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A paradigm shift only becomes possible when there is a new paradigm in which to shift. Don't you agree? We trundle along happily even if things are going down-hill. Much like the old frog in the water that is slowly rising to boiling point. If we do not know there is a better way what choice do we have? In business though, it is the bottom line that has the final say. If it is going okay – status quo. If it is not then you are on the lookout for a solution to turn things around.
My wife Jenny and I re-invented ourselves over 11 years ago as a result of experiencing the big drought which affected greatly the agricultural economy upon which our work and income were based. We opened an art gallery which went better than budget and had a bright future. Then just over two years in, along came the global financial crisis that changed the business world completely. Our industry took a big nose-dive overnight but fortunately we were one of the survivors. I knew I needed to look for another accompanying income stream for business growth so jumped at the chance to help out my brother develop cloud technology with the potential to build a business of some sort. This journey has developed me to the point where I can see opportunity in most industries simply by having the means to manage business differently.
American physicist and philosopher, Thomas Khun coined the term 'paradigm shift', way back in the early nineteen sixties. Paradigm shift best describes what High Calibre Consultancy offers. With our consultancy built around the MYSKILLmanager customised workplace performance skills framework, we offer our clients the opportunity to break free of the conventional practices that don't seem to offer the same hope for the future as they once did.
We find ourselves in the technological age but we cannot escape our foundations. In a business conversation just last week I found myself saying – "technology without relationship will destroy the world but technology with relationship will build the world". Something worth pondering upon, don't you think?


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Two French tourists were found dead and their son was rescued after they hiked a trail in the White Sands National Monument in New Mexico, authorities said.
The tourists were found by park rangers conducting a routine patrol along the Alkali Flat Trail on Tuesday, said the National Park Service.
The 9-year-old boy was found by emergency personnel and treated for heat exposure, according to ABC affiliate KVIA-TV in El Paso, Texas.
The daytime high temperature in the park reached 101 degrees Fahrenheit on Tuesday, according to the National Park Service.
The Otero County Sheriff's Office is investigating the couple's deaths. French authorities are assisting.


