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- Cardin JA, Contreras D, and Palmer LA. Cellular mechanisms of temporal sensitivity in visual cortex neurons. J Neurosci In press, 2010.
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Rod Blagojevich
Milorad Blagojevich, (born December 10, 1956) commonly known as Rod R. Blagojevich, is an United States American politician from the U.S. state of Illinois. A Democrat, Blagojevich served as a representative of Chicago, Illinois in the United States Congress and was later elected Governor of Illinois, an office he holds today. He is the second Serbian American to be elected governor of any state of the United States (George Voinovich from Ohio was the first).
Blagojevich is married to the former Patricia Mell, daughter of Chicago Alderman Richard Mell. The couple has two daughters, Amy and Anne. Anne was born just months after her father was sworn in as governor. Blagojevich has no middle name, but uses the initial "R" in honor of his late father Radisaz Blagojevich.
Blagojevich was born and raised in Chicago's northwest side in a middle-class family. His father was a former Chetnik who immigrated to the United States and found work as a steel plant laborer. He has an older brother, Robert. Blagojevich spent much of his childhood working odd jobs to help the family survive. He was a shoe shiner and pizza delivery boy before working at a meat packing plant. In order to afford college, Blagojevich worked at the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System|Trans-Alaskan Pipeline System as a dishwasher.
He graduated from Chicago's Foreman High School after transferring from Lane Technical College Prep High School. After graduation, he enrolled at the University of Tampa because, with his lackluster grades and an ACT of 18 or 19, he could not get into a more prestigious school. After two years, he transferred to Northwestern University in suburban Evanston, Illinois where he obtained his bachelor's degree in 1979. He attended Pepperdine University law school where he obtained his doctorate of jurisprudence in 1983. Upon his return to Chicago, Blagojevich entered the legal profession in the public sector. He served as Cook County Assistant State's Attorney, prosecuting domestic abuse crimes and felony weapons cases.
With the backing of his influential father-in-law, alderman Richard Mell, Blagojevich ran for a seat in the Illinois General Assembly and won in 1992. Most of his legislative accomplishments centered on crime and justice issues. He took from his experiences as a prosecutor to pass laws that he argued would strengthen the state's judicial system and cut down on crime.
The Fifth Congressional District, in which Blagojevich lived, had long been represented by powerful Chicago Congressman Daniel Rostenkowski, who served as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. However, following his loss in 1994 (Rostenkowski pled guilty to mail fraud), the overwhelmingly Democratic district was represented by Republican Michael Patrick Flanagan.
However, in 1996, Blagojevich defeated Flanagan with support from his father-in-law, and served three terms in the United States House of Representatives. (Following Blagojevich's election as governor, the Fifth District elected former Clinton aide and 1992 financial chief Rahm Emanuel. Emanuel was chosen to head the DCCC for the 2006 election cycle.)
In Congress, Blagojevich continued to champion anti-crime measures, especially gun control legislation. In general, though, he was not known as a particularly active Congressman. Blagojevich was thrust into international prominence in the late 1990s when he traveled with Jesse Jackson to Belgrade in the former Yugoslavia to negotiate the release of American prisoners of war with president Slobodan Milošević.
On October 10, 2002, Rod Blagojevich was among the 81 House Democrats who voted in favor of authorizing the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
2002 Gubernatorial election
In 2002, Blagojevich ran for his party's nomination to become governor. Blagojevich won a close primary campaign against former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris, whose base was largely African-American voters, and Chicago Public Schools Superintendent Paul Vallas, who ran strong in the suburban "collar" counties of Chicago. Blagojevich won the primary largely by dominating the downstate Illinois (i.e., outside Chicago and the collar counties) vote.
In the general election, Blagojevich defeated Republican Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan handily (Ryan chose to run for Governor instead of running again for the Attorney General position, which is now held by Lisa Madigan). Ethics scandals had plagued the previous administration of Republican George Ryan (no relation to Jim), and Blagojevich's campaign focused on the theme of "ending business as usual" in state government.
Gubernatorial administration
After the 2002 elections, Democrats had control of the Illinois House, Senate, and all but one statewide office. Since taking office, Blagojevich has signed numerous pieces of progressive legislation such as ethics reform, death penalty reform, a state Earned Income Tax Credit, and expansions of health programs like KidCare and FamilyCare. Blagojevich signed a bill in 2005 that prohibited discrimination based on sexual orientation in employment, housing, public accommodations, and credit.
Shortly after taking office in 2003, Blagojevich continued support of a "moratorium" on executions of Death Row inmates, even though no such executions are likely to occur for years (his predecessor, George Ryan, commuted all of the death sentences in the state shortly before leaving office in 2003). This support has continued through his administration.
Other notable actions of his term include a strict new ethics law and a comprehensive death penalty reform bill that was written by now-U.S. Senator Barack Obama (when he was serving as an Illinois State Senator), and the late U.S. Sen. Paul M. Simon.
Despite an annual budget crunch, Blagojevich has overseen an increase in funding for health care and education every year without raising general sales or income taxes. He has, however, been criticized by Republicans and many moderate Democrats for failing to adequately fund the state pension system. On 10 January 2006, Blagojevich announced a proposal for a new three billion (US) Dollar spending plan for Illinois roads, mass transit, and schools, to be paid for by increased tax revenue and new gambling proposals (such as Keno and Lottery games). The proposal met with immediate opposition by members of the Republican Party in Illinois and many Democrats, who view it as "an election year ploy." The suggestion to legalize Keno within Illinois was later withdrawn.
Another early 2006 proposal included "universal preschool" for all three and four year old children in Illinois. Legislation authorizing the program was adopted as part of the fiscal 2007 budget.
Governor Blagojevich is a long time supporter of gun control. He has tried to raise the price of an Illinois Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) card from $5.00 to $500.00, saying that such a large increase was necessary so people would think twice about wanting to own a gun. Blagojevich vetoed 3 gun bills in 2005, which would have:
- Eliminated the police database of gun purchases
- Eliminated the waiting period for someone wanting to buy a rifle or shotgun, when trading in a previously owned weapon
- Overridden local laws regulating transport of firearms.
In February 2006, in his "State of the State" address, he talked of the need for a state ban on semi-automatic firearms, prompting threats from several gunmakers in the state to leave. Among these were ArmaLite Inc., Rock River Arms, Les Baer Custom and the legendary Springfield Armory.
The Governor has striven to improve traffic safety. Blagojevich proposed and signed into law a bill that was concerned with making seatbelt enforcement a primary offense (no traffic offense required before being stopped for a seatbelt violation). Another bill signed by the Governor allows the Illinois State Police to operate photo radar on Illinois Tollways in construction zones. He has vetoed a bill that would permit trucks to drive 65 mph instead of the current 55 mph.
Criticism, controversies, and scandal
Governor Blagojevich has been criticized by the Illinois State Rifle Association, saying that "Rod should spend more time catching criminals and less time controlling guns." His support for tightening the gun laws of Illinois has earned him the ire of gun owners groups.
