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|Eugene W. Lee
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|Force10 Networks, Inc.
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A network processing device, such as a router or switch, receives packets at multiple input ports. The network processing device receives these incoming packets at the input ports and routes the packets to appropriate destinations through corresponding output ports. Headers in the packets identify which output ports should be used for transmitting the packets. The incoming packets from the input ports are temporarily stored in buffers until the appropriate output ports are ready to forward the packets toward the appropriate destination addresses. It is desirable to route these packets as quickly and efficiently as possible to the corresponding output ports.
Problems arise when multiple input ports request access to the same output ports at the same time. If one input port continuously has high priority or high weight packets (large number of bytes), lower priority or lower weight packets (small number of bytes) have to wait long periods of time before gaining access to the targeted output port. Different arbitration schemes are used to determine what order the packets at input ports are granted access the different output ports. Present arbitration schemes do not fairly and efficiently arbitrate among the requesting input ports.
The present invention addresses this and other problems associated with the prior art.
An arbitration scheme is used for scheduling connections between input ports and output ports. Input ports request connections to the output ports for a next time slot. Arbitration parameters, such as priority and weight, are identified for the buffer requests. Output port arbitrations are conducted for each one of the output ports according to the arbitration parameters. If there are two or more input buffers with the same priority and weight, a round robin arbitration is used. Grants are issued to the input port buffers selected during the output port arbitrations.
Input port arbitrations are then conducted for input ports receiving multiple grants. The output port grants are accepted by the input port buffers selected during the input port arbitrations. The input port buffers accepting the grants are connected to the requested output ports.
Virtual output buffers are used to prevent packet blocking at the input ports and a dual multicast and unicast arbitration is used for multicast and unicast packets.
The foregoing and other objects, features and advantages of the invention will become more readily apparent from the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment of the invention which proceeds with reference to the accompanying drawings.
When one of the input ports 28 receives one or more packets, that input port 28 makes a request over control bus 18 to scheduler 26 to send the packets over a back plane cross switch 24 to a particular one of the output ports 29. The scheduler 26 includes arbiters 20 for each output port 20. Separate output port arbitrations are conducted for each output port 29 by a different arbiter 20. The arbiters 20 each conduct an output port arbitration for all of the input ports 28 requesting the same output port 29. The scheduler 26 sends back a grant signal over control bus 18 to the particular input port 28 winning the output port arbitration.
Each input port has a group of associated Virtual Output Queues (VOQs) 22. One VOQ for each input port 28 is dedicated to a different output port 29. Multiple grants may be received for multiple VOQs for the same input port. A second input port arbitration is conducted when multiple VOQs 22 for the same input port 28 receive grants from different output ports 29. The arbiters 20 in scheduler 26 selects one of the granted VOQs for the input port 28 to win the input port arbitration. The winning VOQ 22 sends an accept signal back to the granting arbiter 20. Any grants that are not accepted go through another arbitration iteration. This arbitration scheme is repeated until convergence where no remaining unmatched output ports can be matched with any remaining unmatched input ports.
At the completion of a current time slot, the scheduler 26 reconfigures the cross switch 24 through control line 24 to connect the accepting input ports 28 to their granting output ports 29. A time slot is a predetermined amount of time allotted for sending packets from the input ports to the output ports. The input ports 28 then send packets identified in the VOQs to their connected output ports 29 during the next time slot.
All the VOQ's for the same output port are arbitrated by the same arbiter 20. For example, arbiter (1) arbitrates among all input ports requesting connections to output port #1. The virtual output queues VOQ(1,1) for input port #1, VOQ (2,1) for input port #2, VOQ (3,1) for input port #3, and VOQ (4,1) for input port #4 are all arbitrated by arbiter(1). Similarly, VOQ (1,4), VOQ (2,4), VOQ (3,4) and VOQ (4,4) are all arbitrated by arbiter(4). Only four output ports are shown in the example in
The VOQ's 22 prevent Head-of-Line blocking. The VOQs contain a linked list of memory addresses for packets having addresses directed to an associated one of the output ports. The VOQ's can independently request connections to their associated output ports and can independently be granted a connection request from their dedicated output ports. Thus, packets coming into one of the input ports and directed to a first output port will not block requests from packets coming into that same input port but directed to a different VOQ output port. This means that low priority packets will not block connections requests from other higher priority packets.
Different arbitration parameters are used by the arbiters 20 to determine which VOQs 42 are granted output ports. A Largest Weight First (LWF) arbitration is used to provide high stability for the network traffic. Each trunk of packet data accumulated in each input queue counts as one weight.
"One weight" represents the amount of data in bytes that an input port can forward to and output in one Epoch slot time. For the first weight of data, weight is represented by the range of one minimum packet (64-byte) for one Epoch data. This means that if there is one minimum packet stored in the input port, it has a weight of one. When the data accumulated is more than one epoch data, a counter is increment by one. Now the weight is equal to two. The epoch data depends on the slot time. The larger the slot time, the larger the amount of epoch data in bytes.