Welcome to the world of Avios points!
This page answers a few of the questions that newcomers to Avios often ask. Click on the blue links to be taken to websites with more information or relevant Head for Points articles.
I'm confused by the four Avios schemes ….
Air Italy also uses Avios as the currency of its loyalty scheme. As you cannot transfer Avios out of Air Italy into any other Avios scheme, we do not cover it much.
I will ignore Aer Lingus AerClub, Vueling Club and Iberia Plus as it is very rare that you will use these.
You can also buy Avios points, although this is rarely worthwhile unless you are buying the last few you need for a redemption. The ba.com link to buy Avios is here.
Head for Points runs daily articles on new ways of earning Avios points! Our 'Quick Avios' page lists some of the special points-earning deals currently running.
What is the easiest way of earning Avios points?
See our 'Credit Cards Update' page for full details of the best offers, and read Head for Points each day for the latest credit card news.
Tesco Clubcard also offers an easy route to Avios points if you take advantage of their special promotions, although these have reduced in recent years. We run a sister website, Shopper Points (shopperpoints.co.uk), which focusses exclusively on Clubcard and Nectar points.
How many Avios points do I earn when flying with British Airways?
For economy flights, you earn 0.25 Avios per mile flown, with a minimum of 125 per flight. You earn substantially more in higher classes and for having a Bronze, Silver or Gold BA Executive Club card.
Flights on other oneworld partner airlines, such as Qantas, will earn at similar levels as you can see here.
I did a long article here on what Avios points are 'worth' when redeeming for British Airways long-haul premium flights.
If you aim to get at least 1p per point of value then you won't go wrong.
Non-flight redemptions are poorer value for money. In general, you will get 0.5p per Avios of value when redeeming for non-flight items.
What is best use of Avios points?
At the end of the day, the best redemption is the one that gets you something you really want! However, redeeming for long-haul Business Class or First Class flights will generally get you the highest 'pence per Avios' value for your air miles. If you don't earn enough points for this, redeeming for BA European flights will usually get you over 1p per Avios of value.
Try to avoid redeeming for long-haul Economy Class flights as these often represent poor value due to the taxes imposed. Economy redemptions can occasionally make sense in peak season.
A full list of the 33 (!) airlines which let you redeem Avios points can be found here. Each of the Avios schemes has different airline partners.
British Airways Executive Club lets you redeem for all 14 airlines in the oneworld alliance plus Aer Lingus (by telephone only), Comair, Flybe and Alaska (by telephone only).
AerClub and Vueling Club use the avios.com website to handle their redemptions. Aer Lingus can be booked online via this site although taxes are higher than if you book via British Airways Executive Club on the telephone.
How many Avios do I need for a flight?
As this ba.com page explains, flight redemptions start at just 4,000 Avios. This will get you a one-way ticket in Economy to Amsterdam, Paris etc on an off-peak date.
Long-haul Economy redemptions start at 13,000 Avios, which will get you a one-way seat in Economy on BA to the Middle East or India.
Premium Economy (World Traveller Plus) seats cost 2x Economy points. Business Class is 3x and First Class is 4x.
Domestic connections to or from London do not require any additional Avios points when redeeming for a long-haul flight.
There is an 'Avios Calculator' on ba.com which shows you how many points are required for any particular flight.
How easy is it to find Avios seats when I want them?
It depends. If you are a single traveller or a couple without children, you won't have too much difficulty, although flexibility is always helpful. If you want tickets for a family of four to a peak holiday destination over Summer, Easter or Christmas, you will find it a lot harder – although I have done numerous school holiday trips with my children.
British Airways lets you search for Avios availability at ba.com even if your account has no Avios in it. It is worthwhile spending some time looking at how easy it is to find seats on routes you would fly before committing yourself.
How early can I book Avios redemption flights?
British Airways guarantees to make at least two business class and four economy class seats available on every flight at some point. There are no guarantees over World Traveller Plus or First Class redemption levels.
All BA flights open for booking at 355 days prior to departure, between midnight and 1am. BA is releasing the guaranteed two business class and four economy seats per flight at this point.
Further seats are usually made available from time to time depending on how well the flight is selling. In general, BA is fairly generous in the number of seats made available.
How can I minimise the taxes when I fly?
British Airways imposes high surcharges on long-haul Avios airmiles redemptions – around £350 per person, return in Economy and £500 in World Traveller Plus, Business and First.
There are ways around this, though. Redemptions in Europe have their taxes capped at £35 for Economy flights via the 'Reward Flight Saver' scheme. Read our 'Avios Redemption University' articles to learn how to reduce your taxes to as little as £75 for long-haul flights.
What non-flight redemptions are available?
British Airways Executive Club has only a limited choice of non-flight redemptions, mainly wine, hotels and car hire.
When you fly with British Airways and credit your flight to British Airways Executive Club, you earn tier points as well as Avios points. Earn enough tier points and you will receive a Gold, Silver or Bronze Executive Club card with special privileges. Tier points cannot be exchanged for additional Avios points and vice versa.
Can I combine my Avios points with other family members?
Yes you can. British Airways Executive Club offers Household Accounts. You can learn more here.
Can I turn my Virgin Atlantic / American Airlines / other air miles into Avios points?
If you have points in another airline scheme to use up, I would recommend trying to combine them with an Avios redemption via two one-way redemptions.
For example, as both BA and Virgin fly to Dubai, you could build up your Virgin miles so that you have just enough for a one-way redemption to Dubai on Virgin Atlantic. You could then use Avios points to fly back on British Airways.
Technically yes. If there is absolutely no activity on your account for three years, they will expire. In reality, it is highly unlikely that your account will see no earning or spending at all over such a period.


