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The Lap of Time
1. The Lap of Time
The Sack of the Gods, Rudyard Kipling
"You will find her much changed." Eldarion paused with his hand on the doorknob and turned back to face his great-grandfather, worry contracting his brows. "She tried, at first, to be as she always was, but now…"
Celeborn steeled himself and nodded. He had thought his farewells said several seasons ago, but when he heard Eldarion was king and Arwen still lived, he rode for Minas Tirith. He could not abandon his granddaughter in her grief and despair.
Eldarion opened the door. Warm, summer sun streamed in the window limning two beautiful girls. Two sets of identical grey eyes raised up to meet his, eager welcome overcoming surprise in them, as he paused in the doorway. The music filling the room stopped as one girl put down her lute, and stood. The other rose smoothly and slid the plate of dainties she had been offering to a third person onto a low table next to a chair.
Arwen sat in the well-padded chair, looking much as she always had. No grey streaked her abundant blue-black hair. Her face was still smooth and unlined. But Arwen's beauty had always resided as much in the animation of her face, the sparkle of intelligence in her eyes and the sweetness of her smile as in the delicate molding and regular perfection of her features. Her open and unfocussed eyes, their light extinguished, showed only the dull grey of an unswept hearth. The cherry red dress she wore emphasized her pallor and wrinkled creases showed she had lost weight since it was made. Her shoulders sagged against the cushions and her head listed to the side. Next to her glowing granddaughters, Arwen seemed like a beautiful, broken doll, and Celeborn feared he knew neither tools nor techniques to mend her.
Celeborn paused in the doorway, as Eldarion flapped his hands dismissing his daughters. They gave their father a formal curtsey. Celeborn held out his arms, and received quick hugs as they exited.
"Do not leave her alone. Call us," whispered in one ear.
"We will be right outside on the terrace," murmured into the other.
They were gone, closing the door behind them. Celeborn took a few steps into the room, but his steps dragged slower and slower. He felt Arwen not as a presence, but as an absence. She had been overwhelmingly vital, but now she slumped in the center of a grey pool that seemed to fade to nothing.
Kneeling at Arwen's feet, Eldarion picked up his mother's unresisting hands, tucking them into his own.
"Mother? The council meeting starts soon. Will you not come and give us your advice?" When she made no sign that she had heard him, he asked again, louder. "Mother? The Council?"
A sigh shivered down Arwen's body and she blinked. Her head moved to the side in half a tired shake and she tried to withdraw her hands from under her son's larger ones. "Start without me. I will come… later."
Eldarion dropped a kiss onto her fingers. "As you wish. Your place at the table waits for you, and we miss your wisdom in our councils." He gave her fingers a squeeze. "I have brought someone you will wish to see."
Arwen's head gave a shudder of negation. Eldarion surrendered her hands to Celeborn who took his place at Arwen's feet. She stared at Celeborn for a second, then dropped her eyes as her head drooped sideways.
"Arwen." Celeborn said, reaching out to stroke her cheek. He held himself still, a well of compassion in the face of her grief. He gestured with his head, and Eldarion slipped out of the room.
After a few minutes when neither of them moved, she tightened her lips and pushed her knuckles against her mouth. She breathed out a long, shuddering sigh. "Oh, grandfather! It is not how I thought it would be."
Her voice was soft and defeated. Celeborn ached with her despair as he stroked his thumb over her fingers. He knew no mere words could comfort the anguish he felt in her, for he had never before felt a loss so profound. Anyone else he knew would have fled to the Havens and sailed West or long ago left their body behind and sought Mandos.
"To decide to stay did not seem foolish. We were often apart, but it was never like this." Arwen twisted her hands into her skirts and rubbed at the tears that dripped down on her fingers. "He went east for ten years after we were betrothed. He rode to war many times. Our love was enough. I did not need him with me every moment. Why would now be different? He would be gone. I would be here. I would do my tasks and live my life as I always did when he ventured forth. I would hold his grandchildren's grandchildren and tell them stories of him, and remember his smile, the warmth of his hands. I could keep fresh the justice and mercy he brought to this land. There was so much that I felt I could still see and do. But it is not…" Her voice trailed off.
"Did Aragorn not wish you to go with him?" Since the day they had returned from Cerin Amroth hand in hand, Celeborn had blithely assumed Aragorn and Arwen would go beyond the circles of the world together, as he had heard Luthien and Beren had.
"Yes, but I thought I need not go. There is no time outside of Arda. What would it matter if I lingered here a while? I felt no call and life was still sweet." She looked up at last and met Celeborn's eyes with her own that were deep wells of pain. "He is gone. I feel him nowhere. Since the moment of our bond, I knew him, I felt him, and now…" Her hands blindly groped outward, seeking. Celeborn caught them in his own and brought them to his breast. "He is gone and I am alone."
She wrenched her hands away from his and buried her face in them, twisting her body away. "I cannot find the way to him."
"It is not an easy thing, to die as Men do and leave the circles of the world," Celeborn said.
Her hands dropped and he saw her eyes moist and glassy. "Not for him. He was certain and went serenely to his fate even though I sought to hold him here. He paused for me, I think, as he started the journey but I could not find the strength to go with him. I have always been a coward." She spat out the word. "We should have gone together into the unknown but for my fears. I understand why Lúthien begged the Valar for Beren's return, but I am lesser in all things, and that way is closed to me."
