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US 6963895 B1 Abstract Methods and systems are provided for fast computation of reciprocal square root for floating-point numbers. A piece-wise linear approximation of the result mantissa is computed in two cycles and used as the input to an iteration sequence that converges cubically. Three iterations produce a result with accuracy sufficient for computer graphic applications. The initial estimate and input operand are scaled to minimize final adjustments to the result mantissa and final exponent adjustments required by the algorithm are performed concurrently with any adjustment required by rounding. A pipelined implementation of the algorithm produces a result with a latency of 24 and a repeat rate of 21 clock cycles.
Claims(7) 1. A computer implemented method for use in a floating point pipeline for estimating a reciprocal square root of a mantissa component in a floating point number, comprising the steps of:
providing a constant number, K, between [1,2); and
computing an initial estimate, Xi, of the inverse square root of a mantissa component, R, in two clock cycles wherein the initial estimate is computed using the constant number K, and iteratively using the expression: Xi−1=(3/2−R/2�Xi2)�Xi;
wherein K is the hexadecimal value of 1.D413CC; and
wherein the initial estimate, Xi is computed using <LS23>,<LS23> representing the least significant 23 bits of 1.D413CC-R.
2. The method of
3. The method of
4. The method of
calculating and rounding a square root; and
calculating and rounding the reciprocal of the square root.
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7. A computer implemented method for use in a floating point pipeline for estimating a reciprocal square root of a mantissa component in a floating point number, comprising the steps of:
providing a constant number, K, between [1,2); and
computing an initial estimate, Xi, of the inverse square root of a mantissa component, R, in two clock cycles wherein the initial estimate is computed using the constant number K;
wherein the constant number K comprises a hexadecimal value of 1.D413CC; and
wherein the initial estimate, Xi is computed using <LS23>, <LS23> representing the least significant 23 bits of 1.D413CC-R.
Description 1. Field of the Invention The invention relates to integrated circuits, and particularly to computations for computer graphics. 2. Description of Related Art Graphic software applications use floating-point instructions for computation of images in a computing system. An image is typically calculated using approximation to reduce processing time since the computation of floating-point instructions in graphics do not require the same level of precision as in scientific applications. For any floating-point computation, there are basically two separate, but related computations that need to be performed. The first portion is the computation of the result exponent. The second portion is the computation of the result mantissa. A conventional approach performs a calculation of a reciprocal square root in two instructions. The first instruction computes the square root, and the second instruction computes a reciprocal of that square root. In one example, a system requires one clock cycle for each bit of mantissa, using about 48 clock cycles to complete the computation. Accordingly, it is desirable to have methods and systems for computing floating-point instructions in reduced time while maintaining sufficient accuracy. The invention provides methods and systems for fast computation of reciprocal square root for floating-point numbers. A piece-wise linear approximation of the result mantissa is computed in two cycles and used as the input to an iteration sequence that converges cubically. In one embodiment, three iterations produce a result with accuracy sufficient for computer graphic applications. The initial estimate and input operand are scaled to minimize final adjustments to the result mantissa and final exponent adjustments required by the algorithm are performed concurrently with any adjustment required by rounding. A pipelined implementation of the algorithm produces a result with a latency of 24 and a repeat rate of 21 clock cycles. A generic floating point number comprises a mantissa in the range (2,1] and an exponent that scales the mantissa to a specific power of 2. Computing the inverse square root of a floating-point number involves separate algorithms for the exponent and mantissa portions of the number.
The mantissa algorithm 10 in principle is divided into two parts, in which the first part computes an initial estimate in step 11, and the second part performs the iterative process in steps 12�24 starting with the initial estimate. The initial estimate needs to be sufficiently close to the final value to obtain a satisfactory result within three iterative processes. The mantissa portion of an inverse square root calculation can be determined iteratively using the following expression.
