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ISA 2001 making sense of the world
by Nicholas Sheble
The exhibition in Houston was more like a tale of two shows.
HoustonThis is more like a tale of two shows. First there was the ISA 2001 show exhibitors and attendees hoped would propel the industry away from the recessionary cloud hanging over the world of instrumentation, systems, and automation. New products and leading-edge technologies were ready for the world to see. But then came the 11 September attack that shocked and paralyzed the nation. After that, everything in Houston had to wait.
Before the terror began, the talk centered around sensors, wireless, Ethernet, networking, asset utilization, diversification, and the economy, to name a few.
Sensors in war and peace
Last year, ISA identified sensors technology as a strategic direction in which to move and introduced the Sensors Pavilion. ISA 2001s sensors exhibition occupied 30% more space than last year.
Only days after the attack, The Wall Street Journal had this to say on the subject of sensors in the battlefield: Tracking down terrorist camps and other unconventional fighting forces calls for a more fleet-footed and nimble military than America traditionally has fielded.
To move in that direction, the Pentagon will need a wide range of new sensors and communications equipment to track and kill fleeting targets, ranging from terrorist cells to mobile missile launchers.
Were just terrible at finding and hitting things that move, said Michael Vickers, a former Army Special Forces soldier, now employed at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.
The sensors include relatively cheap microelectronic devices that can be strewn by planes across the battlefield to pick up vibrations from cars or tanks [Intelligent sensor networks for plant floor or remote, hostile environments]. But they also include expensive, long-range unmanned planes that can hover stealthily over an area for hours. Such planes are just entering development.
To quickly relay information from such sensorsor from soldiers dropped deep into enemy territoryto cannons or armed planes circling above, the military must also sink far more resources into secure communications.
Examples range from radios that can change frequencies every few seconds, a relatively low-tech item, to high-tech, handheld computers linked to satellites that allow soldiers who spot targets to instantly relay the targets coordinates to everyone in the area.
There is some irony here. Tremendous technological innovation typically evolves under the duress of war. In fact, ISA came into existence shortly after World War II as an organization of instrument engineers who served the war effort, many of whom worked on the Manhattan Project that successfully developed the atomic bomb.
Purveyors of instrumentation, systems, and automation technologies will play a distinct role in the pending conflict with this new kind of enemy; as unseemly as it may appear, there are opportunities to be had.
Ubiquitous computing in view
Advanced sensing, processing data on tiny microprocessors, and transmitting the information by wireless networks received attention at ISA 2001. Keynote speaker Jeff Wacker, a futurist and chief technology officer at Ross Perotfounded Electronic Data Systems, made some fascinating predictions.
He forecast micromachined sensors coursing through our veins, sending valuable data about our health to doctors; brassieres with global positioning signaling capability; and customers who could walk into a store, pick up groceries, and walk out without standing in line . . . or being arrested for shoplifting. Thats right, the store knows who you are, what you bought, and the debit mechanism to use to collect their money.
By the year 2010, 20% of all manufactured goods will come with a microchip for computing and/or sensing, Wacker said.
How small these chips may get will be important. Moores law may be approaching the end of its run because the cost to keep pace using silicon is too great. Constructing a computer from molecular components is the next realm of exploration, said James Tour during his Emerging Technologies Conference plenary.
Tour is a professor of chemistry at Rice Universitys Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology. He receives funding from many sources, private and public, for his work. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) provides the bulk of his funding. DARPA is the central research and development organization for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).
DARPA manages and directs selected basic and applied research and development projects may provide dramatic advances for traditional military roles.
Tours group has proved that single molecules can act as switching mechanisms. Switching and memory can scale to the single molecule level or about 1 million times smaller than the smallest transistor. Memory made from molecular switches would require little power and hold information for hours at a stretch. I see the first commercial application happening in two or three years, said Tour. A flash card cost about $1.50 a year ago. Today it still costs $1.50. With silicon, it cant get any cheaper. These less sophisticated areas are where well start. We dont want a frontal assault on silicon or the CMOS industry.
Thus far, Tour and his associates have created molecular wires, alligator clips, logic gates, and one-square-molecule systems.
Our goal is the digital system that we understand so that we can move this right along into industry. Ive shown this work to Microsoft and Intel. They are both very interestedIntel for the microprocessor angle and Microsoft for the possibilities that relate to programming and software.
Users, vendors, and preachers of many stripes sing the praises of wireless telemetry and its incursion into industry automation and production. Were all aware wireless communication is exploding in consumer voice and data markets.
But this isnt John Q. Public with a cell phone were talking about here, said John Stafford in his address to the Measurement, Control & Automation Association. Staffords talk to industry executives was on the explosion of wireless technologies and how they might apply to various applications. Were talking about a frightening array of protocols and hazardous environments.
He sees cellular digital packet data, Aeris (Web to wireless remote control), paging, satellite, Bluetooth, IEEE 802.11, and global system for mobile communication as the technologies we need to know about now.
Charles Dusolds plenary, Transitioning to Wireless Telemetry, discussed the various wireless methods available to industry for collecting measurements (see related story above). The methods are useful in new plants and retrofits alike. Dusold is the senior manager for the International Space Station communications and tracking systems, and he works for The Boeing Co.
Phil Danner of GE Cisco cited the value of wireless Ethernet in his plenary also. Wireless will ease dependence on proprietary hard-wired systems and promote open hybrid systems, he said.
Paul McInnish was working his companys Cirronet Inc. booth at the exposition. On Tuesday morning, he said, I was glad to get back to the room last night. They wore us out all day yesterday.
Cirronet makes wireless networking equipment, and it introduced a networking system at the show, which the company said will enable long-range wireless Ethernet connections in harsh indoor/outdoor environments.
The dreaded Ethernet standard
At a press conference during the show, ControlNet International, the Fieldbus Foundation, the Open DeviceNet Vendor Association, and Profibus International agreed to support an OPC Foundation initiative: the data exchange (DX) standard for Ethernet.
The organization claimed it will develop a standard for exchanging data among Ethernet-based communication protocols. These organizations, together with their member companies, all have their own different flavors of Ethernet that are not interoperable.
The OPC DX standard will provide interoperable data exchange and server-to-server communications across Ethernet networks. It is an extension of the existing OLE for process control (OPC) data access specification.
The specification and sample code will be available in December 2001.
