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The trick becomes not to fall for the counterfeit bills, as nearly
half the RBs that are scooped up in the first two rounds of most
drafts will underperform. That said, the temptation to draft them
(as well as their importance to the fantasy team) is so pivotal
to winning each week, most owners take the chance and draft them
high anyway. Some of the better value at the position can come
in the form of offseason movement and rookies,
where the role of the player (and projected fantasy impact) cannot
really be compared to anything they have done previously, unless
of course, they are making the switch from similar running system
to similar running system.
This offseason was a wild one at the RB position, as a handful
of former fantasy stalwarts were traded or headed for greener
pastures, setting the table for some good value to be had in the
middle rounds of upcoming drafts as owners try to imagine what
kind of impact four players who have combined for six Pro Bowl
appearances will have on their new team.
With veteran RBs in new places, I like to predict their impact
by using some of the following as a barometer:
At just about every position, a below-the-radar (and sometimes
undrafted) player gets "it" for a season and goes from waiver
wire hopeful to the final piece in your run for a fantasy title.
This position is no different. Last season was a pretty fair season
for the position in that regard, as Maurice
Jones-Drew, Ladell
Betts and Marion
Barber all emerged from late round or undrafted obscurity
to second-half starters on teams that fell victim to the disappointment
of LaMont Jordan or Reuben Droughns. In 2005, backs like Steven
Jackson, Willie Parker and Droughns were solid late-round or undrafted
pickups. Running back is the one position in fantasy where it
is generally accepted to roll the dice on a rookie performer if
he will likely fall into the guidelines above. So, one can imagine
that most owners will have no problems selecting a veteran back
if his only potential downside is that he switched teams.
All that being said, there are a few RBs making the move this
season who fall under the guidelines mentioned in the preceding
paragraphs. In order of projected fantasy impact, let's
take a look the RBs who switched teams this offseason and their
chances for fantasy success…
Travis Henry
(From TEN to DEN)
Remember how the fantasy world was all abuzz when Edgerrin James
left Indianapolis to get paid in Arizona prior to last season?
There was one key element missing from that move to guarantee
James' status as a top 10 fantasy RB – a noteworthy offensive
line. Enter Henry, who left Tennessee to get rich in Denver, which
just happens to be the place where mere mortal RBs can be transformed
into legit fantasy #2 RBs (sometimes even if they are sharing
time) and above-average RBs can turn make a run at the elite fantasy
rushers. Henry, despite a few shortcomings, falls into the latter
category. Fantasy owners who have written off Bronco RBs over
the past few years because of HC Mike Shanahan's apparent dislike
of fantasy football (or maybe the fact he had RBs with limited
abilities, you make the call…) should now be able to recapture
the feeling they had back in 2003 when Clinton Portis averaged
5.5 yards/carry, running for a total of 1,591 yards and 14 scores
in 13 games in his last season in Denver. Henry is no Portis,
but he is the best thing they have had in the backfield since.
One really has to pry deep to find a solid reason why Henry will
not deliver a top five RB-type of season. It would be hard to
imagine that even Shanahan – fantasy football public enemy #1
– would do the unthinkable and not give Henry 80% of the rushing
work after tossing $12 M in guaranteed money his way. And while
the Broncos' offensive line has aged in some places and lost a
bit in talent in others, it is still one of the finest units in
the league, more than capable of executing the cut-blocking, zone
scheme they have for so long. And whatever talent downgrade the
front five has suffered over the years, the signing of one of
the league's best blocking TEs (Daniel Graham) should be just
another reason to be very optimistic about the former Titan and
Bill runner. Add in the deep threat that Javon Walker provides
and the continued maturation of second-year starting QB Jay Cutler
along with what should be a formidable defense (that will keep
the game close thereby allowing the running game to do its job)
and fantasy owners have just about every reason to pick Henry
within the first five picks of any draft this summer. If he does
have a shortcoming, he can get dinged up from time to time due
to his physical style (thus a late-round handcuff pick for backup
Mike Bell is necessary), but Henry has been pretty good at fighting
through the nagging injuries in his career. A top five finish
at his position is likely for Henry, with 1,500 yards and 15 scores
very possible for the 28-year-old RB, barring injury.
Using the checklist in the opening, let's review:
Willis McGahee
(From BUF to BAL)
How appropriate that Henry be paired with McGahee yet again? However,
this time, Henry should have the upper hand after losing his job
to McGahee just two seasons ago. Fortunately for the Bills, they
addressed their offensive line after a few years of letting it
mostly fall apart. Unfortunately for Buffalo, they tired of McGahee
the same year they decided to address a weak offensive line. However,
it is possible that while his blocking may not improve in his
move from New York to Maryland, McGahee may improve as a fantasy
option. How? The Ravens' defense. Rare will be the time the Ravens
will not be able to ride McGahee 20-25 times per game and a couple
more times through the air. If McGahee is able to average 4.1
yards/carry this season after Jamal Lewis was able to maintain
a 4.3 yards/carry average over his seven-year Raven career and
he (McGahee) is able to maintain the workload that Lewis assumed
after HC Brian Billick assumed the play-calling duties last season,
McGahee is in line for 1400+ yards rushing and 13 TDs!
While that total is certainly reachable, let's return to
the offensive line, one of the few units on the Ravens'
team that is merely average. Future Hall of Fame LT Jonathan Ogden
is nearing the end of his remarkable career, however, he is not
quite as dominating as he once was. While Chris Chester and Ben
Grubbs should eventually team up to give Baltimore a formidable
inside duo and LG Jason Brown, C Mike Flynn and RT Adam Terry
are all serviceable, they do not exactly inspire visions of a
dominating line this season either. No matter what, the Ravens
cannot afford injuries up front as they possess very little proven
depth. That being said, McGahee will likely be given as many carries
as he can handle, so he is a great candidate to serve as a low-end
#1 RB or very high-end #2 option. Those owners who value weekly
consistency from their RBs should not be disappointed with McGahee
in 2007. Sure, he is likely to have 2-3 monster games, but his
value will come from the number of touches he will see each week,
leading to a high number of 80-100 total-yard performances. Begin
expectations for the 25-year-old at 1,200 rushing yards and 10
scores. He should be able to hit those numbers without the weekly
rollercoaster ride that some other high picks at RB sometimes
Thomas Jones
(From CHI to NYJ)
One may be surprised that the Jets gave their running backs the
tenth-most carries (426) in the NFL last year, leading to the
seventh-highest total of rushing scores (15). The downside to
that? It was split four ways with Kevan Barlow, Cedric Houston
and Leon Washington all taking shots at the starting gig at one
time or another. (Heck, even Derrick Blaylock got a couple starts
at the beginning of the season.) New York apparently thought enough
was enough and swapped places in the second round of this spring's
draft with the Chicago Bears to acquire the 28-year-old Jones,
who after carrying the "brittle" tag early in his career, has
played 14, 15 and 16 regular season games in each of his last
three seasons, collecting over 2,800 yards of total offense and
15 TDs over the last two campaigns, all with the eager Cedric
Benson in waiting and stealing touches.
