text: On Sun, 20 Aug 2006, Joe Landman wrote: > Jonathan: > > Jonathan Ennis-King wrote: >> Does anyone have experience writing parallel Java code (using MPI) with >> calls to C libraries which also use MPI? Is this possible/sensible? Is >> there a big performance hit relative to doing the same in C++? > > Unless all of the important optimizable calculation is done in libraries > that you are stitching together with Java glue, the compiled languages > are likely to be quite a bit faster. > > There is a sizeable abstraction penalty associated with OO languages. > Many of the design patterns that they encourage (object factories, > inheritance chains, etc) are anathema to high performance. Hear, hear! >> I'm considering writing some parallel code to do fluid flow in porous >> media, the heart of which is solving systems of sparse linear equations. >> There are some good libraries in C which provide the parallel solver >> (e.g. PETSC), but I'm trying to resolve which language to use for my >> code. The choice is between C++ and Java, and although I'm favouring >> Java at present, I'm not sure about its performance in this context. > > Hmmm. For this, C or Fortran may be far more appropriate. Depends upon > what it is you want to do with the code. High performance using MPI > depends upon many factors. If there is one particular part of the code > that is better served by an OO based language, then I might suggest > designing/implementing all the speed sensitive bits in a language which > lets you achieve high performance, and then interfacing them to your OO > language so that the OO system isn't being used for the critical time > sensitive portions. <disclaimer>Parts of the stuff below are editorial comment and religious belief and can be ignored or sniffed at by those of differing belief.</disclaimer> Remember well the observation that you can write object oriented code in a procedural language (and ditto, you can write procedural code in an OO language). Matching the language to the kind of code -- or more likely, the personal taste of the coder -- simply makes development a bit more simple and natural. Untimately, OO vs procedural code is a matter of style as much as anything else. I write "real" code exclusively in C. I'm in the process of (re)writing a random number testing program (dieharder) into a library-based tool that was originally (first pass) quite procedural in its design. In the second pass, as I came to fully understand the data objects better in practice and could start to see how the code could be simplified and compressed, I began to introduce a set of "lazy" shared objects for certain parts of the code. In the third (current) pass I'm splitting off all of the actual testing code, as opposed to the startup/results/presentation UI code, into a library. Since most of the tests share a very similar implementation structure and certain control variables in common, I can now see precisely how to make the code very object oriented with a set of "test objects" (structs and similarly structured test implementations that read from them and fill them in) and a single set of "shell" code for calling a standard test. This reduces writing a UI to nothing but simple, repetitive boilerplate for calling the actual tests and displaying the returned results -- one can focus on the human side of the UI and stop worrying about the tests, and one can relatively easily and scalably add more tests or RNGs to test. Since the code is still both lazy OO and C, I can freely intersperse the use of pointers, can choose to treat variables (incluing all structs/objects) as "opaque" or not as makes sense in the code, and keep the code as efficient as C can make it, which is to say damn near as efficient as assembler. The "objectness" of the encapsulated tests just permits me to write a relatively clean API to the library (without too many test specific global/shared variables or the even greater hassle of dealing with passing variable length argument lists through layers of encapsulating subroutines) so that when I'm done adding a UI or GUI or implementing the tests native inside e.g. R or octave or whatever will be fairly straightforward. The point being that one CAN write non-lazy OO code in C or even in Fortran -- that's more a question of program design and an understanding of the basic data objects that a program requires, although it certainly helps if the language permits the definition of a struct of one sort or another. One has the choice in C, though, of writing fully OO, lazy (mixed) OO or fully procedural code when and where that is appropriate for either ease of coding or program efficiency. I suppose that choice exists to some extent for at least some non-fascist OO environments (e.g. C++ as a sort-of superset of C) but I think that the only people who even know how to do so are those who have learned to code in a non-OO language first -- people who learn C++ as their primary language tend to be pretty clueless about pointers or the performance advantages of NOT using protection and inheritance in your structs but just letting everything access them directly. C provides few safety nets but rather permits you to do pretty much anything you like, at your own risk, in code that is ultimately transparent. Now, I personally believe that all nontrivial programs go through stages like the three described above no matter what language they are written in. This is one of the reasons that Wirth's Pascal had its day and that it passed -- whether one starts at the top or at the bottom or both, one is likely to encounter mismatches that require rethinking all or part of the memory hierarchy one begins with in any difficult project. In that SECOND pass and beyond, both strict-topdown and strict-bottomup languages tend to require MORE work to fix than one that is less hierarchically prestructured. Perhaps there are OO ubercoders that can just "see" what the data objects appropriate to a complex application are from the beginning and can start off with the right top level, mid, AND bottom level objects all perfectly enmeshed and integrated but I have yet to meet one. One of the great (IMO) illusions promoted by OO fanatics is that by using an OO language (per se) to write the code in the first place one can somehow shorten this process and home in on the correct hierarchy of data structures (objects or not) that optimally support the application's efficient implementation from top to bottom. This is not my experience, but hey, the world is a big place and there may be people who just think that way and for them it may be true. For code like the specific stuff you want to implement above that have efficient libraries written in C, my guess is that you would do best using C -- this is pretty much a no-brainer. It is highly probable that in C you have the best access to example programs using the library, UIs, human support in the form of others who use the libraries in their C code, and more. Even communicating with the author/maintainers of the library is bound to be simplest if you are implementing in C. Second best would almost certainly be C++, as C++ can (I believe) call C libraries fairly transparently or with a minimal C++ encapsulation of the C prototypes and data structures. OTOH Fortran and C tend to have somewhat different subroutine call mechanisms so binding a C library into fortran code or VV tends to be a PITA -- for example, C always passes subroutine arguments by value, fortran by reference. In addition, C and fortran use slightly different conventions for other simple stuff e.g. terminating a string. Some of the issues associated with the port are mentioned here: http://star-www.rl.ac.uk/star/dvi/sun209.htx/node4.html as well as elsewhere on the web. Basically, calling C libraries in fortran code is possible but requires some work and code encapsulation (and vice versa for calling fortran routines from inside C code, IIRC -- fortran/C compiler folks can check me on this:-). Java, octave, matlab, python, perl etc. are MUCH WORSE in this regard. All require NONTRIVIAL encapsulation of the library into the interactive environment. I have never done an actual encapsulation into any of them, but I'll wager that it is really quite difficult because each of them has their very own internal data types that are REALLY opaque objects that bear little overt resemblance to the simple "all data objects can be viewed as a projection onto a block of memory with either typed or pointer driven offset arithmetic" view of data in C or for that matter C++ or Fortran (with slighly different projective views in both cases). These languages typically permit you to allocate memory by just using a named variable. This is marvelously convenient for an interactive environment -- it is marvelously expensive in terms of program efficiency because the underlying environment has to manage allocating the memory transparently extensibly (most of the languages permit you to allocate whole vectors or matrices of variables by just referencing them), tracking instances of the memory in code, and freeing the memory when it is no longer referenced or being used. Conservatively, so that they tend to keep things if there is ANY CHANCE of their ever being referenced, making them typically memory hogs almost as bad as a C program would be if every memory reference in the program was to static global memory -- no memory allocation or freeing at all, beyond whatever goes on stack/heap in the course of subroutine calls or internal function execution. Complicated hashes or advanced list structures are used to keep the execution itself moderately efficient (but highly INefficient compared to a decent compiler with flat memory outlays). The point being that you have to interface these opaque and not obviously documented data types to the C library calls. This is surely possible -- it is how all those perl libraries, matlab toolboxes, java interfaces come about. It will probably require that you learn WAY more about how the language itself is implemented at the source level than you are likely to want to know, and it is probably not going to be terribly easy... rgb > >> >> >> Jonathan Ennis-King >> > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > > -- Robert G. 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Galchenyuk racking up the points
by Dennis Kane
Our Habs might have the odd overpaid two-goal scorer and a semi-comatose forward, and maybe a defenceman who doesn't get closer than three feet of the opposition, and of course the injury-prone team with no power play did end up slightly down in the standings last season. Slightly.