If the initial estimate, Xi, is sufficiently close to 1/√{square root over (R)}, the accuracy of the result can be refined to any desired degree. The challenge then becomes selecting an initial estimate that converges to a result with the desired accuracy within a specified number of iterative steps. When the number representation used in the iteration expression is floating-point, a restriction applies. Floating-point subtraction can be performed only between numbers with equal exponents. Since the constant term, 3/2, has an effective exponent of 0, R and Xi must be selected so that the product, R�Xi 2, also has an exponent with value 0. The exponent and mantissa of the R and Xi terms must be scaled to meet this criterion. In addition, the mantissa algorithm 10 begins and ends with a mantissa in normal alignment. In implementation, the iteration method is used to compute the inverse square root of the mantissa. The R and Xi mantissa values are scaled by alignment during the iteration sequence to meet the criteria given above and the correct exponent is computed separately. Xi is derived from a piece-wise linear approximation to the curve 1/√{square root over (R)}. In the following description, R is the mantissa of the floating-point number for which the inverse square root is computed and RS represents the scaled version of R required by the algorithm. Mantissa algorithm 10 performs 11 to compute Xi. 1. Store the mantissa, R, in an input register 31. 2. Complement R with an inverter 41 and transfer the value to an adder input register 46. The constant term 1.D413CC is stored in a register 45. The multiply array inputs are masked to 0 and stored in registers 47 and 48. Subtract R from 1.D413CC using a 4-input adder 49 and save the result in a register 53. Call the least significant 23-bits of the result LS23. 3. Save the carry out (Cout) from the subtraction. Determine if the input exponent is odd (Eodd) and save this information in a register 35. 4. Produce Xi=1.<Cout{circle around (x)}Eodd<>LS23> in the register 35 and store the result in a register 37. When Xi is assembled in this manner, the corresponding values of RS are as listed in Table 1 below.
For each row, the (RS, Xi) pairs define a three slope, piece-wise linear approximation to 1/√{square root over (RS)}. The RS values are derived directly from R by right shifts of 3, 2 and 1 respectively. The values listed for Xi are exactly those of a normal mantissa. For two of the three cases, the final result after three iteration sequences lies in this range. For the case that ER is odd in an operation and the piece-wise linear approximation produces a Cout, some final results are slightly greater than 2.0. These values are easily handled by the rounding logic, which deals with the case that the mantissa is 1-bit super normal as part of its general capabilities. Scaling the inputs so that Xi lies in this range keeps the design of the rounding logic generic. The iterative steps of the algorithm are as follows. Mantissa algorithm 10 determines in step 12 if the exponent odd. If the exponent is not odd, no shift of 2RS is required in step 16. If the exponent is odd, the mantissa algorithm 10 determines 13 if the subtraction in step 11 produce a Cout. If a Cout was produced, mantissa algorithm 10 shifts 2RS 1bit left in step 14; if not, shift 2RS 1-bit right in step 15. The iteration expression is implemented in three steps 20, 21, and 22. Mop0 and Mop1 are multiply operands. The combined execution of steps 20�22 implements the iteration expression in Equation 1:
Step 23 is a query as to whether or not sufficient iterations have been performed. If not, the result of step 22 becomes Xi for the next iteration sequence and steps 12�22 are repeated. If sufficient iterations have been performed, the result is normalized in step 25 and rounded in step 26. The result exponent for an inverse square root calculation is determined as follows.
Where ER is the unbiased value of the input exponent, in one implementation, the effective value of ER is increased due to the scaling of R to RS by right shifts. This value is represented by ERS. In Table 2 below, the values of ER, ERS and Eres are given in terms of the generic forms for odd and even numbers: 2A and 2A+1.
The final result and the initial estimate of the exponent have the same value, less a possible correction due to rounding. For each case, ERS+2Eres=0 is required for the subtraction in the iteration expression. The multiply inputs are 27-bits wide. The multiply operands are aligned as shown in Table 3.
