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Mentor Graphics Extends Catapult C with Support for Control Logic to Enable Full-Chip High-Level Synthesis
WILSONVILLE, Ore., June 29, 2009 – Mentor Graphics Corp. (NASDAQ: MENT), the market and technology leader in high-level synthesis solutions, today announced that the Catapult® C Synthesis tool has been extended to support control logic and manage low power design requirements, thus enabling full-chip high-level synthesis (HLS). This breakthrough technology allows designers to use pure ANSI C++ for both algorithmic blocks and control logic blocks. Extending the Catapult C tool's capabilities to full-chip high-level synthesis is critical due to the rapid growth in design size and complexity, which requires engineers to design hardware functionality at higher levels of abstraction.
Control logic synthesis and algorithmic synthesis have traditionally been addressed using different languages, formalisms and abstractions. The latest advances in the Catapult C Synthesis tool unifies these two domains, allowing users to describe control logic along with algorithmic behavior in a single and coherent model leveraging standard ANSI C++. At the heart of this innovation is a new synthesizable C++ construct, which allows designers to easily specify asynchronous data communication, allowing full control over concurrent hardware creation. This pivotal mechanism allows interfacing algorithmic representations driven by the dataflow with control-dominated blocks synchronized by clocks. The result is a coding style familiar to hardware designers, letting users easily express communication, priority and task coordination within an abstract representation of concurrency. The new approach formalizes a modeling style, which provides the necessary accuracy for control oriented tasks, while preserving the abstraction beneficial for algorithmic subsystems.
The synthesis process is complemented by a patent-pending and fully automated verification flow which for the first time lets users validate the detailed RTL-level block interactions at the C level. Tight integration between verification and synthesis has proved a necessity to realizing the full potential of HLS. A common pitfall found with other HLS tools is developing high-level synthesis in isolation, which results in overly complex verification of the RTL output.
"Our digital broadcasting ICs typically consist of a complex mix of compute intensive algorithmic units and control dominated blocks," said Professor Schlicht, Head of Department, Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits. "The new Catapult extensions for control-logic synthesis provide us with the capability to develop an increasing portion of the overall system using high-level synthesis from C++. This allows us to extend our C++ based implementation flow beyond the pure signal processing blocks."
In addition to support for control logic, the Catapult C Synthesis tool has added innovative technology for low power design by automating two prevailing design techniques: multi-level clock gating and interfacing to dynamic power and clock management units. The Catapult C tool will analyze deep cones of logic to find gateable clocks, an otherwise error-prone and manual task typically done by backend low power experts. This new and unique optimization delivers near 100% perfect clock gating by operating at the flop level, maximizing power savings by locally inferring the gating logic surrounding the targeted registers. To help further reduce power, the Catapult C Synthesis tool also exports real-time information on the state of all system blocks. This information is relayed to power management units leveraging dynamic frequency and voltage scaling heuristics to achieve system-wide power savings. As expected, dynamic power savings is design and test vector dependent; measurements on more than 300 customer designs showed improvements ranging from 10 to 90%, with an average improvement of 40%. "The control logic extensions of Catapult C now let us develop a larger part of our systems with HLS," said Emmanuel Liegeon, Deputy Manager of Digital ASIC & FPGA Design Group, Thales Alenia Space. "As we develop more and more of the system in HLS, it becomes paramount to get power right. The latest enhancements in Catapult C for low power are delivering the optimizations we need."
About Catapult
The Catapult C Synthesis tool is the first product to automatically generate control and algorithmic RTL multi-block designs from a pure ANSI C++ source where both the core algorithm and interface are untimed. This productivity improvement gives designers time and freedom to automatically perform detailed design exploration of different micro-architectural options and interface scenarios to quickly achieve fully optimized hardware designs.
Product Availability
The Catapult C Synthesis 2009a release is available to customers in July. The Catapult C product family ranges from $140,000 to $390,000. For more product information on the Catapult C tool, contact your Mentor Graphics sales representative, call 1-800-547-3000, or visit the website at http://www.mentor.com/products/esl/catapult-c
About Mentor Graphics
Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) is a world leader in electronic hardware and software design solutions, providing products, consulting services and award-winning support for the world's most successful electronics and semiconductor companies. Established in 1981, the company reported revenues over the last 12 months of about $800 million and employs approximately 4,425 people worldwide. Corporate headquarters are located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road, Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-7777. World Wide Web site: http://www.mentor.com/.
Mentor Graphics and Catapult are registered trademarks of Mentor Graphics Corporation. All other company or product names are the registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners.
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Our goal is similar to that of VMware - to have the cloud seamless and transparent, so our customers, employees and IT team don't have to care about the technology underlying delivery of the service.
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Southwest IT went from zero-to-40% globally virtualized in less than two years, reducing time to provision servers from six days to one hour.
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SWA uses tools like GemFire to run critical applications such as Exchange, SAP, SQL Server and Southwest's online portal, which accounts for more than 80% of total business.
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When the VMware team arrived at SWA the dual challenges of infrastructure and application development, and how the two were intimately tied together required a complete redesign of the way IT built critical applications, such as southwest.com (one of the largest sites in the travel industry. Over 80% of Southwest's passenger revenues are booked via southwest.com, so all applications had to be delivered through an infrastructure that could easily scale the globe while maintaining their legendary customer service standards.
