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New All Time Low song
i remember when this band actually was pretty decent
wow, that was terrible.
Digging: Kendrick Lamar - Delete this album
they have always been terrible
Digging: The Wrens - The Meadowlands
they have a couple of good songs. and that was fucking atrocious
not my cup o' tea but not to shabby for what it is
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That's awful.
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i remember when this band actually was pretty decent
When was this?
I didnt like it, but at least it sounds better than dirty work
Fuck you guys. They were good before, assuming you guys bothered to listen to them.
Song sucks, by the way.
Put Up or Shut Up was decent
"i remember when this band actually was pretty decent"
Funny because I don't.
band used to be semi-respectable. assuming this sucks.
'band used to be semi-respectable. assuming this sucks.'
Yeah, it sucks.
Shame, this song was really good on an awful album. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBxwlRETqRM
First and second album were pretty good everything since then has been laughable.
This song was also good: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAzqaSzw1js&feature=related
It's catchy and has nice lyrics.
song couldve actually been somewhat listenable if they didnt have to pop-up the production. band needs to go back to put up or shut up era.
Band has always been god awful, this is no different.
Better than expected imo, still boring
not a fan. this song was released a long ass time ago though, so this is old news.
Digging: The Growlers - Hung at Heart
Signing to a huge record deal has truly clouded their judgement. Seriously, this band had better things before their atrocious lack of creative focus. I guess the endless amounts of Playboy parties had caught up with them when Dirty Works was being made.
Digging: Sufjan Stevens - Carrie and Lowell
"Signing to a huge record deal has truly clouded their judgement. Seriously, this band had better things before their atrocious lack of creative focus. I guess the endless amounts of Playboy parties had caught up with them when Dirty Works was being made."
You know they've left all their labels. It's actually been a while - they're technically independent right now.
Band is lame
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Deck privacy, what to do?
So we are redoing our deck. I will include a photo here that shows that entire side of the house, with the deck in back. That side of the deck is visible to passers by on the highway we live on....and I'd like a little privacy. Would it be a crazy idea to put up a lattice screen on that side? Or a living screen of some sort even...I'd love some ideas. The deck only goes 10 feet out from the house. As you'll see, that entire side of the house is very bare. That will be my next project...of course, I guess in a way, the two projects ARE very related....and what I do to one may affect the other....or clash quite badly anyway...... (by the way, this side of the house faces west)
If your near a highway...I would want some fast growing upright everygreens maybe as a screen..but not at the deck edge..but back maybe ten feetish? That would help with the sounds of a busy road and the lights and PRIVACY too.. I would also take that swing and turn towards one side of the deck..not on it..but four and five feet away..but facing it..so you could swing and converse with people on the deck at the same time..with the evergreens as a screen behind the screen...
Lattice would work but personally I am not a lattice fan. I find it really hides little...and it does nothing to hide lights or noise....and nothing for a bit of shade as the sun winds down either. My vote..a natural screen of plantings...with a nice winding path from that garage door to the deck..a leisurely stroll.. :)
Any way you could post some more pics of the deck area? Is the retaining wall witch is lovely, the end of the property? How close are your neighbors? Is the retaining wall part of a drainage area? If not then can you plant some trees there that can give some hight to the area? Yes you can put lattice around the deck but it might be best to rock in under the deck to keep out weeds as nothing will probably grow there. Maybe a ground cover but I don't see it. Soil may not get warm enough to grow a ground cover. And I don't think anything would look good or give you any interest. It appears to be dead space so go with rock and screen it in with the lattice. You have a nice side yard here that could be screened in with upright evergreens. Just don't know how much wind or what the exposure is. Do tell us somemore!
Thanks for the replies! I'll have to take a photo to get you the "bigger picture" tomorrow. I really don't want to plant evergreens there, and you'll understand once I explain. We are in the country, so no neighbors. The highway is in front of the garage, however the way it curves, standing on the deck, people can see us there. Just no privacy. Where I was standing when I took the picture was actually at the door of my horse barn. We have a barn there, and beyond that pastures. So my windows on this side of the house, yes, I see road, but I also look out over the pastures at my horses. That view I don't want to block. That is also why the swing is facing the way it does....right at sundown, I often like to sit on the swing, watch the sunset, and watch my horses before it gets dark. If not for the horses, I would love to put up a line of evergreens there for protection from the wind, etc. But, seeing the horses means more to me. So, Although it would be nice to see them from the deck too, I think I'd much rather have the privacy...or at least a little bit...and somehow block the view just a little. I got the idea while at my mom's house, seeing her clematis vines growing tall on their trellises. Made me wonder if I could plant something there to block the view just a little, part of the year. See, living on this highway, I feel like we're always being stared at. Basically because we are! But in the back yard, it would be nice to have a bit more privacy...at least on the deck. This side does face west. I know it's quite plain...my whole yard looks like that! LOL


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VISITORS who go to Bromsgrove's Avoncroft Museum tomorrow (Saturday) and Sunday (May 11) will certainly be hoping to have the wind in their sails as the venue holds a special event to celebrate the country's milling heritage.
