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Defying both convention and clear definition, the 2012 Toyota Matrix is a five-door hatchback based on the Toyota Corolla, one offered with optional all-wheel drive and several practical features of crossover suvs. Styled and priced to appeal to young buyers, but lacking the technology they crave and offering Bluetooth only as part of a pricey option package on the most expensive models, the Toyota Matrix fights for attention in a segment where competitors either undercut it price, provide greater fuel economy, or supply more modern technology.
2012 Toyota Matrix S AWD Road Test and Review
2012 Toyota Matrix S AWD Review: Pricing and Trim Levels
The 2012 Matrix lineup includes L and S trim levels, the latter equipped with a more powerful engine and available with an optional all-wheel-drive system. Prices for the Matrix L start at $18,845, while the Matrix S costs $19,565.
Standard equipment includes air conditioning, power door locks with remote keyless entry, heated power outside mirrors, power windows, a rear window wiper, a tilt/telescopic steering wheel, cruise control, and a CD player with MP3/WMA playback capability and an auxiliary audio input jack. The driver's seat is height adjustable, the front passenger's seat folds flat to expand cargo carrying capability, and the cargo floor is coated with a non-slip plastic surface.
The extra cash for the Matrix S pays for a more powerful engine, bigger brakes, sportier styling, fog lights, variable intermittent wipers, two extra stereo speakers, sport seat fabric, and metallic interior trim. Choose the Matrix S with active torque control AWD ($21,715) and the car comes with a four-speed automatic transmission and a double-wishbone independent rear suspension swapped in for the standard torsion beam rear axle setup.
Safety features for all Matrix models include Toyota's Star Safety System, comprised of a traction and stability control system, four-wheel-disc antilock brakes with electronic brake-force distribution and brake assist, and Smart Stop Technology that makes it impossible for the car to accelerate if the brake pedal is depressed. Six airbags are aboard to help the Matrix earn top scores in frontal- and side-impact crash tests conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
2012 Toyota Matrix S AWD Review: What It's Up Against
Two models spring instantly to mind when thinking about what the 2012 Toyota Matrix S AWD competes against. Well, they spring instantly to my mind, anyway. The Subaru Impreza hatchback is aimed squarely at the same buyer that Toyota courts with the Matrix, and the Suzuki SX4 in either SportBack or Crossover trim trades sophistication for value.
These are the other compact five-door hatchbacks available with all-wheel drive. Expand your horizons, and the Matrix dukes it out with a broad range of small and useful models ranging from the Chevy Sonic to the Volkswagen Golf, with the Ford Focus, Hyundai Elantra GT, Kia Forte, and Mazda 3 serving as worthy vehicles to consider along the same spectrum. Toyota even competes against itself in this segment, in the form of the Scion xB.
2012 Toyota Matrix S AWD Review: Exterior
What's New for 2012:
- No changes for 2012
How It Looks
Toyota says the Matrix displays "sport-coupe-inspired" styling, and if you get the Matrix S, your sport-coupe-inspired hatchback-crossover-thingy is equipped with a body kit and mesh fog light surrounds. A Sport Package can be added to the Matrix L or Matrix S, and it includes appealing 17-inch aluminum wheels with 215/45R17 tires.
My take is that the Matrix is cartoonish, what with its bulging lights, ballooning front fenders, tiny tapering side glass, wrap-around rear windows, and basket-handle roof rack design. The 17-inch wheels are the best looking things on the car, but they appear undersized in relation to the immature and exaggerated bodywork.
My test car was the Matrix S AWD painted Radiant Red, complete with silly spoiler tacked onto the trailing edge of the roof. Everywhere I drove, I felt like I was supposed to be heading to some kid's birthday party at which I would be performing. I know people who have nightmares about clowns. The Matrix isn't funny, Toyota
2012 Toyota Matrix S AWD Review: Interior
What's New for 2012:
- No changes
How It Looks and Feels
As is to be expected of a Toyota that starts at less than $20,000, the Matrix is full of hard, cheap plastic. At least the Matrix S gets metallic trim bits that serve to enliven the cabin, and it features refined and easy-to-use switchgear, which is common for Toyotas. What it doesn't have is Toyota's new Display Audio system with Entune technology, a blessing in disguise as that touchscreen system features tiny buttons and throws plenty of glare. By contrast, the simple knobs, buttons, and dot matrix display used for the Matrix's stereo is a blessing.
The Matrix is a practical choice for people with dogs, or for people who carry dirty things on a frequent basis. Fold the back seat down, and the Matrix supplies 49.4 cu-ft. of non-slip, easy-clean cargo space in which Fido can frolic. Combine this space with the Matrix S model's fold-flat front passenger's seat, which is protected by a hard plastic cover, and we can see a surfboard easily fitting into the Matrix. Our test car also provided a handy 115-volt power outlet at the bottom of the dashboard.
The driver and front passenger sit on durable fabric facing a towering edifice of a dashboard. Rising up like Yosemite's Half Dome and punctuated by enormous air vents, the control panel inspires both front seat occupants to wish for a seat height adjuster. Only the driver gets one, but the higher the seat rises, the more the bottom cushion dumps the driver's body forward. That means a person can sit up high with their legs unsupported, or they can sit way down low with good thigh support and peer over the tops of the steering wheel and door panel sills to see where they are going. We chose a position in between.
Believe it or not, the Matrix's back seat is a far more pleasing place to spend time. The bottom cushion sits high off the floor and provides excellent leg support. There's enough clearance so that knees don't contact the front seatbacks, and if you score the right rear seat and nobody is riding in front, you can fold that seatback down to create an ottoman for stretching your legs.
2012 Toyota Matrix S AWD Review: Powertrain
What's New for 2012:
- No changes
How Does It Go
Toyota provides two different engines in the 2012 Matrix. The Matrix L is equipped with a 132-horsepower, 1.8-liter four-cylinder engine driving the front wheels through a five-speed manual or four-speed automatic transmission.
We tested the Matrix S, which boasts 158 horsepower thanks to its larger 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine. A manual gearbox is standard on this model, too, with a five-speed automatic optional. Our test car also had AWD with active torque distribution, paired exclusively with a four-speed automatic.
So equipped, the EPA expects the Matrix S AWD to get 20 mpg in the city, 26 mpg on the highway, and 22 mpg in combined driving. That's awful. Combine these ratings with a 13.2-gallon fuel tank, and you're going to find that the Matrix never met a gas station that it didn't like. We averaged 23.9 mpg on our first tank, almost all of that travel conducted on L.A.'s freeway grid.
