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Anubis was a science fiction and horror fanzines edited by Paul J. Willis and published by Ronald J. Willis and Golden Goblin Press.
Anubis issue 1 was released in Arlington, Virginia, U.S.A. in Autumn 1966. Four issues were published. The zine ended in 1968 when Ronald Willis died. A fifth issue had been planned but Paul could not bring himself to finish it without his brother.
Contributing writers include Philip Canning, Roger Wilson Cook, Emily Glen, Robert Barbour Johnson, Mose Malletter, Norman G. Markham, Mercer M. McDowell, Gerald Page (Si-Fan), L.E. Preston, E. Hoffman Price, Andrew E. Rothovius, Robert M. Slater, Bennett Weinberg and Roger Zelazny.
Contributing artists include Vaughn Bode, J. Johnson, Tim Kirk, and Paul J. Willis.
Also included was a comic strip by Vaughn Bode.
Covers were by D. Bruce Berry, among others.

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Juan Carlos Fresnadillo to direct 'X'
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Spanish helmer Juan Carlos Fresnadillo has made a deal with MGM to develop a film based on director Roger Corman's 1963 pic "X: The Man With the X-Ray Eyes," a movie from the Lion's library.
The original starred Ray Milland as a scientist who is near a breakthrough in X-ray vision technology when his funding is cut off. Desperate to show results, the doc applies eye drops that eventually cause him to lose control over his growing powers.
Mandeville Films partners David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman will produce with Enrique Lopez Lavigne. Lou Arkoff will exec produce.
The director hasn't committed to a film since "28 Weeks Later."
Fresnadillo is in Hollywood this week meeting with writers for "X" and is expected to set one quickly.


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Facing a shrinking budget, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has outlined moves – including the closure of 259 offices, facilities and labs under the USDA umbrella – to save some $150 million annually. Some of the closings have been announced previously.
The shuttering of the USDA offices, made under a plan titled "A Blueprint for Stronger Service," was unveiled during a Monday speech that Vilsack delivered at the American Farm Bureau Federation's 93rd annual meeting. He told the assembly that since 2010, Congress has reduced USDA discretionary spending by nearly 12 percent, or more than $3 billion.
For the USDA plan, see here.
A map showing where USDA offices will be closed can be seen here.
As a result, "some agencies were reduced more than others. Agencies facing steep cuts, specifically in their salaries and expense line items that fund personnel, included the Farm Service Agency, Rural Development, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the Agricultural Research Service and the Food and Nutrition Service."
To read Vilsack's prepared AFBF remarks, see here.
In a Monday blog post (see here), Vilsack pointed to measures already taken in some USDA offices including hiring controls and early separation programs. "These efforts, when coupled with regular retirement, meant nearly 7,000 employees have retired from USDA over the past 15 months."
Further, "A Blueprint for Stronger Service" details a list of 133 recommendations that affirm processes already in place, as well as 27 initial improvements, and others aimed at longer-term improvements. The initial recommendations include the following:
- Consolidate more than 700 cell phone plans into about 10.
- Standardize civil rights training and purchases of cyber security products.
- Ensure more efficient and effective service to our employees by moving toward more centralized civil rights, human resource, procurement, and property management functions, creating millions of dollars in efficiencies without sacrificing the quality of our work."
Vilsack told the AFBF that shedding 7,000 USDA employees "allowed us the flexibility to eliminate positions or restructure positions to be more relevant to the needs of our customers. Many of the positions we will fill will be at pay rates less than before. Given the reduced resources, our other choice of further reductions in force or furloughs would be very disruptive to the services that matter to you and those in rural America."
While Vilsack said the workforce reductions were necessary, he acknowledged they come at a time "when more work was being demanded of our staff. For example, new programs called for by the 2008 farm bill. FSA, with a reduced workforce had to institute new disaster programs like SURE and the Livestock Forage and Indemnity programs. At the same time, Rural Development and FSA were beginning to implement the new Energy Title programs. Workloads were also increased in the area of nutrition assistance as a result of the recession and expanded need to help struggling families manage."
Vilsack addressed the closing of 131 FSA offices specifically. "First, in making the decision to close an office, FSA relied on the 2008 farm bill criteria for determining what offices would be considered. Of the 131 offices on the list, 35 currently have no employees — the balance of the offices have either one or two employees and are within 20 miles of another FSA office. The work of these offices will be assigned to the adjoining county office, and personnel given the opportunity to transfer as well."
The FSA office closings will begin immediately with an aim to finish the process by July. "All the other agencies … aim to close facilities by the end of September. I know that some may be inconvenienced by this choice, but services will not be interrupted."
