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When a homeowner likes an architect's first set of drawings for his new house enough to move forward with construction, that's a sure sign the relationship between the two is not just any ordinary client/architect relationship. And in the case of Jorge Garcia, ceo and founder of the architectural firm Garcia Brenner Stromberg, Boca Raton, Fla., and his clients, the Millers, this is definitely the case.
Garcia and Miller first met almost 20 years ago when Garcia had started his own business and Miller's construction company was nipping at Garcia's feet. Then one day Miller invited Garcia to lunch and said, "Why don't we work together?" The two became personal friends and professional colleagues who have worked on several projects together through the years.
With solid personal and professional relationships in place between one person who designs houses and another who builds them, it was only natural to use the design/build process to construct the Millers' house, nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. It also was natural for Miller to use the construction company to build his own house.
The two have completed several projects using the design/build method, and consider the design/build process a collaboration from the beginning of each job. "We've been successful at completing unconventional jobs on time and on budget because of the teamwork afforded us by the design/build process," Garcia says.
Throughout the entire process of building the Millers' home, Garcia did not find it difficult to separate his interactions with Miller who is both builder and homeowner. Miller spoke clearly of his wishes as a homeowner, but followed most of those comments by interjecting a "however" and then speaking as the builder, Garcia says. "We both spoke about meeting the project's guidelines while keeping in mind a balance between what he wanted, and what must be done to get it," he adds.
Miller says he doesn't recall being conscious of distinguishing between his interactions with Garcia as both homeowner and builder. "My wife acted more as the homeowner than I did. I'm a construction guy and look at everything from the construction perspective."
The custom nature of this house, working within the developer's design restrictions, and building on the side of a mountain, combined to make design/build the only viable solution to the challenge of building this home.
"I doubt this house could have been constructed as it was without the design/build relationship in place," Garcia says. "You can build great structures within budget if the builder and architect work closely together. I don't think this house could have been accomplished if not for the ability to work closely with the builder from square one."
Miller agrees the tight relationship with Garcia made the construction process go smoothly. "When you build a design house like this, there are always many things that have to be decided which end up being related to budget and schedule, and that sort of thing. But because we worked so closely together, and had the same goals in mind, and there was a trust in place, we were able to work together and get it done in budget and according to what we both wanted to accomplish."
Garcia emphasizes that the Miller house was constructed with a budget which was not out of the ordinary. "Doing so is a matter of intelligently looking at the project and staying in control. If I told a contractor how much it cost per square foot to build this house, he'd say, 'Yeah right. There's no way you built it for that amount.' Then he'd tell me he can build it, too, if he bumped up the cost."
No process or materials involved with the Miller house were scary in terms of cost or construction, Garcia says. The key to staying within budget is to talk about costs while building the house so there are no surprises that cost anyone more money later in the game. "That way you'll have no fear of where you're going with the project," he adds.
Pushing the envelope Like many developers of private communities such as the one in which this home sits, those in charge established several restrictions and guidelines for the homes built on their property. The constraints imposed by developers typically are intended to deter someone from building a home that looks like a spaceship, Garcia explains. One such regulation for this development was to build the homes so they cannot be seen from the golf course, and the golf course cannot be seen from the house. Another of the development's requirements was to locate the house in such a way to keep as many trees as possible.
Miller and Garcia walked the lot and painted the ground several times according to how they thought the house should be positioned. Ultimately, the main view is not straight out the back of the house. "We chose the best view before construction even began, and staked out where the angle was most productive for the view to the outside," Garcia says.
There was not a big choice of areas to position the house in, even though the lot is four acres, Miller adds. "The house could only have been placed within 20 to 30 feet of where it sits now. That's how little flexibility we had."
"We consciously conformed to the regulations," Garcia says. "We never anticipated that staying within the restrictions would be a challenge. Nothing we did is contrary to any of the regulations they put forth. In fact, we had no exceptions. There were questions about certain aspects of our design, but no exceptions. Once we explained that this design was not radical, and we were within the restrictions, the developers have been our biggest fans."
One design element denied by the developers was a glass railing on the deck. Glass was chosen so people would notice the nature beyond the railing rather than the railing itself. The restrictions mandated that the railing was to be of a certain material, so the glass version was abandoned.
"It was [Garcia's] responsibility to deal with the development's restrictions, and it was his company's job to sell it to the developers," Miller recalls. "And within reason, they showed the developers how the house's design fit into their restrictions, even though the house wasn't exactly what they wanted there. Now they bring by potential buyers to show it off as an example of what can be done with creativity."
Focus on design The Miller home juts out prominently from the slope of a forested ridge. The primary living quarters sit solidly on a tall base of locally quarried limestone, creating the illusion that they are actually floating above the tree line. A curved wall of glass reflects the neighboring hills and sky, acting both as a mirror for the outdoors and a frame for the interior space.
Inside, the living area was conceived as an organic, flowing space that would allow the Millers to feel connected to the environment no matter where in the home they happened to be. To achieve this, Garcia Brenner Stromberg's design team developed a floor plan with 4,000 sq. ft. of living area that runs parallel to the ridge slope, offering panoramic views of the surrounding mountains from every angle.
Garcia hesitates to categorize the style of the Millers' house. "I don't know exactly what it is. I suppose you can call it contemporary because contemporary means it is of the moment. And you can call it regional because it has a mountain vernacular." Regardless of the style, the Fort Lauderdale chapter of the American Institute of Architects bestowed its Award of Honor on the Miller residence in December 2004, something both Miller and Garcia are proud of.
Before asking Garcia's firm to design their home, Miller and his wife had a vision of it but not of the architecture itself. Their vision was more of the layout of their home, including where they wanted a great room with a master bedroom attached. They also wanted the great room to be part of a two-story wing with the master suite opening into the great room with a balcony from which to view it all.