The iconic 19th Century windmill will be up and running and those who go along will be able to see volunteers in action, checking weather conditions and setting the sails to allow the postmill to turn. They will also be able to have a tour of the mill, which was originally from Danzey Green in Warwickshire and hit the headlines in January 2012 when it was seriously damaged in high winds. Since then it has been repaired and is now in full working order.
There will be demostrations of traditional bread-making in the Toll House, which is decorated as it would have been 200 years ago. After mixing and kneeding the dough, volunteers will bake it in an original wood-fired oven and an open fire griddle used for cooking in Victorian times.
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With the way physics is goign these days, being able to determine that something is in space means you are doing pretty damn good for yourself.
I find plenty of dark matter when I turn out all the lights prior to going to bed for the evening.
Specifically, I find plenty of dark matter with my toes, which doesn't result in a shout of discovery like, "Eureka!" but
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(on the loss) Obviously it was a hard-fought game. I was proud of the way we hung in there and fought back. There will be a lot of things on tape that weve got to clean up with this first game. Credit Green Bay. They did a very good job and did all the things they needed to do to win a home game like that.
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home veg stand
I recently re-started my veg garden and expect it to produce way more than I can ever eat, store or can. Many years ago I use to take the excess down to the road and give it to anyone who'd drive by. I'd like to find someone who could send me a picture or drawing of a simple, yet nice mobile roadside stand that I could take down to the road. Anyone have one ?
Mostly what I see in my area is people selling their stuff at local farmers markets (city sponsored) on the weekends. During the week, there are still a few folks who sell their produce from the tailgate of their pickup truck. I imagine the tailgaters have to get some kind of local license to sell.
Hi burnt.
In the June/July 2013 issue of Mother Earth News, there's an article about selling excess produce via the "honor system". I know that's not what you want to do, but there's and illustration of a "veggie stand" that looks easy to build. Just add a couple of bicycle wheels to make it mobile and off you go lol.
On another note, I'd like to know where, exactly, you have to have some kind of permit to "go down to the road" and set up a table loaded with veggies and a sign that says "Free to Good Home", because I want to be darn sure I never move there.
Here is a link that might be useful: MEN veggie article
Rather than giving it away, why not donate it to a food pantry or homeless shelter?? check out "Plant a row for the hungry" for more information.
Here is a link that might be useful: Plant a row for the hungry
Some food banks will only take produce that has at least 1 week of shelf life. Others will just put the produce out the next day opened. We have several larger gardeners donate their extras. Our food bank is open on Tuesday, but market is only on Friday, so that works well for us and them.
I've also donated to the soup kitchens, they offer the produce for the clients to take home after eating at the kitchen.
Plus it's tax deductible, if you qualify for Schedule A deductions.
Here's my two cents...
There is a couple near me that has a similar issue. Not a large garden, but one that must certainly produce more than they can use.
Their house is set-back about 100 feet from the dirt road. Out front, when they have something to sell, they hang a sign indicating what's available. The writing area of the sign is in black and they write the items available in caulk. It's a nice looking sign.
I don't go by often, but when I have, they seem to have buyers. What's surprising is that the road is not that well traveled. I don't know if they have a sign at the main road.
I've heard mornings and weekends are best. Especially during time when garage sales are in full swing.
Here is a link that might be useful: One Man's Garden Endeavor
We set up an honor system stand (we're 1/3 mile off road). Did really really well, so I thought, until watermelons started to leave without payments. After weighing EVERYTHING several times per day, I found that about 1/2 of what left was paid for. Still did about $200 per week, that was paid for.
My wife teases me that I will have to get a table at the local farmers market because I over planted. I'm hoping my neighbors will come through instead.
Here is a link that might be useful: One Man's Garden Endeavor
After being a vendor at our local farmers market, I'll give you my advise. Check the market out, see what rules they have, how much insurance they require and what their fee is. Not all (actually very few) markets are the kind where you can just show up and sell. Farmers markets are getting to be big business, along with all the restrictions that businesses have.