Compare the Toyota's thirst for fuel with, say, the new Impreza hatchback, which is rated to get 27 mpg in the city, 36 mpg on the highway, and 30 mpg in combined driving, and you might wonder how Toyota sells any Matrix models at all.
2012 Toyota Matrix S AWD Review: How It Drives
If you purchase a Matrix S with its racy body kit, mesh grille inserts, fog lights, alloy wheels, faux rear diffuser panel, and a rear spoiler thinking you're going to get a car that's both practical and fun to drive, think again. The Matrix is fairly practical, yes, but it is not fun to drive.
As long as you approach a Matrix holding modest performance expectations, you're likely to be satisfied with how the car drives. The Matrix S delivers jaunty acceleration and handling, reasonably quick off the line and when equipped with the optional 17-inch Goodyear Eagle RS-A all-season tires, able to take city and suburban corners with spirit. The brake pedal feels good underfoot, and while the electric steering is slower than the flat-bottomed steering wheel would lead one to expect, effort levels are perfect for city and highway driving.
The Matrix does provide a choppy ride, however, with some hobby horsing on the sectioned concrete freeways common in Los Angeles. The S AWD's four-speed automatic transmission is also reluctant to downshift from mid-range speeds, so passing in short zones is ill-advised, and when switching lanes in traffic you need to leave yourself plenty of room.
When the Matrix is driven to its rather low limits, it quickly reveals its modest Corolla underpinnings. The transmission's reluctance to downshift becomes a liability when powering up mountains, the all-wheel-drive system vibrates and shudders under hard acceleration, the electric steering feels slow and numb on tight twisty two-lane roads, and the Goodyear tires fold over onto their sidewalls and wail in protest when tossing the car into a turn. The stability control system also proves too eager to step in and put the kibosh on whatever fun the driver might be attempting to have. Dynamically, the only component to withstand abuse – and on a day with temperatures approaching 100 degrees, no less – was the braking system.
Overall, the Matrix is forgettable to drive, except when it is regrettable to drive.
2012 Toyota Matrix S AWD Review: Final Thoughts
The 2012 Toyota Matrix S AWD is best appreciated by people who live where the weather is lousy, who frequently carry long or dirty objects, and who are Toyota loyalists. But these buyers – even the Toyota freaks – are much better served by the Subaru Impreza if all-wheel drive is a priority, or just about any of the other five-door hatchbacks on the market if it is not.
Time to stick a fork in the Matrix, Toyota, because it's done.
2012 Toyota Matrix S AWD Review: Pros and Cons
- Cargo configurability
- Available AWD system
- Free maintenance program
- Lousy fuel economy
- Uncomfortable driving position
- Lacks modern technology
- Dull driving character
- Design by Disney
Toyota provided the vehicle and photography for this review


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Vitamin D Levels Tied to Diabetes Risk in Obese Kids
Low levels were associated with more insulin resistance, study found.
TUESDAY, Dec. 6, 2011 (HealthDay News) — Low levels of vitamin D are much more common in obese children than in those who aren't obese and are associated with insulin resistance, a risk factor for type 2 diabetes, researchers have found.
The study included 411 obese children and 87 children who weren't overweight. Researchers measured the children's vitamin D levels, blood sugar levels, serum insulin, body mass index and blood pressure.
The children were also asked about their daily consumption of soda, juice, milk, fruits and vegetables, and whether or not they routinely skipped breakfast.
The findings are slated for publication in the January issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
"Our study found that obese children with lower vitamin D levels had higher degrees of insulin resistance," lead author Dr. Micah Olson, of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, said in a news release from the Endocrine Society. "Although our study cannot prove causation, it does suggest that low vitamin D levels may play a role in the development of type 2 diabetes."
Obese kids who had poor dietary habits, such as skipping breakfast and drinking lots of soda and juice, also tended to have lower vitamin D levels, the study found.
Future research should look at whether making sure obese kids get adequate vitamin D could also help with insulin resistance, Olson added.
Past studies have linked low vitamin D levels with cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. It's not fully known how obesity and associated conditions are related to vitamin D deficiency.

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posted by nihilus, Sun 09 Nov 2014 12:00:09 PM UTC - 0 replies
GNU acct 6.6.2 has been released!
posted by nihilus, Fri 05 Nov 2010 07:49:04 PM UTC - 0 replies
This is a bug-fix and compatibility update only, in the awaiting for a rewritten suite adopting utmpx.
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After some issues the new release has been uploaded to ftp.gnu.org. NB: This release is GPL v3.
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After many years of unmaintained code and code collecting dust, I'm a happy manager to release a new version of 'acct'.
//Markus Gothe, New Maintainer
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As the new maintainer I've changed the license from now to GPLv3 (or at your option later).
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GNU acct 6.4 will feature Linux multiformat support, an up-to-date build system, and some small bug fixes.
I've prepared a prerelease that you can download from http://www.physik3.uni-rostock.de/tim/kernel/utils/acct/acct-6.4-pre1.tar.gz . Please test it!
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OK, it seems like I cannot hold my original promise to work on a release in the near future. So I just decided to submit my patchset to the patch manager on savannah. It is what forms my version 6.3.5-ts02-11 with Linux multiformat support.
The current patchset can also be found at <http://www.physik3.uni-rostock.de/tim/kernel/utils/acct/>.
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On the 17th, I'll be giving a talk "Software Patents in Europe: TODO", in Aston University in Birmingham (England). Research for this talk is monopolising my time but I think it's well worth it.
To tide people over, I've imported the ...
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Original plan was a simple clean up operation and a quick release. This has turned into extensive clean ups (recoding parts) and will produce a longer release process.
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Hello all who like to keep track of users.
The new codebase for the GNU Accounting Utils will soon be in CVS. The final delay is due to one last clean review of the build system.
User noticeable changes in 6.4-pre1:
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10/15/2019 caught our limit trolling a little southeast of 81a in 26' -30' using small ( 6" ) storms of different colors and small tsunami of different colors.. 6oz -12oz inline sinkers
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Two of us left south river at 6:15 and headed out to the bay we found fish we stared useing our top water poopers we got our 4 fish all in the low 20s ok now we're all done its7:30 we were a little longer then yesterday but it all a good day
NIce - Did you find them in open water of bay or structure - or your secret spot lol?
Thanks for the report
Its been a long time since I posted on the site but felt I needed to share. The Spanish Bite has been nothing short of fantatstic the past two weeks. We caught these in the Middle Bay area in Shallow water. The size has been a great and welcome surprise for these Pelagics. Get out and get em while they last-good luck.
