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User-Mode Linux: A Book Excerpt
Editor's Note: This content is excerpted from Chapter 11 of Linux Debugging and Performance Tuning: Tips and Techniques, authored by Steve Best, ISBN 0-13-149247-0. Copyright 2006 Pearson Education, Inc. To learn more about this book, including purchasing options, please visit this page.
One of the largest efforts involved with software engineering is testing the software to make sure that it works as designed. Testing can require several different types of system configurations and could require multiple instances of Linux. One way to create this type of environment is to use a virtual machine.
User-Mode Linux (UML) is a fully functional Linux kernel. It runs its own scheduler and virtual memory (VM) system, relying on the host kernel for hardware support. It includes virtual block, network, and serial devices to provide an environment that is almost as full-featured as a hardware-based machine. UML cannot destroy the host machine. Furthermore, the UML block devices, also called disks, can be files on the native Linux file system, so you cannot affect the native block devices. This is very useful when you're testing and debugging block operations.
Each UML instance is a complete virtual machine that's all but indistinguishable from a real computer. All of them run as a normal user on the host. They give you root-level access, the ability to start daemons, the ability to run text and graphical applications, full networking, and almost all of the other capabilities of a Linux system. The only exception is that you can't directly address hardware inside UML, so the UML environment provides virtual network adapters, virtual X Window displays, and virtual drives.
The virtual machine can be configured through the command line, which allows memory and devices to be configured. The kernel, and hence any programs running under UML, runs as a software process of the real/host Linux system rather than directly under the hardware. UML can give you complete root access, and the same programs can be run that would normally be run on a Linux server. UML is a good way to experiment with new Linux kernels and distributions and to learn the internals of Linux without risking the system's main setup.
UML has been used in the following ways:
As a system administration tool
As an inexpensive dedicated hosting environment
For server consolidation
As a secure, isolated environment
To test applications
In college classes
For kernel development and debugging
This chapter covers the advantages that UML can provide in the area of kernel development and debugging. UML offers the advantage of source-level kernel debugging using gdb. Using gdb, you can view kernel data structures. kdb is another kernel debugger that can't directly show the kernel data structures. For additional information about kdb, see Chapter 13, "Kernel-Level Debuggers (kgdb and kdb)."
UML is not the right environment to use in some cases:
Developing and testing disk device drivers
Developing and testing network device drivers
Developing and testing other hardware devices
Currently UML is supported only on the x86 architecture.
Getting a minimal UML system up and running requires a UML kernel and a root file system to boot it on. The UML tools aren't needed for basic UML use, but they are needed for networking, managing copy-on-write (COW) file system files, and using the management console.
Before building a UML kernel and root file system, let's download a prebuilt UML kernel and root file system. The host system needs to be running a 2.4.x level of the kernel to run this prebuilt UML. The kernel on my machine is from the SuSE 9.0 release, and it has a 2.4.21 kernel. The UML rpm is named user_mode_linux-220.127.116.11um-0.i386.rpm, and it contains the following files:
/usr/bin/linux (an executable binary that is the UML kernel)
The next step is to uncompress the root image. In this example the root image is called root_fs.rh-7.2-server.pristine.20020312.bz2. Once the root image is uncompressed, you can start the UML kernel, which is named linux.
The commands shown in Figure 1 show the installation of the rpm, the setting up of the root image, and the starting of the UML kernel with the root file system image.
When the linux command is executed, the terminal shows that a new Linux operating system is booting. Figure 2 shows the booted system, ending with a login prompt. Logging in with the user root and the password root gives you access to the operating system.
The login requires the root password to be changed, and bash will be set up. Figure 3 shows UML ready to function as a Linux system.
The next section shows you how to patch, configure, and build a UML kernel.
To build a UML kernel, support for UML must be available in the UML kernel. UML kernel patches are available for many different levels of the kernel. The UML patch is available to be downloaded from the UML web site. The following steps show you how to apply the UML kernel patch to level 126.96.36.199 of the kernel:
Change to the directory where the kernel source is (usually the /usr/src/linux directory).
Use the patch command to apply the kernel change, as shown in Figure 4. The --dry-run option shows whether the patch applies, but it doesn't really apply the patch. If the patch applies cleanly with no rejects, remove the --dry-run option and apply the patch.
There are no rejects when applying the patch, so the --dry-run option can be removed and the patch is applied to the kernel.
UML is enabled through the UML-specific options menu. If UML isn't enabled, enable it and rebuild the kernel. Figure 5 shows the kernel configuration menu for UML. Fourteen options are available for UML. Other versions of UML might have more or fewer configuration options:
Tracing thread support controls whether tracing thread support is compiled into UML.
Separate Kernel Address Space support controls whether skas (separate kernel address space) support is compiled in.
Networking support adds kernel networking support.