I was interested in this development, though not necessarily for the reasons the OPC Foundation might presume, said industrial communications expert Eric Byres. First, this proposal is not DCOM-centric. It works with other protocols. Also, itll support complex data structures, whereas before one couldnt build a complex variable, only scalars. It appears [Siemens will] be partnering, in effect, with Rockwell, Honeywell, and Fisher. Im very encouraged by the possibilities, Byres said.
OPC has shown much promise in the past as a tool for real and open connectivity. This development bears watching, despite similarity to past fieldbus scenarios that ended in mediocrity and disappointment.
As the world networks
As the world comes closer together and more accessible, sometimes tragically so, its important to understand that networking and communications make much of this culture spanning possible.
In the industrial world, networks have gotten so reliable and fast that one coming trend is remote application hosting, whereby facilities dont even have the computing memory or business or control software on-site. Because of the network, it just seems like they are. Indeed, IBM believes that someday, computing will be a commodity just like electricity or water. Itll pipe into your home or plant on demand over the network, and youll get a bill at the end of the month.
There is also the issue of utilizing the tools you already have.
Companies dont always use [technology] properly, said Craig Llewellyn, president of Performance Technologies at Emerson Process Management. Its all there, but there are many people who dont change their business processes, so they dont totally utilize their technology.
Whether you are utilizing all your assets or not, users and exhibitors know the answer to surviving in this tough economy: diversification.
Weve got a mix of different things. The key to survival is diversification, said Fred Molinari, president of Data Translation. He said the semiconductor business was going slow for his company.
Likewise, Clark McDonald, P.E., director of North American sales at Rebis, said oil and gas, power generation, and wastewater have been true growth areas for his company, but pulp and paper and shipbuilding have fallen dramatically.
Figures and Graphics
- A plethora of products
- Mars precision landing? Not until 2007.
- Oddly, disaster boosts good wireless future
- Two companies win show product awards
Behind the Byline
Nicholas Sheble is a senior technical editor for InTech.
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Survivor: Cagayan Interview With Brice Johnston — "Jeremiah Wood Is A Cockroach"
March 6, 2014 01:59:04 by Ryan HaidetThe self-described "fabulous" Brice Johnston found himself on the ugly end of the vote as the Beauty tribe sent him packing on the latest episode of Survivor: Cagayan. During my interview with Brice, he didn't hold anything back as he fired off hilarious comments about his fellow castaways — mostly without referencing any of them by name. He weighed in on why the tribe targeted him so early and also explained his very funny story about how he actually applied to be on the show. You're gonna dig this one, folks. Dive in and enjoy! Oh yeah, follow me on Twitter, too, @RyanSurvivor for loads more exclusive Survivor updates.
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Survivor: Cagayan Recap — Let It Rain!
March 5, 2014 07:41:59 by Ryan HaidetSurvivor: Cagayan kicked off its latest episode with one of the worst storms we've seen on the show in years. The wicked winds whipped the three tribes who struggled to stay warm, dry and happy as Mother Nature peppered them with pelting rain. It was hardcore Survivor in every way. "This is what Survivor is all about, baby," Woo said. Tony described the experience in a much different way. "This is what I envisioned hell to be like," he declared. It really was intense — and the weather was just the beginning. The bigger question? Would the Brains tribe be able to weather each other and avoid going to their third Tribal Council in a row?
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Survivor: Cagayan Interview — Garrett Adelstein Explains What Happened To His Hidden Idol
February 27, 2014 05:00:11 by Ryan HaidetGarrett Adelstein had all the qualities of a great Survivor player: Smart, strong and sly. But those elements of his personality quickly fizzled out as he was the second person voted off Survivor: Cagayan — Brains Vs. Brawn Vs. Beauty. The professional poker player, who came across very arrogantly on the premiere episode, admitted his mistakes when I spoke with him today. More interestingly, however, he dished all the details regarding the future of his hidden Immunity Idol, which he left back at the Brains camp. Where is it? Could another castaway possibly find it?
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Survivor: Cagayan Interview — David Samson Says J'Tia Taylor Was Useless
February 27, 2014 04:41:04 by Ryan HaidetDavid Samson, president of the Florida Marlins, took a crack at Survivor — and struck out after three days. The big-time sports decision maker quickly found himself as the first person voted out of Survivor: Cagayan — Brains Vs. Brawn Vs. Beauty. In our interview with David, he predicted his tribe's future success, gave his opinion on which team he felt would have been a better fit for him and unleashed his feelings on J'Tia.
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Survivor: Cagayan Recap — Brains Tribe? How About Dumbass Tribe?
February 26, 2014 08:43:17 by Ryan HaidetWow! What a start! Although it's been a tad more than two months since the Survivor: Blood Vs. Water finale, it seems like it took forever for Survivor: Cagayan to debut. Like reuniting with a long-lost friend, I'm thrilled to welcome Survivor back into my living room! For the first time, I ripped off @JeffProbst and live tweeted the entire show. Check me out @RyanSurvivor to see my live breakdown of the epic two-hour premiere (plus, I'm new to Twitter and need some followers). I promise, I have some fun stuff to tweet — and will do so throughout this season and live from the finale in May… OK, self promotion done. Let's get to the goods. How awesome was that debut? I loved every second of it! Two blindsides?!?!?!
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Survivor: Cagayan Cast Revealed — Meet The 18 New Players!
January 22, 2014 02:30:37 by Ryan HaidetWho would prevail in a battle of brains vs. brawn vs. beauty? We're about to find out when Survivor: Cagayan is unleashed with a two-hour debut on Wednesday, Feb. 26! CBS has just unveiled the 18 all-new castaways from the show's 28th cycle. The cast includes a former NBA star, president of the Miami Marlins, a high-stakes poker player, a former NFL cheerleader and a woman who loves to shake her booty (seriously). The major twist? The contestants will be divided into three tribes based on their smarts, strength and stunning bods. Want to know more about the newbies? Jump inside the article for full bios and videos with each of the castaways!
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Survivor: Cagayan — Premiere Comes Later Than Usual
January 15, 2014 02:30:45 by Ryan HaidetIt's the question fans have been asking for weeks… When will Survivor: Cagayan premiere? CBS has finally released details, and it turns out, the show is getting a two-hour debut — but it comes later than usual.
