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The Associated Press | November 25,2012CONCORD, N.H. Ratty. Moldy. Neglected. Gross.
First lady Susan Lynch remembers being struck by the sad condition of New Hampshires official executive residence the first time she saw it a decade ago. But it wasnt until last week that entering the house moved her to tears.
I just started to cry because it was so beautiful, she said. I couldnt even imagine it could turn out this well.
Lynch, a physician, knew the first time she saw the historic home that she wanted to help restore it someday, though she had no idea then that her husband would become governor. Soon after he was elected in 2004, she launched a major fundraising campaign to transform the house into an elegant showcase of the states history and culture.
The project was completed this month, just as Gov. John Lynch prepares to leave office after four terms. The timing is a bit bittersweet, his wife acknowledges.
It wouldve been wonderful to have this home to use, she said. But even though John and I dont get to use this as governor and first lady, we feel really good about getting this done so the state can have it.
Built in 1835, the two-bedroom, brick Greek Revival house located three miles from the Statehouse was the home of former Gov. and U.S. Sen. Styles Bridges from 1946 until his death in 1961. Eight years later, his family gave the home and its contents to the state to serve as the governors residence, though just one Republican Meldrim Thomson ever lived there. That was in the 1970s, and parts of the house reflected the era from the harvest gold appliances in the kitchen to the shag carpeting in the barn that was turned into a meeting room during his tenure.
The old barn was torn down during the renovation project and replaced with a formal great room, where large paintings of New Hampshire landscapes flank the fireplace. The rooms color palette combines deep gold with accents of midnight blue, and antique furniture reupholstered in silk adds to the sophisticated style.
Elsewhere, a porch was converted into a dining room and the kitchen was doubled in size. Curiously given that New Hampshires nickname is the Granite State the dark green granite countertops came from a Vermont quarry. New Hampshire materials and artists are featured extensively throughout the house.
In each room, designers were asked to draw inspiration from one or more pieces of furniture left behind by Bridges, who served as governor from 1935 to 1936 and as a senator for 25 years after that. In the master bedroom, it was a chest of drawers, which interior designer Cindy McLaughlin considered the only nice thing in the room.
This room, when I took over, was awful, said McLaughlin, of Upstairs Downstairs in Manchester. It had this Mediterranean, king-size bed. It had draperies that were tied back with plastic.
But the renovations were more than cosmetic. A bathroom was added on the ground floor to be accessible to visitors with disabilities, the security system was upgraded and a new climate control system was added to protect the antique furniture. Before the renovations, rodents and bees were a problem, the porch roof leaked and the cellar was so full of mold that several antique chairs stored there disintegrated when they were picked up, Lynch said.
The Friends of Bridges House organization raised $660,000 for the project, and time and items donated by contractors and designer amounted to $300,000 or so more, McLaughlin said. Fundraising was a challenge given the economic recession, Susan Lynch said.
A smarter person might have turned around then, but I had done so much groundwork and gotten so many good people together, I knew if I said were going to put it on hold, wed never get it back together, she said.
Lynch hopes future governors will use the home as a quiet place to meet with business leaders interested in relocating to New Hampshire or as guest accommodations for visiting dignitaries. She also hopes the home will be the setting for tours, art exhibits, concerts and other meetings. In the immediate future, there is a series of tours and lectures planned, including a candlelight tour Dec. 15 and a family day Dec. 16 that will include Christmas carols sung around the grand piano in the living room.
I see this house as an ambassador for New Hampshire, Lynch said. I think its a place where, when you walk in, you should immediately get a sense of whats special about New Hampshire, from its history, to its furniture makers and craftspeople, to its artists, to the modesty of the home itself, and the rural surroundings. It really depicts New Hampshire well.MORE IN News -
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Centralia Illinois Downtown Theatre
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Archer faces Lyles in each starter's debut against opposing team
One-sided does not begin to describe the games played between the Rays and the Astros lately.
Tampa Bay carried a seven-game win streak against Houston into Wednesday's game and appeared poised for a sweep of this week's series as it outscored Houston by 20-0 and outhit the Astros by 29-6 in the first two games. That all changed with two swings of Chris Carter's bat Wednesday.
Carter homered twice, including a decisive three-run shot in the seventh inning off of Jake McGee, to keep hope alive for a series split heading into Thursday's final game.
If not for Carter, the Astros might still be searching for their first run in July. Manager Bo Porter's club has lost seven of its last nine games, including six losses at home.
Porter suggested his players might be gripping the bat a little too tight.
"When you get in a funk, every guy getting in the batter's box thinks they're going to get the team out of it with one swing," he said. "I basically just told them, 'Do your part and keep the line moving.' Because if you keep the line moving, the more runs we're going to score."
Thursday's matchup on the mound features two young pitchers in Houston's Jordan Lyles and Tampa Bay's Chris Archer. Lyles has never faced the Rays, while Archer has never faced the Astros.
Rays: Loney still hitting
• Rays first baseman James Loney extended his hitting streak to 14 games when he went 2-for-4 on Wednesday. The streak is Loney's longest since 2008 and two short of his career high of 15 games, which started the 2008 season.
Loney, who grew up and attended high school in the Houston area, has multiple hits in six games during the streak.
Although Loney held his own against right-hander Bud Norris on Wednesday, his bat appears to prefer left-handed pitching. Loney's numbers against left-handers have shot up this season. He entered the year hitting just .248 for his career against lefties. This season, Loney leads all Major League left-handed bats against southpaws, hitting .372.
Astros: Pena trudges on
• Emotions are running high for Houston's Carlos Pena this week. The first baseman missed the three games prior to Wednesday's contest to mourn a death in the family of his wife, Pamela.
The Astros were not able to call to their Minor League system for help in Pena's absence because a death must occur in the player's immediate family to allow a move to the bereavement list.
"It's a very difficult time in my life right now, a time to heal," Pena said. "It doesn't happen overnight."
If that were not enough to clutter Pena's thoughts, he is facing his former team. Pena spent five seasons with the Rays, his longest stint with any of the seven teams he has played for. Pena remains the Rays' career record-holder in home runs (163) and walks (460).
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Monday, March 05, 2007
It Must Be March
Fuck no. Are you kidding? I live in Chicago. Everything here is dead, gray, and frozen with no end in sight. It's like Narnia without the exotic animal life. If I'm not still wearing my frigging overcoat in June, I'll feel lucky.
Ah, that's it. That's how I know it's March. It's because I have offically Had It with winter and have withdrawn into my own season, the Season of Crabbiness. If Mother Nature were to peek her smiling, ruddy face through my window right now, I'd rip it off.
Knitting: Big Whoop
At such times it would probably be best to keep me away from all undertakings involving sharp, pointed implements. Nonetheless, I knit. Nothing spectacular, but at least with both hands full I can't smack random passers-by.
