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For Jessie Harris, a sophomore at Corona del Mar High School, getting drafted for the prom wasn't a big deal.
Her boyfriend, a junior, is friends with the rest of the guys who participated in the now-controversial Prom Draft – an NFL-style method of selecting dates that has gained both praise and criticism from a national audience.
But the draft hasn't always been controversial. For several years now, groups of junior and senior boys have participated in the tradition, which this year was complete with an official "commissioner" and jerseys with girls' last names on them.
In an effort to halt the tradition, the school will be looking into the students' behavior, district officials said. It's unclear if the students will be punished, but the school's principal has suggested canceling prom altogether.
Boys who participated in the draft pulled numbers to determine the order in which they would pick their dates for the June 7 dance. The details of the results were broadcast on Twitter, urging girls to "dress nice" before the draft and congratulating other boys on their selection. The account was taken down shortly after the event last week.
Many students at Corona del Mar High are coming out in defense of the draft, saying it's simply a way to minimize the drama that often comes with choosing a date among groups of friends.
Harris said she believed the negative perceptions of the activity were unnecessary. Like all the girls who were drafted, Harris knew she would be going to prom with the boys involved regardless of the draft. She admitted that in some instances, girls can be picked for the draft based on their appearances, but that's not the sole reason for their selection.
"It is all just a fun way to decide who you will be going to prom with," she said. "It is not meant to harm those who are picked and I do not believe that it does."
Harris said girls don't find out what order they were picked in and can say no if they don't like their date. The boys are still expected to come up with a creative "promposal" to officially ask them to the dance, she said.
Last year, boys involved in the draft released a statement to the blog CoronadelMarToday.com. The boys stated that girls were never ranked and anyone who was left out of the draft was ineligible to attend anyway, perhaps because they already had a date.
"The purpose of the draft was not to rank girls, but rather to prevent the confusion and conflict that occurs when two people attempt to select the same date," they wrote.
Senk also contacted the school's principal at the time, Tim Bryan, who wrote in an email that the school provides "an outstanding event," referring to the prom, and doesn't regulate how students chose their dates.
"We would hope that, as in all things, students are willing and respectful participants," he wrote.
Upon learning that parents had been contacted by the Register about the draft, this year's principal Kathy Scott emailed parents discouraging the activity. She urged them to talk with their children about the seriousness of its implications.
"I am sure that the intention of this 'draft' is not to be harmful, but it may be," she wrote. "It is not ok for any student to be objectified or judged in any way."


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Sports or not, there's a lot to be thankful for
Brady Hoke. For realizing what you were getting yourself into and getting into it anyway.
Jimmie Johnson. For turning left better than anybody.
David Stern. For making the NBA unimportant everywhere it isn't played.
Al Davis. For continuing to draft speed over football players.
David Beckham. For making fools believe you really have saved soccer in America.
Roger Goodell. For making Washington politicians seem smart enough to lead the Manhattan Project.
Bud Adams. For emulating his idol, Chub Feeney, and flipping off the Buffalo Bills.
Tim Tebow. For being the most ideal college football player since Pudge Heffelfinger.
Pudge Heffelfinger. For being Bud Adams' favorite football player.
ESPN The Dictionary. The first major reference work with "mistake" and "retraction" removed.
Zenyatta and Rachel Alexandra. For coming a long way, horsies.
Tiger Woods. For consenting to X-rays and MRIs to prove you really are mortal.
Randy Mickler. For hanging in there.
Donald T. Sterling. For turning down a cinch victory appearance on "The Biggest Loser."
Bill Bidwill. For giving hope to Donald T. Sterling.
Jon Runyan. For knowing it takes time to hone lying skills and thus putting off your run for public office.
Jerry Magee and Bill Center. For being tireless pros.
December. For sticking to your guns and refusing to become World Series month.
Grandkids. For, well, there just isn't anything better.
Teresa. For putting up with this fat, old curmudgeon over all these years.

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1877 50C Half Dollar, Judd-1525, Pollock-1691, Low R.7, PR67 Brown NGC....
