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It is a match made in heaven – China's ravenous appetite for raw materials and the billions of dollars' worth of minerals lurking beneath the rust-red dirt of Australia's vast outback.
Australians are growing rich, in large part because of the Chinese economic juggernaut, which has sent property prices soaring, propelled the stock exchange to new heights, and plunged unemployment to its lowest level in more than 30 years.
But as economic and political ties between Canberra and Beijing strengthen on the back of the mining boom, alarm bells are ringing across other parts of Asia. India and Japan, in particular, feel that the Australians are paying far too much attention to China. Japan is acutely aware that last year it was eclipsed by China as Australia's top trading partner. And while Australia had strong trading ties with China under former Prime Minister John Howard, ties have ratcheted up under Kevin Rudd, the only Western leader who speaks fluent Mandarin.
An Australian announcement earlier this month that it was unilaterally abolishing a quadrilateral security dialogue with the United States, India, and Japan, went down badly in New Delhi and Tokyo.
"As far as the rest of Asia is concerned, Australia has taken a very strong pro-China tilt under this new government," says Richard Martin, managing director of IMA Asia, which analyzes international market trends. "The view in India and Japan and [South] Korea is that the Rudd government has been captured by the Chinese. They perceive us as having taken a giant step toward China."
Mr. Rudd visited China, but no other Asian nation, on a recent global tour last month, which also took him to the US and Europe. Australia is increasingly "kowtowing" to the Chinese, a senior Indian former diplomat told The Australian newspaper. "We get the impression that Australian policy is becoming increasingly Sinocentric," said G. Parthasarathy.
An Indian strategic commentator, B. Raman, was blunter. "China, China, China, China, and more of China was the recurring theme of his speeches in the countries visited by Mr. Rudd," he wrote recently in India's Outlook magazine.
For all its intimacy, the Sino-Australian relationship is not without tensions. On his visit to China, Rudd gave a frank assessment of rights abuses in Tibet, telling a Chinese audience that there were "significant problems." And there are signs of growing unease in Australia about China's seemingly unstoppable ascendancy in the region.
When the Olympic torch relay arrived in Canberra last month, the capital was swamped by some 10,000 flag-waving Chinese, some of whom bullied pro-Tibet supporters. "Beijing suppressed freedom of expression in the heart of our democracy," The Australian wrote the next day.
Canberra is also nervous about Chinese corporations seeking to buy into Australian resources companies to secure future supplies of uranium, iron ore, bauxite, and other minerals.
The Rudd government was particularly concerned in February, when the Chinese government-backed Chinalco Corp. bought a 9 percent stake in Australian mining giant Rio Tinto. The acquisition was part of a Chinese strategy of blocking a bid by resources giant BHP Billiton – nicknamed "the big Australian" – to take over Rio Tinto, its rival iron ore supplier. Chinese buyers fear that if the firms merged, their resulting enhanced bargaining power would enable them to further raise the price of iron ore.
The $14 billion Chinalco raid prompted Rudd to declare that he would defend the "national interest" in reviewing proposed investments by Chinese firms.
In spite of the windfalls it is enjoying, there is disquiet in Australia at the prospect of becoming China's quarry, given that China may one day challenge the military and strategic supremacy in the Asia Pacific of the US. Nor does it make sense from a business point of view for Australia to allow its biggest trading customer to own, or partly own, Australian producers.
"We're seeing a rise in resource nationalism," says Mark Thirlwell, a senior analyst in international economics at the Lowy Institute, an Australian think tank.
"It's muted in Australia, compared to countries like Russia or Venezuela, but there is still a worry about the future ownership of Australia's resource base."
IMA Asia's Richard Martin concurs. "There is unease in Australia about China, even though we've had massive investment in the resources sector by the Japanese and the Koreans for years. We're not used to a company as big and high profile as Rio Tinto being targeted."
Still, most Australians appear relaxed about the Middle Kingdom's rise. A 2005 survey by the nonpartisan Lowy Institute found that, remarkably, Australians regarded the US as a greater threat than China. The survey of 1,000 people found that only 35 percent of people were concerned about China compared with 57 percent who worried about US foreign policy, especially in Iraq.
Another startling finding was that a majority was strongly opposed to siding with the US in any conflict over Taiwan.
Australians hope they will be able to continue to have the best of both worlds – maintaining the 60-year-old alliance with the US while building a friendship with China. The latter is key to continuing Australia's remarkable 17-year economic boom. Graduate geologists with no experience are walking into jobs that pay about $112,000 a year.
Electricians, mechanics, and other skilled tradesmen are flocking to the mining states of Western Australia and Queensland. The sheer number of school graduates and young workers attracted by mining has even contributed to a recruitment crisis for the Australian Army: Too few pilots to fly the light aircraft that transport workers into mining camps.
Pension investment schemes are bulging and government coffers are swollen each year with extra tax revenue.
"Australians are pretty positive toward China," says the Lowy Institute's Mr. Thirlwell. "We're going to carry out a similar survey later this year and it will be interesting to see how the results compare with 2005. But it's hard to be resentful about people who are making you rich."


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The state Legislature wrapped up this week, with a whimper. Lawmakers failed to deal with something so basic that it's hard to believe our state leaders are ignoring it - the air we breathe.
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The American Lung Association just released their latest State of the Air report. Each year they compile official air quality data from around the country which they put in perspective for those of us who don't understand what all those numbers mean. They boil it down to a simple letter grade like our kids bring home on their report cards. Alarmingly, we're failing.
Nine counties in Colorado received an F, including all our suburban counties: Jefferson, Douglas, Adams, Arapahoe and Boulder. Two others received a D. That's two more counties that received an F than last year. While there were some minor areas of improvement, it's clear we have a lot of work ahead of us.
Air pollution can cause permanent problems in young children whose lungs are still developing in addition to other serious effects like lung cancer and asthma attacks. As parents, our most important job is to protect our children - but we alone can't change the air.
Legislators couldn't come to agreement and the Governor didn't provide the leadership to push through a solution to this problem. There was no clean energy legislation. While an energy efficiency bill passed, and this is good news, it extended programs that are already in place. Since those programs have been in place and we're still failing, we clearly need a bigger, more comprehensive solution to match the extent of the problem.
As parents, if our child brings home a report card with failing grades we don't say that it's OK and ignore it. We would try to understand what went wrong and address the problem. So why aren't our state leaders doing that with our air? And just as I would ask my child what happened, I'm asking the governor: What happened? Why are we failing and what are we going to do to fix the problem?
It's bad enough now, but what's worse is we're heading into summer. The heat of summer exacerbates ozone pollution; almost all our red alert days happen during the summer. Summer should be a time of carefree outdoor play for our kids or when we head to the mountains to explore our state. Unfortunately, air doesn't stay in one place so leaving the metro area doesn't alleviate the situation.
Now that we've missed the opportunity to address the issue during the legislative season we need Gov. Hickenlooper to address it. He stood up to tell President Trump to uphold the Paris climate agreement and he has pledged that Colorado should have the cleanest air in the country. Now we need action to match the sentiments.
We call on Gov. Hickenlooper to take action to protect our children from the dangerous impacts of ozone pollution. He has the authority. Whether it's through executive orders or through a state agency like the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, he must and can act. With such a large portion of our population living in a county with failing air quality we can't sit back and wait for future legislative sessions to try again.
Jen Clanahan is the "head mom'"of Colorado Moms Know Best, a statewide network of parents concerned about clean air for their kids.
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Remakes frequently are safe ways for Hollywood to turn a profit. If something works once, theoretically it should work twice. Never mind the cases when not enough time has lapsed between versions to avoid seeing the original, often better film, running in marathon fashion on basic cable for an entire weekend — hello, "Footloose."
Like "Footloose," "RoboCop" was made during the 1980s. Sure, special effects are better now. It was a different period, not only politically and socio-economically, but certainly culturally. Then again, it wasn't like "RoboCop" was made in the 1930s. It still can be relatable and undated enough for new fans, as long as they aren't gazing too hard at characters' hair and fashion choices.
So why remake "RoboCop?"
Because we love seeing robots/cyborgs/androids/mechanically enhanced people on the big screen.
But — and not to sound like my 5-year-old — why?
There are lots of reasons. Robots can be servants without the immorality of enslavement, such as Rosie, the Jetsons' maid. They can harness enviable power and intelligence unobtainable by humans, such as the giant robot-car-alien thingies in the Transformers movies. And, in frightening films such as 1973's "Westworld," they can satisfy humans' violent and/or sexual fantasies without harm (seemingly) coming to another human being.
There always seems to be something about robot movies that makes us think, which, obviously, is a good thing. That didn't necessarily help Dave Bowman deal with HAL 9000 in "2001," but they learned from their mistakes by the sequel.
Robots/mechanized people (let's just say "robots" and not dawdle on semantics) reflect our humanity, or lack thereof. They represent power without conscience, and the ones in film who come closest to being human draw our sharpest interest (there's a reason why C-3PO and R2-D2 bickering like an old married couple have, so far, been the only common characters through all the "Star Wars" films).
Besides offering plenty of shoot 'em up action, Paul Verhoeven's 1987 version of RoboCop — starring Peter Weller as a Detroit police officer killed in the line of duty, only to be resurrected as a half-man, half mechanical supercop — featured plenty of commentary on 1980s America. Not that it was why people loved "RoboCop" — it was a well-made futuristic thriller that didn't necessarily have people leaving theaters talking about the big-picture issues.
But the new "RoboCop" (which I haven't seen yet, but I've read a lot about) reflects an updated human view of what robots can do for us. In a post-9/11 world, in the wake of unpopular wars that are among the longest in U.S. history, the idea of technology doing the fighting (the whole premise of the "Terminator" movies) and taking what would otherwise by human risk can be appealing.
Robot movies make us think critically.
"We set out to make a movie about issues, not the regular superhero thing," Jose Padilha, director of the new "RoboCop," recently told USA Today.
We're already pondering the moral dilemma of unmanned drone strikes overseas. In the new "RoboCop," conflicts largely are automated all the way around, fought by robot soldiers.
"They make their own decisions and they make their decisions based on a program, and the human aspect is taken out of it," Joel Kinnaman, who plays Alex Murphy/RoboCop, told the paper. "That creates a moral dilemma."
Padilha expects to see machines with RoboCop-type abilities created very soon. "When a machine is able to perform as well as men," he explained, "you can ask what is it that separates him from them?"
Great question. Let's give it some thought.