A Highest Priority First (HPF) arbitration is used for providing high throughput and low latency for packets with the highest priority. Priority values are user configurable and are contained in the packet headers. For example, a user may select a high priority for sending Voice Over IP packets.
An Oldest Request First (ORF) arbitration prevents starvation of packets with low priority and low weight. The ORF arbitration upgrades packets in any VOQ to the highest priority when those packets have not been serviced during a predetermined time period. The scheduler includes timers 30 for identifying VOQs that have requested, but not received, output port connections for some predetermined amount of time. After one of the timers 30 has timed out, the scheduler moves the associated VOQ to a highest priority. This eliminates packet starvation and guarantees every request from each VOQ will be serviced by an output port within a predetermined time period ensuring non-empty VOQs will not go unserved indefinitely.
A Round-Robin Matching (RRM) arbitration provides fairness. Each input port arbitration and each output port arbitration has a round-robin matching pointer. The RRM arbitration monitors the weight and priority of all VOQs during both output port arbitration and input port arbitration. If two or more VOQ's have the same priority and weight, the RRM pointer is used as a tie breaker. An output port RR pointer 32 (
The ORF, HPF, LWF and RRM arbitration parameters are used in different combinations and in different orders by the scheduler to provide a simple and intelligent mechanism to achieve a high speed, high bandwidth switch system.
Different combinations of the weight and priority can be used. For example, weight may be the first parameter used by the arbiter to select a VOQ. In this case, if two or more VOQs have the same largest weight, then the VOQ with the largest weight and highest priority is selected.
In another arbitration variation, the highest priorities over a certain threshold may be used first to base selection. If there are no VOQs over this priority threshold, then the output queue may select VOQ's that are over a particular weight threshold. If there are no VOQ's over the priority and weight thresholds, the output queues may use either the priority or weight values under the threshold, or a combination of both.
If two or more requests have the same highest priority and same highest weight, a round-robin arbitration is used in block 56 to determine which one of the requests is serviced first. The arbiter selects the request from the VOQ with the highest priority/weight that appears next in the output port round-robin pointer 32 (
If two or more VOQs receiving grants for the same input port have the same highest priority, then the VOQ with the highest priority and largest weight is selected in block 66. If two or more VOQs for the same input port have the same highest priority and the same weight, then the VOQ that appears next in the input port round-robin pointer 34 (
The pointer 34 in
In a manner similar to the output ports described in
After the first arbitration iteration, several output ports may still not be matched with VOQs from one of the input ports. This occurs when multiple output ports issue grants to the same input port. Since the input ports only accepts one grant from one output port, the output ports whose grants are not accepted go back into a pool for a next arbitration iteration.
The arbitration will converge in at most N iterations, where N is the number of output ports. Each iteration will schedule zero, one or more connections. If zero connections are scheduled during an iteration, then the arbitration has converged and no more connections can be added with additional arbitration iterations. The slowest convergence will occur if exactly one connection is scheduled per iteration. At most N connections can be scheduled (one to every input and one to every output) which means the arbitration will converge in at most N iterations.
With one arbitration iteration, and under heavy load, VOQs with a common output all have the same throughput if all priority and weight are the same. For the matching algorithm that consists of more than one iteration, and under heavy load, VOQs with the same output port may each have a different throughput if all priority and weight are the same.
Block 74 conducts the output port arbitration for all nonselected output ports. In block 76 an arbitration is conducted for VOQs issued grants by the nonselected input ports. If there are still requests remaining for nonassinged output ports in decision block 78, block 80 returns for another arbitration iteration. If there are no remaining nonassigned input port connection requests for nonselected output ports, the scheduler stops any more arbitration iterations. In block 82, the scheduler waits for the current time slot to complete and then configures the cross switch to connect the selected VOQ's to their assigned output ports.
Referring to
The arbiters can arbitrate either unicast connection requests, multicast connection requests or both for the same time slots.
Three input ports each have three associated Virtual Output Queues (VOQs). Input port #1 includes VOQ(1,1), VOQ(1,2) and VOQ(1,3). The VOQ(1,1) is dedicated to output port #1, VOQ(1,2) is dedicated to output port #2, and VOQ(1,3) is dedicated to output port #3. In a similar manner, input port #2 has VOQ(2,1) dedicated to output port #1, VOQ(2,2) dedicated to output port #2, and VOQ(2,3) dedicated to output port #3. Input port #3 has three VOQs dedicated in a similar manner to the three output ports. Again, the three input ports and three output ports are shown for illustration only. The network processing device may have any number of input ports, output ports and VOQs.