So the question becomes…with Jones the only show in town,
will he put up #1 RB numbers? Well, for starters, the scatback
Washington will take some reps from him, especially on passing
downs. The second pitfall is that the schedule will be tougher
for the Jets than last season's. In the first quarter of
the slate last season, the Jets faced three of the five teams
that gave up the most points to RBs. This time around, their first
three opponents (New England, Baltimore, Miami) all finished among
the top 10 teams in allowing the fewest points to the position
and none of those teams figure to forget how to play the run anytime
soon. The schedule eases up a bit after that but hammers him after
the Week 10 bye week, handing him Pittsburgh, Dallas, Miami and
New England during the time most owners will want their #2 RB
helping their team push for a title. Lastly, G Pete Kendall could
not be more displeased with the way the Jets are handling his
contract, thus, one should figure the line will be slightly less
All in all, New York should represent an upgrade in offensive
talent and play-calling for Jones from his days in the Windy City
but those advantages will likely be counterbalanced by the likely
absence of Kendall and the tougher schedule. Jones should be a
solid mid-#2 RB prospect who comes pretty close to matching his
totals over the last two seasons (around 300 carries, 1400 total
yards and 7-8 scores. However, his production will likely be inconsistent
from week to week. He will be an ideal buy-low player after three
weeks and an excellent sell-high candidate before his bye week.
Ahman Green
(From GB to HOU)
Let him have it…Green was an idiot for not doing whatever
he could to sign in Denver, even if it meant taking the veteran's
minimum. Not only did he pass up his last chance at putting a
ring on his finger, but he also didn't help appreciably
increase his chances at piling up solid numbers over what figures
to be the last 2-3 years of a solid career. Or did he?
Green turned 30 over the winter, the age at which many propose
that RBs are at or nearing the downhill slope of their career.
However, I prefer to use the 2000-carry mark as a barometer for
breakdown, give 100-200 carries one way or the other. This gives
Green potentially one more solid season of production, as he is
at 1871 rushes heading into his tenth season. He remains a solid
receiver who will have next to no adjustment period despite switching
teams, as he has a solid rapport with Texans new play-caller Mike
Sherman after working under him for several years in Green Bay.
Additionally, the zone blocking scheme that Houston runs is something
that Green also got a taste of last season as the Packers made
the transition in 2006. And Green still has plenty of his trademark
open-field speed, breaking a 70-yard TD run against Miami –
the third time in four years he has broke a scoring run of at
least 70 yards.
The downside to Green is that he does get dinged up given his
physical running style. That aside, he leaves a run-blocking line
in the NFC North for a line that should be much better than the
injured unit Houston was forced to send out late last season.
With some offseason tweaking, the Texans' OL depth is better than
it has ever been in franchise history and with a quick decision-maker
in Matt Schaub under center, down-and-distance situations will
be favorable more often than they ever were with David Carr. As
it is with most teams, having their offensive line healthy all
season would help Green produce one more very serviceable fantasy
season for his owners. While Green's numbers won't rival that
of Domanick Williams (formerly Domanick Davis) from a few years
ago, he will make for a great #3 RB or a low-end #2 option when
he posts numbers in the 1,300 total yard neighborhood with 6-8
Jamal Lewis
(From BAL to CLE)
It was a no-brainer that Lewis was leaving an average situation
for a bad situation when he initially signed with the rival Browns.
Then, a funny thing happened...Cleveland got a much-needed talent
infusion. Four days before the Lewis signing became official,
the Browns inked G-T Eric Steinbach – a Pro Bowl talent from their
in-state rival, the Cincinnati Bengals. In April, they landed
the top OL in the draft in T Joe Thomas. Finally, reports surfaced
a few weeks ago that last season's prized signing, G-C LeCharles
Bentley, may be able to return at some point this season after
knee surgery that was threatening his ability to ever return to
the field. That is a lot of money, talent and potential for domination
up front to infuse an offense with that has sorely lacked anything
resembling consistency. With Braylon Edwards, Joe Jurevicius and
Kellen Winslow manning the other skill positions, Lewis' chances
to make good on the one-year contract he signed in March look
better now than it did when he first left Baltimore.
That said, Lewis will have two obstacles to face as a Brown that
will hinder his ability to show he is a young 29 (years of age).
While he is quite familiar with carrying the offense from his
many years with merely average play at QB in Baltimore, the Browns
do not have anything close to the defense the Ravens have possessed
throughout most of his career, meaning he will need to do a lot
of his damage early in games. However, he will be seen by most
owners as merely a #3 fantasy RB candidate given the Browns' struggles
on offense for most of their re-existence, something many owners
can take advantage of as Jason Wright and Jerome Harrison do not
figure to steal a lot of carries from him. The potential is there
for Lewis to perform at a #2 RB level (especially if the defense
takes the next step), assuming his new line meshes quickly and
stays healthy. Cleveland will be improved on both sides of the
ball from last year and Lewis figures to have no challengers for
his job, so the opportunity to eclipse 300 carries is there. Figure
Lewis will find a way to at least match his 3.6 yards/carry from
2006 behind a lesser line in Baltimore and there is reason to
believe Lewis can muster another 1000+ yard season with 6-7 TDs
a possibility. That puts him into solid #3 RB territory – if not
a low-tier #2 RB if his owners choose to address other positions
early on. The eight-year veteran may be frustrating to own some
weeks (two matchups apiece vs. the Ravens and Steelers not to
mention contests against tough rushing defenses like the Patriots
and Dolphins appear to be rough spots for him). But if things
go Cleveland's way for once and everyone returns/stays healthy,
Lewis could surprise.
Tatum Bell
(From DEN to DET)
Bell is the one back on this list so far that no one can say for
sure will be fantasy relevant (the main man) or not (Kevin Jones'
caddy). Unfortunately, all we have at this point is those ultra-reliable
offseason reports (detect a hint of sarcasm?) which state that
Jones is ahead of schedule in his return from a painful Lisfranc
foot injury while Bell is wowing his teammates with his impressive
speed and showing good hands. Now this writer remembers while
he was in Denver, Bell supposedly didn't have one of those traits…but
I digress.