Vilsack later told reporters he did not "anticipate a significant amount of pushback" to the planned closures "once folks are shown the numbers. … It's a little different context than in the past (due to a) year-plus of talk about the need to get our fiscal house in order."


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September 6, 2004
lukewarm but not half-baked
Sunday, September 5
No, I didn't forget about this dessert of my dream for almost 10 years, really... it was just put into, eh, a subconscious state, hidden behind the constant waves of all other newer recipes. It was just a while ago that Santos's post about ginger-infused panna cotta reminded me that I had meant to try this one for so long: coconut spice pudding, whose recipe I first found in a Japanese cookbook by Midori Haruyama published in 1995.
This is another such dessert like baked custard, and this one uses cream infused with a mixture of spices, combined with and coconut milk, and served with a dash of freshly squeezed lime juice. I like spices, I like coconut milk, and I like lime - it had everything I like.
Yesterday was made to be the day to try this one at last. I warmed up half & half and milk (the recipe uses heavy cream and water, but I didn't have cream at hand) with a cinnamon stick, cloves, cardamom pods, and fresh ginger slices, and oh well I didn't have vanilla beans either - never mind. I also threw in some black peppercorns, too.
Then I added all other ingredients - coconut milk, brown sugar, and eggs and some extra egg yolks - and baked the custard in the oven. Don't ask me how come it took me nine years to try such a simple recipe.
What seemed to have attracted my attention the most, other than such a tempting idea of mixing spices and coconut milk and lime, was a serving tip the author suggested in the book; to serve the pudding lukewarm.
It is my policy to serve and eat food at its "appropriate temperature" - eat it while it's burning hot if it is supposed to be, or serve it tooth-smarting cold if it should be eaten cold, for example (okay, maybe I had gone a bit too far, but you got my point). In her book Midori Haruyama does clearly mention this as her basic attitude, and still says this particular dessert, although very nice chilled as well, would taste good not so hot or warm. I was really curious about this idea.
So I did try one of the ramekins of custard that way. Having been let cool for a while, the custard still looked very soft and its center hadn't completely been settled. I drizzled it with a pinch of brown sugar and squeezed a wedge of lime over it, had my first spoonful.
Hummmm. Mmmmm. mmmmm. mmmmmmmmmm.
It wasn't bad, but it wasn't excellent, either... the thing was, the custard was still too soft and almost runny, and needed chilling to get firm enough to be served as custard. It also tasted a bit bland - something totally contrary to my expectation, considering all those strong-tasting ingredients used in it. My heart sunk.
And I refrigerated the rest of the custard overnight, and had one again this afternoon. It was still not very firm (it might probably have had something to do with the fact that I used thinner cream), but a lot more custard-like today. This time a little more amount of lime juice, along with the brown sugar, did a great job; The tartness of lime juice gave it snap, even complementing the rather subtle flavors from the spices and coconut milk that had otherwise been too faint. Both of us loved it a lot. (I certainly liked it better chilled, but I tried anyways.)
I had my serving of the custard with a nice cup of Tung Ting Oolong tea from The Republic of Tea; it was distinctly paler in color and milder in taste than any other regular oolong tea I have ever had. Very delicate.
Next time I might try this golden trio of spices/coconut milk/lime in something else, maybe in panna cotta (like Santos did) or mousse or something. Or maybe in baked goods, as well.
6 comments:
- Santos said...
hey chika--as always, so beautiful. i've never used green cardamom pods, only the ground spice, but i may have to seek those out. i'm surprised that the spice was so faint, esp. lukewarm (i thought chilling would dull the flavour?).
i think i'd like to try those spices in a sweet risotto....
- 1:55 PM, September 06, 2004
- chika said...
Hi Santos,
Thanks for reminding me of the dessert :) How are you feeling?
I think it was because coconut milk as well as the egginess overpowered the spices while it was warm. Or I could have used more spices and steep them in the milk for longer, even though I think I did both enough.
Sweet risotto! Is it like rice pudding? Sounds interesting!
- 4:16 PM, September 06, 2004
- Santos said...
very much a hopped-up rice pudding. i've never made rice pudding though--is there cornstarch or eggs? i was thinking of just cooking risotto with sweetened milk instead of broth; i also remember a recipe that was basically 1 cup of arborio rice and 4 cups of whole milk, baked, until the milk is completely absorbed by the rice. i didn't think it would work, but it did.
