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Corporate finance executives say their annual audits are growing more contentious and more expensive as auditors facing heightened regulatory pressure are seeking more justification and documentation from managers.
Auditors have sharply increased requests for documentation, details of internal controls processes and minutia around asset valuations, as the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board found an uptick in audit deficiencies in these areas over the past couple of years, corporate controllers said on Tuesday.
"There is clearly a lot more stress in the system," Pascal Desroches, controller at Time Warner, Inc. said at a Financial Executives International accounting conference in New York. He said auditors are increasingly asking the company to justify management decisions with much more documentation, and increasing inspections related to internal controls. As a result, he said, audit fee discussions are growing "more intense" each year, as auditors seek higher compensation for the extra work they are doing.
As audit firms have been dinged by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board for not effectively testing a company's internal control processes against financial fraud, the firms have asked managers to provide more information about how such processes work. Much to their frustration, auditors are suddenly asking to attend meetings where managers review an internal control to observe how the process works, and asking for more documentation about how control processes work in each quarter, controllers said.
"Some of these discussions are going to complicate our year-end audit," Marsha Hunt, corporate controller at Cummins said at the conference. The increasing details auditors are asking for often seem arbitrary or immaterial to managers and are increasing the amount of time her finance team has to spend with outside auditors, rather than running the business, Ms. Hunt said.
While controllers said they can see auditors are doing more work, they also said they are working hard to push back against the fee increases.
"There is a lot of fear of the PCAOB and possibly having to answer to someone if they haven't done something right," Loretta Cangialosi, controller at Pfizer told the conference, noting she is seeing increased requests for documentation around management judgments. Auditors say the changes are improvements to audit quality, when seeking higher fees for the coming year. But "it doesn't make any sense to me that they are going to charge me for increased quality when it's the same opinion," Ms. Hunt told the audience of financial executives.
The government's audit watchdog, however, says it is just pushing auditors to follow procedures they should have been doing all along.
In its findings on audit deficiencies, the PCAOB has often seen that auditors just don't understand how a control works or what assumptions management is using to justify a certain valuation, PCAOB board member Jay Hanson said at the conference.
"Just seeing that somebody signed a document isn't helpful at all," Mr. Hanson told the conference, explaining that auditors sometimes either need to see internal controls processes written down, or follow an executive around to understand how they actually work. While some auditors have responded by doing a complete audit of every minuscule feature of a control process to improve their understanding, he said in most cases the increased pressure is just from firms realizing they have not been following their own audit guidelines in these areas.
"But you also have to wonder, if the auditors don't really understand what the control is and they start probing, and there's not a lot of documentation on it, how do you know the control really works? " Mr. Hanson said.
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Article 422 covers electric appliances used in any occupancy. Most NEC articles include definitions unique to that article in a dedicated subsection with the ".2" ending. Until the 2011 revision, Art. 422 didn't have such a section and provided the definition for "vending machine" in 422.51. That definition is now in the new Sec. 422.2.
With the 2011 revision, each appliance must have a means to simultaneously disconnect all ungrounded circuit conductors [422.30]. The NEC has long required appliances to have a means to disconnect the ungrounded conductors supplying them, just not simultaneously. This change helps coordinate this requirement with the provisions of 240.15.
That's not the only disconnect-related change in Art. 422. How you apply the requirements of 422.31 depends on the VA rating and horsepower rating of the appliance. The horsepower rating is actually for the motor of the appliance, yet it raises a concern.
Article 430 requires motors to have a lockable disconnect within sight. What if a lockable disconnect isn't within sight of a motor-driven appliance? That used to be a confusing aspect of Art. 422. The 2011 NEC clarifies that the branch circuit overcurrent device can serve as the disconnect for appliances (if they are not over 300VA or 1/8 hp) [422.31(A)].
Another source of confusion has been in applying the requirements of 422.32, which pertained only to motor-driven appliances and differed from those in 422.31. In the 2011 Code, 422.32 is gone. A new subsection 422.31(C) exists for appliances rated over 1⁄8 hp (motor driven) and 422.31(B) now addresses appliances rated over 300VA.
In the 2011 NEC, revision of 422.31 addresses the disconnection of permanently connected appliances in the following subsections:
- Subsection (A) applies to nonmotor-operated appliances not over 300VA and motor-operated appliances less than 1⁄8 hp.
- Subsection (B) applies to nonmotor-operated appliances of greater than 300VA.
- Subsection (C) applies to motor-operated appliances greater than 1⁄8 hp.
- The exception formerly found in 422.32 now applies to 422.31(C).
Fixed Space Heaters
Has the sheer number of pages in Art. 424 ever struck you as a bit "over the top?" This is a nine-part article on fixed electric space heaters. Why so much text for what seems to be a simple application? The answer is that heaters come in many configurations for various uses, and Art. 424 covers them all. Not all of this article applies to electricians in the field though, because Part IV is for manufacturers.
Fixed space heaters (wall-mounted, ceiling-mounted, or free-standing) are common in utility buildings and other small structures as well as in some larger structures. When used to heat floors, space-heating cables help solve the thermal layering problem typical of forced-air systems — so they are in widespread use. Duct heaters commonly provide a distributed heating scheme in large office and educational buildings. Locating the heater in the ductwork close to the occupied space eliminates the waste of transporting heated air through sheet metal ductwork routed in unheated spaces.
The motors for fixed electric space-heaters are now considered a continuous load [424.3(B)]. Thus, size the branch circuit at 125%.
The NEC has long required GFCI protection of electric space heating cables that heat floors in bathrooms and hydromassage locations. Now this requirement also includes kitchen floors [424.44(G)] (click here to see Fig. 1).
Article 430 (see Article 430 Issues on page 37) didn't change very much in the 2011 NEC. However, there was a change in the requirements for cord- and plug-connected motors. While portable motors typically plug into receptacles, often they're connected to the cord connector of a pendant cord or a flanged surface inlet. Though 210.50(A) addresses cord connectors attached to a pendant cord, 430.109(F) now addresses these as well.
For a motor disconnecting means, you can use any of the following if they have a horsepower rating not less than the motor rating:
- Horsepower-rated attachment plug and receptacle.
- Flanged surface inlet and cord connector.
- Attachment plug and cord connector.
Air-conditioning and Refrigeration Equipment
Article 440 includes some changes for air conditioners, beginning with cord-connected room air conditioners. It's similar to the change we just looked at in Art. 430. While cord- and plug-connected room air conditioners typically plug into receptacles, often they're connected to the cord connector of a pendant cord. While 210.50(A) addresses this type of installation, 440.63 has now been revised to include such situations.
