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Why Use Rubinius
Why should I use Rubinius? We have been asked that question many, many times over the past four years. It is a great question. It is an important question. It's a hard question. I'm not holding out on you. I want to give you an answer that sates your curiosity, helps you make informed decisions, and empowers you to speak eloquently when you are inevitably asked, "Why do you use Rubinius?"
The trouble is, there are many different situations in which people use Ruby and there is simply no answer, however comprehensive, that really speaks to everyone's concerns. So rather that boring you at length, I thought a Choose your own adventure style would be a better approach.
From the list below, select the persona that best describes you. Don't worry, if the one you select doesn't sound right, you can easily backtrack here. Read as many as interest you. After all, none of us fit easily into any one box. When you are done exploring all the fascinating reasons to use Rubinius, let's meet up at the Conclusion for some parting words.
Choose Your Persona
- Rails or Ruby Newby
- The Creative
- Experienced Programmer
- Seasoned Programmer
- Academic Researcher
- Über Programmer
- Philosophy Student Seeking the Meaning of Ruby
- Manager
- Knowledge Seeker
- Language Enthusiast
Rails or Ruby Newby
You are pretty new to programming and after hearing about Ruby on Rails you watched a screencast and made a website. You are curious and enthusiastic.
You are the empty teacup of the Zen proverb. You are a fresh-faced flower glistening with the morning dew. The sun smiles on you and you smile back. You seem to like this Ruby language that makes programmers happy and you've come to lend your cheery spirit…
So, you have heard of this thing called Rubinius or rbx or whatever and some folks you respect or admire seem to like it and naturally you want to know what the big deal is and you're like, "Yo, why would I use Rubinius?".
Well, you should use Rubinius because I said so. Try your code on it. Tell us what worked for you. Tell us if something didn't work by opening an issue. Set your imagination loose and tell us what tool you would use if you could.
Spend some time reading the Rubinius source code. Start at the
directory. It's full of Ruby code! As you read through how Ruby is
implemented, how it actually works, it will give you a level of understanding
of your code that many programmers don't have in any language.
Most of all, hang on to your curiosity and enthusiasm. Those were vital to the creation of the Rubinius project in the beginning and have sustained us through many challenges. We can make our Ruby experience better, freeing us from the shackles of other languages and foreign libraries. We can have fast and reliable web servers, games, editors, websites and applications written in Ruby. We can have first class tools written for and with Ruby. The world can be rosy red without our glasses.
The Creative
Ruby is groovy. No, not that Groovy, eww, no. I mean:
groovy |ˈgroōvē| adj.
- fashionable and exciting : sporting a groovy new haircut
- enjoyable and excellent : he played all the remarkably groovy guitar parts himself
(Apple's dashboard dictionary widget.)
Ruby respects creativity. It has an aesthetic. You don't just write Ruby code, you write beautiful Ruby code. It would be unthinkable to do otherwise. Sure, there is more than one way to do many things. This is not some sterile laboratory. We are not automatons; we are people. Of course, being utilitarian is not bad. But other languages have that angle pretty well covered. There is probably only one right way to implement Python.
Rubinius has an aesthetic, too: excellence, utility, simplicity, beauty, joy. Mostly in that order. Useful code that isn't of very good quality is a drag. It slows you down. It gives you a headache. It drives you away. We strive to keep it out of Rubinius. On the other hand, we are not just writing sonnets here. This is Serious Business™. We have some hard-core problems to solve. So we strive for excellent, useful, beautiful code that is a joy to work with.
Of course, this is an ongoing process. It is a journey, not a destination. There are areas of Rubinius that could use a thorough cleaning or a new perspective on making the implementation of this beautiful object-oriented language more beautiful and object-oriented.
We welcome your artistic perspective. Help us improve the dialog between Rubinius and the person using it. The command line doesn't have to be a desolate place of obscure, condescending error messages. Web interfaces to the diagnostic tools deserve a good dose of user-experience and interaction design. You know that feeling you get when looking at an Enterprise web application? That weird plastic-masquerading-as-quality-material feeling? The too much 1996-Enterprise-faux-rounded-corner-wanabe-2006-hip gloss? Gives me the willies whenever I have to use an app like that. Yeah, we don't want that.
We want to create tools that are powerful, graceful, easy to use, and beautiful to look at. Beautiful tools are easier to use. (Yehuda Katz provided a couple links related to this: The Impact of Design and Aesthetics on Usability, Credibility, and Learning in an Online Environment and In Defense of Eye Candy. If you know of other research, leave us a comment.) So if you have a creative bent but enjoy writing code also, try out Rubinius and let us know where it could use some polish.
Experienced programmer
That saying, Time is Money, you live by it. You have applications to deliver and you choose the best tool for the job. You are professional, conscientious, duly cautious, and not inclined to episodes of emotional exuberance about the latest fad. You accept compromises. There are always trade-offs. The correct approach is cost-benefit analysis. The numbers tell the story and level-headed decision making follows the numbers.
You have heard about Rubinius and you are curious whether it may be appropriate for your current project. As usual, rather than speculating or paying too much heed to the buzz, you look into it yourself. After some investigation, you discover that:
- Much of Rubinius is implemented in Ruby itself. This may be a big help when tracking down troublesome bugs.