Each VOQ includes a register 90 that identifies the priority and weight for the packets requesting connection to the output ports. For example, the register 90 for VOQ(1,1) contains a priority of nine and a weight of two.
All VOQs(i,j) with a weight greater than zero send a request to their dedicated output port arbiter. A weight greater than zero indicates that there is at least one minimum packet (64-byte) assigned to that VOQ. Each arbiter(i) selects the highest priority and weight as the one to grant back to the input VOQ(i,j).
For example, arbiter(1) receives requests from VOQ(1,1), VOQ(2,1) and VOQ(3,1). The VOQ(1,1) and VOQ(2,1) both have the same highest priority value of nine. Therefore, arbiter(1) compares the weight of VOQ(1,1) with the weight of VOQ(2,1). Because, VOQ(2,1) has a weight of five and VOQ(1,1) only has a weight of two, VOQ(2,1) wins the arbitration. Thus, VOQ(2,1) is issued a grant 98 from arbiter(1). The arbitration for output port #2 includes requests from VOQ(1,2), VOQ(2,2), and VOQ(3,2). Both VOQ(2,2) and VOQ(3,2) have the same highest priority of eight. The arbiter(2) then compares the weight of VOQ(2,2) and VOQ(3,2). Because VOQ(2,2) and VOQ(3,2) both have the same weight of five, arbiter(2) goes to a round robin arbitration. The RR pointer in arbiter(2) currently points at VOQ(2,2). Therefore, VOQ(2,2) in input port #2 is issued the grant for output port #2.
Arbiter(3) performs an arbitration between VOQ(1,3) and VOQ(2,3). The VOQ(3,3) does not have any packets (weight=0) and therefore does not participate in the arbitration for output port #3. Arbiter(3) sends the grant to input port #1 because VOQ(1,3) has the highest priority of nine.
The same arbiter(i) is used to perform the priority and weight arbitration for input port(i) and accepts the highest priority and weight as the one to accept the connection with the granted output port. For example, input port #1 only received one grant by arbiter(3) for VOQ(1,3). Therefore, VOQ(1,3) will accept the connection to output port #3.
For input port #2, both VOQ(2,1) and VOQ(2,2) receive grants from arbiter(1) and arbiter(2), respectively. Because VOQ(2,1) has a higher priority than VOQ(2,2), VOQ(2,1) accepts the grant from arbiter(1) for output port #1. No second arbitration is conducted for input port #3 since none of the VOQs for input port #3 received grants. If any VOQ(i,j) accepts a grant from one of the output ports(j), that VOQ(i,j) does not participate in any further arbitration iterations for the next time slot. Otherwise, the unmatched VOQs compete in another arbitration iteration. The arbitration iterations stop when no unmatched input ports can be matched with unmatched output ports or the iteration counter is equal to the programmed maximum iteration number.
Input port #1 accepted a grant to output port #3 and input port #2 accepted a grant to output port #1 in the first arbitration iteration. Therefore, another arbitration iteration can be conducted with the remaining unassigned VOQs for input port #3 and output port #2. In the second iteration, VOQ(3,2) is assigned to output port #2. After the second iteration, all input ports are matched to output ports (convergence). Thus, the arbitration is completed for the next time slot.
After completion of the current time slot, the scheduler reconfigures the cross switch so that VOQ(2,1) is connected to output port #1, VOQ(3,2) is connected to output port #2 and VOQ(1,3) is connected to output port #3.
The scheduler in decision block 101 determines when to switch from multicast to unicast arbitration. For the multicast arbitration slot time, the scheduler will not switch to unicast arbitration until all MCGs have been through a predetermined number of iterations. For example, if there are 8 MCGs, that requires at least 8 iterations before switching to unicast arbitration. In multicast iteration, it may not always be possible to find a set of output ports to match the MCGV of the inputs, except for the first iteration. That means, the second and later iterations for the multicast might not find a match for input-output.
Unicast arbitration is conducted for in block 103 is the same as described above in
Input port scheduling identifies the highest priority/weight multicast group for each input port. In the example shown in
The MCG(1,2) has the highest priority/weight and wins the input port arbitration for input port #1. However, if there were more than one multicast group with the same highest priority/weight, then the round-robin scheme would be used to select the multicast group. The RR pointer would then be moved to the next group in the list.
At the end of this first input port iteration, every input port has selected one and only one MCG to complete for the output ports. For the case of input port #1, arbiter(1) has selected MCG(1,2). Each input port has one VOQ(i,j) dedicated to each output port. Each MCGV 112 has one bit allocated for each output port and one priority/weight value in register 110. The winning priority/weight value from the input port multicast arbitration is loaded into each VOQ(i,j) associated with MCGV(i,j)>0. Otherwise, VOQ(i,j) is loaded with a "0" value (no request). The Priority and Weight for the winning MCG for a particular input port gets loaded into each VOQ for that input port that does not have zero MCGV.