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VIDEO Exclusive Survivor Interview: Hayden Moss Won't Discuss Kat Edorsson's Apparent Boob Job
December 18, 2013 03:30:13 by Ryan HaidetAfter winning Big Brother a few years back, Hayden Moss suddenly found himself in the Philippines competing on Survivor: Blood Vs. Water with his girlfriend, Kat Edorsson. While he was a strong physical factor throughout the season and a charismatically brutal strategist who convinced Ciera Eastin to flip, Hayden's appearance during the live reunion show will also go down in infamy. As Kat was answering a simple question asked by Jeff Probst on finale night, she alluded to getting breast implants so she could improve herself for Hayden. The live studio audience was a mix of stunned silence and awkward laughter as Probst tried to figure out what the hell she was talking about. Naturally (and sadly), that moment became the hottest topic for Hayden at every single interview on the red carpet in Hollywood. When I asked him about it, well, jump in the article to see how he answered.
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VIDEO Exclusive Survivor Interview: Laura Morett Ignores Any Mention Of Russell Hantz
December 18, 2013 02:30:28 by Ryan HaidetRussell Hantz… Ummm… No. His name is one Laura Morett wouldn't even acknowledge when our own Ryan Haidet interviewed her at the Survivor: Blood Vs. Water finale. Each time his name was uttered or anything about him was hinted, Laura asked, "Who?" as if she never met the infamous Survivor villain. That was just the tip of the interview iceberg. One name she didn't ignore, however, was that of her own daughter — Ciera Eastin. Laura couldn't stop gushing her love and admiration for her daughter who actually voted against her. On top of that, Laura explained how this season of Survivor was actually incredibly easy as far as the elements were concerned. For all that and more, watch the full interview inside this article!
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VIDEO Exclusive Survivor Interview: Ciera Eastin – Big Moves Come In Small Packages
December 18, 2013 01:30:17 by Ryan HaidetShe may be small in stature, but she's a giant when it comes to making big moves. Ciera Eastin's time on Survivor: Blood Vs. Water started with her laying low – so low that her strategy was unnoticeable. But by the end of the season, she became a forceful player who fought hard to topple her former allies after they openly placed her at the bottom of their foursome. She was brave enough to even force a tie vote, which resulted in a nail-biting draw of rocks. Hell, she even voted her own mother out of the game. And through it all, she only lost 1 pound after 37 days in the competition. Because of her standout strategic style, Ciera quickly became a fan-favorite castaway with many viewers clamoring for more. At the Survivor: Blood Vs. Water finale, our own Ryan Haidet spoke with Ciera about her game-changing moves and why she thought Tyson Apostol was the most-deserving castaway. In addition, Ciera revealed whether or not she would have any desire in returning to play Survivor a second time. You can watch our full interview inside this article.
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Black Student Union (BSU)
BSU members organize activities that promote social interaction and understanding between members and the wider College of Mount St. Joseph community. It supports and advises African-American students, and promotes diversity and awareness by hosting and participating in events on and off campus. Membership is open to all Mount students.
Campus Activities Board (CAB)
The Campus Activities Board is the College's main programming body. Members organize activities, programs and events that enrich the entire campus community. We plan a variety of programs that include comedians, bands, novelty events and lectures. The Campus Activities Board also purchases tickets to local movies theaters, seasonal programs and sporting events and sells them at a discounted rate. The Board is open to all students.
Campus Ambassadors (Departmental)
In addition to conducting college tours, this group serves as student representatives for the College in all public relation efforts, special events and recruitment events. Faculty, staff or another CA member nominate students. Students must complete an application and go through a selection process to be accepted. Acceptance is based on past academic and community performance.
Campus Ministry
Campus Ministry is open to all students interested in a variety of areas including: social justice, service, retreats, prayer and worship, spiritual and personal development, leadership development and deepening the Christian faith. Activities include a variety of retreats, prayer services, opportunities for faith sharing, service trips and social action.
Circle K International
We are a unique organization that blends community service, fellowship and outstanding leadership development. Members must be of good character, and provide service through our many on- and off-campus projects. We also work with local Kiwanis-sponsored programs and other college chapter programs.
College of Mount St. Joseph Libertarians
This organization offers a free-thinking approach to politics. We support freedom, privacy and a smaller government.
Creative and Performing Arts Club
We promote higher-level awareness, knowledge and understanding of all creative and performing arts, with an emphasis on the dramatic arts. Comprised of students, faculty, and staff, CPAC produces campus nonmusical theatrical productions, and sponsors campus performances by guest artists and theatrical troupes.
Advisor: Jeffrey Hillard
Environmental Awareness Club
The Environmental Awareness Club aims to help preserve the Earth. The club helps provide a place for people to place their recyclables and conserve energy. Promoting campus recycling efforts shows that we care about the community and the well being of others.
Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity builds houses, while advocating for the organization by raising funds for and awareness of it.
Advisor: Dr. Jozef Zalot
Hall Council
Hall Council is a governing and programming body of residence hall students that organizes programs that meet residents' needs. The club serves the campus by getting involved decision-making in the areas of student life and wellness. We address resident issues, review policies that enhance the campus living environment, and provide social outlets for all who attend our open events.
International Student Association (ISA)
Students from countries around the world are a valuable part of the Mount's educational process. ISA serves the campus by bringing people together from many walks of life to improve cultural communication and understanding. ISA events include movies, exhibits, field trips, food festivals, snack hours and much more. Membership is open to everyone.
MSJ Dateline
Hey students, pop quiz: What's one way to use your writing abilities, get published, and get involved? The answer: MSJ Dateline! MSJ Dateline is the Mount's free, monthly student newspaper. We cover campus news, hot spots in Cincinnati, campus sports, and print movie and book reviews. The paper serves as the voice of the students, allowing you to express opinions and concerns. If you want to be part of something read on every college corner, be a staff writer for the Dateline. Remember: "It's your right to write!"
Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Barkley
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The Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) enhances the student-athlete experience by promoting opportunity for all student-athletes, protecting student-athlete welfare, and fostering a positive student-athlete image, while maintaining the tenants of the Division III philosophy.
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This club supports the needs and concerns of parents who are students at the Mount. We act as an advisory group for the Mount's Children's Center, providing support sessions, parenting series and fundraisers for the Children's Center. This club allows students with children to raise College-related issues and concerns, and offers a supportive environment for parents.
Veterans in Communities (VIC)
As the Veterans social club on campus, VIC strives to assist and educate people about Veterans' issues within the community. VIC is open to all faculty, students, and staff.
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QEMU with the free operating system ReactOS
Original author(s) | Fabrice Bellard |
Developer(s) | QEMU team: Anthony Liguori, Paul Brook, et al. |
Stable release | 1.7.0 / November 28, 2013[1] |
Written in | C |
Operating system | Linux, Microsoft Windows, and some UNIX platforms |
Type | Hypervisor |
License | GNU GPL version 2 |
Website | qemu.org |
QEMU (short for "Quick EMUlator") is a free and open-source hosted hypervisor that performs hardware virtualization.
