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quote:Benson was a huge prick for a long time...but ever since he started just writing checks and letting football guys run his team I have loved that old frick.
quote:Possible Cuts of Note - Doug Free
quote:They have had off the field issues with Ratliff.. Him and Jerry aren't on good terms. Plus he's always hurt
quote:I can't imagine a scenario where they keep free, unless he restructures and takes a huge pay cut, which will not happen. I posted it in another thread, his cap hit is either $11 m or $14 m if he's on the roster next year
quote:But hell, its part of the game, you never know...
quote:that said, i dont feel jerry is as awful a GM as people think either. Roy Williams was obviously one of the worst moves ever, but the cowboys drafts have been far from the some of the worst.


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andys120 Loudon NHPosts: 16,825Last winter I bought an '01 BMW 3-Series convertible and it looks like I may have started a trend to convertibles in my nabe as this winter three new flip-tops have appeared. One is even older than my 330CiC, it's a Geo Metro 3 banger bought by a guy who drives mostly big pickups (still has his long-bed Ford F150).
The other two are brand new, one is a Volkswagen Eos with the folding hardtop. It looks pretty sharp in black but it's one of the few convertibles I've seen that actually looks better w the top raised.
The other newbie is a dark grey Camaro SS with a black top. I'm not a big fan of the current Camaro h/t because the squashed roof makes it look like a cartoon version of the original Camaro. The convertible rook which is a tad higher (at least it looks it) looks much nicer to me. IMO the car looks great with the top up or down.
For an area where the cars of choice are Camrys, Lacrosses and Grand Marquis that's progress! :shades:2000 BMW 528i, 2001 BMW 330CiC
anythngbutgm Posts: 4,187Saw my first ATS this morning. Other than the swoop in the headlights, there is very little differentiation from it and the CTS. Still looks something that came from the same designer who had nothing but a ruler and a block of Butter for inspiration.
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boomchek Vancouver, BC, CanadaPosts: 5,215Yeah white Testarossa, very Miami Vice-ish.
We had a red TR at the dealer I worked at. Moving it around was a challenge: no power steering, no visibility, very wide and difficult to maneuver. I haven't driven one in the wild though, it's probably a fun experience with a flat 12 , rwd, and no traction control. :surprise:2007 BMW 328i Sports Pkg
boomchek Vancouver, BC, CanadaPosts: 5,215Just like you can see many 90s imports nowadays with mismatched and cracked body kits, mismatched wheels, tacky glued on accessories, etc...
When import tuning was all the rage in the 90s I knew that in 15-20 years we will be seeing neglected "import projects" like this, in the same way that in the early 90s you could see many neglected "project" american cars like 70s and 80s Camaros, Mustangs, etc.. with bondo, miscolored body panels, etc....
However with these Benzes I can imagine they're neglected but you see very few on the road (I'm talking about the wide body kit models) as they're most likely sitting in people's garages hiding.2007 BMW 328i Sports Pkg
fintail Posts: 34,745Those custom cars will suffer a different neglect. They sold to people so wealthy, when they were tired of the car they didn't sell them on, just relegated them to a dusty corner of the compound. So, many cars might still be intact today, just need to be reconditioned to get back on the road.
Here's an AMG SEC that comes to the local MB show each year, and gets some attention. Not a widebody, but still a period style:
stickguy Posts: 16,112not rare at this point, but interesting.
my neighbor had a 4 door Focus and a new Escape parked in his driveway one after the other. Both silver. From a house down, I was surprised by how alike they looked. Seemed to have the identical taillights, and the shape was very close. Pretty much the escape did look just like a a Focus wagon that sat a little high!2015 Hyundai Sonata 2.4i Limited Tech (mine), 2013 Acura RDX (wife's) and 2007 Volvo S40 (daughters college car)
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One word, everyone. Waterboarding.
Although I think I will probably upset some people with this, I hope my message will resonate with at least a few and at least make some people think about the state of who we are as a country, and where we are as a society.
In the wake of the Boston bombings, we are reminded about this truly bizarre time we live in. This is not President Obama's fault. This is not President Bush's fault. This is just simply our enemies who choose to engage innocent civilians on our own soil; and this is the aftermath.
So how should we respond?
Today, something different happened than we are used to on the big news stories of the day. Instead of the perpetrators dying in some bloody gun battle... we got one in custody.
We have one of the men responsible for killing and injuring so many now in custody. We have a man responsible for the lost children, adults and innocent bystanders who wanted to simply watch their loved ones and fellow citizens finish the Boston Marathon now in custody. We have a man responsible for so many losing legs, arms, and fingers now in custody.
He will now have to stand up (as many from that day now can not), and take the consequences for his actions. He will HOPEFULLY feel the rath of the American justice system come down on his little jihad parade.
