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Nothing But an Unfinished Song: The Life and Times of Bobby Sands – Dennis O'Hearn
On May 22, 2019 By Genyc79In Biographies, Northern Ireland
Recently, I have become fascinated with the troubles in Northern Ireland, a culmination of long-simmering tensions between Catholics and Protestants in Ulster Province. The conflict is among the longest running in the world and has claimed the lives of thousands. In each of the books that I have read, I kept coming across the name Bobby Sands (1954-1981). I knew he was one of several prisoners at the Long Kesh correctional facility who died following a hunger strike in protest of the conditions at the jail and the policies of London. However, I did not know much about his life. I became focused on him and eagerly searched online for whatever I could find. Amazon delivered yet again with this definitive biography of Sands' life by author Dennis O'Hearn that is nothing short of riveting.
Here in the United States, Sands' name is largely unknown but across Ireland and other parts of the world, he is remembered as a champion of resistance and an inspiration to others who have waged their own battles for freedom including the late Nelson Mandela (1918-2013). Mandel used Sands' hunger strike as an example for strike of his own which proved to be highly successful. However, Sands also had his detractors and many of them still view him with disgust, particularly in the six Protestant dominated counties in Ulster Province. And similar to other famous figures, there are endless stories about his life, some true and others most likely fiction. Hearns sets the record straight here giving the best account of the life of one of the IRA's most legendary leaders.
From the start, the book earned my undivided attention and at times I could not put it down. Curiously, the Sands' story begins like many other kids in Northern Ireland. He was born several miles from Belfast and his childhood was a happy one by all accounts. He lived in a modest house with his parents and three siblings. His friends were a mix of Catholic and Protestant. But that would soon change as the battle between Republicans and Loyalists escalated and the induction of the British military further fueled tensions. As Hearns shows, these events began to shape the mindset of the growing Sands and the events of Bloody Sunday, were the spark that fully ignited the raging conflict.
The author's writing style flows very easily and the pace of the book moves just right. Hearns follows Sands' early life, showing his slow progression from the average young kid, to a young man learning about religion and complexities of life for Irish Catholics and finally to the wise and seasoned IRA member that launched the most famous and moving hunger strike in Irish history. I think Hearns showcases clearly, how and why many young men and women joined the IRA, knowing full well that jail and death were the most likely outcomes. To Americans, Sands might seem out of his mind. But that is far from the case and Hearns gives him a platform to spread his ideas. Sands' writing samples are included in the book, giving him a voice in this incredible biography. Even if you do not agree with what Sands did, it will hard not to admire his dedication to his beliefs, his charisma, intelligence and willingness to sacrifice himself.
His incarceration at Long Kesh is without a doubt the crux of the book. As Hearns tells this part of Sands' life, we step inside the walls of the prison and the different sections in which Sands and other IRA members were confined. The ugly and vindictive atmosphere that developed at Long Kesh is on full display and some readers will be repulsed at the actions of some guards and conditions in which Sands and the others lived. But the struggle inside the prison by no means was one sided. Sands and the others do their share of antagonizing the guards whom they affectionately refer to as "screws". A daily war of attrition developed as each side sought to find out just how far they could push the other. And to say that some aspects were barbaric would be an understatement.
Prison time was an accepted part of life for the men and women of the IRA. Death came as well to those who were either unlucky or extraordinarily brave. The men at Long Kesh believed their fight was political and they decided they would not be confined within its walls without being appropriately labeled as political prisoners. London vehemently refused to agree to any such notion and thus, the stage was set for the battle between the IRA and the Iron Lady herself, Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013). As this point in the book, the suspense heightens as the IRA becomes more defiant and the guards become more determined to break them into submission. It was an environment that would have driven most to insanity. But for Bobby Sands, this was the proving ground in which he could show his commitment to his cause. His studies of the works of Che Guevara, Franz Fanon and others became the backbone of his resistance and carried him through to the final moments of the second of two hunger strikes carried out by IRA prisoners. Hearns covers both in solid detail to give the reader an inside look into the battle behind-the-scenes battles within the IRA with regards to the impending doom by the hunger strikers.
As a sub-story to the events at Long Kesh, the author focuses on the turmoil in Sand's personal life outside of the IRA. Marriage and fatherhood enter the story and the effect the movement had on his personal life will cause many to wonder if it was truly worth it. Sands would surely say yes but I am sure that if he could have gone back and done things differently, there is a good chance that he might have changed course. But by the time he had reached this point in his life, his fate was sealed and destiny was waiting. At the time of his death, he was only 27 years of age and joined a long list of other famous figures who died at age 27. In death, he became a martyr and his image can still be found on murals in Northern Ireland. To Republicans, he is a hero who fought against British Rule and to Loyalists, a criminal who caused his own demise. But to some of his enemies, as Hearns shows, he was still worthy of respect and the interactions with guards in various parts of the book are confirmation of this. I think that all can agree that he was one of a kind and remains a legend of the IRA. His hunger strike changed public opinion of the IRA and their cause for a united Irish Republic. Future generations of IRA members and Republicans will surely look to him as one of their greatest figures whose memory shall continue to live on. This is the life and death of Robert Gerard Sands.
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At some point in your training you will adventure away to a Summer Intensive program away from home. These programs are great to get yourself out there in the ballet world and to further your ballet training. Most of the time these programs are expensive…so you definitely want to use your time wisely while you are there.
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Write down corrections, comments, questions, observations..
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In all seriousness…we need to remember why we are dancing….what are we doing all this for… Remember to have fun and don't go to hard on yourself. Love what you do and do It because you love it.
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Timestamp #26: The Savages
January 22, 2015 May 16, 2018 Michael Falkner3 Comments
Doctor Who: The Savages
This serial kicks off with the Doctor pulling out his scientific tools again, and it's good to see the him getting back to the exploits that we started Hartnell's run with. What's even more impressive is this story about class warfare and morality in the pursuit of utopia.
At first, I thought that the "savages" were supposed to be the cave-dwellers, but in truth the true savages are the technologically advanced upper class who power their entire lives with the life force of the lower class. It's an allegory on progress, which depends on a certain amount of exploitation but requires a social conscience to prevent over-exploitation and unethical behavior. The story reminds me of countless Star Trek episodes, including the Next Generation pilot "Encounter at Farpoint".
The cave dwellers and the light gun/mirror trick remind me Arthur C. Clarke's Third Law: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." It also plays into the continued deus ex machina of the Doctor and his travels.
Concerning both of those points, it was an great science fiction concept to place the Doctor in the vitality extractor. Would it extract only this incarnation's life-force, or all twelve of his lives? It was also interesting that a life-energy transference would also bleed over some personality. The Doctor also never gets his energy back. Has this weakened him enough to prompt his regeneration in the near future?
Finally, Steven wasn't my favorite companion, but this is a perfect ending for his voyage with the Doctor. His strong personality and morals will serve him well in negotiating a new civilization for both groups of savages.
Rating: 4/5 – "Would you care for a jelly baby?"
UP NEXT – Doctor Who: The War Machines
Timestamp #25: The Gunfighters
Doctor Who: The Gunfighters
"Oh my dear Dodo, my dear Dodo. You know, you're fast becoming a prey to every cliché-ridden convention in the American West."
With the closing line, this serial openly nods to the satire that it just completed. It opens just like a 1950s Western, and plays off quite a few of the Western genre tropes, including using guns with unlimited ammunition (until the plot requires an empty revolver). Our heroes, two of which pull a complete Marty McFly with the costumes, are totally inept with guns. The Doctor, who fits right in with his normal costume, keeps getting handed guns in spite of his intense dislike of them.
"Doctor who?" Quite right. I loved the opening episode's title, "A Holiday for the Doctor", for its play on words around the mistaken identity that drove the plot.
On the downside, the serial's special ballad was vastly overplayed. Even though it was supposed to compliment the narrative, it was annoying after the first half of the first episode.
Regardless, the parody was fun, and I feel that the intense dislike that this serial garners in fandom is a bit much. Episodes like this are nice breaks, but I don't want them all the time.
Rating: 3/5 – "Reverse the polarity of the neutron flow."
UP NEXT – Doctor Who: The Savages
Timestamp #24: The Celestial Toymaker
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
As I watched The Celestial Toymaker, I realized that this serial was probably better when it was originally aired. It seems to depend on visuals to carry the narrative as the companions work through puzzle after puzzle to escape from the Toymaker's trap, and I tried to consider that as I watched the reconstructions.
The trap is pretty simple, as it is a series of challenges that test the heroes in wit and intelligence. If they win, they can leave, but if they lose, they stay with the Toymaker forever. In the end, even if the Toymaker didn't cheat at every turn, he would have won if not for the Doctor's cunning, and that leads me to an overarching question: "Why bother?"
In reality, this serial had no point except to show the sadism of the Toymaker, and that could have been condensed into two episodes at most. Sadly, this odd little story was rather tedious and boring.
This marks another serial that is less powerful due to the lack of the Doctor, who is conveniently struck both incorporeal and struck mute in an effort to send William Hartnell on vacation. Unfortunately, this leaves Steven and Dodo to carry the serial. Fortunately, Steven isn't as annoying in this one, and Dodo is still adorable. These two just aren't enough to propel a story, particularly when it isn't especially strong to begin with.
