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Anti Records Reviews An Exceptional 2009
William Elliott Whitmore: Animals in the Dark - On his Anti debut Whitmore reflects on life and loss and the world surrounding his Iowa horse farm on the banks of the Mississippi. The album showcases Whitmore's classic songwriting and mastery of the acoustic guitar and banjo, but adds elements such as strings, an organ and a pedal steel, giving the songs a more expansive, cultivated sound. 2009 saw this unique artist captivating audiences around the world with his haunting and timeless sound.
"Animals reinforces his reputation as one of today's most transcendent folk artists." - Kansas City Star
"There's a time-honored truthfullness to William Elliott Whitmore that can't be rehearsed and most certainly can't be faked. It's tonally apparent in the world-weary ache of his baritone voice; it's lyrically manifested in the god-fearing mannerisms of simple protagonists; and it's buried deep within the gutsy pride and righteous integrity with which the Americana singer confronts issues of moral wrongs, institutional control, and fundamental rights throughout Animals in the Dark." - The Absolute Sound
NASA: The Spirit of Apollo - A joyfully sometimes surreal musical expedition overflowing with inspired collaborations -Tom Waits growls over Kool Keith, Karen O taunts while Ol' Dirty Bastard gives shout-outs to Wu Tang and N.A.S.A from the grave, and David Byrne, Chuck D and others expound on the evils of "Money." In spite of the range of performers, the pairings make perfect sense. Live the band features dancing aliens which is always a plus.
"The Spirit of Apollo is what happens when the imagination is let out of its cage. Good things happen." - Urb
N.A.S.A.'s dope beats and wet-dream collaborations make Apollo an absolute must-have. - Alternative Press
Neko Case: Middle Cyclone - A stunning album by one of the preeminent songwriters and performers today. This is the record that finally transported Case from heroine of the underground into a deservedly larger spotlight. A riveting tour de force which has already graced many best of polls including those of Spin, Pitchfork and the top position on Amazon's "Best Music of 2009" list. The album has also received Two Grammy nominations for "Best Contemporary Folk Album" and "Best Recording Package" (for the striking album cover)
"Case has one of the most powerful sets of pipes in pop" - Rolling Stone
"Neko Case's songs are full of claws, wolves, tornadoes, birds of prey and the occasional gust of wind. But her voice is the real force of nature." - New York Times Magazine
Ramblin' Jack Elliott: A Stranger Here - The renowned troubadour steps out of the country/folk arena that has shaped his legend and examines pre-WWII blues songs in a wholly unique way. A Stranger Here proves another wonderful tome in the library of one of the great American storytellers. The album has been nominated for a Grammy in the category of "Best Traditional Blues Album" and has garnered the album's esteemed producer Joe Henry a nomination in the "Best Traditional Blues Album" category.
"Ramblin' Jack Elliott is, along with Pete Seeger, one of America's finest living folk singers. Seeing him play is a treat, but hearing him tell long, meandering stories -- he didn't get that nickname for nothing -- is transformative." - New York Times
"Both beautiful and brave in its purity" - Performing Songwriter
Bob Mould: Life and Times - A cathartic and vital album by an influential artist marks the respective anniversaries of the formation of Husker Du and Mould's lauded solo effort Workbook with an album of unflinching self-reflection. Standouts like "Wasted World" and "I'm Sorry Baby, But You Can't Stand In My Light Anymore" highlight an artist completing a cycle decades in the making, his talent undiminished, his perspective acute.
"Passion, beauty, intelligence, grace: it's all here." - Filter
"This newest collection is moody and minimalist, and it showcases Mould's introspective side. The most compelling songs evoke the speed, energy, and passionate commitment that justly made Mould an icon." - New Yorker
Jason Lytle: Yours Truly, The Commuter - Two years after Grandaddy's demise, Lytle returns with an immaculately crafted pop soundscape that mirrors both the dramatic environment of Lytle's newly-adopted Montana and the vintage twang of the Central California farmland that inspired hiss earlier work. Electronic flourishes collide with acoustic guitars and soulful piano parts, perfectly recreating Lytle's signature lo-fi-electro atmospheres.
"A richly textured work that is lovingly crafted and affectingly poignant." - Alternative Press
"A textured homage to the lush and laid-back West Coast dream life of his youth...it's like Bruce Springsteen's open highway finally reached a melancholy kid from Modesto." - Spin
Booker T: Potato Hole - The trailblazing soul man has written the most audacious chapter of his career with his first solo album in decades. Backed by the Drive-By Truckers with Booker's signature Hammond B3, the album bristles with energy and heart. The album has earned a Grammy nomination for Jones in the category of "Best Pop Instrumental Album."
"There are no chart-baiting superstar guest vocalists or gimmicks, just gut-punching, funky, loose-limbed, rock 'n' soul jams recorded in down-and-dirty sessions without an inch of fat." - Boston Globe
"Potato Hole proves as extraordinary, delirious and laugh-out-loud weird as anyone might dare hope." - Uncut
The Field: Yesterday & Today - The innovative sound artist expands his ever transfixing audio palette, continuing the oblique sampling strategy of his critically praised "From Here We Go Sublime" while building up the rhythmic architecture to startling new heights.
"Full of driving, dirty beats, crisp bells and hats that delicately pepper the high end, this sonic treasure offers plenty of infectious grooves." - DJ Times
"Yesterday & Today is gorgeous, overwhelming, lush and (mainly) wordless, and it reeks throughout of inarticulable emotion." - Prefix Magazine
Bettye LaVette: Change is Gonna Come Sessions - The soul singer extraordinaire revisits her forgotten post-Atlantic Records years as a nightclub singer and Broadway performer with a mix of classics including a heart wrenching rendition of Billie Holiday's "God Bless The Child" and an acclaimed version of Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come," which LaVette performed at the Obama Inaugural Celebration.
"There's no one more soulful than Bettye LaVette...Bettye makes great music now because of her obstacles. She has a fire in her belly and a passion that was never squashed over the years...you just hear it and feel it in everything she sings." - CNN.com
"a compelling and intimate set of songs that adroitly combine a smoky jazz club, Saturday night rent party and Sunday morning church service. " - Creative Loafing
Busdriver: Jhelli Beam - The art rap progenitor returns to jolt rap back into shape with virtuoso vocal stylings and poignant (and at times dadaist) lyricism. This record not only effortlessly trumps all previous mind-bending performances of his earlier works, but gives them new context; highlighting their dexterity with nuggets of election year paranoia and absurdist humor.
"Everything on Jhelli Beam makes sense. Every word is a picture. Every sentence pushed over the one before it the way dominos fall when they're lined up in a row....This is creativity - this is the reason for being: to preceive/ingest, and digest, and poop it out." - LA Record
"Busdriver's crazy, quick verses sprint from inside-out humor to social criticism alongside challenging beats that reward repeated listens. Exciting, odd stuff." - Chicago Tribune
Solillaquists of Sound: No More Heroes - With this release the Orlando-based hip hop quartet have accomplished the rare feat of creating a body of work that's as palatable to the public as it is groundbreaking, imaginative, and rewarding to listeners looking for something more in the soundtrack to their lives.
"authentic and raw, blending elements of dubstep, afrobeat, folk, most obviously hip-hop, but surprisingly more synth-beats infused in a background of beautiful harmonies." - 7x7 Magazine
"A lyrically potent, melodic, and danceable piece, make sure to cop one of the best records the year has to offer." - Sputnikmusic
Joe Henry: Blood From Stars - The revered solo artist and Grammy-winning producer's music spans many genres but the dominant sound on Blood From Stars is a rich blues tonality that swells into ravishing epics that jump the rails to incorporate folky jazz and bent Sinatra-esque washes of sampled strings. Henry's eleventh album is a tour de force of lush arrangements and seductive song lines. The acclaimed musician/producer was also nominated for a Grammy for his work guiding Ramblin Jack Elliott's release, A Stranger Here.
"Joe Henry is like that unexpected piece of dark chocolate at the bottom of the ice cream dish: something rich, sweet and so surprisingly good that you wonder how it escaped you before. This album captures a sensuous musicality, whether it's torch songs or avant-garde and traditional jazz, raw blues or pumped up soul escapades." - RELIX
"For connoisseurs of craft, Henry's writing is an absolute joy, drawing effortlessly on classic pop, roots, and folk traditions and alchemizing these various strains into a single, sweet sound." - American Way Magazine
Os Mutantes: Haih or Amortecedor - Still psychedelic, influential, political and playful after all these years - the near mythical has crafted triumphant return with their first record in 35 Years. Revered by luminaries such as Kurt Cobain, the Flaming Lips Devendra Banhart and Beck, the Mutantes have delivered one of the most original and enjoyable albums of the year.
