving into programming for acceleration?
According to one researcher, Max Grossman from Rice University, there is a steep learning curve and it takes some time to get up to speed but there are some notable projects that are pushing the reach. The interview below details some of these challenges—and what's being done, especially on the OpenCL/Java front by this young researcher and his team—not to mention others who want to bring advanced tools to a higher level.
Grossman says that even though it's possible to use OpenCL to allow portable execution of SIMD kernels across a number of platforms (from CPUs, manycore GPUs, FPGAs, etc.) using OpenCL from Java to do so is a perilous path—and one that is anything but a simplification. For instance, it will still be necessary to dig in deep to manage data transfers, write kernels in the OpenCL kernel language, and so on.
To tackle these issues, they collaborated on some unique compile and run-time techniques to speed Java-based programs via an automatic generation of OpenCL as the base. As the team describes, the approach, which they call HJ-OpenCL includes: Automatic generation of OpenCL kernels and JNI glue code from a parallel-for construct (forall) available in the Habanero-Java (HJ) language; Leveraging HJ's array view language construct to efficiently support rectangular, multi-dimensional arrays on OpenCL devices; Implementing HJ's phaser (next) construct for all-to-all barrier synchronization in automatically generated OpenCL kernels.
As the team summarizes:
"We use a set of ten Java benchmarks to evaluate our approach, and observe performance improvements due to both native OpenCL execution and parallelism. On an AMD APU, our results show speedups of up to 36.7× relative to sequential Java when executing on the host 4-core CPU, and of up to 55.0x on the integrated GPU. For a system with an Intel Xeon CPU and a discrete NVIDIA Fermi GPU, the speedups relative to sequential Java are 35.7× for the 12-core CPU and 324.0× for the GPU. Further, we find that different applications perform optimally in JVM execution, in OpenCL CPU execution, and in OpenCL GPU execution. The language features, compiler extensions, and runtime extensions included in this work enable portability, rapid prototyping, and transparent execution of JVM applications across all OpenCL platforms."
In addition to these and other approaches, Grossman says there are some simpler things that the vendor community can do to boost experimentation with accelerators, including pushing more hardware out to wider sets of developers.
More on this Rice University group's work here: http://pppj2013.dhbw.de/conference-pppj2013/program.html


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Barron's Buzz: Here Comes Lenovo
Lenovo came out of nowhere to become the global leader in PCs. Now, its sights are set on smartphones and tablets. Barrons.com Editor Jack Otter previews latest issue of Barron's Magazine.
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Erik Douglas Gier and Rachel Elizabeth Nivison have announced their engagement.
Rachel is the daughter of Rick and Penny Nivison of Pittsford and the granddaughter of George and Verena Glendening of Morenci. She earned a bachelor of science degree in nursing and is employed at Hillsdale Community Health center.
Erik is the son of Douglas Gier of Osseo and Ginger Gier of Addison. He manages a farm with his father and is also employed at Menards Distribution Center in Holiday City, Ohio.
The couple is planing a Sept. 29, 2012 wedding.


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The Old Tank
Relics of the past - a large wicker basket full of wool in an old sheep shearing shed in outback New South Wales Australia ~WIDE VIEW~
Black Angus cow and her newborn Hereford calf having his first water experience at the Dam. ~WIDE VIEW~
An old chaff cutter next to an old farm shed. ~WIDE VIEW~
An old gatepost bordering a field in Allora Queensland Australia. ~WIDE VIEW~
Now derelict, the Jincumbilly Train Station sits quietly on the alpine plains in Southern New South Wales Australia. ~WIDE VIEW~
Australian Short Billed Corella Perched on a Pair of Old Work Boots
Scottish Highland Cattle - Furry Scottish Highland Cattle preening each other in a paddock. ~WIDE VIEW~
Merino Sheep in the Shearing Shed - Woolly Merino sheep gathering in the shearing shed for haircuts! New South Wales Merino Sheep Farming Australia. ~WIDE VIEW~
Bonang FIlling Station 3 - Bonang FIlling Station, an old abandoned service station from the days when there was service! Far north eastern Victoria, Australia. ~WIDE VIEW~
Rural Valley and the Mountainous Main Range National Park. ~WIDE VIEW~
Two Brown Cows and a Black Calf. ~WIDE VIEW~
Rolling Hills - Pretty as a picture rolling hills around Dorrigo New South Wales Australia, sun and shade, mature trees in grassy fields. ~WIDE VIEW~


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COLUMBUS, Ga. – West No. 1-seed Georgia College baseball team (29-21) saw its season come to a close Thursday evening at the Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Championship Tournament in a 12-2 loss to East No. 2-seed Francis Marion University (35-15).