City tours around Riga will be organised on Monday, May 30 at 18:00.
The tours will feature visits to two of the most popular destinations in Riga.
Feel the medieval charm of Old Riga and the breath of the modern, vigorous and spirited city. Many old houses have survived in the heart of the ancient Hanseatic League and in some places you even get the feeling of having travelled back in time to previous centuries. Strolling through the narrow cobble streets you will see the most interesting architectural monuments of Riga from the 13th century, like Bastion Hill, Powder Tower, Swedish Gate, Saeima (Parliament), Riga St Jacob's Cathedral, Three Brothers, Riga Castle, Riga Cathedral, Town Hall Square, House of the Blackheads, Riga St Peter's Church, St. John's Church, Līvu Square, Small Guild, Freedom Monument.
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Elaine Thompson-Herah lastly claims Commonwealth Games gold in 100 metres
By Editorial August 4, 2022 Updated: August 4, 2022 No Comments4 Mins Read
Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah clinched her first Commonwealth Games 100m title as Daryll Neita's problem did not materialise.
The 30-year-old ran 10.95 seconds whereas England's Neita might solely handle bronze after a stunning begin.
Jamaica's Thompson-Herah had not beforehand gained a person Commonwealth Games title earlier than regardless of claiming 5 Olympic golds.
"I feel good, I could have had a better execution, but I am still grateful to win my first Commonwealth title," she stated.
"I started out as a rookie in 2014. Then I was fourth in 2018 in the 200m. Now I have moved up to a gold, so I am grateful."
She was the one considered one of Jamaica's star trio to compete with world 200m champion Shericka Jackson and 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce skipping the Games following final month's World Championships in Eugene.
Thompson-Herah took 100m bronze behind her team-mates in Oregon and was the star title in Birmingham, with England's Dina Asher-Smith out with a hamstring harm.
It meant Neita, who reached the Olympic closing final yr, was anticipated to be Thompson-Herah's essential rival and the British champion smashed her private finest to run 10.90 seconds within the semi-final.
But she might solely run 11.07 seconds within the closing following an terrible begin and in addition completed behind St Lucia's Julien Alfred.
Ferdinand Omanyala gained the lads's 100 metres closing (Mike Egerton/PA)
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"I let myself down. I will go back, watch it with my coach, analyse it, get told off, beat myself up," stated Neita.
"It shows my pick up is phenomenal but I can't afford to run 10.90 in the semi and then 11.07 in the final. It's not good enough.
"It's frustrating because I was capable of winning it and I really let myself down. I'm racing one of the fastest women of all time, the competition was high but I could have done better.
"One thing about me is I'm able to turn every single negative thing into a positive. I'll use this building up for the next thing."
In the lads's race, Kenya's Ferdinand Omanyala took the title in 10.02 seconds forward of defending champion Akani Simbine.
I let myself down. I'll return, watch it with my coach, analyse it, get instructed off, beat myself up
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Sri Lanka's Yupun Abeykoon claimed bronze whereas England's Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake suffered an obvious hamstring harm and completed final.
Omanyala shook off the frustration of final month the place he suffered visa points forward of the World Championships and solely arrived in America hours earlier than his 100m warmth, earlier than being knocked out within the semi-final.
"I came here with the sole aim of winning the gold and in the final it was a case of controlling the race from the start," he stated.
"Once I got a good start I knew I would win the gold. When I crossed the line I felt like jumping for joy."
Scotland's Eilish McColgan took gold within the 10,000m in a Games report of half-hour 48.60 seconds, echoing mum Liz who gained the race in 1986 and 1990.
Eilish McColgan adopted in her mom Liz's footsteps (Mike Egerton/PA)
It was her first main title as she beat Kenya's Irene Cheptai following a race-long duel.
She stated: "It has been such an up-and-down year. But I knew the fitness was somewhere in me. Having my family here and the crowd here. It was vibrating through my whole body. I just wanted it so bad.
"I knew the Kenyans were super strong and would put in bursts. But you can see in that last 100m I wanted gold. It is an absolute dream. It is so special to have it here in the UK.
"These are my fourth Commonwealths and I have come sixth every time. I was ready to win the medal."
Earlier within the morning session, Matt Hudson-Smith breezed via the primary spherical of the 400m on the Alexander Stadium.
The Wolverhampton-born athlete claimed bronze on the World Championships in Eugene final month and gained his warmth in 46.26 seconds.
Source: www.unbiased.co.uk
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I am not a heavy internet user as I don't really download much but I do watch a lot of online streaming content and my 25 Mbps cable connection just couldn't keep up so I upgraded to a 1000 Mbps fiber internet.
Even though the Xiaomi Mini WiFi router that I am currently using support AC1200 wireless connectivity with speeds up to 300Mbps and 867 Mpbs on the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz channel respectively, it is still limited by its FE WAN interface which limits internet connectivity to 100 Mbps.
Other than that, the Mini performs really well. Wireless connectivity from 13 meters away and behind a wall which is where my furthest device, a TV box, is placed, is really good. I mean, really, really good, even with the room door closed.
The router is small and compact and looks extremely simple and sleek. Firmware update is frequent and the management app is fantastic. Even though the web UI is in Chinese (which I turn to Google Translate for help), there is practically nothing that I would want to complain about, other than FE WAN interface. Seriously, that's it. I mean if the mini supports gigabit WAN, I would stick to it until the next internet upgrade which probably means many years to come. And a brand new unit will only cost you SGD30-40, a ridiculously affordable price.
But as I have the other theoretical 900 Mbps left unused, I went looking for replacement, with a simple criteria which is - it supports a gigabit WAN interface and at least AC1200 wireless. And as I don't believe is spending a bomb on a router that can become obsolete within a year, this should be easy.
I ended up with the D-Link DIR-865L. It is a pretty old model (released in 2012) but it has all the features that I need which is gigabit WAN interface and AC1750 wireless. On paper, it looks good. And it comes cheap too as a used item. I got mine for $25.
To be honest, D-link has never impressed me with their wireless products, ever. Although all their previous wireless routers that I had a chance to try out never gave me the experience like I had with the Xiaomi, they can't be that bad all the time right? Or so I thought.
The DIR-865L range is worse than the Mini with my TV box. Even though there is connectivity, it is practically unusable. I plugged back my Mini after just 15 mins. I'll give it another tinker before I decide if I should Carousell it off or use the Mini as an extender instead to bypass the 100 Mbps limitation which will be a waste of energy for no reason.
So the DIR-865L is bigger, more expensive and supposedly faster but can't even beat a cheap mini router like the Mini in terms of range.
In the short time I had with the D-Link, I noticed that the internet upstream was only 10 Mbps when tested with Speedtest.net. I had to set the WAN connectivity manually to 1000 Mbps instead of Auto to fix this problem. I am not sure if my Huawei ONT has anything to do with it. So for those currently using the DIR-865L, try testing your internet speed at Speedtest.net and see if you face the same issue.
Also, I found out that changing the 802.11 mode will cause the Security Mode to be set to None. That is a bug if you ask me. The security mode should remain regardless.
Another bug I found is that after changing the transmission rate for the 2.4Ghz channel, some of my devices are not able to connect even though the settings are reverted. The only way it to reboot the router.
So bottom line is, if you do not have any devices placed far away like mine, then maybe the DIR-865L may work well for you. It didn't for me, at least on default settings. I am not putting up any high hopes that tinkering with it further will make any difference.
Now if only Xiaomi will release a version 2 of the Mini with gigabit WAN interface.


