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DRI Memory Manager Design
The memory manager is roughly divided into two portions. There is a small portion in the kernel, and the remainder resides in the user-mode driver. This division is made for two reasons that are worth noting here. By having a majority of the memory manager in user-mode avoids calling into the kernel for each memory operation. On recent Linux kernels the cost of calling into the kernel has been greatly reduced, so this isn't as much of an issue as it once was.
There is bigger issue driving this design decision. The division of code between kernel and user roughly matches the division of mechanism and policy. All of the policy decisions regarding which memory is allocated are made in user-mode.
Memory Manager Interface
The userspace portion of the memory manager will live in libdrm. This means we can abstract the inner-working of the memory manager described below from the interface offered to X.org DDX and Mesa DRI drivers. This interface is open for discussion.
Feel very free to change these descriptions (Dave Airlie).
void *drmMMCreate(int fd);
Create a instance of the DRM memory manager for the DRM open on the file descriptor fd. Before calling this the DRM driver must have been bootstrapped and the pools created by the DRM. This function just initialises all the memory manager userspace structures needed.
void drmMMDestroy(void *mm_handle);
Destroy an instance of the DRM memory manager. Free any internal structures allocated.
#define DRM_MM_ATTRIB_PINNED 0x1
#define DRM_MM_ATTRIB_ADDMAP 0x2
#define DRM_MM_ATTRIB_BACKED 0x4
drm_region_id_t drmMMAllocRegion(void *mm_handle, int pool_id, unsigned int size, int alignment, unsigned int attributes, void *backing);
Allocate a region for this process from the pool identified by pool_id, of size size aligned with alignment.
Pinned attribute makes the memory unmovable, this may need to be a privileged operation or not, scanout buffers need to be pinned. Addmap attribute will cause the DRM to add a mapping for this block, (not sure if useful just a suggestion) - may need to be pinned. Backed attribute means the client is providing a block of memory to back the area via the *backing pointer. - again suggestion only.
Memory used by the driver as DMA or vertex buffers will have to be pinned, at least for the current usage where commands can be placed in DMA buffers without the lock held. Any memory passed by the driver to the client will also have to be pinned, at least for as long as the client has access to it. Once the DMA buffer is enqueued for execution, or retrieved from the client, the pinned attribute can be removed. (So we'll need a call to do that?)
void drmMMFreeRegion(void *mm_handle, drm_region_id_t region_id)
Free the region of memory specified by region_id.
void *drmMMGetRegionPointer(void *mm_handle, drm_region_id_t region_id)
Return a pointer to the actual memory behind the region. (These pointers should not be stored across lock drops).
drm_handle_t drmMMGetHandleMappedRegion(void *mm_handle, drm_region_id_t region_id);
Returns a DRM handle for an area that has been allocated using the ADDMAP attribute.
int drmMMSetRegionAttributes(void *mm_handle, drm_region_id_t region_id, unsigned int new_attribs);
Set the new attributes on the region.
unsigned int drmMMGetRegionAttributes(void *mm_handle, drm_region_id_t region_id)
Return the current attributes of a region.
int drmMMSetRegionFence(void *mm_handle, drm_region_id_t region_id, unsigned int condition);
Set the condition of a fence on the region specified by region_id. (Do multiple fences on a region make any sense?? or does the only last fence setting matter...)
int drmMMTestRegionFence(void *mm_handle, drm_region_id_t region_id);
Test the fence on a region_id.
int drmMMWaitRegionFence(void *mm_handle, drm_region_id_t region_id);
Wait until the region fence is completed. (Unsure if this is needed - do we really want to wait in the drmMM layer - maybe needs a higher level interface).
Memory Manager Concepts
The memory manager is based around the concept of allocating a block of memory to a named object. The object and the associated block of memory is called a region. Each region has an associated ID. This ID is a simple unsigned integer that is unique per-device.
By allocating memory to a named object, the owner of that object can be notified when portions of that object have been removed from memory by another process. For example, a process can allocate memory for a texture object. Another process can later over-write part of that object with its own object. Before the first process can reuse that texture, it needs to be sure that all of the texture is still in memory.
For objects that cannot just be "dumped" from memory, such as buffers used as rendering targets, a region of backing storage can be attached. These regions are called precious. When another process needs to reclaim a block of memory from a precious region, it must first copy the data out of the region into the backing store.
Changes to the state of memory are track via a log. As a process allocates memory, frees memory, or changes the attributes of a region, it writes that information to a circular buffer in shared memory. Each process independently processes the data in the log to keep its local view of the memory state up to date. In distributed computing, this is a concept known as virtual synchrony.