VMware was able to seamlessly integrate into Southwest's infrastructure. VMware provided performance and scale to expand the company's IT objectives of enhancing southwest.com, rolling out new employee tools, launching a new mobile platform and providing a quick transition of operations from the recently acquired AirTran Airways. Thanks to VMware's immediate response and turnaround from customer support, engineering and product teams, and Southwest's team, this was all accomplished without a glitch to Southwest's 39-straight years of profitability.
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The Office of International Study and External Programs is pleased to offer to Emerson College students the "London Now" program offered by the College of Global Studies at Arcadia University.
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This program runs from June 2 – July 26, 2014. Applicants must have a minimum 2.8 GPA to apply. The application deadline is March 31, 2014. Interested students must apply through Arcadia University.
Participants may choose up to 2 courses from the list below. The credits from these courses will be handled as transfer credits. Emerson College allows a total of 64 transfer credits towards your Emerson College degree. If you have already reached the 64 credit limit, you will not be able to count the Arcadia University courses.
The courses below have been pre-approved for credit by Emerson College. (4 credits each / 2 course maximum). Arcadia University will provide all program facilities, housing, and classroom space. The program length is 8 weeks (whether you choose to take one or two courses). A visa is not required for American citizens. Costs vary, depending on how many courses are taken and what type of housing is assigned. Additional expenses will include airfare to and from London, meals, personal spending money, transportation and books. Please review the cost sheets associated with this program.
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- Play Critique - 4 credits - theater or literature elective - LI 300 level
- Introduction to Shakespeare in Text and Performance: 4 credits - theater or literature elective - LI 371 or LI 372
- The Rise and Fall of the British Empire and the Emergence of the Commonwealth, c. 1800-1965: 4-credit history course that will fulfill the Historical Perspective requirement.
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- As with all transfer credits, participants must earn grades of C or better for the credits to transfer back to Emerson.
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WASHINGTON - Vaccines that contain a mercury-based preservative called thimerosal cannot cause autism on their own, a special U.S. court ruled on Friday, dealing one more blow to parents seeking to blame vaccines for their children's illness.
The special U.S. Court of Federal Claims ruled that vaccines could not have caused the autism of an Oregon boy, William Mead, ending his family's quest for reimbursement.
"The Meads believe that thimerosal-containing vaccines caused William's regressive autism. As explained below, the undersigned finds that the Meads have not presented a scientifically sound theory," Special Master George Hastings, a former tax claims expert at the Department of Justice, wrote in his ruling.
More than 5,300 cases were filed by parents who believed vaccines may have caused autism in their children. The no-fault payout system is meant to protect vaccine makers from costly lawsuits that drove many out of the vaccine-making business.
Autism is a mysterious condition that affects as many as one in 110 U.S. children. The so-called spectrum ranges from mild Asperger's Syndrome to severe mental retardation and social disability, and there is no cure or good treatment.
The U.S. Institute of Medicine has reported several times that no link can be found between vaccines and autism.
In a separate matter, the U.S. Supreme Court said earlier this month it would decide whether a federal law protects vaccine manufacturers from lawsuits in state court seeking damages for alleged design defects.
The high court agreed to hear a Pennsylvania case involving a lawsuit by the parents of a child who suffered seizures after her third dose of a diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine. They sued the vaccine manufacturer, Wyeth, which Pfizer Inc purchased last year.


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Melanoma is the most dangerous type of skin cancer. It is the leading cause of death from skin disease.
Melanoma can also involve the colored part of the eye.
Other common types of skin cancer are:
Skin cancer - melanoma; Malignant melanoma; Lentigo maligna
Melanoma is caused by changes in skin cells called melanocytes. These cells make a skin color pigment called melanin. Melanin is responsible for skin and hair color.
Melanoma can appear on normal skin. Or, it can begin as a mole or other area that then changes in appearance. Some moles that are present at birth may develop into melanomas.
There are four major types of melanoma:
In rare cases, melanomas appear in the mouth, iris of the eye, or retina at the back of the eye. These may be found during dental or eye exams. In very rare cases, a melanoma develops in the vagina, esophagus, anus, urinary tract or small intestine.
Melanoma is not as common as other types of skin cancer, such as basal cell cancer . But more and more persons are developing melanoma.
The risk of developing melanoma increases with age, though it can also be seen in young people.
You are more likely to develop melanoma if you:
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A mole, sore, lump, or growth on the skin can be a sign of melanoma or other skin cancer. A sore or growth that bleeds, or changes in color can also be a sign of skin cancer.
The ABCDE system can help you remember possible symptoms of melanoma:
The key to successfully treating melanoma is recognizing symptoms early. You might not notice a small spot if you do not look carefully. Have yearly skin checks by a dermatologist, and examine your own skin once a month. Use a hand mirror to check hard-to-see places. Call your doctor if you notice anything unusual.
Your doctor will check your skin and look at the size, shape, color, and texture of any suspicious areas.
If your doctor thinks you might have skin cancer, a piece of skin from the growth will be removed. This is called a skin biopsy . The sample is sent to a lab for examination under a microscope.
A sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy may be done in some people with melanoma to see if the cancer has spread to nearby lymph nodes.