But I think when we are faced with such bloodshed and cowardly tactics to take INNOCENT lives... we should respond in kind. Torture? No. Waterboarding? Yes. And it's a proven tactic that works. We are not dealing with petty theft here. We are dealing with men (presumably two at this point) who did a cowardly act, and should PAY for what they did.
One already paid the ultimate price for his "Jihad" while the other fights for his life and his fate hangs in the balance. I hope he lives... and I hope he is treated like the war criminal and enemy combatant that he is. I strongly hope he undergoes what I feel is needed in this situation, in hopes to gain any and all intelligence this twisted 19 year old has in his head. Yes, waterboard this idiot. Because a little water splashed on his face is nothing compared to losing limbs from an explosion riddled with ball bearing and metal shards in a pressure cooker.
Although it's heavily disputed, Leon Panetta himself said waterboarding was used to garner intelligence that led to the capture of Bin Laden. (Source: http://www.theblackvault.com/m/news/vie ... aden-Video) So we know it works, and if any situation called for it - this is it. Could Boston be just the beginning? Could the Boston Brother Bombers be 2 of many? We need to know. I want to know. As Americans, we deserve to ALL know.
If anyone disagrees - that's fine. But I urge you to take a look at the photos and videos of the attack. Watch the men, women and children who did absolutely nothing get blown up on the side of the street. Can you really say waterboarding isn't warranted? (Documents related to interrogation techniques of terrorists: http://www.theblackvault.com/m/articles ... Techniques)
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Thursday, March 8, 2012
A Hero's Eulogy
18 words of wisdom:
- Denise said...[Reply to comment]
So beautiful! What a strong woman you are! And what an amazing man :)
- March 8, 2012 at 4:58 PM
- Ashley said...[Reply to comment]
He would be proud
- March 8, 2012 at 5:28 PM
- Feisty Mama said...[Reply to comment]
That was beautiful!
- March 8, 2012 at 5:33 PM
- terri fuller said...[Reply to comment]
oh man, here come the tears as always.
very well written, as always. - March 8, 2012 at 6:02 PM
- Leanne said...[Reply to comment]
Beautifully written!! You had me crying! I'm glad you'll finally get to give it. I'm sure you're going to have your whole class in tears! For my public speaking classes we've had to record them, if you record it I'm sure we'd all love to see it!
- March 8, 2012 at 6:22 PM
- Karen said...[Reply to comment]
A beautiful tribute to a wonderful man. Cleve will be standing beside you tomorrow, and he will be so proud of you. GOd Bless!
- March 8, 2012 at 7:01 PM
- Lindsey said...[Reply to comment]
Beautiful tribute!! I'll be thinking about you tomorrow. I'm sure you'll do great!
- March 8, 2012 at 7:45 PM
- chambanachik said...[Reply to comment]
- March 8, 2012 at 8:26 PM
- Lacey in the City said...[Reply to comment]
I don't even have words...just in awe, per usual, at your strength. Good luck in the morning, sweet girl.
- March 9, 2012 at 2:15 AM
- karen said...[Reply to comment]
Oh Karie,
I found this just now, about an hour after you read it I believe ... you'll know by the time stamp. It is beautiful and I can see exactly who Cleve was and is for you from your solidly constructed words. Even at your young ages, you were a power couple and now, with Cleve firmly in your heart, you move mountains. That, in and of itself, is quite stunning.
I hope you take the time this weekend to take care of yourself, to honour where you've been, where you've come to be. You, I believe, were every bit Cleve's equal. I love you Karie. I'm honoured to read your words, to live within your circumference.
karen in Vancouver - March 9, 2012 at 10:14 AM
- Jamie said...[Reply to comment]
This is beautiful.
- March 9, 2012 at 1:59 PM
- Chanel said...[Reply to comment]
Beautiful!!!!!! You've got talent girl.
- March 9, 2012 at 5:45 PM
- JC said...[Reply to comment]
Wonderful; you two were so fortunate to have had each other. You are right; that kind of love never is taken away. I'm impressed by your strength.
- March 9, 2012 at 7:04 PM
- Amy T. said...[Reply to comment]
WOW! You gave me chills! You should get an A for sure for content as well as the courage to speak on such an emotional topic in public. I have always been so impressed by loved ones that can give eulogies at funerals. I would be a sobbing mess.
- March 12, 2012 at 12:24 PM
- bamaatheartgirl2011 said...[Reply to comment]
Incredible is the best way for me to describe your eulogy. I bet there wasn't a dry eye in the room. I was certainly all misty eyed.
- March 12, 2012 at 1:08 PM
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- March 14, 2012 at 10:35 AM
- Tabitha said...[Reply to comment]
I should not have tried to read this while at work -- it's difficult not to cry. This is so beautiful and straight from the heart. You best get an A for this -- for a first piece, well -- you'd think you'd been giving speeches a lot longer!
- March 15, 2012 at 1:35 PM
- Torrey Shannon said...[Reply to comment]
Stunningly powerful piece. Karie, you amaze me in every way possible. Thank you for sharing this with us. I feel like you gave us a beautiful gift with your words....
