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Just seeing these tables inspires me to design an organic chic space. Start with a natural woody table, mix in some modern elements, metal accents, fabulous patterened rug and streamlined furniture… and wa-la… Insta-Room!
I really appreciate modern spaces with natural elements mixed in. They really add a little something special.
Let me indulge you in just a few more…
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I like to mix in interesting end tables to spice up a traditional interior. If your coffee table is boxy, why not balance things out with a sculptural end table? Or if if one is wood, why not do the other in metal? Since end tables are smaller, and not set at center stage, its easier to take risks and mix in furniture with a little extra flair.
There are so many tables with interesting shapes, textures, colors and personality. Why not think outside the box and add a little depth to your space? Here are a few of my favorites…
3. Nantucket Driftwood end table, Arteriors Home, to the trade, also check out Crate & Barrel's option
4. Rocker Boca X Base, Room Service LA, $695
5. Upholstered Nailhead End Table, Vanguard, to the trade
I have two large, white bookshelves in my dining room that dominate the majority of the wall space. Because of that, I feel strongly that I must have a wood dining table to balance out all the white. But if my situation were different, I'd sure love to have a Saarinen tulip table with carrara marble top.
I really enoy the silhouette of the table and it pairs so perfectly with just about any chair! And if you've read this blog a bit, you know I have quite a thing for chairs. Plus there is something so organic and social about a round table. Each person is equal distance from their dining partners, encouraging conversation, sharing and food fights. Ok, maybe I'm too grown up for a food fight…
So lets review some pretties and some chair pairings, shall we?
Have you seen Nicole's dining room? I love it all- the mirrored wall, the acrylic chairs with cute cushions, but what I was most surprised by was my admiration for her White (Ikea!) Dining Table.
I always chuckle how many of my clients shy away from white. I think, for them, it conjures up images of "country" or "sterile." I always try to re-educate them. White can be modern and sophisticated. White can also be that needed neutral contrast in a colorful room. White can break up a whole lot of wood, wood and wood. Which is why it can be so fab in a dining room- a space that can easily become heavy and woody.
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36th & N. Walker • Oklahoma City, OK 73118
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"A movement for wholeness in a fragmented world"
The land run of Monday, April 22, 1889 saw Oklahoma City spring up in a day. On the following Sunday there were two church services in the morning and a union service in the afternoon. Nine of those in the afternoon service began discussing the formation of what became our congregation and began meeting. By May 18th they had placed a notice in our first newspaper and on June 2nd, 1889 held a baptismal service on the North Canadian. Oklahoma City was described in those days as "tougher than a boiled owl", and at the request of Reverend T. J. Head some 200 cavalrymen accompanied the procession down to the river and watched over the service.
By 1894 the congregation had built a church at 3rd and Harvey, and moved to a new red brick building at 3rd and Robinson during 1902. That same year saw the formation of a church orchestra, an early indication of the emphasis on the fine arts that has long been a part of the character of the congregation. The year 1911 saw the congregation in what would be its home for forty-five years, a new church building at 10th and Robinson. December 1956 saw us move into our present facilities.
In 1906 the denomination split, with some congregations becoming the Church of Christ, others, including ours, becoming the Disciples of Christ. Guidance from Christian principles and faith, best efforts of hearts and minds, and much work and charitable action have seen First Christian through the rough spots of its history. Of special note, after the Oklahoma City bombing we served as hosts to the survivors, the families and friends of the victims, and those who ministered to and counseled with them.
It was a dream of Bill Alexander to have spaciousness for the church activities. He wanted tennis courts, baseball fields, picnic areas and perhaps a bridle trail. It was the spring 1946; the school land commission announced that the golf course would be sold at auction. Bill immediately began talking to board members, deacons and other members of the congregation about a church with a forty-acre opportunity to serve the community. Bill spoke with fervor as he painted the possibilities of a property landmark, futuristic sanctuary, a youth center, a little theatre, a new educational building, an amphitheater for programs "under the stars" and an abundance of parking spaces. Board members as well as Bill Alexander attended the auction. The bids skyrocketed fast and the price ended up double what they had approved to pay for the land, but Bill Alexander promised to raise the additional money and he did just that.
In very little time, the people of First Christian Church were hiking, picnicking and playing ball on their new property. In August 1947, a 3500-seat amphitheater was dedicated; evening worship services were held for the community. Sunday evening services became known as "Edgemere Under the Stars", an inspirational outdoor service featuring the preaching of Bill Alexander and choral music under the direction of Tracy Silvester. Friday evenings were devoted to "Twilight Time" featuring musical entertainment in the light operatic tradition, with guest artists and local talent again under Sylvester's direction.
On December 27, 1953, the church held groundbreaking ceremonies for three buildings: the sanctuary, the educational building and the music and fine arts center.
Sunday, December 23, 1956 marked the opening of an eventful week of historical significance to the First Christian Church, Oklahoma City. On Sunday morning, the two thousand seats of the new sanctuary were filled with worshippers, an overflow crowd filled the aisles, and several hundred others were seated in the dining room to hear the service over the speaker system. Thus the years were begun Under the Dome!
Many generations have worshipped "Under the Dome" and appreciated what those before us began and the foundation they left us
An Archives Room is located on the first floor and may be opened by appointment. Call the church office 525-6551. Memorabilia goes back to the early years of FCCOKC.
A striking, domed house of worship seating approximately 1,200 in comfortable theater-style pews, more than half at "floor level," encouraging participation by the handicapped. Equipment includes a custom sound system, a 63-rank Austin pipe organ, and room for a symphonic orchestra, bell choir or other groups.
An intimate facility, seating 150 for weddings, funerals, or other worship-centered functions. Equipment includes custom light and sound systems, organ, and piano.
A dining and function facility seating 250+, divisible into four sections; equipped with a versatile sound system; and a complete restaurant-style kitchen.
A contemporary four-level structure adjoining the sanctuary building, chapel and administrative offices. The Dining Room occupies the ground floor. The building houses classrooms for children's, youth, and adult education groups; choir practice, equipment and robing rooms; the Pre-School, Kindergarten and "Children's Day Out" programs; and restroom facilities on each floor.
A 185-seat arena theater, offering an annual program of six dramatic or musical shows to 2,700 season ticket holders, plus the general public. The Jewel Box began as an outreach of First Christian church in 1958, and is a cultural institution in central Oklahoma.
The finest facility of its kind in Oklahoma, the Center includes a regulation gymnasium, meeting rooms, a kitchen, a dining area accommodating up to 100, offices, and a woodburning fireplace. The center is used as a polling place by the Oklahoma County Election Board, and by many other civic, neighborhood, recreational and cultural groups, as an outreach of First Christian Church.


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PESWiki.com -- Pure Energy Systems Wiki: Finding and facilitating breakthrough clean energy technologies.
From PESWiki
- See also PowerPedia:Plasma
- News:Plasma
Directory of plasma technologies and resources.
