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Beef Stew
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|Chuck steak/Silverside
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|4 Ounce
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Leave the pieces of beef, which may be almost any lean cut, however tough, for 1 or 2 days in a marinade of red wine (see sauce section).
Lift it out, drain it.
Dice the bacon and fry it together with the meat from the marinade.
After 15 minutes, add the very finely chopped onions, then sprinkle with flour, add a little hot stock, then the marinade liquid so that the meat is well covered.
Add a little pepper, put the whole into a fireproof dish, and cook for 2 hours in a moderate oven.
Then add the mushrooms, and if liked a few small onions fried in fat, return to the oven and simmer for 1 hour.
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ROGERS -- Aldermen on Tuesday will consider using $3.4 million in reserve money to build the soccer complex in Veterans Park.
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The Rogers City Council is to meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in Council Chambers at City Hall, 303 W. Chestnut St. Committee meetings, which are open to the public, begin at 6:15 p.m. in conference room No. 1. Enter the building on the northeast side.
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• An ordinance repealing a contract with NEC for repair of a portion of West Drive because the contract amount was incorrect. The amended $43,440 contract is up for review as well.
• A resolution expressing the willingness of the city to use federal-aid money.
• A change order for $33,000 with J. Johnson Construction for the Pleasant Ridge Road emergency repair project.
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Bernard Tomic and Marinko Matosevic broke a 16-year Australian drought to reach the quarter-finals of the ATP Tour event in Munich.
Fifth-seeded Tomic beat Potito Starace of Italy 6-1, 6-7 (4-7), 6-3 to make his first career quarter-final on clay, while Matosevic defeated Robert Farah of Colombia 6-1, 6-7 (2-7), 6-2 in his maiden event on clay.
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Superb Gem 1854 Arrows Half Dime1854 H10C Arrows MS67 NGC. CAC. The half dime has only one With Arrows period, for the same 1873 legislation that forced the second weight change also abolished the denomination. The 1854 has the second-highest mintage within the Arrows series and is a valid choice for type enthusiasts. This Superb Gem remains primarily brilliant with only a few hints of toning, primarily consisting of tiny flecks, and it exudes rich luster. This piece has few peers, making it seemingly destined for an elite collection. Clashmarks appear on the reverse. Die polishing lines should not be mistaken for marks or damage. Census: 4 in 67, 0 finer (3/13).(Registry values: N4719) (NGC ID# 2342, PCGS# 4358)
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Take This Waltz
Interesting in that it explores the notion that you can "cheat" on your significant other purely on an emotional level and the consequences of this. That said I had zero sympathy for Williams's character and some of the directorial decisions were.. odd to say the least. Also some of the dialogue didn't work - the whole "courage/bravery" line was pretty cringeworthy. It's a mixed bag; not as strong as Away From Her.


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The Utah Jazz have signed free agent forwards Mike Harris and Dominic McGuire, and guard Scott Machado. The trio brings Utah's roster to 16. They will join the Jazz before training camp opens next week. Harris has averaged 2.9 point and 2.4 rebounds in three NBA seasons. The 6-foot-6 forward spent last season in China with the Jiangsu Dragons. McGuire, who is 6-foot-9, has played six seasons in the NBA with 84 starts. Last season he had stints in Toronto, New Orleans and Indiana, averaging two points and three rebounds. Machado played last season for the Houston Rockets before stints with D-League teams Rio Grande Valley and Santa Cruz. He wrapped up the season with the Golden State Warriors, playing in five playoff games.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL — To make the playoffs, No. 1-ranked Guthrie must first win over the OSSAA.
After rolling through its 2011 schedule unscathed, Guthrie appeared headed toward coach Rafe Watkins' third state championship in his 11 seasons in Guthrie.
Guthrie won the District 5A-1 title. It won a classic 38-35 game over archrival Carl Albert on Oct. 14, and no one else came close to touching the Bluejays. But a ruling Thursday by the organization that governs high school sports in Oklahoma erased all that, officially at least. All because the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association says senior receiver and safety Clint Simek never made a bona fide move from Prague. So instead of opening the playoffs Friday at Jelsma Stadium against Durant, the Guthrie football team will meet its fate Wednesday at 7300 Broadway Extension against a much tougher opponent — the OSSAA's board of directors. Looming large over the meeting is a 2005 Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling that held the OSSAA, as a voluntary organization, can enforce its rules without court interference short of extraordinary circumstances. The ultimate outcome affects the makeup of the Class 5A playoffs. While Watkins and Guthrie are preparing for a game against Durant — meeting Saturday to watch game film and scheduling practice for Monday and Tuesday — virtually everyone else in the 5A postseason picture is gearing up for a postseason without the No. 1-ranked team. Most directly affected is El Reno, which claimed fourth place in its district and a playoff berth by virtue of Guthrie's forfeits and resulting disqualification. And half of the Class 5A playoff's first-round matchups are subject to change pending Wednesday's appeal. Simek's family moved to Guthrie last February, but his father owns an auto supply store in Prague, where the family home remains for sale. The OSSAA launched an investigation last month after receiving an anonymous letter claiming, among other things, that a Simek family member still lived in the home.
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Three Stand Up Dads- Tim Bedore, Dan St. Paul and Kelly McDonald, bring their good-spirited humor to The Grand 1894 Opera House Saturday, January 4 at 8pm. These talented comedians have found the perfect blend of family-friendly material, combining comical, tender stories about parents, wives, and treasured (but maddening) children. Sponsored by Houston Family Magazine, Three Stand Up Dads, will have you forgetting your troubles and laughing at life. This performance is part of Galveston's Passport to Holiday Magic activities and events.