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This week, your friends in podcasting bring you a truly epic 70 minute installment that opens with Phil holding court about spoiler alerts, time travel, dream logic and more as he discusses both "The Prisoner" on its 50th Anniversary and "Twin Peaks: The Return" in the wake of its brilliant finale. He even explains "what happened to Audrey!" Then Dean joins Phil to update us on the Sydney Hilarium, his pop-up comedy club, and to celebrate the lives of a former child star, the creator of McGruff the Crime Dog, one-half of Steely Dan, and the "gentle giant" of country music. After that, they follow up on their previous discussion about monuments and statues thanks to an email from a listener like you (well, maybe not EXACTLY like you, unless you created the normal theme song for the show). Then, a fascinating, possible "Lawsuit of the Week" surrounding a reboot of the 1980′s television series "Amazing Stories" comes our way courtesy of frequent contributor Stephen Fowler. Finally, Dean and Phil roll up their sleeves and dig into more than a dozen movies, including comedies from the 1930′s, sci-fi films from the 1960′s and five 2017 releases.
Great TV, many genres of films, musical surprises, and several big laughs. In other words, YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour.


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The search for Steve Stephens is now a national manhunt.
Law enforcement officials across the country are continuing to look for Stephens, who is suspected of allegedly killing a stranger and posting a video of the homicide to Facebook Sunday.
At a Monday afternoon press conference, authorities said there is now a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the 37-year-old man. The FBI has placed Stephens on their 'Most Wanted' list.
Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams asked Stephens, who he referred to as Steve, to call a friend so the search could end peacefully.
An alleged spotting in Philadelphia earlier Monday afternoon was proven to not be accurate, officials said.
The victim has been identified as 74-year-old Robert Godwin, Sr.
If you see Stephens, do not approach him. He is considered to be armed and dangerous.
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Immediately call 911.
Anyone with tips is also encouraged to contact local law enforcement agencies.
Stay with WKYC as this story continues to be updated.


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By default, gridlines don't appear on a printed Microsoft Excel worksheet or workbook. This article describes how you can make the gridlines appear in your printed worksheets.
Select the worksheet or worksheets that you want to print.
How to select worksheets
To select
Do this
A single sheet
Click the sheet tab.
If you don't see the tab that you want, click the tab scrolling buttons to display the tab, and then click the tab.
Two or more adjacent sheets
Click the tab for the first sheet. Then hold down Shift while you click the tab for the last sheet that you want to select.
Two or more nonadjacent sheets
Click the tab for the first sheet. Then hold down Ctrl while you click the tabs of the other sheets that you want to select.
All sheets in a workbook
Right-click a sheet tab, and then click Select All Sheets on the shortcut menu.
Tip When multiple worksheets are selected, [Group] appears in the title bar at the top of the worksheet. To cancel a selection of multiple worksheets in a workbook, click any unselected worksheet. If no unselected sheet is visible, right-click the tab of a selected sheet, and then click Ungroup Sheets.
On the Page Layout tab, in the Sheet Options group, select the Print check box under Gridlines.
Note: If the check boxes in the Sheet Options group appear dimmed, it may be because you have a chart, image, or other object selected on the worksheet. If you cancel that selection, you'll be able to use the check boxes.
Click the File tab, and then click Print.
Keyboard shortcut You can also press Ctrl+P.
Click the Print button.
Next steps
After you select the Print check box, you might want to take the following steps:
Preview the gridlines – To see how the gridlines will print, press Ctrl+F2 to open the File tab, which displays a preview of printed worksheet. Gridlines print only around actual data in a worksheet. If you want to print gridlines around empty cells also, you must set the print area to include those cells. Or, you can apply borders around the cells instead. To learn more about these options, see Define or clear a print area on a worksheet or Apply or remove cell borders on a worksheet.
Troubleshoot printing issues with gridlines – If gridlines don't show up when you print your worksheet, or if you can't see them in the Print Preview window, check that the Draft quality check box is not selected. The Draft quality check box appears on Sheet tab in the Page Setup dialog box. For a shortcut to access the Page Setup dialog box, press Alt+P, S, P.
If gridlines still don't print successfully, there may be an issue with your printer driver. In this case, you can try downloading the latest driver from the printer manufacturer's website. As a last resort, you can apply borders around the cells that you want to print. For more information, see Apply or remove cell borders on a worksheet.


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Sunday, 6 November 2011
The Autonomous Algorithm: Malpractice in Theory
For all the non-philosophers reading this post, we define theory as a set of mathematical principles on which an activity is based. The set of principles that underlie the study of geophysics is that radio waves and sound waves for instance have different levels of penetration. When a sound wave is reflected it can tell us the density and depth of an object, like a rock. These principles are based on physics, and not on the actual program that models the depth and density of rock. Doing that would be putting the cart before the horse. If we change the way we model the results of our acoustic test, we do not change the underlying principles of physics.
A method is a procedure to accomplish something. Methods are generally activities that can be done by pen and paper (although sometimes they are easier when automated) in which we determine the steps, for instance, to find out how to tell what is beneath a particular surface. The implementation is the tool that is used to do implement the method. This is usually as a computer algorithm. So, an algorithm is a tool that is based on a method that is underpinned by a theory. Seems simple enough, but this is often misinterpreted.
Take parsimony for example (and by parsimony we mean Wagner parsimony). It is a method that has several implementations. It is not a theory. The theory is phylogenetic systematics. In recent times, however, many have unwittingly chosen to treat the implementation as a tool for testing a method that in turn decides what the theory should be. Not only is this non-empirical and non-scientific, it is also a form of malpractice within systematics.
Algorithms are simply tools. The algorithm/s in parsimony programs, for example, are not capable of recognising reversals, parsimony, evolution, plesiomorphy, homology and synapomorphy. They are tools that manipulate binary digits to do certain things. When character-state 0 in character 1 of Taxon A is forced to be basal (because of a 0 present in the outgroup), its appearance further up the branching diagram is interpreted as a reversal by the operator (us), not by the algorithm. Parsimony programs have no concept of transformation. That concept lives with the operator (us).
So what are these programs doing? In one sense they are mimicking concepts that would remain incomprehensible to any machine (naturally). To use one of Douglas Adams' analogies, an algorithm doesn't know what transformation is as much as a "tea-leaf knows the history of the East India Company".
Transformations, reversals, plesiomorphies are all concepts interpreted by us. What is a reversal to one user is homoplasy to another. The current crop of algorithms act upon and manipulate 'similarities' not homologies. They are phenetic methods. While this is not a bad thing (providing we do not interpret our cladograms to be the real thing), phenetics does have its limitations: it cannot identify homology. This is left to us, the observer and user of a program.
Malpractice in phylogenetics is due to interpreting a quantitative result as qualitative reality. For example, representation is a relationship interpreted by similarity only. Algorithms represent real objects (e.g., think of two binary characters depicting the presence of wings). Representation however is often confused with replication, namely a copy of a real object. Algorithms cannot replicate evolution, reversal, transformation, homology and so on. Assuming that it does and presenting results in this way is a form of malpractice.
Where this type of thinking has lead us is to the incorrect notion that a homolog (the part of any organism) is actually a homology (that organism's relationships). But more of this in the next post.
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Part of the problem for this is the absolute absence of character analysis in most studies. Genes require little analysis, albeit more thought should be given to alignment. And many using morphology score features without any comprehension of homology constraints (yes this is your point of practice absence theory). Isn't this an absence of materials contributes to no methods.
- 7 November 2011 at 06:25
- Buddhist_Monk_Wannabe said...
I disagree with the commenter above me. Genes should require just as much character analysis as any other character. Molecular characters would benefit from moving from individual nucleotides to sequence lengths as characters. Individual nucleotides are honestly very close to the realm of insignificant, bland uniformity (given how easily they can differ between individual organisms). Furthermore, sequences from individual organisms are taken to be representative of a species overall. Since when does a morphologist look at a single specimen when forming hypotheses of homology?
- 8 November 2011 at 08:01