An attachment plug and receptacle or cord connector can serve as the disconnecting means for a room air conditioner, provided (click here to see Fig. 2):
- The manual controls on the room air conditioner are readily accessible and within 6 ft of the floor, or
- A readily accessible disconnecting means is within sight from the room air conditioner.
Generators are basically motors that operate in reverse — they produce electricity when rotated instead of rotating when supplied with electricity. Article 430, which covers motors, is the longest article in the NEC. Article 445, which covers generators, is one of the shortest. At first, this might not seem to make sense, but you don't need to size and protect conductors to a generator. You do need to size and protect them to a motor.
Generators need overload protection, and it's necessary to size the conductors that come from the generator. However, these considerations are more straightforward than the equivalent considerations for motors.
The Scope section for Art. 445 has been revised to be more accurate. Previously, it said, "This article covers the installation of generators." Now it says, "This article contains installation and other requirements for generators." [445.1]
While Art. 445 does cover the installation of generators, it also covers the location, marking, overcurrent protection, internal bushing requirements, terminal housings, and disconnecting means for generators. In addition, it covers the ampacity of conductors from the generator terminal to the first disconnecting means with overcurrent protection. Instead of including this long list of items, the Code-Making Panel decided to shorten it by stating that Art. 445 covers "installation and other requirements" for generators.
Generators, associated wiring, and equipment must be installed in accordance with the following requirements, depending on their use:
- Article 695, Fire Pumps
- Article 700, Emergency Systems
- Article 701, Legally Required Standby Systems
- Article 702, Optional Standby Systems
Article 450 opens by saying, "This article covers the installation of all transformers." Then it lists eight exceptions. So what does Art. 450 really cover? Essentially, it covers power transformers and most kinds of lighting transformers.
The prevention of overheating is a major concern with transformers. The NEC doesn't completely address this issue, because the NEC isn't a design manual [90.1(C)].
Proper transformer selection, which the NEC doesn't address, is an important part of preventing transformer overheating. You need to select a transformer suitable for the load characteristics, the application, and the environment.
Once you've done that, Art. 450 takes you through the next logical steps — providing overcurrent protection, making the proper connections, meeting ventilation requirements, and allowing for accessibility.
- Part I contains the general requirements such as guarding, marking, and accessibility.
- Part II contains the specific provisions for different types of transformers.
- Part III covers transformer vaults.
Article 450 doesn't go into acceptance testing or maintenance. For those, you'll need to refer to other standards.
Disconnecting Means
A new section, 450.14, requires a disconnecting means for most transformers. In previous NEC editions, transformers didn't require a disconnecting means. Although there were no documented injuries to warrant this change, it's obvious that this requirement should enhance safety.
For transformers other than Class 2 and Class 3, you must provide a means to disconnect all transformer ungrounded primary conductors. The disconnecting means must be within sight of the transformer unless the location of the disconnect is field-marked on the transformer, and the disconnect is lockable (click here to see Fig. 3).
We just ran through an overview of changes to eight NEC articles. We were able to do that in so little space because the changes weren't extensive. Did you notice a recurring theme here? The 2011 NEC requires disconnects where previously they weren't required.
Adding more disconnects will slightly increase construction costs if they were not already included by designers. In addition to the safety benefits, reduced maintenance costs will also provide savings to offset the increased construction costs. This is why engineering best practices required disconnects even where the NEC previously did not.
SIDEBAR: Article 430 Issues
Because Art. 430 is so large, Code users sometimes feel overwhelmed by it. The solution to that problem is to proceed methodically through your motor system installation using Fig. 430.1 in the NEC. This illustration gives a good graphical representation of which Parts of Art. 430 apply to which parts of the motor system.
A second issue involves sizing the motor branch circuit overcurrent protection. Remember, an overload isn't the same thing as a short circuit or ground fault. The fuse or circuit breaker protects the motor branch circuit against short circuits or ground faults, but it is sized large enough to allow the motor to draw the additional current needed for startup [430.52]. By sizing the branch circuit short circuit and ground fault protection device this large, it will not provide overload protection for the motor. That's why separate motor overload protection is required [430.32(A)(1)]. This makes overcurrent protection for motor applications necessarily different from the protection employed for other types of equipment. So don't confuse general overcurrent protection with motor protection — you must calculate and apply them differently using the rules in Art. 430.


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Blue Jackets' Gaborik among players making quick impact
The Columbus Blue Jackets' acquisition of Marian Gaborik on trade deadline day was about raising the threat level of their offense.
Gaborik has done exactly that, producing 10 shots, a game-winning goal and two assists in his first three games.
"He's a threat," said Blue Jackets president John Davidson.
Even when Gaborik doesn't score, the theory is that he still makes it easier for his teammates to score because the opponent's top defenseman is always assigned to deal with Gaborik and his exceptional speed.
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"We are trying to figure this out long-term and it seems to be all falling into place," Davidson said.
The acquisition of Gaborik and his $7.5 million contract sent a message to the team and to the fan base that Davidson's regime plans to compete for the playoffs while they renovate the roster.
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"The fan reaction has been great," Davidson said. "... the fans here are excited, but I think they were excited about our team. It's an honest team, with a good dressing room and good coaching. They've come a long way."
It will be an uphill fight for Gaborik to get the Blue Jackets into the playoffs for only the second time in franchise history.
"This whole thing has been good for us as a team because these games are like playoff games," Davidson said. "If we would have been completely out of this a month ago, it would not have been beneficial for our team."
Here are other late-season acquisitions that are having instant impacts on their teams:
1. Jay Bouwmeester (St. Louis): The Blues have won all three games since Bouwmeester joined their lineup and have given up only four goals. Bouwmeester has averaged 23-plus minutes per game, while posting three assists and a plus-minus of plus-2.
The Blues also added Jordan Leopold to their defense, meaning they have a significant new look on the blue line.
"Both of those guys help us so much because they skate us out of trouble," Blues coach Ken Hitchcock said.
2. Jaromir Jagr (Boston): With a goal, two assists and a plus-3 rating in three games, the 240-pound Jagr has brought a new dimension to the Bruins' offense.
Defenses are drawn to him, and he opens up the ice for teammates.
3. Jason Pominville (Minnesota): In his second game for Minnesota, the Wild won 3-0 against Columbus and Pominville had a goal and an assist. That's pretty much what he does.
He's a proven scorer who came to a team that didn't have enough proven scorers. With Dany Heatley out indefinitely with an injury, Pominville's acquisition was even more important.
