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What I wanted was to back BENJAMIN PERCY into a corner. I wanted to pin him down, poke him around, see just how cranky he could be. Dangerous, I know, but we're familiars, both raised in the backwoods of the West. We can set traps, skin rabbits, split kindling, shoot beer cans, and drink whiskey ditches with the best of 'em—or at least I can. But Ben wasn't taking the bait. For all his bravado, he's a pretty humble guy. He's nothing if not disciplined and fanatical in his focus. Maybe that's why he has come so far, so fast. Born in 1979, Ben was raised in the high desert of Central Oregon and went to private school in the resort community of Sunriver, which is, perhaps, where his bifurcation began. Archeology was his first passion, but while at Brown University, and at the urging of his (now) wife, Lisa, Ben turned his focus to writing. He earned his MFA from Southern Illinois University. He teaches in the MFA program at Iowa State University and in the low-res MFA program at Pacific University. He has also taught as guest faculty at the Iowa Writers' Workshop and regularly lectures at conferences and universities around the country. He is the author of two novels, Red Moon (forthcoming from Grand Central/Hachette in 2013), and The Wilding (Graywolf, 2010), as well as two books of short stories: Refresh, Refresh (Graywolf, 2007) and The Language of Elk (Carnegie Mellon, 2006). His fiction and nonfiction have been read on National Public Radio, performed at Symphony Space, and published in some of the top literary magazines in the country, including Esquire, GQ, Men's Journal, Outside, Paris Review, Chicago Tribune, Glimmer Train, TIME, and The Wall Street Journal. His honors include the Whiting Award, the Plimpton Prize, a Pushcart Prize, and inclusion in Best American Short Stories. His story, "Refresh, Refresh," was adapted into a graphic novel (co-authored by filmmaker James Ponsoldt and illustrated by Eisner-nominated artist Danica Novgorodoff) and published by First Second Books/Macmillan in 2009. Peter Straub calls Ben "one of our most accomplished young writers." Brady Udall proclaims him "the best new writer to step into the spotlight in years." Dan Chaon praises his stories as "big-hearted and drunk and dangerous," and Ann Patchett sees for Ben "a long and brilliant career." At thirty-three, Ben's rise from "promising" has turned to"skyrocketing" as he makes his latest move into film. "I think I'm writing…with a mythic voice," Ben has said. "My stories are about bigfoot and bearded ladies, horse ranches, marijuana colonies and elk-hunting resorts. And I'm writing about all these things with a salty, mystical voice I hope partners the material and the landscape."
Ben granted me a few minutes between the hours of his writing, teaching, touring, fathering…and his own interviews with master authors.
K: First, tell us about your recent interview with John Irving (TIME, April 23). There was some talk of the two of you lifting weights together, taking target practice, maybe even engaging in a hair-suit/hirsute wrestling match. Did it make you cranky to have to trot out your supposed masculinity in exchange for an interview with Mr. Irving?
B: John Irving is one of my literary heroes, so it was beyond surreal to find myself alongside him--hefting large pieces of metal, grappling together on the mats, later bullshitting in the steam room as we worked out the kinks from our time in the gym. He was a true gentleman, even when he kicked my ass. I came away with a paralyzed shoulder and rug burn on my face. He turns seventy this year, but he has the energy and strength of somebody half his age.
K: Your writing is often compared to that of Southern writers who grounded their stories in violence and the grotesque, including James Dickey and Harry Crews—authors whose work I admire. Both men cultivated personae of almost primitive machismo—hard drinking, hard living, physical toughness--and some would say you're following in those footsteps. I've been thinking of Crews' essay, "The Violence that Finds Us," in which he writes about his own myth catching up with him when he's knifed in a bar. How do you keep your public persona and your life as a writer separate?
B: I grew up in the woods. I tore around on dirt bikes, got into fist fights, received a .357 for my sixteenth birthday. I jump out of planes, hang-glide, camp in the backcountry, take on magazine assignments where I drive large trucks around in the mud. But I also have a pretty ordinary counterpoint to that wildness: a wife, two kids,
home repair. A lot of my life is spent reading stories to my daughter or tossing a baseball with my boy or reading the newspaper with my wife on a Sunday morning. That balance is important, keeps me grounded. And then every few weeks I go off and do something insane and return home happily as if I have lanced some boil to release my poisonous core. Nobody has tried to knife me yet. But if they do, I will eat their liver.
K: As "the new master of the American grotesque," have you ever had an idea for an article, short story, or novel that you really wanted to write but didn't because you feared that it might be too graphic, vulgar, or exploitive?
B: Mostly I write whatever comes howling out of me, but every now and then my agent--always the first line of defense--will say, "Really, Percy? Let's rethink this." I think I've developed a pretty good radar for how far I can go, how close I can get to the edge of the abyss without falling into it.
K: Every one of your characters (including the animals) in The Wilding is cranky as hell about one thing or another: war, marriage, pending extinction. PW called Justin a "masterwork of pitiable wretchedness." Paul, the father/grandfather, is crotchety, at least, and at worst, he's a tyrant. Did you base his personality on anyone that you know?
B: As always, some things are true, some things are not. As a writer I'm like a crow gathering up all the shiny objects in the world and weaving them into a gruesome nest. So when I look at Justin or I look at Paul--or when I look at any of my characters--I see physical and emotional characteristics that belong to neighbors, friends, schoolmates, colleagues, family members. But it's never a complete portrait --I'm blending then heaping over the top a healthy serving of imagination.
K: You write fiction, articles, and essays on craft, but I'm not sure I've ever seen you go full-on confessional. Has anyone ever asked you a question about your personal life that really chapped your ass—and what was it?
B: I'm a fiction writer. Magazines keep asking me to write nonfiction, and I do, but I prefer to spend my time making stuff up, playing with my imaginary friends. And you'll notice, if you're a Facebook friend or Twitter follower, that I never post anything about my family and only rarely (and safely) anything about my personal life. I like to keep those fences up, with a few exceptions. It's pretty hard to offend me. Whenever anybody asks a question I don't want to answer, I just give them a circular or digressive response. Like right now.
K: Your life as a professional writer seems defined by a kind urgency, a balls-to-the-wall race toward critical and commercial success. You make of your everyday life—your plan to lose weight and get healthy, your vasectomy—fodder for the magazine mill. Booklist characterized The Wilding as "a bit overambitious," which I'm guessing you took as a compliment. In a previous interview, addressing the authors you admire most (Cormac McCarthy, Daniel Woodrell, Rick Bass, Richard Yates), you wrote, "'I'm going to get you,'" I whisper to myself as I follow their tracks in the mud." My question: Where does that drive come from?
B: Hard to say. But I am obsessed. Writing is an obsession, a mania. I am Ahab chasing the white whale. I regularly spend eight to ten hours at the keyboard. I don't do this to win awards or sell copies at the bookstore, though I'm ofcourse thankful when this happens. I do it because I love the work, what some people would consider the drudgery of putting one word in front of another and building sentences. I'm not a lot of fun for this reason. I presently have no hobbies: I have too many stories to tell, too many books to read, and not enough time for any indulgences beyond coffee and whiskey.
K: Red Moon, a "werewolf novel…made of equal parts supernatural thriller, love story and political allegory," sold on proposal, picked up a film deal with The Gotham Group, and you've just delivered a 640-page draft to your publisher. Do you have a particular fear about critical response to the book that breaks you out in a three a.m. sweat?
B: No fear. I'm writing the same sort of sentences, building the same sorts of characters that you'll see in any of my "literary" fiction. Some people called The Wilding a "literary thriller," and I guess you could say the same of Red Moon. I've never been a fan of the fences people try to build around genre. You've got good writing and you've got bad writing. Doesn't matter if there's a ghost or a robot or a spy or a cowboy in it. Take a look at Margaret Atwood or Cormac McCarthy or Michael Chabon or Ursula K. LeGuin or Justin Cronin--that's the kind of hybrid model to aspire to, with careful craftsmanship and an engine that demands you turn the page.
K: There's a wild rumor floating around that your editor encouraged you to add Karen's narrative line to The Wilding in order to introduce a feminine presence into an otherwise very masculine story. Is gender balance something you worry about in your writing? Will there be female werewolves in Red Moon or only girls who fall badly in love with male monsters?
B: That's not true. My editor wanted me to make what was originally more a novella (or shnovel) into a novel. So we brainstormed different ways to make this happen, one of which was to move it from first to third person. In doing so, I was able to open up the narrative and follow multiple points of view. Not only was the narrative made more muscular, but the themes were explored from myriad perspectives. In that initial revision, I built five different plot-lines that were later stripped down to three, among them Karen. Red Moon is a global novel that takes place over several years and follows many, many characters -- but four of them are especially important. Two
of these are female -- and both of them bad-asses. The book is about infectious disease and terrorism, but it is also about identity. Claire is my heroine, the lead at the heart of all the intertwining plotlines. When people asked me early on about gender balance, my response is always, hey, I wrote the stories in The Language of Elk when I was twenty-three, twenty-four. I wrote the stories in Refresh, Refresh in the two years after that. I wrote The Wilding in the two years after that. I'm now thirty-two, and with each book, you see the characters growing up (moving from adolescence to married with children), you see the plots and language grow more sophisticated, and you see a better range of not just young and old, but men and women, and that's because the more any writer lives, the more able he or she is to imagine other lives convincingly.