QEMU is a hosted virtual machine monitor: It emulates central processing units through dynamic binary translation and provides a set of device models, enabling it to run a variety of unmodified guest operating systems. It also provides an accelerated mode for supporting a mixture of binary translation (for kernel code) and native execution (for user code), in the same fashion as VMware Workstation and VirtualBox do. QEMU can also be used purely for CPU emulation for user-level processes, allowing applications compiled for one architecture to be run on another.
QEMU was written by Fabrice Bellard and is free software and is mainly licensed under GNU General Public License (GPL). Various parts are released under BSD license, GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) or other GPL-compatible licenses.[2] There is an option to use the proprietary FMOD library when running on Microsoft Windows, which, if used, disqualifies the use of a single open source software license. However, the default is to use DirectSound.
QEMU has two operating modes:[3]
- User-mode emulation
- In this mode QEMU runs single Linux or Darwin/Mac OS X programs that were compiled for a different instruction set. System calls are thunked for endianness and for 32/64 bit mismatches. Fast cross-compilation and cross-debugging are the main targets for user-mode emulation.
- Computer emulation
- In this mode QEMU emulates a full computer system, including peripherals. It can be used to provide virtual hosting of several virtual computers on a single computer. QEMU can boot many guest operating systems, including Linux, Solaris, Microsoft Windows, DOS, and BSD;[4] it supports emulating several instruction sets, including x86, MIPS, 32-bit ARMv7, PowerPC, SPARC, ETRAX CRIS and MicroBlaze.
QEMU x86 | QEMU x86 | QEMU PPC | QEMU PPC | QEMU SPARC | |||||||||||||||
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QEMU can save and restore the state of the virtual machine with all programs running. Guest operating systems do not need to be patched to run inside QEMU.
QEMU supports the emulation of various architectures, including IA-32 (x86) PCs, x86-64 PCs, MIPS R4000, Sun's SPARC sun4m, Sun's SPARC sun4u, ARM development boards (Integrator/CP and Versatile/PB), SH4 SHIX board, PowerPC (PReP and Power Macintosh), ETRAX CRIS and MicroBlaze architectures. The QEMU homepage provides a complete list of supported architectures.
The virtual machine can interface with many types of physical host hardware. Some of these are: hard disks, CD-ROM drives, network cards, audio interfaces, and USB devices. USB devices can be completely emulated (mass storage from image files, input devices), or the host's USB devices can be used (however, this requires administrator privileges and does not work with all devices).
Virtual disk images can be stored in a special format (qcow or qcow2) that only take up disk space that the guest OS actually uses. This way, an emulated 120 GB disk can occupy only several hundred megabytes on the host. The QCOW2 format also allows the creation of overlay images that record the difference from another base image file which is not modified. This provides the possibility for reverting the emulated disk's contents to an earlier state. For example, a base image could hold a fresh install of an operating system that is known to work, and the overlay images are used. Should the guest system become unusable (virus attack, accidental system destruction, ...), the overlay can be deleted and an earlier emulated disk image version recreated.
QEMU can emulate network cards (of different models) which share the host system's connectivity by doing network address translation, effectively allowing the guest to use the same network as the host. The virtual network cards can also be connected to network cards of other instances of QEMU or local TAP interfaces. Network connectivity can also be achieved by bridging a TUN/TAP interface used by QEMU with a non-virtual Ethernet interface on the host OS using the host OS's bridging features.
QEMU integrates several services to allow the host and guest systems to communicate; for example, an integrated SMB server and network port redirection (to allow incoming connections to the virtual machine). It can also boot Linux kernels without a bootloader.
QEMU does not depend on the presence of graphical output methods on the host system. Instead, it can allow one to access the screen of the guest OS via an integrated VNC server. It can also use an emulated serial line, without any screen, with applicable operating systems.
Simulating multiple CPUs that can be used like a real SMP system is possible.
QEMU does not require administrative rights to run, except if additional kernel modules for improving speed are used (like KQEMU), or when some modes of its network connectivity model are utilized.
Tiny Code Generator[edit]
The Tiny Code Generator (TCG) aims to remove the shortcoming of relying on a particular version of GCC or any compiler, instead incorporating the compiler (code generator) into other tasks performed by QEMU at run time. The whole translation task thus consists of two parts: blocks of target code (TBs) being rewritten in TCG ops - a kind of machine-independent intermediate notation, and subsequently this notation being compiled for the host's architecture by TCG. Optional optimisation passes are performed between them.
TCG requires that there be dedicated code written to support every architecture it is being run on. It also requires that the target instruction translation be rewritten to take advantage of TCG ops, instead of the previously used dyngen ops.
Starting with QEMU Version 0.10.0, TCG ships with the QEMU stable release.[5]
KQEMU was a Linux kernel module, also written by Fabrice Bellard, which notably sped up emulation of x86 or x86-64 guests on platforms with the same CPU architecture. This was accomplished by running user mode code (and optionally some kernel code) directly on the host computer's CPU, and by using processor and peripheral emulation only for kernel mode and real mode code. KQEMU could execute code from many guest OSes even if the host CPU did not support hardware-assisted virtualization. KQEMU was initially a closed-source product available free of charge, but starting from version 1.3.0pre10,[6] it was relicensed under the GNU General Public License. QEMU versions starting with 0.12.0 (as of August 2009[update]) support large memory which makes them incompatible with KQEMU.[7] Newer releases of QEMU have completely removed support for KQEMU.
QVM86 was a GNU GPLv2 licensed drop-in replacement for the then closed-source KQEMU. The developers of QVM86 ceased development in January, 2007.
Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) has mostly taken over as the Linux-based hardware-assisted virtualization solution for use with QEMU in the wake of the lack of support for KQEMU and QVM86.