"a superb, politically tinged reunion effort....their new songs remain as bold and fascinating as their old ones." - New Yorker
"Haih Or Amortecedor is rhapsodic, an endearing tribute, and a welcome addition, to one of pop music's strangest group of musicians." - Popmatters
Islands: Vapours - The ever evolving Montreal outfit returns with an album that flits back and forth between moody synthesizers and drum-machine-heavy beats and an array of intriguing sonic textures, all the while remaining firmly rooted in the classic pop sensibilities and melodic hooks the band is celebrated for.

"infectious and weird....masterful, refreshing synth-pop, served up pure and simple." - Blackbook
"one of our favorite albums of the fall. It's just some lush, pop goodness." - Paper Magazine
Rain Machine: Rain Machine - Kyp Malone's solo project features ten unflinchingly original and emotional songs mixing elements of modern jazz, blue-grass and blistering guitar driven rock into a refreshing new sound. As singer and guitarist for celebrated band TV on the Radio, Malone proved himself both a captivating and delightfully unpredictable musical force. On Rain Machine, he shows himself a singer and a lyricist of startling talents.
"Malone steps out with an emotionally open debut just as experimental and daring as his work with TVOTR." - USA Today
"The tunes sound a bit like a rain dance--tribal bells, trance-inflected refrains, the occasional howl--but one that's been fed through the post-apocalyptic fury of TV On The Radio. The result proves a compelling sonic exploration, knotty and exultant as ever." - The Onion
Dead Man's Bones: Dead Man's Bones - Initially intended as play about a monster-ghost-love-story, Zach Shields and Ryan Gosling eventually scrapped the stage show and recorded Dead Man's Bones, a refreshingly original album featuring doo-wop songs about werewolves, haunting melodies telling tales of zombies with broken hearts, and children singing the joys and pains of being alive or being dead.
"Simultaneously sweet and spooky, heart-stirring and imaginative; a wonderful requiem to our forgotten fear of the dark" - LA Weekly
"A decidedly beautiful thing" - MOJO
The Swell Season: Strict Joy - The follow up to their Oscar winning "Once" soundtrack, Strict Joy finds the duo of Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova evoking the bittersweet aftermath of their real life romance and breakup with an album of stirring folk tinged blue eyed soul.
"a lush, lovely, heartfelt gem." - NPR
"Strict Joy is a joy from start to finish, as few bands manage to mix intimacy and sweeping songcraft with such finesse." - All Music Guide
Alec Ounsworth: Mo' Beauty - a soulful and intriguing solo endeavor from celebrated singer/songwriter Alec Ounsworth of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Recorded in music-steeped New Orleans with an all star cast of local talent, the end result is a display of masterful songwriting and arguably Ounsworth's best work yet.
"Mesmerizing and profound" - The Onion
"The sharpest arrangements and best songwriting of his short career: Almost every tune on Mo Beauty equals or betters those on CYHSY's lauded 2005 debut, mixing spooky folk with frantic fun. Ounsworth's regular band may have a shaky future, but he doesn't." - Spin
Tom Waits: Glitter & Doom Live - This two disc collection perfectly documents Waits' sold out, acclaimed 2008 "Glitter and Doom" tour. The music disc features Waits' in his eclectic glory shifting seamlessly from an array of characters: carnival barker, preacher, country singer, soul balladeer; cabaret singer and storyteller. Disc Two is a selection of the comic bromides, strange musings, and unusual facts that Waits traditionally shares with his audience during the piano set.
"One of the most charismatic and straightforwardly entertaining live artists you are ever likely to see or hear. (..) Pick disc one for the uninterrupted junkyard blues and bewilderingly tender crooning: choose disc two for trivia and lies dredged from the back pages of the Fortean Times and delivered sans songs with the impeccable timing of a seasoned professional still in love with the stage and his audience." - Time Out London
"Equal parts Captain Beefheart and Louis Armstrong as he examines the full spectrum of life, from the grimly grotesque to the sweetly sentimental... It's an utter delight." - NME
* Mavis Staples: Live: Hope at the Hideout - While technically released at the end of 2008, it's worth mentioning that Mavis' blistering live album has just earned the legendary soul singer a well deserved Grammy nomination in the category of "Best Contemporary Blues Album." Mavis was previously awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2005 Grammys for her collective work with the Staples Singers.


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Brief Summary
Formula is no stranger to adding upscale features to their product line, and this 270 SS has the right ingredients to make your days on the water a class act. She's got a lot of thoughtful touches and a few clever innovations thrown in, and if you decide to get the urge to just stay out, then she can accommodate overnights just as easily. Our features walkthrough was from a first look at the latest version of this sporty weekender from the New York Boat Show, and if she's this good looking on the hard, just wait till you see her in the water.
Key Features
- 10-year structural warranty
- Imron graphic A, B, and C with cockpit accent striping
- 6 custom Formula logo-cast cleats
- 316 L stainless steel transom grab rails with tow eye
- Extended integrated swim platform with concealed swim ladder
- Clarion and Kenwood stereos in cockpit and Clarion stereo in cabin
- Twin dual-position helm and passenger bucket seating
- Removable cockpit table
- In-floor ski and wakeboard storage
- UltraLeather U-shaped forward dinette lounge/double berth in cabin
|Length Overall
|27' 0'' / 8.23 m
8' 6''
2.59 m
|Dry Weight
6,200 lbs.
2,812 kg
1.02 m
|Max Headroom
|Bridge Clearance
8' 7''
2.62 m w/ tower
|Fuel Capacity
100 gal.
|Water Capacity
14 gal.
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Engine Options
|Tested Engine
Currently no test numbers
|Std. Power
|Opt. Power
1 x 300-hp MerCruiser 350 MAG ECT Bravo Three
1 x 320-hp MerCruiser 377 MAG ECT Bravo Three
1 x 380-hp MerCruiser 8.2 MAG ECT Bravo Three X
1 x 430-hp MerCruiser 8.2 MAG High Output ECT Bravo Three X
3 Volvo Penta V8 Duoprop engine options
Captain's Report
By Capt. Steve
Mission Statement
The Formula 270 SS was designed to create a boat that primarily spends her time as a day cruiser, with accommodations for occasional overnighting. She is designed for entertaining and fast trips across the water in a boat that has the style and elegance few can match.
Distinguishing Features
While a lot of what make up the Formula 270 SS layout may not jump out as being different, there are some features that differentiate her from others in class.
First-class Treatments.
These are items that we look at, nod our heads, and say "it's a Formula." Some of those elements are--
Burlwood Dash Panel.
No plastic fantastic here! This helm has real wood accents on the panel and wood inserts in the premium steering wheel.
Ultraleather Upholstery in the Cabin.
Now we've seen Ultraleather below decks in other boats, but rarely in one that could be referred to as being in the cuddy-cabin class. Boats in this class are usually resigned to thick vinyl, usually in blue and gray. Ultra-leather gives a much softer and more comfortable feel to any seat, and certainly to these.
Cherry Wood Grains.
Another area on most other boats in class where stick-on veneers and a composite tables are the norm.
Quilted Padded Surface under the Backrests.
In the cuddy where we would expect to see a carpeted area under the backrests of the seating, here we have much more with soft to the touch quilted and padded area. Why would Formula do this? Because when sleeping in this berth it's much more comfortable to roll over against a padded surface than a rough carpeted one. And it looks better, too.
Wood Cabin Deck.
Light Cherry or Ash wood grain decking is standard in the cabin deck.
Imron Graphics.
Choice of graphics is pained with Imron as is the cockpit accent striping.
Formula Gel Coat Work.
All gel coat finishes are not the same. Formula compounds, buffs and waxes its gel coat to give it a high gloss finish. Few other companies put in the man-hours necessary to create this glossy look.
John Adams has been styling and designing Formula boats for as long as I can remember. The boat's lines are classic and elegant and John has a knack for staying ahead of trends and keeping Formula's looking different. He is the exclusive designer for Formula. In case one hasn't noticed, most powerboat builders don't mention the name of their designer. The reason is that the in-house ones tend to come and go, and the commissioned ones can do work for anyone.
Formula Guard.
While it's not uncommon for a boat and motor to have a one year manufacturer's warranty, once that one year expires Formula guard takes over for an additional 4 years giving a full 5 years of protection. Formula is one of a handful of companies that have 5-year service contracts as standard equipment.
Let Us Spray
If one sits on the waterfront and watch boats go by they can literally pick a Formula out of the crowd even from a distance. It's easy to do just by looking at the shine. These boats glimmer in the sun because they're polished to perfection.
The graphics standout because they're not decals, they are painted on with Imron, a high-end expensive polyurethane paint that is difficult to apply. Formula buffs it to a high state of gloss. Typically, Imron paint lasts for 10 years before it starts to dull.