Kernel Interface
The interface to the kernel portion of the memory manager consists of only five ioctls. These ioctls are used to query parameters about memory pools, allocate region IDs, release region IDs, configure backing store for regions, and backing up regions to their backing store. Of these five, only three will actually be implemented in the first phase of the implementation.
Bootstrapping Memory Pools
There is no direct user / kernel interface for bootstrapping the kernel portion of the memory manager. Rather than providing interfaces for a user-mode controller process (e.g., the X-server) to configure the available memory pools, this task is handled by the device-specific bootstrap process. For example, in the MGA DRM code, the function mga_do_dma_bootstrap (in mga_dma.c) knows what memory pools are available (e.g., on-card and AGP for AGP cards and on-card for PCI cards), how big they are, and why types of data can be stored in them. This is exactly the information that is needed to bootstrap the memory manager. Since the kernel already has all the required information, there is no reason to add new interfaces.
Once the device-dependent code has initialized all of the memory pools that are available, it must create the logs. The log data is stored in a series of pages in a shared memory area. The first page describes where the log data can be found in the remaining pages. The format of this data is an array of structures. The array is indexed by pool ID.
struct drm_mmgr_pool_log_descriptor {
unsigned int first_page; /**< First page containing log data. */
unsigned int page_count; /**< Number of pages containing log data. */
Management of Region IDs
Region IDs are allocated from the DRM via the DRM_IOCTL_MMGR_ALLOC_IDS
ioctl. Region IDs are given to processes in fairly large, fixed size blocks. Internally region IDs are tracked by a two page bitmap. On common processors, this 65,536 region ID blocks. Since a region ID consists of 30-bits, each block represents 16,384 IDs. The first ID allocated and the count of IDs allocated is returned in the drm_mmgr_region_id_range_t
structure by the DRM_IOCTL_MMGR_ALLOC_IDS
typedef struct drm_mmgr_region_id_range {
unsigned int base_id; /**< First region ID. */
unsigned int count; /**< Number of IDs. */
} drm_mmgr_region_id_range_t;
Once a block of IDs has been allocated to a process, it is the responsibility of the device-specific DRM code to track. When the process closes the DRM file handle, all ID blocks used by the process must be released.
Processes can also release blocks of IDs by calling the DRM_IOCTL_MMGR_RELEASE_IDS
ioctl. Since IDs are always allocated in fixed size blocks, only the base ID of the block being released is passed to this ioctl.
Querying Pool Values
There are two types off data about the memory manager that user-mode can query from the kernel. Both types of query are done via the DRM_IOCTL_MMGR_GETPARAM
ioctl. User-mode can query information about per-device memory manager state and per-pool memory manager state.
All DRM_IOCTL_MMGR_GETPARAM
queries use the drm_mmgr_getparam_t
structure. For per-device queries the pool_id
field is not used and should be set to zero. The size and type of data pointed to by value
varies with the query.
typedef struct drm_mmgr_getparam {
* Name of the parameter. See \c drm_mmgr_getparam_mode_t.
unsigned int param;
unsigned int pool_id; /**< ID of the pool being queried. */
void __user * value; /**< Storage for the value being queried. */
} drm_mmgr_getparam_t;
A typical bootstrap procedure is for the user-mode device driver to query DRM_MMGR_PARAM_NUM_POOLS
for the device, then query DRM_MMGR_PARAM_POOL_IDS
. The initial DRM_MMGR_PARAM_NUM_POOLS
query is required so that the driver knows how much data will be returned in value
by the DRM_MMGR_PARAM_POOL_IDS
query. The pool ID values are unique within a system. That is, if a system has four graphics cards the each memory pool will have an ID that is unique across all cards.
Once the IDs of the available pools are known, the size (via DRM_MMGR_PARAM_POOL_SIZE
) and attribute bits (via DRM_MMGR_PARAM_POOL_ATTRIBUTES
) are queried.
The initial state of pool memory (i.e., which portions of memory are allocated or free) are queried via the DRM_MMGR_PARAM_POOL_STATE_SIZE
. The former is used to determine the amount of data, measured in bytes, returned by the later. DRM_MMGR_PARAM_POOL_STATE
returns an array of drm_mmgr_puddle_data_t
structures in value
. This array is then used to initialize the driver's internal representation of memory. DRM_MMGR_PARAM_POOL_STATE_SIZE
must always return an integer multiple of sizeof( drm_mmgr_puddle_data_t )
typedef struct drm_mmgr_puddle_data {
unsigned int size; /**< Size, in bytes, of the puddle. */
unsigned int region_id; /**< Region ID owning the puddle. A region
* ID of zero means that the puddle is not
* allocated.
