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Michelle Anderson, 2011 Ms. Plus America
By Robert Breining
July 17, 2011
I am very excited to have Michelle Anderson as our guest on tonight's POZIAM RADIO show. Michelle was just crowned 2011 Ms. Plus America. Michelle will discuss what it felt like to be the first openly HIV-positive woman to win a national pageant title!
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About Michelle: Michelle is an African-American woman who has been living for HIV since 1999. She currently resides in Dallas, Texas and is very active in her community as co-chair of Campaign to End AIDS Texas, The Afiya Center peer educator, public speaker, as well as a board member for AIDS Services of Dallas, and ADAP Advocacy Association where she is the treasurer. Michelle has dedicated much of her personal life to educating others on HIV/AIDS throughout the greater Dallas area and beyond. She plans to finish her degree in Social Work where she will be able to continue to spread the message, and educate people regarding HIV/AIDS. Michelle has stepped out of the box and was previously crowned Ms. Duncanville Plus America 2010 and 2011. She plans to use her title to become the voice of positive women of color. Michelle has experience as a group facilitator and has attended many conferences where she received training in Advocacy, Project LEAP (Learning, Empowerment, Advocacy, Participation), and Common Threads.
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Posted 02 January 2011 - 01:33 PM
Have a good Lord's day.
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Posted 03 January 2011 - 09:50 AM
So, let this be my feature request for the future: bookmarking.
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Posted 05 January 2011 - 10:00 AM
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Posted 09 January 2011 - 09:57 AM
I second both of the above. While I don't miss bookmarking on Accordance on my Mac, that's because I pretty much only use that for serious study. The Bible software on my mobile devices has to play the role of quickly looking up favorite passages as well as the new 'study to go' options Accordance iOS gives me.
Yes, bookmarking. And similarly, it would be nice if modules could remember where I was when I left them instead of restarting at the beginning.
Posted 22 April 2011 - 08:50 AM
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Posted 28 April 2011 - 03:38 AM
And similarly, it would be nice if modules could remember where I was when I left them instead of restarting at the beginning.
I third this! It's the single most frustrating part of an otherwise excellent app.
Posted 16 July 2011 - 12:28 PM
Right now if I am reading a Module and switch to the Bible to read
there is no way to come back to the Module and continue reading
where I left off.
So I am left looking at the sentence where I stopped reading and
then typing that into a note in the Notes app (since there is no copy function).
Then when I come back to read, I copy the sentence out of the Notes app
paste the sentence into the Accordance search bar to continue reading.
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Posted 07 August 2011 - 09:38 AM
Another feature which would help me for preaching would be 'NON-parallel' panes, so you could have (for example) sermon or lecture notes open in a pane which would not be affected by you moving from one passage to another in the primary pane.
Posted 08 August 2011 - 11:20 AM
Agreed. We recognize the need for a more robust bookmarking feature.
The 'return to where you were' feature in the latest upgrade is great, but really doesn't take away the need for being able to keep a list of bookmarks of favorite passages for visitation and the like, or to quickly flick between different passages for a sermon or lecture.
Perhaps the best way to address this is to allow any type of module in a parallel pane? Modules that are "versified" (Texts, Reference Tools, User notes) would retain their synchronized scrolling while other types of module would not. So if you built your sermon or lecture notes as a User Tool you could then achieve the desired user experience.
Another feature which would help me for preaching would be 'NON-parallel' panes, so you could have (for example) sermon or lecture notes open in a pane which would not be affected by you moving from one passage to another in the primary pane.
Posted 07 March 2012 - 08:30 PM
I see no one has seconded this lately, so I thought I'd chime in.
I am new to the iOS app, after using the computer-based product for a very long time and using an, um, competing product on my iPod Touch. I read daily through biblical texts (Greek and Hebrew) on my mobile device, but also look up other passages and need to be able to mark and return to where I was in my consecutive reading.
Posted 07 March 2012 - 09:27 PM
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Accordance on Macintosh, iPhone, and iPad
Posted 22 March 2012 - 01:12 AM
Overall though this is a great piece of software.
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Posted 31 March 2012 - 01:26 PM
Shawn White
Posted 24 May 2012 - 09:21 AM
As I've reflected on what it is that's holding me back from using Accordance as my primary devotional tool I realised it comes down to the simple lack of bookmarking. I know it can never replace the desktop version for sheer power, nor do I expect it to have the polish and features of BR (yet) but this simple feature would enable me to make Accordance for iOS my primary iOS Bible app.
Knowing this and some other features are coming is heartening and I'm transferring all my notes into Accordance and will work around the issue, but consider this a plea!
P.S. Please don't read this as a put down of BR in any way. I really am fond of it.
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By MichelleTudor · PostedHi! I'm from the US (but I've been to the UK 6x- my finance says i'm not allowed to move there! lol) Many resort lines don't offer something like the dress rehearsal, which I think is crazy! It's such a smart idea! Having been to Mexico so much, I find it so much more comfortable- Yes there are dangers but I don't find it any worse than Philly or NY. It is a country that gets SO MUCH money from the service industry- it literally benefits no one to mess with tourists. Your tip money at the bar is feeding someones family. Not that the DR is any different in that it relies on tourist $, but the vibe is just totally different. In the DR, they were really very serious about us not leaving the resorts (we did- I don't believe in staying on resorts lol). Once off, we realized why. Now, full disclosure, we went right after the 2010 earthquake, so this was a) some time ago and b) right after a natural disaster. Once we left we just felt immediately uncomfortable. (We even saw a man approaching a goat with a large gun and the Taxi driver seemed nervous and sped away- poor goat!) I find in Mexico everyone is SO respectful- in the DR I had guys make lewd comments (both from those off the resort, and more disturbingly from workers at the resort), grabbing at me, just generally super disrespectful and not at all comforting. My dad had to kick the room service guy out of our room bc he refused to leave when we asked! This could have been completely isolated to the staff at our specific resort, but it definitely happened off resort as well. A la Anthony Bourdain, I have always considered myself a traveller, not a tourist, so I have zero interest in staying on a resort the entire time (really I'm not in love with resorts period lol), so for me, if I can't go off resort safely, what business do I have being there at all? Also they made be throw out my coffee before I got on the plane- the coffee I got at the food court at the gate. I'm holding that grudge LOL. A long story short- it's not on my list of returns. I can honestly say that I'm not sure I would accept an invitation to a wedding in the DR- I think I'd rather save that money and go to Mexico! (or the UK, or Iceland, or just Europe in general lol) I don't regret going, but I'd sooner go to Mexico if I'm looking for a beach! That's just me- millions of people go there and have a great time! I guess it really comes down to what type of traveller you are (are you okay with being on a resort and just leaving for excursions)!
Hello, thank you so much for this it's all very helpful.. are you from the UK OR US? ive never been and I probably won't visit the destination until I get married! Oh my gosh I have looked at your resort it is beautiful!! my family have been to the Dominican.. can I ask why you didn't find it as safe? Thanks again
By MichelleTudor · PostedHi! Well, I stumbled on this forum, and then when I realized it was run by a travel agency (while being really impartial- the fact that there are reviews for OTHER agencies was a good sign!) I didn't look any further! Their website, where you can fill out a contact form: https://www.wrighttravelagency.com/ Babs actually sent me an email on a Sunday (she had been out of the office on Friday) so that's how we started- I was so impressed right off the bat! You may not get Babs, but I can only imagine that the entire office is amazing! We're getting married at Azul Riveria Cancun (formerly Sensatori). We chose it because we have kids coming. We actually just went down for the Brides Dress Rehearsal (A really cool program Karisma Resorts do, where they give you a special price/couple to go down and check out some resorts, meet wedding planners and vendors etcetc- it's great having never been there to leave knowing and seeing it all- http://www.memorablemomentsweddings.com/Memorable-Moments-Weddings-Dress_Rehearsal.cfm) I'm pretty laid back- it's Mexico. Where ever you are, how ever it's decorated, whatever the weather is- it's going to be gorgeous. I wanted a destination wedding so that I could not worry about things! It will be what it will be- and regardless of what it is, MEXICO! lol I did just see a post about travel guidelines for the DR (Below). Just something to consider, it seems really restrictive! Have you been to the DR? I'm struggling at the moment with people who are afraid to travel to Mexico, which I've always found funny because I've been 6 times and I'm still alive! AND only 3 of those times were on resorts! I felt the least safe of all my travels in the DR, so it's just something that I like to mention!