Kelly McDonald, a Tonight Show veteran, personifies "classy" humor. His material proves it's possible to create humor without taking cheap shots for easy laughs. Tim Bedore has two decades of comedy experience through broadcasting and stand-up. He may best be known for his public radio commentary, "Vague but True." Stand-up veteran Dan St. Paul has appeared on "An Evening at the Improv", "Comic Strip Live", and often appears at corporate events and opens for stars like Gary Shandling, Seinfeld, Natalie Cole, and Vince Gill.
Each of these comedians infuses their routine with humor based on their experiences as husbands and fathers. As this show is really about close-to-home materials that make their families cringe. For example, Tim Bedore - father to a teenage daughter - actually pays her for the privilege of sharing the most embarrassing anecdotes with his audience. Leave your worries behind and continue to ring in the New Year with these very funny dads!
This performance is one of over 1,000 magical events taking place during this holiday season on Galveston Island. Again this year, The Grand 1894 Opera House is a proud participant in Galveston's Passport to Holiday Magic celebration- where visitors can access a downloadable "passport" to be stamped as they attend the island's many holiday events. Valuable prizes will be awarded, with the top drawing a cruise on Carnival Magic for four. For details and to download your "passport", visit www.galveston.com/holidaymagic.
Ticket prices start at $25. Call for pricing on Box Seats. Special discounts for group and senior tickets may be available. For information about this and other performances scheduled, please contact The Grand's box office at 409.765.1894, 800.821.1894, or visit The Grand's website at www.thegrand.com. The theatre, located at 2020 Postoffice Street in historic downtown, is recognized as "The Official Opera House of the State of Texas." All major credit cards accepted.
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Album Rating: 5.0is that NEW Renaissance??
Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound OffDemi your wrong actually surprisingly.
Funeral of God
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No Botch? Insulting
Album Rating: 5.0yeah WATR is easily top 5 cores for me
ya man and it rocks i had it 5'd on my other account and 3.5'd on this one and i gotta say these guys are rly back i cant believe it!
lack of converge is way worse than lack of botch
Album Rating: 5.0gotta check omg that's nuts dude
"lack of converge is way worse than lack of botch"
he doesn't dig em for some dumb reason
Album Rating: 5.0too br00tal
Album Rating: 5.0That's cause Converge isn't as good as people say.
Album Rating: 5.0blasphemy!
Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound OffZao and Converge are very similar to me. At least early Zao that is.
Album Rating: 5.0Gwyn has faster internet
"That's cause Converge isn't as good as people say."
Do you want me to 1 Zao albums
Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound OffI prefer WATR over any Converge album but they both have a top 5 album for metalcore.
Album Rating: 5.0really hm i dont feel that way at all, converge are way more mathy and schizo whereas zao just go hard
i mean, on the sound comparison thing. converge are my fav band
converge is like the best shit evaaa
Album Rating: 5.0I like the vocals much more for early Zao. I do enjoy Petitioning though.
Album Rating: 5.0right on have you jammed WFCC at all?
Album Rating: 5.0You probably haven't even heard them though Gwyn. I can't just love Converge overnight. Could take me months or a year till it clicks. Was the same for Opeth.
Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Offright on have you jammed WFCC at all?
The title track's opening riff is so good but only lasts like 10 secs and I get annoyed that it didn't get re-used later in the song or gone on a little longer.
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Funny how things change after a loss. The Knicks arrived at Madison Square Garden for Game 5 dressed all in black to signify the funeral of the Celtics season. This was apparently news for Knicks coach Mike Woodson. From the Boston Globe: I didn't know about it until this (Thursday) morning," Woodson said. "I made reference to our guys that we need to stay out of the paper and just concentrate on playing. That's not important. What you wear doesn't have anything to do with how you play on the basketball court." I love when coaches play the "I didn't even know about it" card. Come on. He knew. This is 2013. Everyone is connected and talks to everyone about everything. Does he really expect people to believe that his team showing up in all black simply missed his attention? Does he not see his players until they are all suited up for the game or have a cellphone or see a television? It would be more believable, but still bs, if he said he didn't know until after the game. But the ...
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Paramore have announced the second voyage of PARAHOY! Sailing from March 5-9 2016 on the Norwegian Pearl from Miami, FL to Cozumel, Mexico.
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|April 29, 2015
Vinyl Theatre will be joining The Mowgli's on the Kids In Love Tour this summer! See below for dates and tickets!
06.02 Colorado Springs, CO @ Rawkus (TICKETS)
06.04 Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre (TICKETS)
06.06 Chicago, IL @ First Midwest Amphitheater (TICKETS)
06.07 Columbia, MO @ Rose Music Hall (TICKETS)
06.09 Des Moines, IA @ Wooly's (TICKETS)
06.10 Dekalb, IL @ The House Cafe (TICKETS)
06.11 Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room (TICKETS)
06.14 Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad (TICKETS)
06.17 Tulsa, OK @ Cain's Ballroom (TICKETS)
06.24 Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Small's Theatre (TICKETS)
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Catch Nate Ruess on a small run of headlining dates starting next month!
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Paramore's Writing The Future shows start tonight in Augusta, GA! Most of the shows have already sold out, see below for dates!
4.27 Augusta, GA @ Bell Auditorium (TICKETS)
4.28 Clearwater, FL @ Ruth Eckerd Hall (SOLD OUT)
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5.14 New Orleans, LA @ Saenger Theatre (SOLD OUT)
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Each of Major League Baseball's 30 teams are set to unveil new batting practice caps for 2013. Most of the lids will feature new designs, while others will stick to more traditional looks. The Atlanta Braves are one of those teams who will be scrapping tradition in favor of a mascot-inspired logo. Their new design features a screaming Indian instead of the cursive "A" logo. And it is by all means hideous. Paul Lukas of Uni Watch, a site dedicated to athletic aesthetics, was so disgusted with the appropriation of Native American imagery used here that he recently gave the hat an "F" when grading out the caps for all 30 teams. No other club received a failing grade from Lukas. Aside from the fact that the hat design is atrocious, some may even find it offensive. Lukas is among a growing consensus who believes Native American imagery in sports should be done away with altogether. This cap certainly won't help that cause. Via ESPN.