4. Raffi Torres (San Jose): Although Torres wasn't one of the high profile players moved on trade deadline day, he seems to have done plenty to change the look of the Sharks.
"They are playing a faster game," said NBC analyst Ed Olczyk, a former NHL player and coach. "Just a couple of subtle moves by (general manager) Doug Wilson subtly changed that team. They seem faster and harder to play against."
Torres can skate, and he will serve as an irritating presence up front. Wilson also added defenseman Scott Hannan.
5. Ben Bishop (Tampa Bay): In his first game in a Lightning jersey, goalie Bishop posted a 45-save shutout. He owns a .945 save percentage over his first three games.
He has already established that he could be the Lightning's long-term answer in net.
6.Ryane Clowe(New York Rangers): After going 28 games without a goal in San Jose, Clowe owns two goals and two assists in four games for the Rangers.
Having his 225 pounds of grit on the wing also gives the Rangers a more menacing look.
7. Jussi Jokinen (Pittsburgh): In his first game with the Penguins, he scored his team's only regulation goal and the game-winning shootout tally in a 2-1 win against the Rangers.
With the number of injuries the Penguins have, Jokinen could be a valuable depth addition.
8. Derek Roy (Vancouver): Roy only has one assist in three games, but it's apparent that Roy will help the team improve puck possession.
Depending upon how the lines shake out now that Ryan Kesler is healthy, Roy could end up as one of the league's most skillful third-line centers.
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PHOENIXVILLE - As a sophomore boys tennis player at Spring-Ford, Ryan Schweitzer is in his second year of becoming acclimated with Pioneer Athletic Conference competition.
The 10th grader is still learning about tennis and the accompanying pressure that goes along with being inserted into the varsity lineup at a young age.
Schweitzer has responded well at third singles for the Rams, and he came through in a big way again Tuesday afternoon in a PAC-10 matchup against Phoenixville at the Leo J. Scoda Tennis Courts.
Schweitzer outlasted Luke Lombardi in three sets at third singles to snap a 3-3 tie and give Spring-Ford a 4-3 victory over the Phantoms. The scores were 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.
'It was good,' Schweitzer said of the close encounter between the two neighboring schools. (The key was) just keepaing the ball in and working points, and finishing them out when I had the chance.'
Schwetizer spent a lot of time during the offseason fine-tuning his game during winter indoor sessions.
'I do try to stay up with my game,' said Schweitzer. 'I play tennis indoors and I play tennis with my friends.'
Phoenixville led 3-2 with two matches left to decide the match. But Spring-Ford freshman Patrick Pascual came up with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Chris Walsh at second singles to tie the match and leave it all up to the Schweitzer-Lombardi match.
'It was a good, close match,' said Spring-Ford coach John Brennan. 'We have a habit of it down here. The last time it came down to fourth doubles. This time it was third singles. I am proud of Ryan to pull out that third set. After winning the second set, Luke had the momentum. But Ryan pulled it out and I am really proud of him.'
The victory hiked Spring-Ford's dual meet record to 2-0 in the PAC-10 and 7-1 overall, the lone setback a loss to Downingtown East in the Spring-Ford Tournament. Phoenixville dropped to 1-2 in league play and 3-5 overall against a demanding schedule.
'Give Patrick credit at second singles, too, as a freshman,' said Brennan. 'They are two young guys who are going to get better and better as they play singles matches the next couple years.'
The Phantoms got a jump early as seniors Jeff Potts and Ryan Cadigan continued their solid play at first doubles with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over John Gracie and Mike McCabe.
Then defending PAC-10 Singles champion Karlyn Small, a junior, made it 2-0 with a 6-0, 6-1 victory over senior Joey Graziadei at first singles.
Spring-Ford began its comeback at second doubles as seniors Seth Ryberg and Jon Palmer defeated juniors Bobby Newman and Ben McKeon 7-5, 6-1 to put the Rams on the scoreboard.
'We knew it was going to be tough with their first singles and first doubles,' said Brennan. 'Karyln is hands-down the best player in the league. We had to find a way to win four points in five matches. Perkiomen Valley did it with their three doubles matches over there. But you know when you play Phoenixville, it is going to be tough. They are consistent and they play smart. Coach Scoda is a legend and a great coach. We just wanted to compete in the match at the beginning of the day.
'I am really proud of our kids. It was a team effort. It is a tough atmosphere and environment to play down here, but they embraced it.'
Scoda saw his Phantoms drop another tough 4-3 match in league battles, first against Perkiomen Valley and then Spring-Ford with a victory over Pottsgrove sandwiched in between those two encounters.
'We keep losing close points in close matches,' said Scoda.
At second singles, Walsh held leads of 2-1 and 3-2 in the first set before Pascual rallied to win the set and then maintained that momentum during the second set.
At third singles, Schweitzer took leads of 2-1 and 3-2 in the first set and then became more proficient at 5-2 before closing out the set. Lombardi bounced back in the second set by taking the first game and then turning a 2-1 deficit into a 3-2 lead and then also at 4-3 and 5-4 before claiming the set for a split that forced the decisive third set. Schweitzer took the first game and kept the lead throughout the set. In game 10, Schweitzer, a left-hander, served out the set and scored four straight points to take the set, match, and give the team verdict to the Rams.
At second doubles, Phoenixville led the first set 3-2, but Spring-Ford seniors Seth Ryberg and Jon Palmer countered to make it 4-3 and 5-4 before the Phantoms knotted the score at 5-5 with juniors Bobby Newman and Ben McKeon. The Rams took the next two games to win the set. Phoenixville won the first game of the second set, but the Rams took control after that point.
In the third doubles match, the Rams' junior duo of Luke Emerson and Zach Collier won 5-2 in the first set. But the Phantoms had leads of 2-1 and 3-2 in the second set but could not sustain them.
The Rams had leads of 3-2 in both the first and second sets at fourth doubles, but the Phantoms' Austin Starczewski and Mike Pinelli retaliated to win 6-4, 6-3.


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Alfonso Montuori & Urusa Fahim, Editors
Leadership in the 21st century has many faces. There is no one simple definition of the term that can encompass the different types of leadership that we can observe all around us. It is time to put aside traditional definitions of leadership and rethink what leadership means in the 21st century. One does not have to lead a nation or a large organization to be a leader. One can lead by taking actions that seem small in comparison but that make a difference in the lives of people and the community they live in. This issue of ReVision takes a broader look at leadership and what it means to be a leader. The spectrum of ideas presented in the articles ranges from the unique leadership demonstrated by the Kalahari Bushmen to a community leader in Vermont; from leaders who influence the future of nations to those who make a difference by influencing ideas and leaders who aim to transform the spiritual lives of their followers. Each perspective highlights a different angle of leadership, providing a glimpse of different leadership styles and focus.