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A method is provided for designing a hierarchical architecture for a synchronous optical network (SONET) given a plurality of demand nodes at which communications traffic originates and at least one destination node at which the communications traffic is collected for transmission to a switch. The method includes the steps of: (a) dividing the plurality of demand nodes into distinct groups of demand nodes; (b) selecting at least one node for each group to serve as a ring hub for connection to a backbone ring; (c) designing a backbone ring topology that includes at least the ring hubs and the destination node; (d) designing an access ring topology for each of the demand node groups so that the backbone ring and access ring topologies constitute a preliminary network topology; (e) evaluating a cost associated with the preliminary network topology; (f) selecting at least one alternative ring hub to provide a new set of ring hubs; (g) repeating steps (c)-(e) for the new set of ring hubs to determine if a resulting network cost estimate is reduced; (h) repeating steps (f)-(g) until a minimum cost network topology is produced. Other aspects of the invention are directed to hub and spoke topology design and SONET transport design.
1. A method for designing a hierarchical architecture for a synchronous optical network (SONET) given a plurality of demand nodes at which communications traffic originates and at least one destination node at which said communications traffic is collected for transmission to a switch, said method comprising the steps of:
a. dividing the plurality of demand nodes into distinct groups of demand nodes;
b. selecting at least one node for each group to serve as a ring hub for connection to a backbone ring;
c. designing a backbone ring topology that includes at least said ring hubs and said at least one destination node;
d. designing an access ring topology for each of said demand node groups so that said backbone ring and said access ring topologies constitute a preliminary network topology;
e. evaluating a cost associated with said preliminary network topology;
f. selecting at least one alternative ring hub to provide a new set of ring hubs;
g. repeating steps (c)-(e) for the new set of ring hubs to determine if a resulting network cost estimate is reduced; and
h. repeating steps (f)-(g) until a minimum cost network topology is produced.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein select demand nodes are preselected to serve as spoke nodes residing on a hub and spoke tree topology, and further comprising the steps of:
i. dividing the select demand nodes into a first plurality of groups;
j. determining a location representing a geographic median of each of said first plurality of groups and, for each group, associating therewith a root node from among said nodes residing on either of said backbone or access ring topologies, each of said root nodes being closest in proximity to said geographic median location of its respective group;
k. designing a tree topology for each of said first plurality of groups such that each root node connects the ring on which it resides to the tree representing the group of nodes associated therewith;
l. dividing the select demand nodes into a second plurality of groups different from said first plurality of group,s and repeating steps (j)-(k) for said second plurality of groups; and
m. repeating step i until a tree topology having a minimum total length is produced.
3. The method of claim 2 further comprising the step of designing a SONET transport ring for each hub-and-spoke, access, and backbone ring topology in accordance with a bin-packing heuristic.
4. The method of claim 3 wherein said bin-packing heuristic is a first-fit decreasing heuristic, said bin-packing heuristic attempts to assign demand to the rings in such a way that the demand is more evenly distributed among the rings.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein step (b) comprises the step of selecting a pair of adjacent nodes for each group to serve as ring hubs such that said hierarchical architecture is a path-in-line architecture.
6. The method of claim 3 wherein said access ring topology supports lower speed SONET rings than said backbone ring topology.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein the plurality of demand nodes are divided in step (a) in accordance with a p-median heuristic.
8. The method of claim 1 wherein said distinct groups of demand nodes each include less than a prescribed maximum number of nodes.
9. The method of claim 5 wherein said selected adjacent demand nodes are separated by a prescribed minimum distance.
10. The method of claim 1 wherein after the minimum cost network topology has been produced performing the step of redesigning said access ring topology and said backbone ring topology to incorporate therein pre-existing links.
11. The method of claim 10 wherein the redesigning step is performed in accordance with a Steiner Traveling Salesman Problem heuristic.
Local access markets in the telecommunications business are becoming increasingly competitive with the advent of deregulation. Local access service requires the provision of subscriber connectivity to the traditional Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS), a variety of data services, as well as new telecommunications services such as Cable TV, wireless, Personal Communications Service (PCS), and high bandwidth digital connectivity to access the Internet. Two of the most desirable attributes of a network designed to provide these services are reliability and the ability to grow economically to keep pace with the market.
In general, a telecommunications t=ansport network consists of a set of demand nodes from which demand originates, a set of destination nodes at which demand terminates and a set of links and intermediate nodes that join the two sets of nodes. In the particular context of a local access network, the demand nodes consist of large business premises and Local Serving Offices (LSOs). An LSO represents a collection point of demand traffic from many residential and small business customers. The destination nodes in the local network are the network nodes at which terminating cross connect equipment and local and long-distance switches are placed. A particular network node to which most of the demand is destined is designated as the Service Node.