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Just a patch to iron out a few bugs and properly add in the Company of the Cross. Also increases the number of corsairs found on ships in the western...
Calradia Reimagined is a mod focused around a complete reconstruction and redirection of the original Warband world.
With features such as entirely new factions, troop trees and units, this mod can ensure that the familiarity of Calradia does not become mundane; refreshing the world we all know and love.
Calradia Reimagined also contains many other mods, minimods and improvements; including graphics and sound enhancements, weapon and armour packs, even entirely new game mechanics such as advanced diplomacy, recruitment improvements and naval trade, combat and exploration.
Our full mod-list is in a .txt file in the mod zip, feel free to take a peek at it.
We have worked extremely hard on ensuring that the mod be as good as possible, and we hope you enjoy playing it as much as we enjoyed making it!
Calradia Reimagined features six new factions, along with another eight mini-factions and five mercenary companies.
The Kingdom Of Anglior: Proud and strong, the Kingdom of Anglior is famed for its heavy infantry and skilled archers. Though their cavalry are only of medium quality, their morningstars mean they still pack a punch. The Kingdom of Anglior inhabits the center of the map, making their home among the hills and forests there.
The Swizt States: A collection of city states run by various nobles and lords, the Swizt favor extremely heavy infantry and slow but reliable crossbowmen. Their cavalry leaves much to be desired but the defensive capabilities of their Elite Pikemen means their armies can form a living, armored fortress. The Swizt can be found in the tundras and mountains of the north.
The Hondic Hordes: After years of living as nomads, the horse masters of the Hondic Hordes have finally settled in the eastern steppes of the world. They have almost no foot troop presence, except for their steppe infantry, who perform fairly as both footmen and archers. The Hondic people instead rely on their horsemen, comprised of fast and deadly raiders and outriders, facing the Hondic Hordes in open ground is madness.
The Rymor Republic: Formerly occupied by the Kingdom of Anglior, the Rymor broke away and formed their own army perfectly suited to combating their old masters. Their skilled spearmen and legionnaires can defend themselves from any ranged attack, before engaging in melee combat with deadly efficiency. Their archers and cavalry are both of medium prowess, better suited to breaking up enemy formations, allowing the infantry to clean up. The Republic can be located in the mountains on the south east coast of the Kingdom of Anglior.
The Merchant Kingdoms of Sudnaw: Founded by powerful merchants and funded directly from their coffers, Sudnaw mixes traditional coastal warfare with modern military power. Her brutal axe-wielding infantry are resilient and dangerous, and her famous pistol and cutlass wielding mounted cuirassier can devastate an unprepared enemy. Her crossbowmen leave much to be desired however, and play a meager supporting role, supressing enemy advances. The Kingdom of Sudnaw lays on the western coast, making the most of the natural bays and headlands to conduct her shipping trade.
The Aryomir Emirates: Only recently appearing in the far-eastern desert, the Aryomir Emirates are a myriad of sun-worshiping peoples with a strict religious hierarchy. The Aryomir are known for keeping quiet, but their wrath is deadly; many an army has fallen before their heavy camels, fast archers and their legendary sacred spearmen. The Aryomir pride themselves on the beauty of their weaponry and armour. Their shields are particularly well decorated. The main Aryomir weakness is a lack of dedicated archer units; though many of their troops are equipped with ranged capability, it is not until the end of their upgrade trees that fully-fledged archers will appear.
The Mini-factions are small parties of warriors and soldiers who roam the lands of the various factions, raiding, growing and building fortresses for themselves. Some major factions may even hire the local mini-factions to fight for them. The Mini-factions are:
The Saxe Raiders: Axe throwing warriors in the lands of Anglior.
The Alod Armies: Hordes of medium horsemen and infantry in the tundra of the Swizt.
The Shaak Tribes: Fast and fanatical tribes of infantry in the Hondic steppes.
The Gruul Hordes: Barbaric infantry who plague the Rymor mountains.
The Debouin Slavers: Dangerous, camel riding slavers from the Uttornam Desert.
The Galatian Warriors: Historic troops famed for their javelins on the Sudnaw/Swizt borders.
The Sudnish Corsairs: Deadly smugglers who raid the coasts of Sudnaw
The Peasant Rebels: Generally displeased farmers who wander the entire world.
The Gedric Knights: Strong and clever cavalrymen, representing the heaviest mounted forces in Calradia. Their Strength comes at a high price.
The Company of the Cross: Widely skilled infantrymen with the fastest crossbows the world has to offer. Often found being paid to hunt bandits and hostile warbands by lords and nobles. Their loyalty is cheaper to buy than any other mercenary company.
The Iron Hilt: Heavily armoured and well disciplined footmen that can take a beating and hand it back out. The Iron Hilt are the preferred escorts of many caravaneers. Their services are costly, but cheaper than those of the Gedric. The Iron Hilt are also renowned glory seekers, and will often fight in tournaments.
The Ashyagar: Mysterious mercenaries from unknown lands, the Ashyagar adopt fighting styles different to any other, but fight extremely well in close combat. The only way to acquire an Ashyagar is for a Shaak to train to their peak ability.
