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Parents are more likely to use top tethers when installing a child restraint with a vehicle's LATCH system and attach the safety strap correctly if the attachment anchor is easy to find, a new study by the Institute and the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) indicates.
This is most often the case in sedans. Most tether anchors in sedans are on the rear shelf, also called the rear deck, behind the back seat, where they are easy to see. In SUVs and minivans, parents usually have to search for the anchors because they are typically on the floor, middle or lower seat back, in the cargo area or on the ceiling.
The findings complement earlier IIHS and UMTRI research of the key vehicle factors that make lower LATCH anchors easier to use (see "Keys to better LATCH," April 12, 2012).
It's well established that parents only use top tethers with forward-facing child restraints about half the time despite the fact that passenger vehicles have had corresponding anchors to attach the straps for more than a decade (see "Top tethers on child restraints are used less than half the time," Sept. 8, 2010).
Tethers are part of a child restraint attachment system called Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children, or LATCH. All forward-facing child restraints made since 1999 have a built-in top tether typically located just behind the upper back of the child restraint. Top tethers should be used with all forward-facing child restraints, whether they are secured by safety belts or with a vehicle's lower anchors. Some manufacturers also recommend using a tether with a few rear-facing child restraints.
In a 2013 IIHS survey, certified child passenger safety technicians observed parents and caregivers using the top tether 56 percent of the time with forward-facing child restraints. When parents neglected to attach the tether, it was most often because they didn't know about it. Using the LATCH lower anchors increased the likelihood that drivers would use the top tether. Child restraints installed with lower anchors were more than twice as likely to be tethered as child restraints secured with safety belts (see "Key child restraint strap is often overlooked, misunderstood by parents," April 25, 2013). This also was the case in the earlier IIHS-UMTRI study.
In the latest study, researchers recruited 37 parents and specifically told them to use LATCH to install two different forward-facing child restraints in four different vehicles for a total of eight installations. The 16 vehicles used in the study had a range of tether anchor characteristics
Parents used the top tether in 89 percent of the 294 forward-facing child restraint installations and attached the tether correctly 57 percent of the time. Because the instructions were designed to encourage tether use, the rate of tether installations was higher than recorded in field observations. Tether use rates improved from 83 percent to 95 percent after researchers in the study gave parents specific instructions on using LATCH and tethers halfway through their installations.
In sedans with tether anchors located on the rear deck, 95 percent of parents used tethers, compared with 79 to 89 percent of parents when the anchors were located on the floor, ceiling or seat back.
What's more, parents in the study were more likely to correctly attach tethers when anchors were on the rear deck or at the middle of the seat back than those located in other spots in the vehicle.
When vehicles had hooks for tying down cargo or other confusing hardware that could be mistaken for a tether anchor, the chances that parents would use and correctly install tethers were lower than in vehicles without such gear. This was most often the case in SUVs and minivans, while sedans were less likely to have confusing hardware. If parents did use top tethers in vehicles with confusing hardware, just 47 percent of the straps were attached correctly, compared with 70 percent of installations when there was no confusing hardware.
Parents in the study were more likely to correctly attach tethers when anchors were on the rear deck or at the middle of the seat back than at other locations in the vehicle.
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I realized that it might be helpful to provide a reading list here for those curious to follow me in the learning process that's behind this blog. So, here that is:
'It's My Ovaries, Stupid!' is a good book to start with.
John Guillebaud's 'The Pill and other hormonal contraceptives' is also a good basic read, if a little outdated. Read his wife's introduction too - it's interesting to compare their outlooks!
Elaine Tyler May's 'America and the Pill' is great and thorough with fascinating interviews with 'regular' women.
Miranda Grey's 'The Optimized Woman' - I have loaned this out three times and then bought it again it's so popular.
'The Pill- Are You Sure It's For You?' Alexander Pope and Jane Bennett - great list of books/sources of info in this one.
'In Our Control' from Laura Eldridge follows her personal journey as well as providing a ton of important information.
Susan Rako's 'No More Periods?' - also CEMCOR's website for supporting research and articles. The topic of hormonal contraception is inextricably linked with menstruation so it's also worth reading books about the industry built around menstrual shame - like 'The Curse' by Karen Houppert.
Barbara Seaman's 'The Doctor's Case Against the Pill' and 'The Greatest Experiment Ever Performed on Women.' Of the same era - Elizabeth Draper's 'Birth Control in the Modern World.'
Barbara Ehrenreich's 'For Her Own Good' and 'Remaking Love' are more general on women's health rights and oppression, but brilliant.
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January 3, 2013
Paul E. Sax, M.D., is director of the HIV Program and Division of Infectious Diseases at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
As Physician's First Watch noted, we sure know what the folks at the FDA were doing this holiday season -- and most emphatically they weren't visiting Aunt Selma in Boca Raton.
Nope, they were stuck in White Oak, Maryland, reviewing various new drug applications, with three of the four related to Infectious Disease. The FDA's late 2012 actions:
For crofelemer, according to the FDA announcement, approval was based on the results of a phase III, double blind study comparing 125 mg of crofelemer twice daily to placebo in HIV patients with non-infectious diarrhea:
The trial was designed to measure clinical response, defined as the number of patients who had two or fewer watery bowel movements weekly. Results showed that 17.6 percent of patients taking crofelemer experienced clinical response compared with 8 percent taking placebo.
Further information on the drug -- including its mechanism of action and nifty source, "the Croton lechleri plant, native to northwestern South America" -- can be found on the company's website.
I confess this approval took me by surprise. I was aware that crofelemer was in clinical trials, but hadn't heard a peep about it at scientific meetings or other venues. Obviously some of this low profile is due to the fact that it's not an antiretroviral agent, but compared with the attention given to tesamorelin, this is certainly a stealth approval.
Notably, current HIV medications are far less likely to cause diarrhea than the first generation of meds. The big offenders -- ddI, full-dose ritonavir, nelfinavir, amprenavir, soft-gel saquinavir, even lopinavir/r -- are today used either infrequently in the United States or not at all. (Several are not even available.) I assume that clinicians who have patients with ongoing diarrhea on any of these agents would switch antivirals first rather than starting a new medication for the side effect.
So who are the appropriate candidates for this drug? Even after switching off older HIV meds, some patients will continue to have diarrhea, either still due to the medications -- most notably the PI's with ritonavir -- or from "HIV enteropathy", which is damage the virus has done to the GI tract which in some people reverses very slowly, or not at all. For them, this approval gives them a welcome new option.
Plus, we get a sparkling new brand name to learn, and to make jokes about. This one's a doozy -- Fulyzaq!
So who came up with that? See above for an artistic rendition of a Fulyzaq in the wild.
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In mid-March 2016 the International Tracing Service (ITS) launched a new website. With this the ITS, as an archive and documentation center on Nazi persecution and the liberated survivors, has simplified the accessibility of its information. The modernized online presence makes it easier for former victims of Nazi...learn more
In mid-February 2016 the Hessian State Secretary Mark Weinmeister visited the International Tracing Service (ITS) on the invitation of the ITS Director Floriane Hohenberg. Together with Thomas Viesehon, member of the German Parliament, Armin Schwarz, member of the Hessian Parliament and Jürgen van der Horst, Mayor of...learn more
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On the eve of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, 27 January, the Berlin historian Alina Bothe held a fact-filled lecture for some 70 guests on the so-called "Polenaktion" from October 1938. In this first mass deportation, 16,000 to 17,000 Jews of Polish nationality were forcibly transported out of the German...learn more
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Robert Dentler is one of the great, exemplary figures in the practice of sociology over the last half century. His career has stretched from his role as a crime and court reporter for the Chicago City News Bureau in 1949 to his present position as Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts at Boston. Dentler's most important contributions have been as a sociologist engaged in the struggle for racial justice, particularly in relation to the desegregation of pubic schools, in which he has played a major role since the 1960s. In following this track Dentler has walked in the footsteps of such great sociologists as W.E.B. Du Bois and Robert Park.