Of note, it was fascinating to place this serial in its time with the racial slur buried in the "Eeny, meeny, miny, moe" nursery rhyme.
I tried to remain positive about this tale, but in the end, I'd rather never see it again.
Rating: 1/5 – "EXTERMINATE!"
UP NEXT – Doctor Who: The Gunfighters
Timestamp #23: The Ark
December 25, 2014 May 16, 2018 Michael Falkner2 Comments
Doctor Who: The Ark
When we finally get introduced to the main story, it was with a prisoner being miniaturized for his crimes. All I could think was please, not another "Honey, I Shrunk the Doctor" serial. Thankfully, it wasn't.
Dodo is impulsive and vibrant, and babbles like a brook. Indulging the obvious comparison, she's no Susan, but she is a welcome contrast to the glum and dour Steven. She's also a walking petri dish that ignites the conflict in this story by re-introducing the common cold to a group who solved that problem centuries ago. It's understandable that the humans on the Ark react so energetically to this crisis, since it could likely kill them all and destroy everything that they have worked for. Thankfully, the Commander is more level-headed and fair than his interim replacement.
It's an oddity of the era in which this show was made, but it caught me off-guard that the Doctor says "bless you" for Dodo's sneeze. That saying derives from the outbreak of the bubonic plague in 590 AD. Pope Gregory I ordered unceasing prayer in hopes of divine intervention against the raging illness, so it became common for people to be offered a blessing for sneezing ("God bless you") as an attempt to stop the disease's progress. The Tenth Doctor once stated that he didn't believe in any specific god, but had met many beings claiming to be gods. In story, is it just a quirk the Doctor has picked up from humans, an attempt to make Dodo feel more comfortable, a complete throwaway line, or something else?
This story has a common trope of an Ark to maintain the planetary status quo during calamity, though the miniaturization of the majority of the ship's inhabitants is new to me within the playbook. The animals aren't being used for food as evidenced by the rehydration process we see in the kitchens, so I wonder why they aren't miniaturized for storage as well.
In a twist, 700 years later the friendly Monoids have become militant and taken over the ship. The problem I had with this idea was that the story didn't sell me on the idea that the Monoids were slaves to the humans. They appeared to work hand-in-hand, and offered their help in building and flying the Ark. They didn't appear to be subjugated in the first two episodes. As an aside, if they are supposed to be slaves in the first half of the story, that makes the makeup choices a little troublesome.
That said, I have a lot of respect for the actors portraying the Monoids. It can't have been easy to spend all that time under hot studio lights in a black fabric sack with a Ping-Pong ball in their mouths.
It was nice to see bright and vibrant sets, even if the background paintings on the planet set are painfully obvious.
The Refusians were awfully convenient, but typical pulp sci-fi. Also, the puppet show in The Time of the Doctor makes more sense now that I know who the Monoids are.
UP NEXT – Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
Timestamp #22: The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Eve
Doctor Who: The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Eve
It's a new adventure, this time in a straightforward story set in the middle of the rivalry between the Catholics and the Protestants. There are some nice twists that place Steven and the Doctor on opposing sides, but the absence of the Doctor and a lack of direction for Steven's search make this serial difficult to watch.
Steven's becoming a bit more tolerable in his role as companion, but his character isn't strong enough to carry a serial on his own. I might be starting to identify with Steven though, as I felt his frustration as the Doctor wouldn't explain his urgent need to leave.
The consistency was a bit difficult to reconcile as well, as the TARDIS is now back to landing in a new place instead of materializing, despite the Doctor's recent admonitions to the contrary.
On the plus side, we get a new face with Dodo Chaplet. She seems spunky, and she might assuage some of the loneliness that is consuming the Doctor.
On the negative side, he's already comparing her to Susan. Oh, God, he's already comparing her to Susan.
UP NEXT – Doctor Who: The Ark
Timestamp #21: The Daleks' Master Plan
November 20, 2014 May 16, 2018 Michael Falkner15 Comments
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
(12 episodes, s03e10-e21, 1965-1966)
It's a fantastic adventure with a lot of intriguing twists and turns that the Doctor and crew stumble into. It nicely capitalized on the thread started in Mission to the Unknown, even if it used the trope of missing an important message due to lack of attention. As a result, one special agent dies and the other almost does, and once again I issue the memo to the future to install annoying ringtones on the communication consoles. If in doubt, ask Nokia.
Meanwhile, Mavic Chen, the Guardian of the Solar System and unfortunate recipient of the yellowface treatment, sides with the Daleks over his own people after preaching about peace and harmony. Politicians never change, I suppose, however I did like how masterful he was in convincing his staff that otherwise faithful agents had betrayed the government.
I did like how Katarina, a girl from ancient Troy, was puzzled over modern medicine. Katarina's motivations for remaining with the Doctor are unique: She believes that the Doctor is a god who can get her to heaven. It's quite fitting, given the deus ex machina nature of the Doctor, and particularly chilling in the first-ever companion death in the series. It was an understandable move given how shallow Katarina's character was, but I was just as shaken as the Doctor and I think it was because of the pure innocence Katarina embodied.
Actually stealing the key from the Doctor was an interesting way to keep TARDIS around, and while I appreciate the creativity in blocking the obvious solution to keeping our heroes out of trouble, I am growing a bit weary of it. The old switcheroo to get the Doctor into the meeting is creative, but how does no one notice the change in his gait or his feet?
I loved Sara Kingdom, a powerful take-charge female character, and her end was chilling as well. It's a shame that the spin-off series that would have featured her never got off the ground. I also like the footprint effects for the invisible creature, which were impressive for a show of this era and budget.
The re-introduction of the Monk is a bit odd, and it seemed like filler to get the Daleks and Chen in position to chase the TARDIS. Luckily, the writers capitalized on the story point. He did have a suitable end, and as much as I want to see more of the Doctor's people, I think I'm done with the Monk.
"The Feast of Steven" is an episode that should be excluded from this serial. It doesn't add to the Dalek story, and the reconstruction doesn't do it justice. I get what they were trying for since it was broadcast on Christmas Day, but it just doesn't fit with the plot. On a minor note, the breaking of the fourth wall was a nice touch.
Also, Steven is still an idiot. Why, why, why(!), when he knows that there are Daleks around, would he call attention to himself by yelling for the Doctor? He's ranking up there as my least favorite long-term companion.
A few minor notes: The cricket pitch scene was humorous, and reminded me of a similar scene in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; The Doctor's magic ring is a little too convenient for my tastes; and the final episode is a perfect conclusion to this epic story.
To wrap it up, I finally get the Daleks I know as they betray their allies in their true xenophobic and genocidal fashion.
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Timestamp #20: The Myth Makers
August 15, 2014 May 16, 2018 Michael Falkner6 Comments
Doctor Who: The Myth Makers
Doctor Who visits the Trojan war. The serial's opening battle seems almost comical, but does a decent job of establishing the conflict among the plot's characters. Looking back from 2014 to 1965, the Doctor pretending to be a god in order to more freely explore the setting is a clever meta nod to the deus ex machina that is Doctor Who. With his virtual immortality, changing faces, and supernatural abilities in comparison to the cultures he visits, The Doctor is, quite literally, a god in a machine.
The serial seems rather run of the mill, though the re-interpretation of the stories from myth are quite refreshing to see. It was a fairly clever ruse to rescue Vicki from the Trojans, and it was hard to watch her leave the TARDIS and the Doctor. I will certainly miss her wit and spunk. Her departure seemed rushed but still emotionally touching, and it will be interesting to see how the Doctor will respond. Unfortunately, this leaves us Steven (ugh) and the unknown (but quite limited) variable of Katarina as companions leading into the twelve-part master plan of the Doctor's most powerful enemies.
As a side note but not a hit to the score for this review, the reconstruction's music track is pretty bad. It sounds like a warped 45 RPM record, but there's probably not much they can do about it since this serial is lost. It was distracting, but easy to work around.
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The Niles Park Ridge District 64 Board of Education has selected Robert Johnson, a senior vice president at Northern Trust in Chicago, to fill the seat left vacant by former board secretary Terry Cameron.
Johnson, who told the board he prefers to be called Bob, was one of eight candidates interviewed at a special meeting last week. A total of 12 candidates applied for the position.
In addition to managing Northern Trust's relationships with nonprofit organizations, Johnson said he also has spent 17 years coaching hundreds of children in baseball, softball and basketball.
Johnson's oldest child, who is 23, has graduated from college, while his middle child recently graduated from Maine South High School and his youngest child will attend eighth grade this fall at Emerson Middle School.
"I've had a lot of exposure spread out over time seeing what the key factors are for making a great education for children, and as a parent I understand what is truly important over the long term," he said.
Johnson expressed concern over implementation of the state's Common Core math curriculum, citing the recent decline in math scores on the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) assessment.
"I'm worried we could have a couple of classes of students who may end up going to high school less prepared than their predecessors were," he said.
Noting Johnson's background in finance, board president Anthony Borrelli asked if the candidate had looked at the district's budget and long-term projections.
Johnson said he had and pointed to slow-growing tax revenue and available cash on hand as trends that may be headed in the wrong direction.
"You're not positioned poorly, but you do have to look ahead for those trends and see if there is sufficient funding for the future," he said.
Answering a question posed by board member Dan Collins, Johnson said the biggest strength he'd bring to the position would be his background in finance, and his biggest challenge would be grappling with the nuances of standardized testing metrics.
Board member Dathan Paterno inquired about what complaints parents have expressed to Johnson. He said fees associated with the 1:1 implementation -- which require parents to purchase $300 Chromebooks for students in grades six through eight – trouble some families.
In a press release, Borrelli said the board is looking forward to working with Johnson, who is slated to serve until elections next spring.
"His genuine offer to commit his expertise and time to help ensure that our schools continue to be the hallmark of the community also impressed the board," Borrelli said.