"The great room and kitchen area came out magnificently," Miller says. The view outside is from the kitchen, not from the dining room, because as in most homes, most time is spent in the kitchen. "The play of the huge windows and the large beams that fan out across the ceiling and toward the windows is interesting."
One of the reasons the house turned out so well is because Miller approached Garcia with a description of what he wanted in the house, in writing. Miller did not want to talk with Garcia about what it should look like. "And believe it or not, the first concept we showed him, he liked. We tweaked it and tweaked it, but they never said we missed the boat," Garcia recalls.
A main feature of the home is the great wall of windows that open up the back of the house. The intention was not to impress people with the amount of glass that could be incorporated into the wall. The glass wall was designed to be high enough for people to look out and see sky above the trees, Garcia explains.
Framing the windows was an interesting process. "We did not want it to look industrial or commercial. And we did not want the mechanical systems to be enslaved to the windows. So we worked with the mechanical contractors as to where the grilles would go, and did some design work that in effect allowed for the correct placement of the ductwork from a design point of view. This is another example of how good things happen from working closely together," Garcia says.
As one enters the house the architecture is experienced first, and the nature beyond the windows is experienced second. "A lot of architects will tell you the outside is the outside, and the inside is the inside, and you should keep the two separate. I believe that when you come in you should not see the backyard immediately. I believe being able to walk through the house and experience it as architecture first is important. But in this house you can experience either the architecture or its environment when you choose just by changing the focus of what you're looking at," Garcia says.
The relationship of the more public spaces to the visitor spaces — the hierarchy of spaces — as a first timer seeing the home, is successful, Garcia believes. A person can walk through the public spaces of the home without having to walk through any doors. "The way the spaces are laid out, one can meander through the entire home, and you're way in the back room before you know it. The only thing not connected visually to the rest of the house is the bedrooms. You can see any part of the house from any other part. It's organized like an X, in a simplistic plan. And I believe simplicity in design is one of the more difficult things to accomplish as an architect," Garcia says.
The positioning of the garage is for privacy purposes, so the view into the Miller house is blocked for the people who live up the hill. As a result, the garage becomes located in a prominent position on the site. Therefore, it needed to look interesting. "We had to cut away at the mountain to tuck the garage into it. We took the pattern of the natural stone on the mountain, and organized it to appear as if the garage grew out of the mountain. I thought that was a big achievement. Also, the roof of the garage is stacked with soil and landscape so it blends into the mountain," he says.
The contemporary framework of the home turned out to be a challenge faced by Miller as the home's builder, but not because of the design itself. This building style is not seen much in the mountain area in which he lives and operates his construction business. The homes in this area typically are more traditional in style, he says.
"From the first time [Garcia] showed us the concept, my wife and I wanted to go that route. But we went ahead not knowing that it would create issues with subcontractors who are not used to seeing this sort of project, which includes elements like wood beams that aren't square, and aren't parallel to each other. These subcontractors are mostly smaller companies whose owners we worked with directly, so we built relationships with them and ended up getting the work done as needed. It just took working closely to get it done."
Working together is something Garcia wishes more builders and architects would do. Builders and architects need to quit bickering about how each one is ruining the other's project, he says. "With the speed and methods we work with today, neither side can absorb all the information available, so we must work together to process it all. Architects no longer can simply say, for instance, 'We'll just hang this projector here and a screen here,' without investing more thought in the design of a home theater. Both sides must deal more with specialties, so our obligation becomes bigger to work together, be successful and do a good job.
"We need to close the gap between design and construction to get things done appropriately, within life-cycle costs and budgets. If done correctly, as a collaboration, we'll get off our high horses and begin building better homes.
"Moving forward, architects have to consider construction as one more part of doing business. For us, construction should be considered a successful way to get things done, not just a bunch of jerks who stand in our way. The design/build way is here to stay, and the more you ignore it, the more it could hurt you."