K: What is the worst piece of writing advice you've been given, and how did you know?
B: I can't think of any specific piece of lousy advice, but I dealt with a number of instructors who beat the living shit out of me. Said they hated my writing, they hated my stories. And, yes, they used that word, hate. Admittedly, I was pretty awful when I first began taking workshops, and I don't think anybody ever thought, oh, he's going to make it. This never bothered me much. I knew I sucked. And their criticism didn't
discourage me so much as it pushed me to read and study more books so that I could get better. Over time, I've managed to achieve a certain level of non-suckiness through pure stubbornness, doggedness, which I think might be a more important characteristic in a writer than talent.
K: About the corduroy vest….
B: Ahem, that would be a leather and canvas vest. And I think it goes perfectly with my zebra-print thong.
K: Thanks for that, Ben. Stay cranky!


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I am doing an online video for my client. I need some good royalty free music for background music. Can anyone suggest a good website that offers this?Thanks
I found this website which may help freeplaymusic.com and might be what your looking for.
well htttp://www.beemp3.com is a must check out
That's still confusing Another Designer...
You can buy royalty free content that allows you to use that content in pretty much whatever you like (post purchase) without an additional license. And there's creative commons or copyleft or open source or public domain content that requires no purchase and can be used however you like (either with or without credit or other restrictions depending on the license). Are you wanting to pay for content or not? And what EXACTLY do you need?
Buy it and include it in the client's costs...It's more simply...
Thanks for the replies. I meant a website that offers music that does not need a license purchased to use it for video or multimedia... if there is such a thing.
You can look for free musics here: http://www.mp3raid.com/
Just search for the song then click the download button.
AFAIK you can use music from http://www.opsound.org in any way you want free of charge. From their website:
Opsound is a gift economy in action, an experiment in applying the model of free software to music. Musicians and sound artists are invited to add their work to the Opsound pool using a copyleft license developed by Creative Commons. Listeners are invited to download, share, remix, and reimagine.
Be more specific, do you want FREE music or do you want "royalty free", those are two totally different things which have absolutely nothing in common. Free music is usually free of cost (but not of license), where as royalty free music is free of royalty payment restrictions (therefore can be re-used as long as you meet the license). Most royalty free music you have to purchase (and it's usually more expensive than traditional music as you earn special commercial re-use rights).
Hi, i am new for this site. these two are good.may be these are useful for you. http://www.opsound.org and htttp://www.beemp3.com
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beemp3.com is also a good one

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So much of Christmas celebrations revolve around the family table, so doesn't it deserve to be dressed for the festivities? We've rounded up 25 of the top Christmas tables we could find to help inspire your table's look this holiday season.
So much of Christmas celebrations revolve around the family table, so doesn't it deserve to be dressed for the festivities? We've rounded up 25 of the top Christmas tables we could find to help inspire your table's look this holiday season.
From rustic country to metallic elegance to classic evergreen looks, there's a tablescape here to fit everyone's personal style!
Warm, inviting, yet special and elegant, this Christmas table blends formality and comfort like no other I've seen. Gold chargers, cutlery, votive candles and scattered ornaments at each setting offer a richness that a Christmas table deserves, but the tartan linen they all rest upon gives the entire look a homey feel. Regardless of what you're serving, I'd be hard pressed to walk away from the table with a look like this!
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You can't go wrong with a silver and gold color combination for your Christmas table. It's the easiest way to add holiday flair to your design and also gives you a flexibility you wouldn't neccesarily have otherwise - I love the ecclectic feel these sorts of table have! Melissa designed a festive table that incorporates so much detail without having to work too hard to do so!
Image via The Inspired Room
I'll let the fabulous lines of these plates do most of the talking, but I will say one thing. If you can only use one other thing to dress your table for Christmas, use evergreen! How fantastic is this lively evergreen table runner?
Image via Villeroy and Boch
Here in the northeast we don't think warm and beachy at Christmastime - unless we're trying to escape the bitter cold and snow. What I love about this coastal Christmas table is how richly winter and festive it looks, all while still incorporating classic seaside details. Starfish and cranberries can work together!
Image via Coral and Coast
No, it may not be your typical Christmas table, but this purple and red look is incredibly rich, fun and festive nonetheless. Give it Christmas flair with sparkly purple and red decorations and you're all set!
Image via House to Home
We got creative with burlap quite a bit this year, so when I saw this simple and all natural looking Christmas table at In My Own Style I got excited. Diane, the designer over there, is known for her gorgeous looks for less and this table is just one example of that impressive talent. Paper snowflakes lie beneath each setting's glass plates, while chunky glass votives in the center of the table bring a touch of icy elegance to the set up. So simple, yet so lovely!
Image via In My Own Style
I spotted this elegant Christmas table set for two over at Bower Power, a blog I happen to love, a few years ago. Katie actually has a few ideas for a couple, but this was so romantic, elegant and simple to recreate thanks to all those lovely taper candles and pretty place settings. So much of this is great, but her use of assorted glasses versus formal candle holders adds a touch of comfort to this wintry table.
Image via Bower Power
Blue and brown color combinations are becoming a popular choice for Christmas decorations and this table pulls it off perfectly. Again, an evergreen runner proves unbeatable at giving any table a Christmas feel and the sprinkles of gold and pinecones are ideal accents.
Image via The Guardian
The simple elegance of this Christmas table is what makes it so lovely. Bright, airy and a stark contrast from warmer red hues, Cassandra's designed a winter wonderland I'd love to sit down to. The clustered metallic Christmas trees are chic and cool, but the striped tapered candles and gold votives add a touch of warmth to the table.
Image via Coco + Kelley
Talk about a great buy! This Christmas table is all about that amazing tablecloth so far as I'm concerned, though the cute polka dot plates are a close second. Modern tree decorations and a bit of metallic berries are the only elements that declare this is a Christmas tablescape, but they do it elegantly and condfidently.
Image via Nyla Free Designs
All you need to recreate this next Christmas tablescape is a nice long dining table, silver candelabras, votive candles and a natural evergreen runner. It's simple, elegantly festive and leaves plenty of room on the table for all that delicious Christmas food you've cooked up!
Image via Belgian Pearls
There's a lot that I love about this Christmas table, but I absolutely adore Marian's brilliant idea to use old Christmas sheet music as a placemat. It's the cleverist, simplest, most festive Christmas decoration I've seen recently and I'm dying to give it a try.
Image via Miss Mustard Seed
For a more intimate holiday gathering, like one where your living room and dining area are the one and the same, consider a set up similar to this. Stage a buffet spread on a longer table with a look that's an extension of your room. Though you sacrifice space, you'll have a pretty darling space that's extra cozy and festive to celebrate in!
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Don't let the incredible length of this table distract you from the details here. I'm such a fan of the "peace" motif throughout this design - from the little paper doves on each chair to the oragami centerpiece and soft lighting, it's by no means a simple tablescape, but one that instantly invites and inspires a celebration.
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Chevron patterns were all over this year, so why not consider incorporating the trend into your Christmas table? Paula designed a pink chevron patterned printable set (say that 10x fast) for a kids table that's fun and festive without being too stuffy or requiring additional purchases.
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Minimal it may be, but this next Christmas table is anything but boring. I love how the plates and platters compliment the chairs around the table and while it's not overly decorated, this table is artistically set for Christmas.
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A gorgeous wooden table is something I hate to see hidden. I love how Wendy keeps her table simple, yet classic with her square placemats, everyday plates and a festive napkin setting. The addition of not one, but two sets of tapered candles add a special formality to the Christmas look. Such a simple, well designed setting anyone can recreate!
Image via Old Town Home
One of the budget-friendly Christmas tables I stumbled upon, I love that Sherry went with two runners for her square table instead of turning to a tablecloth. Firstly, the runners give the table a more interesting, layered look and compliment the clean lines throughout the space, but also - they're a spring design! We're always saying repurpose what you've got and she does it so succesfully. The single white feather Christmas tree in the center finishes off the table simply, but creatively.
Image via Young House Love
Contributor and designer of her own fabulous blog, Chris Nease designed a totally fun Christmas table anyone would love. I'm such a fan of how she transforms her look with paper! The candy cane like stripes are a pop of fun to the traditional formal designs and if that weren't enough, she adorned each setting with a Christmas tree cupcake.
Image via Celebrations at Home
Our contributor Chris Nease knows how to add a whole lot of fun factor to the kids Christmas table decorations! Did you squeal when you saw her adorable snowman milk like we did? From the bright and festive red and greens to the candy cane napkin ring and striped plates at each setting, this Christmas table is one of our very favorites!
