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Q: Openmp performance with omp_get_max_threads greater than number of cores I am novice is parallel programming. I running a my own Gibbs sampler written in C++. The overview of program look some thing like this.
 for(int iter=0; iter <=itermax; iter++){ //loop1
 #pragma omp parallel for schedule(dynamic)
 for(int jobs= 0;  jobs<=1000; jobs++){ // loop2
     small_job();
     #pragma omp critical(dataupdate){
        data_updates()
     }
 }
   jobs_that_cannot_be_parallelized();
}

I am running in a machine with 64 cores. Since small_job are of variable length and small I was assigning  omp_get_max_threads = 128. The number of cores used seems to be correct (see fig load last hour).. Each of peaks belongs to loop2.
However when I look to the actual cpu usage (see fig  it seems lot of of cpu is used by system and only 20% is used by user. Is it because I am spawning lots of threads at loop2. What are best practices to decide on  omp_get_max_threads? I know I have not given enough information but I will really appreciate any other recommendation to make the program faster.


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Arvelius is a genus of stink bugs in the family Pentatomidae. There are about 13 described species in Arvelius.

Species
These 13 species belong to the genus Arvelius:

 Arvelius acutispinus Breddin, 1909
 Arvelius albopunctatus (De Geer, 1773) (tomato stink bug)
 Arvelius caballeroi Brailovsky
 Arvelius confusus Brailovsky
 Arvelius ecuadorensis Brailovsky
 Arvelius haitiana Brailovsky
 Arvelius intermediata Brailovsky
 Arvelius latus Breddin, 1909
 Arvelius longirostris Brailovsky, 1981
 Arvelius nigroantennatus Brailovsky
 Arvelius paralongirostris Brailovsky
 Arvelius peruana Brailovsky
 Arvelius porrectispinus Breddin, 1909

References

Further reading

Pentatomidae genera
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Fabulous post, Martin. I've been thinking about this too. First, it's too bad Mayor Goodman gets so much bad press simply because he's not politically correct. I personally LOVE that he speaks from the hip. He's real, and I appreciate that about a politician. Second, something drastic should be done about graffiti, it's truly out of hand. I drive East on Carey every day to avoid the freeway in the morning; there are areas where homes are being built in a bad area in an attempt for affordable new housing - these homes (almost finished) have had all the windows broken out and are now littered with graffiti. I've also seen the graffiti on the brand new areas of the 95 - it sickens me.
I really like Mayor Goodman. It is so nice to have someone speak their mind and not worry about being politically correct. Ok, the gin thing didn't sit right with me, but it isn't going to stop me from voting for him next time.
I agree with you about having more parent responsibility for their child's "habits". Maybe parents will take an active interest in their child knowing that their own butts are on the line.
Well if he cut off their hands they could probably get disability. Which in the long run would cost more cleaning up the graffiti.
But by only cutting off their thumbs not only does it makes it really difficult to hold use a spray can, they can still go on to do other things in life. So I think he has made the right fiscal call by changing from hands to thumbs.
I love your idea of making the parent and the kid re-paint the vandalized area. That would probably put a stop to most of it.
Good points. While the Mayor's comments are extreme, it's clear that he's reached his tolerance point (no pun intended). Without hearing the actual interview itself, it's hard to say whether or not he's taken out of context in this sound-bite, CNN/FoxNews-based media environment.
This being said, I have to agree that we need to start making people responsible for their actions. If that means making parents responsible for their kids actions, so be it.
I'd rather have a guy like him that speaks from the heart than someone who speaks through a press secretary.
I've heard him a couple times when he was on with Colin Cowherd on ESPN Radio('Herd knows him from his days in Vegas). He lets no sleeping dogs lie, for sure, and I find that quite refreshing.
If he does take their thumbs, it's just a matter of time before some genius comes up with a "no thumbs" version spraypaint cannister. Long live capitalism!
Daaang. I guess I'm gonna have to be the one that everyone worries about, lol. I actually like graffiti.
I remember driving along 15 and seeing all those drab gray walls... And then there would be a patch of bright pretty colors. Sometimes I would pay attention to the art (and I do consider it art) and sometimes I just enjoyed the sharp contrast to the landscape.
I still get to see it around here occasionally, like when a train passes by, but it's just not enough for me.
OK! So let the tar and feathering commence!


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Humor Writer and Songwriter Christopher Cerf
Cerf writes children's songs for Sesame Street and helped launch the humor magazine the National Lampoon. In 1978 he co-edited the journalistic parody "Not the New York Times." His most recent humor book is "The Book of Sequels," a spoof of current trends in the publishing and film industries.
The Best Rock Songs from Sesame Street
Christopher Cerf's educational songs for children are featured on the television show Sesame Street. He tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross about how he chooses his subject material and the popular songs he pays tribute to. An album of Sesame Street music, titled Born to Add, features many songs he wrote and performed.
Raising "Kids, Day in and Day Out."
Christopher Cerf returns to Fresh Air to discuss a book he co-authored about child rearing.