- 1:29 AM, September 07, 2004
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- 4:32 PM, September 07, 2004
- purplegirl said...
you have absolutely the most gorgeous photographs. very artsy. like the ones on cookbooks.
i went to barnes and noble bookstore today to get the Haruyama cookbook you mentioned. They don't have it. But even if they did, it won't be of any use to me because it's entirely in Japanese! so, pretty please, can you forward the recipe for this wonderful coconut spice pudding dessert?
- 11:56 AM, September 08, 2004
- chika said...
Hi there,
Santos - I've never thought of rice pudding in that way, a relative of risotto? possibly... I wouldn't use cornstarch or eggs in rice pudding, though they might be in mass-manufactured ones, I guess.
purplegirl - thanks a lot for your kind words and I am sorry you went to B&N just to find the book wasn't there; it is kind an old book and probably out of print even in Japan. If you allow me some time I will sure email you a translation of the recipe. Thanks again!
- 7:25 PM, September 09, 2004


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Denver-raised alto saxophonist and educator Brad Leali returns home to headline the 2014 Five Points Jazz Festival! We'll get a little sneak preview of Brad's show stopping group the day prior to the big show.
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Dexter's new group is featured on his latest album, Pra Voce. Brazilian deliciousness from Boulder, CO!
Dexter Payne - clarinet and saxophone
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Colorado educated, NYC-based keyboard wizard Erik Deutsch returns to town this month, performing two nights at Dazzle Restaurant & Lounge. His latest project, Jazz Outlaws, features a motley crew of New York and Denver's top Jazz Funk players.
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30. Scooter's Official Introduction - While we do see Scooter in previous episodes, the sixth episode guest starring Jim Nabors was intended to introduce him. It's also the first time we see him use his relationship to his uncle in order to get what he wants. One thing I've noticed is that Scooter is one of the few Muppets who actually seems to get older as the show goes on. In The Muppet Show Style Book, it states that Scooter is 14 years old in the first season. If you look at the character during the fifth season, it's like he's a senior in high school. And in The Muppets Take Manhattan, he's a college graduate. Scooter has definitely come a long way since he began!
29. Guest Star Song - If there's one thing Scooter is known for by all Muppet fans, it's his "15 seconds to curtain" cold openings, which he did from season two to season four with the guest stars. So, naturally, when the Muppets decide to put on an awards show, who would have been more suitable to sing about all of the guest stars who had appeared so far than Scooter? The song is set to the classical tune "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General." For those of you who paid close attention, Scooter mentions Senor Wences, who didn't appear until the fifth season. Instead, they used a picture of the back of Charles Aznavour from the first season.
28. Mr. Bassman - Here's Scooter with Floyd during the first season, where Jerry Nelson uses a different voice for Floyd, which happens only one other time with "Ain't Misbehavin'" (also in the first season). Scooter definitely proves that he can keep up with the Electric Mayhem in this wild and fun number, and can even be seen as a sort of precursor to his role as the band's road manager in The Muppet Movie. Not only did this song appear on The Muppet Show Album, but it was just recently covered by Sondre Lerche on The Green Album. Personally, I like the former better, because I love when Scooter yells out "Yeah!" at the end of the song.
27. On Her Doorstep Last Night - One of the constants throughout the show was the friendship between Scooter and Fozzie. They were good buddies who shared a lot of memorable moments both on and off the stage. So when an old gypsy woman puts a curse on the show and causes a meteorite to land on Kermit's flipper, Scooter takes the stage with his furry friend to sing Jack Payne's song, "On Her Doorstep Last Night," only to be upstaged by two aliens who emerged from the meteorite. The aliens scared the singing duo off the stage, finishing the song themselves. Yup, the show was definitely cursed.
26. Jabberwocky - During the fifth season of the show, The Muppet Show had their youngest guest star ever on the show with Brooke Shields. During that episode, they dedicated the half hour to Lewis Carroll's classic, Alice In Wonderland. While Kermit is trying to find the shrunken Brooke, Scooter takes the stage and performs "Jabberwocky" with Rowlf, which, as he puts it, is "the weirdest thing we've ever done on this show"--and that's saying something! Brooke Shields actually spent time working with the people in the Muppet Workshop, and helped create some of the puppets used in this sketch.
25. Six String Orchestra - During the Mark Hamill/Star Wars episode, Scooter spent his time practicing a number on the guitar, which came to fruition in the second act of the show. As he sings, he is joined by Floyd, Janice, Zoot, and Animal as his room transforms into a stage, where he and the others are in glittering outfits being cheered on by wild fans. In the home video Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets, Scooter describes this song as being his personal favorite because he sings it. Plus, this definitely makes up for viewers having to listen to Angus McGonagle the Argyle Gargoyle gargling Gershwin.