Hello, oh thank you that's great, how can I come across her details? where are you getting married and how have you found planning so far?
By MichelleTudor · PostedI've had nothing but an amazing experience with my TA, Barbara (Babs) Vong- she actually works for Wright Travel Agency- the ones that run this forum! I'd suggest reaching out to them first- they're the experts! My wedding is in February of 2020, and we started planning around August 2018, for what it's worth on a timeline.
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Pope Benedict XVI appealed Saturday for religious freedom in the Middle East, calling it fundamental for stability in a region bloodied by sectarian strife.
Benedict spoke on the second day of his visit to Lebanon, a country with the largest percentage of Christians in the Middle East. He arrived amid a wave of violent demonstrations over an anti-Islam film across the Muslim world.
He held up Lebanon, which is still rebuilding from a devastating 1975-1990 civil war largely fought on sectarian lines, as an example of coexistence for the region.
He said Christians and Muslims in Lebanon share the same space _ at times in the same family _ and asked, "If it is possible in families why not in entire societies?" Marriages where husband and wife are from different religious groups are not uncommon in Lebanon.
He said the freedom to practice one's religion "without danger to life and liberty must be possible to everyone."
The papal visit comes amid soaring sectarian tensions in the region, exacerbated by the conflict in Syria, which is in the throes of an 18-month-old civil war. A predominantly Sunni opposition in the Sunni-majority country is fighting to topple President Bashar Assad whose regime is dominated by Alawites, an offshoot of Shiite Islam.
Christians, who make up about 10 percent of Syria's population, say they are particularly vulnerable to the violence sweeping the country of 22 million people. They are fearful that Syria will become another Iraq, with Christians caught in the crossfire between rival Islamic groups.
Thousands of Christians have fled areas where heavy fighting has taken place, including the once religiously mixed central city of Homs. Rebels have controlled Homs' Christian neighborhoods of Hamidiyeh and Bustan Diwan since early February and most of the districts' residents have fled.
On Saturday, a Syrian priest from Homs said the Archdiocese of Syriac Catholics in Hamidiyeh was torched this week. The motives behind the attack were unclear.
The priest, who wished to remain anonymous for fear of reprisals, told The Associated Press by telephone that the attack took place Thursday. He said residents tried for 14 hours to put out the raging fire because fire engines could not reach the area under rebel control. No further details were immediately available.
He said around 80,000 Christians used to live in Hamidiyeh but now only 85 people remain.
In Lebanon, enthusiastic crowds lined the streets and cheered along the 30-kilometer motorcade route to the palace as Benedict went by Saturday in the bullet-proof glass popemobile. Soldiers in horseback rode ahead of the car.
As the pope arrived in the presidential compound, officials released about 20 white doves.
Just hours after the pope arrived Friday, violence erupted in northern Lebanon over "Innocence of Muslims," a film that ridicules the Prophet Muhammad, portraying him as a fraud, a womanizer and a child molester.
According to Lebanese security officials, a crowd angry over the film set fire to a KFC and a Hardee's restaurant in the port city of Tripoli, 50 miles (85 kilometers) north of Beirut, sparking clashes with police. Police then opened fire, killing one of the attackers, the officials said.
At least 25 people were wounded in the melee, including 18 police who were hit with stones and glass. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the media.
Lebanese authorities tightened security for the pope, suspending weapons permits except for politicians' bodyguards and confining the visit to central Lebanon and northern Christian areas.
In the evening, Benedict will address thousands of youths from across the Middle East.
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Last week when I stopped in at the InSole store at the Wynn, Las Vegas I asked the sales associate Tony if they go through inventory quickly. He said most visitors don't even make it down to their store (it's a tad hidden). Tony also mentioned that if people are willing to spend $500+ for new shoes they usually go for the red soles = Christian Louboutin. I love Christian Louboutin. He is genius and his work is brilliant. However if you're only looking for the red soles, you're missing out other amazing designers! Here's a quick list of designers to check out:
Okay, okay I'll stop. I think I talked about him enough here & here : )
Absolute brilliant young French Canadian designer – one to watch this year. See his spring collection here .
She uses really fun textures like iguana and stingray. See her spring collection.
I love the unique textures and bold architectural shapes Behnaz uses. You can see her latest collection here.
He's the creative director for Roger Vivier and his spring collection is filled with an array of textures including leather, suede, silk, elastic, patent leather and more. See his spring collection here.
6. Ruthie Davis
Ruthie isn't exactly new to the shoe world, her brand has been around since 2006. However, the candy colors, encrusted heels are always refreshing and cheerful. See her spring collection.
Camilla also launched her shoe collection in 2006 and is in charge of shoe design for Matthew Williamson. Her signature "saw" soles and bold designs have gained extreme popularity last year.
Charlotte is a relatively new designer based in London. Her designs have also been catching a ton of popularity this year from celebrities like Sarah Jessica Parker and Kate Moss. We're told Charlotte's new website will be up soon. Until then you can find her designs on LUISAVIAROMA & Net-A-Porter.
Paris based Raphael Young was taught how to design shoes by his uncle Alexandre Narcy who designed for Yves Saint Laurent. His shoes are described as "hard rock couture, sexy, edgy, strong shoes with an attitude". View his spring collection here.
10. olsen Haus
Elizabeth Olsen has been the Creative Director at Tommy Hilfiger and designed for Calvin Klein, Bulga, Nine West, Jodi Arnold MINT, and many others. Olsenhaus uses alternative, sustainable and renewable plant-based and man-made, non-animal material. They are 100% vegan: no leather, fur, wool or silk is ever used.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Sophomore Julianna Edwards authored three of MIT's 10 individual-event victories as the Engineers defeated Tufts University, 159.5-138.5. Second-year teammate Doria Holbrook scored 327.95 on the three-meter board to establish a new Zesiger Pool record in the win.
Junior Kate Thornton turned an impressive double in the distance events, opening with an NCAA B-cut in the 1650 free. Thornton led from gun, finishing the one-mile circuit in 17:43.06. She later grabbed a win in the 500 free with a time of 5:16.05. In both events, freshman Nicole O'Keeffe finished second overall to help boast the Engineers' scoring total.
Sophomore Sasha Brophy followed Thornton's win in the mile with a victory in the 200 free. MIT won four of the first five events, including a one-two finish in the 200 fly led by rookie Kristen Felch. Edwards secured the first of her three wins in the 100 back, although she also claimed the top spot in the 200 back and 200 IM.
"We raced hard, and the team really deserved to win," noted head coach Dawn Gerken. "We're getting sharper in the water at the right time. It will be important for us to stay focused as we prepare for the championship season."
Holbrook swept both diving events, including the record-breaking effort on the three-meter that ignited the MIT attack to three straight and a tough, dual victory. Freshman Jen Chao edged Felch in the 100 fly to actually spark the streak, which covered the last four events of the meet.


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Transfer news: Manchester United make £25m offer for Barcelona's Cesc Fabregas
Manchester United have made a bid of £25m to bring Cesc Fabregas back to England, according to Sky sources.
Last Updated: 16/07/13 12:30pm
The Barcelona midfielder has repeatedly said he wants to stay at his hometown club despite difficulty winning over some supporters last season.
That was his second year back in Catalonia following his return from Arsenal, who reportedly have first refusal on Fabregas if Barca decide to sell.
United's offer is believed to be below Barcelona's valuation of the Spain international.