Go for the Hull Color.
Owners can even go one better than just Imron graphics. For $3,155 Formula will cover the topsides with Imron, and frankly in my opinion anything but white is a step in the right direction. But Formula doesn't just stop at the painting. Once the boat comes out of the spray booth, a team descends on the boat, buffing and polishing it for hours on end.
During my last tour of the Formula factory I stood in front of an Imron painted and polished hull and could see every detail of my face in its mirror-like finish. When I stepped away from the boat a woman smeared still another dose of compound across the hull and went at it with the power buffer.. yet again… and again.. and….
Features Walkthrough
Starting at the swim platform is a recessed reboarding ladder to the starboard side with a clear sight line to the helm. Low maintenance vinyl decking is offered as an option ($2,760) in teak grain vinyl. An optional ski tow pylon ($945) inserts into a socket and the centerline of the swim platform. To the port side is a large trunk storage locker for lines and fenders and to starboard is the entry to the cockpit.
Classy Aft Seating.
The 270 SS has a double wide aft facing rumble seat that makes a great place to relax while beached or at anchor. If the boater is not comfortable lounging, then it easily converts into a flat sun pad. Formula is quick to point out that this seat should not be used while the 270 SS is underway, and they are correct to do so.
A Lighted Entrance.
Before stepping up to the cockpit walkthrough there are two blue courtesy lights that will allow one to enter the boat on a dark night and see that there is indeed a step there. These courtesy lights are repeated in the cockpit, and I know what one will think. How do we turn the lights on if we're not on the boat? It's done with the optional handheld remote control ($520). In addition, I would opt for the attractive transom gate ($290). It has an acrylic face that allows the boater to see through while it is in the closed position leaving the ability to back into a slip with clear sightlines.
First Impressions.
The first thing I noticed as I stepped into the cockpit was the custom pattern carpet ($745). It has a look of wood decking and comes across as very classy looking, especially when compared to the usual plane single color snap-in carpeting that we see elsewhere.
The cockpit is designed as a comfortable gathering area while keeping the occupants secure when underway. The L-shaped seating makes an al fresco dining area when the cockpit table is put into place.
Many standards to this Formula.
The cockpit table by the way is a standard feature on the 270 SS. An automatic fire suppression system comes standard for the engine room, as does a required fire extinguisher for the cockpit. That's pretty much an ongoing theme with Formula.
Options to Consider.
Since everyone uses a boat differently, Formula has kept a lot of expensive items off the standards list. One that stands out is a demand water system connected to a 13 gallon (49.2 L) water tank plumbed to the cockpit wet bar and transom shower. While one may not be inclined to drink the water from a tank filled with the dockside hose, it is surprisingly convenient to be able to clean the plastic dishes and shower off after swimming in salt water.
We also suggest that the boater consider putting a factory-installed Bimini on the boat, trim tabs, a digital throttle and shift system, and a VHF radio. If boating in saltwater and do not haul the boat after every use then we would get either Volvo Penta's OceanX anti-corrosion lower unit system or Mercury's SeaCore system, depending on the brand engine that's selected. We would also spring for the polished stainless steel windshield frame -- it makes all the difference in the look of the boat.
Engine Choices under the Sun Pad.
The 270 that I saw had a standard motorized hatch lift that raised the aft part of the L-shaped seating and the entire aft facing rumble seat. Unfortunately, the hatch also extends to the cockpit walkthrough so with the hatch in the open position entry and egress is blocked. I found the installation to be roomy allowing access to all sides of the engine and even providing room for storage to the sides.
There's no real standard engine for the 270 SS per se, but the least expensive choice is the 300-hp Volvo Penta V8-300C with Duoprop outdrive ($141,060). Choices will then increase in both horsepower and outdrives topping off at the MerCruiser 8.2 MAG high output ECT with a B3X drive ($161,570).
Some performance options are available such as Bennett trim tabs ($1,060), and a salt water protection system or freshwater flush installed by the manufacturer ($3,265).
Time for Watersports.
In addition to the optional ski tow pylon, a removable ski/wakeboard tower is available as an option. It's made of an anodized frame and includes swivel mounted ski and wake board racks. The all-around light is mounted on top of a tow point that is 7'10" (2.4 m) above the deck. One can also add halogen tower lights, quick release speakers, and a 3-lens rearview mirror for the helm.
View from the Helm.
When sitting in the helm seat I noticed that my line of sight had me looking directly at the windshield frame. However, Formula's are known to ride roughly 5 -degrees bow high so this shouldn't be a problem. Of course when idling, the boater is more likely to sit on top of the flip up bolster eliminating the issue entirely. Obviously this is an issue to check on any boat that is bought.
The Livorsi gauges are domed with chrome bezels. A digital depth sounder is on the standard list and SmartCraft gauges are to the outsides. The rocker switches are illuminated and waterproof. The premium steering wheel is on a standard tilt mount and looks outstanding with its Burl wood inlay. Optional features include the VHF radio ($1,410), Mercury's DTS control system and a Garmin 547 chartplotter ($1,795).
If one wants to save a few dollars, then have a local electronics dealer install the VHF radio and chartplotter, however the advantage of having it installed by the factory is the fit-and-finish of the installation and the fact that the builder will stand behind the equipment and its installation.
Companion Seating.
Like the skipper, the companion gets an equally comfortable bucket seat with flip up bolster. For safety a fire extinguisher is mounted in the port side bulwarks. The seat swivels around 180-degrees to provide a comfortable spot for watching the end of the towline for joining in on the conversation in the cockpit.
There's Easy Access to the Bow.
Molded steps give access to the walkthrough windshield. The foredeck has a center nonskid strip flanked by two polished Bomar hatches. Fully forward is a concealed fiberglass anchor locker with this stainless steel beach reboarding ladder.
Taking a Look at the Cabin.
Down below, the main focus is on the Ultraleather U-shaped forward dinette lounge that easily converts to a double berth by lowering the finished cherry or ash wood table and adding filler cushions. The 270 SS comes with custom pillows and draperies. There's a stitched vinyl divider for privacy.
Head Room.
The concealed head is to starboard and offers no privacy, so be sure to close the companionway hatch when in use. The standard head features a Porta-Potti. Options include a manual porcelain head with a 13 gallon (49.2 L) holding tank and dockside pump out ($1,600), and the same set up with a Y-valve with dockside pump out ($2,795). But since it's a Formula, and owners of these boats rarely do things halfway, more popular options will probably include a VacuFlush toilet with dockside pump out ($3,865) or a Y-valve with dockside pump out ($5,020).
With a price tag starting at $141,060, the Formula 270 Sun Sport is certainly more expensive than others in class. As we always say, Formulas are not for everyone. But the 270 is made for the discerning buyer who appreciates the quality, styling, attention to detail, and the exclusivity of owning premium item like a Formula.

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By Nicholas Carman
Less than a week working at VO and I already wanted to taste the 650b nectar. I have been riding larger tires for quite some time, but while touring the tires I ride weigh more than some modern racing frames and I have come to realize that at some point in tire size, bigger is not necessarily better. Having settled into town, I opted for a lighter, faster tire; something that would race around town a bit, then take me out to the country with greater ease and enjoyment. The list is short for quality, medium volume tires that would fit my 1985 Schwinn High Sierra or my girlfriend's Surly LHT; both are 26" bikes with drops and touring equipment. I saddled up on a pair of 38mm Panaracer T-Serv tires, and was immediately underwhelmed by the ride of small wheels and smaller tires.
The workshop at VO is full of treasures, and I found a pair of space-age cantilever brakes (the next version of the Grand Cru) that I wanted to test. Upon mounting them, I realized that they had a lot of vertical adjustment…some quick calculations and a few minutes later there was a 650b wheel mounted in my frame with the brakes adjusted at the top of their range. The thought of finally riding high-quality, larger volume tires seemed heaven-sent. Road bikes have many high quality tires to choose from, although they are mostly too narrow for my needs. My mountain bike frame is happy with many tough, long-wearing road touring/commuting tires, but the ride quality of even the best options is a bit uninspired. The magic of 650b, I realized was the option to ride lightweight, high-quality tires with reasonable air volume like the Pacenti Neo-Moto without undersized or oversized wheel dimensions. In short, I didn't have to choose anymore-- I could ride nice, big tires. I mounted a pair of Pacenti Pari-Moto tires and was immediately hooked. The volume of the tire, the supple casing, and lightweight (less than 300g) made for the most lively ride I've ever experienced. With the 650b Pari-Moto, my wheel is the same size as my previous touring wheel, thus, the bike handled in a more familiar way than it did with the undersized Panaracer T-serv tires.