Each MCG has it's own Priority and weight, that is the same as unicast. In the input port, each unicast and multicast is handled the same way except multicast has it's own MCG vector for multiple outputs. Every received multicast packet will be stored in one of the MCGs. Each MCG has it's own priority as well, therefore, each MCG has different weight and priority.
During multicast arbitration, the MCGs are first arbitrated within the same input port according to their own priority and weights. Second, the priority and weight of the winner is loaded to all the VOQs (share the same VOQs with unicast) with MCGV>0. Otherwise, the VOQs are loaded with 0.
Each request to the same output port arbiter(1) represents one input from one of the multicast groups MCG(i,j). The highest priority/weight multicast group is issued a grant. Again, if there is more than one MCG with the same highest priority/weight, a Round-Robin arbitration is conducted. One global RR pointer is used for all output ports, and is incremented by one for each multicast time slot.
All the grants from the output port arbitrations are returned back to the winning MCG(i,j). Each MCG(i,j) compares the granted MCG(i,j) with the MCGV(i,j), if they match bit-by-bit, this input MCG(i,j) accepts the grant, and removes itself and the granted output ports from the next multicast iteration. The output port arbitration is repeated once for each MCG.
When the multicast arbitration is completed, the unicast arbitration takes over. The first thing the scheduler does is load all the unicast priority and weight values to all VOQs from the unicast VOQ buffers before starting a unicast arbitration iteration.
Each arbiter(i) is associated with one of the output ports and selects the highest priority and weight as the one to grant back to the input port. For example, arbiter(1) issues a grant to MCG(1,2), arbiter(2) issues a grant to MCG(1,2) and arbiter(3) issues a grant to MCG(2,1).
For input port(i), the grant is compared with the MCGV 112. In this case, MCGV 112 for MCG(1,2) has the bit pattern "011"which matches the grants received from arbiter(1) and arbiter(2). Accordingly, MCG(1,2) accepts the two grants and removes itself and the granted output ports from next iteration of scheduling arbitration. Only one grant is received by MCG(2,1) which does not match the MCGV "110". Therefore, input port #2 does not accept the grants from arbiter(3).
The output port arbitration is repeated once for each MCG. If there is any output port still unselected, one or more unicast arbitrations will be conducted in the same manner described above in
The scheduler lists which input ports have accepted grants from output ports. After the completion of the current time slot, the schedule than reconfigures the cross switch (
The time slots can be programmed to be longer or shorter depending on current latency performance of the network processing device. Other network protocols, such as Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) only send small packets at a short amount of time and therefore do not have sufficient time to conduct the multiple level multicast and unicast arbitration described above.
Having described and illustrated the principles of the invention in a preferred embodiment thereof, it should be apparent that the invention can be modified in arrangement and detail without departing from such principles. I claim all modifications and variation coming within the spirit and scope of the following claims.
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It turns out (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephemeral_port and /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_port_range) that when you bind to port 0, Linux chooses an ephemeral port. On my default-ridden Ubuntu Maverick box and on CentOS 5.5, that range is 32768-61000. So, when HBase binds to 60030 or when mapReduce binds to 50070, there's a small chance that you'll conflict with, say, an FTP session, or with some other Hadoop daemon that's had a listening address configured as :0.
I don't know that there's a practical resolution here, since changing the defaults seems like an ill-fated effort, but if you have any ephemeral port use, you can run into this. We've now run into it once.
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We often run into this problem when the local named caching daemon fires up first. The best solution is to pretty much make sure that Hadoop comes up first or configure the other service to use a limited set of ports.
Any port that is picked is going to conflict with something when talking above the 1k port line.
I guess we could make a documentation note at most for this.
Do you have any other ideas in mind?
Any port that is picked is going to conflict with something when talking above the 1k port line.
For Linux this may not hold true though, it seems to limit the ephemeral range from 32k onwards these days. But yeah, thats non-standard.
I've hit this several times now in our automated test environment when restarting the daemons. As Philip says, the default ports for most Hadoop daemons (e.g. 50010 for DataNode, etc.) fall within Linux's ephemeral port range. What's the downside to making the Hadoop default ports less than 32768 to remove the possibility of conflict with ephemeral ports?
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Is anyone here also watching the live telecast on Comcast channel 21 of the closing statements in the Sunshine Law trial?
Hollow is doing a great job setting the time line and replay of the votes on Black Wednesday.
I look forward to see how Stackhouse is going to pull off a defense summary.
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I'm guessing she'll use the Chewbacca defense: (link...)