Dentler's own role in this struggle is the stuff of legend. His 1960s doctoral seminar at the Teacher's College, Columbia University on urban sociology and education, dealing particularly with racial issues, rose in enrollment from 15 students in1962 to 200 in 1967. He became staff director for a team working at the direction of the New York Commission of Education, aiming at the desegregation of New York public schools as early as 1963. This was followed by an endless stream of work as an advisor, analyst and expert witness in desegregation efforts all across the country: New York, Buffalo, Rochester, White Plains, New York; Bridgeport and Stamford, Connecticut; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Los Angeles and San Bernadino, California, and in may other communities. In 1972 he became Dean of Education and University Professor of Education and Sociology at Boston University. Within a year he had been appointed to the Boston Mayor's Commission on the Public School, and was engaged for years in the intense battle for desegregation in Boston. In the 1980s he worked as a desegregation consultant in cases in St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri; Little Rock, Arkansas; Mobile, Alabama; and De Kalb County, Georgia. In 1979, he worked on the desegregation of the sixteen campuses of the University of North Carolina system. In 1994 he worked on desegregating the schools in Rockford, Illinois.
In all of these years Dentler produced a steady scholarly stream of books, articles and reports. He has published 15 books with such titles as Big City Dropouts and Illiterates (1967), Schools on Trial: An Inside Account of the Boston Desegregation Case (1981), University on Trial: The Case of the University of North Carolina (1983) and Practicing Sociology (2002). He has published dozens of articles and reports, including articles in The American Sociological Review, Daedalus, The Urban Review, The Sociology of Education and many others.
A very remarkable aspect of Dentler's career has been his unswerving devotion to the idea of sociological practice. He has served as President of the Society for Applied Sociology and as Chair of the Sociological Practice Section of the American Sociological Association. He was Editor of the American Sociological Association's Sociological Practice Review from 1989-1992. He has also served from 1989 on as Associate Editor of Equity and Excellence in Education and as Associate Editor of Evaluation Review from 1982-1985. In recognition of these achievements he received the Distinguished Career Award from the Sociological Practice Section of the American Sociological Association in 1993 and the William Lloyd Garrison Award of the Massachusetts Educational Opportunity Association in 1992.
A nomination letter for Dentler by Joyce Ann Miller, President of Keystone Research Corporation stated:
As one of his missions in life, his work involving school desegregation provides a model for all applied sociologists. It shows a dedication to a cause, his use of sociological knowledge and skills to analyze a problem area, and an intellectual capacity to understand how to apply his analysis to affect change. His life's work as a sociologist also illuminates the ways in which the practice of sociology can contribute to the betterment of the human condition.
The Distinguished Career Award for the Practice of Sociology is not meant simply to honor an individual's life achievements, but also to inspire and inform others who might seek to devote their career to sociological practice. It would be hard to imagine a better example of what sociological practice is than that offered by Robert Gentler.


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Searching for a job can be a frustrating process. Perhaps most frustrating is that there's no one size fits all methodology to landing the right opportunity. You can follow someone's advice to the letter and keep missing out on opportunities, while someone else can stumble into their perfect position seemingly at random, and while breaking all the "rules" in the field.
On top of that uncertainty, the various pieces of the job seeking process can be a source of anxiety—even when the issue of needing a salary isn't an immediate concern. Is your resume set up to best highlight your skills? Does your cover letter tell a compelling story about you and your motivation? How will you handle question X at the interview? What about question Y? And how do you know if it's the right opportunity for you in the first place?
Having suffered from extreme stress and anxiety—particularly during job searches—Ryan Rivera, founder of www.calmclinic.com, is well versed in the subject. He puts the stress associated with the job search process down to a simple factor: fear of rejection. That fear, says Rivera, can actually lead some job seekers to sabotage their own chances for success.
"Many people send in only one or two résumés a month," he says, "but do them carelessly, without taking the time to ensure they're perfect. While some may believe these people are lazy, it is possible that they may simply be suffering from a fear of rejection."
To deal with that kind of fear, Rivera recommends following several distinct steps in the job-seeking process. Read on for his advice:
Before Sending an Application
You need to make sure you've given yourself a plan, with deadlines, of the number of résumés you plan to send out, when, and potentially even where. You need to have as much mapped out as possible, with as many small sub goals as you can create, all in a timely manner. By creating these goals, you won't put as much focus on the responses to your résumé. You'll put the focus on what you need to do next in terms of sending in applications.
While The Résumés Are Out
The best way to reduce the stress of rejection is to keep sending résumés. Each application you send out represents hope. It takes the pressure off of a specific rejection, because you have enough other résumés out to counter the blow.
Sending out résumé after résumé—provided you take the time to write them well and apply only to jobs that you're qualified for—will ensure each rejection hurts less.
After a Rejection
"Rejections are always a little painful. The key is to find a way to reduce their impact. Some people try to write out why they think the rejection took place, but this is probably not a good idea. You don't want to put focus on the rejection. Still, the idea of writing down thoughts can be a powerful one, so you may want to try an activity that seems a little silly at first but ultimately can help you change your mindset – positive affirmations."
"Write down 100 percent positive thoughts that come from what you expect and what you know about your skills, abilities, resume, and more. Try to come up with as many as possible, and feel free and base it on the job you applied for. For example, if you were rejected from a job where HTML knowledge was paramount, and you have HTML knowledge, write in the journal 'My HTML knowledge will help me get a great career.'"
"This type of activity always feels awkward at first, but over time it will train you to focus more on the positive things in your life, and put less attention on the rejection."
The Stress of Rejection
There is no perfect stress and anxiety cure, because if there were then rejection wouldn't be as troublesome. But the above strategies can help you take some of the pressure off of the rejections, and allow you to keep focusing on the task at hand – finding a great job that makes you happy.
Ryan Rivera suffered from extreme stress and anxiety, especially during his job searches. He has more information about anxiety at www.calmclinic.com.
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Single Day Taste of Country Music Tickets Go on Sale Wednesday
Single day tickets to see Brad Paisley, Brantley Gilbert, Dierks Bentley, Hank Williams Jr. and more at the 2014 Taste of Country Music Festival go on sale this week. Over 20 acts are booked for the second annual camping and country music festival at Hunter Mountain in central New York.
Until now, fans could only get three-day packages for the June 13-15 festival. Beginning Wednesday you can pick a day, Friday, Saturday or Sunday. Bentley and Gilbert headline the June 13 lineup. Paisley is on Saturday, and Bocephus is on Sunday.
Other acts include Eric Paslay, Blackjack Billy and Gwen Sebastian on Friday night. Joining Paisley on Saturday will be Randy Houser, Craig Morgan, the Cadillac Three and Jamie Lynn Spears.
On Sunday, Hank Williams Jr. will headline a lineup that includes Thompson Square, Thomas Rhett, Tyler Farr, Chase Rice and Jessica Lyn.
Check out the ToC Fest Ticket page for ticket information, and camping information. There are also a number of hotels in the area. Hunter Mountain is located in the heart of the Catskill Mountains. A more scenic location couldn't be imagined for this premiere country and camping festival.
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Dennaton Games, the developers of the audaciously brutal indie Hotline Miami, has recently announced that a sequel to their cult hit title is in the works for a release later this year.
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number will keep the same gritty, blood-soaked gameplay while incorporating a variety of new characters and weapons–yet it will retain the carnage-inducing mechanics that have made it a memorable title. The sequel takes gamers even farther into the dark underground world of psychotic crime, telling a brand new tale that's infused with horror, deceit, treachery and sinister malcontent, keeping the traditional vibes and bizarre style associated with Dennaton's original release.
