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Interview: Daryl Strauss, Precision Insight
Want to find out what's happening with 3dfx graphics hardware and the port to Glide? Read on.
The last time we talked to Daryl Strauss, he was working for Digital Domain, helping them generate graphics for the movie Titanic--that was February 1998. Daryl has since moved on to work for Precision Insight, where he has continued to work in the area of 3-D graphics. Steven Pritchard talked to Daryl about his current projects at the end of last year.
Steven: First of all, for those who don't know you, can you give a little bit of background on yourself? Specifically, how did you get involved in porting Glide to Linux, how long ago was that, and what exactly is your job description now?
Daryl: I started working on the 3dfx hardware just about three years ago. When the original Voodoo graphics came out, I looked at the specs and noticed that the performance numbers were very close to the original SGI reality engine. Since I knew the reality engine was a box that you could do real work on, I knew the Voodoo Graphics would be a very capable card. It literally changed the way the PC industry did 3-D graphics.
I ran out and bought an Orchid Righteous 3-D for $300 when they first became available. I wasn't disappointed. 3dfx has made the developer kit available to anyone from the very beginning. I downloaded it and noticed they had mentioned Linux in the documentation as being TBD. There were also a few #ifdefs in the headers. So, I knew someone there understood Linux. I went ahead and applied to their developer program to port the libraries to Linux.
It took about six months to work out all the details and about two weeks to do the first port. I think they were sort of surprised it happened so quickly, because there was another delay before the first version got posted on a web site.
Since then, I've continued to support the rest of their boards. This was always done as a volunteer effort in my spare time. Sometimes my real job got in the way. The work on the Voodoo Banshee took me a long time to get done, because it required writing an X driver (which I had never done before) and I was very busy creating the special effects for Titanic while that was happening.
Back in April, I realized that Linux was ready to have a large impact on the 3-D graphics industry. I left my job as software manager at Digital Domain and joined Precision Insight. My title there is Visual Mason and Evangelist. In June, Precision Insight signed a contract with 3dfx to develop a DRI implementation for their Voodoo Banshee and Voodoo 3, 4 and 5 hardware.
Steven: What exactly was just released today? What cards are supported? When do you anticipate a "production" release?
Daryl: This is a pre-release of an implementation of the OpenGL API for the Voodoo Banshee and Voodoo3 based on Precision Insight's Direct Rendering Infrastructure. That's quite a mouthful. What that means is users can run applications written for OpenGL in a window on a Linux system with a Voodoo Banshee or Voodoo3.
Another key feature of this release is the entire implementation is open source. Now that the basic capabilities are running, we're going to set it up as a public project so that anyone who wants may contribute.
It is still a pre-release, which means we know it still has bugs. We're getting it out there so that people can start trying to run their applications and see how they behave. We want to identify any issues. The final release will be in 2000.
Steven: Do you know if 3dfx takes Linux seriously, or if they just consider it a niche market?
Daryl: I can't speak for 3dfx. They were the first, and one of the few companies, to put money into a fully open-source solution for Linux. That's a big level of commitment. Some companies have released some code and some have released some specs, but few companies are making code and specs available and putting money into the development.
With that said, Linux is somewhat of a niche market today. Linux systems represent a very small number of sales. 3dfx realizes this is changing quickly. They want to get involved early so they can catch Linux as it grows.
Steven: How much do you know (or rather, how much can you tell me) about the new chip set and boards that 3dfx just announced? Are Linux drivers being developed? If so, will they be ready when the boards ship?
Daryl: 3dfx has published a lot of material on the new Voodoo4 and Voodoo5 chip sets. The key component is what they call the Voodoo Scalable Architecture. The first chip is the VSA-100. You can put between one and thirty-two of these chips together on a board. The fill rate on each chip (the number of pixels that can be drawn on the screen in a second) is a very impressive 333 megapixels. They've also improved the capabilities of the chip from that of the Voodoo3; it does 32bpp, stencils, 2048x2048 textures, texture compression, more color-blend modes, and a few powerful features called the T-buffer which allows full-scene hardware anti-aliasing. These boards will be very compatible with the OpenGL API.
Precision Insight will be working with 3dfx to support the Voodoo 4 and Voodoo5 boards. At this point, we haven't announced a release date for that software.
Steven: The specs on the Voodoo5 6000 look fairly impressive. Do you know if 3dfx is still just targeting gamers, or are they planning on targeting more "professional" 3-D users?
Daryl: The distinction between "gamers" and "professionals" is sort of artificial. What really matters is the sort of application being run. There are professionals who develop simulations (such as flight simulators or arcade systems) for whom these will be excellent boards. Quantum3D is a partner with 3dfx and will sell high-end configurations of the VSA-100 chip for this sort of user.
The real question is whether your application is fill-rate limited or triangle-rate limited. Digital content creation systems (CAD, 3-D modelers, etc.) are more likely to be triangle-rate limited. They have to draw many very small triangles. On these boards, all that work is done on the host CPU, and even with the very fast CPUs now available, it is likely that you couldn't push them through to the graphics board fast enough to keep it busy. If your application draws bigger triangles or needs to do a lot of work with multiple-texture maps, it might be able to take advantage of the extra fill rate in these boards.
So, to answer your question, yes, I think these will be reasonable cards for any application, particularly with the new features they've added to the architecture. But, 3dfx is targeting the consumer, and that's where these boards will work the best.
Steven: What brought on the sudden decision to open the source to Glide?
Daryl: You'd have to ask them for a real answer. From my discussions, it is mostly that they want to have their hardware supported on as many platforms as possible, and open sourcing Glide seemed like the best answer.
Steven: What license is 3dfx using for the Glide source? Will it be possible to include it with the Mesa (or X) source?
Daryl: They made their own, but my reading was that it is basically LGPL. That means it can't go into X. It could go into Mesa, but I'm not sure we truly want that. It makes a reasonable stand-alone package.