United are searching for a creative midfield presence to offset the loss of newly-retired Paul Scholes.
Fabregas would become the second former Arsenal captain at Old Trafford, alongside Robin van Persie, if the Premier League champions managed to pull off a deal.
Speaking last month, Fabregas confirmed he is happy at Barcelona and dismissed talk of his departure by reiterating his desire to stay at the Camp Nou.
"I've always said that I'm happy at Barca. Whoever says that I'm leaving doesn't know me and has never spoken with me," said the 26-year-old.
"Nor with my agent, because he knows that I don't want him to talk with other people about me. I'm very private and I don't even talk about these things with my family.
"If someone says anything that isn't that I want to play at Barca, it's completely absurd."
New United manager David Moyes is still waiting to make his first signing after missing out on Thiago Alcantara after the midfielder left Barcelona for a reunion with Pep Guardiola at Bayern Munich.
However, Moyes says he has money to spend this summer and that the Red Devils are looking to land 'the best players' around.
After seeing his first game at the United helm end in a 1-0 defeat to the Singha All Star XI on Saturday, Moyes said: "Isn't it great that the club says, 'There's no budget here, you go get who you want to get, just go and do it'.
"We are looking at the best players. I do think it's important that we show people we are carrying on the traditions and trying to take the club forward.
"I will not name anybody, but certainly we are always looking at the best players. I think we are trying to strengthen in a couple of areas. We are short in midfield.
"We are also a club which tends to invest in the youth side, so you can expect us to go for players in that age group.
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That's not really the case, as the player is controlling Kratos, and the mini game pretty much panders to men.
Also, gender is your identity, sex is what you are, they are massively different and conflating the two is a huge mistake.
And as a counterpoint to that argument, look at Bayonetta.
You'd think that the users here would take the hint from the comic: The reason why fire is the metaphor used is because this comic is flame bait...
I agree that it does damage, but look at the figures provided, the ideal 'manly man' in the USA is generally perceived as a muscled stoic figure.
And a disparity does exist. Most, if not all of the counterclaims are false equivalence.
Doesn't mean that a few reasonable conversations can't take place.
I really don't think it's a stretch to say that a lot of guys like the idea of being powerfully built and physically strong.
I know I certainly do.
People dismiss it based on methodology and the assertion that they all play Cooking Mama or something.
Where exactly is your line between 'flame' and 'conversation'? Not quite where it should be, I think.
18-25 year old men are the target market to AAA videogames.
Who'd have thought it.
I missed that bit about male or not, sorry. I can't say I agree that people want to be able to physically overcome anyone who wrongs them, but I can't say I know what others want either, so I am not going to argue that.
I really don't like considering mute protagonists as characters, they might be good avatars, but if you say that Gordon Freeman is good because gender isn't exploited in any way, that isn't a good argument, as that should be the bare minimum in any character (we might disagree on what "exploited" exactly entails, but we both agree that it is what we consider stereotyping, basically, which is what we are discussing as bad in the first place).
Basically it's like this, in a very generalized kind of way:
Women in video games (often) are the way they are to satisfy male sexual fantasies.
The sexuality of men is generally more tied to direct visual/auditive input and therefore quite easy to address by means of multimedial content.
The sexuality of women does NOT work that way.
I'm glad someone was able to put to word what I was thinking. These are both arguments I can get behind; unfair and degrading representation isn't a good thing, but feminists can't -really- claim that it only happens to women. I'll concede it's happened to more women than men, but it's still not exclusive. The only difference is more men tend to just shrug it off when a male character is made out to be a dumb-as-a-brick beefcake in a loincloth or jock strap, whereas more women tend to feel insulted when a female character has big breasts, a big butt and is a bubble-headed tease.
I think this is one of those cases where this argument only holds water with those who have the following mentality:
"I had a lousy morning; I was taking a shower and the hot water ran out while I was in it."
"That's nothing; yesterday I stepped in the shower, and I got a blast of ice cold water."
"But that's just what I said!"
"Yes, but my story's worse because it happened to ME."
Again, we're not really talking about whether they're a quality character or not, just whether they are an example of pandering to gender, which they're not. I have no opinion on either of them as characters (Samus from Fusion is great, though) for the purposes of this conversation.
Ugh, "feminism" Tuesday again?
If you're on fire, put yourself out. But don't expect sympathy from other people who are on fire. You're going to be sorely disappointed. And by sorely disappointed, I mean still on fire.
Thank you for this comic. A worthy subject that must be repeating again and again until people finally understand, which you tackle wittily and smartly. It never ceases to amaze me how you use your voice to denounce what's wrong with gaming culture rather than simply pander to your audience and/or pointlessly mimic Penny Arcade as many would.
You're too late, someone dismissed it by saying they are all playing Farmville on the last page!
Of course if half the people playing games are women and they have almost no voice it must be because they are all playing girly casual games, and not because they are understandably reluctant to join a culture eager to label them as attention whores, fakers or sluts, and the only way to prove themselves worthy is to internalize that culture (therefore becoming themselves eager to label others as attention whores, fakers and sluts).
The irony is that the discussion's been surprisingly civil thus far. I imagine it will have fallen off the deep-end by the end of Page 3 though >.>
Hey, Foldable Human! I like that show. And remember that episode.
In all seriousness: yeah, that is a problem. People seem to think that both sides having problems means we need to ignore them both. And that the fact that both sides have problems means that both sides are equal in just how much of a problem it is.
If women were as big of a market as you say they are, developers and publishers would have doubtless tried to appeal to them. Surprisingly enough, they like money.
I'd say it's much more likely that most women play more facebook and smartphone games than AAA titles.
You're changing Zombie Tintin? But Zombie Tintin was the best one! D:
OT: Fire hipsters. That's a fun image to remember when people try the old "it doesn't matter because it hurts multiple people" argument.
OK so this is very concisely why this argument doesn't work:
Alleged discrimination against men happens because men are portrayed as powerful, emotionally dumb testosterone factories.
Also I rewrote your shower metaphor reversing the roles:
"I had a lousy morning; I was taking a
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Let's have a look at the quote....
"Different markets, I'd imagine. For the purposes of surveys, something like FarmVille will count as well. But even further from that, you'd need to break down genres. How high a percentage of the AAA-action genre is male/female? I'd wager significantly different from 60/40. To some extent, females may feel isolated from those games just because the heroes are men, but how many?"
So the brief mention of FarmVille was not, in fact an assertion that "they are all playing Farmville", but part of a larger point that most of the gender stereotyping exists in specific genres, which "I'd wager" have a very different breakdown that surveys don't always take into account.
I even take your point that there are probably women who would play more titles if they weren't put off by the depiction of women in them - we only differ in how strong we think that influence is.
My thoughts exactly. In my opinion this comic is a prime white knight example of how when men are degraded, it's just not as important or relevant. Men are men, "they can take it". My god how I hate that sentence.
Don't get me wrong, I don't mind people who stand up for other people, I mind assholes who set out to invalidate a point because SOME abuse it.
The point of this comic is very poorly laid out.
If someone wants to make a statement with a comic, how about focusing on the guys who have very valid arguments or the ones who make good examples of our gender, instead of focusing on the douchebags that threaten to rape or kill on the internet.
For fucks sake, I feel like I should feel bad because of my gender.
But isn't that a narrow point of view? I am sure pac-man doesn't pander to genders (well, there is the pink ghost that ends up always having a ribbon whenever is depicted outside of the game, I guess... ;p ) , but what's the point of debating just plain and simple pandering or not pandering? I doubt it has any real value, if it isn't put into its context (that being the fact that, GM isn't a character, so it could only pander with his looks, and looks for male protagonists are still mainly within the "limits", as far as I have seen).
If you dismiss their quality as characters, you are also removing a lot from this discussion, I have dozens of games with characters so poorly introduced/explained/developed/whatever that they could never be considered to be pandering to one gender or the other, but that's because they can barely be considered characters. The soldier I played in the first Medal of Honor on my psx didn't pander either. It also bears no meaning into this discussion because of its nature of a "non-character".