The transport technology known as Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) possesses the attributes required by local access networks. That is, SONET provides an economical, flexible and highly reliable transport mechanism for modem telecommunications networks. In particular, SONET facilitates the design of Self-Healing Ring (SHR) netvorks, which offer rapid service restoration after a network failure, e.g., after a fiber cut. The telecommunications industry is rapidly deploying SONET ring networks in many of its networks, including local networks. One particular SONET architecture that would be appropriate for local access networks is known as Path-in-Line (PIL). A PIL architecture employs a plurality of interlocked rings arranged in a hierarchical fashion.
The design methodology for a SONET architecture may be divided into the design of the network topology and the design of the SONET rings themselves. The network topology refers to the spatial arrangement of the links in the network. For example, in a ring topology, several links are connected in a cycle to form a topological ring. The SONET rings refer to the physical communication paths that traverse the network ring topology. More specifically, a SONET ring consists of a single fiber pair that traverses each link of the topological ring. Because of limits on capacity and the number of nodes that may be supported, several SONET rings may be required to serve all the nodes on a single topological ring, Such SONET rings that traverse the same topological ring are said to be stacked.
A primary objective of a network design method is to construct the least cost network that meets certain topological constraints. The cost of a SONET network is comprised of the transport cost involved in creating links of optical fiber plus the cost of the SONET equipment at the nodes. The transport cost consists of two major components: mileage cost and fiber cost. The mileage cost depends on the actual length of network links and represents the cost of establishing these links, including the right-of-way (ROW) costs and Engineering & Implementation (E&I) costs. The fiber cost depends on both the mileage and the number of fiber strands required, which in turn depends on the demand. The equipment cost is largely a function of the SONET architecture and the demand. Given this network design objective, the problem addressed by network design may be reformulated with more particularity as follows: Given a set of demand, destination and intermediate nodes, a SONET architecture, a cost structure, and a set of topological constraints, the design method determines which links should he constructed and how much equipment should be deployed to provide the most economical connectivity among the nodes. The constraints generally dictate limits on the membership and size of the topological structures. The constraints imposed on a PIL SONET architecture appropriate for local access include a dual hubbed hierarchical ring topology with all the destination nodes residing on the backbone ring so that traffic is directed from a large number of demand nodes to a relatively few destination nodes.
Most of the demand nodes lie on topological rings. Some demand nodes, however, may be connected to a node on the ring network, known as a "root" node, via a hub and spoke topology. A hub and spoke topology resembles a tree, consisting of links, known as spokes, that interconnect a set of demand nodes without forming a cycle. The stacked SONET rings associated with the toplogical ring on which a hub & spoke network is "rooted" also serve the demand nodes on the hub & spoke network.
Known methodologies for designing SONET networks have focused on the use of bi-directional line switched SONET rings for core networks. Such networks, which are well suited for situations where significant point-to point demand exists, include the long distance core network and the network serving the local exchange carriers' switch-to-switch traffic. BellCore's SONET Toolkit for example, offers such design algorithms. (See Cosares, S. et al., "SONET Toolkit: A Decision Support System for Design of Robust and Cost-Effective Fiber-Optic Networks", Interfaces, 25 (1995) pp. 20-40, as well as Wasem, O. J., "An Algorithm for Designing Rings for Survivable Fiber Networks", IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 40 (1991) pp. 428-432, Wasem, O. J, et al. "Survivable SONET Networks--Design Methodology", IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 12 (1994) pp. 205-212 and Wu, T. et al., "A Multi-period Design Model for Survivable Network Architecture Selection for SONET Interoffice Networks" IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 40 (1991) pp. 417-427). Another method and system for ring design in such networks was developed by US West; see Cox, L. A. et al., "Method and System for Planning and Installing Communications Networks", U.S. Pat. No. 5,515,367, May 7, 1996. Laguna, M., "Clustering for the Design of SONET Rings in Interoffice Telecommunications", Management Science, 40 (1994) pp. 1533-1541 considers clustering in a non-hierarchical ring network with significant point-to point demand. Altinkemer, K., "Topological Design of Ring Networks" Computers and Operations Research, 21 (1994) pp. 421-431 discloses a method for designing access rings when the backbone ring has already been determined and only a single hub per access ring is required. Similarly, Shi, J. and Fonseka, J. P., "Hierarchical Self-Healing Rings", IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 3 (1995) pp. 690-697 address the problem of designing a hierarchical network with a single hub per access ring and a uniform number of nodes per ring.