As illustrated in 1. (2RS�Xi)/2: Xi is loaded into the left multiply array input register 37 and remains there throughout the 3 iteration steps. 2RS is loaded into the right multiply array register 38. The multiply array 39 produces a product in compound form in AND gate 43 and AND gate 44. The two outputs from AND gates 43 and 44 are combined in adder 49 to obtain the value required for the next iteration step. 2. (3−(RS�Xi)�Xi)/2: The second step is a fused multiply subtract. The result computed in the first step is multiplied by Xi. The compound multiply array result is registered and subtracted from the constant value 3.0 feed into inverter 42 in adder 49. The result is complemented with exclusive OR gate 40, shifted 26-bits right 50 and stored in the right multiply array input register 38. 3. ((3−(RS�Xi)�Xi)/2)�Xi: The second result is multiplied by Xi. This value is now equal to Xi+1 as defined by the iteration expression. To perform another iteration sequence, Xi+1 is loaded into the left multiply array input register 37 and the right multiply array input register 38 is restored to 2RS. If this sequence is performed three times, the final result will be within �2 ulps with respect to the result obtained by performing sequential SQRT→RECIP operations, where both the intermediate and final results are rounded in accordance with ANSI/IEEE Std 754-1985, the IEEE Standard for Binary Floating-Point Arithmetic. After the third sequence, the final result is registered 51, shifted 28-bits left in shifter 52 and staged down a pipe 53 to a rounding adder 54. 1. (3Bias−3)−(Bias+ER)=2Bias−ER−3(step 61) 2. (2Bias−ER−3)>>1=Bias−A−2(for both odd and even ER) (step 61) 3. During rounding, add 1 if �Eodd or Eodd�Cout(steps 62, 63, 64) in addition to the possible rounding adjustment (step 66). As shown in The exponent portion of the input floating point number is registered in 71. The register output is complemented by XOR gate 72 and the constant, 3Bias−3, is selected as the second input to adder 73. The adder output, (3Bias−3)−(Bias+ER)=2Bias−ER−3, is registered in 74. This value is shifted 1-bit right and stored in register 75. After the shift, the exponent value is Bias−A−2 where A is part of the representation of ER as a generic odd or even number as described above. This value is staged down the pipe through register 76 to register 77 where the value is input to final exponent adder 79. The value selected for the second adder input 79 is either 0 or −1 via shifter 78 depending on the resolution of steps 62�66 in exponent algorithm 60. In the exponent data path for inverse square root, the un-labeled entry points indicate places where data required by different algorithms can enter when these resources are used in a complete FPU data path. In one example, a processor computes a single-precision floating point reciprocal square root instruction with a latency of 24 clock cycles and a repeat rate at 21 clock cycles. The above embodiments are only illustrative of the principles of this invention and are not intended to limit the invention to the particular embodiments described. Accordingly, various modifications, adaptations, and combinations of various features of the described embodiments can be practiced without departing from the scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims. Patent Citations
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My list of reading favourites for 2013 features a mix of titles, both literary and genre fiction, including action/adventure, contemporary, fantasy, urban fantasy, mystery, young adult and (erotic) romance. Most of the books listed were released in 2012-2013, but there are a few that had been on my reading list for years and that I was finally able to get to in 2013. The past year's best include stories from previously read favourite authors, as well as from author's that are new to me, and I look forward to reading more of their works in the future.
A Horse Named Sorrow by Trebor Healey
"…I became a clown for the usual reason – because things didn't work out. On a grand scale. That's the cliché of clown stories. I know. Yet I didn't go bankrupt or lose my family in a tornado or anything like that. I lost Jimmy, which amounted to the same and then some.
Because it was like a tornado, the way it came, leaving nothing behind but dust and ruination – and Jimmy's voice as he grabbed hard ahold of my wrist with what strength he had left, his big hollow dark eyes looking at me: 'Don't forget to take me back the way I came, Seamus…road's the place for lost souls.'
The question that was my face.
I nodded. Then I kissed him on the forehead and sat holding his hand, listening to the rhythm of his breathing – and humming along with it – as he made his way toward sleep.
Jimmy was a song, see? And the song's over. Let me tell you the story. You read and I'll hum…"
I was first introduced to the writing of award winning author Trebor Healey through his politically charged and brilliantly eloquent short story "Trunk," featured in the 2009 Cleis Press anthology Fool For Love: New Gay Fiction. In 2012, Mr. Healey released A Horse Named Sorrow, an exquisitely written and heart-rending story of twenty-one year-old Seamus Blake who meets and falls in love with strong and self-possessed Jimmy. But their time together proves short-lived, as Jimmy dies of AIDS-related illness. The grieving Seamus (or Shame, as named by Jimmy) is obliged to keep a promise to Jimmy: "Take me back the way I came." Shame sets out from San Francisco on Jimmy's bicycle – Chief Joseph – with Jimmy's ashes, to bring him back home to Buffalo.