But there could be an excellent silver lining.
I'll borrow a well-used quote from music critic Jon Landau after his witnessing a young Bruce Springsteen in action in 1974, move things around a little, and say, "I have seen the future of the Montreal Canadiens, and its name is Alex Galchenyuk.
I'm craving a true superstar on the team, and I'll take a chance and speak for several million other fans by saying they want one too. Patrick Roy was the last one. Guy Lafleur was before Patrick. It's been a long, harsh drought. Not to put much pressure on the young fellow, but that's the deal. All he has to do is become a big-time superstar like Guy Lafleur. Is it too much to ask?
Fans of every other team might say they want one too. But who cares what fans of other teams want. They're lucky we let them co-exist with us in everyday life.
Galchenyuk scored three times on Saturday night in leading his Sarnia Sting to a big 5-2 win over the Peterborough Petes, giving our new future star 19 goals and 29 assists for 48 points in 27 games, putting him third in scoring in the Ontario Hockey League behind Niagara IceDogs Ryan Strome (59 points) and Seth Griffith of the London Knights (49 points).
Strome has played three more games than Galchenyuk, and Griffith two more, so be careful guys, he's breathing down your neck. Maybe by Christmas these two will be chasing him.
Maybe he'll leave all concerned in the dust.
Maybe he'll be a great one.
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1950s cars are among the most collectible in the world. The 1957 Chevy Bel Air convertible still ranks as among the most popular collector's cars. '50s Chevys, in general, remain popular. So how do we know that '50s Chevys are still popular? Well, Don McLean drove his Chevy to the levy in "American Pie," Eric Clapton got off on '57 Chevys in the classic "Rock and Roll Heart," and Elton John remembered having "an old gold Chevy" and a place of his own in the iconic "Crocodile Rock." These are but a sampling of the songs that have memorialized '50s Chevys.
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The articulating mechanism of lamp pair Pina and Pino was taken over from Type 60 and developed further. The small Halopin light source allows the size and weight of the reflector to be reduced so that the joints function with practically no friction. The action radius of the Pina S and Pino S makes them ideal work or reading lamps. PINA The effortless adjustability of the Pina and Pino results from the optimal sliding properties of plastic and metal. The invisible torsion spring in the base joint stabilizes the lamp in every position. The slender distance pin is combined with a yellow rotating switch and also serves as a handle for adjusting the position of the rod and reflector. PINO The insulated pin on the reflector allows effortless movement of the rod and reflector which can be freely rotated round the light source. The light-switch is built into the handle of the reflector.


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Sunken fontanelles are an obvious curving in of the "soft spot" in an infant's head.
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Sunken fontanelles; Soft spot - sunken
The skull is made up of many bones. There are seven bones in the skull itself and 14 bones in the face area. They join together to form a solid, bony cavity that protects and supports the brain. The areas where the bones join together are called the sutures.
The bones are not joined together firmly at birth. This allows the head to change shape to help it pass through the birth canal. The sutures gradually gain minerals and harden, firmly joining the skull bones together. This process is called ossification.
In an infant, the space where two sutures join forms a membrane-covered "soft spot" called a fontanelle (fontanel). The fontanelles allow the brain and skull to grow during an infant's first year.
There are normally several fontanelles on a newborn's skull, mainly at the top, back, and sides of the head. Like the sutures, fontanelles harden over time and become closed, solid, bony areas.
- The fontanelle in the back of the head (posterior fontanelle) usually closes by the time an infant is 1 or 2 months old.
- The fontanelle at the top of the head (
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The fontanelles should feel firm and should curve inward slightly to the touch. A noticeably sunken fontanelle is a sign that the infant does not have enough fluid in his or her body.
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A sunken fontanelle CAN BE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY and a health care provider should check it right away.
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The health care provider will perform a
- When did you first notice that the fontanelle looked sunken?
- How severe is it? How would you describe it?
- Which "soft spots" are affected?
- What other symptoms are present?
- Has the baby been ill, especially with
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- Is the baby thirsty?
- Is the baby alert?
- Are the baby's eyes dry?
- Is the baby's mouth moist?
Tests may include:
Blood chemistries CBC Urinalysis
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Guess what? Kids are making all over the country. A lot of them are in Young Makers clubs, showing off what they make at Maker Faire and generally having a great time making together! The Young Makers Blog will keep you updated on happenings around the country – February's blog has a photo of President Obama admiring a kid's marshmallow cannon. Can you believe it?
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New Partnership!
The MetroZip program begins Aug. 25, allowing all UA faculty, staff and students to ride any regular Metro RTA route free of charge by swiping their valid Zip Cards in the fare box. Details
All student permits are available for pick up in the North Campus Parking Deck at this time. You must be enrolled in classes before you can obtain a parking permit. Students enrolled in more than 5 credit hours on the main campus will have the transportation fee on their account; this fee includes a parking permit. Those student without the transportation fee on their account will need to purchase a permit in the office.
Resident students will need to have their vehicle license plate information submitted to the system before they can obtain a semester permit.
Quaker Square residents will need to complete the gate-card application in the office prior to receiving their parking permit.
All students will need a photo ID to obtain a permit. Overnight validation stickers are sold separately. Feel free to contact Parking and Transportation Services with questions or concerns.
Beginning Tuesday, September 2nd, parking permit rules will be enforced for the fall semester. All vehicles should be located in a properly designated area at that time in order to avoid being cited.
As in previous years, courtesy will be given for the first minor offense. However, rather than dismissing the first citation of the semester, illegally parked vehicles will be issued a warning citation for the first minor violation. Warning citations will still indicate the infraction type, but will not carry a monetary fine. Students, employees, and guests will no longer need to contact Parking and Transportation Services to receive their courtesy dismissals; with this change the courtesy is automatic in the form of a warning citation.
Please visit the Parking Fines portion of the Parking and Transportation Services website for additional information. email@example.com
Roo Express Adds Rob's Café Route
The Roo Express shuttle will begin operating its new Rob's Café Route on Sunday, August 25th. This route will run from 11 p.m. until 2 a.m. on Sunday through Wednesday evenings, and will aid students in taking advantage of the recently extended hours of Rob's Café. The route will feature stops near the residence halls, overnight parking locations, and downtown Akron. Similar service is available on the Downtown Route on Thursday through Saturday evenings until 4 a.m
Four lots to close for Aug. 30 home opener
The first week of fall semester is always exciting as we welcome new and returning students to campus. Adding to the festive spirit this year, the Zips will kick off their football season under new head coach Terry Bowden with a home game on Thursday, Aug. 30, so it will be our first "Roo Wears Blue" day of the fall — get your Zips gear ready!
Fans on and off campus are looking forward to seeing this new era of Zips football begin, so we expect a high turnout for the game against the University of Central Florida Knights at InfoCision Stadium-Summa Field at 7 p.m.
To minimize the traffic congestion and parking shortages, we have a game plan in place. With everyone's cooperation, the day, and evening, should go smoothly as we travel to class, our offices, the game and home.
Here's what you need to know:
- If you are driving to campus after 4 p.m. on Aug. 30, you are urged to arrive at least 20 minutes early to help assure that you get to your destination on time.
- Lots 6, 8, 9 and 10 near the stadium must be emptied and closed by midnight on Wednesday, Aug 29. These lots have been pre-sold for the game and they need to remain clear to accommodate fans. See map.
- Lot 9B will open at 3 p.m. on Aug. 30 for free student tailgating. Only students with valid permits can participate in the student tailgate. See map.
- Vine Street between Union and Spicer streets will close at midnight on Wednesday, Aug. 29, to allow for the setup of ZipsFest. Union Street north of Exchange (between Exchange and Vine) will be closed as well.