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1877 Pattern Half Dollar, PR67 Brown1877 50C Half Dollar, Judd-1525, Pollock-1691, Low R.7, PR67 Brown NGC. The central figure on the obverse is a bust of Liberty facing left. Liberty wears a cap with a wide band, and the hair is confined by a ribbon. The band of the cap is inscribed LIBERTY and is adorned with wheat and cotton. An array of 13 stars surrounds the bust, and the date is below. The reverse features an eagle, displayed on a shield, clutching an olive branch and three arrows. A circular band is visible behind the shield, with the Gothic inscriptions In God We trust and e pluribus unum. The peripheral inscriptions are UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and HALF DOLLAR. Struck in copper with a reeded edge.
Judd-1525, Pollock-1691
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Barber's distinctive obverse design was later used on the Goloid pattern dollars of 1878-1880. There are two varieties of Judd-1525, which Andrew Pollock designated as Pollock-1691 and 1693. The present coin is an example of the former designation, characterized by the second 7 in the date being distant from the dentils. USPatterns.com currently traces eight examples of Pollock-1691 (see the website for detailed census information). The coin offered here is a virtually unimprovable specimen.
The surfaces display a beautiful array of mint red, crimson, olive, and light blue toning, making this coin a visual treat. All elements of the intricate design are finely detailed and complement the flawless surfaces to produce fantastic eye appeal. The present coin is the finest certified example in the Brown category at both NGC and PCGS (3/10).
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Waters goes with the flow in N.O.
Backup linebacker let go by Bolts last year
And that was mostly the reaction: Duh.
"I would think every defense has the same attitude coming in to play us," said Colts right tackle Ryan Diem. "It's quite obvious that most teams are trying to do that."
Freeney forthcoming
While his coach and the team's PR staff cling to the description of Dwight Freeney's right ankle injury as a third-degree sprain, Freeney just came out and said what it was in layman's terms in his first interview of Super Bowl week.
"As you guys know, it's a torn ligament," the Colts' Pro Bowl defensive end said. "There's definitely going to be pain there. I'm just going to deal with it, just trying to get the swelling down, and just trying to get back to what I do."
What he does is make sacks. Only Jason Taylor, with 88, has more sacks than Freeney's 84 since 2002. Freeney had 13½ in '09, third in the NFL.
With Freeney limited or not playing at all, the dynamics of the game change, perhaps to the point of making the Saints favorites.
Freeney will likely play, but his comments seemed to be an acknowledgment that he will be hampered.
"Every morning I wake up hoping (it will be better). It's all right; I don't know if I can stretch it way out here," Freeney said as he lifted his leg. "It's just day-to-day. Hopefully toward the end of the week, it starts to get better. It still has a little bit of swelling left, trying to get it out. …
"Obviously, the competitor in me says, 'Nothing's going to stop me from going on that field.' That being said, you don't know how it's going to be come game time."


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Passengers win damage suit vs PAL
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The Supreme Court has finally resolved a 21-year-old suit filed against Philippine Airlines (PAL) and a travel agency by three Chinese-Filipino traders who missed two business deals in Hong Kong after being bumped off their flight to the Chinese territory.
In an Oct. 17 decision, the Supreme Court's Third Division denied the PAL's plea to reverse a 2005 Court of Appeals ruling that awarded damages and payment of attorney's fees to Francisco Lao Lim, Manuel Limtong and the heirs of the late Henry Go, all of Cebu City.
"Having proven the existence of a contract of carriage between respondents Lim and Go, and the fact of nonperformance by [PAL] of its obligation as a common carrier, it is clear that [PAL] breached its contract of carriage with respondents Lim and Go," the high court said in a 14-page decision penned by Justice Diosdado Peralta.
Justice Presbitero Velasco Jr., division chair, and the three other division members, Justices Teresita Leonardo-de Castro, Roberto Abad and Jose Mendoza, concurred with the decision.
Lim, Limtong and Go bought round-trip PAL tickets from Rainbow Tours and Travel Inc. on Feb. 22, 1991, for a trip to Hong Kong on Feb. 26 where they were to purchase weighing scales and printing press equipment from two sellers.
They took off from Mactan International Airport in Cebu on Feb. 25 and landed in Manila for their morning flight to Hong Kong the following day. However, at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Lim and Go learned their names were not on the passenger list.
Only Limtong was able to take the flight. Lim and Go, both wait-listed, followed on a later flight. However, as Lim and Go were late and Limtong was unable to conduct a proper negotiation, the weighing scale contract was awarded to another buyer while the seller of the printing press equipment left Hong Kong and refused to see them anymore.