Bitter Orange: A Novel by Marshall Moore
I first learned of author Marshall Moore when I came across his guest post on Rick R. Reed's site, entitled, My Open Relationship With Genre, in which the author shares his insights on genre, writing, and the state of gay fiction. While as a reader I also share many of Mr. Moore's perspectives on genre what equally made an impression are the titles of his published works – The Concrete Sky, The Infernal Republic, An Ideal for Living. Call it this particular reader's quirk, but I have a thing for titles, and have been known to purchase a book based solely on its title. So when I received a request from the author to review his 2013 release, entitled, Bitter Orange, I agreed without hesitation.
Bitter Orange is the last book I read in 2013, and in this regard I saved one of the best for last. It is an extremely well written, imaginative, provocative and by degrees disturbing multi-themed story that is part urban fantasy and part mystery, but is firmly rooted in contemporary reality. Through the main character of Seth Harrington, who possesses the ability to become invisible, Mr. Moore turns the more accepted notion of superhero in speculative fiction on its ear to explore the darker motivations and actions of an ordinary person who possesses extraordinary powers. The author grounds the fantastical elements of this story and Seth's increasing confusion and anxiety about his ability to become invisible against the backdrop of the disquiet and weariness of American (urban) life in a post 9/11 and dotcom crash world. Particular to the main protagonist's personal story is the question of whether Seth can move beyond the loss, pain and trauma of those falling towers to once again find his place in the world.
End of the Innocence (Tales From Foster High #4) by John Goode
End of the Innocence is the fourth book and the first full-length novel in the Tales From Foster High series. It is an incredibly moving and thought-provoking multi-themed story in which author John Goode throws the doors of Foster High wide open to grow Kyle and Brad's world by focusing on not only what is happening to them, but also on what is happening all around them, further developing secondary characters and introducing new ones.
In doing so Mr. Goode examines the issues of homophobia, forced outing, marginalisation and cyber bullying from all angles and blurs the lines between bully and victim. The author also deals with the issue of gay teen suicide head on, with the same sensitivity and respect that he's written all the books in this series. There are tragic events that transpire in this story that are transformative for both Kyle and Brad, their friends and the entire town of Foster. They are also a turning point for the series as a whole.
I found this instalment in the series the most powerful and the best written to date. This is saying a lot because I consider all the books in the series to be extremely well written. What make this particular book stand out so are Mr. Goode's courage and care in the execution of this story. Courage in tackling with realism extremely difficult subject matter, and care in how the issues are depicted all the while ensuring the integrity of the overall story and its characters. And despite the ugliness of some of the events and the tragedy that ensues as a result, the story conveys incredibly important messages while at the same time leaving the reader with a sense of hope.
Cold Series: Cold (Book 1) by Brandon Shire
Cold by Brandon Shire is a contemporary gay romance that is set in prison and the first book in the continuing story of Lem Porter and Anderson Passero, who meet as inmates and get together for a short, but intense, period of four months. It is a well-written story of two very different men that are thrown together as a result of their incarceration, but otherwise would likely have never crossed paths. The strengths of this story are in Mr. Shire's characterisation and in his portrayal of Lem and Anderson's short-lived relationship and the eventuality of their separation.
The Gift of Stories by George Seaton
On the high plains of northwestern Colorado, tales emerge near Yampa, up where the Bear River runs and the Causeway and Little Causeway Lakes nestle into the wilderness like curled cats lolling in the comfort of gracious laps. It is here within the purely black chill of night time when the pop and hiss of a campfire illuminates the faces of wide-eyed children hunkered with their backs to the deep, dark shadows of pine, spruce, and aspen; it is here where the telling of the tales commences from elders to youngsters.
Real or imagined movement within these night shadows is perceived by the children as bears, wolves, or maybe spirits of the White River or Yampa Ute Indian tribes. There is a sense that some malevolence lurks in the shadows, something that may rob sleep from the young who understand the thickness of a nylon tent is no defense against…well, imaginations do conjure a bleak inevitability in such circumstances.
George Seaton's latest release, The Gift of Stories, is a stand-alone short story of some forty pages that is part of the "Average Joe Collection" published by MLR Press. It is a lovely and heartfelt tale within a tale of many themes including, the magic and importance of stories in our lives and the imparting of wisdom from one generation to the next.