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I figured if I quit and worked on building muscle and worked with my chiropractor, it would heal over time. I realized after a while that it was my IT band (again) causing me pain. So I've been working on stretches (at my desk since I stand) and rolling it with a foam roller. I even switched sides of the bed last night (on purpose — not in the middle of the night half-asleep like I usually do) so I wouldn't sleep with my left knee all cranked up to my belly like I normally do. Bent knee while sleeping = not great for IT band.
Anywho. One pain-free mile down. Hopefully more to come.
I'm doing sprints tomorrow for LiveFit, and I'm going to try running them. We'll see how that goes.
Now for the exciting news part of this post.
My friend Amanda (the one who made me the awesome TARDIS tea mug) was kind enough to invite me to tag along to help her with the Renegade Austin Craft Show on May 19th and 20th.
Um, yes? Please!
Recently I'd been talking a lot about not doing many craft shows this year and that I love doing them, but I don't get any return on investment because I don't make a whole lot. I usually do Market Day, but am only going to sign up for Black Friday (if there's any spots left) because it's the only show that I get a decent profit from, otherwise I mostly just break even. But the friends I've made and connections I've formed at these events are equally important as cash in my pocket. I just can't spend that kind of cash, or more importantly, that kind of time making things for a show when they might not sell. Instead, I've volunteered to help the great folks at Market Day if they need it because I believe in the event and I have been with it since the start.
Also, instead of craft shows, this year I've been focusing on teaching and consignment. I love teaching people how to do new and interesting things — so this is a great move for me.
Okay — so AUSTIN! That's what we're all interested in, right?
Texas. Not Minnesota. And that's a 16-hour drive from Iowa. Yup. Driving, because Amanda makes fabulous ceramics and there is no way we could fly down with her inventory. ROAD TRIP! And it sounds like we're staying in Wichita, KS on the way down. And staying with some friends of hers when we get there.
And yes, I'm a little freaked out about two road trips in one month with my leg. There's a history of injury with my IT band. Those of you who don't know, I ran a marathon in 2008 and I overtrained and messed up my leg pretty bad. And I didn't admit to myself until months later that I was really injured, which made things worse. I stand all day at work. Long periods of sitting make my hip lock up. I have a section dedicated to posts relating to the injury, but most of them are cross-filed in the "rant" section because it's just whining and bitching about not being able to run.
I can't wait! Partially because I've just cruised the artists page on the Renegade site … and I found some things (which means I'm going to have to be cheaper than I anticipated at BLEND — but I'll likely visit CO more often since it's closer to me … and I'm not going to have TIME to shop with all the great stuff they have scheduled anyway).
I was going to do a HUGE roundup post of all the cool stuff that I wanted to buy … but I decided against it because I found entirely too many items and it would have been a mile-long post. You guys should browse the artists page … there are some really great ones going to this show!
Are you doing any traveling this summer?
PS: I would like to have a few guest bloggers lined up for when I'm gone on this trip. I have some ready for Blend. Let me know by commenting or e-mailing firstname.lastname@example.com. I'm looking for anything crafty, recipes, workout tips, commentary on life, or anything you think would fit well with my general non-theme of my blog. And if you're already guest-posting while I'm out at Blend, I'd be open to a repeat blogging.
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In addition, the bank also wants to introduce a negative rate on bank deposits of -0.1 for the first time in its history. The ECB's deposit rate is currently at zero, and a further cut would mean that banks would effectively have to pay a fee to park their money. Normally they would be paid interest to do so. Under the new punitive rate, if a bank were to deposit 100 million in a central bank account, the ECB would withhold 100,000. The measure is aimed at encouraging banks to lend money rather than park it at the ECB. It is hoped the move will prevent the kind of credit crunch and freeze in lending seen during the height of the euro crisis, when private and corporate loans all but dried up.
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After winning the Lombardi Trophy on Sunday night that goes to the Super Bowl champion, the Baltimore Ravens apparently lost track of it. When the Ravens went to owner Steve Bisciotti's postgame celebration in New Orleans, the silver trophy wasn't with them. Or at least they weren't aware of its presence. It "didn't make it to the party," Kevin Byrne, the Ravens' vice president of communications, told The Washington Post. No worries. It wasn't lost, after all. It showed up Monday morning. Safe and sound. Ravens coach John Harbaugh even joked about it at his news conference. "We hadn't seen this since last night," he said. We thought we'd lost it." Apparently, it was in the hands of a security person all along. The team probably was too busy partying to worry about a trophy after an exciting 34-31 victory over San Francisco. Unlike the Stanley Cup, you can't drink out of it. But when the Ravens boarded their flight back to Baltimore on Monday afternoon, the trophy was in their possession. Safe and sound.
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Courses in Neuoscience
NEU 211. Behavioral Genetics. This course will take an interdisciplinary approach to examining variations in genotype and their behavioral correlates. We will study the biological principles of genetics and how they relate to personality traits, diseases, and disorders. Students will learn laboratory techniques for analyzing genetic variation and how each variation relates to behavioral predispositions.