} drm_mmgr_puddle_data_t;
The final bootstrap step is for the user-mode driver to get a handle for the pool's logs. The handle for the logs and size of the logs are queried via DRM_MMGR_PARAM_LOG_HANDLE
and DRM_MMGR_PARAM_LOG_SIZE
, respectively. DRM_MMGR_PARAM_LOG_SIZE
is measured in bytes but must be an integer multiple of the system's page size. The first page is an array, indexed by pool ID, of drm_mmgr_log_header_t
structures. The remaining pages make up the log data. The log data for each pool will always begin at a page boundary. The log data will also always have a size that is a power of two.
typedef struct drm_mmgr_log_header {
unsigned int size; /**< Size, in bytes, of the pool's log. */
unsigned int offset; /**< Offset, in bytes, from the start of the
* log data pages to the pool's log.
volatile uint64_t index; /**< Index to next position in log. */
* Last index value processed by the kernel.
volatile uint64_t kernel_index;
} drm_mmgr_log_header_t;
The Log
The log isn't strictly a kernel interface, but it is created by and obtained from the kernel. However, the kernel does 'not' write data to the log. Each process maintains a local 64-bit counter representing the last index into the log that it has processed. Before accessing a region, the process must compare its local counter with the drm_mmgr_log_header_t::index
for the pool containing the region. If the values are not equal, the process much "play back" instructions from the log until they are equal.
Each instruction in the log begins with an unsigned int
header containing two pieces of data. The least-significant 2-bits of the value specify the instruction, and the next 30-bits contain the associated region ID. On architectures where unsigned int
is more than 32-bits, the most-significant bits must be zero. Depending on the instruction, the initial unsigned int
may be followed by one or more additional unsigned int
When accessing the log, the index current_index & (log->size - 1)
is used. If the value of log->index & ~(log->size - 1)
is greater than current_index & ~(log->size - 1)
and the value of log->index & (log->size - 1)
is greater than current_index & (log->size - 1)
the log has wrapped around since the last time the process played back log data. This means that the process has missed some instructions. This means that the process must re-bootstrap its view of memory by querying DRM_MMGR_PARAM_POOL_STATE_SIZE
and DRM_MMGR_PARAM_POOL_STATE
A process can also determine if a memory operation will wrap the log for the kernel. Since the kernel's view of memory is used to bootstrap (and re-bootstrap) new processes, it is critical that the log never wraps for the kernel. By performing a similar comparison using log->kernel_index
and current_index
the process can determine if a wrap is about to occur. If the log is about to wrap for the kernel, the process can prevent this cataclysmic event by querying DRM_MMGR_PARAM_POOL_STATE_SIZE
. In order to calculate the value for this query the kernel must play the entire log. Making this query can trick the kernel into catching up thereby avoiding a wrap.
This instruction is used to allocate or free a block of memory. If the region ID is non-zero, the instruction allocates a block of memory and associates it with the specified region ID. If the region ID is zero, the instruction releases a block of memory. Immediately following the initial unsigned int
are two additional unsigned int
fields. The first specifies the offset of the memory block, and the second specifies the size of the memory block.
This instruction is used to specify the attribute bits associated with a region ID. It is invalid to specify a region ID of zero with this instruction. No attribute bits are currently specified. In the (near) future bits for "precious" or "pin" will be specified. It is also possible that additional "hints", such as "region fragmented" or "region won't be used again", can be created. Beyond a few common attributes the remaining bits will be available for device-specific uses.
This instruction is used to specify the attribute bits associated with a region ID. It is invalid to specify a region ID of zero with this instruction. Fences are similar in concept to the texture aging mechanism used in most open-source DRI drivers. The DRM for each device maintains a monotonically increasing counter. This counter increases when the hardware completes some operation. Some hardware automatically maintains this counter, whereas other hardware notifies the driver to increment the counter via an interrupt. The mechanism by which the counter is incremented is not important. The important issue is that the user-mode driver be able to predict what the value of this counter will be when the hardware is finished using a region. The predicted value is then set as the fence for that region. If the current counter is greater than or equal to the fence, then the hardware is finished using that region.
By communicating these fence values in the log, the user-mode drivers can correctly order memory operations. Some cards (e.g., Radeon cards) can pipeline texture uploads. On cards with this ability can safely ignore the fence value for texture allocations. However, even on cards that can pipeline texture uploads other data, such as secondary command buffers, are not pipelined. A block of memory allocated for one of these regions must not contain a region with a pending fence.
Backing Objects to Main Memory
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i think imporant question is what is known about the hard modes? :p im sure anub will be another 1shot!