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By Constance Taylor (Gorongosa Lion Project)
Here are some pictures from the remote, action-triggered cams we've been placing around the water holes. And when we say waterhole we really mean "pan", or an isolated body of water. It's the peak of the dry season here in Central Mozambique and we're putting up these cams at pans because they're some of the last remaining water sources, and we suspect most animals come here at some point in the day to drink.
We've sifted through thousands upon thousands of photos so far, and we have cams out in the park right now clicking away and recording even more pictures for us to look through. The following images are what we thought were the best shots of the wildlife around the pans so far. Enjoy!
Gorongosa's first photo-documented Spotted hyena since the 1970's!
Lion close up
Civet scavenging a bushbuck carcass
This picture is actually not at a pan- we also put cams on fresher carcasses we find in the field to see what animals are scavenging them. We suspect this bushbuck died of heatstroke of some sort; it was the day after a scorcher when we came across this bushbuck and a few other animals that had no visible physical trauma (i.e. lion attack, etc). Like we mentioned above, it's the peak of the dry season here and that means some animals just don't make it through.
On a lighter note...
Bushpig family portrait!
Four older male Nyala... not a common sight!
Female Nyala and young.
Baby time! A Yellow baboon carries her very young offspring around the pan. As the baby gets older it will graduate to riding around on mom's back...
like this one!
A sable walks with it's long-legged offspring.
Two male Hartebeest
A Fish eagle comes in for a landing!
Buffalo, post pan-wallow.
Two porcupines! A relatively common sight at night, but nowhere to be found during the day.
One of our more creative camera setups. We usually try to tie them on trees, but when there aren't any around we have to get artistic! The thorny acacia branches around the bottom of the stake are to discourage warthogs rubbing against (and knocking down) the whole assembly.
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Old Wine in New Wineskins?
When US President Barack Obama took office in January, a faint breeze of hope blew through the Middle East. Obama had declared how important it was to him to resuscitate the Middle East peace negotiations, so as to work towards peace in the entire region. Yet this hope has now switched to fear. In an interview with the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, King Abdullah of Jordan warned:
"The horizon seems to be moving further and further away. If the status quo remains, we will slip into darkness, with all the conceivable consequences." There is even talk of the possibility of a third Intifada in the Palestinian territories.
On his second day in office, Obama appointed the former US senator and successful Northern Ireland mediator George Mitchell as special envoy for the Middle East. James Pickup, a former colleague and confidant of Mitchell, describes him as extremely target-focused and disciplined, adding that he has proved he achieves his aims no matter how long it takes. "I would be amazed if Mitchell were to throw in the towel," said Pickup.
Basic declarations of intent
Yet after ten months of intensive efforts and seven mediation missions in the region, Mitchell's achievements appear rather modest. Aside from basic declarations of intent towards peace and a two-state solution, there has been no recognisable progress.
Although unusually determined for the USA, the attempt to persuade Israel to freeze its settlement construction in the West Bank – illegal under international law – has failed for the time being. Washington back-pedalled after Israel's rude rebuff, and has since attempted to achieve at least a partial and temporary stop to settlement building.
Yet this is not only a blow to hopes of wresting trust-building steps from the Arab states. The politically weakened Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, who now only speaks on behalf of some two million Palestinians in the West Bank, also insists on a stop to the settlements as a condition for re-opening direct negotiations with Israel. The radical Islamic Hamas, in control of the Gaza Strip since 2007, rejects peace negotiations with Israel out of hand. It seems Mitchell's mission has reached a dead end.
Insurmountable trenches?
The question on people's lips in the Middle East is now whether Obama's government merely has good intentions – or is pursuing a new strategy. "At some point the administration will have to face the fact that the trenches between the two sides are greater today than yesterday – and even yesterday they were insurmountable," commented Robert Malley, Program Director for the Middle East at the International Crisis Group and a former advisor on the subject to Bill Clinton.
A new strategy is certainly not directly perceptible, according to Malley. It is not enough, he stated, to push both sides with greater force in the same direction if they are not prepared to meet. After 16 years of vain attempts to mediate, Malley said the question to be asked now is: "Which part of the puzzle have we neglected?"
The negotiations on the basis of the Oslo Agreements (1993) and the later Road Map (2003) concentrated on building trust, whereas Israel's security policy concentrated on partitioning the territory. The international focus was on the return of the territory occupied in 1967 and dealing with Jerusalem, whereas the Israeli government continued its settlement construction in that very city, along with related road-building programmes and the construction of a dividing wall.
Roots of the conflict in 1948
This set up new hurdles, yet Robert Malley is convinced it is the neglect of a different dimension of the conflict that has been an important reason behind the lack of progress. He sees the key to the roots of the conflict in 1948: "There is a deep-seated emotional, political and psychological conflict at play here."
On the one hand, he explained, the Israelis feel that their right to a state on the territory they regard as the homeland of the Jews has never really been recognised. "The Palestinians, on the other hand, feel that the ultimate aim of all these negotiations is to wipe out their history, including the claims going back to 1948."
This is one reason why the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's call to acknowledge Israel as a "Jewish state" is so popular in the country, according to Malley. And on the Palestinian side, no politician can afford to give up the refugees' right to return. To put an end to the conflict, Malley stressed, this core issue has to be taken into account.
In Washington, however, there is no indication that the Obama administration is thinking of doing so. A high-ranking government employee recently declared that although the impression may be that the process had been derailed, he remained confident of progress – even if the US might not achieve everything it had previously imagined. Having come up against a brick wall in Israel over settlements, Special Envoy Mitchell is now attempting to tie up a package of compromises on the issue, at the same time aiming at an agreement on the basic outlines of future negotiations.
Weak governments on both sides
James Dobbins, Director of the RAND Corporation's International Security and Defense Policy Center, a pro-government institution in Washington, currently sees scant chances of a breakthrough. The Israeli and the Palestinian governments are both very weak, he commented. "Aside from that, the Israeli government does not accept the solution supported by the international community. The Palestinian leaders may want it, but they are unlikely to find support for it on the ground."
In addition, Washington still seems to have no intention of dealing directly with the radical Islamic Hamas, which won the parliamentary elections in the Palestinian territories in 2006 and has controlled the Gaza Strip since the summer of 2007.
The US Department of State has issued various statements on Hamas, calling it a serious problem. As long as it does not accept the standards of the Middle East Quartet – in other words recognition of Israel and the previous agreements between the Israelis and Palestinians – it remains a terrorist organisation in the eyes of the US government.