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A Beginner's Guide to Pokémon Collection in National Parks
Pokémon Go, made available for download in America on July 6, 2016 (and adding new countries every day!) enables collection, training, and battling of the first 150 Pokémon. Individual Pokémon collection and observation is now possible, and Pokémon trainers will be venturing into their communities and the wilds that surround them in record numbers as they strive to catch 'em all. By virtue of collecting and learning about (albeit augmented, virtual) animals, people will also rediscover their attraction to the natural world. Through Pokémon Go, trainers will develop a keen eye for their surroundings, patience for tracking, quick thinking in anticipation of Pokémon behaviors. And what better place for young and old alike to hone their PokéSkills but the expansive wilderness of America's greatest natural treasure, the National Park system.
The iconic U.S. National Parks have provided access to both nature and natural sciences to visitors for 100 years. Combined annual attendance to these natural wonders registers at a whopping 305 million people each year, attracting visitors from all over the world. Our National Parks span the landscape of the United States and her territories, ranging from the remote reaches of Alaska to the bustling east coast parks, like Shenandoah-a quick drive from several major cities-and hop entire oceans to appear in far pacific lands like Hawaii, American Samoa, and Guam. Sometimes, these parks pack a hefty admission fee, up to $30 in some of the most famous parks. The fees go toward necessary maintenance and upkeep of the most pristine natural environments in the country, preserving the experience for the next generation of visitors. Don't be scared by the entry fees; reasonably priced annual passes and special free events can make access extremely affordable! In fact, I planned a trip to Shenandoah National Park this past weekend for both my sister and me as a respite from the rigors of academia. However, once we got the news dropped of the long-awaited Pokemon Go release, our plans quickly adapted to incorporate some Pokemon collecting into our adventure.
A quick entrance photo at the North Entrance Gate PokéGym.
Pokémon Go gameplay consists mainly of exploring various areas to find and catch Pokémon. Nearby Pokémon will be listed on the bottom right of your screen; information which can be expanded to a 3×3 grid of local specimen. Collecting animal specimen as a scientist can involve such intricacies as setting traps for birds, electroshocking for fish, luring insects or small mammals into containment devices, or even go as far as darting larger mammals with (reversible) drugs to slow them down/knock them out. Venturing out into the field for collecting can as involved as trekking into a remote jungle or as simple as a literal walk in a park. Tracking down a Pokémon in Pokémon Go incorporates much of these same underlying tactics. Trainers must be patient in their search, vigilant of their surroundings, and mindful of a Pokémon's probable habitat (e.g. water-type Pokémon are more likely to be found near rivers, lakes, and coastal areas).
Knowing when and where to be on the lookout for Pokémon is key to ensuring a safe, responsible visit, and collection of real-life animals, plants, and artifacts by the general public is prohibited in the parks. Of course, it's still worthwhile and rewarding to explore non-Pokémon species. Should you need help with identification of a real critter or plant, be sure to ask a scientist with the #PokeBlitz hashtag on Twitter. Many scientists of all disciplines are eagerly embracing the surging interest of Pokémon Go players have in exploring the natural world for virtual monsters in order to easily guide young collectors into lessons about taxonomy, ecology, and biodiversity. In fact, some were even inspired to explore science by Pokémon games of their youth, while other wildlife scientists hope to learn from this new style of gameplay how to better engage with the public on issues related to real plants and animals. However, not all are convinced that National Parks are meant to be experienced science through the lens of technology. I would encourage trainers to follow their excitement and passion towards new and rousing experiences. Should you find that you would like to further your participation in scientific data collection, many National Parks offer more opportunities.
@SFriedScientist I'll go on record (& willingly sound like curmudgeon) to say incentivizing smartphone use is anathema to nat park ethos.
— Rick MacPherson (@rmacpherson) July 11, 2016
Unfortunately for Pokemon enthusiasts, much of our nation's great National Parks are still unserved by cell towers. However, the draw for collecting Pokémon in National Parks is the opportunity to collect rare species that are available in their pristine ecosystems. Indeed, we found that Shenandoah National Park was already well equipped and welcoming to collectors, and many visitor centers and trails in that park boasted numerous PokéStops and PokéGyms
Attention Trainers: We're so excited you're headed out to the parks. Go #FindYourPark & catch 'em all! #PokemonGohttps://t.co/HOK57ZPQ0i
— NationalParkService (@NatlParkService) July 12, 2016
If you are one of the brave new trainers eager to venture into the US National Park system in search of rare Pokémon, you'll need to be prepared for all of the excitement and dangers that lie ahead of you.
Items to Pack
Sketch by Madeline Bartley at the summit done while I conquered the nearby PokéGym in the name of Team Mystic.
A wild Clefairy welcomes up to the highest point in Shenandoah, Hawksbill Mountain. 4,050 ft (1,230 m).