Prerequisite: PSY 111/L, BIO 111/L, and BIO 112/L.
3 credits.
NEU 211L. Behavioral Genetics Laboratory. Corresponding laboratory for NEU 211.
Prerequisite: PSY 111/L, BIO 111/L, and BIO 112/L.
1 credit.
NEU 231. Neurobiology. This course takes an in-depth look at the biological and physiological processes that give rise to complexity of the nervous system and ultimately allow for complex function. It examines the biology of vertebrate nervous systems, with particular emphasis on the human nervous system. Topics include cellular and molecular biology of the neuron, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, nervous system development and plasticity, mechanisms of learning and memory, and sensory and motor systems.
Prerequisite: a C- (1.67) average in BIO 111/L and BIO 112/L. Corequisite: NEU 231L.
3 credits.
[This course is cross-listed with BIO 231]
NEU 231L. Neurobiology Laboratory. Corresponding laboratory for NEU 231.
Prerequisite: a C- (1.67) average in BIO 111/L and BIO 112/L. Corequisite: NEU 231.
1 credit.
[This course is cross-listed with BIO 231L]
NEU 232. Neuroanatomy of Disease. This course will examine, in depth, the neuroanatomical bases for selected disorders of the human central nervous system. The topics covered will include Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease and stroke. Current trends in prevention and treatment of the disorders will also be studied.
Prerequisite: BIO 111/L, BIO 112/L, and PSY 111/L.
3 credits.
[This course is cross-listed with BIO 232]
NEU 285. Introduction to Psychopharmacology. This course surveys the most commonly used substances to treat mental disorders, such as antianxiety, antidepressant, antipsychotic, mood- stabilizer, psychostimulant, and cognitive enhancer medications. The course also discusses the brain and its most common neurotransmitters, how transmitting neurons send and receive electrochemical information, the pharmokinetics (metabolism and elimination) and pharmacodynamics (absorption, distribution, and effects) of each drug as well as the action sites, side effects, and mechanisms of each drug.
Prerequisite: PSY 111/L or 112, or junior-level Psychology major or minor.
3 credits.
[This course is cross-listed with PSY 285]
NEU 299. Mind and Brain. This course serves to introduce students to the philosophical mind and the biochemical brain. We will explore arguments that they are one in the same, dichotomous, and where they may overlap. Using consciousness and its states as our basis, we will delve into questions about mind and matter and how they affect behavior. Students will also develop their skills in the written communication of arguments.
Fulfills general education requirement:
Writing Process.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing and PSY 111/L or BIO 112/L.
3 credits.
NEU 378. Behavioral Neuroscience. A study of the biological basis (substrates) of behavioral processes. The course focuses on the physiology of reflexes, sensation and perception, learning and memory, sleep, ingestive behaviors, emotion and psychopathology.
Prerequisites: PSY 111/L; PSY 211/L or 212/L; and junior-level neuroscience major or minor.
3 credits.
[This course is cross-listed with PSY 378]
NEU 379. Behavioral Neuroscience Lab. Students will be introduced to methods used in the study of the nervous system and its influence on behavior. Lab work will include collecting, analyzing, and reporting data from physiological studies, as well as sheep brain dissection. In addition, students must complete an APA style proposal for an individual research project.
Prerequisites: PSY 111/L, 211/L, 212/L (with a minimum C- grade in all). Corequisite: NEU 378.
1 credit.
[This course is cross-listed with PSY 379]
NEU 499. Advanced Seminar in Neuroscience. Readings, discussions, and reports on selected topics in neuroscience.
This course may be repeated for credit as topic changes.
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
1 credit.
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Gradual release of responsibility
GRADUAL RELEASE OF RESPONSIBILITY (GRR) is a model of literacy instruction in which the teacher is responsible for designing instruction that moves the learner from a state of total dependence on the teacher's direct instruction to a phase in which students are able to perform a task independently.
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IntroductionThe GRR model of instruction is one that outlines and delineates four distinct phases of instruction that are vital to effective learning. Many teachers practice some or all of these phases in their day-to-day teaching, but it is useful to look closely at each part individually as each has a different purpose, and analysis can reveal best practices to use during each phase, as well as to discuss how they interact with each other.
Focus lessonThe focus lesson is often the first phase of instruction. It is used to present now content or review previously learned material. It is often called the "I do" phase of instruction. The instructional focus is on what the objective of the lesson is and what strategies or methods the learners will use to meet that objective. The teacher is explicit in her explanation, and models how to perform the skill using a think aloud strategy. In reading, this could mean a teacher focuses on a reading strategy, and models her thought process to the students as she does a read aloud. In math, it could mean she is modeling her thought process as she uses the guess and check strategy to solve a word problem. A focus lesson should be brief, and should establish the purpose for the lesson and let students know what skills they will use to meet the objective.