The same goes for the Shi'a Hezbollah in Lebanon, which the State Department also sees as an international threat. Both organisations source political, financial and arms aid from Iran, although Teheran denies supplying weapons.
Middle East problems linked to Iran crisis
This is another reason why the Middle East conflict is linked to the Iran crisis, and the Obama administration is aware of this, so far relying on a diplomatic approach to the nuclear issue. Karim Sadjapour, Iran associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, considers a US military offensive unlikely, should the negotiations ultimately fail.
Yet if the talks with Teheran have not shown tangible progress in a year or so, he added, Washington could be in a difficult position concerning Israel. "Although I expect they would give the Israelis a red light because they don't want an Israeli attack, I don't think Israel will even ask for permission." Hardly anyone in Washington doubts that such a military offensive would entirely reshuffle the cards in the Middle East.
Peace process a priority
Some observers are now asking how much political capital President Obama is willing to risk on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as domestic topics such as health reform and the financial crisis are at the top of his agenda at the moment – followed by Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq. Mitchell's confidant James Pickup is certain, however:
"The peace process is regarded as important for national security interests," and will therefore remain a priority. And James Dobbins from the RAND Corporation also believes Mitchell will continue his efforts and Washington will not put peace in the Middle East onto a back burner. This, he said, is down to the Obama government's honest intentions, but is also a matter of public relations. "It doesn't cost them much."
The Bush administration's obvious lack of interest in respect for America in the Middle East during its initial years was very expensive, Dobbins explains. "I think it's important to show that the lack of progress in the peace process is not based on a lack of commitment in Washington, but on the fact that there are circumstances over which America has no control."
It seems the US government has no new strategy for the Middle East, but it has at least realised that all the problems in the area are interlinked – and that the Palestinian question is a decisive factor in the region's public opinion, both as a motivation and as a pretext for various radical forces.
Birgit Kaspar
© Qantara.de 2009
Translated from the German by Katy Derbyshire
European and American Policy on the Middle East
Inertia More Likely than Change
The victory of the hardliners in Iran and the lack of willingness by the Israeli government to make serious concessions to the Palestinians are setbacks for Obama's vision of peace and security in the region. An essay by Michael Lüders
The Future of the Two-state Solution in the Middle East
Reviving a Fata Morgana?
US President Barack Obama is currently in the Middle East and is generally expected to canvas for a revival of the two-state solution. Bettina Marx investigates whether this concept still has a future or not
Barack Obama's Speech to the Islamic World
"The President Has Spoken; Now We Are Waiting for Action!"
Obama touched Muslim hearts with his speech in Cairo – but now the Arab world is waiting for action to follow on from his words. Amira El Ahl listened to Obama's speech at the University of Cairo


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Many countries applied to participate in '32 Games, but the economics of the Great Depression prevented many national teams from traveling overseas. As a result, this four-nation hockey tournament would be the smallest field in Olympic history.
Poland was the only nation to finish without a medal. An indoor and outdoor rink was used, which forced the players to keep adjusting from artificial to natural ice.
It was decided that the four teams would compete in a double round-robin, meaning each team would face its opponents twice. In addition to those 12 games, the IOC ruled that five exhibition games would be played on the days in which no official matches were scheduled. Among the participants in the exhibition games was Montreal's McGill University.
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Not a whitewash? Well, this is one of those many times when one would be wise to read the Post with a big grain of salt. Whitewash is as good a description as any, but others also come to mind: cover-up, diversion, damage control, scapegoating, delaying strategy.
Volcker's 219-page report pretends to present the results of a no-holds-barred investigation of the multi-billion dollar UN scandal. And the Post pretends to find in the report a vindication of sorts for the UN and its embattled Secretary-General, Kofi Annan. Yes, the UN is not perfect and mistakes were made, but in the Post's words, the report "should not be used as yet another excuse for U.N.-bashing."
The Post says that the UN "is an organization that is severely limited in its capacity to manage complex financial and political programs." And this limitation, claims the Post, is largely because of "its lack of funds." Guess who's to blame for that: those stingy, UN-bashing American taxpayers. Or so the Post would have us believe.
The Washington Post entitled its editorial "Naming U.N. Names," implying that Volcker and his IIC cohorts really mean business, since they've actually pointed the accusatory finger at a few UN functionaries.
Primarily, the blame has been focused on UN careerist Benon Sevan, Kofi Annan's assistant, close friend, and the man handpicked by Annan to oversee the oil-for-food scam in Iraq. "The evidence is conclusive," said Mr. Volcker in a Wall Street Journal op-ed, "that Mr. Sevan, in effectively participating in the selection of purchasers of oil under the Program, placed himself in an irreconcilable conflict of interest...."
Now, that's rich: Volcker pointing to conflicts of interest! Since Mr. Volcker has brought it up, let's talk about conflict of interest. Certainly one of the most transparent conflicts of interest in this ongoing fiasco was the appointment of Mr. Volcker himself to head the UN's "independent" investigations. Who appointed him? Kofi Annan did. Where else, except in the twisted moral universe that is the United Nations, does the person or organization being investigated for impropriety get to name his own investigators — and still call it an "independent" inquiry?
That was just for starters. While the following facts do not seem to conflict the conscience of Mr. Volcker, others might find them at least slightly relevant to the issue at hand:
• Paul Volcker is a longtime supporter of the United Nations Association of the U.S.A. and, until recently, was a member of the UNA-USA board of directors and a major financial donor to the organization. It is no secret that the UNA-USA is one of the most militant organizational supporters, promoters, and defenders of the UN.
• Kofi Annan is a regular at UNA soirees, and in its annual report, the UNA-USA proudly quotes Annan's praise of the organization's activities on behalf of the UN. As one of the main cheerleaders of this propaganda-and-proselytizing arm for the UN, Volcker can hardly be considered an unbiased bystander.
• Volcker has also served on the board of the Business Council for the UN, a sister organization of the UNA-USA, the primary mission of which is rounding up corporate support for the UN.
• Volcker has ties to the Desmarais family and Power Corporation, the huge Canadian conglomerate at the heart of the oil-for-food scandal. Volcker sat on the international advisory board of Power Corp. with Paul Desmarais, Sr., while Paul Desmarais, Jr. and Andre Desmarais served as co-CEOs. The Desmarais family and other Power Corp. execs and directors are also major players in BNP Paribas, the bank that underwrote most of the oil-for-food scam, and TotalFinaElf, France's largest oil company and a multi-billion dollar contractor with Saddam's regime.