I don't really understand what you mean here. That physical pandering doesn't exist if there is no attached personality? The girls in DoA: Beach Volleyball are poorly introduced, explained and developed (I imagine), so are they not pandering to a very specific audience? This is kind of a rhetorical question...
I also wouldn't consider the fellas from Gears of War as 'within physical limits', but again, it's supposed to be a symbol of strength, not an attainable image, so that doesn't really matter I guess.
I was on fire before it was cool.
*reads some comments*
Who would've thought something as unambiguously bad as being on fire would be misread as some kind of desirable state for people to be in...
Pandering is also about attitude. If there is a good looking girl in a bikini, is that necessarily pandering? If it is out of place, yes, but if the location is a beach? It depends on what they did with the character. At the same time, you can pander without having almost-naked girls, representing a woman as a "tease", for example. It doesn't mean that one can't do pandering without a character, I am saying that not pandering without a character is extremely easy, you just need to make sure that the design isn't a joke, and thousands fit the bill (all the protagonists of the whole GTA series, the whole Call of Duty series, the whole Medal of honor series, practically 95% of the RPGs I can think of, a bunch of strategy games, etc.). If a game is basically a porn with a fighting game attached, I don't even care to talk about it, because it's like complaining about people being sexualized in a porn movie. Maybe I am too cynical toward DOA and I don't expect anything from it, who knows?
Just to make myself clear, I don't see anything inherently wrong with pandering, the problem is that it is widespread and overabused, in my opinion, but this is another discussion.
You name Gears of War, but the games mentioned above by me surely are normal in their physique. I said the majority, which implies that some don't respond to this rule, and expecting all games to fit the bill would be weird.
Statistic includes social and "casual" games, games that are either free or at the $.99 price point. Of the 33% of social gamers, how much would one like to bet of the 47% at least 98% of that belongs in the 33%. So in short you are only dealing with a fraction that are putting down the money for your $60 AAA releases, which i might add all(most) of the exploitative representations of women belong to.
Yes they are half, but they are on the half that doesn't affect the other half that they complain about. My girlfriend is a gamer by ESA standards, she wouldn't know how to use a gamepad, but give her an iphone and she is a wiz with them "games."
Eh who cares. Let the big tits be and let the ridiculous steroid masses of flesh kill stuff angrily.
The only ones that comes to mind right now is Lucca from Chrono Trigger and Liara from Mass Effect 1.
I'd be curious as to how this topic will be revisted when the 50 shades of grey movie comes out (the argument is about the media in general, not just video games).
It doesn't justify it happening at all but its a perfect counterpoint against them trying to say women have everything worse.
Physically fit is one thing. Kratos's muscles are defined to an highly unhealthy level similar to the extremes some bodybuilders go to drop their water weight just before a competition. It's just as bad as women wanting to look like unrealistic airbrushed models.
If it was an issue of "All characters are portrayed pretty crappy in video games" it would be a bad counterpoint, yes.
But the argument is "Women are being treated worse than men in terms of video game characters", to which that counterpoint is far more legitimate.
Do you honestly think that women are being treated as decently as men are in video games? Why isn't there a male version of DOA? or Bayonetta? Do you really think a video game of a guy that is pratically naked and does everything with pubic hair would sell?
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I loved Elfquest as a girl, and I wish I had the talent and time to put together something like this beautiful fan-made trailer, staring mostly women:
More about the project at http://elfquestfantrailer.com/.
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As an Elfquest fan, I must say that I love the look of this fan trailer, the costumes and casting, though I have one point of critique; in this video, dreadlocks equals 'primitive' and 'brutish', while the (mostly) good elves shown all have silky/wavy hair -_o
This is somewhat tangential, but watching this trailer made me think about how we've come to conceptualize elves an inherently exceptionally beautiful – and what that means when we cast people as elves. How do we portray the superhumanly beautiful?
As with the elves from the Lord of the Rings movies, the vast majority of the elves here are white/white-looking, slender and able-bodied, clear skinned, with silky/wavy hair (as Donja points out), traditionally feminine – and in this case, presenting themselves according to modern standards with heavy makeup and shaved skin.
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Chile Spring 2014: The World is a Book
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Following is a blog by Lee Camp, professor of theology and ethics, faculty member for the Lipscomb program in Chile this spring.
"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page," or so says Saint Augustine.
And when I think, looking back on fifteen years of teaching at Lipscomb, of the many chapters of the "world-book" I have been allowed to read, often along with my wife Laura and our three sons, I am filled with deep gratitude: wandering the streets of Old Jerusalem for weeks, in and out of the hidden depths of an ancient city still filled with markets and butcheries and vendors, Hasidic Jews and Orthodox priests and Arab Muslim barbers; pulling teeth in our makeshift dental clinics in the far reaches of Guatemalan jungles; exploring the never-ending riches of London with eight students in the summer of 2005, and then scurrying in anxiety to make sure they were all safe when the Tube was bombed the last Thursday of our sojourn; navigating the other-worldly sounds and smells and sights of Istanbul, the Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque dominating the skyline; shepherding incoming freshmen, along with the Lowrys and Scobeys, through England and Scotland, reflecting upon the long Christian tradition from which we all have been nourished.
And now finishing up this fifteenth year of teaching at Lipscomb, I find myself in a most delightful and new chapter of the "world book," with eighteen most outstanding students perched at the bottom of the world: in Chile, a land over two thousand six hundred miles long, averaging only one hundred ten miles wide, the Pacific Ocean running the full length of its western border and the Andes Mountains running the full length of the east, the south running to Patagonia and the Strait of Magellan and on to the sea and thence to Antarctica.
If Chile is a world-book chapter, it is a thrilling one, full of the pathos of indigenous peoples exterminated by the Spanish, the Spanish colonialists rising up to throw off the cloak of the Spanish Royalists, and the not-so-Cold-War conflict between communists and capitalists. The people are warm, and yet many still apparently suffer extensive post-traumatic stress disorder from the years of the Pinochet dictatorship, his ruthless years a classic case study in the ways capitalism and democracy often fail to be good bed-fellows. The geography is diverse, from the driest desert in the world, the Atacama in the north, to the glaciers and rain of Patagonia in the south, with the rolling central valley full of vineyards and lakes and the rambling, eclectic world-class city of Santiago, the snow-capped Andes always within sight.
There is, indeed, something about reading the "world-book" that is more immediately compelling than a text read in a class-room: one does not simply let mere words run across one's consciousness and then too soon out of one's memory; here one sees, encounters, tastes, feels. Here we see the forts and hand-crafts and linens of the Incans, a once-mighty empire long vanquished by the Spaniards; here we encounter the reality of our own cultural conceits, realizing that our own land is good, but many others are too; here we taste llama and empanada and shellfish cooked over hot rocks buried in the ground of Chiloe Island; here we feel—or at least we seek to practice empathy—with those who have been "disappeared" by principalities and powers turned demonic, torture and oppression rationalized with words about security, and justice, and love of country.
And here we feel the exhaustion of hiking more miles than we thought we could up Frenchman's Valley in the wilds of Patagonia, perched at the very end of the world; here we taste the parched lips from sand-boarding on the dunes in the Atacama's Death Valley; here we encounter a hospitality and a kindness of an old farmer and his wife who welcomed us to their table, spread with more victuals than we could ever consume in one setting, and our students singing a parting song of Spanish blessing; here we see vistas and peaks and valleys, old churches and skyscrapers, gauchos on donkeys under chupallas and ponchos.
What a way to get to celebrate fifteen years of teaching, with eighteen students who are delightful, articulate, kind, and gracious, all of them much better in Spanish, and numerous other things, than their professor! This season has been a moving chapter in my own book of life, reminding me of the hundreds of students whom I have been privileged to teach, and who have taught me much in the process.