Arwen huddled into the corner of the chair. Celeborn took her arm and drew her to her feet, clasping her close in his arms and cradling her head onto his shoulder. "No, Arwen, no," he whispered into her hair. "You need not be Lúthien. How many times have we had this discussion?"
"You always told me there was time enough still, but my life is over and I have accomplished no great deeds," she said.
Celeborn had never heard her sound so defeated. He held her away from his shoulder and tilted up her chin so she was forced to meet his eyes.
"I remember Lúthien and Beren well. Arda was different then, a patchwork of fiefdoms with every petty lordling of Men styling himself a king. Beren led his little rag-tag warband very well, and roamed Beleriand seeking out the plots of the enemy. But he was not a king as Aragorn was, nor Lúthien a queen. They took no thought for more than their own quests. You know Lúthien's great deeds, but she could dance for a season and be surprised that others toiled. I swear to you, in the coming Ages of Men, they will be forgotten and you will be remembered."
Arwen's eyes dropped away from his and her shoulders twitched up in what, with a little more resolution, could have been a shrug. "Who will remember me and for what? I had no part in Sauron's downfall. I sat safe while others accomplished great deeds."
Celeborn gave her a small shake. "Arwen," he admonished her. He towed her, sluggishly resisting, to a window that overlooked the city. Grasping her arms he faced her into the opening. "What do you see?"
"Nothing." She started to turn away.
Celeborn twisted her back again. "Look more closely."
She stared out the window and the silence dragged out. At last, she said, "Very well. I see the townlands, fields, orchards, ships on the river in the distance. What should I see?"
"Peace, Arwen. The whole of Arda at peace."
"What does it matter?" Arwen leaned against the window frame.
Celeborn touched her shoulder and smoothed back a wayward strand of hair. "This Age began ravaged by evil. After Sauron's destruction, Men could have splintered and warred amongst themselves but you and Aragorn brought peace and justice and mercy, not only in Gondor but to all who sought your protection. Those are rare things. Peace runs from the ice sheets in the north to the deserts south of Umbar, from the great ocean to the sea of Rhun. There now live old men who believe that is the normal way of things, and forget the great evils that went before. People till their fields in peace, and watch their children live to grow old in turn. I, who have seen two Ages more than you, say, this is a new thing."
"This is Arda Marred," Arwen said, heaving a shaky sigh. "It will not last. It will fall and crumble away in pieces from petty, small things. My own children's children's children will turn it to ashes and dust and all we accomplished will be gone."
He watched her eyes, but they remained shrouded and remote. They did not meet his.
"Arwen!" He commanded her attention. "For all the Ages of the world to come, there will be a memory of this time; when mercy and bounty flowed unstinting from the hands of the queen and the king brought strength and justice. A time when peace covered all the world under the care of Elessar and Undómiel. It is your accomplishment, and it is no small thing."
Turning, Arwen walked away from Celeborn. Half way across the room, she slumped - head, shoulders, hips- until she was crumpled on the floor, hands clutching her upraised knees. The momentary flash of animation passed and she sat with muscles lax and unmoving. Celeborn hurried to kneel by her side. He took her in his arms and rocked her back and forth. Of all his children, Arwen had been the one who embraced change and waxed impatient with the stasis imposed in Lórien and Rivendell. She should not fear it now.
"Do not underestimate the strength of your descendents for Men are said to be the harbingers of great things. Have you no faith in the promise of Arda Healed?" Celeborn asked at last.
"I try to. He did." There was a long silence. Her expression softened, and her lips pulled back almost into a smile. "One day we were in my garden. Eldarion was in the in-between stage, all elbows and knees and clumsy on feet suddenly too big. He confronted his father saying that it was not fair that Men should die and that he would no longer honor Eru, who found Men of so little worth that they lived and were discarded so quickly. Aragorn looked at him in that way he has, and after a minute, Eldarion sat down, but he shook his head and with great resolution in the face of his father's obvious displeasure said, 'I am sorry, father, but it still seems Men are held to be of less worth in the scheme of Arda.'
"Aragorn pointed to a rose I had tucked in my hair, and asked what was the use of it. Eldarion said it was beautiful and honored to grace me, which was a pretty compliment for one so young. Aragorn led him to see all the other things a rose is; for medicine, for seasoning, for perfume, to feed bees and other insects, that its roots hold the soil, and shelter all manner of tiny beasts and bugs. Eventually Eldarion admitted that it was many things beyond its obvious beauty.
"Aragorn put his hand on Eldarion's shoulder and said that everything in Arda has more than one purpose. If he looked around him he would see there is nothing that has one use only. When the music sounded, it already contained within it everything that Arda is, in a complexity too great for any mind save Eru's to comprehend. He turned Eldarion to face him. Taking the rose from my hair, he pressed it into Eldarion's hand and, smiling at him, said, 'Eru never wasted so much as a flower or a tree. How can you think he would squander souls? Men will have a part to play, before the new beginning, and after.'"
Arwen fell silent, withdrawn into her memories. She leaned heavily against Celeborn's shoulder.
"And did Eldarion accept that?"
Blinking as if to bring the present back into focus, she shrugged and said, "The talk moved on. He turned it into a lesson on statecraft and they spent the next hour discussing some tariff or other and how its affect would ripple through the guilds."
"Aragorn had much wisdom." Celeborn shifted as Arwen reared back and turned narrowed eyes on him in a fierce glare.