Intel's Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager (HAXM) is a cost-free (but not open source) alternative to KVM for x86-based hardware-assisted virtualization on Windows and Mac OS X. Intel currently mostly solicits its use with QEMU for Android development.[8]
Supported disk image formats[edit]
The following disk image formats are supported by QEMU:[9]
- OS X Universal Disk Image Format (
) – Read-only - Bochs – Read-only
- Linux cloop – Read-only
- Parallels disk image (
) – Read-only - QEMU copy-on-write (
) - VirtualBox Virtual Disk Image (
) - Virtual PC Virtual Hard Disk (
) - Virtual VFAT
- VMware Virtual Machine Disk (
) - Raw images (
) that contain sector-by-sector contents of a disk - CD/DVD images (
) that contain sector-by-sector contents of an optical disk (e.g. booting live OSes [10])
Hardware-assisted emulation[edit]
The MIPS-compatible Loongson-3 processor adds 200 new instructions to help QEMU translate x86 instructions; those new instructions lower the overhead of executing x86/CISC-style instructions in the MIPS pipeline. With additional improvements in QEMU by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Loongson-3 achieves an average of 70% the performance of executing native binaries while running x86 binaries from nine benchmarks.[11]
Parallel emulation[edit]
Virtualization solutions that use QEMU are able to execute multiple virtual CPUs in parallel. QEMU is also able to run multiple threads in user-mode emulation mode.
For full system emulation, QEMU uses a single thread to emulate all the virtual CPUs and hardware. COREMU[12] is a patch to QEMU to eliminate this limitation. Each core uses a separate instance of QEMU binary translation engine, with a thin library layer to handle the inter-core and device communication and synchronization.
Integration with other virtualization solutions[edit]
VirtualBox, released in January 2007, uses some of QEMU's virtual hardware devices, and has a built-in dynamic recompiler based on QEMU. As with KQEMU, VirtualBox runs nearly all guest code natively on the host via the VMM (Virtual Machine Manager) and uses the recompiler only as a fallback mechanism, e.g., when guest code executes in real mode .[13] In addition, VirtualBox does a lot of code analysis and patching using a built-in disassembler in order to minimize recompilation. VirtualBox is free and open-source (available under GPL), except for certain features.
Xen, a virtual machine monitor, can run in HVM (hardware virtual machine) mode, using Intel VT-x or AMD-V hardware x86 virtualization extensions. This means that instead of paravirtualized devices, a real set of virtual hardware is exposed to the domU to use real device drivers to talk to.
QEMU includes several components: CPU emulators, emulated devices, generic devices, machine descriptions, user interface, and a debugger. The emulated devices and generic devices in QEMU make up its device models for I/O virtualization.[14] They comprise a PIIX3 IDE (with some rudimentary PIIX4 capabilities), Cirrus Logic or plain VGA emulated video, RTL8139 or E1000 network emulation, and ACPI support.[15] APIC support is provided by Xen.
Xen-HVM has device emulation based on the QEMU project to provide I/O virtualization to the VMs. Hardware is emulated via a QEMU "device model" daemon running as a backend in dom0. Unlike other QEMU running modes (dynamic translation or KVM), virtual CPUs are completely managed to the hypervisor, which takes care of stopping them while QEMU is emulating memory-mapped I/O accesses.
KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine) is a FreeBSD and Linux kernel module that allows a user space program access to the hardware virtualization features of various processors, with which QEMU is able to offer virtualization for x86, PowerPC, and S/390 guests. When the target architecture is the same as the host architecture, QEMU can make use of KVM particular features, such as acceleration.
Win4Lin Pro Desktop[edit]
In early 2005, Win4Lin introduced Win4Lin Pro Desktop, based on a 'tuned' version of QEMU and KQEMU and it hosts NT-versions of Windows. In June 2006,[16] Win4Lin released Win4Lin Virtual Desktop Server based on the same code base. Win4Lin Virtual Desktop Server serves Microsoft Windows sessions to thin clients from a Linux server.
In September 2006, Win4Lin announced a change of the company name to Virtual Bridges with the release of Win4BSD Pro Desktop, a port of the product to FreeBSD and PC-BSD. Solaris support followed in May 2007 with the release of Win4Solaris Pro Desktop and Win4Solaris Virtual Desktop Server.[17]
SerialICE is a QEMU-based firmware debugging tool running system firmware inside of QEMU while accessing real hardware through a serial connection to a host system. This can be used as a cheap replacement for hardware ICEs.[18]
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- Incomplete support for less frequently-used[weasel words] architectures
- As of 2011[update] only supports the traditional BIOS boot model for the guest OSes, no UEFI boot model support yet on x86-64 systems
- Few special device drivers (graphics, sound, I/O) for guests are available, thus there is quite a large overhead for multimedia applications. For example, a Cirrus Logic graphics chip and various popular sound cards (ES1370, Sound Blaster 16, Gravis Ultrasound and AdLib) are emulated, but they do not take advantage of hardware acceleration on the host system. Recently[when?] a virtual video device compatible with the VMWare video driver has been added; however, it does not support any scaled video or 3D features.
- For full system emulation, QEMU up to version 1.0 could not utilize multiple-host CPUs but ran all the virtual CPUs and hardware from a single thread.[19]
Emulated hardware platforms[edit]
Besides the CPU (which is also configurable and can emulate the Intel Sandy Bridge[20]), the following devices are emulated:
- CD-ROM/DVD-drive using an ISO image
- Floppy disk
- Graphics card (Cirrus CLGD 5446 PCI VGA-card or Standard-VGA graphics card with Bochs-VESA-BIOS-Extensions - Hardware level, including all non-standard modes, and an experimental patch that can accelerate simple 3D graphics via OpenGL)
- Network card (Realtek 8139C+ PCI network adapter)
- Parallel port
- PC speaker
- Two PCI-ATA-interfaces with a maximum of four hard disk drive images either in QEMU's own format or in VMware-, VirtualPC-, Bochs-, Knoppix- (cloop) or dd- (raw) format.
- PCI and ISA-system (i440FX host PCI bridge and PIIX3 PCI to ISA bridge)
- PS/2-mouse and -keyboard
- Serial interface
- Sound card (Sound Blaster 16, ES1370 PCI, Gravis Ultrasound, and/or Intel HD Audio[21])
- Watchdog timer (Intel 6300 ESB PCI, or iB700 ISA)
- USB-controller (Intel SB82371, UHCI)
The BIOS implementation used by QEMU starting from version 0.12 is SeaBIOS. The VGA BIOS implementation comes from Plex86/Bochs.
On the PowerPC target, Open Hack'Ware, an Open-Firmware-compatible BIOS, is used.
QEMU emulates the following PowerMac peripherals:
- UniNorth PCI bridge
- PCI-VGA-compatible graphics card which maps the VESA Bochs Extensions
- Two PMAC-IDE-Interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support.
- NE2000 PCI adapter
- Non-volatile RAM
- VIA-CUDA with ADB keyboard and mouse.