There is a great privilege in teaching college students, in learning alongside them, and especially here, living in community with them: all old enough to manifest a maturity beyond their years, and all young enough, naïve enough, to still see it all with the poet's eye, and thus be delighted with the wonder of life. So I sat in the lounge of the old resort lodge in Patagonia our first night in Torres Del Paine park, and reflected thus: that all is gift, and glorious.
-- Lee C. Camp, professor of theology and ethics at Lipscomb University, and the host of the Tokens Show, a theological variety show. See more pictures here.


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Left Coast Hoops. There were three really good games in the Pac-10 tonight.
- Washington 73, Arizona St. 70 (OT). UW got a big win over its nearest competitor for the Pac-10 crown behind Jon Brockman's 21/11 and Quincy Pondexter's 10/12. ASU came back from 13 down in the first half and appeared to have the momentum when the Sun Devils stole the ball from Justin Dentmon for a dunk to tie the game with 0:21 left. Once both James Harden and James Pendergraph fouled out in the extra period, however, it was clear ASU didn't have enough to pull off the upset. ASU now sits in a three-way tie with Cal and UCLA in second place at 10-5 in the Pac-10.
- UCLA 76, Stanford 71. For much of this game, it appeared that the UCLA swoon of the past few weeks on the road would continue. Josh Shipp made sure that wasn't going to happen, though, going for 24/7/4 assts to keep the Bruins alive for another regular season Pac-10 title should Washington falter. It's clear that UCLA's stalwart defense just isn't what it used to be – Stanford hit 49% from the field and 50% from three in this one (can you believe the Bruins rank #254 nationally in FG% defense?).
- California 81, USC 78 (OT). USC went on a 14-4 run in the final six minutes to tie this game and send it to overtime, but Cal would not be denied its tenth Pac-10 win behind Patrick Christopher's 29 pts. USC really is the classic bubble team – #47 RPI, 16-11 overall, 7-8 Pac-10, key wins over Cal, Arizona, Arizona St., and we're not sure how this team is even on the bubble, but they are. The Trojans could really use a win over Stanford on Saturday.
The Rest of Your Thursday Night.
- Gonzaga 81, Santa Clara 73. Gonzaga got 29/9 from Josh Heytvelt to go to 13-0 in the WCC, one win away from another undefeated conference season. This was a tight game throughout, and SC's fans cost the home team at least four pts with their decisions to throw debris on the court protesting foul calls down the stretch.
- Illinois 52, Minnesota 41. With six minutes to go, the score was 42-41; Minnesota never scored again. Another fugly Big Ten game. Minnesota needs wins, as they've now lost five of their last seven games. The Gophers get Wisconsin and Michigan at home in their final two.
- Butler 78, Youngstown St. 57. Butler rolled to its third straight Horizon League championship behind Matt Howard's 25/10.
- Cincinnati 65, West Virginia 61. Bob Huggins visited his old stomping grounds tonight, but it was UC with the win in the battle of two Big East bubble teams. The computers love WVU this year for some reason, but both teams currently sit at 8-7 in the conference, and this win helped Cincy a lot more than it hurt WVU.
- Xavier 68, St. Joseph's 54. After having lost three straight road games, XU got its mojo back behind 18/10 from Derrick Brown. The XU-Dayton game next Thursday night could be for all the A10 marbles.
- Wake Forest 85, NC State 78. Wake got back on track tonight with a tougher-than-expected home win over NC State. James Johnson answered the bell with 28/18 for the Deacs.
- Miami (FL) 62, Virginia 55. The Hurricanes struggled in this one but managed to hang on and have a good chance to get to 8-8 in the ACC with games at Georgia Tech and home against NC State remaining.
- Michigan 87, Purdue 78. Michigan ripped apart the Purdue defense to the tune of 63% shooting behind DeShawn Sims (29/5) and Manny Harris (27/8/4 assts), further contributing to the mess that is known as the middle of the Big Ten (five teams with eight wins).
- Washington St. 69, Arizona 53. Wazzu continued surging with another impressive win after beating UCLA over the weekend, but it's probably too little, too late. Arizona is ok for now, but they'd do themselves well to get another Pac-10 win out of their last three to get to 9-9 in the conference.
- St. Mary's 62, Pepperdine 49. Diamon Simpson put up another dub-dub (13/14) as SMC moved into a tie with Portland for second place in the WCC, which will come down to this weekend's games for the seedings in next week's WCC Tourney.
- Memphis 71, UAB 60. John Calipari's Tigers continue to mow down Conference USA, winning its 55th straight conference game and 19th consecutive overall game in the process. Even more interestingly, Memphis held UAB's best player, Robert Vaden, to 0-17 shooting. That's ZERO FOR SEVENTEEN, which is John Starks-esque in level of bricklaying (see below).


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I've been following the site for a while via my RSS reader, and was totally overjoyed to get the cookbook and some fun tools (onigiri shaper, egg mold) for Christmas. My husband and I are turning to a bento approach for lunchtime to help with portion control, eating a variety of foods, not eating the same thing every day (so many American recipes are for like 6, I get tired of eating all those leftovers), eating more vegetables (maki has the best veggie recipes!!!), and because my husband is going back to grad school this fall to study and work on some research projects. I hope by then to be a seasoned bento maker so he can have something lovely in the middle of the day that is made with love. I really identify with that idea.
I'm turning 29 soon, and my husband is 31. No kids (as of yet, waiting to see how that grad school thing goes.. if one happens along I guess that is ok, too), but we have two hilarious cats named Inara and Ioz. We currently live in the panhandle of Florida (the little bit snugged up against Alabama.. otherwise known as the Big Oil Slick part of Florida... no, actually, you can't see any anymore :) ) but we'll be moving to Orlando for the grad school thing - excited about that, since there are actually Asian markets there that carry Japanese items, and cheap CSAs, and walkable areas, and diversity.. yes yes, I am looking forward to it :)
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The new Jewish year that just entered marks the 40th year since the Yom Kippur War. The coordinated attack from Syria and Egypt that started at 2 PM on the Day of Atonement of 1973 took the fasting nation of Israel by complete surprise.
At that time I was a young soldier serving in a small reconnaissance unit. We were stationed in Sinai and knew the war started by watching the Egyptian Sukhoi fighter planes bombing an artillery post not far away.
As years went by I realized that the war affected me in the same way it affected countless other soldiers. It created deep personal crises resulting from witnessing the near collapse of what we thought then to be our invincible army.
We saw commanders' incompetency, soldiers fleeing the battlefield and an ineffective air force. We heard over the radio the desperate cries for reinforcement that never came, and we saw our dead and wounded piling up. We later learned that our political leaders lost courage, and that even the legendary Moshe Dayan, then minister of defense, spoke in desperation about the destruction of the Third Temple.
The soldiers emerged from this war different people. For them, the Yom Kippur War was the event that brought about a loss of faith in our own leadership and many other things we were taught to see as unshakable truths. Most significant was the loss of faith in Israel's commitment to peace and Israel's commitment to Zionism.
The rising questions over whether or not Israel really desired peace with its neighbors led to the emergence of Peace Now, a secular movement that pressed for, as its name implies, immediate peace at any cost. Today, this organization's sole purpose is fighting for the Palestinian cause.
On the other end of the spectrum, the growing doubt over whether or not Israel was still committed to Zionism resulted in the birth of Gush Emunim (the Faithful Bloc), a religious movement that dedicated itself to establishing and strengthening Jewish settlements throughout the West Bank and the Gaza.
These two movements continue to anchor the opposing sides in the great schism in Israeli society that resulted from the Yom Kippur War and which shows no signs of healing anytime soon.
Over the past forty years, the discourse in Israel regarding the Yom Kippur War has been dominated by self-criticism to the point of unhealthy masochism. This is largely a discourse of despair that represents secular society's loss of faith in Israel as a peace-loving nation. More and more, this viewpoint has transformed real and genuine crisis into self-hate manifesting itself in the phenomenon of militant pro-Palestinian Israelis.