The known methodologies do not address the problem of designing a SONET architecture appropriate for local access on which are imposed the previously enumerated topological constraints. In particular, the known methodologies do not address the situation where: the demand is directed from many demand nodes to a few destination nodes; the network topology consists of hub & spoke trees, dual-hubbed access rings and backbone rings, connected in a hierarchical manner; the transport costs dominate the equipment costs; and the network may consist of several hundred demand nodes.
A method is provided for designing a hierarchical architecture for a synchronous optical network (SONET) given a plurality of demand nodes at which communications traffic originates and at least one destination node at which the communications traffic is collected for transmission to a switch. The method includes the steps of: (a) dividing the plurality of demand nodes into distinct groups of demand nodes; (b) selecting at least one node for each group to serve as a ring hub for connection to a backbone ring; (c) designing a backbone ring topology that includes at least the ring hubs and the destination node; (d) designing an access ring topology for each of the demand node groups so that the backbone ring and access ring topologies constitute a preliminary network topology; (e) evaluating a cost associated with the preliminary network topology; (f) selecting at least one alternative ring hub to provide a new set of ring hubs; (g) repeating steps (c)-(e) for the new set of ring hubs to determine if a resulting network cost estimate is reduced; (h) repeating steps (f)-(g) until a minimum cost network topology is produced. Other aspects of the invention are directed to hub and spoke topology design and SONET transport design.
The inventive design method is particularly advantageous in a so-called "green field" context in which only small portions of the currently existing network infrastructure will be used and most of the network will be constructed from new links. Moreover, the inventive method is capable of efficiently designing networks having several hundred demand nodes.
FIG. 1 shows a simplified diagram of an exemplary path-in-line SONET network.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the method of designing the ring topologies in accordance with the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the method of designing the hub-and-spoke topology in accordance with the present invention.
The present invention is directed to a method for designing a SONET architecture suitable for use in a local access network. While for purposes of illustration the invention will be described in terms of the design of a PIL SONET architecture, one of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that the invention has applicability to the design of other architectures as well, such as the ones described in Section 8.2.2 of T-H. Wu, "Fiber Network Service Survivability", Artech House, Boston, (1992).
As shown in FIG. 1, a PIL architecture for a local access network includes two sets of topological rings: access rings such as rings 101 and 103 and a backbone ring 105 as well as hub and spoke trees 110. A topological access ring or a hub and spoke tree carries lower speed SONET rings such as an OC-3 ring, whereas a topological backbone ring carries higher speed SONET rings such as an OC-48 ring. Access rings are used primarily to collect demand from demand nodes. The backbone rings contain network destination nodes and intermediate nodes as well as some large demand nodes. A ring network of the type shown in FIG. 1 is often referred to as a hierarchical ring network.
In a PIL architecture, each access ring is connected to a back bone ring at two intermediate nodes known as ring hubs. For example, in FIG. 1, access ring 101 is connected to backbone ring 105 by ring hubs 107 and 109. To avoid a loss of connectivity between a given access ring and the backbone ring, the frequency of simultaneous hub failures is reduced by requiring a minimum separation between the two ring hubs of the given access ring. A ring hub may serve more than one access ring. The cost of each ring hub includes a fixed cost associated with configuring a node as a ring hub as well as a variable cost that depends on the total demand supported on the access rings using the hub. It should be noted that SONET architectures other than a PIL architecture may only require a single ring hub to connect an access ring to a backbone ring.
As previously noted, the constraints imposed on a PIL SONET architecture appropriate for local access include a dual hubbed hierarchical ring topology with all the destination nodes residing on the backbone ring so that traffic is directed from a large number of demand nodes to a relatively few destination nodes. In some circumstances additional constraints may be imposed on a SONET PIL architecture due to technological and Quality Of Service (QOS) considerations. These additional constraints include:
Specification of a maximum length for individual access and backbone rings because of QOS considerations on SONET paths carrying voice circuits.
The use of select preexisting fiber segments for routing links. No two links of a topological ring may be routed on the same fiber segment. The per unit cost of these segments is significantly lower compared to the cost of establishing a new link.
Specification of a maximum number of nodes allowed on each access ring to limit loss of service due to multiple node failures.
Specification of a minimum number of nodes to avoid creation of very small access rings.
Specification that certain demand nodes are to be connected to ring nodes using a hub-and-spoke topology.
In accordance with the present invention, a PIL SONET network is designed by decomposing the problem into three sub-steps which are then sole ed in a sequential fashion. The sub-steps are the design of the ring topology, the hub-and-spoke topology and the SONET transport system. The following sections describe the design of each of these sub-problems.