A different, more ambitious project would be to remove the dependency on Glide from Mesa. That's a big project, but it might be interesting for people to pick up if they want to learn more about writing drivers.
Steven: Are drivers for any of the extra features, like the TV tuner on the V3 3500, being developed?
Daryl: Not by us. I believe they want to release the specs on them. The TV parts are a standard one for which you can get the data sheet. 3dfx will be releasing more specs fairly soon, so that may have the TV details. I'm not sure.
Steven: Was Precision Insight contracted to work on the Voodoo drivers on an ongoing basis or just for the initial implementation?
Daryl: We have a contract that includes work on the V4/V5 and to do some work on future boards. We may see more work after that, but this contract covers us for a reasonable period of time. We're not being contracted to do the end-user support. 3dfx will be doing that themselves.
Steven: What other companies have contracted Precision Insight to write DRI drivers? Are you working on drivers for any other cards?
Daryl: The only companies that have announced anything publicly are 3dfx, ATI and Intel.
Steven: Keep up the good work, and thanks for talking to us.
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Trinity's Lauren Prochaska steals the ball from McAuley's Alyssa Siwek. Trinity High School hosted Mother McAuley High School in girls basketball Thursday evening. | Jon Langham~for Sun-Times Media
Mother McAuley coach Ashley Clanton marvels at the resilience of Alyssa Siwek.
"The day after a game, she walks in looking like she's been beaten to death," Clanton said. "She plays so hard. She battles. The next day, she's battered, beaten and bruised."
The 5-foot-8 Siwek may take a few lumps, but thanks to their senior guard, the Mighty Macs haven't taken many. Mother McAuley (18-5) finished tied in the GCAC with Loyola and Trinity for the regular-season title.
"Yeah, I would say I may take a little bit of a beating, but I'm not afraid of contact," Siwek said. "I try to be aggressive. I want to stand my ground. Sometimes, I take a fall or two, but as long as you get back up, that's what matters."
Led by the tough-nosed Siwek, the Mighty Macs are seeded second in the Class 4A sectional at Mother McAuley ahead of a number of strong South Side teams including Marist, Lincoln-Way East, Bloom, Lincoln-Way North, Crete-Monee, Stagg, Andrew and Homewood-Flossmoor.
That's lofty company for a team that has not advanced beyond the sectional since 1997, and company that Mother McAuley might not be keeping had the Lewis University recruit followed some of her elementary school friends and AAU teammates elsewhere.
"Some of my friends went to Marist, and some of the other girls I travelled with went to Providence and the Lincoln-Way's," Siwek said. "But I wanted to go to an all-girls school. I really liked Mother McAuley. It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."
Siwek is a once-in-a-lifetime player for many coaches. For a first-year coach like Clanton, inheriting Siwek was like Christmas, New Year and the Fourth of July all rolled into one.
"The weird thing about her is that people don't really expect her to be as good as she is," Clanton said. "A lot of what she does is in the framework of what we do. She doesn't do anything flashy. She's just productive.
"There's a lot of kids who have a lot of athleticism and do some of the flashy things, but a lot of those kids aren't productive," she added. "You ask yourself, 'Can they put the ball in the basket?' Alyssa puts the ball in the basket. She gets her hands on a lot of balls. She gets deflections. She rebounds."
One thing Siwek does not do is talk a lot on the court. She leaves that responsibility to others. Siwek leads by how she performs and by working hard in practice and in games.
"The kids know what they are going to get out of her," Clanton said. "She leads by how she competes every day. She leads by how she plays. She'll say something if she really needs to, but overall, she's not overly vocal."
She may be deadly serious on the court, but that doesn't mean that Siwek is adverse to having some laughs with her friends and teammates off it.
"Last summer, our AAU team went to Atlanta to play in a tournament," Siwek said. "It was the last trip together for the seniors who would not be playing again this summer. We did awesome down there. We really bonded.
"But it was the first trip we took without parents," she added. "It was just us and the coaches. We really had a fun time. We were really sneaky."
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According to the Portales Tribune, three pieces of property were sold by County Treasurer Laura Denton Monday for non- payment of taxes. The total of three sales was $1212 and former owners have two years in which to redeem the property.
Jan. 19, 1966
According to the Portales News-Tribune, a two and a half inch snow which fell within two hours last night has brought Roosevelt County and Eastern New Mexico its first moisture of the new year. The snow came after a weekend of cold weather during which a low of 12 degrees was recorded Monday.
Jan. 18, 1967
According to the Portales News-Tribune, Fire Chief Newman Carter blamed an over-heated heating stove flue for a $2,000 fire that burned the roof off of one unit of the Miller Apartments at 712 East Braos at about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday afternoon.
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According to the Portales News-Tribune, a sandy hill three miles east of Portales will soon be the center of a 60-mile circle for relayed television transmission from an Amarillo station. Steel work was completed Sunday on a 724-foot high antenna which will replace KFDW's installation in Clovis.
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According to the Portales News-Tribune, Harris Store for Men at 105 West Second Street advertised Curlee Suits regular $59.50 on sale for $41.50.
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According to the Portales News-Tribune, a dust explosion cracked through the basement and tunnels beneath the Worley Elevator grain bins Saturday, wrecking grain handling machinery in 120-foot high concrete structure.
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According to the Portales News-Tribune, the first of three wells that will supply Portales with water for domestic use went on the pump at 10 a.m. Saturday. The well field is on state land in the Bivins Cattle Company ranch.
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According to the Portales News-Tribune, six Portales plumbers passed tests Saturday for licenses under the Plumbing Administration Board. The tests were given in Albuquerque.
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In a true display of sportsmanship, a high school basketball rivalry in Texas was put on hold to give one student his chance on the court.
Special needs student, Mitchell Marcus, has been a part of Coronado High School's basketball team as a manager for three years, but in the last game of their regular season, the coach finally gave him his shot to get into the game.