So, best case scenario for Bell first. Jones takes the entire
season to recover from his severe foot injury, allowing Bell the
opportunity to cruise past fellow offseason acquisition Doug Duckett
and the rest of the Lions backfield recovering from injuries (Jones,
Shawn Bryson and Brian Calhoun). In that scenario, Bell would
assume most of the work in between the 10s with Duckett getting
most of the short-yardage love. But there is reason to be weary
of Bell as anything more than a mid-#3 fantasy RB, even in that
scenario. The o-line will be improved over last season but six
games against defenses that should rate anywhere from pretty decent
(Green Bay) to pretty good run defenses (Minnesota, Chicago) will
stifle Bell in nearly half of his games. Add to that Duckett's
presence and there is reason to believe Bell will top five scores.
Now the best-case scenario for the Lions and Jones. The early
reports on Jones turn out to be true and he returns to the team
in good shape midway through training camp. With regular three-wide
sets that will keep no more than seven defenders in the box, Jones
will be able to make a living as an all-purpose threat like he
did in 2006 by using his inside power and good hands. Bell would
be relegated to a series or two per half – if that –
allowing Jones to get a needed rest from time to time. Bell will
play no matter what, but only time will tell if that time will
be as the bellcow in OC Mike Martz's offense or as the back
that gives Jones a periodic rest. As such, projections could range
anywhere from 100 touches to over 300 touches. Either way, though,
he will not enjoy the same success in Motown as he did last season
in Denver.
Dominic Rhodes
(From IND to OAK)
Someone is not staying around too long in the Raider backfield.
My guess is that somebody will be LaMont Jordan after the season.
Since Rhodes was signed after Lane Kiffin was named the coach,
he will stay despite a four-game suspension to open 2007. Rookie
Michael Bush is a bigger, faster version of Jordan who may or
may not see the field as he continues his recovery from a broken
leg last fall at Louisville. Given USC's recent history, it may
be a fair assumption that Kiffin favors the committee approach
in the backfield (Reggie Bush-LenDale White, Justin Fargas-Sultan
McCullough are the most recent examples) and Rhodes' signing suggest
that trend will continue as he transitions to the pro game.
The sad thing for Rhodes is that he would be a low-end #3 RB
option even if he had the job all to himself in Oakland. Thus,
it is hard to justify a pick on him, especially considering the
situation he is going into plus his suspension to open his Raider
The following are a few more notable free agent acquisitions
at running back this offseason. However, each was brought on to
their respective teams strictly as a reserve, and you should not
consider selecting any of them on draft day unless you are doing
so for handcuffing purposes or if the starter falls to serious
injury at some point in training camp…
Reuben Droughns
(From CLE to NYG)
*Unlike most of my fantasy brethren, I like Droughns as insurance
behind Brandon Jacobs, so long as Ahmad Bradshaw fulfills the
promise that I believe he has as does The
Gut Check. In games that the Giants just want to maul opponents
using the ground game, sending Droughns in after Jacobs seems
a worthwhile strategy. If I drafted Jacobs, I would certainly
consider a last-round selection of Droughns although I am not
crazy about the left side of the New York offensive line.
T.J. Duckett
(From WAS to DET)
*If Duckett ran with some of the toughness inside that former
teammate Warrick Dunn does, Duckett could have been Jacobs before
Jacobs knew he was Jacobs (follow me so far?). Since it looks
unlikely that he will ever gain the mentality he needs to be the
inside runner he could be, he will likely continue to watch backs
like Kevin Jones and Tatum Bell from the sideline, only to be
used when his coaches think his 250-pound frame will be of benefit
on short-yardage situations. The best prospects for Duckett's
fantasy success are tied with Tatum Bell. If Jones misses a significant
part of the season, Duckett may be used to vulture short TD runs.
If Jones is healthy, a lot of special teams duty is likely ahead
for the six-year vet.
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"A short story is like a toothache and you must drill it and fill it. A novel is more like bridgework," said the writer T.C. Boyle, author of 14 novels and more than 100 short stories. One might wonder what would be the outcome of drilling and filling a novel. There are two answers, it seems: one is "The Namesake," the other is "The Lowland," both incidentally by Jhumpa Lahiri.
Lahiri, of course, happens to be one of the English language's most celebrated commanders, a storyteller revered for her perfect minimalist realism and crisp "plainness" — her words — that resists flash, trash, tricks, hooks, the works, and yet elevates, entrances and seduces all the same.
She's been such a literary fixture that it's hard to remember that "The Lowland" is only her sophomore novel. She's the exception to one of the cardinal rules of literature — that novels will always trumpshort-story collections. After two deservedly canonized short-story collections — her "Interpreter of Maladies" debuted with a Pulitzer (1999) and 2008's "Unaccustomed Earth" hit No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list — she ascended to master status with short-form fiction. And truly, to call these stories "impeccable" would not be an exaggeration.
But in between all her short-form gems came the less graceful debut novel, "The Namesake" (2003), which had its biggest moment when transformed into a Mira Nair movie. In her charmed literary history, this clumsy and laborious narrative will be the closest she's come to a miss.
Until now. "The Lowland" is familiar territory for Lahiri fans: She is back to her native settings of Calcutta and Rhode Island, telling the sagas of generations of Indian American immigrants. Two brothers, Udayan and Subhash Mitra, who are opposites in nature — one wild and exuberant and rebellious, the other responsible and contemplative and shy — take two very different paths, and the novel explores the consequences of their choices. It's a fairly cookie-cutter and clichéd premise that at best could be euphemized as "archetypal" or "classic" in scope.
What makes it most interesting is its haunting historical backdrop, a tale that indeed has not been told: that of the Naxalite movement, a radical communist faction born in the Indian village of Naxalbari with a violent uprising in 1967.
While Udayan devotes his life to this cause, Subhash leaves for America. Lahiri has again chosen a bit fatally to rest on the familiar — and here you have the typical torn-between-two-cultures thematics that the London-born, U.S.-raised Lahiri is enamored of and has, in fact, practically branded.
So what could go wrong? For one thing, Lahiri shies from tackling the necessary tangles and messes of a novel. It is that clinical short-story writer's genius, a sort of die-hard cleanliness and thoroughness, that dooms this novel. All endings are bound and rebound and finally hung up neatly as a flat, cold, dead but still somehow beautiful thing for detached viewing.
The short-story form thrives on her much-celebrated simplicity, her very nonshowy, very linear mechanics; it's as if the unconventionality of the short story helps lend her tales the edge they otherwise lack. But what dazzles in a story sprint loses its footing within a novel's cross-country sprawl, its more traditional landscape requiring unpredictability and surprise and indeed novelty — the reader's attention must be had and had and had.