However, in this 40th year there begin to be signs of recognition that important as self-criticism may be, it is wrong to ignore the fact that despite the success of the initial surprise attack by Syria and Egypt, the Israeli army was still able to turn a military disaster into a victory that saw Israeli forces push to within 101 kilometers of Cairo and 40 of Damascus.
Not surprisingly, those who emphasize this aspect of the Yom Kippur War are mostly religious. Nevertheless, they do seem to be the heralds of a new trend that sees this remarkable turn of events as a testimony to Israel's unusual, almost unnatural ability to turn despair into hope.
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PHILADELPHIA—When comedian Susie Essman meets fans and is nice and gracious to them, they are often visibly disappointed.
What they really want, she says, is Susie Greene, Larry David's nemesis on the HBO show, "Curb Your Enthusiasm.
" They ask to be told off, the way she does to David when, for example, he says her hideous, homemade bedazzled sweatshirts aren't his "cup of tea." She responds, "All right, you know what, f--- you and f--- your tea."
Essman, who will be performing here May 18, will perform her stand-up routine, giving her the chance to show fans that she is, in fact, not a Hollywood housewife prone to unleashing a Richter scale-registering earthquake of profanity.
That's not to say her routine is nice and safe.
"My stand-up persona is strong enough on its own to rival Susie Greene," she said in a recent telephone interview from her home in Albany, N.Y.
The show at a local synagogue and billed for mature audiences only, will see Essman riff on the trials of raising children and dealing with her Jewish mother, among other topics. "My mother is still driving me crazy after all these years—my aging Jewish mother, it never ends," she says.
In the interview, Essman sounds stable, relaxed and capable of completing a sentence without using an expletive—all attributes that her TV character does not possess.
"People always expect me to be Susie Greene; it's a blessing and it's a curse," Essman says. "People are always upset when I'm not this crazy, cursing screaming lunatic."
The differences between the two are easy to point out.
Essman would have to be blind not to have a better fashion sense than Greene, who usually wears clothing that's one part endangered species—a cheetah, perhaps—and one part gaudy '80s wallpaper; in fact, the only other person on the show who wears those glittery sweatshirts can't see how ugly they are, because he is blind.
Essman is also an author who says that writing her book, "What Would Susie Say?: Bullsh*t Wisdom About Love, Life, and Comedy," was a tremendous challenge, but luckily she was "smack dab in the middle of menopause.
"I'd wake up every night after about two, three hours of sleep and I'd be up for hours, so that's basically when I wrote the book, in the middle of the night, after having hot flashes," she says.
When "Curb" first aired in 2000, Essman's character was not as developed and not quite as volatile as it is now. A first-season episode featured the Greenes' home being robbed by an innercity youth whom her husband, Jeff (played by comedian/actor Jeff Garlin), has sponsored.
Essman said David had the idea that she tear into her husband. Much of the show is improvisation, and Essman said that after each take David encouraged her to get more angry.
"Finally he pulled me aside and said, 'Make fun of Jeff's fat.' I was like, Larry, I really don't want to do that, I don't like to make fun of people's physical characteristics. He said, 'Just do it, just do it. He knows you're just acting,' and so I did and the genie was out of the bottle," Essman said.
There is no word on whether more seasons of "Curb," which last aired in 2011, are to come. She says HBO has an open-door policy with David, enabling him to do a season whenever he wants.
For her part, Essman said she has ideas for another book or a one-woman show, but nothing is imminent. "I'm in one of those gestation periods right now," she said.
When Essman isn't touring or acting—she has also appeared in films such as "Keeping the Faith" and the animated "Bolt"—she splits her time between living in New York City and upstate New York.
Essman met her husband, Jim Harder, a father of four children, almost a decade ago and helped raise the children during their teenage years, an experience that has made its way into her stand-up routine.
"If I did not use them for material, I'd probably kill them," she said. "But I've found a way to—what's the word I'm looking for?—sublimate."
Essman said she received a note recently from David, who was filming a movie for HBO, saying that he missed her. She said she wanted to write back that if he missed her, the best way to spend time with her would be on the set.
"I'm kind of hoping he's going to miss the show and do another season," she said. "I would do another season in a heartbeat."


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Anthony Portantino, who for the past six years has represented La Cañada Flintridge in the state Assembly, enters this holiday season with a new task: Figure out what to do next.
Portantino's job ended officially on Dec. 1, when the new legislative year began. Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D- Silver Lake) now represents La Cañada, while new Assemblyman Chris Holden (D-Pasadena) represents other parts of Portantino's old district.
At Zeli Coffee Bar in La Cañada on Tuesday, Portantino said that with his mother in his native New Jersey facing declining health and his youngest daughter, Bella, growing up, he's grateful for the chance to step back.
"I think the good news is I get to go home," Portantino said. "My daughter is 11, and for six years of her life I've been out of the house. And I've only got one mom."
Yet Portantino doesn't plan on staying out of government for long, and is looking to find a position involving public policy and government reform.
"There are some local government organizations and academic institutions I've been talking to," he said. "There's been probably a dozen nonprofits that have asked me to be on their board. I've told them all the same thing, I have to decide what I'm going to do, to see what my time commitment is going to be."
Portantino is an advisory member of the Arroyos and Foothills Conservancy board, and in January will join the La Cañada Chamber of Commerce board as a residential member.
When the opportunity arises, he may again seek elected office. State Sen. Carol Liu (D- La Canada Flintridge), his former colleague on the La Cañada Flintridge Council, will be forced out of the Legislature by term limits in 2016. Portantino briefly challenged her for the Democratic nomination to the seat this year, and his Portantino for Senate 2016 committee holds nearly $77,000, according to state records.
"I think there's some more things we need to do in relation to the high schools and community colleges," he said. "The Legislature still doesn't comply with the California Public Records act... I think it's important to have somebody that asks questions, that doesn't just say yes to the leaders.
"I'm at peace with my decision [not to run for state Senate in 2012]," he said. "The district has been great to me, people have been very kind. Down the road I do have a passion to be involved."
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History Timeline
Dr. George Saslow
Dr. George Saslow was a member of the Department of Neuropsychiatry from 1943 to 1955. He earned his MD from Harvard and obtained a PhD in physiology from NYU. He became interested in research pertaining to the psychiatric interview. Like many other members of the Department, he was influenced by Dr. Mandel Cohen from Harvard. After being recruited by Dr. Gildea, Saslow helped develop an outpatient psychosomatic clinic called Medicine D clinic, which opened in 1946. In 1950, Dr. Samuel Guze became the first psychosomatic fellow. Dr. Saslow was known for his talents as a clinical interviewer. He returned to Boston (MGH) in 1955 to work with Dr. Lindemann. Soon after this move, however, he moved to Oregon to become the Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at OHSU. He led that department from 1957 until 1973.


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The 2015 Academy of Country Music Awards jam-packed more than three hours of music, from classic country stars such as George Strait and Alan Jackson to contemporary favorites Miranda Lambert and Luke Bryan and pop and rock stars Taylor Swift and Steven Tyler.