The Loyal Company: A mercenary company only available to the player. They can be purchased from a travelling recruiter who will appear in random taverns, and though pricey, they are completely customisable. This means they can fill virtually any role, and will still upgrade and perform as well as any other soldier. It is rumoured that the most skilled marksmen amongst the Loyal can be granted advanced weaponry only comparable to that used by Sudnish Curassiers.
A lot of time and effort has been put into this mod. It makes me very happy to know how many people have played and enjoyed it. We always try to be responsive to feedback and comments, and we hope you will download and enjoy the mod. Please leave us a review if you enjoyed Calradia Reimagined, as they will help us spread to even more people. Thank you for reading and playing!
Video courtesy of TheNeborhod, just shows some of the changes. These videos are from PRERELEASE, so they contain almost none of the content in Full Release!
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Calradia Reimagined 1.0.
Full Release has arrived!
Calradia Reimagined 1.0.0 is about to roll onto Moddb and I'm happy to announce that it's been an honour to work on the mod for all you guys out there. This version is our first Full Release, and though contrary to the name, it's not 100% complete, it's definitely playable! All that we have left to do is rename the castles, reequip the lords and add in the multiplayer content, other than that, everything is done!
The new release is a lot bigger than the older versions, and will require more PC capability than them, but the game is a few years old now, so I'm sure most of you can handle it!
I have had to cut multiplayer out temporarily to speed up the work-rate, but it will be patched in at a later date. This means if you enter a server with this mod, it will be Native troops with CR names. Native troops might occasionally spring up in custom battles too because of this, but it's nothing major!
Also, I plan to fully reequip the Lords at a later date, I just decided that for now it was only a small issue that people would much rather I skim over in order to release this much earlier.
I'd like to say I hope you all enjoy playing it as much as I enjoyed making it, but I don't want you to hate it for three months. Please have a great time anyway!
Just remember, I'm a person too. A student in fact, which makes me poor.
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Just a patch to iron out a few bugs and properly add in the Company of the Cross. Also increases the number of corsairs found on ships in the western...
This is it, our first full version. It contains hundreds of new features, new characters and items. I would give a full changelog, but it'd be too long...
This is just a simple upload to keep up Calradia Reimagined spirit. This mod is simply a .txt document containing 8 of the special weapons found withing...
This patch is mostly balancing and some minor fixes, but does include a new unit to strengthen the Swizt States a bit; the Swizt Arbalestier. Installation...
This new version features fully reworked mercenary tree (3 whole trees!), a new mini-faction and other various new weapons and bits and bobs.
The newest version features more weapons, more mini-factions, more mounts, more soldiers and more bug fixes. Hopefully not more bugs though.
welp I've poked my head back into this mod a few times over the past several months and I've seen no evidence that it will get any better, I'd have to officially call this mod dead, no one else should waste there time here, i certainly won't be any longer, which sucks because i held this mod as number 1 on my list for a good long time but what can you do, I wash my hands of it
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Hey man,i have one bug,when I try to talk with one of the heroes in the tavern,the dialogue is totally distorded,can you help me?This mod is Awesome,I really like this mod.Sorry for my bad english,I'm Brazillian.
uhm this mod had a song name is Archangel in two step from hell
thanks for the mod bros :)
hey this is good but when i go to the battle and i heard a gun shoot and when i finished the battle i upgrade captain and i saw a word write bullets mustket pistol im very very confused, how can i have a heavy knight
I am having this issue when i try to run the mod
get_object failed for texture earthenvmap
Does anybody know why this happens??
not sure how i feel about you taking down my comment i left last time, what can't handle someone who's unhappy with the turn your mod took?? oh well doesn't matter don't think i care any more, if you can't handle a little criticism then i won't hold out any hope that the mod will get better good luck
Okay, well, just to make a point clear; I have neither seen nor heard of your previous comment. I'm guessing it wasn't good what with you referencing you being unhappy and 'a little criticism'.
I could go look for some ***** to give, but I have much more interesting things to do.
wait you never saw it, then who took it down?? well anywho I'm not the type of person who won't admit when he's wrong, I am sorry about my last comment it was a very bad day when i wrote it and I just got irritated to easily by the time I got to relax and when I saw the comment was removed without even a word, well maybe it was the system that did it, I don't know but it was wrong of me to take it out on you. I'm sorry
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AMAZINGLY HIGH POTENTIAL!!! Only thing that ruined this mod for me were these things... Clipping through horse 2 different musics playing at the same time very wierd camera and can't turn character game said has staged a comeback! there was a party called 's party and when he came to me he was apparently the minister? That's it but this mod still has amazing potential and i really hope it is not dead, carry on working hard and iron out the bugs and this will even rival things like phantasy calradia…
May 11 2014, 6:59am by DreadMarine
Lowest Rated (5 agree) 1/10
This mod is a good concept, there is no doubt the modder who made this has an idea what people want. Unfortunately the execution of this mod was poor. I have played this mod before v.1's release and I didn't enjoy it then. It is now officially released and worse off. The mod creator clearly has either abandoned this mod for his own sanity and lack of skill or sincerely hates the Mount and Blade community. I have no idea why this is so well regarded but for some reason it is. Let me elaborate on…
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Results (macbook pro / lion):
$ _node --fibers benchStreamline
hit=999999, missed=1, result=798000000
elapsed: 325
$ _node benchStreamline
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$ node benchCallbacks
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process.nextTick in the plain JS example? If you document it correctly, it should work without, too.
Try it without
process.nextTick !!!
The other one is a typo but it won't make any difference. I'm fixing it.
Well done Bruno! Though the
process.nextTick can obviously be worked around, streamline does somehow in it's generated js. ;) I guess the point is that sometimes C compilers write better assembly than humans.
Hmm, I just noticed you're not using the same bench function. That's kinda cheating. It's the recursive nature of the first bench function that requires using process.nextTick there.