24. Simon Smith and the Dancing Bear - Scooter and Fozzie's great friendship, as seen here in Randy Newman's "Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear," was the on-screen representation of the friendship of Richard Hunt and Frank Oz. Both Richard and Frank had wicked senses of humor and played so well together. They had a lot of love and respect for each other, and they're two big reasons why the Muppets work so wonderfully. Richard and Frank even sang this song during Jim Henson's memorial service in 1990. The Muppets can teach us all to be better people while being silly and fun--all without being cynical or crude, and that's what this song and the Muppets are all about.
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The Nissan Versa is a compact car that Nissan introduced as the Tiida in 2004 to the foreign markets, but when it arrived in the U.S. in 2006 (for the 2007 model year), it carried the name, Nissan Versa, for the American markets. Today, it still uses the Tiida name in Japan, mainland China, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore. The Nissan Pulsar preceded it in America, the Almera in Eastern Europe, and the Sunny in Japan.
The Nissan Versa is known for its larger size and lower price than the competition in the subcompact sedan category. At the same time, Nissan has managed to keep the Versa fuel-efficient. As competition gets fiercer and develops a new level of refinement and fuel-efficiency, Nissan stays determined to keep up with the fast pace.
The 2012 Nissan Versa comes as a sedan or as a hatchback. The sedan offers three trims: the S, SV, and SL. The hatchback comes in S and SL trims. Nissan makes major changes to the 2012 Versa sedan, including making this subcompact more roomy and increasing the fuel economy. The hatchback model only receives some changes to the standard equipment. The exterior of the sedan changes to be more aerodynamic while keeping the exterior measurements the same. It contains a 1.6-liter, four-cylinder engine with either a five-speed manual transmission or continuously variable transmission (CVT). The hatchback has a 1.8-liter, four-cylinder engine and standard six-speed manual transmission or an optional four-speed automatic transmission.
The 2012 Nissan Versa sedan and hatchback both have roomy cabins. The rear seats offer generous legroom, and front seats remain comfortable for long drives across town sitting in rush-hour traffic but not comfortable enough for a cross-country drive.
The controls seem easy to use and well-placed, and Nissan offers a generous cache of standard and optional features, such as navigation, Bluetooth, and an iPod interface. The interior uses decent materials and trunk space measures 14.8 cubic feet for the sedan and 50 cubic feet for the hatchback.
The Nissan Versa debuted in the United States and Canada in July 2006 as a 2007 model and made its public debut as a hatchback at the 2006 North American International Auto Show in January 2007. The sedan arrived later in the year. It employs a 1.8-liter, dual overhead cam (DOHC) engine. It remains the only Nissan four-door passenger car in the U.S. and Canada to sell worldwide. The three transmission options include a four-speed automatic, a continuously variable transmission (CVT), and a six-speed manual. It represents one of two cars in its class in the North American market to offer a six-speed manual transmission as standard equipment.
The Versa comes in two trim levels: the S and SL. Some standard features for the SL trim offer options for the S trim, and other features available for the SL trim remain unavailable on the S trim. Some optional features include Bluetooth and a sport package that adds a power moonroof and a rear spoiler. Nissan redesigns the grille for all 2010 models and the wheel covers in the 2010 1.8 S models.
In 2009, Nissan introduced the Versa 1.6 in the sedan model, which uses a smaller, 1.6-liter HR16DE engine and a standard five-speed manual transmission. The four-speed automatic transmission remains optional. The Versa 1.6 features black-trim exterior mirror housings, license plate trim, and front grille; 14-inch steel wheels; a four-speaker audio system with pre-wiring for a radio; six airbags; active front head restraints; and a tire pressure monitoring system. An optional Value Package adds air-conditioning, an AM/FM/CD audio system, power windows, power door locks, power mirrors, and keyless entry. Other optional safety features include anti-lock brakes with electronic brake force distribution (EBD) and brake assist.
The 2011 Versa sedan shows a major change because Nissan bases the Versa on the Micra and not the Tiida. The second generation Versa sedan uses a 1.6-liter engine that produces 107 horsepower and 111 lb-ft of torque. An optional 1.8-liter, four-cylinder engine for the sedan comes standard for the hatchback. Standard safety equipment for all Versa models includes front side airbags and side curtain airbags. Anti-lock brakes remain optional on the base car and standard on all other trim levels. Stability and traction controls are optional on the 1.8 S trim and standard on the 1.8 SL trim.