Kernel support for ELF binaries allows your kernel to run ELF binaries.
Kernel support for MISC binaries allows plug wrapper-driven binary formats to run in the kernel. It is useful for programs that need an interpreter to run, like Java, Python, .NET, and Emacs-Lisp. It's also useful if you need to run DOS executables under the Linux DOS emulator (DOSEMU).
Support for host-based filesystems allows for host-based file system support.
Host filesystem allows a UML user to access files stored on the host.
HoneyPot ProcFS is a file system that allows UML /proc entries to be overridden, removed, or fabricated from the host. Its purpose is to allow a UML to appear to be a physical machine by removing or changing anything in /proc that gives away a UML's identity.
Management console is a low-level interface to the kernel; it is similar to the kernel SysRq interface.
2G/2G host address space split causes UML to load itself in the top .5 GB of that smaller process address space of the kernel. Most Linux machines are configured so that the kernel occupies the upper 1 GB (0xc0000000 to 0xffffffff) of the 4 GB address space and processes use the lower 3 GB (0x00000000 to 0xbfffffff). However, some machine are configured with a 2 GB/2 GB split, with the kernel occupying the upper 2 GB (0x80000000 to 0xffffffff) and processes using the lower 2 GB (0x00000000 to 0x7fffffff). The prebuilt UML binaries on the UML web site will not run on 2 GB/2 GB hosts because UML occupies the upper .5 GB of the 3 GB process address space (0xa0000000 to 0xbfffffff). Obviously, on 2 GB/2 GB hosts, this is right in the middle of the kernel address space, so UML doesn't even load-it immediately segfaults. Turning on this option allows UML to load correctly in this kernel configuration.
Symmetric multi-processing support enables UML SMP support. UML implements a virtual SMP by allowing as many processes to run simultaneously on the host as there are virtual processors configured.
Highmem support adds the UML arch support for highmem.
/proc/mm support is used to support skas mode.
Real-time Clock makes UML time deltas match wall clock deltas. This should normally be enabled. The exception would be if you are debugging with UML and spend long times with UML stopped at a break point. In this case, when UML is restarted, it calls the timer enough times to make up for the time spent at the break point.
The UML menu in Figure 5 shows that all the UML options that are turned on will be built directly into the kernel. A check mark in the configuration menu means that the option will be built directly into the kernel. A period in the configuration menu means that the option will be built as a module for the kernel. No mark in the configuration menu means that the option hasn't been turned on.
UML can be used as a debugging mechanism (source code debugging for kernel-level code using gdb) for systems running on 2.4.x and 2.6.x kernels. This section is focused on using the UML support that is available for the 2.6.x kernel. The 22.214.171.124 kernel is used for the examples in this chapter. The steps listed in the section "Building the Kernel" build the UML kernel that will run on the Linux host system.
Some Linux distributions have added the UML patch to their kernel for both the 2.4.x and 2.6.x levels of the kernel and provide a UML kernel with the distribution. The first step is to check the kernel config and see if UML is enabled. One way to do so is to use the make xconfig ARCH = um command in the directory of the kernel source tree, usually in the /usr/src/linux directory. The UML kernel is enabled on the "UML-specific options" support menu. Enable the UML options and build the kernel.
The UML network devices are enabled on the UML Network Devices menu, as shown in Figure 6. The main menu option is Virtual network device. If this option is enabled, seven transport options are available. Versions of UML other than the one shown here might have more or fewer configuration options.
The following transport types are available for a UML virtual machine to exchange packets with other hosts:
Switch daemon
The TUN/TAP, Ethertap, SLIP, and SLiRP transports allow a UML instance to exchange packets with the host. They may be directed to the host, or the host may just act as a router to provide access to other physical or virtual machines.
Once the virtual network device is enabled, the following options are available:
Ethertap transport allows a single running UML to exchange packets with its host over one of the host's Ethertap devices, such as /dev/tap0. Ethertap provides packet reception and transmission for user space programs. It can be viewed as a simple Ethernet device that, instead of receiving packets from a network wire, receives them from user space. Ethertap can be used for anything from AppleTalk to IPX to even building bridging tunnels.
TUN/TAP transport allows a UML instance to exchange packets with the host over a TUN/TAP device. TUN/TAP provides packet reception and transmission for user space programs. It can be seen as a simple point-to-point or Ethernet device that, instead of receiving packets from physical media, receives them from the user space program and instead of sending packets via physical media writes them to the user space program.
SLIP transport allows a running UML to network with its host over a point-to-point link.
Daemon transport allows one or more running UMLs on a single host to communicate with each other but not with the host.
Multicast transport allows multiple UMLs to talk to each other over a virtual Ethernet network.
pcap transport makes a pcap packet stream on the host look like an Ethernet device inside UML. This is useful for making UML act as a network monitor for the host. libcap must be installed in order to build the pcap transport into UML.