Coronado was up by 14 points against Franklin when Marcus stepped onto the court, and the crowd went wild. His teammates lost no time in passing Marcus the ball, but on his first try, he missed.
That's when a player from the other team decided Marcus' chance was more important than a high school rivalry, and passed him the ball again.
"Since we were down and there was only 13 seconds left, might as well give Mitchell his last shot," the Franklin player said.
The end of the game found Coronado undefeated and both sides of the gym cheering on Marcus.
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Virginia first-baseman Sean Doolittle was the 41st overall pick of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft Thursday by the Oakland Athletics. He's the highest Cavalier draftee since Ryan Zimmerman was the fourth overall pick in 2005.
Brandon Guyer was a fifth round pick (157th overall) to the Chicago Cubs.
Doolittle hit .301 this year with seven home runs and a team-best 53 RBI. He finished the season as the UVa all-time leader in RBI (167) and wins (22).
Guyer hit .370 this year with a team-high eight home runs, 51 runs scored and 84 hits as well as 43 RBI.
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It just makes you feel happy! Taken from the 76 Christmas Show, it`s interesting to note from the credits that Eddie Braben had nothing to do with the writing of that show.
It just makes you feel happy! Taken from the 76 Christmas Show, it`s interesting to note from the credits that Eddie Braben had nothing to do with the writing of that show.
when me and my best mate fell out, all I did was listen to this for days! It really cheers you up! LOVE YOU TWO!
R.I.P xxx
in bussiness i sing this song when times are tough and it works
Also….5 people are utter trolls. How can you dislike a cheerful song sung by two people who ooze happiness???
When I feel down, I just play this until I'm cheery again (normally after a single play through) Just doing the their Groucho dance a little bit is a brilliant way to make those blues disappear. You might look silly if you do it in the street, but what a small price to pay to return to a state of happiness
Great stuff. Watching this cheers up any down mood you might have!
Superb. Great song, delivered in style by the guvnors. You can't help but raise a smile!
Always prefered this ending over bring me sunshine, poss because BMS was used so much that a change is sometimes as good as a rest.
@geronimojordann this is their famous "Groucho" dance. Groucho Marx did a similar dance in one of the marx Brotheres films. Their producer John Ammonds saw it, showed Eric and Ernie, they loved it and incorporated it into their shows. It`s the only end dance they did, but they didn`t always do it exactly the same!
There was another show ending they did when Eric Morecambe did a similar dance to that off, but that's not quite it… Any ideas??
Best Ending tune!
@theawakener7 exactly what I was thinking
@theawakener7 I'm torn between this and "Always look on the bright side of life".
OMG thats cnt believe thts them at 1:34!!! awwww
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@FunnyThingy So do I! I have saved lots of their sketches to simply click onto and I'm laughing in no time. Morecambe and Wise – they are a masterclass in real comedy with that added ingredient. WARMTH!
Much as I love this song, spring is my least favorite season. Can I treat every season as summer instead? =D
One of those catchy pieces of fluff that lighten your heart — like Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head, and Gingerbread Man, and of course Bring Me Sunshine!
Total class, they were the best, I do miss their show there is nothing that comes close to it.
@GrandiaKnight I believe this was the B-side of BMS, when the single was released in 1968, so they performed this on telly sometimes for a change
@angloswisslad Same here I watched the '77 one as well on bbc iplayer
just split up with my girlfriend and this song is helping a lot
5 people are numpties
Just had the worst day and this one song has managed to cheer me up in seconds thank you Eric and Ernie your genius lives on.
@STEELE2211 "Too much cynicism around today i think – time for a break"
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A spruce grouse is about the same size as a ruffed grouse or a small chicken. Its rounded head lacks the crested appearance of a ruffed grouse. The male has a black face and upper breast, bright red combs above its eyes, and bold black and white spots on its lower breast, belly, and sides. The female spruce grouse is dark grayish-brown with fine, barred underparts and spotted sides. Both sexes have a short, black tail with a pale rufous band at the tip. Spruce grouse can be quite tame, sometimes allowing a close approach by humans. As a result, this grouse is also known as "fool hen."
Coniferous forests in the northern United States and Canada are home to the spruce grouse. The northern/eastern subspecies occurs across most of the range, which includes Minnesota. The southwestern subspecies, known as Franklin's grouse, occurs in southern Alaska, southwestern Canada, and the northwestern United States. In Minnesota, spruce grouse are permanent residents in boreal forests in Roseau, Beltrami, Itasca, St. Louis, Lake, and Cook counties.
Spruce grouse can be found in both lowland and upland coniferous forests, most often among black spruce or jack pine, particularly in close proximity to black spruce. Females with broods sometimes use the edges of clear-cuts, most often when lowland coniferous forest is nearby.
One of the least vocal members of the grouse family, spruce grouse make several types of soft calls, including low hoots and clucks. Nonvocal sounds made by males include wing fluttering and tail swishing.
Minnesota's Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy has identified the spruce grouse as a species of greatest conservation need, primarily due to relatively low population size and its restricted habitat and distribution. Its secretive nature and the remoteness of its haunts makes the spruce grouse highly sought after by birders. Harvest of this game species is relatively low, primarily because few hunters pursue them.
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Charlie Adams was a little nervous on Dec. 6, 1990 before the first N.C. High School Athletic Association state football championship game doubleheaders.
Burlington Cummings was playing Statesville in the 3A finals and Swain County was taking on Robersonville Roanoke in the 1A championship matchup in games scheduled to start at 6 and 9 p.m., at the University of North Carolinas Kenan Stadium.
Cummings was led by Donnie Davis, then among the national leaders in passing yardage, while Swain had Heath Shuler, who was touted as one of the countrys best high school quarterbacks. They had passed for 4,478 and 3,675 yards, respectively, that seaon and they were ranked Nos. 1 and 2 in the state in career passing yards with 8,565 yads and 7,099 yards.