The 2011 Nissan Versa has a remarkably roomy cabin. The tall roof creates plenty of headroom and the model offers generous legroom for taller passengers in both the front and rear seats. The interior uses good-quality materials and the controls seem simple and easy to use. The front seats are comfortable, but not comfortable enough to support drivers and passengers during a long journey. The Versa hatchback has a split rear seat that doesn't fold down to create a flat cargo floor, but it still creates 50 cubic feet of space when the seats are lowered. The tuned suspension provides a very smooth ride and it handles very well for most driving scenarios. However, the six-speed manual transmission, which comes with the 1.8 S and the four-speed automatic transmission, offer nothing remarkable.
2019 Nissan Versa
Compact, Sedan
2017 Nissan Versa
2016 Nissan Versa
2015 Nissan Versa
2014 Nissan Versa
2013 Nissan Versa
An economical choice with excellent performance and lots of comfort, the 2013 Nissan Versa offers the choice of a five-door hatchback or a four-door sedan.
2012 Nissan Versa
Compact, Hatchback, Sedan
The Versa is totally redesigned for the 2012 model year, with the most notable changes being a new grille design and oval-shaped headlights modeled after the larger Altima and Maxima.
2011 Nissan Versa
The 2011 Versa gets a light helping of new kit, notably a standard six-disc CD audio system for the 1.8 S sedan and anti-lock brakes on all models sans the entry-level 1.6 Base. That said the 2010 model year saw the Versa receive myriad refinements, including a new grille, fresh wheels, and availability of stability and traction control and navigation.
2010 Nissan Versa
2009 Nissan Versa
The 2009 Nissan Versa comes as either a sedan or a hatchback.
2008 Nissan Versa
The 2008 Nissan Versa is a well-rounded sedan or hatchback.
2007 Nissan Versa
The 2007 Nissan Versa debuts this year.


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Mayor's Office
The number of housing discrimination claims received by the Lincoln Commission on Human Rights (LCHR) doubled from 2009 to 2010, but the number of employment discrimination complaints dropped 17 percent. Those are some of the figures compiled in the LCHR annual report now available online at lincoln.ne.gov (keyword: rights).
The 2010 LCHR annual report shows a total of 92 cases filed — 59 for employment discrimination, 27 for housing discrimination and six for public accommodation discrimination. That compares to 86 cases filed in the previous year — 71 for employment discrimination, 13 for housing discrimination and two for public accommodation discrimination.
"We believe the increase in housing complaints is due largely to LCHR's education and outreach efforts," said Margie Nichols, Civil Rights Investigator. "These important functions have been carried on by LCHR's AmeriCorps Volunteer Regina Grant and Hispanic Liaison Loren Mestre Roberts. They have been our voice to the community, freeing the two investigators to focus their attention on the reason LCHR exists: to investigate allegations of discrimination in Lincoln."
LCHR's two investigators, Nichols and Angela Lemke, closed 91 cases in 2010 (not all were filed in 2010). In addition to non-monetary resolutions, LCHR negotiated settlements of about $40,000. A service satisfaction survey sent to all complainants and respondents showed:
In 2010, LCHR reached more than 6,000 residents in about 100 sessions covering civil rights and responsibilities. The annual Fair Housing Conference was expanded in 2010 to include both an employment and public accommodation focus.
"I commend the Commissioners and staff for a very productive year," said Mayor Chris Beutler. "With the resignation of longtime Director Larry Williams, this has been a year of transition. Through reorganization, we've provided our fine investigators with the administrative support they need and have expanded our outreach efforts. Although Larry certainly left big shoes to fill, the Commissioners and staff have ensured the City's commitment to human rights remains firm."
The Human Rights Division is now under the supervision of City Attorney Rod Confer, and Mayoral Aide Milo Mumgaard is serving as Interim Civil Rights Officer. LCHR will soon move to the third floor of the County-City Building, where new offices are under construction adjacent to the City Attorney's Office. An open house is being planned for late spring.
More information about LCHR is available at 402-441-7624 or lincoln.ne.gov (keyword: rights).


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- Michael's implementation did improve the execution time of the Java implementation by about 2.6 times.
- RenderScript implementation is still about 2.3 times faster than Michael's optimized Java implementation.
Monday, January 27, 2014
RenderScript in Android - Java optimization in the benchmark program
13 comments:
- MichaelEGR said...
There is a small mistake in the code I submitted.
Between the first for loop and the 2nd it's necessary to separately track accumulation of the first index of d0:
s = 0;
for (int y = 1; y < s2len; y++)
signal2Y = signal2[y];
d1[0] = (s += Math.abs(signal1[0] - signal2Y));
In a few runs without this things may result in slightly incorrect results. This basically just adds one more assignment into the mix.