SLiRP allows a running UML to network by invoking a program that can handle SLIP encapsulated packets.
The UML menu in Figure 6 shows that all the UML options that are turned on will be built directly into the kernel.
Kernel debugging is enabled on the Kernel hacking menu, as shown in Figure 7. Six options are available for UML, as shown in the figure. Other versions of UML might have more or fewer configuration options:
Debug memory allocations has the kernel do limited verification on memory allocation as well as poisoning memory on free to catch use of freed memory.
Debug spinlocks usage has the kernel catch missing spinlock initialization and certain other kinds of spinlock errors.
Enable kernel debugging symbols are included in the UML kernel binary.
Enable ptrace proxy enables a debugging interface, which allows gdb to debug the kernel without needing to attach to kernel threads.
Enable gprof support allows profiling the UML kernel with the gprof utility.
Enable gcov support allows code coverage data for the UML session.
To use gdb with the UML kernel, make sure that both Enable kernel debugging symbols (CONFIG_DEBUGSYM) and Enable ptrace proxy (CONFIG_PT_PROXY) are turned on. These compile the kernel with -g and enable the ptrace proxy so that gdb works with UML, respectively.
The UML menu in Figure 7 shows that all the UML options turned on will be built directly into the UML kernel.
UML can be configured to support gcov.
gcov support
gcov allows code coverage to be done on kernel-level code. gcov can help determine how well your test suites exercise your code. One indirect benefit of gcov is that its output can be used to identify which test case provides coverage for each source file. With that information, a subset of the test suite can be selected to verify that changes in the program can be run. Thorough code coverage during testing is one measurement of software quality. For more information about gcov, see Chapter 2, "Code Coverage."
UML also can be configured to support gprof.
gprof support
gprof allows profiling to be done on kernel-level code. Profiling displays where a program is spending its time and which functions are called while the program is being executed. With profile information, you can determine which pieces of the program are slower than expected. These sections of the code could be good candidates to be rewritten to make the program execute faster. Profiling is also the best way to determine how often each function is called. With this information you can determine which function will give you the most performance boost by changing the code to perform faster. For more information about gprof, see Chapter 1, "Profiling."
The following steps show you how to build the UML kernel:
1. Issue the make xconfig ARCH=um command.
2. Under "UML-specific options," select the options that are needed for UML.
3. Under "UML Network Devices," select the options that are needed for UML.
4. Under "Kernel hacking," select the options that are needed for UML.
5. Configure other kernel settings as needed.
6. Save and exit.
7. Issue the make clean command.
8. Issue the make linux ARCH=um command. The result is the binary file named linux in this directory.
If kernel modules are required, they must be installed inside the UML. One way to do this is described next. In this example, the root file system for the UML is called root_fs, and the mount point is called mnt.
9. If modules need to be built, do the following:
Issue the make modules ARCH=um command.
Issue the mount root_fs mnt -o loop command.
Issue the make modules_install INSTALL_MOD_PATH=/path/to/uml/mnt ARCH=um command.
Issue the umount mnt command.
The UML kernel is named linux. For this example you'll copy the UML kernel to the /usr/src/uml subdirectory.
10. Issue the cp /usr/src/linux/linux /usr/src/uml/linux command.
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Phil Knight, formerly on the staff of churches in Niagara Falls and Sanborn, has joined Beaverton Christian Church's leadership team as the new Worship Pastor.
Knight, who has been leading music and worship ministries in both small and large churches since 1998, comes to Beaverton Christian from Grace Church in Eden Prairie, a church of 5,000 members, where he served in the music and worship ministry for eight years.
"In this new position, he will be responsible for the development of a worship ministry capable of providing inspiring, instructive and productive music experiences in worship through individual, congregational, choral and ensemble music," explained Executive Pastor Dan Ferguson. "He will work closely with the teaching pastor to develop worship services that support and enhance the message of the day.
"We're really excited to have Phil join the staff … He brings a passion for leading God's people in worship and a heart for the local church. He and his wife Jen will be a special blessing to the church family."
Prior to joining Grace Church in 2005, Knight was the contemporary music minister at Southtown Baptist Church in Bloomington, Minn. Earlier, he was director of contemporary worship at St. James United Methodist Church in Niagara Falls and a music minister at the Church of Resurrection in Sanborn.
"I am very excited to have the opportunity to help build the worship ministry at Beaverton Christian Church," Knight said. "I'm passionate about leading people in worship and pointing them to Jesus. I love developing a team, helping them grow and flourish, and setting them up for a win. I'm most passionate about seeing lives transformed and people drawn to the cross by the power of the Holy Spirit in worship."