A listing of new abilities for the Heroic raid is up on the Crusaders' Coliseum forum under: http://www.tankspot.com/forums/f218/...ncounters.html
I only included ability changes that will constitute a change in strategy or positioning from what was presented in my regular strats.
I haven't done this on 25man yet, this is just my opinion of 10man.
Pretty easy fight(no surprise there). First 2 attempts we had a hunter dropping ice orbs to keep the boss from submerging. After 2 wipes I noticed that no matter how hard we tried we couldn't keep the boss from going under. This caused low dps which led to the enrage timer. So we scraped the whole "keep him from submerging" idea.
Third attempt we had our warlock put dots on the orbs near by and didn't bother trying to keep him above ground. This provided a lot more DPS and allowed us to down him with ease.
Keep a few ice spots down in phase 1 for the adds. If the adds submerge they heal to 100%(2 adds stacking debuffs on the tank can lead to a one shot). When Anub submerges everyone group up on the ice and have 1 person shoot down the orbs as much as possible. Move to a new spot when Anub tries to impale the raid. Try and stay together so the tanks have an easier time grabbing the adds. Hunter's aspect of the wild is very helpful in this phase.
When he gets to around 35% make sure all the adds are dead. Once at 30% he starts leaching health from the raid. Try and keep everyone except the tank around 50% HP to keep Anub from draining too much health. Adds stop spawning in this phase and he no longer submerges.
we cleared the 10 man last night very easy fight i though , we had a hunter killing the orbs and just tended to stay in the permafrost during the spikes i was OT on the adds which we didn't tank near the boss but tank just away from it and a lock and hunter took them down.
Tried the Hardmode after that was hard we have to rethink that and read up on it abit and we hitting it again on Friday


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16-02-2012 22:33
Thursday's theory:
Nokia don't say anything about the missing widgets because they've fired a lot of Symbian developers and haven't, enough developers to deliver us those widgets.
They have all their effort directed towards WP and we are a heavy weight they want to get rid off somehow. Maybe boring us and moving us to flash (h a c k) our devices so we can get a "quick fix"; in the meantime we loose our warranty and they loose their responsibility about us.
When they deliver the widgets, at some point in the future, there's a lot of us who are not so patient who have flashed their devices and Nokia's heavy weight is by then much lighter.
Anybody, some thoughts?, Anybody at Nokia's, some info?
Best Regards.
17-02-2012 0:24
17-02-2012 2:35
Hi David,
I've noticed these missing widgets in Belle's update:
-2g/3g toggle
-Big Analogue Clock
-Big Calendar
-BT Toggle (BlueTooth)
-Cellular Toggle
-Mobile Data Tracker
-Small Music Player
-Offline Toggle
-RSS Feed
-Silent Toggle
-Weather Widgets (small and large)
-Visual Bookmarks
That's all I've noticed but maybe there are a few more.
Hope this helps.
17-02-2012 3:39
Friday's theory:
Nokia has made an arrangement with developers from Nokia Store so they'll develop applications for WP and Nokia won't release for some time all those missing widgets and fixes to that mutilated functionalities so they can sell us, Nokia Belle updated users, those patching apps and widgets. This way we help Nokia to have a bigger apps market for WP (that isn't growing as expected) and we pay for it patching our devices.
Nokia will deliver the widgets and patches when they've fulfilled the arrangement and developers have covered their costs to develop for WP.
Anybody, some thoughts?, Anybody at Nokia's, some info?
Best Regards.
18-02-2012 2:50
Saturday's theory:
Nokia did developed those missing widgets when they had enough Symbian developers for their native Belle devices; but now they have just a few Symbian developers left (after they've fired most of them) who barely stands with all the work they have now with all the Belle releases, so they've released just the basic widgets hoping we don't notice.
They'll release all the missing widgets only if we pressure enough asking for them so they have not other choice.
Anybody, any thoughts?, Anybody at Nokia's, any info?
Best Regards.
18-02-2012 4:42
Sunday's theory:
Nokia is preparing to launch our patch update package right now with all the widgets and fixes to the issues described in all this posts. They didn't release them earlier to make a much simpler and secure update process with less installed applications so they can test the firmware's core and make the necessary fixes.
We're expecting the release of this update very soon.
This is my last theory and even if I'm wrong with all of them, I hope for the last one to be the most accurate.
Best Regards.
19-02-2012 4:20
Hi there,
Just keep wondering (asking really); is anybody at Nokia's reading this posts?
Would you please give us some information?
Thank you!