Wrong Number will continue the original story arc set into place by the previous Hotline Miami, featuring a dynamic plot that spawned from the crazed destruction of the first game. The criminal underground has split into various factions, each of which vie for control, and players will take control of several new characters to unleash total chaos with a barrage of new weapons, fueled by frenzied bloodlust and the will to survive.
Below you can find an official description of Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number, as well as a gallery of newly released screenshots. Dennaton has also released an official teaser trailer for their upcoming sequel that paints a picture of complete blood-strewn havoc–but we wouldn't have it any other way.
"A brutal conclusion to the gruesome saga, Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number follows the escalating level of violence through multiple factions born from the events of the original game and driven by uncertain motivations.
Step into the murderous mind of several distinct characters – each with their own motivations and methods of execution — as storylines intersect and reality slips away into a haze of neon and carnage.
Blistering combat, an unmistakable visual style, and a powerfully intense soundtrack will once again push you to the limit and questioning your own thirst for blood."
The sequel will also feature a new and improved soundtrack to fuel the chaotic bloodsport that takes place during the game, and Wrong Number will feature the same overhead view and original mechanics that were employed in the original Hotline Miami.
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is currently scheduled for a release sometime in 2013 for PC and Mac–and maybe Linux. For more information please visit the game's official website.
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Right-hander Jason Hammel, shelved the past two weeks after tweaking his right knee, came out of his first bullpen session off a mound with no pain and remains a possibility to return this season.
Hammel threw 35 pitches Tuesday, the first time he threw off a mound since limping off the mound and leaving in the fourth inning of the Orioles' Sept. 11 game against the Tampa Bay Rays.
On Wednesday, Hammel said the knee felt good. "I see it as a success," he said.
Orioles manager Buck Showalter said Hammel could be a possibility for the postseason roster — even if he's unable to make a start before then.
"In a perfect world [you'd like to], but it's not always that way," Showalter said. "He's not that far removed from a couple starts. It would be different if it had been 2-3 months."
Hammel felt pain in the knee in just his second start after returning from arthroscopic surgery in mid-July, a procedure that cost him nearly eight weeks.
With six games left, it's still uncertain whether there's enough time for Hammel to make a regular season start. Showalter said his next step would likely be either another bullpen session or a simulated game. If it is a sim game, his next step would likely be a start.
Hammel, acquired in February in the trade that sent Jeremy Guthrie to Colorado, emerged as the Orioles' best starter early in the season, winning eight of his first 10 decisions before his knee began to bother him.
He appeared to have regained his early season form in his first start off the DL on Sept. 6, holding the New York Yankees to one run on six hits over five innings.
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Outfielder L.J. Hoes is scheduled to play in the Arizona Fall League, which opens play Oct. 9, so the Orioles are considering whether to send him to instructional league to prepare for the fall season instead of keeping him with the big league team. … Showalter said he wasn't ready to announce the starting pitchers for this weekend's series against the Boston Red Sox, only saying that right-hander Chris Tillman will be one of the starters. … Catcher Ronny Paulino, who had been working out in Sarasota, has left to work out with Licey of the Dominican League.


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Message Queue clients subscribing to a topic destination can register as durable subscribers. The corresponding durable subscription has a unique, persistent identity and requires the broker to retain messages addressed to it even when its message consumer (the durable subscriber) becomes inactive. Ordinarily, the broker may delete a message held for a durable subscriber only when the message expires.
The Message Queue Command utility provides subcommands for managing a broker's durable subscriptions in the following ways:
Listing durable subscriptions
Purging all messages for a durable subscription
Destroying a durable subscription
To list durable subscriptions for a specified physical destination, use the imqcmd list dur subcommand:
imqcmd list dur -d topicName
For example, the following command lists all durable subscriptions to the topic SPQuotes on the default broker (host localhost at port 7676):
imqcmd list dur -d SPQuotes
The resulting output lists the name of each durable subscription to the topic, the client identifier to which it belongs, its current state (active or inactive), and the number of messages currently queued to it. Example 7–6 shows an example.
The imqcmd purge dur subcommand purges all messages for a specified durable subscriber and client identifier:
imqcmd purge dur -n subscriberName -c clientID
For example, the following command purges all messages for the durable subscription listed in Example 7–6:
imqcmd purge dur -n myCurable -c myClientID
The imqcmd destroy dur subcommand destroys a durable subscription, specified by its subscriber name and client identifier:
imqcmd destroy dur -n subscriberName -c clientID
For example, the following command destroys the durable subscription listed in Example 7–6:
imqcmd destroy dur -n myCurable -c myClientID


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A winner was selected from 13 designs submitted by 10 freelance designers.
TheaterOnline.com is a high profile, data driven web site that is used by 4,000 Actors, Theaters, Promoters, Producers, Photographers, Film Makers in New York. We offer an introduction to multiple contacts and the potential for ongoing business opportunities
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- CSS Design as exemplified by http://csszengarden.com enter this contest unless you write quailty HTML and CSS
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Photographers, security officials and British royalty enthusiasts have swarmed to St. Mary's Hospital in London, where Kate Middleton is expected to give birth any day now.
According to ABC News, St. Mary's Hospital, situated in London's Paddington neighborhood, has been given a final security sweep. The duchess of Cambridge recently visited the hospital's "state-of-the-art" Lindo wing for a final check-up.
Meanwhile, reporters and well-wishers from around the world are camping out near the historic hospital in the hopes of catching a glimpse of the expectant parents on their way to the birth.
Hello Magazine said last week that St. Mary's has stationed a media pen on the other side of the road as the hospital's entrance. Police have also erected steel barriers to prevent anyone from getting too close to the building or the royal couple.
Royal officials will follow a strict protocol announcing the birth of the child:
When Baby Cambridge is born, a royal official will appear at the entrance of the Lindo Wing with an envelope bearing the details of the baby, and will give the official announcement.
The envelope will then be handed to a royal messenger, bound for Buckingham Palace, and the statement will be displayed in the palace's forecourt for the public to see.
Here's a few photos and dispatches from the ground:
"An epic amount of police around Paddington/St Mary's hospital at the moment. Royal baby must be ready to drop soon," one Twitter user said Monday.
Waiting for a Royal Baby. (@ St. Mary's Hospital) http://t.co/5CxPNUzSYL— mark patterson (@happymarkie) July 8, 2013
Some humour for #NBC news crews gathered at St. Mary's Hospital, where Kate is expected to give birth. pic.twitter.com/oGaB8D0ylg— Ellen Mauro (@EMauroCBC) July 8, 2013
Buzz builds in London ahead of the royal birth. This is the view outside The Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital. pic.twitter.com/WwLWo4fwrl— ET Canada (@ETCanada) July 3, 2013
This was the moment we surprised the world's press at St Mary's Hospital with a visit from "The Queen". pic.twitter.com/m2llDm1KiM— Coral (@Coral) July 3, 2013
Deputy Ed Jo on #royalbaby watch #katemiddleton @ St. Mary's Hospital http://t.co/qLIyLlZ84k— Mother&Baby (@MotherAndBaby) July 3, 2013
Media perched outside our hospital St Mary's hospital waiting for Kate Middleton to give birth #RoyalBaby pic.twitter.com/xyZqjAFDOX— Dorcas Gwata (@zambezi40) July 4, 2013
C'est déjà la folie devant le St Mary's hospital où va accoucher Kate Middleton... #royalbaby #Londres pic.twitter.com/Uv37LIu61o— Juliette Dekeyser (@JulietteDk) July 3, 2013


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TRACKING TRENDS : 'Flipped Classrooms' Spreading in Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — On a typical school night, while most chemistry students are solving homework problems, Verona High School junior Alison Ford is watching her teacher lecture on her iPod Touch.