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Palcho Monastery is located at the foot of Mount Zong, Gyangze County, Shigatse city. The construction of the monastery was started in Ming Dynasty (1418) and completed in 1425. It is conserved quite well and there are lots of exquisite murals and statues.
Palcho Monastery was listed as a key cultural relics site under the state protection in 1996.


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Q: Where to store Dictionary data in iOS I am developing iPhone app,i have one doubt
I have an NSMutableDictionary which contains data in this format
dict at 0th index:
"ProductId":"77386",
"ProductImage":"http://static.abcd.com/images/product/large/design_gallery_slide_green - Copy (2).jpg",
"Productshortname":"Apple iPhone 5c 16GB",
"categorycode":null,
"categoryid":8,
"categoryimage":"",
"categoryshortname":"",
"favorite":"0",
"price":"31500",
"productnameinUrl":"apple-iphone-5c-16gb",
"storecount":"10"

dict at 1st index:
    "ProductId":"11386",
    "ProductImage":"http://static.abcd.com/images/product/large/design_gallery_slide_green - Copy (2).jpg",
    "Productshortname":"Apple iPhone 5s 16GB",
    "categorycode":null,
    "categoryid":8,
    "categoryimage":"",
    "categoryshortname":"",
    "favorite":"1",
    "price":"31500",
    "productnameinUrl":"apple-iphone-5s-16gb",
    "storecount":"18"

dict at 2nd index:
    "ProductId":"31386",
    "ProductImage":"http://static.abcd.com/images/product/large/design_gallery_slide_green - Copy (2).jpg",
    "Productshortname":"Apple iPhone 4s 16GB",
    "categorycode":null,
    "categoryid":8,
    "categoryimage":"",
    "categoryshortname":"",
    "favorite":"1",
    "price":"31500",
    "productnameinUrl":"apple-iphone-4s-16gb",
    "storecount":"38"

and so on...
What i want to do is, i want to store this dictionary indexes some where in my directory and i want to fetch it after some time or even after closing and opening the app after few times.
where should i store this kind of data ? is there any storage for strong this kind of data?
Please help and thanks in advance !!