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Comments/Context: While photocopied and small run artists' zines have long been part of an amorphous underground publishing community, there is no doubt that the explosion of economically viable self publishing options that have emerged in the past few years has dramatically reshaped the photo book industry. While major titles with superlative printing and design may still follow more traditional production paths and release schedules, the do-it-yourself disruption has led to a flourishing of book making creativity and innovation, and a fast moving landslide of publications that don't look and feel like we expect them to. The five crammed shelves of revolutionary photobooks included in this year's ICP Triennial are a testament to just how important this phenomenon has become to the way we are experiencing contemporary photography.
The LBM Dispatch series from Alec Soth and Brad Zellar is a fantastic example of how newfound publishing freedoms have allowed artists to follow their own interests more precisely. Their "books" are nearly the opposite of what we've been taught to appreciate: they're big (tabloid sized), they're printed on cheap disposable paper (newsprint), they're relatively inexpensive, and they reject the normal "parade of solitary imagery" approach by liberally mixing photographs and text. But by breaking all the rules, what Soth and Zellar have really done is simply matched form to function, molding the in-your-hands physical display to fit the kind of serial storytelling they want to do, which by the way, is a kind of storytelling that they've had to reinvent because it's been overlooked for so long.
At the simplest level, the LBM Dispatch project falls into the long American tradition of expedition and road trip photography. Walking in the footsteps of everyone from Timothy O'Sullivan to Robert Frank, Soth and Zellar have headed out on rambling open ended trips and documented what they've found. But unlike their predecessors, Soth and Zellar have brought prose much more fully into the artistic end product; the texts here are not addendums or afterthoughts, but integrated parts of the collaborative storytelling experience. While the James Agee/Walker Evans team is certainly once precedent, I think there is stronger kinship here with the work of Wright Morris, where text and pictures were used with nearly equal brilliance to capture the nuances of specific American places and times.
In this particular issue, Soth and Zellar have driven the roads of Colorado, taking in healthy gulps of mountain vistas and frontier spirit. While their trips clearly have a dose of serendipity, these are not really random moments; they've done their homework, read their history, and are looking for certain kinds of encounters that will touch on larger themes. This method of building up a narrative is well suited to Soth's approach to photography; he has never been one to be pigeon holed into just portraits, landscapes, still lifes, or any other type or subject matter, so this kind of vignette-driven storytelling fits well with his natural working style. While rugged snowy mountains and huge storm clouds are an inescapable part of any portrait of Colorado, Soth and Zellar have dug deeper than the stunning landscape, probing the edges of local communities, common folklore, and the undercurrent of violence seemingly inherent to life in this wide open country.
Many of Soth's photographs in this book are portraits of people and objects, seen with an open, unassuming honesty that allows a sliver of the surreal to slip in nearly undetected: a bearded man stands in front of an enormous pile of antlers, while another sports a plastic mask of Doc Holliday, and a woman in formal riding gear waits for her horse perched on a set of stairs, while another beams in her colonial frontier dress amid a row of parked cars. Often, the still life objects and places are secondary evidence, physical remains with some additional resonance: a tombstone of a famous cannibal, the path leading to the Columbine High School memorial, a bullet hole in the wall at Focus on the Family, a rusted out, pock-marked car in the dust near the home of the Dragon Man, a plastic bear torso at a local archery club. Each image tells its own self contained mini-story, and contributes to the weaving of a larger non-linear tapestry of collective impressions.
Zellar's words are equally important to the overall rhythm of this collaboration. Some of his contributions are casual, quirky interviews with the portrait sitters, often laced with nuggets of personal history or pithy wisdom. Others are background explanations, reflections, or poetry selections, incomplete hints of something more, but just enough to give us some context or a narrative handhold to grasp. The cadence of his voice is quiet and conversational, generally pared back to essentials and lacking in showy verbal flourishes, with a soft, poetic irony that is at once true to the facts and open to interpretation. His texts are easy going and approachable, authentically curious in their search for meaning, but appropriately ambiguous and open ended. Perhaps most amazingly, Zellar and Soth have got the artistic balance just right, where the mood of the photographs and the content and style of the prose never compete or trample on one another.
What I like best about this collaboration is that it has produced a truly personal riff on visual storytelling. They have blatantly disregarded the notion that words and photographs have no business mixing together, and instead have embraced the combination of forms as a more flexible method of communicating their own kind of mysterious narrative. They have resolutely camped out in no man's land, bring prose that is more than a caption but less than an essay into direct conversation with individual images, allowing each photograph to open up further. And they have rejected the notion that such a product need thump down on your coffee table, and have instead offered us a physical form that can be enjoyed with unassuming pleasure. All in, Soth and Zellar have taken a bunch of obvious risks and delivered something of unpretentious grace and genius, a product that elegantly fits both who they are and the way they see the world.
Collector's POV: Alec Soth is represented by Sean Kelly Gallery in New York (here). Soth's photographs have begun to appear in the secondary markets more regularity in recent years, with prices ranging from roughly $4000 to $22000.
Transit Hub:
- Alec Soth artist site (here)
- Alec Soth - Magnum Photos page (here)
- LBM Dispatch tumblr (here)
- Feature: Vice (here)