The businessmen said they could have made P3.56 million from the deals and consequently sued PAL, then partly government-owned, for damages. They also each claimed P350,000 in moral damages after accusing PAL staff of scolding and humiliating them.
A regional trial court found the 344-seat flight was overbooked by 44 seats. Both the RTC and the Court of Appeals noted that PAL and Rainbow Tours officers had agreed not to tell the traders that their confirmed bookings for the Manila-Hong Kong leg had been erroneously cancelled and that the flight was on critical status due to the overbooking of passengers.
In 1996, the RTC ordered PAL and Rainbow Tours to pay each of the complainants P75,000 in temperate damages and P25,000 in attorney's fees.
The Court of Appeals increased the award of damages to P200,000 each for exemplary, moral and temperate damages, and the attorney's fees to P60,000. The Supreme Court modified the decision by deleting the award of moral damages to the deceased Go, as well as the award of temperate damages to Limtong, since he was able to make the flight. Jerome Aning
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The trial of the Lincoln conspirators
- By Thomas E. RicksThomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military for the Washington Post from 2000 through 2008. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
The National Defense University and Fort McNair last week dedicated Grant Hall, which contains a re-creation of the 1865 court room where the Lincoln conspirators were tried. Below are comments made at the dedication by Hans Binnendijk, former vice president of NDU, who led the team that remodeled Grant Hall and recreated the trial scene:
This evening we are gathered to dedicate Grant Hall and to witness the recreation of the 1865 court room where justice was dispensed to those conspiring to assassinate Abraham Lincoln and to decapitate the United States government. It is here that the last chapter of our calamitous Civil War ended.
It is fitting that this historic building be named in honor of Ulysses S. Grant, the General-in-Chief of the Union Army during our Civil War and subsequently our 18th President. He was in command while the trial of the Lincoln conspirators took place and this part of the original penitentiary was preserved during his presidential administration. Grant Hall's proximity to Lincoln Hall reminds us of the friendship and trust these two men shared.
The trial began on May 9, 1865, less than a month after Lincoln's assassination. A laundry room above the Deputy Warden's quarters was converted to a court room. That court room now looks much as it did in 1865. The eight defendants were held in the cells isolated, handcuffed and chained. The men were forced to wear cloth hoods over their heads. The nine person jury or commission was made up predominantly of Army officers. The use of a military court to try civilians was controversial at that time, as it is now. A simple majority was needed to find guilt and a 2/3rds majority was required for the death penalty. Defense attorneys were given very little time to prepare. There was no appeal except to President Andrew Johnson. And he was in no mood to grant appeals.
The trial lasted longer than Secretary of War Edwin Stanton would have liked. He wanted a very speedy trial to avoid any chance of rekindling the Confederacy. A total of 351 witnesses were called. On July 5 the commission sent its verdict to President Johnson who concurred with all of their findings except for clemency for Mary Surratt.
On July 6 the defendants were told about their fate and on July 7, 1865, four were hanged. Alexander Gardner captured their execution in a series of photos that set a new standard at the time for photojournalism. The other four defendants were sent to prison in the Dry Tortugas – three returned alive. Three of the four who were hanged (Lewis Powell, George Atzerodt, and David Herold) were in my view clearly guilty of a capital offense. Powell assailed and nearly killed Secretary of State Seward. Atzerodt got drunk and decided not to assassinate Andrew Johnson, but he had advance knowledge of the plot. Herold joined Booth in his escape.
The fate of Mary Surratt has led to continued controversy. Many books and now the movie The Conspirator argue her case. She was certainly a Confederate sympathizer and her son John Surratt was among the earliest of Booth's conspirators. Her boarding house on H Street was considered to be "the nest in which the plot was hatched." She visited her home in what is now Clinton, Maryland, on the day of the assassination to deliver a package for John Wilkes Booth; that was Booth's first stop after assassinating Lincoln. The issue became "what did she know and when did she know it." There was clearly some witness-tampering and she was convicted based on circumstantial evidence.
With this ceremony, Grant Hall joins several other buildings that played a crucial role in the events surrounding Lincoln's assassination and that have been renovated. There is Ford's Theater with its wonderful museum in the basement, the Peterson House where Lincoln died; the Surratt House Museum in Clinton, Maryland; and now Grant Hall. Mary Surratt's boarding house on H Street has a historic plaque on it but remains a Chinese restaurant. That should be the renovators' next target.