The design of the ring topology proceeds in accordance with the flowchart shown in FIG. 2. First, the demand nodes are divided into distinct clusters (step 200). Each cluster represents an access ring. A clustering algorithm that may be employed is based on the p-median heuristic disclosed in M. B. Tietz and P. Bart, "Heuristic Methods for Estimating the Generalized Vertex Median of a Weighted Graph," Operations Research 16, (1968) p. 955-961. This algorithm can be adapted to enforce constraints on the maximum number of nodes that are allowed per access ring. After a set of clusters is generated, individual nodes may be switched among clusters to enforce constraints on the minimum number of nodes per access ring. Within each cluster a pair of ring hubs are designated (step 202). The ring hubs may be chosen based on the proximity of the nodes to the geographic median of the cluster.
Given the set of ring hubs designated in the previous step a backbone ring topology is designed in accordance with known techniques, such as a Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) heuristic, (step 204). The backbone ring includes the rings hubs as well as other nodes that may be designated as residing on the backbone. Next, an access ring topology is designed for each cluster using a TSP heuristic (step 206), based on the nodes that have been assigned to each cluster (including the respective ring hubs) in step 200. If a PIL architecture is being designed so that pairs of ring hubs are required to be adjacent, ring hub pairs are treated as a single "super node." In the event that one or more of the access rings violates a maximum length constraint, select nodes are shifted to other clusters and the rings are resequenced. Once a ring topology has been designed in accordance with the previously enumerated steps, its cost is evaluated and, if found to be an improvement over previous designs, the result is stored (step 208).
The process continues by replacing a ring hub with an alternative node to reduce the length of the backbone (step 210). If such a node is found, the process returns first to step 204 to design a backbone ring based on the new set of ring hubs and then to step 206 to design corresponding access rings. Once a solution has been determined by repeating steps 200-210 multiple times, the topological rings are redesigned in accordance with a Steiner TSP heuristic by taking into account preexisting fiber segments (step 212). The Steiner TSP heuristic requires that the previously selected demand nodes, ring hubs and network nodes remain in the final design while other nodes (i.e., nodes connected to preexisting fiber segments) can be incorporated if they are beneficial.
Finally, if the length of the resulting backbone exceeds a predefined maximum, the access rings and any backbone demand nodes are clustered into two or more different sets and separate topological backbone rings are designed for each set in accordance with steps 204 and 212.
The hub-and-spoke topology is designed subsequent to the design of the ring topology. Demand nodes that have been preselected to reside on a hub-and-spoke tree are referred to as spoke nodes. The root of each tree may be a node selected from among the nodes on either an access ring or a backbone ring. Clearly, if the number of spoke nodes and the number of potential root nodes is large, the number of tree networks that could possibly be designed is enormous. To determine an optimal design from among these many designs, the following procedure, which is shown in FIG. 3, may be employed.
First, the preselected spoke nodes are divided into p groups (step 300). A variety of clustering criteria may be employed, including a p-median clustering technique based on the heuristic disclosed in M. B. Teitz et al., mentioned above. Each cluster contains a position representing the geometric median of the cluster. Next, a backbone or access ring node is located which is closest in proximity to the geometric median to serve as the root node (step 302). The selected root nodes, which must be chosen from among only those nodes that have been predefined as potential roots, are added to their respective clusters (step 304). If the same ring node serves as the closest root node to two or more clusters, the clusters are combined. The topology of each cluster is designed in accordance with a standard Minimum Spanning Tree (MST) algorithm such as disclosed in Prim, R. C., "Shortest Connection Networks and Some Generalizations", Bell System Technical Journal, 36 (1957) pp. 1389-1401 (step 306). Once a tree topology is established, the spoke nodes are again divided into p groups, where p is now varied from its initial value. The final design is the design corresponding to the value of p that yields the minimum total tree length (step 310). The number of different trees that should be evaluated (i.e., the number of different groups p into which the clusters should be divided) will depend on the total number of spoke nodes s. For small values of s (e.g., less than 50), all values of p between 1 and s are evaluated. For larger values of s, values of p between s/25 and s are evaluated in increments of 10. A better value for p may be obtained by conducting a finer search for values of p in the neighborhood of its best determined value. Once a hub-and spoke topology has been selected, an attempt is made to further reduce its total length by moving end nodes from each tree to a neighboring tree.