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Current Monterey County News Releases
Following the survey results from the Big Sur community, the hours for full closures of Hwy. 1 at Rocky Creek will be 9 pm to 7 am beginning Sunday, Oct. 14 through the end of February, Caltrans officials have announced.
Roadwork will occur seven days a week, 24/7 with one-way signalized traffic control. Traffic will be stopped for 10 minutes at a time. However, full overnight closures will take place five nights a week Sundays through Thursdays.
The project to construct a permanent viaduct about 15 miles south of Carmel near the Rocky Creek Bridge along Highway 1 began on Sept. 4. Completion is scheduled by Labor Day 2013, weather permitting.
This project came about after a roadway slipout caused severe damage to the southbound lane and required Hwy. 1 to be closed from north of Big Sur and south of Carmel at Rocky Creek from March 17 through April 16, 2011. The contractor for this $11 million project is Golden State Bridge Inc. of Martinez.
In order to minimize traffic impact as part of the project, there will be advance notification for motorists, residents and businesses via a traffic hotline, electronic message signs and email notifications.
Caltrans reminds motorists to move over and slow down when driving through highway work zones.
For more information, please visit: http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist05/projects/ or contact the Hwy. 1 Cambria to Carmel Toll-Free Hotline at 888-836-0866.
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Calendar of Non-Closure Nights
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Public Informational Meeting Slide Show - October 3, 2012
Project Contact:
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Department of Transportation
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In the fight for reelection, the Obama campaign is pulling out the big guns -- and it doesn't get much bigger than George Clooney.
Right now, a donation to Obama for America automatically enters the donor for a chance to have dinner with President Obama and George Clooney at George Clooney's house in LA.
How on earth is Mitt Romney going to counter this?
Would you donate to the Obama campaign for a chance to attend this dream dinner party?
If the answer is yes, then go ahead and clear your calendar for May 10 -- that's the date set for the grand soiree.
Of course, you know the Romney campaign must be spitting mad about this crafty little push for donations by Obama for America. I checked to see which celebrity Republican might agree to hold a dinner donation contest for Mitt. Here are a few of his best options:
1. Drew Carey
2. Adam Sandler
3. The Rock
4. 50 Cent
5. Jessica Simpson
6. Bruce Willis
7. Clint Eastwood
8. Sylvester Stallone
9. Gloria Estefan
10. LL Cool J
Hmm. Not bad, but none of them really reach Clooney status.
Maybe if Mitt can convince them all to come to the dinner, though ... now we're talking!
As for George Clooney, the fact that he's hosting the dinner comes as no real surprise -- lately, he's been quite active on the political scene. After visiting the Sudan, he testified in March before a Senate committee about attacks by Sudanese forces on unarmed civilians. Later, he and his father were arrested by police during a protest at Sudan's embassy.
With this latest dinner party news, one might think Clooney is considering a run for office, but he told Newsweek recently that a Clooney campaign will never be in his future. According to him, "I [expletive]'d too many chicks and did too many drugs, and that's the truth."
What do you think about the dinner date contest? Will you enter? (And if you win, WILL YOU TAKE ME??)
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What's happening now
We've completed the http://spins.fedoraproject.org and the http://get.fedoraproject.org redesigns; we are currently working on mockups for the new www.fedoraproject.org and fedoracommunity.org.
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This is a project to redesign http://get.fedoraproject.org and http://spins.fedoraproject.org that is being undertaken during the F12 release cycle by the Websites team with assistance from Design and Infrastructure.
Redesign the get.fedoraproject.org and spins.fedoraproject.org sites in a way that fits the requirements. We will determine metrics for improvement during the feedback-gathering phases, but in general, we want more Fedora contributors, and our strategy for this is getting more Fedora users.
The Board's goals in the Website redesign are[1]:
- To make Fedora fresh, attractive, and inclusive for potential participants and contributors
- To more effectively promote a single instance of Fedora that satisfies the computing needs of the average person
- To provide an improved showcase opportunity for Fedora spins created by the community
- 22 July 2010 Máirín posted a post-mortem for get.fpo
- 21 July 2010 Máirín blogged the history of this project from the beginning until now
- 20 July 2010 The latest www.fpo mockups were discussed at the design team weekly meeting
- 19 July 2010 Fedoracommunity.org initial mockups posted to Fedora Planet
- ?? May 2010 new get.fedoraproject.org site went live
- ?? Nov 2009 new spins.fedoraproject.org site went live
- 21 Aug 2009 Websites weekly meeting, Fri 2009-08-21 - schedule created
- 20 August 2009 Meeting:Board_meeting_2009-08-20#Spins_and_Download_site_redesign - formal requirements approved
- 13 August 2009 Meeting:Board_meeting_2009-08-13#Spins_and_Download_site_redesign - first mockups presented
- 30 July 2009 2009-07-30 Board meeting - Board decides to do project; initial requirements discussion
- DONE: #Requirements gathering
- DONE: #First design mockups
- DONE Aug 21 - Aug 28 : gather feedback, determine metrics,
usability testing for spins.fp.o(mizmo)
- DONE Aug 21 - Sep 04 : gather feedback, determine metrics,
usability testing for get.fp.o(mizmo)
- DONE Aug 28 - Sep 20 : Final design mockups for spins.fp.o (mizmo)
- Sep 04 - Sep 27 : Final design mockups for get.fp.o (mizmo)
- Sep 20 - Oct 20: convert spins.fp.o and get.fp.o to html/css (hiemanshu)
- Oct 20 : get spins.fp.o and get.fp.o onto infrastructure (ricky)
Requirements gathering
See Website redesign 2009 requirements for get.fedoraproject.org and spins.fedoraproject.org design requirements.
First design mockups
Owner: Mo Duffy
There was an extended feedback thread on the fedora-advisory-board list, discussing both pages.
The 2009-08-27 Board meeting was devoted to design feedback, also on both pages.
Out of scope, but related: a design discussion on the main Fedora Project webpage that brings up many of the same design goals.
Get.fp.o feedback
This task is owned by Mo Duffy.
See the survey, results, and discussion.
Spins.fp.o feedback
This task is owned by Mo Duffy.
Mo's blog has some discussion on the first proposed spins design.
Final design mockups
This task is owned by Mo Duffy.
Convert to html
This task is owned by Hiemanshu Sharma.
Sijis Aviles is driving heavily in the conversion of the get.fp.o site. Completion now expected for that site for F13 GA.
The main fedoraproject.org site implementation will start post-F13 GA.
Get on infrastructure
This task is owned by Ricky Zhou.
Old Design
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JANEDP necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 325 diseños de 63 diseñadores freelance.
Our company has been associated mostly to digital printing as the name implies, edigitalprinting.com, at the beginning that was how we started. But now 80% of our work is Offset printing and just 20% is digital printing. Our new name, The Printing Crew, needs a crisp, corporate-looking, fresh looking logo to go with our new name. Visit our website, http://www.edigitalprinting.com, to get a better feel of what we like. We can change the purple and orange colors on the website, to accomodate the logo colors, but the format of the website we would like to keep.
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A professional looking logo that would blend in well with our website format, http://www.edigitalprinting.com, take a look at our site so you can get a feel for what we like. Clean, crisp, tailored logo, not too wild or flashy, more for a corporate look, we can accomodate the website colors if needed to go with the logo, but the website format/style we would like to keep. The Printing Crew logo on a white background so we can print it on t-shirts, bus. cards, letterhead etc.
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My name is Greg and I am a Vermontaholic. This is my story.
As with so many other Vermontaholics, my addiction started in childhood.
They say that parents should keep their kids away from the hard stuff, and that was certainly true in my case. I'm one of many for whom, at a tragically young age, the gateway drug was skiing.
I could handle it OK when my parents took me skiing near home in central New York State. Even in the Adirondacks at Whiteface and Big Tupper, I didn't get addicted.
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In a forceful and uplifting speech Tuesday night, President Barack Obama articulated the scope of America's involvement in Libya in language clear enough for all but the daft or deliberately contrary to understand.
VERGENNES — Addison residents will be joining Vergennes citizens in voting for a second time this year on proposed one-board governance for the Addison Northwest Supervisory Union.
Residents in both those communities on Town Meeting Day backed a proposal for one board to own and operate the four ANwSU schools, but now will reconsider that support in a second vote.
If the Unified Union (UU) proposal survives both upcoming revotes, it would be the first significant consolidation move in Vermont.
ADDISON COUNTY — A Chittenden County-based utility is working on a $60 million-$70 million plan to extend natural gas pipeline through Vergennes and Middlebury within the next five years.
Proponents contend the project would offer a cheaper, cleaner heating fuel source for area businesses and homes; though some critics urge that environmental and cost claims not be taken at face value.
A utility's proposal to explore the possibility of extending a natural gas pipeline from Burlington to Vergennes and into Middlebury should be greeted with enthusiasm by residents, businesses and all who want to see greenhouse gases diminished. That's because natural gas is less expensive than other fuel options, pollutes less, and reduces Vermonters reliance on foreign oil.
VERGENNES — Like many 15-year-olds, Vergennes Union High School sophomore Kaitlin Leroux-Eastman listens to hip-hop, loves to hang around with her buddies, and enjoys the Twilight book series.
But probably not too many of the Vergennes resident's peers match her nearly 200 hours of community service in the past year, conduct a church choir, and already have mapped out their college choice — St. Michael's — and career plans — teaching music or French.
BRISTOL — In the early morning hours of March 24, Bristol Police Officer George Crowe arrested 30-year-old Anoki J. Thompson of Salisbury. He was subsequently charged in the criminal division of Addison County Superior Court for the burglary of the Champlain Farms on Bristol's West Street, where approximately $2,500-$3,000 in alcohol, cigarettes and other tobacco products was stolen.
Thompson was jailed on $25,000 bail, according to Police Chief Kevin E. Gibbs.
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(CNN) -- He forged his views of war and the military as a young man in mine-plagued fields of Vietnam. Now Chuck Hagel may become the first Vietnam veteran and first enlisted soldier to serve as U.S. defense secretary.
In nominating him to succeed Leon Panetta, President Barack Obama urged the Senate to confirm a man he said "bears the scars" of that war and has the skill to guide the military through new challenges.
"Chuck Hagel is the leader that our troops deserve," Obama said.
If Hagel is confirmed, the Defense Department would be led by someone who advocated deep cuts to its budget. He's bucked his fellow Republicans in opposing troop surges in Iraq and Afghanistan, telling his biographer: "I will do all I can to prevent war." And he's come under fire over comments about Israel, a top American ally, and Iran, a top American foe.
Those issues and others have assured that the former Nebraska senator's path to the Pentagon won't be easy.
But Hagel said he's eager to answer critics.
Until Obama's announcement that ended weeks of speculation over his nomination, Hagel told the Lincoln Journal Star newspaper in his home state that he'd been "hanging out there in no-man's land unable to respond to charges, falsehoods and distortions" about his record.
Now, he said, he has "an opportunity to set the record straight."
"All I ask is a fair hearing, and I will get that," Hagel told the paper. "I am very much looking forward to having a full, open, transparent hearing about my qualifications and my record."
Carl Levin, who will chair those hearings as head of the Armed Services Committee in the Democratic-controlled Senate, praised Hagel's qualifications and said the panel would give "prompt and careful" consideration to his nomination.
Iraq, Iran, gay rights among hot-button issues
Hagel, 66, said Monday that he was honored Obama had "confidence in me and not unmindful of the immense responsibilities that go with it."
The current Georgetown professor and head of the Atlantic Council, a non-partisan international affairs group, praised troops who serve with "such dignity and selflessness."
Hagel promised to work to "strengthen our country's alliances and advance global freedom, decency and humanity" in the effort to "build a better world for all mankind."
At the same news conference where he announced the nomination of John Brennan as CIA director, Obama praised Hagel as a "patriot" who knows what it's like being on the frontline, in part from his year fighting alongside his brother in Vietnam.
"He understands that sending young Americans to fight and bleed in the dirt and mud is something that we only do when it's absolutely necessary."
The president, a Democrat, also said Hagel's selection "represents the bipartisan tradition that we need more of in Washington."
But many in the GOP establishment begged to differ.
"He has long severed his ties with the Republican Party," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, said Sunday, when news surfaced that Hagel would be nominated.
Sen. Chris Murphy, a freshman Democrat from Connecticut, countered that he believes "Republicans are spoiling for a fight."
A host of issues swirling around Hagel have set the stage for a contentious confirmation hearing with Republicans expected to lead the charge against him.
A few years after famously bucking his party in opposing a U.S. troop "surge" in Iraq, Hagel voted against sending 30,000 additional troops in 2009 to Afghanistan -- a move that put him at odds with Republicans and Obama.
Some also are bothered by a comment he made in 1998 about an ambassadorial candidate James Hormel being "openly, aggressively gay" -- which he apologized for in December, 14 years later. This issue is compounded by the fact that Hagel could oversee a military that recently dropped its "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy for gay and lesbian personnel, a policy he supported.
The Log Cabin Republicans, a group that supports gay rights, called the Hormel apology "too little, too late." Yet gay rights activist Rick Jacob stood behind Obama and said "no one trying to derail (Hagel's) nomination attacks his qualifications."
Hagel has also come under fire over Iran.
In addition to calling for talks with the Middle Eastern nation, which openly antagonizes Israel, Hagel has spoken out against certain sanctions -- a cornerstone of Obama's foreign policy aimed at pressuring Tehran over its nuclear program.
The New York Times notes that Hagel was "one of only two senators to vote against the Iran-Libya sanctions act in 2001, arguing that it would undercut efforts to engage with Tehran."
In a September editorial in the Washington Post, Hagel -- writing with several others, including retired Gen. Anthony Zinni and former Rep. Lee Hamilton -- said that he thinks "all options (should be) on the table" regarding Iran, a stance that aligns him with Obama, as well as many Republicans.
GOP senator: Hagel would be 'antagonistic' toward Israel
But the most charged subject is likely Israel, with Graham arguing -- if confirmed -- Hagel "would be the most antagonistic secretary of defense" toward Israel "in our nation's history."
Hagel has supported Israel entering negotiations with Hamas, the Islamist movement that oversees parts of the Palestinian territories and is considered a terrorist organization by the United States, while also insisting that Hamas end terrorism and accept Israel's right to exist. He also was one of 12 senators who refused to sign a letter to the European Union trying to designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization."
In 2007, Hagel joined two other senators in introducing a resolution in June 2007, pushing for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
In an interview that year, Hagel said a "Jewish lobby intimidated lawmakers" -- sparking sharp criticism from some Jewish organizations and across the political spectrum. Graham has blasted what he calls "an in-your-face nomination by the president to all of us who are supportive" of Israel.
But others have rallied around him, including his friend Rabbi Aryeh Azriel of Temple Israel in Omaha, Nebraska.
Azriel, who grew up in Israel and says he's personally open for talks with Hamas and Hezbollah, praised Hagel as "definitely a friend of Israel. He is independent, has wonderful, fresh ideas to try to reengage the discussion about the Middle East."
Hagel told the Journal Star there is "not one shred of evidence that I'm anti-Israeli, not one (Senate) vote that matters that hurt Israel," claiming his critics have "completely distorted" his record.
He emphasized his "unequivocal, total support for Israel" and support for tough international economic sanctions against Iran, the paper reported.
Such fiery rhetoric has prompted presidential nominees in the past to pull out. But the bumpy road ahead is unlikely to faze Hagel.
"Chuck Hagel is not afraid of challenge -- or risk," his biographer, Charlyne Berens, wrote in 2006.
Praise from Powell, criticism from Iraq vet
One high-profile Vietnam veteran standing by Hagel is Gen. Colin Powell, a former Joint Chiefs chairman who was secretary of state under the Republican administration of President George W. Bush.
"You can always count on him to analyze a difficult situation and take a position that reflects his best judgment," said Powell, a Republican who nonetheless had similarly endorsed Obama. "I believe that more than ever we need that kind of independent and bold leader who thinks in and out of the box."
Gen. Wesley Clark, former NATO supreme allied commander, said Hagel has earned the president's trust.
Hagel's experience in Vietnam, which earned him two Purple Hearts, gave him "the proper appreciation for what it's like on the ground, at the bottom," Clark said.
But Rep. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, a veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, is not supportive.
"Our troops deserve much better than a man who voted to send them to war when it was popular and then abandoned those very troops when it was unpopular," he said.
He was referring to Hagel's 2002 vote authorizing the war in Iraq and his ultimate opposition to it.
Willingness to speak his mind stirs criticism, support
If he becomes defense secretary, Hagel will be tasked with carrying out the orders of a president who concluded the war in Iraq and plans to end U.S. involvement in Afghanistan.
Ending and avoiding war are part of what he committed his life to while in his 20s in Vietnam, Berens wrote.
"After a year of Vietnam's miserable heat, nearly constant danger, and violent campaigns like the Tet Offensive, Chuck Hagel came back to the United States ready to get on with things -- and with both a loyalty to the U.S. military and a belief he should do all he could to prevent his nation's being involved in another war."
His fierce opposition to the Iraq War went far toward creating the schism that now exists between him and the GOP establishment.
"The damage this war has done to our country will play out for years to come," he wrote in his 2008 book, "America: Our Next Chapter."
"While it is easy for nations to blunder into war, they never blunder into peace," he added.
Especially on foreign policy issues, Hagel has shown time and again his willingness to speak his mind -- even if it goes against the prevailing Republican thinking or, in the case of the 2009 Afghanistan surge, the position of Obama.
His independence has spawned critics, as well as cheers.
"He's a guy with really serious foreign policy chops and someone, frankly, who hasn't been afraid to depart from his party when he thought they were wrong," Murphy, the Democratic senator from Connecticut, told CNN.
Hagel himself said Monday that he won't hold back if he becomes defense secretary, telling Obama, "I will always give you my honest and most informed council."
CNN's Mike Mount, Kevin Liptak, Jill Dougherty, and Catherine Shoichet contributed to this report.