- Waste to Energy > Video: Waste to Energy -- an Overview (3:01 minutes) - A brief video by PES Network introduces the concept of cost-effectively turning garbage and sewage into energy, either as electricity or as fuel. Addresses methane harvesting, plasma, solar, and catalytic pressureless depolymerization. (PESWiki; Jan. 16, 2008)
- Featured: Plasma / Anti-Gravity / Propulsion / Flight > Keshe >
Keshe launching energy generation and space exploration plasma technology - An Interview with the inventor of what could be the next generation of commercial space travel and clean energy generation, said to be ready for licensing [in March 2010]. We're talking super fast and cheap travel, and super cheap energy. (PESN; July 22, 2009) (Comment)
- Featured: Plasma / Anti-Gravity / Propulsion / Flight >
Keshe Foundation Readies for Space Flight Announcement - Apparently having his plasma energy and anti-gravity technology theories being adequately proven, M.T. Keshe said Thursday that he is now ready to announce 1) technology demonstrations being given in major cities in 2010, 2) booking space flights up 60 kilometers in 2014 and 3) booking flights to the moon in 2016. (PESWiki; July 19, 2009) (Comment at Examiner.com)
Top 100:
- Magnecules of MagneGas Poised to Cleanly Serve World's Energy Needs Domestically - New form of matter described and said to be experimentally verified, by which sewage and other waste can be converted into a burnable fuel. (PESWiki)
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- Geoplasma LLC to turn dumps in electricity and roads - Company's technology converts landfills into electricity and roads, by vaporizing garbage at temperatures hotter than parts of the sun. Lightning-like plasma arcs turn trash into gas and rock-like material. (PESWiki; Sept. 11, 2006)
See also Directory:Lighting
- Lighting > Luxim's tiny but powerful plasma lightbulb - Silicon Valley's Luxim has developed a solid-state plasma light bulb called Luxim LIFI™. It is the size of a Tic Tac and gives off as much light as a streetlight. Because it doesn't use electrical connections, more of the energy goes to light, rather than heat. (PESWiki; March 20, 2008)
Electricity Generation
- Featured: Water as Fuel / Plasma / Nuclear Remediation / Algae for Oil > Puchta >
Interview with David A. Puchta of Proton Spin Technologies - A debut interview with a truly fertile mind and experimenter who says that by understanding how to create and control monatomic elements by pulling in energy from the vacuum, all kinds of things can be done, including creating usable energy and cleaning up the oceans. (PESN; May 10, 2013)
- Featured: Papp engine / Plasma >
Plasma Expansion Motor Could Revolutionize Renewable Industry - Nobel (inert) gas engine patterned after the Papp Engine, would cost 1/3 what a comparable output engine would cost, while its fuel would cost a few dollars per month -- negligible; totally revolutionizing the renewable industry. Six test engines expected to be completed soon. (PESWiki; Dec. 26, 2008)
- Randell Mills "hydrino" device - New field of novel hydrogen chemistry. BlackLight Process generates light, power, plasma, and a vast class of new compositions of matter.
- Top 100:
Blacklight Power, Inc > BlackLight's Hydrino Going Commercial - The BlackLight Process is said to generate enormous amounts of cheap, non-polluting heat that will replace the thermal power in coal, oil, gas and nuclear power plants that is then converted to electricity. (PESN; May 29, 2008)
- Storage > Plasma >
New Plasma Device Considered the 'Holy Grail' of Energy Generation and Storage - Scientists at the University of Missouri have devised a new way to create and control plasma that could transform American energy generation and storage. The team has developed a device that launches a ring of plasma at distances of up to two feet. Although the plasma reaches a temperature hotter than the surface of the sun, it doesn't emit radiation and is completely safe.... (PureEnergyBlog; April 26, 2013)
- Phemax Technology's Plasmagnetic Alternator - Patent pending device allegedly generates electricity via plasma arc (Microsun) technology, initiated with low voltage, high current, high temperature, thermally conductive, thorium tungsten / graphite electrodes submerged in water. The resulting syngas runs a Phemax generator, which is said to have 5x amplification capability. (PESWiki; Aug. 7, 2008)
- Chukanov Quantum Free Energy Moving to Europe - Kiril Chukanov, inventor of a method for creating ball lightning for generating electricity and hydrogen, begrudgingly leaves the United States, having accepted an offer from a very generous benefactor overseas. (PESN; Feb. 16, 2006)
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- Featured: Alt. Fuels > Waste to Energy / Plasma >
GlidArc Plasma and Syngas Technology for Waste to Energy - The GlidArc process, invented at the University of Orleans, France, entails a discharge from a 10,000 volt power supply which glides continuously along diverging electrodes until this electric discharge blows off and repeats itself, creating low temperature plasma which creates syngas from the substrate in the presence of a catalyst. (PESWiki; March 27, 2010)
- W2 Energy Birthing Affordable, Renewable Petrol - Imagine a gasoline and diesel source that is CO2 neutral, sulfur-free, derived from renewable sources, superior in its power performance to fossil-based fuels, and costs less than 1/7 of fossil-based fuels. The company has also built an engine to optimize use of the syngas portion of the product.
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StarTech Environmental Corp Plasma Tech - Startech is a publicly traded waste-to-energy plasma arc technology company. They presently have three 5 ton/day installations in operation, with a number of other plants in various stages of implementation. A 200 ton/day plant being scheduled for Panama will be the largest such plant in the world.
- MagneGas Plasma Arc Flow Reactors - MagneGas Technology has been developed to process liquid wastes into a clean burning fuel known as magnegas, plus heat and other usable byproducts, said processing occurring without noise, liquid, gaseous or other pollutions. New discoveries of science involved.
- Featured: Waste to Energy > Plasma
InEnTec's Plasma Enhanced Melter (PEM) System - Transforms virtually any type of waste material into valuable commercial products with Plasma Enhanced Melter Systems. The technology is currently being demonstrated in Richland, WA, where the PEM™ can process 25 tons of the community's waste per day. (PESWiki; Dec. 4, 2008)
- Geoplasma LLC to turn dumps in electricity and roads - Company's technology converts landfills into electricity and roads, by vaporizing garbage at temperatures hotter than parts of the sun. Lightning-like plasma arcs turn trash into gas and rock-like material.
- Definitive Energy - AquaClean™ processes contaminated water with an electric arc (plasma) to produce clean, potable water which spontaneously creates a high energy, non-polluting, sustainable fuel (AquaLene®). The fuel is claimed to produce 3x more energy than is required to maintain the arc by powering a generator in a closed-loop process.
- PyroGenesis - Technologies which use the intense energy found in plasma to convert waste into energy and useful materials, treat a range of industrial, hazardous, clinical and municipal waste streams on land. PyroGenesis has also developed a specialty system designed to treat various waste streams on board ships.
- Creating Ethanol from Trash - A new system by Integrated Environmental Technologies for converting trash into ethanol using Plasma, could reduce the amount of waste in landfills while displacing fossil fuels used to power vehicles. The technology vaporizes organic materials to synthesize a variety of fuels at costs of between 10 and 95 cents per gallon. (MIT Technology Review; January 19, 2007)
- Plasco Energy Group - Uses plasma gasification to convert municipal solid waste into an energy-rich "syngas‿ fuel used to generate electricity. It can process virtually any waste materials with no pollution, including those with high moisture or carbon content. Plasma Gasification has been used to safely dispose of hazardous waste for the last twenty years.
- Solena Group - Plasma Gasification Vitrification process produces clean, renewable energy while addressing waste management needs, at temperatures upwards of 5,000° C, yet no combustion is involved. Solena technology can be applied on land and at sea for disposing of contaminated sludge, cleaning up coal fines, and developing sources of localized, "distributed" power.
- Plasma Environmental Technologies - Provides plasma-based systems for clean and cost-effective destruction of hazardous and non-hazardous waste. Plasma-Assisted Gasifier (PAG) is a cogeneration system that destroys solid organic wastes while producing "green" energy as heat, steam or electricity. PARCON (Plasma Arc Conversion) is a mobile waste treatment facility that safely destroys liquid and gaseous organic waste.