Born and raised in Niagara Falls, Knight accepted Christ in high school at a Youth for Christ Conference, and dedicated his life to Christian service during a mission trip a few years later. In 2011, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Christian Ministry from Crown College in St. Bonifacius, Minn., graduating Magna Cum Laude. He and his wife Jen have been married for five years and have two children, Conner and Brielle.


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Gambling at Arizona's Fort McDowell has taken the Yavapai Indians from poverty to wealth in just three years.
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Self-taught grazing activist Michael Seidman wins a victory when a federal judge rules that the Forest Service's analysis of a grazing allotment on Arizona's Tonto National Forest was inadequate.
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The Green Party will run a candidate against Republican Sen. Pete Domenici in New Mexico, and also wants to draft Ralph Nader as a presidential candidate.
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Winter tourists on snowmobiles are giving Yellowstone National Park the worst air pollution in the country.
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The Senate Energy Committee approves the temporary storage of nuclear waste near Nevada's Yucca Mountain.
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A U.S. District Court strikes down Nye County, Nevada's ordinance claiming county ownership of all public lands in its borders.
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Yellowstone's new wolves knock the coyotes out of the "top dog" position in the park's ecosystem.
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A retired fire official with longtime roots in Templeton is now its interim fire chief.
At a special meeting Tuesday night, the Templeton Community Services Districts board of directors selected Rod Hewitt to lead its 25-person volunteer fire department until a replacement for outgoing Chief Jim Langborg is found.
Langborg, who left his post Nov. 19, announced in October that he was leaving the area to start a new fire department in Texas. In his resignation letter to the board, Langborg recommended the board not assign interim chief duties from within because his staff was already too busy.
Cal Fire helped lead the department after Langborg left.
Hewitt, now 59, retired in November 2011 as Templetons assistant fire chief. He had served Templeton as a volunteer firefighter for 28 years before becoming assistant chief in 2004.
Hewitt also served as interim chief for part of 2010 after Templeton resident Greg O'Sullivan now a district board member retired as fire chief.
Hewitt will be responsible for the overall management and operations of the fire department until a permanent chief is found. Hes being paid $45 per hour, working part-time hours tailored to the departments needs as assigned by General Manager Jeff Hodge, according to the district office. He began work Wednesday. His contract gives him a district vehicle for work but no health benefits, according to the district office.
Details on how Hewitts pay compares to Langborgs wasnt immediately available. The districts board of directors will wait until the new board is seated Dec. 18 to discuss how to search for a new chief. Two years ago, Langborg was selected in a national search that attracted almost 50 candidates.


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RALEIGH — The agency charged with providing housing to Raleighs poorest residents treats its governing board to dinners that have cost as much as $3,000 each December at one of the citys most upscale restaurants, records show.
The Raleigh Housing Authority holds an annual Christmas dinner for board members, their spouses and nine agency department heads at Second Empire Restaurant on Hillsborough Street, which carries a four-diamond rating from AAA. The tradition started in 2004 and includes board members from the housing authoritys affiliated nonprofit, Capitol Area Developments.
With an annual budget of $50 million, the agency oversees 5,700 public housing units for low-income residents as well as federal Section 8 housing vouchers.
Last year, the public housing leaders had a four-course meal with a variety of wines, beer and bourbon. The bill came to $77 per person for food 25 people attended and the alcohol cost a total of $254. The agency, which gets three-quarters of its budget from federal housing dollars, footed the entire bill, which came to $3,082 including tax and tip.
The housing authoritys executive director, Steve Beam, says no federal funds are used to pay for the dinners. I dont think it is unreasonable at the conclusion of a successful year at RHA to offer a single token of thanks which wouldnt even replace the boards personal expenses, much less compensate them for the time they invest, Beam wrote in an email.
Beam points out that his board members arent reimbursed for their mileage to and from monthly meetings at the agencys headquarters. The cost of gas from the board members Raleigh homes, he said, would likely come to far more than the Second Empire bills.
That might be true if board members didnt bring their spouses to the Christmas dinners. Board chairman Kyle Dilday lives in North Raleigh, about 10 miles from the housing authoritys office downtown. So at the federal mileage rate of 56.5 cents per mile, hed be owed about $135 per year for driving to and from 12 meetings a year. The 2012 Second Empire dinner cost $246 per couple.
Dilday defended the annual dinners and the inclusion of spouses in the festivities.
All of us take away from our families to go to a board meeting at 5 p.m., he said. We thought it was a nice way to say thank you to our spouses for giving up family time in order to be on the board.
Both Beam and Dilday said the practice of annual board appreciation dinners is common among nonprofits. We totally agreed that its very much consistent with industry practice, Dilday said.
Not in Durham
But the agencys counterpart to the west, the Durham Housing Authority, does not provide meals to its board, director Dallas Parks said. A spokeswoman for the Charlotte Housing Authority says its board also doesnt receive meals.