Image via Celebrations at Home
Silver and blue isn't anything out of the ordinary at Christmastime, but robin egg blue and gold is less expected. The blue hue has a name you'd only expect to hear during the spring, but I found this Christmas table and immediately loved it because it just works so, so well. There's nothing overly complicated here, yet it's a glamorous look anyone can recreate thanks to Stephanie's how-to.
Image via Couture Parties
For a soft, romantic and Victorian feel for your Christmas table, turn to designs like this to inspire. A soft and simple white runner, glass decorations and a pink, gold and cream color scheme are essential!
Image via House to Home
Initially when I saw this Christmas table my mind thought, frosted spring. The yellow and gray color combination is such a hot trend right now and designer Camille brings Christmas to the décor with elegant wrapped presents at each setting, a soft, yet rich green runner and clusters of silver ornaments.
Image via Camille Styles
As a kid, I remember watching my dad set up our Christmas village on top of our china closet in the dining room. This Christmas table immediately brought back those memories – it's so unexpected to see the church surrounded by snow flecked evergreen boughs at the center of the table, but this look from Heather Scott is quintessential Christmas in my book!
Image via Heather Scott Home & Design
While some set their Christmas table elaborately, crafting centerpieces, napkin rings, place card holders and other little details by hand, there's something to be said for a simple, classic, red and green tablescape.
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An experienced group of coaches will serve as resources to the young women as well as provide them with networking opportunities to help try to land them a coaching position.
Clyburn has been a four-year member of the Saint Leo women's basketball program and has played a significant role in this year's team that has set the program record for conference wins in a season.
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September 10, 1930 — Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Nadine was the daughter of immigrant Jewish parents. Her Russian-born mother settled in France following the Russian Revolution of 1917. Nadine was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, a city on the outskirts of Paris known for its automobile factories. She was fluent in Russian and French.
1933-39: Nadine attended elementary school in Paris. Her mother, Ludmilla, taught piano, and her Russian grandmother,Rosalia, lived with them. After France declared war on Germany in September 1939, Nadine's mother moved the family to Saint-Marc-sur-Mer, a small village on the Brittany coast, hoping it would be safer. There, Nadine resumed her schooling.
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hibiscus dyed beaded lace colette laurel + i am satin doll
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Ouidah, Benin
When in Ouidah, you cannot avoid the street sellers walking around with their goods piled on their heads whether it be bananas, bras, or… bissap. Frozen hibiscus juice. My addiction to this frozen snack is what inspired me to try and dye some secondhand sheets with hibiscus flowers.
Unfortunately my dye washed out the moment it touched some laundry detergent. So instead of a deep crimson I have a very pale pink. But it's okay, it means I'll just keep experimenting with natural dyes until I get it right. I promise, one day I'll reach my goal of having a deep crimson fabric with no chemicals involved!
I added a drop waist skirt because I wanted to lengthen my Laurel, but also because I was a bit sick of making the same silhouette over and over. My mind wandered to a dress I had seen in the book I am Cute Dresses by Sato Watanabe which featured alternating lace panels. Perfect.
Then my mind kept wandering and I thought back to a post on the Coletterie Blog that featured lacey beaded pockets by Chanel (http://www.coletterie.com/inspiration/detail-inspiration-lacy-pocket). I wanted to try it myself using local waist beads. Although my version compares in no way to Chanel's, I'm still in love with how it turned out and want to continue with beading for future projects.
As for the neckline, I made a faux peter pan collar, added the keyhole rather than cut it out, and added teardrops and beaded all that because I felt I needed some beads on top to balance out the beads on the pocket.
Voila! For even more details, and a how to on making hibiscus juice in Benin, I wrote more in my blog here: http://cathywu.com/journal/treadling/2013/04/29/hibiscus-dyed-beaded-lace-colette-laurel-i-am-satin-doll/
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May 1, 2013, 03.19 PMby cathytxtwfr
thank you everybody for such nice comments!
Apr 30, 2013, 07.38 PMby floralwhirl
stunning basis of using what you have around you to make up your dress. the lace and beads details are beautiful and appropriate for the delicate colour of your dress.
Apr 29, 2013, 08.16 PMby liliv-1
Very nice work here! Awesome dress, love all the details, very romantic and girly!
Apr 29, 2013, 05.09 PMby ilovegerardo
I love this, very simple design & still looks quite whimsical. Very much 1920's. Beautiful.
Apr 29, 2013, 03.21 PMby byVA
I love your dress, but even more, I love all your stories about your dresses and how you made them. Great job.
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Dienstag, 10. November 2009
Multi-Threading Jules
For large shapes it does improve things quite a bit (on my Core2Duo notebook):
Hey, in one case jules now even beats ductus :)
However it reminded me again how hard it is to write well performing multi-threaded code in real-world.
The outcome is a 2-thread producer/consumer implementation, where the consumer can produce for itself if it has catched up with the producer.
The first implementation (multi-unopt) simply fetched idle tiles from a pool, and added rasterized tiles to another one. And there was a volatile variable for communication. That makes 4 uncontended monitorenter/exit + volatile read/write.
With that approach the synchronization overhead eat up almost any speedup, in some cases I even saw ugly regressions.
I now batch fetch/store from the idle/completed tile lists in order to minimize synchronization costs, as well as let the worker start a bit ahead of the consumer.
I am still not sure wether the whole effort makes much sence, it makes the whole thing quite complex.
After all, it was fun ;)
I wonder how much speedup can be archived by using profile-driven optimizations and -O3 when compiling pixman and jules. I guess arround 10-20%, which could be enough to push threaded Jules in front of ductus.
- Xerxes Rånby hat gesagt…
Thank you for doing this!
I look forward to run Jules on my ARM PC-Z1 NetWalker.
Impressive work!
Cheers and have a great day!
- 13. November 2009 um 05:49
- Linuxhippy hat gesagt…
Xerxes, I guess you are the first person actually trying out that stuff :)
Hope it will be useful for you. (and work on ARM)
Thanks, Clemens
- 13. November 2009 um 08:47
- cl333r hat gesagt…
Can you please say which renderer (ductus, yours, other) are using the jdk7 nightly builds from sun's site?
If not your solution, when do you plan pushing it into mainline?
- 23. November 2009 um 00:40
- Linuxhippy hat gesagt…
Sun's (proprietary) builds use ductus by default. OpenJDK uses pisces.
The problem with pushing this into mainline is, that it requires a private version of cairo - and I am quite sure Sun is not willed to integrate this into the official OpenJDK code. (although I haven't asked them).
My hope is to get into IcedTea as an optional feature some day.
- 23. November 2009 um 02:07
- cl333r hat gesagt…
If Cairo alone would add less than (about) 2MB to the JRE I'd certainly go for your solution because Pisces makes for a bad Java experience on a Linux desktop (compared to windows) and adding (about) 2MB to gain such a big performance improvement is a very good trade-off imho.
Besides if the Cairo devs see that Java is about to ship with a custom build of Cairo they're probably much more likely to respond positively to your needs of slightly changing Cairo to release the Unix version of Java from this slight burden.
I think you should try asking Sun and the Cairo devs the corresponding questions, I guess their replies would give you a better clue if you're going into the "right" direction and maybe some of the Cairo folks would even be willing to help you somehow.
- 23. November 2009 um 08:45
- Linuxhippy hat gesagt…
cl333r: Currently it adds ~300k on x86.
However only OpenJDK suffers from pisces (the sun bundles include ductus), and OpenJDK is almost enterly distributed by Linux distributors. So I guess it would be a lot easier to ask the distributors, and get the same end-result.
- 27. November 2009 um 13:00
- cl333r hat gesagt…
Wow (only) 300K is even better.
It's been over 2 years since Java went open source but almost every Desktop Linux user (including me) still uses to this day Sun's proprietary version of Java for a few reasons but the main one is graphics quality, thus if your solution goes in then the usage of the open source Java version will grow significantly. I hope you manage to push your solution before the next wave of Linux distros happens next year in spring. Btw, regarding Cairo, there's a been a meeting/event on Cairo about a week ago where its developers agreed about commiting serious changes to Cairo to improve video playback with Cairo etc., I hope you heard of it, maybe it's the right time to ask those devs about your changes to Cairo along the way. More info here:
- 28. November 2009 um 11:52
- Endre Stølsvik hat gesagt…
What is that jules, pisces and ductus stuff? Do you have some quick links that could fill me slightly in? Thanks!
Regarding threading - have you followed the concurrent-interest list? The JSR166 "y" stuff? You could maybe just use that directly. Or implement some logic from there. Apparently "work stealing" is a better way to handling sharing of work than some single queue which each thread serves himself from: You quickly divide the work roughly upon threads, then if one thread is empty, he goes to another thread and "steals" work - from the BACK of that thread's queue. Therefore, you typically end up with uncontended and "lock free" distribution of work. Just a thought.
- 22. Januar 2010 um 07:09
- Linuxhippy hat gesagt…
Hi Endre,
> What is that jules, pisces and ductus stuff?