- EnviroArc® - Processes to recover material and energy from waste - leaving virtually no toxic or non-toxic residuals. They are built on four core technologies: gasification, PyroArc® plasma decomposition, vitrification and flash smelting. The principles of the waste process are also applicable to gasification of biomass into a fuel gas.
- Advanced Plasma Power converts garbage into gas - The Advanced Plasma Power Gasplasma Process can convert a pre-treated waste feedstock into a clean hydrogen rich synthetic or syn-gas. The plants can be run on electricity generated from the syn-gas, over half of which can be exported to the grid. (AutoblogGreen; Apr. 11, 2007)
- Biofuels from Plasma Arc Gasification of Waste - MPM Technologies and Losonoco will develop the Skygas waste gasification process, for the manufacture of ethanol, methanol, DME, diesel and ammonia. The Skygas gasifier operates at lower temperatures than other plasma arc gasifiers, and consumes less power, according to MPM. (Green Car Congress; Apr. 11, 2007)
- Recovered Energy - An independent engineering and consulting firm advancing plasma gasification and pyrolysis processes allow for the virtual elimination of landfills, recycling without sorting, and the complete thermal conversion of all types of waste to energy in the form of green electricity or ethanol.
- Biobutanol from Syngas - W2 Energy, the developer of a GAT (Gliding Arc Tornado) plasma reactor for biomass gasification for power and fuels generation, is working to manufacture biobutanol from the GAT syngas. A GAT is a non-thermal plasma system that uses a reverse vortex flow (i.e., tornado) to preserve the main advantages of traditional gliding arc systems and overcome their main drawbacks. (Green Car Congress; Jun. 26, 2007)
- Florida Syngas -Florida Syngas LLC has a patented and proprietary GlidArc™ technology that converts glycerol into a hydrogen-rich synthesis gas.
- StarTech Plasma - "Just on Waste-to-Alternative Fuels alone, we have a 100-TPD Tires and Refinery Tank Bottoms project in Northern China, an initial 100 TPD project for Black Coal in Mongolia, 250 TPD for Tires in Hunan Province, and 500 TPD for Tires in Nanjing. We also have waste-to-hydrogen projects in South Korea and hazardous waste projects in the Philippines." (Yahoo News; Nov. 2, 2006)
- Dynamic Energy Solutions -The DES microwave plasma systems work at atmospheric pressure and are capable of processing a virtually unlimited array of feeds ranging from powdered solids, to liquids and gasses.
- Feature: Fuel Efficiency / Plasma > GEET >
GEET plasma fuel processor kit now in production, available for purchase - The kit targets do-it-yourselfers and is designed to fit carbureted engines in the range of 1 to 16 HP, allegedly increasing their fuel efficiency by at least 30 percent. It goes along with the plans which can be downloaded for free. Will be on display at the TeslaTech conference in Albuquerque. (PESN; July 29, 2010)
- Plasma rocket engine VASIMR VX-200 first stage achieves full power rating - Short for Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket, VASIMR is a new high-power plasma-based space propulsion technology, initially studied by NASA and now being developed privately by Ad Astra Rocket Company. A VASIMR engine could maneuver payloads in space far more efficiently and with much less propellant than today's chemical rockets. (The Space Fellowship; Oct. 27, 2008)
- Plasma-assisted engines run more efficiently, cleaner - Voltage applied to the atomized fuel stream prior to combustion generates a plasma in the fuel that breaks down the long chains of hydrocarbons into smaller molecules, allowing a more complete burn. (PESN; Aug. 31, 2006)
- Suppression / Fuel Efficiency > Pantone/GEET > Embattled Scientist on the Edge of Deletion - George Gaboury gives a masterful review of the tribulations Paul Pantone has faced in Utah in trying to bring forth a revolutionary fuel efficiency plasma technology. (ExtraOrdinary Technology; Oct/Nov/Dec 2006)
- GEET > Los Alamos Plasma in GEET's Shadow - Steve Elswick of TeslaTech points out that the Los Alamos plasma-assisted combustion provides profound mainstream documentation of what Paul Pantone has been promoting for years, out in the 'fringes' (for which he is presently incarcerated). (PESN; Sept. 1, 2006)
- Magnetohydrodynamics:Plasma-Powered Flying Saucers - With a span of less than 15 centimetres, Subrata Roy's aircraft qualifies as a micro air vehicle (MAV), but it has an unconventional design to say the least. It is a saucer shape covered with electrodes that ionise air to create a plasma. (PESWiki; May 10, 2008)
- Plasma thruster tested for Mars mission - Technology invented by ANU physicists could see expeditions to Mars become a reality, with the European Space Agency (ESA) announcing it will begin full-scale trials next year. (PhysOrg; Jan. 3, 2006)
- Featured: Health > Bio-Energetics / Anti-Gravity / Plasma > Keshe >
Update on Keshe free energy and healing initiative - Belgium inventor who claims anti-gravity, space propulsion, and free energy generator technologies also has a water entrainment technology that has helped some 400 people especially with neurological disorders including M.S., lupus, and fibromyalgia; offers to help Congresswoman Giffords. (PESN and BeforeItsNews; January 25, 2011)
- Advent of Cold Plasma - Researchers have developed a new hand-held device that can produce room-temperature plasmas for diverse applications, most important for biomedical applications. (PhysOrg; Sept. 22, 2005)
Research & Development
- Featured: Plasma >
The Primer Fields - Of a video he recently posted, David Allen LaPoint writes: "In this video series the currently accepted theories of physics and astrophysics are shaken to the core by a radical new theory of the fundamental forces in all matter. You will be amazed as a magnetic model of the dome at CERN is used to create a 100 mm diameter plasma Sun with a 300 mm diameter equatorial disc of plasma around it! (PESWiki; January 10, 2013)
- Nuclear > Fusion >
Plasma power: Turning fusion into a renewable energy source - A team of researchers from UC San Diego, MIT and UC Berkeley have received a 5-year, $7 million research grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to perform fundamental and experimental research in the field of boundary plasma science for fusion applications. (PhysOrg; September 14, 2009)
- Scientist Looks to Weaponize Ball Lightning - Ball lightning has been the subject of much scientific scrutiny over the years. Researchers are working on the question; "Can we turn it into a weapon?". (See Shiva Star.) (Wired; Feb. 20, 2009)
- Chukanov Energy - ball lightning. Company hopes to go commercial soon with clean, super-affordable energy devices.
- Focus Fusion - Purports to be a far more feasible and profoundly less expensive approach to hot fusion, in contrast to ITER. Lawrenceville Plasma Physics is developing the Plasma Focus Device for hydrogen-boron nuclear fusion. 4-7 years to commercial. 1 cent / kWh anticipated energy generation cost.
- Arie M. De Geus' AMDG Scientific Corp - The late Mr. DeGeus discovered novel energy generating technologies, all of which feature 'over-unity' energy production, relating to fractional hydrogen, low-energy nuclear transmutations, electrodynamics, torsion fields and electro-gravitics.
- Noblefuse Plasma Messiah and his Electromagnetic Fusion - Solomon Azar has built a proof of concept demonstration device involving a Tesla coil and underwater plasma that allegedly gives off gamma radiation, a sign of nuclear combination. He also professes that he is the Messiah. (PESWiki; Mar. 23, 2008)
- Cold Plasma Time-Dilation Experiments - Inventors Warren York and Mike Windell claim to have discovered a novel form of time-dilation as the result of experiments manipulating cold plasmas (Photo Gallery). (AAG; Nov. 29, 2010)
Do It Yourself
- Featured: DIY / Plasma / Microwave
How to Make Plasma in Your Microwave Oven - Perhaps you've seen a video or two at YouTube showing how to generate plasma with a small flame in a microwave oven. We've created a "how to" page, with a collection of some of these demos, scientific theories and studies, and related energy pursuits. (PESWiki; Dec. 20, 2008)
In the News
See News:Plasma - separate page
- WasteReports.com - Independent, up-to-date reviews of novel waste processing technologies covering operational reliability, economics and environmental performance. Reviews of individual proprietary processes, Executive Briefings that consider the role for the new technology families, and Information Sheets.