Second Chances by Arianna Paige
Second Chances by Arianna Paige is a short novella of less than fifty pages and the debut publication for this new author. It is the romance story of Richard Forrest and Adrian (Rain) Moore who meet up again by chance, and resume their relationship after a two year separation. What initially ended their friendship was Rain's cocaine addiction. But Rain is now clean and sober, in recovery and trying his best to put his life back together.
Prior to Rain's disappearance they had a close friendship, although it suffered because of Rain's drug use. Despite the sexual tension between them, Richard was too afraid to admit to anyone that he is gay and to let Rain know that he's in love with him. But when Richard finds out that Rain is drug free he welcomes him back into his life as a second chance at what he wants most – to be with Rain. He finally admits to his feelings and they agree to take things slow. Everything moves ahead in a fairy-tale manner until Rain's all too familiar past behaviours start to resurface and Richard's suspicions and fears threaten to tear them apart.
Reading Round-Up: Q & A with Author 'Nathan Burgoine
'Nathan Burgoine grew up a reader and studied literature in university while making a living as a bookseller – a job he still does, and still loves. A cat lover, 'Nathan managed to fall in love and marry Daniel, who is a confirmed dog person. Their ongoing "cat or dog?" détente continues and according to 'Nathan will likely end with the acquisition of a dog. They live in Ottawa, Canada, where socialized health care and gay marriage have yet to cause the sky to cave in.
My introduction to 'Nathan's writing came by way of his first published short story "Heart" a beautiful and poignant tale of love and loss, which appeared in the critically acclaimed 2009 Cleis Press anthology Fool for Love: New Gay Fiction. My introduction to 'Nathan came about while I was on the hunt for a second print copy of Fool For Love (my first one had fallen apart from re-reading). Coincidentally, the only bookstore in Ottawa that wasn't sold out of copies was 'Nathan's, and a great thing happened when I got to the bookstore – I met one of the authors of one of my favourite anthologies.
Since the publication of "Heart," 'Nathan's had over two-dozen stories appear in anthologies by some of the best publishers of LGBTQ fiction, including in: Men of the Mean Streets: Gay Noir and Boys of Summer (Bold Strokes Books); Tented, a Lambda Literary Award finalist and The Touch of The Sea (Lethe Press); and Afternoon Pleasures: Erotica for Gay Couples (Cleis Press).
'Nathan's story "Sky Blue" appears in Saints and Sinners 2013: New Fiction From the Festival (Bold Strokes Books) as a runner up in Festival's short story contest for that year, and his story "Hometown Boy" appears as a 2011 finalist in Saints and Sinners 2011: New Fiction From the Festival (Queer Mojo). In July 2013, his story "Old Age, Surrounded by Loved Ones" was published in This Is How You Die: Machine of Death 2 (Grand Central Publishing). His non-fiction pieces have appeared in I Like It Like That: True Stories of Gay Male Desire (Arsenal Pulp Press) and 5×5 Literary Magazine.
Not only a writer of short stories, 'Nathan's also an avid reader of short fiction and combines insightful reviews of the stories he's read with equally thoughtful observations about, among others, his experiences as a bookseller through his Short Story 365 Series.
His first novel Light was released by Bold Strokes Books earlier this week, and to mark the occasion I invited 'Nathan to participate in an author Q & A here at Indie Reviews.
Light by 'Nathan Burgoine
I've been a fan of 'Nathan Burgoine's short fiction since reading his first published story "Heart" in the critically acclaimed anthology Fool For Love: New Gay Fiction. To say that I eagerly awaited the release of Light, the author's first novel, is a bit of an understatement. As it turns out my anticipation and excitement were well founded. In Light, Mr. Burgoine brings together elements of several sub-genres including action/adventure, fantasy/urban fantasy, horror, the paranormal, suspense and romance to write an incredibly charming, funny, action-packed and by degrees sexy page-turning superhero adventure that I could not read fast enough and devoured in one sitting.

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Apple Inc. (AAPL-Nasdaq) has registered the trademark "iWatch" in Japan and filed a patent in February for a smart earbud patent that could track steps and detect gestures of the head. Several Apple patents appear to lean toward wrist-worn devices per hints from the biotechnology community. Rumors indicate that Apple has ordered the production of nearly 4 million units of the iWatch for Q2 and that the device will hit the market during the second half of 2014. Cook and Apple are under pressure to follow through with the promise of new product lines for the year. The last new type of product from Apple was the iPad in 2010.