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re: Official Planetside2 thread Posted by burgeman on 12/2 at 6:01 pm to Hulkklogan The first time is rather daunting but once you get the hang of everything it gets good. Through playing the beta I have come to the conclusion the only way to have a good experience is to join up with a group, playing by yourself sucksReply Back to Top |
Posted by Hulkklogan on 12/2 at 6:17 pm to burgeman quote: so ive noticed also my pc can't handle it very well. Have the resoultion at 720p and graphics on medium and when there are a lot of people in a semi small area, my pc gets bogged down. Poor 6850 This post was edited on 12/4 at 6:43 pm Reply Back to Top |
Posted by LSU_postman on 12/2 at 9:53 pm to Hulkklogan Dont despair Hulk, This game is relies heavily on your CPU. Also, lots of ram helps as well. That may be your issue there. Reply Back to Top |
Posted by LSU_postman on 12/3 at 8:10 pm to LSU_postman Goons are on Amerish tonight SG..Come an get sumReply Back to Top |
Posted by LoneMDG on 12/3 at 10:52 pm to Hulkklogan quote: Late, but it's an airship. Pilotable. Spots for 10-20 people, with landing spot for the smaller jets to land, rearm/repair, and catapult to launch them back. By official people, and Higby has mentioned it's something down the line they are thinking of. Reply Back to Top |
So I installed today. I rolled NC Mattherson to play. Game name is Paedin337. Have no idea wtf Im doing lol. watching videos now. This post was edited on 12/4 at 6:00 pm Reply Back to Top |
Posted by LSU_postman on 12/4 at 9:28 pm to Paedin Join an outfit would be my recommendation. This game is shite when you loan wolf.Reply Back to Top |
Posted by SG_Geaux on 12/5 at 12:09 am to LSU_postman Unless all you wan't to do is fly Reavers all the time.Reply Back to Top |
Posted by LSU_postman on 12/6 at 9:16 am to SG_Geaux SG..I never see your outfit around!!! What gives? What determines where ya'll play for the night? I can tell you that generally, our leadership goes to buzzcutphyscho's twitch channel to see where he is playing (Leader of The Enclave) And we just go there and push them around till he rages and changes continents. Then we cap/lock Thats how you liberate some FOOLS. So, what do ya'll do ? Reply Back to Top |
Posted by SG_Geaux on 12/6 at 9:32 am to LSU_postman I go where command tells me to go. I see Goons all the time. Different guys run command differently. We are trying lots of different strats and tactics right now. Working on finding our sweet spot. This post was edited on 12/6 at 10:25 am Reply Back to Top |
Started playing today, Burgeman nc on mattherson Reply Back to Top |
I am bored. Let me know if you want to play anytime today Reply Back to Top |
Posted by RATeamWannabe on 12/8 at 8:51 am to burgeman You're failure to respond on twitter has you on thin ice. Reply Back to Top |
Posted by burgeman on 12/8 at 9:50 am to RATeamWannabe Just responded In regards to Planetside I like the changes they have made from beta, everything seems smoother and spawning is better it seems. Ran around following some GOONS today trying to take a bio lab, fought for about 30 minutes and I believe they are still at it now. Reply Back to Top |
Posted by RATeamWannabe on 12/8 at 9:52 am to burgeman Going to sign up? For an outfit I meanReply Back to Top |
Posted by SG_Geaux on 12/8 at 10:16 am to RATeamWannabe Incredible tank battle last night. It started with a push on the TR warpgate by a large tank force, TR counterattacked with Air and some tanks, we reformed at Mao Tech plant and lined up on a ridge South of Camp Waterson. We had between 20 and 30 tanks lined up on that ridge with more support to the rear. We engaged the TR from the high ground on the ridge and were crushing the TR tanks as they came out. As they gathered more forces from the Warpgate they flanked north of our ridgeline. Frost was driving the Vanguard I was gunning in, we must have racked up 5 or 6 Prowler kills, 9 or 10 Lightning kills, several mossie kills and lots of infantry kills with our tank alone as we swept along the north side of our salient. The battle must have lasted over half an hour with the second part of the battle lasting at least 15 to 20 minutes of constant shooting and rearming. It was the perfect place for a pitched armor battle like that, there had to be several hundred people engaged in that fight in the open desert. Reply Back to Top |
VEHICLE HORNS ARE COMING !!!! I want the General Lee horn on my NC Sunderer for sure. Reply Back to Top |
Posted by TigerNutwhack on 12/8 at 3:13 pm to SG_Geaux quote: Probably one of my favorite places to fight. I haven't been able to play much since it went live because we have a newborn, but we are starting to settle into a routine and I'm able to find an hour or two here and there . I'm really hoping to get some time in tonight for the bonus xp weekend. Reply Back to Top Refresh |
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I'd pick up a Willett rye and a bourbon. I've never had a bad bottle from them and they are not offered in my area, so I always pick up a couple when I'm in town.
I'd pick up a Willett rye and a bourbon. I've never had a bad bottle from them and they are not offered in my area, so I always pick up a couple when I'm in town.
Just went thru there on my way back from Nashville to PA. A couple of the TPS private barrels I picked up were the Willet 5 yr SB, Bowman SB #45 and Hancock Presidents Reserve. However, a real gem if you can't get it where you are is Ancient Ancient Age.
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That is bad news. Like you HP, I think the TPS Triple A 10's have been great (Or, if you've been in a loud pub for a couple of hours with 10 buddies, that's the H&H&H 10 yr ). Much better than the normal release to my taste buds. I have a normal release that was gifted to me at Christmas by a good friend, and though I find it OK, it only makes me pine for the TPS bottle. To me, there is an overall silkiness and richness to the TPS bottling, that the off-the-shelf version doesn't possess.
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The Astros may not know what they're going to get from game to game, but manager Bo Porter has begun to see one theme: All-out effort. Houston will begin its first road series in Detroit as an American League team on Monday, and Porter hopes to see the same intensity.
"These guys are going to battle down to the last out," Porter said. "They're going to battle and grind and give everything they have. We're never out of a ballgame because of the resilience of this ballclub."
Houston fell to a four-game series sweep at home against Detroit earlier this month, and the four games provided a stark study in contrasts. The Tigers won the first two games against the Astros in their final at-bat -- including a 14-inning victory -- and then outscored them 26-2 in the last two games.
The Tigers are coming off a first-place showdown against the Indians, and Detroit lost an extra-inning game to drop into a tie atop the American League Central. Monday's game will pit Houston's Bud Norris against Detroit veteran Anibal Sanchez, who ranks fifth on the AL's ERA charts (1.97).
Sanchez has completed at least six innings in six of his first seven starts this season, and he hasn't allowed more than three earned runs in any outing. Sanchez has allowed just one home run all season, and he's struck out (58) more than five times as many batters as he's walked (11).
The Astros were swept by the Rangers over the weekend and went 2-8 over their 10-game homestand, so they may be ready to hit the road. Houston has a 4-12 record on the road so far in its first season as a member of the AL West, but Norris has consistently gone deep in the game for the Astros.
Norris pitched into the ninth inning of his last start for the first time in his career, and he's allowed two earned runs or fewer in six of his first eight starts. Most of his success has come at home, though, and the 28-year-old has posted a 1-2 record with a 5.93 ERA in three road starts this season.