The next day in class she huddles with two classmates to work on equilibrium equations based on the recorded lecture while her teacher moves between groups of students to answer questions about the assignment.
"It's a lot nicer because instead of tying up class time trying to explain everything, it really allows you to learn at your own pace," Ford said.
Welcome to the "flipped classroom," a learning model that is going viral across Wisconsin and the nation. It's being employed not only in local elementary and high schools, but also at Madison Area Technical College, UW-Madison and even the Madison Fire Department.
The method is appealing for several reasons: it employs high-tech gadgets and online social networking popular among young people; students can pause and review parts of lectures they don't understand without stopping an entire class; and teachers can spend more classroom time on individualized instruction.
It also has some limitations, such as ensuring that low-income students have access to computers and the Internet. Some students accustomed to completing traditional homework assignments might resist. And the process of creating original videos can be time-consuming for teachers at first, but once created they can be reused and added to a growing online library of educational materials that teachers can share for free on websites such as YouTube.
The education institutions that develop curriculum and write textbooks also might resist the shift of learning material to the Internet, where quality and accuracy can be more questionable, said Richard Halverson, a UW-Madison education professor who studies school technology and new media.
But many students are already looking up information online and solving homework problems while texting with friends, an indication that the "flipped classroom" will soon be the regular classroom of the 21st century.
"It's catching on like crazy," Halverson said. "It has been a dream of many educators for a long time, to use your time with students to help them understand meaning rather than deliver information."
It's hard to gauge how many teachers in the country are using the flipped model, but the national Flipped Learning Network has seen participation in its online community more than quadruple in the past year, from 2,500 to about 11,000 today, executive director Kari Afrstrom said.
In Wisconsin, the Department of Public Instruction is strongly advocating for innovations such as the flipped classroom, spokesman John Johnson said. The state's Digital Learning Strategic Plan released a year ago called the flipped classroom a "low-cost idea that should be explored," but warned that it would only be possible if schools invested in digital resources.
Arfstrom said her organization has conducted six trainings in Wisconsin in the past six months, more than most other states. "The Midwest is really embracing this," she said.
Teachers using the flipped model report seeing improvements in student test scores, Arfstrom said, though no studies have been done to verify that.
Ann Moffat, a teacher for 29 years, including 19 in Verona, said she was originally skeptical about switching to the flipped classroom model. Her Socratic lecture style involves quizzing students as she writes out chemistry equations on the board; under the new model she records her lectures in five- to 12-minute snippets without an audience to react.
But it wasn't long before Moffat embraced the new method. Not only can she offer more individualized attention during class, but she also no longer has students seeking assistance before school starts.
The peer collaboration also simulates what they'll experience in the work world, Moffat said. "They're learning how to work off each other and solve problems independently, which is the whole goal."
Matt McLaughlin, a physics teacher at Sun Prairie High School who began converting to a flipped classroom last spring, said some students resisted the change.
"When I first started, they looked at this as, 'Oh, you mean I don't have any homework,'" McLaughlin said. At one point McLaughlin switched back to normal lectures, but found more students asking that he continue to provide the online lectures.
The model isn't limited to area high schools. Madison Area Technical College offers classes, such as robotics and dentistry, where instructors use online lectures to make more time for hands-on experience in the classroom.
Faculty instructors Tina Rettler-Pagel and Nancy Woodward are offering a class in April for MATC teachers to learn how to employ the flipped model.
"The flipped model speaks to so many types of students: the student who is busy, the student who is struggling with content," Rettler-Pagel said.
UW-Madison has set up two classrooms on campus where students can take business, engineering and math courses using the flipped model.
Chris Olsen, vice provost for teaching and learning, said the courses have proven so popular the university is looking to create more flipped classroom space.
"There is growing data from the higher education world that the flipped classroom approach is as efficacious as the traditional approach," Olsen said.
The Madison Fire Department has been training both new recruits and veteran firefighters with elements of the flipped model for more than a decade, assistant chief of operations Jim Keiken said.
By reviewing ahead of time a lesson about a high-rise fire or how to dismantle a car, trainees have more time for the hands-on component. They also are able to review the lecture at their own convenience, which can be especially important for firefighters who are constantly called into action and have limited time for sitting in class.
"Not only has it made them more available, it's made them better at the skills that we're looking to give someone," Keiken said.
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A WKU Alumni: Crosses and Condoms
April 27, 2012 11 Comments
When a friend sent me photos of the anti-abortion display on the Collonades at WKU, I was flabbergasted. Who the hell do these people think they are? I asked myself. I told my friend that she should cover their sign with one that said "Each cross represents a woman who was free to make her own choice" or "This is how many women will die each day if totalitarians succeed in taking away safe, legal abortion."
I also wondered just what were these anti-choicers thinking, completely taking over a very popular gathering space for students, for an entire week. People drink coffee, study, or just soak in the sun on the Collonades. Nor is it unusual for professors to hold classes there on a nice day.
The Collonades are one of the beautiful architectural landmarks of Western. It is also affixed to the Ivan Wilson Fine Arts building, which houses the Art, Theater, Music, and Language departments.
Let me tell you something. If you believe that this ridiculous little Hilltoppers for Life group didn't pull this stunt not merely expecting a reaction, but hoping for one, then you are a fool. Western Kentucky University has a proud history of activism. Students are very involved on this campus. Students were not going to let this stand without responding. Frankly? I was expecting more. If this had happened in my time, there would have been much more than a few condoms draped over crude popsicle stick crosses.
During the weekdays, they set up tables, along with boards. They wanted discussion. They wanted students to share their thoughts. Elaina Smith did just that. Like I said, they set up in front of the Fine Arts building. They expected some kind of art display. They expected a response, so they could throw a hissy fit. As Dr. Molly Kerby pointed out in her brilliant response to this hissy fit, the anti-choicers set up the crosses to spell out "life" on the bleachers, which could only be seen from the windows of the art department. This was provocation. This was a challenge. In my day, many, many more students would have taken up that challenge. Including me.
Now look. They're calling for Elaina Smith to be arrested. They're calling for the university to force her professor to give her a failing grade.
They want the police to violate Elaina's first amendment rights to free speech.
They want the university to violate the academic freedom of their faculty.
It's absolutely outrageous, but entirely consistent with their primary goal of calling for the government to forcibly violate a woman's right to control her own body.
Hilltoppers for Life is no different from the man dubbed "Preacher Man" that occasionally visits campus. If you're unfamiliar, Preacher Man sets up behind the university center during the day, insulting and provoking students in the name of the Christian god. The more students engage this man, the more insulting he gets. Meanwhile, his companion circulates throughout the crowd with a camera, snapping photos of the students who engage with Preacher Man. This man hopes to provoke the students into assaulting him, so that he may sue the student and the university. And, of course, claim martyrdom for himself and his religion.
These fools kept someone hidden at the Collonades each night, hoping to catch someone doing something to their display, so that they could claim martyrdom for themselves. Did you notice that when Elaina showed up to place her condoms, Hilltoppers for Life member, Matt Sohl, called the Students for Life for America before he called the police? Apparently their parent organization failed to instruct them properly.
(Did these student plan to skip class the next day? Or show up exhausted and unable to participate properly in their classes?)