If you are reading "The Lowland" for anthropological insights over all else, you might feel satiated. Even then, there are problems: Lahiri sometimes dips into cheaply microwaved otherness. Take for example autumn leaves rendered "Lowland" style: "Once more the trees lost their chlorophyll, replaced by the shades he had left behind: vivid hues of cayenne and turmeric and ginger pounded fresh every morning in the kitchen, to season the foods his mother had prepared." Lines like these read like a parody of contemporary transnational literature at best.
The other problem is that Lahiri puts the undynamic Subhash and ice-cold wife Gauri center stage instead of their firebrand shadows — revolutionary sibling Udayan and iconoclast offspring Bela. It seems exactly the wrong choice for this book, as if she's invested in telling this story as tepidly as possible. This threatens to collapse the entire narrative in her endgame: Every story line is tiresomely followed until dead end, and the final third of the book is all downwind resolution, overwrought and exhausted, as if in complete misunderstanding of the novel form. The plots are largely overdone and overdone in a flat register, creating a sort of novel as lecture in parts.
Lahiri's place in literature has always seemed beyond reproach, since her cotillion by Pulitzer, but also partly, I suspect, because liberal-educated white people prefer their exotica watered down with high patrician elegance. Perhaps a product of Lahiri's Old and New Englands, all the vindaloos, saris, bindis and Bollywood feel like they've been given a scrubbing by a blond yogini army of Gwyneth Paltrow disciples: understated sweet-nothings, mannered manners, even passionless restraint. In Lahiri's fiction even when there is some blood on some hands, it's like watercolor blood, nonthreatening and even comely. Sometimes that is magical and other times it feels dishonest.
In 2008, when asked about the short story versus the novel, Lahiri told the Atlantic, "I don't make a huge distinction in terms of what they require because I think an idea is either working or it isn't." In her own case, one could recommend she revisit the sentiment. It's unclear if Lahiri has felt pressured to go novelward for ambition's sake, but it's clear she is not yet in her element in long-form.
Must fiction writers be masters of all forms? Lahiri makes us forget we even need the novel — or at least calls into question why we'd cast novelists as the overlords of Letters.
And so with "The Lowland," one might smile and nod as politely as one of Lahiri's own characters and say that, well, we cannot wait until her next story collection.
Khakpour is the author of "Sons and Other Flammable Objects" and the forthcoming novel "The Last Illusion."
The Lowland
A novel
Jhumpa Lahiri
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YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. -- Funeral arrangement have been set for the elderly couple who perished during a fire at their Yorktown Heights home on Monday.
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How CloudFlare dealt with a 65Gbps DDOS Attack.../
Abraham Williams on Google+ pointed us to an article over on the CloudFlare blog about how they dealt with a recent 65Gbps attack. The article titled "How to launch a 65Gbps DDOS attack and how to stop one" gives some high level details about how they deal with such attacks and how someone can get 65 Gbps of bandwidth to even start one. The article does a great job of explaining one method using Open Unrestricted DNS Resolver. The basic idea is that since DNS can be done with UDP packets you can easily forge the from address and cause the Open Unrestricted DNS Resolver to reply to the targeted computers or network. This is exploiting two flaws in the internet. The first that UDP is a fire and forget protocol which doesn't require any proof of where you are coming from. The second is that Open Unrestricted DNS Resolver exist or at the least allow UDP requests. DNS can and should be required to be done over TCP which makes forging the information much harder and less reliable.
They have an article they wrote before this one that talks about and apologizes to their customers for the disruption in the first place. It's found here and called "Post Mortem: What Yesterday's Network Outage Looked Like" . It is a shinning example of what a company should do when an event like this happens. It is very transparent, clear and easy to understand and most of all genuine. While I know it's great PR it's not something I see a lot of companies like them doing.
Let us know if you have ever dealt with something like this in your job?
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The soccer stadium has been designed to compliment the college's nearby Wolters softball and Boeve baseball stadiums and De Vos Fieldhouse which have all opened over the past four years.
President Bultman also noted that it is an opportune time for this project because of its ability to stimulate the local economy through construction jobs and from the business that will be given to material suppliers and service providers.
This project is being made possible by a leadership gift from a generous donor which will fund the majority of the project, according to President Bultman. The naming gift will be revealed Friday, May 1, during an 11:30 a.m. groundbreaking ceremony at the stadium site. The public is invited to attend.
"Hope College is committed to excellence in programs and facilities that enable faculty, staff and students to perform at the highest levels. We are grateful for this and other gifts which are enabling the continuation of construction of quality academic and athletic facilities that are allowing Hope to serve generations of students to come," President Bultman said.
The stadium will accommodate an estimated 1,400 fans in stadium-style and bleacher seating. There will be accompanying terrace areas for picnicking and tailgating. There will be a concession stand, public restrooms, a first aid/training room, two full locker rooms for Hope's teams, a meeting room for visiting teams, a ticket booth and a press box. The field surface will be of artificial turf and there will be stadium lighting for night contests.
The architect is GMB Architects and Engineers of Holland and the construction manager will be GDK Construction of Holland.
The project is scheduled for completion in time for a dedication tentatively scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 17 when both Hope soccer teams have a home game.
Hope has sponsored intercollegiate soccer for men since 1963 and for women since 1989. Both programs have distinguished themselves at the conference level and in the NCAA. Since 2002 the programs have combined for seven Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association championships. Over the past five seasons the teams have a combined home field record of 72-17-5.
"This stadium will be a dream come true as we seek to elevate the visibility of soccer in the Hope and Holland communities," men's soccer coach Steve Smith said.
"The women's soccer team is looking forward to having the privilege of playing in what we think will be one of the finest small college soccer facilities in the country," women's soccer coach Leigh Sears said. "The stadium will provide our players and fans with a playing and viewing environment that will be unmatched around the region. The Flying Dutch soccer team is very grateful to those who have made this new stadium possible."