If you wish to ride tires under 32mm, 700c works well as there as more than a few tires to choose from. For tires over 42mm, 26" is a good place to be. But if you want the dreamy, quick and comfortable ride on high quality, larger volume tires between 32-42mm, 650b is where it's at.
26" to 650b conversion details: Most classic mountain bikes and some popular modern offerings such as the Surly LHT (26") have adequate clearance for all of the smooth tread 650b tires. A 650b/38mm wheel actually suits the dimensions of the LHT better than a narrow 26"/32-38mm wheel, which leaves gaping clearances and unfamiliar handling. Conversion simply relies on a brake with 12.5 mm of vertical adjustability (half the 25mm difference between 559 and 584). We have already identified that Tektro CR720 brakes work at the top of their range, as did a prototype Grand Cru brake hanging out in our shop. Of course there are a few v-brake designs that have been around since the 90's with loads of vertical adjustment as well.
A little about Nicholas,
Since diving into bike touring three years ago, Lael and I have toured around much of the US, including trips on both coasts (three times on the west coast). Three months in France early last spring allowed us ample time to travel the countryside, from our home in St. Malo, Brittany to Chamonix-Mt. Blanc and back, among many shorter regional trips. This past winter we biked south from Seattle and down the Baja Peninsula, then sailed to the mainland and rode into the Sierra Madre to the Copper Canyon. We have lived and worked seasonally in St. Malo, FR, Denali, AK and finally in Key West, FL where we worked as pedicab drivers for several months to escape the northern winter.


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"Failure: Trying to Control Java GC"
I recently had the brilliant idea that I could control the Java garbage collector, in an attempt to avoid it from interrupting some time-critical code. My plan was to do this by using native code, but it failed... brilliantly. The theory behind this is that GC will not begin until all running threads have entered a safe-point (more on this later). One thing that will delay this is a Java thread that is currently waiting to return from a native call (i.e., via JNI), among other things.
I began by creating a simple API with the methods
pauseGC() and
resumeGC(). The JNI implementation would have matching methods called
nPauseGC() and
nResumeGC(), where the "n" stands for "native." The theory of operation goes like this:
- pauseGC(): 1 - Create a Java thread that calls the JNI code, nPauseGC() 2 - nPauseGC() will: 2.a - Increment a counter 2.b - Block by entering spin loop until the value of the counter goes back to 0 3 - Return to the Java calling thread - resumeGC(): 1 - Call nResumeGC(), which will decrement the value of the counter in step 2.b for pauseGC above
To call native code from Java, you first need to define the calls in your Java code like this:
public class GCController { // ... // Native calls: native public void nPauseGC(); native public void nResumeGC(); }
Next, you need to generate the JNI stub code by using the javah utility found in the bin directory of your JDK installation. For this implementation, I ran the following from the command line:
javah -jni -d . -cp ./build/classes gccontroller.GCController
This tells javah to generate a JNI header, place it in the current directory, for the class
GCController in the package gccontroller. The output was the C++ header file called gccontroller_GCController.h.
Next, I implemented the API, with the methods
pauseGC() and
resumeGC(). The implementation of
pauseGC() looks like this:
public void pauseGC() { // Create a thread that calls into the native code and blocks // until signaled to return via the resumeGC method if ( paused ) { // already paused return; } new Thread() { public void run() { paused = true; nPauseGC(); // Will block until signaled paused = false; } }.start(); }
The implementation of
resumeGC() is very simple:
public void resumeGC() { // Signal the native code to unblock and return from the pauseGC call nResumeGC(); paused = false; }
The native C++ code implementation is as follows, with explanation afterwards:
#include <jni.h> #include <thread> #include <unistd.h> #include "gccontroller_GCController.h" int calls = 0; void waitWhile() { while ( calls > 0 ) { usleep(1); } } /* * Class: gccontroller_GCController * Method: nPauseGC * Signature: ()V */ JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_gccontroller_GCController_nPauseGC(JNIEnv* penv, jobject obj) { // Start a native thread, and wait on an object printf("nPauseGC call counter=%d \n", ++calls); std::thread r (waitWhile); r.join(); } /* * Class: gccontroller_GCController * Method: nResumeGC * Signature: ()V */ JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_gccontroller_GCController_nResumeGC(JNIEnv* env, jobject obj) { // Signal the native thread to resume printf("nResumeGC call counter=%d \n", --calls); }
This is very simple really. The method
Java_gccontroller_GCController_nPauseGC() — I know, JNI creates long-winded method names — increments a counter and creates a native thread that spins until the counter reaches zero. The call to
join() ensures the method will not return until the thread spin-loop terminates via a call to
Testing It: Safe Points
My intention was to use this implementation to try to halt the garbage collector while my code executed something time-critical to avoid it getting interrupted. To test it, I created a method that called
pauseGC(), went into a loop allocating memory until it was basically all used, and then called
resumeGC(). When I ran it with the
-XX:+PrintGC java command-line parameter, I didn't expect to see garbage collection events between my calls to pause and resume the GC, but I did. Why? Because the Java VM is smarter than I am.
My theory was based on the fact that the JVM pauses Java threads when they enter what's called a "safe point", which occurs on method returns, loop iterations, returns from native calls, and so on. Java threads pass through safe points all the time without delay. The JVM only uses these safe points to pause application threads when it needs to do something special, such as invoking the garbage collector or the just-in-time (JIT) compiler. I thought that by delaying a native call from returning back to the calling Java code, I could halt the GC. While it's true that it might delay the start of GC, it doesn't stop GC. The JVM just delays the return of your native call instead. On top of that, it can actually create what appears to your application as an even longer GC pause. This is because while all other application threads are paused at their safe points waiting for your native-calling Java thread to enter its safe point, none of your threads get any work done, and neither does the GC.
To see all of this in action for yourself, download the code, and run the test application with the following java command-line parameters:
> java -XX:+PrintGCApplicationStoppedTime -XX:+PrintSafepointStatistics -Xms10m -Xmx128m -verbose:gc -XX:+PrintGCTimeStamps -XX:+PrintGC -XX:+PrintGCDetails -Djava.library.path=<path to your native library code> gccontroller.GCController
Lesson Learned: Don't Help, Control, or Avoid GC
Long ago I wrote here and in other places that you should never try to help the GC, try to avoid GC, or otherwise attempt to control GC because these attempts usually work against you. For instance, people that avoid "creating garbage" by pooling and reusing objects, thus trying to avoid the allocation of memory in the process, usually hurt the collector. This is because "garbage collection" is a misnomer, as the bulk of typical GC work is tracing and moving live objects. Creating large pools of objects creates more work for the GC, which can result in longer pauses. I should have heeded my own advice, but learning from failure is what programming is all about.
In the next blog, I'll go over other poor Java coding practices that can delay Java safe point entry, hence making it appear that GC is taking longer than expected, and how JVM implementations attempt to avoid this.
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Friday, October 2, 2009
Mutiny! Uprising! Unrest!
Rather suddenly, a bucketload of reports have come out indicating that the players have had just about enough of Cito Gaston, and are determined to see him turfed out on his keester at the season's conclusion. And if any member of the Blue Jays' playing roster is reading this, we say to you: RISE UP! Get him out of there now! YOU HAVE THE POWER!
We had a sinking feeling that it had become an inevitability that Cito would be back, as the senior management brain trust wouldn't feel like they could shitcan such a living legend, and because they couldn't conceive of how this craptastic season could be Cito's fault.
But now that the players have started an off-the-record campaign to demonstrate their displeasure, we hope and pray that this might just be enough to end Cito's reign of oblivious ineffectiveness and unconscious ineffectiveness.
38 comments:
- The Ack said...
"If guys aren't happy with whatever happened here, then they're looking at the wrong person," Gaston said.
"If they're unhappy, they have to look at themselves, because I certainly treated everybody in a way that I'd like to be treated as a player and how I'd like my manager to treat me. If they're grumbling, they're grumbling because they didn't do their jobs. They had opportunities."
Well, way to take even an iota of responsibility Cito, for fuck sakes.
The offseason just got more interesting. As if we needed the drama.
- October 2, 2009 at 9:55 AM
- Christopher Jones said...
Is this season really Cito's fault? Didn't nearly everyone predict fourth place and 76 wins?
I am not saying Cito is w/o fault; he has made head scratching decisions all year but this team is what we thought they were.
- October 2, 2009 at 10:53 AM
- Darren Priest said...
...and they took the field anyways!
- October 2, 2009 at 11:35 AM
- Voodoo Matt said...
... Sweep it clean, Beeston, JP, Cito and anyone who sticks to Cito. The "Player's Manager" title was bullshit, and those who sold it to us should be ashamed of themselves. It was something we held onto through the lack of on field moves.
For the season to end like this is just about unbearable. I hope they are all gone before the end of the ALDS.