QEMU emulates the following PREP peripherals:
- PCI bridge
- PCI VGA-compatible graphics card with VESA Bochs Extensions
- Two IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
- Floppy disk drive
- NE2000 network adapter
- Serial interface
- PREP non-volatile RAM
- PC-compatible keyboard and mouse
QEMU emulates the ARMv5TEJ instruction set and all the derivative processors families like ARM7, ARM9E, ARM10E and XScale. It emulates full systems like Integrator/CP board, Versatile baseboard, RealView Emulation baseboard, XScale-based PDAs, Palm Tungsten|E PDA, Nokia N800 and Nokia N810 Internet tablets etc. QEMU also powers the Android emulator which is part of the Android SDK (most current Android implementations are ARM based). Under development is iEmu, emulator of Apple's iPhone. Starting from version 2.0.0 of their Bada SDK, Samsung has also chosen QEMU to help development on emulated 'Wave' devices.
In 1.5.0 and 1.6.0 Samsung Exynos 4210 (dual-core Cortex a9) and Versatile Express ARM Cortex-A9 ARM Cortex-A15 are emulated. In v1.6.0, 32 bits functions of the ARMv8 (aarm64 64 bits architecture) are emulated, still not 64 bits functions.
The Xilinx Cortex A9-based Zynq SoC is modelled, with the following elements:
- Zynq-7000 ARM Cortex-A9 CPU
- Zynq-7000 ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore
- Triple Timer Counter
- DDR Memory Controller
- DMA Controller (PL330)
- Static Memory Controller (NAND/NOR Flash)
- SD/SDIO Peripheral Controller (SDHCI)
- Zynq Gigabit Ethernet Controller
- USB Controller (EHCI - Host support only)
- Zynq UART Controller
- SPI and QSPI Controllers
- I2C Controller
QEMU has support for both 32 and 64-bit SPARC architectures.
When the firmware in the JavaStation (sun4m-Architecture) became version 0.8.1 Proll,[22] a PROM replacement used in version 0.8.2, was replaced with OpenBIOS.
QEMU emulates the following sun4m/sun4c/sun4d peripherals:
- IOMMU or IO-UNITs
- TCX Frame buffer (graphics card)
- Lance (Am7990) Ethernet
- Non-volatile RAM M48T02/M48T08
- Slave I/O: timers, interrupt controllers, Zilog serial ports, keyboard and power/reset logic
- ESP SCSI controller with hard disk and CD-ROM support
- Floppy drive (not on SS-600MP)
- CS4231 sound device (only on SS-5, not working yet)
Emulating Sun4u (UltraSPARC PC-like machine), Sun4v (T1 PC-like machine), or generic Niagara (T1) machine with the following peripherals:
- UltraSparc IIi APB PCI Bridge
- PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions
- PS/2 mouse and keyboard
- Non-volatile RAM M48T59
- PC-compatible serial ports
- 2 PCI IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
- Floppy disk
Supported peripherals:
- MicroBlaze with/without MMU, including
- AXI Timer and Interrupt controller peripherals
- AXI External Memory Controller
- AXI DMA Controller
- Xilinx AXI Ethernet
- AXI Ethernet Lite
- AXI UART 16650 and UARTLite
- AXI SPI Controller
Supported peripherals:
From the Milkymist SoC
- memory card
- Ethernet
- pfu
- timer
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External patches[edit]
External trees exist supporting the following targets:
- Zilog Z80[23] emulating a Sinclair 48K ZX Spectrum
See also[edit]
- qcow - qcow and qcow2 disc image formats
- Comparison of platform virtual machines
- Emulator
- Mtools - MS-DOS disc manipulation tools
- OVPsim - commercially supported emulator providing over 100 open source models of embedded processors, many verified by vendors. Models are provided under an Apache license
- Q (emulator) - Mac OS X port of QEMU
- SPIM - MIPS processor simulator
- GXemul - a BSD licensed alternative
- ^ "ChangeLog - QEMU". Retrieved 2013-11-28.
- ^ QEMU license
- ^ QEMU Internals
- ^ QEMU Official OS Support List
- ^ QEMU 0.10.0 release announcement
- ^ "KQEMU 1.3.0pre10 released - under the GPL [LWN.net]". Lwn.net. February 6, 2007. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
- ^ Anthony Liguori (10 August 2009). "[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/2] Unbreak large mem support by removing kqemu". Retrieved 2010-03-11.
- ^ Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager
- ^ http://qemu.weilnetz.de/qemu-doc.html#disk_005fimages
- ^ linux-tips
- ^ "Godson-3: A Scalable Multicore RISC Processor with x86 Emulation". IEEE. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
- ^ COREMU project page on SourceForge
- ^ VirtualBox's Developer FAQ
- ^ Solaris Operating System Hardware Virtualization Product Architecture
- ^ Demystifying Xen HVM
- ^ win4lin VDS announcement
- ^ Win4Solaris announcement
- ^ SerialICE web page
- ^ http://wiki.qemu.org/ChangeLog/1.0#General
- ^ Sandy Bridge support commit
- ^ "ChangeLog/0.14". Retrieved 2011-08-08.
- ^ "Zaitcev's Linux". 090427 people.redhat.com
- ^ "QEMU Z80 Target". 090506 homepage.ntlworld.com
- ^ "QEMU links". 090506 nongnu.org
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to QEMU. |
Wikibooks has more on the topic of: QEMU |
- Official website
- Systems emulation with QEMU an IBM developerWorks article by M. Tim Jones[dead link]
- QVM86 project page
- Debian on an emulated ARM machine
- Fedora ARM port emulation with QEMU
- The Wikibook "QEMU and KVM" (in German, or computer translated to English)
- QEMU on Windows
- QEMU Binaries for Windows
- Microblaze emulation with QEMU
- QEMU speed comparison
- UnifiedSessionsManager - An unofficial QEMU/KVM configuration file definition[dead link]
- Couverture, a code coverage project based on QEMU[dead link]


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Now that's he is retired -- with an occasional freelance sortie to cover the Legislature -- Brunner is willing to let fly without mincing words about people he covered, such as Arch Moore, Gaston Caperton and Sen. Jay Rockefeller, former West Virginia governors all.
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On Rockefeller: "He probably regards me with a bit of disdain and suspicion -- and I probably regard him as not one of the more intelligent people I've ever known."
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Brunner's unvarnished views on these and other politicos, as well as highlights from a career of stories -- from disasters like Buffalo Creek to reputed monsters like the Point Pleasant Mothman -- are gathered together in a recently released self-published book.