text: On Mon, 2009-02-16 at 08:55 +0100, Carsten Aulbert wrote: > Hi all, > > sorry in advance for this vague subject and also the vague email, I'm > trying my best to summarize the problem: > > On our large cluster we sometimes encounter the problem that our main > scheduling processes are often in state D and in the end not capable > anymore of pushing work to the cluster. > > The head nodes are 8 core boxes with Xeon CPUs and equipped with 16 GB > of memory, when certain types of jobs are running we see system loads of > about 20-30 which might go up to 80-100 from time to time. Looking at > the individual cores they are mostly busy with system tasks (e.g. htop > shows 'red' bars). > > stat -tt -c showed that several system calls of the scheduler take a > long time to complete, most notably open and chdir which took between > 180 and 230ms to complete (during our testing). Since most of these open > and chdir are via NFSv3 I'm including that list as well. The NFS servers > are Sun Fire X4500 boxes running Solaris 10u5 right now. > > A standard output line looks like: > 93.37 38.997264 230753 169 78 open > > i.e. 93.37% of the system-related time was spend in 169 successful open > calls which took 230753us/call, thus 39 wall clock seconds were spend in > a minute just doing open. > > We tried several things to understand the problem, but apart from moving > more files (mostly log files of currently running jobs) off NFS we did > not move far ahead so far. On > https://n0.aei.uni-hannover.de/twiki/bin/view/ATLAS/H2Problems > we have summarized some things. > > With the help of 'stress' and a tiny program just doing open/putc/close > into a single file, I've tried to get a feeling how good or bad things > are when compared to other head nodes with different tasks/loads: > > https://n0.aei.uni-hannover.de/twiki/bin/view/ATLAS/OpenCloseIotest > > (this test may or may not help in the long run, I'm just poking into the > dark). > > Now my questions: > > * Do you have any suggestions how to continue debugging this problem? > * Does anyone know how to improve the situation? Next on my agenda would > be to try different IO algorithms, any hints which ones should be good > for such boxes? > * I guess I missed vital information. please let me know if you need > more information of the system > > Please Cc me from linux-kernel, I'm only on the other two addressed lists. > > Cheers and a lot of TIA > > Carsten 220.127.116.11 has a known NFS client performance bug due to a change in the authentication code. The fix was merged in 126.96.36.199: see the commit http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git&a=commitdiff&h=a0f04d0096bd7edb543576c55f7a0993628f924a Cheers Trond


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Woakes makes bid for Bresnan role
Tim Bresnan has been given the elbow by England - quite literally - and that gives Chris Woakes the opportunity to make an impression in New Zealand. Bresnan's persistent elbow injury, seemingly not entirely addressed by an operation, has left an opening in the side for a bowler who can bat and Woakes is well placed to make an impression.
Woakes is hoping for an initial opportunity in two Twenty20 warm-up fixtures in Whangerei but his longer-term ambition is to be regarded as a convincing option at No. 7 in all three forms of the game, at a time when Bresnan has been sent back to Yorkshire amid comments from the chief selector, Geoff Miller, that he has lost a bit of his zip.
Woakes has not played in a T20 international since winning his third such cap against Sri Lanka in June 2011 but England's new limited-overs coach, Ashley Giles, is keenly aware of his progress with Warwickshire having previously been the director of cricket at Edgbaston.
"It's nice to have Gilo here," Woakes said. "I spent five years with him at Warwickshire. I probably wasn't expecting to be in all three squads at the start of the winter, but that's the way it is, and I'm obviously delighted."
With England hosting the Champions Trophy next summer, their ambition to win a first trophy in the 50-overs format has again been sharpened. The New Zealand itinerary, which comprises three matches in each of the three formats, offers Woakes an opportunity to press his claims in conditions that - although he does not sound convinced - will not be too dissimilar to those he would experience in England next summer.
Almost unnoticed, while England were winning a Test series in India, Woakes gained experience of New Zealand conditions in a brief spell with Wellington before Christmas. He stood out in T20 with runs and wickets in two separate fixtures against Central Districts.
"I came out here trying to get used to conditions before Christmas and get some cricket under my belt," he said. "I hope that'll stand me in good stead. The pitches here are quite bouncy and generally quite true, not so English-like in terms of seam movement."
As well as his one-day ambitions, Woakes knows that it would not take too much for him to make a Test debut in the three-match series, which concludes the tour.
"Test cricket is the pinnacle in my eyes, and every county cricketer wants to be there at some stage," he said. "For me to get a chance in that Test squad for the first time is fantastic. I feel like my first-class cricket has been really good over the last few years, and I hope I can take this opportunity with both hands.
"My bowling is probably my primary skill. But I feel my batting has improved over the last 12 months and is going really well. Fingers crossed, if that keeps happening, I'll be a genuine allrounder and equally strong in both suits."
Woakes' England colleague, Luke Wright, hurt his right hand during fielding and fitness drills in Whangarei on Saturday. He did not take part in batting practice but an England spokesperson said there was no need for a scan.


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Creative inspiration . . . May Creative Update #3
More great lettering in this Creative update, along with a designer with a cause, children's graphics and even Google now pays homage to Saul Bass!
* The Senior Graphic Design Exhibit hilghlights culmination of student artwork
* Graphic design artist gives beauty to pro-life cause; voice to the unborn
* Geekwire award hopefuls say : We create killer infographics
* Google's doodle tribute to graphic designer Saul Bass -- a video you do NOT want to miss:
* Kid's stuff with Nate Williams
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The Green Sabre is a specific and prominent vehicle during the storyline of Grand Theft Auto San Andreas. Frank Tenpenny, Eddie Pulaski, Big Smoke, and Ryder acquired a Sabre, whether is was picked out green or painted green after, it is suggested that the colour of the Sabre is either to mock Grove Street Families or to allow them to get into the heart of Grove Street so that the Ballas driving it can kill Sweet, Grove Street OG.
However then plan goes sour, as the Ballas accidentally killed Sean's mother Beverly Johnson. Later on after Sean's younger bother Carl Johnson comes back to Los Santos for his mother's funeral, Varrios Los Aztecas leader Cesar Vialpando discovers the Green Sabre and the people associated with it. This is the last time the Green Sabre is seen.
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Man Who Bought $735 Xbox One Photo Gets Free Xbox One
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No, no it's not. It's like one of those news stories where a burglar breaks into someone's house and then the press vilifies the family for being too stupid to fit window locks. The burglar gets away with all their furniture but the insurance company pays out. A furniture retailer sees the story and gives the family free furniture as both an altruistic gesture and free publicity for their business. A large number of children then scream that the family are being rewarded for being idiots and for playing up the fact that the burglar stole little five-year-old Suzy's bed and she'd have to sleep on the floor.
That's what it's like.
PhantomEcho, Lack, Smilomaniac and Colour Scientist - it was very nice to read some humanity in amongst the bile and vitriol this article was intended to produce.
Not quite sure I'd call the people here the worst of the gaming community. At least they're not foul mouthing each other - yet.
I think I agree with you to some extent - there's a lot of vitriol going on here and while I disagree with the guy getting the console, a fair bit of this has gone too far. Calling the guy an idiot initially was a mistake, but I still stand by my objection to an XBone for a four year old. I also stand by my skepticism that the console was for the child and not for himself.
No, this is the story of a man who wanted to buy a new console, at launch, on Ebay. Set yourself in his position. If you wanted to get a new piece of electronic hardware, where would you buy it? Keep in mind that it's just released. Would you go to a)Local retail; b)Amazon; c)The place where people sell used stuff. If you even consider c), it could mean that you should rethink everything you do, at least, a couple of times and if you always come to the same conclusion ask your parents.