- Lots 36, 20, 30, 32, 35, 40, 52 and 71 will be designated as alternative parking on Aug. 30, with a modified Roo Express route providing park-and-ride service. Temporary signs will mark the new Roo Express pickup locations. See map.
- Lots 2, 4, 7, 13 near the stadium will be open to campus traffic until 3 p.m. After 3 p.m, vehicles will be able to exit the lots, but only individuals with pre-sold game passes can enter.
- Lots 14, 15, 27, and 34, normally closed and used as public tailgating lots on game days, will remain open on Aug. 30. Attendants will arrive at 3 p.m., and charge $10 per vehicle for fan tailgating, while students and employees with permits can park free.
- Spicer Street north of Carroll Street will become one-way northbound at 5:30 p.m. Two University police officers will be stationed at the Spicer Street-Buchtel Avenue and Spicer Street-Carroll Street intersections, starting at about 4 p.m.
College of Business Administration and Fir Hill Towers added to Roo Express Routes
The Northwest Route will be stopping at the College of Business Administration building on Broadway Street ONLY AFTER 8 p.m. on weekdays.
As of Wednesday, September 14th the North Route will no longer stop at the Paul Martin University Center on Fir Hill, but will stop in front of the Fir Hill Towers on Fir Hill instead. See our complete Shuttle Schedule for further details.
Sherman Street Closure alters South Route and Downtown Route
On 9-9-11 Sherman Street will be closed from Wheeler Street to Voris Street until 9-19-11. The South and Downtown routes will be picking up on Grant Street directly West of the usual stops on Sherman Street. Effected stops are numbers 3, 4 and 5 for the South Route and 6, 7 and 8 for the Downtown Route. Stops 5 and 7 on the South and Downtown routes will pick up on Voris Street just East of Grant Street.
Roo Express Downtown Route Newly Expanded!
The Downtown Route will be running until 4 am on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Twelve stops have been added to the route to include the University Park South neighborhood, Fir Hill and 22 East Exchange. Hop on the Roo and Zip Home from downtown or any of the stops with the new home drop-off service which will take students directly to their homes within University Park on return trips.
Roo Express Zipcard Policy Update
A valid Zipcard is required in order to ride the Roo Express shuttle. Passengers must be ready to present this identification to the driver before attempting to board. Those who are not ready to do so will be asked to retrieve their Zipcard and then ride the next available bus.
Drivers must require that any passenger whose identity they have not previously verified present a valid Zipcard. If there is any doubt regarding the identity of a passenger, their Zipcard must be scrutinized.
Guests of UA students, faculty, and staff are welcome aboard the Roo Express, but they must be accompanied by someone with a valid Zipcard.
Those conducting business on campus and wishing to ride the shuttle should contact the Parking Services office at 330.972.7213 for possible arrangements.
The purpose of this policy is to promote safety, as well as convenience and efficiency, aboard the Roo Express.
Jan 4, 2010 - Parking Deck Mixed Usage
The rules regarding the North Campus Parking Deck's mixed use are changing for Spring 2010. Levels 1 through 4 will be open to all Commuters (Commuters, Faculty, Staff, Part time, Commercial). Levels 4 and 5 will be open to all Residents. This is a change from previous semesters. Previously Residents were allowed only on level 5 and the ramp up to level 5. Now residents can park on level 4, the ramp up to level 5, and level 5. Commuters can continue parking on levels 1 through 4 but will now be sharing the 4th level.
May 19, 2008 - Improvements On The Drawing Board
Committees were convened to study two issues in more depth: parking for students living in residence halls (recommendation) and the expansion of the Roo Express shuttle service (recommendation, routes). These recommendations have been substantially approved and we are working to implement them for the fall semester. The University is taking action to improve parking, but the resolutions will take time to implement. A task force has studied parking on campus and issued a series of recommendations. Among other points, the task force recommends that a 1,600-vehicle deck should be built, a shuttle service should be developed and a campaign should begin to encourage motorists to make better use of outlying lots. What has UA done in recent years to improve parking?


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Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Talking about e-readers with smart booksellers
I feel that way this week listening to the conversation about e-readers and ARCreaders, let by my bookselling colleagues/buddies Stephanie Anderson (WORD, Brooklyn) and Jenn Northington (King's English, Salt Lake City). Both are fellow Emerging Leaders types, and they're leading the charge in embracing the possibilities and pushing the boundaries and fostering the conversation.
That conversation has been going on for a while on Twitter. Jenn made a modest proposal on her blog a couple of weeks ago. And Stephanie brought it together with today's column in Shelf Awareness. The question is, generally: would it make sense for booksellers to read ARCs on e-readers? And who's gonna get them for us?
I haven't jumped in before now because 1) I've been preoccupied and 2) I wanted to get the lay of the land. I still have a bit of catching up to do on this conversation (I just signed up for netGalley, finally, today), but I'm ready to venture a tentative opinion or two. I want to talk a little about ebooks and e-readers in general, and why it makes sense for booksellers to start reading ebooks. The question of how and from whom we'll get those expensive ereaders is one that will have to be hashed out at length in many forums, so I'm not going there quite yet.
To me, one of the most important things for booksellers (and readers and publishers) to realize now is that e-reader DOES NOT EQUAL Kindle. A bit that stuck out for me in Stephanie's column: "A side benefit to such a program could be to increase interest on the part of customers in e-readers that aren't the Kindle--booksellers have already noticed some of their best customers are switching some reading to the Kindle because it's the reader that's most familiar to them right now."
I think for a lot of booksellers right now, the idea of an e-reader provokes growls of hostility because it's associated with the Kindle, which is a proprietary platform sold and administered by Amazon, our primary competitor. We indies can't sell ebooks for the Kindle, so if readers buy a Kindle in means, on some level, lost sales for us. But the Kindle is not the only e-reader, nor even necessarily the best! The Sony Reader, the iPhone, the Google phone, and other electronic devices can also be used to read ebooks -- and those platforms are wide open for ebook sales from indie bookstores, provided our ecommerce technology is up to par.
Just as we have to educate our customers (and ourselves) that Amazon is not the only option for buying online, we'll have to make some efforts to make sure those who want to read ebooks know that they have options besides the Kindle, and that they can still "read indie while reading e" (feel free to steal that tagline). And ebook-reading booksellers are the perfect group to start spreading that word, to make sure that we can make ebooks a part of our business model rather than just more competition.
Here's the next most important issue: E-readers make sense for people who read in massive quantities. Many of our sales reps are already reading on Sony readers, and it makes sense for booksellers too. We'll all most likely still be reading plenty of pbooks (that's print, or "real" books), but since it's in our job description to read widely and quickly, carrying around many on one device makes sense.
Our best customers probably buy books from us, from other indies, from chain stores, online, and borrow from the library too. We hope to have them buy the majority from us, but we know the biggest readers are getting books from many different places. Chances are, some of them are going to start reading ebooks as a part of their book addiction. This pretty obviously doesn't mean they're going to stop buying print books. But it does mean we have a chance to sell them something additional. If we start familiarizing ourselves with the products, the formats, etc., we'll be better handsellers of ebooks. And isn't that what we do?
One thing that also seems clear to me, and that will be important as this conversation goes on: we need a standard format for ebooks. At this point there are a number of different file types for ebooks floating around, and they don't all work on all devices. If publishers can agree on a standard file format (like .mp3s for music), that will go a long way toward making ebooks more accessible, and toward enabling indies, among other channels, to sell them effectively. The Association of American Publishers supports the .epub format, and it would be great if this could get codified pretty soon.
Personally, I'd love to have a publisher (or the ABA, funded by a group of publishers, or whoever) buy me an iPhone. (This gets a bold because buying me stuff is important. I'd also love it if someone could send me to the Digital Book 2009 conference, which costs about as much as an ereader....)