Here is what I have to show you right now. It's (are you sitting down?) a square-in-progress.
I wouldn't even show this to you except that even in my present state of mind I think the combination of yarn and stitch pattern is quite successful.
I got the pattern out of one of the Vogue Stitchionary books. I can't remember which one, and the book is all the way over there. It's called diagonal lace or prettyprettywow lace or happyshinyfuckitlace or something like that. The sample shot uses green yarn. I think. I'm not sure. Like I said, the book is all the way over there.
I had to re-do this dazzlingly complex work of art three times before I finally realized that there's a mistake in the three-row pattern and that if you follow it verbatim, your left edge gradually decreases and you will wind up with a right triangle instead of a square. Now, if you want to knit a @#%!* right triangle, why, it's just the very thing.
The yarn, which is soothing even to hands that might otherwise be hurling chunks of ice at widows and orphans, is from Black Bunny Fibers. Carol, one of my favorite Yarn Pushers, sent it to me along with instructions to knit it up to certain dimensions and not to ask any questions.
I may be a bitchy mood, kids, but I still know better than to argue with a lady who sends me free yarn.
85 comments:
- Karen said...
How would one get on a list like this? Just curious.
- T* said...
I usually laugh at your blogs, but this one is simply HYSTERICAL! Part of me feels bad for laughing at your crankiness, but you should know that Philly feels the same as Chicago, and we are all cranky here, too.
- SJ said...
I know how you feel about winter and being done with it. Last week it started to get just the tiniest bit warm -- I think we even hit 50 one day -- and then what do you think happened over the weekend? Snow, that's what.
- Elspeth said...
You poor darling! Something to cheer up your day: Cadbury Creme Eggs are on sale! That is the surest sign Spring is coming that I know.
- Shan said...
Yeah, your March is my February...even if, here on Vancouver Island, the tulips are five inches high. The way you feel, I'm surprised you have the will to post.
- Julie McC. said...
Finally de-lurking to note that even those of us born and bred in Chicago reach the "I'VE HAD IT" stage by the time March rolls around. You put it so eloquently, though, that I almost fell off my chair.
- doodah said...
I've de-lurked once before, but am doing so again to say, "I don't even knit, and can tell that stitch is fabulous." Oh, and, "Sucks to be in Chicago."
- SallyT said...
This is the way I feel in Houston in September when it has been over 90 degrees and over 90% humidity for months and months. Right now our weather is just gorgeous so I'll have to read this again in September.
Thanks for the laugh. - 5:36 PM
- Lizbon said...
I second that chicago bitch and raise you a nyc snarl.
Fabulous post. Grrr. - 5:38 PM
- marie in florida said...
isn't that some beautiful sunshine on your beautiful yarn and pattern? lovely stuff
- Anonymous said...
in philly, my daffodils, crocus, and snowdrops are up.
there is grapefruit league baseball on the radio.
there is no grass (the legal kind) in my backyard, only mud.
and right now, the wind is howling like a mother outside my living room.
and yet I know that on 3/21 spring will be here.
from the city of brotherly love and sisterly affection to the city of big shoulders, I wish you peace.
anne marie in philly - 5:54 PM
- The Guppy said...
My first winter in Chicago was the coldest on record. (1993/94) and my last summer was the hottest on record (1996). I can totally. relate.
One of my best friends grew up in Buffalo and she is convinced Valentine's day was created to put everyone in a sugar-induced stupor to keep those living in a snowy climate from killing each other for just another month.
Just remember...if you stab someone with one of your knitting needles, the police will take said needle into evidence and then you'd just have to go buy more. - 6:01 PM
- Robin said...
(Chicago is) "like Narnia without the exotic animal life". Have you patented that one, because I'm definitely stealing it if not!
- Sue said...
I was reading your first paragraph, thinking I live in Chicago and I haven't seen any of that! I was happy to realize in the second paragraph that you aren't hallucinating!!
But I agree 100%. Thanks for the laugh. - 6:20 PM
- Gail said...
The farthest north I ever lived was Columbus, Ohio. The north end. When we drove down to North Carolina for Easter that year I wasn't sure I was going back - every dogwood and azalea and daffodil was in bloom and it was like Dorothy entering the Land of Oz.
- Knitting Addict said...
I can so relate! Even though it started very late here -- I am over it as well.
But I will meet you and we can take turns snapping photos of the faces/heads we rip off, either literally or figuratively, as they pass by....wanna?
That would certainly improve MY mood, or maybe even slapping my own self would work.....Nope. Gotta be a stranger not expecting it, ready? ::ggg::
Your knitting, as always, is lovely! Your stitches are so even and I love that pattern! I will have to see if I can find it in my book :) - 6:53 PM
- Erica said...
k...that made people around me look because I was laughing so hard...mostly because that's exactly how I feel!
Signed - Ready for Spring in Seattle - 6:57 PM
- Bridget said...
Well, I'm in Philadelphia, and I think I'm the only person on earth who is fine with winter ... mostly because I dread summer like most people dread winter.
Regarding your yarn from Carol, I'm just saying that I do what she wants even when she *doesn't* share yarn!! :-) - 7:08 PM
- webber the webulous webhead said...
You have my complete sympathy. I fully expect the snow to be gone and the trees to at least be thinking about leaves by March 1st, and as this has failed to happen even once in my twenty years of existence, this part of the year makes me pretty crabby too.
- Twilight said...
Great post.
It got down to 8 degrees last night in NM so I too am ready for spring. I'm tired of wearing my long johns dammit!
Oh and I'm working on lace now and have had to rip it out twice. And I'm not even following a pattern Argh! - 7:22 PM
- Sean said...
Oh, my! Is it me (or us) or have the editors of knitting books forgotten the fine art of proofreading and proofknitting?
I hope spring comes to Chicago soon! Here in Boston temperatures dropped almost 30 degrees in the last 6 hours! - 7:48 PM
- Paul said...
"happyshinyfuckitlace"... I love that name! It's really very beautiful. Thanks for figuring out the mistake and showing it to us. It's awesome.
- Jeanne said...
My, but we're in a mood today! LOL! I'm so with you on it, though. Today I went out to the barn to have my horses' feet trimmed. It was NOT that cold at my house. The wind at the barn, though—I've been home for four hours and I am STILL cold! After two cups of hot chocolate! Argh! I'd tell you which pattern that is, but my Stitchionary is also way the fuck over there.
- Heather said...
Oh dear, I was wondering what the problem was with that square. I knew it couldn't have been your fault.
I'm not going to go on about the shitty winter we've had in the PNW this year, since you guys have shitty winters every year, but GOD, what a shitty winter! It's acting a bit Spring-like here, but I will not let my guard down, or we'll be up to our arses in snow and living without electricity for another 2 weeks... oops, I said I wasn't going to go on. Oh well, Franklin, it gets worse as you get older, sorry to tell you. Not the winters, just your tolerance of them.