- October 2, 2009 at 11:46 AM
- Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf) said...
Mutiny in CitoCity.
It was bound to happen.
I think the 2009 Jays "are who we thought they were." This team wasn't supposed to accomplish much this season, and didn't.
That being said, it's clear Cito is a goner. The last half of 2008, and the first six weeks of 2009 were awesome.
- October 2, 2009 at 11:47 AM
The criticism that he was too negative and didn't coddle the young guys drives me batshit. What a bunch of fucking babies.
- October 2, 2009 at 11:56 AM
I bet Overbay is behind a lot of this if it's true. He's the one long term veteran that's had his playing time cut. Not only that but replaced by an old stiff like Millar.
- October 2, 2009 at 12:20 PM
- REAN said...
Overbay doesn't seem like the type. Imagine what guys like Accardo are saying off the record...
- October 2, 2009 at 12:27 PM
Yeah but Accardo has no clout. This would not get reported if it was just him or some whiny rookies. It could be Wells sticking up for one of his pals too.
But I smell Overbay all over this
- October 2, 2009 at 12:30 PM
This whole team went to hell when they got rid of that scrumptious beast of a man named Alex Rios.
His sexy body kept morale high and attention away from Cito's antics.
God, I miss that man.
- October 2, 2009 at 12:33 PM
I don't blame Overbay. He actuall had a decent season and we can all agree Millar is a has-been stiff.
- October 2, 2009 at 12:39 PM
- QJays said...
I think it's hard to imagine Overbay as ring leader (assuming there is one), but he's among a number of good reasons why this should happen.
I'd be down with firing joe morgan too - now there is a cause I could behind.
- October 2, 2009 at 12:42 PM
There is no reason for Accardo not to be considered for closer once Ryan went down. None. I'd say he did a fine job in 2007, good enough to close on most teams, and certainly good enough to warrant a considerable look two years later.
- October 2, 2009 at 12:45 PM
- Darren Priest said...
I bet it was Shea Hillenbrand.
- October 2, 2009 at 1:14 PM
- Silly Erickus said...
In his comment responses Wilner has said Overbay wasn't in on this...Wilner has also posted a new blog about his very topic.
- October 2, 2009 at 1:27 PM
- Darren Priest said...
From Wilner's post "I couldn't do anything with the story because no one would agree to go on the record with me, but never in the time that I've been covering this team have I seen clubhouse discontent like this."
What a bunch of chickens!
- October 2, 2009 at 1:43 PM
- Torgen said...
What do you mean, Overbay has had a good season? He'd be in the bottom third of everyday first basemen if he was an everyday first baseman, but he almost always got the platoon advantage so he should have been much better.
- October 2, 2009 at 1:56 PM
- SP said...
Only a matter of time before Cito complains about racism again
- October 2, 2009 at 2:20 PM
- Twitchy said...
Overbay's not exactly a problem for the Jays this year. He's 7th in the AL in OPS against RHP for 1B (923). Ahead of some scrub named Morneau.
It's irrelevant how he does against LHP, because he shouldn't be facing them. Bautista should be facing all lefties for Overbay, especially considering the fact he's (Bautista) got a 936 OPS against them.
You put Overbay & Bautista together and you've got a cheap, effective, 900+ OPS 1B.
Seriously, the Jays have bigger issues to worry about then the fact that Overbay can't hit lefties - especially when they've got a perfect platoon partner for him.
- October 2, 2009 at 2:26 PM
Wow, Shea Hillenbrand should become the new Miss Cleo.
- October 2, 2009 at 2:29 PM
- dave said...
"an off-the-record campaign"
Does that annoy anyone else? Has that become a normal way to do things in sports?
I don't think it's the right way to deal with someone you have a problem with. I'm as frustrated as anyone with Cito's lineup choices and handling of the bullpen but he deserves to be treated better than having a bunch of pussies call Wilner over "in hushed tones" and bitch.
I don't know, maybe that is an appropriate way to deal with things in baseball now. And hell, maybe the players did talk to Cito, J.P. and Beeston themselves and this was their last resort.
Just irks me.
- October 2, 2009 at 2:35 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
What do you expect Dave? That they're going to let Cito have it publicly?
Of course they won't.
But this has been simmering for a while. Overbay has said in a few interviews that he's found the playing time issue frustrating, because he doesn't feel like he can get in a groove. Snider was frustrated at how much tutelage he was getting. Accardo was frustrated with being jerked around.
The players probably see the same thing we do every night, and ask themselves why Cito refuses to put his best lineup in on most nights, preferring to take some notional longview of the situation that just doesn't seem to acknowledge the importance of each night's game.
Maybe if the team was managed a little more aggressively, they get four or five more wins this season. To guys who are as competitive as pro athletes, those four or five wins matter, even if they don't result in a playoff spot or a record above .500.
- October 2, 2009 at 2:59 PM
- Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf) said...
Shit's hitting the fan. This is awesome.
- October 2, 2009 at 4:11 PM
- dave said...
No, not go on the record. I would rather them keep it within the organization and talk to J.P., Beeston et al.
Maybe they did that and felt nothing was going to happen.
I think I'm just focusing on a far smaller issue becuase, of course, the players are right to be upset.
- October 2, 2009 at 4:16 PM
- Stedron said...
Cito also blamed all the Jays bloggers.
He won't be fired. He'll accept a reassignment in the organization.
- October 2, 2009 at 4:24 PM
Bastian's Twitter:
Asked if it would be difficult to play under Cito again in 2010, Wells: "I cant answer that question."
Asked if it has ever been this bad in the clubhouse in the past, Wells: "No."
- October 2, 2009 at 4:27 PM
- dave said...
Tao, this is basically what I was talking about:
"I don't know what I'm going to say yet," Beeston said, adding that he is not happy by the development.
"I'm not pleased by it, I'm not pleased by any unnamed sources," he said. "I'm not pleased by the fact that anybody would talk to the press before talking to me first.
"If we're going to be a (successful) organization that door's got to be open and I've told the players that before."
- October 2, 2009 at 4:28 PM
- Torgen said...
The only regular 1B on a playoff team with worse wOBA than Overbay is Loney, and all those guys face both handed pitchers.
- October 2, 2009 at 4:45 PM
So this is Wells' doing it. I bet he's pissed that he got dropped down in the order. It must be Cito's fault he stunk so bad.
Maybe just maybe, Cito didn't like the excessive partying of a certain fat bald centre fielder.
- October 2, 2009 at 4:48 PM
- Twitchy said...
Right, but that's because his manager left Overbay in vs LHP when he had a perfectly capable bench bat in Bautista.
If you could tell me what Overbay's wOBA is vs RHP compared to other 1B I'd be interested. But I could care less how he does overall, because his vs LHP splits are meaningless in a platoon situation.
- October 2, 2009 at 5:34 PM
- Torgen said...
I haven't found a site that has EqA or wOBA splits sorted by position, but even if you take OPS, 7th in a 14 team league isn't good.
- October 2, 2009 at 5:49 PM
I think you've missed the point Torgen. Overbay's job is to hit right-handed pitching, which he does very well. It's Cito's job to platoon him with a lefty-masher, which he does an incompetant job of.
- October 2, 2009 at 7:30 PM
- Jayszone93 said...
Seems like a bunch of non-professionals if you ask me... A 4th place team calling out their manager? Where was this discontent when the team was 10 games over .500?
- October 2, 2009 at 9:02 PM
Agreed. If any of the dozen players aren't Hill, Halladay, or Lind, they can eat a giant bag of fuck.
- October 2, 2009 at 11:51 PM
- REAN said...
I stand corrected on Overbay...
Blue Jays first baseman Lyle Overbay pointed to Gaston's "old-school" approach and said that it sometimes does not work well with younger members of the club.
via Bastian.
Maybe he just didn't speak to Wilner about it. (can't find where Mike clears Overbay's name to reference)
- October 3, 2009 at 12:29 AM
- bkblades said...
There was some indication of Overbay's unhappiness earlier in the season in a Jays pre-game interview with Howarth or Wilner (can't remember which right now), about being frustrated about being platooned. But he just said it's out of his hands.
- October 3, 2009 at 1:39 AM
- Tao of Stieb said...
This discontent has been out there if you read between the lines closely enough.
And I'd be willing to bet that Halladay, Hill, Snider, Overbay, Barajas, Wells, Accardo, and Downs are amongst those who are leading the charge here.
Anyone want to question their bona fides in asking what the manager is doing?
If the manager were anyone other than Cito, the entirety of the fanbase would be ready to run that guy out of town by now.
Cito, Beeston, Tennace, Leyva...all that old school group has got to get the hell out of town. It's over for them.
The Blue Jays need a new identity, and can't keep reaching back to the heyday that is utterly irrelevant now.
