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"For more than 80 years, Mills musicians, professors, visiting faculty, and students have been at the forefront of contemporary music, dramatically and consistently expanding the frontiers of sound and theory." —Derk Richardson, Oakland Magazine, 2007
The legacy of musical innovation at Mills College began with the establishment of a Music Conservatory in 1894. Mills music students have since spanned the musical spectrum, from jazz great Dave Brubeck to electronic music pioneer Morton Subotnick. The list includes composers Steve Reich, Janice Giteck, and Elinor Armer; Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Wernick; computer music pioneer Leland Smith; sound artist Laetitia Sonami; composer/installation artist Paul DeMarinis; pianists Barbara Rowan and Virginia Waring; psych folk star Joanna Newsom; new music ensemble director Cheryl Seltzer; sound poet/ radio producer Charles Amirkhanian; Indian percussion virtuoso Anantha Krishnan; pianist/musicologist Dana Reason; Latin jazz keyboardist Rebeca Mauleón; drummer Ches Smith; founder of UC Berkeley's CNMAT Richard Felciano; gamelan composer Nyoman Windha; artist/writer Julia Christensen; video/sound artist Betsey Biggs; film composer Willow Williamson; record producer Noah Georgeson; and koto player/composer Miya Masaoka.
The Mills Music Department was created by J. B. Beutler after the College moved from Benicia to Oakland in 1871. One of the earliest music graduates (in 1876) was international opera star Emma Nevada, who later performed at Mills with legendary cellist Pablo Casals. Nevada had been trained by German voice coach Alfred Kelleher, a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music in London and Beutler's successor as director.
Mills Musical Milestones
Louis Lisser, a graduate of the Royal Academy of Arts in Berlin, begins a 30-year term as the director of the Music Department.
Conservatory of Music established.
New Grecian-style theater named in Lisser's honor.
Henry Cowell performs his innovative piano works in Lisser Hall.
Luther B. Marchant becomes head of the Music Department, a position he holds until 1954.
Mills College Concert Hall opens to architectural acclaim with a four-concert festival presented by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, America's foremost patroness of new music at that time.
Pro Arte String Quartet begins eight-year residency at Mills. During this period, the quartet performs American premieres of works by Milhaud and Berg (Lyric Suite) as well as quartets by Cowell, Stravinsky, Bartók, Harris, and Copland.
Henry Cowell, Lou Harrison, and John Cage participate in Summer Sessions in the Creative Arts, beginning a tradition of experimentalist music at Mills.
Mills graduate Margaret Lyon, who earned a PhD in musicology from UC Berkeley, becomes a Mills faculty member. She serves as the Music Department head from 1955 to 1979.
French composer Darius Milhaud arrives at Mills and remains on the faculty until 1971.
The Budapest String Quartet begins its association with Mills. Among the guest artists who perform with them at Mills is clarinetist Benny Goodman.
During the summer session, Milhaud (assisted by Madeleine Milhaud and the Budapest Quartet), along with artist Fernand Léger and author André Maurois, presents a series of lectures; John Cage performs in a concert of percussion music, assisted by dancer Marian Van Tuyl.
Dave Brubeck, returning from four years of military service in World War II, enrolls as a graduate student and studies with Milhaud. He later becomes renowned for the Dave Brubeck Quartet, one of the best-loved jazz groups of all time.
At the invitation of Drama Professor Arch Lauterer, composer Harry Partch visits Mills and presents his theater piece Oedipus. The performance includes Mills students playing Partch's extraordinary instruments. Partch lives in Lisser Hall from July 1951 to February 1953.
Composer Leon Kirchner becomes the Luther B. Marchant Professor. Kirchner leaves Mills to join the music department at Harvard University in 1961.
Groundbreaking electronic music composers Ramon Sender, Pauline Oliveros, and Morton Subotnick form the San Francisco Tape Music Center.
Italian composer Luciano Berio teaches at Mills. Cathy Berberian's performance of Circles and other works by Berio at a Mills concert is named one of the major new music events of the year by critic Alfred Frankenstein. In the 1963–64 academic year, Mills commissions Berio's Folk Songs; during this intense period of teaching, he starts work on Laborintus II.
Berio and 12 Mills students (including Tom Constanten and Grateful Dead's Phil Lesh) perform John Cage's Winter Music on 13 pianos in the Concert Hall.
Milhaud, Berio, and Subotnick establish the Mills Performing Group with the support of a three-year grant from the Rockefeller Foundation.
Steve Reich receives an MA in composition from Mills. In 1965, he composes his seminal tape piece It's Gonna Rain.
The San Francisco Tape Music Center, also funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, relocates to Mills and becomes the Mills Tape Music Center with Pauline Oliveros as its director.
Anthony Gnazzo becomes the director of the Mills Tape Music Center with David Tudor as lecturer and performing artist.
Karlheinz Stockhausen visits Mills for a performance of Telemusik and Mikrophonie 1. The same year, Berio and Dennis Russell Davies conduct the former's Laborintus II at Mills.
Anthony Gnazzo and Lowell Cross become co-directors of the Mills Tape Music Center, which is renamed the Center for Contemporary Music.
Mills faculty and students perform John Cage's Variations VI with David Tudor in January .
Robert Ashley and Bill Maroldo become co-directors of the Center for Contemporary Music.
Lou Harrison and William Colvig build the gamelan Si Darius, and, shortly afterwards, the gamelan Si Madeleine. Students at Mills continue to play and perform on these instruments to this day.
Composer Terry Riley, one of the founders of the m inimalist movement, begins his 11 years as Luther B. Marchant Professor at Mills.
Pandit Pran Nath, a renowned specialist in Hindustani classical vocal music, becomes visiting professor of music at Mills.
David Behrman joins Ashley as co-director of the Center for Contemporary Music. Behrman—along with Mills students Paul DeMarinis, Rich Gold, Frankie Mann, and John Bischoff—begins using primitive microcomputers (the KIM-1) to make live electronic music.
Bischoff, Tim Perkis, and Jim Horton form the League of Automatic Music Composers, the first computer network "band."
David Rosenboom, known for his research in musical interfaces with the human nervous system, joins the Mills faculty. In collaboration with Rosenboom, Don Buchla develops the Buchla Touché—one of the first digital synthesizers—years before similar instruments were commercially available.
Kronos Quartet—David Harrington, John Sherba, Hank Dutt, and Joan Jeanrenaud—begin a two-year residency.
The College creates the Darius Milhaud Chair in Composition in recognition of Milhaud's lasting influence on music at Mills. In future years, this position will be held by Lou Harrison, Iannis Xenakis, Kenneth Gaburo, Anthony Braxton, Alvin Curran, Pauline Oliveros, Jöelle Léandre, Annie Gosfield, Hilda Paredes, and Roscoe Mitchell.
In an article published in the New York Times on July 27, music critic John Rockwell lists the 15 most significant works of the 1960s. Four of these are compositions by former Mills faculty or students (Reich, Riley, Oliveros, and Berio). Rockwell's list of the 10 most influential works of the 1970s includes two former Mills faculty members (Behrman and Ashley) and a former graduate student (Reich).
The acclaimed Abel-Steinberg-Winant Trio begins a long association with Mills.
Internationally acclaimed percussionist William Winant continues to make a lasting impact as a teacher of generations of Mills percussion students.
David Rosenboom becomes director of the Center for Contemporary Music.
Rosenboom, along with Larry Polansky and Phil Burk, creates HMSL (Hierarchical Music Specification Language), a music programming language widely used by educational institutions and individuals around the world.
