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In a he-said she-said scenario, it's unclear who or what is responsible for the sustained blackout.
The Republican presidential candidate suggests that the US cut off Iraq and Syria from the Web.
With international norms on the use of chemical weapons allegedly violated, but weak political support for military action, what do we do?
The move comes just a week after authorities took similar action against Twitter, as the country's prime minister faces growing criticism for limiting free speech.
Two years ago this week, authorities arrested a computer programmer, Bassel Khartabil, involved in protests against the Syrian government. There's still no word on when he'll be released.
The computer maker says in an SEC filing that it has been cooperating with investigation since June.
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Citizens in the country once again have access to the Internet, following an eight-hour outage early Wednesday.
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Pantera - ****ing Hostile [C4C]
I **** up the solo, but tell me what you think
Also on soundcloud (better solo): https://soundcloud.com/gabriel-a-de...g-hostile-cover
You need to work on the rhythm a lot more as well. You're ahead of the beat on a lot of it and parts of it are just plain out of time. I think you're probably pushing yourself physically to do it a lot so you're rushing it a bit; even when he was playing fast Dimebag had a pretty relaxed feel to his playing; slightly behind the beat to give it more groove. Concentrate on getting the rhythm work right first before the lead - it's much more important.
The solo was terrible but you know that.
as long as it is pantera, it sounds good to me
Thanks man, I will try to get better.
And yeah the solo was terrible.
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"Death to the Jews" chanted the crowd waving the black flags of the Islamic State, or ISIS as it used to be known. They were looking for new supporters for their cause, the creation of a worldwide caliphate answering to the man who now calls himself Ibrahim: a zealot too radical even for Al Qaeda who has stormed through Syria and Iraq carrying out mass executions, crucifying rivals, beheading enemies. But these marchers were not in Syria or Iraq; they were in The Hague in The Netherlands. And their message was one tailored to the disaffected young descendants of Muslim immigrants in Europe.
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Zimmer Holdings, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and markets orthopedic reconstructive, spinal and trauma devices, biologics, dental implants and related surgical products. The company also provides other healthcare related services. The Orthopedic reconstructive devices restore function lost due to disease or trauma in joints, such as knees, hips, shoulders and elbows. The Dental reconstructive implants restore function and aesthetics in patients who have lost teeth due to trauma or disease. The Spinal devices are utilized by orthopedic surgeons and neurosurgeons in the treatment of degenerative diseases, deformities and trauma in all regions of the spine. The Trauma products are devices used primarily to reattach or stabilize damaged bone and tissue to support the body's natural healing process. Its related surgical products include surgical supplies and instruments designed to aid in orthopedic surgical procedures and post-operation rehabilitation. Zimmer Holdings was founded by Justin O. Zimmer in 1927 and is headquartered in Warsaw, IN. More »
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Hey Hawkeye Football
Umm….here's the poster you're handing out to promote the football season.
Umm…where is Mark Weisman? He's only the favorite player (and only true hope) of us Hawkeye fans.
Thanks for including our kicker though…nothing inspires confidence more than, "It's football season…check it out, we have a good kicker".
Hey look, it's that guy…and that guy…and that guy…and our kicker. Did I mention we're featuring our kicker? Oh boy…looooong season ahead.
Was our punter busy on photo shoot day? Oh, wait, our punter is busy…too busy…especially on Saturday afternoons.
Maybe Vodka Samm can spike our opponents' Gatorade jugs. Perfect. Done & Done.
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I spent the afternoon trying to fix our dryer…it would spin, but no heat. I put in a new, well, I don't know what they're called…but the aluminum connector that goes from the vent to the dryer…but that didn't fix it.
We were destined to have to call a repairman…but instead, I went to my fantasy football draft last night…came home, and it worked! Jennifer flipped a switch. Sure, it might not have been rocket science…but Jennifer fixed it…and that's AWESOME.
Nice job honey!
By the Way
It's been two weeks, but I was off last week…but just wanted to be on record with this statement….I thought the Miley Cyrus VMA performance was fantastic. It was so ridiculous…so over-the-top, that I thought it actually worked really well, and I liked it.
For the record…no, I'm not a Miley Cyrus fan…but I think I'm in danger of liking yet anohter 1D song. Oh boy.
The Top 10 Moments of the TV Season So Far…
This came from the HollywoodReporter.com…
I totally disagree with some of this list…Breaking Bad should be higher…and no mention of Dexter? Also, I know the ladies would put Eric going full-frontal on True Blood.
1. John Stamos' "Full House" band Jesse and the Rippers reuniting on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon"
2. The Syfy movie "Sharknado"
3. John Oliver hosting "The Daily Show", while Jon Stewart was off shooting a movie in the Middle East
4. The TLC documentary "The Man With the 132-Pound Scrotum"
5. Aaron Paul on "The Tonight Show" . . . talking about an old appearance on "The Price Is Right"
6. "Breaking Bad" returning for the second half of its final season
7. Robin Thicke, Jimmy Fallon and The Roots performing "Blurred Lines" with kids' instruments on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon".
8. 'N Sync reuniting, briefly, at the "MTV Video Music Awards"
9. Daft Punk canceling their performance on "The Colbert Report", allegedly
10. Jamie Foxx, Channing Tatum and Jimmy Kimmel unleashing the sexually suggestive song, "(I Wanna) Channing All Over Your Tatum", with a video that also featured Matt Damon, Miley Cyrus, Olivia Munn and Gabourey Sidibe
Oh, I have kids (3 & 1/1/2), so my TV viewing is much, much different…so here are my Top 5 Kids Moments This Summer.
5. The Octonauts encounter the Giant Shrimp Monster – a "scurvy beast" that can make a big bubble pop with his claw. Go Shrimpy, go shrimpy!
4. Professor Von Drake makes a submarine out of the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse camper – "Aye Aye" means "yes" in submarine!
3. Doc McStuffins fixes up Chilly after he gets touched by GloBo. – Globo…stay out of the blue paint…and Chilly, you need to..ummm…chill.
2. Jake and the Neverland Pirates play baseball with Captain Hook – My son learns baseball.
1. The Octonauts deal with the giant squid. – There are two episodes with big squids actually…my son knows the difference, I do not…but one is purple..and the other is red…and when he tells you which color squid he wants, well…just get it right!