- October 3, 2009 at 1:58 AM
- Twitchy said...
Torgen - Overbay may be 7th, but when the #1 guy has a 966 OPS, the #4/5 guy has a 940 OPS and Overbay has a 923 OPS vs RHP...it's not a huge difference. It's not like the #1 guy has a 1.00 OPS and Overbay's sitting at 800 vs RHP. If you try to upgrade there, it's a marginal upgrade at best and it'll cost more than it's worth to add .020-.040 points of OPS just to be in the top 2-3 spots.
- October 3, 2009 at 9:34 AM


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You will need a copy of the February 2004 Issue of The Mitten (found here on SeekingMichigan.org), to be handed out to students in class as a reading activity.
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After giving students sufficient time to read the brochure, either in groups or alone, depending on their age group, pose these questions, which directly refer to the information in the text.
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I have lately inherited a goodly number of papers relating to the Watson family from my grandfather Watson's youngest sister, Dixie. Part of these were kept and maintained by the eldest brother of the family, Ralph Watson, who is now deceased. Uncle Ralph saved several important family papers, including the complete chain of title for his grandfather Daniel Alexander Watson's land with a copy of the original land entry.
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Complaint for Partition of Real Estate
The State of South Carolina
County of Oconee
In the Court of Common Pleas
Jacob B. Alexander plaintiff
Mary Alexander widow of James
Alexander, deceased; Elias F. Alex
ander, Jordan Alexander, David
Alexander, brothers, and Nancy Ann
Madden, sister of James Alexander,
decd; Martha Watson, Mary M.Call,
Pendleton Alexander, Rebecca Hudson,
Pickens Alexander, Nance Alexander,
Tallulah Alexander & Siotha Alexander,
children, and Jennie Alexande [sic] [w]idow,
of Micajih Alexander, decd; Daniel
D. Alexander, William Alexander, Sarah
Frasier, Lucinda Alexander, Thomas
Alexander, & Jacob Alexander, children,
and Charlotte Alexander, widow, of
Isaac Alexander, decd; and Daniel
Perritt, Elisabeth Ann Perritt, and
Levina[?] Perritt, children of Melissa
Perritt decd; Daniel Watson, James
Watson, and Elizabeth Watson,
children of Elizabeth Watson decd; and
Thomas E. Madden, Defendants
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The plaintiff above named complaining of
the defendants above named shows to the court,
That on the 15th day of June 1864, James Alex-
ander, being owner in fee of the Real estate hereinafter
described, died intestate as to the same, towit:
All that piece, parcel, or tract of land situate in the
County and State aforesaid on the North Fork of
Little River waters of Seneca River adjoining lands
of William Whitmire, Moses Cantrell and others, being
the Real Estate of D. D. Alexander decd and containin
Six hundred and forty four acres, excep the portion
off to Elias F. and Jacob Alexander,: a division of said
amongst the devisees thereof, of D. D. Alexander, decd, by
agreement under seal dated 23rd March 1863. the portion
so cut off being as follows: Elias[?] F. Alexander to have from
a rock corner near the bridge opposite the old ford thence
a strait line to a Red Oak corner[?] on the outside line
this part being below on East side of ditch- Jacob Alex
ander to have all on the west side of Little River and
from ford of the creek out to ditch above about three
That the said James Alexander left no lineal de-
scendants, but left as his heirs at law and distributees [his?]
widow, Mary Alexander, the defendant first above named, his
mother Levina Alexander, his brothers and sisters Jacob B.
Alexander, plaintiff aforesaid, and Elias F. Alexander, Jordan
Alexander, Nancy Ann Madden and David Alexander,
defendants above mentioned, and Micajah Alexander, Isaac
Alexander, Eliabeth Watson nee Alexander, and the defendants
Daniel Perritt, Elizabeth Ann, and Levina Perritt the
children of Melissa Perritt nee Alexander a predeceased
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Here Are Some Drawer Handle Designs That Are Good Examples of Organic Design
Today, organic design, i.e. design that is not based on total geometry, but rather curves is popular, it is popular because such designs are usually soft and edge free, and they look like, what we we would normally find in nature, thus they are not alien in their nature, unlike the geometric works.In this article, I'm presenting you some of the drawer handle designs made by OMC Design Studios, the common element in all handles displayed here are the usage of vectors that enable the handles designs to be made easier without actually drawing a full polygonal model.During the organic design process of drawer handles, the first thing we have is a 3d vectoral drawing that acts as the cage, the designs are smoothed with a method called sub-patching, which makes them look soft and edge free, but we always have the opportunity to include some edgy feeling by adding sharpness and details to the 3d model.The advantage of organic design based on subpatches i.e. vectors is that, it allows variations to be made easier, this is of course could also be a pitfall as you would sometimes spends hours on trying to find the correct look and feel.If you had ever worked with ceramics, that you will understand better; the organic design process is more or less like playing with the clay, the material is limited, and you can extend, pull, push, squeeze it to arrive at a certain shape.Of course using the computer, we can have good amount of symmetry and mathematical perfection that we would normally lack if we were to make the handles with the clay, but, without the computer, these drawer handles are possible to be made using just clay, thus with this method, you would also have a prototype too.The more we introduce details, the less it starts looking natural, such as this drawer handle, that looks more geometric, however the methodology is not different, what we do here is that after we have a very organic design, we twist and bend it further using the complex polygon structure.The drawer handle above is a good example, that looks almost geometrically designed, however the each of small details and the handle itself is based on organic design principles, with higher details.The Lovers of the Heart is a good example of how organic design looks natural and elegant. The resulting designs could usually be cast into a mold, but some very complex shapes are also possible and there are many other techniques such as lathing, cnc working etc are possible for their realization.I gave the ceramic example with a reason, perhaps you would not know, but in the past, to design the cars, they first build a clay model, this particular drawer handle design was inspired by old cars, it is hard to imagine that only 12 points in 3d space, correctly positioned could give this shape.Therefore, I could say that the beauty of the organic design indeed is at the core design principle; organic design is co-designing complex shapes based on small inputs. Let me go deeper on this though: As I said a few number of points can lead to creation of millions of different designs as we could literally position themselves anywhere in 3d space.But that is not our case here, the points are not randomly positioned, we have a model, that helps us to create the handles; first we know that a handle should be around 160mm in length as this is the industry standard - best practice, furthermore, we know the ergonomic properties of hand, how it could pull, the dimensions of a finger, and size of man.Thus, these set of information are embedded into our thinking when we come up with the drawer handle designs. I said, it is co created, because we only move several limited number of points in space, but the surface is instantly calculated by the computer, at this step, what you could design is based on your foresight and creativity.Thus by spending enough amount of time, you would be guessing correctly, how the surfaces would be designed by the computer, given you position the points correctly, at master level, and an idea in mind, you could design a single drawer handle within two-three minutes, but it takes years to get there.I had the opportunity to observe Kenji Kato's work, he was a master ceramic designer who would make a single cup within two-three seconds using the lathing wheel. His cups were perfect, yet the same day, I remember students spending hours and days to make a single one of them. So I must say the process is very precise, but one must know where to touch and how to change.This is another example that looks geometric, but it is just another example of geometric design that uses slightly more number of points to create a level of sharpness and precision.This handle design indeed has less information in its 3d data file than the previous one, but looks more complicated due to the nature of the process; simple set of information leading a chaotic and complex structure, and within a controlled environment and experience we could now how they would look like.The process of organic design is like parametric design, without the parameters being numbers, but rather positions of points in three-dimensional space. Exerpt:Today, organic design, i.e. design that is not based on total geometry, but rather curves is popular, it is popular because such designs are usually soft and edge free, and they look like, what we we would normally find in nature, thus they are not alien in their nature, unlike the geometric works.In this article, I'm presenting you some of the drawer handle designs made by OMC Design Studios, the common element in all handles displayed here are the usage of vectors that enable the handles ..
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Game of Life — Using Threads and Lists, Part 3
In Part 1, I described the task decomposition parallelization of threading the logical pairs of
TraverseList() calls due to the dependencies between generations of the simulation and how the lists are updated and accessed; Part 2 showed how to parallelize the
TraverseList() loop over an array implementation of the list data structure. All well and good. The second scheme relies on the programmer's implementation of the list data structure and having done it as an array. Because we live in the real world, you are probably asking, "Who implements their own list structure these days, besides students in a Data Structures course?" If you need a common data structure in your algorithm, you are most likely to find one that is part of a standard library with a standard interface and use that. So, if I'm programming my list-based version of Game of Life in the real world, how can I parallelize it when I am using a third-party provided data structure?