The Bobcats put up the first two runs of the game in the very first inning, when a pair of hits set up a run-scoring groundout and single, but it would be all the GC bats could muster. FMU took the lead with a three-run third and never looked back.
The Patriots rattled off 17 hits with four doubles, scoring runs in all but one inning after breaking into the scoring column in the third.
All-PBC Second Team selection Matt Broderick (8-2) went six strong innings for the win, allowing just two runs. Leadoff hitter Michael Wilson set the table, going 4-for-6 with three runs.
Centerfielder Patrick Daugherty (Kennesaw, Ga.) got on with a one-out single in the first for GC, followed by a double off the top of the leftfield wall from All-PBC third baseman Travis Echols (Suwanee, Ga.). All-PBC designated hitter Cody Maas (Alpharetta, Ga.) followed with an RBI groundout to short, plating Daugherty. Echols scored from second on the ensuing single from second baseman Jeremy Donaldson (Winder, Ga.). Donaldson finished 2-for-4 with the RBI.
Lefty starter Mike Guinane (Glenview, Ill.) took the loss (3-7), going 6 2/3 innings allowing six earned runs.
The loss brings the season to a close for Bobcat baseball, going 29-21 with a 19-10 PBC mark, good for a PBC West Division title. GC landed three on the all-conference teams, with Echols and Maas taking first team, and reliever Matt LaMothe (Troy, Mich.) landing on the second.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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President Barack Obama's uncle gets another deportation hearing
BOSTON — President Barack Obama's uncle is getting a new deportation hearing after an appeals board ordered the agency running the U.S. immigration court system to review his case.
Onyango Obama, the half brother of the president's late father, is from Kenya but has lived in the United States for decades.
He was ordered by an immigration judge to leave the U.S. in 1992, when he failed to renew an application to remain. He later sought to reverse the deportation order.
The Board of Immigration Appeals has sent Obama's case to the Executive Office for Immigration Review for reassessment, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman Brian Hale said Tuesday, declining to discuss the reasoning behind the decision.
Obama's Cleveland-based attorney, P. Scott Bratton, didn't immediately return a phone call seeking comment. An Executive Office for Immigration Review spokeswoman wouldn't comment, citing privacy laws.
Bratton previously said Obama's deportation order was caused by a technical error. He said Obama, 68, moved to the United States as a teenager in the early 1960s to live with a host family and attend school.
Obama's sister Zeituni Onyango, the president's aunt, made headlines in 2010 when she won the right to stay in the United States after an earlier deportation order.
The president, in his memoir "Dreams from My Father," writes about retracing his roots and his 1988 trip to Kenya and refers to an Uncle Omar, who matches Onyango Obama's background and has the same date of birth.
Obama's immigration woes emerged after he was arrested last year in Framingham, just west of Boston, and was charged with drunken driving.
A police officer said Obama failed to stop at a stop sign and nearly caused the officer's cruiser to crash into his vehicle.
Obama admitted sufficient facts in the case, meaning he didn't plead guilty but acknowledged prosecutors had enough evidence to convict him.
A judge continued the case for one year without a finding, so if Obama doesn't get arrested during that time the charge will be dismissed. The judge also ordered him to attend a driver alcohol education program.
Obama, after he was arrested in the driving case and was asked if he wanted to make a phone call to arrange for bail, said, "I think I will call the White House," according to a police report. But he has had no contact with the White House about the case, his lawyer said.
The White House said it expected his arrest to be handled like any other.
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Corn and wheat finished strong while old crop soybeans had a sharp selloff. July corn closed 9 cents higher at $6.01 ½, July soybeans closed 22 ¼ cents lower at $13.86, and July wheat closed 7 ½ cents higher at $6.23 ½.
This morning we had NOPA Crush as well as export sales which were both above expectations for soybeans. Crush was expected to be around 134.7 but instead came in at 138.266. Total soybean export sales were estimated to be between 475,000 – 750,000 MTs but we had 425,100 MTs in old crop sales and 580,000 MTS in new crop. Basically it was surprising to see the soybean market leading the way lower today despite strong fundamental news.