Once melanoma has been diagnosed, CT scans or other types of x-rays may be done to see if the cancer has spread.
Surgery is needed to treat melanoma. The skin cancer and some surrounding area will be removed. How much skin is removed depends on how deep the melanoma has grown.
If the cancer has spread to nearby lymph nodes, these lymph nodes may also be removed. After surgery, you may receive a medicine called interferon.
Treatment is more difficult when the melanoma has spread to other organs. In this case, it usually cannot be cured. Treatment involves shrinking the skin cancer and making you as comfortable as possible. You may receive:
If you have melanoma that is hard to treat, you might consider enrolling in a clinical trial. Ask your doctor for more information. Researchers continue to study new treatments.
You can ease the stress of illness by joining a cancer support group . Sharing with others who have common experiences and problems can help you not feel alone.
How well a patient does depends on many things, including how soon the cancer was diagnosed, and how far it has spread.
If caught early, some melanomas can be cured.
Melanoma that is very deep or has spread to the lymph nodes is more likely to return after treatment. If it is deeper than 4 mm or has spread to the lymph nodes, the cancer is more likely to have spread to other tissues and organs.
Melanoma usually cannot be cured when the cancer has spread beyond the skin and nearby lymph nodes.
If you have had melanoma and recovered, it is very important to examine your body regularly for any unusual changes. Your risk of melanoma increases once you have had this cancer. Melanoma can return years later. Usually, people who have had melanoma are checked by their skin doctor several times a year.
Melanoma can spread to other parts of the body very quickly.
Melanoma treatment can cause side effects, including pain, nausea, and fatigue.
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FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - The European Commission urged Italy on Friday to step up debt reduction efforts in order to reach the deficit target, following the announcement that the Italian cabinet raised its debt and deficit forecasts for 2014.
PM Enrico Letta's government released the updated economic forecasts today, according to which Italy's public deficit will come in at 2.5% of GDP in 2014, compared with the previous projection of 1.8%. The growth outlook for this year was cut from -1.3% to -1.7% and from +1.3% to 1% for 2014. The Italian PM stressed the need to stabilize the political situation in the country, in order to facilitate reaching these goals.
Meanwhile, Economy Minister Fabrizio Saccomanni said that he still expects the Italian economy to be flat in Q3, expand in Q4 and consolidate in 2014. He listed political instability, higher bond yields and lack of reforms as the main risks to growth.


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By: CGD1 on July 3, 2011 - 1:14pm - Add new comment
Curious to see for myself all the anxiety over "dog poo" I traveled to that last bastion of independence and overall exuberance know as THE Sandbar yesterday and after walking not once but twice the entire length could only come up with 7 smallish dogs (under 40lbs) and 1 larger...in 4 hours. All appeared to be minding their manners as did their masters. In spite of my searches I didn't spy a single bit of 'poop" anywhere. Additionally, being that not only is this a HOLIDAY weekend but also a perfect "low tide" set-up, I would hardly call this "covered up".
By: CGD1 on August 8, 2010 - 6:50am - Add new comment
To the person who dumped the little dog out in the parking lot....your a piece of work. How long did you think a 10 lb dog would last in the heat...in the traffic....near the water ? On any given day there is a half a dozen places you could have brought your unwanted pet instead of setting it free to fend for itself. Hope your family reads this and lets you know just what kind of person you are. Sad.
By: CGD1 on July 6, 2010 - 6:20am - Add new comment
But that was two days of the most extraordinary weekend weather I have seen in ages. The sky was that crystal indian summer blue with zeppelins of white cotton. I never wanted to sleep. Wish I could have bottled it.
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Wonderful white and brown hound beagle mix found in Hampton Hall area. Call 843-208-3647 to identify.
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Please tell me that was made up......or taken out of context.......or simply misunderstood.....amazing
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A tourist leaving Hilton Head found 2 dogs a beautiful german sheperd and a pure english bulldog running down Hwy 278. They appear to be "family". If your missing them or know of their owners please call Camp Green Dog at 208-3647.
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After a few MONTHS of watching with embarrassed amusement the "reconstruction" of May River Rd thru downtown I noticed that the construction folks had put down parking place lines. Sooooo, after a wonderful dinner the other night and while the streets were quiet I stopped to take alook. Aside from the fact that they evidently didn't have it in the budget to buy a template something else just didn't look right.....then it hit me. How are you supposed to park in such a short space.
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Have two Golden Retrievers that came in last night, found wandering
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From March 02 2015 to December 31 2015
updated March 2, 2015
This is OUR UPDATED LIST OF EVENTS FOR TAORMINA AND SURROUNDINGS
Although we regularly double-check our different information sources, we cannot guarantee for all informations on the events listed.
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March 21 to June 7
Palazzo Corvaja – Taormina
Made in Warhol. 60 works of the American Pop artist from the collection Rosini-Gutman, among others the famous Campbell's Soup, Brillo, Marilyn Monroe, Mao, Liz Taylor and the rare canvas showing Liza Minelli. Posters of his films, album covers – including those of the Rolling Stones, Velvet Underground and Graces Jones – some clothes designed by Andy Warhol and a video self-portrait.