Nine Inch Nails
"Hesitation Marks" came out yesterday…and it's AWESOME. I absolutely love it…and I can not wait to see NIN (for the first time ever) in KC at the end of the month. Note to my friend Plagman: Let's work on nailin' down those tickets please.
In honor of the greatness that is Trent Reznor…
My Top 10 Nine Inch Nails Songs
10. Closer
9. Burn
8. March of the Pigs
7. I Do Not Want This
6. The Perfect Drug
5. Suck
4. Head Like a Hole
3. Terrible Lie
2. Something I Can Never Have
1. Sin
I can't wait to hear some cuts off "Pretty Hate Machine" live finally. I may have to paint my fingernails black for the occasion (Note: I've never actually done that…even when I was following every single trend possible in high school).
James Franco Roast
My wife and I laughed so incredibly hard while watching this (mainly at Jonah Hill & Aziz Ansari's expense). It was nice to finally see a roast where there were legitimate movie stars there…oh, and that they were roasting someone who wasn't past his/her prime.
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Stunting in the OKC.
The Oklahoma City Thunder shook up its shoe rotation in last night's 114-93 win over the New Jersey Nets.
Russell Westbrook, to this point a staunch Nike Zoom Hyperfuse wearer, broke out the new Nike Air Max Fly By. Like the Hyperfuse, the shoe features a vented upper but adds an ankle strap and a heel Max Air unit.
Westbrook's teammates got into the change-up act. Nick Collison and Jeff Green played in the inline White/Blue colorway of the Nike Zoom KD III, Thabo Sefolosha switched to the Nike KD II, and Serge Ibaka chose a White/Orange makeup of the adidas adiZero Infiltrate. Kevin Durant stayed with his "Home" Nike Zoom KD III.
Elsewhere, the Jordan Take Flight continued to get exposure, with Charlotte's Stephen Jackson and Washington's Josh Howard sporting team-colored editions. Celtics guard Nate Robinson laced up the Nike LeBron 8 "Triple Black" yet again. And Vince Carter made his first Suns appearance, wearing a White/Silver colorway of the Nike Air Max Hyperdunk 2010.
Looks like PEAK has added another NBA athlete to its growing player roster. Utah rookie Gordon Hayward wore a pair of PEAK in the Jazz's road win over the Clippers.
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Raw Processing Tips: 7 ways the Basic Panel can kick-start your photo editing
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Beyond Cholesterol
Cynicism, hostility, and isolation have been identified as factors of heart disease
Adapted from "Beyond Cholestrol" by Elaine Ferguson, M.D., which appeared in Alternative Medicine, Issue #32, November 1999.
Although heart disease, the leading cause of death in the Western world, has been studied for many years, scientists are now finding that beyond the known risk factors--smoking, obesity, high cholesterol levels, hypertension, a sedentary life style, and diabetes--subtler psychosocial factors such as hostility, isolation, and depression, are also responsible for coronary artery disease
For many years, the "Type A" personality--always in a hurry, quick to anger, and highly competitive--was touted as a principal contributor to heart attacks. But as research became more common in this area, studies refined the behavioral profile of potential heart attack victims, and the Type A personality did not consistently predict the development of heart disease.
Redford Williams of Duke University Medical Center found, for example, that a cynical mistrust of others, the overt expression of this cynicism, and hostility expressed in aggressive behavior accounted for higher mortality related to heart disease. "Hostility flares like a beacon, a risk factor that needs to be tempered," Williams wrote in his book, "Anger Kills."
But while it may be critical to one's health to recognize unrelenting anger as a toxic, health-damaging personality trait, it is equally important to know that it can be modified with behavioral therapy and a commitment to change. An international study conducted in Canada, the United States, and Israel, "The Short-Term Effects of Hostility-Reduction Intervention on Male Coronary Heart Disease Patients," which was published in Health Psychology (July 1999), evaluated the effectiveness of an intervention aimed at reducing hostility in patients with coronary artery disease. The project found that heart patients who released at least some of their hostility were able to significantly reduce their blood pressure.
Still the effects of hostility are manifold. One study conducted by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health in 1972, found that, in individuals age 50 and younger, unhappiness was the greatest predictor of heart disease and heart attacks. In his book, Williams connects hostility to unhappiness. He cites a study, "Cynical Hostility at Home and Work: Psychosocial Vulnerability Across Domains," conducted by Timothy Smith, a University of Utah researcher and his colleagues and published in the Journal of Research in Personality (December 1988), which found that college students, who score high on a hostility questionnaire, a part of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), a standard psychological test, reported more hassles and negative life events, along with less social support. Williams also points out that hostile people had more marital problems and conflicts in their families. Thus, hostility led to another contributor to heart disease: isolation.
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Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel had argued for a more incremental approach to health reform. "I begged him not to do this," he later recalled.
The president went ahead, saying "I feel lucky." In March of 2010, Obamacare was passed without a serious recalibration or a single Republican vote.
This choice unleashed a cascade of effects. Obama placed a highly ideological debate on the size and role of government at the center of American politics. He contributed to extreme polarization in Congress and the public. He exhausted his political capital on an issue that had little to do with the immediate economic crisis faced by the country. He invited the backlash midterm election of 2010 -- including the loss of 63 Democratic House seats -- which effectively ended the creative period of his presidency.


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It's not an "angry" blog this time *gasp* lol
Okay, so I met this girl online this past summer (a different site - not this one ) and we hit it off great, not to mention the sex we had together was phenomenal. So, we had planned to get together again that same weekend and she told me to call her and we'd get together. I called her and she didn't call me back. The following week I emailed her and she said she was sorry but that her back was bothering her and she didn't get out of bed until like 4:30..or something like that. Couple more times of the same thing...made plans....no call, no show, no return calls.
Just an FYI about this girl I"m talking about: She injured her back at work over a year ago and is in therapy and takes narcotics regularly.
Okay..so I figured I would give it a little time and see if I hear from her because I was getting tired of trying to contact her and getting no response. Finally, after about a week or so of not hearing anything I emailed her:
I just thought I'd send you a message and see if I get a response this time. Just wondering what the hell happened. I thought you and I hit it off pretty good and had a lot of shit in common and then all of the sudden you fell off the face of the earth it seems. I guess now I'm just curious what happened and if you are even still interested in pursuing anything further now. If you aren't, an answer back would be appreciated. I think just ignoring me is kinda…well…rude. No, you don't owe me a thing…except an answer back and if you aren't interested, well I'll leave you alone and that's that. Seriously, what the hell is up? And if you just wanted a one night stand, why didn't we get that out in the open instead of acting like we were going to be friends and shit. I don't know…I'm just confused and would like an answer is all. I really do feel that I'm entitled to one.