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Not me. More pass rush! More more more until the other QB's have to wear depends because they're crapping their pants so much due to our relentless pass rush.
Really, the only thing you need on offense is QB. After you get that, it gets a lot easier. It has been shown on many studies that offense is going to be more consistently great than a defense, due to the fact that QB's usually make an offense great. I think we got our QB, and we don't need a WR as Rice and Tate are good enough, Zach Miller and McCoy are managing at TE (Use a 2nd rounder on TE though? Maybe) and hopefully Evan Moore gets better, which he should. The O-line has received plenty of high picks, and will only get better with time. And our RB's are beasty with Turbo and Beastmode.
So give me defense. I'm thinking Alec Ogletree. Seahawks defense will be elite for long time. Offense will be as well. We will get so good we will consider spending 1st rounders on special teamers! (But seriously, if a Greg Zurelein giant leg guy was in the draft, GET HIM wow is Zurelein a pain in the ASS!)


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Pass saturday, I met with the team that will go to Libreville in Gabon, Africa this month to deploy 110 XO laptops in a school. You can have more details about the project here : http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPCorps_LavalUniversity_Gabon.
The team launch a call for help to the local LUG for helping them be sure that everything is alright before they got there. They want to confirm that all the hardwares, softwares, procedures, etc are good and without error. The project team did a really good job and I think they are ready to go there but a validation before leaving is a great initiative.
What impress me is the answer they got from the community. In a short time, all the aspect of the project was covered! The project is heavily based on wireless architecture so a local group (http://www.zapquebec.org) jump in and offer their help to validate this part of the setup. For the software part (School Server, XO install, etc) and procedures, Rene and me will do the validation.
I was really impressed that many groups joined their efforts and gave their free time to help such a good project. I also like the impression we gave of our community to the project team. We often hear that the free softwares community is a place where people help each other. I am happy to have seen this in action and do my part.
Here is some photos of the school that will receive the XO :


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Ancestry will be in Fort Wayne on Saturday, July 23, 2011 to present a full day of classes along with the staff of the Allen County Public Library. The registration cost is only $20.
On Friday, July 22, you can pick up your registration packet at the Hilton Fort Wayne and chat with the experts from Ancestry and ACPL. The reception is from 5:30 to 8:00 pm.
Saturday's classes include:
9:00 AM Insider Search Tips for Ancestry.com
10:15 AM How to Find Civil War Roots at Ancestry.com.
11:15 AM Lunch break - catch a bite at restaurants nearby and/or talk with the experts
1:00 PM Hidden Treasures of The Genealogy Center in Fort Wayne
2:15 PM A Dozen Ways to Jumpstart Your Family History Project
3:30 PM Ask The Experts Panel
Over 500 people have already registered for the event. Register soon to reserve your place.
Disclosure: I am volunteering at the event and will receive a complimentary registration for my time.


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The Property Hub Meetup - Leicester
Property Hub
Thursday, 5 April 2018 from 19:00 to 20:30 (BST)
Event Details
The Property Hub Meetup is a FREE monthly event, and it's open to everyone – from the greenest newbies to the grizzliest tycoons!
This isn't a traditional networking event. There are no sales pitches or "upsells" – it's just a relaxed and informal get-together of likeminded people, with a friendlier and more supportive atmosphere than we've found at any other event.
Meetups are held on the first Thursday of every month, and they're completely free to attend. All we ask is that you register in advance. Mark Barnes looks forward to welcoming you. You'll find the Meetup in the snug, to the right of the main bar. Parking is free and available, and you can purchase food and drinks if you wish.
Also if you aren't already a member of The Property Hub, become a member for FREE today at www.thepropertyhub.net
When & Where
Heathley Park - Fayre & Square
Heathley Park Drive
Groby Road
LE3 9QE Leicester
United Kingdom
Thursday, 5 April 2018 from 19:00 to 20:30 (BST)
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We are the UK's friendliest property forum for established and aspiring UK property investors.
Property Hub is a completely free online community used by over 30,000 property investors. It's the place to go if you want to ask for advice, share a success story, download our library of free video courses, and find out about our live events.
Property Hub is also the home of The Property Podcast – the UK's most popular business podcast, with a new show available to download every Thursday.


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Louis Tomlinson Gets His Butt Slapped After a Swim [VIDEO, GIFS]
Forget planking, coning, swatting and all those celebrity trends and pranks that go viral and entertain us for 10 minutes. One Direction cutie Louis Tomlinson was the victim of an old-fashioned prank when someone dared to slap him on the butt after a swim. LT, usually possessed of a terrific sense of humor, was not pleased when someone had their way with his bum.
He was fresh from a swim and wearing a wetsuit, so at least the gutsy person, likely a Directioner, didn't get a handful of skin or leave a mark.
You can see the errant hand touch his rump below.
And then his totally irritated reaction, which, we admit, made us giggle. A lot.
What is it with One Direction and their rear ends lately? First, Liam Payne's boxers were jacked after a swim. Now, LT gets swatted on his derriere.
Directioners, while we can understand the desire to touch a member, please be respectful of their personal space and keep your hands to yourself.
Watch Louis Tomlinson + Liam Payne Frolic in the Ocean


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Video Perspective: Corsair Carbide 500R and 400R Case Review
Corsair Carbide Series
Corsair's successful entry into the case world has taken quite a few people by surprise including consumers and many competitors in the case market. With the first Corsair Obsidian series, the 800D, Corsair standardized many features that were only seen in much more niche products like cable routing openings on the motherboard tray and fan filters. Since that release in September of 2009 we have seen the 600T in the Graphite series as well as the 700D and 650D added to the Obsidian.
When Corsair showed us the first versions of the Carbide series in Taiwan during Computex 2011, it was finally addressing the primary complaint that many had about its cases: price. The Carbide 500R can be found today for about $139 and the 400R for under $100.
The Corsair Carbide 400R (left) and 500R White (right)
Check out our video review of the pair of Carbide cases below!
You can find the Corsair Carbide cases for sale directly on the Corsair.com website or at Newegg.com:
My preference would be to get the 400R model with the noticeable price difference (relatively speaking) as it offers nearly identical performance and features, minus the larger side fan, very basic fan controller and removable drive cages. Both are top notch designs for the low-cost gamer though and earn our PC Perspective Gold Award!
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RE: Video Perspective: Corsair Carbide 500R and 400R Case Review
An excellent overview; however, could you please turn the music down or off? Thank-You, Michael
Was it louder that normal? We'll look into it.
Hey great overview- I totally love this case (500R), still fits an old external Koolance EXOS on top. Not sure why anyone would buy the more expensive 600/650 series over this case...
I agree, the 400/500R cases have pretty much everything you could ever want in a case. The only thing would be that they can't hold mobo's bigger than ATX...but with boards like the Rampage IV Formula....anything bigger seems like a waste of time, space and money. I'm honestly debating switching from my Cooler Master Storm Scout (which is a great case, don't get me wrong) to the 500R. Thanks for the review guys, another great one :)
i just got the 400r for christmas. i spent a few hours troubleshooting my system after installing all of my components into the case. turns out the power switch was was bad and shorting out my system. i am still waiting for corsair to send me a replacement front panel. i am running my system with the reset button as the power button for the time being.
Wow, I have never heard of that problem on any case...
i got laughed at on another forum for not testing the case. who tests a case to make sure the power button works before they install components?
I just love this case it is so huge and it feels so well put together. I had been wanting to get a new computer made for awhile and I was looking at all the Corsair cases because they all seemed to get rave reviews and awards. Well I originally wanted the 600T White Edition but the shipping was a little longer then need so I bought this case as Amazon could get it to me on time. This case is superb I haven't had a new PC in a few years and decided to get some really good items and this case works and looks great.
Bad power switch here as well. On a 400r, this sounds like a common issue.
So, since you guys got me into this website trough the 7870 giveway, I thought you could be of some assistance with my case problem (bear with me on this one).
I live in Brazil, which is a remarkably hot and humid country, and that makes me question if the 400r would really be the best option for me. Our summers reach temperatures of over 40°C with (very) high humidity, in which case the 500r's enormous side fan sounds somewhat crucial. Is it really?
What I mean to ask is, would the 400r properly take care of cooling in such situations? I do favor the 500 by default, but a cut in the budget wouldn't go unappreciated.