Mills graduates Chris Brown, John Bischoff, Mark Trayle, and Phil Stone, along with Scott Gresham-Lancaster and Tim Perkis, form the pioneering computer network music ensemble The Hub.
Maggi Payne and Chris Brown become co-directors of the Center for Contemporary Music.
Maryanne Amacher becomes the first Rosekrans Artist-in-Residence, a position created by Mills Trustee Dodie Rosekrans. Frederic Rzewski, Christian Wolff, Annea Lockwood, Fred Frith, and Amy Denio hold this residency in subsequent years.
Lou Harrison becomes the first Jean Macduff Vaux Composer-in-Residence. Composers who have since held this prestigious residency include Gordon Mumma, José Maceda, Bun-Ching Lam, Cecil Taylor, Meredith Monk, Terry Riley, James Tenney, Maggie Nichols, Helmut Lachennmann, and Muhal Richard Abrams.
Fred Frith, known for his work in the seminal English art rock band Henry Cow (as well as Art Bears, Massacre, Skeleton Crew, and countless collaborations with the likes of Brian Eno, Evelyn Glennie, Zeena Parkins, and John Zorn), joins the Mills faculty as Luther B. Marchant Chair.
Paul DeMarinis is the first David Tudor Composer-in-Residence, a position later held by Maryanne Amacher, Steina Vasulka, Trimpin, Ron Kuivila, Jon Rose, Laetitia Sonami, and Keith Rowe.
The Mills Performing Group is re-established by an endowment funded by Mills Trustee Lauren Speeth.
Roscoe Mitchell, a founding member of the Art Ensemble of Chicago and influential member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, is appointed Darius Milhaud Chair in Composition.
The Mills College Concert Hall undergoes an 18-month renovation and reopens with a six-concert music festival celebrating the past, present, and future of contemporary music. Headliners include Muhal Richard Abrams, Arditti Quartet, John Bischoff, Chris Brown, James Fei, Fred Frith, Joan Jeanrenaud, Joseph Kubera, Tony Martin, Roscoe Mitchell, Pauline Oliveros, Nicole Paiement, Maggi Payne, Terry Riley, and William Winant.


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quote:Originally posted by MoscaOoooooh. Here's some.1) Mashed potatoes and sauerkraut. Cut the liquid in your potatoes a little bit first.2) Colcannon; mashed potatoes with cabbage and onions. 6 lbs of potatoes and 2 medium onions per head of cabbage; or, 3 lbs of potatoes and half a head of cabbage per onion. Make the mashed as you always do, sautee the onions and cabbage with 1/4 lb of bacon and mix in. 3) Add 2 lbs/1lb (depending on recipe size) of cooked ground beef to colcannon to make Bubble & Squeak (leave out the bacon).Tom
quote:Originally posted by TrishkaidekaphobiaTom, what you call Colcannon, I call Bubble and Squeek. I always make mine from leftovers, but I make sure I make enough mashed potatoes and cabbage the first time round so that I can have Bubble & Squeek the next day. Has anyone ever read "The Wind in the Willows" where poor Mr. Toad is in jail and the jailer's daughter brings him B&S to comfort him? Whatever you call it, it's only one of the best dishes known to mankind! (And I am NOT exaggerating.) YUM!


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We provide Table 9.6 of the "high" sky background numbers as plotted in Figure 9.1. See the text and the caption in Figure 9.1 for more details. These high sky values are defined as the earthshine at 38° from the limb and the high zodiacal light of mv = 22.1 magnitude/arcseconds2.
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Shangri-La Hotel, Tokyo announces for the first time a range of "Enchanting Excursions" for guests wishing to explore Japan. Enchanting Excursions includes a unique extension of the hotel's "Meet and Greet" service to the platforms of Tokyo Station to celebrate the revitalisation of the Tokyo Station area in October 2012. Shangri-La Hotel, Tokyo's unique position above Tokyo Station puts it right at the heart of the city at a time when the 100-year-old home of the bullet train reopens as part of the mammoth Tokyo Station City renewal project.Enchanting Excursions offers a high-end experience of Japanese local tradition with a smooth door-to-door transfer to prime scenic sports for vacationers or busy business travellers.
The hotel's Meet and Greet service has earned a renowned reputation for personally escorting guests directly to and from Tokyo Station's platforms, where guests can catch a bullet train directly to the far corners of Japan smoothly and precisely, in addition to their arrival and departure from Narita Airport by Narita Express.
The Express Explorations one-day trips and "Overnight Opulence" stay options offer exclusive opportunities to explore or stay in Gion in the heart of Kyoto, eat dinner with entertainment provided by geisha, bathe in the hot springs resort area of Hakone, or relax in the onsen of the Izu Peninsula, with more to be announced soon. Via the hotel's Meet and Greet service to the bullet trains at Tokyo Station, and upon arrival at the destinations, business and tourist guests can experience Japan with ease.
Originally constructed in 1914 in distinctive European-style red brick and designed by architect Kingo Tatsuno, the iconic Tokyo Station building is set to be uncovered from extensive renovation in October, while new commercial facilities such as the high-end Daimaru Department Store reopen simultaneously. The Tokyo Station district, the access point for high-speed rail travel throughout the country, is set once again to cement its place alongside the Imperial Palace, Marunouchi and the Ginza shopping area as one of the city's prime destinations.
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WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Winnipeg fans found plenty to cheer about Sunday night even though the Jets were on the losing end of their game against the Ducks.
Anaheim's Teemu Selanne was making what could be his last visit to Winnipeg on Sunday night, when the Ducks won 3-2 and Jets fans voiced their appreciation for the man who began his NHL career with Winnipeg in 1992-93 by setting rookie records of 76 goals and 132 points.
The crowd gave a roaring cheer during the singing of the American national anthem when the video board showed the 43-year-old Finnish Flash. And Selanne received a standing ovation midway through the first period when the announcer at MTS Centre noted his storied career, which Selanne has said will end after this season.
He stood up from the bench and acknowledged the cheering with a wave of his glove.
"Some ways, you felt that I was on the home team," Selanne said with a laugh.
After playing 231 games in a Jets' uniform, Selanne was traded to Anaheim in February 1996 and didn't get to move with the Jets when they relocated to Phoenix and became the Coyotes at the end of that season.
"I feel like even when I left, they have always been there after, too, so it's a good feeling," he said.
Anaheim doesn't play in Winnipeg again this season unless the teams meet in the playoffs.
Corey Perry was the on-ice hero for Anaheim when he capitalized on a Winnipeg mistake to score the winning goal.
Jets defensemen Zach Bogosian had raced down the ice to grab a loose puck behind the net, but when he turned to clear it up the ice, he fanned on the shot and the puck went to Perry in front of the net.
The Ducks winger quickly put a high shot above goalie Ondrej Pavelec at 14:29 to the groan of Jets fans.
"If I didn't score that one, there'd be something going on," Perry said. "I wouldn't tell you what would happen, but it wouldn't have been pretty.
"It was a gift and those are the ones you have to capitalize on, especially right in front of the net with nobody around you."
Viktor Fasth made 15 saves for Anaheim, which also got goals from Mathieu Perreault and Andrew Cogliano in concluding a season-opening, three-game road trip.
Andrew Ladd had a pair of goals for Winnipeg, Blake Wheeler assisted on both in his 375th NHL game and Pavelec stopped 31 shots.
Captain Ladd wasn't blaming Bogosian for the loss.