The critics were saying that the game would last past midnight, recalled Rick Strunk, an associate commissioner of the NCHSAA.
Cummings coach Dave Gutshall had developed an offense that never huddled. Every play was called at the line. Lots of teams have a no-huddle system now, but back then it was revolutionary. Davis passed on almost every down, something else that was fairly new.
Some people told Adams that his was a fools errand, trying to put all of the state football championship games in a major college facility. But he thought there was no other choice.
Garners 40-21 victory over Charlotte Harding at Charlottes Memorial Stadium had convinced Adams that no high school facility in the state could hold the crowd that would attend a 4A final. Plus Jay Robinson, then the superintendent of Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools, privately told Adams that no school in his system would attempt to hold a football championship game on campus.
Kenan host all of the state title games then and the doubleheader was necessary to avoid a UNC basketball game. Saturdays 2A and 4A finals were scheduled for 2 and 7:30 p.m., but the Friday night doubleheader, had it been the all-nighter some critics suggested, could have damaged the NCHSAAs move toward neutral sites.
So Adams had some things to think about on the Thursday before the games. He was confident he was right.The games would go off without a hitch. The Kenan Stadium turf would not be destroyed. And the kids would have the moment to savor for a lifetime.
He was right.
It was a great night of football. Cummings won 32-26 and Swain took a 40-14 victory and both quarterbacks sparkled.
I wrote a column the next day for The News & Observer and said that Davis was a sensational athlete -- he also was a state hurdles champion in track --but that Shuler looked like the better quarterback prospect.
I wrote about the games being over at a decent hour and about the sheer joy the players had to play in the stadium.
I menioned something had been lost, too.
There was something very special about playing high school sports at the local stadium. The entire community cackled with excitement in Clayton as preparations were made for the 2AA state championship game in 1989.
But years ago, mostly I wrote how lucky I had been to see two of the best high school quarterbacks ever in the state play on the same field on the same day.
Not only had the players gotten the memory of a lifetime so had I.
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After a lengthy period of consideration, Minnesota State University will become a tobacco-free campus on Jan. 1.
MSU, however, won't be the first institution in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system to enact the tobacco ban.
In 2010, the MnSCU Board of Trustees passed a resolution encouraging campuses to adopt such a policy. Shortly after, South Central College became one of the first to do so and has been followed by a number of others, including Winona State and Minnesota State-Moorhead.
"This is a movement that's been endorsed by MnSCU," said Rick Straka, vice president of finance and administration, and author of MSU's policy. "A growing number of MnSCU institutions are going in this direction."
The announcement was made Tuesday in an email to students and staff from MSU President Richard Davenport.
The announcement said the policy follows a yearlong discussion that included conversations with students, staff and faculty.
Davenport noted that an exception will be made for students currently living in the residence halls, allowing them to use tobacco outside of their residence halls for the remainder of the 2011-2012 academic year. That exception will expire in May of 2012.
MSU spokesman Michael Cooper said the policy also represents the next step in what has been a long battle with careless smokers who litter their cigarette butts and ignore the current policy of smoking only in the campus' 28 designated areas.
"We said that if (those measures) didn't work, we'd go to an entirely smoke-free campus," Cooper said, adding that the ban includes smokeless varieties of tobacco as well.
The ban applies to students as well as staff and extends to university-owned or -leased vehicles. Signage will be displayed around campus alerting visitors.
Cooper said there is no discipline procedure yet in place for offenders of the new smoking policy and he doesn't expect anything particularly formal.
"Our advice is to politely point out that the campus is smoke-free," he said.
An awareness campaign will begin in the near future and will be supported by grant funds from Blue Earth County Public Health in collaboration with the American Lung Association.
Wendy Schuh, director of student health services, said many cessation products are already available over the counter and that campus offices will further provide stop-smoking kits and education materials.
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No longer (if she in fact ever did) 'belonging to the 90′s, Lucy Lawless as 'Lucretia' of Spartacus on STARZ sadly is no more. But sudden culmination of the role of 'Lucretia' on Spartacus: Vengeance happened within weeks of Lawless' equality newsworthy (as in real news) role as a Greenpeace 'eco-warrior.'
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On the second-season finale of Starz's "Spartacus: Vengeance," several key characters died, including Mira, Ashur, Glaber and Oenomaus.
I saw Mira's (Katrina Law) death as a given as soon as Spartacus broke up with her.
For audience wish-fulfillment and the logic of the story, Ashur (Nick Tarabay) had to go, too. It served the purpose of moving Naevia's story to some kind of resolution, too. Important as a goodly chunk of screentime was given over to telling her story.
I started watching because of Lucy and I stayed because of her and some really great co-starring characters like Ilithyia played by Viva Bianca (dead: "Vengeance") & Jaimie Murray (dead, Gods of the Arena -prequel) and especially spouse 'Batiatus' John Hanna (dead, end of Season 1) were pretty much always awesome.
Oneomaus (Peter Mensah) gone, Lucretia, Illithyia and Ashur (Nick Tarabay)–the fun is gone for me.
"But none might have been as surprising as Lucretia.
Played by original cast member Lucy Lawless , Lucretia took a suicidal header off a cliff while holding (Illithia &) Spartacus' newborn son.
While viewers at home might have been shocked, one person wasn't: Lawless, who knew going into the season that her character was fated to perish.
She is, after all, married to series executive producer Rob Tapert.
"There are very few upsides to being married to a producer, let me tell you, but knowing where your character is going is one of them," Lawless told the Herald earlier this week in a telephone call from Auckland, New Zealand.'
"I had to know. Everything I had played all season had to lead to this."
The second episode, in which she sacrificed a goat and believed a prophecy that she would be delivering a child to her dead husband, set in motion all her subsequent actions.
As for taking Ilithyia's (Viva Bianca ) baby, Lucretia "felt like it was her baby — she engineered it (she brought Spartacus and Ilithyia together in season one). Ilithyia was the incubator for the child, and when she delivered it, she was done with her."