"Pisces" is the open-source replacement for its proprietary counterpart "ductus".
It rasterizes shapes (turns geometric definitions into pixels).
Jules tries to become a replacement for Pisces, because pisces has some performance problems.
> Apparently "work stealing" is a
> better way to handling sharing of work
It is currently implemented in a simplified way, but more or less its work-stealing what it does.
I didn't have a look at JSR166, but I plan to in the long term.
Unfourtuntly it crashes quite mysteriously somewhere in JVM code when multithreading is enabled, so I have to find whats going on before I can enable it by default :/
- 24. Januar 2010 um 12:48


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A FURIOUS headteacher says Essex County Council should be ashamed of itself for a u-turn which could cost some parents £900 a year, or more.
The head of Brightlingsea's Colne School angrily criticised county councillors, accusing them of breaking an earlier promise over free school buses for pupils from Wivenhoe.
A new council policy means from next year, Essex children starting at a fresh school will only get free transport to their nearest one, instead of to any in their catchment area.
Colne School principal Nardeep Sharma says he'd been assured County Hall would make an exception for his Wivenhoe pupils, since so many had chosen his school, rather than to the nearer Colchester Academy.
This week the school learned this was not the case – and parents of children starting in 2015 would have to pay as much as £900 a year for each child.
Mr Sharma said: "I'm shocked and saddened by the actions of the council, a body I have previously had no reason to mistrust. Now I do so wholly.
"This completely undermines parental choice. Councillors have misled parents – the people who elected them. In my opinion, they should be ashamed of their conduct."
Last autumn, the council announced the new policy, aimed at saving £25million a year, would come into force in September 2015.
Colne School is about six miles from Wivenhoe – two miles further than Colchester Academy, though parents say congestion means the journey time is about the same.
Colne School was rated "outstanding" by Ofsted at its last inspection.
Colchester Academy was given an unflattering "requires improvement" assessment.
Mr Sharma said after three meetings with the council on the issue, he was shocked by the news.
He said:"Budgets are tight in all public organisations, but they are equally tight in parents' pockets. I'm deeply concerned parents' rights have been taken away.
"They will have to choose a school, based on what they can afford, rather than the school of their choice."
But the councillor in charge of Education at County Hall has denied ever promising to make an exception for Colne School's Wivenhoe pupils.
Last night Tory county councillor Ray Gooding told the Gazette suggestions it would continue to fund the buses was down to a misunderstanding.
He said at a meeting in February it had been suggested Wivenhoe Town Council might "put some money into a pot" to help subsidise the buses.
He added: "It would seem some of those present at the meeting misunderstood this proposal and felt the county council would use funds which would otherwise be spent transporting children to Colchester Academy to support the cost of transporting non-entitled children to the Colne School.
"This is not the case. We have adopted a new policy, which will be applied fairly and consistently across the county for new applicants from September 2015.
"There is no basis for making an exception in the case of Wivenhoe and setting a precedent that could have far-reaching and significant financial implications."


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SAINT LEO, Fla. – The Saint Leo women's swim team battled it out against Nova Southeastern on Saturday afternoon at Marion Bowman Aquatics Center, but fell to the visiting Sharks by a tally of 170-92.
Junior Stephanie Martinez finished the afternoon with two first place finishes, and a third place touch. The Fort Myers, Fla. native crushed the competition in the 1000 Free, touching with a time of 10:43.41, beating her opposition by at least 13 seconds. She went on to take third in the 200 Yard Free, completing the event in 2:03.11, before blowing away her competitors in the 500 Yard Free with a time of 5:16.67.
Bianca Muniz earned second in the 50 and 100 Yard Free with times of 25.59 and 55.45, respectively, and collected a third place time of 29.80 in the 50 Yard Backstroke.
Kaitlyn Hite took home a third place time of 11:04.58 in the 1000 Yard Free. Paula Carvajal came in a narrow second in the 50 Yard Backstroke, touching at the 31.99 mark, just seven-hundredths of a second behind NSU's Ashley Bransford, who finished with a time of 31.92. Carvajal went on to earn third in the 100 Yard Breaststroke, completing the event with a time of 1:11.64.
Chloe Pellican and Allyssa Black finished second and third, respectively, in the 100 Yard Butterfly, finishing with marks of 1:01.87, and 1:01.97. The two swapped spots in the 50 Yard Buttefly, with Black coming in second with a time of 28.09, and Pellican finishing in 28.51 for third.
In the 100 Yard Backstroke, Chantal Bouthillier claimed second place, touching with a time of 1:04.20.
The relay team of Bouthillier, Carvajal, Black, and Rachel Cunio took home second in the 200 Yard Medley Relay, finishing with an overall time of 1:54.47, while the combination of Hite, Lindsay Albanese, Katie Sanacore, and Samantha Lotito earned a mark of 2:07.64.
The Lions wrapped up the afternoon with the 200 Yard Freestyle Relay, earning second and fourth. The team of Cunio, Carvajal, Bouthillier, and Muniz finished with a time of 1:42.05, while Martinez, Marques, Pellican, and Albanese completed the relay in 1:49.02.
The Lions return to the pool deck on Friday, October 25, when they host Florida Southern. Start time against the Mocs is slated for 4 p.m. at the Marion Bowman Aquatics Center.
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Reading 7, Binghamton 6
The Reading Fightin Phils scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning, including the game-winner on a wild pitch by Jeff Walters, to beat the Binghamton Mets, 7-6, on Tuesday night at FirstEnergy Stadium. The B-Mets overcame an early deficit with a two-out, four-run rally in the seventh, but allowed three unanswered runs in their fifth walk-off loss of the season
The B-Mets handed a 6-5 advantage to Walters in ninth. Pitching for the first time in five days, the righty recorded the first out on one pitch before surrendering a single to Matt Tolbert and a double to Sebastian Valle. Following an intentional walk to load the bases, Anthony Hewitt tied the game with an infield single. Walters spiked the next pitch he threw past Blake Forsythe, allowing Valle to score from third with the game-winning run.
Welcoming in the B-Mets for the first and only time in 2013, the Fightin Phils grabbed the lead in the first against starter Erik Goeddel. Following Albert Cartwright's leadoff single, Zach Collier threaded an RBI triple down the right-field line.
Binghamton answered back in the second against Jesse Biddle. Darrell Ceciliani reached on a fielder's choice and moved into scoring position with his 27th stolen base of the season. Blake Forsythe made the risk worth it by lining an RBI single off Biddle's side. The drive ricocheted into right field, allowing Ceciliani to come home with the tying run. Biddle remained in the game and retired Goeddel to end the inning.
The Fightin Phils responded quickly and retook the lead with three runs in the second. Valle bounced a double off the right-field wall and scored two batters later on a groundout. Maikel Franco capped the inning by ripping a two-out, two-run double inside the third base bag, kicking Reading's lead to three.
The B-Mets began their comeback with a single score in the third. Danny Muno began the inning with walk, stole second and came home when center fielder Albert Cartwright bobbled Josh Rodriguez's single up the middle. Biddle bounced back after the hit and posted three shutout innings to end his night.
After two rocky innings to start his night, Goeddel finished strong, tossing shutout frames into the sixth. Ryan Fraser took over with two outs and notched the final out of the inning.
Biddle also ended on a high note, capping his night with three scoreless innings. The left-hander retired 11 of the final 13 B-Mets he faced before being lifted for a pinch-hitter in the sixth.
Trailing 4-2, Binghamton saved their offensive magic for the Fightin Phils bullpen in the seventh. Colby Shreve collected the first two outs, but allowed to two to reach on a walk and single. Cory Vaughn cut the deficit to one and ended Shreve's night with an RBI single.
Southpaw Austin Wright was summoned from the pen to face Allan Dykstra. After taking two out of the zone, Dykstra launched a towering drive over the right-field wall for a go-ahead, three-run homer. The long-ball was Dykstra's 19th of the season and first since July 22.
Reading cut away at the two-run hole in the eighth against reliever Chase Huchingson, loading the bases on a single, a hit batter and fielding error. With the bases full, Jim Murphy launched a high fly ball to centerfield. Alonzo Harris made a spectacular over-the-shoulder grab on the warning track to rob Murphy of game-breaking hit and fired back in to double-off Maikel Franco at first. Hewitt scampered home ahead of the final out on the play to make it 6-5, setting the stage for Reading's theatrics in the ninth.
Juan Sosa (3-2) kept the B-Mets off the board in the eighth and ninth to earn the victory. Walters (3-2) suffered his third blown save of the season and first loss since May 24.
The B-Mets (75-47) continue their three-game series against the Fightin Phils on Wednesday at 7:05 PM. LHP Darin Gorski takes the hill against RHP Brody Colvin.