Food, cooler
Camping stove (optional)
Sleeping gear – sleeping bag, pad, camping pillow
Water – amount varies with climate, difficulty of hikes, but plan on about 1L per hour
Small backpack – in addition to bringing your cellular device replete with
your Pokéballs, potions, etc you'll need an actual real-life bag that can hold your water, maps, ID, snacks, head lamp, and other supplies
Bear mace (if applicable)
Comfortable shoes and clothes
Head lamp or flashlight
Extra chargers – I recommend a charging phone case, or one that charges with kinetic energy like AmpyMove
Before arriving at your destination, you may want to check for campsites available for reservation online as well as that park's website. Park websites are also good for recommendations and lists of current park events, like star-gazing parties or guided nature hikes. We opted to try our luck at some first-come-first-serve campsites, and even though we were delayed by taking a longer route to avoid the highway (and find Pokémon!), we still managed to snag a site in Mathew's Arm campground by mid afternoon on Saturday. As with all of my trips to National Parks our first stop after securing our campsite was the nearest visitor center, in this case Dickey Ridge Visitor Center, to check out some souvenirs and get hiking recommendations from the rangers. In fact, some park rangers will go as far to help you find local Pokemon. Our first night we did a short hike adjacent to the visitor center and had a sunset picnic overlooking an amazing vista. Despite our close proximity to the center, we encountered many common, and some new-to-us, species of Pokémon (also some familiar real woodland animals!). Between the two of us, we were able to sample and collect Vulpix, Machoke, and Seel before heading back to the tent.
We had all of Sunday for hiking and Pokémon collecting, so we set out early, itching to explore the areas recommended by the trusty rangers. While I had spent much of the drive down in the passenger seat on the lookout for Pokémon along the way, I knew we'd have to be more cautious when we entered the park. Many trails pass near treacherous cliffs, swift rivers, and other dangerous obstacles that we needed to be vigilantly aware of. You should trust that your phone will buzz to alert you to a Pokémon appearing, and always keep your device by your side or in your pocket with Battery Saver mode engaged while hiking and enjoying the views, and not stuck to your nose obstructing your view. I do not recommend watching your device screen for nearby Pokemon or Stops while hiking. Nor do I advocate hiking off trail at any point. Hiking without eyes on the trail is extremely dangerous, and Pokémon collecting should only be done at or adjacent to areas where you have stopped and fully considered potential hazards. There are always potential dangers around the bend, and an injury in the woods is much more difficult to address than an injury at home. As a personal testament to the import of this advice, I can offer my own anecdote: after rounding a sharp bend in the trail in Shenandoah, we suddenly found ourselves less than 30 feet away from a full-grown black bear, who was wandering across our hiking path. This bear was not even half of a 2km egg hatching distance from the trailhead and main road. The encounter, while jarring, ended with harm to neither us nor the bear, but it was a stark reminder of what could have gone not-so-well had we been paying more attention to our screens than to our natural surroundings.
Not even a nibble.
Speaking of wildlife encounters. Bears and other wild animals in the park would love to nom your snacks and can get into your tent/car/flesh no problem. Store food/toiletries/anything scented either in your locked vehicle, in a bear box, or up in a tree. Don't feed the animals. Only the Razz Berries have been approved for improved ease in collection of Pokémon. Feeding wild animals can lead to dangerous and possibly lethal encounters for both human and animals alike. But that's not to say that you need to be overly cautious about all animals. Explore! Talk to strangers! You'll encounter other collectors along the trails and vistas that will be just as excited as you to find new specimen. It helps to spread out in wider areas to locate more Pokémon. Luckily, competition for wild Pokémon is never an issue, as there always seems to be just enough in an area for all to collect one.
With these recommendations in hand, you're now prepared to set out in search of new Pokémon and new experiences. Whether you bring a friend, partner, or the whole family, you'll surely embrace all that the parks have to offer. We all benefit from time spent in nature and the parks offer some of the world's most impressive natural wonders. We also all have a responsibility to embrace the mission to protect and preserve the fragile ecosystems and history of the parks (natural or otherwise). During your endeavors, stay smart, stay safe, and please don't overthrow the PokéGym that my Porygon still resides in.
"I think everyone ought to have a chance to get the views from here. I think they're the greatest in the world, and I've been everywhere." – President Hoover
Notable Pokémon Caught: Vulpix, Clefairy, Haunter, Seel, Machoke, Mankey, Rhyhorn, Koffing, Bulbasaur, Tentacool, Weepinbell, Slowpoke, Venomoth, Abra
Notable Pokémon Seen But Not Caught (I Don't Want To Talk About It): Squirtle, Scyther, Exeggcute
Posted on July 17, 2016 July 17, 2016 by meridithbartleyPosted in AlwaysAScientist, camping, Citizen Science, explaining things, Field Work, hiking, National Parks, outdoors, Relaxation, science travel, talk to strangers, this land is your landTagged beginner's guide, catching pokemon, collecting pokemon, Pokemon Go.
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CelebritiesDating HistoryWho is Claudia Leitte Dating Now?
Who is Claudia Leitte Dating Now?
Brazilian Pop Singer
Claudia Cristina Leite Inácio
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Claudia Leitte is currently married to Marcio Pedreira. The couple started dating in 2006 and have been together for around 15 years, and 20 days.