Opening hours: every day except Mondays: 10.30h – 13.00h and 16.30h – 21.00h
Info: www.taormina-arte.com
Every Saturday until April 2015
Theatre San Giorgio - Taormina
Italian Opera Taormina. An evening with the most famous arias and duets from great operas such as Don Giovanni by W. A. Mozart, La Traviata by G. Verdi, Elisir D'Amor by G. Donizetti, Il barbiere di Siviglia by G. Rossini and Madame Butterfly, La Boheme and Tosca by G. Puccini, interpreted by professional singers who have performed in the most important Italian and international theatres. During the short break you will be offered a drink on the panoramic terrace of the small Theatre San Giorgio. Every Saturday until April 2015. From May onwards several times a week with various programs.
Info: www.italianoperataormina.it
Every Sunday (from 8.00 h)Via Beato Cardinale Giuseppe Benedetto Dusmet – Porto di Catania
Mercatino delle pulci. Flea market.
Info: www.comune.catania.it
all year
Chiesa San Antonio Abate – Taormina
Presepe a Taormina. The crib made from cork oak by Don Dioniso Cacopardo in 1953.
March 4 (17.00 h)
Teatro Metropolitan - Catania
Lodovica Comello the actress, singer and dancer, best known for her role as "Francesca" in the Argentine Disney Channel series Violetta.
Info: www.lodovicacomello.com
March 7 (17.30 h)
Casa Cuseni – Via Leonardo da Vinci 14, Taormina
Meet Jazz. Introduction to the music of Duke Elington by the Jazz musician Nello Toscano. To those who are interested in the historic location of the Jazz meeting, the owners offer a guided tour to the house and it's gardens, all designed by the english artist Robert Hawthorn Kitson betewwn 1905 and 1907. The guided tour starts from 16.30h.
Info: www.casacuseni.com
March 9 (21.30 h)
Teatro Metropolitan - Catania
Massimo Ranieri in Riccardo III (Richard III.) by William Shakespeare. With original musics by Ennio Morricone, directed by Massimo Ranieri.
Info: www.massimoranieri.it
March 14 (17.30 h)
Casa Cuseni – Via Leonardo da Vinci 14, Taormina
Meet Jazz. Introduction to the music of Thelonious Monk by the Jazz musician Nello Toscano. To those who are interested in the historic location of the Jazz meeting, the owners offer a guided tour to the house and it's gardens, all designed by the english artist Robert Hawthorn Kitson betewwn 1905 and 1907. The guided tour starts from 16.30h.
Info: www.casacuseni.com
March 20 (18.30 h)
Palazzo Corvaja - Taormina
Opening of the exhibition Made in Warhol. 60 works of the American Pop artist from the collection Rosini-Gutman, among others famous works such as Campbell's Soup, Brillo, Marilyn Monroe, Mao, Liz Taylor and the rare canvas showing Liza Minelli. The exhibitions runs until June 7, 2015. Opening hours: every day except Mondays: 10.30h – 13.00h and 16.30h – 21.00h
Info: www.taormina-arte.com
March 21 (21.00 h)
Teatro Metropolitan - Catania
Kataklo the athletic dance theatre. The dance company was founded at Milan in 1995 by Giulia Staccioli. Recognised and appreciated beyond national borders for its shows displaying an incredible physical proficiency and sophisticated inventiveness.
Info: www.kataklo.com
March 24 (21.00 h)
Teatro Metropolitan - Catania
La Divina Commedia (The Divine Comedy) by Dante Allegheri
March 26 (21.00 h)
Teatro Metropolitan - Catania
I Promessi Sposi comedy by Alessandro Manzoni.
March 27 (21.30 h)
Teatro Abc - via Pietro Mascagni 92, Catania
Catania Jazz Festival. Omar Hakim Band in concert
Info: www.cataniajazz.com
March 30 and 31 (21.30 h)
Ma - via Vela 6 Catania
Catania Jazz Festival. Adam Ben-Ezra Trio in concert.
Info: www.cataniajazz.com
March 30 (21.30 h)
Teatro Metropolitan - Catania
Fiorella Mannoia in concert
Info: www.fiorellamannoia.it
April 3 (at dawn)
Centro storico - Taormina
Good Friday Procession in Taormina. A most impressive procession, that takes its way through Taorminas Corso Umberto I. Men and women in black carry the sculptures showing the passion of Christ. All shop's lighting and all street illuminatiion on the Corso Umberto will be switched off, as soon as the procession is arriving. Only the candles of the procession give some low light. When it is passed by, the shopkeepers on Corso Umberto continue with their business and switch on the lights again.
April 3 to 6
Town center - Palermo
Easter celebrations in Palermo take place all over town and feature impressive street processions and re-enactments of the Last Supper. There are three splendid processions on Good Friday, dating back several centuries. The procession of the Cocchieri used to be seen by the local aristocrats as an opportunity to show off their power and wealth. Thirty-two participants take turns in carrying the statues of Christ and Madonna, escorted by people wearing original medieval armour. The procession departs from the Chiesa della Madonna dell'Itria at around 14.00 h, though it is advisable to check the time with the tourist office a few days in advance. The other processions dedicated to Maria Addolorata and Santa Maria Soledad are similar, finishing late at night. The times and places of departure can again be checked with the local tourist office. Easter Sunday celebrations feature the re-enactment of the Last Supper at major churches throughout the city.