The Astros fell behind 12-1 in their series finale against Texas and scored six runs in the final two innings to tighten the final scoreline. The Tigers, meanwhile, were on the verge of a two-game lead in the Central before the Indians tied the game in the ninth and pushed ahead in the 10th to tie the division.
Astros: Altuve remains hot
Jose Altuve leads all big-league second basemen in batting average (.336), and he also ranks third in the Major League in hits (51). Altuve has turned a league-high 38 double plays, and he's hit safely in 30 of his first 36 games. The 23-year-old is batting .343 (24-for-70) in 16 road games this season.
Tigers: V-Mart hanging in
The Tigers haven't gotten much offense from veteran Victor Martinez this season, but he's been healthy enough to be a consistent presence in the lineup. Martinez, who missed all of last year with a left knee injury, is batting .212 with one home run and 15 RBIs in his first 34 games.
Martinez has played 31 of his games at designated hitter, and he's batted out of the fifth slot of the lineup 31 times.
Worth noting
• This is Houston's first trip to Detroit since a three-game series in June 2006. The Astros are 4-5 all-time in Detroit, but all of that was in Interleague Play.
• Detroit is 17-2 when leading after eight innings.
• Tigers center fielder Austin Jackson missed Sunday's game with a sore right hamstring.
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Written by on July 28, 2003 Big Window or Bust: Totally Polished Goes Big With Project Old SchoolYou should never buy a classic truck sight unseen. You'd think a magazine guy would know that. But, when I was looking for my next project, that's exactly what I did. My name is Jeremy Cook. I'm the new Associate Editor here at CLASSIC TRUCKS, and the truck you see below is now my ongoing project.
I've always had a soft spot for '64-66 GM trucks. Before I was born, my family campaigned a door-slammer GTO that was towed by a '65. That same gold truck remained the shop truck for the family business for many years and was finally restored for my older cousin to drive to high school. My father also had a sky blue '64 Custom that was his daily driver for most of the '70s, until it became a victim of a hit and run. Both trucks are long gone, yet are intertwined throughout my early memories. So much so, that when searching for a project that was well suited for a truck magazine, the only choice (in my mind) was a '64-66--hence the hasty purchase. In fact, when I made the deal, which was the bartering of some late-model Chevy stuff, the only information I had was the year of the truck and its location--which was a less-than-stellar body shop. The truck was owed a free paint job, but I waived it as soon as I saw the truck. You're seeing what I saw that day, so you can understand why. Beyond all the haphazardly applied body filler, I noticed that the cab on this truck was originally sky blue, while the doors were originally gold. I took this as a sign and trailered the truck home. Upon further inspection, I realized that the recent rash of filler-slinging is by far the worst aspect of the truck. The stock 327 and Powerglide are intact and seem to run pretty well. The interior sheetmetal wore a thick layer of glue-pot glue from a "custom" velour interior, but at least everything was there. Now when I'm asked why I started with such a poor example of a readily available truck, instead of telling this story, I say I did it for you guys. Because if I can turn this thing into the truck I am envisioning (with the help of the amazing rendering from Jimmy's Hot Rod Design, www.jimmyshotroddesign.com), you can do the same with yours.
Of course, I'll have plenty of help along the way. The majority of the work will be performed by Chris Daley and myself at Totally Polished in Oxnard, California (read more about TP on the next page). Brothers Truck Parts and Classic Performance Products have also helped out tremendously with this project. These companies are definitely two of your best resources if you own a truck of this vintage. Eastwood, PPG, Stockton Wheel, Coker Tire, Chevy Truck Salvage, and Airlift also play important roles in the buildup, as you will see in the months to come. Finally, if you're wondering what prompted me to go the black suede, red steelie/wide white, Mexican blanket for a seat cover route on a '60s-era truck, there are two reasons. One is because I lack deep pockets. For the other, check back to the Jul. '02 issue of Jimmy Smith's Sketchpad. The gears in my head have been turning ever since.
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Headley back as Friars try to solve Marlins' Eovaldi
Third baseman returns from DL behind Stults vs. hard-throwing righty
Early in his career, there was a question about Nathan Eovaldi's command. The Marlins right-hander has addressed that, and he's throwing strikes while cutting down his walks.
Next, many wondered if Eovaldi could miss bats. The 24-year-old is starting to do that, too, as he comes off a career-high 10 strikeouts against the Mets.
On Saturday, Eovaldi will have the challenge of facing one of the toughest bats in the Padres' organization. Chase Headley, who turned 30 on Friday, is set to be reinstated from the disabled list and ready for the third game of this four-game series.
"That's the plan," Padres manager Bud Black said Friday. "All indications are he'll be ready to go and be with us tomorrow. He feels good physically."
For an offense that has struggled to bunch hits and runs together this season -- although the Friars did score a season-high 10 runs Friday night -- Headley's return will certainly be welcomed, though he was struggling like many other hitters in the lineup when he landed on the DL on April 25 with a strained right calf.
Strong starting pitching has paved the way in the Marlins' surge the past few weeks. Eovaldi is one of the young power arms who is continuing to make strides.
In 45 1/3 innings, the right-hander has 45 strikeouts. He's also boasting a 2.78 ERA and a WHIP of 0.99.
"I'm just trying to get ahead and not get too deep in counts, where guys are always fouling it off," Eovaldi said. "Like last year, I'd have two or three at-bats where they were 10 or 15 pitches, where they were just fouling pitches off, and you can't put them away. This year, I'm just trying to locate the fastball and locate pitches."
The Padres lineup against Eovaldi becomes stronger with the return of Headley. The third baseman, who two seasons ago led the league in RBIs (115), was hitting .186 in his first 70 at-bats. Three days before he got hurt, he had two hits, including a home run, in an April 22 victory over the Brewers.
Headley had two hits in his first eight at-bats on a Minor League rehabilitation stint with Class A Lake Elsinore, and he reported no pain whatsoever in his calf.
"He's in a good spot, mentally and physically," Black said. Headley and Co. will try to support lefty Eric Stults, who took the loss in Miami on April 4 in his first start of the season.
Marlins: Capps factoring into back end of bullpen
The Marlins are in the market for a veteran late-inning reliever. As the club surveys the market for available options, it feels it has an internal candidate to mix into the back end.
Carter Capps continues to impress. The hard-throwing right-hander worked a perfect seventh inning in Thursday's 3-1 win over the Padres in 11 innings. Capps' fastball touched 100 mph.
"He's earned that by the way he's pitched," manager Mike Redmond said. "He's definitely a guy we're feeling comfortable to use him, whether it's the seventh inning or eighth inning."
The way the back end is shaping up, A.J. Ramos and Mike Dunn are the primary seventh- and eighth-inning relievers, depending on matchups.
Capps now enters the mix.
"If somebody got jammed up, you also feel like he could come in to get a couple of guys in the eighth inning as well, the way his fastball is," Redmond said.
Padres: About that Kennedy home run
Pitcher Ian Kennedy's big night Thursday against the Marlins was notable on several fronts.
First, Kennedy blasted his first career home run, a 400 foot shot to left-center field in the second inning. Then he matched his career high with 12 strikeouts in a no-decision.
With his outing, Kennedy became the third pitcher in franchise history to record 10 or more strikeouts on the mound as well as hit a home run, joining Joey Hamilton on Aug. 18, 1996, against the Mets (10 strikeouts, one home run) and Tim Lollar on April 23, 1982, against the Braves (also 10 strikeouts and a home run).
Kennedy also became the sixth Major League pitcher since the 1985 season to record 12 or more strikeouts on the mound and hit a home run, and the first since Madison Bumgarner did so on June 12, 2012, against the Astros.
Worth noting
• Giancarlo Stanton singled in the sixth inning Friday night, extending his hitting streak to 11 games.
• The Marlins have had trouble making contact in the series. They struck out 17 times on Thursday, and San Diego starter Tyson Ross had eight strikeouts in seven innings on Friday.
• Jedd Gyorko's grand slam off Jose Fernandez was the second slam of his career.
Joe Frisaro is a reporter for MLB.com. He writes a blog, called The Fish Pond. Follow him on Twitter @JoeFrisaro. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I can think of maybe Chrome, when Hardware acceleration is not available...
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who uses LLVM pipe on windows ?
I can think of maybe Chrome, when Hardware acceleration is not available...
Looks like even gcc 4.8 doesn't support C11 threads. So the wrapper here may live for a long while still.
It's great to have a unify abstraction.
I think using OpenMP is a better idea on LLVMpipe however.
@mayankleoboy and smitty
If that's the case, you should not be running LLVM for graphics because chances are the CPU will struggle so badly the program won't be usable. IIRC, LLVM can barely play old games at 30FPS at lowest details on an i7. While LLVM isnt meant for gaming, a system where GPU drivers are faulty to the point of failure is likely to not have a CPU capable of LLVM.
But suppose in the off chance your proposed system did have a worthy CPU. Chances of someone with a system like that knowing LLVM exists is pretty slim.
Im not saying either of your answers are wrong, but I'm looking for a more realistic scenario.


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REVIEW: Walking With The Enemy
The relatively unknown Jonas Armstrong carries this 2 hour long amazing story of World War Two heroism. Set in the last 18 months of the war, this is the story of Pinchas Rosenbaum (whose name was mysteriously changed in the film to Elek Cohen), who escaped from a certain death in a work camp to join a group of resistors who forged passports to get Jewish families to Switzerland. That was heroic enough. But this is a man who went on to use a stolen Nazi uniform, using his perfect German to pose as an officer, saving Jewish lives time and time again. While most of us in the U.S don't know his story, he's a hero in Hungary.
It's also a real life love story with our hero romancing fellow Hungarian resistor Hannah, played by British tv actress Hannah Schoen. The only big name star in this film by first time director Mark Schmidt, is the little-used Sir Ben Kingsley as Hungarian leader Horthy, who protected his Jewish countrymen and women til the last months of the war before he broke his uneasy alliance with Germany til the last months of the war.
Armstrong easily plays our real life hero. Sir Ben is underused but plays a critical role when it comes to understanding the local history.
The problem is this film is a little too Hollywoodsy- taking too many liberties with a story that's amazing and incredible enough to stand on its own. It's kinda dumbed-down for Americans. But it's a story more than worthy of the big screen and Jonas Armstrong is a standout.
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Jonny Phillips goes on the run as he tries to outwit the persistent nose of a highly trained tracker dog.
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Jonny Phillips goes on the run as he tries to outwit the persistent nose of a highly trained tracker dog.
JONNY PHILLIPS: Meet Tyson. Tyson is a 3-year-old German shepherd. Now, meet Tyson's nose. It's black, shiny and cold, like most dogs' noses. But Tyson's nose is special. Because Tyson is a general purpose patrol dog. In other words he's been trained to track.
Now we've all seen it in the movies. A man scales the prison walls and then embarks on a desperate escape attempt. But despite every evasion tactic he employs, the baying of the pursuit dogs just gets relentlessly closer.
But is this fact? Or just a bit of film fiction. Well, I'm about to find out. This is Mark, Tyson's handler. They are going to give me about a half an hour head start and a big bit of Yorkshire to play with. And Mark reckons, as long as I don't hop on a bus, they're going to catch up with me in under an hour.