Gov. Blagojevich has been criticized for using what his opponents call "gimmicks" to balance the state budget. Republicans have also claimed that he is simply passing the state's fiscal problems on to future generations by borrowing his way to balanced budgets. Indeed, the 2005 state budget called for paying the bills by shortening a state employees' pension fund by $1.2 billion.
In addition, Blagojevich has been criticized for rapidly expanding the role of Illinois State government, despite current difficulties in funding existing programs.
In May 2003, Blagojevich passed a series of measures aimed at raising revenue from businesses around the state to help balance his budget. Among the new sources were a 10-fold to 20-fold increase to automobile dealer license fees and a measure to make businesses print their own tax forms (and all other state forms). These measures are considered controversial because they caused a greatly increased financial burden on small business without attracting much public attention [1].
In October 2005, the State of Illinois had $1.4 billion in overdue medical bills, yet in November 2005, Blagojevich created two new government agencies and signed the All Kids health insurance bill into law. The bill, criticized as Socialist medicine by its opponents, obligates Illinois to provide affordable, comprehensive health insurance to every child in the state.
On December 30, 2005, it was reported that a leasing deal reached for occupants of the remodeled Illinois Tollway oases has come under investigation by U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald. This is in addition to other investigations in the Illinois Department of Transportation, the Department of Corrections and the Department of Children and Family Services (see [2], [3]). Investigations into other programs related to Illinois' Tollway System, specifically the delivery of I-Pass transponders, have also been announced (see [4]).
Blagojevich issued a controversial executive order in 2004, requiring pharmacists in the state to dispense "morning after" birth control medication, even if they reject on moral or religious grounds. This order was not well received by some pharmacists (see [5],[6]).
In early-2006, after the appointment of Claudette Marie Muhammad, chief of protocol of the Nation of Islam to an Illinois anti-discrimination commission, five other members of this commission resigned. Muhammad has distanced herself from statements made by Louis Farrakhan, and Blagojevich has promised to "oversee meaningful dialogue with leaders of the Jewish, black and gay communities." Despite this, the Anti-Discrimination League has been calling for her removal from the state panel. [7] The resignation or removal of fellow commission member Rick Garcia has also been called for by the Illinois Family Institute, over statements made by Garcia about Francis Cardinal George. [8] Republican candidate for Governor Jim Oberweis echoed the call for Garcia's removal or resignation in an e-mail release as part of his campaign for the Illinois Republican gubernatorial nomination. [9]
On June 30, 2006, it was revealed that state Attorney General Lisa Madigan had received a letter from United States Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, stating that Fitzgerald is looking into "very serious allegations of endemic hiring fraud" in the Blagojevich administration, and thanking Madigan for turning over her office's investigation to the federal authorities.[10][11] Madigan later stated that she could not endorse Blagojevich because of her office's role in the investigation.[12][13]
In September 2006, it was revealed that Blagojevich had accepted a $1,500 check from Mike Ascaridis in 2003, whom the governor described as one of his closest friends. [14] The check was given two weeks after Ascaridis' wife, Beverly, received a state job at the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Mrs. Ascaridis received this appointment despite having failed a state hiring exam. [15] Blagojevich initially asserted that the check was written as a birthday gift to his oldest daughter. He then later said it was a gift for his younger daughter's christening. [16] U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald [17] and the FBI [18] are investigating the matter.
On October 2, 2006, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that a company that contributed close to $120,000 to Blagojevich's 2002 gubernatorial campaign won a no-bid contract. Even though the contract was awarded by the Illinois' Capital Development Board [19], the board still reports to the Governor [20].
On October 11, 2006, Blagojevich fundraiser Antoin Rezko was indicted for participation in a scheme to obtain kickbacks from investment firms seeking business from the state teachers' pension system.[21][22] Friends of Blagojevich also accepted a $10,000 campaign contribution from the Elevator Constructors Local 2 PAC fund on July 23, 2003. In return the IUEC received several board positions on the Illinois Elevator Safety Board. In addition, the governor's wife, Patricia Blagojevich was a business partner of indicted fundraiser Antoin Rezko for at least a decade. In 2004, she received over $38,000 in real estate commissions from him. [23]
In October 2006, it was revealed that Patricia Blagojevich, a licensed real estate broker, earned $113,700 in commissions from Anita and Amrish Mahajan. The amount was the only commissions earned by Patricia Blagojevich this year. Anita Mahajan owns a urinalysis company that holds a no-bid contract with the state Department of Children and Family Services. Amrish Mahajan is president of a bank that has two requests pending before state regulators to acquire two out-of-state banks. [24]
On November 27, 2006, a day after the indictment of lawyer Milberg Weiss, "Friends of Blagojevich" returned a $10,000 contribution his campaign received from Milberg Weiss, records show that Blagojevich has not returned another $40,000 from Melvyn Weiss and other lawyers in Weiss' firm. Weiss paid $5,000 toward lodging, meals and entertainment for Blagojevich and others with him during the December 2003 trip to New York. [25]
In spring, 2007, Blagojevich proposed a $7.6 billion dollar tax increase, with proceeds earmarked to provide universal healthcare in Illinois. The plan, a gross receipts tax on businesses, would have been the largest tax increase in state history. When it became apparent that the plan would be defeated, Blagojevich announced that supporters should vote against it. It was defeated by a vote of 107-0. [26], [27]
Daily Show appearance
In early-February 2006, Blagojevich appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart to discuss his executive order that pharmacists must dispense any drugs for which a customer had a valid prescription, including birth control pills and Levonorgestrel. This controversial measure was being challenged on the show by state legislator Ron Stephens from Highland in the 102nd District [28]. Blagojevich was interviewed by Jason Jones who repeatedly pretended to be unable to pronounce Blagojevich and simply called him "Governor Smith". This prompted Blagojevich to turn to the camera and ask "Is he teasing me or is that legit?" Two weeks after the interview, Blagojevich admitted that he was unaware of the nature of the show.[29]
A major event of 2005 was Blagojevich's feud with his father-in-law, Richard Mell. The feud went public when Blagojevich shut down a landfill owned by a distant cousin of Patti Blagojevich for environmental problems and it was revealed that Mell had served as an advisor to the cousin. Legislation was eventually passed giving the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency more authority over landfills and preventing relatives of top Illinois officials from owning landfills.
Regarding his decision to shut down the landfill despite the fact the landfill was owned by a relative, he said, "This is the kind of thing that I think frankly separates the men from the boys in leadership. Do you have the testicular virility to make a decision like that knowing what's coming your way? I say I do." This remark was both ridiculed as an undignified comment for a governor as well as criticized for being sexist. [30]
In June, Mell served as honorary co-chairman of an event for state Representative Jack Franks, a longtime Blagojevich critic. Blagojevich's Lieutenant Governor is Pat Quinn, with whom he has had a sour relationship since taking office. Most recently, Quinn and Blagojevich have publicly disputed the latter's proposed "Gross Receipts Tax" to increase revenue for schools and other projects within Illinois.