"We didn't deserve to win, regardless of that," Ladd said. "Really the only reason we were in the game still was [Pavelec].
"Tough break. [Bogosian] slips and the puck ends up in the wrong area and in the net. It's not his fault at all. It's on everybody else in the room."
Jets coach Claude Noel was upset with his team's play, except for Pavelec's performance.
"If you look at the way we played, we didn't deserve to win the game playing that way," Noel said. "We got saved by our goalie. And realistically, our goalie has saved us in all three games [this season]. He's been superb. Not average, superb."
He added Bogosian's error was a mistake that "sometimes happens."
Even though the Jets were outshot 15-6 in the first period, they held a 2-1 lead on Ladd's goals in the opening period.
First he deflected Wheeler's wrist shot just 11 seconds into a power play to make it 1-0 at 9:06, but then Ducks center Perreault tied it up 1:10 later when he flipped in a loose puck past Pavelec.
Ladd got the go-ahead goal at 16:17, catching Fasth out of position. After the puck bounced off the backboards, Fasth slid to the other side of his crease, but Ladd quickly shot the puck into the open side.
The Jets didn't get a shot on net until almost five minutes into the second period and couldn't capitalize on two power-play opportunities.
Anaheim tied it up with 4 seconds left in the middle period when Cogliano redirected Dave Winnik's shot.
The Jets didn't get their first shot on goal in the third period until almost seven minutes in, with Pavelec facing four shots in the same span.
Winnipeg defenseman Tobias Enstrom has four assists in his first three games. ... Bogosian was playing in his 300th NHL game. He was drafted by Atlanta in the first round, third overall, in the 2008 entry draft. ... The Ducks will mark the 20th anniversary of their inaugural NHL game on Oct. 8. They will celebrate at their home-opener on Oct. 10.


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Lindsay Lohan ended her docu-series Sunday with a huge and personal revelation: The actress said she suffered a miscarriage while filming the OWN show.
The news came during a sometimes-tearful wrap-up interview edited into the end of the episode.
"No one knows this, and we can finish after this," she said. "I had a miscarriage for those two weeks that I took off.
"It's a very long story, but that's why on the show when it says, 'She doesn't want to come down, she doesn't want to come down,' I couldn't move, I was sick. And mentally that messes with you."
She added that "watching this series, I just know how I felt at that moment, and I can relate to that girl, which sounds very crazy. I'm like, oh my God, this is sad, like, who's helping her?"
The 27-year-old didn't offer any information about who the father might be, or how far along she was at the time of the miscarriage. The star of "The Canyons" is currently single, she said last week on "The View," noting that men had "been a distraction in the past."
(However, in a new interview with Kode magazine, via Just Jared, she reportedly admitted to a recent relationship with a man who's married, with kids. That interview appears to have taken place before Lohan's recent string of talk-show appearances, and in it Lohan is described by the writer -- who goes by an alias in the piece, according to Us Weekly -- as sipping on a "frequently topped off" vodka on the rocks.)
[Updated, 9:45 p.m. PDT April 21: The Kode interview is allegedly a fake, Gossip Cop reports. "Lindsay never spoke to any journalist at Kode. The interview was completed via email," a Lohan rep told the website Monday evening. So that would mean no married dad, no vodka on the rocks -- which better fits Lohan's recent single-lady declaration and the fact that she's been doing the PR rounds to promote a series focused on her sobriety.]
On her show, Lohan also addressed the infamous list of sex partners that was leaked a while back, which she also discussed last week on "Watch What Happens Live" with Andy Cohen.
She described in more detail how the list got out, saying specifically that it leaked courtesy of one of two people who helped her move out of the Beverly Hills Hotel.
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Within a few years, NBCC established itself as a major contender for photographic honors in local and national contests, with many of its members achieving recognition for their outstanding work.
Challenging our members with stimulating competition assignments, sharing knowledge through educational programs, and enjoying the fellowship that springs from a common interest are the hallmarks of the North Bethesda Camera Club today.
The 165 members of NBCC meet in Rockville, Maryland on most Wednesdays from September through May.
Other activities include the Nature Visions Photo Expo, exhibits at public galleries, photo critiques, member training, workshops and field trips both local and across the country, and the popular NBCC Photo Essay presentation each spring.
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. - College professor Kurt Stoecker spends many late nights grading papers, but some nights his asthma gets the best of him.
"Sometimes I can't sleep. It's like tightness in my chest that causes me to cough," said Stoecker.
He was diagnosed with asthma at age 16. He's taken steroids and inhalers, but now he's trying something new.
As part of a clinical trial, doctors are testing whether treatment with a CPAP machine will improve symptoms in asthma patients by making their airways less reactive.
"At nighttime, their muscles that are around their windpipes are not being allowed to relax. In essence, they're working almost 24 hours a day," said Mario Castro, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine.
The CPAP pushes gentle air down the windpipe, forcing the muscles to relax. It's typically used for patients with sleep apnea, but doctors say it could be the first drug-free option for asthma patients.
In the 12-week study, patients used the device for at least four hours a day and there were no serious side effects. However, Castro says there could be an uncomfortable mask fit and interference with sleep. Less likely side effects include drying of nasal passages, mouth, or throat.
"The most exciting thing is that it's not a drug. This is a device," Castro said.
Stoecker can watch TV while his CPAP goes to work.
"I don't even notice it, honestly," Stoecker said.
He hopes the simple mask could one day be all he needs to keep his asthma under control.
Doctors say the hope is patients will only need to use the CPAP for a period of time—not indefinitely—to see results. Doctors think the effect is in a matter of days.
Researchers at 19 sites across the country are still recruiting patients for this clinical trial, which is sponsored by the American Lung Association. For more information on how to enroll, go to www.lung.org.
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Asthma is a condition in which your airways narrow and swell and produce extra mucus. This disease causes wheezing, chest tightness, coughing, and shortness of breath that may interfere with daily activities. Typically asthma is a minor mishap, but it can lead to life-threatening asthma attacks. Asthma can't be cured, but its symptoms can be controlled. Exposure to various substances that trigger allergies and irritants can trigger symptoms of asthma. Asthma triggers vary from person to person and can include: cold air, airborne allergens (like pollen), allergic reactions to some foods (like peanuts), respiratory infections, physical activity, certain medications (like aspirin, ibuprofen, etc.), strong emotions and stress, GERD, and menstrual cycle in some women. (Source: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/asthma/DS00021)
CPAP: Continuous positive airway pressure therapy (CPAP) uses a machine to help a person who has obstructive sleep apnea breathe more easily during sleep. A CPAP machine increases air pressure in the throat so that the airways do not collapse when a person breathes in. The machine will have one of the following: a mask that covers your nose and mouth; a mask that covers your nose only-called nasal continuous positive airway pressure or NCPAP; and prongs that fit into your nose. CPAP is the most effective nonsurgical treatment for obstructive sleep apnea. It is also the treatment of choice for people who have coronary artery disease or heart failure. (Source: http://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/sleep-apnea/continuous-positive-airway-pressure-cpap-for-obstructive-sleep-apnea)
CPAP AND ASTHMA: The American Lung Association's Asthma Clinical Research Centers (ACRCs) are recruiting asthma patients for a study to examine whether the use of CPAP, which keeps airways open during sleep, makes airways more relaxed and thus improves asthma symptoms. With the CPAP therapy, clean, humidified air is blown into the lungs in order to prevent airways from collapsing. Therefore, the chest and lungs are more expanded helping patients to breathe easier. "If CPAP is found to be effective, this will introduce an entirely new way to treat asthma without medication," Robert Wise, MD, director of the American Lung Association Asthma Clinical Research Centers Network, was quoted as saying. "If we can reduce the number of inhalers and frequency of inhaled rescue medication with this new treatment, it will not only relieve the burden of asthma but improve their quality of life as well." The CPAP clinical trial is currently enrolling non-smokers between the ages of 15 to 60 with history of asthma. Nineteen centers across the U.S. are still recruiting, including: University of Arizona at Tucson, University of California, San Diego, National Jewish Health (Colorado), Nemours Children Clinic (Florida), University of Miami, University of South Florida (Tampa, FL), Illinois Consortium: Northwestern University, St. Vincent's Health (Indiana), LSU Health Science Center, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine (Missouri), New York Medical College, New York City Consortium, North Shore-LIJ Medical Center (NY), Duke University Medical Center, The Ohio State University, Baylor College of Medicine (Texas), Northern New England Consortium (Vermont), and University of Virginia. (Source: http://www.lung.org/finding-cures/our-research/acrc/list-of-centers.html)
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India Festival in Tulsa
I went to the India Fest in Tulsa yesterday, accompanying my daughter and several of her friends. We arrived shortly before noon, had lunch, and wandered around inside the Pavilion at the Tulsa County Fairground. There were booths showing Indian food and spices, religions, garments, and even industrial prowess.