The Brazilian Pop Singer was born in Rio de Janeiro on July 10, 1980. Brazilian vocalist who first rose to fame with the group Babado Novo in 2002. She has also pursued a career as a solo pop axé artist. In 2012 she began serving as a coach on The Voice.
As of 2021, Claudia Leitte's husband is Marcio Pedreira. They began dating sometime in 2006. She is a Aquarius and he is a Scorpio. The most compatible signs with Cancer are considered to be Taurus, Virgo, Scorpio, and Pisces, while the least compatible signs with Cancer are generally considered to be Aries and Libra. Marcio Pedreira is 41 years old, while Claudia is 40 years old. According to CelebsCouples, Claudia Leitte had at least 1 relationship before this one. She has not been previously engaged.
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Cláudia Cristina Leite Inácio Pedreira is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, entrepreneur and television personality. She rose to fame in late 2002 as the lead vocalist of the Axé music group Babado Novo. The group achieved a string of consecutive diamond-certified hit singles in Brazil and five golden and platinum albums from 2003 to 2007, as granted by the Brazilian Association of Record Producers (ABPD).
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NIKE : RISE PHILIPPINES
TV series giving young Filipino basketballers a shot at greatness.
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In the Philippines, basketball is a national obsession. Despite the talent on the streets, few make it out of the barangays to become professional players. Nike set out to prove that, when given the opportunity, anyone can overcome adversity and realise their dreams.
Nike Rise Philippines (5x25') is Nike's first ever prime time TV series. It follows a group of 24 players, chosen from thousands of hopefuls, as they journey to	Manila	to eat, sleep, and breathe basketball under the leadership of former Philippines national team head coach, Chot Reyes. At stake: the chance to win one of twelve national basketball scholarships.
Shot over 6 weeks, the series shares the kids' highs, lows and inspirational backstories. We see them train with international sporting icons such as LeBron James and Manny Pacquiao before displaying their skills, in a stunning series finale, before a capacity crowd inside the Philippines' biggest stadium.
Nike Rise Philippines became the most-watched series on TV5 of 2015, cementing Nike as the #1 sports brand in the Philippines. Most importantly, it gave 24 kids a shot at greatness: to prove that they could overcome adversity and achieve more than anyone could ever believe. With 12 of the players winning scholarships and tryouts with colleges, Rise ultimately changed their lives forever.
Cemented Nike as the #1 sports brand in the Philippines
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Back to the Boulevard by Julianne (Bernstein) Theodoropulos invites us to travel to the past, to Depression-era Northeast Philadelphia, and meet Jewish "settlers" who turned fields and farms into a thriving community, complete with homes, shops, including kosher stores, and restaurants, all centered around Temple Shalom, a world of much joy and hope, reminiscent of Thornton Wilder's Our Town--Philadelphia style.
This docudrama, which recently played to enthusiastic houses at the Polonsky Theatre  , is based on "A Community Remembers", a two-year oral history project, commissioned and produced by Theatre Ariel, and developed from interviews with members of the Jewish community in Northeast Philadelphia, conducted by high school students. In this play, we witness the lives of members of the Jewish Community, recreated on stage to show their experiences both then and now in their little Philly-style shtetl over the last 70 years.
This model of creating a docudrama started with Deborah Baer Mozes, Artistic Director of Theatre Ariel, the Jewish Theatre of Philadelphia. With the help of grants from several organizations , she conceptualized and initiated the community-based oral history theatre project, with the goal of leading to a main stage production that celebrates a community's story.
Based on the concept of community outreach and drawing on oral history/docudrama theatre processes, Theatre Ariel invited local high school teachers in various disciplines from different schools to recruit students to work on this project. Award-winning playwright and director Julianne (Bernstein) Theodoropulos was hired to assist Theatre Ariel's artistic director to oversee the development of the entire process, from data gathering, recruitment and training of students, to scheduling the numerous appointments and interviews with seniors from the Jewish Community in Northeast Philadelphia.
With the help of professional oral historians from the Feinstein Center for American Jewish History and Temple University's Urban Archives Center, a set of questions and methods on how best to interview Jewish seniors was developed. Then, under the guidance of staff and the producing efforts of Theatre Ariel in Philadelphia, the young interviewers were encouraged to stay open to engaging in dialogues with members of the older generation so that the students would truly learn not only about people from a different generation and a different culture, but also learn about themselves. The result of their interviews: BACK TO THE BOULEVARD, written by Julianne Theodoropulos and directed by Aaron Oster.
Armed with oral history questionnaires, tape recorders, and photography equipment, these students experienced an extraordinary and transforming journey. Just as the Time Traveler in H.G. Wells' The Time Machine was greeted with curiosity and without fear by the people from another world, the young high school students of all backgrounds found that the 56 Jewish Seniors whom they met at the local Jewish Community Center (JCC) very generously opened their hearts and doors and allowed the students to travel with them into the past.