• Volcker is also a key Insider in internationalist circles such as the Trilateral Commission (where he is honorary chairman), the Council on Foreign Relations, the Aspen Institute, and the Bilderberg Group — all of which have been in the vanguard of the movement to transform the UN into a world government.
Thus, it is not surprising to find that Kofi Annan barely even rates a mention in Volcker's 219-page report, and the UN itself gets praised with faint damnation. Little wonder that Annan's new chief of staff, Mark Malloch Brown, characterized the report as "overall good news.... This report says the program overall was apparently well managed.... The problems were limited to the margins." Unless there is sustained public pressure on Congress really and seriously to uncover the criminality in the oil-for-food program, we can expect Volcker's fellow internationalists in the House and Senate to turn at least three of the five congressional investigations into similar whitewashes that end with more empty proposals for UN "reform."
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Stunned officers chipped away plaster at a record shop wall and unveiled a hidden list of names thought to belong to young victims of Jimmy Savile.
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What are TOEFL iBT® test takers at different score levels able to do? Through standard setting studies, researchers are able to offer guidelines for the inferences that score users can make about TOEFL® test takers. Such efforts to support appropriate score interpretation are part of the TOEFL iBT program of research.
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Prop. 37 is not answer on food labeling
CHRONICLE RECOMMENDS No on Proposition 37
Many Californians might be tempted at first glance to support Proposition 37, advertised as the establishment of consumers' "right to know" when they are buying genetically engineered foods.
This measure is an example of why some public policy - no matter how well intentioned and benign sounding - should not be decided at the ballot box. Prop. 37 is fraught with vague and problematic provisions that could make it costly for consumers and a legal nightmare for those who grow, process or sell food.
We do not have an issue with the concept of letting Californians know whether the food they eat has been genetically modified in some way. Critics of such engineering worry about potential health effects - though the available science is far from conclusive that any such danger exists - as well as the long-term environmental effects of crops that have been genetically modified to resist herbicides and pests.
But the peril of a voter-passed initiative is that if negative consequences emerge, the law can be repealed only by the voters.
An issue of this consequence should be considered in the Legislature, where the language would be subject to hearings and input from myriad stakeholders. But advocates of the labeling law never attempted that step, despite Democratic majorities in both houses.
Perhaps the main problem with Prop. 37 is that it invites citizen lawsuits as a primary means of enforcing the labeling law.
Californians have seen what can happen when attorneys seize on a voter-approved disclosure law as a tool for "shakedown lawsuits." Prop. 65, the 1986 initiative requiring disclosure of toxic chemicals, has been the subject of 16,000 legal actions - some legitimate, some designed to force business to settle quickly to avoid litigation costs.
The two sides of Prop. 37 offer dueling legal opinions of whether its "private enforcement provisions" are more or less liberal than Prop. 65. If nothing else, the experience of Prop. 65 - which has caused even mom-and-pop stores to go to extreme lengths with warning signs about the most remote hazards, for fear of lawsuits - shows the need for careful, inclusive, balanced crafting.
Prop. 37 also was designed to prevent any foods with a genetically modified ingredient to be labeled as "natural." But precision of language matters in law, and opponents claim that this clause was written so loosely that it could include any processed food. The nonpartisan legislative analyst agreed.
Californians will be voting on the language of the law, not merely the concept. Vote no on Prop. 37.
What it does
-- Require labeling on raw or processed foods that contain genetically engineered ingredients. Exemptions include certified-organic foods, meats, cow's milk, alcoholic beverages and restaurant meals.
-- Severely restricts the definition of food that can be labeled or advertised as "natural."
-- Gives standing to individuals to file lawsuits against farmers, manufacturers, distributors, grocers and others suspected of violating the labeling law.


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Bentley, J and Tang, C W and Owen-Lynch, P J and Downes, C P and Baldwin, S A and Whetton, A D (1999) The survival signals stimulated by interleukin 3 include a phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase/PKB mediated translocation of the GLUT 1 glucose transporter to the cell surface. Blood, 94 (10). 471A-471A. ISSN 0006-4971
Christie, G. and Markwell, R. E. and Gray, C. W. and Smith, L. and Godfrey, F. and Mansfield, F. and Wadsworth, H. and King, R. and McLaughlin, M. and Cooper, D. G. and Ward, R. V. and Howlett, D. R. and Hartmann, T. and Lichtenthaler, S. F. and Beyreuther, K. and Underwood, J. and Gribble, S. K. and Cappai, R. and Masters, C. L. and Tamaoka, A. and Gardner,, R. L. and Rivett, A. J. and Karran, E. H. and Allsop, David (1999) Alzheimer's Disease:correlation of the suppression of β-Amyloid peptide secretion from cultured cells with inhibition of the chymotrypsin-like activity of the proteasome. Journal of Neurochemistry, 73 (1). pp. 195-204. ISSN 0022-3042
Davies, Yvonne and Lewis, David and Fullwood, Nigel J. and Nieduszynski, Ian A. and Marcyniuk, Borys and Albon, Julie and Tullo, Andrew (1999) Proteoglycans on normal and migrating human corneal endothelium. Experimental Eye Research, 68 (3). pp. 303-311. ISSN 1096-0007
Dillon, R. J. and Lane, R. P. (1999) Detection of Leishmania lipophosphoglycan binding proteins in the gut of the sandfly vector. Parasitology, 118 (1). pp. 27-32. ISSN 0031-1820
Dougherty, M. J. and Guerin, P. M. and Ward, R. D. and Hamilton, J. G.C. (1999) Behavioural and electrophysiological responses of the phlebotomine sandfly Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) when exposed to canid host odour kairomones. Physiological Entomology, 24 (3). pp. 251-262. ISSN 0307-6962
Evin, G. and Reed, G. and Tanner, J.E. and Li, Q.X. and Culvenor, J.G. and Fuller, S.J. and Wadsworth, H. and Allsop, David and Ward, R.V. and Karran, E.H. and Gray, C.W. and Hartmann, T. and Lichtenthaler, S.F. and Weidemann, A. and Beyreuther, K. and Masters, C.L. (1999) Characterization of an α-secretase candidate from human brain using a new western blot assay. In: Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. Wiley, pp. 411-418.