19-02-2012 19:41
wow! no response from nokia at all? not even a PM?
well if anyone posts anything objectionable, they will immediately step in.
no wonder user "RayHipkiss" said "if users want nokia to listen, use the contact us page".
however, my point is we hopeless pathetic nokia customers have to come back to this forum if we get no response to the "contact us" process!
after screaming for help here, by the time some nokian responds, they lose us already.
20-02-2012 18:19
metal_might wrote:wow! no response from nokia at all? not even a PM?
well if anyone posts anything objectionable, they will immediately step in.
no wonder user "RayHipkiss" said "if users want nokia to listen, use the contact us page".
however, my point is we hopeless pathetic nokia customers have to come back to this forum if we get no response to the "contact us" process!
after screaming for help here, by the time some nokian responds, they lose us already.
Hi metal_might,
Indeed it's becoming a"WOW" thing this silence. The fact is anecdotal also that is a communications company. Actually they remind me some nun I knew when I was a kid that had a lack of communications skills.
Anyway , I hope they're reading these posts even though they don't give any answer, yet.
I've got some pictures and a link showing some of the missing widgets.
Enjoy them.
Best Regards.
21-02-2012 3:28
Hi there,
I was forgetting to tell you that all of the pictures and the link come from official Nokia sites.
21-02-2012 17:31
-2g/3g toggle
-Big Analogue Clock
-Big Calendar
-BT Toggle (BlueTooth)
-Cellular Toggle
-Mobile Data Tracker
-Small Music Player
-Offline Toggle
-RSS Feed
-Silent Toggle
-Weather Widgets (small and large)
-Visual Bookmarks
all these widgets except the weathers that didn't work correct, were awesome on leaked Belle.
With official Update you get a Belle that feels very poor.
It would be very easy to give us the working widgets as update or downloadable sis file.
So we all could have the full Belle
24-02-2012 23:13
Hi nokton12,
Thanks for your support.
I hope Nokia reads this posts and take care of them.
25-02-2012 16:42
25-02-2012 17:34
26-02-2012 15:52
nagarajsherigar wrote:
is nokia going to release any software update for widgets. .
Is anna style sms/call notification widget available for belle?
Can someday help me please. . Am really annoyed about the sms/call popup
Hi nagarajsherigar,
Thanks for your support!
I'm sure Nokia reads these posts even if they don't give any answer to them, so we must keep posting, and, who knows, maybe we'll get what we're asking for.
26-02-2012 16:01
blitzkid wrote:
I now have weather widget from the original leaked version, the offline widget, the big analogue clock, the mechanical clock, the rss feed widget and the bookmark widget. Others which already are there and those which I don't use I haven't installed. And one important thing that I'd like to inform is I HAVEN'T HACKED my phone to install them and they're working FINE. :-)
Well, in all those sites, its given as hacking your phone required. But I've used a simple technique to use those widgets without hacking. Download those widgets as individual installation sis files. (I haven't tried the all in one sis file, so can't vouch for it.) All those sis files are unsigned. I obtained a device specific developer certificate from OPDA site. Used free signer app in my mobile to individually sign all the apps. Then tried installing them one by one. One important thing. These widgets will work only if you install them in your C drive. What were the results?
The following widgets work perfectly...
Weather widget
offline widget
visual bookmark
big analogue clock
mechanical clock
rss feed widget
Ones that didn't work...
Data tracker widget...
For some reason the app signing still doesn't make it work. Always gives requested access not granted error. Music widgets, calendar widgets... The reason being these widgets already installed in the phone in one or another form. Trying to overcome it without hacking. Others that I haven't tried yet are... 2G / 3G toggle
cellular toggle
Bluetooth toggle
silent mode toggle
because those options are already available in the drop down bar except first one which I don't use much. Still lots of mod widgets available but working on installing them without hacking. Hope this is useful to all.
Check the above link to get detailed instructions on How to get a certificate and key file for your device...
Check out this link to know How to sign applications from your phone. Once you've got your certificate and key, store it in your phone. Install free signer in your phone and in the app's settings, browse and select the certificate and key for signing. Now add the belle widgets that you want to sign to the application one by one and select sign application when the pop up shows. Once all widgets that you want to sign have been added, select go to start signing. All signed apps will be stored in the same folder with 'signed' in the file name. Then install the belle widgets to C drive and restart phone to get working belle widgets. Hope you'll enjoy the new widgets just like me. All the best...
Hi blitzkid,
This is great news!!!, at least for some Nokia users who can sign applications, definetly will make them very happy.
Thank you very much for sharing those links.
Come on Nokia, if this is possible with those Belle's leaked version widgets, it is very easy for you to give us those widgets officially. Please listen to us and make this an official update.
Thanks in advance.