Per reports, over the past 12 months, Apple has locked onto nearly a half dozen prominent experts in biomedicine, as the tech giant appears to be building a team of senior medical technology executives, medical professionals and hardware experts. Of the new hires, Apple appears to be focusing on recruiting engineers with experience in monitoring the body's perimeters. Apple has reportedly poached biomedical engineers from companies including Masimo Corp, O2 MedTech, Sano Intelligence and Vital Connect. Masimo is best known for its pulse oximetry device, which non-invasively measures patients' oxygen saturation, an indicator of respiratory function. O2 Med Tech is experimenting with biosensors and developing new devices. Vital Connect is focused on tracking vitals such as heart rate and body temperature. Recent new hires for Apple for the iWatch project include Alexander Chan, former biomedical engineer at Vital Connect; Nancy Dougherty, hardware expert from Sano Intelligence, a wearable sensor firm; Nima Ferdosi, an embedded sensors expert; Marcelo Lamego, Cercacor chief technology officer; Divya Nag, founder of StartX Med, a Stanford-affiliated startup accelerator; Ravi Narasimhan, Vital Connect's vice president of biosensor technology; Michael O'Reilly, Masimo chief medical officer and Todd Whitehurst, vice president at Senseonics Inc, a glucose monitoring product firm. Those poached by Apply have access to enormous amounts of trade secrets from former firms.
During 2013, Chief Executive Tim Cook singled out 'sensor technology' as primed "to explode" as part of the move was made to increase hiring in the field. Industry insiders are heard to be saying that the move by Apple telegraphs a vision of monitoring everything from blood-sugar levels to nutrition, well beyond fitness-oriented worn devices already on the market. A mobile health executive was to have said that during a recent meeting with an executive from the iWatch team, Apple has aspirations beyond wearable devices and is considering a full health and fitness services platform modeled on its apps store.
Joe Kiani, chief executive officer of Masimo Corp, who lost his chief medical officer to Apple in mid-2013 said the tech giant was offering sizeable salaries with little indication of what researchers would be doing. Kiani said, "They are just buying people. I just hope Apple is not doing what we're doing."
In January, executives from Apple met with senior officials at the Food and Drug Administration, including Bakul Patel who drafted the FDA's final guidance for mobile health. The FDA announced the focus on regulating applications that attempt to turn a smartphone into a medical device or that are intended to be used as an accessory to a regulated medical device, during the end of 2013.
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California government's policy decisions and lawmaking are often a necessary response to a crisis. Last year, the Legislature addressed California's drought by regulating groundwater management, putting a water bond on the ballot and appropriating funds for water conservation. However, once legislation is signed into law and policy decisions are made, the work is far from over.
It is important that the Legislature embrace its role of oversight and review the implementation of new laws. Far too often, laws are passed in haste without consideration of unintended consequences. Legislative oversight is essential to create accountability and make sure that government meets the needs of its citizens. That's why the Legislature needs to hear from Californians like you about what you expect from your government.
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California's dwindling water supply didn't escape lawmakers last session. They passed emergency drought legislation, new groundwater management laws, and put a $7.5 billion water bond before voters.
But now, keeping a close eye on how all of that is implemented is their next priority. Democratic Assemblymember Marc Levine says he doesn't want a repeat of what happened with money from Proposition 1-E, the flood control bond that passed in 2006.
Thank you! With your vote, yesterday I was reelected to the State Legislature as your Assemblymember for the beautiful North Bay.
I want to offer my sincerest and deepest gratitude for everything that you have done for our campaign. I am extremely humbled by the support I received and proud of the campaign we ran. We received more votes than any other Assemblymember elected across California yesterday. Just amazing!
Your help has made this victory possible. Whether you donated to my campaign, volunteered your time, or cast a decisive vote, everything that you've done helped secure our victory.
Thank you again for your friendship and support. We would not have this win without you. I look forward to continuing our progress on behalf of the North Bay. There is much more work to do!