Corn export sales were the opposite coming in well below expectations. The market was guessing 375,000 to 700,000 MTs in total sales. Instead they came in at 92,100 MTs of old and 77,700 MTs of new.
The midday forecast was left mostly unchanged from that of this morning. We will continue to watch for any forecast changes for market action. The economy and outside markets have also been a large factor in grain prices lately. The upcoming Greek elections on Sunday night will surely be watched closely. A negative outcome on Sunday night could be one downside risk to watch out for in the short-term.
The USDA decided not to change the production or demand for new crop corn. The key here is that up until Monday crop ratings were rather favorable for corn and there was not a major reason to lower production on this report. Also to the market's surprise, they did not change the demand number for old crop corn leaving carryout unchanged at 851 million bushels. The world corn numbers echoed the US numbers with bearish surprises.
Export demand for old crop soybeans was raised by the USDA and in turn lowered the ending carryout by 35 million bushels to 175 million. Carrying this number to new crop and lowering total use by 30 million bushels resulted in a net decrease in new crop carryout of 5 million bushels (the market was calling for a 2 million bushel decrease).
Wheat carryout in the US came in below estimates for old crop and new crop. The only real bearish factors were higher than expected winter wheat production as well as higher new crop world carryout.
So where do we go from here? We have to keep an open mind for corn as weather is still the main factor to watch in the following weeks to come. Pollination is coming soon for some of the early planted corn and the forecasted rains will be very important for price action.
Soybean market direction will also rely heavily on weather but until we know more about how many acres beans have gained since the planting intentions report, or have been added as doublecrop, the margin-for-error is much smaller for the bean crop than it is corn. The USDA is currently projecting only a 140 million bu carryout using a 43.9 bpa. This will make for a long summer of volatility if they continue to add rain and take it out of the forecast.
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COLLEGE PARK, Md.—School records and gold medals highlighted UMBC track and field's performance at the Maryland Invitational, concluding with the men running home with the title with 184 points and the women securing second place with 132 points.
Senior Sara Parkinson (Chorley, England/Loughborough University) broke a UMBC record for the second consecutive week, smashing the 3,000-meter record and winning gold in 9:44.93, over 16 seconds faster than the 27-year old record. Parkinson broke the 5,000-meter run record at the Colonial Relays last weekend.
Senior Chris Snyder (McConnellsburg, Pa./McConnellsburg) broke the school record in the 3,000-meter run, finishing fourth in a time of 8:28.46, while sophomore TJ Cowing (Severna Park, Md./Severna Park) also finished under the previous record, placing eighth in 8:37.04.
Junior Aaron Brooks (Upper Marlboro, Md./Dematha) won the men's discus throw with an IC4A-qualifying heave of 49.01m (160'9"). Fellow junior Imani Colbert (Upper Marlboro, Md./C.H. Flowers) earned gold in the women's 100-meter hurdles in 14.72
Sophomore Amanda Deller (Aberdeen, Md./Aberdeen) finished second in the shot put with an ECAC-qualifying throw of 14.11m (46'3") and third in the discus with a mark of 37.65m (123'6").
Sophomore Shioma Obemeata (New Rochelle, N.Y./Iona Preparatory/St. Francis College) earned silver in the men's triple jump with a leap of 14.04m (46'0.75").
Sophomore Megan Arnold (Sicklerville, N.J./Timber Creek Regional) and junior Keri Wilson(Columbia, Md./Long Reach) finished 1-2 in the women's 5000-meter run in 18:43.59 and 18:56.42, respectively. In the men's 5,000, freshmen Vinny Di Salvo (Washingtonville, N.Y./Washingtonville) and Nic Escobar (Derwood, Md./Magruder) placed fourth and sixth, respectively.
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Seniors Keith Brown (Columbia, Md./McDonough) and Keith Onto (Point Pleasant, N.J./Point Pleasant Boro/St. Francis (PA)) finished third and fourth in the men's 110-meter hurdles in times of 15.20 and 15.38, respectively.
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Senior Jasmine Batchelor (Farmingdale, N.Y./Farmingdale) earned bronze in the women's high jump with a mark of 1.52m (4'11.75"), while freshman Mo Drammeh (Frederick, Md./Thomas Johnson) also finished third in the men's high jump, reaching a height of 1.93m (6'4").
Junior Joshua Hewitson (New Market, Md./Linganore) crossed the line fourth in the men's 800-meter run in 1:55.30, while freshman Andrew Smith (Chadds Ford, Pa./Garnet Valley) finished eighth in 1:56.64.