Oh yeah, eat a Cadbury egg reeeaaal slow with a nice glass of Shiraz. I promise you'll feel better. Then finish the bottle.
Heather - 8:55 PM
- FiberQat said...
I've been told there's an errata page, but damned if I know where it is and can't remember who mentioned it while working on Georgia lace.
I'll refrain from sending you pictures of the camellias in full bloom over here in the Rose City. I don't want an angry Dolores on my doorstep. - 9:00 PM
- JoVE said...
I recognize the Season of Crabbiness. It has broken out here, too, despite the fact that winter started rather late. However, my partner informs me that when he was in Chicago last week is was above 0 (Celsius) and thus you should stop complaining. We are forecast -24C overnight and very windy and I'm sure you know what that combination means. See, crabby.
I'm coming to Chicago in May, though, and I hope it is nice then. - 9:05 PM
- AnnaMarie said...
My husband and I *both* are laughing out loud. We have been grumbly all day because Idaho is the same as Chicago without the lake. Windy, Cold, Might snow, Might not. I lived outside of Chicago for 3 years, I feel for you and raise my Iced Caramel Machiatto to you (had to have something to remind me of summer).
- knottykitty said...
Thanks! NOW I have a name for how I always feel in February and March living in Seattle---The Season of Crabiness!! Fabulous! :)
- Anna-Liza said...
You need to come work at Univ of Colorado, darlin'. 60 degrees and sunny today.
Of course, it will snow again many times before summer, but at least we get these days in between! - 10:09 PM
- Cheryl :) said...
I haven't attempted lace yet, but I definitely want to use the "happyshinyfuckitlace" pattern.
When I hit the Season of Crabbiness (which comes MONTHLY in women), chocolate usually does the trick....... - 10:31 PM
- dragon knitter said...
ummm, are you being rabbitch in another life (or gender, whatever?)
i can understand, though. i'm so ready for winter to be over. i want my birkies! - 11:43 PM
- Jen said...
You're so cute when you're pissy!
Would this be a good time to remind you that California is a lovely place to live? I can give you a list of the yarn shops. I don't own an overcoat. I live in the Bay Area, where last week, it actually rained, but we got over it. Now it's back to perfect. Tell you what, I'm never moving back to the East Coast again. We have more exotic life than Narnia out here, too.
By the way, the happyshinyfuckit lace is really gorgeous. - 12:35 AM
- mehitabel said...
Bridget isn't the only one who dreads summer--I hate heat, and it's been over 80 here for the last couple of days, with no end to this in sight. Yard is totally dried out and baked hard. SoCal is a bitch and I'm ready to move back to cold country. Maybe not Chicago, but wanna trade for a week or two?? I need me some winter chill!
- Liz said...
Not to worry, dear Franklin, Mercury will be out of retrograde Wednesday.
Yeah, that's what I said, too.
We need a bit more cold up NW of Boston, actually. Part of the natural cycle of things is that the goddamn mosquitos and other horrible bugs get killed dead by -10F for a week or so, and this year, the bug-killing cold hasn't quite panned out. Fingers crossed that your crappy weather floats on east and sits on us for a while. - 12:54 AM
- Mel said...
Well, mud season was about to set in, but the next couple nights of single digits (which JoVE is apparently sending our way), should freeze it back solid at least until the weekend.
I'm already starting to plan out my garden, though. Who cares if I won't be able to plant anything for another two months. - 1:07 AM
- Anonymous said...
Dear Franklin,
You can console yourself that even in the midst of righteous crabbiness you are still not one of those people who says 'passer-by's'...
Evie (lurks) - 1:49 AM
- Varia said...
That looks like diagonal cluster lace. I don't remember there being an error, but sometimes clues and I are not the best of friends. I do like that stitch though, and have a tendency to use it anywhere I need something a bit geometric. It makes such beautifully defined diamond shaped holes.
Oh, yes, also, winter can f-off. - 6:47 AM
- Mary Lynn said...
Oh, shit and I was looking in the wrong book for a right triangle!
Winter is on the down side. Winter is on the down side. Winter is on the down side.
It is 4 degrees this morning in Cleveland. I got on the bus (which was late) and announced that everyone was to remind me about what the cold was like when it is 90 degrees this summer. - 7:34 AM
- Sarah R said...
Hmmm...well, I have to admit that I like winter, and hate summer. But I do agree, from my years living in Chicago, that winter can go on a tad too long there.
What I'm royally pissed at is the idiot Congress moving day-light savings time. Thanks, guys! After finally getting to see the sun in the mornings, I get to leave the house in the dark...again!
But what I really wanted to say was that I finally got some Black Bunny yarn and man, I don't know how you can bear to knit with it. I just want to snuggle with mine. - 7:47 AM
- Nita said...
It's -8 in NH as I write this. I only wish I had such a view as Narnia's forests, animals or not. I'm hurling ice chunks at kittens, I'm so sick of 30 years of this drab March weather! Snarl!
- Linda said...
Dear Franklin
I'm entering my own Season of Crabbiness here in Perth, Western Australia. It's the beginning of autumn and tomorrow it will be 42 degrees (Celsius)for the second day running. That's 108 in Fahrenheit. I wish we had just a little of your Chicago weather here!
Thank you for a very entertaining blog. - 9:17 AM
- Karen said...
Someone needs a nap...
- LesleyD said...
Love the knitting! Thanks for the laughs!!
- Susan said...
Darling, you've given me the words for this ugly feeling that consumes me from the end of February through all of that oozing sore of a month, March. Thanks for saying what I've been feeling.
- Laurel said...
Holy crap, I feel your pain. I'm from California, and my parents still live there, so imagine my pain when I'm on the phone with them and bitch about the fucking weather and they're like, "Oh, sorry, but it's 70 here... oh, did we tell you the tulips and daffodils and iris are out?" fuck.
- Kathy said...
What Franklin didn't say: it was snowing SIDEWAYS in Chicago on Wednesday, Thursday, and I think Friday. It is all a blur to me. The wind was blowing so hard that the snow didn't fall down.
This is the time of year in Chicago where we want to kill people but are just too listless from SAD (lack of sunshine) to get off the couch.
When I have had the funds, just three or four days in a warm climate perks me up. I hear Southwest has some deals... - 11:41 AM
- Anonymous said...
The four Chicago seasons:
winter, crabby, sauna, and bluster.
But at least, thanks to you, we get to laugh about it.
Theresa on the south side - 11:45 AM
- Carol said...
Knitting doldrums. Lots of that going around. Boston is the same. Looks nice from the couch but will freeze your nose off if you put it outside the door. Love your BBF swatch - Carol has me knitting with another yarn (quelle horreur) but I think there's a sock coming my way soon!
- Diane said...
Having been born and raised in Chicago I can completely feel you. Now I live in Idaho, and the weather is just as shitty; windy and cold with summer usually around july....in a good year.