As we entered, the stage was being prepared for a traditional Indian wedding procession. They invited all of us to join in, but I don't dance so well. Have you ever seen a dancing bear at the circus? They're way better than me.
The photos are over on Flickr.
Also, early yesterday morning, I went downtown for the start of the Oklahoma Steak Cook-off Championship. Now, I can't eat beef, so this was a hardship, believe me. But I took some good HDR photos that I'll post on Flickr later today or tomorrow.
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DURHAM — A fatal multicar crash is being investigated by state police after rescue crews responded to the collision on Route 4 at about 9 a.m. Saturday.
First responders were on scene for about five hours following the incident that left a 74 year old man dead when his 2000 Buick and a Chrysler operated by a 22 year old man collided head-on.
The driver of the Chrysler and his 22 year old male passenger were seriously injured.
The driver was transported by Dartmouth Hitchcock Advanced Response Team (DHART) helicopter to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. McGregor Memorial Ambulance transported the passenger to Portsmouth Regional Hospital.
The identities of the drivers as well as a 22 year old passenger in the Chrysler are being withheld until next of kin are notified.
The Durham Police Department is investigating with the state Technical Accident Reconstruction Unit.
While on scene, officials had described the crash as being a crime scene.
According to a report by Seacoast Media Group, Strafford County Attorney Tom Velardi and Deputy Attorney Tim Sullivan were also on scene.
It is not known at this time what type of crime is being investigated.
Early emergency communications reported that several people were trapped and extricated from the vehicles.
The weight station on Route 4 served as a landing zone for the DHART helicopter. Operations shut down Route 4 from Madbury Road to the Main Street on ramp near the University of New Hampshire.
Police and fire and rescue crews from Durham, Lee, Newmarket, UNH, and Dover responded.
New information will be reported as it becomes available.
More information is expected to follow.
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DURHAM — A fatal multicar crash is being investigated by state police after rescue crews responded to the collision on Route 4 at about 9 a.m. Saturday.


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Last Sunday 40 children aged 8-9 years old took over the Linbury Studio Theatre with Chance to Dance. They were performing Jam Tomorrow, a new ballet by Royal Ballet Soloist Kristen McNally.
Kristen, working with children for the first time, guided them through the themes and characters of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, harnessing the children's imagination and sense of fun, allowing them to be themselves every step of the way.
The result was magical. The children, joined on stage by Royal Ballet dancers James Wilkie and Iohna Loots, danced their way through Wonderland – the flower garden, the sea of tears, clocks and doorways – to distract the 'parents' from eating the last jam tart!
Beforehand, backstage was buzzing with nerves and excitement, but once the show started natural performers were born. The children owned the stage and their personalities shone through as they brought Wonderland to life. The cherry on top was the reaction to Sunday's performance: the children's families were brimming with pride.
This is the first time a dancer from The Royal Ballet has choreographed for Chance to Dance, a company that offers children the opportunity to experience dance creatively. The annual performance is when everything starts to click into place. Children see the results of their hard work and get a full picture of the world of dance. With inspiration from dancers like Kristen, we see transformations takes place.


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As Martinsville Speedway gets its turn on the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series schedule this weekend, Todd Bodine and the No. 30 Germain.com Tundra team are looking forward to continuing to build on what they had at the Virginia short-track last fall when the Chemung, NY, native led 83 laps en route to a third-place finish.
"We finished third but we had a really good truck. I got out run on tires at the end—we had like 50 laps more on our tires than anybody. We understood that. It's what we did to get track position and take a chance. We ran really well. It definitely helps this Germain.com Tundra team going back to Martinsville," said Bodine.
The team seems to have the pieces put together. Bodine hopes this weekend could signal the end of Germain Racing's nil in the win column in the short-track category.
"We've run well at Martinsville, just never got it done. The guys have done a great job putting a truck together that's specific for Martinsville. Hopefully we can use it the best we can and finally get it done," explained Bodine.
Bodine will race chassis GR-016. The truck is new to Germain Racing this year. It debuted in race number three as a No. 62 Tundra for teammate Gaughan.
"This week the guys have prepared GR-016 as the chassis for the No. 30 Germain.com Tundra. It will be our first time using the truck as a 30, but, we are confident it's the best choice for the Martinsville race weekend. We learned a lot about Martinsville last fall, and certainly we hope to build on that this weekend," said Hillman Jr.
Bodine has competed in 14 Truck Series events at Martinsville—he is one of many NASCAR drivers to have made their first career start at the track. This Saturday he'll compete in his 169th Truck Series race when he fires up the Germain.com Tundra for the fourth race of the 2011 season. Bodine has 732 NASCAR career starts to date.
Watch Bodine in the No. 30 Germain.com Tundra on on Saturday, April 2nd, at Martinsville Speedway. The action starts on SPEED with practice airing at 2:00 PM ET on Friday. Qualifying is on air at 10:30 AM Saturday followed by racing at 2:00 PM—all on SPEED. Can't get to a television? Tune your radio to your local MRN affiliate.
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Major League Lacrosse, the premier professional outdoor lacrosse league, announced today that Rattlers' John Ranagan and Hounds' Mike Sawyer have been added to the roster for the 2013 All-Star game presented by Moe's Southwest Grill. They will be replacing Paul Rabil and Kyle Dixon who are unavailable due to injury. Rabil will participate in the All-Star festivities and will be on hand to greet the numerous fans who are coming out to Charlotte.
Ranagan has recorded 12 goals in six appearances this season, including a four-goal game against the Hamilton Nationals June 22. He is currently tied for 2nd in goals and is ranked 5th for points on the Rattlers roster. He will join teammates Ned Crotty, Jordan MacIntosh, Mike Manley, and Matt Striebel.
A Charlotte area native, Sawyer has recorded nine goals and four assists in seven appearances since finishing his college career at Loyola, including a three-point game (1g, 2a) in the 16-14 loss against the Hamilton Nationals May 17 that earned him Cascade Rookie of the Week honors. He is currently in 5th place on the Charlotte Hounds roster for points. He will join teammates Ryan Flanagan, Peet Poillon, Brett Schmidt, and Ryan Young.