Senior Britney Foreman (Pasadena, Md./Chesapeake) finished fifth in the women's 100-meter dash in a time of 12.94, while junior Fallon Rovel-Jones (Owings Mills, Md./New Town) placed seventh in 13.14. Rovel-Jones also finished fourth in the 100-meter hurdles.
Freshman Kyle Baker (Bowie, Md./Archbishop Spalding) finished sixth in the men's 200-meter dash in 22.77, while he placed eighth in the 100-meter dash in 11.55.
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One of the largest of the border cities (and said to be the world's busiest border crossing), El Paso is a blend of the United States and Mexico, its history closely linked to that of Juárez. The region was once known as El Paso del Norte, for the route through the mountains from Mexico to the north. In the 16th and 17th cent. missionaries, soldiers, and traders came here. Although missions were founded at Ysleta and elsewhere north of the river, the major settlement was on the south (Juárez) bank. Not until 1827 was the first house built on the site of El Paso. After the U.S.-Mexican border was set, settlement increased, and the coming of the railroad in 1881 prefaced the arrival of cowboys, exiles, border traders, and adventurers. As a result of the settlement in 1963 of the Chamizal border dispute, a small area of El Paso was transferred to Mexico.


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In a tough job market, underscored by September's tepid jobs report, it always helps to know some of the best places to find work. More educated members of the labor force will find more opportunities in some of these cities, where the demand for education narrows the field of applicants.
In fact, according to a study released in September by the Brookings Institution, the number of years of education required for average U.S. jobs actually increased ahead of the number of workers sufficiently educated to fill those jobs. So the more highly educated an applicant is, the greater the edge he or she will have.
Some cities, says the study, titled "Education, Demand, and Unemployment in Metropolitan America," actually have an "education gap"—a shortage of educated workers relative to employer demand—which, if too great, can lead to a higher unemployment rate. Conversely, the smaller the education gap, the better an individual's chances of getting a job.
So, job hunters—who may be your clients' children as well—polish off those educational credentials: here are the top 10 best cities and metropolitan areas where your education could move you to the front of the line. (But you may want to avoid searching in AdvisorOne's Top 10 Worst Cities for Educated Job Seekers.)
10. San Jose-
Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif.
Just remember that real estate bubble. It's here, too, but manufacturing in the area took a hit as well—which is why the unemployment rate is 9.9% after rising 5.3 percentage points during the recession. Still, Cisco, IBM, and lots of other tech companies are located here, so if you're computer-savvy, this could be the place for you.
9. Minneapolis-St. Paul-
Bloomington, Minn.-Wis.
The unemployment rate in the Twin Cities area only rose 2.5% to 6.3% during the recession. Ameriprise Financial lives here, as do Target, PepsiAmericas, Securian Financial, EcoLabs and Caribou Coffee. Plus, with the Mall of America nearby, you'll never have to wonder where to spend that paycheck.
8. Boston-Cambridge-
Quincy, Mass.-New Hampshire
Its unemployment rate is only 6.6%, rising only 3 percentage points from pre-recession levels. It boasts MIT, Harvard, and Tufts—all needing highly educated workers. It might be smart to look here.
7. Seattle-Tacoma-
Bellevue, Wash.
With an 8.5% unemployment rate that has risen by 4.4 percentage points since the recession started, Seattle does have its issues with employment.
But we have a few words to offer about that: Amazon! Starbucks! Microsoft! All headquartered in the Northwest.
6. San Francisco-
Oakland-Fremont, Calif.
The unemployment rate in the San Francisco area may seem daunting at 9.3%, and it's true that it rose by 5.1 percentage points since the onset of the recession. However, the study chalks that up to banking deregulation, which paved the way for the housing bubble—a factor that the high-unemployment, low-education-gap cities have in common.
Still, San Francisco boasts a substantial technology industry, as well as biomedical and biotech companies.
5. Raleigh-Cary, N.C.
This is the famous Research Triangle of Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, host to major universities such as Duke, biotechnology research centers and hospitals.
The education gap here is only a shade higher than the previous four, and its unemployment rate is lower than the Bridgeport, Conn., area at 7.9%. It also rose less than Bridgeport's, by only 4.3 percentage points.
4. Bridgeport-Stamford-
Norwalk, Conn.