And now FINALLY 10 days later....I get this response:
You are entitled to an explination, and I can only apologize (though at this point it might be in vain) for your explination 10 days after your message was sent.
I fell down on August 28th, and dislocated my right kneecap, while screwing up my back even more. I fortunately won't need surgery on my knee, but I've been wearing a brace, getting injections, and walking with a cane. I fell down because apparently my L5-S1 disk, which was only bulging, is now ruptured, and it caused my siatic nerve to basically "freeze" and lock my whole leg up. I smashed my knee on the corner of the coffee table. I'm really fortunate I didn't break it, and I'm even more lucky I was inside and fell on carpet instead of concrete.
I never wanted a one-night-stand, and if you'd like, you can message almost anyone on my top friends to see if they've heard from me, because they haven't. I've been hiding in my house, I haven't been to work in weeks, and I pretty much have been a bitter, depressed mess since then.
I guess all I can do is apologize to you, though I feel like it's not enough. If you don't want to talk to me, I totally understand, no hard feelings, and please don't feel like I'm guilt-tripping you because I'm not. I'm a mess, and you shouldn't have had to suffer for that. If you still want to talk, hang out, and anything else, I would honestly love that. My knee is still killing me, but my orthopedist says that in about a week or two it should be well enough to take off the stupid brace...I hope.
Well, if you feel so inclined, message me back. If not, then I'm sorry.
So, now I'm not sure. I pretty much had written her off and figured she got what she wanted and didn't really care to talk to me anymore. I totally understand her situation and even offered to help her out with grocery shopping, etc, but then just got pissed that I was being ignored and she couldn't take 2 friggin seconds to send me an email or pick up the phone. I really like her, I'm really attracted to her, and we got along so well.
So what would you do?
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Sep 22 @ 2:26PM
I had bilateral knee replacement surgery last year and for 4 months did not want to communicate with anyone.I kind of wished that my friends would have come over to keep me company instead of phoning me.
If she doesn`t live far,why don`t you try that.Give her that chance.I didn`t want phone calls or emails,I wanted visitors.
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Sep 22 @ 2:51PM
If you were really interested in her, I'd give it a go. What's the worse that can happen? But, on the flip side, what is the best that can happen. Take her word for it and try again.
Sep 23 @ 12:07AM
It sounds like she is Really Depressed!!! and She needs a Friend BAD!!!!!!!!!
Not for Sex.. but a really good friend!! It could be the Narc's she is on... or maybe she is Bipolar...?
My X did what she said she did.. while being depressed!!! and that Is Very Serious stuff!
My 2 cents!
Sep 23 @ 12:35AM
dude, she's probably full of shit, she couldn't even make a fucking effort to send you an e-mail.. i would tell her to go fuck off and die..and find somebody who serious about returning the love you put into a relationship....but, that's my opinion...mark
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The name Intel Developer Forum (IDF) would normally indicate a convention revolving almost exclusively around Intel, but our experience with this year's Spring IDF was quite the contrary. While it is true that we got quite an interesting look at what Intel has planned for this year we also got to see a microcosm representing the future of the x86 computing world as a whole, including a few interesting tidbits of information from AMD, the last face you'd expect to hear about at an IDF.
The Spring 2000 IDF was held in sunny Palm Springs, California, but it will most likely be the last time that the IDF is held in Palm Springs. The fairly small convention was home to over 3000 developers and a handful of the press for its duration, but the forum itself was very organized and it required quite a bit of teamwork to get as much coverage of the happenings as possible.
We brought you live coverage of the Forum from the press room in the Wyndham Hotel which is where some of the sessions took place. Our coverage was split into four parts, the first dealing with CPUs, particularly the Willamette and the Timna processors that were demonstrated at the Forum. The second part focused on Serial ATA and USB 2.0, two technologies that were demonstrated (rather poorly demonstrated, but displayed nonetheless), the third part of our coverage focused on Intel's workstation/server class Itanium processor and the fourth offered a summary of the show and some pictures of Itanium based servers.
Now, two weeks after our initial coverage of the show we are bringing you a complete summary of all that we've seen as well as some unique insight into exactly what Intel and AMD have planned for the future. So without further ado, let's get to Intel's first announcement, the Willamette.
The Willamette
Grasping the architectural advantages of the Willamette may be a difficult feat to accomplish, but for most of the IDF attendants, learning how to pronounce the code name of the upcoming processor was even more challenging. For starters, the name Willamette (taken from a river near where the CPU was designed), is pronounced Will-AM-ette. But now to the more important things ;)
Willamette will be Intel's first major architectural change since the Pentium Pro was introduced seemingly ages ago, in 1995. What all is a part of this "major architectural change" that we keep on talking about?
20 Stage Pipeline
By increasing the pipeline of the Willamette (up from 10-stages on the Pentium III) Intel is able to increase the clock speed of the Willamette. How can increasing the pipeline to 20 stages allow for higher clock speeds? By increasing the length of the pipeline, less is done in a single clock cycle meaning that the CPU can operate at a higher frequency whereas with a shorter pipeline, where more is done in a single clock cycle (more complex work per clock) you are limited to lower clock frequencies.
Since the Willamette is geared to be the successor to the Pentium III (which is the reasoning behind most people referring to it as the Pentium IV), it makes perfect sense that Intel would want to debut it at a higher clock speed than the Pentium III. With the current Pentium III Coppermine core to hit 1GHz around the launch, this clock speed advantage is absolutely necessary because otherwise it would be difficult for Intel to demonstrate any purpose for the Willamette if it weren't clocked noticeably higher than the Pentium III. Remember, since the Willamette probably can't do as much per clock as the Athlon/Pentium III it will rely on this increased clock speed to remain competitive.
As the clock speed increases beyond what the Pentium III would be able to accomplish, something that is made possible because of the deeper pipeline, the Willamette's 20 stage pipeline will truly begin to shine.
In essence, the number of pipeline stages you have helps to determine the attainable clock speed of your processor, the deeper the pipeline, the higher your clock speed can go.