The MLL All-Star Game, presented by Moe's Southwest Grill, takes place on Saturday, July 13, at 7:00 pm in Charlotte, N.C., at American Legion Memorial Stadium, and will be broadcast live on ESPN2. If you don't have your tickets for the event yet, be sure to check out the MajorLeagueLacrosse.com All-Star page for information.


text: Windows 7 Tips and Tricks 11 handy tips for Windows 7 Don't you love it when you find a new shortcut to get across town or uncover a cool feature on your latest gadget? Windows 7 is full of "I didn't know you could do that" surprises. Among the many great enhancements in Windows 7, here are some of the small gems that you might not be aware of. 1. Surpass basic math Calculator has several dynamic new features—click the View menu to check them out. Unit conversion translates Celsius to Fahrenheit, kilometers to miles, meters to feet, grams to ounces, joules to BTUs, and more. You can use the new calculation worksheets to quickly compute everyday stuff like fuel economy and auto lease payments. The Programmer and Statistics modes handle the geekier tasks. 2. Send information to tech support The next time you find yourself trying to describe a complicated computer problem to a friend or tech support, give Problem Steps Recorder a try. You can record a series of screen shots, add notes, and email them directly to whoever is helping you. For tips on using Problem Steps Recorder, read this article. 3. Move your taskbar Did you know that you can move the taskbar to the top, right, or left sides of your screen? Watch a quick video demo. 4. Customize your clocks Have friends, family, and colleagues in different time zones across the world? Add clocks to your taskbar to keep track of the time in their area. Or add a clock gadget to your desktop. You can even choose from eight different clock designs. Here's how to add and personalize gadgets. 5. Create and share themes Like a little variety? With Windows 7, you can design, save, and quickly change your computer's themes (desktop background, window border color, sounds, and screen saver). You can even create a new theme, like one that showcases a slide show of your favorite photos as your desktop background, and easily share that with friends and family. Learn more and watch a video about how to create a theme. 6. Drag files from Jump Lists With Jump Lists, you get a quick-access list of your most frequently or recently used files. Just look for the right-pointing arrow next to programs on your Start menu or left-click a program on the taskbar. You can use Jump Lists to open files and programs in just a few clicks. Even better, you can drag items from Jump Lists into open folders or email. 7. Preview your files Another great time saver is the file preview pane within a folder or library. Use it to see a file's contents without opening the file in a program. You can open the preview pane in a window by pressing Alt+P. Items such as photos and PDF files will be previewed in this area when you click them. Learn more about using files and folders, including the preview pane. 8. Help reduce eye strain with ClearType ClearType is a tool that improves the readability of the text on your LCD screen. So if you feel the text isn't displaying sharply, use ClearType. The tool will take you through a series of screens, much like an eye exam, to help you achieve the sharpest text possible. 9. Easily customize your Sticky Notes Now you can make the Sticky Notes you keep on your desktop even handier. You can format the text and change its color, as well as resize, collapse, and flip through several Sticky Notes. If you have a Tablet PC or touchscreen, you can use multiple input (pen and touch) methods within a single note. Learn how. 10. Get to know the new Paint This classic Windows software has been improved in Windows 7 with new brush effects such as watercolor, crayon, and calligraphy. Paint now comes with an easy-to-use ribbon for all the cool features that you use the most. And with a touchscreen you can finger-paint, including using two fingers to create separate brush strokes simultaneously. 11. Quickly find anything on your computer Windows Search is the fastest way to locate and open any file on your PC, including documents, email messages, music, photos, and more. To use Windows Search, click the Start button , type one or two keywords, and see search results appear almost instantly. Applies to Windows 7 More to explore Do more with Windows 7 features What you need to get started New to PCs? Check out Windows 7 basics


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4Dspace wrote:Thank you quickfur for your reply. Sorry I was not clear -- it's cause my understanding is evolving. I am new to topology.
I understand your example with threads in a piece of fabric and agree that 3D space can be distorted within 3D, without leaving its constrains. But. Think about it: if that were true with gravity in our world, then space would not appear to us perfectly flat, especially here on Earth. Spacetime is heavily curved around the planet, all around us. Yet we do not perceive this curvature in the refraction of light. (I'm aware that there is a lensing effect around stars, that's not what I'm talking about here.) What I'm saying is that space all around us on the planet is condensed and curved, yet we do not see it in all sorts of halos, mirages and lensings. This is possible ONLY if the distortion is in fact in the 4th spatial dimension, while the 3D is practically perfect.
The analogy here is with a thin 2D sheet of Flatland that is gently curved in 3D, appearing perfectly orderly and regular for the Flatlanders.
So, when I analyzed the situation in regard to curvature in (n+1) dimension, I saw that what curves is the surface plane from which the (n+1)th dimension arises. And to determine if it's curved, for 2D seen from 3D, I need to make orthogonal lines from 2 arbitrary points on the plane and see if they are parallel or not.
When I went from 3D to 4D, I noticed that the 3 planes that bind a cube from one side, all belong to the same plane from which the 4th dimension emerges (<-- as seen from the 4th D point of view).
I hope this is right -?
I want to learn to visualize this 4D thing well. Actually, I need only to see a 3D surface from the 4th D perspective, which is much easier. That's how I realized that the 3 faces of a cube lie on the same plane in 4D. - is that right? [...]
wendy wrote:When one says that space is curved, it is not bent in some higher space. All space, including euclidean, is curved. So if one supposes that 3d is curved in a 4d holding space, then the 4d holding space is curved in a 5d space, and so forth.
4Dspace wrote:quickfur, thank you so much for your explanation. And for your website, I am going to explore it now.
Regarding light distortions: when light passes through a lens or a prism, or simply uneven window glass (like they used to make in medieval times, 'cause they did not have the technology), the image such light delivers gets distorted. If spacetime is curved by gravity all around us, why don't we see similar distortions all around? <-- that's my line of reasoning.[...]
quickfur wrote:We do. Gravitational lensing is the prime example. I suppose your objection is that we don't see it more often -- but that's just a matter of degree. Most distortions are so tiny we don't notice it -- doesn't mean they aren't there. It has been shown, for example, that large nearby mountains have enough gravity to pull very long pendulums sideways. So the distortion is definitely there. It's just that when you couple light, which moves at extremely great speeds, and gravity, which is very weak as far as physical forces go, the effects are barely noticeable until you start talking about truly massive amounts, like entire galaxy clusters and millions of light years of distance. The spacetime around us does have all kinds of distortions, but they are slight enough that we don't readily notice them (e.g. the mountain bending a pendulum).
quickfur wrote:But this is really beside the point. The point is that space distortions don't have to require an additional dimension for them to be real. If you are confined to the surface of a piece of fabric, it's not so easy to tell, from your confined POV, whether the distortion is caused by curvature in 3D, or just stretching/compression within the fabric itself. In fact, it may not be possible to tell in some cases, without going outside of the fabric itself. You simply don't have enough information within the fabric itself to be able to prove conclusively that an additional dimension must be involved.
4Dspace wrote:[...] Light passing through the atmosphere of Earth, bouncing off surfaces of familiar objects before hitting our retinas, should be greatly distorted. Yet we see nothing. Here on Earth. Gravitational lensing around a galaxy or a star is an extreme case. We should see something on Earth with our own eyes. But we don't. Why?
You're saying this is because the distortion is so small, we don't notice it. But when glass has a minutest imperfection, we notice right away. We can tell very well when light is distorted ever so slightly. So, what's the difference?