A: You can store the data in NSUserdefaults and can access any time and anywhere as you want
yourdict;//Your NSDictionary Object That contains the data to store

[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setObject:yourdict forKey:@"dict"];

[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] synchronize];

At the time of retrieval of data,
dict = [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] objectForKey:@"dict"];

A: You've already chosen an approved answer but I'll throw my thoughts in anyway.
This information looks like it could get large.
The user defaults isn't designed for large chunks of data. It's really meant for small bits of information, such as boolean preferences etc etc, not to be treated as an easy-to-use database.
Some problems with the user defaults:

*

*The defaults file is read and parsed when you launch your app, regardless of whether you need your information from it at that time or not. This is because other parts of your app also use it for storing their bits of info too.

*The entire defaults file needs to be parsed in order for you to retrieve anything, even if you just want a single entry.

*You don't choose when the defaults file is parsed. You can't do any smart threading if it becomes huge (say you put 1000 products in there)

I'd recommend either writing the dictionary to it's own plist using NSDictionary's writeToFile: and reading using initWithContentsOfFile: (this still suffers from point #2 above)
OR
Using CoreData/sqlite to write the information to a real database.

NSDictionary methods: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/Reference/Foundation/Classes/NSDictionary_Class/Reference/Reference.html#//apple_ref/occ/instm/NSDictionary/writeToFile:atomically:

A: An other option (And better in my experience) is to use - NSCoder, this option is great as you can use an Object with normal properties to access your data, which make your code more readable.
You can read about it here - NSCoding / NSKeyedArchiver by NSHipster
An here is the reference - NSCoder docs

A: NSDictionary has a writeToFile: method which will do it for you.
NSDicationary writeToFile:Atomically:

A: use NSUserDefault and save your data like this in array
Here you can use this in anyway in your application for store value of NSUserDefaults.

// --- Saving
NSUserDefaults *prefs = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
// saving an NSString
[prefs setObject:@"TextToSave" forKey:@"keyToLookupString"];
// saving an NSInteger
[prefs setInteger:42 forKey:@"integerKey"];
// saving a Double
[prefs setDouble:3.1415 forKey:@"doubleKey"];
// saving a Float
[prefs setFloat:1.2345678 forKey:@"floatKey"];
// This is suggested to synch prefs, but is not needed (I didn't put it in my tut)
[prefs synchronize];

Here you can use this in anyway in your application for get value of NSUserDefaults.
// --- Retrieving
NSUserDefaults *prefs = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
// getting an NSString
NSString *myString = [prefs stringForKey:@"keyToLookupString"];
// getting an NSInteger
NSInteger myInt = [prefs integerForKey:@"integerKey"];
// getting an Float
float myFloat = [prefs floatForKey:@"floatKey"];

Thanks & Cheers ..

A: Looks like there can be more amount of data, so the best approach is to use core data to handle this scenario.
You can check few tutorials on how to use core data - Link1 , Link2
There are advantage of using core data over NSUserDefault and file system, as those load all the data at once and you might face some issue in performance.
You can also check following links which will illustrate you performance of different mechanism used to store data - PerformanceLinks1 PerformanceLinks2

A: try this
NSMutableDictionary *dictionary = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:

                                       @"audio.caf",@"pictureAudioKey",
                                       @"audio.m4a",@"englishAudioKey",
                                       @"audio2.m4a",@"spanishAudioKey",
                                       @"audio3.m4a",@"frenchAudioKey",
                                       @"audio4.m4a",@"germanAudioKey",
                                       @"audio5.m4a",@"italianAudioKey",
                                       @"audio6.m4a",@"chineseAudioKey",
                                       @"image.jpg",@"photoimagekey",
                                       @"name.txt", @"identity",
                                       @"imagename.txt",@"numberkey",nil];