The SONET transport design constructs stacked SONET rings in each topological access and backbone ring. For the purpose of SONET transport design, the demand nodes on a hub and spoke topology are considered to be part of the topological ring on which the hub and spoke tree is rooted. The particular design approach that is employed depends upon the particular SONET architecture being constructed. For example, a hierarchical ring architecture such as the PIL architecture uses lower speed unidirectional path switched OC-3 rings to serve the demand nodes on the access rings and the hub-and-spoke trees. The OC-3 rings then ride on higher speed OC-48 rings serving on the backbone. The backbone OC-48 rings are also operated in the unidirectional path switched mode. Each OC-3 ring is limited in terms of the total demand it can carry and the number of nodes it serves. In one embodiment of the invention, a bin-packing heuristic algorithm is used to assign demand nodes to different OC-3 rings on each access ring. The bin-packing heuristic may be obtained by modifyng the first-fit decreasing heuristic disclosed in Johnson et al., "Worst-case Performance Bounds for Simple One-dimensional packing Algorithms", SIAM Journal of Computing, 3 (1974) pp. 299-325. As modified, the bin-packing heuristic employs the same number of rings as determined by the first-fit decreasing heuristic, but it attempts to assign demand to the rings in such a way that the demand is more evenly distributed among the rings. This heuristic provides approximately the minimum number of SONET rings that are required, thus minimizing ring hub equipment cost. The OC-48 rings residing on the backbone topology also may be designed in accordance with a bin-packing algorithm. The input traffic used in designing the OC-48 rings is the demand from the OC-3 access rings and from any demand nodes placed directly on the backbone. By minimizing the number of OC-48 rings that are required, the amount of equipment needed at the service node is also reduced.
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This is a fantastic thread! Very new here, consider myself a massive shoe fan but can't compete with you guys. I have some American and some English shoes but wanted to broaden the approach and go East.
I have ordered a pair of Vass Old English Oxfords on U last at Ascot Shoes (I know, should have done my reading first, but aside from the price so far everything was perfect) some days ago and today they arrived. They are absolutely gorgeous! Sadly: I wear a UK7.5 E to EE with C&J and Sammy from Ascot Shoes advised me (in accordance to most advices I read in this thread) to get a 42. Sadly they are too wide at my heel so I slip about 1 cm when walking.
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G&G heel cups are by far the best fitting ones I've come across for those with narrower heels.
What size do you take for other lasts? I'm pretty sure I am a 7.5 F UK on G&G lasts after conversing with Nick at Bespoke England and after wearing a 7.5 E UK on the EG 888 - which I found to be snug. With regards to the F-last, I am still unsure about whether I would take a 41 or 41.5.
I don't have experience with EG or G&G lasts.
I would guess you'd be a 41, unless your feet are quite wide. F last in general fits half a size larger than U, from what I've read.
Yeah they look like one of the few ones that has that tight heel.
I've been wondering how St Crispins alters their lasts for the mto fits - I can see how they could do build ups, but how would they make the lasts narrower in certain points?
I have a pair of Alfred Sargent in 87 last, my foot is probably slightly too wide for it. In general I'm a pretty true 8.5US/7.5UK.
I don't have experience with EG or G&G lasts.
I would guess you'd be a 41, unless your feet are quite wide. F last in general fits half a size larger than U, from what I've read.
I've read on the forum that the F last tends to have a higher instep than most lasts. If true, this would be great for me. As for the width of my feet, both are around 10.5 cm in width at the widest.
F last instep little higher than many last
could build up smaller last but not always fix problem good,
many factor to think about.
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The Brown Banded Cockroach is often confused with the German Roach, but it's habits
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They are often brought in dwellings in furniture.
Commonly found in the southern states, but may be found in warmer parts of buildings in the northern states.
Brown Banded Cockroach Appearance:
They are light brown,about 1/2 inch long.
They have two light, irregular bands along their wings.
The German Roach has two dark, distinctive bands behind their heads.
Brown Banded Roach Diet:
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Habits and Biology of Brown Banded Cockroaches:
The female will only carry the egg capsule for one or two days,then attach it to a protected surface. Each capsule contains 14-18 eggs, the young reach maturity in about 160 days. You can find these light brown egg capsules usually under or to the sides of a surface, well protected.
They don't require the same moisture resources as the German Roach, so they are commonly found in furniture, or on the walls and ceilings.
They are not as commonly found in they kitchen and bathrooms, as the German Roach, but can be found near refrigerator motors and other major appliances.
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As I dozed off recently, I recalled that Hillary Clinton had told the press that while in the White House she often "talked with" former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt — whom I had known and worked with in support of John Kennedy in 1960.
Later, Mrs. Roosevelt came to me in a dream, and I questioned her as to her views on the candidates for president in 2008. Here's how the "interview" went:
What are your views on the qualifications needed to best serve as the next president of the United States?