See also
- Plasma Technologies - index at FreeEnergyNews.com
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The Thiruvalluvar University, Vellore department of examination had finally announced the 2012 results of UG and PG degree courses semester/non semester examination and CBCS examination.
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Fixed-length semi-lockless queues revisited
0 Comments | Posted by rusty in Technical
There were some great comments on my previous post, both in comments here and on the Google Plus post which points to it. I'd like to address the point here, now I've had a few moments to do follow-up work.
One anonymous commenter, as well as Stephen Hemminger via email, point to the existing lockless queue code in liburcu. I had actually waded through this before (I say waded, because it's wrapped in a few layers which I find annoying; there's a reason I write little CCAN modules). It's clever and genuinely lockless; my hat off to , but it only works in conjunction with RCU. In particular, it's an unlimited-length queue which uses a dummy element to avoid ever being empty, and the fact that it can safely traverse the '->next' entry even as an element is being dequeued, because the rules say you can't alter that field or free the object until later.
Stephen also pointed me to Kip Macy's buf_ring from FreeBSD; it uses two producer counters, prod_head and prod_tail. The consumer looks at prod_tail as usual, the producers compare and swap increment prod_head, then place their element, then wait for prod_tail to catch up with prod_head before incrementing prod_tail. Reimplementing this in my code showed it to be slower than the lower-bit-to-lock case for my benchmarks, though not much (the main difference is in the single-producer-using-muliple-producer-safe-routines, which are the first three benchmarks). I ignored the buf_ring consumer, which uses a similar two-counter scheme for consumers, which is only useful for debugging, and used the same consumer code as before.
Arjen van de Ven makes several excellent points. Firstly, that transaction-style features may allow efficient lock-ellision in upcoming Intel CPUs (and, of course, PowerPC has announced transaction support for Power8), so we'll have to revisit in a few years when that reaches me.
His more immediate point is thatuncontended locks are really cheap on recent CPUs; cheaper than cache-hot compare-and-swap operations. All the benchmarks I did involve everyone banging on the queue all the time, so I'm only measuring the contended cases. So I hacked my benchmarks to allow for "0 consumers" by having the producer discard all the queue contents every time it filled. Similarly, filling the queue with junk when it's empty for a "0 producers" benchmark.
Here we can see that the dumb, single lock comes into its own, being twice as fast as my optimal-when-contended version. If we just consider the common case of a single writer and a single reader, the lockless implementation takes 24ns in the contended case, and 14ns in the uncontended cases, whereas the naive locked implementation takes 107ns in the contended case and 7ns in the uncontended case. In other words, you'd have to be uncontended over 90% of the time to win. That can't happen in a naive implementation which wakes the consumer as soon as the first item has been inserted into the queue (and if you implement a batch version of queue_insert, the atomic exchange gets amortized, so it gets harder to beat).
For the moment, I'm sticking with the previous winner; there's still much to do to turn it into a usable API.
Fixed-length semi-lockless queues…
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One of my vacation project was to look at a good queue implementation for ccan/antithread. I read a few papers, which mainly deal with generic link-list-style queues (I got quite excited about one before I realized that it needed a 128-bit compare-and-swap for 64 bit machines). I only really need a fixed-length queue of void *, so I set about implementing one.
You can find the cleaned-up version of my explorations on github. For my implementation I use a tail counter, 32 void * entries, and a head counter, like so:
#define QUEUE_ELEMS 32 struct queue { unsigned int head; unsigned int prod_waiting; unsigned int lock; void *elems[QUEUE_ELEMS]; unsigned int tail; unsigned int cons_waiting; };
The head and tail counters are free running to avoid the empty-or-full problem, and the prod_waiting and cons_waiting are for a future implementation which actually does sleep and wakeup (I spin for my current tests).
The simplest implementation is for both producers and consumers to grab the lock, do their work, then drop the lock. On my 32-bit x86 dual core 2 HT laptop, with 1 producer on cpu0 and 1 producer on cpu1 (ie. two hyperthreads of same core), it takes about 179 usec to enqueue and dequeue each element (but hugely variable, from 73 to 439 ns). You can see that (as expected) the 2 and 3 producers cases are quite expensive, though not so bad if there are 2 producers and 2 consumers.
Lockless dequeue is quite easy:
- Read tail counter, then read head counter (order matters!)
- If it's empty, wait until head changes).
- Grab entry[tail % 32].
- Try to compare and swap the tail to tail+1. If not, we raced, so goto 1.
But lockless insert is harder, so I asked Paul McKenney who detailed a fairly complex scheme involving two offsets and some subtlety on both production and consumption side, and ended with "Now, are you -sure- locking is all that bad? ;-)". So I went for a big lock around insertion to begin with. It's generally a little better, particularly for the common case of a single consumer and a single producer.
It's worth noting that if you know you're the only producer, you can skip the locks so I re-ran the benchmarks with a "queue_add_excl" implementation for the single-producer cases, as seen on the right.
You can similarly simplify the single consumer case, though it makes little difference in my tests.
However, you can do better than a straight naive lock: you can use the lower bit of the head counter to exclude other producers. This means a production algorithm like so:
- Read head. If it's odd, wait.
- Read tail.
- If queue is full, wait for tail to change, then goto 1.
- Compare and swap head to head + 1; if it fails, go to 1.
- Store the element.
- Then increment the head.
For simplicity, I made the tail counter increment by 2 as well, and the consumer simply ignores the bottom bit of the head counter. Avoiding a separate atomic operation on a "prod_lock" word seems to pay off quite well.
Finally, it's worth noting that neither the exclusive producer nor exclusive consumer cases win much any more, so I can delete those altogether.
Before tying this into antithread, there are several things to do:
- Re-audit to make sure the barriers are correct.
- Test on PowerPC (always good for finding missing barriers).
- Add in a decent notification mechanism, ie. futexes or falling back to pipes.
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So I've never written a journal before, mainly because I don't come to the site regularly enough and because I never know what to say.
But I'm in the mood to create something, and I have an idea about the War of the Angels ie, the fallen and the ones not fallen.
But I'm stuck on 2 parts.
1. I can't draw people. I barely manage to draw other things, which is why most of my stuff is done on the computer. But I don't want to use brushes or copy paste off Google. So how do I draw people/heads/bodies?
2. Where do Angels fight? I mean... seriously? Are they limited to Earth? Or can it be in space too?
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Android and mobile browsing insights – Week 45
by Irina Sandu
Every week (or so) I post an overview on what's been happening in the mobile (browsing) world and is relevant to Mozilla.
Jolla unveiled more of their MeeGo-based operating system, called Sailfish, and announced a partnership with DNA, a Finnish operator. The user interface has a slick, clear, minimalist design and among the top features are advanced multi-tasking and app management tools and minimalization of screen real estate occupied by system indicators. Sailfish is being developed not just for mobile phones, but across the whole range of screen sizes, from TVs to cars, although initial focus is on phones. The operating system is based on the Mer project, also used by Tizen and the application development environment is based on Qt, QML and HTML5. The operating system will be also able to run Android apps, with support from Open Mobile and HTML5 support is provided by PhoneGap / Cordoba.