2006 re-election
During 2005-2006, he served as Federal Liaison for the Democratic Governors Association. Numerous scandals brought the Governor's approval rating as low as 36%, with 56% "disapproving" near the end of 2005 [31] The most recent polling has his approval rating at 38% with 59% dissaproving. [32]
By early-2006, five Republicans ran in the primary for the right to challenge him in the general election, with state treasurer Judy Baar Topinka eventually winning the nomination.
Blagojevich formally launched his 2006 re-election campaign for Governor of Illinois on February 19, 2006 [33]. He defeated challenger Edwin Eisendrath in the Democratic Party primary election on March 21.
On November 7, he was declared winner in the re-election campaign against challengers Judy Baar Topinka and Rich Whitney.
As Governor of Illinois, Blagojevich is entitled to live in the Illinois Executive Mansion, located in the state capital. However, he and his family have opted to remain in Chicago (other governors have also chosen not to reside in the Mansion, usually retaining their residences in other towns). One reason he gave was an unwillingness to move his infant daughter away from home. In the governor's absence, the Illinois Times, a newspaper based in Springfield, held a satirical contest in 2003 for readers to decide how the mansion should be used. Suggestions ranged from using it as a hotel or homeless shelter to converting it to a "house of ill repute".
- Il. Gov. creates Office of New Americans Policy and Advocacy
- Gov. Blagojevich signs law creating new Illinois Juvenile Justice Department
External links
- Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojevich Official state site
- Follow the Money - Rod Blagojevich 2006 campaign contributions
- New York Times - Times Topics: Rod Blagojevich Collected news and commentary
- On the Issues - Rod Blagojevich Issue positions and quotes
- Project Vote Smart - Governor Rod R. Blagojevich Profile
- Rod Blagojevich for Illinois Official campaign site
- Washington Post - Congress Votes Database: Rod Blagojevich Voting record 1997-2003
- Federal Election Commission - Rod Blagojevich Campaign finance reports and data 2001-2002
- OpenSecrets.org - Rod Blagojevich Campaign contributions 2002


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April 7, 2008
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|ANDERSON, S.C. -- Anderson University scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to come from behind and beat Pfeiffer University 5-4 Monday afternoon at Anderson Memorial Stadium. The win improves AU to 16-31 overall and 9-12 in the conference, while Pfeiffer falls to 20-24, 7-14.
The Falcons got on the scoreboard in the first when Bryan Braxton hit a lead-off double. Braxton moved to third on a ground out to the shortstop and scored on a wild pitch for a 1-0 lead.
Anderson answered in the home half of the first on an RBI double by Matt Hill and an RBI single by Blair Carson that scored Hill for a 2-1 lead.
Pfeiffer answered in the second with two runs on three singles and a sacrifice fly. Josh Strickland's RBI single highlighted the inning to put the Falcons back in the lead, 3-2.
Pfeiffer added one more run in the sixth when Hayes Hinson singled, moved to second on a wild pitch, advanced to third on a single by Strickland, and scored on a suicide squeeze by Ryan Brown to extend the Falcon lead to 4-2.
But in the ninth, Clint Neville woke the offense with a lead-off double. Trent Still then reached on an error that scored Ryan Kirkland, who entered as a pinch runner for Neville. After one out, Andrew Davis doubled to left center to score Still and tie the game at 4. After Patrick West walked, Derek Hipp singled to shallow center to load the bases and set up for Roberson's game winner.
Braxton led the Falcon offense by going 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored.
Cory Welch earned the win for the Trojans, while Andrew Oliver was saddled with the loss.


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Prayers under Capitol dome apolitical, mostly
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The Rev. Dr. Dee Eisenhauer, pastor of Eagle Harbor Congregational Church on Bainbridge Island, delivers the invocation on Inauguration Day.
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Gov. Jay Inslee (left) thanks the Rev. Dr. Dee Eisenhauer, pastor of Eagle Harbor Congregational Church on Bainbridge Island, after she delivered the invocation on Inauguration Day in Olympia on Jan. 16.
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The Rev. Dr. Dee Eisenhauer, pastor of Eagle Harbor Congregational Church on Bainbridge Island, delivers the invocation on Inauguration Day. Gov. Jay Inslee (left) took his oath of office earlier in the Capitol rotunda.
These prayerful passages at the start of proceedings offer lawmakers a moment for meditation and contemplation before they dive into the day's testy political duels.
Most deliverers -- be they a pastor, a rabbi, an imam, a tribal leader or even a lawmaker -- cause no fuss in their brief appearance at the rostrum of the Senate or House of Representatives.
Not always.
On the first day of this year's session, Jon Sanne, pastor of Olympia's Calvary Chapel caused bowed heads to rise in the Senate by praying that God encourage lawmakers to "strengthen marriage as you ordained it for our good."
Those words didn't sit well with some Democratic senators who knew Sanne fought against legalize marriage for same-sex couples. They felt he had crossed the line aimed at keeping politics out of the ceremonial opening.
"The invocation is meant to be inclusive of all and is not intended to provide a platform for political views," Sen. Ed Murray, D-Seattle.
Sen. Mark Schoesler, R-Ritzville, who invited Sanne, said when he learned of Democrats' duress he asked around to learn what was said to upset them.
"I do not screen or censor pastors on prayer," he said.
Such dust-ups are a rarity for a practice that is not required by law but rather is done out of tradition dating back to the early days of statehood.
In the House, the Office of the Chief Clerk schedules presenters. In the Senate, the Office of the Lieutenant Governor handles that task.
Each invite gets a letter with guidelines on how to conduct themselves and be mindful of the varied faiths and beliefs of lawmakers, employees and anyone who might be seated in the galleries.
"The purpose of prayer in the opening ceremonies is to seek guidance and to provide for contemplation, inspiration and reflection; it is not meant for entertainment, proselytizing or persuasion," reads the letter.
But officials say they have no control over what someone will say when they get to the microphone.
If what they say triggers a firestorm and lawmakers complain, they're not likely to be invited back, said Brian Dirks, spokesman for Lt. Gov. Brad Owen.
Speakers are chosen in various ways. House and Senate staffs compile lists of faith leaders willing to do it. Lawmakers submit names of religious and spiritual leaders from their districts that they'd like scheduled.
Lawmakers themselves also do them.
Sen. Paull Shin, D-Edmonds, who does them frequently, said he speaks from the heart and doesn't prepare his comments beforehand.
Often, he gets little advance notice. If he only gets 10 minutes' warning, "it's instant prayer," he said.
The Rev. Dan Sailer, pastor of Stanwood United Methodist Church has done an invocation in the Senate in each of the last four years.
Because of the setting, he said, it's "a little more nerve-wracking" than a Sunday sermon.