26-02-2012 16:49
Found a workable calendar widget named "Coming Next 1.36" that shows 3 appoinment. It is painfully slow to load though. It was free in the Nokia Store.
On this page another is mentioned: http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/item/14269
27-02-2012 0:55
BellX_1 wrote:Found a workable calendar widget named "Coming Next 1.36" that shows 3 appoinment. It is painfully slow to load though. It was free in the Nokia Store.
On this page another is mentioned: http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/item/14269
_Pimping_Nokia_Belle.php (BizCalendar)
Hi BellX_1,
Thanks for the info. It's good to know there's some ways to manage the lost functionalities, at least until the missing widgets will be officially given to us. I read somewhere in the internet that the large calendar widget can display several tasks and also looks great.
27-02-2012 1:04
Hi Probsolver,
Thanks for sharing your thoughts but you can't do that in this forum; because of the forum's rules, firstly, and because that procedures endanger our devices functionality and doing that, obviously makes you loose warranty for your device.
So please keep that kind of recomendations away from this site. Any other thoughts (taking care of the forum rules) will be welcome.
27-02-2012 2:19


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Fox Azure, also known as Emevas, Neckshackle, Saikik, and Fox Nevere (full name Emperor Fox Azure Nevere; born December 18, 1986), is a singer and performer from Belfast, Maine, USA. He is the founder and vocalist of the band Industrial Frost.
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[edit] Industrial Frost
Blind | |
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Artist | Industrial Frost |
Released | December, 2005 |
Format | Single |
Recorded | 2005 |
Genre | Darkwave, Electronica, Industrial |
Length | 4.13 |
Label | Messiah Records, Hitman Records |
Repent | |
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Artist | Industrial Frost |
Album | Possessing Me |
Released | July, 2008 |
Format | Single |
Recorded | 2008 |
Genre | Goth, Industrial |
Length | 3.52 |
Label | Hitman Records |
Producer | Stiff Johnson |
The Plague of Assimilation | |
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Artist | Industrial Frost |
Released | 2008 |
Format | EP |
Recorded | 2008 |
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Artist | Industrial Frost |
Released | September 1, 2010 |
Format | EP |
Industrial Frost is a darkwave/goth industrial band from Belfast, Maine. They are known among furry fandom[citation needed] primarily for their anthropomorphic red fox with gouged out eyes on the cover of every one of their albums to date, as well as having all of their album art drawn by famous artists in the furry culture, such as Corona, KamiCheetah, Strype, and Jasen Tamiia.[citation needed] Industrial Frost deny being furries themselves,[citation needed] but hold no antipathy towards them.
In 2007, a poll posted on Industrial Frost's message board was taken, estimating that 20% of Industrial Frost's fans claim to be furries or enjoy furry artwork.[citation needed] The message board was subsequently taken down when the site underwent maintenance in early 2008.
In 2008 Industrial Frost signed on with Hitman Records.
Industrial Frost underwent another hiatus in august 2009, returning on September 1, 2010.
[edit] Members
- Fox Azure - Vocals, programing
- Thomas Cross - Guitar, programing
- Hitman Nick - Keys, samples, programing
[edit] Mascot
Industrial Frost's mascot is an anthropomorphic fox called Emevas, pictured with bleeding empty eye orbits, while wearing a heavy neck shackle.
[edit] Discography
- Blind (December 2005; single)
- Possessing Me (June 2006)
- Epidemic (November 2007; single)
- Resurrection (August 2007)
- Enslaved Life (2007, postponed)
- Repent (July 2008; single)
- The Plague of Assimilation (March 2008)
- Assimilated (September 2010)
[edit] Singles
[edit] Blind
Blind was Industrial Frost's first single. At the time, it just consisted of one member, Fox Azure.
The musical style of Blind was more reminiscent of darkwave than the goth industrial style of Industrial Frost's later material. Blind opens with a drum track fading in with only two accompanying eerie synth tracks. The song meanders with a few time changes and then finally fades out at around 4:00. The b-side, In My Mind, is similar in style, but without the fading transitions.
[edit] Repent
Repent was Industrial Frost's first single on Hitman Records. It was produced by Stiff Johnson.[1] It was announced on Industrial Frost's website that a music video directed by Roddy Von Seldeneck was on the works.[citation needed]
[edit] Albums
[edit] Enslaved Life
In 2007 Industrial Frost announced that they would be releasing a sophomore full length album called Enslaved Life featuring artwork from Kamicheetah. The album was abruptly postponed to an indefinite release date.
On August of 2008, Industrial Frost released a teaser of the artwork of Enslaved Life showing a manga style depiction of their anthropomorphic mascot,[citation needed] but to date, no more has been released about the future of the album.