Imaginal Psychology (Vol. 31, 1)
Karen Jaenke, Editor
Imaginal Psychology is a newly coalescing orientation within the field of psychology with an ancient taproot. The primary concern within Imaginal Psychology is the soul, which can be accessed through practices that attend to images, imagination, experience and affects. Imaginal Psychology embraces various cultural knowledge domains in order to extend its knowledge of the soul, including mythology, spiritual traditions, somatic practices, creative arts, literary and poetic imagination, social critique, deep ecology, and indigenous wisdom. The versatility of this orientation is illustrated in the range of cultural issues to which it can lend depth of understanding. Areas of social concern addressed in this issue include: accountability where harm has been caused; class identity and shame; historical trauma; and soullessness and evil.
Intuition for a World in Crisis (Vol. 31, 2)
Prabhath P & Matthew C. Bronson, Editors
The systems that sustain life as we know it are on the verge of collapse as a result of human action and inaction. The dominance of a certain kind of reductive reasoning and the concomitant suppression of more intuitive modes of knowing are at the root of contemporary crises. This special issue of ReVision is part of an effort to reclaim the suppressed human faculties known as intuition, offering practical pathways to a more holistic and encompassing view of humanity and our relationship with the more-than-human-world. The paths traced by our authors lead from ancient shamanic teachings to leading-edge neuroscience, from dreams to meditation and communion with the living Earth. The contributors converge in their urgent sense that a rapid transformation of individual and collective consciousness is the best hope for a world in crisis, a transformation based in a recovery of ancient and enduring human capacities.
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Douglas A. Vakoch & Fernando Castrillon, Editors
In recent years the environmental challenges facing humankind have gained increased recognition, as have the psychological impacts of these global threats. In this special issue of /ReVision/, leading ecopsychologists take the next step, demonstrating how to foster ecological sensitivity, and not merely react to environmental crises. In theoretically rich, yet practical essays, readers learn how to become more intimate with nature in a range of settings—from semester-long "Natural Presence" geology classes in an urban university, to week-long "Diamond in the Rough" wilderness retreats, to fleeting experiences encountering nature in one's own backyard using a phenomenological approach. Contributors to this special double issue on ecopsychology seek to cultivate greater environmental awareness in a variety of ways, including - Drawing on personal experiences of relating more deeply with nature - Enhancing mindfulness of the natural world through Buddhist practice, either as traditionally practiced or as merged with wilderness therapy - Highlighting cultural influences on environmental identity - Engaging with diverse approaches to research, including – among others – quantitative and qualitative studies across cultures, laboratory experiments in cognitive psychology, and literary analysis
Integral Consciousness (Vol. 32, 1)
Bahman Shirazi, Editor
The next issue edited by Bahman A.K. Shirazi contains a selection of articles from the proceedings of the first Symposium on Integral Consciousness held in May 2009 at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in San Francisco. CIIS was founded by Haridas Chaudhuri who was the first scholar to bring the teachings of the great Indian sage Sri Aurobindo on integral yoga and philosophy to the West. The general themes of the symposium were 'evolution of consciousness and conscious evolution' as well as 'integrative health and healing'. Articles appearing in this issue are selections from several presentations on integral consciousness, integral education, Asian roots of integral consciousness, and the feminine divine. The article by the editor titled 'Wholeness, Integration of personality, and Conscious Evolution in Integral Psychology' addresses transformation and integration of personality and attainment of a fully integrated psyche in the context of integral psychology and yoga drawing on parallels between selected approaches to depth psychology and aspects of integral psychology. It is argued that conscious evolution necessitates full integration of personality resulting in the eradication of the unconscious psyche.
The next article by Zayine Neumann titled 'Atemporal Creativity: Evolution Beyond Lines and Spirals' discusses the work of Jean Gebser suggesting that consciousness does not unfold linearly, but in leaps or mutations and that the upcoming mutation will be atemporal and acausal, rather than linear or cyclical. The author illustrates how Alfred North Whitehead's consideration of propositional feelings, intellectual feelings, and rational knowing can provide a coherent description of an originating impulse termed 'Creativity', the process whereby leaps of novelty can occur. In her essay titled 'Integralizing Goddess: a philosophical and practical approach to spiritual awakening through the (r)evolutionary five-fold feminine force ' Chandra Alexandre discusses breakthroughs and new potentials toward sustainability and the mythopoetic analysis and revelations of planetary consciousness in the context of eco-feminist and critical spirituality.
Sheri Ritchlin's article 'The Oneness (and One-ing) of the Way: Using Both Hemispheres of the Global Mind, ' examines the integral consciousness of ancient Chinese sages as they appear in the third century BCE 'Ta Chuan,' the "Great Treatise" on the 'I Ching', and its close relationship to an emerging worldview in the West. The article titled 'The Role of the Astrological Symbol System in Understanding the Process of Evolutionary Growth' by Armand Diaz explores the use of C. G. Jung's concept of synchronicity and ideas from chaos theory as a means of updating our way of thinking about astrology and expanding it beyond the language of myth and determinism. Jenny Wade's model of the evolution of consciousness is explored to expand and refine astrology's scope through the problematic issue of astrological prediction.
In 'Transformative Travel: An Enjoyable Way to Foster Radical Change,' Susan Ross introduces transformative travel as a way to foster a shift in consciousness. Transformation and transformative travel are defined and conditions are delineated that can cause travel to be transformative. Six categories of transformative travel are discussed: pilgrim, mystic, diaspora, initiate, secular, and learner. In 'Integral education for a Conscious Evolution,' Anne Adams, provides a theoretical and experiential foundation for integral education and its contribution to the evolution of consciousness. Examples from integral education programs are provided to illustrate how the curriculum and school environment can purposefully create a unique awareness of self in relationship the environment, community, family, nation and the world. Finally, in' A Feminist Approach to Three Holy Women's Intuitive Processes,' Ana Perez-Chisti presents the stories of three holy women's intuitive choices as seeds for transformative potential that can uplift our lives. Using a feminist approach to transcendental phenomenology and hermeneutics and as a postmodern theorist, the author views her own experiences as a source of knowledge through a felt-sense body knowing arising out of the diverse intuitive impulses found in these Holy Women's lives.