If you still doubt that their goal was for someone to mess with their display, let me tell you something else about Western Kentucky University. Students interact with campus art on a regular basis. There is a statue of Sergeant Guthrie, in front of the Guthrie belltower, his right hand uplifted, and cupped just so. Students regularly put items in the statue's hand. Coffee cups, bananas, ice cream cones, to name just a few. Behind McLean Hall, there is a statue of a woman, mid-stride. She is regularly dressed up with hats, scarves, and dresses. The wooden bunny, beside Garrett, is regularly dressed up as well. The students aren't the only ones who do this–the university participates in this pastime. The abstract art affectionately dubbed the "Big Red Vagina" had bushes planted around it last time I visited campus. And I'm sorry, but that was not a coincidence.
It is shameful that President Gary Ransdell has condemned Elaina. She is a student–participating in a campus pastime, exercising her right to free speech and self-expression, and creatively completing a class project. Aside from the Hilltoppers for Life, this people crying foul are not part of WKU's community. They all, including HFL, are part of an organized effort to curtail other people's rights, creating controversy and provoking others to reaction. Garbear, as an alumni, I am ashamed that you are not standing by a fellow Hilltopper. I am ashamed that you, blinded as you are by your desire for good PR, turned your back on the students and faculty, falling hook, line, and sinker for their manufactured martyrdom.
Today, as a Hilltopper, I am ashamed, President Gary Ransdell, that you represent my university. I am proud, Hilltoppers for "Life" excepted, of the students and faculty. I am proud of Elaina. I am proud of Dr. Molly Kerby for taking a public stand for student's right to free speech, and academic freedom. (Though, of course, I expected nothing less from Dr. Kerby. She is a fantastic person.)
I expect SGA to pass a resolution on Tuesday, supporting Elaina Smith, and condemning HTL and President Ransdell's efforts to silence and punish students for expressing themselves.
I expect the Faculty Senate to rally as well, supporting their colleague's right to grade her student's work as she sees fit.
I expect the campus community to stand up, and call this manufactured outrage for what it is: an attack on freedom.


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From time to time we like to report on the platform and browsers that our readers are using. We can do this because most web browsers report this information when they make requests to our webserver, and then our stats programs crank through, and tell us what's up. So, without further ado, let's look at the numbers.
First up, what about platforms? Ars is one of the few platform agnostic tech sites out there, and it shows in our stats. 67% of our readers use Windows, while 18% or Macintosh users, and 10% are Linux users. BSD (various flavors) comes in at about 2%, and rating below 1% were Solaris, BeOS, and SunOS. The remainder is "unknown." This is clearly not a reflection of the general market share out there, and we think it's a good indicator of our users' preferences. We must note at the same time that readers' preference and what they're forced to use (e.g., at work for instance) are two different things. Eric, for example, prefers the Mac, but uses a PC at work, and we like to try and force him to use a PC at home when we can, too. Muwahaha! Conversely, I work on a PC most of the time, but my laptop is a PowerBook. I prefer the PC, however.
But what of the browser wars? Taken as a whole, Internet Explorer is in the #1 spot, with 38%. Mozilla trails at 31%, while Safari gets 8%, and Opera scores a measly 3%. The rest were unknown and rather small, percentage-wise (e.g., Konquerer only has 0.68%). It should be pointed out that users can change their browser agent strings, so part of Opera's score probably shows up in the IE category, and the same is true for Safari and Konq, as users configure their browsers to tell web servers that they're instances of IE.
With IE at the top, we wonder what the breakdown is. 93% of those users are on IE 6 or higher, and 4% or on 5.5. The remaining 3% is spread on down from 5.01 and on. You're all up to date, which is great. Mozilla sees 82% of its users on 1.7.x, and another 12% on 1.6. The remaining 6% trail. The problem with this data is that our stats program (Urchin) does not differentiate between Mozilla and Firefox. Hence, the 1.7.x numbers could be mostly Firefox users after 0.9, when the revision in the User Agent string was reported as rv:1.7, or they could be Mozilla users. What they aren't are Netscape users. Netscape as a whole accounts for just 1.4% of our traffic, 75% of which are on version 7 or higher. Amazingly, 13% of Netscape users are on 4.0.
Now, for the big mind boggling party, let's look at the combination data, which matches browsers and platforms.
|Top ten
browser/platform combos
|1. Internet Explorer 6.0 - Windows XP
|2. Mozilla 1.7 - Windows XP
|3. Internet Explorer 6.0 - Windows 2000
|4. Safari 125.9 - Macintosh PPC
|5. Mozilla 1.7 - Windows 2000
|6. Safari 125.8 - Macintosh PPC
|7. NSPlayer 22.214.171.12480 - (unknown)
|8. Mozilla 1.7 - Linux (unknown version)
|9. Mozilla 1.6 - Windows XP
|10. Internet Explorer 6.0 - Windows 98
View total
Very interesting stuff. Now, to make things more interesting, take a look at this table from just over three years ago. That IE total share of 79.82% has dropped to 38%. Netscape and Netscape Compatible accounted for only 10%, and the next leader was OmniWeb, with a little over 7%. Things have changed quite a bit.


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Fruit choices
I have gone through almost every kind of fruit with my daughter and she doesn't seem to like anything! Any ideas?
I have gone through almost every kind of fruit with my daughter and she doesn't seem to like anything! Any ideas?
Have you tried combining or offering your child fruit with foods she likes? For example, if she is big on peanut butter, smear some on sliced apples or bananas. A good, but not always so good for you, trick is to offer fresh berries with low calorie (fat free, sugar free) cool whip as an after dinner dessert. But don't use it as a bribe. Once she tries a variety she might develop a taste for the fruit she likes and you can slowly take away the other stuff. hope this helps..good luck!
I allow my daughter to dip strawberries into a little bit of sugar and she loves them that way. I figure it's better than none, right? For a fun dessert, I sometimes slice up an apple and let her dip it into dry jello (just about any flavor will do.)
Go to the supermarket and let her pick out a favorite color and then try a new or known fruit or vegetable in the produce dept. If she chooses, perhaps she will be more likely to try it. Also my son really liked kiwi the first time he tried it-peel it and slice it thinly. Also serving fruits on top of a favorite yogurt seems to work with kids. I don't know too many children who won't at least try baby carrots with a dip or celery with peanut butter and perhaps nuts or raisins on top. Making fruit salads in the shapes of faces is also fun-like a peach face with yogurt or cottage cheese "hair", raisin or grape "eyes", a carrot slice "mouth" etc.
Keep trying as there are bound to be many fruits and veggies your child will like. Offer choices in fresh, dried, and canned items. And be sure you and your family are also eating them so you are a role model.
Hope that helps a little!
Take your child to the supermarket and have them pick out their favorite color(s) and select a new or known fruit or vegetable. That way they are more likely to try it. Kiwis are always a favorite. I remember my son liked it the first time he tried it. Also putting fruits on top of a favorite yogurt is a good way to introduce them. Have them make a "face" with a fruit salad where a peach could be the face, cottage cheese or yogurt the "hair", raisins or nuts the "eyes and nose" and a cut carrot the "mouth." Depending on the age of the child, you could even start a sticker chart where a sticker is given for each fruit or veggie eaten each day with a goal of a pizza dinner or sleepover etc.
The cooking shows are increasingly popular with kids age 5 to 15. Perhaps you can start them preparing a simple meal or snack. There are so many choices from fresh, canned, dried and frozen. I would suggest that you just keep trying. And don't forget to model the behavior you want by eating lots of fruits and veggies yourself! Hope this helps.
i dont know what is the age of yor daughter so cant offer any perfect suggestions, still offering some than nothing seemed better. You could cut up fruits and use some flavoured or un flavoured gelation and pour them into moulds…that way u make it more pleasing for the kids. Allow them to dip the fruit of their choice in some melted chocolate or choc-pudding(low cal-low sgar). sorbets and ice creams are also another way of adding some fruits, if u cud make them at home. Else u cud leave the ice cream on the counter, allow it to come to room tempreature, chop up some fruits and nuts and mix them up well and freeze again. Sometime baking a fruit with granola mix or instant oats pacs are also good. I hope, some of these suggestions work well for you. Good luck!!!