Lawless defends her character:
"She started out as a very relatable human being. She didn't want to throw those nasty parties, but her husband wanted them and she wanted to please him. It was a slow transmogrification, but she was corrupted, absolutely, and her husband's death was such a loss for Lucretia."
Lawless plans to return to the States soon for some meetings to figure out her next project.
"I'm just so grateful to have had the opportunity here. It really helped bring me back. People can write you off after a show like 'Xena (Warrior Princess),' saying, 'She belongs to the '90s.' This really got me out there, and I've grown so much and I'm extremely grateful for this platform role."
But has "Spartacus" made a mistake in sending Lucretia to her doom? How juicy could the story be with Lucretia off raising Spartacus' son in Rome?
"It would be funny if, after all that work, Lucretia's gown caught on a tree and she was left screaming four feet off the ground, so furious it hadn't worked," Lawless said, then laughing.
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IMDb has been updated with more information about the Jane Campion (The Piano) mini-series Top of the Lake. From what is posted, it's apparent that Lucy Lawless will be in one episode of a seven-part series.
The series is due to be released in 2013.
'Top Of The Lake is an original drama at its finest, bringing to screen 'a unique landscape in remote, mountainous New Zealand in a powerful and haunting story about our search for happiness in a paradise where honest work is hard to find.
A twelve-year-old girl stands chest deep in a frozen lake. She is five months pregnant, and she won't say who the father is, insisting it was 'no one'. Then she disappears. Robin Griffin, the investigating detective, will find this the case that tests her to her limits. In the search for Tui she will first have to find herself.
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Well, during a protest over an oil tanker in New Zealand, Lawless strapped herself to the top of the ship and broke out the Xena battle cry, according to TMZ. Lawless has been tweeting her stance, saying, "I'm on one of the oldest drill rigs on the planet and it's heading to the Arctic. Tell Shell to stop #savetheartic http://greenpeace.org/savethearctic" and "Oil Scientists say they do not have the technology to clean up an oilspill in the Arctic. #savethearctic"
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So what! We're saving money and they aren't.
This guest post comes from J. Money at Budgets are Sexy.
There's been many a time I've been picked on for being frugal. Mostly during my prepubescent years, but even now I've been known to give a few of my friends a good laugh. I'm sure they were all just jealous (at least that's what our mothers always say, right?) but either way I say, "Who cares."
Who cares if our frugality and craftiness distract people? Are they the ones saving a few dollars? Nope -- we are. And because of that I say keep on doing your thang! As long as you're happy and not breaking any rules (*ahem* Phil Villarreal) who cares about these boring people and their spend-crazy lives. We like saving money and we're not afraid to admit it.
In fact, I'll even admit to some thriftiness right now: I used to sneak cheeseburgers into the movie theaters. I'd swing by McDonald's 10 minutes before start time and pick up some double cheeseburgers right off the dollar menu and put them in my pockets. Not only was it cheap, but it was craaaazy filling. And when that didn't work out, I'd just raid the nearest 7-Eleven instead and grab myself three assorted candies back when they were three for $1. (Remember those days?)
And after thinking about this for a bit, I wondered how many others are made fun of for similar things? There's gotta be a lot of us, right? Oh yeah, DEFINITELY right. Check out all the responses I got back after dropping the following note around the Web:
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Celebrate National Pajama Month with free breakfast for kids.
The recession must not be over yet, because we've got all kinds of new food deals. Some of last week's deals are still good, too, including kids eat free at Boston Market and buy one, get one free brunch at Ruby Tuesday.
You may have missed National Pajama Month, but Sweet Tomatoes and Souplantation is on the ball. This Sunday, Oct. 18, kids 12 and under eat free with the purchase of an adult meal from 9 a.m to noon at the restaurants that serve breakfast. If they don't want to get dressed, bring them in their PJs.
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She took steps to protect herself, but others she knows weren't so fortunate.
This guest post comes from Silicon Valley Blogger at The Digerati Life.
Most of us don't know it, but it's pretty likely we've faced down identity theft more often than we've realized. Often, we think that this is the kind of stuff that happens to other people. Advice on how to prevent identity theft is something we don't usually heed, until it hits close to home.
In my case, I've encountered identity fraud a few times, fortunately at a reasonable arm's length (but close enough for me to feel concerned).
The most memorable case was also the most frightening one, as it involved some trespassers who had entered our property in the middle of the night. We heard loud noises by our utility shed and assumed we were hearing a late-night garbage bin raid by an army of hungry raccoons. Instead, we spied furtive shadows carrying off our trash bins to a pickup truck that sped away into the darkness.
It's National Protect Your Identity Week, sponsored by the National Foundation for Credit Counseling and a new partner in this event, the Council of Better Business Bureaus. Here's some related reading that you'll find very informative.
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We eventually found our trash cans dumped by the side of the street a block away, without much of anything left inside.
Plan for a future you can't quite see, then take small steps toward it.
Call it radical optimism, since there are no guarantees that I'll be a homeowner any time soon.
Yet I see no reason not to believe that I will be. Thus I am keeping that dream in the forefront for 96 cents plus tax. I could also have bought a key ring for my someday housekeys. I just happened to find seed packets on sale.
Blogger's real-life nightmare has had lasting consequences.
This guest post comes from Ron Haynes at The Wisdom Journal.
Sept. 23, 2004. That was the day I discovered that someone had stolen my identity. (I'll reveal who it was later in this article, but you'll be surprised, believe me.)
Several nights earlier, we had come home and discovered a message on our answering machine from American Express, asking me to call to discuss my outstanding balance. After a little chuckle, I told my wife they must have loaded the wrong phone number into their automatic dialer because we didn't have an American Express card. "Don't worry about it," I said.
A few nights later, we had yet another message from them and my wife started getting suspicious. I was out of town the next day when she called me and asked if I was sitting down.