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Message boards : Number crunching : Best CPU for LLR/GFN?
Message 73253 - Posted: 7 Feb 2014 | 16:39:36 UTC
I've been pondering whether to build a new development and crunching machine. My old one suffered a hardware failure and is barely running right now.
The question is, what to get?
The obvious answer is the Core i7 4770K. It's reasonably priced, overclockable, supports the latest AVX2 instructions, and is very fast.
But is it the best for us?
They're not nearly as popular, but Intel also makes -E series chips, which are souped up versions of Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge. They have bigger cache and higher memory bandwidth (quad channel vs. dual channel). Since LLR and GFN are limited by memory bandwidth, both the larger cache and quad channel should improve performance.
The last two SR5 mega primes were found by a 6 core Sandy Bridge-E 3930K CPU, which crunches those tasks in about 2.5 hours. That CPU, however, is just under $600 and is almost double the price of a 4770K CPU.
However, there's quad core versions of the -E chips, such as the Ivy Bridge-E 4820K which is a more reasonable $323 and is actually $10 less than the 4770K. Sure, it lacks the AVX2 instructions, but it's not yet clear to me that AVX2 helps all that much. The 4820K has 10 MB of cache vs the 4770K's 8 MB, and uses quad channel memory instead of dual channel. Also, the 4820K's stock clock frequency is 3.7 GHz vs. the 4770K's 3.5 GHz.
What do you think about quad core Haswell vs. quad core IB-E?
ID: 73253 |
On paper, 4820K looks the best with the quad channel. OTOH, once you factor in the system cost, the $600 hexacore will give you the best bang for the buck.
You are sitting on one of the largest benchmark databases -- what does it say?
PS:- I'll just leave this here for a quick reference: http://ark.intel.com/compare/77780,77781,75123
Message 73258 - Posted: 7 Feb 2014 | 17:26:31 UTC - in response to Message 73256.
I believe the haswells perform avx faster, maybe someone with both chips can chime in on that. From personal experience though - the 4770k is overclockable BUT running avx causes the voltage it wants and temps it makes to run through the roof for anything but a very modest overclock. I would guess other haswell k series are similar. I'd save the $20 and just get the 4771. Or a hexcore as axn suggests.
The problem with the "cheap" hex core 4930K is that it has 12 MB of cache vs the quad's 10 MB, so you're deceasing the cache per core from 2.5 MB to 2 MB. There is a version of the IB-E with 15 MB cache (i.e., 2.5 MB per core) but that's the "Core i7 Extreme" 4960K which is a $1000K CPU. The 4960K is also clocked lower than the 4820K. (3.6 GHz vs 3.7 GHz)
With LLR being memory bandwidth limited, would you really get more throughput with the 6 core 12 MB cache 4930K or even the 6 core 15 MB cache 4960K? It's hard to say without testing.
Yes, I have a big database, but I'll bet(*) there aren't a lot of SB-E and IB-E in there. Furthermore, BOINC doesn't tell us what the actual clock rate of the CPU is (and you can bet almost none of these are running at stock clocks). Also, the memory speed and type and probably the motherboard will have an effect on speed.
So what you really want to do is test all the CPUs in the same motherboard, with the same memory. That's an expensive test.
*Update: I'd lose that bet. The SB-E and IB-E 6-core, 12 MB cache i7 CPUs in the $600 price range are actually pretty popular. Also, I'm not including the many SB-E and IB-E Xeon CPUs in that count.
Gary Craig
I have a 2600K and a 3770K. They are o/c'd identically, and the other standard specs (e.g. cache size) and environment (e.g. memory clock, 2-channel, operating system) are the same. For the smaller tests (ppse/pps/sgs) the 3770K is faster by a small amount. For all larger tests, the 2600K is faster, and the ratio grows as the tasks get larger. I believe this is due to the change in the cache replacement algorithm between SB and IB.
Correspondingly, the 3770K runs cooler, although that case has better airflow as well.
I can't comment on haswell; I don't have one.
Just my 2-bit observation :-)
--Gary
Here's what I mean about the database not being too useful for figuring out what's better. One thing I forgot to mention is that some people run their i7 with HT on and some run with HT off. Here's the average CPU time for completed and validated SR5 tasks, by CPU:
+-------+---------+----------+ | cpu | seconds | count(*) | +-------+---------+----------+ | 2700K | 13,297 | 660 | SB 4 cores 8 MB | 3770K | 8,896 | 2557 | IB 4 cores 8 MB | 3820 | 13,666 | 445 | SB-E 4 cores 10 MB | 3930K | 11,128 | 3640 | SB-E 6 cores 12 MB | 3960K | NULL | 0 | SB-E 6 cores 15 MB | 3970K | NULL | 0 | SB-E 6 cores 15 MB | 4770K | 12,921 | 1393 | Haswell 4 cores 8 MB | 4820K | 20,915 | 12 | IB-E 4 cores 10 MB | 4930K | 7,778 | 779 | IB-E 6 cores 12 MB +-------+---------+----------+
It's hard to draw any conclusions from the data because obviously the raw numbers don't reflect actual CPU speed.
Ken_g6
Last modified: 7 Feb 2014 | 19:51:15 UTC
Can you look in the database for non-K i5 systems that can't be overclocked or hyperthreaded?
I'm trying to hold out for a Broadwell processor with Iris Pro graphics, and thus the 128MB on-package cache. Come to think of it, there are laptop CPUs with Iris Pro graphics now, although they're expensive and they might fry themselves running GWNums-based code 24/7.
Pooh Bear 27
I have a 3770 and a 4770. My 3770 is out performing the 4770 on anything AVX related. If it's non-AVX, then the 4770 beats it. They are both Windows machines, the 3770 is on W7, the 4770 is on @8.1, so I am unsure if the OS is causing some of the issues. I had planned on downgrading the W8.1 as I have issues with the OS in other places.
The 3770 has been a little more temperamental than the 4770. I have to reboot it more often (every 7-10 days) where the 4770 can go over 14 days without any issues.
The BOINC benchmarking on the two is negligible in the floating point, but the 4770 is about 15-18% faster.
That is just my observations, and your mileage may very, but the machines are created similar. A little less memory and a newer version of video card on the 4770.
The i5s with Iris Pro graphics are the 4670R and 4570R. At the present time there's no validated results from any host with those CPUs.
Looking at regular i5s, I'll compare the 4670 (Haswell), 3570 (Ivy Bridge), and 2500 (Sandy Bridge).
SGS:
+------+---------+----------+ | cpu | seconds | count(*) | +------+---------+----------+ | 2500 | 1,001 | 2753 | | 3570 | 827 | 1647 | | 4670 | 699 | 1446 | +------+---------+----------+
+------+---------+----------+ | cpu | seconds | count(*) | +------+---------+----------+ | 2500 | 9,093 | 1138 | | 3570 | 9,272 | 135 | | 4670 | 8,086 | 257 | +------+---------+----------+
SoB:
+------+---------+----------+ | cpu | seconds | count(*) | +------+---------+----------+ | 2500 | 386,065 | 118 | | 3570 | 318,689 | 94 | | 4670 | 289,226 | 36 | +------+---------+----------+
The SR5 Ivy Bridge results seem out of line, but it's a small sample set.
Message 73277 - Posted: 8 Feb 2014 | 0:49:03 UTC - in response to Message 73274.
Technically, there's a small amount of overclocking possible with the 2500 and 3570: 4 bins. That doesn't count the possibility of the mobo allowing all cores to turbo - some do. Given that, I find the performance of Haswell impressive. But it does look like the memory bandwidth on IB-E probably beats it.
On the other hand, also remember that the 4670K, overclockable without HT, is $230 at Amazon; less at a Micro Center store if you have one nearby. And LGA2011 mobos are at least $50 more than LGA115x.
Carlos Pinho
One thing you guys are forgetting, i5-4670 is AVX 2.0 compatible. Soon George will release gwnum 28.4 with this ability.
Here's what I mean about the database not being too useful for figuring out what's better. One thing I forgot to mention is that some people run their i7 with HT on and some run with HT off. Here's the average CPU time for completed and validated SR5 tasks, by CPU:.
Can you try to bin by time taken as well -- I mean, take the time in buckets of 2000secs and then calculate the count/average for each bucket?
If you can post the raw data in csv format (after suitable anonymisation), I'm sure we can do more detailed analysis. At the end of the day, we don't need a perfect result. We just need to know if there is significant difference between the CPUs.