I was going to do my best to prove Mark wrong. And Tyson's mood gave me all the incentive I needed. My objective was clear. I needed to put the dog off the scent.
So first I headed for a cowshed.
Then for the open countryside. Where I laid down the next of my fiendishly clever decoys. A bit of good old-fashioned back-tracking.
Of course I'm not expecting them to get this far. But just in case. I'm going to throw down a few of these nice Cumberland sausages. Just to put his mind off the job. I reckon, with a few of these inside him he'll probably just want to curl up and have a nap. Here we go. Tuck in. Right.
Finally I resorted to the ploy practised by all criminals running before the hounds. I plunged into running water.
Meanwhile, 3 kilometres away, Tyson was setting off.
Within minutes, Tyson had reached the cowshed.
My hopes that a bit of farm-fresh sirloin would confuse him were quickly dispelled. He kept his head down and stayed rigidly on my trail.
Tyson's nose has 25 times more olfactory, or smell receptors, than a human's. Which means he can detect one drop of blood in 5 and a half litres of water. This amazing sense of smell applies to all dogs, not just German Shepherds. But the breed
Is favoured for this type of work because of their obedience and athleticism.
But I remained confident. Surely my excellent exercise in back-tracking would confuse the mutt.
No. He simply backtracked until the scent deviated onto its new course.
The sausages? Treated with contempt.
Mark has been training Tyson since he was just 8 weeks old and he's won numerous championships. So clearly a bit of dead meat wasn't going to distract him. Certainly not when the live variety was on the menu.
My last hope lay in the river. The scent on the water had long-gone. But not above it. Unfortunately for me, tracker dogs are trained to follow the scent on the air, not the ground.
So rivers rarely work as a decoy. And the weather was also counting against me. Hot weather encourages the scent to evaporate, but damp conditions help it linger. Today the scent would be good for at least an hour.
MARK TYSON: Who's that? That's a good dog.
JONNY PHILLIPS: I was fighting a losing battle. Desperation set in.
I've covered nearly 6 kilometres in 90 minutes. Mark and his brilliant dog had taken just 60 to hunt me down. After that it only seemed fair to let him have a piece of me.
So, is it possible to beat a tracker dog? Not this one.
JONNY PHILLIPS: Good boy Tyson. My God, he is strong.
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The city of Armagh is a great blend of culture, cathedrals and craic, plus great pubs, a pretty tree-lined Mall and elegant museums
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Of course, the title "ecclesiastical capital" doesn't exactly make Armagh sound like an urban metropolis… But don't be fooled: quirky pubs such as The Hole in the Wall, McCrum's Court and Red Ned's; family-run shops such as Emerson's Supermarket and TG Hawthorne's; a rich cultural scene; and a massive St Patrick's Day Festival keep things buzzing all year long
Walking is the best way to explore what the city has to offer, from the handsome collection of buildings in the Mall lined with beautiful sycamore, lime, beech and chestnut trees, to the elegant main streets of English Street, Scotch Street and Irish Street.
Spend a few day here and 1930s travel writer Richard Hayward's description of the city will echo in your ears: "The beauty of Armagh is the beauty of an old woman who has aged gracefully."
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Hello, I use i use same script on different domains. One of website loads very slow ( 40 secs) other websites loads in 1 sec . So i think that there is some limits. what should i do ?
Ext App WaitQ piling up (781, 446, etc) indicates your "PHP suEXEC Max Conn" (http://www.litespeedtech.com/docs/webserver/config/general/#phpSuExecMaxConn) is not high enough to handle incoming PHP requests. increase to 50 (from 6) and see if alleviate the issue. But this should only affect the sites with non-zero WaitQ. When all sites load slowly, check realtime stats and see if more sites have non-zero WaitQ. also run 'top -c' from command line and see other processes consume cpu cycles.
this is my new real stats, we are still having some problem top -c did not help me to see anything intresting :/
looks like having been improved by looking at the graph. one busy site still have the problem(WaitQ=498). try to enable anti-ddos feature, see if can resolve the issue. especially Server --> Security --> Per Client Throttling --> Dynamic Requests/second, tune it to 5,10,... to see if any difference.
it did not helped. how can i run php in different mode is there any way to work without externall app ?
That vhost (with WaitQ=498) isn't busy. However, it takes a long time (somewhere ~20-30 seconds) to complete the php request (even the incoming is only 5 requests/sec). Hence WaitQ pile up. You need to check the script and see why it takes long time to complete. Thing like the script pull resource from external site, etc.
the intresting thing is i am using same db and script on different two websites. one of them loads very fast ( over half second) other one loads in 30 secs. it is the same DB and same script. there is a limit based on vhost i beleive. how can i raise it?
wrong assumption. you can compare the configuration between the website. and adjust any limit to have the bad one match the good one.
create something like phpinfo page for each vhost and see any difference. you can also check vhost section in httpd.conf.
MAX Connections:100 PHP_LSAPI_CHILDREN:180 not match. they should be equal. PHP suExec enabled ? check Server->General->Using Apache Configuration File better to provide a screen shot as well


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So "logging in with a leaked SSH key" is hacking today?
Phoronix: FreeBSD.org Has Been Penetrated
Two servers part of the FreeBSD.org cluster were hacked last week...
So "logging in with a leaked SSH key" is hacking today?
Right. It says "hacked", not "hacking". (cf. the initial posting here.)
Ah okay, I guess the article was changed, probably in response to you. Michael listening to his readers, that must be a first.
Yay, I made a change!
You are able to hack into SSH just as you are able to perform hacks by using SSH. I'm not sure why that's so difficult to understand.