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That's okay. The version on display wasn't designed for the U.S. market. It was designed for sale in India to families that would otherwise travel on a motorbike, and that presents a very large opportunity in India and elsewhere. Rides weren't available, but the car looks good, has an attractive if suitably modest interior, and a surprising amount of room in the back seat. Time will tell if the $2,500 Nano succeeds in India.
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Pitching an idea to a developer/publisher...?
So here's where I am. I started writing a design document for a game several months ago based on what I feel is a very original idea (but we all think our ideas are like that...). I now have completed said design document including a stunning logo and character concept art. Here's the but... BUT I don't know how to write code or have the money to employ a developer. I did originally have a few grand that I was going to pay a developer with but decided the final result wouldn't be what I wanted due to lack of polish the person rushing it because its not their game.
I now want to sell all the work I've done to either a random person or work with or sell it to a dev/pub company, the latter being preferable. So my questions are: Would a dev/pub company pick up something to developer themselves? I've only ever heard of them picking up games that are basically done... I realise that they probably won't be interested in my idea but 💩💩💩💩 it, I want to try anyway. So how would I go about this? Get a list of companies and email them? What about intellectual property issues? Do I need a non disclosure agreement? Is it more likely I would get noticed if I put my work up on say this website? I feel like they would get a lot of emails and I don't want to get covered. Any input would be greatly appreciated. |
Publishers have many completed games to choose from, so are unlikely to look at just an idea, even if backed by a design document.
Developers have enough ideas of their own to work on. If your idea is really good, then it may help in getting a job as a game designer, but you will probably have to demonstrate your technical abilities as well, such as in level building. You don't know how to code, but learning will probably be a quicker route to getting your game made than pitching the document. Try the free version of Unity. You can do an awful lot with that. |
Selling a game idea is borderline impossible. Read this, and it will explain why
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Don't try to sell your idea. The publisher will most definitely turn it down and there's nothing you can do if, years from now, they decide to create a game based on your idea. I take it you are more of a designer/artist, seeing as you already have concept art for your game. What I advise you to do is to pick up GameMaker, put your art in there and create a prototype that you can show/send to a publisher. And be sure to polish it as if you were developing the actual game. GameMaker requires no coding whatsoever and it's a great tool for prototyping (or even for building full games, if you have no idea how to code). If your idea is really good and if you implement it well enough in your prototype, you'll have a better chance of getting some kind of positive response from a publisher. Be aware that, even with a prototype, it's a "one in a million" situation. If you end up getting a negative response from them, you'll at least have a working prototype that you can improve and send to other publishers (or you can even self-publish it). An idea is basically worthless if you have no means of prototyping it and proving that it actually works. Some games are amazing on paper, but sometimes the finished product ends up being horrible. You have to show them concrete proof that your idea is actually feasible and marketable. Last edited by henr1kk; 11-10-2012 at 09:46 AM.. |
All I can say is, get over your fears that someone would steal your idea. It's just an idea right now that may end up being worthless.
Get out there and communicate it, try to get some interest and team up. Have somebody check technical feasibility too. I see many nontechnical ppl dream about their game ideas w/o any reality check w.r.t. feasibility and effort. I strongly advise against doing the coding on your own before some professional assessment. |
As with the others, I don't think an idea and some artwork would just cut it.
You'd be better off with just making a very basic prototype of the game first (hire someone or do it yourself). Then let others play it to check if the idea translates well to a good game. If all is good, make it into a playable game. Only THEN can you try pitching it to publishers or even make a KickStarter campaign. |
Let me introduce you to reality. Reality, this is Mooflet. Mooflet, this is reality. Now that you are introduced some things to know:
1) your idea is worthless 2) producing your game is going to cost well over $1000, think 5 to 6 figures 3) most likely you will have to convince others your idea is great, not beat them away with a stick like you are thinking I know, reality can be shocking! You made a design doc, that is something! I would suggest rather than selling it to partner with someone who might want to make it, knowing that the design doc and idea are about 1% of the work involved in making a game, I wouldn't expect a royalty any higher than that. Maybe you think this sounds cheap but you could protect against missing out of having the next "Tetris" by simply structuring the licensing. For example most likely your idea is run of the mill worthless, you get 1%, but if you do have a hit, then you want something like 5% over 100k, 10% over 1M, etc, that would protect you from losing out if the game is a smash hit, and would give the developer most of the revenue under 100k which are close to development and marketing costs. |
If you are really keen to make your idea (and have limited funds) maybe you could research if there are any government grants available to game devs in your country. I know that Screen Australia offer grants to people who have developed their ideas and have gave development documents, etc. ready. Maybe that way you could find the funding to pay a developer to make your idea with you. Just a thought
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Okay, yes someone has been playing telephone with my family tree. My older sister. Great post. I like the format too.