Message 73282 - Posted: 8 Feb 2014 | 4:30:30 UTC
If I get some time I'll try to see if I can find a pattern in the noise.
One must understand that the database is not intended to be an MIS system and generating statistics is not its purpose. The information necessary for this kind of analysis is not stored permanently -- anywhere -- and therefore our sample size is rather small by definition.
Michael Millerick
Joined: 4 Feb 09
Do we have any idea just how much AVX 2.0 will boost the performance of gwnum? Will it be as good as the difference AVX made?
Hardly. < 5% (and that is being generous).
What axn said. It doesn't look like it's going to be a significant improvement.
Mostly that's because AVX2 primarily is an improvement to integer math, which doesn't help us. The one AVX2 instruction that is useful only provides a modest improvement, and even that won't meet its theoretical potential because we're limited by memory bandwidth now rather than CPU speed.
Bottom line, definitely don't spend $300 to replace your 3770K with a 4770K. At least not just for AVX2. Haswell might be faster on its own, but AVX2 isn't going to make a large difference. It might not even be noticeable.
BUT since pc's are not bought today and thrown away tomorrow what you buy today must also work for the next 5 years, right?! So since PG is going the avx path, which presumably will get optimized giving even better performance, getting a cpu now with that capability may make more sense for the units you will want to crunch in 3 or 4 years from now. Unless of course you are one of those people that upgrades the cpu every few years. But that opens a whole new can of worms, which motherboard do you buy that can handle both kinds, the cheaper one now and the more expensive ones later on.
My advice would be to go to a 'production meeting' where they talk about the 'future' of PG crunching, and then base your decision on how long you think it will be before you replace this new pc and the direction they are currently thinking of going in their processing. If the avx crunching is still 10 years away and for you that is 2 pc's away then skip it and save the money, but if the avx crunching is close then consider it and the units it crunches and whether or not you will want to crunch them too. Remember just because you can, doesn't mean you have to. My SandyBridge laptop CAN use the cpu to crunch, but I choose not to, you can choose not to go the avx route this time and instead do it next time, when the software is better optimized for the cpu. It all depends on the folks upstairs and the path they are on.
Huh? Now I'm very confused. (Or, more bluntly and less politely, I think you're very confused.) What you wrote makes no sense in the context of the message you were replying to.
You said "AVX", yet the context was replacing an Ivy Bridge CPU (which has AVX) with a Haswell CPU (which also has AVX). Nobody is disputing the value of AVX.
What I was saying was that AVX2 is not very useful. And probably never will be. The AVX2 instruction set, for the most part, is of no use to us, and the one instruction that is useful doesn't provide a significant benefit. It's not a game changer. It's barely noticeable above the background noise, to be honest. That's unlikely to change. Anyone who was expecting a big improvement from an "AVX2 optimized app" wasn't well informed on the nature of AVX2.
There are other improvements in Haswell, but AVX2 isn't a big deal, and never will be.
As far as Haswell goes, what matters is not AVX2, but FMA. (That's Fused (floating-point) Multiply-Add.) The good news is that FMA is very helpful in primality testing. The bad news is that, in order to add the FMA path, Intel decided to drop one of its floating-point adders. And apparently floating-point adders are also important in primality testing. So some adds may have to be replaced with FMA (multiplying by 1) for Haswell. Given that, I'm surprised Haswell is working as well as it is now. I would guess, from the 28.3 thread, that Haswell might improve by 8% or so with the next LLR.
One more thing: PPS Sieve could be made to take advantage of AVX2. In theory, going from SSE2 to AVX2 just means going from working with two 64-bit numbers at a time to four. However, PPS Sieve also uses the FPU stack to store six 62-bit numbers (in 80-bit FPU registers). Six is divisible by two, but not by four. I have considered rewriting the PPS Sieve app to take advantage of AVX2, but it would be a complete rewrite of the main algorithm. And since GPUs are so much better at PPS Sieve, I don't really want to bother.
Yeah obviously I left the (2) off my post, I can see how that would confuse some people, I am glad you deciphered my meaning though.
My point was that listening to the future of where PG is going, which us regular crunchers do not normally have access too, may help you pick the best choice for you. I of course have no idea if you are an 'insider' but am guessing so by the titles under your name on each post.
COOL insights!
shinozk
Message 73364 - Posted: 10 Feb 2014 | 17:15:33 UTC
The effects of the quad-channel memory become more important for IB-E or IV-E.
I run SR5 with 4960x@stock(IV-E).
When all 6 cores are running, the turbo-boost technology sets the frequency of the 4960x to 3.7GHz.
And I select 1333cl9 for memory clock, because my memory module does not have 1600 in XMP.
The result is :
4960x(3.7GHz,1333cl9, Core 6, HT off)
dual-channel 3.5hours 85W (http://www.primegrid.com/result.php?resultid=523564454)
quad-channel 2.3hours 95W (http://www.primegrid.com/result.php?resultid=523629619)
The watt of the CPU is measured by HWINFO64. The lower watt means a memory starvation.
Message 73370 - Posted: 10 Feb 2014 | 19:23:38 UTC - in response to Message 73364.
That's very useful information, thank you. That's quite a difference between the dual channel and quad channel times.
Message 73390 - Posted: 11 Feb 2014 | 1:57:50 UTC
I run SR5 with memory overclocking to 2400cl9.
4960x(3.7GHz, Core 6, HT off)
dual-channel(1333) 3.5hours 85W (http://www.primegrid.com/result.php?resultid=523564454)
quad-channel(1333) 2.3hours 95W (http://www.primegrid.com/result.php?resultid=523629619)
For current SR5, I conclude that if we use 6 core with stock clock, we must use the quad-channel, and further memory OC is less important.
For a large FFT or CPU overclocking, the memory OC may become imporant.
For comparison, I disable 2 cores of 4960x in BIOS to make 4-core system because I don't have 4-core CPU.
The size of L3 cache is diffrent from that of a genuine 4-core sytem.
In conclusion,
dual-channel(1333) 3.5hours ; 6.9WU/day * 6Core = 41.4WU
quad-channel(1333) 2.3hours ; 10.4WU/day * 6Core = 62.4WU
dual-channel(1333) 2.1hours ; 11.4WU/day * 4Core = 45.7WU
The bandwidth of dual-channel memory is exhausted by 4 core.
The productivity for 6 core with dual-channel memory is about same as that for 4 core.
Moreover, quad-channel memory for 4-core system is less important.
Message 73398 - Posted: 11 Feb 2014 | 7:31:18 UTC - in response to Message 73395.
I'm not so sure that's correct. The 4960X has a 15MB L3 cache while the 4770K has an 8MB L3 cache. With the smaller L3 cache on the non-E series Haswell or Ivy Bridge CPUs, the impact of dual channel vs. quad channel memory might be more significant.
It would be interesting to see this dual vs. quad test with a 4820 (quad core IB-E with 10 MB L3 cache) which is much closer to the 8 MB cache on Haswell or IB.
On the other hand, if the cache doesn't matter and dual channel is indeed sufficient for 4 cores, there's no pressing reason to go with a 4820K over a 4770K.
Larger FFTs will stress the memory more. So quad channel will be future proof.
As AVX2 isn't a significant boost for LLR and GFN, would it be reasonable to hope that AVX-512 might be? It seems they are doubling the floating point register size again with that instruction set. There are other additions as well.
Unfortunately the info I can find is that this advance won't show up until 2016, at least in consumer-grade CPUs (i.e. i7-ish; Xeon maybe earlier).
I would think AVX-512 could have the same sort of impact as AVX did, although it might simply exacerbate the current problems with memory bandwidth, A better place to ask would be the Mersenne forums. I'm sure George has his opinion, and, frankly, I value his opinion on this matter more than everyone else's combined.
Message 74083 - Posted: 5 Mar 2014 | 13:21:50 UTC - in response to Message 73279.
I was right:
http://www.primegrid.com/forum_thread.php?id=5557