Although small, Finland is described as one of the most innovative mobile markets. It has a mature industry that is a pioneer in providing advanced data services and one of the first to deploy a commercial LTE service, which now covers over half the population. DNA is the leading operator in terms of LTE coverage in the country.
Analysis International, a Chinese research firm, reported that 90% of smartphones sold in the country in Q3 run on Google's operating system. Until Android's rise, the country was heavily penetrated by Nokia's platforms, particularly Symbian. The phenomenal success of Android in emerging markets such as China limits the opportunity for other operating systems to attract ex-Nokia users, that are used to a more limited smartphone environment.
Also in China, mobile phones became the most common way for people to connect to the Internet with the biggest driver being new users coming online from rural areas. China numbers 538 million connected people, 388 million of which are mobile and 38% of those are mobile-only. This phenomenon is seen more on rural areas, where almost half of Internet users only get online on their phones, as opposed to 29% in the cities. The emergence of smartphones under 1,000 yuan ($157) is the main enabler for Internet penetration across China's villages. By the end of the year, the country will see 420 million mobile Internet users.
Smartphone install base numbers at the end of Q3 put Android at 48% of the market with 559 million devices, iOS at 19% with 217 million, Symbian at 18% with 213 million, Blackberry at 9% with 109 million, bada at 2% with 24 million and Windows Phone at 1% with 17 million devices. Out of a total install base of 1.16 billion smartphones in use.
Inside Android, Samsung sold the most phones in Q3, 42% of them, followed by Huawei with 13%, Sony with 7%, HTC, LG and Lenovo with 6% each. Cumulative Android shipments are expected to to exceed 1 billion in 2013.


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UMass Falls Just Short To BC, 76-71
Dec. 4, 2010
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BOSTON - Despite a huge second half from Boston native Anthony Gurley, in which he scored 20 of his game-high 22 points, UMass was held off by Boston College, 76-71, in the Boston Tip-Off Classic at the TD Garden on Saturday night. The loss was the Minutemen's first of the season, dropping them to 7-1, while the Eagles moved to 6-2.
After freshman point guard Daryl Traynham drew his third offensive foul of the game's closing minutes, Freddie Riley scored in the lane to pull UMass, who trailed by 11 at halftime, within three, 67-70 with 1:12 remaining, but a Josh Southern layup with 55 seconds left and a Joe Trapani (17 points) dunk with 35 seconds on the clock put the Eagles up seven, 74-67.
Gurley was the lone Minuteman in double-figures as Traynham and Riley each scored nine points, and Javorn Farrell and Terrell Vinson each added eight.
For the game, UMass shot 45.5 percent, including 3-for-16 from 3-point range. Boston College shot 50 percent from the floor and was 7-for-17 from behind the arc. The Minutemen held a slight edge on the glass, 34-33, and forced 22 Eagles turnovers.
The Minutemen pulled within two points of the Eagles on four different occasions inside nine minutes remaining in the game, but could not draw even. On two of those occasions, Reggie Jackson (17 points) hit 3-pointers to BC ahead by five.
Gurley began to heat up early in the second half, scoring 13 of the Minutemen's first 26 points of the second period as they chipped away at their 11-point halftime deficit. The senior's layup off a Traynham pass on the break made it a four-point game, 52-48 with 10:46 to go as UMass shot 10-for-15 in the first 10 minutes of the half.
Boston College outscored UMass, 15-5 over the last 6:09 of the first half to take a 35-24 lead at halftime. The Eagles were 13-of-15 at the free throw line in the opening 20 minutes, including 11-of-12 in the final six minutes.
UMass shot 30 percent in the first half with nine players scoring but none more than five points (Riley), while BC shot 42.9 percent, led by Joe Trapani's 10. Both teams struggled with turnovers as the Eagles committed 12 and UMass 10.
After BC's first-half lead reached 10, 20-10 on Joe Trapani's 3-point play with 9:33 to go, UMass scored nine-straight points, led by five from Riley to force a BC timeout and pull within one, 20-19 with 7:41 left in the half, but the Eagles struck back after the timeout, going on an 8-0 run to take a 28-19 and force a UMass timeout with 5:11 left in the half.
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Pineapple-Pecan Cheese Spread Recipe
Cynde Sonnier's smooth and creamy cheese spread is chock-full of red pepper, green chilies and crunchy pecans. It's always a hit in Mont Belvieu, Texas…and a sure-fire way to get the kids to eat more veggies.
- 2 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, softened
- 1-1/2 cups (6 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 cup chopped pecans, toasted, divided
- 3/4 cup crushed pineapple, drained
- 1 can (4 ounces) chopped green chilies, drained
- 2 tablespoons chopped roasted sweet red pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- Assorted fresh vegetables
- 1. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Add the cheddar cheese, 3/4 cup pecans, pineapple, chilies, red pepper and garlic powder; beat until combined. Transfer to a serving dish. Cover and refrigerate until serving.
- 2. Sprinkle with remaining pecans just before serving. Serve with vegetables. Yield: 3-3/4 cups.
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After 20 years of failed talks with Israel, can this plea to the international community be the only path left to a two-state solution, or have the Palestinians set the peace process back by bypassing negotiations?
The debate series Intelligence Squared U.S. (IQ2US) presents former Palestinian presidential candidate, Mustafa Barghouthi and Israeli peace negotiator, Daniel Levy speaking for the motion, with former foreign policy adviser to PM Netanyahu and Israeli ambassador to the U.N, Dore Gold and U.S. Mideast negotiator and adviser to six Secretaries of State, Aaron David Miller speaking against the motion. Moderated by John Donvan, the debate, Should the U.N. Recognize a Palestinian State?, airs Sunday, March 18 at 9 p.m. on AM 1370/FM-HD 91.5-2.
Recently in the U.S., it seems as if partisan rancor has replaced reasoned debate; mainstream media has become contentious and ideological; and discussions of important issues are being dominated by emotion than by facts and analysis. The debate series Intelligence Squared U.S. (IQ2US) attempts to change this trend and raise the level of public discourse on the key issues of our day.
Modeled on the British program Intelligence Squared, IQ2US is an Oxford-style debate that is provocative, intellectually rich, humorous, and dramatic. For each debate a motion is proposed. Then, two panelists argue for the motion and two argue against it, with a moderator controlling the proceedings. After the formal arguments, the debate is thrown open to the floor for questions, triggering a lively interchange among the speakers and audience members. Each side attempts to persuade the audience to vote their way. This adversarial context is electric, adding drama and excitement to the proceedings. The live audience will vote on the motion both before and after hearing the arguments, so there is a clear measure of how far people have actually been swayed. Those votes are tallied during the evening and announced at the end with a clear side winning.


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Revolution – Season 1 Episode 9 – Recap Video and Review – Kashmir
Recap and review of Revolution – Season 1 Episode 9 – Kashmir
Next week is the fall finale of Revolution, the last episode before the series takes a four-month break. In a sense, it's easy to see, then, why "Kashmir" is such a listless episode. It's meant as a table-setting episode, at best (setting us up for the final confrontation by reminding us of all the characters' hold-ups, and also restating what's at stake), and a placeholder, at worst. It's relatively self-contained, which isn't a new approach for Revolution, though it is something of a galling choice, given how so little of consequence actually happens. It's a journey from point A to point B, with our group traveling through a set of train tunnels in West Chester to reach Philadelphia, and Monroe's headquarters in Independence Hall, where Danny (Graham Rogers) is being held. Simple enough. But what follows doesn't have that propulsive sense of energy that the better stories in the series have had. "Kashmir" is simply a road trip episode, hanging out with characters we mostly like, and getting a refresher on their motivations and internal conflicts. It really will take seeing next week's episode to know whether this was a smart choice to make or not. I imagine if next week's episode is as huge as it's hyped up to be, then this episode will be viewed, in retrospect, as a welcome breather before the chaos ahead. If next week's finale disappoints, however, I feel this episode will be looked upon even less favorably.