ReplyDeleteIt was fun to try to catch up on posts in my google reader and see my name and blog referenced. Made me smile. Along a similar vein, I was reading today about researchers finding inconsistencies in Death Certificates that are just now being proven correct or incorrect with the release of the 1940 Census. I'm reminded that some "lies" are not a matter of misunderstanding, but intentional. I love how you used evidence to prove that some of the claims made above cannot be right. Love your research.
ReplyDeleteHi Kathy,
Thanks for your comments; they are always much appreciated. I love reading your blog, and am glad to have made you smile.
What you've mentioned about the death certificates and the 1940 census is really interesting. I think it shows that if we really want to uncover the truth the evidence is out there, it may just require a more concerted effort to find the evidence. I've always had trouble understanding why someone would intentionally lie with their research, but as you say some simply do it. It has to make us wonder what really is the point of their research.
Wonderful post. We have a family legend that says that Sean McDonnell, my 3x gr. grandfather was bayoneted by a British soldier on his way home and died of peritonitis two weeks later in approximately 1840. Help me sort out what could be the problems with this? He lived in near Grenagh,County Cork. Were there British soldiers there at that time? I don't know the timetable for peritonitis but could look it up. I have not found any death information for a Sean (John) McDonnell for that time period. Probably was embellished but . . . I haven't added it as a fact in the family tree, but definitely have retold it as family legend.
ReplyDeleteHi Margel,
Civil registrations of deaths did not start until 1864, so there would have been no death certificate issued with that cause of death on it, so where did peritonitis as a cause of death come from? The first thing you may wish to do is to check the source for the cause of death.
Ireland was still part of Britain in this period, and the occupying troops which one might assume were still there were replaced in 1814 by the Royal Irish Constabulary, (RIC), controlled by Dublin Castle. If there was a local incident it would have been handled by the RIC. Your 3x great-grandfather may have had a run in with them, but the idea that he was "bayoneted by a British soldier on his way home" in this period is unlikely.
As I mentioned above, there were various uprisings throughout the country during the early 19th century; however, you have given a date of 1840. There were clashes between the Royal Irish Constabulary and the Young Irelanders in County Tipperary in 1848, but none in the historical record in Cork. I hope these details help you.
Hi Margel,
In my reply I neglected to mention that you may want to look at the newspaper archives to see if you can find a reference to the story. The archive has the Cork Examiner only from 1841, but it has The Freeman's Journal, which was a National newspaper, for 1840. Also check the British Newspaper Archive to see if you can find reference to it. Both links are on my research resources page.
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/ College News VOL. XL, No. 1 BRYN MAWR and ARDMORE, PA., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1943 Copjn.ht�����* PRICE 10 CENTS _________________________________________________________________________________________________prnMiwrcoii�|t, Iv43 Inauguration and Alliance Lectures Mark Year'42-'43 Farming, Fortune and Bonds Test Students' Interest in War This is the story of a year, the week-to-week headlines and the threads of tangled opinion and the olive-drab uniforms that were Bryn Mawr 1942-3. Call it a kal- eidoscope. This is to let you know, '47, what you have got yourself � into. Miss McBride started it, on September 30, by telling Bryn Mawr studnts something they had never been told before: that there was an urgent demand for them in the outside world. We put on our blue jeans and husked corn, picked apples, got poison ivy and called ourselves the Land Army. The Alliance intensified their war work, adopted a constitution, and a new name "The War Alliance." Inauguration The Inn had labor troubles, much of the Faculty left for Wash- ington, rationing hit the campus, and Sylvia Brown stole the Fresh- men's Parade Night song. Bryn Mawr girls made their own beds, served in the Deanery, and start- ed taking Russian. Pomp and circumstance came on October 29th with President McBride's inaugur- ation and the parade of academic dignitaries and ancient alumnae. WHAV, the Bryn Mawr-Haverford radio station, thrived behind the cloistered walls. Polls The NEWS had polls; they re- vealed that the majority of 288 undergraduates holding jobs dur- ing the summer had done secre- tarial and clerical work; they re- vealed that students favored post- war planning now and thought ths Allies would win the war. Opinion shrieked for more weekend activity on the campus, more money for baby-sitting; ar- gued about cutting out traditions. Editorials reappeared in the per- ennial fight for unlimited cuts. >. The Gym was re-decorated and Continued on Page Three Restriction Lifted On First Semester Freshmen Activities The former restriction on Fresh- men activities during the first semester has been partially lifted this year. The administration feels that the demands of the war have increased the need for Freshmen participation. However, all Fresh- men must report their activities to Mrs. Broughton's office, before signing up for them. In particular, Mrs. Broughton, Acting Dean of Freshmen, recom- mended the War Courses, sponsor- ed by the Alliance, as first semes- ter opportunities for Freshmen. All of these courses: First Aid, typing and shorthand, office tech- nique, nutrition, and home mechan- ics, are open to new students, after consultation with the Dean of Freshmen and their hall warden. There are also openings in both the Bryn Mawr Public School Children's