[edit] The Plague of Assimilation
On March of 2008 Industrial Frost released the album The Plague of Assimilation, a limited run EP as "an apology for Enslaved life's prolonged release stasis". It was only sold at two shows in 2008.[citation needed]
[edit] Track listing
- "Revolution"
- "Epidemic"
- "My Shadow Wins Today"
- "Before Sedan"
[edit] Assimilated
On September 1, 2010, Industrial Frost released the album Assimilated. The album was a 5 track EP, containing two older IF remakes and two original tracks never before released.
[edit] References
- ↑ http://www.discogs.com/release/1454255 Industrial Frost's Repent page] on http://www.discogs.com/ Discogs] (retrieved ?)
[edit] External links
[edit] Fox Azure
- Emevas on DeviantART
- Emevas on Fur Affinity
- Emevas on Facebook
- Fox Nevere on Twitter
- Saikik on LiveJournal
- Neckshackle on Myspace
- Emevas on YouTube
- Emevas on UStream
[edit] Industrial Frost
- IndustrialFrost official website (offline)
- IndustrialFrost on Myspace
- Test Subject single on Newgrounds
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The St. Marys Area Lady Dutch suffered their first loss of the season in a 7-0 defeat to the Ridgway Lady Elkers at the SMAHS soccer field. Ridgway put on a strong performance led by Caitlin Viglione, who had four goals in the victory. Jenna DeAngelo, Julie Alford, and Angela DeAngelo each also scored for the Lady Elkers.
Ridgway boys soccer won for the second time in a row as the Elkers defeated Kane 4-1 on a hot Tuesday afternoon at Francis S. Grandinetti Elementary School.
The Elk County Catholic Crusader soccer team claimed another Elk County Boys Soccer Tournament title on Saturday afternoon, this year by shutting out the Redbank Valley Bulldogs 3-0. ECC advanced to the championship match by defeating the Ridgway Elkers 4-1 on Friday afternoon while Redbank had won 3-1 over St. Marys Area.
Just two days after battling in a close match which was won in three sets by ECC, the Lady Crusaders and Lady Dutch volleyball teams were back at it again on Saturday evening, this time facing each other in the championship match of the 17th annual Elk County Volleyball Tournament. ECC was able to win the best-of-three championship match with scores of 25-20 and 25-17 to claim this year's tournament title.
COUDERSPORT – Coudersport broke through the Ridgway defense in the second half and was able to take a 19-6 win over the Elkers Friday night at CARP Park in Coudersport.
Ridgway volleyball won 3-2 (25-18, 23-25, 25-21, 24-26, 15-12) in the home opener for the Lady Elkers against Johnsonburg Thursday night at Ridgway Area High School.
Ridgway girls soccer won 3-0 over Elk County Catholic in action Thursday afternoon at Francis S. Grandinetti Elementary School.
Ridgway boys soccer lost 5-2 to Port Allegany in the season opener for both teams on a brisk Tuesday afternoon at Francis S. Grandinetti Elementary School.
JOHNSONBURG – Ridgway football's inaugural game in Johnsonburg had a big crowd, fireworks and an Elker victory at the end. Ridgway won 20-8 over Otto-Eldred Friday night at Memorial Field in Johnsonburg in the 2013 season opener. "What an atmosphere," Heindl said. "I can't [acknowledge] the people, the communities of both towns enough. What a show of support for these kids."
Ridgway boys golf remained undefeated on the young season as the Elkers won 190-232 over Johnsonburg Thursday afternoon at Laurel Mill Golf Course. Josh Roselli of Ridgway was the medalist for the Elkers as he finished with a 35 including an eagle on the par 5 fourth hole. Mitchell Gilmore finished with a 36 and Jake Klawuhn tallied a 38. Mitchell Stark carded a 40 which included a long birdie putt from just inside the fringe on the second hole. T.J. Schlimm finished with a 41 to round out the top five team scores.


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"Dietary patterns and lifestyle factors are associated with mortality from all causes, coronary heart disease [CHD], cardiovascular diseases [CVD], and cancer, but few studies have investigated these factors in combination," write Kim T. B. Knoops, MSc, from Wageningen University in the Netherlands, and colleagues from the Healthy Ageing: a Longitudinal study in Europe (HALE) Project. "Because of the cumulative effect of adverse factors throughout life, it is particularly important for older persons to adopt diet and lifestyle practices that minimize their risk of death from morbidity and maximize their prospects for healthful aging."