Key Stats
Allan Dykstra: 2-for-4, 1 HR, 1 BB, 3 RBI, 1 R
Blake Forsythe: 1-for-3, 1 BB, 1 RBI
Darrell Ceciliani: 1-for-3, 1 R, 2 SB
Erik Goeddel: 5.2 IP, 8 H, 2 BB, 4 ER, 4 K
Ryan Fraser: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 BB, 0 ER, 1 K
Jeff Walters: 0.1 IP, 3 H, 1 BB, 2 ER, 0 K
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BURNLEY have confirmed their promotion to the Premier League after goals from Ashley Barnes and Michael Kightly gave them the win they needed against Wigan Athletic.
Barnes and Kightly both struck before half time to put Sean Dyche's Clarets on course for the three points that sealed their place in the Championship's top two, and automatic promotion, with two games to spare.
The opening stages produced nothing in the way of chances but then the Clarets sprung into life with a fine move that led to Barnes putting them ahead on 22 minutes.
Danny Ings hooked the ball into the path of Dean Marney, who advanced down the right channel before providing a fine cross for Barnes to convert from close range, to the delight of the Burnley fans.
Scott Arfield soon volleyed over, before Tom Heaton made a comfortable save from James McClean's header at the other end. Wigan came an awful lot closer on the half hour mark as another free kick into the box was met by Marc-Antoine Fortune, whose header crashed back off the crossbar.
But Burnley doubled their lead in the 42nd minute when Kightly – the matchwinner at Blackpool on Good Friday – curled a superb inswinging free kick into the far corner from a tight angle.
Ben Mee then stung the palms of Ali Al Habsi with a fierce 30-yard drive as the rampant Clarets looked for a third goal.
Heaton had to deny Fortune as Wigan looked for a goal back in the second half, before Ings hit the post from a tight angle for Burnley.
Emmerson Boyce headed narrowly wide for the visitors, but Burnley continued to push for a third goal and David Jones saw a free kick saved against his former club.
Barnes then saw a fierce volley parried by Al Habsi Derby beat Barnsley 2-1 but their result proved irrelevant as the Clarets got the victory they needed to confirm their place in the Premier League next season.
Burnley: Tom Heaton; Kieran Trippier (Chris Baird 77), Michael Duff, Jason Shackell, Ben Mee; Michael Kightly, Dean Marney, David Jones, Scott Arfield; Danny Ings, Ashley Barnes. Subs not used: Alex Cisak, Kevin Long, David Edgar, Ross Wallace, Keith Treacy, Junior Stanislas.
Wigan: Ali Al Habsi; James Perch, Emmerson Boyce, Leon Barnett, Stephen Crainey (Rob Kiernan 46); Jack Collison, James McArthur, Jordi Gomez (Callum McManaman 46); James McClean (Nicky Maynard 76), Marc-Antoine Fortune, Jean Beausejour. Subs not used: Scott Carson, Gary Caldwell, Shaun Maloney, Nick Powell. Referee: Keith Stroud.


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Expand a Rehabilitation Center for Drug Addicts in Russia
Monday, November 18, 2013
Project Code: 427-00-19
Right from its beginnings, ACN's charitable work has been also a work of reconciliation. For our founder, Father Werenfried, it was a heartfelt concern and "his last and greatest joy," as he said after the collapse of communism, to translate into practical deeds the "ecumenism of solidarity" and to extend a helping hand to the Russian Orthodox Church as well as the Catholic Church. One such project that has been particularly blessed is the rehabilitation center for drug addicts in Sapernoe, some 65 miles from Saint Petersburg, in an area of almost untouched natural beauty not far from the Finnish Karelian border.
It all began with a few isolated cases. Again and again young people were coming to Father Sergij Belkov, asking him to hear their confessions. Before he became a priest he was an investigator on the murder commission. The problem of drugs was nothing new to him. But as a priest, he was also increasingly aware that this was not, first and foremost, a matter of a medical or sociological problem, but rather a sickness of the soul. Most people realize very quickly that the path of drugs is a false one. One person described himself as "like living in the grave" while another said he felt "no longer human." They were both describing one and the same phenomenon. The only way out of the vicious spiral of drug addiction begins with this recognition, and with the will to change and convert. The first step on the path is sacramental Confession. The most important step towards healing is the reception of the Sacraments.
Father Sergij takes these young men in after they have undergone a physical withdrawal program, which mostly takes place in one of the state clinics in Saint Petersburg. He welcomes them like the father welcoming the prodigal son. The other members of his community support him solidly in his work.
One of these helpers, a woman, describes how, again and again, she is astonished at the transformation that takes place in these young men, most of whom are aged between 18 and 28. "In the first few days, they are always aggressive and surly, and scarcely even look at you. But very quickly there is a real "transformation" that begins from within, with God's help and thanks to the love and family warmth that radiate out from Father Sergij, his wife and all the other helpers and members of the center."
Structurally, the center is formed like a large and healthy natural family. The "older" recovering addicts are like the older brothers and sisters, who already understand the discipline in the family and pass it on to the "younger" ones. A new member is accepted into the family only once a month, in order not to endanger the delicate balance within it. After their time here the young men can return, physically and psychologically strengthened, to their own families and even establish families of their own.
Sapjornoje was the first ever Orthodox center of its kind in Russia. Its success rate of around 75% of addicts permanently healed is testimony to the rightness of Father Sergij and his approach, and as a result it has been recognized and imitated throughout the country, and beyond its borders.
Life in the center is one of prayer and work, as well as of obedience and observance of the ecclesiastical fast days; it is no accident that it is very closely based on the conventual life. Right from the start, each person has his own particular duties. Initially the members work together with a master, but then do so increasingly independently. There is agricultural work (cattle, pig, and poultry rearing, and a vegetable garden) and building work also. There is an opportunity to learn various trades, such as learning to be a carpenter, joiner, roofer or bricklayer. Former addicts are always ready to step in and help with the training and as reliable and credible helpers. In this mood of work and prayer the recovering addicts are able to rediscover their human dignity.
Father Sergij now wants to extend the opportunities by adding on a host baking and candlemaking workshop. ACN has agreed to help with a contribution of $8,900. Will you give to expand this rehabilitation center for drug addicts in Russia? We are sure Father Sergij will remember you in his grateful prayers!
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First of all, I cannot even begin to articulate my appreciation for all of our active military and veterans out there. May God bless each and every one of you, as well as your families. Let us never forget.
To kick off this Memorial Day weekend, my wife and I decided to do something a little bit different. We had Pizza Dough and a Flat Iron Steak in the freezer and we decided to take both out last night. I remembered seeing Grand Scale's post about the "million dollar cheese steak" that included a sauce made out of Blue Cheese, Heavy Cream and White Wine. That stuck with me. So tonight, I put a twist on his idea and whipped this up...Cheese Steak Calzones with a Blue Cheese and Wine Sauce.
First up was the Flat Iron Steak. I seasoned it with Truffled Sea Salt and Cracked Pepper.
While I waited for the Steak to rest, I sautéed some Portobello Mushrooms and Onions to go inside the Calzones as well.
Then came the Blue Cheese and Wine Sauce concoction. It was killer! I started with a Sauce Pan with EVOO that was heated to medium to medium high. Then added in one big crushed clove of fresh Garlic. Let that get happy for a minute or two, then added in 2 TBSP of Pinot Grigio. Let that simmer for a couple minutes, then added in 1 cup of Heavy Whipping Cream. Once that came up to a simmer, I seasoned it with some S&P. Then I added 6 ounces of Crumbled Blue Cheese and 1/3 cup freshly grated Mozzarella and stirred until it mostly melted. At this point, I took the pot off the burner and allowed the Cheese mixture to cool to room temp before adding it to the Calzone.
Brushed the top of the Calzones with an Egg Wash mixture before placing them on the grill.
And right before they were finished, I sprinkled on some Truffled Sea Salt to finish them off.
These were freaking amazing and will be repeated! My wife said she could have eaten the Blue Cheese Sauce with a spoon. I'd have to agree.
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On the advice Beyoncé gave her before her performance: "Beyoncé's like, `Okay. The singing is great. But you're not having any fun.' She's like, `Remember when we're at Jay's concert and Panjabi MC comes on and you do your crazy Indian dance? Do that. Be you!'"
On her decision to take on other roles like Glee to be able to focus more on family: "I can do short jobs. If I was still starring in three movies every year, there's no way that I'd be the person my kids want when they fall down."
On creating a solo album: "Beyoncé and Jay—they think that I should just go do it by myself. That I should go...in a studio and see what happens. And if it's good, do it. And if it's not, don't. So that's probably what I'll do."
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Wandy struggles as Bucs' woes in Milwaukee continue
Southpaw lasts only 3 2/3 innings; Pittsburgh hurlers allow five homers
MILWAUKEE -- That wave of momentum the Pirates rode into Miller Park? It turned into a wipeout somewhere between the national anthem and Wandy Rodriguez's seventh pitch of Monday's game.
Jean Segura smacked the offering over the center-field wall for a two-run homer, the first of three off Rodriguez as the Brewers not only brought him down to earth but dug him a few feet under.
All of the Pirates are familiar with that view in Miller Park. Monday night's 10-4 loss was their 45th in 52 games here since the start of the 2007 season.