- Rubinius has a very fast bytecode virtual machine, as well as a modern generational garbage collector so memory profiles should be more predictable and consistent in deployed applications.
- It has a profile-driven JIT compiler that uses type-feedback to aggressively inline methods resulting in significant performance improvements.
- It has a built-in debugger and precise method profiler, both of which are fast due to being well integrated.
- It has a built-in API for monitoring a VM out-of-process, even on a remote machine. We are building a variety of diagnostic tools atop this API.
Of course, even if the technology in Rubinius sounds terrific in theory, how suitable is Rubinius for your application? How does it perform under your specific constraints? Again, you do some investigating. You have a solid test suite for your application, so you start by running that. If you hit any problems, please open an issue to let us know.
If everything goes well with the tests, you start running some of the benchmarks that you have accumulated while doing performance tuning. Of course, no sensible person asks for benchmark results from other people's code. That defies logic. It's like asking if your program will run because your Aunt Mabeline likes decaf coffee. It's contrary to the very point of benchmarking, where you are trying to correlate two values that are connected.
Again, if you note an significant issues, please let us know. Sometimes Rubinius exposes issues in existing code. Performance characteristics of real applications are vital to making Rubinius faster. Also, if you have suggestions for tools you would like to use, tell us. If you just want to chat about the technology, that's fine, too. We're hanging out in the #rubinius channel on freenode.net.
Seasoned programmer
Well, I am being kind by saying seasoned. You know when you look in the mirror that jaded and cynical are much more apt. You've seen it all and it has worn you down. You've been fighting the good fight, carefully guarding that last flicker of optimism that burns in the secret place deep in your heart. You've programmed Java/.NET/C++ professionally. You've even sucked it up and written some PHP and Python when asked; you are a professional, they ask and you deliver. You've seen attacked servers on fire off the shoulder of Rackspace…
Rubinius has a lot to offer you. Remember that little flicker of optimism? It is only the idealists that get ground down by the complete indifference to pursuit of an ideal in so much of the world. Deep down, you are an idealist and you will find plenty to refresh you here.
Rubinius aims to be the best possible implementation of Ruby by putting Ruby itself front and center. We are using modern technology and always improving. We change when there is a better way to do things. We judiciously rewrite and are not too attached to any code or algorithm. The legacy Enterprise isn't on the steering committee. Our work will be done when you can use Ruby, just Ruby, to solve your thorny problems.
Sure, that sounds idealistic. But never mind the pessimists that tell you that you have to compromise. If you are not idealistic, you will not be unsatisfied with things that are not as good as they could be; you will not try to change the world. So give Rubinius a try, you may be surprised. And if you are, put all that hard-earned wisdom you have gained to use for the betterment of Ruby.
Academic Researcher
Forgive me for staring, I know it is impolite. I'm just… intrigued. Of course, you know Ruby is a late bound language, every message sent could conceivably fail to find a target, potentially resulting in an uncaught exception and program termination. There's shared state, wild orgies of mutation that disallow any reasonable attempt at automated parallelization. Program proof is as oxymoronic a concept as military intelligence. It's a very messy affair of programming and meta-programming and meta-meta-programming, which, for the love of Lisp, could be done so simply with macros. There's all this eager evaluation and complete disregard for purity. Despite vast odds, somehow programs are written that actually run. You have noted all this with great objectivity but you are nonetheless interested.
Excellent, we are pleased. We have much to learn and welcome the opportunity for lively discussions about bringing formal methods to bear on the problems of making Ruby as fast as possible.
Java benefited tremendously from the amount of attention it received by
academic researchers. Ruby can benefit from some of this research as well, not
to mention the research into Smalltalk and Self that preceded it. But Ruby has
its own set of problems to solve and deserves specific attention. The problems
are hard but not insurmountable. Rubinius is already demonstrating that. The
suggestion that we need to add more keywords, restrict Ruby dynamism, or write
public static final int all over are simply nonsense.
Rubinius already leverages research for fast virtual machines, garbage collection (e.g. the generational approach and the Immix mark-region algorithm), and JIT compilers (based on pioneering research done in Self and used in the JVM Hotspot VM). Rubinius uses the exceptional LLVM project for optimization and code generation in the JIT compiler. We are also working on better infrastructure for the JIT to address Ruby complexities head-on.
Rubinius would be excellent to use in teaching. A compiler construction class could study the architecture of the bytecode compiler written in Ruby and experiment with exploratory changes to the compiler using IRB without having to recompile anything! A 30-minute introduction to Rubinius could proceed immediately to simple AST generation and have students experimenting with their own syntax immediately. While it is easy to get started, there is plenty of depth for exploring complex topics in virtual-machine construction and garbage collection.
Whether you are interested in language research or language pedagogy, Rubinius is an great project to consider. We look forward to hearing from you.
Über programmer
You learned the untyped lambda calculus sitting on your mother's knee while she worked on her doctorate in computer science. You were substituting terms before you even uttered the word, "dada". You wrote three different Lisp implementations in Commodore Basic before you were seven. You can write multi-threaded web servers in one pass with no tests and never hit a deadlock or critical data race. You write parsers and compilers for odd languages on a Friday night for the heck of it while waiting for the pizza to arrive before a night out at the karaoke bar where you give an inspiring performance of Laga Gaga's Poker Face.