Eleanor Roosevelt: For me, the primary responsibility of the president to our democracy is to conserve our freedoms. To do this properly requires a leader who has what Benjamin Franklin described as a passion for virtue that puts principles over politics.
Of the current Democratic candidates, whom would you vote for?
Eleanor Roosevelt: I am tempted to say, "Anyone but Hillary!" If she wins the nomination I would vote for a conservative Republican. Also, she is by far the easiest candidate for a Republican to beat. But politics is "the art of the possible" — and I would urge our party to unite behind Barack Obama.
Why is that?
Eleanor Roosevelt: As you will recall, in 1960 you and I originally campaigned for Adlai Stevenson, whom we considered the most experienced. But in the end we gave our wholehearted support to young Jack Kennedy, who was more charismatic.
As Democratic pollster Peter Hart recently noted, Obama's supporters say that as president he "would be inspirational, motivating, charismatic, and compassionate." After praising Clinton's experience and intelligence, they say she "would be demanding, difficult, maybe even a little scary."
If Hillary wins the Democratic nomination, why would you vote for a Republican?
Eleanor Roosevelt: It seems to me that "a little scary" is an understatement. In my view her ascendancy to the presidency would diminish the legitimacy of our party as well as endanger the future of our democracy.
Please elaborate.
Eleanor Roosevelt: As you will recall, during the impeachment of Bill Clinton, former Watergate prosecutor Henry Ruth, a lifelong Democrat, published an article in The Wall Street Journal entitled "Clinton Has Corrupted His Party's Soul."
Ruth wrote, "Here are the credos for which the party seems to stand today: (1) Character doesn't count. (2) Lying to a federal judge and a grand jury is OK, at least in a sexual harassment suit, because everybody does it and it is a private matter. (3) A CEO may take sexual advantage of a young employee as long as the employee consents. (4) As with professional basketball players, so too with presidents: It is unfair to expect them to be role models. (5) All presidents lie. (6) Presidents may use executive privilege and the secrecy privilege with government lawyers to defend themselves against personal wrongdoing."
During that same period New Jersey Sen. Bill Bradley, a former Hall of Fame professional basketball player, resigned from the Senate during Clinton's second term, explaining, "The system is broken." He then wrote a memoir asserting that "the Democratic Party is in danger of losing its moral authority — a danger that few understand."
As a former first lady myself, I have compassion for Hillary's tribulations, but sadly agree with Henry Ruth and Bill Bradley. She is devoid of what Ben Franklin called "a passion for virtue." Her credo seems to be, "The truth is precious. Use it sparingly."
Because of her unrequited lust for power, I pray that she doesn't win the Democratic nomination.
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A Duntov Turbo Corvette, one of the lesser-known Corvette models, is up for sale on eBay and is being offered at no reserve.
The Duntov Turbo Corvette was a collaboration between American Custom Industries (ACI) and Zora Arkus-Duntov following Zora's retirement from General Motors in 1975. The Duntov Turbo Corvette should not be confused with the 1979 Turbo Corvette and the 1980 Turbo Corvette, both of which were General Motors prototypes. General Motors did not participate in either the design or the manufacture of the Duntov Turbo as both were the responsibility of ACI.
If you're a big Corvette restomod fan and you also love the looks of the classic split window coupes, listen up — eBay has a car that might make you reach for your checkbook. The mint condition restomod coupe with only 2,124 miles on the clock is based on a 2009 Z06 coupe and wears a custom body by Karl Kustom Corvettes resembling the 1963 Corvette Sting Ray split window coupe. The interior has been refinished by Karls for a more classic look of the original SWC.


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L'autre monde
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
L'autre monde ("The Other World") (titled "Black Heaven" in English) is a 2010 French film directed by Gilles Marchand and starring Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Louise Bourgoin, Melvil Poupaud and Pauline Etienne. It tells the story of young Gaspar, who is lured by a beautiful girl into an obsessive, deadly video game.[1][2]
The music is composed by Emmanuel D'Orlando and M83's Anthony Gonzalez. It also features songs from previous M83 albums.
1. In The Cold I'm Standing (Before The Dawn Heals Us)
2. Farewell/Goodbye (Before The Dawn Heals Us)
3. * (Asterisk) (Before The Dawn Heals Us)
4. Facing That (M83)
5. Violet Tree (M83)
- ^ "French "Black Heaven" a satisfying Web thriller". Reuters. 17 May 2010. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ^ "Cinéma:"L'autre monde" ou les liaisons dangereuses entre adolescence et internet". Le Parisien. 9 July 2010. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
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