I commented more in your last post about the 70% speed improvement. You need to mark the method static and a bit more performance will result. Also it's a bad micro benchmark scenario in only executing the calculation one time. With a warm up period I've seen results from 66% to 72% speed up over the original Java code. What you posted is the lower bound due to no warm up and removing the static keyword.
A C++ version will run just as fast as the current Renderscript implementation. Using jnigen one can have the C++ code inline to the Java files and have automatic build scripts generated along with all of the platform specific resources.
I posit a parallel Java / CPU version will likely run twice as fast as the existing Renderscript solution and be quite portable without the need of any build tools or nuisances. Certainly it shouldn't run any slower than the current Renderscript solution.
As far as I'm currently aware you won't be able to improve or parallelize DWT with Renderscript. I'd be interested if you can greatly improve / parallelize it though and write about how you did it.. :) Unfortunately I don't have too much time in the coming month or two to work on curiosities, but it would be interesting to keep in touch on expanding the comparisons.
- January 28, 2014 at 2:34 AM
- Gabor Paller said...
RenderScript implementation can of course be parallelized but not with the (quite naive) foreach semantic. The parallel implementation will keep its speed advantage over the parallel Java implementation. I will get to that later but I guess, you will understand why it is so after you read the next post (which will just explain the current benchmark and will not present the parallel version).
Comparison with the NDK is trickier. NDK and RenderScript performance will be similar if the RenderScript code runs on the main CPU core(s). In this case the ease of development will be the main factor that supports RenderScript. If you have just some small code fragments that you want to optimize, it is much faster to use the RenderScript runtime which is fully integrated with the Eclipse environment than to fiddle with the NDK and JNI. Particularly if you support only Android (cross-platform development is not an issue for me) If you already have large amount of code in native and you also think about portability (e.g. you cross-compile your native code on different mobile platforms to simplify application porting) then RenderScript is a bad choice.
My motivation has always been the efficient implementation of signal-processing algorithms which are small in terms of lines of code but can consume a lot of CPU cycles (and hence battery power). RenderScript is an attractive option for me therefore, particularly if my RenderScript code can really execute on some DSP or microcontroller on the device. This is just a promise now but it may happen one day. This is the story I try to present in these posts.
- January 28, 2014 at 11:32 AM
- Jason Sams said...
You may also want to try using the built in min/max functions rather than rolling you own. On HW which has dedicated instructions for this it will be faster. If nothing else it reduces code.
RS vs NDK, I did some benchmarks on this. RS is typically fast due to the ability to compile on device and inline processor specific instructions. In theory if you compiled separately for every possible processor you would break even with the NDK, but no sane person would do that much work.
For this code I don't think it would be a big delta.
- January 29, 2014 at 4:48 AM
- MichaelEGR said...
>RenderScript implementation can of course be parallelized but not with the (quite naive) foreach semantic.
Yes, that is my point. There is no work efficient way to parallelize this and many other algorithms with Renderscript.
There are several research papers that detail how DWT is parallelized with the Cuda / OpenCL model. There are next to no research papers at all that describe the simplest algorithm implementation via Renderscript compared to OpenCL / Cuda.
Here is the one I'm currently perusing:
>The parallel implementation will keep its speed advantage over the parallel Java implementation.
Only if there are semantics in the language that allow one to actually implement the algorithm in a work efficient manner otherwise the Java parallel version may be in the same ballpark still.
It also is the case that the parallel OpenCL or Cuda version will be up to ~10 times faster than a CPU version and likely easily beat any further Renderscript implementations. I'm arguing that the Java parallel version will be as fast as the serial CPU Renderscript (the current demo version) and / or conceivably twice as fast along with the benefits that it runs anywhere and without additional developers tools.
If the language features are not available in Renderscript to parallelize the algorithm in a work efficient manner which is to my knowledge the situation then there will be an upper bound of performance that will be far exceeded by an execution environment like OpenCL or Cuda that does have the constructs to implement this algorithm and most other intermediate to advanced algorithms in a work efficient manner.
>If you have just some small code fragments that you want to optimize, it is much faster to use the RenderScript runtime which is fully integrated with the Eclipse environment than to fiddle with the NDK and JNI.
Who uses Eclipse anymore? Well I was a long time Idea user, so the move of Android Studio to Idea CE was a nice situation. You ever check out all the tools / IDE bugs Renderscript has with Android Studio? IDE integration with Renderscript isn't as trouble free as you frame it.
Also, seriously take a look at jnigen:
One doesn't have to fiddle with NDK & JNI.. Well, sure there is setup for the environment and ones system, but that is a one time setup cost. The actual programming experience is transparent, quick, and instant.