Okay, in all seriousness, I've seen some of the various platforms for ereaders on the iPhone, and it's pretty exciting -- I'd love to spend more time with it. Along with some of my other smart buddies, I can see the iPhone (and other multi-use devices) becoming the primary method of reading ebooks in future. It kind of reminds me of the "orison" in the central chapter of David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas -- a communicator, a recorder and player of print and visual information, a mapping device, etc. -- technology so advanced it feels like magic. It doesn't feel anti-literature; it feels like a very literary vision of the future.
As you can probably tell, I'm still pretty new to this conversation, and I've got a lot to learn. I get a lot of mynews and opinions on ebook stuff on the Teleread blog, which I recommend. And you can follow the conversation of those smart kids on Twitter by searching #ereader, #digiARCs, or #ARCreader. I'm delighted to get to hobnob with these smarties, and excited about where the conversation will go.
Update: I must also mention (and link) the other smart booksellers whose ebook musings I've been reading lately: Rich Rennicks (Malaprops), Arsen Kashkashian (Boulder Bookstore), and Patrick (Vroman's), among others.
9 comments:
- Maggie May said...
The integration of books and computer is thrilling but as a writer it's also a bit terrifying. From small connections like this, to large ones like Kindle, it's changing!
- Len said...
Great post Jessica... The message of "e-book does NOT equal Kindle" is so important. If you look carefully at the numbers, more people have been reading books on iPhones than anywhere else. In fact, Amazon has been very careful not release any meaningful Kindle sales data (the device or the content) because right now, it's all about hype. More importantly, the closed, vertical business model that Amazon has adopted for the Kindle, is, IMHO, doomed to fail. Even Apple has opened up the iPod, and is now experimenting with value based pricing.
To underscore how real the e-reading phenomenon is on a personal level, five of the last ten books I've read have been on my iPhone. In fact, I'm reading Cutting for Stone on the iPhone right now. (Yikes!)
This is no longer the future we're talking about...
And, ditto on your praise for the dialog Jenn and Stephanie have stoked!
- Kassia said...
Jessica -- So glad you've waded into this conversation (it's something I've been thinking about quite a bit, but, not being a bookseller, am still wrapping my head around all the concepts). I appreciate that you make it clear that ereader does not equal Kindle. In fact, I've noticed many professionals going with Sony due to file management (folders) capability. The Kindle is a mess in that regard.
But your broader point about variety and options is important. I'm a NetGalley customer as well (and enjoyed Unbridled's "Last Night in Montreal" so much!), so I'm hoping stakeholders enter into conversations with NG about making it easier to port the digiarcs to other devices. Everyone has different reading needs, so this kind of flexibility would be a bonus.
And oh yeah, someone should buy you and iPhone or ereader. If publishers put all the money they waste on mailing books to us (not that I don't love FedEx and UPS!) into digital reading solutions, they'd come out ahead in the long run, I'm convinced of it!
- jaunty said...
just a note: the music industry never agreed upon mp3 as a standard. mp3 happened TO them while they did their best to ignore the issue.
- AngelaMaria said...
I was just having this conversation with someone the other day, especially since Google has decided to gather up the copyrights of "dead" books (which I think is a great idea) and academic libraries all over the country started freaking out. Why? This IS the digital age and the more old media fight new media, the more they become like the dinosaur: extinct. All one has to do is watch the newspaper struggles with the Internet since the late 1990s. By resisting coming up with new ways to utilize the web, newspapers are running themselves out of existence. To what purpose? Look, e-books are a natural progression and we in the bookstore industry shouldn't be fighting it. As booksellers we hold the responsibility to recommend and sell books in any form and the next step in printed word evolution is naturally without paper. I agree with Jessica and would love to see the publishing industry take up this challenge. Or struggle against change and slowly die out like the newspaper industry.
- Sarah E Olson said...
I'd like to make a note on your comment about not being able to sell to Kindle owners. It is possible to buy books from sources other than Amazon and read it on the Kindle. If you sell an ebook in the mobipocket extension (or other supported extensions), you can still sell to the Kindle owners. I download books from Project Gutenberg to my Kindle all the time.
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Mike Huckabee: Character Makes a Difference: Where I'm From, Where I've Been, and What I Believe
I like Mike Huckabee. I definitely would have enjoyed him as a president. I was going to blog on the his faith, but I guess it's too late. Too bad. He has written a bunch of books!
Bob Briner: Roaring Lambs: A Gentle Plan to Radically Change Your World
I've been wanting to read this for awhile. Since it was recommended again, I'm going to try again!
Brian Welch: Save Me from Myself: How I Found God, Quit Korn, Kicked Drugs, and Lived to Tell My Story
Wild story from a wild guy tamed by Jesus Christ. Brian Welsh, the former lead guitar player from the metal band Korn tells his story. Looks like Jesus keeps doing His thing!
J. P. Moreland: Kingdom Triangle: Recover the Christian Mind, Renovate the Soul, Restore the Spirit's Power
Moreland has been attending - and teaching at- the Vineyard in Anahiem, pastored by Lance Pittluck. I'm interested to see what effect that has hd on Moreland.
Rob Bell: Sex God: Exploring the Endless Connections Between Sexuality And Spirituality
The opening lines n the booK: "Once there were two brothers. Jacob had smooth skin. But his older brother, Esau was a "hairy man." And not only was Esau follicly endowed, he loved to be outdoors. He was a skillful hunter - picture Ted Nugent in sandals. His smooth skinned brother? Jacob stayed inside and cooked and hung out with their mother. You can smell a conflict coming. Which it does." Bell is a great communicator and takes subjects we thought we knew about, turns them inside out and forces us to look at them with new eyes. Translation? He's a nut! But well worth reading!
Tony Stoltzfus: Leadership Coaching: The Disciplines, Skills, and Heart of a Christian Coach
The world needs more leadership. Somebody has to lead and help others to do the same. Leadership coaching is a great concept. This book helps those that want to help establish leaders.
Michael Frost: Exiles: Living Missionally in a Post-Christian Culture
So far, it's good. Pretty radical. Get ready to have your world dismantled. Best quote so far, "It's always been the perogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor." Frost doesn't see slamming criticism as helpful, but he has a load of cultureal insights on how to be better witness in our present realities.
Donald Miller: Searching for God Knows What
Talk about slaying sacred cows. This book is hilarious. Miller has a way of making us take God seriously by helping us to take a good look at ourselves. Miller is a hoot!
Steve Turner: Imagine: A Vision for Christians in the Arts
After a few decades as a rock critic and author, Steve Turner tells the story of his Christian journey and how he came to grips with the role of Christians in the arts.
Gary L. McIntosh: One Size Doesnt Fit All: Bringing Out the Best in Any Size Church
I'm reading this bnook with a group of pastors from Southern New England. Maybe we'll learn something!
Peter Jones: The God of Sex How Spirituality Defines Your Sexuality
What is pagen spirituality? What is pagen sexuality? Why does it produce a culture of death? What is Biblical spirituality? What is Biblical sexuality? How does it produce a culture of life? Does all this matter? You bet! Our culture is in a free fall and sexuality is at the core of our being, our cultural debates and our future.
Dave Kusek: The Future of Music: Manifesto for the Digital Music Revolution
The best sellingCD in the year 2004 was blank and recordable. What does that mean for the future of music? Interesting and very thought provoking book!
Bill Hybels: Just a Walk Across the Room Simple Steps to Pointing People to Faith
Hybels transparency about his own life is always refreshing. Great advice on loving people into the Kingdom.
Tri Robinson: Saving God's Green Earth: Rediscovering the Church's Responsibility to Environmental Stewardship
I've never read a book on Christian environmentalism and have never really heard anybody say much about the Bible and the environment. I'm hoping to be surprised or at least streched by the book.