Raleigh and Wake County dont have any appreciation meals for elected officials or employees, according to spokespersons for both governments. In the wake of the recession, Wake County canceled its annual employee appreciation picnic.
DHIC, a Raleigh nonprofit that builds and manages affordable housing, will have its annual board of directors luncheon meeting next month. Well have more than sandwiches, but it wont be much, executive director Gregg Warren said, adding that hes budgeting about $15 per person. No spouses will be in attendance, and no alcohol will be served.
The Christmas dinners arent the only times Beam books a table at Second Empire, records show. The board of the housing authoritys nonprofit, Capitol Area Developments, conducts all its meetings over dinner at the restaurant.
The five-member CAD board meets twice a year to oversee market-rate housing units for low- to moderate-income residents. The board consists of one housing authority board member, a former housing authority board member, two current agency employees and one former employee.
The costs from those meetings range from $411 to $726. Board members order items such as foie gras, tuna tartare, lamb and grouper while conducting the nonprofits business over $15 glasses of wine. In October, the $546 bill came to $78 per person for the board, Beam and a staff member.
Beam says he started the practice when he reactivated the Capitol Area Developments organization 17 years ago. We initially started when we were trying to find volunteers to be on the board; we decided to take it off site, and we took it to a restaurant, he said.
Capitol Area Developments has a separate budget from the housing authority and does not receive federal funding. Several of its apartment and townhome complexes are on former housing project sites converted to mixed-income communities.
A little too cozy
Danny Coleman, a community leader in Southeast Raleigh, says the dinners raise concerns because the housing authority is grappling with federal budget cuts. Sequestration, the series of automatic spending cuts, led to a loss of $1.6 million earlier this year prompting the agency to reduce Section 8 voucher payments to many participating landlords.
The landlords were required to accept a cut of up to $100 in monthly rent payments or tell their low-income tenants to find new homes.
You have to wonder where their priorities are, especially after this issue with sequestration, Coleman said, adding that he worries the long-serving board members might be getting a little too cozy with the agencys administration.
Meeting minutes show the board rarely questions Beams leadership. Nearly all of its votes in recent years have been unanimous; one board member has served for 18 years, while most others have served for at least eight.
The board has approved annual raises and bonuses for Beam that have brought his total pay as high as $280,690. His annual pay dipped to $271,812 last year after the board gave him a smaller bonus.
Octavia Rainey, a frequent critic of the housing authority, said the high salary and lavish dinners are inappropriate for an agency that has more than 10,000 people on its waiting list for subsidized housing.
I think thats wrong, Rainey said. You have people living in public housing with no food on the table. They dont have those types of luxury accommodations.
Rainey called on Mayor Nancy McFarlane, whos responsible for appointing the housing authoritys board members, to dismiss the current board and install new leadership. City leaders, she said, are not providing oversight to the Raleigh Housing Authority, and they hold the charter.
Reached Friday, McFarlane said she was unaware of the dinners. I dont have any oversight authority over their budget, she said, adding that she will have an opportunity to appoint several new members next year. It might be time to look at whos on the board.
Despite the criticism, Beam said this years Christmas dinner is still on. He says the invitations to Second Empire will be going out soon.
Staff writer Dan Kane contributed.
Campbell: 919-829-4802; Twitter: @RaleighReporter


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---- — SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Wet winters and cool, dry summers make Oregon's Willamette Valley one of the best places on the globe to produce seeds for organic broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts and a variety of other vegetables known as brassicas.
That means the fields south of Portland are also an ideal place to grow canola, another brassica whose seeds can be pressed to extract oil for food or renewable fuel.
But you won't find any canola here. It was banned from the Willamette Valley to protect the delicate vegetable seeds from being contaminated by pollen from canola or destroyed by the pests and diseases it brings.
Demand for renewable energy, however, has helped fuel a push to grow canola in the region, raising a tense conflict between producers of organic foods and renewable energy in a state that cherishes both.
Seed farmers fear canola would cross-pollinate with their plants, destroying the value of the pure seeds they produce. They're joined in their fight by organic-food lovers, small-farm advocates and opponents of genetically modified crops.
"This is an existential threat," said Frank Morton, who farms about 12 acres of specialty seeds in Philomath, about 90 miles southwest of Portland. "If canola comes here, it's the beginning of the end of this industry."
Canola proponents say Morton and his colleagues are overreacting. With the right controls, they argue, Canola can co-exist without harming other brassicas. Some wheat and grass-seed farmers are eager to use canola as a rotational crop to interrupt disease and pest cycles. They used to burn their fields at the end of the season, but recent pollution controls have severely limited that option.
"It comes down to good stewardship and cooperating with your neighbors and good management practices," said Kathy Hadley, who grows grass seed and other crops in the Salem area. "Everyone does those things on a regular basis already, and I feel like, in this specific case, things are being blown out of proportion."