Shamanism & the Wounded West (Vol. 32, 2)
Karen Jaenke, Editor
This issue contextualizes shamanism within a larger scope-the global contemporary crisis and wounded West. Reflecting upon the physical and psychological suffering endured in Western societies, it points to possibilities for relief found in shamanic knowledge and holistic healing models. A companion article unpacks key elements of a shamanic worldview, including the concept of the "invisible world" and the central ideas of totality, energy, communion, sacredness and a community sense of life. Two stories of Westerners' engagement with the healing practices of Amazonian shamanism follow. Rainforest shamans possess an intimate relationship with the healing spirits of nature and healing properties of jungle plants, which are summoned on behalf of the patient during the healing ritual. The distinction between curing (a cessation of symptoms) and healing (defined as "to make to whole, sound and well", and involving the entire self in a quest for the hidden origins of disease) is highlighted. An additional article illustrates shamanic parallels and healing potentials found within Family & Natural Systems Constellations. Finally, an article by Stanley Krippner, et al., reports on a field trip taken to Calabria, Italy to observe the region's traditional spiritual healing practices.
Our Managing Editor, Robert Jackson-Paton, sustained a serious head injury in May and is still in recovery. We apologize for the delay in publication as a consequence.
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KOffice 1.3 Beta 4 Released
On September 25th 2003, the KDE Project released the fourth beta version of KOffice 1.3. This release sports tons of bugfixes made during the KDE developers' conference in Nové Hrady, Czech Republic (see KOffice Developers' Meeting Report). It is the last beta in the 1.3 series according to the revised KOffice 1.3 release schedule which plans the final release now for November 12, 2003. Read more in the KOffice 1.3 Beta 4 release notes and in the KOffice 1.3 Beta 4 changelog. For now you can only grab the source. Binaries, if any will be provided, will appear one directory above.
Re: rtf
Well, I consider it to be the priority, as RTF (1.5) is a possible exchange format with many word processors. So any new feature here is good for many people.
Have a nice day!
By Nicolas Goutte at Fri, 2003/09/26 - 5:00am
Tereza rocks! ...
...but why this name? (I'll opt to name the final one "Sylvia" then. Coolo, any chance?)
Anyway, I have found a few real gems in the pre-Tereza builds.
Thanks a lot to all those who contributed!
By Kurt Pfeifle at Thu, 2003/09/25 - 5:00am
Has anyone managed to build this with Qt-3.2.1.
I consistently get this error:
undefined reference to `QString::setNum(long long, int)
when it links and the command contains:
By James Richard Tyrer at Fri, 2003/09/26 - 5:00am
Re: Qt-3.2.1
This is a subtle problem.
Google came up with the same thing with Scribus:
I thought that I had rebuilt/relinked KDE atainst Qt-3.2.1, but somehow it didn't work -- I found that there were still KDE library files linked against Qt-3.1.2. KDE didn't complaint about this, it appeared to work fine. But, KOffice would not build against the mixed up libraries.
After relinking KDE (again) against Qt-3.2.1, KOffice now appears to be building OK.
By James Richard Tyrer at Sat, 2003/09/27 - 5:00am
KOffice development
Please somebody enlighten me... The news I read after Nove Hrady sounded like there was going to be a complete rewrite of some core KOffice components alongside with the switch to the OO.o file format. Is work on this already going on? How is Beta4 related to this?
But I'd like to rant a bit about KSpread:
Last time I checked KSpread I was totally disappointed. I had a big .csv file (about 20 x 50.000) and OO.o Calc was so damn slow, I thought I'd give KSpread as a more lightweight alternative a try. Well, KSpread was not slow... after 5 minutes or so it had completed loading the file and then nearely freezed. I can't wait 20 seconds for a simple scrolling... (1 GHz Athlon, 256MB). But I did not give up, xkilled Kspread and opened a smaller .csv file (20 x 5.000) just to draw some simple charts. It was merely impossible to draw a chart from x, y1, y2, y3... data. The charting component of KOffice just does not fit well into KSpread. I think I'll give Gnumeric a try and see if it's better at dealing with large spreadsheets and drawing charts...
For now I ended up using some bash-scripting and Gnuplot.
Btw.: Excel works perfectly. It takes big files without a burp. It's responsive. Its charting capabilities are 5 times better than the ones from OO.o Calc and there's just no comparison to KSpread/KChart...
By thomas at Fri, 2003/09/26 - 5:00am
Re: KOffice development
> The news I read after Nove Hrady sounded like there was going to be a complete rewrite of some core KOffice components alongside with the switch to the OO.o file format. Is work on this already going on? How is Beta4 related to this?
Read the news again, it was about "future of KOffice after the next major release" - in other words about KOffice 1.4/2.0.
By Anonymous at Fri, 2003/09/26 - 5:00am
Re: KOffice development
Then help development. Whining and complaining about things people do in their free time is always easy...
By somebody at Fri, 2003/09/26 - 5:00am
Re: KOffice development
The major changes planned at Nove Hrady are for KOffice 1.4, as KOffice 1.3 should already been out, if there was not such a manpower problem. (RC 1 delayed for the second time now.)
So no, no work to switch on the OO formats is being done and, no, Beta 4 has not any change of that kind.
Have a nice day!
PS.: of course, volunteers are welcomed!
By Nicolas Goutte at Fri, 2003/09/26 - 5:00am
Re: KOffice development
sorry for the harsh rant... I'm very busy finishing my exams right now. So no spare time left for other things like looking at KSpread sources...
By thomas at Fri, 2003/09/26 - 5:00am
Re: KOffice development
You're right that csv, if anything, should work well.
By Anonymous at Fri, 2003/09/26 - 5:00am
Just to get it right
After compiling Beta 4 I'm especially impressed with KWord
By thomas at Sun, 2003/09/28 - 5:00am
Re: Just to get it right
As far as I know there is no document about scripting KOffice.
KOffice can be scripted by DCOP. So you can use your prefered language to script it.
As for KJSEmbed, KOffice do not use it. (Kexi uses QSA.) However if you can use DCOP with it, you can script KOffice with it. (Sorry, but I do not know more of KJSEmbed than its name.)
Have a nice day!
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I'm writing this blog post to simply to vent some frustration. I live in Wales' third largest city, Newport and for some obscure unbelievable reason I am unable to get high speed internet. BT's online speed check currently tells me the very best I can hope for is…
I never get this, if it makes 1mb download speed I am very lucky.