Guided instructionDuring guided instruction, the teacher begins to involve the students more actively in the lesson. It is also called the "I do, you help" or "We do" phase of instruction. The teacher continues to model and share her meta-cognition, but now prompts the students to participate and share their thinking as well. This is the questioning phase, both on the part of the teacher questioning the students as to their thinking and understanding- assessing their comprehension and readiness to move to the next phase, and on the part of the students questioning the teacher in an effort to clarify their understanding and thought processes. The teacher guides the students as necessary during the practice of the skill, gradually allowing them more independence and control as they become more proficient.
Collaborative learningDuring the collaborative learning component of the GRR model, also called the "You do, together" phase of instruction, students have an opportunity to work in groups or pairs to practice the previously taught skill or strategy. In this phase, students are encouraged to talk to each other about their thinking and how they apply it to the task. Students are discussing tasks and ideas, responding to questions, problem solving, and modeling their thinking with each other. They are, in effect, teaching each other and reviewing the lesson under instructor supervision. Teachers are encouraged to create tasks that require students to use purposeful talk, and to establish instructional routines in which students interact with each other using language frames and vocabulary provided by the teacher.
Independent learningThis component, also called the "You do" phase of instruction, is the ultimate goal of the lesson-that students are able to independently apply the skill they have been practicing in different contexts. They may have been listening to the teacher model the use of a reading strategy during a read aloud, practiced using that strategy in a small guided reading group with teacher support, and shared their use of the strategy during partner reading. During this phase, they will practice that strategy during independent reading of a book at their reading level, perhaps demonstrating use of the skill with a written reading response.
RecommendationsIt is important to note that though the model is described in a particular order, and graphic representations of the model indicate a linear flow from the focus lesson to independent learning, it is by no means necessary to follow that progression. A teacher should use her discretion in determining if a lesson is best begun with a collaborative or guided phase, or if returning to an earlier phase for reteaching is required after assessment indicates it is needed.
ReferencesOrcutt, Kristi. (2009). Gradual Release of Responsibility. Retrieved April 22, 2009 from http://www.literacyleader.com/?q=node/477
Fisher, Douglas; Frey, Nancy; Rothenburg, Carol. Content-Area Conversations. Virginia: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2008.
Fisher, Douglas. (2006). A Gradual Release of Responsibility. Retrieved April 22, 2009 from http://www.glencoe.com/glencoe_research/Jamestown/gradual_release_of_responsibility.pdf


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Indexing/Search Software
Hot topics in Indexing/Search Softwaredms document management contineo blog management system document management system search engine
The Netjuke is a Web-Based Audio Streaming Jukebox powered by PHP 4, a database and all the MP3, Ogg Vorbis and other format files that constitute your digital music collection. Supports images, language packs, multi-level security, random playlists, etc6 weekly downloads
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Daisy is an open source, Java-based content management framework consisting of a stand-alone HTTP/XML accessible content repository with strong search functionalities and a Web-based, Wiki-like editing and publishing user interface.
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studiMaps is a web based application for visualization and analysis of social networks. It consists of two software components: a web-crawler for getting data and the web based application for visualization.


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The peculiar benign and regressive pathologic variants of Wilms' tumor and neuroblastoma are emphasized and related to the enhanced survival observed in these tumors when they appear in the newborn or very young infant. There is a tendency toward benignity or regression in other congenital neoplasms such as sacrococcygeal teratoma and congenital leukemia. It is, thus, theorized that specific repressive influences may be maximally exerted on an inborn cancer genome in very early life. Their effect would serve to modify or suppress the full development or progression of malignant disease at this time.
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'12 Years A Slave' Leads To Correction Of 161-Year-Old Story
Here's something of another victory for new media over old media.
The New York Times on Tuesday corrected a 161-year-old report about the enslavement of Solomon Northup, after a Twitter user pointed out that the story had twice misspelled Northup's name — including in the headline.
Northup is the Saratoga Springs, N.Y., man whose story is told in 12 Years a Slave — the movie that on Sunday night won an Oscar as 2013's best picture.
The error was noticed, it would seem, after a sharp-eyed reader came across this PDF of the Times' Jan. 20, 1853, report about Northup.
The newspaper says today in its correction that:
"An article on Jan. 20, 1853, recounting the story of Solomon Northup, whose memoir '12 Years a Slave' became a movie 160 years later that won the best picture Oscar at the 86th Academy Awards on Sunday night, misspelled his surname as Northrop. And the headline misspelled it as Northrup. The errors came to light on Monday after a Twitter user pointed out the article in The Times archives. (The errors notwithstanding, The Times described the article as 'a more complete and authentic record than has yet appeared.')"