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Yes actually it was a huge reason. They took care of the basketball, ran their offense, and hit their shots.
well damn, that MUST be why they won.
They played a great game, don't take that away from them. Stop living in your little world where Lakers lose because of themselves, and the opposing team doesn't do anything. A game is decided on both ends of the floor. We played horribly as a unit, and the Hornets played arguably the best game that they've played this season.


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Eric, named after the first Boyd Professor (A Boyd Professorship is the highest and most prestigious academic rank LSU can confer on a professor) at LSU -- political science professor Eric Vogelin, is a 9.54 TFlops Peak Performance 128 compute node cluster running the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 operating system. Each node contains two Quad Core Xeon 64-bit processors operating at a core frequency of 2.33 GHz. Eric is a LONI's Dell Linux cluster housed in the Coates Hall at LSU.
- 128 Compute Nodes
- Two 2.33 GHz Quad Core Xeon 64-bit Processors
- 8 GB Ram
- 10 Gb/sec Infiniband network interface
- 10/100/1000 Ethernet network interface
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
- 1 Interactive Node
- Two 3.00 GHz Quad Core Xeon 64-bit Processors
- 8 GB Ram
- 10/100/1000 Ethernet network interface
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
- Cluster Storage
- 2.3 TB of local storage
- 12 TB Lustre filesystem
1. System Access to Eric
To access Eric, users must connect using an Secure Shell (SSH) client.
*nix and Mac Users - SSH client is already installed and can be accessed from the command prompt using the ssh command. One would issue a command similar to the following:
$ ssh -X email@example.com
The user would then be prompted for his password. The -X flags allow for X11 Forwarding to be set up automatically.
Windows Users - You will need to download and install a SSH client such as the PuTTY utility. If users need access to login with X11 Forwarding, a X-Server needs to be installed and running on your local Windows machine. Xming X Server is recommended, advanced users may also install Cygwin which also provides a command line ssh client similar to that available for *nix and Mac Users.
If you have forgotten your password, or you wish to reset it, see here(click "Forgot your password?").
1.2. Help
To report a problem please run the ssh or gsissh command with the "-vvv" option and include the verbose information in the ticket.
2. File Transfer
Using scp is the easiest method to use when transferring single files.
Local File to Remote Host
% scp localfile user@remotehost:/destination/dir/or/filename
Remote Host to Local File
% scp user@remotehost:/remote/filename localfile
Interactive Mode
One may find this mode very similar to the interactive interface offered. A login session may look similar to the following:
% sftp user@remotehost (enter in password) ... sftp>
The commands are similar to those offered by the outmoded ftp client programs: get, put, cd, pwd, lcd, etc. For more information on the available set of commands, one should consult sftp the man page.
% man sftp
Batch Mode
One may use sftp interactively in two cases.
Case 1: Pull a remote file to the local host.
% sftp user@remotehost:/remote/filename localfilename
Case 2: Creating a special sftp batch file containing the set of commands one wishes to execute with out any interaction.
% sftp -b batchfile user@remotehost
Additional information on constructing a batch file is available in the sftp man page.
2.3. rsync Over SSH (preferred)
rsync is an extremely powerful program; it can synchronize entire directory trees, only sending data about files that have changed. That said, it is rather picky about the way it is used. The rsync man page has a great deal of useful information, but the basics are explained below.
Single File Synchronization
To synchronize a single file via rsync, use the following:
To send a file:
% rsync --rsh=ssh --archive --stats --progress localfile \ username@remotehost:/destination/dir/or/filename
To receive a file:
% rsync --rsh=ssh --archive --stats --progress \ username@remotehost:/remote/filename localfilename
Note that --rsh=ssh is not necessary with newer versions of rsync, but older installs will default to using rsh (which is not generally enabled on modern OSes).
Directory Synchronization
To synchronize an entire directory, use the following:
To send a directory:
% rsync --rsh=ssh --archive --stats --progress localdir/ \ username@remotehost:/destination/dir/
% rsync --rsh=ssh --archive --stats --progress localdir \ username@remotehost:/destination
To receive a directory:
% rsync --rsh=ssh --archive --stats --progress \ username@remotehost:/remote/directory/ /some/localdirectory/
% rsync --rsh=ssh --archive --stats --progress \ username@remotehost:/remote/directory /some/
Note the difference with the slashes. The second command will place the files in the directory /destination/localdir; the fourth will place them in the directory /some/directory. rsync is very particular about the placement of slashes. Before running any significant rsync command, add --dry-run to the parameters. This will let rsync show you what it plans on doing without actually transferring the files.
Synchronization with Deletion
This is very dangerous; a single mistyped character may blow away all of your data. Do not synchronize with deletion if you aren't absolutely certain you know what you're doing.
To have directory synchronization delete files on the destination system that don't exist on the source system:
% rsync --rsh=ssh --archive --stats --dry-run --progress \ --delete localdir/ username@remotehost:/destination/dir/
Note that the above command will not actually delete (or transfer) anything; the --dry-run must be removed from the list of parameters to actually have it work.
Using BBCP to transfer large data files without encryption.
% bbcp [opt] user@source:/path/to/data user@destination:/path/to/store/data
Possible options include:
- Give a progress report every 2 seconds
- - w 2M
- TCP window size of 2MBytes
- -s 16
- Set the number of streams to 16 (default is 4)
Other options may be necessary if bbcp is not installed in a regular location on either end of the transfer. This can lead to rather complex command lines:
$ bbcp -z -T \ "ssh -x -a -oFallBackToRsh=no %I -l %U %H /home/user/Custom/bin/bbcp" \ foobar-5.4.14.tbz "firstname.lastname@example.com:foo.tbz"
2.5 Client Software
scp and sftp
Standard Clients
The command-line scp and sftp tools come with any modern distribution of OpenSSH; this is generally installed by default on modern Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X installs.
Windows Clients
Windows clients include:
(puTTY-related command line utilities), and
- scp, sftp, & rsync as provided by Cygwin.
3. Computing Environment.
3.1. Shell
Eric's default shell is
bash. Other shells are available:
sh, csh, tcsh, and
ksh. Users may change their default shell by logging into their LONI Profile page at https://allocations.loni.org.
3.2. Softenv
Eric makes use of softenv to allow for adding software to the user's environment. Executing softenv on a cluster will display a list of the available software:
$ softenv +ImageMagick-18.104.22.168-intel-11.1 +ParMetis-3.1.1-intel-11.1-mpich-1.2.7p1 +R-2.8.1-gcc-4.3.2 ...
In order to add software to your environment, you'll need to add the appropriate key to your ~/.soft file. For example, to add the package ImageMagick to your user environment, you would need to add the following:
$ cat ~/.soft +ImageMagick-22.214.171.124-intel-11.1 @default
The order in which you add keys to ~/.soft is important. The first occurrence of a setting takes presedence.
You can also simply set an environment variable from your .soft file. To set the value of a certain variable, add a line like this to your .soft file:
Or to append a string to an exising value:
Once the entries are to your liking, you must then execute the command resoft, i.e.:
$ resoft
If your code needs to link to a library of given package, you will find all software installed under /usr/local/packages/, e.g.:
$ ls /usr/local/packages/ apache_ant boost fuse gold hdf5 ... arpack boostjam gamess graphviz hypre atlas condor git gromacs ImageMagick blacs fftw gnuplot gsl iozone
4. File Systems
User-owned storage on the Eric system is available in two directories, identified by the home and work directories. These directories are separate Lustre (global) file systems, and accessible from any node in the system. The home and work directories are created automatically within an hour of first login. If these directories do not exist when you login, please wait at least an hour before contacting the HPC helpdesk.
4.1. Home Directory
The /home file system quota on Eric is 5 GB. Files can be stored on /home permanently, which makes it an ideal place for your source code and executables. The /home file system is meant for interactive use such as editing and active code development. Do not use /home for batch job I/O.
4.2. Work (Scratch) Directory
The /work (/scratch) directories are created automatically once an hour after first login. The /work volume is meant for the input and output of executing batch jobs and not for long term storage. We expect files to be moved off to other locations or deleted in a timely manner, usually within 30-120 days. For performance reasons, our policy on all volumes is to limit the number of files per directory to around 10,000 and total number files to about 500,000.
The /work file system quota on Eric is 100 GB. If it becomes over utilized we will enforce a purge policy, which means that we will begin deleting files starting with the oldest last accessed date, and largest files, and continue until the volume has been reduced below 80%. An email message will be sent out weekly to users who may have files subject to purge informing them of their /work utilization. If diskspace should become critically low, more drastic measures may be required to keep the system stable.
Please do not attempt to circumvent the removal process by manually changing file dates. The /work volume capacity is not unlimited, and attempts to circumvent the purge process may adversely affect others and lead to access restrictions to the /work volume or even the cluster.
5. Application Development
The Intel, GNU and Portland Group (PGI) C, C++ and Fortran compilers are installed on Eric and they can be used to create OpenMP, MPI, hybrid and serial programs. The commands you should use to create each of these types of programs are shown in the table below.
Intel compilers are loaded by default, codes can be compiled according to the following chart:
|Serial Codes
|MPI Codes
|OpenMP Codes
|Hybrid Codes
|ifort -openmp
|mpiifort -openmp
|icc -openmp
|mpiicc -openmp
|icpc -openmp
|mpiicpc -openmp
|Serial Codes
|MPI Codes
|OpenMP Codes
|Hybrid Codes
|gfortran -fopenmp
|mpif90 -fopenmp
|gcc -fopenmp
|mpicc -fopenmp
|g++ -fopenmp
|mpiCC -fopenmp
|Serial Codes
|MPI Codes
|OpenMP Codes
|Hybrid Codes
|pgf90 -mp
|mpif90 -mp
|pgcc -mp
|mpicc -mp
|pgCC -mp
|mpiCC -omp
Default MPI: mvapich 1.1 compiled with Intel compiler version 11.1
To compile a serial program, the syntax is: <your choice of compiler> <compiler flags> <source file name> . For example, the command below compiles the source file mysource.f90 and generate the executble myexec.
$ ifort -o myexec mysource.f90
To compile a MPI program, the syntax is the same, except that one needs to replace the serial compiler with an MPI one listed in the table above:
$ mpif90 -o myexec_par my_parallel_source.f90
6. Running Applications
Eric uses TORQUE, an open source version of the Portable Batch System (PBS) together with the MOAB Scheduler, to manage user jobs. Whether you run in batch mode or interactively, you will access the compute nodes using the qsub command as described below. Remember that computationally intensive jobs should be run only on the compute nodes and not the login nodes. More details on submitting jobs and PBS commands can be found here.
6.1. Available Queues on Eric
Below are the possible job queues to choose from:
- single - Used for jobs that will only execute on a single node, i.e. nodes=1:ppn<=8.