Anyways, who would bother penetrating these servers anyway? It's kinda like raiding an orphanage, except a lot less cruel.
Haven't read the article, just came for the title ... Hi !
serves them right. i wish they get hacked so often that they shut the eff up about the rock solid uptimes of their dinosaur poverty OS.


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DEATH AUCTION June 04, 2001 7:19:09 PM UTC Chuck Schuldiner, founder of seminal Florida metal outfit and former Roadrunner act Death, has spent the last 2 years fighting a life threatening bout with brain cancer. A few Roadrunner acts - Slipknot, Fear Factory, Spineshank, and C
TWO MORE DATES IN EVOLUTION June 04, 2001 6:06:40 PM UTC Fear Factory's current The Evolution Of Revolution Tour has just added a couple more stops. They are as follows - 7/15 - Cleveland, OH - The Odeon 7/19 - Milwaukee, WI - The Rave Note - Dry Kill Logic, Puya, and Primer 55
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Well, what have you expected?
You just DO NOT modyfy somebody else code to just change the license. You just do not.
You ASK for such change.
Phoronix: Linux Developers Still Reject NVIDIA Using DMA-BUF
Going back to the beginning of this year there's been talk of NVIDIA looking at Optimus support for Linux and in August they confirmed they were working on NVIDIA Optimus Linux support. As part of their Optimus Linux implementation they want to use DMA-BUF for the multi-GPU interactions just like the open-source drivers, so that they can all work together. However, kernel developers continue to reject this notion...
Well, what have you expected?
You just DO NOT modyfy somebody else code to just change the license. You just do not.
You ASK for such change.
So why are Nvidia so afraid of opening up their drivers? I mean plenty of worldclass stuff in linux, my own plugins included. They are a hardware seller right? So the drivers that come with are open-source, what harm would it do? And sharing that, does that make anyone more competitive? Think about optimizations from the users aswell. Probably to the point of optimal. And generalized for any driver. So everyone contributes. How can that be negative?
Peace Be With You.
Well, I won't blame the kernel devs for preventing Linux to become stuffed up with more proprietary software.
They don't release code. They don't help with code written by others. They don't even release documentation. But now that they're not having the upper hand, they ask if pretty please Linux itself can weaken its license status in order to enable them to continue doing the f**k that they want, as they have continuously done until today. How brazen-faced can you get?
Anyway, I think that the kernel developers should just give in and allow them to use the API, only because otherwise NVIDIA will probably come up with some proprietary solution, which will be even worse for NVIDIA users. Nothing good is to be expected from NVIDIA when it comes to open source, and binary modules are probably already a GPL violation anyways.
I am happy with the kernel devs' position on this matter. If Nvidia wants to play in GPL land, they should release their source code under GPL. If not, then FUCK YOU NVIDIA!
Not to mention, but in addition to intellectual property license, there is also the very significant security matter to consider in sharing buffers between multiple GPUs, especially when it comes to code that is a closed trap well known backdoor ridden plague like nvidia. Keeping symbols as GPL-only, at least the linked drivers can be audited regarding security concerns. This is obviously not a possibility with closed source crap, so allowing that closed source crap to interface would be introducing even more of a security vulnerability than there would otherwise be in the system.
What is EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL and why is it so important it is GPL only?


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Review: Highland Park 12 Year Single Malt Whisky
Posted by Arctic Wolf on March 13, 2012
I bought my first bottle of Highland Park Whisky about 4 years ago when I began to my serious exploration of different whisky styles from other parts of the world besides Canada. Although I was familiar to some degree with blended Scotch and Single Malts, I was suspicious of this particular whisky as the back of the package clearly indicated "Aromatic Peat" which, to be honest, did not sound appealing at all. However, I was assured of the quality of this brand by the owner of the liquor store I had stopped at. He even gave me small sample to belay my fears.
Of course by now the Highland Park 12 Year Old is a mainstay of my liquor cabinet. When I have a guest over who is suspicious of peated whisky (like I was), I give them a little sample of this whisky first. On more than one occasion my guest has wandered over to the liquor store on his own a few days later and picked up his own bottle.
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Is there anybody who uses OpenIndiana that cares about Intel graphics support?
Phoronix: Non-Linux OSes Still Playing In An Intel UMS World
While Intel has a lot of interesting work going on right now within their Linux kernel DRM driver and elsewhere within their open-source graphics stack, operating systems like OpenIndiana/Illumos and FreeBSD are still catching up, but they're still a ways off...
Is there anybody who uses OpenIndiana that cares about Intel graphics support?
Why that'd be everyone then.
The question was only btrfs vs zfs. Of those, one is stable and well-tested.
I too prefer ext4, but it's unrelated to that use.
Since when is a filesystem an argument to use an operating system? The OS is much more than its filesystem: it's the applications it supports, it's the hardware drivers, it's the design and efficiency of its core kernel, it's the licensing models and release cycles used...
Still, I hope that FreeBSD and OpenIndiana become as good as they can possibly be, and someday evolve to being viable competitors to desktop Linux. We need another platform where we can "leap" to should it ever occur that desktop Linux becomes intractably adulterated by closed source software. In fact, I'm counting on that eventually happening.
No, Steve (Ballmer), Linux is not a cancer. Proprietary software is. Every free project I've seen to date either (a) dies of lack of interest, or (b) becomes insanely popular and eventually gets taken over by predominantly proprietary software, to the point that any open code left is not at all useful on its own. Reference: Android. Reference: OS X (whose open core is Darwin, and NEXT before that, and BSD before that, if you remember). Linux is definitely not trending toward (a), so it's very likely trending toward (b) instead. We need an alternative that's at least usable when Linux reaches its terminus. We (those who value Free/Open Source software on the very principal of it) are bound to spend our entire lives jumping ship from one sinking ship to another. Every free platform eventually sinks into the ocean, and you have to find another to jump to that's (for the moment) free as in freedom. It's a cycle.