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Weekend breaks Split-Brac 4 day
Cycling on Island Brac
Welcome to Dalmatia, Mediterranean area of Croatia. Explore and bike along Croatia's third largest island – Brac! Brac is famous for fishing and agriculture, especially vines and olives, as well as its precious white stone which was used to build Diocletian's Palace in Split, the Hungarian Parliament in Budapest and The White house in Washington.
Cycle through the picturesque coastal fishermen villages and hinterland villages which were constructed in the Greek and Roman times, passing through many olive groves and vineyards.Dine on the healthiest cuisine in the world-the Mediterranean one!! Fresh fish and homegrown vegetables, olive oil and wine are just some of its secrets! Swim in the Adriatic Sea and relax while the sun is healing your soul….Visit Split and its enormous palace (305.a.c.),a city with a 1700 years old tradition, a variety of archaeological, historical and cultural monuments.Relax at our charming family owned hotel, enjoy it's Spa and outside pool, take a walk along Supetar's promenade and explore the island culture!
Welcome to the Dalmatia and ancient Mediterranean town Split. We will pick you up from the airport and transfer and transfer you to the hotel on island Brac. After a leisurely ferry cruise you arrive to the largest island of the Central Dalmatian group of islands, the third largest among the Adriatic islands – Brac. Today we will fit your bike and suggest ride on quite roads of island. The island is rich with historic sites dating back to Ancient Greece, middle Ages and of course Modern times. Today, there are twenty-odd settlements on the island. Pedal to Sutivan, a fishermen settlement on the northern coast of Brac. After Sutivan there is a climb and you pass through the picturesque village of Lozisca. Continue through the settlements in the interior, which are older, richer in cultural and historical monuments and much more interesting architecturally than the coastal ones.
Passing through Nerezica and Donji Humac, just before the last downhill to Supetar, we suggest a lunch break in a konoba which still makes traditional Mediterranean cuisine. If you are interested in art, we will suggest a couple of galleries and workshops, where you can see the stone masons working and see their sculptures…
If you want to extend your ride go for a coffee in Milna village, see the beautiful naturally protected bay full of boats, yachts…
Distance biked: 0-30 km, extra ride 48 km
Highlights: Island Brac, Supetar, coastal ride and towns, ancient inland villages, wineries, art gallery
Today we suggest a ride to the east side of the island. Ride to Splitska, following a quieter road along the scenic north-east coast… You'll have views across to the mainland throughout the ride. Stop in the town of Skrip, the oldest settlement on the island. After the visit to The Island Museum, pedal to Postira, fishermen village and Lovrecina, sandy beach with ruins of a large early Christian basilica assigned to the 5th century. This might be a good swim break…Continue to Pucisca, charming little town, well know for its stone quarries from where is cut its precious white stone which was used to build Diocletian's Palace in Split and The White House in Washington. You might wish to enter one of the oldest Stone Cutting Schools in Europe and see students carving in the same way as their well know ancestors.
Meals: breakfast
Distance biked: 0-36 km, extra ride 70km
Highlights: beaches, coastal ride, fisherman villages, stone cutting school, Pucisca
Your route and goal today is to reach the island's summit, Vidova Gora. This lookout is known as the summit of the Adriatic and offers some spectacular views. The highest peak of all Adriatic islands – Vidova Gora (778meters) , from where you will have a breathtaking view on the slopes of the south side of the island, the town of Bol and the famous beach Golden Cape (Zlatni rat) as well as on the islands of Central Dalmatia. With high visibility even the Italian coast may be seen. Vidova gora hides many wonders of nature: from the dense forest of authentic black pine trees and its rich herbal and animal world to numerous caves and pits. There is an easier option if you don't feel like riding to highest point of the island. Continue with biking to Gornji Humac, where you should try some of original islands specialties, before having a great downhill to Bol, the oldest coastal town on the island Brac. Bol didn't take the usual position like other coastal towns in the amphitheatrically slopes of the protected bays, but it stands alone and separated on the southern, open part of the island, with the beaches connected like a necklace of pearls. You might wish to check the famous pebble beach Zlatni rat, one of the most beautiful beaches in Croatia.
Meals: breakfast
Distance biked: 37-50 km
Highlights: Zlatni rat(Golden cape) – famous beach in Bol, Vidova Gora-highest point of all Adriatic Islands
Today we transfer you to the airport in Split. Thanks for joining us and we hope you had a good ride!
Start/End of bike tours:
The closest airport in the area is Split. We offer pick up from the airport or town Split, and transfer to your hotel in Supetar. The tour can start any day during the whole year!
From Split to Supetar or vice versa there are ferries departing to Split every hour and a half.