There are other projects too which provide an abstracted bridge to JNI / NDK without the need to write all the boiler plate code. I do have a preference from jnigen though.
- January 29, 2014 at 6:13 AM
- MichaelEGR said...
>If you already have large amount of code in native and you also think about portability
There are several things in play here. First most organizations from small (startups definitely included!) to large don't just deal with one platform and must address multiple platforms when developing software; IE iOS, Android, and often the desktop.
Algorithm development is difficult; particularly parallel algorithm development thus there is a major cost reason to work with cross-platform technology. Only boutique operations not concerned about the future or ones receiving funds to only release on a single platform will accept tools lock in. That or the organization is flush with cash and able to implement algorithms in cross-platform and platform specific technologies. Not many if any of those around...
All of the benefits in your last paragraph of the previous comment are addressed more fully by open standards such as OpenCL in regard to target devices and runtime environments. Google has a poor track record when it comes to working on something that they themselves don't directly need. You say it's a promise.. I say it will likely never happen. So, waiting for them to get Renderscript code working on general purpose DSPs is practically pipe dream. As you say you are presenting a story.
I too am interested in fast efficient implementation of DSP algorithms running on Android and everywhere else. I still think it will be neat if in the coming months I can find some time to provide performance based Java, C++, and OpenCL comparisons to further accelerating the DWT algorithm and post about it. I may make this the topic for a presentation at an Android conference later in the year.. It would be handy to be able to reference Renderscript counterpart examples. :)
- January 29, 2014 at 6:16 AM
- Gabor Paller said...
Jason, I found min/max only for float, did I overlook something?
- January 29, 2014 at 9:45 AM
- Jason Sams said...
min and max are there. Might be a bug with the docs, I'll check it tomorrow.
- January 29, 2014 at 10:01 AM
- Gabor Paller said...
Jason, one more question. Is it OK to create more than one RenderScript context to enforce parallel execution? (same script executed in two or more RenderScript contexts). It works for me nicely, is there any trap I am not aware of?
- January 29, 2014 at 12:06 PM
- Jason Sams said...
You can create multiple contexts. Context switching overhead can add up fast.
I'm curious what the algorithm looks like that might benefit from this is. I'm done a lot of performance work and may be able to suggest alternative options which will be less work.
- January 29, 2014 at 8:54 PM
- Gabor Paller said...
"I'm curious what the algorithm looks like that might benefit from this is."
Well, it is the same DTW algorithm we have been discussing with Michael for a while. Some description here along with reference to a more detailed paper. I chose this algorithm because its output needs intermediate results and not only the input values. Hence it cannot be parallelized so easily as a convolution filter. I would say that the foreach() semantic cannot be used for DTW. So I intend to implement the parallel execution scheme myself.
- January 29, 2014 at 11:01 PM
- Jason Sams said...
For the cases where you want parallelism, but the level of parallel execution is not a direct property of the input or output you have a few options.
Clipping the launch. In the histogram example we did where you have a reduction I tried this approach. Clip the launch to either one row or column and then loop within the kernel. This is a very simple way to alter the thread to work ratio.
For more complex cases I often create a 3rd allocation to hold per-thread data (or it can just be a dummy). Then use get/set element at to walk your in/out data any way you see fit.
Without looking at FastDWT in detail, I'm not sure which technique will be best here. My work on codec's leads me to think you will probably want to try the 2nd option first. Its more flexible.
- January 30, 2014 at 4:36 AM
- Gabor Paller said...
"For more complex cases I often create a 3rd allocation to hold per-thread data (or it can just be a dummy). Then use get/set element at to walk your in/out data any way you see fit. "
But then you can't control the maximum number of processing elements allocated to the task. E.g. if parallelization of the algorithm supports only a certain number of processing elements (e.g. 2), RenderScript runtime can still allocate more processing elements (e.g. 4 in case of a 4-core CPU) and you have to idle the remaining 2 cores.
DTW has one such parallelization, if one traverses the cost matrix horizontally and vertically at the same time. This suits 2 processing elements but not more.
- January 30, 2014 at 11:03 AM
- Jason Sams said...
If you want "at most 2 threads" you an create a 1D allocation with 2 elements. Its completely valid to run a forEach on that.
The allocation size caps the number of threads that get used and factors in processor selection.
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One certainty: Gary's dead
How tragedy happened is unknown as mother, boyfriend face charges
LAKE GEORGE — Hours before her son, Gary Carpenter III, died Friday, Jennifer Mattison wrote to the man accused of killing the child and told what it was like to see and touch the 5-year-old's nearly lifeless body just before the boy was flown to Albany Medical Center Hospital.