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"Radioactive" is a song by American pop rock band Imagine Dragons from their major-label debut EP Continued Silence and later on their debut studio album, Night Visions (2012), as the opening track. It was first sent to modern rock radio on October 29, 2012, and then released to contemporary hit radio on April 9, 2013. Musically, "Radioactive" is an electronic rock and alternative rock song with elements of dubstep. In a 2021 podcast interview called The Turning Point,  Dan Reynolds revealed that after almost a decade, he had realized that lyrics were actually about him not giving up hope after losing faith in Mormonism.

The song received positive reviews from critics, who praised the production, lyrics, and vocals, calling it a highlight on the album. Due to heavy rotation on various commercials and trailers, the song became a sleeper hit, peaking at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and becoming the band's first top 10 single as well as being the third best selling song in that country in 2013. It also broke the record for slowest ascension to the top 5 in chart history and held the record for most weeks spent on the Billboard Hot 100 at 87 weeks, a record for over seven years. The song has also reached number one in Sweden and in the top 20 in several countries including Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, becoming Imagine Dragons' most successful single to date. It has since been certified Diamond in the US, making it one of the best selling singles of all time.

"Radioactive" received two Grammy Awards nominations for Record of the Year and Best Rock Performance, winning the latter. This was Imagine Dragons' first time being nominated. During the broadcast, they presented a remix of the song with their Interscope label-mate, rapper Kendrick Lamar. The remix was later released for purchase on iTunes.

Composition
"Radioactive" was written by Imagine Dragons and producer Alex Da Kid. It is one of the more electronically influenced tracks on Night Visions as well as one of the darkest, similar to fourth track "Demons". The song is an electronic rock and alternative rock song with elements of dubstep. The song's lyrics speak of apocalyptic themes: 'I'm waking up to ash and dust' and 'This is it, the apocalypse'.  Though the band has publicly maintained its secularity, NPR music critic Ann Powers has opined that the song features strong "religious or spiritual imagery", the likes of which have been common throughout the history of rock music.

Speaking on the song, lead singer Dan Reynolds said:

The song is written in the key of B dorian; a mode of A major in which B is used as the tonic note.

Critical reception

"Radioactive" was released to positive reviews. Anne Erickson of Audio Ink Radio gave the song a rating of 4.5 out of 5, calling it "hook-y [and] emotional", and stated that the "drama" and "excitement" of the song would allow "Radioactive" to appeal to both alternative pop fans and hard rockers. AbsolutePunk gave a positive review, calling the acoustic section of the song "haunting", and called the chorus "hypnotizing". Dara Hickey of Unreality Shout also reacted positively, calling the song the "darkest moment" on the album, and stated that, like all the other songs on the album, "Radioactive" was successful in creating a sound that "never fails to take off and send fists skyward". IGN lauded the song, calling it "strangely intense and abrasive", and stated that "Radioactive" was "perhaps the greatest calling card of Imagine Dragons".

Crave Online called the song an "opening throb", saying that the song "sexes up the dub-flirtation with a verse hingeing on the line 'this is it, the apocalypse' and a triumphant chorus, with more than a few shades of Hip-Hop in the production", and that the song was as "radio-ready as they come". Our Vinyl stated that the "power of this song is outstanding with heavy drums and more of an electronic feel than the rest of the album and strong, impressive vocals from front-man Dan Reynolds which are reciprocated throughout the LP." Jon Dolan of Rolling Stone was critical of the song, calling it "a dour moaner that sound[s] like Chris Martin trying to write an Eminem ballad about the end of the world."

In 2018, Billboard and Louder Sound ranked the song number two and number one, respectively, on their lists of the 10 greatest Imagine Dragons songs.

It is also on the soundtrack for NBA 2K14, the first NBA 2K game on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

Chart performance
"Radioactive" debuted at 96 on the Billboard Hot 100 after the release of Night Visions in September 2012 and remained at the lower ends of the chart for some time. In April 2013, the song made its top ten entry at number seven, besting the number 15 position set by previous single "It's Time". In mid June, the song reached number four, breaking the record for the slowest ascension to the top five, besting the previous holder Florida Georgia Line's song "Cruise", which broke the record just three weeks earlier. Two weeks later, the song reached its peak at number three. The song formerly held the record for the longest reign atop the Billboard Hot Rock Songs chart at 23 weeks before being surpassed by Walk the Moon's "Shut Up and Dance". "Radioactive" currently holds the record for the longest reign atop the Billboard Rock Airplay chart, with 24 weeks.

The song is also the best-selling rock song in US digital history. It was the No. 2 Song of the Summer according to Billboard and spent 87 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, breaking the all-time chart longevity record, previously held by Jason Mraz's 2008 single "I'm Yours", and overtaken by The Weeknd's 2019 single "Blinding Lights", which spent 90 weeks on the Hot 100 as of the chart issue dated September 4, 2021. However, it still holds the record for most consecutive weeks on the Hot 100, at 85. It has sold more copies in a calendar year than any other song by a rock act in digital history. "Radioactive" was the third best selling song of 2013 with sales of 5,496,000 for the year. It has gone on to sell 8,234,360 digital copies in the nation as of September 2017, and was certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

The song has reached number one in Sweden and in the top twenty of several countries such as Australia, Canada, New Zealand as well as several parts of Europe. In the UK, the song debuted at 35 thanks to strong downloads from the Hear Me EP in November. After the release of Night Visions in April, the song peaked at number 12, becoming their highest charting single there.

Music video
The music video debuted on December 10, 2012. Directed by Syndrome and featuring puppeteers from Puppet Heap, the video revolves around a mysterious female drifter (played by actress Alexandra Daddario) on a quest to save her friends in Imagine Dragons from the perils of a sinister, underground puppet-fighting ring led by actor Lou Diamond Phillips. The Champion of the fight, Gorigula, a large purple beast, beats and kills innocent stuffed animals and puppets forced to fight. After one puppet, Screaming Richard, is killed, the woman's pink teddy bear puppet enters the ring and fights Gorigula, initially being beaten up. After rising from the ground, the teddy bear knocks out Gorigula with a single superpower punch. The ringleader sends two bodyguards to subdue the teddy, whose laser vision disintegrates both of them. The remaining spectators flee, leaving the drifter with the stunned ringleader. The drifter takes a key off the chain around the ringleader's neck and the pink bear pulls the lever, causing the ringleader to fall in the dungeon. The drifter unlocks the door and frees the band. They climb out, while one member notices both the pink bear and the dog puppets on her shoulders. The ringleader is left in the dungeon where the earlier-defeated puppets and stuffed animals soon surround and attack him.

Speaking of the video to MTV, Reynolds said "We read through a ton of scripts from really talented directors, and we came across one that stood out to us in particular, because it put into visuals the general theme of the song, which is kind of an empowering song about an awakening, but it did it in a way that was very different". "A lot of people probably see a post-apocalyptic world when they hear 'Radioactive', understandably, but we wanted to deliver something that was maybe a little different from that ... a lot different from that."

As of December 2021, the music video has over 1.4 billion views on YouTube, making it the group's third most viewed video. It also has over 9 million likes.

Credits and personnel
Adapted from Night Visions liner notes.

Imagine Dragons
Dan Reynolds – lead and backing vocals
Wayne Sermon – guitars, backing vocals
Ben McKee – synthesizers, bass guitar, backing vocals
Daniel Platzman – drums, drum machine

Additional musicians
J Browz – guitar

Additional personnel
Alexander Grant – co-writer, producer
Josh Mosser – co-writer
Manny Marroquin – mixing
Joe LaPorta – mastering

Live performances

The first televised performance of "Radioactive" was executed on the September 4, 2012 airing of ABC late-night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live!. The song was performed alongside then-current single "It's Time".

In February 2013, the band started the 145-date Night Visions Tour, which saw the band perform across North America and Europe. During the North American leg, the band made their first national television appearance, performing "Radioactive" on the February 22, 2013 airing of CBS late-night talk show Late Show with David Letterman.

In addition to performing the song on the March 28, 2013 airing of NBC late-night talk show The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, the band also performed "Radioactive" on the July 29, 2013 airing of NBC late-night talk show Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, following the historic performance of "It's Time" to an empty audience during Hurricane Sandy on the October 29, 2012 airing of Late Night. They performed the song on Saturday Night Live with a guest performance by Kendrick Lamar on February 2, 2014, recreating their teamed performance of the song at the Grammy Awards the previous month.

As one of Taylor Swift's many guest appearances on her 1989 World Tour, the band performed the song with Swift herself in Detroit, Michigan.

Typical live performances of the song now have incorporated a drum solo and a guitar solo.