What works about "Kashmir" are the internal character beats. It can often comes across as cheap and tacky when a show uses hallucinations to illustrate the conflict within a character's psyche. Worse, it sometimes can come across lazy. Plenty of shows have utilized this trope well, however, such as The Sopranos and, more recently, The Walking Dead and Boardwalk Empire. Of particular interest, in this regard, is the often-tumultuous relationship between Charlie (Tracy Spiridakos) and Miles (Billy Burke). Charlie doesn't address Miles on familial terms, nor does she accord him any honorifics, simply calling him "Miles" as opposed to "Uncle Miles" or even just "Uncle." Miles, for his part, maintains a cool distance with his niece, aiding her but never really embracing the concept of family to which she holds fast. Yes, he is doing this out of a sense of familial obligation, and it has been implied that Miles genuinely does care about the family remaining to him, but there's still a wall between the two different conceptions of Miles, the pre-Blackout man who had a warmer attitude towards life, and the post-Blackout, post-Militia Miles, who has had the optimism burned off of him from years of morally-repugnant work. This disconnect drives much of the episode, at a thematic level, as Charlie and Miles prepare for what is to come, on the other side of the tunnel.
Miles makes an uneasy alliance with the rebels in order to secure Danny's rescue, giving the rebels Monroe (David Lyons) in return. The company moves through the tunnels, Charlie steps on a mine, necessitating explosives/demolitions expert Nora (Daniella Alonso) defusing the mine, then giving Charlie the okay to move her foot off the trap. Once she does, however, a second mine underneath detonates as the group flees, causing part of the tunnel to collapse. With the entrance sealed off, the oxygen begins depleting from the tunnels, causing the torches to gradually flicker out, and, more importantly, causing each member of the group to suffer hallucinations. Aaron (Zak Orth) revisits his doubts and fear over his ability to protect the people he loves when a vision of his wife appears to him, which he struggles to ignore. Miles, meanwhile, has a Led Zeppelin-scored hallucination in which he has a face-to-face chat with Monroe. Earlier in the episode, Charlie asks Nora why Miles left the Militia, and Nora explains that though Monroe and Miles were best friends, they had a falling out that led to Miles making an assassination attempt against his former friend. Being unable to bring himself to pull the trigger, Miles retreated into obscurity. In his hallucination, Monroe confronts Miles with the fact of his perceived betrayal, with Miles justifying the act by arguing that Monroe had "gone too far". Whether Miles is referring to a singular, specific act, or if he's simply referring to Monroe's overall descent into megalomania remains to be seen, but it's a conflict made all the more interesting when hallucination Monroe suggests that Miles would probably rejoin the Militia if he asked him to. Given that this Monroe is a projection of Miles's fractured psyche, there's likely a fair bit of truth in his assessment.
That said, Miles doesn't seem to be the best judge of character, as his rebel contact turns on the group, revealing himself to be a secret militaman who'd once met Miles during his time as Commanding General of the Monroe Militia. Miles didn't recognize the man, being only one in a sea of faces, both comrade and victim alike, and while Miles has left that Militia life behind (or at least, he believes he has), the man admits to having idolized Miles in his earlier days. However, his former reverence for Miles doesn't stop him from attempting to take him captive. A fire fight breaks out near the exit tunnel (with the gang thankfully being reunited with oxygen!), and Charlie gets hit in the crossfire.
Once Miles has taken care of the traitor, he rushes over to his unconscious niece, trying to will her awake. The audience might not have the strongest attachment to Charlie, but the fact remains that she's the closest thing this show has to a symbol of innocence, if not necessarily a more innocent time. In that sense, she also represents hope, the "light" in the dark that will light the path, as the show's opening so cheesily declares each week. Charlie's hallucination, while unconscious, is of her father, Ben Matheson (Tim Guinee), and I had to admit to chuckling a bit when Charlie "wakes up at home" and believes that the last eight episodes (from her father being shot, to Danny being taken, to her journey with Miles and company) has all been a dream. "It was so real…," Charlie says, confusedly, and Tracy Spiridakos, God bless her, does the best she can with the inherent silliness of that moment. Yet, ignoring any perceived silliness, the fantasy represents a significant break with reality that, ironically, brings Charlie closer to accepting the truth of her situation, and the world in which she lives. It's telling that Charlie's interactions with her father center around him needing her more than she needs him. It's Ben who asks Charlie not to leave, and Ben who nurtures a peaceful, domestic atmosphere, away from all the running-and-gunning. This serves as equal parts temptation to stay, and motivation to leave, get Danny back, and find some semblance of normalcy again. When Charlie embraces her father for the last time, there's a sense of growth, that she acknowledges how much easier it would be to stay, but accepting that being an adult often means you have to take the harder path in life if you want the greatest reward. I can certainly appreciate how Charlie has developed, as she hasn't discarded her innocence and optimism, but there is a bit of a weathered edge to her now that wasn't there before. She awakens, having heard her uncle's calls through her dream, and it feels like Charlie and Miles have developed, if not kinship, then a significant bond to one another.
The other big plot of the episode sees Rachel Matheson (Elizabeth Mitchell), still in captivity in Monroe's compound, being forced to work on an amplification device for the pendants, which we learn have a range of roughly ten feet, hence the need to amplify the signal, since Monroe can't exactly stand next to the tanks with the pendant in hand when he wants his men to use them. Unfortunately for Rachel, however, Monroe brings Rachel's former colleague Dr. Brad Jaffe (Connor O'Farrell), whom she had inadvertently sold out in "The Children's Crusade" two weeks ago, to double-check her work. Jaffe, upon investigation, reports that Rachel isn't building an amplifier, she's building a bomb. Her deception revealed, Monroe intends to kill Rachel for daring to think she could destroy his base of operations and abscond with Danny amid the chaos. He orders her imprisoned to await her likely execution, rationalizing that he no longer needs her now that he has Dr. Jaffe. In desperation, Rachel grabs a screwdriver and stabs Dr. Jaffe, tearfully apologizing to him in what appears to be an unfortunate running theme in their relationship, and then turns to Monroe and says, "I guess you still need me." Not too shabby, Mrs. Matheson. Well-played.
Really, this is all a game of chess, with the pieces moving around the board, as Miles, Charlie and company are just outside Philadelphia and poised to embark on a rescue. None of them seem to know that Rachel is alive, thinking that they're only rescuing Danny. All these elements coming together in the finale should be huge, given all the different face-to-face confrontations that could set the narrative on fire. The finale will ultimately judge whether it was a smart move to have such a glacially-paced episode (by Revolution's standards) to set it up, but I feel like the decision will ultimately prove to have been wise, especially if the finale delivers at the level the previews suggest (a risky assumption, but one I feel safe making, nonetheless). As for "Kashmir", the episode is mostly worth it for the glimpses into our characters' psyches, and in seeing how their relationships develop, so that this group feels more like a familial unit, and less like a motley crew of RPG adventurer stereotypes. I'll be back next Monday for the last Revolution of 2012. Should be exciting.