Bringing with them the historical treasures they had collected, the students returned to their classrooms, where, with the help of their dedicated high school teachers, they discussed the interviews with their classmates, and learned from the oral histories they had recorded. The students looked for common denominators, studied living history, formed a sense of shared community , and many of these young people from diverse backgrounds even developed a sense of solidarity with the Jewish seniors.
Theatre Ariel then hired a professional who spent months transcribing every word of the many interviews that the students had taped. This process produced almost 600 pages of interviews, which became the raw data for playwright Julianne (Bernstein) Theodoropulos, who then sifted through these hundreds of pages, each of which contained whole worlds of lived Jewish History.
"I had no agenda except to 'pull out the good stuff' . . . the specific, stories that were complete, and images that struck me and moved me emotionally," Theodoropulos said, reflecting on her criteria for selecting the most suitable passages from the interviews. At this point, she realized that she needed to create roles for two high school students, who would serve as the narrators on a journey of investigation, questioning, and discovery.
Director Oster succinctly described his own thoughts on the process: "Our goal was not to recreate actual people exactly, but rather to create a community on stage that was recognizable to our target audience of Northeast Philly residents. . . The primary challenge facing Julianne and myself was creating a living, breathing theatrical event out of a mass of factual interviews and a smaller number of personal anecdotes." The writer-director team met this challenge head on and created numerous scenes that made local Jewish History come alive in vivid detail.
One of the most moving and thought-provoking of these scenes occurred when two of the older women described how they desperately wanted to participate in the bar mitzvah celebrations of their brothers and cousins, before bat mitzvah for girls even existed. While older traditions then prevailed and girls were not allowed to undergo this rite of passage, one of these women persevered and, gray-haired and aged 70, finally managed to get her bat mitzvah.
Did you have a bat mitzvah?
When my daughter was in college I went back to college and I got a Masters in humanities. . .And then I decided that I wanted to be a bat mitzvah. When you're thirteen, you have this ceremony. A boy is welcomed into the world as a man . . . Maybe some day I'll be able to have that ceremony.
Oh yes I did. I had [my bat mitzvah] on my 70th birthday but not when I was a child. I went to Talmud Torah Sunday School. I went up until graduation. In fact, I won a Jewish star prize, sort of like for an honor student. But there was no Hebrew taught at that time to girls.
No. My Dad believed in girls being bat mitzvahed, but I don't think they were really doing it [when I was young]. We had a program here at the Y a couple of years ago and I took a lot of classes and I was bat mitzvahed.
No. They didn't believe in girls being bat mitzvah--only boys. So he never taught me. [He thought] I didn't need to know.
No. In those days girls didn't have a bat mitzvah, and especially orthodox. Unfortunately, in those days, women were second-class citizens in the orthodox religion. What would happen is when I would go to Hebrew school, the boys have a program. They read a certain portion of the Torah and whatnot. I would know it better than the kids who were being bar mitzvahed because they would be practicing and I would be sitting and hearing it and I knew it before they did. In those years, I don't think anybody knew women [who] ever had [a bat mitzvah].
I don't know why I feel so sad. I don't go to services anymore, my bar mitzvah is long over.
At least you had a bar mitzvah. For the longest time, women never got bat mitzvah'd. I was so angry -- when I went to Hebrew school, the boys had a program where they read a certain portion of the Torah and whatnot . . .
My own father taught Hebrew to boys and prepared them for their bar mitvahs. But he didn't believe girls should be bat mitzvah'd--only boys.
I sat right here and listened for hours to those boys practice. And I ended up knowing it better than the boys who were being bar mitzvah'd. And I knew it just as well. But I couldn't say anything.
So my father taught the boys to read Hebrew, but not me. His own daughter. (pause) I do remember being consecrated, though.
Me, too. Only girls got to do it. The ten of us did the entire service.
(smiling) And the Saturday after consecration, our families gave us this big dinner dance at the Oak Lane Glee Club.
Later on, I decided, to heck with it, I want a bat mitzvah! So I studied Hebrew right upstairs in classroom B2, and a couple of years later on my 70th birthday, I stood up on the bema, right here in this sanctuary, and I was bat mitzvah'd!
At this moment during the performance of Back to the Boulevard, the actors had to stop before moving on to the next scene, as thunderous applause filled the auditorium. Similarly, whenever a conversation or image reminded the seniors of their past, women and men in their 70's, 80's, and even in their 90's, talked among each other, giving a running commentary on many a scene throughout the performance.
This seasoned theatre reviewer has never before seen audiences respond to a play this positively and directly. Clearly, the playwright and director reached and touched the audience. More importantly, the audience identified with the scenes on stage so strongly that, for those two hours, the old shtetl in Northeast Philly came back to life.
While two student interviewers  narrated and connected the many rapidly changing scenes, four professional actors—two men  and two women  --played dozens of roles, once lived by thousands of people in the Jewish community of the old shtetl in Northeast Philadelphia. Enhanced by director Oster's effective use of staging, lighting, and just a few props, the cast presented a whole life's worth of experiences, from the creative defiance of the loveable, feisty bat mitzvah women to the old-fashioned revolutionary Jewish social activist, who, together with his wife, had actually managed to help African-Americans get accepted into the neighborhood and buy their own homes.