Modern day CPUs attempt to increase the efficiency of their pipelines by predicting what they will be asked to do next, this is a simplified explanation of the term Branch Tree Prediction. When a processor predicts correctly, everything goes according to plan but when an incorrect prediction is made the processing cycle must start all over at the beginning of the pipeline. Because of this, a processor with a 10 stage pipeline has a lower penalty for a mis-predicted branch than that of a processor with a 20 stage pipeline. The longer the pipeline, the further back in the process you have to start over in order to make up for a mis-predicted branch.
With the Willamette boasting a 20 stage pipeline, the penalty for a mis-predicted branch is much greater than it would be on a Pentium III. So how did Intel attempt to work around this problem?
Trace Cache
The decoder of any x86 CPU (what takes the fetched instructions and decodes them into a form understandable by the execution units) has one of the highest gate counts out of all of the pieces of logic. This translates into quite a bit of time being spent in the decoding stage when preparing to process an instruction either for the first time or after a branch mis-prediction.
This is where the Willamette's trace cache comes into play. The trace cache acts as a middle man between the decoding stage and the first stage of execution after the decoding has been complete. The trace cache essentially caches decoded micro-ops (the instructions after they have been fetched and decoded, thus ready for execution) so that instead of going through the fetching and decoding process all over again when executing a new instruction, the Willamette can just go straight to the trace cache, retrieve its decoded micro-op and begin execution.
The addition of the trace cache in the case of the Willamette isn't only to improve performance, but it's to hide the penalties associated with incorrectly predicting a branch deeper into the Willamette's 20 stage pipeline. Since, on the Willamette, an incorrectly predicted branch could potentially only send the instruction back to the trace cache where the fetching/decoding process could be skipped and execution could take place almost immediately, a major downside to the Willamette's 20 stage pipeline is somewhat masked by this trace cache.
Another benefit of the trace cache is that it caches the micro-ops in the predicted path of execution, meaning that if the Willamette fetches 3 instructions from the trace cache they are already presented in their order of execution. This adds potential for an incorrectly predicted path of execution of the cached micro-ops however Intel is confident that these penalties will be minimized because of the prediction algorithms used by the Willamette.Double Pumped ALU & Low Latency Data Cache
This was the big attention getter when we published our first live report from IDF, the Willamette has a double pumped Integer Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU). The ALU actually executes the instructions in the Willamette and by "double pumping" it, Intel is able to make the two physical ALUs of the Willamette produce the benefits of four ALUs each running at the core frequency of the CPU.
The Willamette's double pumped ALU should make the business application and content creation performance of the processor very difficult to beat since those two areas are relatively non-FPU intensive and would benefit greatly from the double pumped Integer ALU.
The double pumped ALU naturally reduces the latency associated with executing instructions, for example, a single add or subtract would take only 1/2 of a clock cycle on a Willamette because of the double pumped ALU. Theoretically, you could execute a total of four instructions in two clock cycles through the Willamette's two physical ALUs courtesy of their double pumped nature.
Along the topic of low latencies, the Willamette will also feature a very low latency data cache which makes up half of the CPU's L1 cache. The L1 data cache boasts an extremely low 2 clock load latency which is considerably lower than the L1 data cache latency on the Pentium III.
The Willamette, as we mentioned in our first IDF Report, will have 144 new Streaming SIMD Extensions 2 (SSE2) instructions that could either make or break the FPU performance of the Willamette. Why do we say that?
There isn't much known about the Willamette's FPU, as far as we know now, it alone could be inferior to the Athlon's FPU. Intel did very little to talk about the Willamette's FPU at the Spring 2000 IDF, rather they focused on what SSE2 could do for the Willamette in terms of floating point performance.
The benefits of SSE2 come from its extensions to MMX and SSE. SSE2 offers 128-bit SIMD-Int and 128-bit SIMD Double Precision FP instructions, the former being an extension of 64-bit MMX and the latter being an extension of 64-bit SSE. Being able to handle two 64-bit double precision FP operations will be very useful in the professional arena, especially in MCAD and 3D visualization applications among others. This is if SSE2 is taken advantage of in these particular applications as well as the drivers on the video card level, if not, then the FPU performance of the Willamette is left at what its FPU can accomplish alone.
SSE2 also features cache and memory management operations as well as new encryption operations. While those last two features are a bit vague, we should know more about them at this Fall's IDF.Willamette Bus & Tehama Chipset
The Willamette features a 64-bit, 3.2GB/s FSB that will most likely operate at 100MHz QDR, or quadruple pumped as Intel likes to call it. This means that the FSB operates at 100MHz but fetches 4 times as much data per clock, much like the way AGP 4X operates today.
The only chipset to support the Willamette at its launch will be the Tehama which boasts exclusive support for RDRAM as a memory type. The chipset will feature a dual channel RDRAM interface, much like that on the i840 chipset, which provides for a maximum of 3.2GB/s of peak memory bandwidth. While the chipset does not officially support SDRAM, should the need arise (translation: if Intel is wrong and the cost of RDRAM doesn't drop by the release of the Willamette), motherboard manufacturers should theoretically be able to use Memory Translator Hubs on Tehama boards to translate the RDRAM memory requests into SDRAM memory requests.
Then again, the performance benefits of RDRAM are supposed to scale quite nicely as CPUs get faster and faster so the Willamette may actually show appreciation for RDRAM while our current 133MHz FSB Pentium IIIs are just happy with PC100/PC133 SDRAM.
The new Celeron & Timna
Intel will shortly be introducing even higher clock speed Celerons manufactured on the 0.18-micron process with the same 128KB of L2 cache we're used to. Contrary to what we've been told in the past, these Celerons will be 66MHz FSB CPUs only, meaning that they will most likely be the next big overclockers for us to enjoy.
If the yields on these 66MHz parts are as high as the yields on the Coppermines, then it shouldn't be too out of the question to see a Celeron 566 running at 100MHz x 8.5 instead of its default 66MHz x 8.5 setting. Since these CPUs are targeted at the low end market you can expect them to be quite affordable as well.
The continuation of the 66MHz FSB Celeron line may mean a new upgrade option for older BX/LX motherboard owners, but the processors would admittedly have to have BIOS support in order for this wish to come true. Imagine being able to use a board you bought over two years ago with a 700MHz processor…
The Celeron line will eventually welcome the Timna processor which, as we mentioned in Part 1 of our IDF coverage, is the first chip to boast Intel's "Smart Integration."