Method the Third: Using a Third-Party List Structure
The first thing to ensure is that your chosen list data structure is thread-safe. That is, threads can concurrently insert and delete things from the list and keep the contents of the list correct. For this first requirement I'm going to be using the Intel Threading Building Blocks (TBB)
concurrent_queue container. While this is strictly not a list structure, it will suffice for the computations needed to implement Game of Life, as I'll show over the next few paragraphs.
The next thing to realize is that the
concurrent_queue container does not have a
TraverseList() method. This means that I will need to implement some way to traverse each item on the list and process it with the correct function. My solution is to write a small "helper" function for each of the four processing functions that are each executed for a single generation. There is the
unsafe_size() method for the
concurrent_queue container and I can use this to "iterate" through the whole list with a
for loop. To access each item in the container, I use the
try_pop() method, which I know will always yield a grid cell from the container. As an example, I create the
doAddNeighbor() helper function with the following:
void do_AddNeighbors() { int num_newlive = newlive.unsafe_size(); for (int i = 0; i < num_newlive; ++i) { ListEntry cell; newlive.try_pop(cell); AddNeighbors(cell); } }
Now, in place of the
TraverseList() calls, I put in a call to the appropriate helper function. These changes aren't parallel, yet, but just the prelude to get started with a thread-safe structure.
If you're familiar with TBB containers, you may realize that rather than a counted
for loop, I could have used the iterator to access each element in the structure. Two reasons I didn't go that route. First, the TBB documentation says the iterators are slow and should only be used for debugging, and second, I need to know the number of iterations to be able to make these loops parallel.
Before I make the change to parallel code, I ensure all the functions that process a single cell from a list will remain the same as they were in the second version of my parallelized list-based Game of Life. Specifically, on a Windows system, the updates of the
numNeighbors array are protected with
Interlocked intrinsics. The same is going to be required for the change (or potential change) to the status of a grid cell being born (ALIVE) or dying (DEAD).
When that is done, I can simply implement parallelism on the loop within each helper function, much like I did with the code for
TraverseList(). Since I'm using the TBB
concurrent_queue container, I will keep with the TBB theme and add a call to the TBB
parallel_for algorithm. Here is an example of that using the lambda variation:
void do_AddNeighbors() { int num = newlive.unsafe_size(); parallel_for ( blocked_range<int>(0, num), [&](const blocked_range<int>& r) { for (int i = r.begin(); i < r.end(); ++i) { ListEntry cell; newlive.try_pop(cell); AddNeighbors(cell); } } ); }
What's the biggest difference between a list and a queue? My answer, or the one that is most relevant to this discussion, is that elements on a list can be reexamined many times without changing the list contents; once you take something off a queue, you have to put it back at the end of the queue if you need to reference it later. And, in order to reference it again, you have to go through all the other elements on the queue (and likely stick them back onto the end of the queue). My point on this final topic is that queues do not make good substitutes for a general list structure. Fortunately, it works perfectly in this instance.
For my Game of Life implementation with lists, during the computation of each generation, items are added to the list once and then are each processed before the whole contents of the list are cleared. Remember back to the original serial implementation where each of the
TraverseList() calls in the main loop was immediately followed by a call to
ClearList(). By using a
concurrenct_queue, the
try_pop() returns the item at the head of the queue and removes that item. It's like I get the
ClearList() operation for free.
There is one point in the code where I must be careful, though. This is during the initialization of the grid with the starting population of cells. In the original serial code, as each new cell is read in, it is added to the
newlive list (queue). After that is done, the list is traversed with
AddNeighbors() to get the initial neighbor count grid set up, the contents of
newlive are copied into the
maydie list and the
newlive list is cleared. As a queue, the
newlive list will be cleared when it is "traversed" with the
do_AddNeighbors() helper function. Unfortunately, this leaves nothing to be copied into the
maydie list. While I could use the iterator from the
concurrent_queue container to traverse the list for setting up the neighbor counts, a better solution is to simply
push() each new input grid cell into both
newlive and
maydie lists.
Let me leave you with one final parallelization idea that I thought of as I was finishing this article. First, I can combine the
do_Vivify() and
do_Kill() helper functions and also combine the
do_AddNeighbors() and
do_SubtractNeighbors() helper functions. The two loops in each of the combined helper functions can both be parallelized with OpenMP with the first loop having the
nowait clause added. In both cases, the two loops each pop items from separate lists. The
Vivify() and
Kill() functions push cells to different lists, too, so there is no dependence between the two loops. Even though
AddNeighbors() and
SubtractNeighbors() can push things onto both
maylive and
maydie lists, because I am using a thread-safe container, there is no race condition between threads doing different iterations of either function or between the code from either helper function.
I've not actually implemented or tested this idea, but here is the code I would write for this latter combination of helper functions:
void do_AddAndSubtractNeighbors() { int num_newlive = newlive.unsafe_size(); int num_newdie = newdie.unsafe_size(); #pragma omp parallel { #pragma omp for nowait for (int i = 0; i < num_newlive; ++i) { ListEntry cell; newlive.try_pop(cell); AddNeighbors(cell); } #pragma omp for for (int j = 0; j < num_newdie; ++j) { ListEntry cell; newdie.try_pop(cell); SubtractNeighbors(cell); } }// end omp parallel }


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The following two marriages were extracted from The Franklin Observer, published in Macon Co., NC, and edited by C. D. Smith and L. F. Siler. Only two issues of The Observer are known to be extant: the March 16, 1860 issue, held at the Duke University Library in Durham; and the June 22, 1860 issue, held at the University of North Carolina Library at Chapel Hill.
Both marriages were taken from the March 16, 1860 issue (Vol. 1, No. 34). The first marriage deals with the first licensed marriage among the Cherokee East.
Married, On the Raven Fork of Oconalufta, in Jackson county, on the 17th of February, by Rev. W. W. Smith, John Ool-stoo-ih to Gin-she, grand-daughter of Standing Wolf. The ceremony was interpreted to the parties by Jefferson Hornbuckle.
This marriage may be worth of note from the fact that it is the first licensed marriage that has ever been solemnized among the Cherokees East. Under an Ordinance passed some months since, by a full council of the nation, a marriage to be made legal, must be licensed by a native Clerk, appointed for that purpose. This is the first marriage under it. The same ordinance abolished bigamy.
The second marriage was a little more run of the mill.
[Married] On the 11th of March, 1860, by M. Rhodes, Esq., Mr. Jackson Frady to Miss Caroline Scroggs, all of Macon county.
I apologize for not including page and column numbers. I transcribed the two issues for inclusion in a genealogical society publication, but the editor and I could not agree on terms. (He wanted me to place the surnames in all caps. I refused, politely.)
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Man, you take a great deal of interest in me. At the very least I guess I should be flattered. Now in what way would you like me to take responsibility for my statements? I mean, its not like I am denying them. I think he was an absolutely horrible moderator. Probably because he was so biased against those who actually believe in the teachings of the Church. For some reason he could not keep his biases out of his moderation. Anyway, are you expecting me to tell this to him personally? I am not sure what you want.
a poster stating that Eucharistic Adoration is not ordinarily observed in the Eastern Churches, Catholic or Orthodox, because our attitude toward the Eucharist is one of banality (I hope I have that correctly. I was dumbstruck when reading it, particularly as it was posted by a member who is reputedly an Eastern Catholic, not by one of the newcomers over there whose ecclesial affiliations seem to defy definition)
Addendum: I echo the comments by my friend and brother, username. The blatant misinformation bandied about as to Eastern Catholicism (and Eastern Orthodoxy) at that site is an incredible abuse.
And I have been to Chicago (All Saints) and will probably be visiting again...(she said as she ducked to avoid the theological food fight) .We have our own building now; we moved in about a month ago.My daughter is moving to Chicago this fall, (she's Lutheran and has a Church picked out, but when I visit she wants to go to church with me. She met Fr. Reardon at the Lutheran Colloquium and would like to visit) so maybe we'll run into each other sometime.Now let's get out of this thread, before we get hit with some rotten produce... I'd be interested in what you thought of the Western Rite.
I do have one question for you, Papist -How in the world do you justify your name on CAF, i.e. East and West, with this Latinist attitude which, whether you intend it or not, pervades all that you write on this forum.
For one thing, I can't see what EO objections can be sustained by any who have seen such a Divine Liturgy. And the TLM has nothing on you guys.Please let us know when you and/or your daughter are in town. Btw, our assitant priest is Fr. David Lynch (please pray for him, he is recovering from cranial surgery) was pastor of St. Augustine WRO in Denver before his retirement.
We would mind because our tradition and our rubrics for our Liturgy include the filioque. Yes, it does not need to be in the Creed for the Greeks, but it is required in our Liturgy. This would be like me going to a Ruthenian parish and explicitly reciting the filioque as part of the Creed just to make a point. That would be unacceptable.