So back in 2012 when my BT exchange was enabled I tried to get superfast fiber broadband. The BT website said it wasn't available to me yet. That's strange I thought to myself, I spoke with BT who said my cabinet needed to upgraded and that will be done early 2013. No worries I thought, not long now I'll just be patient. I have no documentary evidence of this conversation, so maybe I imagined it.
Then in July this year after being told by the super-fast BT broadband checker that I still could not receive a fast broadband internet connection, I got in touch with BT again asking when I could sign up and pay them lots of money for superfast broadband. I did this via twitter and I got good service off the guys managing the twitter account, I didn't get the answer I wanted to hear but I got told very quickly the outcome of my request. here is an excerpt of an email I was sent:
"This cabinet is not part of the Openreach commercial rollout, it is being rolled out as part of the Welsh BDUK project, Superfast Cymru.
The cabinet is currently predicted to go live in mid to late October. Customers should go to the Welsh website for more information. http://www.superfast-cymru.com/home."
This was a change to what I was told initially but it was still going to happen later so I let it be. Full of hope for fast broadband come the autumn I make contact with nice people at Superfast Cymru, I waited until September to do this, who inform of the following:
"We can confirm from the deployment plans that your postcode area is within scope of the Superfast-cymru programme and cabinet X on the XXXXXXXX exchange that supplies your service will be enabled for fibre. According to the latest deployment plans the work should be completed in December 2013"
So yesterday afternoon waiting for a SQL Server service pack to install I though I would see if my cabinet has been enabled yet and if can get superfast broadband I'm told by the BT website that I still can't get. I send an email and a tweet to @superfastcymru asking when I would be able to get it
I exchange some details with the nice person on the end of @superfastcymru twitter account and I get told the following
I was told the during my last round of email exchanges that the work would be complete by December. Its December today and I'm told that work hasn't started yet but work will start at the end of December. I'm doubting work will start at the end of December…The end of December being Christmas and New Year I will be very shocked if my cabinet is upgraded during this period. Which means it has slipped again and much to my dismay I was told work will be completed by the end of summer 2014. Now I'm not a betting man but I think it safe to say I won't getting fast internet until after my next summer holiday. Its not going to be a Christmas present anyway
I suggested that if it was end of summer 2014 it will be more than two years between my exchange getting enabled and me actually getting fast broadband. I said that I had signed up to the e-shot several times and I found it to be quite useless.
I then got this reply
I did in fact Laugh Out Loud at this – Great I thought good for them. I know for a fact lots of people have fibre already, houses on my estate can get it if they are connected to the correct cabinet - this is where my frustration comes in. In the photo below you will see a house with solar panels on the roof – its about 300 yards as the crow flies from my house – this street and all the streets on the other side of it can get super duper broadband. I can't, It is very frustrating.
It turns out when you sign up for the e-shot – which will tell you that can in fact get fast broadband you also get signed up to a newsletter – it was the newsletter I was getting – my bad. I didn't know they were two different things I assumed that the newsletter was in fact the e-shot. The person on the twitter account asked me for feedback on the newsletter to make it better I did some of this via twitter but I will also include it here
- My main issue - I signed up to be told when I can get fast broadband. I get a newsletter every month telling me all these lucky people have it already.
- To begin with this is OK but after six months I start to feel like its never going to happen.
- When I registered my interest in superfast broadband i don't recall being told the difference between an e-shot and and e-newsletter. I was getting the Newsletter which servers as a reminder that
- a) I don't have it,
- b) I've told I could have it by now so the project has slipped again
- I was just expecting to be told when I could get it – the newsletter never told me that, adding to my frustrations
- Every time I saw the newsletter, I was filled with hope only to be told everyone in Bedlinog (all 10 of them) have it and I don't
- If I was interested in who has fast broadband and who doesn't then great, but that's not what I wanted. Every time i received the newsletter I thought it was confirming I was good to go but in-fact it meant no such thing.
So just a couple of things that could be improved. The newsletter is OK – but make it clear it is not the same thing as the e-shot. More importantly, give the people who can't yet get superfast broadband a date when they can and let them know if that date changes – you e-shot people when its ready. Let people know when it slips. Obviously between September and now my date has changed – nobody has told me, I've spoken and registered with you several time over the last year. I'm waiting for December full of expectation, if you'd have told me I wouldn't have been so upset when I found it wasn't going to happen.
Anyway thanks for listening a bit off topic I know but I do feel better. Two years on I'll go back to waiting patiently for the slow superfast broadband rollout to take place.


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PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – More than 200 golfers from 18 Special Olympics North America programs will compete in the 13th annual Special Olympics North America Golf Invitational Tournament at the Wigwam Resort in Litchfield Park, Ariz., Sept. 6-9, 2012.
Special Olympics golf, part of a worldwide sports program for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, offers five levels of play for athletes with different golf abilities. Olympic-style Opening Ceremonies will tee off the event on Thursday, Sept. 6, with three competitive golf rounds played Friday, Sept. 7, through Sunday, Sept. 9. Awards ceremonies for the golf competition will take place immediately following the final round on Sunday, Sept. 9.
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Fantatsic news for classic automobile-loving Royalists - the Queen's old landrover is up for sale.
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Earlier this month, a Japanese performance artist who goes by Morishowta became a viral hit on Western websites like sister site Gizmodo with his Taxi Driver inspired iPhone quick-draw sleeve.
But his work is far more interesting than just the quick-draw sleeve.
Morishowta's short movies follow his brilliant plans to make devices or eat soumen with his "girlfriend" don't always go as planned—especially when someone calls the cops on him for being suspicious.
Wonderfully deadpan and dry humor, and short videos that are somewhat poetic.
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R.I.P Craigos, you were a champion bloke. One of the best
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Exam tomorrow, pretty dire.
Football tomorrow cancelled, also pretty dire.
Sigh. Motivation low, energy low. Sigh.
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Also Supporting the All Time #1 Batsman of All Time Ever - Jacques Kallis and the much maligned Peter Siddle.
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Buying a new bed soon
Money to buy new bed could be better spent on hookers.
First you get zee money, then you get zee bed, then you zee hookers.
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All hookers should come with a roll up inflatable mattress imo, as opposed to my mattress coming with a rolled up inflatable hooker.
Have apparently won two free tickets to see Mumford & Sons whenever it is that they're coming to Australia next. Our college VP works for the Enmore/Metro in Sydney and was giving the tickets away to whoever was the loudest at the inter-college band night last week, which was apparently me and my Green Man suit.
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A guy under the name of "Michael Divineuto" keeps on trying to add me on facebook, and is adding all these cricketers on. Has no picture, and seems to just type random rubbish on their walls, seems like he doesn't know any of them. Honestly think it's probably brockley, trying to get any scoops on player movements. I mean, he hasn't even spelt his own name right?!