Thanks for the awesome giggle and the happyshinyfuckit lace is pretty 'cool' - 1:06 PM
- Rachel H said...
Sounds like somebody needs a massage. Of one kind or another.
- the one who still has a bunch of your books said...
Franklin, dahlink, i have something that would take the edge off your crabbiness. It's a hole
lot better than sitting at home stewing. - 1:22 PM
- Bev in TN said...
Thw swatch is lovely; your mood...not so much. Hang in there, or better yet, don't. Grab a cheap flight to somewhere warm and sunny for the weekend. Sympathy here...you made me remember how suicidal I used to get every February when I lived in New England.
- Pamela said...
um, have a lovely day Franklin. ;)
- Sahara said...
Gee Franklin, your whole blog column reads like you're in a mood. I guess the cold has become more boring than bracing.
If it gets worse, start knitting something out of cashmere. That way if someone upsets you, you'll think twice about stabbing them, and getting blood on your knitted piece. - 2:17 PM
- Evelyn said...
Mama knows. The crazy thing is I visited Chicago last Thursday through Sunday. As in went there voluntarily. For fun. The temp was about the same as home (rural Ohio - south of Cleveland), but goddamn it that damp wind was a bitch. I think I got chilblains. You know, chilblains, like what Victorian orphans got from living in workhouses.
- Terry said...
Hi Franklin:
I emailed you last week and offered to send you free yarn from my new web shop if you would critique it for me. I just assumed you didn't want to do it because I didn't hear from you, but you made the "free yarn" comment today and it got me thinking that maybe you didn't get the email.....so did you get my email? I sent it to email@example.com
Take Care-
Terry - 3:16 PM
- Longhorn Diva said...
Okay, why is it that your bitchy moods are so funny, and mine are just annoying??
Fogged, at a loss, all the best,
p.s. You are literarily-minded enough, Franklin that you just might get that signature reference. Clue: a.a. milne had it in for this author. ;) - 4:58 PM
- David said...
Put the keyboard down and step away from the computer. Keep stepping away until you are in a bar at happy hour.
- Lynda the Guppy said...
"The four Chicago seasons:
winter, crabby, sauna, and bluster."
You forgot "Construction." Also known as "Roadwork" ala Autumn/Fall. - 6:37 PM
- TChem said...
Something that might improve the March mornings--being awoken by Stephen Fry every day:
I thought of you, as you're the only person I know of who shares my obsession. - 6:45 PM
- Riin said...
Here in Ann Arbor the weather's been alternating between snot-freezing wind and mud. Lovely.
- Martha said...
Yep. Always winter, never Christmas.
- TheAmpuT said...
I'm trying to figure it out, but either you've got potty mouth or you had Rabbitch write this post for you!
- Tammany said...
I appreciate your cynicism. I am in the throes of the Winter Doldrums as well (as well as the Heartbreak Doldrums, the My Career is Going Nowhere Doldrums, and the My Meds Aren't Working Doldrums) This was just the thing to make me crack a smile. Thank you.
(If the sample shot was in green, it was vol. 1 of the Stitionary.) - 9:36 AM
- Lee Ann said...
You are my very favourite Chicago bitch.
I mean that from the bottom of my frozen little heart, sugar. I'd say I mean it down to my toes, but I can't, in actual fact, feel them, so you'll have to use your imagination. - 9:44 AM
- Susan said...
Afer seven Chicago Winters I moved back home to the South last March. No more "I've had it with winter in Chicgo" for me. It IS Spring here in Kentucky and it's beautiful! Achooo!
- Jack said...
You'll feel better once you buy your tickets to ABT's "Romeo and Juliet", later this month at the Lyric Opera House.
- Britta said...
I'm de lurking to raise my mug of cocoa high in agreement! I'm in Minnesnowta, where its more frigid than a nun, and I am just trying to remember that summer will come again... some day... I hope...
Screw it. Lets just go to Mexico. I'm sure Dolores knows of some great establishments... - 12:25 PM
- Kate said...
Sorry to hear about your cranky troubles. No one appreciates a good crabby these days. Nevermind - I will comfort myself with my 'Lucy Van Pelt' underwear. What, everyone needs to have 'SO WHAT?!' plastered all over their butt.
Nice stitch pattern/yarn combo, btw.
Franklin, is there any possibility of providing your spots on Cast-on for download seperatley? While I love cast-on there is a limit to the number of times I need to hear each episode (then I simply hanker for MORE NEW ONES) while 'quoth the romney' never gets old. - 6:31 PM
- Isela: Purling Sprite said...
I hear ya with this stupid frigid temperatures, I am ready for some warmth.
- Gaile said...
Gorgeous knitting, and mindless is a bonus this time of year. Man, I so remember the march moods! 10 years in madison, and i Just couldn't take it anymore. I don't miss midwest winters one little bit, but I really really miss midwest people. In a big big way.
- Misstea said...
I hate this time of year too.
Stupid Smarch (Simpson's reference) - 9:52 PM
- Cheryl said...
In the not-to-be-outdone weather talk...be comforted....I live in Dublin, Ireland where it's pre-spring-but-summer's-never-coming, with no snow to cover the muck. At least warm weather will eventually come to you and you'll get over it. Not a hope for us though. Nice stitches by the way.
- anneonymousone said...
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. wrote that in some parts of the world (such as Upstate New York, where I lived for years) there are actually SIX seasons: spring, summer, fall, locking, winter, unlocking. It's the last three that raise the homicide and suicide rates. Good thing there's yarn and good blogs to read.
And I'm in my third round of Upper Respiratory Unhappiness since 2007 started. Waaaaaaaaaaaaah...
But I'm so glad you're on the planet... - 4:53 PM
- Sandi said...
Fell OFF my chair laughing at this post. The temperature here actually struggled up to 20 degrees today...which isn't enough, of course, to melt the ice that I intend to right now go hurl at widows and orphans. Someone wrote that March is an "oozing sore of a month"--can't remember who, and the scroll button is out of reach of my thumb currently. but it's a perfect description. Thank you for this!
- Kathy said...
Baby, you have just described every March of the last 12 years here in DC for me. You nailed it. I worship at your cranky, frozen feet.
- sophanne said...
Apologies if this comment is "too much" but I need to say that last night here in conservative rural Western PA, in spite of the warming trend, I almost said, "you too assfacesisterfucker" to the grocery store clerk who told me to have a nice night. I know the season of which you speak.
- knitnzu said...
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- knitnzu said...
Ok, here it is... I know it's March because even though there is nearly 2 feet of snow on the ground and it is about zero degrees in the morning, the g-d birds are singing loudly at 4:30 in the morning and eau de skunk is in the air. I also become another year older.
- Liz said...
I know, I keep saying "I am sooooo over winter, why doesn't it just get nice out." But nobody listens. This is why they invented spring break. I just visited London, the tulips and crocuses are up (crocii?) and everyone has adorable flower filled window boxes - it was loverly.