There was no over-thinking this one. Long before it was even over, manager Clint Hurdle and his coaches reached a conclusion on the bench.
"This one you move in the other column," went the conversation in the dugout, "and you move on."
"We weren't able to execute any part of our game plan off the mound," Hurdle later told reporters. "Zero. Take a beating, learn from it."
For six years, the Pirates have been leaving Miller Park smarter than they arrived. Yes, Hurdle allowed repeatedly, this is a hitter's park, but ...
"Balls are going to fly here if we don't make pitches," he said. "This one's gone. We got beat up. We've been here before."
As ugly as it was -- the Brewers ending with a total of five homers -- it was merely typical in this house. That is not an exaggeration: The last time the Pirates had allowed five home runs was the last time they played here, on Sept. 2, in a game started by James McDonald -- Tuesday night's starter in the second game of this series.
It does not even matter that the cast has been completely overhauled since the beginning of this nightmare. Seems to be agony by association. Rodriguez was making his first start here for Pittsburgh, and took a 1.66 ERA to the mound.
In the first inning, the lefty issued more walks (four) and allowed more earned runs (five) than he had all season in 21 2/3 innings.
Afterwards, Rodriguez admitted what had been obvious: That he lacked his control, didn't know where the ball was going.
And he didn't want to hear about the ballpark being a hitter's haven.
"It wasn't the ballpark," Rodriguez said. "If you can't control the ball, that's going to happen anywhere."
"There wasn't a lot of pitching being done off the mound," Hurdle said, kindly. "The fastball command wasn't what he wanted. The breaking ball didn't come into play until way too late. And the changeup wasn't a factor. So you're going out there without your three normal weapons."
Opposing Yovani Gallardo, that quick hole felt deep. Indeed, not only did Gallardo hold the Bucs to one earned run in seven innings -- Pittsburgh added a couple of runs on Garrett Jones' eighth-inning homer off Alfredo Figaro -- he poked one of Milwaukee's five homers.
Gallardo's growing lead enabled the right-hander to "fake" his way through seven innings.
"He did not have his best stuff tonight, and still went out there and pitched a professional game. He was effective in staying away from the big innings," said Hurdle, disappointed the Pirates could not take advantage of being able to make Gallardo throw nearly 50 pitches in the first two innings.
"They've got a good team. They've been playing well," said Gallardo, who had done his homework and knew the Pirates had scored 92 runs in their last 20 games, third most in the National League across that stretch. "Coming into tonight they were swinging the bats pretty well. I knew that going into it. It's just a matter of making pitches."
The 38 pitches Rodriguez had to make in that first doomed him to a short start. But he lasted 2 2/3 more innings -- and two more home runs, back-to-back by Gallardo and Norichika Aoki in the fourth. The total of seven runs he gave up in 3 2/3 innings raised his ERA to 3.91.
In reserve for just such dire situations, Jonathan Sanchez turned his first relief appearance into a strangely-familiar gig, giving up consecutive homers in the fifth to Carlos Gomez and Yuniesky Betancourt.
Of course the Bucs would lose this game. That's not even a reference to their systematic blues in this place, but to their loss of a fifth straight series opener. Overall, the Pirates are 2-7 in series openers, and 13-4 in all the other games.
That's partly what Hurdle meant by the "we've been here before" remark.
"This first step was very similar to first steps we've taken the last four series," he noted.
Remarkably, those five consecutive series-opening losses have been started by each member of the rotation: McDonald, Jeff Locke, A.J. Burnett, Sanchez and now Rodriguez.
Shortstop Clint Barmes had a costly uncharged error in that tone-setting first, his bobble being the difference between a two-run escape and the five-run crash.
Milwaukee loaded the bases after Segura's homer, but Betancourt's one-out grounder to Barmes appeared to extricate Rodriguez. Too eager to flip to second and start the double play, Barmes dropped the ball and recovered only to throw out Betancourt at first.
One run scored on that play, and two more on Martin Maldonado's single to right-center.
Soon after, the concession talk began on the bench. And the page-turning.
"This group has an opportunity to do something different against that team that hasn't been done in a while," said Hurdle. "We didn't get off to a good start."
Tom Singer is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog Change for a Nickel. He can also be found on Twitter @Tom_Singer. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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For Dan White, Death Ended 2 Years of Fear and Haunted Dreams
SAN FRANCISCO — When Dan White watched his young son play soccer, he hid behind a fence and peered through a knothole so no one would spot him.
He lived much of the time in an undisclosed location in the Bay Area, and when he visited his family in the home he owned in the city's Excelsior section, he slouched when the car entered the driveway to avoid recognition by neighbors.
When he went to see a boyhood friend, he suggested they meet in a car parked on a darkened street so no one would see his face.
White was released from prison nearly two years ago, but friends said that of late he had begun to realize he could never really be free.
Torn by the pain of staying in San Francisco and the impracticality of his dreams of fleeing to Ireland, White, 39, methodically taped a garden hose to the tailpipe of his car Monday, stuck the other end through a car window, turned on the ignition and died.
In his hands, he clutched photographs of his three children and his wife.
The suicide was the final episode of a seven-year drama. On Nov. 27, 1978, White shot down Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, the city's first acknowledged homosexual public official, in their City Hall offices. Moscone had refused to reappoint White to the supervisorial seat White had resigned 17 days earlier, and Milk had supported that decision.
At his murder trial, White used a controversial diminished-capacity defense--claiming in part that his consumption of junk food had affected his judgment--and was convicted of manslaughter. The verdict triggered a night of rioting by outraged gays in San Francisco. White served five years of a seven-year, eight-month sentence.
Friends and acquaintances interviewed Tuesday in the aftermath of White's suicide said he was haunted less by guilt over the killings he committed than by fear of retaliation for them.
The last tortured months of White's life were filled with unrealized dreams and abortive attempts to start over again.
He spent Friday night apparently saying farewell to old friends, although none of them knew it at the time.
"The worst part of his pain was seeing what his family had to go through and were still having to go through. There didn't seem to be any end," said a close friend visited by White just two days before he took his own life. "It was going to follow him for the rest of his whole life."
During this time, even his friends kept their distance, as much for his sake as for their own, they said.
Called Unexpectedly
Longtime friend Marty Cardone said that White called unexpectedly earlier this year, wanting to talk about family, friends and the old neighborhood where they both grew up. When White arrived, he insisted that Cardone join him in his car out on the street.
"I told him I didn't want to know where he'd been, what he was doing or where he was going," Cardone said Tuesday.
Part of Cardone's concern, he said, was that he did not want to be in a position to help anyone--reporters, snoops, crackpots--with any information.
"He said he was going to take a trip," Cardone said, "and I didn't want to know where."
After about an hour in the anonymous shadows of the parked car, White bid his friend goodby. Cardone said he felt he would never see White again.
In fact, White was about to embark on a four-month trip to Ireland--a trip that began in a rush of hope and ended, apparently, in despair.
He spent four months of idyllic freedom roaming the lush Irish countryside, where no one knew his name or face.
He told a friend about becoming lost outside one Irish village and having a woman walk four miles to take him to his destination.
'What a Trauma'
"Things like that could never happen here," the friend said. "It must have been quite a change coming back. What a trauma."
Indeed, friends said that when he returned to the United States and was confronted again with the reality of his life here, White's spirits fell.
But he apparently was unable to uproot his family from San Francisco, where he and his wife had lived virtually all their lives, to move to Ireland or anywhere else.
"They couldn't just pick up and go (to Ireland). They are not wealthy people; they are working-class people," said one friend, who agreed to talk on condition she not be identified. "Working-class people just don't pick up and move to another country.
"Mary Ann (his wife of nine years) was very secure in her teaching job here. Their (retarded) son Rory was in a special school; she's got three kids to deal with. . . . There were a lot of things to think about. You don't just pick up and go. It's not just you you're affecting, you're pulling everybody (in the family) out of their lives."
Couldn't Find Steady Job
Money was another great worry, friends said. White was never able to find a steady job since his release from prison on Jan. 6, 1984, either while on one-year parole in Los Angeles or since returning to the Bay Area at the first of this year.
"He wanted to help himself financially, that was his goal," said the friend who talked with White shortly before his death. "He needed to find work and he was looking into contacts through friends. . . . I don't know what he was going to do. It was definitely going to have to be a low-key-type position; not something in the public eye."
The friend said she had no premonition what White was about to do when he dropped by for their first visit since the Moscone-Milk shootings nearly seven years earlier. She said they did not discuss that day in City Hall.
"He spoke like life was going on, like he was going in a forward direction. Friday he was fine; he was Danny," she said.
Despite White's optimism, however, she realized that he would never be able to put his crime behind him.
"He was always looking over his shoulder," she said. "I can't imagine living like that. Always having to look over your shoulder (thinking), 'Is this some sort of nut who wants to kill me?' . . . Not being able to go out and enjoy yourself. That type of thing drove him nuts."