The HALE population cohort study was conducted in 11 European countries between 1988 and 2000 and followed 1,507 apparently healthy men and 832 women, aged 70 to 90 years, enrolled in the Survey in Europe on Nutrition and the Elderly: a Concerned Action (SENECA) and the Finland, Italy, the Netherlands, Elderly (FINE) studies. In this cohort, the investigators studied the association of individual and combined dietary patterns and lifestyle factors, including alcohol use, smoking status, and physical activity, with 10-year mortality from all causes, CHD, CVD, and cancer. Of 935 participants who died during follow-up, 371 deaths were from CVD, 233 from cancer, 145 from other causes, and 186 from unknown causes. Factors associated with a lower risk of all-cause mortality, after controlling for age, sex, years of education, body mass index, study, and other pertinent factors, were adhering to a Mediterranean diet. "Among individuals aged 70 to 90 years, adherence to a Mediterranean diet and healthful lifestyle is associated with a more than 50% lower rate of all-causes and cause-specific mortality," the authors write. "Establishing a causal relationship would require an intervention study, and the number of years an individual needs to maintain such a lifestyle to realize a benefit is unknown. However, a Mediterranean diet, rich in plant foods in combination with nonsmoking, moderate alcohol consumption, and at least 30 minutes of physical activity per day is associated with a significantly lower mortality rate, even in old age." In an accompanying editorial, Eric B. Rimm, ScD, and Meir J. Stampfer, MD, DrPH, from the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts, note that to be protective, healthful behaviors need not be extreme. For example, the physical activity criterion could be met by half an hour of walking daily. They also discuss a research article in the same issue showing that the Mediterranean diet is superior to a reduced-fat diet in patients with metabolic syndrome. "Although understanding of the relation of lifestyle and health outcomes will continue to be refined, information available now is sufficient to take action," the editorialists write. "As a society, the United States spends billions on chronic disease treatments and interventions for risk factors. Although these are useful and important, a fraction of that investment to promote healthful lifestyles for primary prevention among individuals at all ages would yield greater benefit." Source: Diabetes In Control.com: |
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley on Tuesday rolled out a measure he hopes will put the state on the path to becoming a leader in offshore wind energy development in the mid-Atlantic region.
The governor's third try in three years resembles a bill he pushed for last year. It would establish a regulatory framework to create an incentive for companies to invest in an offshore wind project by requiring electricity suppliers to buy offshore renewable energy credits.
The proposal, which would take years to develop, would potentially increase monthly electricity bills for ratepayers by up to $1.50 a month. Non-residential ratepayers could see increases of up to 1.5 percent. However, ratepayers would not begin paying more until electricity is produced by a project, which likely wouldn't be until 2017 at the earliest.
"Nothing happens until the windmills go up, and when they do go up no doubt there will hopefully be other partners involved here," O'Malley said at a news conference on Tuesday.
The Democratic governor is finding a more receptive audience to the plan this year in the state Senate. Last year, a scaled-back version of O'Malley's initial proposal passed the House of Delegates, but did not make it to the full Senate for a vote.
Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, D-Calvert, moved a member of the Senate Finance Committee to another panel in order to secure the vote needed to get the measure to the full Senate for debate. Last week, Miller said that the measure has 24 sponsors in a chamber where 24 votes are needed to pass a bill.
O'Malley said challenges clearly remain to get the project off the ground off the coast of Ocean City. Still, he's confident the measure will put Maryland on the right track to lead a partnership with neighboring states to lead an offshore wind development off the East Coast.
"I don't believe any one state can do this by itself," O'Malley said. He noted that he spoke with Delaware Gov. Jack Markell on Monday in Washington when the two were in town for President Barack Obama's inauguration about Markell's interest in developing offshore wind energy.
Both governors have discussed teaming up with the federal government to establish a wind energy manufacturing industry in the mid-Atlantic region.
While emphasizing the environmental benefits, O'Malley also said the 200- megawatt project that the proposal envisions is expected to create 850 new jobs during a five-year construction and manufacturing phase. There would be about 160 permanent workers to operate and maintain the project, the governor said.
The measure applies Maryland's minority business enterprise requirements to all offshore wind projects.
Environmentalists cheered the proposal.
"It's critical the Maryland state legislature passes a strong offshore wind bill this session to create more jobs in Maryland and provide clean energy to our communities, all while reducing our dependence on dirty fuels like coal that contribute to climate disruption," said Christine Hill, conservation and policy association for Sierra Club, Maryland.
Sen. E.J. Pipkin, however, said offshore wind is expensive, compared to natural gas. He also questioned its reliability, noting that the wind doesn't blow as much in August when energy demands are high.
"The economics on a comparative basis continue to deteriorate," the Cecil County Republican said.
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