Smart Integration essentially takes the memory controller and the graphics controller and moves them off of the motherboard and actually integrates them onto the CPU. This will definitely be a poor gaming solution compared to the dedicated 3D graphics accelerator solutions that will be available around the release of the Timna, but for the entry level market the Timna should be quite successful.
According to Intel, the Timna's integrated graphics should be an extension of the i752 graphics core, and not an entirely new design.
As a notebook solution, if it ever makes it into that market, the Timna should also be an interesting solution.
New Mobile Parts
On the mobile side of things we have the 100MHz FSB Celerons that shouldn't be much different from their 66MHz desktop counterparts other than the increase in FSB frequency. These 100MHz FSB Celerons boast SSE support, a 0.18-micron fabrication process, and 128KB of on-die L2 cache running at clock speed and should thus offer some fairly decent competition to the more expensive 256KB mobile Pentium III parts that share the same features as the 100MHz FSB Celerons with the addition of an extra 128KB of L2 cache.
The new 100MHz FSB Celerons are available in 400MHz (400A), 450MHz and 500MHz parts. The mobile 400A runs at a 1.35v core voltage and requires 10W of power while the 450/500MHz chips both run at 1.60v which explains the 16.8W power consumption figure for those two. If you're concerned about battery life, the Celeron 400A is the way to go, otherwise the 450/500MHz parts are excellent alternatives to their more expensive Pentium III counterparts.
For most users, a 500MHz notebook based on a Celeron 500/100MHz with 128KB of L2 cache would offer a much better value than their 256KB L2 mobile Pentium III counterparts. As of the date of publication, one of the new 500MHz mobile Celerons is approximately 40% cheaper than a 500MHz mobile Pentium III in OEM quantities of 1000. This translates into quite a noticeable difference in the overall cost of laptops based on these two processors, and for most users, the extra 128KB of L2 cache isn't worth the added cost.
In order to keep the 100MHz FSB mobile Celerons from competing with the mobile Pentium IIIs, Intel will keep the clock speeds of these down to around the 500MHz level while the mobile Pentium III ramps up to 750MHz towards the middle of this year.
Another feature that the mobile Celerons don't have is Intel's recently announced SpeedStep technology that allows the dynamic adjustment of a processor's clock frequency and core voltage depending on whether it is running off of battery power or plugged into a wall outlet. SpeedStep is currently reserved for the mobile Pentium IIIs.
Keep in mind that not all mobile Pentium IIIs feature SpeedStep, only the 600 and 650MHz parts do. The 600/650MHz SpeedStep parts drop to 500MHz when running on battery power and drop their core voltage from 1.60v to 1.35v at the lower frequency. Then we have the Pentium III 450 and 500 which run on a 1.60v core voltage in addition to two newer Pentium IIIs a 400 and an updated 500 that run at 1.35v core.
The updated 500s are essentially SpeedStep 600/650MHz chips that always run at the lower speed, ah how nice it would be if we could overclock laptops…
AMD's Thunderbird
As you've all probably heard by now, AMD has had their new Thunderbird core up and running at 1.1GHz for quite some time.
The Thunderbird core improves on the current K75 core by integrating a full 256KB of L2 cache onto the 0.18-micron die itself which, although brings the L2 cache size down from 512KB, helps to improve performance because the Thunderbird's L2 cache will be operating at clock speed instead of some odd divisor of the core clock.
This will help to remove a huge scaling bottleneck with the Athlon and will hopefully prepare the Athlon for a heated battle between itself and Intel's upcoming Willamette. Plus, by moving the L2 cache onto the die itself AMD will be able to follow in Intel's footsteps and move to a socketed design which should help to reduce costs.
AMD's current K75 core will experience at least one more speed boost before the release of the Thunderbird core which will hit the streets around the E3 timeframe in May. Other than moving the L2 cache on-die and cutting it in half, the Thunderbird should be identical to the current Athlons with an obvious improvement in performance.
According to AMD, we should expect to see a 10 – 20% boost in performance across the board by moving the L2 cache on-die and running it at the core clock speed. With the Athlon already keeping up quite well with Intel's Pentium III, this boost should give it the momentum AMD needs to pull ahead of the Pentium III and prepare for its true match against the Willamette. Luckily, if everything goes according to AMD's plan, the Thunderbird will never have to be put up against the Willamette.
The current Athlons will disappear shortly after the introduction of the Thunderbird core, and the Thunderbird will spin off a low-cost version of itself known as the Spitfire. The Spitfire will feature 128KB of L2 cache running at clock speed and will only be available in a 426-pin Socket A interface.
The Spitfire will be positioned against the Celeron in the low-end market, the Thunderbird should be able to square off with the remaining higher clock speed Pentium IIIs, thus paving the way for a new CPU introduction from AMD to compete with Intel's Willamette in October.
What AMD hopes to combat the Willamette with is a combination of the upcoming Mustang core with a minimum of 512KB of on-die L2 cache as well as the higher clock speed Thunderbird solutions.
Athlon Chipsets
It is going to be up to AMD to release the next major chipset for the Athlon since VIA is going to be focusing on more of the low-cost market with their upcoming Athlon chipsets, including an integrated video solution. While this does leave ALi to help out with providing the Athlon with the next major chipset platform, AMD has already committed to supplying the next two major chipsets so there isn't a need for immediate support from ALi.
The AMD 760 chipset, the successor to the AMD 750 that was introduced with the Athlon last year will add DDR SDRAM support to the Athlon platform as well as offer an increase in the Athlon's FSB frequency to 133MHz DDR (266MHz).
We are on the verge of running out of clock multipliers with the Athlon as 10.5x is the maximum clock multiplier on all Athlon CPUs available today. AMD's 1.1GHz demonstration used a modified Athlon PCB to allow for the higher clock multiplier to be used. The introduction of the Thunderbird should change this, but until then companies like Kryotech are working with motherboard manufacturers to try and push the Athlon's EV6 bus to 133MHz DDR now. Whether or not this will be possible before the AMD 760 chipset is released is up for grabs but it's interesting nevertheless.
An interesting thing to note is that the AMD 760 chipset will be Socket-A only, meaning that by the time the AMD 760 makes its way to market, you better be using a Socket-A processor otherwise you're stuck with the older generation of chipsets. AMD is hoping to ramp up their Socket-A production very quickly since they are somewhat behind Intel in that respect.