Given the ethnic tension in some neighborhoods in the United States, this docudrama allowed this audience of all ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds to look beyond their mental neighborhood fences, and enabled them to create an intergenerational and interethnic dialogue.
This dialogue, which began with the student-senior interviews—prepared for in the classrooms of the participating high schools, and conducted in the local JCC and one of the few remaining synagogues in Northeast Philadelphia--now continued in the talkback session after each performance.
One audience member after another expressed heart-felt thanks for a play that clearly had hit home. And even after the artistic director had thanked everyone for coming, people of all ages and backgrounds still would not leave, and engaged in nostalgic conversations with each other and with the actors, the interviewers, the playwright, and the director.
Others lingered in the hall long after to view and discuss the photographs of the Jewish seniors that had been taken by the interviewing high school students7. These thought provoking portraits of the seniors in the project can be seen on the Internet here.
Theatre Ariel managed to complete this enormously complex and very labor intensive task in two years.
May this approach to history encourage future researchers, educators, and members of the theatre community to follow the Theatre Ariel model to unearth Jewish History, and—with the help of good playwrights and theatre people—create live theatre. Don't let the time machine of historical research rust, but keep it oiled and well-used. Wherever you are—whether you work on a kibbutz in Israel with Sephardic Jews, whether you study Jewish theatre in New York, whether you are interviewing Russian Jews in Berlin—take notes, get together with your friends, and start recording the stories that may not show up in textbooks but which are part of history all the same.
Listen, read, and write so that future generations of educators, students, and theatre people can continue traveling through history. Recover the present experiences of your contemporaries and the past of those who came before you. Enlighten and transform your audiences by connecting them with the most challenging of those experiences. Make their stories come alive on the stage. It's never too late to unearth and record living history, especially of those whose voices are rarely, if ever, heard.
Philadelphia Inquirer by Dianna Marder, April 26, 2007: http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/dianna_marder/20070426_Shared_history.html.
4 George Washington High School students Tatyana Kalko and Dane Wozniak.
5 Brian Adoff and Corbin Arbernathy.
6 Becca Landis and Peggy Smith.
7 under the supervision of Theatre Ariel photographer Jordan Cassway.
This review was originally published by All About Jewish Theatre, Tel Aviv, Israel, May 2007. Available via the Wayback Machine.


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We propose and demonstrate a wavelength switchable passively harmonically mode-locked fiber laser with low pumping threshold using single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT). When the pumping power of 980 nm laser diode is 60 mW, passive mode-locking (PML) of a soliton erbium doped fiber laser at the 23rd harmonic of fundamental cavity frequency is experimentally observed at the central wavelength of 1530 nm. By only adjusting the polarization of laser in the cavity, another PML at the 13th harmonic is successfully achieved at 1554 nm. The supermode suppression (SMS) of each wavelength is larger than 30 dB. The pulses at 1530 nm are characterized in details with a repetition rate of 328.44 MHz, a transform-limited pulse width of 1.3 ps, and a timing jitter of 142.6 fs.
© 2010 IEEE. This is the author created version of a work that has been peer reviewed and accepted for publication by IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE. It incorporates referee's comments but changes resulting from the publishing process, such as copyediting, structural formatting, may not be reflected in this document. The published version is available at: [http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/LPT.2010.2045647].


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Slovenian report
by Euro Reporter
Slovenia struggles to avoid EU bailout
Primož Kozmus is a Slovenian national hero lionised for tossing a hammer to double Olympic gold. Soon he might be forced to honour his Alpine homeland another way: sacrificing his personal fortune to help avert a eurozone bailout. Slovenia's banks are in such a dire state that Mr Kozmus is almost certain to face a so-called haircut, which will slice through the more than €100,000 of junior bank bonds he bought during Slovenia's heady credit boom. "The money was safe and then they changed the rules," said Mr Kozmus. "I'm an athlete, I represent Slovenia well in the world, I believed in my country. If this is my donation to Slovenia, if it helps, OK. But I'm not sure it will help them." He may be right. Junior creditors stand to lose about €500m. But tiny Slovenia – a tranquil, prosperous nation of 2m hemmed between the Alps and the Adriatic Sea – will need to plug a banking hole several times bigger to avoid becoming the next eurozone country to seek an international bailout. Over the coming months this place of hilltop castles and handsome Habsburg architecture will become the laboratory for the latest eurozone experiment in debt restructuring – one that will be heavily influenced by Germany's deep political resistance to underwriting another rescue. The question is whether a blown-out eurozone economy can fix itself without foreign funds for the repairs.