A bit of explanation:
Streamline in callback mode: The loop is transformed into a recursive form by the streamline compiler. So I'm not cheating here. But streamline does not use
nextTick to avoid the stack overflow. It uses a trampoline instead, and that turns out to be faster. Early versions of streamline used
nextTick but this was not consistent with the semantics I wanted to have because it broke the principle that all yielding points remain explicitly marked with an
_. This is why I went with a trampoline.
Streamline in fibers mode: the loop is not transformed. The first call to the
load function takes a performance hit because it creates a fiber, yields, etc. but the 999,999 subsequent calls execute as direct JS calls. This explains why the fibers mode wins by 10 to 1. But I would not call this cheating because the whole point about fibers is that it does not force you to transform the JS flow control constructs (loops, if/else, try/catch).
Great explanation Bruno, but then wouldn't it be more fair to use a trampoline in the bench function for the pure js version? Though the code will be more ugly and probably not what I would have written by hand.
(Btw, I had never heard this term. Now that I looked it up I have a word for a technique I used sometimes but didn't know how to explain)
Well, the claim that so many people make is that hand-written code can only be faster. So, I wanted to compare streamline with callback code that people would normally write. I am sure that if I had posted the callback version above and asked if this was the right way to write a caching function and a loop, nobody would have complained that it should have used a trampoline instead because it is faster.
Also, streamline cannot use the standard
while (typeof fn === "function") fn = fn(); trampoline because it has to deal with non-streamline functions that don't trampoline. So it has to use a more complex construct, which is a bit tricky to understand. I really doubt that anyone would feel like writing this construct every time he writes a loop.
But of course, I could have taken the code generated by streamline, removed a bit of extra fluff (like the little frame object that I use to generate long stack traces) and I would have obtained a faster version. But that's not the way people hand-write their callback code.
Ok, it took me a while to figure out, but I found a way to not need the nextTick using a trampoline style trick:
var count = 1000000;
function bench(cb) {
var total = 0;
function loop(i) {
var async;
while (async !== true) {
async = undefined;
if (i === count) {
cb(null, total);
} else {
load(__dirname + '/benchCallbacks.js', function(err, data) {
if (err) return cb(err);
total += data.length;
if (async) {
loop(i + 1);
} else {
async = false;
if (async !== false) {
async = true;
With this I get speeds close to the streamline transform version.
While the speed differences in all these rarely matters in any real world application, the semantic difference between the trampoline, nextTick, and fibers is real and does matter.
FWIW, here are the speed numbers I'm getting on my machine with my new trampoline style version as
tim ~/gist-2362015 $ uname -a
Linux touchsmart 3.2.13-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Mar 24 09:10:39 CET 2012 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
tim ~/gist-2362015 $ node benchCallbacks.js
hit=999999, missed=1, result=805000000
elapsed: 1297
tim ~/gist-2362015 $ _node benchStreamline
hit=999999, missed=1, result=805000000
elapsed: 1001
tim ~/gist-2362015 $ _node --fibers benchStreamline
hit=999999, missed=1, result=805000000
elapsed: 180
tim ~/gist-2362015 $ node benchCallbacks2.js
hit=999999, missed=1, result=805000000
elapsed: 308
Would have been a bit faster to cut and paste the streamline code in the online demo:
My pattern has two loops. There is another one inside the callback. I think that this was necessary because I sometimes end up trampolining from the callback but this may also be something not very clever about my code generation (which is a bit contrained by other factors).
When was the last time you had to load the same thing a million times in a row in a tight loop?
I can't figure out what program this benchmark is supposed to represent.
What Bruno is doing is important because one should not write callback-style code in every case. Business logic for example or you are setting yourself up to a maintenance nightmare. Library code is fine because that's the hard core Node guys are accustomed to. :-)
I work currently at a (non-Node) project where the son of the boss knows a little programming. This is very helpful for the project because this makes communication a lot easier: he functions as a relay between the company and software development. But I cannot imagine that he could write or understand business logic in callback-style. I definitively would use Streamline in such a case!
The million times in a row is just one of the corner cases: Javascript does not do tail calls. creationix already mentioned that he used a trampoline, that means, the Node hard core guys already know a lot about these corner cases.
I have a plea to the Node community: Please pay more respect to Bruno! I think what he does is saving Node in the long term from fading away into a niche for really clever programmers.
Thanks Nalply.
Just published a follow-up post on my blog: http://bjouhier.wordpress.com/2012/04/14/node-js-awesome-runtime-and-new-age-javascript-gospel/
As a side note, could it be that the fiber version runs faster because async calls are so much more expensive than sync ones?
See http://jsperf.com/asynch-cost
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SAN DIEGO ---- On a day when the NFL mourns, let's celebrate the sport's life.
On a day when the loss of Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry rocks the game, let's keep football in perspective.
Henry's passing on Thursday, at age 26, is terrible news. The visiting Bengals will face the Chargers on Sunday with a heavy heart.
Henry's death made me revisit a position that I thought I couldn't shake.
Without sounding like too old of a fogey, I wasn't down with touchdown celebrations ---- like the grumpy coach in shorts too tight, whose mantra was, "When you reach the end zone, act like you've been there before."
LaDainian Tomlinson is a prime example of the understated commemoration. He casually flips the ball to the ground as if making a layup when he scores a touchdown.
But it wasn't always so.
"My sister wanted me to do a dance when I scored in Pop Warner,'' Tomlinson said. "I did it, and the referee told me I couldn't dance until I got to the NFL.''
Tomlinson, after 151 touchdowns, has yet to bust a move. But the real king of end-zone swing arrives Sunday in the person of Chad Ochocinco.