I say, the difference between these two cases is in the 3d subspace (here I am referring to the fact that there are 4 3d subspaces in 4D). Gravity lives in 4D proper; i.e. it needs all 4 dimensions. Light (EM radiation) lives in 3d subspace of 4D. Prob'bly I am not using the right terms
[...]The point is that there can be different kinds of distortions. In our 2D analogy with a piece of fabric, yes it can be distorted in 2D (its threads having kinks), remaining flat in 3D. But it can also be curved in 3D, looking pretty orderly in 2D (its threads perfectly aligned). There is a difference. I want to know how to tell this difference.
[...] To hell with gravity. Forget it. The question is: How to tell if a 3D structure is distorted in 4D as opposed to the same 3D it is in?
4Dspace wrote:Actually, I just remembered, from computer graphics courses (yeah, me too, except that I ended up working with databases and as a sys analyst). To depict 3D we used 4x4 matrices, and that's because... something to do with the fact that you need n+1 dimension to fully describe n-dimensional object.
I think this has to do with.. an n-D object, no matter how distorted can always be contained in a Euclidean (n+1)D. There gotta be a theorem that states this -?
quickfur wrote: you need two additional dimensions to have a faithful embedding of the object into Euclidean space.
quickfur wrote:spatial distortion can be explained either way. There is really no way to tell the difference unless you have actual access to the additional dimension.
quickfur wrote:The difference is that the "minutest imperfection" to us is actually a gigantic mountain of faulty area at the atomic level, consisting of billions, nay, trillions, nay, quadrillions, nay, something on the order of 10^20 (that's 1 with 20 zeroes following it) atoms in size. That's when we macroscopic beings start noticing the effects of it.
wendy wrote:However, the curvature in space is not due to this, and by no where as large. Typically, you are looking at feet per light-years here.
wendy wrote:One should note that the hyperbolic geometry has a curvature less than euclidean space, and so a space of perfect euclidean curvature would be a curved thing in that kind of space.
Curvature is something that one does not have to suppose a larger space to do. It is partly suffice to construct lines perpendicular to a straight line. One then measures the length at some distance from the straight line. This will be longer, equal or shorter, as the space is negatively, zero or positively curved. If the case is that space is negatively curved, a euclidean construction would be as bent as a sphere. In fact, for these spaces, if one is significantly smaller than the radius of curvature (a measure which connects d(length)/length), then space will appear to be euclidean. Such is true, for example, on the surface of the earth, where one does not have to reckon curvature for the construction of a house, but does for large countries.
4Dspace wrote:Thank you very much for your replies!quickfur wrote: you need two additional dimensions to have a faithful embedding of the object into Euclidean space.
Awesome! Where do I read up on this? How this theorem is called. I wuv you!
So, it's +2, uh? Thank you thank you thank you.
[...]quickfur wrote:The difference is that the "minutest imperfection" to us is actually a gigantic mountain of faulty area at the atomic level, consisting of billions, nay, trillions, nay, quadrillions, nay, something on the order of 10^20 (that's 1 with 20 zeroes following it) atoms in size. That's when we macroscopic beings start noticing the effects of it.
You're saying that a spot with some messed up atoms on a piece of glass makes a greater distortion in otherwise straight ray of light than the dent the whole planet Earth makes in space? Here we differ. The distortion of space around the planet is so great that it requires phenomenal >11 km/s escape velocity to break through.
[...] And I have another question regarding the geometry/topology. I'm looking for a theorem that states that a symmetrical and highly ordered 3d structure in 4D is more rigid and stable than a 4d structure in 4D. I'm not sure how "stability" is determined. This gotta go in the same vein as such things as triangles being rigid in 2D or knots can be tied in 3D but not in 4D -? but I am not sure. [...]
quickfur wrote:It's +2 only in this particular case...
quickfur wrote:... It's all a difference of scale. ...
quickfur wrote: There's no special relationship with specific dimensions. ... In general, in n dimensions you need (n-1) legs pointing at the vertices of an (n-1)-simplex. Perhaps this is what you had in mind?
4Dspace wrote:[...]quickfur wrote:... It's all a difference of scale. ...
But it's the same light that passes through distortions, the same visible range, the same frequencies. It's the same scale for the main participant of the event: the light.
Today I spent some time googling trying to find out what's the value of spacetime curvature at ~1m off the surface of the Earth. After so many years, you'd expect that someone has already calculated this -? But I could not find it
Well, I tell you what I have in mind. I'm trying to deconstruct space. The one we live in. To me it's a fascinating subject and I hope you find it interesting too. I have a hunch that space is actually at least 4D. In fact, the rigidity of the 3D electromagnetic structure requires that an additional spatial dimension existed (for nuclei to move somewhere unobstructed). So, pursuing this line of reasoning, I am looking for some rules of topology that would make a 3D rigid structure naturally emerge out of a 4D structure in 4D, that is trying to assume the lowest energy state.
The most rigid and stable structure is actually 2D. The problem with it is that it is not bounded. => it needs to curve. This leads us to 4D <-- because the "real space" does not grow by drawing an orthogonal vector from a plane, it folds: 2d x 2d = 4D = 3D + 1D. This separation of 4D on 3D + 1D is what we got. 3D is occupied by the EM rigid structure and 1 empty D is where nuclei live, integrated into the 3D of EM via electron clouds.
So, what I'm looking is some clues, hidden in topology, as to why 3d structure in 4D precipitated out of a 4d structure in 4D. Any ideas?
Clue: all the structure "wants" is to assume the lowest energy state, to be as regularly distributed as possible. It can be modeled as nodes connected by edges. A node only "knows" what its 2 neighbors are doing and they are either pulling or pushing. The structure overall "wants" to equalize this pull-push among all of its nodes (yeah, it vibrates). That's the principle that drives the organization of this structure.
4Dspace wrote:Sorry, quickfur, you did not understand me. Forget physics. Think space. Think there is nothing in the world but the structure of space. When Universe is born, the first expression of its energy is the geometry of space. Space wants to be an even structure. And it quickly becomes. When it is perfectly balanced, that's what is called empty space. Each and every imperfection in its structure is something in space. And so, there is absolutely nothing in the world but topology describing the dynamic structure of space.
There is no physical forces in conventional understanding. Instead, there are distortions in the structure of space.
And so, you don't need to concern yourself with physics. The question to you is, why would a 4d structure in 4D precipitate into a 3d structure in 4D? Everything else is superfluous. I am not dealing with anything but structure of space itself. Nuclei and other trinkets are irrelevant here.
quickfur wrote:Where did the 4D structure come from in the first place?
quickfur wrote: And what do you mean by "precipitate"?
4Dspace wrote:quickfur wrote:Where did the 4D structure come from in the first place?
What does it matter? This is a given, like in chess: you have a position and the goal: white mate black in 3 moves. You don't ask how the position came about.
quickfur wrote: And what do you mean by "precipitate"?
By this I mean that, given a 4d structure in 4D (initially, the structure occupies all of the 4D = yes, initially the structure also defines the space), in order to get to the lowest energy state (it vibrates), it precipitates into a 3d structure.
The way I sort of see it, it collapses into 3d, because this configuration is more conducive to preservation of its energy. The 4 dimensions, from which it started though, remain. The 4th dimension becomes very different from the other 3. First, it appears "empty" in comparison to the other 3 where all the energies continue to run. This dimension sort of "helps" to absorb some of the "rattle" of the other 3. I know I sound phenomenally primitive, but... hey I don't know the terms yet. Where online I could read on the topology and functional spaces?