Info: www.aapit.pa.it
April 3 (14.00 h)
Centro storico - Trapani
Processione dei Misteri Good Friday procession, one of the longest lasting and oldest in Italy. Beginning at about 14 h in the afternoon it lasts for nearly 24 hours. Reinactment of the passion and the dead of Jesus Christ.
Info: www.comune.trapani.it
April 3 (15.00 h + 20.30 h)
Centro - Pietraperzia (EN)
Processione de Lu Signuri di li fasci. The preparing of the Good Friday Evening procession already beginns at 15 h with the crucifix to be carried from the Chiesa del Carmine to the cathedral and back. A very special rite: as a sign of their faith more than 400 believers tie themselves to a high pylon with ribbons, that will be carried along the streets of the city during the procession.
Info: www.comune.pietraperzia.en.it
April 4 and 5
Centro - Terrasini (PA)
Festa di li Schietti Folcloristic feast on Easter Saturday and Sunday. A feast that has nothing to do with the religious rites in these days. La Festa di li Schietti is a competition of bachelors, who still are hoping to get a wife by showing their maleness and strength. The competition asks to lift a bitter orange tree of about 50 kg as long as possible. The two days of competition are accompanied by tastings of local food, processions and musics.
Info: www.comune.terrasini.pa.it
April 5
Adrano (CT)
I Diavulazzi di Pasqua or La Diavolata. In the morning the statues of Christ, of the Madonna and of the Angel will be brought to the Piazza Umberto where the Diavolata, the struggle between the evil and the good takes place, ending up with the victory of peace. This tradition goes back to a text called La Resurrezione written by Don Anselmo Laudani in 1752.
Info: www.comune.adrano.ct-egov.it
April 5
Gangi (PA)
Easter celebrations in Gangi involve various rituals and processions throughout the Holy Week, though the most interesting event happens on Easter Sunday, when an unusual rivalry between saints takes place. Devotees of the Madonna compete against those who venerate Jesus. The peaceful competition consists of creating the best decorations in the streets in the centre of town, near the cathedral. They assume the shape of arches, bizarrely constructed of bread, vegetables and other foodstuff.
Info: www.aapit.pa.it
April 6
Forza D'Agrò (ME)
Traditional "Festa dell'Alloro" and the Procession of the "Sacri Oli". The young people of the village create banners made from laurel leaves in honour of the SS. Trinità. After the awarding of the most beautiful example all banners will be carried in a procession alongside the Via SS. Annunziata to the Chiesa della Triade. On this "Monday of the Angels" the people of the village present to everyone the "collure", tipical sicilian easter sweets (in memory to Abraham in the desert and the three angels).
Info: www.comune.forzadagro.me.it
April 9 and 10 (21.30 h)
Ma - via Vela 6, Catania
Catania Jazz Festival. Dana Leong Trio in concert.
Info: www.cataniajazz.com
April 14 (21.30 h)
Ma - Catania
Hailey Tuck
April 23 (21.30 h)
Teatro Metropolitan - Catania
Giovanni Allevi, the singer and piano player in concert
Info: www.giovanniallevi.com
April 30 (21.00 h)
Palasport - Acireale
Carmen Consoli. L'Abitudine di Tornare Tour 2015. The Sicilian Singer with the special voice.
Info: www.carmenconsoli.it
May 2 (21.30 h)
Teatro Abc - via Pietro Mascagni 92, Catania
Catania Jazz Festival. Rodney Whitaker Quintet in concert
Info: www.cataniajazz.com
May 8 (21.30 h)
Teatro Abc - via Pietro Mascagni 92, Catania
Catania Jazz Festival. Manu Katche Quartet in concert
Info: www.cataniajazz.com
May 25 (21.30 h)
Teatro Metropolitan - Catania
Mario Biondi the singer from Catania with the deep and warm voice in concert.
Info: www.mariobiondi.com
June 12 to 20
Teatro Antico and Palazzo Congressi - Taormina
Taormina Film Fest 61st edition of the popular film fest that brings the stars of international cinema to Taormina. More infos shortly.
Info: www.taorminafilmfest.it
July 19 (21.30 h)
Teatro Antico – Taormina
Toto in concert. Few ensembles in the history of recorded music have individually or collectively had a larger imprint on pop culture than the members of the Californian band Toto. As individuals, the band members can be heard on an astonishing 5000 albums. With over 38 years together and thousands of credits to their names, Toto remains one of the top selling tour and recording acts in the world.
Info: www.totooffial.com
August 1, 9 and 12 (21.30 h)
Teatro Antico - Taormina
DON GIOVANNI opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Opera in two acts with Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It is based on the legends of Don Juan, a fictional libertine and seducer. Don Giovanni, a young, arrogant, and sexually promiscuous nobleman, abuses and outrages everyone else in the cast, until he encounters something he cannot kill, beat up, dodge, or outwit. Directed by Enrico Castiglione, costumes by Sonia Cammarata.
August 4, 7, 10 and 13 (21.30 h)
Teatro Antico - Taormina
CARMEN opera by Georges Bizet. The opera tells the story of the downfall of Don José, a naïve soldier who is seduced by the wiles of the fiery Gypsy, Carmen. José abandons his childhood sweetheart and deserts from his military duties, yet loses Carmen's love to the glamorous toreador Escamillo, after which José kills her in a jealous rage. Directed by Enrico Castiglione, costumes by Sonia Cammarata.