Mark Hitchcock: Iran The Coming Crisis Radical Islam, Oil, and the Nuclear Threat
Lauren Sandler: Righteous: Dispatches from the Evangelical Youth Movement
An outsider looks in on the evangelical youth movement
Patrick Lencioni: Death by Meeting
I've been wanting to read this book for awhile. I had Lencioni's other book on my shelf (The Five Dysfuntions of a Team) but I let somebody borrow it and can't remember who. I saw loads of folks reading this in the airports. Let's face it, we need better structured and more efficient organizational communication and meetings. Hope this helps!
David Murrow: Why Men Hate Going to Church
A little slow and not nearly as much fun as 'Wild at Heart."
William M. Easum: Go Big!: Lead Your Church to Explosive Growth!
I think they wanted to get this book out fast. On the top of the front cover it says, "Introduction by Ed Young," which should be worth the price of the book itself. But, there's no introduction! What a hoot! But it's a great book. God wants to save people. Let's believe Him for it!
Robert D. Kaplan: Soldiers of God: With Islamic Warriors in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Kaplan travelled about with the 'mujahdin" (the soldiers of God) through the rugged countryside of Afghanistan and Pakistan during the 80s war to rid the territory of the Russian invaders. Amazing stories, pertinent history.
Shane Hipps: The Hidden Power of Electronic Culture: How Media Shapes Faith, the Gospel, and Church (Emergentys)
I get the feeling that this is a rework of Marshall McLuhan's, "The Medium is the Message." I never read that. It is nevertheless, pretty interesting how media effects us.
John Wooden: Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success Playbook: Applying the Pyramid of Success to Your Life
What a great coach John Wooden was! UCLA in the heyday! Maybe the greatest coach ever and a remarkable human being. Outside of coaching, his life was dominated by family and church. This little book is co-written with travelling minister and former LA Laker Jay Carty. This book is full of great advice for coaching in life, family and work. Get it and read it in bits and pieces.
Harold Myra: The Leadership Secrets of Billy Graham
I can't seem to finish this book. I read a little, put it down and think it about it for awhile. First underlined quote, "Leadership is forged in the furnace." First applicable concept, "Turn your critics into coaches." Listen to what others are saying without letting them stop the show. Graham was amazing! Good lessons
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Mark Gabriel holds a Phd in Islamic history and culture from Al-Azhar University. He was able to quote the entire Quran before he was twelve. A convert to Christianity, his book shows why Jews and Muslims will always be at odds. As Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein says this is, "a reminder of how love can overcome hate." Great story. Important information.
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"Good is the enemy of great." Collins isn't the first one to say it, but he proves his case. Doing things well can keep us from doing things better. I'm reading this book with a coaching network I'm a participant in. We meet in Manhatten at The Journey Church the last Friday of every month. Collins writes for business, but shows you can be great without being faddish. Collins points out that 'greatness' is enduring. I've been thinking about passing the torch of minstry to young leaders. That's enduring. 2 Timothy 2:2 has a "good to great" plan for one hundred years of continuous Christianty starting with one person. Not bad!
Terry Mattingly: Pop Goes Religion
Terry Mattingly looks for God in all the strange places. Sometimes he finds Him, sometimes he doesn't. Sometimes he thinks he did, but he didn't. Very short chapters. It ain't no daily devotional, but nevertheless fun.
Malcolm Gladwell: The Tipping Point
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1. I love to read the holy scriptures,
And, ev'ry time I do,
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A testimony that they're true.
2. So, prayerfully I'll read the scriptures
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Herbert Adams, George E. Bissell, Alexander Stirling Calder, Katherine M. Cohen, Moses Jacob Ezekiel, Daniel Chester French, Charles Grafly, Samuel Murray, Edward C. Potter, John Massey Rhind, Bessie O. Potter Vonnoh, John Quincy Adams Ward, James H. Windrim, 1897 - 1912
* Statues and busts of James A. Beaver, S.W. Crawford, Andrew Gregg Curtin, John A. B. Dahlgren, John B. Gest, Winfield Scott Hancock, John Hartranft, George B. McClellan, George Gordon Meade, David Dixon Porter, John Fulton Reynolds, Richard Smith and James H. Windrim
* big arches, standing people, seated people, heads, horses, eagles, globe, weapons, hats
* Despite the name, the memorial is actually not an arch at all, though it does include two arches. Sculptures on the memorial include Herbert Adams' statue of Richard Smith, who funded the memorial, and Samuel Murray's bust of James H. Windrim, who was the artist and architect of the memorial itself. Detail pictures of the individual pieces are in alphabetical order by subject. One of John Massey Rhind's eagles is pictured last. Dahlgren is listed elsewhere as "Dahlgreen."
* Avenue of the Republic at 41st.
* 39.977450,-75.206500 [map]
* On the West Park tour
* Exhibits: War
* See also:
+ushistory.org's page for this piece
+philadelphiabuilding.org's page for this piece
+wikipedia.org's page for this piece
+wikipedia.org's Herbert Adams page
+wikipedia.org's George E. Bissell page
+wikipedia.org's Alexander Stirling Calder page
+askart.com's Katherine M. Cohen page
+jewishvirtuallibrary.org's Moses Jacob Ezekiel page
+Chesterwood: home of Daniel Chester French
+wikipedia.org's Charles Grafly page
+wikipedia.org's Samuel Murray page
+wikipedia.org's John Massey Rhind page
+wikipedia.org Bessie O. Potter Vonnoh page
+wikipedia.org John Quincy Adams Ward page
+philadelphiabuildings.org's James H. Windrim page
+PA Historical and Museum Commission's James Addams Beaver page
+PA Historical and Museum Commission's Andrew Gregg Curtin page
+biography of John A. B. Dahlgren from civilwarartillery.com
+Petersburg National Battlefield John Hartranft page
+wikipedia.org's George B. McClellan page
+wikipedia.org's George Meade page
+U.S. Navy's David Dixon Porter page
+National Park Service's David Dixon Porter page
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New gun laws are front and center in two states this summer. These laws don`t restrict access to guns, but expand where residents can carry their weapons, even to their workplaces. CBS News correspondent Mark Strassmann reports on the legal showdown between gun rights and property rights that is about to take place in Federal Courts in Georgia and Florida.
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Electric City is the creation of Tom Hanks, one of Hollywood's most acclaimed A-listers. His animated, dystopian future follows the survivors of cataclysmic events and how ⎯ three to four generations later ⎯ they've rebuilt their society.
Key to their survival is the production of electricity, as other forms of fuel have been depleted. Key to the plot are the conflicting motives of the many denizens of Electric City, some of whom are unhappy with the way things are run and others who will do anything possible to maintain the status quo.
Electric City is wired beyond streaming and/or downloading series webisodes. Its app is a lead-in to other complementary media and stories that flesh out Hanks' vision. Will the series app lead to more accolades for the actor? Find out after the break. (more…)


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High Stakes
High Stakes
To grasp how a scandal of this magnitude could have occurred — and gone undetected for almost 10 years — you have to understand how the defense and intelligence market works, the companies and the competition, and the size of the contracts involved.
Of course, what drives the market in the post-Sept. 11 world is money, lots and lots of it. In the wake of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, D.C., the Bush administration has substantially boosted spending on Pentagon and intelligence systems. According to Input, an independent federal government market research firm, the Department of Defense's spending on information-technology services and solutions is expected to increase from $31.5 billion in federal fiscal year 2005 to $36.4 billion in federal fiscal year 2010. While spending on intelligence-related activities by the federal government remains highly classified, Input estimates that total addressable information-technology spending for U.S. intelligence agencies in federal fiscal year 2005 was $10.9 billion. Input projects that will jump to approximately $13.6 billion by fiscal year 2011.