3D is the only dimension where the cross product is a binary operator. Generalizations to other dimensions are either not a binary operator, or do not have vector-valued results.
4Dspace wrote:Thank you quickfur! This quote from that link seems what I need:3D is the only dimension where the cross product is a binary operator. Generalizations to other dimensions are either not a binary operator, or do not have vector-valued results.
So, in 4D, the cross product is a plane.
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If you're a writer, there are many hurdles to overcome.
You have to commit to writing whenever you can, and then bludgeoning that prose into the best it can be.
Then you have to diligently search for an agent, and for a publisher (or several agents and publishers, as few writers stick with one.)
You must seek out new markets while maintaining relationships with old ones.
You have to keep in touch with the public through online social networks and face-to-face.
You must battle criticism, self-doubt, and apathy, and stay current with industry happenings.
And all the while, your only true boss is you.
So unless you have a great deal of self-control and determination, you will undoubtedly slack off once and a while.
A few weeks probably won't hurt. A few months won't help. A year or longer and you'll be rebuilding your career from the ground up.
Not an easy task for writers. There are so many failures for so few successes, and not many ways to truly measure the impact of your efforts. This means that success or failure is largely arbitrary, based on your personal goals, And those goals can change. This can result in lesser efforts, which almost always yield lesser results.
So how do you maintain the discipline required to succeed? Especially when success seems so elusive?
1. Set Goals. The only goals worth setting are those you have control over. Getting published or becoming a bestseller are not goals. Those are dreams. Goals are sending out ten queries in December and writing five pages a day. These are doable, and the first step to keeping on track.
2. Make Time. All the goals in the world won't mean anything unless your prioritize them. That will probably mean sacrificing other things to devote yourself to your goals.
3. Regiment. Any long-term goal requires determination, implementation, and repetition. We don't have to force ourselves to do things we love. And while we may love some aspects of writing, there are certainly things we don't enjoy. You are your own boss, and your boss has to be a hard-ass.
4. Reward. The more realistic goals you make and shoot for, the more productive you'll become. When you do reach a goal, celebrate by rewarding yourself. It might be with something simple, like a cup of coffee when you finish two pages, or something big, like a trip to Paris when you finish the book. But all work and no play is a sure way to burn out.
5. Heal. You'll have setbacks, guaranteed. And these setbacks may make you want to ditch your goals, your regimen, and the whole silly business. There are many ways to overcome adversity, such as ignoring it, working through it, commiserating with friends, mourning, reflecting, and reinventing yourself. But, ultimately, the only thing that heals wounds is time, so forgive yourself if it takes a while to get back on the horse. And if you never do get back on, this wasn't the career for you in the first place.
If you choose to write (or if writing chose you) then you have to be relentless in the pursuit of your goals. If you settle for less, your expectations will be met. Demand more from yourself.
The winners are the ones who never gave up. Be a winner.
Now get back to work.
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Thursday, February 07, 2008
OpenVG and accelerating 2D
I've tried it in the past. First with my "you ain't cool, unless you drool" campaign, which was not as successful as I've seen it be in my head. It made me realize that marketing is unlikely one of my superpowers. That was a real blow especially since it came a day after I've established that there's like a 95% chance that I can't fly and if I can, then my neighbor will be seriously pissed if I keep landing on his car. You'd think they'd build them stronger, but I digress. After that I went with my strengths and had two technical efforts. The first one led to Exa the second to Glucose. Both are acceleration architectures that try to accelerate Xrender - the API which we use for 2D on X. What Xrender is very good at is text. What Xrender is not so good at is everything else.
Furthermore what one really wants to do nowadays is use the results of a 2D rendering in a 3D environment as a texture or simply implement effects on top of the 2D rendering with shaders. Wouldn't it be nice to have a standard and simple API for all of that? You bet your ass it would. In this particular case "you bet your head" would be a more suitable expression, since by a simple act of reading this blog it's clear you already gave up on your ass and stake your future on your head. I endorse that (both the head more important than ass theory and better api idea). Currently, through the magic of DRM TTM and GLX_texture_from_pixmap one could achieve partially that (we'd need GLX_pixmap_from_texture to finish it), but if you've seen Japanese horror movies you know they got nothing on the code one ends up with, when doing that.
I already mentioned in my previous post that we can lay any number of API's on top of Gallium3D. In fact in the last diagram I already put the two graphics API's that interest me on top of it. OpenVG and OpenGL. In my spare time I've started implementing OpenVG on top of Gallium3D. I'm implementing 1.1 which hasn't been officially released yet. While OpenVG 1.0 is essentially useless for our drool-causing desktops because it doesn't even touch the subject of text handling, 1.1 does and that in itself makes it a great low-level 2D vector graphics api.
We already have OpenVG engines for Qt and Cairo which should make the switch fairly painless. "Hey", you say and I swiftly ignore you, because I have a name you know. "Sunshine", you correct yourself and I smile and say "Huh?". "I want my KDE 4 fast and smooth! Gallium3D has this 3D thing in the name and I have hardware that only does 2D, what about me?". Nothing. You need to use other great solutions. "But my hardware can accelerate blits and lines!". Awesome, then this will likely rock your world. As long as you won't try to run any new applications of course. Even embedded GPU's are now programmable and putting the future of our eye-candy on a technology that predates 2 year old embedded GPU's is an exercise in silly which my chiseled pecs refuse to engage in.
OpenVG standard says "It is possible to provide OpenVG on a platform without supporting EGL. In this case, the host operating system must provide some alternative means of creating a context and binding it to a drawing surface and a rendering thread." which is exactly what we want. That's because we already have that layer, it's GLX. GLX will do the context creation for us. This also means that we'll be able to seemingly combine 2D vector graphics and 3D and manipulate the results of vector rendering the same way we would normal 3D.
Finally 2D graphics will be accelerated the same way 3D is and those hours which you've spent playing 3D games thinking "how the hell is it possible that putting a clock on my desktop makes it choppy when this runs at 400fps?" will be just a story you'll get to tell your grand-kids (while they stare at you with the "please god, let me be adopted" look). As a bonus we get two extremely well documented API's (OpenGL and OpenVG) as our foundation and instead of having two drivers to accelerate 2D and 3D we'll have a single driver.
So what happens with Glucose? Alan and José are still working on it a bit and in a short-term it does provide a pretty enticing solution but long term OpenVG/OpenGL combo is the only thing that really makes sense.
With much love,
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14 comments:
- Andre said...
This sounds very good, especially the part about transforming Vector output like usual 3D. But the aim of future X architecture is still quite unclear to me. You mention to use GLX. I thought EGL is the future way to go? And doesn't GLX use OpenGL libraries and Mesa/DRI again? I thought you want to replace extactly these. I'm a bit confused, sorry.
- February 7, 2008 at 3:04 PM
- February 7, 2008 at 3:17 PM
- Chris C said...
> What?
Yup. This post apparently brought to the world courtesy of enough coffee to knock out a small mule.
(as an aside, no blockquote tags allowed?)
- Chris
- February 7, 2008 at 3:20 PM
- Tim Whitbeck said...
Great! I love your posts, Zack. Always humorous, but more importantly, they make me excited. It's great to hear about the work you're doing.
- February 7, 2008 at 3:28 PM
- Jon Smirl said...
If you're working on a text API consider client side layout and server side rendering - a model where both the client and server use the identical font file. We're very close to having font generation from shaders and you want to be able to support that in your API. X has never done fonts right in a dozen tries.