It looks like it's from an institution you trust, but it's really not.
This post comes from partner blog The Dough Roller.
I recently received a phishing e-mail intended to trick me into divulging confidential banking information. As a follow-up to my LifeLock review, I thought I'd share the e-mail with you. If you're not familiar with phishing e-mail or how to detect them, I'll cover that in a moment. But first, here's an image of the e-mail I received:
What's so suspicious about this e-mail? Here are three things:
I don't have an account with this bank.
Financial institutions will never send you an e-mail with a link asking you to confirm any information.
Wording such as "obligatory activation" is a bit odd.
In this case the phishing e-mail was not all that sophisticated, but they can be. So let's look at what a phishing e-mail is, how to detect a phishing e-mail, and finally, some resources you can check out for additional information.
IRS crackdown on those who hide funds overseas is just getting started.
Those of us who pay our taxes in full and on time might have mixed feelings about this: About 7,500 tax cheats who hid money overseas have applied for an IRS amnesty program that will keep them out of jail and -- here's the most important part -- substantially reduce their penalties.
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Jeffersonville is two wins from clinching the Hoosier Hills Conference for the second straight season, starting tonight at Bedford North Lawrence.
A win over the Stars on Friday will virtually guarantee a league title for the Red Devils. Jennings County is still unbeaten in conference play, as well. But as well as they've played, it's hard to imagine the Panthers running the table with the three best teams still on their schedule.
Although it pales next to winning a sectional title, Jeff coach Chad Gilbert said winning the HHC is a big deal for the program.
"The Hoosier Hills Conference championship is important to us because of the great teams, players and coaches involved in each of the programs," he said. "We feel it is one of the strongest conferences in the state of Indiana."
Of course, beating the Stars is the first order of business. Although BNL is not as strong as it has been of late at 6-8 overall and 2-2 in the HHC, winning in Bedford is always a challenge.
"Bedford is an extremely formidable opponent," Gilbert said. "[BNL coach] Jamie [Hudson] does a great job with his team. They will come out ready and play hard-nosed basketball."
Leading the Devils will be Darryl Baker, who continues to raise his level of play. Baker scored 37 points — one off his career-high — in last Saturday's crucial overtime win over Columbus East.
Although it appears to be a logistical longshot, Mr. Basketball talk is starting to surround Baker. Gilbert believes it's warranted.
"Look at his stats," Gilbert said. "He understands the game and makes his teammates better. He would score 50 for a win or two for a win. It doesn't matter in his mind, as long as the team wins. He is a pleasure to coach and he is as good as any player that I have ever seen."
Baker hasn't gotten the Red Devils to 12-2 by himself. At different times, several different Red Devils have stepped up and contributed to victories.
"Again look at our stats," Gilbert said. "We shoot the ball extremely well and have shot it well for the last two years. We shoot the ball well because of three things: we practice game shots, we turn down good shots for great shots, and finally, we have very coachable kids who will do what's necessary for a win. We don't have role players on our team — we have 'win' players. [I've been] very proud of their effort."
With a win over BNL on Friday, the Devils would be one win away from going unbeaten in league play for the second straight season. Jennings County will visit Jeffersonville on Thursday, Feb. 7 in both teams' HHC finale.
If the Devils can go unbeaten in the HHC, it would be the first time in the program's history to go without a loss in back-to-back seasons.
BOYS — Jeffersonville at Bedford North Lawrence
• Time/Day: 7:30 tonight.
• Records: Jeffersonville 12-2 (5-0 Hoosier Hills Conference); Bedford North Lawrence 6-8 (2-2 HHC).
• Rankings: Jeffersonville — Class 4A No. 13 Associated Press, No. 15 Indiana Basketball Coaches Association.
• All-time series: Jeffersonville 25-21.
• Series last 15 years: Jeffersonville 12-9.
• Last year: At Jeffersonville 79, Bedford NL 62 (regular season); Jeffersonville 69, Bedford NL 63 (sectional championship).
• Analysis: Bedford is a tough place to play, but the Stars aren't as good as Columbus East and Providence, both of which the Red Devils beat on the road.
• Greg's Pick: Jeffersonville 69, Bedford NL 61
BOYS — Borden at Orleans
• Time: 7:30 p.m.
• Records: Borden 11-2, Orleans 8-6.
• Rankings: Borden — Class A No. 5 AP.
• Last year: At Borden 46, Orleans 40 (regular season); Orleans 68, Borden 48 (regional).
• Last 15 years: Orleans 12-5.
• Analysis: Orleans is a little down and Borden has struggled a little of late. Don't be fooled by the Bulldogs' record. They can still play basketball. Have to take them in a close one at home.
• Greg's Pick: Orleans 53, Borden 50.
BOYS — New Albany at Evansville North
• Time: 8 p.m.
• Records: New Albany 7-5, Evansville North 7-5.
• Last year: Evansville North 61, at New Albany 47.
• Last 15 years: New Albany 10-5.
• Analysis: An easy schedule last weekend may have been the prescription the Bulldogs needed. Maybe it gives them a confidence boost down the stretch.
• Greg's Pick: New Albany 68, Evansville North 62.
BOYS — Christian Academy at Providence
• Time: 7:30 p.m.
• Records: Christian Academy 5-7, Providence 12-2.
• Rankings: Providence — Class 2A No. 4 AP.
• Last year: Providence 48, at Christian Academy 32.
• Last 15 years: Providence 13-2.
• Analysis: Will Tuesday's loss light a fire on the Pioneers? CAI better hope not.
• Greg's Pick: Providence 52, Christian Academy 36
BOYS — Silver Creek at Madison
• Time: 7:30 p.m.
• Records: Silver Creek 4-10, Madison 7-6.
• Last year: At Silver Creek 63, Madison 55.
• Last 15 years: Madison 9-7.
• Analysis: If the Dragons can pull this one off, they have a chance to close the regular season with six wins in seven games (or even seven straight). Madison's been playing better, too.