Similar thing happened a few months ago, with a Lloyd Mash profile being started, with his picture being taken straight from the Vic Bushrangers site, and Lloyd was spelt wrong.
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Stock's Price Fluctuations & Volatility:
The stock price registered volatility 2.89% in past week and volatility was at 2.75% over a last month. Historical volatility refers to the price fluctuations exhibited by the underlying asset (such as stock) over time. A security with high volatility has bigger fluctuations in price compared to a security with low volatility. The more quickly a price changes up and down, the more volatile it is. As such, volatility is often used as a measure of risk.
The stock's Average True Range for 14 days was 7.96. ATR measures volatility, taking into account any gaps in the price movement. High ATR indicates increased volatility. A low ATR value indicates a series of periods with small ranges. Company's beta coefficient stands at 2.03. Beta factors measures the amount of market risk associated with market trade. It has a RSI reading of 39.13.
Align Technology (ALGN) Stock's Moving Average & Performance Analysis:
The stock showed weekly performance of 4.61% and it maintained for the month at -9.51%. Likewise the performance for the quarter was recorded as -35.37% and for the year it was -52.49%. The stock showed -28.56% performance during last 6-months. The YTD performance remained at -12.57%. This stock traded upward toward its 52 week low with 6.39% and -54.09% lower from its 52 week high price. The stock price is moving up from its 20 days moving average with 1.50% and it is trading down from 50 days moving average with -20.36%. The stock price is moving along declining drift from its 200 days moving average with -27.11%.
Align Technology (ALGN) Stock's Ratio Analysis:
The Company was able to keep Return on assets (ROA) at 19.50% in the trailing twelve month. ROA shows that how profitable a company is relative to its total assets. ROA gives an idea as to how efficient management is at using its assets to generate earnings. Calculated by dividing a company's annual earnings by its total assets, ROA is displayed as a percentage. The Company generated Return on equity (ROE) 32.90% over the last twelve months. ROE is a measure of a corporation's profitability that reveals how much profit a company generates with the money shareholders have invested. Calculated as Net Income / Shareholder's Equity. It has kept Return on investment (ROI) at 32.60%. ROI is a financial ratio intended to measure the benefit obtained from an investment. Time is usually of the essence in this measurement because it takes time for an investment to realize a benefit.
Long Term Debt/Equity ratio was recorded at 0. This measures a company's financial leverage calculated by dividing its long term debt by stockholders' equity. It indicates what proportion of equity and debt the company is using to finance its assets. On the other side the debt to equity ratio is 0. Its current ratio is 1.8. Current Ratio is a liquidity ratio that measures a company's ability to pay short-term obligations. Quick Ratio of 1.7 is an indicator of a company's short-term liquidity. The quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its most liquid assets. The higher the quick ratio, the better the position of the company.
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Sophomore • 2011
Went 1 for 2, scored three runs and stole a base against Providence March 6 ... Went 3 for 4 with two runs scored and a pair of stolen bases against UC Riverside March 11 ... Picked up a hit and drove in a run against St. Louis March 12 ... Went 2 for 4 with two runs scored and season-high three stolen bases against North Dakota March 12 ... Logged an RBI double ans scored a run against Loyola Marymount March 15 ... Recorded a hit and a run scored in both games of doubleheader against Rhode Island March 29, stealing a base in Game 2 ... Was 1 for 1 with a run scored in Game 2 against Penn April 2 ... Had a hit, a run and a steal in Game 1 against Princeton April 8 ... Went 2 for 3 with a run and an RBI in Game 1 against Holy Cross April 12 … Was 2 for 3 with a stolen base against Boston College April 14 … Swiped two bases in Game 1 against Brown April 17 and went 2 for 3 with four putouts in Game 2 … Went 2 for 3 with a run scored and four steals in Game 1 against Yale April 24 and finished 2 for 2 with a double and two RBI in Game 2 … Finished 2 for 4 with a pair of RBI and a run scored in series opener against Dartmouth April 30 … Was the lone batter to record multiple hits in Game 1 of Ivy Championship Series against Cornell, going 2 for 3 with an RBI and a steal … Ripped a two-run triple in Game 2 to help Harvard clinch league title.
Freshman • 2010
Scored winning run in 1-0 season-opening eight-inning win over Georgia Southern March 5 … Scored a run and logged a steal in 2-1 win over Northern Illinois March 12 … Went 1 for 2 with a walk and a stolen base against Fairfield March 28 … Went 1 for 3 with a walk in final game of regular season against Dartmouth May 2.
Before Harvard
Named A&M Consolidated High School's Most Valuable Offensive Player in 2009 … Named first-team All-State Academic … First-team all-district 2007-2009 … Member of Student Council and helped plan community service projects for the school … Volunteered at the Children's Museum of the Brazos Valley summer camp.
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It's an all-new Snap... "The Return." We all have an instinct, a homing signal, a knowing. And even when we try to ignore it, it drives us back to the place where everything got started. From NPR and PRX, Snap proudly presents, "The Return."
Where No One Should Go
In the desert of northern South Africa you come across a little puddle. If you dive down into that puddle, at the bottom there is a slot. This is the entrance to third largest freshwater cave in the world. This is where the adventure begins.
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A Young anthropologist working in the Amazon jungle has no idea what he's in for, nor the impact it will have on his family for generations.
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The Duke Boys
Is two tons of prime american steel enough to renew a broken bond between brothers? Will Josh and Todd outwit the police once again? Or... will it all end in a fiery crash?
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Reds and Yellows
Like the Autumnal leaves around me, I am very much focusing on my use of reds and yellows at the moment:
The Middle Tulip (Tulipa sp.)
I really got into the rhythm of this painting on Monday night. I find that when I get into the process of painting, I 'dance' around the subject less and am more able to put down solid colours. The process becomes riskier, but more fluid and enjoyable. I exercise a degree of faith in the work. I don't know about you, but when I am not in the 'mood' I can waste vast amounts of my time touching things up and over working whatever is there. So I did make a bit of process on Monday night after an hour or two at the desk - no more. I am starting to find that short stints are also the answer as they keep it fresh and prevent over working.