"He is - is! I will not believe - I do not want to believe - he is gone, squandered, and everything he is, lost. I wish now we had gone hand in hand beyond the Circles of the World, but I drew back." She drew in a long sobbing breath.
"He waits for you. Why do you linger? Go to him, Arwen."
Tears spilled down her cheeks, but a faint hope sparked in her expression. "I cannot find the way. I do not know where he is. I have begged the Valar to show me, but they do not speak to me. Perhaps they too are bound within Arda and cannot tell me. Grandfather, can you show me how to die as Men do?"
Escort her to the Havens and put her on ship; he could do that. Comfort a broken body as its feä sought Mandos; over the Ages, he had had far too much practice. Die as Men do? He could kill, but he would not, and did not think that was what she asked of him.
She babbled on. "I love him. But I love my children and their children. And my father and mother and brothers and you, grandfather. Soon a child of my daughter's daughter's daughter will be born. Eldarion still seeks my advice and swears Gondor needs me. I am torn all ways. He told me at the end, to repent my choice if life was still sweeter, and seek the Havens, but I cannot. I do not regret my marriage, but I never had the serenity he had in the face of Man's fate. Do you not understand? I want to go to him but I do not know how to die as he did!"
She looked at him with hope kindled and blazing in her eyes, but he had no method to offer, and her eyes slowly faded into cold-hearth sorrow again. He tightened his arms around her and lifted her. Sitting in her chair, he cradled her in his arms. Sounds of children playing in the gardens came in the window with the sun. Farther away, the commotions of the city and the court made a busy background hum.
Celeborn saw she was well beloved. Granddaughters, sons, and servants all hovered within call. A full plate held tiny, delicate morsels of her favorite foods to tempt her appetite. Her opinions were still sought. There was much to hold her here.
"Where were you happiest?" Celeborn asked her.
She stirred in his arms. "Here. These rooms. Sometimes, if I empty my mind very carefully and try to remember him, I can almost feel him, as if he is just outside the door, or lingering in the bed. But it slips away, and I am mistaken. It is Eldarion, or a page with wood for the fire, or..." She made a vague, hopeless gesture.
"Do you go down to the Silent Street to be with him?"
"He is not there. What lingers is an image of splendour, but I hold a finer in my heart."
The childish voices outside erupted into a quarrel; shouts of "Mine!" and "He started it!" quickly hushed by a firm, "Quiet now! You'll disturb the Queen."
Arwen would not find peace here. There must be a hunting lodge, or some smaller residence on the royal lands she could retire to, where the affairs of the court were not so insistent.
"Is there no other place you were happy with Aragorn? Where you could seek him in peace?"
Arwen started to shake her head, but paused and cocked it instead, brows wrinkling in thought. "Lórien," she sighed the word on a breath. A small smile crept onto her face. "Lórien! Of course. Oh, Grandfather, thank you!"
He tried to hide his dismay. "Is there nowhere in Gondor? I do not think you should go to Lórien."
Arwen sat up and touched his arm. "Why? It will be perfect. I am only sorry I have missed Midsummer. I have missed Midsummer?" Confusion clouded her face, but at his nod, she pressed on. "Our love was new there and every day was a discovery of something yet more wonderful."
He hated to have to dash the glimmer of hope he saw in her at last. "It is not as it was. There is nothing left in Lórien but the ghosts of dying trees." He swallowed the pain of loss and admitted, "I do not go there."
She leaned in to hug him, her check smooth against his. "I will not ask it of you." Her gaze strayed to the window and she studied the sky. She nodded. "It feels right to say I will go alone. The trees and I can die together. Perhaps they will show me the way." She squeezed him tighter, released him and knelt at his side.
"You are right. I have tried but cannot find peace here. Foolish old women come to me and assure me I will take joy in life again. That the loss of him is something I will heal from, as if his death were no more distressing than a broken bone. I sense for them it has been true, but I am not like them. There is no healing for me within the Circles of the World, for more than half of me has been ripped away. I am empty."
She laid her head in his lap. Looking down at her pale and fragile face, Celeborn doubted she retained the strength to fight if Eldarion insisted on sending her off with great pomp, as befit a Queen of Gondor. There would be much coming and going as couriers scurried back and forth. The baggage train would stretch along the road, and a full household would come with her to see to her needs. The men would not live in the remains of the flets, but build houses amidst the trees. Lórien would become a settlement, a village, another city of Men. Arwen would be as trapped there as here.
Or, he could overawe Eldarion and spirit her away, vowing to escort her himself, and get word back to Gondor of her end. He placed a gentle hand on her hair. If he closed his eyes, he could imagine it the silver-gilt of Galadriel's or the sunny brightness of Celebrian's. He stifled a gasp as pain contracted his heart and tears pricked behind his closed lids. This dark and difficult granddaughter asked much of him, and her loss would be so final.
"I will take you to the border of Lórien, alone. There you can be at peace and find your estel. Eldarion will not gainsay me."
Arwen nodded acceptance. Celeborn continued to stroke her hair, and tried to hide his own growing sadness at the thought of another parting.
"If he is right," she raised her head and met his eyes. Her despair seemed to be not so crushing. "If no soul is squandered - not his, not mine, not yours – then this is only a parting for a time, and your fate too is entwined with ours."
He did not know if he believed that, for the fates of Elves and Men were long sundered, but if she found peace in it, he hoped it was true.
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Just the mesa drivers do not implement it would be the correct translation. Hopefully you get a brain update next year.
the OpenGL version of WOW also has no shadows!
the DX version in wine is really better 'shadows' and 'minimap'
i think we will see a lot of speed improvements in the future wine versions.