In addition, according to Input, the so-called Intelligence Community Management Account (ICMA) has been given $580 million in discretionary budget authority in fiscal 2007, almost three times what it had in fiscal 2006. These funds are earmarked to pay for the infrastructure and personnel required to support the newly created Director of National Intelligence and implementation of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, which President Bush has said will make the country's "vast intelligence enterprise ... more unified, coordinated and effective."
According to John Slye, a senior analyst with Input, much of the Defense Department spending is earmarked for what the market research firm calls "warfighting" systems and so-called Network Centric Warfare Systems. The latter utilize information technology via real-time networks to allow increased information sharing, collaboration and shared situational awareness. The hoped-for end result: greater self-synchronization, speed of command and mission effectiveness by the military.
To implement these initiatives, the Defense Department will spend almost $9 billion in 2007 on tactical data links, combat support systems and information processing systems, according to Input. Another $14.2 billion is slotted for leased communications lines, computers, servers and networks, and an information warehouse, according to Input. The remainder of the budget is to be spent on business systems, computer security, and program office support and CIO executive support. "The DOD has changed from an emphasis on ships, guns, and tanks and planes to a focus on information knowledge and timely, actionable intelligence," Input noted in one of its recent reports.
Based on Securities and Exchange Commission filings by a number of vendors that deal with the intelligence community — including ManTech International and L-3 Communications — the CIA and other intelligence agencies, including the National Security Agency (NSA), the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), are increasing their demand for data and text-mining solutions to enable them to extract, analyze and present data gathered from the massive volumes of information available through open sources such as the Internet. This increased focus on national security, homeland security and intelligence has also reinforced the need for interoperability among the many disparate information-technology systems throughout the federal government, specifically for enterprise systems that enable better coordination and communication within and among agencies and departments.
Intelligence agencies are also adding secure and non-secure voice, data and video communication for office, battlefield and other network applications as well as intelligence data collection, surveillance and reconnaissance.
The spending on classified, or "black box," systems and services attracts a variety of vendors, many of which, like MZM, started out small and quickly fattened. Among them: CACI International, SRA International, ManTech International and L-3 Communications.
But these days, defense and intelligence are relying increasingly on big integrators like EDS, Raytheon, Computer Sciences Corp. and Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC), as well as divisions of large defense contractors such as General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, and consulting firms such as Accenture and BearingPoint.
There has also been consolidation in this market, according to Input's Slye. As an example, L-3 Communications merged in 2005 with San Diego-based defense contractor Titan in a $2.65 billion, all-cash deal. "Titan was a major player in this market," Slye says. That same year, ManTech acquired Gray Hawk Systems, which provides critical infrastructure protection, counter-intelligence/counter-terrorism mission support, information processing and warfare systems engineering. In announcing the acquisition, ManTech stressed that more than 90% of Gray Hawk's 500 employees had security clearance and 70% had high-level clearance, a key asset in dealing with mission-critical national security programs.
CACI acquired the defense and intelligence divisions of American Management Systems for $415 million earlier this year.
"The danger of these consolidations," says POGO general counsel Amey, "is that ultimately the government is going to have less and less choice when it comes to selecting vendors." That, of course, would mean that the remaining contractors would have increasing leverage in dealings with the feds. "The procurements have gotten bigger and bigger," Slye says. "The scope of the systems is so huge that the intelligence agencies are using integrators not only to implement them but to act as program managers."
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Diadem wrote:It was set IN Mexico. What ethnicity did you expect the thieves to be? I suppose they could have just cast white people for every role in the movie, regardless of where the movie was set, but I suspect that would have also led to charges of racism.
You don't have to be a dick about this. I said it was a bad first impression. On its own, a movie opening with an angry white man slicing a bunch of Hispanic people (thanks for the correction Hippo, I also thought the first scene took place in Mexico), doesn't seem promising. I didn't run out of the theater screaming "RACISM!" after that, I stayed and watched the movie and my perception changed.
Do you find it so unusual to feel disturbed seeing casual violence against a minority group by white people in a very conventional "brown people are bad!" trope-y way? It's to the movie's merit that it does show a variety of Hispanic characters portraying many different roles. If a movie consistently shows Hispanics as bad and whites as good, then that's a good indication of it being racist. The problem with portrayal of minorities in cinema isn't that there aren't any violent criminal Hispanic people, it's that those are the ones we most often see. This movie showed a diversity of characters - awesome! But seeing the first scene doesn't tell me what I'll see later on.


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42They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
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43 Awe came upon everyone, because many wonders and signs were being done by the apostles. 44All who believed were together and had all things in common; 45they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds to all, as any had need. 46Day by day, as they spent much time together in the temple, they broke bread at home and ate their food with glad and generous hearts, 47praising God and having the goodwill of all the people. And day by day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved.
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We Stuffed Half A Car Into A Trackside Dumpster In Search Of Cheap Speed. And This Time It Was On The Road Course!
This idea is so wrong, it's just right. Pat Ganahl and the crew from HOT ROD laid the foundation for this story way back in 1987 when they turned a behemoth Cadillac Coupe De Ville into Swiss cheese to find out how much quicker it would run at the dragstrip. The story was called "Caddy Hack," it was published in the Feb. '87 issue of HRM, and we still get mail about it. Then we ripped off that idea in the Apr. '97 issue by doing the exact same thing with a big Pontiac, calling it PontiHack. The mayhem and destruction that ensued during both stories obviously struck a chord with our readers, so Freiburger and Kinnan cooked up a similar plan to put a cheap car on a severe slice-and-dice diet with reciprocating saw blades, sledgehammers, and hole saws. While Caddy Hack and PontiHack were about the quarter-mile, this time we were going around corners.
The Victim
The hate mail from Corvette fans is going to flow like a set of Big Chiefs after they see what we did to this Doug Nash 4+3-shifted '85 model. In our defense, we have legitimate reasons for cutting it up. This car was in no way a candidate for a concours restoration. The interior was at one time flooded, and decade-long desert hibernation cracked most of the plastic parts. The exterior needed thousands of dollars in paint, bodywork, glass, and seals to be made new again. This Corvette had a price tag below two grand, and even if we did restore it, it would be more valuable as a race car than a show car. And in fact, our plan is to take this thing much further than what you see here and to race it safely while spending as little as possible. We'll end up with a car like one you've never seen before. But that's a different story for a later time.
Meanwhile, we had so little invested in this bucket that we didn't feel bad about cutting it up for the good of mankind and the expansion of our racing knowledge. The C4 is no flyweight, and it has plenty of areas where we could easily trim the fat and make it quicker. It could certainly stand to lose a few pounds to make up for the weak-suck, iron head, 350ci TPI engine that's sitting under the heavy fiberglass hood. The suspension is a good design with IRS and transverse-mounted fiberglass leaf springs that work well on a road course, making this the perfect low-budget test car.
The Plan
Like HRM's previous two hack stories-and the several other knockoffs in other magazines-the simple goal here is to gauge exactly how much improvement in performance can be had from weight reduction. In the case of Caddy Hack, we took a 6,780-pound car that ran 17.22 at 80 mph and turned it into a 2,900-pound car that ran 13.55 and 100 mph. But weight reduction also has road course benefits: lighter cars accelerate quicker, stop quicker, and have the potential for better lateral handling. However, weight is not the only player, as we found out. There are some real tech lessons here.
Perhaps the best explanation of our antics, though, is something every hot rodder can relate to: There's just something visceral about grabbing hold of a power tool and using it for senseless vehicular destruction.