What I'd love to know is how the original story ended up in the media. Whichever side of this lovely little discussion you fall on, I'm pretty sure everyone could agree that he'd likely never have gotten this freebie had the initial story not been all over the periodicals.
Nope. No, I'm pretty sure my metaphor worked just fine without your need to spicen it up with extra frills and details. Brevity is the soul of wit, and as such all you've done is retell the story with different wording, thus completely negating the point of the metaphor itself. Allow me to break it down for you so you can understand why my metaphor was perfectly fine and yours was overly complicated.
Someone gets hurt doing something stupid that they shouldn't have been doing in the first place. Such as a burglar getting hurt while breaking into someone's house, or someone buying a product labeled as a picture but still thinking it's the real-deal. That person is then rewarded for their foolish behavior. Such as an injured burglar suing the family and getting hundreds of thousands of dollars, or someone getting a free game console because they fell for a thinly veiled scam.
That's pretty much all there is to it.
While I do agree that there's no need to be cursing this guy's name as some people have in this thread (which is why I simply said I was saddened, not angered), I do believe their distaste for the situation is justified.
Captcha: "Swirling Vortex of Entropy". I think Captcha's feeling emo today...
The guy read the product description. He knew it was a picture, and he still ordered it anyway.
So it's more like some guy leaving all his windows open and telling everyone what times the house will be empty, and then acting surprised when he's inevitably burgled.
While I would like to point out opinions are flexible, and less rigid with being right and wrong, from my understanding of them I would like to point out one thing.
The Xbox One is a console that has not had the stock level problems of the PS4, so why did he pat MORE for the console, where there was a reasonable chance he could get one for less than what he got 'cheated' out of. And before you claim there must not have been any stock, he just got a free console.
I am curious as to why you are taking this so personally though. There are other people here who seem to have the same opinion as me, yet you make it seem like I am the leader of some evil cult...
I had a GROUP of friends who, shit you not, did this exact same thing. One day on their way over to my house, two of my friends were stopped by some guys who said they were going to steal the bikes my friends had. My friends said no, but preceded to tell the would-be-thieves where they were going. The thieves let them go, but the next morning the bikes had been stolen.
I managed to get the bikes back for them, as I am well familiar with the scum in my neighborhood.
The moral of my story is don't be an idiot cause I won't always be around to bail you out.
Thankyou. The guy made a mistake, and all the twats on the internet, who have probably done similarly silly things in their lives, get their kicks by shitting on this guy's intelligence.
Everyone has done something idiotic at some point. People have lapses in judgement that can be brought on by a variety of external or even internal issues.
But fuck that, this guy is scum and should not breathe the same air my divinely crafted lungs do.
To be fair, everyone does make mistakes (I bought Dear Esther) but a quick look at this guy's twitter pre-XBone scandal is an education in how to be a football nut..
That said, his latest tweet: "@DevanteHeesom it's not my" is in response to someone asking if he's going to be enjoying Dead Rising 3. It gives me some hope that he genuinely means that and the console is for his kid. Plus, he's inquiring into game age ratings. It could be to counter accusations that the console is for him, or it could be genuine.
While I don't like the idea of a four year old with an XBone, I guess if the guy's genuine, then it's fair.
The only issue which even allowed Ebay to issue a refund was that it was in electronics section instead of photography, hence why most scammers sell empty packaging which can be classified as 'electronic goods.'
So he did deserve a refund, but nothing else.
Proving once more that stupidity should be classed a criminal offence punishable with a fine, jail time or both.
Still proud to say that I was never that stupid when I was 19.
He is 19. His son is 4. Something is seriously wrong here, besides his licentiousness and astonishing credulity. Look at the photograph and you will see the face of a man, a parent, who has traded in what dignity he had for a games console. A games console that was, if we are to believe his story, destined for his four-year-old son. Clatworthy deserves nothing more than ridicule, because he's a con-artist and/or a simpleton.
You know, they could have given the console to someone who actually deserves it more, like maybe to a hospital ward,etc. That would be awesome publicity. Not to harp on the guy, but a 19 year old with a 4 year old? Damn. That means he had the kid at 15. And he admits that he saw it said photo, but he bought it anyway. Thanks for encouraging stupidity.
Yeah no, you make a mistake you suffer the consequences, what happens after? You learn from it.
"Xbone for his 4 year old son..."
.... I do hate sleazy 19 year old liars though...
Good publicity for CeX. I get most of my console games from there these days, second hand. I save a ton of money. I also got a cheap but powerful (for the amount of money it cost me to buy) graphics card from a CeX in St. Albans. Good times.
Yeah yeah it might be "rewarding the stupid" and he prooobably decided an Xbox One would be a lot more fun for him than a WiiU, but at the end of the day, it is the christmas season, there's no harm in giving for the sake of giving (and publicity... I guess).
Besides we like... know nothing about this guy, he could just be a guy fallen on bad luck for all we know.
But I will concede that there are many many people who could do with one of those a lot more than this guy...
I realize I've done this before, but seriously, please stop bringing up "Sony fanboys" in every thread that can somehow tangentially be called back to the stupid console wars. It has zero bearing on the thread at hand and, quite frankly, is obnoxious to see when there is less than zero indication of a person's gaming preference simply based on them thinking a situation involving an Xbox is stupid.
Especially given the fact that The Escapist tends to favor PC gaming in the first place.
Or are you going to call that guy sporting an Xbox Live avatar as his forum avatar a "Sony fanboy"?
OT: I wonder how much CeX stands to gain from this good publicity. Doesn't affect me one way or the other since I'm in the US, in a state that doesn't even have Target, but good on them all the same.
And the first post nails it. An utter moron of the highest caliber.
Soooo....I'm dead! That has to be what happened here. I've died and gone to hell!
I laughed at this. Grey-space approves this message.
An idiot got rewarded for being an idiot?
Once again the world proves that it is indeed possible to fail upwards.
that's the wonderful thing about the internet, my good sir/madam; I don't have to!
(but srsly, it was a joke; I just don't like stupid people being unnecessarily rewarded for their stupidity; it makes me very sad)
Reinforcement of stupid behavior. And all to reinact that one seen from Family Guy where Peter inevitably throws Lois out of a window to play the gaming machine he really got for himself.
I wasn't too particularly upset with the naive young idiot when he only got a refund and a little embarrasment... but now? I gotta go find a picture of an Xbox One to buy is what I gotta go do. You know what this CeX company did by giving him a free Xbone? They sort of adopted him as their store's mascot! He's like Jared but for this gaming store. "I used to be dumb and Xboxless. But now I have an Xbox One! For free!"