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Just the mesa drivers do not implement it would be the correct translation. Hopefully you get a brain update next year.
Very unlikely, especially when the next google toy will use tegra just like zune hd. The dx11 delay will not kill nvidia, more like is that they would aquire a x86 licence and produce own chips for netbook market.
This thread is starting to read a bit too much like timecube.com ...
You are still an idiot.
Sigh. I hesitate to continue this thread, but here I go anyway.
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Originally Posted by Qaridarium
If you write this* then you have no idea what web is, how it expands to new technology and how it is one of the main arteries of global capitalism. And you have no idea why every company in computer industry wants to have a big slice of it under control. Windows 7, games 4 windowz or high-end directX hw tessellation are a little slice compared to web and its trends. MS has a very nasty handicap here: They have always wanted to make people and companies dependent on their platform and the internet forbids this*. The web says: Its not logical to make a web page platform dependent.OpenGL2.1 grafic! nothing more.
phones do only have openGL2 to....
the web browser standarts only have openGL2 to!
Highend-graphic OpenGL is dieing! over 4 years of DirectX10 there is no openGL3 game!
And why phones have opengl 2? Simply because they are phones. They are power efficient consumer devices that dont need to have high-end graphics (at least for now). Not everybody is interested in cutting-edge graphics like you and me. And why WebGL uses opengl 2? The same reason: Theres no need for the unnecessary overhead. Perhaps in the future when today's high-end graphics become consumable, web applications will be upgraded too.
Having the most advanced graphics API doesn't make MS the ultimate computer industry killer. MS will be a big fat looser if it can't get web3D and web-phones under its control and is terribly failing in both areas.
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actually WebGL is a binding for OpenGL ES2, which is much closer to OpenGL3 than OpenGL2


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This year was another great year for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure and none of it would have been possible without you. 127,000 participants and volunteers came together on Run day and through the support of generous donors raised over $25 million for innovative breast cancer research, health education, and advocacy initiatives throughout Canada. You make this inspiring and emotional day possible and it is my pleasure to say 'thank you' for making it such a success.
I have been involved with the Run in one way or another since 1992; I have been a part of the CIBC Run for the Cure as a volunteer, a donor, a participant, a board member, and now as Chair of the National Board. On each and every Run day, I am inspired by the people I meet who participate to honour and support their friends, family, and the breast cancer community. I remember running around Quidi Vidi Lake in St. John's one year when it rained relentlessly and the fog was so thick that you could barely see the runners in front of you. Yet, in spite of this, everybody's spirits were high. When you finally emerged from the mist, everybody was still excited, smiling, laughing, crying, supporting, and encouraging one another. This is the energy and commitment of the CIBC Run for the Cure that inspires and humbles me every year.
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African Americans Seeking Their Dreams
African Americans Seeking Their Dreams
National Black History Month is traditionally observed in February to connect with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln on the 12th and Frederick Douglass on the 14th. In recognition of the centennial of the National Urban League, the 2010 theme is "The History of Black Economic Empowerment".
African Americans have had to overcome many obstacles to their participation in the American dream, beginning with enslavement for two centuries. Following emancipation, they struggled to find work, education, the right to own property, the right to vote, the chance to move beyond sharecropping and day labor. Through determined effort, African Americans became landowners, skilled workers, businessmen and women, professionals, educators and ministers. They started their own unions and professional associations, and preached racial or collective uplift rather than individual self-reliance. In 1910, a group of reformers, black and white, established what became the National Urban League to address the needs of African Americans as they migrated to the cities of the United States. Throughout their hundred years, their purpose has been to open the doors of opportunity, economic and otherwise, for succeeding generations.
To trace the paths of African Americans as they seek their American dreams, try these very interesting accounts.
The Gilded Age
"Passing Strange: a Gilded Age tale of love and deception across the color line" by Martha A. Sandweiss is the biography of Clarence King (1842-1901), a hero of nineteenth-century western history. Brilliant scientist and witty conversationalist, bestselling author and architect of the great surveys that mapped the West after the Civil War, King hid a secret from his Gilded Age cohorts and prominent Newport family: for thirteen years he lived a double life--as the celebrated white Clarence King and as a black Pullman porter and steelworker. Unable to marry the black woman he loved, the fair-haired, blue-eyed King passed as a Negro, revealing his secret to his wife Ada only on his deathbed. Historian Sandweiss is the first writer to uncover the life that King tried so hard to conceal. She reveals the complexity of a man who, while publicly espousing a personal dream of a uniquely American amalgam of white and black, hid his love for his wife and their five biracial children.
Harlem Renaissance
Sisters Sadie and Elizabeth Delaney left their home in North Carolina for Harlem, where they were nurtured by the community of artists and professionals and pursued professional lives in dentistry and home economics education. "Having Our Say" was written as they approached their 100th birthdays.