Remixes and covers
"Weird Al" Yankovic recorded a parody version entitled "Inactive" for his 2014 album Mandatory Fun.
"Radioactive" was covered by American violinist Lindsey Stirling with Texan a cappella group Pentatonix and uploaded to Stirling's YouTube channel, becoming immensely successful and as of February 2023 has over 190 million views. The recording subsequently earned a 2013 YouTube Award.
Jason Derulo covered the song live on BBC.
Daughtry covered the song live on SiriusXM.
Lady Antebellum covered the song live backstage on their Take Me Downtown Tour and put the video on their YouTube channel.
Jake Bugg covered the song live on BBC Radio 1.
Radioactive (The Dirty Tees Remix) Featured on the film The Host's soundtrack.

American production duo Synchronice released a melodic dubstep remix of the song which accumulated over 20,000,000 plays on YouTube and over 15,000,000 plays on their own SoundCloud page.

Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation recorded a version on their cover album The Q-Music Sessions released in April 2013 and released again on their album Hydra. American post-hardcore band Our Last Night covered the song.
Masha covered "Radioactive" on her popular YouTube channel on May 25, 2013; the video has received 130,000 views as of December 2018. The Radioactive Chicken Heads recorded a punk rock cover of "Radioactive" and released a music video for their version on YouTube. Ed Kowalczyk (of Live) covered the song for an Australian radio station. Country music artist Dallas Smith covered the song on his Tippin' Point tour.

Independent American singer Madilyn Bailey recorded an acoustic cover that reached number 36 on SNEP, the official French singles chart, in June 2015. Kelly Clarkson covered the song as part of her "Fan Requests" on July 12, 2015, during her Piece by Piece Tour.

Welsh Metalcore band Bullet for My Valentine recorded a cover in 2018 on their sixth studio album Gravity.

In 2022, Just Dance 2023 Edition was released with Radioactive as one of its playable tracks. The choreography for the game features the first Just Dance (video game series) performer to be wheelchair-bound.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Decade-end charts

All-time charts

Certifications

Accolades

Release history

Kendrick Lamar Remix

The Night Visions track was remixed by the band, featuring guest vocals from American rapper Kendrick Lamar. The remix, while retaining most of the original track from Continued Silence, was recorded by the band and Kendrick Lamar for release as a single. The single was released on January 27, 2014.

Live performances
"Radioactive" was first performed by Imagine Dragons and Kendrick Lamar at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, held at the Staples Center, Los Angeles on January 26, 2014. The song was performed in a mashup with Kendrick Lamar's "M.A.A.D City", a track from his Grammy-nominated album Good Kid, M.A.A.D City. It was the second most tweeted music moment of 2014. The song was performed by the duo again on the February 1, 2014 airing of NBC late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show Saturday Night Live.

Track listing

Credits and personnel
Partly adapted from Night Visions liner notes.

Imagine Dragons
Dan Reynolds – vocals
Wayne Sermon – guitar
Ben McKee – bass
Daniel Platzman – drums, viola

Additional personnel
Alexander Grant – co-writer, producer
Josh Mosser – co-writer
Timmy 2Tone – co-writer
Manny Marroquin – mixing
Joe LaPorta – mastering

Additional musicians
Kendrick Lamar – vocals
J Browz – guitar

Charts

Accolades

Release history

See also
 List of best-selling singles in Australia

References

External links

Kendrick Lamar & Imagine Dragon's 2014 Grammy Performance

Imagine Dragons songs
Kendrick Lamar songs
2012 songs
2012 singles
2014 singles
Number-one singles in Sweden
Song recordings produced by Alex da Kid
Songs written by Alex da Kid
Songs written by Wayne Sermon
Songs written by Dan Reynolds (musician)
Songs written by Daniel Platzman
Songs written by Ben McKee
Kidinakorner singles
Interscope Records singles
Electronic rock songs
Music videos featuring puppetry

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A daily double is a parimutuel wager offered by horse and dog racing tracks (and at jai alai frontons) in North America. Bettors wager on the winners of two races, pre-designated by the track for a particular race day. The Daily Racing Form's glossary defines a daily double as two consecutive races.. Because of the increased difficulty of picking two straight winners, winning daily double bets pay off at higher odds than betting both horses to win, or even parlaying them, due to the lack of a second win takeout. The daily double is usually the first two races on the card, but most racetracks have now included a "late daily double"

History
The daily double was the first so-called "exotic" wager offered by North American racetracks. Introduced in 1931 at Ottawa's Connaught Park Racetrack, the wager was typically offered only for the first two races of each day's program as an enticement for spectators to arrive early for the entire program. The wager was also extremely popular at New York City OTB among those who worked in Manhattan, with the lunch-hour wager handling $500,000 or more, compared with only $200,000 for the "late double".

As with all other American racing wagers, the "double" is conducted in parimutuel fashion, but with the number of betting interests in the daily double pool equal to the product of the number of entries in each race. For example, if there are ten entries in the first race and eight in the second, there will be eighty betting interests, one for each combination of two potential winners. This results in higher payoffs than those found in straight betting for win, place, or show.

For many years the daily double was the only exotic wager offered. Later, the "exacta" was also offered on selected races during each program. The wagers were offered only a few times on each card, largely because of the limitations of electro-mechanical totalisator systems. When computer technology took over, more exotic wagers were introduced, such as the "trifecta", "superfecta" and "pick 6". The higher payouts for these wagers tended to diminish interest in the "old-fashioned" daily double, but it is still offered at all tracks, sometimes more than once during a program. A "late double" is frequently offered on the day's final two races; some tracks offer a "rolling double" - a daily double starting on each race on the program except the last race.

The "Pick 3" and "Pick 4" wagers are derived from the daily double. These wagers require bettors to pick the winners of three or four consecutive races. These are also often offered on a rolling basis — a rolling pick 3 on races one to three, another on races two to four, and so on throughout the day.

Occasional doubles are offered on important races contested on separate days. The most prominent example is the "Oaks-Derby Double" offered by Churchill Downs, where bettors pick the winners of the Kentucky Oaks and the Kentucky Derby. The Oaks is run the day before the Derby; the latter is traditionally run on the first Saturday of May.

Daily Double Song
The "Daily Double Song" is played at many racetracks before the national anthem:

I went down to the track one day
with just two bucks from last week's pay
I picked two longshots on the way
to play the Daily Double

I never thought that I could win
But in the stretch they both flew in
Let the Daily fun begin
I won the Daily Double

Everybody swing around the floor
Have fun like you never had before
Get up, drink up let the spirits flow
Trouble's just a bubble when you win the Daily Double

Everybody clap your hands and shout "Hey Hey"
Here's how you learn what the thrills about
Pick two horses then you'll soon find out
Playday can be payday when you win the Daily Double

Notes

Sports betting
Horse racing terminology
Gambling terminology


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Thanks

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NEWPORT BEACH — Julian Dunn, 7, did a warm-up dance in his living room Friday morning to his favorite song, "You Dropped a Bomb on Me," by the '80s funk group the Gap Band.
Julian, who has been undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatment for an aggressive form of cancer, was gearing up for a special visit at his Newport Beach home. The Game Bus, a converted school bus filled with video game consoles and big-screen TVs, stopped by to treat Julian and his friends to an hour of fun.
Julian was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2008. After surgery and chemotherapy, doctors gave him an 85% chance of survival. Julian recovered and went to first grade — his first time in school — and loved it. But after a routine MRI screening last October, the Dunn family received a frightening phone call.
"We thought we'd beaten this," said Julian's father, Richard Dunn. "We thought it was over."
The cancer had come back, this time in the lower part of Julian's spine. Doctors downgraded his survival chances to 20%. Julian had to leave school right away and start more chemotherapy.
He is now in the middle of a 25-round course of radiation. He has lost his hair and some of his hearing, and has to get nutrition through a tube in his stomach.
Julian piled into the Game Bus with about 10 other first-grade boys. As the sounds of Xbox and Wii games filled the dark bus, Julian was in the zone, standing up and sticking his tongue out to focus on moving his character in a Lego "Indiana Jones" game.
The bus visit was a treat from Dale Frankhouse of Newport Beach, a family friend. Frankhouse started the business about a year and a half ago and takes the bus around to corporate and charity events.
"It's so Julian can be with his buds," Frankhouse said. "Even though he can't do anything physical, he can still be one of the boys."
In Julian's first-grade class at Mariners Christian School in Costa Mesa, the students kept Julian's books at his desk and wrote him letters every week throughout the year.
One classmate shaved his head to show his support.
Dawn Smith brought one of those classmates, her son Joel, to play in the Game Bus. She said the Dunn family is an inspiration to her; they show love and compassion through their trials.
"They're truly an example to everyone," she said. "You just look at them and hope that you could be a little bit like them if something like this happened to you."
Richard Dunn is a former Daily Pilot sports reporter who now owns a communications and grantwriting company. He said he and his wife, Andrea, and other son Nolan, 10, get through the struggle by having faith, staying positive and taking one day at a time. Their biggest inspiration comes from Julian himself, a "trooper and a wonderful spirit."
"He ministers to me," Richard Dunn said. "The things he's had to go through are unbelievable. If I am ever upset or bummed out about something, personal or business, I just think about what he's gone through and how he continues to carry a good spirit and sense of humor … If he can do that, the little things in life that get to us, we get over pretty quickly."