Center and the Haver- ford Community Center, under the same conditions, but Freshmen are not allowed to take the Nurse's Aid Course. May Hold Jobs Freshmen will also be allowed for the first time, to hold hall jobs, to work in the library, the offices, and the Deanery, after an inter- view with the Bureau of Recom- mendations and with Mrs. Brough- ton. As far as campus activities are concerned, Freshmen may join any of the language clubs, and the In- ternational Relations Club. Al- though the tryouts for the College News are not held until February, the Board welcomes Letters to the Editor at all times, as well as spe- cially contributed articles by Fresh- men, either in the form of reports on special meetings they may have attended in Philadelphia, or in theater, book and concert reviews. Glee Club, Madrigal Club, and Choir are also open to Freshmen. , Eligible for All Sports Freshmen may take part in any and all sports other than their re- quired ones, and both the first and second Varsity teams are open to those who excel in particular Continued on Page Four The Vill Subterranean Tunnel and the New Yorker Named as Perils for Freshmen in Library By April Oursler, '45 The library is a labyrinth mass of professors' offices carefully in- terspersed with a few books. It has long been a time-honored tra- dition that all freshmen are drag- ged through its mazes, steeped in a quick dose of Dewey- Decimal System and the Reserve Room rules, and registered as function- ing members of the library. That was our experience and one by which we most' certainly did not learn. So herewith pur personal guide to the part of the library Miss Terrien never shows you. If you carry it with you, pinned close to your dean's slip, you might find what you want. It all starts when you wander innocently down into the stacks and end up in the Rare Book Room. Catching a glimpse of light across the had-you dash into the Periodical room, only to be side- tracked by The New Yorker and Time. Pulling yourself together again, you remember you were after a book, and brightly recall- ing your library tour, you head vaguely towards the West Wing. After accidentally bumping into the Education Sem you find your- self unaccountably in the Quita Woodward room. The New Book Room, you gasp happily, thorough- ly prepared to surrender to the charms of The Tree That Grew in Brooklyn or Drivin' Woman. Ten minutes later you emerge, sadder and wiser in your realization that the Woodward room is only a new room for books. Some kind person told you that the very next door on your right would land you in the West Wing stacks, so being a literal sort of being, you take your next right, and plummet down two flights of stairs to the basement. 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Philadelphia: Before concerts or in the middle of a shopping spree,' lunch at Whitman's on Chestnut Street near 17th, and you may have your fortune told over tea at the Russian Inn, on Locust Street. For dinner you will go to the Bellevue-Stratford to dance be- tween courses, to Kugler's after football games, to Bookbinder's for seafood, or way down on Chan- cellor Street to Arthur's for sup- er steaks in an old English at- mosphere^JWhen �yoiTve-tried-^these Village Still Offers Almost Anything You Might Need or Want For the benefit of those of you who have come totally unpre- pared for anything, here is a poc- ket guide to nearby shopping fa- cilities. Almost everything you want is in the Vill, and, unless you're a spendthrift you won't need to go further than Ardmore the first week. In the Vill, Nancy Brown sells dresses that might be just what you wanted for that special occa- sion. Yarn for the sweater you'll be knitting in off hours comes from Dinah Frosts's. If your radio needs repair or you'd like to buy a record, try Cuff's or Foster Ham- mond's. Chairs for your room you can get at Hobson and Owen's and the essential sidelines of decorat- ing may be obtained from Jake's or Hamill's hardware stores. For beauty's sake, Rene- Marcel or Maison Adolphe will buck up your morale with excellent permanents and Jeannette's will supply you with flowers. Gifts from Richard Continued on Page Four nose first into a-room with a car- pet of playing cards, and ashtraySjlyou,-tHay fall back on Stouffer's Broad Street, or Michaud's, or Jimmy Duffy's, both on Walnut near 15th. Continued on Page Four Calendar Tuesday, Sept. 28 Registration of Students. De- ferred, conditioned and audi- tors' exams begin. Advanced standing exams in Spanish and Italian, Room D, Taylor. 9:00 A. M. Freshman Picnic at Saunder's Barn, 11:30 A. M. . Current Events lecture by Mrs. Grant in the Common Room, 7:30 P. M. Self-Government Meeting in the Gym at 8:00 P.M. 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If the Sophomores have been too Continued on Page Four Lantern Night Ritual May be Changed Due To Lantern Shortage According to ancient custom, on the third Friday in October the Sophomores will welcome the Freshmen with gifts of lanterns, to the accompaniment of Greek hymns in the darkened cloisters of the Library. This year the prob- lem of the shortage of lanterns threatens to change the tradition- al Lantern Night ceremony. Since the factory which manufactures the lanterns has been converted to war work, there will be no new lanterns available. Approximately 80 green lan- terns have been collected from last year's seniors and other alum- nae, leaving the majority of the 210 freshmen without their tra- ditional gift. Preservation of Tradition Katherine Tappen, head of Un- dergrad, feels that "the actual symbol of the giving of the lan- terns should be preserved." There is a tentative hope that the fac- tory may be able to change the glass in old lanterns to the green of the incoming class. If this fails, lanterns of other colors may be used in the ceremony, with only the green ones lighted to give the effect of the swinging* lanterns. In either case the upperclassmen will be asked to contribute their Ian- Continued on Page Four v.
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If ever there was an issue to unite union leaders and black leaders in Cleveland, you'd think it would be Senate Bill 5
Think again.
The battle over Ohio's new collective bargaining law has thrown a spotlight on a rift between the two groups. The fissure has been a part of the city's baggage for years. Simply, black leaders say the building trades do far too little to recruit and train black residents for skilled positions such as plumbers, electricians and carpenters.
It's a valid complaint, and it popped up again last month at -- of all places -- Cleveland's kick-off rally against S.B 5, which appears on the Nov. ballot as Issue 2.
Union officials have been smoldering ever since.
Rev. Marvin McMickle was the spark this time. Though he's president of Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, he remains an influential community voice here. He wasn't in town to talk about SB 5. Rather, he was invited to the rally, held at a union hall downtown, to speak against House Bill 194, an elections bill that Democrats say will depress turnout in black neighborhoods.
Union leaders want to marry the two issues in the voters' minds. Union members campaigning against S.B. 5 are supposed to gather voter signatures to put the elections bill on the 2012 ballot.
In his talk, though, McMickle said volunteers should highlight unions other than the building trades when campaigning in the black community. That's because, he charged, the trades have done far less than teacher and transit unions to boost black membership.
The speech hit union members like a punch. No one was more perplexed and upset than Loree K. Soggs, executive secretary of the Cleveland Building & Construction Trades Council, who walked out on McMickle. (The two plan to meet on Sept. 27.)
Like many race-related issues, this one is messy.
In the past, the unions have offered under-performing programs to help beef up the numbers of minority trade workers. But union leaders are proud of their latest apprentice program, which has graduated over 300 Cleveland minority youth since 2003.
The sour economy hasn't helped. It left the building trades with high unemployment within its ranks and with fewer opportunities to offer on-site apprenticeships.
Also, black labor interests have lacked a strong public voice. The bullying approach of Norman Edwards, who until recently headed The Black Contractors Group, turned people numb to the issue.
So why is this issue emerging now?
The building boom – casino, medical mart, University Circle, Flats East Bank -- has put a renewed focus on worker diversity.
Add to the mix the perception that unions haven't been putting the same effort into defeating the elections bill as they have into beating back S.B. 5. While S.B. 5 hits people across the board, the elections bill hits black neighborhoods, opponents to it say.
(Since Labor Day, unions and paid and unpaid volunteers with President Obama's Organizing for America and others have stepped up efforts against the election bill.)
Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, whose hallmark cause has been getting Clevelanders – i.e. black residents -- on more city construction sites, says McMickle got it right.
"This is a building trades problem and the unwillingness to have a genuine effort to bring African American youth into apprenticeships," he told me.
He acknowledges that progress has been made but says "it is a constant fight and struggle to get it done."
He also hit the union's for too little effort to repeal the elections bill.
Harriet Applegate, executive secretary of the North Shore AFL-CIO Federation of Labor, says the trades are making progress. But she knows it's not enough given the history.
The labor and minority communities in this town have been inseparable – and often successful -- allies on many political and social issues.
If they want to repeat their successes on future political challenges, then they need to stop thinking of themselves as two separate entities that team up.
They've got to become one.
And that means it's long past time for the trade unions to welcome minorities into their ranks.


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Not for this pair. Their mission at the brand became to safeguard its DNA while adding a lifestyle appeal via edgy wovens and accessories that can easily be mixed and matched. In the designers' first show for spring 2007, they showed three pairs of shoes, a number that grew to 20 for next spring.
"We wanted to transform Malo into a lifestyle brand so we needed to treat knitwear differently and broaden the range to other yarns such as finely spun silk besides cashmere for the warmer days," Aquilano said.
They pumped up the trend volume and revved the knitwear with new proportions, cuts, yarns and textures and tempered the edgier styles with can't-go-wrong basics.
Silk knits are spun with the same techniques reserved for cashmere.
The spring collection was infused with an Oriental vibe that shone through with kimono-sleeved gossamer knits, embroideries and colored stone applications on sea blue dresses, obis and side-fastened boxy jackets over minidresses with floral motifs. Wholesale prices for basic pieces average $180 but rise to $1,800 for the embellished items.
"We started using 15th-century Florentine wood looms to weave the knitwear and the most interesting aspect is that we asked a crop of young 30-year-olds to use them," Aquilano said. "The result was very interesting."