It has been a painful reckoning for a nation once feted as the darling of the post-communist transition. Its export-led economy, the powerhouse of Tito's Yugoslavia, escaped the carnage of the secession wars in the 1990s. Slovenia then cruised into the EU as the wealthiest of the 10 ex-communist members and joined the single currency in 2007. A defining characteristic was the "gradualism" of its transition, which shunned big-bang privatisation and foreign money. Slovenia's economy changed in form but the nomenclature of industry carried on in charge, the state remained ascendant and credit flowed from banks largely owned by the government. If Greece's downfall was a bloated public sector and Spain's its runaway property, then Slovenia's has been crony capitalism. The downturn exposed a corporate governance nightmare with a web of politically connected groups connected by opaque cross-guarantees and overly generous loans from state-backed lenders. "Who cares for state-owned money?" asked Bostjan Jazbec, Slovenia's central bank governor. "You know the joke: what car do you run 150km on a gravel road? Answer: the company car because you don't pay for repairs. This is the best analogy for what went wrong; we were all driving the company car."
The statistics are striking: banks are nursing €7.8bn of bad loans, equivalent to almost a fifth of economic output. (Household bad debt is relatively low, at just 5 per cent, which emphasises the severity of the corporate problem). For state-owned NLB, Slovenia's biggest bank, about four in 10 Euros lent to businesses went sour, according to Sašo Stanovnik of Alta Invest. Boštjan Vasle, head of the government's economic forecasting agency, said: "Somewhere in this process the proper way of doing business, of lending money, of running operations was somehow distorted by politics. Money was abundant but we lacked economic sense. It was irresponsible." All eyes are now focused on a long-delayed bank stress test, which should conclude next month, and will determine the extent of the damage. Speculation is rife and credit rating agency Fitch recently raised its estimate of the system's capital shortfall to €4.6bn. Slovenia has set aside €1.2bn of public funds. Bailing in Mr Kozmus and other creditors will yield about €500m. The government can also use some of its €3.6bn of cash deposits. But the margin for manoeuvre is tight. Alenka Bratušek, Slovenia's prime minister and the leader of an unwieldy four-party coalition, is standing firm.
"We don't need any outside help, we know how to solve the problems and we are going to do it," she told the Financial Times. "We know best what is good for our country – not somebody from the outside. We are the ones that will have to carry out the measures and we will have to live with our people." While similar proclamations were also made by leaders of Portugal, Greece and Cyprus, senior EU officials say Slovenia has a "fairly high" chance of coping alone. Berlin, eager to shield its taxpayers, has urged it to do so. But to some, a full bailout programme, with stringent reform conditions and outside supervision, might be a better option to smash the vested interests that brought Slovenia low in the first place. Since a wave of street protests helped to sweep her coalition into power in March, Ms Bratušek has passed insolvency reforms, promised some privatisation and pushed through a hugely unpopular property tax on voters obsessed with not just buying houses, but building their own. But in a difficult recent meeting, Mario Draghi, the European Central Bank president, urged Ms Bratušek to take more decisive action, especially with the banks. "Do we need a nudge from somebody?" asked Mr Jazbec, the central bank governor. "I'm still having my personal dilemma."
Struggling Slovenia gets boost from bond, confidence vote
Slovenia's government won a confidence vote and raised 1.5 billion Euros in a bond issue on Friday, offering the euro zone country some hope it can still steady its finances and avoid an international bailout. The dawn vote, by 50 to 31 after a marathon debate, shores up political backing for Prime Minister Alenka Bratusek's disparate alliance as the republic struggles with its worst crisis since seceding from Yugoslavia 22 years ago. The country later said it had made a private placement of three-year notes worth 1.5 billion Euros ($2 billion) to a single investor at a yield of 4.7 percent. "This issue shows that the financial markets are open to Slovenia," Bratusek told a news conference, saying she did not know the identity of the investor. Her foreign minister, Karl Erjavec, said: "Today it is absolutely clear that the government can succeed." The yield on Slovenia's 10-year benchmark bond eased to 5.88 percent by 1220 GMT from 6.14 percent on Thursday, dipping to its lowest level since May 15, according to Reuters data. The developments mark a fillip for Bratusek as she awaits the results of external stress tests on Slovenia's teetering state banks, due next month.
The government has earmarked 1.2 billion Euros to recapitalise the lenders but the real cost may prove far higher. The banks are being suffocated by an estimated 7.9 billion Euros of bad loans, equivalent to more than a fifth of economic output. Toxic loans accumulated with the onset of the global crisis when Slovenia's exports hit a wall and drove the country into the first of two recessions. Credit rating agency Fitch last week hiked its estimate of recapitalisation needs from 2.8 billion Euros to 4.6 billion Euros. This would be hard for the government to raise without help from the European Union and International Monetary Fund, which have bailed out other euro zone debtors since 2009. Slovenia's 'bad bank' expects to receive roughly 4 billion Euros gross in bad loans, its executive director Torbjorn Mansson said on Wednesday. Slovenia's 35-billion-euro economy accounts for only a small fraction of the 17-nation euro zone, but another bailout following that of Cyprus in March could further dent confidence in the bloc's ability to resolve its government debt crisis. "The vote of confidence did not erase the possibility of a bailout which depends upon what stress test results will show," said Marko Rozman from the treasury department of Dezelna Banka.