August 8, 11 and 14 (21.30 h)
Teatro Antico - Taormina
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA (The Barber of Seville) by Gioachino Rossini. The libretto was based on Pierre Beaumarchais's comedy Le Barbier de Séville. Rossini's Barber has proven to be one of the greatest masterpieces of comedy within music, and has been described as the opera buffa of all "opere buffe". Directed by Enrico Castiglione, costumes by Sonia Cammarata.
Info: www.enricocastiglione.it and www.festivaleuromediterraneo.eu
Tickets: boxol.it and ticketone.it
August 16 (21.30 h)
Teatro Antico - Taormina
NABUCCO Opera by Giuseppe Verdi, directed by Enrico Stinchelli. The Opera follows the plight of the Jews as they are assaulted, conquered, and subsequently exiled from their homeland by the Babylonian King Nabucco (Nebuchadnezzar II.) The historical events are used as background for a romantic and political plot. The best-known number from the opera is the "Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves,"Va pensiero, sull'ali dorate"/"Fly, thought, on golden wings," a chorus which is regularly given an encore in many opera houses when performed today.
Tickets: boxol.it
August 22 (21.30 h)
Teatro Antico - Taormina
Il Volo. The three young tenors, new stars of popular classic music, in concert.
Info and tickets: Taormina Arte, Corso Umberto 19, Taormina (Mon to Fri, 9.30 - 13.00 h)
September 11 to 13
Teatro Antico and other locations – Taormina
Festival Internazionale delle Orchestre a Plettro. 4th edition of the International Festival of plugged string orchestras.
Info: www.orchestraaplettro.it
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WILSONVILLE, Ore., August 7, 2009 - Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced that the Questa® Multi-view Verification Components (MVC) library now supports HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface), a compact audio/video interface for transmitting uncompressed digital data. The Questa MVC library helps speed up functional verification of integrated circuits (ICs) incorporating HDMI interface logic, and drastically improves verification coverage for today's complex multi-media platforms.
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The complexity of today's SoC verification environments often requires designers to spend valuable time building and verifying multiple, and usually incompatible, verification models of a single block to support system-level, TLM-level and RTL-level verification. This lack of consistency prevents teams from easily moving up and down in abstraction and maximizing verification effectiveness.
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Each protocol, such as the HDMI, supported by the Questa MVC library includes a verification plan with full coverage metrics that integrates with the Questa Verification Management system. The verification plan easily incorporates into hierarchical full-chip verification plans. Questa Verification Management provides visibility into the status of the verification process by providing correlation of coverage metrics to the verification plan.
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Gastroenteritis can affect one person or a group of people who all ate the same food or drank the same water. The germs may get into your system directly from food or water or by way of objects such as plates and eating utensils. They can also be passed from person to person with close contact.
Viral gastroenteritis is a leading cause of severe diarrhea in both adults and children. Many types of viruses can cause gastroenteritis. The most common ones are:
People with the highest risk for severe gastroenteritis include young children, the elderly, and people who have a suppressed immune system.
Symptoms most often appear within 4 to 48 hours after contact with the virus. Common symptoms include:
Other symptoms may include:
The health care provider will look for signs of dehydration , including:
Tests of stool samples may be used to identify the virus that is causing the sickness. Most of the time, this test is not needed for viral gastroenteritis. A stool culture may be done to find out if the problem is being caused by bacteria.
The goal of treatment is to prevent dehydration by making sure the body has enough water and fluids. Fluids and electrolytes (salt and minerals) that are lost through diarrhea or vomiting must be replaced by drinking extra fluids. Even if you are able to eat, you should still drink extra fluids between meals.
Try eating small amounts of food frequently. Foods to try include:
If you have diarrhea and are unable to drink or keep down fluids because of nausea or vomiting, you may need fluids through a vein (IV). Infants and young children are more likely to need IV fluids.
Parents should closely monitor the number of wet diapers an infant or young child has while sick to watch for signs of dehydration.
People taking water pills (diuretics) who develop diarrhea may be told by their health care provider to stop taking the diuretic during the acute episode. However, DO NOT stop taking any prescription medicine without first talking to your health care provider.
Antibiotics do not work for viruses.
You can buy medicines at the drugstore that can help stop or slow diarrhea.
For most people, the illness goes away in a few days without treatment.
Rotavirus causes severe gastroenteritis in infants and young children. Severe dehydration and death can occur in this age group.
Call your health care provider if diarrhea lasts for more than several days or if dehydration occurs. You should also contact your health care provider if you or your child has these symptoms:
Most viruses and bacteria are passed from person to person by unwashed hands. The best way to prevent viral gastroenteritis is to handle food properly and wash your hands thoroughly after using the toilet.
Vaccination to prevent severe rotavirus infection is recommended for infants starting at age 2 months.
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Semrad CE. Approach to the patient with diarrhea and malabsorption. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Goldman's Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 142.
Giannella RA. Infectious enteritis and proctocolitis and bacterial food poisoning. In: Feldman M, Friedman LS, Brandt LJ, eds. Sleisenger & Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease. 9th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2010:chap 107.