"(T)hey had a breathing tube in his throat," Mattison told Brandon Warrington, her live-in boyfriend, "and he was ice cold."
As Warrington awaited arraignment on a second-degree murder charge Tuesday, the Warren County District Attorney's Office filed in court reams of evidence used to charge the 24-year-old Glens Falls man and Mattison with multiple felonies related to the boy's death. Correspondence between the couple, a lengthy statement to police and more than six hours of videotaped interviews with investigators failed to shed light on precisely how Gary died, but illustrate in cold detail the suffering the child endured and what prosecutors say are the calculated lengths the couple took to avoid blame.
Gary died Friday night at Albany Med from a blow to his head. Mattison called police Thursday morning and said her son had fallen off his bed in the Mission Street home she shared with Warrington, struck his head and wasn't responsive. Prosecutors believe Warrington slammed the boy's head into a wall or floor. While interviewing Mattison, investigators told her that a medical exam showed that Gary was also sexually abused the morning he was assaulted.
"I love you. I can't believe this happened," Mattison wrote to Warrington. "I really wish you would have let me deal with Gary then this wouldn't have happened ... This is why I told you that you can not (sic) correct him like a teenager."
When he arrived at Albany Med, prosecutors say Gary had a fractured skull, injuries to his rectum and genitals and bruises to his arms and neck. The child's body temperature was more than 10 degrees below normal and his lips were blue.
"I never meant for any of this to happen ... Please stay by my side," Warrington wrote to Mattison. " ... I wish I could just fix it all ... I (heart) you baby forever and ever! Please forgive me."
Mattison and Warrington were arraigned within an hour of each other on Tuesday in Warren County Court. Mattison has been charged with felony reckless endangerment, hindering prosecution and misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a child for allegedly waiting more than an hour to call 911 after finding Gary injured, and then lying to police. In addition to murder, Warrington was charged with manslaughter and endangering the welfare of a child. Both entered pleas of not guilty and were sent to Warren County jail.
Mattison sobbed during her arraignment as Assistant District Attorney Kevin Donlon repeated the grisly results of her son's medical exam. As Warrington was led out of court, a woman who identified herself as one of Gary's aunts screamed, "I hope you rot in hell!"
Mattison and Warrington have a 3-week-old son named Braxton. During her five-hour interview with investigators in Glens Falls on Thursday, Mattison is shown on tape cradling Braxton in her arms, rocking the child back and forth in a swivel chair and, at one point, changing his diaper on the police station floor. The boy is now being cared for by Child Protective Services.
"Tell Braxton I love him," Warrington wrote to Mattison, saying later that, "If you still love me after all this we should get married."
In their interviews with investigators, both Mattison and Warrington constantly altered the timelines and events of Thursday morning and the days before.
Mattison initially told detectives that Gary fell earlier in the week and that she found him on his bed Thursday morning unresponsive and with his toes and hands twitching. At first adamant that Gary was never alone with her boyfriend, she speculated that Gary could have jumped onto his bed, fallen off and hit his head on a wall, where both she and investigators say there is a large dent.
"That's impossible," one investigator said. "The bed would have to be several stories tall."
After Mattison told police she never saw Warrington strike Gary, investigators continued to press, telling her they believed she was trying to protect her boyfriend.
"Do you understand that by not telling us the truth (doctors) may not be able to treat him?" an investigator says. "And the more time that you don't tell us the truth, the more of Gary's life is taken away."
Mattison then told police she had seen Warrington slap Gary before and eventually said she saw him push Gary to the ground the morning the child was found unconscious and that she heard a thud from another room a little while later.
In his interview with detectives, Warrington quickly told them that "(Gary) is a klutz" and that he tripped and fell on his own that morning.
"I don't believe that for a (expletive) minute," one investigator replied harshly.
Warrington at first told police repeatedly that he had not pushed Gary, but later said Gary "pissed him off" and that he shoved the boy toward his room at 8 or 8:30 a.m. on Thursday.
"It wasn't intentional, it was accidental," Warrington said, adding later, "I want to see him. I feel so bad."
Neither Warrington nor Mattison could explain how Gary could have been sexually assaulted. Mattison also said it took nearly an hour to call police because she couldn't get good reception on her cellphone.
Both Mattison and Warrington became emotional during their interviews with police, crying, stuttering and struggling to come up with answers for investigators' questions.
After police ended their interview with Mattison, a Child Protective Services worker spoke with her.
"How are you doing?" the woman asked. Mattison hung her head and replied, "I'd be better if I was with (Gary)."
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