The unemployment rate in the Bridgeport metropolitan region may sound a bit high as well, adding 4.5 percentage points since the recession began to come in at 8.5%. OK, so it's more than doubled. But if you're looking for something in the financial services field, this could be your destination of choice.
Because of its proximity to Manhattan, the region is home to lots of money businesses, such as Bridgewater Associates, the world's biggest hedge fund. You'll also find SAC Capital Advisors here, and Aladdin Capital—not to mention health care services firms and a number of other big corporations whose employees enjoy life north of Long Island Sound.
3. Provo-Orem, Utah
The unemployment rate in and around Provo and Orem is 7.5%, up 5 percentage from before the onset of the downturn. That may sound like a lot, but the education gap in the Provo region is tied with our nation's capital for the second lowest in the country.
Besides, with 30,000-student-strong Brigham Young University, software, tech and biotech firms in residence, and a nice spread of other industries represented here, you could do worse on that job search.
2. Washington, D.C.-
Arlington-Alexandria, Va.
No surprise here. With the second lowest education gap and an unemployment rate of 5.7%, up 2.7 percentage points from pre-recession days, the region including and surrounding the nation's capital is the place to be for jobseekers on the way up.
Need to know more? You'll find defense contractors clustered around the seat of the national government, and such eminent institutions as Georgetown University, the Smithsonian Institution, and an abundance of high-level military installations like the Pentagon, too. So educated jobseekers will find plenty of opportunities for brainy work.
1. Madison, Wis.
The No. 1 city for prospective job hunters is Madison, with the lowest education gap in the country. Its unemployment rate, at 5.3% (all such rates listed here are as of May 2011), makes it the 20th lowest metropolitan area in the U.S.; that rate has only risen 1.9 percentage points since the recession began.
With the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the teaching hospital attached to the university, and other major hospitals, the capital city of Wisconsin boasts an assortment of biotech and insurance companies as well.
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The National Defence Commission, headed by the country's young leader, Kim Jong Un, rejected Tuesday's U.N. Security Council resolution condemning North Korea's long-range rocket launch in December as a banned missile activity and expanding sanctions against the regime. The commission reaffirmed in its declaration that the launch was a peaceful bid to send a satellite into space, but also said the country's rocket launches have a military purpose: to strike and attack the United States.
The commission pledged to keep launching satellites and rockets and to conduct a nuclear test as part of a "new phase" of combat with the United States, which it blames for leading the U.N. bid to punish Pyongyang. It said a nuclear test was part of "upcoming" action but did not say exactly when or where it would take place.
"We do not hide that a variety of satellites and long-range rockets which will be launched by the DPRK one after another and a nuclear test of higher level which will be carried out by it in the upcoming all-out action, a new phase of the anti-U.S. struggle that has lasted century after century, will target against the U.S., the sworn enemy of the Korean people," the commission said, referring to North Korea by its official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
"Settling accounts with the U.S. needs to be done with force, not with words, as it regards jungle law as the rule of its survival," the commission said.
It was a rare declaration by the powerful military commission once led by late leader Kim Jong Il and now commanded by his son, Kim Jong Un. The statement made clear Kim's commitment to continue developing the country's nuclear and missile programs in defiance of the Security Council, even at risk of further international isolation.
North Korea's allusion to a "higher level" nuclear test most likely refers to a device made from highly enriched uranium, which is easier to miniaturize than the plutonium bombs it tested in 2006 and 2009, said Cheong Seong-chang, an analyst at the private Sejong Institute in South Korea. Experts say the North Koreans must conduct further tests of its atomic devices and master the technique for making them smaller before they can be mounted as nuclear warheads onto long-range missiles.
The U.S. State Department had no immediate response to Thursday's statement. On Wednesday, after Pyongyang's Foreign Ministry issued its own angry response to the Security Council decision and said the North would bolster its "nuclear deterrence," U.S. envoy to North Korea Glyn Davies urged restraint.
"It is important that they heed the voice of the international community," Davies said in South Korea. He was meeting with South Korean officials on a trip that also will take him to China and Japan to discuss how to move forward on North Korea relations.
Davies said that if North Korea begins "to take concrete steps to indicate their interest in returning to diplomacy, they may find in their negotiating partners willing partners in that process."
North Korea claims the right to build nuclear weapons as a defence against the United States, its Korean War foe.
The bitter three-year war ended in a truce, not a peace treaty, in 1953, and left the Korean Peninsula divided by the world's most heavily fortified demilitarized zone. The U.S. leads the U.N. Command that governs the truce and stations more than 28,000 troops in ally South Korea, a presence that North Korea cites as a key reason for its drive to build nuclear weapons.
North Korea is estimated to have stored up enough weaponized plutonium for four to eight bombs, according to scientist Siegfried Hecker, who visited the North's Nyongbyon nuclear complex in 2010.
In 2009, Pyongyang also declared that it would begin enriching uranium, which would give North Korea a second way to make atomic weapons.
North Korea carried out underground nuclear tests in 2006 and 2009, both times just weeks after being punished with U.N. sanctions for launching long-range rockets it claimed were peaceful bids to send satellites into space.
In October, an unidentified spokesman at the National Defence Commission warned in statement carried by state media that the U.S. mainland was within range of its missiles. And at a military parade last April, North Korea showed off what appeared to be an intercontinental ballistic missile.
Satellite photos taken last month at North Korea's underground nuclear test site in Punggye-ri in the far northeast showed continued activity that suggested a state of readiness even in winter, according to analysis by 38 North, a North Korea website affiliated with the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies.
Another nuclear test would bring North Korea a step closer to being ability to launch a long-range missile tipped with a nuclear warhead, said Daniel Pinkston, an analyst with the International Crisis Group.
"Their behaviour indicates they want to acquire those capabilities," he said. "The ultimate goal is to have a robust nuclear deterrent."
Associated Press writers Jean H. Lee and Sam Kim contributed to this report. Follow AP's Korea bureau chief at www.twitter.com/newsjean.
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During this session, you will have an opportunity to build understandings to help you:
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The recent announcement by GT Logistics (GTL) that it had signed a marketing agreement with Cokinos Energy Corporation to enhance the services offered at its GT OmniPort in Port Arthur represents only the beginning for this major new player in the Southeast Texas petrochemical complex.
The 1,100-acre OmniPort scheduled to begin initial operations in April 2012 is a multi-modal terminal for crude oil and other products transported via rail, ship, barge and truck. Upon GTL's completion of rail lines, crude railcar unloading racks, pipelines and barge loading facilities, Cokinos will be responsible for marketing and scheduling throughput of crude oil delivered to the GT OmniPort.
The old line that the three top factors in real estate are location, location and location is one of those clichés that is largely true, as the development of the OmniPort site demonstrates. The site is strategically located 85 miles east of Houston on Taylor Bayou adjacent to Port Arthur. Comprising 1,116 acres of prime available acreage inclusive of utilities, the site's existing infrastructure is ideal for logistical-oriented industrial uses.
The site has superior direct passage to major transportation thoroughfares, including shipping gateways via the Port of Port Arthur, rail lines, air transportation and pipeline distribution systems. Its location provides immediate access to the world's largest concentration of petrochemical, manufacturing and research facilities.
Bart Owens, vice-president and general manager for GT Logistics, reviewed the past, present and future of the site in an interview with the Business Journal."This is a plant site – Coppers opened a refinery there in 1951. Then it became Sinclair Coppers and then it went through several names – Arco, Arco Polymers, EquiStar – and wound up as Lyondell. We acquired it from Lyondell in 2010," he said. "The plant was idled in 1999, and Lyondell made the decision to raze the plant, take down the mechanical portion and remove it. When we bought it, we had the concrete foundations and underground piping to remove. We're currently involved in an environmental cleanup of the site – we're about 85 percent complete with that. TCEQ is monitoring and we have environmental engineers involved with all aspects of that, and it is approved for industrial redevelopment."
Owens provided some insight into the company's thinking about its new acquisition.
"We sat down and looked at what our best opportunity was (for the site). It was two-fold. One would be a logistics play; that is, a business that supports the regional petrochemical and refining industry in handling product via rail, barge and truck. It's a unique piece of property that sits on the Union Pacific mainline; it sits on Taylor Bayou turnaround, which connects to the Intracoastal (Waterway) so there's barge access; and then of course it sits on Highway 73 for truck access."
Ocean-going vessels including ships and barges can also be accommodated thanks to another GTL acquisition nearby.
"We acquired a second tract on the ship channel that's about two miles away that we intend to connect with pipe for liquids trans-loading to ship," added Owens.
The project is already having a positive impact on the local employment picture. GT Logistics, which will operate the terminal itself, will employ an estimated 100 to 150 people in the next 12 to 16 months.
"We employ eight people right now; there are approximately another 100 construction jobs that have been in play since July of 2010. That's going to jump up to probably 150 with a bunch of mechanical and electrical guys over the next three weeks, but we will probably employ 120 to 150 people with just the logistics business," said Owens. While he declined to provide specific details of future plans, he suggested the best of OmniPort might be yet to come.
"We're in negotiations now. The second part of the project will be an industrial development of the site, to subdivide and develop tracts with opportunities for people who are connected to petrochemical or refining industries. It's a seven to 10 year development, so you could see thousands of jobs there," he said.
One advantage to the GTL business plan is its flexibility to respond to market changes. Owens said they are responding to shifting circumstances ever since they acquired the property in 2010.
"I think you've seen crude by rail become such a huge, huge segment of our business model as opposed to when we started," he observed. "A lot of that is attributed to tension in the Middle East and the problems with the Iranian government in the Straits of Hormuz; and you also see the restriction of pipeline access to these shale plays where there's remote stranded crude oil that can move by rail."
The production from numerous shale plays is heading this way. "You'll see some Bakkin crude (from North Dakota) coming to Port Arthur; you'll see some Eagle Ford, Permian basin, Niobrara from Colorado. Crude by rail is fixin' to be huge in Port Arthur," said Owens, suggesting much of it will pass through GT Omniport.
GTL's current construction program includes the installation of over 10 miles of rail track with a loop track to handle two 103-car unit trains at its 1,100-acre site. Railcar unloading will be performed at an 18-spot rack system connected by pipeline to its two-barge dock on Taylor Bayou. Rail service to the site is provided by the Union Pacific Rail Road. GTL also owns and operates a 20-acre deepwater dock and receiving facility on the Sabine Neches Navigation District Channel with more than 900 feet of steel bulkhead improvements and 1,700 feet of waterfront access to the 42-foot-deep channel.
"The features and auxiliary facilities of the GT OmniPort terminal, including rail, barge, ship and pipeline improvements, will set new standards for customers, improve their logistics chain and reduce costs," said DeSpain. "The completion of construction and this agreement with Cokinos positions GT OmniPort as one of the top receiving facilities of the crude-by-rail supply chain."
Business Journal editor James Shannon offers a weekly column of business news for readers of The Examiner. For more details, see the editions of the Business journal published monthly in Beaumont, Port Arthur and Greater Orange. Check out the blog at setxbiz.blogspot.com or e-mail james [at] beaumontbusinessjournal [dot] com.


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Campus invited to anniversary presentation
Please join President Harrison on Tuesday, October 22 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the Conference Center Ballroom, WD fourth floor, to celebrate our history makers, showcase our students, programs, and partnerships, and learn more about our master plan and regional vision for the future of higher education and workforce development in Central Ohio. Last month, the college hosted more than 150 local business leaders, civic and public officials as President Harrison reviewed our history and shared his vision for the future. The presentation was very well-received by the community, so come and see it for yourself next Tuesday!
Last call for candidate feedback
Please remember to give your feedback on the candidates for the position of vice president for Information Technology, as they are introduced to campus through the Open Forums. You can also view the candidate open forums online here: http://intranet.cscc.edu/cioforum/.
The link to the feedback form is online here: Feedback Form
Missed Columbus State Day?
If you missed Columbus State Day on campus, you can see highlights from Saturday in this video produced by Mark Van Horn in Marketing and Communications.
Students collect for military care packages
Columbus State's College Leadership Conference of Ohio, which is scheduled for early next month, would like to encourage you to help make a difference by helping our military men and women overseas.
U.S. troops are stationed in places where the nearest convenience store is at least 40 minutes away, and requires a combat convoy to just make the trip. This year the College Leadership Conference of Ohio (CLCO) is challenging both students and employees to donate items for a Military Care Package Drive.
Participants at the Leadership Conference will package up the donations and write post cards to enclose in each package. Following the conference, all care packages and post cards will be taken to a local Blue Star Mothers' Chapter to be shipped to troops overseas.
The type of items needed for these care packages includes such things as individually packed food and drink items, candy and sweets like gum and lifesavers, toiletries and hygiene items, boot socks and t-shirts, puzzles, word games, recent magazines and more. For a full list of items needed, email Heather Borland in Student Engagement and Leadership.
Financial Planning seminar offered
Your Columbus State Benefit Team invites you to attend a free financial planning educational seminar offered by VALIC, titled "Social Security and Your Retirement." The presentation will be held on Wednesday, October 23, in WD 407 from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
To register and reserve your seat, click on the link below. Seating is limited so register today!
Di Pietro to perform Halloween concert
Rocco Di Pietro, instructor in the Humanities, will perform a Halloween concert on Tuesday, October 29, at 7:00 p.m. in the Fort Hayes Theatre.
Di Pietro will present his works "King Lear" and "Lilith" with students from Columbus State, Ohio State and Fort Hayes music programs.
The concert will have mixed genres and some pop pieces with a Halloween theme will be included. Columbus State student Chelsea Arthur will sing one of her new songs, and OSU student composer Ramsey Sadaka will perform his new cello solo work. The concert is free and open to the public.
Disability Services Testing Center closed Friday
The Disability Services Testing Center will close Friday, October 18, from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. for staff training. Exams in progress will continue to be monitored, however no new exams will be scheduled during this time. The center will reopen at 3:30 p.m. Please contact the Disabilities Services Testing Center at ext. 2570 if you have questions or concerns.
Distance Education and Instructional Support (DEIS) seminars:
Air Sketch: Wirelessly Projecting Your Lectures/Presentations Using an iPad
If you are in a smart classroom, you can project your slides to a screen, annotate them, and then share them with your students. You can write on images or diagrams and do equations. Then you can share them with your students. If you are using Camtasia you can even post these lectures
Presenter: James Stewart, Associate Professor, Social Sciences, D-L Lead
When and where: Friday, October 18 (12:00 - 1:00 p.m.) CT 107 - Register
Blackboard Grade Center
Prerequisites: training participants must have already successfully completed the following ITI training courses: Introduction to Blackboard and Grade Center I
Date/Time: Wednesday, October 23 (12:00 - 1:00 p.m.) - Register
WebEx Meeting Center Basics
WebEx Meeting Center is a virtual online meeting room that allows Columbus State employees to hold meetings online. WebEx requires participants to have internet access and a computer with a microphone and audio capabilities. All communication is done through the computer, whether a desktop pc or laptop. WebEx allows for multiple participants, up to 200, at different locations to connect online and share any document, power point, web site, or other multimedia. Although WebEx has video capabilities, the focus generally is with sharing data and information with participants.
Please note: All participants seeking to attend training and or/use WebEx must download/complete the Cougar Webconferencing (WebEx) Meeting Request form before signing up for this training session - Download Meeting Center Request Form
When: Thursday, October 24 (6:00 - 8:00 p.m.) - Register
Human Capacity Development Session
Managing with Strengths
Prerequisite: Have completed Win with Your Strengths and is currently a supervisor/manager/ administrator at Columbus State.
This workshop will explore ways managers can use their strengths and the strengths of their employees to impact employee loyalty and productivity. The session will study managers who effectively use strengths to hire, focus, motivate, and develop employees and ultimately impact employee engagement and performance. Participants will begin to develop strategies for managing employees using a strengths-based approach.
When: Thursday, October 24, 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Register
Bookstore offers customer appreciation program
The Columbus State Bookstore will offer customers $2 off every $10 spent at the Bookstore through October 31 and your employee discount applies to your purchases. Exclusions include textbooks, laptops, calculators and gift cards. You can also register to win a $10 iTunes gift card with one winner announced daily through Oct. 31.
Connect your students to the resources they need to be successful
FOCUS—powered by Starfish and supported using the college's Title III grant—is a powerful communication tool at Columbus State that provides students with real-time information about how they are doing in class.
FOCUS allows:
faculty, staff, or advisors to send timely notices to students who might be at risk of not completing a course successfully due to attendance, grade, or participation concerns.
custom notices that help students find assistance early in the term, so they can overcome challenges and increase their chances of success.
students to see the notices in their college email and in Blackboard, and the system also gives them access to a network of people who can work with them to find the resources they need.
students to change their profiles in FOCUS to receive messages through personal email, Facebook, Twitter, or text messages.
Instructors and staffmay also use FOCUS to refer students to Columbus State support services such as tutoring and supplemental instruction. In some cases, tutors and supplemental instruction leaders follow up directly with these referrals. If not, Retention Specialist Megan McWilliams makes a point to follow up with students.
Training is available six times each semester. Interested faculty and staff can register at: http://web.cscc.edu/is/employeetraining/course.asp?C=480.