"I find it a very special moment because these people are making decisions for our whole state," he said. "I just remember they are people who are doing the best they can and that is what my prayers are for."
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Dr. Nicole Rousseau's Book Wins Scholarly Achievement AwardPosted Dec. 22, 2009
Black Woman's Burden: Commodifying Black Reproduction, by Dr. Nicole Rousseau, was awarded the North Central Sociological Association's Scholarly Achievement Award in Chicago this spring. A description of the book is below. For more information, please visit http://www.palgrave-usa.com/catalog/product.aspx?isbn=0230615309
The national agenda, long shaped by the needs of the economy and the rhetoric of political leadership, has been sharply impacted by negative images of Black women. This social rhetoric disseminated by American media and embraced by the American people has influenced policies that have disproportionately affected Black women, particularly Black women's reproduction. This book examines these extreme historical atrocities perpetuated against Black women under the guise of regulating Black female sexuality and reproduction in the US. Forcing us to realize that we have not simply come to the collective conclusion, as a nation, that Black women are controlling and aggressive and angry, on our own. Rather this perception has been built over generations, through clever and purposeful social rhetoric; oppressive social policy; and reactive masses. Thus, eradicating the myth of the "angry Black woman." To that end, this book further explores the continued impact of labeling and stereotyping on the development of policies that lead to the construction of national, racial, and gender identities for Black women.


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This section provides some explanation of how Java™ threads are scheduled and synchronized by Jikes™ RVM.
All Java threads (application threads, garbage collector threads, etc.) derive from
RVMThread. Each
RVMThread maps directly to one native thread, which may be implemented using whichever C/C++ threading library is in use (currently either pthreads or Harmony threads). Unless -X:forceOneCPU is used, native threads are allowed to be arbitrarily scheduled by the OS using whatever processor resources are available; Jikes™ RVM does not attempt to control the thread-processor mapping at all.
Using native threading gives Jikes™ RVM better compatibility for existing JNI code, as well as improved performance, and greater infrastructure simplicity. Scheduling is offloaded entirely to the operating system; this is both what native code would expect and what maximizes the OS scheduler's ability to optimally schedule Java™ threads. As well, the resulting VM infrastructure is both simpler and more robust, since instead of focusing on scheduling decisions it can take a "hands-off" approach except when Java threads have to be preempted for sampling, on-stack-replacement, garbage collection, Thread.suspend(), or locking. The main task of
RVMThread and other code in
org.jikesrvm.scheduler is thus to override OS scheduling decisions when the VM demands it.
The remainder of this section is organized as follows. The management of a thread's state is discussed in detail. Mechanisms for blocking and handshaking threads are described. The VM's internal locking mechanism, the
Monitor, is described. Finally, the locking implementation is discussed.
Tracking the Thread State
The state of a thread is broken down into two elements:
- Should the thread yield at a safe point?
- Is the thread running Java code right now?
The first mechanism is provided by the
RVMThread.takeYieldpoint field, which is 0 if the thread should not yield, or non-zero if it should yield at the next safe point. Negative versus positive values indicate the type of safe point to yield at (epilogue/prologue, or any, respectively).
But this alone is insufficient to manage threads, as it relies on all threads being able to reach a safe point in a timely fashion. New Java threads may be started at any time, including at the exact moment that the garbage collector is starting; a starting-but-not-yet-started thread may not reach a safe point if the thread that was starting it is already blocked. Java threads may terminate at any time; terminated threads will never again reach a safe point. Any Java thread may call into arbitrary JNI code, which is outside of the VM's control, and may run for an arbitrary amount of time without reaching a Java safe point. As well, other mechanisms of
RVMThread may cause a thread to block, thereby making it incapable of reaching a safe point in a timely fashion. However, in each of these cases, the Java thread is "effectively safe" - it is not running Java code that would interfere with the garbage collector, on-stack-replacement, locking, or any other Java runtime mechanism. Thus, a state management system is needed that would notify these runtime services when a thread is "effectively safe" and does not need to be waited on.
RVMThread provides for the following thread states, which describe to other runtime services the state of a Java thread. These states are designed with extreme care to support the following features:
- Allow Java threads to either execute Java code, which periodically reaches safe points, and native code which is "effectively safe" by virtue of not having access to VM services.
- Allow other threads (either Java threads or VM threads) to asynchronously request a Java thread to block. This overlaps with the
takeYieldpointmechanism, but adds the following feature: a thread that is "effectively safe" does not have to block.
- Prevent race conditions on state changes. In particular, if a thread running native code transitions back to running Java code while some other thread expects it to be either "effectively safe" or blocked at a safe point, then it should block. As well, if we are waiting on some Java thread to reach a safe point but it instead escapes into running native code, then we would like to be notified that even though it is not at a safe point, it is not effectively safe, and thus, we do not have to wait for it anymore.
The states used to put these features into effect are listed below.
- NEW. This means that the thread has been created but is not started, and hence is not yet running. NEW threads are always effectively safe, provided that they do not transition to any of the other states.
- IN_JAVA. The thread is running Java code. This almost always corresponds to the OS "runnable" state - i.e. the thread has no reason to be blocked, is on the runnable queue, and if a processor becomes available it will execute, if it is not already executing. IN_JAVA thread will periodically reach safe points at which the
takeYieldpointfield will be tested. Hence, setting this field will ensure that the thread will yield in a timely fashion, unless it transitions into one of the other states in the meantime.
- IN_NATIVE. The thread is running either native C code, or internal VM code (which, by virtue of Jikes™ RVM's metacircularity, may be written in Java). IN_NATIVE threads are "effectively safe" in that they will not do anything that interferes with runtime services, at least until they transition into some other state. The IN_NATIVE state is most often used to denote threads that are blocked, for example on a lock.
- IN_JNI. The thread has called into JNI code. This is identical to the IN_NATIVE state in all ways except one: IN_JNI threads have a
JNIEnvironmentthat stores more information about the thread's execution state (stack information, etc), while IN_NATIVE threads save only the minimum set of information required for the GC to perform stack scanning.
- IN_JAVA_TO_BLOCK. This represents a thread that is running Java code, as in IN_JAVA, but has been requested to yield. In most cases, when you set
takeYieldpointto non-zero, you will also change the state of the thread from IN_JAVA to IN_JAVA_TO_BLOCK. If you don't intend on waiting for the thread (for example, in the case of sampling, where you're opportunistically requesting a yield), then this step may be omitted; but in the cases of locking and garbage collection, when a thread is requested to yield using
takeYieldpoint, its state will also be changed.
- BLOCKED_IN_NATIVE. BLOCKED_IN_NATIVE is to IN_NATIVE as IN_JAVA_TO_BLOCK is to IN_JAVA. When requesting a thread to yield, we check its state; if it's IN_NATIVE, we set it to be BLOCKED_IN_NATIVE.