- Heather said...
Weather report for PNW, spoken in smarmy voice by smarmy weather man: "Hello Seattle! Tired of the windstorms that knock out power for weeks and the minor snow flurries that shut down schools for day? Well, folks, the end is in sight! Oh no, it's not Spring, it's the Rainy Season, and have we got a show for you! Batten down the hatches, 'cause we're in for 8 DAYs of driving rain, with flood warnings for the Entire State! You poor saps who have nothing to get around on but a motorcycle? Suckers!"
- Lise said...
It's now March 13 and spring like here in Toronto. Surely that's brought a smile to your face?
Lise - 12:39 PM
- ~laurie said...
I miss you. I suffer with depression in the winter ( yes, even here on the west coast of canada where we seldom get snow)
Are you depressed? Hmm? does Dolores have email - maybe you need a hoof in the butt :)
~laurie - 2:45 PM
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well that was to be expected. most of the 3d stuff is still based on reverse engineered code and many features are still not implemented.
if you take this into account, i think mesa is doing pretty well.
Phoronix: ATI R500: Mesa vs. Catalyst Benchmarking
With Mesa 7.1 having been released this week and the open-source R600/770 3D support just around the corner, we've taken this opportunity to see how the open-source Mesa 3D stack compares to AMD's monthly-refined Catalyst Linux Suite with the fglrx driver performs for the Radeon X1000 (R500) series. In this article are Mesa 7.1 and Catalyst 8.8 benchmarks for the Radeon X1300PRO and X1800XL graphics cards.
well that was to be expected. most of the 3d stuff is still based on reverse engineered code and many features are still not implemented.
if you take this into account, i think mesa is doing pretty well.
There are some deeper and reasonable explanation of why most of the Games perform poor and will be performing poor on open drivers:
We can't really blame driver writers, this is mainly due to the game programmers. They don't really follow the graphics API guide lines, with a few exceptions (UT2004 anyone?). The proprietary drivers which ATI and NVIDIA make are piled up by past experiences TO COPE with the bad exercises which game programmers do most of the time. This is why write a working graphics driver is easy, but to make it work fast in all circumstances is VERY hard.
I have seen some interview of this kind, the driver programmer in nVidia unveils this truth. There is one example if I recall correctly: if a graphics program (be it OpenGL or D3D) creates a dynamic vertex (pixel?) buffer, write to it but don't unlock in time, the graphics pipeline will stall, reducing the rendering speed tremendously. There are certain documentation which don't recommends this way of using the pipeline, but game programmers (maybe innocently) uses it anyway. The result is obvious: poor performance.
However, GPU driver writers have to cope with this problem. In the nVidia's interview, they analyze the behavior of the game, then aggressively unlock the resource before the game actually do.
This might be a lame example but you get the idea. It's like a loophole, if GPU vendor A writes its driver strictly following the industry standard and performs poorly, on the other hand GPU vendor B hacks its driver to cope with problem so the game runs a lot smoother on GPU B, the straight outcome of this is people is going to prefer GPU B because seeing from the surface, GPU B runs the game faster!
Based on above speculation, I am not confident about the performance in open drivers at all. Fast running system requires each and every piece of puzzle falls into the correct place, in this case game writers!
In short, what do all those per-month official GPU drivers that ATI and nVidia are busying about? Hacking games!
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I'm very surprised about 2D performance.. I always though that 2D is the area, where OS drivers rule. And many people report more lags in 2D, when fgrlx is used, and almost smooth performance with OS..
How can that be explained?
Well, it depends on what the Java 2D benchmark actually does. However, seeing how the results are exactly tied up in all three benchmarks I suppose that the driver's hitting a software fallback in those cases. It would be nice to repeat all the tests with a different CPU, it could highlight where the driver's not doing hw acceleration.
While I haven't done any profiling, the bad performance for games is almost certainly due to exactly two facts:
1. Until we get a real memory manager, we do not have real support for VBOs. That hurts *a lot*. [1]
2. We don't use texture or framebuffer tiling and HyperZ on R300+.
Once these issues are fixed, I expect our performance to come a lot closer to fglrx in those games. Obviously we will never reach performance parity simply because a lot more effort goes into fglrx. But I don't think we'll be beaten by the orders of magnitude that you're seeing right now.
As for the 2D benchmarks: I believe this is 2D implemented on top of OpenGL, and while I haven't looked at the Java2D tests, the fact that both graphics cards performed equally badly suggests that we're simply hitting software fallbacks. This isn't unexpected - 2D rendering is likely to use OpenGL features that are off the "typical" path that games use, so we just haven't gotten around to implement them in hardware.
Note that normal 2D operation goes through the render acceleration in the X server, which is indeed pretty good.
[1] A simple example: While working on the r300-bufmgr branch I made some subtle changes to the vertex upload code which I thought were harmless. Turns out they prevented gcc from doing some optimizations which caused Nexuiz performance to drop by 50% (of course I reverted those changes immediately...). So at least Nexuiz is clearly vertex upload bound, and that bottleneck will simply vanish in many cases as soon as we support VBOs properly.
P.S.: I don't think it's fair to blame game developers. Sure, they sometimes stray off the fast path. But right now, the problem clearly lies with our (the driver developers') court.
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My understanding is, that 2.6.26 brought some new support for R500 chips into the Kernel, but the article states, that the benchmarks where done with a 2.6.24 Kernel.
Where this changes backported to the used 2.6.24 Kernel, or do they don't matter? I thought the driver don't even work without this changes. (R300-based Card user here, so this changes currently don't really apply to me)
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VIERA, Fla. — The Nationals have traded Nyjer Morgan to the Brewers for minor-league infielder Cutter Dykstra and $50,000 cash, ending the outfielder's eventful tenure in Washington.
Morgan, who took D.C. by storm upon his acquisition from the Pirates in 2009 but fell out of favor during a trying 2010 season, had sensed his time with the organization was coming to an end this spring. With Rick Ankiel and Jerry Hairston beginning to take over in center field, Morgan had seen little game action in recent days.
Full story with quotes from Rizzo, Riggleman, Ankiel and Doug Melvin on CSNwashington.com
- Marty - Mar 27, 2011 at 1:50 PM
Many will say good-riddance, but it's still sad that it all went down like this.
- sm13 - Mar 27, 2011 at 1:52 PM
I'd be a lot sadder if Nyjer had done anything last year to endear himself to the club or the fans.He may be playing the Marlins less, but he'll be seeing a lot more of the Cardinals…
- joemktg - Mar 27, 2011 at 1:53 PM
Happy that he is getting a fresh start.Now let's start complaining about the leadoff spot…
- rmoore446 - Mar 27, 2011 at 2:01 PM
I need to check when we play the Brewers. The possibility of Nyjer antics will certainly be there. It was time he moved on but I wish him well.
- Anonymous - Mar 27, 2011 at 2:03 PM
WOW, I must agree with Marty. I wish this had not happened this way. Then again, the situation was getting too complicated by his comments and then Riggs' reaction in the press. Some of these things should not have become public. That could have changed the outcome here I believe. I wish him luck…and now our CF is last year's RF. Is Ankiel going to be this year's Willie Harris?
- Richard Moore - Mar 27, 2011 at 2:06 PM
Just noticed that Cutter is Lenny's son! That's a fresh story line.
- JayB - Mar 27, 2011 at 2:06 PM
Best news since Jason W signing….So cool…Wed I am going to walking around the park and even the field and NO MORGAN anywhere ever again…..I bet we hit him in his first AB in Nats Park in mid April…I will be there to see how much his teammates really did support heim
- Anonymous - Mar 27, 2011 at 2:06 PM
Oh and the guy we have gotten in return seems to have no position. One year he plays 2B, then next mainly 3B. He does seem to fit Rizzo's 'athletic' definition (just by his steal attempts). He is young though (only 21).- FS
- Pauloyd - Mar 27, 2011 at 2:07 PM
Okay, now that this is done – what are the Nats going to do about the last bench spot. Are they really going to keep Stairs? Is he going to actually be the back-up 1B or are they going to move Morse?
- JayB - Mar 27, 2011 at 2:09 PM
Ankle and Harrison CF is a Huge step up from anything the Nats have ever had out there……On days that Roger plays left……that is the best defensive OF in Baseball!….at lease as far as throwing the ball goes….OF assists will spike and then nobody will even try to take extra bases by June.
- Richard Moore - Mar 27, 2011 at 2:13 PM
Cutter was a short stop that the Brewers tried to turn into a center fielder. He floundered there and they moved him to second base. All of that uncertainty combined with his father's well-publicized troubles had to make tough on Cutter.
- citizen16 - Mar 27, 2011 at 2:15 PM
Wow. I knew it was coming but it's still surprising for some reason to read the headline. Nyjer was so fun to watch when he first arrived. But he had used up every last bit of goodwill with everyone in town. I wonder if the bean ball war with the Cardinals last week that he triggered was the last straw and forced Rizzo to do something quickly or if this was inevitable before last season ended. Regardless, I think everyone is better off with this move. I'm not sad to see him go and take his antics with him. Last year the Nats didn't have a RF all season and now the team starts 2011 without a CF.
- JayB - Mar 27, 2011 at 2:19 PM
Willy Harris was not even 40% of the CFer Ankle is……this is a great move forward for the team.
- Big Cat - Mar 27, 2011 at 2:21 PM
Got Len Dykstra's boy Cutter Dykstra. Is a 21 year old 3b who was a 2nd round draft pick out of high school. Hit .312 in 100 games at Wisconsin of the Midwest league. I believe team played in Wausau which is a bandbox of a park. Cutter had only 5 homers in 300 plus ab's. Still, to get ANYTHING at all for Morgan, even an empty ball bag, is a steal.
- Feel Wood - Mar 27, 2011 at 2:25 PM
As the new Brewers mascot, will Nyjer be going feet first or head first down their home run slide?
- Big Cat - Mar 27, 2011 at 2:26 PM
Correction…..Wisconsin played in Appleton. Don't know that stadium
- Frediemac - Mar 27, 2011 at 2:27 PM
Remaining cuts…Detwiler, Cora, Bixler, Nix, and Balestar. 1st injury in Pitching staff brings Colin back to D.C.
- Frediemac - Mar 27, 2011 at 2:36 PM
After Stairs and Gaudin make the roster 2 players will have to be moved off the 40 man roster. Lee Hyde will be 1 but who will be the Other? That might be a tough call…Perhaps Garrett Mock ? Or is there another injury we haven't been told about?
- Natsochist - Mar 27, 2011 at 2:36 PM
Few thoughts:1. Nyjer did not "trigger" the beanball war against the Cardinals. LaRussa decided that if anyone so much as breathes on his precious first baseman – even if said first baseman is in the basepath – then that person has affronted his sense of honor and must be dealt with.Ahem…sorry; off that soapbox now.2. Definitely agree that there must have been a better way to handle this. Nyjer was seeing two things happen: coaches praised his work ethic and willingness to learn new techniques, then said Ankiel was winning the CF job. Frankly, I'd be frustrated, too.3. Related to #2, I sincerely hope Nyjer was informed of the trade by the proper authorities. The last thing we need to do is pull a Cubs-Silva maneuver.
- Anonymous8 - Mar 27, 2011 at 2:39 PM
Frediemac, I think Nix stays but agree with the rest. I was thinking Nix over Stairs.
- Anonymous - Mar 27, 2011 at 2:40 PM
I was at the game when Morgan ran out of his way to hit the Cards' catcher, who was standing, relaxed, with his back turned, when Morgan hit him.I said to my friend, "That is the dirtiest thing I've ever seen on a baseball field."Baseball people love to talk about "good-character guys." Morgan is low-character. Very, very, very low.I'm sad about the way this is ending, but only because my hopes were so high at the beginning. As it turns out, no one told us we were getting a dirty player at the beginning.
- Steve - Mar 27, 2011 at 2:46 PM
Nyjer gets someplace to look for a fresh start, and the Nats get the possibility of something out of it. Win-win.
- Frediemac - Mar 27, 2011 at 2:47 PM
Desmond new Leadoff Hitter?
- Frediemac - Mar 27, 2011 at 2:53 PM
1. Desmond2. werth3. Zimmerman4. LaRoche5. Morse6. Ankiel7. Rodriguez8. EspinosaOf course Ramos will change that slightly when he starts
- Nattydread - Mar 27, 2011 at 2:53 PM
Unfortunately, it had to end this way. Nyjer could not step up — except for a great streak, he was over-matched in the MLB. Really. The Silver Elvis thing was great, and Tony Plush was great entertainment value for a losing team. Close that chapter. Hope the change does him well. We needed to end this. Nice knowin' ya, dawg.
- Anonymous8 - Mar 27, 2011 at 2:54 PM
Anonymous said… and now our CF is last year's RF. Is Ankiel going to be this year's Willie Harris? March 27, 2011 10:03 AM Yep, this is true and becomes a Rizzo fail. How could he put so much into Nyjer after Nyjer's pathetic 2010 season.Luckily the 2011 team is in much better shape then the 2010 team so it can absorb this easier and while Ankiel may not be the answer, he can hopefully eclipse a higher OBP then .319 and score more runs then the previous CF.Time to turn this page….
- Jaxpo Nat - Mar 27, 2011 at 3:06 PM
@Frediemac – got the bottom of the lineup wrong:1. Desmond2. Werth3. Zimmerman4. LaRoche5. Morse6. Ankiel7. Espinosa8. RodriguezRiggleman has said he doesn't want Espinosa hitting in front of the pitcher, as Desmond often did last year.
- JaneB - Mar 27, 2011 at 3:11 PM
I wish him well. I wish Cutter well, and hope he has his Dad's athleticism and last name and desire to win, and not much else. I'm sorry it went down like this — like someone above said, it must have been frustrating to have worked so hard, improved by everyone's agreement, and still see things slipping away. I will always be grateful to him for that period in '09 when he made coming to the stadium worth it. It as bleak till he arrived. I'll be wearing my Morgan shirt when the Brewers play.
- Harper_ROY_2012 - Mar 27, 2011 at 3:17 PM
Good riddance Nyjer was a cancer that had to be removed and anything more than cash in return was charity from the Brew Crew. I cannot wait to boo Nyjer upon his return to Nats Park and maybe some lucky fan in the outfield will be lucky enough to receive one of his patented obsentity laced nonsensical tyraids and get hit by a ball he intentionally threw at them! finally, I hope Adam LaRoche het to clothesline him after JZimm drill him in the head with a 98 mph fastball!!!
- Anonymous - Mar 27, 2011 at 3:21 PM
I hope somebody sticks one right in his ribs when we play the Brewers.
- Steady Eddie - Mar 27, 2011 at 3:22 PM
@Anonymous8 at 10:53 amA "Rizzo fail"? Not.Even if we had only gotten Burnett in exchange for Milledge and Hanrahan, it's still a steal for the Nats.
- Big Cat - Mar 27, 2011 at 3:23 PM
Yes JaneB, lets hope Cutter doesn't have a lot of his fathers habits
- Anonymous - Mar 27, 2011 at 3:29 PM
This is ridiculous. I guess people have not received a 98 mph heater to the head to know what they are wishing for. Maybe people do not remember the image of David Huff lying on the mound after getting hit by ARod's line drive. I did not like Morgan much after his on- and off-field actions last season but most of us still wish him good luck on his new team, moved on to worry about our own team's problems than thinking of hitting a player who may not make it to OD.FS
- Anonymous - Mar 27, 2011 at 3:33 PM
@Marty.I agree with you Marty. Morgan could not overcome the ill will created by the incidents last year. Lots had it in for him. A little chilling to see the joy some take in his downfall. It will be a very quiet team this year.
- Theophilus - Mar 27, 2011 at 3:38 PM
As to 40-man roster when Stairs and (unfortunately) Gaudin stick, Mock goes, and also Severinho. Nats do not need a 3d situational LH pitcher in the system at Syracuse, at least so long as Detweiler is not in the starting rotation.
- Brian Benson - Mar 27, 2011 at 3:39 PM
I agree with Jaxpo NatDesmondWerthZimmermanLarocheMorseAnkielEspinosaRodriguez/RamosI hope someone can take Nyjer aside and teach him how the game is supposed to be played
- Anonymous8 - Mar 27, 2011 at 3:40 PM
Steady Eddie said… @Anonymous8 at 10:53 amA "Rizzo fail"? Not.Even if we had only gotten Burnett in exchange for Milledge and Hanrahan, it's still a steal for the Nats. March 27, 2011 11:22 AM ——————————–Its a fail because he didn't have Nyjer's successor in hand just like he didn't have Dukes last year.I think an overwhelming majority in NatsTown saw that Nyjer couldn't reinvent himself so yah, it is a big fail as Rizzo has to anticipate these type of issues.He gets a pass on not getting his ACE pitcher this off-season but can't get a pass on this. Ankiel may work on but his career numbers are not encouraging especially LH/LH.I do give Rizzo credit for FINALLY getting rid of Nyjer.
- Theophilus - Mar 27, 2011 at 3:49 PM
On second thought, easy-offs the 40-man are Wang (to 60-DL) and Ramirez, back to Mets.
- Anonymous - Mar 27, 2011 at 3:51 PM
Frediemac. Dry white toast
- The Adventurers - Mar 27, 2011 at 3:52 PM
Ankiel won't hit against lefties. It will be a platoon w/ Hairston and their splits are good.
- Anonymous - Mar 27, 2011 at 3:59 PM
I don't think it was handled poorly. Riggs (and some of the players) were irritated by Nyjer's comments and told us. If we want them to be open and tell us what they are thinking we can't get too upset if they don't tell us what we want to hear.Did you guys see the article in the Post about RZim wanting to stay in DC? http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/ryan-zimmerman-wants-to-keep-calling-washington-home-but-the-nationals-will-have-to-make-it-happen/2011/03/25/AFIQQmeB_story.htmlBowden would have read that, thought "hometown discount," and lowballed him. Hope Rizzo doesn't.
- BinM - Mar 27, 2011 at 4:00 PM
Morgan gave the Nationals good work over the year & 1/2 he was in uniform, but proved to be a one-trick pony; His game was based purely on speed, and that might not last too much longer, as he turns 31 in July. The team gets a much younger IF-UT prospect in return (turns 22 in late June), who has shown both speed (28SB in 2010) and patience at the plate (.416OBP in 2010) as well. A fair trade for both teams, given that MIL is looking for immediate returns, while the Nats are still a year-or-two from reaching full potential.
- Theophilus - Mar 27, 2011 at 4:00 PM
Anon is being too hard on Rizzo. Rizzo went to bed on December 10 (or whenever the winter meetings were over) thinking Morgan was going to the DR, play winter ball and learn (A) to hit the curve ball; (B) how lucky he was to be in the ML. Didn't work out that way. About Morgan there was silence until Spring Training. Since then he has been trying to blow smoke up the skirts of 29 other GMs, hoping one of them would believe all the nice things he was saying. When you've got a suspect player, the more praise, the less credibility, especially when the praise has no correlation with the performance. Whatever platitudes R&R uttered about Morgan were in the line of duty.
- Joe Seamhead - Mar 27, 2011 at 4:02 PM
Just think how bad our OF was a couple of years back… The likes of Milledge, Willy Mo, Adam"Bubble Gum" Dunn, Dukes, the list is endless of guys that were not MLB caliper defensive outfielders. Werth, Ankiel, Morse and Bernadina is dramatically better. Any combo of the four of them, along with the improved IF, will lower the ERA's of the pitching staff. Even Josh Willingham played a lot balls into extra bases.I'm with JayB on this one.I'm thrilled to see him go and that we got anything at all for him, but you guys wishing for Nyjer to get plucked should be ashamed of yourselves.
- Sue Dinem - Mar 27, 2011 at 4:11 PM
Link in the name if you're interested in a scouting report on the younger Dykstra, who I believe is more likely to go to Hagerstown given the IFs expected at Potomac.
- Andrew - Mar 27, 2011 at 4:18 PM
Sue, I think he is going straight to Potomac.
- Anonymous - Mar 27, 2011 at 4:25 PM
Rizzo is backing himself into a corner. We can see the team he wants to make the run with. It doesn't include a leadoff hitter. When Bryce Harper shows up, and assuming they are wedded to Desmond and Espinosa until death do us part, the Nats run team will be all power not much speed. Pressure will be on Desmond to produce a decent OBP. Unless he cures the error problem and finds a way to get on base consistently and score some runs he will become the next designated POS which Nats fans so desperately need to have. Morgan was good for something after all. We will miss him in that regard.
- GoNats - Mar 27, 2011 at 4:26 PM
When Nyjer decided he wasn't going to Winter Ball, wasn't that the first sign that Rizzo should have had a Plan B in effect?Ankiel in my mind is not the 2 year solution they need until Bryce Harper is ready. You can hope that Corey Brown is ready in June 2011 but it is still too much hoping and not a sure thing. This bit the Nats in the behind going the same route when Elijah Dukes was sent packing in early March 2010.I think it is a fail from the standpoint of preparedness much as Cashman for the Yankees has gotten a big fail for not getting Cliff Lee and having no Plan B. The GMs job is a tough one and Rizzo can stand the heat so he doesn't need to get out of the fire.
- Anonymous - Mar 27, 2011 at 4:36 PM
While i'm not exactly devastated that Morgan is gone, i do find it it odd that according to Rizzo, it was more of " what Ankiel did than what Morgan didn't do". Besides being a good defensive outfielder, Ankiel has no speed, a low BA and decent power mitigated by high strikeout totals.At least with Morgan you had someone who can give you a little bit of everything and more importantly, who can at least fit the bill as a leadoff hitter. Desmond as leadoff? Please…
- Bote Man - Mar 27, 2011 at 4:53 PM
I hope Nyjer doesn't let the screen door slam him in the butt on the way out. On second thought, I don't really care if it does.
- Anonymous - Mar 27, 2011 at 5:11 PM
Rizzo isn't backing himself into a corner … not in the least. Now Riggleman may be another story …DesmondWerthZimmermanLarocheMorse/Bernadina/NixAnkiel/HairstonEspinosaRodriguez/Ramosby midseason becomesDesmond/LombardozziWerthZimmermanLaroche/MarerroMorse/NixBrown/BernadinaEspinosa/LombardozziRamos/FloresBefore too long … along with trades of Ankiel and Hairston for muchneeded prospects.
- Anonymous - Mar 27, 2011 at 5:48 PM
@anonymous1:11Erase Brown/Bernadina when Harper arrives. Laroche/Marrero a wash. Is Lombardozzi really going to play better than Desmond and/or Espinosa? I wouldn't bet on it. Still big and slow no matter how you look at it. No leadoff.
- Sec 3, My Sofa - Mar 27, 2011 at 7:43 PM
Mark, in your story, you wrote "His performance last season severely declined, though, as did his reputation within the Nationals clubhouse and around baseball."Not disputing it, but I don't recall reading any quotes, attributed or not, from teammates, to that effect. What did I miss?
- Golfersal - Mar 28, 2011 at 2:55 AM
I guess my reading most of the comments here that Nyjer will be missed as much as Elijah Dukes was missed last year.Boy Morgan wore out his welcome, I have to think that if he played winter ball it would of made him more welcome by management. It's funny how each comment that we see about Morgan we get the disappointment from management that he didn't play in the Dominic league.Be interesting to see how he does for the Brewers, have to think that he is bottling up a lot of anger and wants to prove something.So now we have three players to watch outside of the Nats, Dunn in Chicago, Willingham in Oakland and Nyjer in Milwaukee
- NatsJack in Florida - Mar 28, 2011 at 11:53 AM
Quick!!! Who's the lead off hitter for the San Francisco Giant???? Anyone??? So much for the important lead off hitter.


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I'm going to build a computer and I want a good gfx card where 3D accel is working in Linux. (will use the PC for some games in Windows so therefore a good gfx) In my old machine I upgraded from Radeon 7500 to x1650 Pro, but actually it was a downgrade. Everything is more problematic. Watching DVDs are lagging and pixelated. Google earth is extremely slow with the x1650 and the closed source drivers are not working (fglrx gives black screen and system lockup).
So which is better choice NVIDIA or ATI? My mind was set on a 8800 GT or 9800 GT, but as I see that ATI is now supporting Linux I'm wondering about a Radeon HD 4850. Which cards will give me 3D? Not necessarily today, but sometime before end of the year...
EDIT: Of course now I saw that there is a gfx card forum and that I'm in the xorg forum. Sorry!
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Well as Nvidia disabled some features in the 8800 GTS 512 maybe get 9800 GTX(+). The G92 chip is really fast, surely faster than 4850.
No. And it (RV770) will only get faster with every driver update. Even if it *was* slower, it is cheaper.
I did not say that the 9800 is cheaper, it is just a much better buy.
I was talking about "The G92 chip is really fast, surely faster than 4850.", not about the driver or anything else. You know, let's wait for tomorrow.
I read your post, and it appears that the issue can be resolved by answering a few questions, and providing a little bit of information about the computer...
- Which Linux Distribution are you using.
- what driver version are you using, and how did you install it.
- what is the general system spec ( like is the video card AGP or PCI express )
- can you provide a copy of the xorg config file and xorg log file.
- Does the system log file specify that a soft lockup occured?
Note: i believe it'd be better to first try to fix the issue of the system lockups and crashes first, before looking at buying a new parts.
- Ubuntu 8.04 and Debian unstable (switched to Ubuntu just two days ago. Used Debian for 10 years)
- Radeonhd after trying fglrx. fglrx I tried from debian package and ATI package in Debian. In ubuntu I tried restricted fglrx pacakge. No luck
- AGP card (8x) Asus A7V8X-X mobo, 1.7Gb Ram, Corsair 650W PSU (temporarily will go to a new computer), AMD Athlon XP 2400+, LG 1440x900 LCD (is the widescreen a sore point for the driver?)
- xorg.conf I have tried to change from empty to more advanced, but I can try again with fglrx and send it. I used the aticonfig tool. xorg log files I cannot because when fglrx crashes teh system nothing gets written to the log files. It really crashes the machie I have to hit reset button
- I'll check but I dont think anything gets written to system log either.
Not buying new part for the old computer. I'll put back the Radeon 7500 if all fails. I'll build a completely new computer because I need more CPU power. But I want to keep my old as a second computer. Currently I have a 166MHz (from 1994!!!) as 2nd computer running debian with wmii and vim. Very nice for not getting distracted by bells and whistles
If you are running with an X1650 AGP you may be happiest with the -ati (aka radeon) driver today, assuming that you feel up to building the entire stack - the x driver (-ati), drm, mesa and x server. Ubuntu 8.04 is pretty new but not quite new enough to get full 5xx open source support.
I imagine you were using the -ati driver with the 7500 ?


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