Galustan, Christine and Lubineau, André and le Narvor, Christine and Kiso, Makoto and Brown, Gavin M. and Feizi, Ten (1999) L-selectin Interactions with Novel Mono- and Multisulfated Lewisx Sequences in Comparison with the Potent Ligand 3'-Sulfated Lewis(a). Journal of Biological Chemistry, 274 (26). pp. 18213-18217. ISSN 1083-351X
Gatherer, Derek (1999) A Plea for methodological Darwinism - A commentary on Rose's paper:Controversies in Meme theory. Journal of Memetics, 3 (1). pp. 67-69. ISSN 1366-4786
Gatherer, Derek (1999) Reply to the commentaries on my paper:Why the 'thought contagion' metaphor is retarding the progress of memetics. Journal of Memetics, 3 (1). pp. 56-61. ISSN 1366-4786
Gatherer, Derek (1999) The case for commentary. Journal of Memetics, 3 (1). pp. 27-29. ISSN 1366-4786
Ginger, Michael L. and Chance, Michael L. and Goad, L. John (1999) Elucidation of carbon sources used for the biosynthesis of fatty acids and sterols in the trypanosomatid Leishmania mexicana. Biochemical Journal, 342 (2). pp. 397-405. ISSN 0264-6021
Hamilton, J. G.C. and Brazil, R. P. and Morgan, E. D. and Alexander, B. (1999) Chemical analysis of oxygenated homosesquiterpenes:A putative sex pheromone from Lutzomyia lichyi (Diptera: Psychodidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research, 89 (2). pp. 139-145. ISSN 0007-4853
Hamilton, J. Gordon C. and Hooper, Antony M. and Mori, Kenji and Pickett, John A. and Sano, Satoshi (1999) 3-Methyl-α-himachalene is confirmed, and the relative stereochemistry defined, by synthesis as the sex pheromone of the sandfly Lutzomyia longipalpis from Jacobina, Brazil. Chemical Communications (4). pp. 355-356. ISSN 1359-7345
Hamilton, J.G.C. and Hooper, Antony M. and Ibbotson, Helen C. and Kurosawa, Satoshi and Mori, Kenji and Muto, Shin Etsu and Pickett, John A. (1999) 9-Methylgermacrene-B is confirmed as the sex pheromone of the sandfly Lutzomyia longipalpis from Lapinha, Brazil, and the absolute stereochemistry defined as S. Chemical Communications (23). pp. 2335-2336. ISSN 1359-7345
Howlett, D. R. and Ward, R. V. and Bresciani, L. and Jennings, K. H. and Christie, G. and Allsop, David and Gray, C. W. and Karran, E. H. (1999) Biological activity associated with a high molecular weight form of β-amyloid. Alzheimer's Reports, 2. pp. 171-177. ISSN 1461-6130
Huckerby, Thomas N. and Nieduszynski, Ian A. and Bayliss, Michael T. and Brown, Gavin M. (1999) 600 MHz NMR studies of human articular cartilage keratan sulfates. European Journal of Biochemistry, 266 (3). pp. 1174-1183. ISSN 0014-2956
Hunt, A. P. and Parry, Jackie D. and Hamilton-Taylor, John (1999) Algal-bacterial relationships in streams with varying DOC concentration and source. In: Biofilms in aquatic environments. Special Publication (242). Royal Society of Chemistry, London, p. 252.
John, Rosalind M. and Hodges, Matt and Little, Peter and Barton, Sheila C. and Surani, M. Azim (1999) A human p57KIP2 transgene is not activated by passage through the maternal mouse germline. Human Molecular Genetics, 8 (12). pp. 2211-2219. ISSN 1460-2083
Kolios, George and Wright, Karen L. and Jordan, Nicola J. and Leithead, Jane B. and Robertson, Duncan A. F. and Westwick, John (1999) C-X-C and C-C chemokine expression and secretion by the human colonic epithelial cell line, HT-29 : differential effect of T lymphocyte-derived cytokines. European Journal of Immunology, 29 (2). pp. 530-536. ISSN 0014-2980
Lauder, R. M. and Huckerby, T. N. and Nieduszynski, I. A. (1999) Characterisation of an octasaccharide chondroitin sulphate linkage region fragment. Carbohydrate Letters, 3 (5). pp. 381-388. ISSN 1073-5070
Lauder, Robert M. and Huckerby, Thomas N. and Nieduszynski, Ian A. (1999) Isolation and identification of an octasaccharide chondroitin sulphate linkage region fragment. Carbohydrate Letters, 3 (5). pp. 381-388. ISSN 1073-5070
Lewis, D and Fullwood, N J and Davies, Y and Nieduszynski, I A and Quantock, A J and Bonshek, R (1999) Ultrastructural localisation of sulphated and unsulphated keratan sulphate in normal cornea and macular corneal dystrophy type I. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 40 (4). S330-S330. ISSN 0146-0404
Masson, J. Y. and Davies, A. A. and Hajibagheri, N. and Van Dyck, E. and Benson, Fiona E. and Stasiak, A. Z. and Stasiak, A. and West, S. C. (1999) The meiosis-specific recombinase hDmc1 forms ring structures and interacts with hRad51. EMBO Journal, 18 (22). pp. 6552-6560. ISSN 0261-4189
McEwan, Neil R. and Gatherer, Derek (1999) Codon indices as a predictor of gene functionality in a Frankia operon. Canadian Journal of Botany, 77 (9). pp. 1287-1292. ISSN 0008-4026
Parkin, Edward and Turner, Anthony and Hooper, Nigel (1999) Distribution of presenilins and amyloid precursor protein in detergent-insoluble membrane microdomains. In: Alzheimer's disease. Humana Press, pp. 345-360. ISBN 978-0896037373
Parkin, Edward T. and Hussain, Ishrut and Karran, Eric H. and Turner, Anthony J. and Hooper, Nigel M. (1999) Characterization of Detergent-Insoluble Complexes Containing the Familial Alzheimer's Disease-Associated Presenilins. Journal of Neurochemistry, 72 (4). pp. 1534-1543. ISSN 0022-3042
Parkin, Edward T. and Rolphe, Carole E. (1999) Modulation of phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis in celery by exogenous fatty acids. Phytochemistry, 50 (1). pp. 47-51. ISSN 0031-9422
Parkin, Edward T. and Turner, Anthony J. and Hooper, Nigel M. (1999) Amyloid precursor protein, although partially detergent-insoluble in mouse cerebral cortex, behaves as an atypical lipid raft protein. Biochemical Journal, 344 (1). pp. 23-30. ISSN 0264-6021
Parkin, Edward T. and Turner, Anthony J. and Hooper, Nigel M. (1999) Caveolae-like membranes and the amyloid precursor protein : a critical reassessment. British Neuroscience Association Abstracts, 15. p. 59.