People use an OS that best suits the needs for the system it's running on. For OI users, 3D acceleration and the latest graphics drivers updates aren't really important. Most people who install OI are doing it for ZFS and running it on (headless) file servers. Yes, the filesystem is the selling point.
That was my only point... because the article seemed to heap shame on OI where it doesn't really make sense.


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BioAssay: AID 2370 SAR Analysis of Agonists of the DOR Receptor using an Image-Based AssayDrug addiction is a disease that involves the G-protein coupled receptors in the central nervous system resulting in compulsive or abnormal behavior. Recent studies have shown that opioid receptors play a role in regulating other receptors that interact with drug and other substance abuse. The opioid receptors are composed of multiple of multiple receptor subtypes whose contribution the addictive behaviors are not fully delineated. ..more |
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DMSO was back-filled to each well to achieve a 0.31% final concentration. 5) Plates were incubated for 45 minutes at 37 degrees C and 5% CO2. 6) Media was aspirated leaving 20 ul liquid in each well using a Titertek plate washer. 7) 40 ul of fixative working solution was added to each well using a Wellmate bulk dispenser (Matrix) for a final concentration of 4% PFA. 8) Plates were incubated for 40 minutes at room temperature. 9) Fixative was aspirated and plates were washed twice with 50 ul PBS leaving 20 ul liquid in each well using a Titertek plate washer. 10) 40 ul of DAPI working solution was added using a Wellmate bulk dispenser for a final DAPI concentration of 100 ng/ml. Aluminum plate sealers were applied to each plate. Image Acquisition and Analysis: 1) Image acquisition was performed on an Opera QEHS (Perkin Elmer) with 45 plate capacity loader/stacker and the following settings: - 40x 0.6 NA air objective - Acquisition camera set to 2-by-2 binning for an image size of 688 by 512 pixels - 2 channels acquired sequentially: Exp1Cam1 = Beta-arrestin GFP using 488 nm laser excitation and 540/70 nm emission filters, Exp2Cam2 = DAPI (nuclei) using 365 nm Xenon lamp excitation and 450/50 nm emission filters - 4 fields per well 2) Image analysis was performed using the Acapella Spot Detection Algorithm. Analysis settings: Nuclei Detection Threshold Adjustment: 1.5 Nuclear Individual Threshold Adjustment: 0.45 Nuclear Splitting Adjustment: 7 Minimum Nuclear Area: 70 Minimum Nuclear Distance: 7 Minimum Nuclear Contrast: 0.1 Cytoplasm Detection Cytoplasm Threshold Adjustment: 0.2 Cytoplasm Individual Threshold Adjustment: 0.1 Spot Detection Spot Minimum Distance 3 Spot Peak Radius 0 Spot Reference Radius 3 Spot Minimum Contrast 0.3 Spot Minimum to Cell Intensity 1 3) Metrics calculated from Nuclei Images: Cell Count (NumberofCellsAnalyzed), Nuclei Area (AreaoftheNucleus), Integrated Intensity of the Nuclei (TotalIntegratedIntensityoftheNucleus), Average Intensity of the Nuclei (AverageIntensityoftheNucleus) GFP Images: Integrated Intensity of the Cytoplasm (TotalCytoplasmIntensity), Integrated Intensity of the Detected Spots (TotalSpotIntensity), Ratio of the Integrated Spot to Integrated Cytoplasm Intensities (RatioofSpotIntensitytoCytoplasmintensity), Number of Spots per Cell (AverageSpotsPerCell), Percentage of Cells Positive for Spot Formation (PercentagePositiveCells) 4) The "RatioofSpotIntensitytoCytoplasmintensity" metric was used to calculate the dose response curves and parameters. EC50 values were calculated using CBIS software (ChemInnovations) employing a sigmoidal dose-response equation through non-linear regression. Comment Compounds with an EC50 < 10 uM are defined as actives in the dose response confirmation. To simplify the distinction between the inactives of the primary screen and of the confirmatory screening stage, the Tiered Activity Scoring System was developed and implemented. Its utilization for the assay is described below. Activity Scoring Activity scoring rules were devised to take into consideration compound efficacy, its potential interference with the assay and the screening stage that the data was obtained. Details of the Scoring System will be published elsewhere. Briefly, the outline of the scoring system utilized for the assay is as follows: 1) First tier (0-40 range) is reserved for primary screening data and is not applicable to this assay 2) Second tier (41-80 range) is reserved for dose-response confirmation data and is not applicable to this assay 3) Third tier (81-100 range) is reserved for resynthesized true positives and their analogues. a. Inactive compounds of the confirmatory stage are assigned a score value equal 81. b. For the remaining compounds the score is linearly correlated with a compound's inhibitory potency and, in addition, provides a measure of the likelihood that the compound is not an artifact based on the available information. c. Summary equation that takes into account the items discussed above is Score = 82 + 3*(pEC50 - 3), where pEC50 is a negative log(10) of the EC50 value expressed in mole/L concentration units. This equation results in the Score values above 85 for compounds that demonstrate high potency and predictable behavior. Compounds that are inactive in the assay or whose concentration-dependent behavior are likely to be an artifact of that assay will generally have lower Score values. Categorized Comment - additional comments and annotations From ChEMBL: Assay Type: Functional Result Definitions
* Activity Concentration. ** Test Concentration. Additional Information Grant Number: 1X01DA026208-01 Data Table (Concise) Classification
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