Marc Levine
P.S. If you have not done so already, please take down your yard sign. My mom loves to see them, but your neighbors will appreciate it!
We had an absolutely incredible event this past Wednesday! I'd like to thank everyone who joined us, and thank the McInnis Park Club Restaurant for graciously opening their doors for us. It was great to see so many of my strongest supporters, closest friends, and community leaders.
Assemblyman Marc Levine says it is a new day in Sacramento, one where lawmakers from both parties are actually trying to work together. Levine, a Democrat, is proof of that.
Levine, a San Rafael Democrat, was moved to carry this bill because of the disturbing uptick in suicide in the United States. According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, which is supporting the bill, suicide increased by 31 percent between 2000 and 2010. Nearly 4,000 Californians take their lives each year, and more than 48,000 attempt to do so.


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Born | David Russell Strathairn January 26, 1949 San Francisco, California, United States |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1979–present |
Spouse(s) | Logan Goodman (1980–present) |
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David Strathairn | |
Born | David Russell Strathairn January 26, 1949 San Francisco, California, United States |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1979–present |
Spouse(s) | Logan Goodman (1980–present) |
David Russell Strathairn (born January 26, 1949) is an American actor. He was nominated for an Academy Award for portraying journalist Edward R. Murrow in Good Night, and Good Luck. He is recognized for his role as CIA Deputy Director Noah Vosen in the 2007 film The Bourne Ultimatum, a role he reprised in 2012's The Bourne Legacy. He played a prominent role as Dr. Lee Rosen on the Syfy series Alphas from 2011 to 2012. He played Secretary of State William Henry Seward in Steven Spielberg's Lincoln.
Strathairn was born in San Francisco, California, the second of three children of Mary Frances (née Frazier), a nurse, and Thomas Scott Strathairn, Jr., a physician.[1][2][3] He is of Scottish descent through his paternal grandfather, Thomas Scott Strathairn, a native of Crieff, and of Native Hawaiian ancestry through his paternal grandmother, Josephine Lei Victoria Alana.[4][5][6] Strathairn attended Redwood High School in Larkspur, California, and graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1970.
He studied clowning at the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Clown College in Venice, Florida,[7] and briefly worked as a clown in a travelling circus.[8]
Strathairn was nominated for an Academy Award for his starring portrayal of CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow in the 2005 biopic Good Night, and Good Luck. The movie explored Murrow's clash with Senator Joseph McCarthy over McCarthy's Communist "witch-hunt" in the 1950s. Strathairn also received Best Actor Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild (SAG) nominations for his performance.
Other notable film roles include his portrayals of the title character in Harrison's Flowers (2000); the wisecracking blind techie in Sneakers (1992); general manager Ira Lowenstein in A League of Their Own; Joe St. George in Dolores Claiborne (1995); Theseus, Duke of Athens, in the 1999 version of A Midsummer Night's Dream; and corrupt baseball player Eddie Cicotte in Eight Men Out (1988).
Strathairn is a character actor, appearing in supporting roles in many independent and Hollywood films. In this capacity, he has co-starred in Twisted as a psychiatrist; in The River Wild as a husband; as a jailbird brother in The Firm; and as a pimp in L.A. Confidential.
He has worked with his Williams College classmate and director John Sayles. He made his film debut in Return of the Secaucus 7, and worked in the films Passion Fish, Matewan, Limbo, and City of Hope, for which he won the Independent Spirit Award. Alongside Sayles, he played one of the "men in black" in the 1983 film The Brother from Another Planet. Strathairn created the role of Edwin Booth with Maryann Plunkett in a workshop production of Booth! A House Divided, by W. Stuart McDowell, at The Players in New York City.[9]
His television work includes a range of roles: "Moss", the bookselling nebbish on the critically acclaimed The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd; Captain Keller, the father of Helen Keller in the 2000 remake of The Miracle Worker; and a far-out (both figuratively and literally) televangelist in Paradise, the pilot episode for a TV series on Showtime that was not successful.[10] Strathairn had a recurring role on the hit television drama The Sopranos. Strathairn starred in the second season episode, "Out Where the Buses Don't Run", in Miami Vice.