- BLOCKED_IN_JNI. Same as BLOCKED_IN_NATIVE, but for IN_JNI.
- TERMINATED. The thread has died. It is "effectively safe", but will never again reach a safe point.
The states are stored in
RVMThread.execStatus, an integer field that may be rapidly manipulated using compare-and-swap. This field uses a hybrid synchronization protocol, which includes both compare-and-swap and conventional locking (using the thread's
Monitor, accessible via the
RVMThread.monitor() method). The rules are as follows:
- All state changes except for IN_JAVA to IN_NATIVE or IN_JNI, and IN_NATIVE or IN_JNI back to IN_JAVA, must be done while holding the lock.
- Only the thread itself can change its own state without holding the lock.
- The only asynchronous state changes (changes to the state not done by the thread that owns it) that are allowed are IN_JAVA to IN_JAVA_TO_BLOCK, IN_NATIVE to BLOCKED_IN_NATIVE, and IN_JNI TO BLOCKED_IN_JNI.
The typical algorithm for requesting a thread to block looks as follows:
thread.monitor().lockNoHandshake(); if (thread is running) { thread.takeYieldpoint=1; // transitions IN_JAVA -> IN_JAVA_TO_BLOCK, IN_NATIVE->BLOCKED_IN_NATIVE, etc. thread.setBlockedExecStatus(); if (thread.isInJava()) { // Thread will reach safe point soon, or else notify // us that it left to native code. // In either case, since we are holding the lock, // the thread will effectively block on either the safe point // or on the attempt to go to native code, since performing // either state transition requires acquiring the lock, // which we are now holding. } else { // Thread is in native code, and thus is "effectively safe", // and cannot go back to running Java code so long as we hold // the lock, since that state transition requires // acquiring the lock. } } thread.monitor().unlock();
Most of the time, you do not have to write such code, as the cases of blocking threads are already implemented. For examples of how to utilize these mechanisms, see
RVMThread.hardHandshakeSuspend(), and
RVMThread.softHandshake(). A discussion of how to use these methods follows in the section below.
Finally, the valid state transitions are as follows.
- NEW to IN_JAVA: occurs when the thread is actually started. At this point it is safe to expect that the thread will reach a safe point in some bounded amount of time, at which point it will have a complete execution context, and this will be able to have its stack traces by GC.
- IN_JAVA to IN_JAVA_TO_BLOCK: occurs when an asynchronous request is made, for example to stop for GC, do a mutator flush, or do an isync on PPC.
- IN_JAVA to IN_NATIVE: occurs when the code opts to run in privileged mode, without synchronizing with GC. This state transition is only performed by
Monitor, in cases where the thread is about to go idle while waiting for notifications (such as in the case of park, wait, or sleep), and by
org.jikesrvm.runtime.FileSystem, as an optimization to allow I/O operations to be performed without a full JNI transition.
- IN_JAVA to IN_JNI: occurs in response to a JNI downcall, or return from a JNI upcall.
- IN_JAVA_TO_BLOCK to BLOCKED_IN_NATIVE: occurs when a thread that had been asked to perform an async activity decides to go to privileged mode instead. This state always corresponds to a notification being sent to other threads, letting them know that this thread is idle. When the thread is idle, any asynchronous requests (such as mutator flushes) can instead be performed on behalf of this thread by other threads, since this thread is guaranteed not to be running any user Java code, and will not be able to return to running Java code without first blocking, and waiting to be unblocked (see BLOCKED_IN_NATIVE to IN_JAVA transition.
- IN_JAVA_TO_BLOCK to BLOCKED_IN_JNI: occurs when a thread that had been asked to perform an async activity decides to make a JNI downcall, or return from a JNI upcall, instead. In all other regards, this is identical to the IN_JAVA_TO_BLOCK to BLOCKED_IN_NATIVE transition.
- IN_NATIVE to IN_JAVA: occurs when a thread returns from idling or running privileged code to running Java code.
- BLOCKED_IN_NATIVE to IN_JAVA: occurs when a thread that had been asked to perform an async activity while running privileged code or idling decides to go back to running Java code. The actual transition is preceded by the thread first performing any requested actions (such as mutator flushes) and waiting for a notification that it is safe to continue running (for example, the thread may wait until GC is finished).
- IN_JNI to IN_JAVA: occurs when a thread returns from a JNI downcall, or makes a JNI upcall.
- BLOCKED_IN_JNI to IN_JAVA: same as BLOCKED_IN_NATIVE to IN_JAVA, except that this occurs in response to a return from a JNI downcall, or as the thread makes a JNI upcall.
- IN_JAVA to TERMINATED: the thread has terminated, and will never reach any more safe points, and thus will not be able to respond to any more requests for async activities.
Blocking and Handshaking
Various VM services, such as the garbage collector and locking, may wish to request a thread to block. In some cases, we want to block all threads except for the thread that makes the request. As well, some VM services may only wish for a "soft handshake", where we wait for each non-collector thread to perform some action exactly once and then continue (in this case, the only thread that blocks is the thread requesting the soft handshake, but all other non-collector threads must "yield" in order to perform the requested action; in most cases that action is non-blocking). A unified facility for performing all of these requests is provided by
Four types of thread blocking and handshaking are supported:
RVMThread.block(). This is a low-level facility for requesting that a particular thread blocks. It is inherently unsafe to use this facility directly - for example, if thread A calls B.block() while thread B calls A.block(), the two threads may mutually deadlock.
RVMThread.beginPairHandshake(). This implements a safe pair-handshaking mechanism, in which two threads become bound to each other for a short time. The thread requesting the pair handshake waits until the other thread is at a safe point or else is "effectively safe", and prevents it from going back to executing Java code. Note that at this point, neither thread will respond to any other handshake requests until
RVMThread.endPairHandshake()is called. This is useful for implementing biased locking, but it has general utility anytime one thread needs to manipulate something another thread's execution state.
RVMThread.softHandshake(). This implements soft handshakes. In a soft handshake, the requesting thread waits for all non-collector threads to perform some action exactly once, and then returns. If any of those threads are effectively safe, then the requesting thread performs the action on their behalf.
softHandshake()is invoked with a
SoftHandshakeVisitorthat determines which threads are to be affected, and what the requested action is. An example of how this is used is found in
RVMThread.hardHandshakeSuspend(). This stops all threads except for the garbage collector threads and the thread making the request. It returns once all Java threads are stopped. This is used by the garbage collector itself, but may be of utility elsewhere (for example, dynamic software updating). To resume all stopped threads, call
RVMThread.hardHandshakeResume(). Note that this mechanism is carefully designed so that even after the world is stopped, it is safe to request a garbage collection (in that case, the garbage collector will itself call a variant of
hardHandshakeSuspend(), but it will only affect the one remaining running Java thread).
The Monitor API
The VM internally uses an OS-based locking implementation, augmented with support for safe lock recursion and awareness of handshakes. The
Monitor API provides locking and notification, similar to a Java lock, and may be implemented using either a
pthread_mutex and a
pthread_cond, or using Harmony's monitor API.