The Bengals' wide receiver is never far from hijinks, with seemingly every touchdown bringing a fresh toast. Already this year, he has bribed (wink) an official while a call was being reviewed. He has donned a Hall of Fame jacket. And he has plopped on a sombrero and serape to bring attention to his success.
The NFL wasn't, and isn't, keen on such shtick ---- for the Mexican get-up, Ochocinco was fined $30,000.
I say that's overboard. That these days ---- especially in the wake of Henry's death ---- there should be room for the smiles that Ochocinco always delivers.
"If I was just a fan of the game, he is my favorite receiver because he has fun,'' said Chargers cornerback Quentin Jammer, who will be among those covering Ochocinco. "And in order to play this game, you have to have fun. At times the game, the NFL, is so serious. It is still a game, and his antics are fun and it gets people laughing.''
Here's hoping he distributes some glee on a sideline filled with long faces Sunday. But if Ochocinco raises the curtain on another act, the NFL will hoist its hammer.
"They fine him too much,'' Chargers special teams ace Kassim Osgood said. "It's entertainment. You want people to pay to see entertainment, so let him do his little deal.''
But isn't he disrespecting the competition?
"The other players aren't mad about the celebration,'' Osgood said. "They are mad that he made a touchdown.''
Ochocinco, the day before Henry's death, was pushing Shawne Merriman's buttons. He and the Chargers linebacker have a long-simmering feud through Twitter posts.
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The invention relates to a light guide with at least one photorefractive area, wherein a volume hologram is formed in the photorefractive area in such a way that light coupled into the light guide can be decoupled by the volume hologram at a predetermined angle and/or with a predetermined focus.
1. A medical laser applicator, comprising:
a light guide comprising at least one photorefractive area comprising a volume hologram, the volume hologram being configured to decouple infrared light that has been coupled into the light guide, the decoupled infrared light having at least one of a predetermined angle and a predetermined focus,
wherein the at least one photorefractive area is disposed at one end of the light guide and a remainder of the light guide is a non-photorefractive area,
wherein the at least one photorefractive area comprises a material that is different from a material of the remainder of the light guide, and
wherein the medical laser applicator is configured to treat biological tissue with laser radiation emitted from the light guide.
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11. A method for treating biological tissue with laser radiation, comprising the steps of:
providing a medical laser applicator comprising
a light guide having a photorefractive area, the photorefractive area comprising a volume hologram configured to decouple infrared light that has been coupled into the light guide, the decoupled infrared light having at least one of a predetermined angle and a predetermined focus,
wherein the at least one photorefractive area is disposed at one end of the light guide and a remainder of the light guide is a non-photorefractive area,
wherein the at least one photorefractive area comprises a material that is different from a material of the remainder of the light guide; and
medically treating biological tissue by applying the decoupled infrared light from the light guide to the biological tissue.
12. The method according to
providing a light guide element and a second element comprising the photorefractive area;
connecting the second element to the light guide element; and
creating the volume hologram in the photorefractive area,
wherein the step of creating the volume hologram occurs before the connecting step or after the connecting step.
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The invention relates to a light guide, particularly for laser applicators.
Laser applicators facilitate, for example, the treatment of biological tissue with laser radiation in the medical area. For example, in laser-induced thermotherapy (LITT), with the help of a catheter a glass fibre for guiding the laser radiation is placed directly on or in a tissue area that is to be treated. The laser light radiated through the applicator and into the surrounding tissue is absorbed and leads to a local temperature increase, which produces coagulative and hyperthermic effects. This in return results in immediate or delayed tissue necrosis.
Optical fibres or optical waveguide fibres such as are used for laser applicators normally consist of mineral glass or organic glass (plastic). A core is surrounded by a cladding and a coating, whereby the cladding has an optical refractive index that is lower than that of the core, so that there is total reflection at the boundary layer between the core and cladding, and therefore guidance of the radiation in the core.
The fibre core is, for example, suitably abraded at certain points for the release or decoupling of the laser radiation from the fibre, so that homogeneous radiation is achieved in these areas. In this way, the laser radiation is given off by the applicator divergently, so that the energy density is greatest at the catheter surface and falls off strongly as the distance to the applicator increases. As a result, the laser radiation has the strongest effect in the area close to the applicator, which brings with it the risk of overheating or burning at the applicator surface.
In the state of the art, an azimuthal asymmetry is achieved by applying a one-sided reflective coating on the catheter. As an alternative to this, catheters are used that have movable mirrors arranged in their interior, whereby these mirrors can be moved during a movement of the catheter so that the laser beams hit the same spot in a chronological order. With this arrangement, an azimuthal asymmetry can be achieved by restricting the motion range of a movable mirror. During the movement of the catheter or the movable mirror, however, thermal energy is lost due to heat conduction, so that the efficacy of this type of treatment is impaired. Furthermore, the mirror configuration is complex and subject to failure.
In light of this state of the art, it is an object of the present invention to provide a light guide that is easy to manufacture and reliable, particularly for laser applications in, for example, the medical area, whereby with this light guide, coupled radiation can be decoupled and shaped in the required and efficient manner. At the same time, local overheating at the catheter surface or at the fibre surface should be avoided.
This object is achieved by means of a light guide in accordance with Patent Claim 1.
According to the invention, a light guide with at least one photorefractive area is provided, whereby a volume hologram is formed in the photorefractive area in such a way that coupled light in the light guide can be decoupled by the volume hologram at a predetermined angle and/or with a predetermined focus.
It has surprisingly turned out that the use of such volume holograms reliably allows the decoupling of light in the desired manner. Such a light guide does not have a complicated configuration, and is therefore not subject to failure. Depending on the desired application, it is consequently possible to provide a corresponding light guide with which decoupling of the light can be achieved at a certain angle and/or at a certain focus.