    NSArray *documentPaths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
    NSString *documentsDirectory = [documentPaths objectAtIndex:0];
    NSString *dictionaryPath = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:[[self imageNameTextField]text]];
    dictionaryPath =[dictionaryPath stringByAppendingFormat:@"dicitonary" ] ;
    NSDictionary *savedDictionary = dictionary;

    NSLog(@"The Save file is:%@", savedDictionary);

    [savedDictionary writeToFile:dictionaryPath atomically:YES];

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Olaf O. Storaasli, Synective Labs VP, was a researcher at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Computer Science and Mathematics Division's Future Technologies Group) and USEC following his NASA career. He led the hardware, software and applications teams' successful development of one of NASA's 1st parallel computers, the Finite element machine and developed rapid matrix equation algorithms tailored to high-performance computers (even harnessing FPGA accelerators) to solve science and engineering applications. He was PhD advisor and graduate instructor at UT, GWU and CNU and mentored 25 NHGS students. He is recognized by American Men and Women of Science, Marquis Who's Who, and NASA, Cray, Intel and Concordia College awards. NASA Awards include Viking Mars Lander design and Engineering Analysis (IPAD, RIM, HPC, FPGA, SPAR, FEM, Space Shuttle SRB and NASA Software-of-the-year).

Education

Storaasli received a B.A. in Physics, Mathematics & French (Concordia College, 1964), M.A. in Mathematics (USD,1966), Ph.D in Engineering Mechanics (NCSU, 1970) and post-doc fellowships: NTNU (1984–85), University of Edinburgh (2008).

Research
He develops, tests and documents parallel analysis software to speed matrix equation solution to simulate physical & biological behavior on advanced-computer architectures (e.g. NASA's GPS solver based on prior Finite element machine and rapid parallel analysis of Space Shuttle SRB redesign earned Cray's 1st GigaFLOP Performance Award at Supercomputing '89).

Books
 Engineering Applications on NASA's FPGA-based Hypercomputer, 7th MAPLD, Washington, D.C., Sept 2004.
 Large-Scale Analysis, Design and Intelligent Synthesis Environments, Elsevier Sciences, 2000.
 Large-Scale Analysis & Design on High-Performance Computers & Workstations, Elsevier Sciences, 1998.
 Large-Scale Structural Analysis for High-Performance Computers & Workstations, Pergamon Press 1994.
 Parallel Computational Methods for Large-Scale Structural Analysis & Design, Pergamon Press 1993.
 Parallel Methods on Large-Scale Structural Analysis & Physics Applications, Pergamon Press 1991.

References
1 Olaf Storaasli at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
2 State-of-the-Art in Heterogeneous Computing, Scientific Programming 18 pp. 1–33, IOS Press, 2010.(+PARA10)
3 High-Performance Mixed-Precision Linear Solver for FPGAs, IEEE Trans Computers 57/12, 1614–1623, 2008.
4 Accelerating Science Applications up to 100X with FPGAs, PARA08 Proc.Trondheim Norway, May 2008.
5 Computation Speed-up of Complex Durability Analysis of Large-Scale Composite Structures, AIAA 49th SDM Proc. 2008.
6 Accelerating Genome Sequencing 100-1000X MRSC Proc. Queen's University, Belfast, UK April 1–3, 2008.
7 Exploring Accelerating Science Applications with FPGAs, NCSA/RSSI Proc. Urbana, IL, July 20, 2007.
8 Performance Evaluation of FPGA-Based Biological Applications, Cray Users Group Proc. Seattle, May 2007.
9 Sparse Matrix-Vector Multiplication Design on FPGAs, IEEE 15th Symp on FCCM Proc., 349–352, 2007.
10 Computing at the Speed of Thought, Aerospace America pp. 35–38, Oct. 2004.
11 Preface: A Computational Scientist's Perspective on Appellate Technology, 15 J. App. Prac. & Process 39-46 2014.

External links
 Intel Supercomputing Pioneers (song)
 From Brunskill to Mars.
 NASA Lessons Learned.
 Web page.
 Google Scholar.

Living people
1943 births
American computer scientists
Oak Ridge National Laboratory people
History of Hampton, Virginia
American people of Norwegian descent

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