Prep For The Slaughter
The Driver
Although it looks that way, our plan wasn't just about making sparks and destroying beat-down body parts. We wanted to find out exactly what would happen to the handling characteristics of our guinea pig once the tires got hot and weight began dropping rapidly. Would it still stick in a corner? Would it get sketchy on high-speed sections of the track or would the car just run faster and quicker while looking cooler than GM originally envisioned? We rented out the third-mile oval course at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale to find out and then hired a real driver to make repeatable laps around a short road course we set up with cones on the infield. Luis Martinez Jr. is a hot shoe on the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West circuit, and he took much of the human error out of our testing by piloting the Corvette with the deft touch of a true professional. When the car got lighter and unruly, he made sure the laps stayed consistent so our test was on point. His primary sponsor, King Taco, also provided lunch to our wrecking crew, so that was another bonus in his favor.
Our test plan was straightforward: We'd weigh the car using four-corner race scales and then make a few laps to find out how quick it ran in stock form. Then we'd start hacking, keeping track of the weight of each part removed and noting the effects on handling and lap times. The Corvette was a svelte 3,243 pounds in stock form with the 20-gallon fuel cell topped off and approximately 5 gallons of dead gas in the stock tank.
Parts Removed: Resonators, Spare Tire Mount
Total Weight Savings: 39 Pounds
Vehicle Weight: 3,204 Pounds
Lap Time: 29.7 seconds
As our first mod, we jacked up the car, tossed a pair of MechaniComfort work mats on the ground, and promptly cut off the resonators and empty spare tire mount, which knocked 39 pounds from the total weight of the Vette. Martinez went two tenths of a second quicker. The Vette still sounded like a sewing machine on steroids.
Parts Removed: Rear hatch, hood, headlights
Total Weight Savings: 156 Pounds
Vehicle Weight: 3,048 Pounds
Lap Time: 28.1 seconds
Parts Removed: Doors
Total Weight Savings: 163 Pounds
Vehicle Weight: 2,885 Pounds
Lap Time: 29.7 seconds
Camber Adjustment
Lap Time: 27.9 seconds
Thankfully, there were enough shims between the front control arms and their mounts to remove to decrease the amount of positive camber, and in the rear, camber changes came from a simple cam bolt adjustment on the lower control arms. We adjusted the front suspension first, which dropped the lap time down to 28.4 seconds. Then we adjusted the rear suspension and Martinez flew around the track in 27.9 seconds, which was our best pass yet. Still, he said the rearend would not stay hooked up in the corners, and the squealing tires and smoke show confirmed it. And don't forget that we had no clue where the alignment really was. It was just eyeballed.
Parts Removed: Front fascia, rear clip and fuel tank, passenger seat
Total Weight Savings: 383 Pounds
Vehicle Weight: 2,502 Pounds
Lap Time: 28.2 seconds
Reduce Rear tire pressure Lap Time: 27.6 seconds
Since we were out of suspension adjustments and there was no easy way to decrease the spring rate of the transverse leaf springs without cutting them up, we resorted to lowering the pressure from 40 to 30 psi in the rear tires. This reduced oversteer a little, giving Martinez a bit more confidence and resulting in our best lap of the day: 27.6 seconds. We felt like heroes taking the ugly chick to prom and being crowned king.
Parts Removed: Targa top, windshield, and interior
Total Weight Savings: 150 Pounds
Vehicle Weight: 2,352 Pounds
Lap Time: 28.82
Disconnect rear sway bar Lap Time: 27.7 seconds
Was it worth it?
Is it wrong to take a perfectly good car that was once somebody's pride and joy and turn it into a go-kart? Not when they leave it in the desert for dead. Is it rude to destroy the best styling ideas General Motors could come up with in 1985 for its flagship performance car just to prove a point? Not when you've got less than 2,500 bucks invested in the project. We learned a lot about the good and evil of extreme automotive dieting thanks to our cheap steed. Plus, this turned into more of an alignment and tuning lesson than we thought. The Vette Hack also induced us to take this project a few steps further. We think we can lighten the car even more, perhaps dipping below the 2,000-pound mark, and with a few suspension tweaks, it will handle better than ever. We also think that with another 2,500 bucks sunk into this pile for stickier tires, a full 'cage, and safety equipment, it will smoke a brand-new Corvette at the dragstrip and on the road course. Think we're wrong? Keep your eyes peeled for the next installment of the Vette Hack saga.
We'd like to thank Martinez for piloting the car without fear, Harbor Freight for the tools that wouldn't quit, RockAuto.com for the replacement parts, MechaniComfort for the cushions that kept the ground soft while we worked, King Taco for the awesome grub that kept us going, and Bob Klein at Toyota Speedway and Doug Stokes at Irwindale for not shutting us down when we made a mess at the track.


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287MQ | Barograph for ships
Aneroid barograph used for the registration of atmospheric pressure with damped measuring mechanism for use at see.
Measuring range 955 to 1055 hPa
Accuracy ± 0.7 hPa
Diagram graduation 1 hPa.
The measuring element in our barographs is a set of 7 aneroid capsules with a diameter of 62 mm.
This set is manufactured of a copper-beryllium alloy which by its remarkable elastic composition has been tried and tested best for many years.Age-hardening, hysteresis and elastic after effects don`t occur practically. The influence of temperature on the set of aneroid capsules and the transmission system is compensated by a bimetal about the whole measuring range and for temperatures between -30 and +40°C (-22 ... 104 °F). All the axles of the precision instrument are supported in jewels because of this the instruments have only got a minimum of idle friction.
Parts of the measuring mechanism are made of polished brass.
Mahogany colored wooden case 345 x 170 x 180mm.
The barograph is equipped with quarz clockwork which can be shifted in an instant for daily, weekly or monthly revolution. The periods are 25.6 h / 176 h / 783h.
The barograph will be delivered complete with fibre pen as well as with a set of 60 diagram papers for weekly revolution needed for one year.
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It's time to share what 10 of our favorite public radio personalities have been loving lately. Here's a list of this month's Heavy Rotation panelists:
- David Dye, host of NPR's World Cafe at WXPN in Philadelphia
- Andrea Swensson, blogger for Minnesota Public Radio's The Current in the Twin Cities
- Chris Campbell, host of WDET's Progressive Underground in Detroit
- Rani Schloss, a producer at Classical New England in Boston
- Alex Ruder, a host at KEXP in Seattle
- Ben Frost, music director at Youth Radio's AllDayPlay in Oakland
- Matt Fleeger, program director at KMHD in Portland
- Travis Holcombe, a host at KCRW in Santa Monica
- Jeremy Petersen, a host at opbmusic in Portland
- Daoud Tyler-Ameen, a producer at NPR Music in Washington, D.C.
And time now for our music series, Heavy Rotation. Each month, NPR Music asks public radio personalities at member stations around the country to tell us about a new song they cannot stop playing. One of them shares their pick on MORNING EDITION. This month's selection brings us music from Bill Callahan's new album, "Dream River." The song, "Small Plane," was chosen by David Dye, host of the music show World Cafe, produced by WXPN.
DAVID DYE, BYLINE: Bill Callahan is a very hard-to-describe artist. He - and he would probably say that himself. He's been making albums - first as Smog - since 1990, and then under his own name since 2007. They are very low-key, and are centered around his amazing baritone voice, and lyrics that seem very internal, very almost matter-of-fact, but are loaded with meaning.
DYE: You know, the whole idea of you notice all the plants in the desert because they're so few of them? You notice all the words in a Bill Callahan song. Is this a song about an airplane? Probably not. This is a song about a love affair and the scope of a love affair, maybe, but then he breaks the narrative with that lyric about the river splitting. And he asks the question: Is this us?
DYE: This new album just is an emotional bullet for me. And Bill has said about this album, that he made it to be the last album you listen to in a day, the one, after the end of a great day, you put this on. And he wanted nothing jarring on the record. And he certainly has succeeded.
MONTAGNE: That's David Dye from World Cafe, produced by WXPN, with Bill Callahan's "Small Plane." You can download tracks on Heavy Rotation at NPRMusic.org. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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|2009-02-02, 22:47
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Location: All ghillied up spying on someone ~2,000 yards away using telescope sights.