"In my view it would be sensible to ask for external help as that would be much cheaper than raising money on the market," he added. But Bratusek once again rejected bailout speculation. "I promised to do everything to enable us to solve our problems ourselves and that is exactly what we are doing," she told parliament after the vote. The country, once held up as a trailblazer for the rest of ex-communist Eastern Europe, fell into a new recession last year due to lower export demand, the credit crunch and a fall in domestic spending caused by budget cuts. The government plans to inject fresh capital into the banks later this year or in early 2014, after the results of the stress tests are published. The audit has delayed for six months a plan to ring-fence bad loans at Slovenia's biggest state banks, and the continuing economic contraction will have only made the problem worse. The government expects the recession to last until late 2014. After amendments, Slovenia's central budget deficit, without the bank recapitalisation, would fall to 2.9 percent of GDP (gross domestic product) in 2014 from 4 percent seen this year. The European Commission, however, says that with the capital injection the shortfall could reach 7.1 percent next year.
Stepišnik resigns from ministerial post
Slovenian Minister of Economy Stanko Stepišnik stepped down from his position on November 20 following revelations that his ministry had funded Emo-Toolbox, a company where he is one of the owners. "Public discontent and indignation was clearly unbearable for Stepišnik and the government in general,"
Even though the daily believes that Stepišnik's decision is less damaging for Prime Minister Alena Bratusek than if she had lost her finance minister, the newspaper insists that the affair "confirms that [politicians] do not appreciate the distinction between the role of entrepreneur and that of senior state official."
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This from last months Alaska Coastal Journal.
Banner year predicted for salmon harvest
By the Journal
State projections of a 2007 salmon harvest of 179 million fish are buoying a commercial fisheries fleet hoping to feed a growing world hunger for wild Alaska salmon.
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game issued its forecast Feb. 2, anticipating that the harvest will include 108 million pinks, 40.9 million sockeyes, 24.8 million chum, 4.8 million silvers and 789,000 kings.
That was good news to commercial fishermen like Robert Thorstenson Jr., executive director of the Southeast Alaska Seiners Association, and president of United Fishermen of Alaska.
"The state is predicting 47 million pinks, and the National Marine Fisheries Service is predicting 39 million," Thorstenson said. "My prediction is 55 million pinks."
Thorstenson and other Southeast Alaska fishers got socked by a much lower-than-expected pink salmon harvest a year ago, due to a very weak 2006 pink salmon run into Southeast Alaska. The overall pink forecast was for 108 million fish, but the harvest came in at 73 million pinks. "The lack of fish really hurt us on price because the processor costs were so high," Thorstenson said in an interview Feb. 6. "That's what my processor told me, and that's what other fishermen were told by their processors. The processors didn't have enough production to cover their net."
Thorstenson said he expects things to be different in 2007, and that processors will be gearing up to harvest the big run.
Fisheries economist Chris McDowell in Juneau, also a commercial fisherman, agreed that in all likelihood the processing sector would rise to the occasion. "We saw that in 2005," McDowell said.
"We have had a series of enormous pink returns, but the question has been how many fish will the market bear. Considering the recent increase in demand for pinks on the world market, I think we will see fairly strong market demand," he said.
McDowell was also optimistic about markets for sockeye, cohos, chums and the ever-popular kings, which garnered fishermen $2.77 a pound at the docks last year, the highest prices on record for years.
"It speaks to the health of the market for wild salmon," he said.
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Welcome back to day thirteen of our thirty-day series on Success in Power BI! Have you forgotten where we left off from day twelve? If so, here is the link to refresh your memory.
While we were away, I tidied up the slicer that we created yesterday with a nice title, a border, I changed the fonts, etc. In other words, I tried to make it match the format of our page as shown in Figure 1. We also selected the Select All Option in the slicer so that we could return to the original functionality of the visuals before the slicer was added. It feels like the same visual theme in our slicer.
Now we want to add another slicer. Select the home run (HR) field from the Field pane on the right hand of the screen. Select the Slicer from the Visualization pane to turn the new bar graph into a slicer. Select Dropdown and configure it to match the first slicer as mentioned above and shown in Figure 2. Select the ellipses (…) option above the selected slicer object and select Z->A Sort by HR to sort the home runs from most to least in our drop down. Notice that the two slicers are related and limit your options compared to the choices you make in the other slicer. This also filters all of the visuals on your page. This is cool, powerful, and sometimes terribly awkward.
Now let's go for broke and add a third slicer. Repeat the above steps using the team (Tm) field only this time let's leave it as a list of check boxes since Hank only played for three teams. As you can see in Figure 3, we've selected the Milwaukee Braves (MLN) and the Milwaukee Brewers (MIL). This filters our other two slicers to rows of data that only matches those two teams. We could at this point slice these down further and this isn't really the best example for when you would actually need three filters in a visual but I hope it helps you to get a sense that they are all connected and all control the visuals on the page. In other words, all of them are connected and feed off each other. It is unlimited cosmic power, sort of. Use it wisely. Stay tuned for our next adventure!
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