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- 2 medium tomatoes, roughly chopped (1 1/2 cups)
- 1 small white onion, diced small (2/3 cup)
- 1 jalapeno, minced
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- Coarse salt and ground pepper
- 1/2 cup loosely packed fresh cilantro leaves, roughly chopped
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Liberty Is A Well-Armed Lamb T-Shirt
Lamb it's what's for dinner. Unless that lamb happens to be packing a sub-machine gun. I love the smell of sub-machine guns in the morning it certainly doesn't smell like lamb chops. This patriotic t-shirt is emblazoned with the following quote which has been attributed to Ben Franklin (but most likely he didn't say it) Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.


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Jefferson College of Health Sciences is committed to raising the awareness among students, staff and faculty regarding the issue of sexual misconduct, including sexual assault and relationship abuse. The College strives to: maintain a safe campus and learning environment, provide prompt and compassionate support, provide services for victims of sexual misconduct and relationship abuse and strictly enforce its sexual misconduct and abuse policies. Any form of sexual misconduct or relationship abuse may result in criminal and/or civil legal action. It is also a serious violation of the College's values and expectations. Thus, sexual misconduct and other forms of abuse are punishable through the College judicial system.
Sexual misconduct is defined as sexual contact without consent that causes physical or emotional distress to the victim. Sexual misconduct extends to include sexual assault or any sexual conduct that is nonconsensual. To constitute lack of consent, the contact(s) must be committed either by force, threat, or intimidation or through the victim's mental or physical helplessness of which the accused was aware or should have been aware, such as when under the influence of alcohol or other drugs. "Incapacitated" means intoxicated to the point that the person is incapable of exercising the judgment required to decide whether to consent. Acts of sexual contact include but are not limited to: sexual intercourse; sexual penetration with an object; sodomy (oral or anal intercourse); or the intentional touching of a person's genitals, breasts, thighs, or buttocks (including the unwelcome touching of the victim by the accused or situations where the victim has been forced to touch the accused). Sexual contact can occur over clothing.
Confidentiality Policy
Students who would like to discuss their situations in a private environment, and share or seek information about a sexual misconduct issue without making a formal complaint have a number of options. At various offices on campus and off campus, students can speak to individuals who have professional or legal obligations to keep communications with the student confidential. When seeking advice and support, students who are concerned about confidentiality should always discuss that concern with the person to whom they are speaking, and should inquire about any limits on that confidentiality. Information shared with a counselor within the JCHS Student Affairs Office regarding a sexual misconduct allegation or any other abusive conduct allegation will not be shared with anyone outside the JCHS Student Affairs Office without prior consent. The conditions under which the right to confidentiality could be broken include a subpoena, if a client threatens to hurt self or others, or if there is a suspicion of child abuse. Information shared with the JCHS Student Affairs Office will only be discussed with other departments at the College on a need to know basis. The JCHS Student Affairs Office will make every effort to inform the victim if information is to be shared with another department. Generally, confidentiality applies when a student seeks services from the following resources:
- A SARA (Sexual Assault Response and Awareness) advocate.
- (540) 345-7273
- A professional counselor or other mental health professional, including
- counselors at the Student Affairs Office (540) 985-8395, and the
- Employee Assistance Program (540) 981-8950.
- A health care provider.
- A personal attorney.
- A member of the clergy.
Seeking Help for Sexual Misconduct A victim of sexual offense has a number of options available to consider. The College strongly recommends that a victim consider the following options:
- Seek medical attention, if appropriate. It is important to seek medical attention to be examined for the possibility of injury or sexually transmitted diseases. It is also important to preserve physical evidence in the event that the victim should decide to prosecute.
- Obtain counseling. Counseling resources, which are available at no cost to students, are listed in the JCHS Student Handbook.
- File a complaint through the College judicial system. If the accused is a College student, the victim may initiate College action through the Dean for Student Affairs or any member of the Student Affairs staff.
- If the accused is a College faculty or staff member, the victim may initiate action through the Carilion Department of Human Resources, the Office of the Dean for Student Affairs, or Counseling Services.
- File criminal charges through the Commonwealth of Virginia. Charges may also be filed with the Carilion Police Department.
- Consult with private counsel. Explore the possibility of filing a civil suit against the accused for monetary damages.
- Change the academic/on-campus living situation. The victim is entitled to request and the College will reasonably attempt to accommodate, a change in on-campus living arrangements, class schedules, or other accommodations deemed necessary as a result of the incident. Consult with the Dean for Student Affairs and/or the Director of Student Life regarding these arrangements.
Filing a Formal Complaint for Sexual Misconduct The College takes all incidents of sexual misconduct very seriously. There are two options for students to make a formal complaint of sexual misconduct. A student may pursue either or both of these options.
- A student can make a formal complaint about sexual misconduct to the Dean for Student Affairs or any other Student Affairs employee by contacting (540) 985-8395.
- A student can make a formal complaint about sexual misconduct to the appropriate law enforcement authorities, which would be the Carilion Police Department (7-7911) in the case of sexual misconduct that occurs on campus. Not all sexual misconduct is criminal behavior. The law enforcement authorities can assist a student in determining whether the conduct experienced was criminal in nature and warrants a criminal complaint.
Note: A student may seek and receive support services from the Student Affairs Department without making a formal complaint. Except in cases where there is a threat of harm to other members of the campus community, neither the College nor the Carilion Police Department will pursue charges against an accused student without the authorization of the student making a complaint. A student may need support when talking with law enforcement or College administrators. Students are entitled to be assisted by a victim advocate at every stage of the process and are encouraged to consult with the victim advocate and bring the victim advocate to meetings.
There is no time limit on making a complaint to College administration. However, students are strongly encouraged to report incidents of, or share information about, sexual misconduct as soon as possible after the incident occurred. The College may ultimately be unable to adequately investigate if too much time has passed or if an accused individual has left the College. Other factors that could negatively affect the College's ability to investigate include the loss of physical evidence, the potential departure of witnesses, or loss of memory.
In an emergency: Call 911 or 7-7911 (Carilion Police Department) from wherever you are, and a law enforcement officer will respond to assist you. Students may also file an anonymous report of an alleged sexual assault with one of many agencies including on-campus and off-campus resources., On-campus resources include the Dean for Student Affairs, any member of the Student Affairs staff, any college administrator, the Carilion Police or JCHS Security Department. An anonymous report can also be made off-campus to the Roanoke City Police Department, The SARA Program and the Roanoke Memorial Emergency Department. Making an anonymous report helps survivors to begin to take back control and begin the healing process without having to make an official report and disclose any names.
Sanctions for Sexual Misconduct, Stalking and Abusive Conduct Violations of these policies are very serious. Students found in violation of these policies may face disciplinary probation, suspension, or permanent dismissal from the College depending upon the circumstances and severity of the incident. Faculty, staff, or employees may face disciplinary action based on Carilion Clinic policies and procedures.
Educational Programs Information about educational programs focusing on the awareness and prevention of sexual misconduct and sexual harassment is available through the Violence Against Women (VOICE) Program Coordinator at (540) 985-9711 or the Director of Counseling and Wellness at (540) 985-8395.
Resources The following resources are available to a victim of sexual misconduct:
24 hour Emergency Resources
- Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Emergency Department, Belleview Avenue and South Jefferson Street, SE, (540) 981-7000
- SARA (Sexual Assault Response 24 hour -Confidential Hotline), (540) 345-7273
- Carilion Clinic Police Department, (540) 981-7911 or 7-7911
- Blue Ridge Behavioral Healthcare Crisis Services, (540) 981-1102
- Violence Against Women (VOICE) Program Coordinator, Student Affairs Suite, Fourth Floor, CRCH or by calling (540) 985-9711
JCHS Student Affairs Resources and Other Community Resources Note: These resources may not provide 24-hour assistance. For 24-hour assistance, use one of the resources listed above or call 911 or 7-7911.
- Dean for Student Affairs, Student Affairs Suite, Fourth Floor, CRCH or by calling
(540) 985-8395
- Director of Counseling and Wellness, Student Affairs Suite, Fourth Floor, CRCH or by calling (540) 985-8395
- Director of Student Life, Student Affairs Suite, Fourth Floor, CRCH, at (540) 224-4693
- Assistant Director of Student Life, Student Affairs Suite, Fourth Floor, CRCH, at (540) 224-4686
- Jefferson College of Health Sciences Counseling Services; appointments can be made by calling (540) 985-8395
- Roanoke City Commonwealth's Attorney, 113 Church Ave., SW., Roanoke, VA at (540) 853-2626 or after 5 p.m. at (540) 853-2629
- Carilion Clinic Department of Human Resources, (540) 345-1042
- Carilion Employee Assistance Program, 213 McClanahan St., Suite 201A, Roanoke, VA at (540) 981-8950 or 1-800-992-1931
Sexual Harassment Policy The College is committed to creating and maintaining a work, study and living environment free of conduct and communication of a sexual nature that interferes with an individual's work or academic performance or that creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work, academic, or living environment. Sexual harassment is a serious violation of the College's values and expectations. Thus, a violation of the sexual harassment policy is punishable through the College judicial system, criminal and/or civil action and/or Carilion personnel policies and procedures. The College administration is committed to maintaining standards consistent with the federal regulations regarding sexual harassment as defined in Section 7-3 of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which states: "Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature, constitute sexual harassment when:
a. Submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual's status in the College;
b. Submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used to make academic and/or institutional decisions affecting such individual; Including granting, recommending or refusing to take any official action because of sexual favors or as a reprisal against a student who has rejected or reported sexual advances.
c. Such conduct has the purpose or effect of interfering with a student's, faculty or staff member's performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive environment."
d. Such conduct is disregarded and there is failure to investigate allegations of sexual harassment whether reported by the student or as a reprisal against a student who is the subject of, or a witness to, the alleged harassment and there is failure to take immediate corrective actions in the event misconduct has occurred.