And finally, following the release of the AMD 760 chipset we should finally see the AMD 770 chipset which will be the first dual processor Athlon chipset to hit the market. Currently the lack of any server-level motherboards/chipsets is keeping the Athlon from entering that market, this should hopefully change towards the end of this year and on into 2001.


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Very sick red devil - HELP! :(
Hi. I'm new here, so bear with me. I have a 12 year old red devil that has suddenly taken a turn for the worst. His appetite has significantly decreased in the past week and he has been very lethargic, staying in one corner of the tank, nose up.
I have struggled with hole in the head with him on and off and have never been able to get rid of it completely. Just after I noticed a change in his behavior I noticed that he has little white stringy "stuff" coming out of his gills and some red spotting on them. He is also breathing pretty heavily. I medicated his tank with coppersafe because after going over all of his symptoms, I thought he might have some sort of fungus.
It has been two days since I treated the tank and he has not shown any signs of improvement. In fact, today he has gotten worse, He is now laying on the bottom of the tank and is very pale. I also did a 25% water change tonight hoping that it would help. I should also mention that he lives with a gold fish (a feeder turned friend who has lived with him for about 3 years!) who is perfectly healthy and has no symptoms that the devil does.
Oh yeah, and he also has a bulge in his abdomen, which I'm not sure if he's just getting skinny from not eating or if it's some internal problem.
If any one can offer any advice or insight into what might be going on it would be much appreciated. This fish os like part of the family.
nevermind....he passed away about 2 hours after the original post...
Sorry to hear that. At 12 years old he lived a good long life. Maybe it was just his time.
Oh, and welcome to Fishforum!
Very sorry to hear about your loss. Fish do become part of our family, even if they do not stay with us for such a long time as your red devil.
What is a red devil? Does it have a different name? :oops:
Thank you for the comments. I'm still in disbelief that he's gone. I feel a little silly being so upset over a fish, but he was amazing! He was so intelligent and so fun to watch. He knew me and would get excited when I'd walk into the room. My gosh, I miss him.
Anyway, Im not sure if there is another name for them other than the scientific name. They come from Nicaragua and I think he measured about 15 inched in length if not more (should have measure and weighed him before I buried him.) They're bright orange with a prominent "bump" on their foreheads. They really are beautiful fish. I would love to have another one, but am afraid that none other could compare to him. Maybe in a few years....
Red Devil = Amphilophus Labiatus
i'm so sorry that we wernt able to help you. :(
welcome to our comunity,i hope you stay,
are you planing to get the goldfish a friend ?
sorry to hear about it man. RIP Red Devil.
Sorry to hear about your loss. It does sound like the fish was sick, but 12 years is a fairly long life for a red devil.
Twelve years is a very good, long life. Don't feel silly for missing your fish, afterall, he was your buddy for twelve(!) years. Sorry for your loss.
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The best news for an author? When the Advanced Review Copies [ARCs] arrive from the publisher for final review just before printing. New ADHD Medication Rules arrived in the office mail yesterday, and is looking exceedingly good!
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But A Key Question Remains: Why Read New Rules?
Consider: These 10 Serious ADHD Medication Problems:
- ADHD is the most commonly misdiagnosed and mismanaged psychiatric condition on the planet. Current ADHD prevalence numbers are inaccurate based on failure to understand functional brain diagnosis. Questions and questionnaires don't address the patient's real executive function challenges.
- ADHD diagnosis remains remarkably incorrect as ADHD diagnosis is based upon appearances – not on well know brain function measures.
- Even excellent psychological testing misses brain science as it often targets superficial symptoms sets from the current diagnostic manual – outdated by at least 20 years.
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Comorbidities - you'll not use this word very often if at all, it means the simultaneous appearance of two or more psychiatric or physical illnesses, such as alcohol dependence and depression.
The 32nd Weirton United Way Golf Classic on June 10 was very competitive. Thirty teams were entered. The amount of money raised for the charity must await until a few more bills are paid, but likely it was a big success. Thanks and congrats to all who either played or help stage the event.
Here are the results:
First place, Mike Arlia, Maribeth Arlia, Fedele Arlia, Matt Arlia and Connor Arlia with a score of 55 or 17 under par;
Second place, Billy Davis, Dr. Eric Davis, John Newbrough, Bubba Schmitt and Nolan Wilson, 56; and
Third place, Jon Rogers, Jay McLaughlin, Bob Young, Kevin Lusk and the ageless Fred Chambers, 57.
Closest to the pin winners:
No. 6, Eric Davis;
No. 12, Geno Quattrochi;
No. 16 longest putt, Jon Rogers;
No. 17 closest to pin, second shot Maribeth Arlia and J.C. Markovitz; and
No. 18 longest drive, Cynde Vidas and John Horvath.
In the individual putting contest, four players sunk the putt and the winner, Rick Roberts was drawn by ticket.
In the team putting contest, George Mastromatteo, Linda Mastromatteo, Rick Moore, Larry Purks and Jim Tennant won with 194 feet.
Dinner in the Williams clubhouse after golf was excellent! I spotted newspaper executive Alex Marshall in the dining room and thanked him for his steadfast support of United Way. Once again, that convivial twosome of David Gallagher and Mike Petrozzi managed the putting contest. Regis Raubaugh, an Arcelor Mittal employee won the Dream Sports Package, and Brian James, the steelmaker's energetic Weirton leader, sold the winning ticket - as he did last year!
Thanks to all the volunteers, team sponsors, and generous vendors who were willing to help the needy in our community, with either their work or their money.
Sign on a maternity room door: Push. Push. Push.
Best wishes to an old friend, Dr. George Mascio of Weirton, who has been practicing the dental profession for 53 years! Dr. Mascio is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh.


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The White Hart is a family run pub and we are keen to promote a relaxed, unpretentious and friendly environment in which to stay. We have 5 letting rooms available with all rooms featuring tea and coffee, en-suite facilities, and TVs with free view.
We have entertainment on most weekends to suit all tastes so if you like to sing we have karaoke every Friday. Built in 1520 The White Hart Inn is the oldest pub in Bodmin and still has many of its original features. During the 16th century the building was used as a magistrates court, those found guilty of serious crimes, such as sheep stealing were sent to the nearby goal (jail) where, if they were lucky they served long sentences in the harshest conditions. Those less fortunate were summarily hanged. Today the goal is one of Bodmins busiest tourist attractions, there you can visit the dungeons and cells and see the gallows (only a five min walk from here ).