Acquiring a
Monitor lock, or awaiting notification, may cause the calling
RVMThread to block. This prevents the calling thread from acknowledging handshakes until the blocking call returns. In some cases, this is desirable. For example:
- In the implementation of handshakes, the code already takes special care to use the
RVMThreadstate machine to notify other threads that the caller may block. As such, acquiring a lock or waiting for a notification is safe.
- If acquiring a lock that may only be held for a short, guaranteed-bounded length of time, the fact that the thread will ignore handshake requests while blocking is safe - the lock acquisition request will return in bounded time, allowing the thread to acknowledge any pending handshake requests.
But in all other cases, the calling thread must ensure that the handshake mechanism is notified that thread will block. Hence, all blocking
Monitor methods have both a "NoHandshake" and "WithHandshake" version. Consider the following code:
someMonitor.lockNoHandshake(); // perform fast, bounded-time critical section someMonitor.unlock(); // non-blocking
In this code, lock acquisition is done without notifying handshakes. This makes the acquisition faster. In this case, it is safe because the critical section is bounded-time. As well, we require that in this case, any other critical sections protected by
someMonitor are bounded-time as well. If, on the other hand, the critical section was not bounded-time, we would do:
someMonitor.lockWithHandshake(); // perform potentially long critical section someMonitor.unlock();
In this case, the
lockWithHandshake() operation will transition the calling thread to the IN_NATIVE state before acquiring the lock, and then transition it back to IN_JAVA once the lock is acquired. This may cause the thread to block, if a handshake is in progress. As an added safety provision, if the
lockWithHandshake() operation blocks due to a handshake, it will ensure that it does so without holding the
someMonitor lock.
A special
Monitor is provided with each thread. This monitor is of the type
NoYieldpointsMonitor and will also ensure that yieldpoints (safe points) are disabled while the lock is held. This is necessary because any safe point may release the
Monitor lock by waiting on it, thereby breaking atomicity of the critical section. The
NoYieldpointsMonitor for any
RVMThread may be accessed using the
RVMThread.monitor() method.
Additional information about how to use this API is found in the following section, which discusses the implementation of Java locking.
Thin and Biased Locking
Jikes™ RVM uses a hybrid thin/biased locking implementation that is designed for very high performance under any of the following loads:
- Locks only ever acquired by one thread. In this case, biased locking is used, an no atomic operations (like compare-and-swap) need to be used to acquire and release locks.
- Locks acquired by multiple threads but rarely under contention. In this case, thin locking is used; acquiring and releasing the lock involves a fast inlined compare-and-swap operation. It is not as fast as biased locking on most architectures.
- Contended locks. Under sustained contention, the lock is "inflated" - the lock will now consist of data structures used to implement a fast barging FIFO mutex. A barging FIFO mutex allows threads to immediately acquire the lock as soon as it is available, or otherwise enqueue themselves on a FIFO and await its availability.
Thin locking has a relatively simple implementation; roughly 20 bits in the object header are used to represent the current lock state, and compare-and-swap is used to manipulate it. Biased locking and contended locking are more complicated, and are described below.
Biased locking makes the optimistic assumption that only one thread will ever want to acquire the lock. So long as this assumption holds, acquisition of the lock is a simple non-atomic increment/decrement. However, if the assumption is violated (a thread other than the one to which the lock is biased attempts to acquire the lock), a fallback mechanism is used to turn the lock into either a thin or contended lock. This works by using
RVMThread.beginPairHandshake() to bring both the thread that is requesting the lock and the thread to which the lock is biased to a safe point. No other threads are affected; hence this system is very scalable. Once the pair handshake begins, the thread requesting the lock changes the lock into either a thin or contended lock, and then ends the pair handshake, allowing the thread to which the lock was biased to resume execution, while the thread requesting the lock may now contend on it using normal thin/contended mechanisms.
Contended locks, or "fat locks", consist of three mechanisms:
- A spin lock to protect the data structures.
- A queue of threads blocked on the lock.
- A mechanism for blocked threads to go to sleep until awoken by being dequeued.
The spin lock is a
org.jikesrvm.scheduler.SpinLock. The queue is implemented in
org.jikesrvm.scheduler.ThreadQueue. And the blocking/unblocking mechanism leverages
org.jikesrvm.scheduler.Monitor; in particular, it uses the
Monitor that is attached to each thread, accessible via
RVMThread.monitor(). The basic algorithm for lock acquisition is:
spinLock.lock(); while (true) { if (lock available) { acquire the lock; break; } else { queue.enqueue(me); spinLock.unlock(); me.monitor().lockNoHandshake(); while (queue.isQueued(me)) { // put this thread to sleep waiting to be dequeued, // and do so while the thread is IN_NATIVE to ensure // that other threads don't wait on this one for // handshakes while we're blocked. me.monitor().waitWithHandshake(); } me.monitor().unlock(); spinLock.lock(); } } spinLock.unlock();
The algorithm for unlocking dequeues the thread at the head of the queue (if there is one) and notifies its
Monitor using the
lockedBroadcastNoHandshake() method. Note that these algorithms span multiple methods in
org.jikesrvm.scheduler.ThinLock and
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Juan A. Dumois III, M.D.
| Dr. Dumois is the Clinical Practice Director for Pediatric Infectious Disease and Chairman of the Division of Infectious Disease at All Children's Hospital. He joined the Hospital in 1993 as Assistant Director of Pediatric Infectious Disease and became the program director in 2003. He also directs our International Adoption Clinic.
Dr. Dumois received his medical degree from the University of South Florida College of Medicine and completed his pediatric residency at All Children's Hospital/USF, serving as chief resident. He completed his fellowship in pediatric infectious disease at Children's National Medical Center, Washington, D.C. in a joint program with the National Institutes of Health.
At All Children's, Dr. Dumois serves on the Medical Executive Committee and chairs the Infection Control Committee. He plays an active role in continuing medical education, chairing the Planning Committee for the annual Florida Suncoast Pediatric Conference and weekly Pediatric Grand Rounds.
A fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Dr. Dumois is board certified in pediatric infectious diseases. He has received the USF Pediatric Attending Teacher of the Year Award and has been included in Best Doctors in America for more than a decade. Read more >>
David M. Berman, D.O.
|Dr. Berman joined All Children's pediatric infectious disease program in 2001. A graduate of Nova Southeastern College of Osteopathic Medicine in Miami, he completed his pediatric residency at Long Island Jewish Medical Center/Schneider Children's Hospital, a campus of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Berman completed his pediatric infectious disease fellowship at the University of Miami School of Medicine, Jackson Medical Center, where he received the University of Miami Fellow Teaching Recognition Award.
In 2009, Dr. Berman was the medical leader for a project on hospital-acquired infections that earned a second place Race for Results Award from the Child Health Corporation of America (a collaborative of children's hospitals). He has received the USF Pediatric Subspecialty Attending of the Year Award and been included in Best Doctors in America.