Zulfigar AB. Acute gastroenteritis in children. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 19th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 332.
Bass DM. Rotaviruses, caliciviruses, and astroviruses. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 19th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 257.
Dupont HL. Acute Infectious diarrhea in immunocompetent adults. N Engl J Med. 2014; 370:1532-1540.
Jenifer K. Lehrer, MD, Department of Gastroenterology, Frankford-Torresdale Hospital, Aria Health System, Philadelphia, PA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Isla Ogilvie, PhD, and the A.D.A.M. Editorial team.
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William Tecumseh Sherman (8 February 1820 – 14 February 1891) was a Union Army general during the American Civil War. He succeeded General U.S. Grant as commander of the Western Theater of that war in the spring of 1864. He later served as Commanding General of the U.S. Army (1869–1883). He is best known for his "March to the Sea" through the U.S. state of Georgia and is widely regarded as an early advocate of "Total War".
- You people of the South don't know what you are doing. This country will be drenched in blood, and God only knows how it will end. It is all folly, madness, a crime against civilization! You people speak so lightly of war; you don't know what you're talking about. War is a terrible thing! You mistake, too, the people of the North. They are a peaceable people but an earnest people, and they will fight, too. They are not going to let this country be destroyed without a mighty effort to save it … Besides, where are your men and appliances of war to contend against them? The North can make a steam engine, locomotive, or railway car; hardly a yard of cloth or pair of shoes can you make. You are rushing into war with one of the most powerful, ingeniously mechanical, and determined people on Earth — right at your doors. You are bound to fail. Only in your spirit and determination are you prepared for war. In all else you are totally unprepared, with a bad cause to start with. At first you will make headway, but as your limited resources begin to fail, shut out from the markets of Europe as you will be, your cause will begin to wane. If your people will but stop and think, they must see in the end that you will surely fail.
- Comments to Prof. David F. Boyd at the Louisiana State Seminary (24 December 1860); quoted in The Civil War: A Narrative (1986) by Shelby Foote, p. 58; also in The Civil War : A Book of Quotations (2004) by Robert Blaisdell
- No rebels shall be allowed to remain at Davis Mill so much as an hour. Allow them to go, but do not let them stay. And let it be known that if a farmer wishes to burn his cotton, his house, his family, and himself, he may do so. But not his corn. We want that.
- Dispatch to Brig. Gen. Stephen A. Hurlbut (July 1862)[specific citation needed]
- Vox populi, vox humbug.
- Letter to his wife (2 June 1863), as quoted in "The Oxford Dictionary of American Quotations" (2005) edited by Hugh Rawson and Margaret Miner.
- If they want eternal war, well and good; we accept the issue, and will dispossess them and put our friends in their place. I know thousands and millions of good people who at simple notice would come to North Alabama and accept the elegant houses and plantations there. If the people of Huntsville think different, let them persist in war three years longer, and then they will not be consulted. Three years ago by a little reflection and patience they could have had a hundred years of peace and prosperity, but they preferred war; very well. Last year they could have saved their slaves, but now it is too late.
All the powers of earth cannot restore to them their slaves, any more than their dead grandfathers. Next year their lands will be taken, for in war we can take them, and rightfully, too, and in another year they may beg in vain for their lives. A people who will persevere in war beyond a certain limit ought to know the consequences. Many, many peoples with less pertinacity have been wiped out of national existence.- Letter to Maj. R. M. Sawyer, from Vicksburg (31 January 1864)[specific citation needed]
- I regard the death and mangling of a couple thousand men as a small affair, a kind of morning dash — and it may be well that we become so hardened.
- Letter to his wife (July 1864)[specific citation needed]
- Atlanta is ours, and fairly won.
- Telegram to President Abraham Lincoln (2 September 1864)[specific citation needed]
- Hold the fort! I am coming!
- [The actual messages were "Sherman is coming. Hold out," and "General Sherman says hold fast. We are coming."[citation needed] This was changed to "Hold the fort" in a popular hymn by Philip Paul Bliss.[specific citation needed]]
- Signal to Gen. John M. Corse at Allatoona (5 October 1864)[specific citation needed]
- I am a damned sight smarter man than Grant. I know more about military history, strategy, and grand tactics than he does. I know more about supply, administration, and everything else than he does. I'll tell you where he beats me though and where he beats the world. He doesn't give a damn about what the enemy does out of his sight, but it scares me like hell. … I am more nervous than he is. I am more likely to change my orders or to countermarch my command than he is. He uses such information as he has according to his best judgment; he issues his orders and does his level best to carry them out without much reference to what is going on about him and, so far, experience seems to have fully justified him.
- Comments to James H. Wilson (22 October 1864), as quoted in Under the Old Flag: Recollections of Military Operations in the War for the Union, the Spanish War, the Boxer Rebellion, etc Vol. 2 (1912) by James Harrison Wilson, p. 17.
- I confess, without shame, that I am sick and tired of fighting — its glory is all moonshine; even success the most brilliant is over dead and mangled bodies, with the anguish and lamentations of distant families, appealing to me for sons, husbands, and fathers … it is only those who have never heard a shot, never heard the shriek and groans of the wounded and lacerated … that cry aloud for more blood, more vengeance, more desolation.