In the 18th century The white hart became the debtors court, and the building on the other side the road, which is now a public house called The Hole In The Wall, was at the time the debtors prison. Legend has it that somewhere in the walls of The White Hart Inn there is a door leading to a passageway which goes under the road to the "Hole in the Wall".
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Storyteller: Writing Lessons and More from 27 Years of the Clarion Writers' Workshop
Kate Wilhelm - published August 2005
* Locus Award Winner
* Hugo Award Winner
* An alternate selection of the Science Fiction Book Club.
Read Excerpts:
- Can Writing Be Taught?
- Trivia Vs. Writing Real Stories now available at the Online Writing Workshop.
- My Silent Partner at SF Site.
For 27 years, Kate Wilhelm and her husband, Damon Knight, taught at the Clarion Writers' Workshop, an intensive and ambitious six-week writing program for novice writers, known to participants as "boot camp for writers."
* See page 121 for the origin of "The Red Line of Death."
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In 2005 we donated $5 from each sale of Storyteller through our website to the Clarion Foundation. In early 2006 we sent in a check for $850 — thank you readers for helping us help future Clarion Workshop attendees.
"There are many books of writing instruction out there, but what sets Storyteller apart is the sense that Wilhelm really knows students and knows how to teach them to craft a professional story."
"A useful, compact, and entertaining guide to writing that is neither bound to a particular genre or market."
"This book should be on the reference shelf of every aspiring writer. Not only is it a gift of insight and experience of a wonderful writer but it's also a fine story of the growth of a renowned writing workshop. Highly recommended."
"Teaching writing is a balancing act between compassionate encouragement and firm, blunt criticism. Kate is a master of it. The book uses reminisces about the founding, development and running of Clarion to frame a series of practical, plainly stated lessons for the beginning (and professional) writer. I learned a great deal reading it — something that can be accomplished in a deceptively short time, for Kate is also a master of simply and clearly setting out complicated, muddy issues, a skill honed both in her award-winning fiction (Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang is a personal favorite) and in her long years of teaching."
"Oh, but this is a lovely book…. Wilhelm fills Storyteller with lessons about how to write, and just as important, how not to write."
"Full of pithy, relevant advice for writers, amusing recollections of the field's current giants during their early days, and the fullest published account to date of how a revered program was established."
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"Richly deserves the praise it won. . . . It richly deserves to be read—or read again—for its insights that remain startlingly fresh." —L.D. Meagher, CNN.com
"As well-crafted and sympathetic as it is scientifically rigorous."—Nalo Hopkinson, scifi.com
"The best novel about cloning written to date."—Locus
"Wilhelm's cautionary message comes through loud and clear."
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[…] then-wife of the person who received my name, was also interested in writing, and sent me "Storyteller: Writing Lessons and More from 27 Years of the Clarion Writers' Workshop" by Kate Wilhelm. My interest in the workshop was rekindled; I applied in 2007 and again in […]
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[…] This is on the same theme – reading. It's a bit more of a specific point, though. Storyteller reveals how Clarion came to be, how it changed over the years, and what the experience is really like. Before I set off for San Diego, I read many alumni blogs, all of which give you a certain insight into the journey. But Storyteller gives you that and so much more. Pack it in your suitcase; it will help you stay sane while you're there. And, at the end, you'll have an appropriate keepsake for all your classmates to sign. You can order Storyteller directly from Small Beer Press. […]
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Ad campaign brings out the Charlie West' in everyone
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Are you Charlie West?
The Charleston Convention and Visitors Bureau has asked notable locals to take on the guise of the community's everyman.
The bureau will launch its "I'm Charlie West" ad campaign Thursday during a West Virginia Power baseball game at Appalachian Power Park, said Alisa Bailey, bureau chief operating officer and president.
Although the spelling can vary, Charlie West or Charley West is synonymous with aspects of life in Charleston, West Virginia.
In airline parlance, Charlie West - or the call letters CRW - differentiates Charleston, West Virginia, from Charlie South in Charleston, South Carolina.
For many years, the local minor league baseball team was the Charleston Charlies, represented by a smiling baseball wearing a derby hat and smoking a cigar.
Then there's the Charlie West Blues Fest, a relatively new summer music event.
And, of course, there's the Daily Mail's own news-observing quipster, Charley West, who has lived in the index box on the front page for more than 50 years.
"People know Charlie West," Bailey said. "He's a very recognizable figure."
So now people need to BE Charlie West.
Charleston personalities like Mayor Danny Jones, renowned jazz pianist Bob Thompson and Georgette Rashid George, who is president of the Monarch Family of Hotels, are embracing their inner Charlies for the campaign.
Each notable - called an ambassador by Bailey - will describe why they live in the area and what they love about Charleston.
They then publicly declare, "I'm Charlie West."
The billboards where various people proclaim being Charlie West already can be spotted throughout Kanawha County.
Commercials are also airing on television, and advertisements will appear in local print media.
The campaign was sparked by a study that shows one of the biggest reasons people come to Charleston is to visit friends and family, Bailey said. So community members end up being unofficial ambassadors for Charlie West.
Local firm Charles Ryan Associates drafted the campaign. The creative process took several months from beginning to end, said Shayna Varner, an account executive with the firm.
Informal research conducted by the firm showed that those living in the area were already referring to the area as Charlie West, she said.
"We really wanted to focus on the moniker that people were already using," Varner said.
Other efforts are under way to market what the bureau refers to as "hip, historic" Charleston.
The organization's website has been redesigned, Bailey said, allowing bureau partners such as local hotels and retail shops to access their section of the page to place features and deals. They also can post pictures of their restaurant, venue or hotel rooms on the site.
"People want to see a picture of their room before they book," Bailey said.
The new website is more colorful than the bureau's former page.
"We think it even looks more hip," she said.
Bailey hopes the freshened website will help market the city to prospective travelers, vacationers and conventions.
"We have to sell more than just meeting space in Charleston," she said. "We have to sell Charleston as a destination."
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|Courage and Compassion in the Advocacy of Mental Health Award
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Two Individuals honored for their dedication and efforts in working with mental illness.
DAVENPORT, Iowa – On January 11, 2014, the Vera French Community Mental Health Center honored two dedicated individuals with the Courage and Compassion in the Advocacy of Mental Health Award for their efforts and contributions to improving conditions for people with mental illness.