This is the second decision in recent months by a newspaper to correct an error made long ago. Last November, as we reported, The Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Pa., retracted an editorial written in November 1863 that had panned President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
By the way, it looks like NPR.org has gotten Northup's name wrong at least twice — in posts by The Record and Code Switch blogs. We've alerted our corrections desk.
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Just two blocks from the gondola and Lift #8 Base complex, Riverside is located by the Town Park, the Beaver Pond, and at the trailhead of Bear Creek Preserve. Historic Telluride's shopping, dining, and nightlife are just minutes away as well. The Riverside complex features 2 outdoor hot tubs and outdoor parking on a first come, first serve basis. Business Licence #014927
This 1 bedroom, 1 bath condominium can accommodate up to 4 guests with a queen bed and a queen sofa-sleeper. Located one flight downstairs from the ground floor, you enter the unit and walk down a short hall to the living room and kitchen. The living room has a flat screen TV, a stereo with a CD player, a gas fireplace, a queen sofa-sleeper, and doors that open to a semi-private patio overlooking the San Miguel River. The kitchen has granite countertops and stainless steel appliances. The bedroom and bathroom are located across the hall from the living room. The bedroom has a queen bed and a flat screen TV. The bathroom has a shower and tub.
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My blog -- http://mathventures.org/ -- (which is a 1&1 blog, namely, it is hosted and the blog software is provided by 1&1 web site hosting service) has a sidebar on the left with links to other pages, a calendar, external links, category list. etc. I created and edited this sidebar. it's been a while since I needed to update it. Now I discovered that I cannot edit it.
So I searched the various settings of Site Admin to check if anything has changed. Under Presentations / Widgets I found the following message:
"are seeing this message because the theme you are currently using isn't widget-aware, meaning that it has no sidebars that you are able to change. For information on making your theme widget-aware, please follow these instructions."
But I do have and can see the sidebar.
I am using the Terra theme that is provided by the WordPress software.
From the instructions the text refers -- http://automattic.com/code/widgets/themes/ -- it seems that the HTML code has to be edited.
The problem is that even if I wanted to edit the HTML code of the sidebar, I have no way of accessing it.
So what is the problem and how do I fix it?
Note that since the software for this blog is provided automatically by 1&1, I have no way of upgrading it to the latest version.
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Some parents are being warned by school officials to watch out for something called "happy crack."
It isn't actually a drug. It's a mix of powdered Kool-Aid and sugar that kids carry in plastic bags.
The principal at Glendale Elementary in Independence, Missouri sent a letter to parents that say kids are mimicking a "drug culture." Administrators gave fifth grade students a warning and Independence Police talked to the kids about the dangers of real drugs.


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J2.5.9 + K2 version 2.5.4 -> WP 3.5.1 using your latest plugins. Both on localhost.
Importing about 477 K2 items and 25 categories. Everything seems to work perfectly (images, hierarchy, tags, content, etc). 2 issues I'm seeing:
1. [major] after conversion, the author pages are broken. I have about 13 content creators and if I click on the author link, can't get to an archive view of all their articles. The resulting links are in this format: domain.com/author/FirstnameLastname but lead to broken pages.
2. [minor] For some reason, all K2 category slugs have a "ck" + a number in front of their names. So for example, "french-classes" category alias in K2 becomes "ck22-french-classes". Looking at these numbers, they seem to be the joomla K2 category IDs. I can change the slugs manually pretty quickly because I have a few categories but it would be nice if it just kept the original alias.
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I have a monit script that checks that nginx is up and running. One thing it does is checks for a file 'ping.txt'. I can view it in the browser, but what would cause the script to get a 301 redirect response back?
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127.0.0.1 - - [29/Feb/2012:20:59:58 +0000] "GET /ping.txt HTTP/1.1" 301 185 "-" "monit/5.2.5"


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that is sick man.
These guitars are awesome. They make me want too learn how to play the guitar.
I believe that's still handing on the wall in Cuppertino, or, it was when I was there, or, was it a copy. Hmmmm.
oh it probably still is, and it is the original, its a one off piece i made a while ago for that company. though they were supposed to sell it and pay me haha wish they would hurry up.
reminds me alot of giger. stunning work!
that makes me want to get my airbrush out awesome
i love the eye, tis amazingly real looking
also, i was wondering if you had ever considered carving a chello?
also, i was wondering if you had ever considered carving a chello?
i actually don't like the paint job but i still think it's a beautiful guitar!
my jaw just dropped, that looks so fucking amazing.
god...so awesome...i'm planing on making my own bass, just need to get the money for the wood, carving tools, and then all the stuff to make it WORK
but awesome..just awesome..
but awesome..just awesome..
your guitars are absolutely amazing. How long does it normally take you to carve one?
just amazing
Excellent work from both of you. I bet you don't have any problems selling these.