When working with OpenVG take into account the final window transform since this will alter antialiasing decisions in the OpenVG code. If you are drawing into a twisted window, don't draw into a rectangle and then twist it. Apply the twist transform to OpenVG before the window is drawn, that way the anti-aliasing will be right. This has big impacts on fonts.
- February 7, 2008 at 5:10 PM
Re Tim Whitbeck:
Excited?! You pervert!
- February 7, 2008 at 7:50 PM
- zuh said...
If you weren't a Qt zealot, I'd want your babies. But I'll settle for casual sex.
I agree completely that unifying the graphics API to something hw vendors see as worth supporting is The Way to go. God knows XRender doesn't seem to attract any interest.
- February 8, 2008 at 8:26 PM
- APokorny said...
Where can I get the draft openvg-1.1 spec?
- February 16, 2008 at 10:02 AM
Hi Zack,
I've only recently come across your work - but find it very interesting.
Use of OpenVG is great but one of the challenges a lot of us have is mapping existing 2D drawing APIs to OpenVG.
Are you still in Japan? Spend anytime in London? I'm in London but should be in Tokyo 23rd April-1st May. Fancy a beer? mail me graphicsninjabeer atnojnkbillpinnell fullstopcom
- February 18, 2008 at 5:05 AM
Theoretically, we want a usable OpenGL accelerated back end for Cairo, right? Right now, Cairo uses XRender a lot.
XRender is implemented in the driver...we have no control over how it's implemented in closed source drivers...performance can be sketchy.
XGL implements XRender on GL, Glucose should allow this do be done on the same X server, bypassing all the problems XGL generates, correct? I can't wait for this.
On the topic of the Cairo OpenVG backend...someone could implement OpenVG using GLX(indirect?)?
Isn't that like...far into the future....almost a pipe dream?
- May 17, 2008 at 5:18 AM
Also...I don't understand...can libXRender essentially be rewritten to use OpenGL, instead of calling things in the XServer? Why does the X server need to be modified if aiglx is supported?
- May 17, 2008 at 5:28 AM
What's the difference between GL-ES and openVG? I'm totally confused by all these overlapping graphics standards!
- September 23, 2008 at 12:04 AM
What about OpenRT?
- September 29, 2008 at 2:40 AM
What's the difference between GL-ES and openVG? I'm totally confused by all these overlapping graphics standards!
OpenGL-ES is a subsets of OpenGL and it's mainly designed to accelerate 3D graphics on embedded systems.
OpenVG is the API to accelerate 2D vector graphic.
Maybe you're confused by some "OpenVG on OpenGL-ES" implementations like AmanithVG or ShivaVG.
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An in vitro test has shown that allicin reacts with blood and oxidizes it: All allicin disappeared within a few minutes after being mixed with blood (1). At the same time, the color of the blood changed from red to black (Figure 1). This finding showed that allicin oxidized the red pigment hemoglobin in the red blood cells to methemoglobin, which irreversibly cannot carry oxygen to the organs/tissues (Figure 2). Cases of anemia have been seen from excessive consumption of some raw garlic preparations containing allicin and its degraded compounds (2,3). Therefore, such preparations should be used in moderation and with caution. Since most nutrients/substances taken orally and absorbed by the intestine must first go through the liver, allicin reactivity in the liver has also been studied (4). Small amounts of allicin could be detected in the effluent (fluids surrounding the cells) only when allicin was injected into the liver tissue at a high concentration, which caused severe liver cell damage. At lower dosages, which did not cause cell injury, allicin could not be detected in the effluent. In another study, allicin disappeared very rapidly when incubated with liver tissue (5).
Furthermore, it has been shown that after ingestion of 25 g of raw garlic containing a significant amount of allicin, neither allicin nor sixteen of its common transformation products were detected in either the serum or urine from 1 to 24 hours after ingestion (6).
These data suggest that allicin taken orally may not be delivered to the organs and tissues, and that it does not appear to be a biologically beneficial compound in garlic.
The Activity Of Allicin Taken Orally Is Very Questionable
Since allicin lacks bioavailability as previously mentioned, if at all, it is beneficial only when applied topically. The other methods of administration, including oral ingestion, will unlikely result in any beneficial effects.
The following recent studies have clearly shown that allicin does not contribute to the major pharmacological effects of garlic.
Allicin in Commercial Garlic Products
The instability of allicin has been confirmed by various studies. One study has shown that allicin decreased to non-detectable amounts after only six days (10) while another study showed that all allicin was lost within a day (20 hours) (11). When eight garlic supplements were purchased at health food stores and allicin content in them was determined using HPLC, the most sensitive method for detecting this compound, none of them were found to contain even a detectable amount of allicin (less than 1 ppm) due to the instability of allicin (1).
Since manufacturers have begun to realize that there is no allicin in any garlic supplement, they have started promoting "allicin potential" as a way to claim that their products can provide allicin to the body. Generally, allicin potential is determined by adding water to garlic products. However, the production of allicin inside the body is very doubtful.
Alliinase, the enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of alliin to allicin, is irreversibly deactivated at pH 3 or below, an acidic environment typically found in the stomach (12). No allicin was produced when pH 2 and pH 3 citrate buffers were added to garlic powder.
Simulated stomach fluids (SGF) and simulated intestinal fluids (SIF) have commonly been used to determine the effects of typical digestion on nutrients or chemicals in question. Compared to the amount of allicin produced by garlic powder upon water contact, only about 4% of that amount of allicin was produced when the garlic powder was incubated in SGF, and about 60% when incubated in SIF. Moreover, the subsequent incubation of garlic powder in SGF and SIF reduced the allicin production to about 1 % of its production in water (1).
These recent findings indicate that only insignificant amounts of allicin can be produced inside the body.
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1. Freeman, F. and Kodera, Y. 1995. J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2332-2338.
2. Nakagawa, S. Masamoto, K. Sumiyoshi, H. Kunihiro, K. and Fuwa, T. 1980. J. Tox. Sci. 5: 91-112.
3. Imada, O. 1990. Nutrition International Co., P.O. Box 50632, Irvine, CA 92619-0632, p. 47.
4. Egen-Schwind C., Eckard R, and Kemper F.H. Planta Medica, 58: 301-305, 1992.
5. Egen-Schwind C., Eckard R., Jekat F.W, and Wirterhoff H. Planta Medica, 58: 8-13, 1992.
6. Lawson L,D., Ransom D.K. and Hughes B,G. Thrombosis Research, 65: 141-156, 1992.
7. Caporaso N, Smah S,M. and Eng R.H,K. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 23: 700-702, 1983.
8. Gebhardt R. Arzneim,-Forsch,/Drug Res., 41 : 800-804, 1992.
9. Sendl A., Elbl G., Steinke B. at al. Planta Medica, 58: 1-7, 1992.
10. Yu T-H, and Wu, C-M. Journal of Food Science 54(4): 977-981, 1989.
11. Brodnitz, M.H. Pascale, J.V., and Derslice, L.V. J. Agr. Food. Chem. 19(2):273-275, 1971.
12. Abramovitz, D. et al. Coron Artery Dis, 10(7):515-519, 1999.
13. Lawson, L.D. and Hughes, B.G. Planta Med. 58: 345-350. 1992.


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LOS ANGELES - Mel Gibson's wife of 28 years filed for divorce Monday, citing irreconcilable differences.
Robyn Gibson filed the petition, which offers no details of the breakup, in Los Angeles Superior Court. The couple have seven children but only one under 18. Robyn Gibson has requested joint custody of their son, who turns 10 on Tuesday.
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