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Autonomous retransmission of data packets onto a network from a Network Interface Card level upon command from a host processor is support. Efficient FIFO buffering in an ASIC is retained. Uses for autonomous retransmission include hardware and software testing and in network management. One unique process includes:
(a) downloading at least one data packet from the host processor to a buffer;
(b) storing a parameter indicating a number of retransmissions;
(c) transferring packets from the buffer toward the network until all packets of the at least one data packet have been transferred towards the network; and
(d) checking a parameter stored on the network interface apparatus, and in response to a particular value of the stored parameter indicating no retransmission, ending the transferring, and in response to other values of the stored parameter, repeating transferring of a last packet in the buffer until the number of retransmissions has been executed or until the host processor commands a cessation of the transferring.
1. A computer system, comprising:
a host processor, and
a network interface coupled to the host processor, the network interface comprising:
a first port that receives data packets from the host processor;
a second port that sends the data packets to the network;
a buffer that stores the data packets received by the first port, the buffer being coupled to the first port and to the second port; and
a control circuit that transfers, from the buffer to the second port, a plurality of copies of a particular data packet in the buffer, in response to a command from the host processor, the command being associated, with a parameter specifying a number of copies, the number being at least two.
2. The computer system of
3. The computer system of
indefinitely many copies; and
a particular finite number of copies.
4. The computer system of
5. The computer system of
a register for receiving the specification and
a decoder for receiving the command.
6. The computer system of
7. The computer system of
8. The computer system of
a PCI master circuit that receives the packets; and
a PCI slave circuit that receives the parameter.
9. In a network interface apparatus, a method for managing transfer of data packets between host processor and network comprising:
storing a particular data packet in a buffer on the network interface apparatus;
receiving a command at the network interface apparatus to transmit the particular data packet in the buffer repeatedly, and
repeatedly transferring from the network interface apparatus to the network in response to the received command, the particular packet in the buffer until the particular data packet has been transmitted a number of times indicated by a parameter associated with the command, wherein the parameter indicates a finite number, the finite number being at least two.
10. The method of
stopping the repeatedly transferring in response to receiving further command.
11. The method of
12. The method of
13. The method of
14. In a network interface apparatus, a method for managing transfer of data packets between a host processor and a network, comprising:
(a) downloading a particular data packet from the host processor to a buffer;
(b) storing a parameter indicating a number of retransmissions;
(c) transferring the particular data packet in a plurality of data packets from the buffer toward the network until all data packets in the plurality of data packets including the particular data packet have been transferred toward the network; and
(d) checking the parameter stored on the network interface apparatus, and in response to a particular value of the stored parameter indicating no retransmission, ending the transferring, and in response to other values of the stored parameter, repeating transferring of the particular data packet in the buffer until the number of retransmissions, wherein the number of retransmissions is finite number being at least two, has been executed or until the host processor commands a cessation of the transferring.
15. The method of
16. The method of
17. The method of
18. The method of
19. The method of
20. The method of
21. An integrated circuit for use in a network interface for a host computer, comprising:
a first port for receiving a plurality of data packets from the host computer;
a second port for transmitting the plurality of data packets to the network;
a buffer coupled to the first port and the second port;
a decoder for receiving from the host computer, a command to transmit particular data packet in the plurality of data packets according to a specification of copies selected from a list consisting of:
indefinitely many copies and
a particular finite number of copies, the number being at least two; and
a circuit that transfers the plurality of data packets towards the network in a first-in-first-out order, and repeatedly transfers, towards the network, the particular data packet until the particular data packet has been transmitted according to the specification of copies.
This application is related to commonly owned U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/451,395, entitled "FIFO-BASED NETWORK INTERFACE SUPPORTING OUT-OF-ORDER PROCESSING", filed Nov. 30, 1999, inventors Chi-Lie Wang, Li-Jau Yang, Ngo Thanh Ho.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to computer networks and to interface devices for connecting host computers to networks. More particularly the present invention relates to the retransmission of traffic by network interface cards (NICs) in network connected systems.
2. Description of Related Art
Computer systems that include network interfaces that support high speed data and status message transfers between a host computer and a data network are old. Local Area Networks (LANs) are a well known class of data network and are typically high speed networks constructed at low cost. Usage of low cost networks based on Carrier-Sense Multiple-Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD) techniques, such as Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers standard number 802.3 (IEEE 802.3) and ETHERNET(TM) is commonplace.