The 1930s
In "The Sound of Freedom: Marian Anderson, the Lincoln Memorial, and the concert that awakened America", civil rights historian Ray Arsenault describes the dramatic story behind Anderson's concert at the Lincoln Memorial-an early milestone in civil rights history-on the seventieth anniversary of her performance. On Easter Sunday 1939, the brilliant vocalist Marian Anderson sang before a throng of seventy-five thousand at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington-an electrifying moment and an under- appreciated milestone in civil rights history. Though she was at the peak of a dazzling career, Anderson had been barred from performing at the Daughters of the American Revolution's Constitution Hall because she was black. When Eleanor Roosevelt resigned from the DAR over the incident and took up Anderson's cause, however, it became a national issue. Like a female Jackie Robinson, but several years before his breakthrough, Anderson rose to a pressure-filled and politically charged occasion with dignity and courage, and struck a vital blow for civil rights. In the 1963 March on Washington, Martin Luther King would follow, literally, in her footsteps. This biography captures the struggle for racial equality in 1930s America, the quiet heroism of Marian Anderson, and a moment that inspired blacks and whites alike.
Segregated Military
As late as World War II, the armed forces were segregated and black soldiers were assigned some of the most difficult tasks by officials who saw them as expendable. James McBride's "Miracle at St. Anna", a novel based on real events, tells the story of four buffalo soldiers of the 92d Infantry Division attacking impregnable German fortifications in the western mountains of Italy. During the Winter Olympics in Turin, Tom Brokaw interviewed Medal of Honor recipient Vernon Baker, a surviving soldier from that campaign. Another survivor, James Harden Daugherty, wrote a memoir of that campaign in 1947. Published 60 years later, "The Buffalo Saga", has an affecting honesty and immediacy.
The Civil Rights Era
The road to economic prosperity for African Americans has been long and hard. Black soldiers who were warmly welcomed by the Italians returned to discrimination and poverty after the war. Women still worked as domestics for well-to-do white families. This is the setting for Kathryn Stockett's novel "The Help", in which two black maids reluctantly tell their stories to a young white writer in Jackson, Mississippi in the early 1960s. The writer risks her career, but the maids risk their lives in this racially taut era of the civil rights movement.
Passing Shock
Throughout the twentieth century, racial identity has continued to percolate as a social issue. Bliss Broyard shares her perspective in her 2007 biography, "One Drop: my father's hidden life: a story of race and family secrets". Two months before he died of cancer, renowned literary critic Anatole Broyard called his grown son and daughter to his side, to reveal a secret he had kept all their lives and most of his own: he was black. His daughter Bliss learned that her WASPy, privileged Connecticut childhood had come at a price. Ever since his own parents, New Orleans Creoles, had moved to Brooklyn and began to "pass" in order to get work, Anatole had learned to conceal his racial identity. As he grew older and entered the ranks of the New York literary élite, he maintained the façade. Now his daughter tries to make sense of his choices and the impact of this revelation on her own life. She searches out the family she never knew in New York and New Orleans, and considers the profound consequences of racial identity.
Beyond Race
The most visible example of the transformation of attitudes about race and identity is the election of Barack Obama to the presidency. He explores his mixed racial heritage in the thoughtful memoir, "Dreams from My Father", a book which transcends race and looks forward to the time when racial identity is no longer a limiting issue. For a fascinating look at the myriad of races and cultures that make up the United States, check out Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s series, "Faces of America", airing Wednesdays on PBS.
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Many design problems involve performance and cost tradeoffs where the cost can be measured in dollars, weight, or footprint size. Using a Simulink® model of speed control for an engine, this recorded webinar shows how to use Simulink Design Optimization to analyze and solve this type of tradeoff problem. Specifically we will tackle a design tradeoff relating sensor accuracy, actuator response, and controller discretization to control performance.
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During a troubled time in China in the late 1800's, the corrupt Empress Dowager and her favorite eunuch Li Hung Cheung decide to hold a Lion Dance Competition. But the Lion Dance (martial arts) schools see the competition as an opportunity to boost their strength, causing much chaos and fighting. Wong Fey-Hong, the best martial artist in China, travels to Peking to visit his father, a lion-head manufacturer, and is forced to defend his father's school against an aggressive rival. Wong manages this, but Yee, his fiancée, runs into an old Russian boyfriend who gives her a motion picture camera as a gift. The camera captures a plot by the Russian officer to assassinate Li Hung Cheung during the Lion Dance Competition. Wong enters the Competition to stop the attempted assassination.
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From the seed of an idea planted by Derry Village School students, legislation declaring the potato as New Hampshire's state vegetable passed the House on Wednesday.
Will potato be New Hampshire's official vegetable?
The House voted 276-75 Wednesday to approve House Bill 535, which makes the white potato the state vegetable.
The bill had its genesis at the Derry Village School, where students researched the origins of the white potato in North America and found it was first planted in a field near the school in 1719, in what was known then as Nutfield.
Students from the school were in the House gallery during the debate on the bill.
Rep. James Parison, R-New Ipswich, said broccoli should hold the distinction of being the state vegetable.
"Making the white potato the official state vegetable sends a bad message to our children who should grow up knowing good food should be dark green and taste terrible," Parison said.
The bill's prime sponsor Rep. John O'Connor, R-Derry, said the Rev. James MacGregor of Northern Ireland came to America with a bag of seed potatoes and planted them in Derry.
Virginia had claimed the title of first state to plant potatoes in North America, but recently conceded that New Hampshire holds the distinction, O'Connor said.
And he noted Derry's historian will travel to Londonderry, Northern Ireland, in July for a British television program on MacGregor's travels with his potato seedlings.