• Greg's Pick: Madison 63, Silver Creek 57.
BOYS — New Albany at Jasper
• Time: 7:30 p.m.
• Records: New Albany 7-5, Jasper 6-6.
• Last year: At New Albany 82, Jasper 39.
• Last 15 years: New Albany 12-3.
• Analysis: It's one of those long back-to-back road weekends for New Albany, but the Bulldogs should be able to handle it.
• Greg's Pick: New Albany 70, Jasper 54.
GIRLS — Evansville Bosse at New Albany
• Time: 2:30 p.m.
• Records: Bosse 13-6, New Albany 9-9.
• Last year: New Albany 73, at Bosse 71.
• Last 10 years: New Albany 5-3.
• Analysis: Have we mentioned that Tanner Marcum is playing really, really well lately? It will take an another enormous effort from Marcum and the Bulldogs to beat Bosse.
• Greg's Pick: New Albany 56, Bosse 54.
GIRLS — South Central at Borden
• Time: 2:30 p.m.
• Records: South Central 5-12 (2-2 Southern Athletic Conference); Borden 10-6 (2-2 SAC).
• Last year: Borden 70, at South Central 30.
• Last 10 years: South Central 17-2.
• Analysis: Borden's picking up steam as it heads toward time to defend its sectional title.
• Greg's Pick: Borden 44, South Central 35.
GIRLS — Silver Creek at Scottsburg
• Time: 7:30 p.m.
• Records: Silver Creek 13-6 (6-2 Mid-Southern Conference); Scottsburg 12-6 (7-0 MSC).
• Rankings: Scottsburg — Class 3A No. 16 Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association.
• Last year: Scottsburg 62, at Silver Creek 38.
• Last 10 years: Scottsburg 9-1.
• Analysis: Scottsburg's not playing as well as early in the season, giving the Dragons a little hope of shaking up the MSC. The Warriorettes would clinch at least a share of the conference crown with a win.
• Greg's Pick: Scottsburg 64, Silver Creek 57.
Tanner Marcum, New Albany
Marcum continued to cement her legacy at New Albany with two more outstanding performances last week. In a 55-49 win over Charlestown on Jan. 15, the Bulldog senior had 27 points, eight rebounds and three assists. Then last Friday against rival Jeffersonville, she went for 23 points, eight assists and three steals, leading New Albany past the Red Devils, 55-43.
Last Week's Stars
• Kaitlyn Henning, Charlestown: 21 points in the Pirates' 55-49 loss to New Albany on Jan. 15; 25 points, including two 3-pointers, in Charlestown's 58-39 win over Salem on Jan. 17.
• Ashley Johnson, New Washington: 16 points in the Mustangs' 56-51 win over Brownstown on Jan. 15; 29 points, three assists in last Saturday's 52-36 win over South Central; 10 points, 7 assists in Tuesday's 80-21 win over Crothersville.
• Haley Vogen, Jeffersonville: 24 points in the Red Devils' 51-47 loss to Seymour on Jan. 15; 18 points, nine rebounds in last Friday's 55-43 loss to New Albany.
• Meredith Endris, Providence: 26 points in the Pioneers' 92-22 win over Rock Creek on Jan. 15; team-high 10 points in Tuesday's 35-33 win over Crawford County.
• Haley Jenkins, Clarksville: 16 points in the Generals' 43-38 win over Lanesville on Jan. 17; team-high 10 points in Tuesday's 37-25 loss to Henryville.
• Abby Ellis, Borden: Game-high 16 points in Tuesday's 49-32 win over West Washington.
• Allison Burch, Christian Academy: 17 points, including two 3-pointers, in a 61-57 win over Medora on Monday.
Team Record Last
1. New Washington 16-2 1
2. Silver Creek 13-6 2
3. New Albany 9-9 3
4. Charlestown 9-9 4
5. Borden 10-6 7
6. Jeffersonville 6-13 5
7. Floyd Central 10-9 6
8. Henryville 11-9 8
9. Providence 10-9 9
10. Clarksville 4-16 10
Chris Braun, Charlestown
The Charlestown senior had two outstanding performances in two Pirate wins last weekend. Last Friday, he put up 21 points and eight rebounds in a 68-66 Mid-Southern Conference win over Eastern. He followed that with a 32-point, seven-rebound, five-block performance in last Saturday's 61-52 victory over Madison Shawe.
Last Week's Stars
• Darryl Baker, Jeffersonville: 37 points, three assists in last Saturday's 83-79 overtime win over Columbus East.
• Billy Kirchgessner, Borden: 13 points, six rebounds, six assists in last Friday's 54-44 win over Christian Academy; 11 points, eight rebounds in last Saturday's 64-40 win over Henryville.
• Aaron Daniel, Charlestown: 10 points in last Friday's 68-66 win over Eastern; Triple-double of 11 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in last Saturday's 61-52 victory over Madison Shawe.
• Aidan McEwen, Clarksville: 16 points in last Friday's 65-52 win over Scottsburg; 16 points, nine rebounds in last Saturday's 59-44 win over Trinity Lutheran.
• Kortrell White, Jeffersonville: 13 points (3-of-4 field goals, 7-of-7 free throws) in last Saturday's 83-79 overtime win over Columbus East.
• Anthony Edwards, New Albany: 14 points, 11 rebounds in last Friday's 60-37 win over Silver Creek.
• Aaron Hayes, Christian Academy: 22 points in last Friday's 54-44 loss to Borden.
• Jalen McCoy, Borden: 12 points in last Friday's 54-44 win over Christian Academy; 17 points in last Saturday's 64-40 win over Henryville.
• Gabe Bauer, Silver Creek: 13 points in Tuesday's upset win over Providence.