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There is an extended section on Rockefeller, who first came to West Virginia in 1965 as part of a federal program to provide community support to underserved rural areas. Brunner describes a story he reported that explored Rockefeller's military draft status and deferments that kept him out of the Selective Service System, in which most eligible males were classified 1-A unless granted an exemption. He writes in the book:
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"When the deferment expired, Rockefeller returned to the Washington, D.C., to make some career plans. That's when he was advised of the Justice Department Community Enhancement program, which brought him to West Virginia. Yes, it provided an additional year's deferment."
Brunner's story was picked up by The Associated Press, he writes, at a time when Rockefeller was facing off with Arch Moore for the governor's office:
"Rockefeller's media relations machine went into high gear. He was 'outraged' by the suggestion that he avoided military service. His staffers ripped into me for reporting the story. I was accused of being a 'shill' for the Moore campaign. The story was called a 'cheap campaign smear.' But you know, Rockefeller never denied it."
Brunner goes on to note in the book that Rockefeller's senatorial service has been marked by concern for veterans and that "he is considered by veterans' rights advocates to be a leading ally in Congress."


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ATHENS, April 8 (Reuters) - Two of Greece's biggest banks risk being nationalised after admitting they were unlikely to raise enough cash from private investors and seeing their merger blocked by the country's international lenders.
National Bank bought 84.3 percent of smaller rival Eurobank via a share swap in February, as Greek banks consolidated to survive a debt crisis that has pushed the country's economy into a six-year slump.
But lenders fear the combined entity, with assets of about 170 billion euros ($221.4 billion), will be too big relative to Greece's 190 billion euro economy and make it difficult to sell in the future, prompting the state to halt their integration until a state bank support fund decides their future.
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Danze D401546 Chrome Kitchen Faucet - Includes Side Spray From the Bellefleur Collection
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ADA | Yes |
Drain Assembly Included | No |
Eco Friendly | No |
Escutcheon Included | No |
Faucet Centers | 8 |
Faucet Holes | 2 |
Faucet Type | Kitchen Faucet |
Filtering | No |
Flow Rate (GPM) | 2.5 |
Handle Material | Metal |
Handle Style | Lever |
Handles Included | Yes |
Height | 15.063 |
Installation Type | Deck Mounted |
Low Lead Compliant | Yes |
Material | Brass |
Max Deck Thickness | 2 |
Number Of Handles | 1 |
Pre Rinse | No |
Pullout Spray | No |
Sidespray | Yes |
Soap Dispenser Included | No |
Spout Height | 9.5 |
Spout Reach | 9.125 |
Spout Type | Swivel |
Theme | Modern |
Valve Type | Ceramic Disc |
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- Faucet body and handles feature all-brass construction
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- Side spray coupled with a quiet-function hose helps with a variety of kitchen tasks
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- Overall Height: 15-1/16" (measured from mounting deck to highest point on faucet)
- Spout Height: 9-1/2" (measured from mounting deck to spout outlet)
- Spout Reach: 9-1/8" (measured from center of faucet body to center of spout outlet)
- Faucet Holes: 2 (number of holes required for faucet installation)
- Faucet Centers: 8" (center-to-center distance between handle installation holes)
- Flow Rate: 2.5 gallons-per-minute
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Yeo Valley Organic Whole Milk 2L
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Yeo Valley Organic Whole Milk
Fresh Organic Pasteurised & Homogenised Whole Milk
Yeo Valley Organic milk comes from around 100 carefully selected organic farms.
Each is a member of OMSCo, a cooperative of organic dairy farmers who take great pride in the quality of milk produced and in the care of their dairy herds.
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- Fresh / Milk, Butter & Eggs / Fresh Milk / Whole Milk
- Fresh / Milk, Butter & Eggs / Fresh Milk / Organic Milk / Whole Milk
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- Brands: Yeo Valley
- Pints: 4 Pints
- Dietary & Lifestyle: Organic, Vegetarian
Keep refrigerated below 5°C. Use within 3 days of opening. Do not exceed use by date. Suitable for freezing.
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- Contains: Lactose, Milk
Dietary Information
Nutritional Data
Typical Values | per 100g |
Energy | 282kj |
Energy | 68kcal |
Protein | 3.4g |
Carbohydrate | 4.7g |
of which sugars | 4.7g |
Fat | 4g |
of which saturates | 2.6g |
Fibre | Nilg |
Sodium | 0.04g |
Calcium | 122mg |
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24 October 2013
Delicious creamy milk
Delicious. I think the previous reviewer might have gotten a bad bottle, but I've ordered this milk quite a few times and it's always been fresh and tasty. Lovely creamy milk - perfect for cooking, and smoothies etc, or drinking by itself. A world of difference from non-organic supermarket milk.
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Bad and bitter
I don't know If I received a bad batch but this milk is bitter and rancid. It is still within the expiry date and has only been opened one day. That's almost 2 litres going down the drain and me feeling rather ill. Suffice to say I wont purchase this again.
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Definition of cubital in English:
Line breaks: cu|bit¦alPronunciation: /ˈkjuːbɪt(ə)l
- 1 Anatomy Of the forearm or the elbow: the cubital veinMore example sentences
- The cubital fossa (anterior surface of the elbow) was palpated and the median cubital vein was readily located, facilitated by the Sailor repeatedly making a fist.
- We took blood from the radial artery and the median cubital vein.
- The ulnar nerve passes medial to the olecranon process and behind the medial epicondyle in the cubital tunnel.
- 2 Entomology Of the cubitus.More example sentences
- The possibility of a close relationship with the Sciaridae is raised by the extreme cubital displacement towards the base of the wing in the New Jersey amber genus Archimelzira.
- Hence, the basal displacement of the cubital veins of Archimelzira is convergent with Sciaridae and basal Cecidomyiidae like Catotricha Edwards, 1938.
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2 stick | butter |
2 c | sugar |
4 | eggs |
1 c | milk |
3 c | flour |
3 tsp | baking powder |
1 tsp | mexican vanilla |
2 1/2 c | sugar |
1 c | water |
1 | lemon juiced |
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Audra's notes for this recipe:
My Aunt Maxine gave me this recipe and it is so good and moist. The recipes is over 100 years old. I've so cherished her giving it to me. She only made it on special occasions and everyone looked forward to it.
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Cake: Preheat over to 350 degrees.
Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and mix well. Add milk and mix well. Add flour and baking powder; mix well. Finally, add Mexican vanilla and mix well.
Grease & flour two 9 inch round cake pans. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes. Cool on wire racks.