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Phoenix Dynasty Online (PDO)
UPDATE: This game has been shutdown and is no longer available
Phoenix Dynasty Online Overview
Phoenix Dynasty Online is a faction based PvP heavy free to play 2D MMORPG published by EnjoyMMO. Graphically speaking, the game isn't too impressive, but it does offer a wide variety of interesting features which keep things interesting, provided you can look past the poor visuals and repetitive gameplay mechanics. The game's classes are:
Assassin- The name may sound misleading, but an Assassin in Phoenix Dynasty Online is the generic 'archer' character with strong offensive abilities from a distance that is vulnerable in melee range.
Paladin - Paladins in Phoenix Dynasty Online are the standard warrior archetype. They possess a great deal of hit points and strong offensive capabilities within melee range. They're proficient with all sorts of melee weapons and can use heavy armor.
Wizard - The Wizard is the offensive spell caster in Phoenix Dynasty Online. They can use wands to cast devastating spells from a distance, but are extremely vulnerable to enemy attacks, as they have the lowest hit points in the game.
Priest – Priests in Phoenix Dynasty Online are the primary healers and support characters of the game. They do have some offensive magic, but are mainly a support class.
Phoenix Dynasty Online Screenshots
Phoenix Dynasty Online Feature Video
Phoenix Dynasty Online Review
By, Omer Altay
'Phoenix Dynasty Online, or PDO for short, is a 2D Fantasy MMORPG by EnjoyMMO. When I first started playing the game I quickly noticed that the game looked a lot like EnjoyMMOs other title, Magic World Online in that the graphics were almost identical. Both games had similar interfaces, but other than that both games are distinctly different. Phoenix Dynasty Online has the usual array of MMORPG features like guilds, instances and PvP, but lacks the most important thing in an MMORPG, a player base. Other than that, the game is an all around generic MMORPG.
Starting Out
Start your adventure in Phoenix Dynasty Online by selecting one of the game's four playable classes; the Paladin, Priest, Wizard or Assassin. All of the class names are pretty self explanatory except for perhaps Assassin, as the name implies a 'rogue' or 'thief' archetype, but in this game, an Assassin is actually an 'archer'. I'm not sure why games try to reinvent already established character classes, because it only confuses the player. I'm not trying to bash on Phoenix Dynasty Online, as it isn't the only one that has tried. Unfortunately, the game only has these four classes. It wouldn't be a big deal if there were job advancements in Phoenix Dynasty Online, but unfortunately, there aren't. Luckily though, the game has an interesting 'Five Element System' which is available after level 10. This adds a good deal of variety to the game as players can pick from one of five 'elements' which basically act as another class, as each element has its own set of unique skills. Players can also choose a second element at level 50. After you actually create your character and log in to the game world, you'll be thrown into the game without an introduction or a tutorial. The game's combat and movement is fairly polished and there are a fair amount of skills to learn for all character classes. The game's actual mechanics work well and there are a fair amount of features to keep players entertained, but the game has a major drawback, there aren't many players.
Hey! Can anyone hear me?
The single biggest drawback to Phoenix Dynasty Online is the game's lack of players. Unfortunately, even the best MMORPG with the most comprehensive features is nothing without a player base, as it's the most important aspect of an MMO game. There are ultimately very few players in any of the games dungeons or maps, but It was even more disappointing to find only a handful of people in the game's capital city. With the game's lack of community, Phoenix Dynasty Online is more of a single player game than a massively multiplayer one. It's always sad to see an empty MMORPG.
Liege-Vassal System
One of Phoenix Dynasty Online's most interesting features is the game's Liege-Vassal system. The Liege-Vassal System rewards higher level players for helping newbies. Any player above level 40 can participate in the system by recruiting any number of newbies below level 25 to become his or her 'vassal' and the player that recruited the newbies will become known as the 'liege'. The purpose of the system is for the higher level player to help out the newbies and in return, the higher level player will be rewarded bonus experience and a special medal of honor once ten of his 'vassals' reach level 40. The system ultimately creates an incentive for higher level players to help out newbies, which is something I'd like to see in other games, as I'm sure this system would work very well if the game had a larger population, but I didn't get a chance to observe it since I couldn't find more than a handful of players in the game.
Crafting System
Another interesting aspect of Phoenix Dynasty Online is the game's crafting system. Although it's nowhere near as sophisticated as the crafting in Luminary: Rise of the Goonzu , it's still incredibly unique. An item can be crafted with more than one set of items and the item's stats are determined by the quality of the resources used. This is certainly an excellent way to enhance the game's economy and promote trading in the game, but unfortunately, without a large enough player base the crafting system loses its luster. Looking back at Phoenix Dynastly Online, the game has a LOT of features and things to do, but the game's minimal player base really limits the game's enjoyment.
At least it's compatible
One thing I noticed about Phoenix Dynasty Online is that the game is incredibly compatible with lower end computers, so if you're looking for a game to play on a lower end machine, Phoenix Dynasty Online may be for you. Unfortunately, these lower end titles tend to have poor graphics, which is a major turn off for most gamers, especially since there are new free MMORPGs like Atlantica Online and Runes of Magic that offer phenomenal graphics on top of polished gameplay.
Final Thoughts
I can't recommend Phoenix Dynasty Online over the other successful MMORPGs out there. Games like Cabal Online and Ragnarok Online are just more comprehensive games and they actually have a player base, so if you're looking for a game to play, try something else instead. I can appreciate Phoenix Dynasty Online's large feature list, but ultimately, without a large player base, Phoenix Dynasty Online isn't worth the download.