Photorefractive means that the refractive index continually changes under the light influence. A photorefractive material is consequently photosensitive. A volume hologram, in particular a volume phase hologram, can be produced in a simple manner by using photorefractive materials. A volume hologram is a holographic grid that has not-too-insignificant expansion in three dimensions, which means also particularly in the direction of the propagation of the light beams.
The photorefractive area can be provided at an end of the light guide. This allows light to be decoupled, particularly at points that are hard to access.
The photorefractive area can comprise a material that is different from the material in the rest of the light guide. This makes it possible to select the materials appropriately for the light guide, depending on the area. Consequently, for example, a material with optic characteristics that are particularly advantageous for the volume hologram can be selected for the photorefractive area and a material that, firstly, has the characteristics needed for the light guiding characteristic and, where necessary, a high level of flexibility, can be selected for the rest of the light guide.
The photorefractive area can be formed in a section of the light guide that is connected to the rest of the light guide in such a way that it can be detached, either without destruction or with destruction. The section with the photorefractive area can, in particular, be fused with the rest of the light guide.
Alternatively, the photorefractive area can be provided along the entire length of the light guide. In particular, this makes it possible to form one or more volume holograms at any desired points on the light guide.
The photorefractive area can be formed in the core of the light guide. In particular, the core of the entire light guide can comprise a photorefractive material.
The photorefractive area can comprise a very wide range of inorganic and organic materials. In particular, it can comprise a germanium-doped glass. The photorefractive area can additionally or alternatively have a doping of hydrogen, particularly in the form of a hydrogen-doped glass. Further suitable materials are cited, for example, in E. Mecher, "Erhöhung der Sensitivität photorefraktiver holographischer Speichermedien auf Basis von amorphen organischen Materialien" (Increase in the sensitivity of photorefractive holographic storage media on the basis of amorphous organic materials"), Dissertation, LMU (Ludwig Maximilian University) Munich, 2001.
The light guide can be formed as optical fibres. Optical fibres, which consequently comprise a photorefractive area with a volume hologram, are particularly suitable for use in, for example, medicine for minimally invasive procedures. Such optical fibres furthermore also simplify the processing of inorganic materials, particularly in hollow spaces.
In the case of the previously described light guides, the predetermined focus can comprise a point focus, line focus, ring focus or triangle focus. Furthermore, the predetermined focus can take the form of a combination of a point, line, ring and/or triangle. The focus can consequently be adjusted to the type of desired use of the light guide.
In particular, the predetermined focus can comprise a ring focus with the optical axis of the light guide as the axis of symmetry. To be understood as the optical axis of a light guide is the axis along which the light is guided in the light guide. In an optical fibre, the fibre itself forms the axis of symmetry.
The light guide can be developed to guide laser radiation, particularly in the infrared range. Infrared laser radiation is particularly suitable for laser-induced thermotherapy.
The invention furthermore provides a laser applicator for the treatment of biological tissue with laser radiation, comprising one of the previously described light guides. Furthermore, a laser applicator for the processing of inorganic materials comprising one of the previously described light guides is also provided.
In these cases, the photorefractive area can particularly be provided at the distal end of the laser applicator.
The invention furthermore provides a method for producing a light guide, particularly as previously described, with the steps:
The provision can comprise the steps:
Particularly in the case of an optical fibre, the provision of an element with the photorefractive area can comprise provision of a further light guide element, particularly with the photorefractive fibre core.
Connecting the light guide element and the photorefractive element can comprise a fusing. Other forms of connection, particularly also for destruction-free, detachable connecting, are likewise possible, however.
The development of a volume hologram can comprise irradiation with two partial beams of UV laser light, whereby one partial beam is modified in accordance with the volume hologram to be developed.
Further characteristics and advantages of the invention are described in the following on the basis of the figures. The figures illustrate:
For example, the optical fibre can be a glass fibre with a fibre core made of glass. It is photosensitized at its distal end, section 2. This section with the photorefractive area can, for example, be a piece of optical fibre with a fibre core made of germanium-doped glass. The fibre core can furthermore be doped with hydrogen. This section is then connected to the rest of the optical fibre, for example, by fusing.
A volume hologram is produced in the photorefractive area by means of irradiation with two UV partial laser beams. Provided for this purpose is a UV light source (3) that emits a laser beam in the UV range.
Possible for use as the UV light source are, for example, pulsed excimer lasers with wavelengths of 193 nm or 248 nm, a frequency-doubled argon ion laser (500 mW, cw) with a wavelength of 244 nm or a frequency-quadrupled Nd:YVO4 laser (100 mW, cw) with a wavelength of 266 nm.
With the help of a beam splitter 4, the laser beam is split into two partial beam paths (5) and (6). The one partial beam 5 is coupled into the optical fibre with an approximately level wave front on the distal end.
The other partial beam 6 is modified according to the volume hologram to be developed or according to the desired decoupling characteristic by means of lens and/or mirrors. In the example shown, the second partial beam 6 is focused at a point some predetermined distance from the optical fibre by means of a lens 7. A point focus is consequently produced. The laser beam subsequently falls onto the photorefractive area 2.
In the photorefractive area of section 2, the two partial beams 5 and 6 interfere and produce a volume phase hologram. Both partial beam paths must have the same optical path length from the laser 3 to the overlap area.
If the entire fibre core is photorefractive, this writing of the volume hologram into the section 2 can basically take place both after and during the pulling process of the optical fibre. When a light guide element without photorefractive fibre core and an additional fibre element with photorefractive core are used, both connected to each other, the writing can fundamentally accordingly be carried out before or after the connecting. Preferably it takes place after the connecting, however, because the two light guide elements have then been fixed in place in the relative arrangement.