Heat until syrup-y, then add lemon; allow to cool.
Place 2nd cake layer on top of the 1st. Prick holes, layer bananas, then use the last of the syrup.
Keep in the refrigerator... as it will last longer and stay moist. Remember, this recipe is over a 100 years old. Makes me wonder how they kept it fresh back then!
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Stephanie Dodd
Feb 18, 2012
Wonder how this would work with a 9 x 13" cake? I would like to try it; sounds delish!
Audra LeNormand
Feb 28, 2012
It would work fine useing a sheet pan 9 X 13" Oh it is so moist you can't believe it.So pleased you want to try it.
It would work fine useing a sheet pan 9 X 13" Oh it is so moist you can't believe it.So pleased you want to try it.
Robert Glynn
Mar 18, 2012
Audra: I like your syrup from scratch, and I think it would be great with a Banana Foster type Icing. Layered to me is the way to go with a recipe like this. My 87 year young sister and I will give this a try, with our wrinkles, and I bet it will be fantastic! When we get through experimenting we will send you a note. As you might guess when you get two 85+ yrs old together they will probaly deliver something original. Maybe!! bhobbs


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The road to The Show still goes through PS2 with the 2011 edition of the PlayStation-exclusive baseball franchise! Joe Mauer retains his title as cover athlete for the second year running while the game continues its ongoing run of diamond excellence. You'll be able to take full control for the first time with hitting, pitching, and fielding that are all controllable with analog sticks. If you're not ready to make the leap, keep using the controls you're used to. You can still experience an improved Road to the Show, swing with refined true-zone hitting, conquer online challenges, or team up in offline Co-op Mode.
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Completely Not Right: A Breakdancing Robot
A breakdancing robot, like any kind of dancing robot, like any kind of robot at all, deserves a special place in burning hot hell. And this little bastard is no exception. I don't care if you can pop and lock YOU DESERVE TO BURN. Remember when the Terminator lowers himself into that vat of molten steel at the end of Terminator 2? They should all do that. Take a hint robo d-bags!
Thanks to Nathan and Oedipus Flex, who could out robot this robot at the robot any day of the week!
Note: Video of the chart-bottoming performance after the jump. Can you tell which one is the robot? SPOILER: back left. Just kidding, it's the one with the silver legs, moron. Or is it? I thought they all were to be honest. If you're just joining us, you may not have hear... / Continue →
'Miimu', a HRP-4C robot, is seen here being utilized as a runway model for Japanese fashion designer Yumi Katsura's line of bridal gowns. And, since I know women so well, I'll give you men a little insight into how their minds work. "I really love this dress -- but how would ... / Continue →
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Phoenix and Valley of the Sun boasts more than 300 days of sunshine a year-the perfect climate for teeing off at any of its more than 140 golf courses, among them layouts designed by such acclaimed architects of the sport as Pete Dye, Robert Trent Jones, and Jack Nicklaus.
But you already knew that.
Phoenix and Valley of the Sun has among the nation's finest resort hotels, exquisite properties that leave no detail unattended when servicing medical meetings and pampering guests. Five-Star and Five-Diamond properties are as commonplace in the Valley as brilliant sunsets.
But you already knew that.
Phoenix and Valley of the Sun is smack in the middle of a desert playground where visitors can enjoy hot-air ballooning, off-road safaris, cowboy barbecues, hiking, and horseback riding, to name just a few activities.
Wait . . . you probably knew that, too. But were you aware that downtown Phoenix has blossomed into a dynamic entertainment hub, with world-class shopping, dining, spectator sports? That Major League Baseball's Arizona Diamondbacks-and their retractable-dome ballpark-will be joining the downtown party in 1998, making metro Phoenix only the third market west of the Mississippi to have professional franchises in baseball, football, basketball, and hockey?
And what about this: With all major airlines flying into Sky Harbor International Airport, and nonstop service from 73 cities in North America, getting there couldn't be easier. Convenience doesn't end there: The centrally located airport is a hassle-free 15-minute drive from downtown Phoenix, and within 45 minutes of practically all destinations in Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tempe, and Mesa.
Terrific weather. Desert beauty. Unparalleled recreation. Extensive destination management support. Fascinating Native American culture. Convenience. Top-flight accommodations. From the expected to the unexpected, Phoenix and Valley of the Sun offers an unbeatable package for medical groups.
But then, Patricia Gondek, assistant to the president of Premier, Inc., the Illinois-based alliance of hospitals, has known that all along. For years, she's been bringing meetings of doctors and hospital executives to the Valley's resorts. "Our attendees want a destination that will get them away from it all but that offers easy-in, easy-out in case they have to get back to their hospitals at a moment's notice," Gondek says. "The Phoenix area offers that." Gondek also appreciates the high level of service at the hotels, and the range of pre- and postmeeting activities, such as Jeep rallyes, museum tours, and golf.
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Heineken's MezclaSonic Summer Tour
Heineken wants to be on your short list of kick-ass summer music shows. This weekend, Heineken USA launched the MezclaSonic summer concert series, a Latino mash-up of a scene with Remezcla-friendly city stops. The beer brings together our friends from NYC, Nacotheque and D'marquesina, and Camilo Lara of the Mexican Institute of Sound (M.I.S.). The bill looks to round-up what they call, "a real life example" of the company's Demuestra Quien Eres platform, a campaign targeted at American Latino beer drinkers. Miami, Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles will be hit with two day events featuring art, live music, and activities for those over the age of 21.
The launch was paired with the 8th Annual Heineken Transatlantic Music Fest in Miami. The fest opened with Brazil's latest musical export, La Orquestra Contemporânea de Olinda and closed with a super sexy set from Colombia's Bomba Estero. The variety of MezclaSonic DJ's gave us a sample of what's to come from this team of spinsters who enjoy the great outdoors, a good Latino throwback, and beer.
Simon from Bomba Estero chatted with us about Bomba's debut in the States and what's to come from Colombia's new cool kids.
Hector from D'marquesina tells us about the mixes he brings to the tour accompanied by a horn, check it out.
Heineken MezclaSonic Tour Dates:
Miami: May 21-22
Chicago: June 25-26
New York: July 30-31
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Family Trees and Charts
The following trees are organized by family line, and then in reverse order, meaning that they start with later generations and then expand to the earlier generations. This is to help family members locate exactly which line of the family they fall on.
If documents are available for the earliest traceable ancestor on a specific tree, links to them are found in the "Documents" column
All information is as of June 1, 2010