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Paul Ryan was on Fox News Sunday this morning, talking about the House Republicans' budget that he will unveil next week. Unlike Barack Obama and the Democrats, Congressional Republicans intend to make a serious effort to salvage our country's future:
WALLACE: Four trillion [in budget cuts over the next decade]?
RYAN: We're looking at more than that right now. We're fine- tuning our numbers with the Congressional Budget Office literally today, over the weekend. But we're going to be cutting a lot more than that.
WALLACE: So more than $4 trillion, which is a significant number, because that was the president's debt commission cut the deficit by $4 trillion.
RYAN: Yes, we will be exceeding the goals that were put out in the president's debt commission.
WALLACE: How do you do that?
RYAN: By cutting spending, reforming entitlements and growing our economy. Look, we intend to not only cut discretionary spending and put caps on spending, you have to address the drivers of our debt. …
Now the good thing we have going for us is we have time to fix this problem. So the kinds of reform we're going to be putting out there won't make changes to people who are already in or near retirement. If you're 55 or older, you won't see changes. You won't have to reorient your lives around these things.
But if we keep kicking the can down the road and keep making more empty promises to people, then we'll have the European kind of pain and austerity. Then you have cuts to current seniors, tax increases that slow down your economy.
By addressing the drivers of the debt now, we do it in a gradual way. … And we are going to put out a plan that gets our debt on downward trajectory and gets us to a point of giving our next generation a debt-free nation. That in and of itself will help us grow the economy today and create jobs.
WALLACE: All right, we're going to get to the entitlements in a moment. But first of all, you as I understand it, would set a cap on discretionary spending as percentage of economy. How would that work?
RYAN: A cap on all spending as a percentage of the economy.
Ryan acknowledged that the Democrats will pull their usual tricks:
WALLACE: Last question, as you look ahead, and a lot of people would say look, the answer is you're not going to get this budget passed. It's really setting up an issue and — and a sensible debate for 2012.
As you look ahead to the next election, aren't Democrats going to be able to say, look at Paul Ryan, look at the House Republicans. They want to kill Medicare, they want to kill Medicaid, they want to gut the programs that you depend on. Aren't you playing into the Democrats' hands?
RYAN: We are. We are giving them a political weapon to go against us, but they will have to lie and demagogue to make that a political weapon.
Look, we don't change benefits for anybody over the age of 55. We save Medicare, save Medicaid. We save these entitlement programs. We repair our social safety net, and we get our country a debt-free country for our children and grandchildren's generation. And we get jobs. We get economic growth.
They are going to demagogue us, and — and it's that demagoguery that has always prevented political leaders in the past from actually trying to fix the problem. We can't keep kicking this can down the road.
The president has punted. We're not going to follow suit. And, yes, we will be giving our political adversaries things to use against us in the next election, and shame on them if they do that.
Eloquently put. As of Tuesday, the battle will be joined, and the stakes couldn't be higher. It is not an exaggeration to say that whether the United States of America has a future depends on whether the Democrats' demagoguery can be overcome.


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Regards SKV -----Original Message----- From: beowulf-admin at beowulf.org [mailto:beowulf-admin at beowulf.org] On Behalf Of beowulf-request at beowulf.org Sent: 11 मार्च 2003 22:31 To: beowulf at beowulf.org Subject: Beowulf digest, Vol 1 #1249 - 10 msgs Send Beowulf mailing list submissions to beowulf at beowulf.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to beowulf-request at beowulf.org You can reach the person managing the list at beowulf-admin at beowulf.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Beowulf digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re:[OT] Beowulf UK (Joseph Mack) 2. RE:Building a beowulf with old computers (Washington, G. DR CHEM) 3. Re:Building a beowulf with old computers (Rocky McGaugh) 4. Re:[OT] Beowulf UK (Lyle Bickley) 5. CCL:64-bit machines document - where is it? (fwd) (Eugen Leitl) 6. RE:FW: [OT?] Using clusters of computers for redundancy (Cannon, Andrew) 7. energy costs (Helms, Scott A) 8. Re:kill a watt? (Robert G. Brown) 9. Re:energy costs (Josip Loncaric) 10. Re:energy costs (Dean Johnson) --__--__-- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 12:14:44 -0500 From: Joseph Mack <mack.joseph at epa.gov> CC: beowulf at beowulf.org Subject: Re: [OT] Beowulf UK John Hearns wrote: > just turned up this rather nice site http://www.beowulf.co.uk shouldn't this be beerwulf? Joe -- Joseph Mack PhD, Senior Systems Engineer, SAIC contractor to the National Environmental Supercomputer Center, ph# 919-541-0007, RTP, NC, USA. mailto:mack.joseph at epa.gov --__--__-- Message: 2 From: "Washington, G. DR CHEM" <Gary.Washington at usma.edu> To: beowulf at beowulf.org Subject: RE: Building a beowulf with old computers Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 10:42:01 -0500 > > Message: 4 > From: "D. Scott" <ds10025 at cam.ac.uk> > To: Greg Lindahl <lindahl at keyresearch.com> > Cc: beowulf <beowulf at beowulf.org> > Subject: Building a beowulf with old computers > Date: 09 Mar 2003 15:51:42 +0000 > > Hi Beowulf experts > > I've got old computer that have 32MB RAM some with 1GB hard > disk and 512MB > hard disk and some with 16MB RAM. How best to build a > beowulf? I've looked > into OSCAR but that requires large about of disk & memory. > SCE & SMA also > require min 256MB RAM. Have anyone built a beowulf with low spec PCs? > > > Thanks in advance > > Dan I have built several Beowulf clusters with low spec PC's. Given the sometimes small hard disk and ram sizes I wanted a Linux distribution that would not take up much space after it is installed including compilers (gcc, g77), rsh, mpich and pvm. You don't have the resources for a smooth running x-windows and it is not needed to run the cluster unless you want a copy on the master node so save the hard disk space. I used Debian 3.0 (woody) and it works great and with a fairly complete installation you are at around 250 to 300 MB of hard drive space and allowing for swap space you have room for parallel applications. Several computers I had did not have CD-ROM's so I used NFS to share the CD-ROM from the PC that had one during installation and after installation to add additional packages. I would suggest you get a crossover cable and after the nodes are built then a fast Ethernet switch and I hope you have 10/100 base T Ethernet cards (good ones can be bought for $5 - $10). I applied this approach to 4 Pentium II PC's (all desktops) and 2 P1's (one desktop and one laptop). You can run the cluster from the master node with one monitor and shut the nodes down through rsh. This is a very streamlined cluster and all the bells and whistles are not there but it is pretty fast. I know that if you have 25 or more PC's in the cluster the extra monitoring stuff is essential but most people seem to have fewer than 10 nodes. I can provide more detail if you are interested. I have another cluster that has 3 nodes running Debian (woody) and one node with Mandrake 8.1 and all is well. If you decide to spend any money here after the Ethernet cards and switches buy ram you will see the difference immediately. Gary Washington > > > -- __--__-- > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list > Beowulf at beowulf.org > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > > > End of Beowulf Digest > --__--__-- Message: 3 Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 10:16:08 -0600 (CST) From: Rocky McGaugh <rocky at atipa.com> To: "D. Scott" <ds10025 at cam.ac.uk> cc: beowulf <beowulf at beowulf.org> Subject: Re: Building a beowulf with old computers With such limited resources, i'd probably look at Debian. It would probably have a bit larger learning curve. It is a "small install; grow as you need" type system. I'll assume this is just for "fun". To get started, all you really need is SSH, mpich, and maybe Ganglia for monitoring. -- Rocky McGaugh Atipa Technologies rocky at atipatechnologies.com rmcgaugh at atipa.com 1-785-841-9513 x3110 http://1087800222/ perl -e 'print unpack(u, ".