The results are knits that look like fabrics and that have a wholesome feel.
To reach a broader customer base and boost the brand's sales of $81 million in 2007, Aquilano and Rimondi increased the number of woven items. The formula seems to be paying off as spring 2008 sales advanced 40 percent versus the same season the previous year. Notarpietro expects overall sales to grow by 10 percent next year.


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- detritus
heh, I think I'd rather not admit just how much time I've spent in there since I bought it the other week. Suffice to say, I've been doing a lot more of my daily work in the evenings recently.
I think the following page has a good descriptor of what Minecraft is all about.. http://minecraftporn.com/09/what…
It can "best be described as an autism simulator".
I just can't help but feel it's the shift towards a much deeper (scuse the pun) and long-overdue way of looking at environments in games. These kind of environments are exactly what multi-core processors should be doing with their time - fuck trying to eke every last explosive particle from the graphics processor - spend time instead calculating what knock-on effects happen between different 'pixel' type encounters.
Make the world itself engaging, not the veneer cladding it.
- Dog-earOct 6, 10, 4:38 a.m. – Permalink
"Make the world itself engaging, not the veneer cladding it."
Exactly, see also Dwarf Fortress which although much weaker graphically it also randomly generates a world. Although the Dwarf Fortress world is an entire planet with erosion/rivers/glaciers/mountain... towers/huge caves/lava seas then it plays out a few thousand years of war and history before you even start playing.Ridiculously in depth game, it models an entire world and the 4 seasons (lakes freeze over if the region is cold enough) but then even goes as deep to model how many teeth your dwarf has, what their left sock is made out of and how they feel about their pet cat drowning in the well.
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- moniker
Guy building a working computer inside of Minecraft:
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yeow- Dog-earOct 6, 10, 7:31 a.m. – Permalink
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Why should I be impressed with this game?
So you just build stuff?
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So i'm at the point where i've mined a bit of everything. I find some diamond, turn it into a pick axe and use up the whole axe, digging to find more diamond! Starting to design my house... Is there anything more in the game to do?
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- Hombre_Lobo
this game looks crazy. deceptive.
looks very simple but then i see some vids and it appears to have quite a lot of depth.
Can you play together online? cant other users destroy your creations?
looks very interesting...a nice change from all the realistic FPS/sandbox games with see about :P
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Some means of 64-bit Windows application performance improvements are considered in the article.
People often have questions concerning 64-bit solution performance and means to improving it. Some questionable points are considered in this article, and then some recommendations concerning program code optimizations are given.
In a 64-bit environment, old 32-bit applications run owing to the Wow64 subsystem. This subsystem emulates a 32-bit environment by means of an additional layer between the 32-bit application and the 64-bit Windows API. In some localities, this layer is thin, in others it's thicker. For an average program, the productivity loss caused by this layer is about 2%. For some programs, this value may be larger. 2% is certainly not much, but still, we have to take into account the fact that 32-bit applications function a bit slower under a 64-bit Operating System than under a 32-bit one.
Compiling a 64-bit code not only eliminates Wow64, but also increases performance. It's related to architectural alterations in microprocessors, such as the increase in the number of general-purpose registers. For an average program, the expected performance growth caused by an ordinary compilation is 5-15%. But in this case, everything depends upon the application and data types. For instance, the Adobe company claims that the new 64-bit "Photoshop CS4" is 12% faster than its 32-bit version.
Some programs dealing with large data arrays may greatly increase their performance when expanding address space. The ability to store all the necessary data in the random access memory eliminates slow operations of data swapping. In this case, performance increase can be measured in times, not in percent rate.
Here, we will consider the following example: Alfa Bank integrates an Itanium 2-based platform into its IT infrastructure. The bank's investment growth resulted in the fact that the existing system became unable to cope with the increasing workload: users' service delays attained its deadline. Case analysis showed up that the system's bottleneck is not the processors' performance but the limitation of the 32-bit architecture in a memory subsystem part that does not allow efficiently using more than 4 GB of the server's addressing space. The database itself was larger than 9 GB. Its intensive usage resulted in the critical workload of the input-output subsystem. Alfa Bank decides to purchase a cluster consisting of two four-processor Itanium2-based servers with 12GB of random access memory. This decision allows to ensure the necessary level of system performance and fault-tolerance. As explained by company representatives, the implementation of Itanium2-based servers allows to terminate problems to cut costs.
We can consider optimization at three levels: microprocessor instructions optimization, code optimization on the level of high-level languages, and algorithmic optimization (which takes into account the peculiarities of the 64-bit systems). The first one is available when we use such development tools as assemblers, and is too specific to be of any interest for a wide audience. For those who are interested in the theme, I recommend "Software Optimization Guide for AMD64 Processors" - an AMD guide for application optimization for a 64-bit architecture. Algorithmic optimization is unique for every task, and its consideration is beyond this article.