Team Record Last
1. Jeffersonville 12-2 1
2. Providence 12-2 2
3. Clarksville 11-3 3
4. Borden 11-2 4
5. New Albany 7-5 5
6. Charlestown 8-4 6
7. Silver Creek 4-10 8
8. Rock Creek 7-9 7
9. Christian Academy 5-7 9
10. New Washington 6-8 10
Note on the Power Poll: The power polls aren't based solely on which teams would beat which. Factors like team records and how they are expected to perform in their respective class sectionals are also taken into account.


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Sure you can. Just pretend that is Michael Bisping talking.
There is a difference between being confident and being a huge arrogant dick head.
Matt "Mother Fucking" Brown.
If it was just wrestling than there are a few great wrestlers that could beat GSP. The problem they all have try to stop the takedown and get jabed to death, defend that and end up on there back. So just saying your a better wrestler doesn't mean much with me.
There's a line between being confident and saying insane crap.
GSP has effectively outwrestled some of the absolute top grapplers the MMA world has ever seen. Conversely, Brown has been subbed and dominated on the ground repeatedly.
I like his attitude, I just don't like the hype around a very limited fighter who's making a living kicking around cans like Mike Pyle and then saying he'd beat arguably the greatest WW of all time.
Sure you can. Just pretend that is Michael Bisping talking.
I can't hate on a guy for being confident. Even though I don't think he can beat GSP, I'd love to see him give it a go.
I don't believe he would come close to beating gsp by any stretch. I would just like to see him pick up a huge payday. He is a brawler. A nasty agreasive brawler. That quality alone is the only reason he might pick up a win over a top guy. I'm just hoping he can drum up enough interest in himself to get a shot if he can swarm and knock out a top fighter. That way I can see him get a big payday. He deserves it. The guy is a warrior.
Well, at least it's a fight GSP would likely finish unless he jabbed him into blindness.
Matt Brown has been fun but he has seriously not beaten anyone inside the top 15 IMO. Doomsday, Swick, and Mein are arguably his best wins and they were barely sniffing the top 15-20 at the time.
I just don't see it.
Put him and Nick Diaz in there and watch Brown get picked to pieces then either volume TKO'ed or subbed in the third.
Yeah, I think that is just hyping a fight to get that shot. I don't see any way his wrestling is better than GSPs. With that being said, I love Matt's style and I think he would pressure the crap out of GSP...when he wasn't on his back. I would love to see that fight honestly.
Originally Posted by IrishX(aka bornbear)
Definitely hope Matt can keep this going.
For sure.
I used to root against Matt. He just seemed like a guy that I enjoyed to dislike but he has definitely won me over..I hope he gets another big win and a title shot mid 2014.
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Rowley — Jeanne E. Reith, a Rowley resident, passed away while in the hospital on Sunday, March 17, 2013. Jeanne was born on March 26, 1934, in Perth Amboy, N.J., and spent her childhood in Fords, N.J., and then Metuchen, N.J. She was the daughter of Willard and Augusta (Petersen) Dunham. She leaves Carl Hampe, her beloved friend and companion.
Jeanne is survived by two sons and their spouses, Skip and Bette Reith and Allan and Malisa Reith. She is also survived by her two grandsons, Derek Reith and Howard Reith, and two step-grandchildren, Charles Morrill and Nichole Morrill. She is survived by her brother Willard Dunham Jr. She was preceded in death by her sister Silvia Dunham, and two brothers, Clifford Dunham and Thomas Dunham. Jeanne also has many cousins, nieces and nephews.
Jeanne was educated in the Fords, N.J., school system, finishing high school at Metuchen. She went to Vermont Junior College and after getting an associate's degree in liberal arts, she transferred to Tufts University, earning a bachelor's' degree in early childhood education. She continued her education throughout her life, finishing with a master's in education from Cambridge, plus completing many graduate classes. She married Howard Reith Jr. after Tufts, settling in Massachusetts to raise her family.
Jeanne began teaching kindergarten in 1966 in Grand Forks, N.D. In 1969, the family moved to Rowley, where she lived for the rest of her life. She started teaching kindergarten in Ipswich, and taught there until her retirement in 1999, although she continued teaching part-time for several more years. During her tenure of teaching, she touched the lives of her many students, giving them a strong start in education.
Jeanne enjoyed spending time with her many friends and family, always making people feel welcome in her home. She inherited a love of gardening from her mother and father; she always enjoyed the time she spent in her gardens. Jeanne was quite fond of the arts, spending many hours enjoying painting, photography and writing both poetry and prose. She enjoyed all forms of music, which she and Carl shared through their many concerts and shows.
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Hagen Sets Two School Marks at Butler Twilight Meet
Saturday, May 01, 2004Valparaiso University's Holly Hagen (Hobart,Ind./Hobart H.S.) set a pair of school records on Friday and Saturday as the Crusaders competed in the Butler Twilight Invitational held in Indianapolis.
The junior set the school mark in the shot put on Friday evening with her heave of 42'9 �" to earn third place in the field of 26 competitors. On Saturday, she bettered her own school record in the hammer throw with a toss of 155'2", earning a runner-up finish.
Elsewhere on the infield, Jessica Cherrington (Roseburg, Ore./Umpqua Valley Christian H.S.) placed fourth in the javelin with a throw of 115'9", while Amanda Meyer (Somerset, Wis./Somerset H.S.) finished in a tie for seventh in the pole vault clearing 9'6 �".
On the oval, Amanda Lee (South Lyon, Mich./South Lyon H.S.) finished seventh in the 3,000m steeplechase crossing the finish line in a time of 11:24.92. Rachel Nelson (Lee's Summit, Mo./Lee's Summit H.S.) turned in Valpo's other top-ten finish of the meet, placing eighth in the 800m with a time of 2:15.58.
In the sprints, Laura Arloszynski (Greenfield, Wis./Greenfield H.S.) finished in a tie for 11th in the 100m dash, crossing the line in 12.93 seconds.
Valpo will take a week off for final exams before returning to action May 13-15 for the Mid-Continent Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships to be held in Cedar City, Utah.
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