- workq - Used for jobs that will use at least one node, i.e. nodes>=1:ppn=8. Currently, this queue has a wallclock limit of 72 hours (3 days). Jobs in workq are not preemptable, which means that running jobs will not be disrupted before completion.
- checkpt - Used for jobs that will use at least one node. Jobs in the checkpt queue can be preempted if needed.
|Queue Name
|Max Walltime
|Max Nodes (per job)
The available queues and actual limit settings can be verified by running the command:
qstat -q -G
6.2. Job Submission
The command qsub is used to send a batch job to PBS. The basic usage is
qsub pbs.script
where pbs.script is the script users write to specify their needs. qsub also accept command line arguments, which will overwrite those specified in the script, for example, the following command
qsub myscript -A my_LONI_allocation2
will direct the system to charge SUs (service units) to the allocation my_LONI_allocation2 instead of the allocation specified in myscript.
To submit an interactive job, use the
-I flag to the
qsub command along with the options for resources required, for
qsub -I -l walltime=hh:mm:ss,nodes=n:ppn=8 -A allocation_name
Note that you need to take the whole node when requesting an
interactive job, using anything other than ppn=8 will cause job submission failure. If you
need to enable X-Forwarding, add the
-X flag.
Your PBS submission script should be written in one of the Linux
scripting languages such as
bash, tcsh, csh
sh i.e. the first line of your submission script
should be something like
#!/bin/bash. The next section
of the submission script should be PBS directives followed by the
actual commands to run your job. Following are a list of useful PBS
directives (can also be used as command line options to qsub) and
environment variables that can be used in the submit script:
- #PBS -q queuename: Submit job to the queuename queue.
- Allowed values for queuename: single, workq, checkpt.
- Depending on cluster, addition values allowed are gpu, lasigma, mwfa, bigmem.
- #PBS -A allocationname: Charge jobs to your allocation named allocationname.
- #PBS -l walltime=hh:mm:ss: Request resources to run job for hh hours, mm minutes and ss seconds.
- #PBS -l nodes=m:ppn=n: Request resources to run job on n processors each on m nodes.
- #PBS -N jobname: Provide a name, jobname to your job to identify it when monitoring job using the qstat command.
- #PBS -o filename.out: Write PBS standard output to file filename.out.
- #PBS -e filename.err: Write PBS standard error to file filename.err.
- #PBS -j oe: Combine PBS standard output and error to the same file. Note you will need either #PBS -o or #PBS -e directive not both.
- #PBS -m status: Send an email after job
status status is reached. Allowed values for status
- a: when job aborts
- b: when job begins
- e: when job ends
- The arguments can be combined, for e.g. abe will send email when job begins and either aborts or ends
- #PBS -M your email address: Address to send email to when the status directive above is trigerred.
- PBS_O_WORKDIR: Directory where the qsub command was executed
- PBS_NODEFILE: Name of the file that contains a list of the HOSTS provided for the job
- PBS_JOBID: Job ID number given to this job
- PBS_QUEUE: Queue job is running in
- PBS_WALLTIME: Walltime in secs requested
- PBS_JOBNAME: Name of the job. This can be set using the -N option in the PBS script
- PBS_ENVIRONMENT: Indicates job type, PBS_BATCH or PBS_INTERACTIVE
- PBS_O_SHELL: value of the SHELL variable in the environment in which qsub was executed
- PBS_O_HOME: Home directory of the user running qsub
Following are templates for submitting jobs to the various queues available on Eric. You may copy and paste into your job script.
Single Queue Job Script Template
#!/bin/bash #PBS -q single #PBS -l nodes=1:ppn=1 #PBS -l walltime=HH:MM:SS #PBS -o desired_output_file_name #PBS -N NAME_OF_JOB /path/to/your/executable
Workq Queue Job Script Template
#!/bin/bash #PBS -q workq #PBS -l nodes=1:ppn=8 #PBS -l walltime=HH:MM:SS #PBS -o desired_output_file_name #PBS -j oe #PBS -N NAME_OF_JOB # mpi jobs would execute: # mpirun -np 8 -machinefile $PBS_NODEFILE /path/to/your/executable # OpenMP jobs would execute: # export OMP_NUM_THREADS=8; /path/to/your/executable
Checkpt Queue Job Script Template
#!/bin/bash #PBS -q checkpt #PBS -l nodes=1:ppn=8 #PBS -l walltime=HH:MM:SS #PBS -o desired_output_file_name #PBS -j oe #PBS -N NAME_OF_JOB # mpi jobs would execute: # mpirun -np 8 -machinefile $PBS_NODEFILE /path/to/your/executable # OpenMP jobs would execute: # export OMP_NUM_THREADS=8; /path/to/your/executable
Save your job script (For example, script.pbs). Submit the job by executing:
$ qsub script.pbs
6.3. Monitoring Jobs
qstat for checking job status
The command qstat is used to check the status of PBS jobs. The simplest usage is
which would give informations similar to the following:
[apacheco@qb4 ~]$ qstat Job id Name User Time Use S Queue ------------------- ---------------- --------------- -------- - ----- 729444.qb2 job1.pbs ebeigi3 0 Q workq 729516.qb2 MAY2009_d skayres 533:14:2 R workq 729538.qb2 wallret_test222 liyuxiu 67:43:38 R workq 729539.qb2 wallret_test223 liyuxiu 67:43:39 R workq 729540.qb2 wallret_test228 liyuxiu 66:49:50 R workq 729541.qb2 wallret_test231 liyuxiu 64:40:21 R workq 729542.qb2 wallret_test232 liyuxiu 64:40:15 R workq 729543.qb2 wallret_test233 liyuxiu 63:18:24 R workq 729567.qb2 CaPtFeAs cekuma 00:22:01 R workq
The first column to the six column show the id of each job, the name of each job, the owner of each job, the time consummed by each job, the status of each job (R corresponds to running, Q correcponds to in queue ), and which queue each job is in. qstat also accepts command line arguments, for instance, the following usage gives more detailed information regarding jobs.
[apacheco@qb4 ~]$ qstat -a qb2: Req'd Req'd Elap Job ID Username Queue Jobname SessID NDS TSK Memory Time S Time -------------------- -------- -------- ---------- ------ ----- --- ------ ----- - ----- 729444.qb2 ebeigi3 workq job1.pbs -- 2 1 -- 06:30 Q -- 729516.qb2 skayres workq MAY2009_d 2969 8 1 -- 72:00 R 66:45 729538.qb2 liyuxiu workq wallret_te 26259 1 1 -- 70:00 R 67:44 729539.qb2 liyuxiu workq wallret_te 5144 1 1 -- 70:00 R 67:44 729540.qb2 liyuxiu workq wallret_te 12445 1 1 -- 70:00 R 66:50 729541.qb2 liyuxiu workq wallret_te 2300 1 1 -- 70:00 R 64:41 729542.qb2 liyuxiu workq wallret_te 1809 1 1 -- 70:00 R 64:41 729543.qb2 liyuxiu workq wallret_te 9377 1 1 -- 70:00 R 63:19 729567.qb2 cekuma workq CaPtFeAs 10562 7 1 -- 69:50 R 48:18
Other useful options to qstat:
-u username: To display only jobs owned by user
-n: To display list of nodes that jobs are running on.
-q: To summarize resources available to all queues.
qdel for cancelling a job
To cancel a PBS job, enter the following command.
qdel job_id [job_id] ...
qfree to query free nodes in PBS
One useful command for users to schedule their jobs in an optimal way is "qfree", which shows free nodes in each queue. For example,
[apacheco@qb4 ~]$ qfree PBS total nodes: 668, free: 6, busy: 629, down: 33, use: 94% PBS workq nodes: 529, free: 3, busy: 317, queued: 2 PBS checkpt nodes: 656, free: 1, busy: 312, queued: 64 (Highest priority job 729767 on queue checkpt will start in 2:34:14)
shows that there total 6 free nodes in PBS, they are available in all the two queues: checkpt and workq.
showstart for estimating the starting time for a job
The command showstart can be used to get an approximate estimation of the starting time of your job, the basic usage is
showstart job_id
The following shows an simple example:
[apacheco@qb4 ~]$ showstart 729767 job 729767 requires 32 procs for 2:00:00:00 Estimated Rsv based start in 2:33:25 on Tue Dec 17 11:52:32 Estimated Rsv based completion in 2:02:33:25 on Thu Dec 19 11:52:32 Best Partition: base
Please note that the start time listed above is only an estimate. There is no gaurantee that the job will start at the above mentioned time.
showq to display jobs info within the batch system
The command showq can be used to display job information within the batch system.
[apacheco@qb4 ~]$ showq active jobs------------------------ JOBID USERNAME STATE PROCS REMAINING STARTTIME 729538 liyuxiu Running 8 2:11:44 Sat Dec 14 13:31:32 729539 liyuxiu Running 8 2:11:44 Sat Dec 14 13:31:32 729607 amani1 Running 256 2:32:44 Mon Dec 16 15:52:32 729609 amani1 Running 256 2:51:13 Mon Dec 16 16:11:01 729610 amani1 Running 256 2:51:13 Mon Dec 16 16:11:01 729611 amani1 Running 256 2:51:13 Mon Dec 16 16:11:01 729613 amani1 Running 256 3:05:19 Mon Dec 16 16:25:07 ... truncated ... 92 active jobs 5032 of 5064 processors in use by local jobs (99.37%) 629 of 633 nodes active (99.37%) eligible jobs---------------------- JOBID USERNAME STATE PROCS WCLIMIT QUEUETIME 729767 lsurampu Idle 32 2:00:00:00 Mon Dec 16 22:54:38 729768 lsurampu Idle 32 2:00:00:00 Mon Dec 16 22:54:38 729769 lsurampu Idle 32 2:00:00:00 Mon Dec 16 22:54:38 ... truncated ... 16 eligible jobs blocked jobs----------------------- JOBID USERNAME STATE PROCS WCLIMIT QUEUETIME 0 blocked jobs Total jobs: 108
To display job information for a particular queue, use the command
showq -w class=<queue name>
checkjob to display detailed job state information
The command checkjob is used to display detailed information about the job state. This is very useful if your job is remaining in the queued state, and you'd like to see why PBS hasn't executed it:
[apacheco@qb4 ~]$ checkjob 729787.qb2 job 729787 AName: null State: Idle Creds: user:apacheco group:loniadmin account:loni_loniadmin1 class:workq qos:userres WallTime: 00:00:00 of 2:00:00 SubmitTime: Tue Dec 17 09:22:14 (Time Queued Total: 00:00:14 Eligible: 00:00:06) NodeMatchPolicy: EXACTNODE Total Requested Tasks: 32 Req[0] TaskCount: 32 Partition: ALL Flags: INTERACTIVE Attr: INTERACTIVE,checkpoint StartPriority: 141944 available for 8 tasks - qb[002,007,376] rejected for Class - (null) rejected for State - (null) NOTE: job req cannot run in partition base (available procs do not meet requirements : 24 of 32 procs found) idle procs: 32 feasible procs: 24 Node Rejection Summary: [Class: 1][State: 667]
This job cannot be started since it requires 4 nodes (32 procs) but only 3 nodes are available.
qshow to display memory and cpu usage on the node that a job is running on
The command qshow is useful to find out how the resources on the node allocated to your job are consumed. For example, if a users job is running slow due to swapping, this command will provide you with information on how much memory (physical and virtual) is used on all processors allocated to your job.
[apacheco@qb4 ~]$ qshow 729731 PBS job: 729731, nodes: 4 Hostname Days Load CPU U# (User:Process:VirtualMemory:Memory:Hours) qb373 39 8.93 798 21 lsurampu:mdrun_mpi:88M:31M:10.9 lsurampu:mdrun_mpi:90M:32M:10.9 lsurampu:mdrun_mpi:117M:65M:10.6 lsurampu:mdrun_mpi:89M:31M:10.9 lsurampu:mdrun_mpi:88M:30M:10.9 lsurampu:mdrun_mpi:88M:30M:10.9 lsurampu:mdrun_mpi:89M:31M:10.9 lsurampu:mdrun_mpi:91M:33M:10.9 lsurampu:pbs_demux:3M:0M lsurampu:729731:52M:1M lsurampu:mpirun:52M:1M lsurampu:mpirun_rsh:6M:1M lsurampu:mpispawn:6M:1M qb368 39 8.99 798 12 lsurampu:mdrun_mpi:89M:40M:10.9 lsurampu:mdrun_mpi:89M:31M:10.9 lsurampu:mdrun_mpi:88M:31M:10.9 lsurampu:mdrun_mpi:89M:32M:10.9 lsurampu:mdrun_mpi:91M:33M:10.9 lsurampu:mdrun_mpi:95M:37M:10.9 lsurampu:mdrun_mpi:91M:33M:10.9 lsurampu:mdrun_mpi:112M:50M:10.9 lsurampu:mpispawn:6M:1M qb364 39 8.85 800 12 lsurampu:mdrun_mpi:91M:42M:10.9 lsurampu:mdrun_mpi:89M:31M:10.9 lsurampu:mdrun_mpi:93M:35M:10.9 lsurampu:mdrun_mpi:90M:32M:10.9 lsurampu:mdrun_mpi:90M:32M:10.9 lsurampu:mdrun_mpi:89M:31M:10.9 lsurampu:mdrun_mpi:90M:32M:10.9 lsurampu:mdrun_mpi:90M:32M:10.9 lsurampu:mpispawn:6M:1M qb362 39 8.89 802 12 lsurampu:mdrun_mpi:90M:41M:10.9 lsurampu:mdrun_mpi:89M:31M:10.9 lsurampu:mdrun_mpi:89M:31M:10.9 lsurampu:mdrun_mpi:89M:31M:10.9 lsurampu:mdrun_mpi:112M:51M:10.9 lsurampu:mdrun_mpi:89M:32M:10.9 lsurampu:mdrun_mpi:89M:31M:10.9 lsurampu:mdrun_mpi:89M:31M:10.9 lsurampu:mpispawn:6M:1M PBS_job=729731 user=lsurampu allocation=loni_poly_mic_1 queue=checkpt total_load=32 cpu_hours=320 wall_hours=10 unused_nodes=0 total_nodes=4 avg_load=8
More detailed information on the Torque PBS commands and Moab to schedule and monitor jobs can be found at Adaptive Computing on-line documentations.