"His name is Clatworth; Peter Clatworth. He was conned for a picture but now owns an Xbox."
Yes he's a bit of a moron, but still we all knew what the seller was trying to do. If one is a little to trusting and nieve ebay's a trap so try not to judge him people, the xbox was for his son.
This is not about Sony fanboys trying to make something negative out of this just because it's related to your beloved Xbox One.
No, this is about someone who clearly shouldn't have even received a refund for the picture that HE BOUGHT KNOWING IT WAS A PICTURE, getting a friggin free console for his own bloody mistake.
I think a refund can go either way. Ya it was his own stupidity, but that's alot of money to be out anytime of the year let alone Christmas time. Though I do think that getting a free console it pushing it. Like everyone else is saying, he's getting rewarded for his ignorance. I give this the stamp of disapproval!
Good on you, CeX, even though you're rewarding stupidity it's still nice to see you do things like this.
But he will learn nothing from this, and seeing as he should have gotten his refund anyway he should have just bought a proper one.
A lot of people think this guy was dumb. He wasn't. He was very calculating. He wanted an Xbox One. He went on eBay. He found a listing in the category that should be the genuine article, but the listing said picture. Because it said picture very few people bid on it, recognizing it as a scam. He reasoned it probably was a scam, but just maybe the seller screwed up the listing. If so, he could get it at a reasonable price because other people weren't bidding. Also, because of where it was listed, he figured if it did turn out to be a scam, eBay would take his side. It was and eBay did. So he was out nothing. He didn't get an Xbox One, but exposed that this sort of scam still goes on. Then he got a lucky bonus when CeX decided they could get cheap advertising off the situation by giving him an Xbox One. Now people with less initiative are jealous.
I want to find this guy........and due to legal constraints I can't type out the rest of what I would want to do to him. We really need to start removing safety labels and letting nature take it's course.
Also have we had a xboner defender come about and say that we're all jelly because he got one for free?
I rage at this only for the fact stupidity shouldn't be rewarded, yes no one likes the con man but to be fair if you are as thick as this guy and natural selection is no more what other purpose do cunts like him serve?
That's a bit much don't you think? I mean, I agree that he probably shouldn't have been rewarded for what he did, but neutering sounds a bit extreme.
Besides, it's a little late for that don't you think? :P
I'm not sure what the hell you're talking about.
The drug addict rarely gets rewarded, and the person who holds a steady job will almost invariably come out ahead. Are you perhaps living in a parallel dimension to the rest of us back here on Earth in 2013?
As far as i'm concerned. The free Xbone isn't worth the humiliation and public jeering he's going to receive.
Also, I don't believe for a second it was for his son. When i was four years old, i didn't even know what a video game was. I played outside, Like a normal kid.
He's 19 years old - he's not legally or physically a child. His assumption was most definitely not a reasonable one to make. Anybody of that age should have learned by now that the most logical assumption is there is something crooked about that listing.
Also, why the hell would you go on eBay to pay full retail price for an Xbone when there are plenty of them on shelves at legitimate retailers?
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Wisdom Workout
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Mark Dressler, a drama teacher extraordinaire who has supplied leadership for the drama programs at Laguna Beach schools for many years, took the time to write a note to the editor in response to my column of a few weeks ago about the "Think It Over" parenting project at Thurston Middle School.
As a result, I got the opportunity to follow up with Penny Dressler, who brought this experiential and educational program to Thurston.
Penny is Mark's wife. She is an educator with a vision and a strong commitment to match. She is dedicated to maintaining high standards of health education for our seventh and eighth graders that foster a basis for physical, mental and emotional wellbeing.
Mrs. Dressler has a strong, consistent message that underlies everything she does with her students. "I want them to understand that choices have consequences," she said. "Choices produce results. Sometimes good results and sometimes bad."
I asked what was the main thing that her students reported learning from their weekend parenting project. "They often remark on what society's response is to seeing teenagers with a baby in their arms," she answered. "They also become highly aware of what sacrifices their parents have had to make to raise them. They realize that they only had to give up a weekend with friends and they found it very difficult, demanding and time-consuming. The program brings home the facts that parenting takes time, restricts freedom and costs money."
Mrs. Dressler currently has her students involved in a comprehensive research project. She divides her students into mixed groups that take on a specific issue that is prevalent in our society today. Each group will be gathering concrete data and exploring their personal views on such topics as bullying and cyber-bullying, alcohol and drugs, tobacco, sexual promiscuity, eating disorders, and depression.
The health program is an academic subject. It used to be housed under the science department, but in order to do the curriculum justice, it has a place of its own in the physical education department.
It was such a delight to experience the boundless energy and enthusiasm Mrs. Dressler has for her students and the important work she is doing. When I mentioned that her approach seems to be refreshingly grounded in values clarification, she responded, "I think it is so important to help prepare our children with information to help them make discerning choices. I guess if I were to put a name to it, I would call it ethics."
As we discussed the job of parenting and how complex it is, we touched on the subject of parenting and the role of communication with our children. It seems that some of us are hesitant to directly communicate our wants and desires to our children. We tend to get caught in "parenting around" rather than direct parenting practices, assuming that our children "must know" what we want for them and from them. We figure it is obvious. We want them to be healthy, wealthy, wise, loving and caring adults who function well in the world. When they are teenagers, trying to talk directly to them about touchy issues can be like yelling down a well. Often the response is a grunt and an eye-roll.
Mrs. Dressler stated more than once that the real truth is that our children do not want to disappoint us. I think this is a powerful point to remember. "Clearly communicating what your desires are for your children regarding drugs, alcohol, sexual activity, etc. and letting them know the real and direct consequences they will receive, gives them clear direction," she explained.
Thanks Penny. We are really lucky to have such a dedicated educator in our community.
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More services for chamber members
When businesses in the area requested more member benefits last year, the Park City Chamber/Bureau decided to deliver. Scouring for services that would best suit members everything from accounting software programs to discounted dental insurance plans staff members were able to partner with businesses to offer more, and to more people.
Two weeks ago, the chamber launched a discounted dental plan for its members, a service that particularly served small and seasonally-based businesses. Earlier this year, the chamber also opened access to a cloud-based, month-by-month software service, the App Store run by SaaS Markets.
"Chamber Bureau members requested new benefits, and we are responding to that request," said the Park City Chamber/Bureau Member Services Director Craig McCarthy. "This is the first time we have ever offered discounted dental insurance service, which is part of a larger effort to offer more benefits to our members."
The Chamber partnered with National Affinity Services, which provides discount offers and insurance programs to more than 50 not-for-profit associations across the country, to expand services to business owners, employees and families. Whether downloading a free discount prescription drug card, shopping for a medical insurance plan or accessing discounted hearing aid and vision plans, the new partnership is doing more for members than ever before, more than what is typically offered through associations like the chamber.