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Your eye isdesigned to work in air. Surrounding it with water impairs its abilityto form images. Consequently, scuba divers wear masks to allow them toform images properly underwater. However, this does affect theperception of distance, as you will calculate.
Consider a flat piece of plastic (index of refraction ) with water (index of refraction ) on one side and air (index of refraction )on the other. If light is to move from the water into the air, it willbe refracted twice: once at the water/plastic interface and once at theplastic/air interface.
Humans estimatedistance based on several different factors, such as shadows andrelative positions. The most important method for estimating distance,triangulation, is performed unconsciously. Triangulation is based onthe fact that light from distant objects strikes each eye at a slightlydifferent angle. Your brain can then use that information to determinethe angle as shown in the figure. (Intro 1 figure) In the figure, points L and R represent your left and right eyes, respectively. The distance between your eyes is , and the distance to the object, point O, is .
Your eyes determine by assuming that and (in the figure) are equal. This is true, unless the light rays are bentbefore they reach your eyes, as they are if you're wearing a scuba maskunderwater.
Underwater, the situation changes, as shown in the figure. (Intro 2 figure) .Your eyes will calculate an apparent distance using the angle that reaches your eyes, instead of the correct geometric angle. This is the same that you calculated in Part A. Note that there are no importantgeometric considerations arising from the refraction except thesubstitution of for ,because the refraction takes place so close to your eyes. If theproblem discussed someone looking out of the porthole of a submarine,the geometry would become more complicated.


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Nice, hopelessly confusing is an understatement!
Working diligently on my campaign world, Ember, and I wanted a map of extensive dwarven mines that would convey a sense of hopeless complexity. I found a lovely map of actual mines that I used as my model. The idea is that they characters are using an ancient dwarven tunnel system to move from point A to point B (Galton's Ferry to Gammeldine) and they stumble upon an old corpse that has a map. The map is old and discolored but still intact. If one of the characters is a dwarf or speaks the language, they will be able to read the inscriptions just fine. If not, the map will be difficult to make use of.
One of the features of this map is an area called "Mines of Odo Ironheart", which are a legendary (among the dwarves) lost mine. Dwarves are masters at creating secret passages and even they have a difficult time finding them if they don't know where to look. The dwarves of Gammeldine became too soft and civilized, and were eventually chased out of some of the deeper delves. Ironheart's mine was sealed by it's sentinels before they were killed, but the barriers did not prevent a nasty demon from entering the mines. All who were left inside were slain, and the demon took up residence
In Photoshop, if you select multiple text layers (control-click and/or shift-click the layers) you can apply text properties to all layers at once. This allowed me to create a dwarven version of my map with runic labels, and then easily convert it to one with English labels.
The map has a nice aged-paper background, a folded paper template color-burned on top and used as a displacement map.
Nice, hopelessly confusing is an understatement!
My Battlemaps Gallery http://www.cartographersguild.com/al...p?albumid=3407
That is cool because it looks so very real. Great job Immolate, and I'm happy to see some new stuff of yours. Maybe I've been busy lately but I have been wondering what you were up to...hehe, now I know! If I looked at that for very long I think I would be cross eyed.
When its over and you look in the mirror, did you do the best that you were capable of? If so, the score does not matter. But if you find that you did your best you were capable of, you will find it to your liking. -John Wooden
* Rivengard * My Finished Maps * My Challenge Maps * My deviantArt
I've been working on my campaign world lately. I finally finished my second degree and have had time to map again. I have a few new things out including a partial world map, a regional map and a battle map for a keep. Good times. I see you've been busy doing good works. I'll have to go catch up once I'm far enough ahead of the characters to relax a bit.


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|Running Time: 87 mins.
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|Genre: Drama
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Summary:It's 3:00 a.m. in Manhattan, the hour of rumbling garbage trucks, glaring headlights, and the bluish florescent glow of the all-night delis. Trudging alongside the honking traffic, Ahmad drags a coffee and bagel cart to a busy midtown corner. Hours later, he is swiftly and efficiently selling steaming cups of "coffee regular" to rushing New Yorkers. In the afternoons, he battles traffic to return the cart to a warehouse, occasionally peddling bootleg DVDs for extra cash along the way. A solitary, quiet loner, Ahmad strikes up slightly awkward friendships with Noemi, a young Spanish woman who works at a newsstand, and wealthy, jovial Mohammad, who is shocked when he realizes Ahmad was a famou... Full Summary >>


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OU fan sees tickets as ticket to a better job
NORMAN — At least one University of Oklahoma fan plans on using his tickets for Saturday's OU-Texas game as a springboard to a better job.
The Dallas native turned to Craigslist, the online classifieds Web site, to apply a more creative approach. His unique message was simple: Find me a job, and my Oklahoma-Texas tickets will cost you a dollar.
"I saw how the job market was, and how hard it is now," he said. "I wanted to flip the tables and get them coming to me."
Currently employed part time in the insurance business, the fan received another offer for a job and, not wanting to risk what he viewed as a backup plan (a full-time job with a bank), chose to remain anonymous.
"I've gotten about 30 or 35 emails," he said. "I actually interviewed for a job last Thursday from this, and have a second interview for that same job on Monday."
An OU graduate, he wants a job in business account management, interacting with customers and making sure they're happy.
His quest for a better job landed him on the pages of SI.com and several national sports blogs as well.
"I wasn't looking for the spotlight," he said. "I just thought I could meet some interesting people, make a few contacts and maybe get some opportunities I wouldn't have had otherwise. I didn't think I'd find my dream job."
Not that parting with the tickets will be too difficult. He paid face value and said he'd pay more than that for another pair, should he find a job from his ad.
"It's disappointing to lose tickets, but I'll probably just head down to the Cotton Bowl and try to find another pair if I give these away," he said.


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1.2. AloneShe huddled up on her bed, body wracking with violent sobs. Her dress was splattered with a still vibrant, scarlet color. There went another one of the children, lost and gone forever. And it was all because of her. Was he going to break her down like this so that she would have no other choice but to stay by his side? Was he trying to tear her apart from the inside out? Her heart was heavy, but she still clung to the hope that she would still be able to protect the others.
I don't want to be alone again.
2.2. Together
I wonder if you knew what I have done, would you no longer care for me? If I told you that my hands are dyed in the blood of innocent souls, would you be disgusted? If I said the words that I swore I would never be able to speak, would you reject me? If I tried to come closer, would you grow further apart from me?
If I said I wanted to be together with you, always and forever, would you still leave me?
If I ever disappeared, would you even notice that I was gone?
3.2. Tricore
The winged figure perched herself lightly onto the top of the gallows. In its former glory, it was a strong, wooden structure made to punish villains of heinous crimes, but now it lay long forgotten in the wastelands on her doorstep. Forget-me-not flowers clustered around the entire piece. It was ironic really. Reaching her hand out, she plucked one of the flowers and fixed it into her hair. Forget me not…. She could only wonder how many of these people have been forgotten.
Will I no longer be remembered as well? Will I be forgotten like those criminals who have died for their wrongdoings?
I suppose we all have something in common.
4.2. Memory
When she thought about it, she realized she knew almost nothing about her housemates. Ruzai was a mystery to her; even thought Theo was the one she saw most often, she didn't know if there was anything underneath that smiling, overexcited exterior; and Steiler… He did mention having a brother when he was drunk didn't he? It was intriguing. She wanted to know more about them because she was curious. Did any of them have any memories from before they came to Fyr'st? How long have they been in this place? She pondered on these questions, but figured that she would uncover them in due time.