Sexual harassment can be overt or subtle and may involve persons of the same or different sex. In determining whether an alleged behavior constitutes sexual harassment, all the facts and circumstances surrounding the incident will be considered. Examples of sexual harassment include the following:
Verbal: unwanted sexual, abusive, or lewd language and/or jokes of a sexual nature; demands for sexual favors in exchange for other considerations; unwanted physical or verbal pursuit with a sexual theme; threats of or actual sexual assault or molestation.
Nonverbal: suggestive or insulting sounds and gestures; sexually graphic magazines, pictures, or calendars and the like, in or in clear view of a work area or public area or after an objection has been made by a person who lives in a private room in which these materials are displayed; displaying sending via mail or electronic mail sexually explicit or inappropriate messages; or obscene, abusive, or repetitive "hang-ups".
Physical: unwanted touching, brushing, patting, pinching and sexual assault.
Reporting and Follow-up The College strives to ensure that students have a safe and secure environment that is conducive to learning and that affords students equal educational opportunities regardless of their sex.
Title IX of the Education Act Amendments prohibits sex-based discrimination in education programs and activities operated by schools that receive federal financial assistance, as Jefferson College of Health Sciences does.
Title IX requires that when a student files a complaint, or when a responsible College employee such as administrator, professor, or Title IX coordinator otherwise learns of possible sexual harassment discrimination by others, the College must immediately:
- Investigate if sexual harassment is found;
- Take appropriate steps to end the harassment;
- Eliminate the effects of the harassment; and
- Prevent the harassment from recurring.
The above actions must also occur if a student files a complaint, or a responsible school employee such as administrator, professor, or Title IX coordinator otherwise learns of possible sexual misconduct, stalking or any other forms abusive conduct.
Student Affairs handles student issues and the Dean for Administrative Services handles employee (faculty/staff) issues. The Dean for Student Affairs is hereby designated Title IX Coordinator for the College.
Colleges must have well-publicized policies against discrimination based on sex, including sexual harassment, and should train staff to recognize and report potential sexual harassment.
Stalking Policy
Stalking is defined as repeatedly contacting, following, or remaining in the physical presence of another person when the contacting person knows or should know that:
a. The contact is unwanted;
b. The contact causes the other person reasonable expectation of imminent physical harm or emotional distress (fear), or;
c. The contact causes substantial impairment of the other person's ability to perform the activities of daily life. Contacting includes but is not limited to: telephoning, being in the presence of, transmitting letters or notes, or contacting through the use of technology methods.
Students charged with a violation of the stalking policy can be disciplined under the appropriate standards of conduct as defined in the JCHS Student Behavior Code.
Dating Violence and Abusive Conduct Policy
Dating Violence is defined as violence committed by a person who is or has been in a social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the victim; and where the existence of such a relationship shall be determined based on a consideration of the following factors:
- The length of the relationship.
- The type of relationship.
- The frequency of interaction between the persons involved in the relationship.
Abusive Conduct
The College is committed to providing a safe campus environment for students, staff and faculty. The College will not tolerate any acts of abuse and will take steps to reduce occurrences of campus violence. Abusive conduct hinders the ability for individuals to have positive and non-threatening educational and working environments. Abusive conduct includes but is not limited to harassing, threatening or intimating behavior and can be in the forms of verbal, physical and non-verbal acts. Examples of abusive conduct include but are not limited to:
- Intimidating words or actions.
- Demeaning an individual or group of individuals based on cultural, religious, socio-economic, race or any other personal characteristic.
- Verbally, physically, emotionally, sexually abusing other individuals.
- Harassing and/or stalking an individual or group of individuals verbally, physically, sexually or by technology means.
VOICE Resources
What to Do if You or Somone You Know is a Victim
Immigration and Refugee Services
Filing a Report and Protective Orders
Jefferson College of Health Sciences Policies


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Star Fremantle ruckman Aaron Sandilands has suffered a serious hamstring injury that will see him miss the start of the AFL home and away season.
The three-time All-Australian suffered a partial tear to his hamstring tendon during Saturday night's pre-season cup match against Geelong.
The 30-year-old will not have to undergo surgery but will miss up to eight weeks.
That would rule Sandilands out of the remainder of the Dockers' pre-season campaign and the first few rounds of the season proper.
Fremantle's first match is against West Coast on March 23.
"It's certainly unfortunate that Aaron will be out for an extended period of time, but we have great confidence in our structures and players to be able to fill the role," said Fremantle football operations manager Chris Bond.


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18kt close 18KT: Karat (abbreviated kt or K) is a unit that indicates the purity of gold in the metal. 18kt is 75% gold. In Europe, 18K yellow gold is most favored and used in jewelry. Yellow Gold close YELLOW GOLD: Gold is a precious metal with a natural yellow color. It is quite soft and often alloyed with other metals to increase its strength. The purity of the metal is indicated by a unit called a "karat," with 24kt having the highest percentage of natural gold.
Polished close POLISHED: A buffed-out finish used to produce a mirror-like shine.
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Diamond close Diamond: The hardest and most brilliant of all gemstones, a diamond can make the heart race with its pure and fiery spark. An ancient symbol of love, a diamond is the preferred gemstone for tokens of affection, such as rings, earrings, necklaces and bracelets. Diamond is the birthstone for April. (Quantity: 1, Shape & Cutting Style: Round Brilliant close BRILLIANT: A gemstone cut to enhance brilliance without sacrificing much carat weight. Typically has 58 facets. , Color Grade: G, Clarity: SI1 close CLARITY SI1: Slightly Included. Inclusions are noticeable under 10x magnification. , Weight: 0.02 carats)
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Brown has big potential on UF's offensive line
Published: Friday, November 8, 2013 at 8:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, November 7, 2013 at 10:34 p.m.
Most 6-foot-8, 360-pound men would have a hard time blocking pass rushers in the SEC.
Florida offensive tackle Trenton Brown, however, is a unique physical specimen and impressed in his first career start against Georgia last Saturday.
"I thought Trenton did some nice things," UF coach Will Muschamp said. "He's a big man; he's a large body. ... For a first start going in that environment, I thought he played well."
Three years ago, this massive human being was 70 pounds lighter, two inches shorter and averaging 12 points and 10 rebounds on his high school basketball team. He could do windmill dunks and received offers from mid-major Division I schools such as Jacksonville State, Old Dominion and South Carolina State.
"I played basketball all my life," Brown said. "Actually, I was a guard when I was smaller. When I was 10, I was like 5-8. I've always been able to play out in space, and I think that's helped me a lot at the offensive tackle position."
Due to academic issues, Brown had to attend a junior college and chose to play football at Georgia Military College.
That's when his body took a turn for the worse.
Brown said he and his roommates would eat Zaxby's twice a day because "the cafeteria wasn't really the best." He preferred large chicken finger plates.
"JUCO was a problem for me," he said. "I gained like a 100 pounds in two years."
Brown also grew an inch each year, which didn't come as a surprise to him.
"My dad is 6-7, and my mom's dad is 6-7," he said. "I've heard that you get your size from your mom's side of the family, so I guess I would have kind of nice size either way."
Brown enrolled at Florida in May and has been dieting ever since. A salad is now the only thing he can order at Zaxby's, and a personal nutritionist reviews nearly all of his meals.
"I take pictures of my meals and send it to her so she can help keep me on the right track," Brown said. "I'm trying to get down to 340. It's a struggle, but I'm working on it."
His height also may change again.
"I don't know if I'm done yet," he said. "I got my X-rays on my knees before the season, and they said my growth plates are still open."
Does Brown even want to get taller?
"I'm not against it," he said.
As for basketball, Brown can still dunk and wants to play pickup games in the offseason.
"If I dropped about 60 pounds, I could still get after it," he said. "I've still got the game."
But his future is football, and fellow transfer Tyler Moore thinks Brown has pro potential.
"He showed little clips of what he can be, which I'd say is at least a third-round pick in the NFL, if not higher if he can continue to play, continue to develop the way he is," Moore said.
"He's a big guy and has great reach and everything. So he can be something special if he keeps working."
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