McCarthy has recently returned from a statewide Chamber Bureau organization meeting where he discussed the new offerings.
"This is pretty new for chamber organizations," McCarthy said. " Some have a semblance that we are now offering but not as much as we do. I think we are on the front end in the wide variety of offerings we are getting to members."
More programs are on the way, McCarthy added, which will be added in the coming months as the chamber develops more programs with National Affinity Services. The additional services will not affect membership dues.
For more information on business options available to employees and their families, visit http://www.nationalaffinity.net/PCCB and click on the available tabs for insurance, discount programs and business services, or contact Kirke Oram with National Affinity Services at 435-729-9913 or email@example.com.
Marketplace: Jamaican family opens 11 Hauz restaurant
11 Hauz, which opened last summer, serves traditional Jamaican food such as jerk chicken and shrimp, beef patties and fried plantains.


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Cedarlane Introduces Snack-Size Burrito Bites
Dedicated to bringing innovative options to the natural and organic convenience foods industry, Carson, Calif.-based Cedarlane Natural Foods Inc. rolls out a line of quick, easy and "snackable" Burrito Bites, at Kroger, Ralphs, Fry's, Smith's, and King Soopers grocery stores.
Burrito Bites are available in three flavorful varieties: Beans, Rice & Cheese, Roasted Vegetable & Cheese, and Chile Relleno. They are vegetarian, trans fat-free, have no to low cholesterol and are made with all-natural, low fat tortillas.
Following Cedarlane's recent win as the 2011 Grand Prize Winner by Cooking Light Magazine for the "tastiest frozen burritos available in supermarkets," Cedarlane Burrito Bites now serve up a snack-sized version of that same award-winning taste, with fewer calories and lower fat than competing brands.
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text: I appreciate everyone's quick responses to my question. As a result, I have become quite a bit more educated in high speed networking. Perhaps I should clarify our problem a little more before there are any more responses. We are currently using the M2M-PCI64A Myrinet equipment, which is not the most current equipment from Myricom. They now have their Myrinet 2000 equipment (a.k.a. M3M-PCI64B) including newer switches which scale better than the older equipment, although I did not know this because they haven't updated their web page in six months. The bad part is that the while the Myrinet 2000 equipment is backward compatible with the older version, they are no longer selling the older equipment, so I'm forced to pay for new, bleeding edge technology when I'll only be getting the performance of the older technology. They have no plan (as far as I know) for migrating current customers off of the bleeding edge to a lower price bracket. They just keep selling newer and better hardware for the same price, which is good if you want to buy a new system, but for upgrading our current cluster, it's not good. Speaking from a pragmatic point of view (I know the scientists among you appreciate that) we bought the most up to date Myrinet equipment at the time because we needed that performance to solve our problems. We were forced onto the bleeding edge by our performance demands. If we had known a year ago that we would still have to pay the same amount for the same performance now, we probably would have chosen a different option. Also, in response to Patrick's response. We were told by Myrinet (specifically David PeGan) that in order to get to 24 nodes we would need to do the following (direct quote from E-mail): "Add two more switches identical to the one you have (M2LM-SW16) Add 16 more adapter cards (M2L-PCI64B-2) Purchase enough LAN cables to bring your total to 24 Purchase enough SAN cables to bring your total to 12 The topology would be as follows: You would use the 8 SAN ports on each switch for the purpose of inter-switch connection. You would connect 4 SAN ports on switch A to 4 on switch B and 4 to switch C. You would then connect the remaining 4 SAN ports between switch B and C. You would then connect 8 nodes to each switch using the LAN ports." That makes 3 16-port switches to get to 24 nodes, or $15,000 worth of switches, in addition to the $26,000 worth of network cards. That is a scalability problem. I hope that no-one else on the list get stuck in this problem, but it's something that you might want to consider if you've got a small cluster and not the very latest Myrinet equipment. I'm hoping Myricom will solve this problem by offering some sort of trade in program or selling their surplus older equipment at a lower price. A trade in program may seem like a foolish option, but there are probably many other groups out there besides mine that would like to migrate off of the bleeding edge of technology, but this could really only be done through Myricom, since we would need some kind of guarantee that we would get the needed performance out of them. Maybe they could have their engineers check them out and approve them as Myricom Certified Used or something like that (sounds like something that would be done with a car, but hey this stuff actually costs more than my car). Are there other people with this problem? Patrick Geoffray wrote: > > Jared Hodge wrote: > > > well. I have several questions though. First, we are considering > > upgrading our cluster with more nodes, and myrinet seems to have a > > scalability problem in the average cluster size area. We have 8 nodes > > Hi, > > There is no scalability problem in the average cluster size area :-) > It's clear that if you have a 16 ports switch, you will have to get a > new one to connect more than 16 nodes. With two 16 nodes switches, you > can connect up to 30 nodes (one link between the switches) but one link > between 2 switches is a very very poor design (bad bissection). You can > then use more than one link and the mapper with balance the coms between > these inter-switch connections. > > The new product (Myrinet 2000 switch M3M) is in production now and will > be added soon on the price list on the web. This new switch is composed > of a rack and slots than contains 8 ports each (8 fibers or 8 Serial or > 8 SAN). You can get a huge rack (9U) and buy only one slot with 8 ports > to connect 8 nodes. When you want to upgrade to 32 nodes, you buy 3 more > slots. You can mix link types (one slot fibers and one slot SAN for > example). > Each slot contains a 16 ports full cross-bar and 8 links are connected > to the backplane in the back of the rack in a Clos network (maximum > bissection). > > Ask Myricom sales people for more information. > > > I can tell. Dolphin's switchless technology appears inviting in this > > Without switches and with 2 ports per card, you have to do a grid, that > means you share links for coms between differents nodes. It may be > enough for regular applications that talk only to the one-step > neighbours. > Some people believe it's scalable, some people don't. I don't. > > Of course, I am biaised in my comments :-) > > Hope it gives more information > > -- > Patrick Geoffray > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > | Myricom Inc | University of Tennessee - CS Dept | > | 325 N Santa Anita Ave. | Suite 203, 1122 Volunteer Blvd. | > | Arcadia, CA 91006 | Knoxville, TN 37996-3450 | > | (626) 821-5555 | Tel/Fax : (865) 974-0482 | > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list > Beowulf at beowulf.org > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf -- Jared Hodge Institute for Advanced Technology The University of Texas at Austin 3925 W. Braker Lane, Suite 400 Austin, Texas 78759 Phone: 512-232-4460 FAX: 512-471-9096 Email: Jared_Hodge at iat.utexas.edu