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/* Mednafen - Multi-system Emulator
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 */

#include "emuware/emuware.h"
#include "FileStream.h"

#include <stdarg.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
//#include <unistd.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

//work around gettext
#define _(X) X

#ifdef _MSC_VER
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <io.h>
// These are not defined in MSVC version of stat.h
#define S_IWUSR S_IWRITE
#define S_IRUSR S_IREAD
#endif

#ifdef HAVE_MMAP
#include <sys/mman.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#endif

// Some really bad preprocessor abuse follows to handle platforms that don't have fseeko and ftello...and of course
// for largefile support on Windows:

#ifndef HAVE_FSEEKO
 #define fseeko fseek
#endif

#ifndef HAVE_FTELLO
 #define ftello ftell
#endif

#define STRUCT_STAT struct stat

#if SIZEOF_OFF_T == 4

 #ifdef HAVE_FOPEN64
  #define fopen fopen64
 #endif

 #ifdef HAVE_FTELLO64
  #undef ftello
  #define ftello ftello64
 #endif

 #ifdef HAVE_FSEEKO64
  #undef fseeko
  #define fseeko fseeko64
 #endif

 #ifdef HAVE_FSTAT64
  #define fstat fstat64
  #define stat stat64
  #undef STRUCT_STAT
  #define STRUCT_STAT struct stat64
 #endif

 #ifdef HAVE_FTRUNCATE64
  #define ftruncate ftruncate64
 #endif
#endif

FileStream::FileStream(const std::string& path, const int mode) : OpenedMode(mode), mapping(NULL), mapping_size(0)
{
 path_save = path;

 if(mode == MODE_READ)
  fp = fopen(path.c_str(), "rb");
 else if(mode == MODE_WRITE)
  fp = fopen(path.c_str(), "wb");
 else if(mode == MODE_WRITE_SAFE || mode == MODE_WRITE_INPLACE)	// SO ANNOYING
 {
  int open_flags = O_WRONLY | O_CREAT;

  if(mode == MODE_WRITE_SAFE)
   open_flags |= O_EXCL;

  #ifdef O_BINARY
   open_flags |= O_BINARY;
  #elif defined(_O_BINARY)
   open_flags |= _O_BINARY;
  #endif

  #if defined(S_IRGRP) && defined(S_IROTH)
  int tmpfd = open(path.c_str(), open_flags, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH);
  #else
  int tmpfd = open(path.c_str(), open_flags, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
  #endif
  if(tmpfd == -1)
  {
   ErrnoHolder ene(errno);

   throw(MDFN_Error(ene.Errno(), _("Error opening file \"%s\": %s"), path_save.c_str(), ene.StrError()));
  }
  fp = fdopen(tmpfd, "wb");
 }
 else
  abort();

 if(!fp)
 {
  ErrnoHolder ene(errno);

  throw(MDFN_Error(ene.Errno(), _("Error opening file \"%s\": %s"), path_save.c_str(), ene.StrError()));
 }
}

FileStream::~FileStream()
{
 try
 {
  close();
 }
 catch(std::exception &e)
 {
  printf(e.what());
 }
}

uint64 FileStream::attributes(void)
{
 uint64 ret = ATTRIBUTE_SEEKABLE;

 switch(OpenedMode)
 {
  case MODE_READ:
	ret |= ATTRIBUTE_READABLE;
	break;

  case MODE_WRITE_INPLACE:
  case MODE_WRITE_SAFE:
  case MODE_WRITE:
	ret |= ATTRIBUTE_WRITEABLE;
	break;
 }

 return ret;
}

uint8 *FileStream::map(void) noexcept
{
 if(!mapping)
 {
#ifdef HAVE_MMAP
  uint64 length = size();
  int prot = 0;
  int flags = 0;
  void* tptr;

  if(OpenedMode == MODE_READ)
  {
   prot |= PROT_READ; // | PROT_EXEC;
   flags |= MAP_PRIVATE;
  }
  else
  {
   prot |= PROT_WRITE;
   prot |= MAP_SHARED;
  }

  if(length > SIZE_MAX)
   return(NULL);

  tptr = mmap(NULL, length, prot, flags, fileno(fp), 0);
  if(tptr != (void*)-1)
  {
   mapping = tptr;
   mapping_size = length;

   #ifdef HAVE_MADVISE
   // Should probably make this controllable via flag or somesuch.
   madvise(mapping, mapping_size, MADV_SEQUENTIAL | MADV_WILLNEED);
   #endif
  }
#endif
 }

 return((uint8*)mapping);
}

uint64 FileStream::map_size(void) noexcept
{
 return mapping_size;
}

void FileStream::unmap(void) noexcept
{
 if(mapping)
 {
#ifdef HAVE_MMAP
  munmap(mapping, mapping_size);
#endif
  mapping = NULL;
  mapping_size = 0;
 }
}

uint64 FileStream::read(void *data, uint64 count, bool error_on_eos)
{
 uint64 read_count;

 clearerr(fp);

 read_count = fread(data, 1, count, fp);

 if(read_count != count)
 {
  ErrnoHolder ene(errno);

  if(ferror(fp))
   throw(MDFN_Error(ene.Errno(), _("Error reading from opened file \"%s\": %s"), path_save.c_str(), ene.StrError()));

  if(error_on_eos)
   throw(MDFN_Error(0, _("Error reading from opened file \"%s\": %s"), path_save.c_str(), _("Unexpected EOF")));
 }

 return(read_count);
}

void FileStream::write(const void *data, uint64 count)
{
 if(fwrite(data, 1, count, fp) != count)
 {
  ErrnoHolder ene(errno);

  throw(MDFN_Error(ene.Errno(), _("Error writing to opened file \"%s\": %s"), path_save.c_str(), ene.StrError()));
 }
}

void FileStream::truncate(uint64 length)
{
	//not needed by mednadisc
 //if(fflush(fp) == EOF || ftruncate(fileno(fp), length) != 0)
 {
  ErrnoHolder ene(errno);

  throw(MDFN_Error(ene.Errno(), _("Error truncating opened file \"%s\": %s"), path_save.c_str(), ene.StrError()));
 }
}

void FileStream::seek(int64 offset, int whence)
{
 if(fseeko(fp, offset, whence) == -1)
 {
  ErrnoHolder ene(errno);

  throw(MDFN_Error(ene.Errno(), _("Error seeking in opened file \"%s\": %s"), path_save.c_str(), ene.StrError()));
 }
}

void FileStream::flush(void)
{
 if(fflush(fp) == EOF)
 {
  ErrnoHolder ene(errno);

  throw(MDFN_Error(ene.Errno(), _("Error flushing to opened file \"%s\": %s"), path_save.c_str(), ene.StrError()));
 }
}

uint64 FileStream::tell(void)
{
 auto offset = ftello(fp);

 if(offset == -1)
 {
  ErrnoHolder ene(errno);

  throw(MDFN_Error(ene.Errno(), _("Error getting position in opened file \"%s\": %s"), path_save.c_str(), ene.StrError()));
 }

 return (std::make_unsigned<decltype(offset)>::type)offset;
}

uint64 FileStream::size(void)
{
 STRUCT_STAT buf;

 if((OpenedMode != MODE_READ && fflush(fp) == EOF) || fstat(fileno(fp), &buf) == -1)
 {
  ErrnoHolder ene(errno);

  throw(MDFN_Error(ene.Errno(), _("Error getting the size of opened file \"%s\": %s"), path_save.c_str(), ene.StrError()));
 }

 return (std::make_unsigned<decltype(buf.st_size)>::type)buf.st_size;
}

void FileStream::close(void)
{
 if(fp)
 {
  FILE *tmp = fp;

  unmap();
  fp = NULL;

  if(fclose(tmp) == EOF)
  {
   ErrnoHolder ene(errno);

   throw(MDFN_Error(ene.Errno(), _("Error closing opened file \"%s\": %s"), path_save.c_str(), ene.StrError()));
  }
 }
}

int FileStream::get_line(std::string &str)
{
 int c;

 str.clear();

 while((c = get_char()) >= 0)
 {
  if(c == '\r' || c == '\n' || c == 0)
   return(c);