Parkin, Edward T. and Turner, Anthony J. and Hooper, Nigel M. (1999) Caveolae-like membranes and the amyloid precursor protein : a critical reassessment. Journal of Neurochemistry, 72 (Supple). S71. ISSN 0022-3042
Parkin, Edward T. and Turner, Anthony J. and Hooper, Nigel M. (1999) Distribution of presenilins and amyloid precursor protein in detergent-insoluble membrane domains. In: Alzheimer's disease : methods and protocols. Humana Press, pp. 345-360.
Quantock, Andrew J. and Bairaktaris, G. and Fullwood, Nigel J. and Ito, M. and Suzuki, T. and Kinoshita, Shigeru (1999) Endothelial cell surface-associated keratan sulphate after excimer laser photoablation of the anterior rabbit cornea. Journal of Refractive Surgery, 15 (3). pp. 349-356. ISSN 1081-597X
Rebollar-Tellez, E. A. and Hamilton, J. G.C. and Ward, R. D. (1999) Response of female Lutzomyia longipalpis to host odour kairomones from human skin. Physiological Entomology, 24 (3). pp. 220-226. ISSN 0307-6962
Rimmer, S. and Tattersall, P. and Ebdon, J. R. and Fullwood, Nigel J. (1999) New strategies for the synthesis of amphiphilic networks. Reactive and Functional Polymers, 41 (1-3). pp. 177-184. ISSN 1381-5148
Roberts, Stephen K. and Fischer, Marc and Dixon, Graham K. and Sanders, Dale (1999) Divalent Cation Block of Inward Currents and Low-Affinity K+ Uptake in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Journal of Bacteriology, 181 (1). pp. 291-297. ISSN 0021-9193
Roberts, Stephen K. and Fischer, Marc and Dixon, Graham K. and Sanders, Dale (1999) Divalent cation block of inward currents and low-afinity K+ uptake in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Journal of Bacteriology, 181 (1). pp. 291-297. ISSN 0021-9193
Robinson, Nicholas P. and Burman, Nils and Melville, Sara E. and Barry, J. D. (1999) Predominance of duplicative VSG gene conversion in antigenic variation in African trypanosomes. Molecular and Cellular Biology, 19 (9). pp. 5839-5846. ISSN 0270-7306
Stierhof, Y D and Bates, P A and Jacobson, R L and Rogers, M E and Schlein, Y and Handman, E and Ilg, T (1999) Filamentous proteophosphoglycan secreted by Leishmania promastigotes forms gel-like three-dimensional networks that obstruct the digestive tract of infected sandfly vectors. European Journal of Cell Biology, 78 (10). pp. 675-689. ISSN 0171-9335
Tan, T. L. R. and Essers, J. and Citterio, E. and Swagemakers, S. M. A. and De Wit, J. and Benson, Fiona E. and Hoeijmakers, J. H. J. and Kanaar, R. (1999) Mouse Rad 54 affects DNA conformation and DNA-damage-induced Rad51 foci formation. Current Biology, 9 (6). pp. 325-328. ISSN 0960-9822
Twyman, Lance J. and Allsop, David (1999) A short synthesis of the β-amyloid (Aβ) aggregation inhibitor 3-p-toluoyl-2-[4′-(3-diethylaminopropoxy)-phenyl]-benzofuran. Tetrahedron Letters, 40 (52). pp. 9383-9384. ISSN 0040-4039
Watson, A. G. and Jones, R. I. and Eccleston-Parry, Jackie D. (1999) Responses of phytoplankton communities, from two contrasting lakes, to a nutrient pulsed environment. Journal of Phycology, 52 (Supple). p. 26. ISSN 1529-8817
Whitham, K. M. and Hadley, J. L. and Morris, H. G. and Andrew, S. M. and Nieduszynski, Ian A. and Brown, Gavin M. (1999) An improved method for the structural profiling of keratan sulphates : analysis of keratan suplhates from brain and ovarian tumours. Glycobiology, 9 (3). pp. 285-291. ISSN 1460-2423
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Wright, Karen and Kolios, George and Westwick, John and Ward, Stephen G. (1999) Cytokine-induced apoptosis in epithelial HT-29 cells is independent of nitric oxide formation : evidence for an IL-13-driven PI3-kinase-dependent survival mechanism. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 274 (24). pp. 17193-17201. ISSN 1083-351X
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Wolverines improve to 5-0, beat Minnesota 42-13
Michigan puts up 348 yards of offense to win the Little Brown Jug
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Devin Gardner threw a 24-yard, go-ahead touchdown pass to Devin Funchess late in the first half and No. 19 Michigan pulled away to rout Minnesota 42-13 on Saturday.
The Wolverines (5-0, 1-0 Big Ten) relied on their running game to take pressure off the turnover-prone Gardner. He didn't throw an interception for the first time since making his first start as a quarterback last year at Minnesota.
The Golden Gophers (4-2, 0-2) were without coach Jerry Kill for an entire game for the first time because of his epilepsy. He had a seizure Saturday morning, when he planned to travel to Michigan to coach in the game, and remained home to rest in Minnesota.
The Wolverines have won 18 straight games at home, the longest active streak among BCS conference schools and their longest since winning 28 in a row in Ann Arbor from 1969-73.
Gardner, who had seven turnovers in his last two games and 10 this season, had thrown at least one interception in nine straight games. He was 13 of 17 for 235 yards with a TD through the air and ran seven times for 17 yards and another score. Gardner recovered his own fumble late in the game and bounced back on the next snap by converting third-and-11 with a 22-yard pass to Funchess to set up the QB's rushing TD.
Funchess had career highs with seven receptions for 151 yards and a score. Fitzgerald Toussaint had 78 yards rushing and two touchdowns from 8 and 12 yards to give Michigan a 7-0 lead and a 28-10 advantage.
Minnesota's Mitch Leidner completed 14 of 21 passes for 145 and had 66 yards rushing on 18 carries. Leidner's second turnover, an interception, was returned 72 yards for a TD with 1:19 left.
Coming off a bye week, Michigan got off to a good start and closed well in its Big Ten opener.
On the opening drive, Wolverines defensive tackle Jibreel Black forced Leidner to fumble and linebacker James Ross recovered it at the Minnesota 35.
As promised, Michigan was determined to get its ground game going with its running backs. Toussaint's 8-yard TD run ended a six-play drive which consisted of six handoffs.