Final Verdict: Fair
Although Phoenix Dynasty Online lacks a player base, the game has a large amount of features and has a massive world to explore. The game ultimately isn't worth the download, as there are plenty of better free to play MMORPGs out there with bigger communities.
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Phoenix Dynasty Online System Requirements
Minimum Requirements:
OS: Windows XP / Vista / ME
CPU: 400 MhZ Pentium 1 or Equivalent
HDD: 1.2 GB Free Space
Graphics Card: Any 3D Accelerator Card with 16MB video memory
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CPU: 800 MhZ Pentium 3 or Better
HDD: 2.5 GB Free Space
Graphics Card: Nvidia Geforce 2 with 32MB video ram or equivalent


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Put in in your ~/.bashrc or equivalent.
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(Does not require GNU date like some other commands)
Figures out total line contribution per author for an entire GIT repo. Includes binary files, which kind of mess up the true count.
If crashes or takes too long, mess with the ls-file option at the start:
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Place the regular expression you want to validate between the forward slashes in the eval block.
same, except it works on any OS with Perl installed. DOS, Windose, whatever
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Uses curl to download page of membership of US Congress. Use sed to strip HTML then perl to print a line starting with two tabs (a line with a representative)
change the *.avi to whatever you want to match, you can remove it altogether if you want to check all files.
The sort utility is well used, but sometimes you want a little chaos. This will randomize the lines of a text file.
BTW, on OS X there is no
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These are only in the newer GNU core...
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the command show can be run in vim, here is the same thing on the command line
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if you want to only print the IP address from a file.
In this case the file will be called "iplist" with a line like "ip address 188.8.131.52"
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By Mike
from Central Indiana
About Me Avid Cyclist
Comments about Nashbar 105 Road Bike:
I purchased this bike last month but thought it best to get a little bit of saddle time before writing a review. Now after several training rides and a 100-mile weekend group ride (Hilly Hundred in southern Indiana, highly recommended, 2 days, 100 miles, 7000 feet of climbing) I feel that I can give a little insight. First thing that must be said, you have to understand what you're getting here. This is a no brand aluminum frame with a cheaper wheel set with a 105 drivetrain that can be had at an amazing price. There are no real frills to the graphics, it isn't plastered in decals and it isn't super light, but it is a well-made bike with a price that can't really be beat. The frame is well put together and the geometry is pretty straight forward. I have heard rumors that these frames are made in the same factory as large brand name but even if they aren't, they are still well designed. The bike handles well and seems appropriately stiff. It corners well without feeling too twitchy or unstable. (Technical descents on rough rural roads at speeds exceeding 35mph have a way of really testing handling) The geometry puts you a little further down in the front than some of the "comfort geometry" frames out there but it isn't severe enough to cause me any discomfort, even on longer rides. The internal cable routing is a nice feature, one found on higher price level bikes.I have put about 300 miles on the stock saddle and have found it to be pretty good for a cheap saddle. Saddle style is so subjective that it's hard to speak to that though. I also won't speak to sizing as that is really a subjective thing. I will say the 57cm fits me well after a little bit of seat set back adjustment.The 105 drivetrain is the real draw here. The tiagra front mech feels a little out of place with the rest of its 105 co-workers but as you would expect, everything performs flawlessly. The breaks are nothing special but perform well and were easy to adjust. The remainder of the components aren't eye catchers but all perform well and help to keep the cost of the bike so low. The triple front chain rings matched with the 11-25 rear means this thing has some climbing potential but is still fast enough on the flats. The wheel set has held up surprisingly well. One easy way to reduce the cost of a bike is to skimp on the wheel set and that's what I fully expected when I ordered this bike but to my surprise that have fared well so far. I am not a small rider (6', 230) and these wheels are not well suited for guys like me (20 spoke front, 24 rear) so I figured that after 100 miles of carrying my big bones while I and 4200 other riders try to avoid the mine field of potholes, they would need a serious truing, but both wheels are no different than the day I took them out of the box. I intend on replacing them, but only because a 32 spoke wheel will carry my weight much more reliably.The bike arrived at my door almost assembled. I only had to install the seat post, stem and bars, and front wheel. The front mech needed a little adjusting but nothing major. I have not used the provided pedals but they appear to be of comparable quality to more expensive brands.The bottom line is that you are going to have a hard time finding a better deal on a bike with 105 on it. Buying a comparably equipped bike with a brand name on it could cost you as much as double what your going to pay here. Granted you don't get a fancy decal on the down tube, and the wheels are cheap but this is really an intermediate bike at an entry-level price.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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A really good value
By Butch Kriner
from Wickliffe, Ohio
About Me Casual/ Recreational
My first road bike and I did not want to under buy or over buy. The Guys(all bike heads) I ride with were very impressed with the quality for the $875 price except for the pedals but, I used them with no prolems. just fine for a nubie. It is a very nice looking not gawdy fun machine.