Age: 30
Also, even with Touma's knowledge of Index powers there's no way he would want get her involved, wait, no need for that, he doesn't even want Index to know what he has been through. Remember how he saved Mikoto even though she doesn't need his help and was pissed off at him for that.
|2010-01-09, 16:28
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Finally found the thread.. meh! I just was lazy to search it....
Well I have a bit crazy therory: What if Index and Aleister Crowley are relatives??
Both of them have physical resemblances and both were skilled magicians(Index lost her magic ornament and doesn't now she can and Aleister dropped his magic to join the science).
Also mages can be born with a bloodline like the Tsuchimikado family which are descendants of Abe no Senmei, onmyodos, right?
For me Index is like Crowley before he dumped his abilities in the magic side.
|2010-01-09, 19:50
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But there is Tsuchimikado family right?? and if I'm not wrong Motoharu is the last magician of his clan. BTW, why she is the only one who can deal with those grimoires??? Yamisaki was near to explode his body in blood just watching one of them :S.
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|2010-01-09, 20:34
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Makes her a special container and having that ability to memorize every bit of information she see just even once is a good way to memorize those diabolic books.
Wait tsuchimikado is born from a seimei clan? I always though his just some sis con complex but he got back grounds to back him up. Well not surprising because he just blow a whole house away with a single spell before.
I wish I had one for used on those stupid texts books.
|2010-01-10, 21:48
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I really enjoyed Index's running gag where she bites Touma, particularly some of Touma's perverted moments. She's quite an enjoyable character, and a big eater for a nun.
Spoiler for Index, episode 23:
If To Aru Majutsu no Index were to be dubbed, I would go with Monica Rial to voice this character. However, that would only be possible if Funimation picks it up, and my ideas uses voice actors from California. In the case if Viz Media or Bang Zoom! picks it up, I would go with Kate Higgins.
Spoiler for episode 22?:
|2010-01-11, 12:34
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............. I can't relate....... I don't know a single one among those girls or have any idea on it. I have watch dubbed ones and have dvd of it but I don't know a single one of them.
Styl and Index......... Styl has given up on index. But still obsessed with it to the point if index is in danger he should be around and if index is crying or sad he will scorch touma.
He knows index is happy and just be it his happy as well. That's all important to him and doesn't want to destroy it.
And as for talent. You can tell that her ability to memorize everything she see is talent unless the word talent in index has more to it that normal meaning of talent.
|2010-01-11, 19:50
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The general feeling in the anime is that Style was just saying that, but Touma could tell he really still loved Index. Style was stuttering, and Touma sort of gave a knowing look and chuckle and let the topic drop.
I guess thats all subject to the anime. Another reason why I prefer animes over translated LN's. It's easier to understand the subtleties.
|2010-01-12, 04:18
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STYL MAGNUS STILL LIKES OR LOVE OR LOVELOVE INDEX!!!!!! I can guarantee that 100%
But that's the from the start of the story. As it goes. I just see him protecting her older sister. ( yap you read this older. This cigarette priest is 14 and the loli sister is about 16 same age as touma )
Plus in the volume of I think its 9 or 10 but the part of daihaseisai or cultural festival. He become close to another loli chara but still again older one.... guest what its a loli teacher.
|2010-01-12, 08:50
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Styil.... a guy who is younger than his look and Komoe... an "adult" who looks younger than she looks ... XD
Yeah, many people believes Index is a minor even more with her outfit.... I founf a image from the artist from the novels(Kiyotaka Haimura) with Index using a casual clothes.
...and Mikoto still uses her trademark clothes .
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Sweet Pepper Jam Recipes
Chile Jam Recipe (Homemade Habanero Sauce)
Last season, my husband Lulu harvested so many peppers from the garden that I had to make a lot of preserves to use them up. If you've been following me on Facebook, I didn't get a lot of sleep over the weekend because of an over-dose of caffeine. I went on a cleaning spree to pass the time, and while I was tidying up, I found our last jar of chile jam. We used a combination of red Habanero (which is probably the spiciest chile you'll ever taste), red Thai chiles and a small red bell pepper to temper the heat. Still, this recipe will knock your socks off!
When Lulu and I first got married, I remember him calling me a wimp when it came to spicy food. I used to find black pepper spicy! But over the last 6 years, I've learned to enjoy it. I guess marrying into an Indian family helped numb my taste buds. For Father's Day, we held a contest on who would be able to stand eating intensely spicy cuisine. Daddy, my father-in-law, is an expert and of course, he won, but I was able to do better than the girls.
Daddy said the chile jam wasn't as spicy as he had expected but if you're not as tolerant of the heat, prepare a tall glass of milk on the side and enjoy with some toast.
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Starting the day at 11am in a balmy 23C, were B Grade and D (or Beginners) Grade with playoff stages kicking off before 2pm. In the B Grade Cup, Ballyhoura Hawks (from Garryowen FC venue) and The Trophics (from Malone RFC) emerged as winning semi-finalists. Ballyhoura then won the Cup Final by 7 to 3. In the B Plate, Tagging Badgers (St Marys) lost out to Red Card Kings (St Marys) by a golden try winner, 4-3.
The Beginners Grade was also very competitive and eight quarter-finalists were only finalised by the time of the last round's completion. D Bowl winners were Tag Hard 4.0 from Galway Corinthians RFC, Ireland's largest tag rugby venue bar none, who faced Dublin Welsh, a team who qualified after playing at Lansdowne FC, a venue in only its first year with IRFU Volkswagen Tag already proving popular. Final score with the 'Hards' winning 7-4.
D Plate winners were Suttonians locals. Warrior Robots after their defeat of Temple St Tigers (St Marys) by 5 points to 3. Last but most certainly not least were Tag Me If You Can (St Marys) who beat Stevie's Wonders, from Old Belvedere venue by 5 points to 0.
Before the final games of these two grades began, grades A and C commenced their own leagues and again, competition was high yet matches were gamefully played. The C Grade delivered winners from three different provinces as home team, Tryrific won the C Bowl over Malone opponents, Le Racing Club de Carrick, 6-3.
The battle for the Paul Flood Memorial Trophy and IRFU Volkswagen Tag All-Ireland title was a fascinating affair. Following middle rounds, the likely teams for both Cup and Plate competitions settled into what would be their eventual seedings. In the C Plate, Malone's Wolfpack won a great game vs Suttonians' Tic Tags 9-6. A superb game to watch. Not to denegrate in any way, it was to be the A Cup final which would show to all that its never over until the whistle finally goes. The incumbent champions, Bircroft Panthers were to play Belfast's Mengal Taggers. Having already beaten them and also scored a very early female try (worth 3 points), it would seem that the Panthers were on the way to retain the trophies. However, scores evened up forcing the game to go to extra-time with first to score the 'golden try' getting the result in front of an excited crowd on the touchlines. An intercept try by Mengal Taggers with 30 seconds to go ensured that the favourites lost out to the side they defeated the previous year. Final score was Bircroft Panthers 6, Mengal Taggers 7. Needless to say, the noise which followed the final whistle matched the excitement of players and spectators. Congrats to Mengal Taggers and commiserations to Bircroft Panthers.
Once again, the season ends in style (bar Clontarf's own finals night this week, which will be another Fancy Dress Special to remember!) at a great venue with great teams and great spectators at a great club.
We thank Suttonians RFC, McAllister Volkswagen and Volkswagen Ireland, Sunshine 106.8FM, all the volunteers, players, and their supporters for everything that has made this IRFU Tag season grow even further. Special gratitude from all goes to all our fantastic referees and to Stephen Hilditch, Chairman of IRFU Domestic Games Committee, Scott Walker, Director of Rugby Development and the Club Game and to anyone else who has supported us this year.
To view images from the weekend's events, join our Facebook group (click HERE). A video report will appear on www.irfutag.ie later this week with interviews and footage.