The Gophers, likewise, wanted to keep the ball on the ground and they had some success early. They ran the ball 12 times on a 16-play, 9:44 drive that was capped by Leidner's 7-yard pass to Maxx Williams to tie the game late in the first quarter.
Gardner threw an 18-yard pass to Funchess to set up his 24-yard pass that put Michigan ahead 14-7 with 1:25 left in the second quarter.
The Wolverines opened the second half with a TD drive that was capped by Derrick Green's 2-yard run that put them ahead 21-7.
Minnesota made a field goal in both the third and four quarters when facing a fourth-and-5 at the Michigan 27 and 10 -- pulling within 11 points and 15 points -- instead of going for it. In place of Kill, defensive coordinator Tracy Claeys served as the active head coach from the press box. Kill made contact with his coaching staff before kickoff Saturday, according to the school.
Kill had his fifth game-day seizure in three seasons at Minnesota, and the second this year. He did not coach the second half against Western Illinois, the third game he wasn't able to finish because of a seizure. He returned for the next two games.
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Let me just say that all of the chibi figures that I have been submitting have really brightened up my days ever since I have been making them. Especially the chibi Pokemon characters, they are so fun to make. Now it's time to say good-bye to the whole chibi submission for the day by tackling one more tutorial on said subject. How about we call it a chibi night by learning "how to draw chibi May", step by step. I'm going to be honest, I'm not familiar with May's character and therefore all I can say about her is that I love May's anime style. This version of May came out so adorable and active; I almost didn't want to finish drawing her out. Now that the sketch is complete, I can now teach all you fans and aspiring artists how simple it is to draw May from Pokemon in chibi form. I guarantee that you will find this lesson fun, exciting, and even awesome t color in. I guess that just about does it for now. As you know I shall return with more goodies for you all. Peace people and have fun!
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A central point of developer wisdom is to reuse code, especially data structures and collections. A few decades ago, it was common for C programmers to write innumerable implementations of linked lists from scratch. The code became almost a muscle memory as you banged it out. Today, such an exercise is more the result of ignoring established and well-tested options, rather than coding prowess. Except in exigent circumstances, writing your own collections has the whiff of cowboy programming.
It's safe to say that, for the most part, you should not be writing your own data structures or basic algorithms (sorts, checksums, encryption, calendars, etc.). However, this principle has a recurring exception that needs to be acknowledged; namely, that advances in hardware must find their way promptly into the implementations of common algorithms.
In a 1996 article on hashing efficiency that I wrote for Dr. Dobb's, I discussed the effects of the then-significant problem of memory latency on the choice of hash table design. Basically, the concern was that every fetch of a hash bucket that was not in cache created a significant performance obstacle as the processor waited for the long memory-fetch cycle. This suggested that on closed hash tables, nonlinear rehashing until an open slot was found was a costly operation. Linear rehashing (finding the closest empty slot) worked better. The problem of memory latency and small caches, in those days, made algorithm and data structure selection a task best completed with care.
The expansion of processor caches changed the issue, especially insofar as algorithms were concerned. Unless you come from a comp-sci background, the terms "cache-aware" and "cache-oblivious" algorithms might be new to you. Implementation of the former tend to uncover the size of the cache on the runtime hardware and then size the data structures and algorithms to minimize memory fetches. Success in this can represent significant performance gains, at the cost of some portability. Some libraries, frequently those provided by processor vendors (such as Intel and AMD, in particular) or specialized development houses, provide these implementations. Intel's Integrated Performance Primitives library, for example, checks the runtime platform characteristics and brings in the right binaries for optimal performance.
For most applications, however, we're dependent on the standard libraries provided with the language. (Intel's IPP library, for example, comes only for native code. Java and .NET are supported only with wrappers.) Language providers eventually do deliver library updates, but the progress can be frustratingly slow and the work uneven. The delivery of Java's support for multithread-friendly collections is a case in point. Scala's multithreaded collections were a major draw because they came at a time when Java's collections did not work well enough.
Not only are better libraries needed, but even within standard libraries, the choice of data structures is becoming more complex. In this excellent article explaining why linked lists are passé, Dr. Dobb's blogger Clay Breshears discusses why trees make a better and more parallel-friendly data structure than the ever-sequential linked list. This is exactly the kind of nuance that should keep us vigilant against lazily accepting a static view of which algorithms and data structures to choose. Everyone knows, don't they, that linked lists are faster than trees? And yet, even this mainstay of obvious logic is now changing beneath our feet.
The imminent era of manycore processors is likely to bring other changes to the fore. I especially expect that sort routines will be dramatically affected. Quicksort will no longer be the default sorting algorithm. The choice of sort will be more carefully matched to the needs of the data and the capabilities of the platform. We already see this on a macro level in the new world of big data. Map-reduce at scale depends upon sorts being done in smaller increments and reassembled through a merge function. And even there, the basic sorting has to be capable of handling billions of data items. In which case, grabbing an early item and making it the pivot element for millions of other entries (Quicksort) can have unfortunate consequences on performance.
Between the proliferation of cores, the rapid expansion of caches, the faster performance of RAM, and the huge increase in memory, the traditional choices of algorithms and data structures are no longer inherently safe or appropriate at all. Once again, selection must be made with considerable care aforethought.
— Andrew Binstock
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Autumn is my favorite time of year for weddings at The Empress. The flowers are blooming, the grass is green (and not dead from the heat of summer), the breezes are cool and the evenings still long. Our Secret Garden is a beautiful, awe-inspiring spot for an outdoor wedding. A walled garden with a beautiful gazebo (with a gorgeous stained-glass window), a grotto with trickling water sounds, all white flowers and a green lawn. Then enjoy your reception in our Victorian mansion or tented outdoors off of our conference center. The choice is yours, but the hassle is ours. An all-inclusive package lets you pass the work to us. Bring your groom and your dress, and let the Empress do the rest!
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A buxom blonde who showed off her shapely curves in a bare-all photoshoot for a glossy magazine has caused quite a stir.
Lizzi Miller, 20, flashes her pearly whites as she poses nearly-nude in a red thong for the September issue of "Glamour" magazine, revealing some stretch marks, thick thighs and a roll of stomach fat.
"I used to be so self-conscious in a bikini because my stomach wasn't perfectly defined," she said. "But everyone has different body shapes. And it's not all about physical."
U.S. & World
The shoot ignited an outpouring of support for the 5-foot-11 beauty, who wears between a size 12 and 14, and moved to New York City from San Jose three years ago to pursue her dream of modeling, according to the magainze.
Miller, who weights 180 lbs, was photographed alongside a story about being comfortable in your skin.