Price per person in a double room:
April/May/Oct EUR 647
July/Aug EUR 871
June/Sep EUR 740
Single person traveling pays additional EUR 370 (April/May,June,Sep) & EUR 400 (July, August)
If you like the tour but would like to have different accommodation, send us an inquiry and we will do our best to meet your wishes!
The price includes:
- 3 days accommodation (bed&breakfast In 2 bedded rooms) in hotel in Supetar,(Villa Adriatica)
- bike rental (bike,lock, pump, spare tube, helmet and patch kit)
– choice of road, hybrid or tandem bike
- our team assistance which consists of bike fitting, detailed briefing with description of places You will be visiting en route, lunch options, marked map with options for shorter or longer routes
- all the ferry tickets
- transfer to/from Split airport
- transfer from Bol to Supetar (Day 3 ride) or ferry ticket to visit Split
The price does not include:
-Travel insurance
-Shuttles during the riding time
-All lunches and dinners
Hotel Villa Adriatica, Supetar- – www.villaadriatica.com
Rating: This Self guided bike tour is designed for individuals. There is 1 day where you will be climbing over 500 meters (1640 feet). In your information package we will provide taxi numbers, which are able to help and take you and your bike over that hill (not included in package price)
Daily distances: 0 – 50 km per day.
This tour is designed with optional daily distances. If you prefer to have a quite day on the beach, it is possible! Or, if you prefer to bike 200 km per day you are able to do it!
You can choose your distance each single day except Day 3 (minimum of 37 kilometers with climb up to 500 meters). If you don't feel like biking this day, we can help you organize a transfer to reach your final destination for that day or we can provide ferry tickets and you can explore Split, and have an easy bike ride in Split . All the other days are loop rides and you don't have to bike if you don't feel like it!
Total distance biked: 100-450 km in 4 days
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Significant investments targeted at hybrids and plug-in hybrids, smart grid technologies, and scientific research and innovation.
Within President Barack Obama's $26.4 billion budget request for the Department of Energy (DOE) for fiscal year 2010, is the inclusion of $2.3 billion for the DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). This funding, if approved, will be aimed at substantially expanding the use of renewable energy sources while improving energy transmission infrastructure.
The budget request for EERE represents a 6.4% increase above the appropriations for 2009, not counting funds provided through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The President's budget also includes significant increases for a number of EERE programs, including an 82.9% increase for solar energy, a 36.4% increase for wind energy, a 22% increase for vehicle technologies, a 69.8% increase for building technologies, and a 46.7% increase for the Federal Energy Management Program.
The budget also requests a near doubling in funding for program direction, in part to support "unprecedented project management and oversight" associated with the Recovery Act. The budget also includes a more than five-fold increase in funding for program support (to $101.8 million), primarily to support analysis and commercialization efforts.
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Volunteers from across the state and country gathered on a frigid, snowy Saturday morning at the Flight 93 Memorial.
They came to commemorate the sacrifice of the downed plane's passengers and honor their resilience through the National Park Service and National Park Foundation's reforestation effort, "Plant a Tree at Flight 93."
The event, which is in its second year, will bring 150,000 new trees to the reclaimed mine site near the Shanksville memorial. For each day, over the course of the four-day project, 150 volunteers – 600 total – will dig and drop 35,000 saplings into the earth.
That ground used to be a forest and it needs to be touched by human hands, according to Patrick Angel, senior forester and soil scientist for the U.S. Department of the Interior. It's currently in a state of arrested natural succession and, essentially, can't produce life on its own. After tilling and human intervention, Angel said the healing can begin.
"These seedlings have a chance. Mother Nature has a chance to heal this ground," he said. "Of course, these folks are doing that. They're healing not only their hearts but also the land."
Gov. Tom Corbett opened the proceedings and presented a sapling that had come from Gettysburg, which is marking 150 years since its historic battle.
He depicted the 40 heroes aboard Flight 93 as stalwart defenders of the American way of life.
"These are seeds that demonstrate the resistance that they put up and helped to ensure our nation's freedom," he said.
And many were eager to get to work, despite near-freezing temperatures and biting winds – another type of resilience on display Saturday. Angel said many of the volunteers' faces are familiar.
"I thought it was such a moving experience the last time we were here," said Frederick Ensle of McMurray, Washington County. "When I got the opportunity to come back, I knew I had to do it."
Ensle once again brought members of his Boy Scout troop – teens who were just old enough in 2001 to understand the gravity of the attacks and who wanted to put their hands to work in preserving the victims' memory.
"I just wanted to make some sort of memorial to it," said Derek Taylor, 17. "This is pretty good – a living one."
He and his workmate, 16-year-old Adam Shope, said they'd like to revisit the site one day years later, to see their efforts in bloom.
"And we could say that we were a part of it," Shope said.