=W=W+F%T:7\!A+F-O;0H`");' On 9 Mar 2003, D. Scott wrote: > Hi Beowulf experts > > I've got old computer that have 32MB RAM some with 1GB hard disk and 512MB > hard disk and some with 16MB RAM. How best to build a beowulf? I've looked > into OSCAR but that requires large about of disk & memory. SCE & SMA also > require min 256MB RAM. Have anyone built a beowulf with low spec PCs? > > > Thanks in advance > > Dan --__--__-- Message: 4 From: Lyle Bickley <lbickley at bickleywest.com> To: Joseph Mack <mack.joseph at epa.gov> Subject: Re: [OT] Beowulf UK Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 11:37:45 -0800 Cc: beowulf at beowulf.org On Monday 10 March 2003 09:14, Joseph Mack wrote: > John Hearns wrote: > > just turned up this rather nice site http://www.beowulf.co.uk > > shouldn't this be beerwulf? With a 300 node network, GNU class "independent" and "freehouse" software, they should be fine with using the generally accepted "Beowulf" terminology. See quote below from their Site: "The Beowulf Brewing Company is Birmingham's only independent brewery. Founded in 1996 the micro brewery now supplies over three hundred freehouses nationwide." Just my 2 cents worth. Lyle -- Lyle Bickley Bickley Consulting West Inc. http://bickleywest.com V 650-428-0621 "Black holes are where God is dividing by zero" --__--__-- Message: 5 Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 22:38:35 +0100 (CET) From: Eugen Leitl <eugen at leitl.org> To: Beowulf at beowulf.org Subject: CCL:64-bit machines document - where is it? (fwd) User view on 64 bit machines. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 20:03:36 +0100 From: Daniel Svozil <svozil at iveta.uochb.cas.cz> To: chemistry at ccl.net Subject: CCL:64-bit machines document - where is it? Hi, the PDF document didn't get into CCL list due to its size, it can be downloaded from: http://www.ccl.net/cca/documents/64-bit_in_CC_summary.pdf Regards Dan -- Daniel Svozil, PhD Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry and Center for Complex Molecular Systems and Biomolecules http://www.molecular.cz/ Czech Republic phone: +420-2-20 183 263 -= This is automatically added to each message by mailing script =- CHEMISTRY at ccl.net -- To Everybody | CHEMISTRY-REQUEST at ccl.net -- To Admins Ftp: ftp.ccl.net | WWW: http://www.ccl.net/chemistry/ | Jan: jkl at osc.edu --__--__-- Message: 6 From: "Cannon, Andrew" <Andrew.Cannon at nnc.co.uk> To: "'beowulf at beowulf.org'" <beowulf at beowulf.org> Subject: RE: FW: [OT?] Using clusters of computers for redundancy Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 08:01:47 -0000 Thanks for all your messages. You've all certainly given me (and the IT boss) some food for thought. I'll be looking into some of the suggestions in more detail, so don't be surprised if a question suddenly pops into your inbox... Thanks again. Andrew *********************************************************************************** NNC Limited Booths Hall Chelford Road Knutsford Cheshire WA16 8QZ Country of Registration: United Kingdom Registered Number: 1120437 This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this e-mail in error please notify the NNC system manager by e-mail at eadm at nnc.co.uk. *********************************************************************************** --__--__-- Message: 7 From: "Helms, Scott A" <HelmsScottA at uams.edu> To: "'beowulf at beowulf.org'" <beowulf at beowulf.org> Subject: energy costs Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 20:14:39 -0600 When I was getting hardware bids, I asked about kilowatts per gigaflops, and they pretty much seemed to think that I'd slipped a gear. I have kept my number of nodes pathetically few intentionally because I don't want to have to feed a mammoth machine on my own nickel if I get kicked out of my lab for some reason. I may go as high as ten nodes, but any advancement after that will be done by replacing motherboards/cpu's. Just thought I'd throw in my two cents' worth. That's about all I've got left after buying hardware. ;-) --__--__-- Message: 8 Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 08:32:03 -0500 (EST) From: "Robert G. Brown" <rgb at phy.duke.edu> To: Mark Hahn <hahn at physics.mcmaster.ca> Cc: beowulf at beowulf.org Subject: Re: kill a watt? On Sun, 9 Mar 2003, Mark Hahn wrote: > the name is aweful, I know, but has anyone tried: > > http://www.p3international.com/products/special/P4400/P4400-CE.html > > it liiks like a nice (cheap) way to take the guesswork out of > how much power a cluster node is drawing. admittedly, it would > be nicer if it had a serial/net/usb port, but... > > given that it apparently measures V, f and PF, does that mean it'll > be hip to the true-rms thing? I don't know, but based on the information in this and the reply, I ordered one from EIP yesterday. For $45 shipped, I've spent more on surge protectors and multimeters and if it works (even with a bit of Kentucky Windage) it will fill a need I've had for years. It could get here as early as tomorrow (they claim it shipped yesterday, and shipping usually takes 2-3 days) so perhaps I'll be able to play and report. rgb -- Robert G. Brown http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/ Duke University Dept. of Physics, Box 90305 Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 Phone: 1-919-660-2567 Fax: 919-660-2525 email:rgb at phy.duke.edu --__--__-- Message: 9 Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 10:40:10 -0500 From: Josip Loncaric <josip at nianet.org> Reply-To: josip at nianet.org Organization: National Institute of Aerospace To: "Helms, Scott A" <HelmsScottA at uams.edu> CC: "'beowulf at beowulf.org'" <beowulf at beowulf.org> Subject: Re: energy costs Helms, Scott A wrote: > [...] I asked about kilowatts per gigaflops [...] Your concern about KW/Gflop is completely justified. Both IBM and Cray salesmen will happily advertise their power efficiency. Today's CPUs are primarily constrained by their thermal limits, and about half of the time spent in CPU design workshops is spent on CPU power management. As a result, we get interesting "features" such as thermal throttling on CPUs, memory, etc. In theory, one could use reversible physical processes for computing and thus recover all of the energy by reversing the computation at the end. This kind of computer would require no net power, although some energy would be needed to reach the desired result. However, this computer would not be allowed to forget any of the states it went through. In some sense, power dissipation is the penalty we pay for forgetting -- and thanks to speculative evaluation, today's CPUs evaluate then forget even more than is commonly known. I can't seem to find my KW/Gflop data right now, but I believe that in that regard a machine such as Cray X1 compares rather favorably with Beowulf clusters. Both kinds of systems will improve power efficiency each year, but their relative merit will probably evolve quite slowly... Sincerely, Josip -- Dr. Josip Loncaric, Research Fellow mailto:josip at nianet.org National Institute of Aerospace http://research.nianet.org/~josip/ 144 Research Drive mailto:j.loncaric at larc.nasa.gov Hampton, VA 23666, USA Tel. +1-757-766-1395 Fax +1-757-766-1401 --__--__-- Message: 10 Subject: Re: energy costs From: Dean Johnson <dtj at uberh4x0r.org> To: josip at nianet.org Cc: "Helms, Scott A" <HelmsScottA at uams.edu>, "'beowulf at beowulf.org'" <beowulf at beowulf.org> Date: 11 Mar 2003 10:30:38 -0600 On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 09:40, Josip Loncaric wrote: > I can't seem to find my KW/Gflop data right now, but I believe that in that > regard a machine such as Cray X1 compares rather favorably with Beowulf > clusters. Both kinds of systems will improve power efficiency each year, but > their relative merit will probably evolve quite slowly... > Its rated at 13 GFLOPS/kw and Compute Density of 25 GFLOPS/ft^2 -- Dean Johnson <dtj at uberh4x0r.org> --__--__-- _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list Beowulf at beowulf.org http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf End of Beowulf Digest Privileged or confidential information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), please delete this message and kindly notify the sender by an emailed reply. 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Checking in on… the SouthlandPosted by Brian Goodman on December 19th, 2010
Russell Burnett is the RTC correspondent for the Southland Conference.