- Letter (May 1865)[specific citation needed]
- An army to be useful must be a unit, and out of this has grown the saying, attributed to Napoleon, but doubtless spoken before the days of Alexander, that an army with an inefficient commander was better than one with two able heads.
- Letter to E. D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant-General (26 March 1869)[specific citation needed]
- War is Hell.
- This quote originates from his address to the graduating class of the Michigan Military Academy (19 June 1879); but slightly varying accounts of this speech have been published:
- I've been where you are now and I know just how you feel. It's entirely natural that there should beat in the breast of every one of you a hope and desire that some day you can use the skill you have acquired here.
Suppress it! You don't know the horrible aspects of war. I've been through two wars and I know. I've seen cities and homes in ashes. I've seen thousands of men lying on the ground, their dead faces looking up at the skies. I tell you, war is Hell!- As quoted from accounts by Dr. Charles O. Brown in the Battle Creek Enquirer and News (18 November 1933)
- Variants:
- There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all Hell.
- Some of you young men think that war is all glamour and glory, but let me tell you, boys, it is all Hell!
- I can make this march, and I will make Georgia howl!
- Telegram to General Grant, as quoted in Conflict and Compromise : The Political Economy of Slavery, Emancipation, and The American Civil War (1989) by Roger L. Ransom.
- I hereby state, and mean all I say, that I never have been and never will be a candidate for President; that if nominated by either party I should peremptorily decline; and even if unanimously elected I should decline to serve.
- Interview in Harper's Weekly (24 June 1871).
- I will not accept if nominated, and will not serve if elected.
- Telegram sent to General Henderson in 1884; quoted in Sherman's Memoirs, 4th ed. 1891. This is often paraphrased: If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
- It will be a thousand years before Grant's character is fully appreciated. Grant is the greatest soldier of our time if not all time... he fixes in his mind what is the true objective and abandons all minor ones. He dismisses all possibility of defeat. He believes in himself and in victory. If his plans go wrong he is never disconcerted but promptly devises a new one and is sure to win in the end. Grant more nearly impersonated the American character of 1861-65 than any other living man. Therefore he will stand as the typical hero of the great Civil War in America.
- On Ulysses S. Grant, 1885, as quoted in Grant's Final Victory: Ulysses S. Grant's Heroic Last Year (2011), by Charles Bracelen Flood.
Letter to Atlanta (1864)[edit]
- You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will. War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who brought war into our country deserve all the curses and maledictions a people can pour out. I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices to-day than any of you to secure peace. But you cannot have peace and a division of our country. If the United States submits to a division now, it will not stop, but will go on until we reap the fate of Mexico, which is eternal war. The United States does and must assert its authority, wherever it once had power; for, if it relaxes one bit to pressure, it is gone, and I believe that such is the national feeling.
- You might as well appeal against the thunder-storm as against these terrible hardships of war. They are inevitable, and the only way the people of Atlanta can hope once more to live in peace and quiet at home, is to stop the war, which can only be done by admitting that it began in error and is perpetuated in pride.
- You have heretofore read public sentiment in your newspapers, that live by falsehood and excitement; and the quicker you seek for truth in other quarters, the better. I repeat then that, by the original compact of government, the United States had certain rights in Georgia, which have never been relinquished and never will be; that the South began the war by seizing forts, arsenals, mints, custom-houses, etc., etc., long before Mr. Lincoln was installed, and before the South had one jot or tittle of provocation. I myself have seen in Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi, hundreds and thousands of women and children fleeing from your armies and desperadoes, hungry and with bleeding feet. In Memphis, Vicksburg, and Mississippi, we fed thousands and thousands of the families of rebel soldiers left on our hands, and whom we could not see starve. Now that war comes to you, you feel very different. You deprecate its horrors, but did not feel them when you sent car-loads of soldiers and ammunition, and moulded shells and shot, to carry war into Kentucky and Tennessee, to desolate the homes of hundreds and thousands of good people who only asked to live in peace at their old homes, and under the Government of their inheritance. But these comparisons are idle. I want peace, and believe it can only be reached through union and war, and I will ever conduct war with a view to perfect an early success.
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- These members of the audience could point with pride to the Lincoln Zouaves, a colored military unit from Baltimore, resplendent in their tasseled fezzes, baggy red pants, white leggings, and red-trimmed black jackets. Colored spectators sang along when musicians struck up 'Marching Through Georgia', the Civil War ditty celebrating General William Tecumseh Sherman's drive from Atlanta to the sea.
- Charles Lane, as quoted in The Day Freedom Died: The Colfax Massacre, the Supreme Court, and the Betrayal of Reconstruction (2008), Henry Holt and Company, LLC, New York City, New York, p. 2.
External links[edit]
- Profile at The American Experience (PBS)
- U.S. Army Center of Military History
- Works by William Tecumseh Sherman at Project Gutenberg
- General William Tecumseh Sherman in Georgia
- William Tecumseh Sherman in California
- California military history
- Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman online
- Digitized collection of letters between William Sherman and his brother Senator John Sherman
- Sherman Thackara Collection of Letters at the Digital Library @ Villanova University
- William T. Sherman's First Campaign of Destruction" Article by Buck T. Foster in Military History Quarterly
- Profile at Find a Grave