  str.push_back(c);
 }

 return(str.length() ? 256 : -1);
}

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San Diego woman swallows engagement ring while asleep, requiring surgery
Posted 12:30 pm, September 15, 2019, by CNN Wire
SAN DIEGO, CA (KGTV) — A dream became reality for a San Diego woman, but not in a good way. Jenna Evans says she swallowed her engagement ring in her sleep.
Tuesday night, Evans dreamed that she and her fiance, Bobby, were facing off with "bad guys" on a high-speed train. During the struggle, Bobby told Evans that she had to swallow her engagement ring to protect it. So she did. Not just in her dream, but in real life. She woke to find the ring clean off her finger.
"When I woke up and it was not on my hand, I knew exactly where it was," Evans said. "It was in my stomach."
The next morning, Evans and her future husband went to Urgent Care, where they saw her X-rays. Her ring was clearly nestled right in her stomach.
A gastroenterologist, however, suggested it would not be best to let nature run its course. Doctors recommended an upper endoscopy to remove her beloved bling.
"I was really happy because I don't know if I can look at it and appreciate it in the same way, if I had to search for it," Evans chuckled.
At this point, Evans says she could feel the ring in her stomach and it was starting to become painful.
Doctors safely removed the ring from her intestines and returned the jewelry to Evans — well, to Bobby for safe keeping, at least. Bobby eventually gave Evans her ring back.
"I feel very grateful that I got it back, and that this is a happy and funny story," Evans said.
It was a crazy adventure that gave new meaning to "A Sparkling bride, inside and out."
She says she now takes the ring off when going to sleep.
The couple will get married in Evans' home state of Texas, hopefully with the ring in hand, next May.
North Carolina woman kayaks with cancer patients as she faces her own battle
California woman loses her mother's wedding ring while passing out Halloween candy
Officer fulfills dream of serving and protecting her hometown
Oklahoma woman desperately searching for cash accidentally dropped off at neighbor's front porch
Woman says iPhone feature saved her from attempted sexual assault in Virginia
Woman's dog crushed to death by grooming table at Las Vegas PetSmart
He was mocked for proposing in KFC, but the internet found the South African couple and will give them their dream wedding
Mystery surrounds vintage ring found in antique dresser in Colorado
Utah woman fights charge after kids see her topless at home
Huntsville News The Story
November 15th, 1989: Gone but never forgotten
'I'm going to a Bronco game at last': 81-year-old Colorado superfan with cancer given tickets to 1st game
Alarming video of voice from Mississippi girl's bedroom security cam: 'Don't you want to be my best friend?'


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Do you want to have more conversations and fewer debates about your faith? Are you interested in Christian/Atheist dialogue? Are you curious about the way Christianity is being received in China today? This book is for you!
Based on conversations between Luis Palau and Zhao Qizheng, a top government official of China, it is a fast, easy, and eye-opening read from the start.
This book is based on conversations between a preeminent American Christian evangelist with a global ministry (Palau) and a Chinese scientist, scholar, and atheist (Zhao). It is an open and frank exchange on issues of faith, culture, history, and politics.


1. A doctor confirms the death of former Hungarian Prime Minister Bela Imredy, who was executed in the courtyard of the Academy of Music in Budapest.
2. Former Hungarian Prime Minister Bela Imredy on trial before the People's Tribunal in Budapest.


For Anchorman's Ron Burgundy and Parks and Recreation's Ron Swanson, legendary manliness fits a blueprint. Look at their shared interests: shared secret passions for jazz woodwinds, refined taste for finer woods (rich mahogany, of course), an appetite for aged spirits and an affinity for beloved beasts. While both find old wooden ships beautiful, Burgundy probably stands alone in thinking "Diversity" was the name of an old, old ship used in the Civil War.


Discover the top 25 questions that someone asks himself/herself when is diagnosed with Trench Fever.
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Objectives: The pharmacokinetics of raltegravir (RAL) is characterized by high inter- and intra-patient variability probably related to inappropriate disintegration of the tablets in the gastric environment leading to erratic drug release. We compared the pharmacokinetic of two doses of RAL given at 400 mg every 12h by swallowing versus one dose of 800 mg by chewing the tablets in healthy volunteers.
Methods: Randomized, open-label, two period cross-over study in 12 healthy volunteers. Intensive pharmacokinetic analyses were performed. RAL plasma concentrations were analyzed by a chromatographic method coupled with mass spectrometry.
Results: Subjects taking RAL by chewing the tablets presented regular pharmacokinetic profiles, characterized by single sharp drug peak (Figure) and significantly higher drug exposure (RAL AUC0-24: 40722 ± 14843 vs. 21753 ± 12229 ng*h/mL, p< 0.0001) compared with those taking the drug by swallowing the whole tablets, with no difference in the minimum RAL concentrations (RAL Cmin: 36 ± 23 vs. 43 ± 23 ng/mL, p=0.298). Large inter-individual variability in all the RAL pharmacokinetic parameters was observed in subjects given RAL by swallowing the tablets. This variability was, however, reduced by 20 to 1500% when the same subjects were given RAL at 800 mg by chewing the tablets.
Conclusion: Healthy subjects taking RAL by chewing the tablets have significantly higher drug absorption and reduced pharmacokinetic variability compared with those taking the drug by swallowing. No differences were observed in the minimum RAL concentrations. RAL at 800 mg/once daily by chewing the tablets may represent a novel therapeutic option for the treatment of HIV patients able to improve drug disposition and patients' compliance.


I have not been a huge fan of Walgreens since they cancelled the Easy Saver catalog this past Spring...but their September Coupon Savings book is close enough. I may be frequenting there more often.
I did 2 separate transactions for the Triaminic RR deal, but all in all, I burned some old RR's that were expiring and now have $20 in RR to use in the next couple of weeks.
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Quand Madelon..., appelée aussi La Madelon, est un chant populaire créé par le chanteur Bach (Charles-Joseph Pasquier), le , au café-concert l'Eldorado, à Paris. La chanson doit surtout son succès au théâtre aux armées où Bach l'interpréta devant des soldats en permission. Elle devient rapidement un chant militaire.

Historique
Les paroles de la chanson sont de Louis Bousquet (1870-1941), et la musique de Camille Robert (1872-1957). En 1913, Bach passe commande au compositeur et au parolier « d'une chanson cocardière renouvelée », mais la chanson rencontre peu de succès lors de sa création.

En août 1914, Sioul, un chansonnier qui était présent à la création de Quand Madelon... à l'Eldorado, mobilisé comme artilleur et cantonné à l'école Jules-Ferry de Fontenay-sous-Bois, chante cette chanson à ses camarades. Celle-ci obtient un véritable succès. Les canonniers la diffusent. Le chant est alors fréquemment interprété par des comiques troupiers, très prisés durant la Première Guerre mondiale, les tourlourous.

Le chanteur Marcelly fut le premier à enregistrer cette chanson en 1917.

En 1919, The Victor Military Band enregistre la chanson aux États-Unis avec le Français Marcel Journet au chant.

En 1921, une plaque est apposée sur la façade de l'école de Fontenay-sous-Bois, rue Roublot, indiquant : « La Madelon est partie d'ici en  pour faire le tour du monde ».

Lucien Boyer, l'auteur de La Madelon de la Victoire, reçut la Légion d'honneur en 1920.

Marlène Dietrich l'a chantée à Paris lors de la célébration du 14-Juillet en 1939.

À Lyon La Madelon était chantée par les soldats pour remercier le dévouement de « La Maman des poilus » qui tenait sa buvette à la gare de Perrache pour les soldats de la guerre de 14/18. Clotilde Bizolon née Thévenet (1871-1940) alias « La Mère Bizolon » décorée de la légion d'honneur en 1925 pour service rendu à la nation était devenue « La Madelon » de la capitale des Gaules.

La chanson fut interprétée au cinéma par Line Renaud.

Commentaire
La musique de la chanson fut d'abord une marche de fanfare, sur laquelle Louis Bousquet écrivit un texte gai.

Selon François Genton, le texte et la mélodie n'intéressent aujourd'hui qu'en tant que documents historiques.

Paroles

Voir aussi
D'autres chansons ont repris cette dénomination :
 La Madelon de la Victoire (1919)
 Victoire, la fille de Madelon (1939)
 Qu'est devenue la Madelon ? (1960) est une chanson de Charles Trenet, dans laquelle il évoque les souvenirs perdus en se référant à La Madelon.
 Majorette est une chanson de Bénabar, dans laquelle il fait référence à La Madelon (album Les Risques du métier).
 Podcast de l'émission radiophonique de France Info La fleur au fusil, consacré à la chanson

Au cinéma :
 La Madelon, comédie de Jean Boyer (1955) avec Line Renaud, Odette Barencey, Jean Richard, Roger Pierre, Jean Carmet, Noël Roquevert, Robert Dalban...

Notes et références

Lien externe
Quand Madelon (partition en feuille ou petit format) sur le site de la Médiathèque musicale de Paris

Quand Madelon (partition en feuille pour piano) sur le site de la Médiathèque musicale de Paris

Chanson populaire française
Chant militaire français
Marche (musique)
Mémoire de la Première Guerre mondiale en France
Première Guerre mondiale dans l'art
Personnage de chanson


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