Tulip (Tulipa sp.) - work in progress
On my computer at work I have Coral Guests Tulip (below) on my desktop. For me, this is the most astonishing botanical painting I have ever seen. I'll be pleased if I could achieve a piece of work as half as good as this! Coral Guest is a master of colour and light. She has spent very long periods of time learning about how light and colour behave in the natural world and this is evident in her work today. You can read more about her process on her blog (entry 25th June 2008). I am secretly hoping that Dr. Sherwood will include some of Coral Guest's work in the upcoming exhibition on Rory McEwen as an example of a contemporary artist who has been influenced by his work. Fingers crossed!
Tulipa 'Queen of Night' by Coral Guest 2008
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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- It's difficult to determine just which aspect was better Thursday, Tennessee Tech's offense or its defense. Either way, the Golden Eagles put together a complete effort and subdued a dangerous old rival, Samford, 65-56, in Eblen Center.
With the win, the Golden Eagles brought their overall record back to the .500 mark at 4-4. Samford, a former Ohio Valley Conference foe that now plays in the Southern Conference, moved to 5-3.
Senior Jala Harris led the Tech attack with 20 points in addition to five rebounds, three assists and two steals. Diamond Henderson also netted double figures with 12. Molly Heady added eight points and led Tech with seven rebounds, while Kellie Cook and Lashay Davis scored eight each.
Shelby Campbell was the top scorer for Samford, fouling out with 16 points and six rebounds. Reece Taylor added 14 points, five rebounds and a team-high four assists. Hannah Dawson's seven rebounds led Samford on the glass.
It was during the first half when Tech's long-range shooters were blazing that the Golden Eagles took control of the contest.
Tech lit it up from long range and scored some inside, too, in pulling ahead by a many as 18 points. The TTU defense, meanwhile, forced Samford into nine first half turnovers and wouldn't allow the Bulldogs to mount any momentum as the hosts took a 32-21 lead into halftime.
After Samford tied things early at 8-8, the Golden Eagles went on a nearly flawless, 20-2 run to build a 28-10 lead with eight minutes remaining in the first half. Tech made its first six 3-point tries in the half.
The Bulldogs bounced back with a 13-0 stretch, including a pair of 3-pointers and five points from Shelby Campbell, pulling to within seven at 28-21 with 2:20 remaining.
Tech added layups from Molly Heady and Jala Harris to regain the double-figure advantage at the break.
Tech surged back on top by 16 early in the second half and maintained a double figure lead for nearly the entire first 17 minutes, but Samford got a 3-pointer from Kendall Schwantz with 2:10 to play to pull within seven, 61-54.
That was it, though, as the Golden Eagles held on for the win.
The rest of the month is a road adventure for the Golden Eagles, who don't play at home again in Eblen Center until Saturday, Jan. 5. In the meantime, coach Jim Davis and his troupe will play six road contests, with their travels landing them in North Carolina, New York City, West Virginia, Alabama and Memphis.
GOLDEN NUGGETS: Tech was the third Ohio Valley Conference opponent this year for Samford, a former member of the OVC. The Bulldogs had a three-point win at Jacksonville State and a 17-point loss at home against Tennessee State…Samford's roster included three players from Tennessee while the Tech roster has three from Alabama…Tech's starting lineup Thursday was the fifth different group in eight game this year.


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Local, Near & Far Memory part 2 - Virtual Machine CPU & Memory Lay Out
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So you know about Power7 Local, Near and Far memory for your actual machine but what is your Virtual Machine (LPAR) actually using? There are three key commands to show you (lssrad, mpstat and topas) and we will look at some example output. First, we need to define an SRAD or a Scheduler Resource Affinity Domain . If you have used Resource Sets with AIX WLM or WPAR then you have a good idea what these are like. An SRAD is a group of resources but in our case CPU/cores and the associated memory that is directly attached to it. As an... [More]
nmon - new online Physical CPU Graphs arrive for latest AIX 6.1
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I have just upgraded my EMEA Power Systems Advanced Technical Support internal Wiki Apache Web-server to the very latest AIX level, which is AIX 6.1 Technology Level 6 Service Pack 5 or AIX6.1TL6sp5 for short! Then I noticed that the nmon at this AIX level has been updated - I worked the code for the internal prototype of this new feature some time ago and it has arrived in the official topas/nmon code at this release - C O O L . The latest release AIX 7.1 service pack has this new options too. The problem: As the numbers of CPU goes up with... [More]
Over enthusiastic PM for AIX service = could annoy administrators!
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We have had the Global Services offering "Performance Management for AIX" server for years (even decades) - it gets shorten to "PM for AIX" or "PM for Power Systems" which sounds like a "Prime Minister for the Electricity Board" to English people! Anyway, briefly this offers: PM collects local AIX stats and configuration details, then sends the information to IBM over a secure Internet link to be analysed. The results includes performance graphs, performance trends, config reports and warnings about... [More]
Whole Power Server + Virtual Server Monitoring - Part 3 via topas CEC analyser
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We have all probably seen or used the topas CEC on-screen view (topas -C command). This is started while logged into one AIX Virtual Server (LPAR) and shows all the other AIX or VIOS (as it is based on AIX) Virtual Servers of a single Power Server. Here is a reminder - this is on-line, on-screen and updated every 10 seconds or so: Here my Virtual Servers are called purple<something> and below the top machine summary we have a line for each Virtual Server and stats like AIX release, memory use, CPU stats (PhysB is the Physical CPU time... [More]


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DU Pioneers playing for WCHA championship vs. Sioux
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Freshman goalie Juho Olkinuora will backstop the DU Pioneers in tonight's WCHA Final Five championship at the Xcel Energy Center, a rematch of the 2011 final. It's North Dakota vs. DU … again.
DU has won a record 15 of these things, including three times under coach George Gwozdecky (2002, 2005 and 2008). Both these teams will get bids to the NCAA Tournament tomorrow morning, with tonight's winner getting the auto bid. UND is gunning for a No. 1 seed, which might end up getting the Sioux back here for next week's West Regional, if Minnesota is a No. 2 or No. 3 seed. That's as far as I'm going with the PairWise Rankings, given that we won't have to guess in three hours (or more).
As expected, DU will go with just five defensemen, because it only has five available. Junior Paul Phillips suffered a leg injury early in Friday's 3-2 double-OT victory over Minnesota-Duluth and will not play, and freshman Wade Bennett, who has yet to play this season, is also injured. No other lineup changes.
The Sioux, who have just 11 forwards, are going with junior Aaron Dell in the nets.
Crazy last 24 hours here, with temperatures in the 70s and an unreal St. Patrick's Day feel. Huge parade today and thousands of green-glad folks celebrating the holiday along with thousands of Sioux fans in green and black sweaters. Staying at the stately Saint Paul Hotel. Life is good.
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