In the production of a volume hologram that is, during a subsequent use of the optical fibre, intended to decouple the light at a different angle or with a different focus than that shown in the figure, the second partial beam 6 must be modified accordingly. Instead of a point focus, a line focus, ring focus or triangle focus, for example, can consequently be produced. Furthermore, overlap of a number of these foci is also possible.
In the application use, the beam of a laser 8 is coupled into the fibre 1 proximally, consequently reaching the area of the volume hologram from the direction opposite to the direction of insertion of the holographic grid according to
Depending on the desired application, an Nd:YAG laser with a wavelength of 1064 nm or a diode laser with a wavelength between 800 and 1000 nm, for example, can be used as the laser 8. Suitable laser powers can, for example, be between 5 and 100 W.
When the coupled beam reaches the dispersion area located at the distal end, it is bent by the volume hologram in such a way that the beam path of the second partial beam 6 of
The laser radiation is focused by the rotationally symmetrical concave mirror 11 in a ring shape 90 degrees towards the optical fibre. After the passage through the focus, the radiation is again divergent and finally reaches the overlap area 6 at the distal end of the fibre 7.
The partial beam 3 that runs through the central hole of the mirror 9 is directed via an arrangement of 4 plane mirrors, which are identified with the number 12. This mirror arrangement 12 serves the optical path length compensation. The path lengths of the partial beams 3 and 4 are adjusted to the same length in this way. The partial beam 3 then meets the practically flat wave fronts at the overlap area 6 at the distal fibre end. There the partial beams 3 and 4 interfere and produce a volume hologram.
Light guides of this kind, particularly optical fibres, can be used in a very wide range of areas. In medical applications, for example, an optical fibre can be introduced into a natural body opening or can be brought to the treatment point with the help of an endoscope or catheter. Tissue in areas that are difficult to reach can be ablated or coagulated by the laser radiation that is decoupled at any selected angle and with any selected focus. Consequently, a light guide of this type is particularly suited for interstitial treatments, gastroenterology, urology or angioplasty.
In addition to medical applications, however, it is also possible to process inorganic materials, for example, with such a light guide. Because light guides can be particularly easily guided into hollow spaces, an ablation and/or hardening of inner cylinder walls in motors, for example, can be performed with such a light guide.
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Vote, goddammit! Here in Washington, it's easy. You can even vote by email or fax! Really!
Huh. I guess you don't get what you pay for. After spending a record $4.2 billion on the 2012 presidential and congressional elections, President Obama will still be in the White House, Democrats will still hold about 53 seats in the Senate, and Republicans will still hold a majority in the House. Well played, consultancy class—enjoy your new vacation homes!
Obama Leads Romney 28 to 14! In the electoral equivalent of Groundhogs Day, Dixville Notch and Hart's Location, New Hampshire tallied the nation's first ballots. Yay for them.
Republicans can't do the math. A few more polls have yet to trickle in, but as it stands Nate Silver's model predicts a 313-225 electoral college victory for President Obama, with a 90.9 percent chance of winning, while Darryl at HA predicts a 309-229 win for Obama, with a 98.8 percent chance of winning.
I predict Mitt Romney will sweep all 792 electoral college votes! There. Now can I get a job as a highly paid conservative pundit?
Long lines at polling places nationwide. Long lines are being reported at polling places today in Florida, Ohio, Missouri, New York, and throughout the nation. Because, you know, Democracy is messy or something.
Hey America, no lines to vote in WA, no voter suppression, and always a paper trail! Hmm. Maybe it's time for national vote-by-mail?
Biden launches 2016 presidential campaign! When asked at his Delaware polling place whether this was the last time he would ever vote for himself, a smiling Vice President Joe Biden replied "No, I don't think so."
I sure hope Maine doesn't steal our thunder by being the first state in the nation to approve same-sex marriage at the polls. Well, actually, I guess I do hope Maine steals our thunder. But, you know. In any case, a new poll shows same-sex marriage up by 4 points in Maine.
US home prices jump most in 6 years. Home prices rose 5 percent year-to-year in September, yet more bad news for Romney's efforts to bash the "Obama economy."
And in non-election news: A new study shows that the proposed coal trains could delay traffic in downtown Seattle and Sodo by an additional 3 hours a day. Of course, reelecting Public Lands Commissioner Peter Goldmark might be our only hope of stopping these trains, so I guess it's kind of an election related item after all.
And finally Nate Silver explaining to Stephen Colbert why he'd rather vote for Ebola than a pundit:


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PackingListen up: A small podcast from Martin Joergensen while he's packing for a weekend fishing trip. Thoughts about various preparations, practical advice about packing, getting rods, reels and lines ready and bringing fly tying stuff. Including coffee brewing and the whole works!
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New Line Cleaner & Conditioner: When the bottle came in the mail, I got out an old hankie and wet a small bit and ran the line through the hankie a few times. Out to the yard to see how it cast. Hmm ... it was noticeably slicker and flowed through the guides with ease. Nice.
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Click here to read the entire review
First setup
Reel, backing, line, leader: Most of us know how, but this article is for the ones who never set up a fly reel from scratch. See which knots will work where and what type and amount of backing you most probably want. Start with this simple trout setup, and you can expand to other types.
Learn the trick of the trade here.
Learn the trick of the trade here.
Rod care
Reel care
Third and last part of fishing guide Roland Henrion's article on fly fishing equipment care and maintenance. This time on the proper treatment and storage of fly lines. Tired of stiff, coiling lines that makes bird's nests?
The Smart Spooler is one of those gadgets that you didn't know you needed before you got it. The Smart Spooler is aimed primarily at aiding fly anglers in cleaning their lines, but the neatly designed and sturdy tool has several other purposes.