5.2. Craving
There was that strange feeling in her chest again. It fluttered and ached, and it made her heart beat quickly. Her cheeks were flushed pink. Were these the symptoms of a fever? But it was a strange kind of sickness that only came when she thought about him. Him? She didn't dare say his name aloud. What was this feeling? This insatiable desire to see him was like being kept away from something that she could have had. It was unlike anything she had ever felt before. Her curiosity wanted her to pursue this feeling, explore and find out what it might be. But her reason chided her and forewarned that it may not be something she wanted to seek.


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- Published: Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, c1999.
- Year Published: 1999
- Description: xiii, 400 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Language: English
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Collection: Rescuing Texas History, 2010
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Date: 2000
Creator: Beth El Congregation (Fort Worth, Tex.)
Description: Partial presentation containing labeled slides that showcase the stained-glass windows on the interior of the Beth-El synagogue in Fort Worth, Texas. The images include the stained-glass windows and views of the chapel and sanctuary; in order, the slide images are: [2] the Chapel (interior), [3] close-up of the three stained-glass windows in the Chapel, [4] Hall of Remembrance, [5] main sanctuary (interior), [6] close-up of sanctuary front (interior) and stained glass, [7] close-up of the stained-glass window depicting a shofar, [8] close-up of the stained-glass window depicting a burning bush, and [9] close-up of the stained-glass window depicting the tree of life.
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When it comes to shaving your legs, you want to do it right. Shaving your legs may
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Firstly, there's no right age to start shaving your legs. When you start growing
more hair, you often want to remove it. But just because your friend is shaving
doesn't mean you have to do the same. Some start shaving because their hair is dark
and others are eager to learn how to shave. It's really about waiting until you
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I want silver risers for my bike. Can't find 'em. Got any leads?
I want silver risers for my bike. Can't find 'em. Got any leads?
chrome? or anodized silver?
I bought chrome riser handlebars, rode them for maybe 10 blocks before I swapped back to my flat bars. I'm still in the market for narrow low-rise bars, probably the Nittos.
I swiped some polished aluminum riser bars off a dumpstered bike and chopped them. look nice with my polished cheapo stem on my conversion. total cost: $0 and 5 minutes of my time. it was a next brand bike btw. those bikes are frequently left abandoned or thrown away.
i like those nittos a lot, i may be getting some soon
I have the nittos in ano gold...I'm not a huge fan of the rise (it's a pretty huge rise)
I may swap to the nitto flats soon.
The Nittos are like more than 2x lighter than the cheapo random risers that every LBS carries. I got to compare them side by side and the nittos are awesome


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The Directors Guild of America's findings on the diversity of directors in episodic television are grim. Included in their analysis were 3,100 episodes of over 190 scripted shows produced across network and cable channels throughout 2011-2012. After the DGA adjusted their parameters to allow more accurate statistics for this year's report, they adjusted the prior year's results.
Caucasian males directed 73% of all episodes
Caucasian females directed 11% of all episodes
minority males directed 13% of all episodes
minority females directed 4% of all episodes
Caucasian males directed 76% of one-hour shows, and 69% of half-hour shows.
Caucasian males directed 72% of all episodes (not 77% as had been reported)
Caucasian females directed 11% of all episodes (unchanged from the 11% that had been reported)
minority males directed 14% of all episodes (up from the 11% that had been reported)
minority females directed 3% of all episodes (up from the 1% that had been reported)
During their research in the past two years, the DGA's Diversity Task Force identified a key factor in the stagnation of the statistics: companies like to hire directors who they already know. "Our industry has to do better," says the Task Force's Paris Barclay (EP of "Sons of Anarchy," director of "NYPD Blue"). "It's quite disappointing that so many shows failed to hire even a single woman or minority director during the course of an entire season – even shows whose cast and crew otherwise is notably diverse. And, 'We just don't know anybody,' doesn't cut it anymore – the pool of talented and experienced women and minority directors grows every year, and too many of these qualified, capable directors are still overlooked."
Below are their "Best of" and "Worst of" lists. Shows that have been cancelled and pilots were not included in their analysis, but they commend the following shows for their diversity in hiring: "Tyler Perry's House of Payne" (100%); "Hung" (60%); "Hawthorne" (56%); "So Random!" (54%); "The Killing" (46%); "Eureka" (38%); "Make It or Break It" (38%); "CSI: Miami" (37%); and "In Plain Sight" (31%).
Producers are free to obtain the DGA's contact list of experienced women and minority directors to assist in their hiring decisions. See more charts below.


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My family was invited to try Akebono in Downtown Des Moines this past weekend…and we were floored. Now most of you know me well enough through this blog to know that I don't sugarcoat things. If I don't like something I don't talk about it. But if I do, I may not shut up about it. So what did we think of Akebono?
At first we thought we wouldn't take Rhiannon so it would be more of a date. But she had seen an episode on a cartoon Max and Ruby that had them trying sushi. So she was convinced she needed to be there to try sushi. We encourage her to try everything, so we ended up bringing her.
My husband loves sushi and fish. He is from California and hadn't yet found a place that served anything close to what he was used to. So this is going to be an adventure! I have had sushi in the past, but I don't care for things that are 'too fishy' or 'gamey' tasting. And to be honest, one of my coworkers usually orders what he thinks I will like whenever we all went to a different local establishment. So I was nervous my inexperience would be my downfall here!
The atmosphere was great. We got there right when they opened at 5 for dinner. Right away I knew we were in good hands as our waiter was amazing. He had no problem with helping us determine what would be best for our taste as we looked over the sushi menu. Several of my coworkers have become regulars at Akebono, so they had some recommendations for me. And you may recall Ed Sheeran went to Akebono after he performed in the STAR 102.5 Acoustic Lounge!
I was told we had to have the Akebono Edamame. So that is what we started with. Holy cow this was absolutely amazing! It has a soy, garlic, ginger taste to it that is just incredible!
We decided to order some California Rolls as we thought that might be the best for Rhiannon to try. We chatted with our waiter and he helped us choose 3 different sushi rolls. We went with Rising Sun, Oh Snap and Fiji. We had miso soup and a ginger dressed salad to start. Rhiannon LOVED the miso soup. (We all did and the salad was really really tasty)
My husband had a beer while I decided to try a raspberry sake. I had never had sake other than in a sake bomb, but it was delish! When our sushi arrived we tried each of the three to determine what we liked and didn't. To be honest, we loved them all, but my favorite ended up being the one I **thought** I would like the least! I don't know why exactly but I loved the Fiji roll. My husbands favorite was the Oh Snap. But as I said, we liked all of them.
The manager stopped by and asked if we tried anything from the dinner menu. We hadn't ordered anything but sushi and so we tried a scallop dish from their dinner menu. I've had scallops, and not always liked them. But to be honest, I can't stop thinking about his scallop dish. It was seared and served on a cauliflower puree. I want this again. And I want it now.
At this point we were stuffed. Absolutely stuffed. My husband said this was the best fish he has had since moving from California. He started talking about when we could return already. We discussed the menu prices and we both agreed totally reasonable! You can't beat the quality of the food. I'll mention again the service was top notch. Had we not gone in willing and ready to try anything, I am so afraid of what we might have missed out on!
Then dessert was suggested. My husband immediately said no, he was too full. And before I could pass our waiter told us about the fried cheesecake. I couldn't pass it up! When it arrived, my husband couldn't pass it up either. The perfect ending to a perfect, satisfying meal.
So be listening to Lyrical Pursuit in the coming week as I will be giving you a chance to win a gift certificate to Akebono. I'm already ready to go back. Seriously good food.