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Recognizing that many students in the Department of Biomedical Engineering program are highly motivated to pursue a graduate degree (Master's or Doctorate) after completion of the BSBME degree, we have developed a combined BS/MS (Plan I, with thesis) degree plan to accelerate completion of the BME Master's degree. Typically, students eligible for this program have significant research experience prior to their junior year. To be considered for the Fifth-Year Master's Program in BME, a student typically must:
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Deity, Mantra, and Wisdom
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Deity, Mantra, and Wisdom contains four of the most cherished Tibetan Buddhist commentaries on the practices of visualization, mantra recitation, and meditative absorption. These three elements form the core of development stage meditation, one of the most important practices of Buddhist Tantra. The authors of these timeless classics—Jigme Lingpa, Patrul Rinpoche, and Getse Mahapandita—have all profoundly shaped Tibetan Buddhism with their vast scholarship and deep spiritual realization. In these eloquent and inspiring writings, they explain the fundamental philosophy of the development stage, showing not only its profound insights into the nature of reality, but also how to make this view a living experience through the practice of meditation.
The four works here translated for the first time are: "Ladder to Akanistha" by Jigme Lingpa, "Clarifying the Difficult Points in the Development Stage" by Patrul Rinpoche, "The Four Stakes That Bind the Life-Force" by Patrul Rinpoche, and "Husks of Unity" by Getse Mahapandita Tsewang Chokdrub.
"The development stage is one of the central practices of Buddhist Tantra. The texts contained in this volume are among the most widely studied commentaries on this topic and have formed the basis for spiritual study and practice for centuries. . . . I feel blessed to have the writings of Dza Patrul Rinpoche, which express even the most profound Dharma in the most ordinary language. His writings have always accompanied me on the path like a compassionate master by my side. I have no doubt these precious texts will benefit many people as they have benefited me." —Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, director of The Cup and Travellers and Magicians
"The Vajrayana tradition is rich in authentic scriptures written by realized masters. This book presents four of the most authoritative and widely studied works from the Nyingma School, elucidating the Tantric practices of deity visualization, mantra recitation, and meditation. For anyone interested in these profound practices, especially those engaged in retreat, these texts are essential reading." —Erik Pema Kunsang, translator of Wellsprings of the Great Perfection