Dr. Berman is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric infectious disease. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He is also a member of the Infectious Disease Society of America and the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society. Dr. Berman also serves on the Vaccine Advocacy Committee and Clinical Affairs Committee of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society.
His research interests include treatment of bone infections, pediatric fungal infections (International Pediatric Fungal Network) and physician attitudes about immunization. Read More >>
Shirley Jankelevich, M.D.
|A graduate of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, Dr. Jankelevich completed her residency in pediatrics at Yale University School of Medicine-Yale New Haven Hospital. She remained at Yale for a fellowship in pediatric infectious disease and served on the faculty as an attending physician and assistant professor of pediatrics. She was honored as a Junior Faculty Scholar in Molecular Genetics at Yale's Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine.
Before joining All Children's Hospital in 2008, Dr. Jankelevich was Assistant Director in the Division of Acute Disease Epidemiology and Immunization Division of the South Caroline Department of Health. Previously she was with the National Institutes of Health, first as Senior Clinical Investigator for the Pediatric HIV Working Group of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and later as Medical Officer of the Therapeutics Research Program, Pediatric Medicine Branch, Division of AIDS, for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Dr. Jankelevich is board certified in pediatric infectious diseases and is a member of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, Infectious Diseases Society of America, American Medical Association and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. Read More >>
Allison Messina, M.D.
|Dr. Messina joined All Children's pediatric infectious disease program in 2006. A graduate of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, she completed her pediatric residency at University of Texas-Southwestern Medical Center/Children's Medical Center, Dallas, followed by a pediatric infectious diseases fellowship at UT/Southwestern Medical Center. She was a staff pediatrician at Children's Medical Center Dallas.
A fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Dr. Messina is board certified pediatrics and pediatric disease. She is a member of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society, the American Society for Microbiology and the Infectious Disease Society of America. Dr. Messina serves as a reviewer for the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. Read More >>


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Executives today recognize the importance of implementing good governance practices to facilitate compliance with changing regulations. They also understand the need to address the business risks that threaten strategic objectives around growth and profitability. When it comes to helping companies address these critical regulatory, risk, and compliance challenges, Kevin McGovern has a demonstrated track record.
"Throughout my tenure at Deloitte, I have seen the business environment shift dramatically, which has helped to shape my perspective as a trusted adviser in helping companies in addressing their regulatory, risk, and compliance challenges. The spotlight is on as never before, and organizations need carefully crafted risk management strategies to address the effects of regulatory reform, technology change, competitive dynamics, and market movements."
Kevin is a partner with Deloitte, the leader of the Governance, Regulatory & Risk Strategies practice, and a member of the Executive Committee of Deloitte. He focuses on providing regulatory compliance, operational, and technology consulting services and advice to organizations in the investment management industry, including investment management firms, mutual funds, transfer agents, banks, broker-dealers, and insurance companies. Kevin has assisted many investment management firms nationally in designing and implementing operational systems, performing risk and internal control assessments over operations, and analyzing regulatory compliance needs.
In addition, Kevin has served as Deloitte's independent consultant in connection with various SEC administrative activities, and he has assisted clients and their counsel in formulating responses to SEC investigations.
Kevin received a BBA degree from the University of Notre Dame. He is a certified public accountant licensed in Massachusetts, and he is also a member of the American Society of Certified Public Accountants and the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants.
Outside of the office, Kevin is a board member for the Lawrence, Massachusetts, Boys and Girls Club, and he has organized a Deloitte team to help at the site during Deloitte's annual community Impact Day. Kevin is a member of the United Way of MassBay and Merrimack Valley and served as a member on the United Way's allocation committee. In addition, Kevin is an avid bicyclist and annually participates in the Pan Mass Challenge, a 200-mile, two-day trek across Massachusetts, which in 2010 raised $35 million for cancer. Kevin also enjoys traveling and hiked Mt. Kilimanjaro in June 2011 with three of his children.
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- Chiang, A.C, Massague, J. Molecular Basis of Metastasis. NEJM. Dec 25; 359(26):2814-2823.
- Chiang A.. The Interaction of Polycomb Protein with the bithorax complex in Drosophila Melanogaster. Doctoral Thesis. Harvard University 1995.
- Balak M.N., Gong Y., Riely G.J., Somwar R., Li A.R., Zakowski M.F., Chiang A., Yang G., Ouerfelli O., Kris M.G., Ladanyi M., Miller V.A., Pao W. Novel D761Y and common secondary T790M mutations in epidermal growth factor receptor-mutant lung adenocarcinomas with acquired resistance to kinase inhibitors. Clin Cancer Res. 2006, 21:6494-501.


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Cross Country Opens 2012 with Solid Performances at USC-Spartanburg's Eye Opener Invitational
September 2, 2012
SPARTANBURG, S.C. - The Pfeiffer University men's and women's cross country teams toed the line in Spartanburg to kick-off their 2012 season at USC-Upstate's Eye Opener Invitational. With grueling temperatures in the mid-nineties, the Lady Falcons, refreshed with a strong freshman class, finished 15th, while the men, also backed by talented freshmen, finished 13th.
Despite injury troubles early on, the women's team had a strong showing in their 5K race led by the four newcomers. Freshman Alex Crouch finished her first collegiate race leading the Falcons with a 21:03. Freshman Janna Featherstone crossed the line next with a 22:31, followed by freshman Cori Newton with a 23:00. Trista Byers, a fellow freshman, ran a 23:24. Junior Nina Ubabuike rounded out the scoring, running 27:39.
"With Serje and Mouravieva sidelined for the women, we lost a lot of leadership along with their scoring out on the course," said head coach Scott Nolt. "Our freshmen girls have really stepped up in practice and this afternoon in a tough race."
The men's team was led by senior Will Oliver, who placed 29th out of over 200 runners in the 8K race with his time of 28:17. Freshman Brandon Garren ran a 30:11, followed by fellow classmate Alex Freeze with a 31:04. Freshman Nathan Jarman was close behind running a 31:27. Junior Cody Jones finished the scoring coming in at 31:31. Junior Cody Bivens (32:00) and sophomore Joseph Sutlive (32:20) closed out the top seven for the day. Nicholas Mabry debuted for Pfeiffer with a time of 33:39 and junior Fred Travis ran a 34:54.
"We had great contributions from our freshmen men running their first collegiate 8K today, especially Garren, Freeze and Jarmen," Nolt stated. "And the three guys that ran the race last year ran between 1:00 and 1:40 faster."
With both, exceptional improvements from returners and promising showings from newcomers, the Falcons look forward to their next meet at UNC-Wilmington's Seahawk Invitational on Thursday, September 6th.


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RYAN VREDE writes that any positional alterations the Springboks make in the coming weeks must be with a longer term plan in mind.
Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer has consistently spoken about not making emotionally-driven selections. He has, however, also stressed that he will give a player two chances to fail before cutting them. This ruthless rhetoric hasn't been backed up with action.
It was always going to be difficult for Meyer to meet that standard given the string of injuries to key senior and back up players. His resources across most positions are thin. Besides this, some players demand a greater degree of faith than others, provided they have previously been successful in their positions.
Morné Steyn benefited from such faith in 2011 under Peter de Villiers and now with Meyer. There are mitigating factors for his poor form, but none strong enough to justify his continued selection. The return to fitness of Johan Goosen has offered Meyer an alternative to Steyn at flyhalf. Pat Lambie represents another option there, as well as at fullback, where Zane Kirchner's aptitude for Test rugby has yet to be established. Like Steyn, there is a strong sense that his time is up.
In Francois Louw Meyer gains a player who is a perfect fit for his ideal of what an opensider should be. Meyer has maintained that he cannot accommodate a specialist breakdown scavenger, stressing that he has to be a competent ball-carrier as well. Louw has proven his capacity in both disciplines with the Springboks and Stormers in Super Rugby (before he moved to Bath in late 2011). Given the Springboks' struggle to manage the tempo and flow of the opposition's attacks throughout the Rugby Championship (or indeed to profit from attacking unset defensive lines from turnover ball), it is imperative that they strengthen their cause in this regard with Louw's inclusion.
I also feel there needs to be an investment in Andries Bekker at No 5 lock. Expectations were high for Bekker when he first emerged. It was thought he would be the natural successor to Victor Matfield, a billing he has failed to realise. His inconsistency as a starter in 2012 has been deeply frustrating and there is some concern among the Springboks' coaching staff that he doesn't have the temperament to excel in high pressure situations. He, however, remains a player with the ability to stir genuine concern in the opposition's lineout unit through his presence alone. He needs to greatly improve his general play and devote more time to his analysis of defensive lineout situations. Meyer also needs to panelbeat his mind. But in the absence of any better options, Bekker must be developed.
Ruan Pienaar is in the position to establish himself at scrumhalf after years of living in Fourie du Preez and Ricky Januarie's shadows. Like Bekker, his mental toughness when the heat is applied concerns Meyer, but he needs to be given the opportunity to prove that his time in Ireland with Munster has refined him in this regard.
Whatever changes are made this week or thereafter need to be made with a clear vision in mind. They cannot be a reaction to public and media pressure – moves designed to appease those parties. Similarly if Meyer opts to stick with the incumbents, he must do so with unwavering conviction, playing them in the home Tests as well and maintaining belief in their ability to successfully execute their tactical directives.
I can deal with either scenario provided there is a clear vision driving those choices.
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Pedernales Falls State Park
Things to Do
Activities include camping, picnicking, hiking, river swimming, tubing, wading, mountain biking, fishing, bird-watching, and horseback riding. If you plan to swim at the park, read through our swimming safety tips before you come.
In addition to drive-up and backpack campsites, the park also has a Youth Group Camp Area near the river and a new Group Equestrian Camp available for overnight use.
The park is a favorite for family hikes, with a duck pond, a quarter-mile nature trail to a scenic overlook of Twin Falls, and a wheelchair-friendly wildlife-viewing station. The easy, seven-mile Wolf Mountain Trail wraps around Tobacco and Wolf Mountains, winding along the small canyons created by Mescal and Tobacco creeks. Stop to cool your heels at Arrowhead Pool, where Bee Creek spills into stair-stepped pools.
A rugged trail winds about 10 miles up over the hillsides and down through the park. Riders should be experienced, as the trail is very rocky and has some steep slopes. Horses should have shoes. There is a water trough at the trailer parking area and an additional trough at the midway point on the trail. Visitors must provide their own horses.
WARNING - The Pedernales River running through the park can flash flood with little or no warning. The water in the river can rise from a placid stream to a raging torrent in a few minutes. If you are in the river area and notice the water beginning to rise, you should leave the river area immediately. Flash flooding is a common phenomenon in the Texas Hill Country, and park visitors are encouraged to be alert to weather conditions.
Ranger Programs
The park offers a variety of educational opportunities. Check the calendar for upcoming events or contact the park for special tours.
Ask about the Junior Ranger Explorer Packs available for free checkout at the park!
Area Attractions
Some nearby attractions include Inks Lake State Park; Longhorn Cavern State Park; Blanco State Park; Guadalupe River State Park; Lyndon B. Johnson National and State Historic Sites in Johnson City; Admiral Nimitz State Historic Site - National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg; Enchanted Rock State Natural Area north of Fredericksburg; and Aquarena Springs in San Marcos. Many wineries are in the area, including the Texas Hills Vineyard.


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Yannick Bokolo's buzzer-beating basket put BCM Gravelines into the EuroChallenge play-offs, with an 87-86 overtime win away to French rivals Paris Levallois securing their progress from Group J.
John Cox had given Paris the edge with 26 seconds left in the extra period and it looked like they had got the win as Dwight Buycks missed a lay-up with barely a second left after Gravelines took time off the clock before making a final attempt.
But Bokolo grabbed the rebound and put it up to snatch victory.
It was a fitting end to a thrilling contest that saw 16 lead changes and 11 ties between the leading teams in Group J.
Gravelines had missed their chance to get the job done in regulation.
They pulled out a 73-68 lead on Juan Edwards' lay-up with 3:07 to go and were 74-70 up on his free throws moments later.
But Paris swiftly pulled level thanks to Cox's lay-up and Giovan Oniangue's free throws.
Edwards nudged Gravelines in front once more from the line, but Louis Labeyrie hit a lay-up with 42 seconds left, and Edwards and Buycks both came up empty with late shots that would have won it.
Kennedy Winston led Gravelines with 25 points while Buycks had 13 and Bokolo collected 11 points and 11 rebounds. Ludovic Vaty also scored in double figures with 10.
Cox led Paris with 16 points while Maleye Ndoye and Andrew Albicy had 14 each. Jonathan Aka added 13, Oniangue 11 and Labeyrie 10.
Gravelines head coach Christian Monschau:"I mostly want to congratulate Paris' team and staff. Both teams gave their whole tonight. But they had two important players missing tonight [Jawad Williams and Sean May] and what they achieved anyway is remarkable. It could have gone either way tonight, we were lucky it went our way."
Gravelines player Kennedy Winston:"It was our fourth game of the week, so it was tough, but our strength is that we can rotate a lot and every player is ready to play at every moment. Another strength of ours is that many players can shoot the ball and score. We are very happy with this win."
Paris head coach Christophe Denis:"I am proud of what my team did tonight. They killed themselves in defense and I really appreciated the spirit they demonstrated. We slipped on little details and when you play a one-point kind of game, little details matter a lot. It cost us the game tonight."
Paris player John Cox:"We did all that we could tonight, but it wasn't enough. Luck is a part of the game and it was not on our side tonight."
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