From the point of view of high-level languages such as C++, 64-bit architecture optimization depends on the choice of optimal data types. Using homogeneous 64-bit data types allows the optimizing compiler to construct a simpler and more efficient code, as there's no need to convert 32-bit and 64-bit data so often. Primarily, this can be referred to variables which are used as loop counters, array indexes, and for variables storing different sizes. Traditionally, we use such types as int, unsigned, and long to represent the above-listed types. With 64-bit Windows systems which use the LLP64 data model, these types remain 32-bit ones. In a number of cases, this results in less efficient code construction, for there are some additional conversions. For instance, if you need to figure out the address of an element in an array with a 64-bit code, first, you must turn the 32-bit index into a 64-bit one.
The use of such types as ptrdiff_t and size_t is more effective, as they possess optimal size for representing indexes and counters. For 32-bit systems, they are scaled as 32-bit; for 64-bit systems as 64-bit (see table 1).
Using ptrdiff_t, size_t and derivative types allows to optimize program code up to 30%. Additional advantage here is a more reliable code. Using 64-bit variables as indexes permits to avoid overflows when we deal with large arrays having several billions of elements.
Data type alteration is not an easy task, far less if the alteration is really necessary.
After a program is compiled in a 64-bit regime, it starts consuming more memory than its 32-bit variant used to do. Often, this increase is almost imperceptible, but sometimes memory consumption might even double. This coheres with the following reasons:
We can often put up with RAM memory consumption increase. The advantage of 64-bit systems is exactly that the amount of this memory is rather large. There's nothing bad in the fact that with a 32-bit system having 2 GB of memory a program took 300 MB, but with a 64-bit system having 8 GB of memory this program takes 400 MB. In relative units, we see that with a 64-bit system, this program takes three times less available physical memory. There is no sense trying to fight this memory consumption growth. It's easier to add some memory.
But, the increase of consumed memory has one disadvantage. This increase causes loss of performance. Though a 64-bit program code functions faster, extracting large amounts of data out of memory cancels all the advantages, and even decreases performance. Data transfer between the memory and the microprocessor (cache) is not a cheap operation.
Let us assume that we have a program which processes a large amount of text data (up to 400 MB). It creates an array of pointers, each indicating a succeeding word in the processed text. Let the average word length be 5 symbols. Then, the program will require about 80 million pointers. So, a 32-bit variant of the program will require 400 MB + (80 MB * 4) = 720 MB memory. As for a 64-bit version of the program, it will require 400 MB + (80 MB * 8) = 1040 MB memory. This is a considerable increase which may adversely affect the program performance. And, if there's no need to process gigabyte-sized texts, the chosen data structure will be useless. The use of unsigned- type indexes instead of pointers may be viewed as a simple and effective solution to the problem. In this case, the size of consumed memory again is 720 MB.
We can waste considerable amount of memory altering regulations of data alignment. Let us consider an example:
struct MyStruct1 { char m_c; void *m_p; int m_i; };
Structure size in a 32-bit program is 12 bytes, and in a 64-bit one is 24 bytes, which is not thrifty. But, we can improve this situation by altering the sequence of elements in the following way:
struct MyStruct2 { void *m_p; int m_i; char m_c; };
The MyStruct2 structure size still equals to 12 bytes in a 32-bit program, and in a 64-bit program, it is only 16 bytes. Therewith, from the point of view of data access efficiency, the MyStruct1 and MyStruct2 structures are equivalent. Picture 1 is a visual representation of the structure elements distribution in memory.
It's not easy to give clear instructions concerning the order of elements in structures. But, the common recommendation is the following: the objects should be distributed in descending order of their size.
The last point is the stack memory consumption growth. Storing large return addresses and data alignment increases the size. Optimizing them makes no sense. A sensible developer would never create megabyte-sized objects in stack. If you are porting a 32-bit program to a 64-bit system, don't forget to alter the size of the stack in the project settings. For instance, you can double it. By default, a 32-bit application as well as 64-bit ones are assigned a 2 MB stack. It may turn out to be insufficient, and securing makes sense.
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unsigned long fetch_lu32(unsigned char *p) { return p[0] | (p[1] << 8) | (p[2] << 16) | (p[3] << 24); }
Goran Mitrovic wrote:big &= ~4 will work correctly since '4' is int which will get sign extended to 64 bits.
supercat9 wrote:Ah, that's right. Small integers do get qualified, but what about big &= ~0x80000000? Or for that matter big &= ~2147483648?
supercat9 wrote:BTW, on a vaguely-related note: if the standard had been written to require that code make arithmetic sense in all cases where intermediate results can fit within a signed long, I wonder how much extra complexity that would have required in compilers? The behavior of comparison operators has been changed a few times in the standard; how hard would it be for compilers to add code that would say that when comparing signed and unsigned values of the same size, the unsigned one is larger if the MSB is set in either value?
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