(4 of 5 customers found this review helpful)
Brilliant Bike
By pastagreyhound
from Middle Tennessee
First off, I was skeptical of the comparison regarding the price of this bike to a name brand bike at $1,749. But after much research comparing components, it seemed legit. So I bit the bullet and ordered one. I am glad I did.As others have stated, the wheels needed truing and the transmission was way out of whack. So after putting the seat and handlebars on, I took it to my LBS the next afternoon. The salesman looked the bike over and after a few furtive glances around the shop, told me "dude, we can't come anywhere NEAR that price for a bike with these components. You'd have to spend another grand at least. Great looking bike!" A week later I took my "big-name brand" hybrid in, dropped it off and traded for the road bike. I bought the hybrid a month prior and it needed readjusting. The Alivio transmission on it is worthless. I'll never buy another big-name bike again. With tax I paid $140 less for the hybrid vs. the 105 and the transmission skips gears, it's loud and doesn't shift smoothly whatsoever. There was no way I was going to drop a ton of cash for an entry level road bike with Claris derailleurs after riding the hybrid for a month. I've now put about 30 miles on the Nashbar 105 and it is fantastic. It took me a while to get it dialed-in, but once I did...wow! At first I found the seat to be a bit uncomfortable, but I have just finished a 15 mile ride and my rear feels fine. I guess I'll use it until I feel I really need to swap it out. Also, after reading many threads concerning the Alex wheel set, I will probably upgrade when and if the rims start getting out of true/spokes breaking. Bottom line: if you want an inexpensive road bike with mid-to-high-end components, this is the bike for you. It's lightweight, fantastic to look at, and the ride is great. Keep in mind that you'll most likely have to take it in to get it tuned, but even adding that onto the price of the bike, it's still a steal!
(1 of 7 customers found this review helpful)
Great bike
By Lady Jaja
from Morristown, NJ
Bike is awesome. The seat is very uncomfortable.
Great Bike
By Jomar
from Chula Vista, CA
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Great bike for the money especially with a 20% discount code. The bike is light, fast and handles well. Since I bought it, i've have about 200 miles already. I did upgrade a few things from the beginning, I replaced the original saddle which is extremely uncomfortable for me with a WTB pure V which I bought from nashbar and like others replaced the rim strips. I recommend this bike highly.
(4 of 4 customers found this review helpful)
Poor man's Batmobile.
By Ravishingmykel
from Sasebo, Japan
I was unfortunate to not see any feedback with other users of this bike, so i took a gamble with purchasing this item rather than the other "Famous maker with 105". Being active duty, it took about two months to receive the item(shipped to a APO/FPO address). All i can say was the wait was worth it! Bike came in packaged very professionally. Bubble wrap all over protecting all the valuable components was a plus. Assembly was fool proof. It took me longer getting off the bubble wrap! This bike looks gorgeous with the subtle white stripe along the frame with no unnecessary branding all over the place with "name brand" bikes, which is a plus for me. If you like a nice clean look then this is perfect for you. Once i assembled the bike, it took awhile figuring out how to properly adjust the derailleur. Thank god for the internet found some good instructional videos! Once i properly adjusted the derailleur, it rode super smooth! The seat is pretty uncomfortable, but that can easily replaced. After pumping up the tires, proper adjusting of the brakes and gears, the bike ran super smooth! Nice and stiff frame leads to zero loss in power compared to my old noodly frame road bike. I'm 5'8" and bought the 54" fits great! Took it on a 12 mile ride, and had no problems besides the front tire had a bubble which i'm planning to replace right away. All in all nice clean looking bike, with great responding components, but uncomfortable seat and tires should be replaced right away.
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By bc0203
from Richmond, VA
This is a great value on a bike with a 105 triple drivetrain, a configuration that's increasingly hard to find on the market. Lightweight, responsive and comfortable, it's perfect for serous training and trips of 35-50+ miles. Only issue I had was bike shipped with short instead of medium cage rear derailleur (i.e. wrong spec) but Nashbar quickly remedied this with a replacement of both the derailleur and chain and I was up and running in no time.
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Hornets guard Eric Gordon tells Yahoo! Sports that a doctor in Chicago told him today he can return from his knee injury in 4-to-6 weeks.
Eyes rolling.
So, I guess that means he is out for the season.
At least until 6 weeks gets here and he can't go.
I'll believe it when I see it. He was supposed to be ready for preseason and the regular season too.
Eric Gordon also told Yahoo! Sports he needs no further surgery and will to rehab and strengthening prior to return from knee injury.
Sooo what's the problem? What's the injury.
Lol what the hell dude?
R.I.P. to HunnyB/FlyGirl
Better news than the alternative, I guess.
6 weeks is December 14th... one day before he can be traded. I sense He will demand a trade
Yeah right. And he was going to be ready to go for the season opener, too.
"Hornets means nothing." - Tom Benson
Glad all that micro fracture surgery rumors weren't true. Can't wait to see him back! Seeing Davis and Gordon on the floor together is going to be great
I'm just worried that Gordon is listening to the one doctor telling him good news while the other doctors may be telling him he needs serious surgery. I don't want him delaying a possible long term need.
But, this is good news guys. That makes him A LOT more tradeable now. We were going to be stuck with him for 4 years had he needed microfracture surgery.
At this point I can only hope he demands a trade.
Yay! We might actually get to see him for 1 game before he's shipped off!
This dude better not leave his house for 6 weeks. I hope New Orleans businesses put his picture right next to Goodell's in the window. Not welcome.
So what is the problem? Hornets doctors clear him to play, Gordon says he's hurt doesn't rule out missing whole season, doctor in CHI says 4-6 weeks? What specifically is wrong with his knee? I have more questions than answers
Yea if he doesn't come back in 4-6 weeks.... i'm done.... I've defended him from Fletcher and all the other guys, but this **** is driving me nuts, Like everyone one says, I'll believe it when i see it.
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He and Jahavid Best can hang out.
IF this is the last issue, Gordon has a chance to redeem himself over the next 4 years. One more incident after Dec. 31 2012 I give up
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