"I feel like this is kind of better than a cement memorial," Taylor said. "Because it shows that life goes on, in spite of tragedies.
"It doesn't just stop time."
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Spring 2013 Softball: Spring Break Tournament - Myrtle Beach, S.C. Gordon College
March 15, 2013
The Lady Wildcats ended the tournament 2-6
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – Freshman Katie Kratzer (Selinsgrove) totaled three hits including a two-run home run as the Pennsylvania College of Technology softball team went 1-1 on its final day at the Snowbird Softball Tournament in Myrtle, Beach, S.C. The Lady Wildcats won a tight 8-7 against Gordon College but lost in extra innings 5-4 to SUNY IT. With the split, they finish the tournament 2-6.
Down 1-0 in the second against Gordon, Penn College put up three runs including RBI hits from sophomore Casey Davis (New Albany) and freshman Samantha Hill (Montgomery). Davis ended the game 2 for 4 with two runs on top of the RBI.
After Gordon tied it up in the top of the third, the Lady Wildcats put two more on the board in the bottom of the inning when Kratzer hit a two-run bomb over the left center fence making it 5-3.
With the game again tied in the fifth, Penn College plated two to take the lead again. Hill recorded an RBI single in the inning and ended the game 2 for 3.
Gordon capitalized on an error to score two and make it seven-all going into the final inning. Lose held the team scoreless in the top and got the run she needed later in the bottom when freshman Rachael Shaeffer (Hampstead, Md.) doubled scoring sophomore Stephanie Koleno (Moshannon) who doubled to start off the inning.
Koleno finished the game 3 for 4. Junior Lady Lose (Avis) recorded the win going seven strong with 10 strikeouts, 11 hits and four earned runs. The Lady Wildcats committed four errors in the game.
Against SUNY IT, Penn College sprinkled four runs in the first six innings off of RBI singles from sophomore Stephanie Keifrider (Douglassville) and freshmen Nicole Lo Furno (Glen Mills), Shaeffer and Kratzer.
Lose pitched the first five innings giving up three earned runs off of three hits while striking out five. Freshman Kimberly Walter (Beavertown) finished the final three innings allowing an earned run while striking out two.
Tied at four in the eighth, the game went to international tiebreaker rules which put a runner on second. SUNY IT was able to manufacture the run after sacrifice bunting and then driving the run in with a single. The Lady Wildcats were answerless in the bottom with Lo Furno, who started at second, being thrown out at third on a fielder's choice.
In the game, Kratzer was 2 for four with a double while Keifrider was 2 for 3.
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Farmington Valley school districts have always been ahead of the curve, far exceeding state averages on test scores and designing curriculum to push students toward success. But in 2014, local districts will face a new set of state standards, which local administrators are admitting will cover new territory.
Indeed, the Connecticut State Department of Education says that 20 percent of Common Core State Standards for English will be new to Connecticut, that is, not included in Connecticut's existing standards. Another 12 percent are only generally related, with major concepts in the Common Core not addressed.
In math, the state sees a slightly better scenario, with 68 percent of Connecticut's math standards matching well with the new Common Core. Twelve percent of the standards match weakly and 20 percent are new.
Though Farmington Valley districts often exceed state standards, Farmington administrators have said that some of the content will be new to the district.
And in some cases, the information is being taught, but not at the same grade level, Canton Assistant Superintendent Jordan Grossman said.
"There are some aspects that are nothing new and there are definitely aspects that are very new," Grossman said. "Some of our curriculum we're finding we may have taught in sixth grade, now will be at fifth. We're now unwrapping those standards – it's really an awesome task."
While some of the material is the same, what students are being asked to do and know is somewhat different.
To replace the CMTs, the Common Core will be measured with Smarter Balanced Assessments, a test that is still being designed and will be taken mainly on a computer. The test is adaptive, meaning it will adjust to the student, tailoring questions to the student's ability level.
"A student starts with one question, they can get it correct, get it with a hint or get it incorrect. If you succeed, you move up and get more challenging questions with a higher score. If you do not do well and need lots of hints, students still wouldn't be very frustrated. They wouldn't continue with the test if they clearly weren't doing well," explained Veronica Ruzek, Farmington Director of Curriculum & Instruction.
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The State Department of Education acknowledges that new assessments will require analysis and summary, while current tests do not, and students will be asked to provide more evidence and support their answers in new ways.
West Hartford, like Canton, began working to revise its curriculum in 2011, just after Connecticut adopted the Common Core in July 2009. Many districts are using professional development time to work on revisions and to prepare teachers.
Though it's a large task, officials throughout the Farmington Valley are calling the change a great opportunity for students and districts.
"What the standards are giving us the opportunity to do is take some things away, weed out the curriculum, and work for rigorous, in-depth understanding," Dr. Karen List, West Hartford superintendent said at the beginning of the year.
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