For almost 40 years, Chris McCormick Pries has worked at Vera French Community Mental Health Center and is currently a Board Certified Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner and the Clinical Director. Chris is also a major provider of community services for individuals, educators, counselors, and care givers in the Quad Cities. She is involved with Jason's Box, the Mental Health Legal Task Force, Eating Disorders Consortium, the Safety Net in Peril Committee, a trainer for the Davenport and Bettendorf police and a public speaker bringing awareness to eradicate the stigma of mental illness. Chris has dedicated her life to providing quality, accessible and comprehensive care to those suffering from mental illness and has worked compassionately to make their lives more complete.
Dr. William Nissen has been working with the patients of the Vera French Community Mental Health Center since 1980. He is an Adult Psychiatrist responsible for evaluating patients for the presence of psychiatric disorders, medication management and hospital care. Dr. Nissen completed his MD, Master of Science in Anatomy, and Bachelor of Science Degrees at the University of Iowa. He has served as Medical Director of Adult Services and continues as the Medical Director at the Vera French Pine Knoll Residential Facility. Dr. Nissen's work with individuals with persistent mental illness has helped many to live the best lives possible in the community. He encourages patients to understand their illness and to take appropriate steps to maintain their health and safety.
"Both award winners are exemplary examples of courage and compassion, not only for Vera French clients but also for their co-workers, board members and the community," stated Anne Armknecht, CEO of the Vera French Community Mental Health Center. "They have gone above and beyond in leading efforts to combat the negative social stigma and providing services that improve the lives for those suffering from mental illness."
About Vera French Community Mental Health Center:
Vera French Community Mental Health Center serves as mental health advocate for all populations in Scott County,
Iowa. Through the center's clinical and community outreach services, our staff seeks to help people live well, coping
with depression and other forms of mental illness. Services include individual, group and family therapy for children
and adults in a clinic setting. Vera French also offers school-based therapy available in elementary schools in the
Davenport, Bettendorf, Pleasant Valley and North Scott school districts.
Additional programs for chronically ill adults include the Pine Knoll Residential care facility for 24-hour support and
three voluntary outpatient programs to assist individuals in gaining new skill sets needed to live independently.
An Adult Day Program offering group therapy helps patients transition to or remaining in a non-hospitalized status.
The Carol Center provides a place for learning skill sets, receiving a subsidized meal and peer interaction.
For more information, visit http://www.verafrenchmhc.org
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My brother and I used to say that wood will warm us twice—once in the splitting and again in the burning. And it did, as we strained and dripped sweat, maneuvering our saws, axes, wedges and mauls to put up some firewood on a snappy autumn afternoon.
In the process of cutting (really 'butchering' is a better word) a 100-year-old oak that had been split in two by a massive charge of lightening in a summer storm, we discovered the tenacity and obduracy of this wood. One of our splitting wedges would disappear into the middle of the oak, swallowed up in a short piece of the trunk and nearly followed in by our maul. We drove another wedge into the heart of the tree and it too was lost among the ligaments and strands of the core of this tree so long in the making. A third wedge followed.
Finally, the 18-inch piece would yield, split and pulled apart, and the wedges would flop out onto the grass like small animals that had been taken into the mouth of a large beast and released only when the beast died.
We went on as long as our arms and backs would take us and realized that we could make a winter out of this, that we could swing and split and groan day after day for months and not finish off this great tree, this quercus quercus. And we did not. But there were more cold days to come and more occasions for splitting wood.
All days are good for splitting wood. Warm, with my shirt off, collecting sun and throwing off sweat. Snowing, in a warm hat and good gloves. Crisp and clear while the sounds of the ax finding its home in the middle of the wood ring through the trees standing around me. Ah the sound; the swing, the downward flight, then the sound.
The ax, balanced easily in my hands and then swung back in a graceful arc behind my back, over my head, racing down toward the cylinder of bark and watery tissue, then "Thok." That is a good solid sound and there is a tearing too, as the wood separates, divides in two and drops dead on each side of its companion piece.
And the smells. In the fall, the earth is damp and sends up its own sweet perfume that must compete with the pungent oak, the sweet cedar or the fresh fir. Each entry of the steel into the wood brings a breath from the tree. Often I stop and hold the split wood close and breathe it deep into my lungs. Each day outside splitting wood bring some new sound, smell or feeling. It may be the ax, the maul, the wet leather gloves, the noisy jays that review my performance, the damp leaves on the ground or the sun in the dry dust.
There is no better day than this one– a chilly, foggy morning with no promise of sun. There is enough mist in the air to wet my hair and color the wood more intensely. It is a weekday, quiet and still. Several alders have been felled alongside a seasonal creek and then sawed into lengths that will squeeze through the fireplace door. Gray and green bark, dotted with black and white fungi, frames a wet orange circle of wood. No two pieces are the same.
Small dark branches, knots, scars, small limbs, slots from the chain saw and crotches in the trunk give each round a different look, a different invitation to be split. They stand each in their own way on the splitting block, which is one of their own, and ask for their own angle, stroke and strength in the down stroke.
The splitting wedge, eight pounds of steel hung out on the end of a hardwood handle, employs considerably less nuance than the sharpened ax. The wedge depends, like a Sumo wrestler, on its weight and bulk. It is neither polite nor clean and does not apologize for the crude way it divides the alder down the middle. Alder, compliant, fresh and innocent compared to the old oak, surrenders easily to the repetitive swing of the maul. Again and again, the short log divides and falls easily to the wet grass.
No other sound. The dark wet bark parts on each side of the steel and reveals a clean, white middle that nearly glows in the morning mist. The shiny green grass, laden with rain, surrounds a growing pile of gray, black, orange and creamy white. These are the short strokes on the artist's palette.
My breathing becomes steadily heavier and louder with the rhythm of the steel maul. I lay it down alongside the wood. Then I begin to grab the slippery, short pieces of wood and toss them into the dull blue wheelbarrow and they "thong," "sprong" and "thunk" against the metal sides.
I dream, as I push the wheelbarrow across the field, feeling the water run down my nose and cheeks, feeling my heart beat. I dream of the evening and of laying the fire, of hearing the first crackles as the small pieces catch. I assure myself that I will remember each piece I put on the fire and how it split in two and how it fell.
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