(Loooong pause. You're not reading this. You've already written one or a few languages on Rubinius and posted them to our Projects page. But anyway, I'll continue…)
You are the Luke Skywalker of Ruby; Yoda has nothing more to teach you. Only your fate confronts you now. Use the Source Luke and save the Federation of Ruby loyalists from the Evil Oracle and its Java the Hurt.
There are a number of domains in which Ruby could benefit tremendously from excellent libraries:
- Concurrency: multi-core is here to stay but it is not only functional programming that is suitable for high-concurrency applications.
- Graphical user interface: the web browser is also here to stay but it is not the last word in applications. There are many cases where GUI apps are the best option and Ruby needs a mature library or set of libraries to build these apps on any major platform. I know some of these libraries exist, but they seem to be collecting dust lately.
- Big data and data analysis libraries: our industry repeatedly witnesses the same pattern: domain X starts with huge applications running on huge horsepower servers for huge businesses and then it starts appearing in small applications on small computers for small businesses. Accounting and geographic information systems (GIS) are two examples. Data analysis is coming to a laptop near you.
These are general areas in which Ruby can be an excellent solution. So how does Rubinius fit in? Rubinius is dedicatedly pushing more and more into Ruby itself. Each of these domain is typically handled in Ruby right now by going to find a library in a foreign language to wrap in a fuzzy Ruby embrace. Rubinius is calling on the über-programmers of the world to implement solutions in Ruby to help us identify performance challenges and address them.
Rubinius is also being used in some fascinating language experiments. Two of these are Atomo (http://atomo-lang.org which is implemented in Haskell, with a Rubinius implementation code-named quanto) and Fancy (http://fancy-lang.org). So, if language design is your cup of tea, Rubinius offers an excellent platform for experimentation.
Philosophy Student Seeking the Meaning of Ruby
Like your persona description, you tend to be long winded. You find most descriptions too brief, almost dismissive. There are words and words should be used to delve into the minutiae of minutiae. You, more than anyone, want to know "Why?" with every fiber of your being. You will continue asking long after the supply of hallucinogens has been exhausted and everyone else is drooling in their sleep.
For you, Rubinius is an existential dilemma crying out for justification. If we already have MRI, why build Rubinius?
It would be accurate to say that Rubinius has a philosophy. That philosophy is simply this: Ruby should be a first class language. What does that mean? Simply that it should be possible to solve problems writing Ruby code.
Let's consider libraries: Being first class means not having to wrap a Java library or build a C extension. If wrapping the library were the end of the story, it wouldn't be so bad. But that is never the case. Libraries have bugs, weird APIs, incompatibility with other libraries, threading issues, and disappearing maintainers. They may even be incompatible with newer versions of the language in which they are written.
This list goes on. To address any one of these issues requires delving into a different language with weird and incompatible semantics. If the library is your core competency, that's not such a big deal. But I will wager that it is not, which is why you are using the library in the first place. Also, the language in which you are wrapping the library (Ruby here) is not likely the core competency of the library author, or you probably wouldn't need to be wrapping it. So Ruby wrapping one of these libraries will always be a second-class citizen. Decisions will be made about the library's API that do not give one thought to the Ruby programs using it. Furthermore, the code written in that foreign language does nothing to support the ecosystem of Ruby. The knowledge gained in writing the library and the improved skills of the library author do not benefit Ruby. Ruby deserves better.
Ruby has gotten a big boost recently with the production release of MRI 1.9.2. There are significant speed improvements and welcomed additions to the core libraries, like powerful handling of String encodings. At the same time, the Complex and Rational libraries were added to the core library and rewritten from Ruby to C code. This is disappointing. We should be able to solve these problems more effectively in Ruby itself.
The philosophy of Rubinius is to make Ruby a first-class citizen. Ruby plays second fiddle to no one. There is no other language whose history, semantics, or vested interests compete with Ruby's. It is true that there are difficult problems to solve in making Ruby fast. But much of the technology already exists and we will build what does not. Evan often quips that if we can get Rubinius caught up to the dynamic language technology of ten years ago, Ruby will be light-years ahead. That may be overstating how far behind Ruby is, but it illustrates the focus of Rubinius.
There's the saying, In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. In Rubinius, theory and practice are merging. We are motivated by the desire for Ruby to be a first-class language. But we are also showing real progress in making that a reality. The Rubinius VM executes Ruby code blazingly fast. The JIT compiler, while still being quite young, is showing great promise. Compatibility with MRI is quite good and speed is constantly improving.
Is the Rubinius philosophy valid? We think the proof is in the pudding.
No, it did not cross my mind to describe this persona as Pointy-haired Boss. Not only would that be unfair to Dilbert, but that persona would be reading an article on Web Scale. No, you are someone who has fought hard battles in the trenches and learned valuable lessons: it's about execution and execution depends on good technology.
Rubinius is building solid technology. We started the RubySpec project and have contributed tens of thousands of lines of code to it. With the support of Rubyspec, in just over four years as a public project, we have basically caught up with MRI 1.8.7 in compatibility and performance. For some code, our performance is much better, for other code, it is not as good. However, Rubinius is built on solid, modern technology and the project's trajectory and velocity are outstanding.
Rubinius is a completely new implementation of core Ruby. Rubinius did not start as a port of existing code. Furthermore, Rubinius implements its own virtual machine and garbage collector in C++. The bytecode compiler that targets the virtual machine is pure Ruby. The core Ruby library is mostly Ruby with some primitive operations in C++. The JIT compiler uses the LLVM project. Given the amount of work being done in the project, Rubinius is pacing extremely well relative to other implementations.
Currently, we are working on support for Ruby 1.9 features, Windows support, and full concurrency with no global interpreter lock (GIL).
If you are looking at Ruby to implement your next project, rest assured that Ruby will have the support of excellent technology. If you are already using Ruby, consider investigating how your application runs on Rubinius. We welcome the feedback and look forward to solving challenging engineering problems.
Knowledge Seeker
You thirst for Knowledge. You follow it wherever it leads you. You'll happily walk Haskell's hallowed halls of pure laziness or sit at the feet of the meta-program gazing raptly at class transmorgrification. You don't judge. You have more than enough knowledge to be dangerous, enough to know that the universe is amoral and knowledge is the only Truth there is. Nor does any mere mortal language bind you. All languages are finite. You'll be here today and gone tomorrow; there is no permanence for the knowledge seeker.
Rubinius is merely a step along the path you journey. Take what you want, it is all free. As a Ruby implementation, it has much to offer your quest for knowledge. The Ruby code in the core library is accessible and easy to follow. The interface between Ruby and the C++ primitives is consistent. The C++ code itself is restrained. You won't need a PhD in Turing-complete template languages to understand it.
Rubinius offers extensive opportunities to learn about programming languages in general and Ruby in particular. When I first started working with Rubinius, I knew a little bit about garbage collection and virtual machines. I would call what I knew, toy knowledge. As I struggled to learn more, it seemed helpful to consider layers of understanding:
- General programming language semantics: the procedure abstraction, looping and iteration, recursion, references and values, etc.
- Ruby semantics: modules and classes, access restrictions, blocks and
lambdas, etc. Even with fundamental programming knowledge, a particular
language can be confusing. When I was learning C, a friend was also
studying it. One day he walked over and threw The C Programming Language
book down on my desk and said, "This
forloop makes no sense!" He was quite upset. "Look," he said, "in this example
for (i=0; i < n; i++)how can
i < nget executed after the code in the body?!" It's easy to laugh at that confusion, but coming from BASIC, that really threw him. Deepening our understanding to this second level requires confronting some "counter-intuitive" notions.
- Hypothetical implementation: knowing how Ruby works, how might one implement it. I think this is an important layer of understanding and it is easy to miss or gloss over it. By pausing at this layer and thinking how you might implement something, you test whether or not you are really understanding it.
- The MRI implementation: Reading the MRI source code is an excellent way to investigate Ruby. For one thing, it will inform you how Ruby actually works, and you may be surprised.
- The Rubinius implementation: here you are exposed to the philosophy of Rubinius and the challenges to implementing Ruby. We are attempting to bring the beauty of Ruby as an object-oriented language deep into the core of Ruby itself.
While the Rubinius code itself offers many opportunities for learning, don't hesitate to drop by the #rubinius channel on freenode.net and ask us questions. Perhaps you already know a lot about another language and are interested in how Rubinius implements some feature. Or you may be relatively new to programming languages and have some basic questions. We enjoy talking about these concepts. If you are quite new to Rubinius, you may find these posts informative:
- Making Ruby Fast: The Rubinius JIT
- Improving the Rubinius Bytecode Compiler
- Compiling Ruby: From Text to Bytecode
Finally, consider helping other knowledge seekers by writing blog posts on what you learn about Rubinius. Or, help us write documentation!
Language Enthusiast
You like languages for their intrinsic value. Of course the world comes in many shapes and sizes. You wouldn't have it any other way. That's the fun and spice, joie de vivre, raison d'etre, supermarché… Sometimes you get carried away writing a program in another language just because you like how the letters arrange down the screen. Ruby is definitely one of the impressive languages and sometimes you almost notice a tiny bit of favoritism in your normally egalitarian attitude.
As with any enthusiast, you like to experiment. Your interest is not mere curiosity or sterile investigation. You want to get your feet wet and your hands dirty. Rubinius is an excellent opportunity to delve into a number of fascinating subjects. We can merely suggest a path; your experiences along the way will tell you whether or not Rubinius has value to you.
If you are most interested in languages themselves, the syntax and arrangement of features, Rubinius offers you immediate gratification. Look for Evan's upcoming post on his Language Toolkit or check out the code to prattle, a Smalltalk dialect used to illustrate the ease of building a language on Rubinius. Also look at some of the existing languages projects targeting Rubinius.
If it is the machinery under the covers that is more interesting, start
reading some code. The bytecode compiler lives in
lib/compiler/. The virtual
machine is in
vm/, and the garbage collector is in
vm/gc. As you are
reading through, consider helping us write better documentation. There are
already sections for the virtual
garbage-collector, JIT
compiler and bytecode
compiler in the documentation, so
adding content is easy.
You may also be interested in these previous posts about Rubinius:
- Rubinius wants to help YOU make Ruby better
- 5 Things You'll Love About Rubinius
- Rubinius: The Book Tour
Most of all, experiment. Rubinius is easy to hack on. Are you curious about a particular feature needed in your language? Try adding it to Rubinius. Think Lua is all the rage because it uses a register VM? You could probably write a register-based bytecode interpreter for Rubinius in an afternoon. That's just an example, of course. The point is to play around with your ideas and have fun doing it. I think you'll find Rubinius to be an adventuresome companion.
Be sure to let us know what you're working on. We like to be inspired, too! Consider writing a blog post about things that you find interesing, like this recent post by Yehuda Katz.
So there you have it. Just like there are many different viewpoints, there are many different reasons to use Rubinius. Not all those reasons make sense to everyone. We believe, however, that Rubinius has something to offer to just about everyone interested in Ruby. Most importantly, try it!
If we didn't answer your question here, leave us a comment. If you have a reason for using Rubinius that we didn't mention, let us know. As always, we appreciate your feedback. Chat with us in the #rubinius channel on freenode.net, watch our Github project, and follow us on Twitter.
P.S. Thanks to David Waite for suggesting the Academic Researcher and Language Enthusiast personas, I always forget those!
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YOU are on the money Cowboy! Anyone who reads that and does not understand is either involved or too stupid to bother with!!
So either we agree with your interpretation that 'other needs' means detaining Americans despite no mention whatsoever in te entire bill of detaining anyone.....or you ignore any reply?
Yeah, your interpretation isn't one that does well when faced with contradiction. Best pretend none exists.
There were others posting on my thread from others doing a beautiful job of answering your question.
J, this is a conspiracy theory website.
You are right, the bill doesn't specifically say we will make these camps to detain people. But there are MANY who believe that is exactly what they are for.
My theory is that the bill was introduced for nefarious reasons. That the government has an agenda with these kinds of actions. Just like... ordering hundreds of thousands of bullets, while working on laws to take away 2nd amendment rights.
Your opinion is valid. But if you have such a problem with these opinions why are you on this site? What are your conspiracy theories?
These sorts of actions by our government are some of the things that scare me the most about the world today. Not earthquakes, or market crashes.
Why does FEMA, which is a government funded organization, need a special bill to build "camps" in case of a declared "emergency"? Isn't that what they are supposed to do already. FEMA stands for Federal EMERGENCY Management Agency.
It is the word DECLARED that has me worried. Most of us can recognize an emergency when we see one. We don't need a special bill that allows powers to this or any president allowing them to take actions against citizens, just because they "say so".
Well said.
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Deliver This!: Make the Childbirth Choice That's Right for You . . . No Matter What Everyone Else Thinks
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A woman's decision about what kind of childbirth experience she wants to have is central to her politics, identity, and personality. Today's moms and moms-to-be are better informed about their options than ever before, but, perhaps not surprisingly, they confront rigid judgment from women who choose a different path. Women who opt for home birth are criticized for being re ...more
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Jul 12, 2010 Traci rated it it was ok
I really wanted to scream every time I heard 'granola', 'yoga' and 'hippie' to describe moms making the choice to home birth and how much mothers were putting themselves and babies at risk having this type of birth. Not very helpful to moms looking for unbiased information like this book indicates by the title that it will give .
Jul 09, 2015 Shana rated it really liked it
Recommends it for: Pregnant women
Shelves: health, women-s-issues
So I went to my local library to find some books about childbirth. You would think this would be an easy errand, but no. Preferably, I wanted something that wasn't going to completely freak me out. Good luck with that! First I picked up one with pictures from the 70's of a fully naked woman pushing a baby out of her untrimmed (okay, it WAS the 70's...) nether regions while, inexplicably, talking on the phone. Then I found one that seemed to be more of a really long poem then a book about childbi ...more
Nov 21, 2010 Wendy rated it did not like it
Shelves: breeder
Ugh, rubbish. This book claims to be an unbiased exploration of all birth options available so a pregnant woman can draw her own conclusions and make her own choice. Bullshit. So much colored and loaded language--much as I love the repetitive implications that I am an anti-vaxxer "crunchy granola" superstition-loving technology rejecting smug hippy for wanting a natural birth, the ridiculous mischaracterisation and falseness of it pretty much destroys any credibility I might bestow upon her when ...more
Oct 23, 2012 Danielle rated it really liked it
Recommended to Danielle by: Stephanie C.
This book has some very mixed reviews on Goodreads, but I really liked it and found it helpful. It is written to be a guide to different childbirth options, ranging from unmedicated homebirth to planned C-section. After having medicated hospital births with her two kids, the author interviewed a wide variety of women who'd had different kinds of births and tries to present the basics of what each option is like, why it might be the best option for certain people, or not a good option for others. ...more
Feb 14, 2009 Marisa rated it liked it
Recommended to Marisa by: pregtastic
Shelves: pregnancy-and-baby-books
Unfortunately, I can't say that I learned too much from this book. I didn't feel the author was particularly unbiased -- she clearly had a preference for a medicated hospital birth. I don't have a problem with that, but if you're writing a book intending to educate people on different birth options and why they're right for the women that choose them, you might want to leave your personal opinion out of it. I felt like her handling of anything outside of the current mainstream of the medicated h ...more
Aug 24, 2015 Sarah rated it really liked it
Shelves: pregnancy-and-breastfeeding, baby, insight
A really good read for women who are pregnant, thinking of becoming pregnant, or who have already gone through childbirth (no matter how you went through it). It covers quite a bit of ground, every type of birth you can imagine, plus real stories from women who have been there, done that, and have the strength to tell others how it was. I'm glad I picked this up as it helped me deal with some unresolved emotional issues from my first birth and lent plenty of insight for my next.
Jul 23, 2007 Régine Michelle rated it liked it
Recommends it for: ppl who plan to have children
My girlfriend Jasmine recommended this to me, and I am SO GLAD to have read it before going into labor. Although I find the writing style annoying and can imagine the author s exactly the type of person from whom I would not take advice, the way she lays out the different birth options with pros, cons, and testimonials by women who have opted for them is extremely helpful. I appreciate the book's explicit mission to present the various options in an objective fashion that empowers women to CHOOS ...more
Nov 12, 2007 LINDA rated it it was ok
Shelves: medical
After reading the book Pushed (see my bookshelf), I saw this book at the library and decided to read it. The author explains the rationale that a woman might have for selecting their birth plan, ranging from one end of the spectrum with homebirth all the way to the other end with planned c-sections and everything in-between.
I don't think that this book is helpful in providing the facts and information that one would need in order to intelligently select a birth plan.
Once you have selected your ...more
I don't think that this book is helpful in providing the facts and information that one would need in order to intelligently select a birth plan.
Once you have selected your ...more
Nov 17, 2015 Christina rated it liked it
Shelves: 2015
I liked that this book urges mothers to be less judgmental. She really seems to try to understand all of the possible birth plans mothers have. However, I didn't really find the writing that appealing, and didn't feel like it was really backed up by any science. She seems to have just interviewed a bunch of moms without looking into scientific studies.
Aug 25, 2007 elita rated it did not like it
I gave this book one star because I thought from the title that it would be about how to advocate on your own behalf during your birth experience, whether that be in a traditional hospital setting or with a nurse midwife. In fact, the book was just a happy pat-on-the-back to all women, saying whatever choice you make is just fine. The author went into her own delivery experience blindly accepting whatever the doctors and nurses told her to do and she doesn't even attempt to hide her distaste for ...more
Aug 08, 2008 Elizabeth Abney rated it liked it
Shelves: nonfiction, health, pregnancy
If you're reasonably well-informed about different birthing options, then there isn't much new information in this book. It is mostly unbiased and does a good job of explaining why some choices may be better for some women. The birth stories were nice and the author stresses being open-minded and educated about other possibilities if things don't go as you have planned.
Borrowed from the public library.
Borrowed from the public library.
Dec 14, 2010 Kaye rated it really liked it
Shelves: motheringbooks, health, read_in_2010
Well, this book isn't unbiased. Let's get that out of the way. However, if you are headed for a more medicalized birth, and have a lot of mixed feelings about it, this book will give you some reassuring information about the pros and cons of putting your delivery into the hands of doctors.
Jan 03, 2013 Michelle Sisneros rated it liked it
It was extremely biased towards medicated childbirth, but still worth reading. It gives a nice overview of the different types of birthing options including pros/cons and birth stories. This is my first pregnancy and I now feel I have a better understanding of what options are available.
May 07, 2013 Emily rated it really liked it
Although this book is biased, I still thought it did a good job of describing how different birth situations play out. It's helpful in that way because we don't all get the birth experience we're hoping for, and it's nice to have an idea of other ways it might go.
Mar 28, 2016 Laura rated it it was ok
Shelves: 2010, baby-childbirth, baby-pregnancy
Pretty basic overview of various labor/delivery options. She says her goal is to present a non-judgmental view, but her opinion flavors the entire book. It's a little to sarcastic and tongue-in-cheek of a writing style for me.
Jul 06, 2010 Christine rated it it was amazing
Shelves: baby
An overview of the current birthing options (everything from home-births to elective c-sections) presented in as unbiased a manner as possible. Funny and a page turner, I wish I'd picked this up earlier in the pregnancy.
Apr 10, 2009 Mary Ellen rated it really liked it
I am really enjoying this book. It does attmept to give an unbiased overview of all types of delviery methods, ranging from the homebirth to the planned c-section.
Oct 25, 2007 Flavia rated it liked it
I think this book is well written but I find it a little overwhelming personally. It could just be me and the fact that I'm pregnant with my first.
Jul 23, 2007 Jasmine rated it really liked it
Recommends it for: expecting moms
this book was quite imformative. it presents a variety of childbirth options without judgement which i found quite refreshing
Apr 14, 2008 Rachel marked it as to-read
Shelves: childbirth
Haven't read this, but as soon as anyone else I know is pregnant, I will...
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ATHENS, Ga. - Minnesota men's tennis junior Leandro Toledo became the first Gopher men's tennis player since 2002 to reach the third round of the NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Singles Championships Thursday, defeating 38th-ranked Diego Galeano of Baylor, 6-3, 6-7(4), 6-4 at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex in Athens, Georgia. By virtue of advancing to the third round of the 64-player tournament, the junior from Hamburg, Germany became an All-American.
The All-America honor for Toledo was the ninth by a Gopher. He is the first player to earn the plaudit since Harsh Mankad did it in 2002.
No. 38-ranked Toledo played his second three-set match in as many days after he rallied from a one-set deficit to stun sixth-ranked Alex Domijan of Virginia, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (12), 6-4 Wednesday. He will take on Pepperdine's Alex Sarkissian, the 28th-ranked player in the nation in Friday's Round of 16 at 9 a.m. CT. Sarkissian beat Romain Bogaerts of Wake Forest, 6-1, 6-4, Thursday.
The winner of the match between Toledo and Sarkissan will take on either Roberto Cid of South Florida or Dane Webb of Oklahoma in a Saturday quarterfinal match.
With the win, Toledo improved to 23-9 in 2013-14 including marks of 19-6 on the spring season and 9-3 against ranked opponents. He has won six of eight three-set matches in the spring.
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Hyper-V V2V: Passthrough Disk to VHD Image.June 14th, 2016 by Andrea Matesi 113 Views
Someday I had a VM installed on a passthrough Hard Disk Drive.
Some weekend, instead of going out, I decided I required that bloody drive to experiment "some more" ('though, a compassionate hoarder feeling inside of me didn't want to bork that OS).
My solution was to migrate my Virtual Machine into a VHD image (so I could finally reclaim that unused hdd space back!).
The virtualised OS was an instance of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (but your flavour may vary).
Win2k8R2SP1 was installed within a 111GB Passthrough Hard Disk Drive.
A Virtual Machine hosted within a Windows Server Standard 2008 R2 SP1 with the Hyper-V Role enabled was booting off the passthrough Hard Disk Drive.
Endless possibilities.
There are 2 ways (that I know of…), to accomplish the Passthrough to VHD migration:
- With Disk2vhd from sysinternals.
- With "New Disk Wizard" from Hyper-V (no additional software required).
I found not using additional software was more convenient (but this shall not influence you decision, since I reckon it is just a matter of personal preference).
To migrate a physical Passthrough hard disk drive to a VHD image with disk2vhd, you simply:
- Assess the amount of data to be transferred (ie. From & To).
- Shutdown the VM to be migrated (make sure you Shut it Down -- ie. do not Turn it Off!).
- Open "Disk Management" (diskmgmt.msc) on your Hyper-V Host.
- Locate the Hard Disk Drive to be migrated.
- Update the disk (to be imaged) status to "online" (so the Hyper-V Host can see it).
- Win + E Then Paste: "http://live.sysinternals.com/" On your Windows Explorer Address Bar (courtesy of WebDAV!).
Disk2vhd will list all your (hdds') partitions.
- Locate your disk's partitions from the "Volumes to include"-list and select the partiotions by putting a checkmark on them.
- Click on the "…"-Button to Browse for the location where to save the VHD image of your passthrough hdd (make sure -- again -- there's plenty of space!).
- Click on the "Create"-Button to generate the VHD image of your VM.
Now get some of your favourite nuts while waiting & you're done!
Hyper-V Method.
Here I'll show a step-by-step howto migrate a physical Passthrough hard disk drive to a VHD image with my favourite Hyper-V Method.
Open Hyper-V Manager & Launch the "New Hard Disk Wizard".
Click on "New…" and Select Hard Disk (that's right -- just as if you wanted to create a "new" Hard Disk).
The "New Virtual Hard Disk Wizard" will start.
Proceed as follows…
On disk type, Select "Dynamically Expanding" (to create a space-"optimized" image -- ie. one which takes less space).
Feel free to choose "Fixed" if you want a FULL image (because, you know, you have more than "plenty of space").
Click Next to proceed to "Specify Name & Location".
Specify the VHD Image Name and Location.
My VHD image has been named famx11 (same as the parent VM). What's your naming convention? Good, stick with it!
Below is the crucial part: when you choose to create a new VHD, you are can either "Create a new blank virtual hard disk" or "Copy the contents of [a pre-existing] physical disk" (even 'though Disk Management reports the disk as OFFLINE!).
Select your Passthrough Hard Disk Drive you wish to migrate to a VHD.
Here I selected my 111GB "PHYSICALDRIVE2".
Click on Finish to start the Image creation process.
A new dialog window will show you another
meaningless progress bar which I suggest you don't stare at -- just grab some chips!
Once the image creation process has finished, I strongly recommend you to test the image (ie. Before moving it to, say, your NAS).
Always trust but always verify…
To Test you VHD Image, on Hyper-V Manager.
- Open the VM Settings to which the passthrough hdd is attached to.
- Remove (but don't delete yet), the passthrough hdd from your VM.
- Attach the VHD image (ie. replace the passthrough disk with the VHD Image).
- Start the VM and check that your VM boots as expected.
Did I already tell you that the above is incredibly easy?
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Hotel Guest Rating: 8.2/10
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Welcome to the Hampton Inn Atmore
The free Wi-Fi, free continental breakfast, pool, hot tub and close proximity to attractions are key features of the new, non-smoking Hampton Inn Atmore.
Hotel Features
The four-story Hampton Inn, which opened in March 2012, has 81 non-smoking rooms and suites that feature free Wi-Fi, work desks with lamps and coffeemakers. Every morning the hot complimentary breakfast includes items such as sausage, eggs, French toast and waffles. For guests on the go, a take-out breakfast bag is available on weekdays. Guests can unwind by the seasonal outdoor pool and hot tub, or energize in the on-site fitness center. For corporate guests there is a business center with free printing, and a meeting room that can accommodate up to 70 people. Other perks include free weekday newspapers, free coffee and tea in the lobby and 24-hour front desk service.
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The Hampton Inn is located just off I-65 at exit 57, right next door to the upscale Wind Creek Casino, which offers gambling, dining and live entertainment. The Atmore Drag Way is two miles away, and downtown Atmore is six miles away. Bates Field airport in Mobile is a 60-mile drive, and Pensacola Regional Airport is 40 miles away.
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The new Hampton Inn Atmore offers perks like non-smoking rooms, free Wi-Fi, hot breakfast, a pool and a spa.
Hampton Inn Atmore Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Air conditioning individually controlled in room
- Alarm clock
- Buffet breakfast
- Business center
- Cable television
- CNN available
- Complimentary buffet breakfast
- Complimentary coffee in lobby
- Complimentary in-room coffee or tea
- Desk with electrical outlet
- Exercise gym
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Family plan
- Fire safety compliant
- Fitness center on-site
- Free high speed internet connection
- Free parking
- Hairdryer
- Heated guest rooms
- High speed internet access
- High speed internet access fee
- Interior corridors
- Iron
- Ironing board
- Jacuzzi
- Late check-out available
- Lobby coffee service
- Meeting rooms
- Non-smoking
- Non-smoking rooms (generic)
- On-site business center
- On-site business center is staffed
- On-Site parking
- Outdoor pool
- Parking
- Parking lot
- Pool
- Public area air conditioned
- Safe deposit box
- Security
- Whirlpool
Hotel Information
Guests are required to show a photo identification and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all Special Requests are subject to availability and additional charges may apply.
Hotel Guest Reviews of the Hampton Inn AtmoreOur hotel ratings and reviews are from real hotel guests. Priceline.com ensures that its reviews are guests-only by proactively sending hotel surveys to customers after they've completed their hotel stays. In the post-stay surveys, priceline.com hotel customers are asked a number of questions about their stay and the hotel. On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the best, the survey asks guests to rate their overall experience and specifically rate the hotel's cleanliness, staff and location. Priceline.com does not allow site visitors to post unsolicited hotel reviews.
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The hotel desk clerks were very friendly. Made you feel very comfortable from the time you checked in till you departed. In the past we normally would have stayed at the Wind Creek but they were booked. But for the price, atmosphere, customer service and quality of the room at The Hampton Inn, we will make our future plans to stay there again. Just an over all pleasant and relaxing experience. ...
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Get an overview of this hotelArt Deco Paris hotel in 15th Arrondissement, walk to Paris Expo Porte de Versailles
Located in 15th Arrondissement, this boutique hotel is within 1 mi (2 km) of Georges Brassens Park and Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. Eiffel Tower and Tour Montparnasse are also within 2 mi (3 km).
Hotel Features
This hotel features a full-service spa, a bar/lounge, and a steam room. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, concierge services, dry cleaning, and a 24-hour front desk are onsite.
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Hotel Amenities
Vice Versa features a full-service spa and a steam room. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. This Art Deco hotel also offers tour/ticket assistance, multilingual staff, and gift shops/newsstands.
- 24-hour front desk
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Free newspapers in lobby
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- Elevator/lift
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Free WiFi
- Full-service spa
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Luggage storage
- Multilingual staff
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Number of floors - 6
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Shopping on site
- Steam room
- Total number of rooms - 37
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Turkish bath/Hammam
- Year Built 2012
Family Friendly Amenities
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
- Free Wi-Fi
- Soundproofed rooms
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Free toiletries
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Daily housekeeping
- Desk
- Down comforter
- Free WiFi
- Hair dryer
- In-room massage available
- In-room safe
- iPod docking station
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Minibar
- Phone
- Private bathroom
- Rainfall showerhead
- Room service (limited hours)
- Satellite TV service
- Slippers
- Soundproofed rooms
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Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 7 AM and 10:30 AM.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Spa Services
Guests can indulge in a pampering treatment at the hotel's full-service spa. The spa is equipped with Turkish bath/hammam.
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
- Pets stay free
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- No onsite parking is available.
No rollaway/extra beds available
Pets allowed (no fees)
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 2.48 per person, per night
Optional extras
- Fee for buffet breakfast: EUR 15 per person (approximately)
Hotel Name
- Vice Versa Hotel
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This hotel has received its official star rating from the French Tourism Development Agency, ATOUT France.