Even A-list celebrities and a football star took part as the awards show celebrated its 50th anniversary in a new location, the Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
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text: Howdy, The --gm-kill is specific to clusters using myrinet and mostly is there to ensure that slave processes using myrinet's mpi hang up when the master process is done running. The number after the --gm-kill is the timeout in seconds. I am not sure which version, type, or member of the PBS family you are using. If you are using PBS Pro (also probably true for torque and Open PBS), you should be able to place two scripts in /var/spool/PBS/mom_priv/ called prologue and epilogue on every compute node. They must be owned by root and be executable / readable / writable only by root. The prologue script will run before every job and the epilogue script will run after every job. In the epilogue and prologue scripts we use, we clean the nodes of all lingering user processes and do some basic checking of node health. Even if an epilogue script misses a process â or a user a user launches a process outside of the queuing system â the prologue will still catch it before the next job starts to run. Best, William On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 14:33, Jerry Xu wrote: > Hey, Huang: > > I found one solution that works for me, maybe you can try it and see > whether it works for you. > > in your pbs script, try to add this "kill -gm 5" syntax between the > processor number and your program > > like this > > mpirun -machinefile $PBS_NODEFILE -np $NPROCS --gm-kill 5 myprogram > > it works for me. > > Jerry. > > /********************************************************** > Hi, > > We have a new system set up. The vendor set up the PBS for us. For > administration reasons, we created a new queue "dque" (set to default) > using the "qmgr" command: > > create queue dque queue_type=e > s q dqueue enabled=true, started=true > > I was able to submit jobs using the "qsub" command to queue "dque". > However, when I use "qdel" to kill a job, the job disappears from the > job list shown by "qstat -a", but the executable is still running on > the compute nodes. Every time I have to login the corresponding the > compute node and kill the running job. > > I am wondering if I missed something in setting up the queue so that I > am unable to kill the job completely using "qdel". > > Thanks. > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ William Scullin System Administrator Center for Computation and Technology 342 Johnston Hall Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803 voice: 225 578 6888 fax: 225 578 5362 aim: WilliamAtLSU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


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5.0 Speed Lust - January 2014
Feed the urge for automotive adrenaline
Modular Voodoo
If you want to add power and menacing sound to your modular engine, check out Lunati's Voodoo cams for 4.6 and 5.4 engines. Lunati offers over 30 different cam profiles for SOHC and DOHC mod motors, ranging from street performance to all-out-race Mustangs. The Voodoo cams are engineered to deliver maximum power, as well as complement the latest aftermarket aluminum cylinder heads, intake manifolds, headers, and ignition system upgrades. The Voodoo line covers cam profiles designed for power-adder combinations featuring a supercharger, turbocharger, or nitrous oxide.
Skid Marks
Mustang enthusiasts run through tires like normal people run through toilet paper. If it's your Mustang's turn for new treads, check out Yokohama's new Advan Sport V105 and Advan Neova AD08 R offerings. These are the latest additions to Yokohama's Advan line of ultra high-performance tires. Both the Sport V105 and the Neova AD08 R feature race-inspired engineering and design, as well as innovative new compounds designed to improve wet and dry traction. Both tires were designed using Yokohama's orange-oil technology to enhance traction and provide a comfortable, quiet ride.
Machine Block
If you were putting together your dream garage, this is one machine you'd want to put in it. It's Sunnen Products Company's SV-20 automotive honing machine. As you can see, it's a rather large machine, and it costs a little more than $200. Therefore, it's aimed at race shops, production rebuilders, and fleet repair facilities handling automotive blocks, cylinder liners, off-road machinery, and motorcycle/ATV engines. The SV-20 honing system combines Sunnen's latest linear servo-stroking technology with the power and capacity to drive multi-stone diamond tools for OEM-quality bore geometry on the automotive blocks, cylinder liners, and similar large parts.
Handy Towels
You can't always pick the spot to work on your Mustang, and there's not a hose at every corner, either. Thankfully, the Tub O'Towels is here to clean things up. The Tub O'Towels are designed to knock out tough grime and grease in the garage or at the track. Packed with cleaning muscle, and conveniently sized to fit in a toolbox or glove compartment, Tub O'Towels is available at larger retailers across the U.S. and Canada. The towels feature nine powerful cleaning ingredients, durable fiber-weave technology, and twice the cleaning surface of comparable wipes. They're designed to easily handle oil, grease, chemical stains, and other tough soils.
Demonic Air
If you have a blow-through carburetor setup on your power adder 'Stang, check out Demon Carburetion's new Mighty Demon offerings (from $655). For combinations operating with up to 18 pounds of boost, the Mighty Demon is available in 650-, 750-, and 850-cfm increments. To increase the vacuum signal to the carburetor under boost and to enrich the calibration, these carburetors are equipped with annular boost venturi, large screw-in power-valve channel restrictors in the metering blocks, and 0.130-inch needle-and-seat valves in the fuel bowls. These new calibrations are said to hold a flat fuel curve, and sustain constant brake-specific fuel consumption and air/fuel ratios, even at high rpm.
Room to Grow
When it comes to the latest Mustang, many aftermarket superchargers need a little extra room under the hood. With Revelare Design's new Rev 1 hood, not only will you get that extra room, but you'll get a cool look to boot. The Rev 1 hood retains the factory hood vents to help reduce underhood temperatures and enhance the styling of '13-'14 Mustangs and '10-'14 Shelby GT500s. Plus, the hood features two openings at the back of the cowl to allow hot air to escape the engine compartment. The Rev 1 hood features a 2-inch cowl that allows that extra room in the engine bay. The hood arrives to you ready to paint with a finished underside, making it easy to color-match it to your Mustang's existing color.
Strange Case
Strange Engineering's Pro HD aluminum case bridges the gap between the company's lightweight aluminum case and its race-proven Ultra case. This new case is designed for street/strip 'Stangs with a bias toward drag racing. The case is crafted from 206-T4 heat-treated aluminum with a billet-aluminum support, which uses ARP hardware and contains a unique oil channel to maximize oil flow to the pinion bearings for extended use. Robust billet caps and 9⁄16-inch thru-bolt design complements the case to significantly reduce gear deflection and extend the life of the gear. The Strange Pro HD case is available in 3.062-, 3.250-, and 3.812-inch bore sizes.
Stack the Dash
Stack's new Multi-Function Display features the company's sixth-generation DataPro software, which boasts GPS track-mapping overlay, a CAN ECU Gateway template editor, and Microsoft Excel Data Import Utility. The MFD has 14 channels of datalogging standard, predictive lap-time displays, brake-bias displays, and compatibility with the more popular aftermarket ECUs. The MFD's warning LEDs are configurable with messages, providing rapid and clear driver feedback should there be mechanical mishaps. Water- and shock-proof construction and military-spec harnessing is designed to survive the harshest motorsport environments.
Clean Sand
On our recent trip to 3M's headquarters we had a chance to sample the company's Clean Sand System ($24.99-$29.99), which is designed to enable you to sand on your Mustang without enduring the associated dust and debris getting in the way. The system attaches to most vacuums to filter and remove particle dust and debris. This system makes for a cleaner work environment, free of body filler dust, and it also keeps body filler from clogging your sandpaper, as well. Probably the best part is that the system will help keep sanding dust out of your lungs.
Over Armor
Intended to replace that pesky automotive bra, Armor All's Custom Shield coating is designed to provide your Mustang a more sleek and non- abrasive look. This new product is a temporary spray-on/peel-off coating that allows you to help protect your Mustang's paint and body from the elements of everyday driving. The product comes in black, white, or clear, and it can even be used on wheels to defend against brake-dust buildup. The product lasts up to three months and doesn't require tools to remove—simply peel it off.
Air Team
When two respected aftermarket manufacturers put their heads together, a great product is the result. This time around, Trick Flow and Stainless Works came together to design headers to maximize the airflow characteristics of Trick Flow's cylinder heads. Made from 304L stainless steel, the Trick Flow by Stainless Works headers feature CNC-mandrel-bent tubing for maximum flow, laser-cut 3⁄8-inch flanges, and TIG-welded construction. These are available for most late-model Mustang applications.
Flock On
If there are interior trim pieces needing help inside your Mustang, check out Flock It. Flock It is a do-it-yourself refinishing product that allows you to apply an attractive, durable, and soft-to-the-touch finish to the interior panels of your Mustang. It's easily applied to headliners, dashboards, door panels, and other automotive interior trim pieces at an economical cost. Flocking is the method of applying millions of tiny fibers on to an adhesive-coated surface to create a velvet-like texture. FLock It is easily sprayed-on, and is available in over 30 different colors; custom colors can be special-ordered.