Among Strathairn's recent films are: We Are...Marshall, a 2006 film about the rebirth of Marshall University's football program after the 1970 plane crash that killed most of the team's members; and Cold Souls, starring Paul Giamatti as a fictionalised version of himself, who enlists a company's services to deep freeze his soul, directed by Sophie Barthes.[11] In 2006 he did a campaign ad for then congressional candidate (now, Senator) Kirsten Gillibrand. He reprised his role as Edward R. Murrow in a speech similar to the one from Good Night, and Good Luck, but was altered to reference Gillibrand's opponent John Sweeney.[12]
Strathairn plays the lead role in the 2007 independent film, Steel Toes, a film by David Gow (writer/co-director/producer)and Mark Adam (co-director/DOP/editor). The film is based on Gow's stage play Cherry Docs, in which Strathairn starred for its American premiere at the Wilma Theatre in Philadelphia.
He played a lead role in the summer 2007 film The Bourne Ultimatum and appeared in Paramount Pictures' children's film The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008) as Arthur Spiderwick. Strathairn appeared in the American Experience PBS anthology series documentary, The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer, a biography of the physicist. He plays William Flynn, an FBI agent dealing with anarchism in 1920s New York City, in No God, No Master.
In 2009, Strathairn performed in The People Speak, a documentary feature film that uses dramatic and musical performances of the letters, diaries, and speeches of everyday Americans. It was adapted from the historian Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States.[13]
He starred as Dr. Lee Rosen on Syfy's series Alphas.[14]
Strathairn is an stage actor and has performed over 30 theatrical roles. He performed several roles in stage plays by Harold Pinter. He played Stanley in two consecutive New York Classic Stage Company (CSC) productions of Pinter's 1957 play The Birthday Party, directed by Carey Perloff (since 1992 artistic director of the American Conservatory Theatre), in 1988[15] and 1989;[16] the dual roles of prison Officer and Prisoner in Pinter's 1989 play Mountain Language (in a double bill with the second CSC Rep production of The Birthday Party);[17] Edwin Booth in a workshop production by W. Stuart McDowell at The Players in 1989; Kerner, in Tom Stoppard's Hapgood (1994); and Devlin, opposite Lindsay Duncan's Rebecca, in Pinter's 1996 two-hander Ashes to Ashes in the 1999 New York premiere by the Roundabout Theatre Company.[1][18]
Strathairn narrated a biographical video to introduce Barack Obama before his acceptance speech at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.[19]
He married Logan Goodman, a nurse. They have two sons and live near Poughkeepsie, New York.
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1985 | Miami Vice | Marty Lang | Episode: "Out Where the Buses Don't Run" |
1987 | Broken Vows | Stuart Chase | Television movie |
1988-1991 | The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd | Moss Goodman | 20 episodes |
1989 | Wiseguy | Matthew Stemkowsky | 4 episodes |
1989 | Day One | J. Robert Oppenheimer | Television movie |
1990 | Heat Wave | Bill Thomas | Television movie |
1990 | Judgment | Father Frank Aubert | Television movie |
1991 | Son of the Morning Star | Capt. William F. Benteen | Television movie |
1991 | Without Warning: The James Brady Story | Doctor Art Kobrine | Television movie |
1992 | O Pioneers! | Carl Linstrum | Television movie |
1996 | Beyond the Call | Russell Cates | Television movie |
1997 | In the Gloaming | Martin | Television movie Nominated – CableACE Award for Guest Actor in a Dramatic Special or Series |
1998 | Evidence of Blood | Jackson Kinley | Television movie |
2000 | Freedom Song | Peter Crowley | Television film |
2000 | The Miracle Worker | Captain Keller | Television film |
2001 | Big Apple | FBI Agent Will Preecher | 8 episodes |
2002 | Lathe of Heaven | Mannie | Television movie |
2002 | Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story | Jack Hoschouer | Television movie |
2004 | The Sopranos | Robert Wegler | 3 episodes |
2004 | Paradise | Reverend Bobby Paradise | Television movie |
2008 | Monk | Patrick Kloster | Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Genius" |
2010 | Temple Grandin | Professor Carlock | Television movie Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film |
2010 | House | Nash | Episode: "Lockdown" |
2011-2012 | Alphas | Dr. Lee Rosen | 24 episodes |
2012 | Hemingway & Gellhorn | John Dos Passos | Television movie Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie |