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This application discloses subject matter related to the subject matter disclosed in the following commonly owned patent application(s): (i) "System And Method For Increasing Os Idle Loop Performance In A Simulator," filed even date herewith, application Ser. No. 10/178,992, now published as U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2003/0237075, in the name(s) of: Daniel Tormey, Joe Bolding and Matt Jacunski.
1. Technical Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to computer systems. More particularly, and not by way of any limitation, the present invention is directed to a system and method for increasing performance in a multi-CPU simulator environment.
2. Description of Related Art
Architectural simulators are often used to simulate a target hardware platform, whereby a simulated execution environment can "execute" a particular piece of software intended for the target hardware as if it were run on the actual machine itself. The target hardware platform may be comprised of any known computer architecture. For various reasons, simulators operable to simulate multiprocessor (MP) computer systems are more prevalent. Because the teachings of the present invention are particularly exemplified within the context of MP platforms, a brief introduction thereto is immediately set forth below.
In the most general sense, multiprocessing may be defined as the use of multiple processors to perform computing tasks. The term could apply to a set of networked computers in different locations, or to a single system containing several processors. As is well known, however, the term is most often used to describe an architecture where two or more linked processors are contained in a single or partitioned enclosure. Further, multiprocessing does not occur just because multiple processors are present. For example, having a stack of personal computers in a rack is not multiprocessing. Similarly, a server with one or more "standby" processors is not multiprocessing, either. The term "multiprocessing" is typically applied, therefore, only to architectures where two or more processors are designed to work in a cooperative fashion on a task or set of tasks.
There exist numerous variations on the basic theme of multiprocessing. In general, these variations relate to how independently the processors operate and how the workload among these processors is distributed. In loosely-coupled multiprocessing architectures, the processors perform related tasks but they do so as if they were standalone processors. Each processor is typically provided with its own private memory and may have its own mass storage and input/output (I/O). Further, each loosely-coupled processor runs its own copy of an operating system (OS), and communicates with the other processor or processors through a message-passing scheme, much like devices communicating over a local area network. Loosely-coupled multiprocessing has been widely used in mainframes and minicomputers, but the software to effectuate MP activity is closely tied to the hardware design. For this reason, among others, it has not gained the support of software vendors and is not widely used in today's high performance server systems.
In tightly-coupled multiprocessing, on the other hand, operation of the processors is more closely integrated. They typically share main memory, and may even have a shared cache. The processors need not be identical to one another, and may or may not perform similar tasks. However, they typically share other system resources such as mass storage and I/O. Additionally, instead of a separate copy of the OS for each processor, they run a single copy, with the OS handling the coordination of tasks between the processors. The sharing of system resources makes tightly-coupled multiprocessing platforms somewhat less expensive, and it is the dominant multiprocessor architecture in the business-class servers currently deployed.
Hardware architectures for tightly-coupled MP platforms can be further divided into two broad categories. In symmetrical MP (SMP) systems, system resources such as memory, disk storage and I/O are shared by all the microprocessors in the system. The workload is distributed evenly to available processors so that one does not sit idle while another is heavily loaded with a specific task. Further, the SMP architecture is highly scalable, i.e., the performance of SMP systems increases, at least theoretically, as more processor units are added.
In asymmetrical MP (AMP) systems, tasks and resources are managed by different processor units. For example, one processor unit may handle I/O and another may handle network OS (NOS)-related tasks. Thus, it should be apparent that an asymmetrical MP system may not balance the workload and, accordingly, it is possible that a processor unit handling one task can be overworked while another unit sits idle.
SMP systems are further subdivided into two types, depending on the way cache memory is implemented. "Shared-cache" platforms, where off-chip (i.e., Level 2, or L2) cache is shared among the processors, offer lower performance in general. In "dedicated-cache" systems, every processor unit is provided with a dedicated L2 cache, in addition to its on-chip (Level 1, or L1) cache memory. The dedicated L2 cache arrangement accelerates processor-memory interactions in the multiprocessing environment and, moreover, facilitates better scalability.
Regardless of which type of the target platform is simulated, a simulator is typically run on a host machine that may itself be a high-performance computer system having MP capability. During the execution of the simulator and any code run on the simulated platform, the host machine expends its own resources, e.g., processor cycles, memory accesses, and the like, in order to execute the simulator software. Clearly, how effective and efficient a simulator is with respect to a target hardware platform depends on how it is run on the host machine, which in turn is based on how the host resources are utilized in the process of effectuating a simulation environment.
It should be readily apparent that consumption and conservation of host resources can be particularly critical where a multi-CPU platform is being simulated for executing a specific piece of software (also referred to as code under simulation). In a conventional simulation environment, when a simulated processor is in an idle loop during the execution of the code under simulation, the host machine resources continue to be used up, thereby reducing the performance of the simulator. This situation is especially wasteful in a single-threaded simulator environment supporting a multi-CPU target platform because each simulated CPU consumes the same amount of available host resources even when executing idle loops.
Accordingly, the present invention advantageously provides a system and method for increasing performance in a simulator environment operable to simulate a multiprocessor platform with program code running thereon. A set of simulated processors are initialized upon instantiating the simulator environment on a host machine for executing the program code instructions. Code execution on a simulated processor is suspended upon encountering an idle state in the program code running on that simulated processor. The host resources that would have otherwise been spent on the simulated processor running the idle loops are therefore conserved for use by the remaining simulated processors.
In an exemplary embodiment, a simulator application program interface (API) routine is provided for suspending or re-activating a simulated processor. The API routine is operable to include at least two arguments, one for identifying a particular processor of a processor list that is to be suspended or re-activated and another argument that specifies which action is to take place with respect to the identified processor.
A more complete understanding of the present invention may be had by reference to the following Detailed Description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings wherein:
In the drawings, like or similar elements are designated with identical reference numerals throughout the several views thereof, and the various elements depicted are not necessarily drawn to scale. Referring now to
The simulator environment 108 is operable to execute program code (i.e., code under simulation) 112 intended to run on a target platform, e.g., an OS or application program. Accordingly, the code under simulation is run on the simulated processors of the exemplary target hardware platform 110. The various simulated processors are thus operable to execute the instructions of the program code by effectuating fetch/execute (F/E) cycles in some order as the time progresses. For instance, the execution flow may be initiated at a first simulated processor with one F/E cycle, the next simulated processor executing the following F/E cycle, and so on, until the first simulated processor re-commences whichever F/E cycle it encounters in the program. As these F/E cycles are effectuated in the simulator environment 108, the underlying host resources themselves, e.g., host CPUs, memory, etc., are consumed also. Those skilled in the art should recognize that the issue of how resource consumption impacts the host machine 102 is dependent at least in part upon whether the simulator running on the host machine 102 is a single-threaded application (i.e., run on a single host CPU) or a multi-threaded application (i.e., run on two or more host CPUs).
In general, when the simulator environment is instantiated on the host machine, a plurality of simulated processors are initialized as part of specifying the target hardware platform. When a program is executed in the simulator environment, in one implementation, a "run list" of the simulated CPUs is maintained for executing the program code under simulation.
Referring now to
At time T5, CPU-A 302A encounters the program code at a point that causes an "idle" condition in the execution state. That is, for example, the simulated processor CPU-A enters a state wherein it is forced to execute a number of idle loops instead of doing any "useful" work. Such a condition may arise due to an inherent feature of the program code itself, or may be artificially introduced in order to simulate a situation in which a target processor may enter into an "indeterminate" state for a period of time whereby the processor is "out of the loop" as far as the program execution is concerned. Thus, in one implementation, such idle loop phases may comprise standard, internal idle loops that the program code may typically be provided with in order that certain asynchronous events (e.g., an I/O event) take place before continuing. Also, idle loops may be inserted in the program code at selected points as alluded to hereinabove. Regardless of how they are implemented, the idle states in general have a starting point and an ending point. Also, although a simulated processor is in the mode of executing idle loops when an idle state is encountered, the underlying host resources continue to be consumed, however. For example, memory accesses by the host processor(s) necessary to support the loop execution by the simulated processor may continue to exist. Further, any conditionalities associated with the idle loop execution must also be verified by the host processor(s). As a result, the host machine resources are unnecessarily wasted on the simulated processor 302A when it is in the idle state, which resources could have been put to use for the other simulated processors. Reference numeral 306 symbolically refers to the host resource wastage with respect to the idle state of CPU-A 302A. As pointed out earlier, the effect of wasted resources is particularly significant when the simulator environment is provided as a single-threaded simulator running on one host CPU.
Accordingly, for instance, CPU-A 302A of
Referring now to
Thereafter, upon expiration of a predetermined time according to one implementation, the simulator API routine SimApiGateCpu{A,Resume} 706 is called to be executed on CPU-B 302B in order to resume program execution activity on the suspended CPU-A 302A. As a result, CPU-A is re-activated for program execution 702-T6 at time T6. Subsequently, the execution flow continues by way of effectuating program F/E cycles on all active CPUs. Reference numeral 702-T(P) symbolically refers to these F/E cycles.
Depending on implementation, one or more determinations are made whether at least one suspended processor is re-activated by way of a resumption call executed on an active processor (decision block 806) or by way of an external event directed to a suspended processor that is capable of receiving such an event (decision block 810). As set forth in detail hereinabove, the resumption call is effectuated as a SimApiGateCpu{ } routine which identifies a suspended processor targeted for re-activation. The re-activated processor thereafter resumes the execution of program code in normal manner (step 808 or step 812). In yet another implementation, a hard reset of the simulator environment may re-initialize all simulated processors, thereby re-activating any processors suspended previously. The re-activated processors are then brought back online for code execution in the simulator environment. Decision block 814 and step 816 capture these processes. As pointed out before, the program code continues to be executed on the active processors of the run list even after a processor in idle loop condition is suspended from the run list (step 818).
Based upon the foregoing Detailed Description, it should be appreciated that the present invention provides an innovative scheme for increasing performance in a multi-CPU simulation environment by advantageously avoiding idle loop execution on the target hardware processors of a simulator. Further, by calling the simulator API routine of the present invention at various points in a program code, different processors can be selectively deactivated and re-activated in order to simulate a host of behaviors that a target MP system may exhibit.
It is believed that the operation and construction of the present invention will be apparent from the foregoing Detailed Description. While the system and method shown and described have been characterized as being preferred, it should be readily understood that various changes and modifications could be made therein without departing from the scope of the present invention as set forth in the following claims. For example, the teachings of the present invention can be practiced in conjunction with any target hardware platform including, for example, symmetrical and asymmetrical MP systems, loosely-coupled MP architectures, shared- or dedicated-cache systems, and other high performance computing machines. Also, whereas the use of BRANCH commands has been described in reference to exemplary idle loop conditions, such command implementations are merely illustrative. Furthermore, as alluded to in the foregoing Detailed Description, the program code under simulation may be comprised of any type of software including Operating Systems, application programs, debug tools, et cetera. The simulator API routine may also be implemented to include other arguments for enhanced features, such as timestamp information, duration of suspension, etc. A multi-bit mask feature may be provided as an argument that can target multiple processors for suspension or re-activation. Accordingly, all such modifications, extensions, variations, amendments, additions, deletions, combinations, and the like are deemed to be within the ambit of the present invention whose scope is defined solely by the claims set forth hereinbelow.
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A few days ago, I attended a Christmas pageant at the Saint Paul's School here in Concord, New Hampshire. The evening was replete with nativity scenes, exceptional choral music, and the sounds of a magnificent pipe organ. Mixed in were gospel readings that offered a full account of the birth of Jesus, each selection presented with great care and clarity. It was obvious that the readers had rehearsed their parts as much as the musicians and vocalists had prepared theirs.
The architecture (English Gothic) and the acoustics of the St. Paul's chapel are breath-taking, and, as the pageant progressed, I reflected on how much the beauty of it all added to my ability to appreciate the grandeur of the Christmas story. Everything that evening—the music, the readings, the physical splendor—drew me to a powerful sense of worship: that occasion when people and God enter into a closer proximity with one another … and something within changes.
I'd like to add that in the chapel we sat, stiff-backed, in ornately hand-carved pews that were more than a hundred years old. But who noticed?
I have visited other places where worship was equally as moving.
I recall the large University of Illinois basketball arena when, years ago, I was privileged to join 18,000 students at the Urbana Missionary Convention. There was the unforgettable New Year's Eve communion service, the robust singing of great hymns such as Wesley's "And Can It Be," and the daily Bible expositions of John Stott. These were amazing, awe-arousing experiences that, even now, years later, powerfully move me. Something within me changes each time I remember those moments.
I'm also reminded that, in the U of I arena, we sat uncomfortably scrunched in bleacher seats that are typical for athletic events. But no one minded.
Then there was once a time in Ecuador when I climbed a steep and dangerous trail up an Andean mountain for two (plus) hours in order to worship with about 30 Quechua Indians in a windowless, lantern-illuminated hut. After the singing and the praying, I was invited to offer a brief Bible talk that was crudely translated from English to Spanish and into the Quechua tongue. Then there followed the Lord's Supper served from a battered tin tray. When we were finished, no one wished to leave. Everyone, including me, simply wanted to remain in the afterglow of our experience.
In that hut we sat cross legged on a dirt floor, which for me was almost physical torture. But who cared?
So a magnificent chapel, a sports arena, and a damp stone hut all offered places for a transcendent moment when one discovers "again for the first time" grace, hope, spiritual sturdiness, community, and a freshened sense of direction. These: some of the gifts of Jesus to his people.
The operational word for places where God and his people meet for a connective moment is sanctuary. Sanctuary usually means safe place, holy place, beautiful place. Some think that such a place has to be uniquely designed with religious forms and ornamentation. Like St. Paul's, for example. I understand this. Thus my appreciation for cathedrals. But other places can also serve as a sanctuary when the space is purposely consecrated and declared to be set apart for meeting and exalting God. Abraham did this with his altars as did Solomon with his temple.
When I was a pastor in New York City, I once pushed this idea of holy space to its limit. On an early morning, my wife, Gail, and I hosted four city bus drivers for breakfast in our apartment. We'd met each of them in the course of using public transportation each day and became aware that they were Christ-followers. As we ate, one of our guests commented on my work as a pastor and how much more exciting that must be in contrast to his perception of his ("boring, stressful, and occasionally dangerous") bus-driving work.
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Thomas, a young boy in his buggy on Patrick's Day this year. He's well wrapped up against the cold.
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I know that massage is supposed to be good for relaxation and stress relief. Are there other ways it can improve health? What type of massage is best?
Answer (Published 9/28/2006)
Massage can be wonderfully relaxing, but it does have other important health benefits and research is revealing more every year. Massage has even been found effective for the relief of pain and anxiety due to cancer. For example, in a 2004 study at New York's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 50 percent of patients surveyed after receiving massage therapy reported a decline in pain, fatigue, stress, anxiety, nausea, and depression. Within a 48-hour follow-up period, all of the patients who had reported improvement said that their symptoms remained better than they had been before massage. This is just one of many studies showing how massage can benefit cancer patients. Ongoing studies are now investigating the usefulness of massage therapy for cancer-related fatigue and for improving the quality of life among both terminal cancer patients and patients with advanced AIDS.
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Previous studies have found that massage can relieve chronic back pain, lessen the symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome, ease post-operative pain, reduce headache frequency, relieve arthritis pain, reduce blood pressure, improve immune function, reduce symptoms among children with cerebral palsy, help ease labor pain and anxiety, reduce nausea and vomiting in post-operative patients, and ease symptoms among Parkinson's disease patients. I could go on and on, but I think you get the picture – massage has proven efficacy for reducing pain, anxiety, stress, and depression in patients with a wide range of medical problems. If you have an interest in its effects on any specific disorder, I suggest visiting the Touch Research Institute at the University of Miami School of Medicine where you'll find a detailed listing of studies.
Part of the reason massage may work as well as it does is that many people expect it to. This is yet another example of the placebo effect – treatment that succeeds simply because patients believe it will. That's fine with me - the effects are real, and the intervention has very low risk.
As you pointed out, massage is also a great relaxation method. Although I highly recommend massage and urge you to get one whenever possible, do bear in mind that it often provides short term relief of symptoms rather than lasting change. Since few of us can visit a massage therapist as often as we might like, I urge you to find some other way to unwind on a daily basis – such as breathing exercises, progressive relaxation, biofeedback, visualization, meditation, or exercise.
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Cardiac Markers / Edition 2by Alan H. B. Wu
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Pub. Date: 11/09/2010
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
In this greatly enlarged and thoroughly updated edition of his much praised Cardiac Markers, Alan Wu and his contributors focus on the use of markers in the practice of cardiology and-for the first time-on the use of natriuretic peptides for congestive heart failure. Here, leading international authorities in clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine, cardiology,
In this greatly enlarged and thoroughly updated edition of his much praised Cardiac Markers, Alan Wu and his contributors focus on the use of markers in the practice of cardiology and-for the first time-on the use of natriuretic peptides for congestive heart failure. Here, leading international authorities in clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine, cardiology, emergency medicine, and the in vitro diagnostics industry describe the state-of-the-art uses of cardiac markers when treating coronary artery disease, and discuss in detail how they may be optimally used in a clinical setting. The many new and updated chapters introduce new ischemic markers such as CRP, fatty acid binding protein, ischemia modified albumin, oxidized LDL, whole blood choline, and genetic polymorphisms that portend high risk for cardiovascular disease. The authors address analytical issues, assay development, cutoff concentrations, antibody selection schemes, point-of-care testing, in situ degradation of cardiac troponin, and updated clinical trials. They also discuss the emerging infectious disease etiology of heart disease, as well as the role of troponin in such non-ischemic diseases as renal failure, cardiac surgery, sepsis, myocarditis, and chemotherapeutic drug monitoring.
Comprehensive and cutting-edge, Cardiac Markers, Second Edition not only offers physicians a complete guide to the use of cardiac markers in clinical practice, but also provides clinical laboratorians a close-up view of the new markers now becoming standard.
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Part I. Cardiac Markers in Clinical Practice
Early Detection of Myocardial Necrosis in the Emergency Setting and Utility of Serum Biomarkers in Chest Pain Unit Prools
Andra L. Blomkalns and W. Brian Gibler
Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes
Constantine N. Aroney and James A. de Lemos
Evolution of Cardiac Markers in Clinical Trials
Alexander S. Ro and Christopher R. deFilippi
Assessing Reperfusion and Prognostic Infarct Sizing with Biochemical Markers: Practice and Promise
Robert H. Christenson and Hassan M. E. Azzazy
The Use of Cardiac Biomarkers to Detect Myocardial Damage Induced by Chemotherapeutic Agents
Eugene H. Herman, Steven E. Lipshultz, and Victor J. Ferrans
The Use of Biomarkers to Provide Diagnostic and Prognostic Information Following Cardiac Surgery
Jesse E. Adams, III
Part II. Clinical Use for Cardiac Troponins
Cardiac Troponins: Exploiting the Diagnostic Potential of Disease-Induced Protein Modifications
Ralf Labugger, D. Kent Arrell, and Jennifer E. Van Eyk
Cardiac Troponin Testing in Renal Failure and Skeletal Muscle Disease Patients
Fred S. Apple
Cardiac-Specific Troponins Beyond Ischemic Heart Disease
David Morrow
Part III. Analytical Issues for Cardiac Markers
Antibody Selection Strategies in Cardiac Troponin Assays
Alexei Katrukha
Interferences in Immunoassays for Cardiac Troponin
Kiang-Teck J. Yeo and Daniel M. Hoefner
Cardiac Marker Measurement by Point-of-Care Testing
Paul O. Collinson
Standardization of Cardiac Markers
Mauro Panteghini
Analytical Issues and the Evolution of Cutoff Concentrations for Cardiac Markers
Alan H. B. Wu
Part IV. Early Cardiac Markers of Myocardial Ischemia and Risk Stratification
Rationale for the Early Clinical Application of Markers of Ischemia in Patients with Suspected Acute Coronary Syndromes
Robert L. Jesse
Ischemia-Modified Albumin, Free Fatty Acids, Whole Blood Choline, B-Type Natriuretic Peptide, Glycogen Phosphorylase BB, and Cardiac Troponin
Alan H. B. Wu, Peter Crosby, Gary Fagan, Oliver Danne, Ulrich Frei, Martin Möckel, and Joseph Keffer
C-Reactive Protein for Primary Risk Assessment
Gavin J. Blake and Paul M. Ridker
Prognostic Role of Plasma High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein Levels in Acute Coronary Syndromes
Luigi M. Biasucci, Antonio Abbate, and Giovanna Liuzzo
Preanalytic and Analytic Sources of Variations in C-Reactive Protein Measurement
Thomas B. Ledue and Nader Rifai
Fatty Acid Binding Protein as an Early Plasma Marker of Myocardial Ischemia and Risk Stratification
Jan F. C. Glatz, Roy F. M. van der Putten, and Wim T. Hermens
Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein and Malondialdehyde-Modified Low-Density Lipoprotein in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease
Paul Holvoet
Part V. Cardiac Markers of Congestive Heart Failure
Pathophysiology of Heart Failure
Johannes Mair
B-Type Natriuretic Peptide: Biochemistry and Measurement
Jeffrey R. Dahlen
B-Type Natriuretic Peptide in the Diagnoses and Management of Congestive Heart Failure
Ramin Tabbibizar and Alan Maisel
Monitoring Efficacy of Treatment with Brain Natriuretic Peptide
Emil D. Missov and Leslie W. Miller
N-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide
Torbjørn Omland and Christian Hall
Part VI. Role of Infectious Diseases and Genetics in Heart Disease
Infectious Diseases in the Etiology of Atherosclerosis and Acute Coronary Syndromes: Focus on Chlamydia pneumoniae
Martin Möckel
Polymorphisms Related to Acute Coronary Syndromes and Heart Failure: Potential Targets for Pharmacogenomics
Alan H. B. Wu
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At my first meal, when I stood up to go to the restroom, my chair fell back, hitting the floor with a crashing sound. When I got up to leave, the same thing happened. After that, I learned to anticipate the embarrassment, but it was not unusual to see other people have the same experience.
I recalled that occurrence after my friend Ryan recently noted how uncommon comfortable chairs are in Atlanta restaurants. I've noticed this is especially true with many metal patio chairs. Backs may rock, making sitting upright at the table impossible. Sometimes otherwise comfortable arm chairs won't slide fully under the table. Both enhance the possibility that you will drop food on yourself.
Nothing drives me crazier than a chair or table that isn't level. Then, there are chairs that are just cheaply constructed and seem to be ergonomically designed for contortionists. I also loathe many banquettes. They tend to be set too far from the table or they completely ignore lower-back comfort.
I often eat at bars and the same kind of issues come up with stools. Fast food seating actually seems calculated to get you out of the restaurant ASAP.
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President's supporters disappointed
Published: Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 11:29 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 4:22 p.m.
LAKELAND | The Presto family doesn't usually discuss politics at home.
Comments by Ledger Readers
During and after Wednesday night's presidential debates, readers offered their thoughts in comments on The Ledger's website and through emails. The following are some of their reactions.
"As a registered independent, I was totally in awe as Gov. Romney virtually rendered Obama speechless with facts during the entire debate! Obama looked weak and impotent and seemed anxious to find things Romney and he agree to. Obama could not wait to get out of there! Totally an embarrassment for Obama!"
— Lou Ouellette of Lakeland, via email
"Gov. Romney did a very good job of answering with facts, while President Obama seemed like an underclassman being lectured to by a professor of the subject."
— Don Milligan of Auburndale, via email
"Romney was clear, articulate, and persuasive, while our teleprompter president was unstable and unpersuasive. Obama is an empty suit, or chair, who depends on others to give him the words to make his case."
— Don Gifford, via Facebook
"Obama made Jimmy Carter look awesome!"
— Max Clayton, via Facebook
"The debate was pretty mild and not really any different than watching either candidate's campaign speeches. Remember 'READ MY LIPS NO NEW TAXES'? Romney is trying that old worn out lie now."
— Steve Nichols, via Facebook
"It was the best performance of any Republican presidential debater in my memory. As a Hispanic woman and a former delegate to the 1980 Republican National Convention, I have heard the best and the best is Romney!"
— Vanessa J. Anderson of Winter Haven, via email
But with his daughter, Amber, preparing to vote in her first presidential election, Tony Presto and his family gathered in front of the television Wednesday night and took in some political sparring.
Presto, a Republican who already has his mind made up for Gov. Mitt Romney, agreed with the consensus that formed the morning after the first presidential debate: Romney won.
The former Massachusetts governor succeeded by giving an aggressive performance compared to President Barack Obama, said Presto, 50, a security consultant from Lakeland. He said he liked what he heard and saw from the candidate, including a willingness to address issues head-on and a successful attempt to paint himself as the limited-government alternative to Obama.
Romney, he said, seemed at ease beside a president who Republicans and Democrats alike consider a formidable speaker.
"He actually looked comfortable, where the president obviously was not," Presto said. "You could hear (Obama) disagreeing under his breath. You could hear a couple of grumblings from the president when some of Gov. Romney's comments hit close to home."
To their disappointment, even some Obama supporters considered Romney the winner. During the debate, Barbara Smith, 64, rooted for the president at her Winter Haven home, waiting for him to hold forth on his successes, like elements of the economic stimulus.
But it never came.
Smith said she thought Obama could have done more to match Romney's aggression, but her support for him hasn't wavered.
Obama seemed to be at his best when exposing problems with Romney's tax plan, she added, and said she thought the president did a better job expressing his support for the middle class.
"I really do feel (Romney) is out of touch and has lived such a high life for so long that he has no idea how the average or low-income person has to live their daily life — paycheck to paycheck," she said.
She also echoed criticisms of the debate's moderator, PBS news anchor Jim Lehrer, who she thought failed to reign in Romney and allowed him to interrupt.
Pollsters were quick to test the public's opinion.
A CBS News poll found that of 523 "uncommitted" voters questioned, 46 percent considered Romney the winner, while only 22 percent thought Obama the winner. The remaining 32 percent thought they tied.
The debates were a chance for voters who have watched weeks of sometimes misleading ads to hear the candidates explain and defend their platforms face to face, said Rick Stoer, 61, a Romney supporter from Lakeland.
Not only did Romney seem at ease behind the dais, he said, the president seemed "flustered."
The debates are more for undecided voters, he said, and Romney's performance likely did a good job of swaying them.
"Those are the ones Romney has to get to," he said.
Andy Hernandez, 70, a realtor and travel agent from Lakeland, said he went into the debates supporting Romney. The candidate's performance only made him more resolved to vote for him.
"After last night, there's no doubt," he said. "I really feel strongly. Now I really want change."
Next up on the debate schedule is one between Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, Romney's running mate, at 9 p.m. Thursday at Centre College in Danville, Ky. It will focus on foreign policy.
Obama and Romney debate again at 9 p.m. Oct. 16 in a town-hall-style meeting at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. And the final debate brings Obama and Romney to Boca Raton at 9 p.m. Oct. 22 at Lynn University to discuss foreign policy.
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Israeli soldiers drive a tank at a staging area in the Golan Heights, near the border between the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights and Syria, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013. United Nations experts are investigating the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria as the United States and allies prepare for the possibility of a punitive strike against President Bashar Assad's regime, blamed by the Syrian opposition for the attack. The international aid group Doctors Without Borders says at least 355 people were killed in the Aug. 21 attack.
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