A Look Back
- Puzzling Player: Stephen F. Austin senior Eddie Williams was selected as a preseason first-team Southland Conference pick, but the 6'2 guard is having a down year thus far. Williams is averaging only seven points and three rebounds after putting up 13 points and six boards a year ago. His shooting percentage is down nearly 16 points from last year – 51.5% last year compared to 35.9% this season.
- Roadrunner from Australia: Texas-San Antonio freshman Jeromie Hill, from Cairns, Australia, is making an early case for Newcomer of the Year. Hill has scored in double figures in all but one game and is averaging 14.6 points and 6.5 rebounds. His best game came against Evansville, when he tallied 27 points and 12 rebounds.
- Surprise, Surprise, Surprise: Two players who were going to be counted on by their teams have stepped up their beyond expectations this year. Texas State senior guard Tony Bishop has scored in double figures in all eight games this year after hitting double figures only 10 times last year. The 6'6 forward is averaging 13 points and 10 rebounds, compared to seven points and five boards last year. Demond Watt, a 6'8 forward for the Islanders, could challenge for player of the year honors if he keeps up his current pace. Watt is averaging 16.6 points and 10.2 rebounds and is the only Texas A&M-CC player scoring in double figures.
- Player of the Week – UTSA junior forward Stephen Franklin earned the award after going for 18 points and nine rebounds in a five-point loss to the University of Houston. Players named as honorable mention for the award include David Ndoumba (SELA), Patrick Richard (McNeese), Gilberto Clavell (SHSU) and Jereal Scott (SFA).
Power Rankings
- Stephen F. Austin (6-2) – The Lumberjacks' only two losses have come at the hands of Big 12 members Texas A&M and Texas Tech. SFA could be 10-2 heading into Southland Conference play with the biggest challenge coming December 20 at UTEP.
- UTSA (6-2) – The Roadrunners have played a pretty good non-conference schedule and could be sitting at 8-0, but fell on the road to Evansville and UC-Riverside. They open SLC play at home against Sam Houston State.
- Sam Houston State (5-3) – The Bearkats fell from the top spot of the power rankings, but their losses have come at the hands of the University of Texas, the University of Houston and Cleveland State. Gilberto Clavell leads the team with 19.8 points and 8.1 rebounds.
- Northwestern State (7-3) – The Demons have won six of their last seven games with the three losses coming against LSU, Memphis and Indiana. Will Pratt (17.5 PPG) and Devon Baker (15.7 PPG) lead NW State in scoring.
- McNeese State (6-4) – The Cowboys have three players in double figures and will have a big best right before conference play starts when they face No. 25 Texas A&M in College Station.
- Nicholls State (5-4) – As senior forward Anatoly Bose goes, so go the Colonels, but at times, even Bose can't do enough. Bose is averaging 25 points a game and has topped 30 points twice. Fred Hunter provides help with 15 points a game.
- Southeastern Louisiana (5-3) – The Lions face two SEC teams before conference play begins. SELA hits the road to play Vanderbilt and Mississippi before opening up at home versus SFA. Senior Trent Hutchins paces the squad with 16.6 points per contest.
- UT-Arlington (5-3) – After four wins in a row, the Mavericks have fallen twice to North Texas and Samford, respectively. Freshman Darius Richardson was a heralded recruit coming out of Fort Bend Bush High School, and he is living up to the status, averaging 9.6 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.9 assists in his first go-round.
- Lamar (5-4) – The Cardinals played Texas tough before going down 76-55, then had Rice down by ten at halftime before losing, 75-73. Is Lamar close to tunring the corner? Senior guard Kendrick Harris paces the team in scoring at 12.8 points a clip.
- Texas A&M-CC (3-6) – The tough schedule continues for the Islanders as they face Houston, Memphis and Texas Tech before conference begins. They have defeated only one Division-I opponent in Bethune Cookman.
- Central Arkansas (3-7) – The Bears have beaten only one Division I foe in Chicago State and have #13 Missouri and Oklahoma on tap. Their leading scorer, Chris Henson, averages a paltry ten points per game.
- Texas State (2-6) – A preseason full of hope has turned ugly thus far. The Bobcats have lost five straight, including a 14-point defeat at home to Texas Southern. Senior Cameron Johnson is a preseason all-SLC pick, but is having a hard time staying on the court. The 6'7 forward is only playing 19 minutes a game and has fouled out of two contests and picked up four fouls in two more games.
A Look Ahead
The Southland Conference slate begins in three weeks on January 8 with a full allotment of games. In the meantime, SLC schools will play the likes of Missouri, Vanderbilt, Memphis, Ole Miss, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas A&M.


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I couldn't figure out where to put this, but as it is / was group trip related.
On the MRHO trip report thread Slow hike said:
ME: Gortex (O.R. gear) rain coat that had kept me dry many times before, Washed ONLY in clear water, never any soap. No bug stuff on it, etc. I got soaked through.
Rain pants, their first time in rain (were used as just cold weather pants for past 8 years) Yea, got soaked legs.
Under that all was my regular hiking clothing for the temps encountered, only "Issue" my pants under the rain pants were cotton, didn't count on getting that wet. Everything else was nylon or Poly, my socks were wool.
I feel we didn't push very hard, stayed cool, etc. Took a few standing breaks as we were mostly in the open till just before the Wise shelter. I for one ate little, even at the Wise. Which was one thing that set off alarms for me, I was NOT hungry. Warning #2: I didn't have the energy to look far in my food bag, way to tired to get food out. Food I wasn't hungry for, but knew I seriously needed! Then I took a close look at my 3 companions, as stated in a previous post, I looked at them as a mirror to me; I felt GREAT, was still having fun, could see in my 3 mirrors that I was in sad shape. So I forced down some tiny candy bars & a bit of jerky & we bailed!
Our "Plan #2" was to set up in the shelter would have likely been a good plan IF we didn't have someone for sure at the group campground, not comfortable, but all 4 of us in drier clothing & after eating, the shelter MAY have provided enough shelter, especially with the front covered by our tarps.
I think, for me at least, having the #2 plan, made the decision to bail easier. I don't know why, but it did.
Should we have stayed? No way of knowing. I think not. IF we could have built a fire, that would undoubtedly been the thing to do. But at the group campground, with a lot of fire starting alcohol, 3 Trioxine tabs & 1/4 of a Duraflame log & several people trying, they could not get a lasting fire started.
The toughest one in the group, less body mass (OK, Fat LOL) was Chickadee. I think she managed to stay drier than the rest of us, but had less natural insulation.
What I wish we had done different? Not sure. Maybe not hike in the rain. But I have hiked in cold rain before & for me to not hike,,,, well, not going to happen.
Set up camp sooner? We discussed that Monday, our first spot to camp was a bit over 1/2 mile from the shelter, we don't think that would have made any difference.
Turn back? Sure,, When? We were fine while moving, or at least felt we were.
Eat more? Yep, should have, but with that rain, I for one didn't feel like stopping & opening my pack. A lesson I did take away, I had issues finding my snacks that were in the bottom of my food bag. I now have a small Teal colored (My food bag is Orange) bag that will be attached to the food bag to stay near the top for ease of finding. This little bag will hold 5 days of snacks easily & is easy to see in the food bag.


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