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First Encounters is a lecture series to be given by a number of former and current graduates and staffmembers of the School of Architecture as part of the Centenary celebrations. The intention is to present a view of the architectural interests and pre-occupations of former teachers in relation to those of new members of staff. Each speaker is asked to present a short lecture (15-20 minutes) to the students and staff of the School on a particular work of architecture from the period 1911-2011 which they found inspirational at first sight, a first encounter with modern architecture that made a lasting impression on them. This encounter could have taken place before, during or after their studies in the School. Two short lectures will be presented on each evening to allow a conversation to develop. The subject chosen should remain a secret before the lecture.
The lectures should seek to explore the selected projects in detail, either as a totality or in relation to specific parts or aspects, and to thoroughly convey the reasons for the lecturer's feelings of admiration, enjoyment, enthusiasm or bewilderment towards this particular work.
The lectures will run on Monday evenings at 6pm in the Red Room beginning in January 2012.
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Images | April 4, 2012
Avernus Topography
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The Avernus region contains several different surface features. These include tectonic fractures, ridges, hills, and regions of chaos within isolated depressions termed cavi.
Orbit Number: 45147 Latitude: -2.81935 Longitude: 173.22 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2012-02-17 14:11
Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the 2001 Mars Odyssey mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) was developed by Arizona State University, Tempe, in collaboration with Raytheon Santa Barbara Remote Sensing. The THEMIS investigation is led by Dr. Philip Christensen at Arizona State University. Lockheed Martin Astronautics, Denver, is the prime contractor for the Odyssey project, and developed and built the orbiter. Mission operations are conducted jointly from Lockheed Martin and from JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.


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In case you missed it, Fenton pulled out an amazing come-from-behind win last night over rival Swartz Creek.
The Tigers, down 24-4 in the second quarter thanks to some of the tightest team defense I've seen all season, still trailed by 15 at the half. Swartz Creek began to surrender their lead in the third quarter, but still had a cushion of seven points entering the fourth quarter.
After their primary ballhandler, sophomore Max Cummings, fouled out early in the fourth, I think it was clear to anyone who has seen Swartz Creek play this season that the game was probably over.


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History of Binghamton University
Binghamton University opened its doors as Triple Cities College in 1946 to serve the needs of local veterans returning from service in World War II. Originally located in Endicott, five miles west of the present campus, the fledgling school was a branch of Syracuse University.
Four years later, when the college was incorporated into the State University of New York, it was renamed Harpur College in honor of Robert Harpur, a Colonial teacher, patriot and pioneer, who devoted his later years to settling the area west of Binghamton.
Until 1953, Harpur College was one of only two public liberal arts colleges in the state. In 1961, the campus was moved across the Susquehanna River to Vestal. Growing enrollment and a reputation for excellence soon led to the selection of Harpur College as one of four doctorate-granting University Centers in the state system.
In 1965, the campus was formally designated the State University of New York at Binghamton. Binghamton University was adopted as our informal name in 1992.
Learn More
- Read about the history of the presidency of Binghamton University
- Explore the University's unique concept of collegiate professors and learn about the history of collegiate professors (formerly faculty masters) on campus


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Today's Science Saturday is a bit short as training for my new job this week has pulled me away from reading and writing for the most part. I did find a few interesting articles however, ranging from a new super-black material to virgin materials of our infant universe recently discovered.
New Super-Black Material Absorbs 99 Percent of All Light That Dares to Strike It
A new blacker-than-black material developed by NASA absorbs virtually all the light in every spectrum. I'm excited to see how much this helps with light back scatter on the next generation of telescopes. I'm sure the military will be interested in finding ways to use the material as well. Some sort of stealth technology could probably be developed from this. Carbon nanotubes are amazing things with such a wide range of uses, I'm excited to see what else they'll find their way into.
An 'Operating System' That Runs on Cells Could Create Whole New Life Forms
Think of your cells as computers. These researchers have just created Windows to install on those cells. Well, on synthetic cells. And it's probably more on the level of DOS in terms of sophistication at the moment, but I digress. The possibilities with this "software" solution to customizing cells on the fly are quite amazing. The article lists out quite a few, and it really is a situation of your imagination being the limit on this sort of technology. Very exciting to think about, this technology could be massively useful to all of humanity.
Fresh Start: Scientists Glimpse Unsullied Traces of the Infant Universe
For the first time we've glimpsed a gas cloud unsullied by star stuff. We are all the stuff of stars, the heavier elements developed within them exclusively. So the discovery of a gas cloud made up of the lighter gases is quite amazing (though as an MIT astronomer says in the article, what's more amazing is that these unsullied gases seem so hard to find), because it shows just how good our abilities to detect the chemical make up of extremely distant objects has become. Our ability to image the universe around us is absolutely spectacular.


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Chesterton Tribune
Critics warn Indiana Lottery expansion plan will target the poor
(AP) — The private company chosen to run the Hoosier Lottery says it won't
target low-income neighborhoods to boost sales but will replace retailers
in those areas who leave its network.
GTECH Corp.'s
approach is similar to one it adopted in Illinois, where company officials
say they wound up with one less retailer in poor neighborhoods. But
critics say the company's failure to disclose which Indiana ZIP codes it's
targeting for expansion by heavily redacting its business plan suggests it
has something to hide.
"I can't
imagine any kind of trade secret that would be disclosed by saying which
ZIP codes they plan to target. I would bet a week's pay those ZIP codes
would line up with some of the most disadvantaged ZIP codes in Indiana,"
state Sen. Brent Waltz, R-Greenwood, told The Indianapolis Star. "The only
reason I would want to hide that is if it was something that from a public
relations perspective is very damaging."
Island-based GTECH, which won the contract to oversee daily Hoosier
Lottery operations in October, says it plans to aggressively expand the
number of Indiana retailers selling lottery tickets as part of an effort
to increase state revenue by $500 million over the next five years. The
list of stores it plans to target includes Dollar General, Family Dollar,
Dollar Tree and Wal-Mart.
business plan includes a section titled "Retailer Penetration Targets by
Zip Code." The plan also says increased advertising "is critical" but
redacts all references to dollar figures.
William Zielke,
chairman of the State Lottery Commission, told the Star in November that
GTECH would not target areas where income is below 60 percent of the state
"The whole
goal is to not increase in those areas," GTECH spokeswoman Angela Wiczek
Wiczek said
the company does plan to replace retailers in those areas that stop
selling tickets. A similar strategy was employed in Illinois, where in
2011 Northstar Lottery Group, a partnership led by GTECH, became the first
company in the nation to take over a state's lottery operations.
A Star
analysis found that the company attracted more than 230 new retailers in
census tract neighborhoods with incomes less than 60 percent of the state
average in its first year. That represents more than 20 percent of the
1,143 new retailers GTECH added during that timeframe.
Wiczek said
GTECH committed not to target ZIP codes where average household income was
$30,000, or about 53 percent of the Illinois average. By that by that
standard, she said, GTECH added only 65 new retailers in "off-limit" ZIP
codes, and those replaced 66 other retailers in low-income ZIP codes that
left the lottery's network.
"We are not
increasing retailer penetration in those ZIP codes," she said.
Lottery officials say GTECH will be allowed to replace retailers in
low-income ZIP codes that leave the lottery's network but cannot offer its
sales associates incentives to canvass in those areas. Instead, GTECH can
add new retailers in those areas through routine visits by lottery
associates, general advertising and word of mouth, said Geoff DePriest,
director of business plan compliance for the lottery.
estimated that only 6 percent to 7 percent of Indiana's lottery retailers
are in ZIP codes where income is below 60 percent of the state average.
Critics say
those who can least afford to play will still be affected by the expansion
citizens are an easy prey to the false promises of the lottery industry,"
said the Rev. Dan Gangler, spokesman for the Indiana Conference of the
United Methodist Church.
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