I was sorry to hear that Irish Melkite has been banned, because his input in the thread entitled, "4 in UGCC claim consecration as bishops from underground bishops," would have been very helpful.
Papist, please do run a laundry list/a good post of how you think Eastern Catholics misrepresent Papal Catholicism? Speak from experience, cite examples, and I am sure you will have specific examples, speak of which doctorine/dogmas, and how they stray.. etc.. let it flow, you are now one with the keyboard.
Are you seriously asking or ar you baiting?
Serious as the Pope on Pascha, I want to know what you're thinking. I'm not baiting, I am being serious.
When Eastern Catholics do the say that is ok to reject:1) Purgatory2) The Immaculate Conception3) The Ecumenical Councils between the seventh and Vatican II4) Original Sin5) Papal Infallibility 6) The Universal Jurisdiction of the Pope7) The procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Sonetc.When they reject these and then state that its ok with the Church to do so, they are misrepresenting Catholicism to the world.
We can make this another thread. But I am off to lunch, so I'll have to back to this later
I think we may be having a positive influence on you!
For example, I notice you made no complaint about ECs considering Gregory Palamas to be a saint, whereas in the not-to-distant past you went so far as to call his philosophy "vile".
Ok, let's not go the St. Gregory route in this thread.
When Eastern Catholics do the say that is ok to reject:1) Purgatory.....When they reject these and then state that its ok with the Church to do so, they are misrepresenting Catholicism to the world.
47. Some recent theologians are of the opinion that the fire which both burns and saves is Christ himself, the Judge and Saviour. The encounter with him is the decisive act of judgement. Before his gaze all falsehood melts away. This encounter with him, as it burns us, transforms and frees us, allowing us to become truly ourselves. All that we build during our lives can prove to be mere straw, pure bluster, and it collapses. Yet in the pain of this encounter, when the impurity and sickness of our lives become evident to us, there lies salvation. His gaze, the touch of his heart heals us through an undeniably painful transformation "as through fire". But it is a blessed pain, in which the holy power of his love sears through us like a flame, enabling us to become totally ourselves and thus totally of God. In this way the inter-relation between justice and grace also becomes clear: the way we live our lives is not immaterial, but our defilement does not stain us for ever if we have at least continued to reach out towards Christ, towards truth and towards love. Indeed, it has already been burned away through Christ's Passion. At the moment of judgement we experience and we absorb the overwhelming power of his love over all the evil in the world and in ourselves. The pain of love becomes our salvation and our joy. It is clear that we cannot calculate the "duration" of this transforming burning in terms of the chronological measurements of this world. The transforming "moment" of this encounter eludes earthly time-reckoning—it is the heart's time, it is the time of "passage" to communion with God in the Body of Christ[39]. The judgement of God is hope, both because it is justice and because it is grace. If it were merely grace, making all earthly things cease to matter, God would still owe us an answer to the question about justice—the crucial question that we ask of history and of God. If it were merely justice, in the end it could bring only fear to us all. The incarnation of God in Christ has so closely linked the two together—judgement and grace—that justice is firmly established: we all work out our salvation "with fear and trembling" (Phil 2:12). Nevertheless grace allows us all to hope, and to go trustfully to meet the Judge whom we know as our "advocate", or parakletos (cf. 1 Jn 2:1).
George, you've read Spe Salvi? I'm impressed!
Re: the "time durations" in Purgatory. You accurately convey the common popular misconception of this but inaccurately convey the official teaching. The time durations do not measure time spent in Purgatory but the number of days of penance a penitent would have had to perform in the early Church for a certain offense. To clear up this frequent misconception, Servant of God Pope Paul VI wisely issued a new Enchiridion of Indulgences in 1968 which simply distinguished indulgences as partial and plenary.
Fine and dandy, except that you still run into a problem with the "Sabbatine Privilege" unless there are days of the week in Eternity. But anyway, this thread isn't about the Latin errors, it's about how Latins (and one Latin in particular) treat their Eastern Catholic brothers. If anything, their Eastern Catholic brothers can help the Latins out of the Labyrinth of logical and theological errors they have placed themselves.
Love your photo of Archbishop John Ireland!
If you don't want a complete answer, then don't ask the question.
Why Papist, I'm surprised at you!Not surprised that you would complain about those things, but surprised by what you didn't include in your list. For example, I notice you made no complaint about ECs considering Gregory Palamas to be a saint, whereas in the not-to-distant past you went so far as to call his philosophy "vile".I think we may be having a positive influence on you! God bless,Peter.
speaking of complete answers,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, you haven't finished your answers over in the thread about Byzantine Catholicism.http://www.orthodoxchristianity.net/forum/index.php/topic,15373.0.htmlHere is the link~
I am so sorry.
Me too. Often times we focus too much on those things we disagree about; it's nice to be reminded that, for example, we are in agreement with respect to rejecting Archbishop Ireland's approach.Peter
So, do Western and Eastern Catholics disagree on matters of doctrine? In my own search for the Church, people have often suggested that I become an Eastern Catholic. This would be a way for me to have the best of both worlds (the worlds being Catholicism and Orthodoxy). However, the impression I have been getting is that many Eastern Catholics do not accept doctrines which are required belief in the Catholic Church. It seems that many Eastern Catholics say to themselves, "We will acknowledge the existence of papal authority, but we will not accept any commands from this authority that are not in accord with our own Eastern tradition." Others seem to simply pretend that these theological differences do not exist.
I have absolutely no problem with Eastern Catholics having different practices about clerical celibacy, offering the Eucharist to infants, using leavened bread, using a different liturgy, following different fasting guidelines, or having various other different disciplinary practices. What troubles me is that there are teachings which are binding upon Catholics that many Eastern Catholics seem to either ignore or oppose.
Eastern Catholics should be able to be both Catholic and Eastern. However, when an apparent conflict occurs, which is more important, to be Catholic or to be Eastern? St. Alexis chose Eastern. The various Eastern Catholic posters who come here and complain to the Orthodox that the Western Catholics do not appreciate or understand them seem very close to making the same choice.
I am trying to be very diplomatic and courteous about it, but perhaps I see some of the same difficulties with Eastern Catholicism that Papist does.
If the Eastern Catholics are absolutely correct in every doctrine and teaching, including those which are in opposition to that taught by Rome, why not just be Orthodox? Would it not be better to be in communion with those also holding to the true faith, rather than be in communion with those holding to western heresies? If one can hold to the Orthodox faith and be in communion with Rome, what is everyone arguing about, and why has reunion not already occured?
I'm not making a judgment in this post about whether or not the Orthodox Church or the Catholic Church is the true Church. I haven't made up my mind about that yet. I am simply remarking that I observe a contradiction between the beliefs of Eastern and Western Catholics, and I am wondering how this can be.
If the Eastern Catholics are absolutely correct in every doctrine and teaching, including those which are in opposition to that taught by Rome, why not just be Orthodox? Would it not be better to be in communion with those also holding to the true faith, rather than be in communion with those holding to western heresies?
I was strernly rebuked for such remarks.
Exactly! I was an Eastern Catholic and was often told by clergy and laity alike that it is not mandatory to hold the same understandings on issues and doctrines as that of the Latin Church such as: Filoque, papal infallibility, IC, and purgatory, original sin, etc.It caused a confusing dichotmy in my mind. I thought to myself: "These issues and doctrines are innovations of the post-schism Latin Church. As Eastern Catholics, why do we not come into union with Holy Orthodoxy." I was strernly rebuked for such remarks. I was consistently told to study Orthodoxy, to worship like the Orthodox, to hold Orthodox theological precepts and praxis, but do not be Orthodox---they are schismatics!!! I was injured by the identity crisis in the Eastern Catholic Church and I was opposed to the innovations of Rome. So I made the only logical decision. I joined the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church---the Holy Orthodox Catholic Church!
By both sides (i.e, Latin and Eastern Catholic) or just one?
Eastern Catholic clergy and laity. (I had not much contact with the Latins at this point.)
Besides, most Latin Catholics that I know think that the Eastern Catholic Church is the Orthodox Church.
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Gratuitous militaristic analogy aside, it's true.
We have some players and fans and coaches that are better than some of their players and fans and coaches.
But, as it stands; they played in the NFC Championship 2 years ago. And in the Super Bowl a couple months ago.
This part IS debatable: Heading into the draft, they have fewer glaring holes and greater assets to address their needs with than we do. Still, I'm going to go ahead and assume we Seahawks fans would unanimously and gladly swap all our draft picks for all of theirs without hesitation.
With their draft capital, they stand a great chance of adding a top wide receiver or two, a D-Lineman to spell/complement and eventually replace J Smith and a backup to Gore in the first two rounds ALONE.
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