Typical implementation of ETHERNET and the like on popular Personal Computers (PCs) includes an adapter commonly termed a Network Interface Card (NIC). Such adapters typically connect to a PC via a bus such as the well known PCI, PCMCIA etc. NIC attachment to ETHERNET/IEEE 802.3 is according to one of the well known standards in the art, such AUI, 10Base2, 10BaseT, 100BaseT, various other 100 Megabit standards, or even Gigabit ETHERNET.
NICs typically have semiconductor read-write random access memory arrays (RAM) so that data transfers to and from the host memory are anisochronous to transfers to and from the LAN circuit or circuits. Such RAM is typically arranged as at least two first-in-first-out buffers (FIFOs). Thus, packets coming into the NIC, from the host memory, are stored in a first FIFO pending transmission onto the LAN. Conversely, packets coming into the NIC from the LAN are stored in a second FIFO, pending transfer into the host memory. The FIFO structure is a popular and efficient, high throughput system for managing high speed network interfaces. The efficiency and high throughput have come at the cost of flexibility in the operation of network interfaces. For example, once a packet has been downloaded to the interface, the host loses control over the processing of the packet. Thus, for example, if a host desires to send a packet repeatedly, the host process must manage repeated transmit requests. Also, if more than one process is sharing a network interface, then the contents of the FIFO in the network interface is unpredictable. Thus, schemes for downloading functions from the host to the network interface are difficult in high throughput environments using FIFO's or other network interface managed memory.
Accordingly, it is desirable to enhance the functionality of a network interface without sacrificing the high throughput efficiency of FIFO based, or other buffer architecture based, structures.
The present invention provides support for autonomous repeated transmission of data packets in a transmit buffer by a NIC. The present invention supports such retransmission by allowing commands from a host processor, or other source, for such purpose, without reducing the efficiency of the transmit path through the NIC. In addition an order to stop retransmission is provided.
One aspect of the present invention is a computer system that includes a host computer processor and a network interface apparatus having a first port coupled to the host processor and a second port adapted for transmitting data to a network. A buffer is coupled to the first and second ports and stores data packets from the first port. The buffer comprises a first-in-first-out buffer in one aspect of the invention. Logic based circuitry is included in the network interface. The circuitry responds to data and command signals from the host and stores packet data and other information in the buffer and, in preferred embodiments, in registers. The circuitry also transfers packets out of the buffer to the second port according to the information stored in the buffer and/or the registers so that certain packets may be repeatedly transmitted. Such retransmission is independent of retried transmissions that may be imposed by the MAC in response to collision conditions.
In one embodiment, the host processor generates a test packet of data, sometimes referred to as test patterns, as may be used for example to test NIC hardware in a manufacturing environment or for performance testing. The test packet is downloaded to the FIFO buffer in the NIC, along with a command to repeat transmission of the packet a number of times, or indefinitely until a stop command is issued by the host. When the test packet reaches the top of the FIFO, it is transmitted repeatedly without further host intervention. So even if the host powers down or crashes, the retransmission proceeds.
In another embodiment, different types of test packet are used with (1) autonomous retransmission by the NIC and (2) retransmission supervised by the host. This can help with isolating faults and other troubleshooting. A further utility is for separately or concurrently burning-in memory and analog components in the NIC such as part of an acceptance test. In a still further embodiment, failure conditions in the host may allow the host to command, for example, the perpetual retransmission of a "trap" message in accordance with Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), thus raising a network alarm condition even if the host were to shut down completely (assuming power is still available to the NIC). For information on the use of SNMP, see for example Internet Engineering Task Force Request for Comment 1213 (IETF RFC 1213).
Furthermore, the described embodiments operate in a manner that allows a NIC to operate with host device drivers that are unaware of the retransmission features so as to provide backwards compatibility at the host software, host hardware and the network interface levels.
Other aspects and advantages of the present invention can be seen upon review of the figures, the detailed description, and the claims which follow.
FIG. 1 provides a simplified block diagram of an integrated circuit supporting packet retransmission according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 illustrates data structures used in the FIFO based transmit packet buffer (TPB) in the system of FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a flow diagram illustrating the functioning of the download side of the Transmit Controller in the system of FIG. 1.
FIG. 4 is a flow diagram illustrating the functioning of the transmit side of the Transmit Controller in the system of FIG. 1.
FIG. 5 is a simplified diagram of a computer system including the network interface of the present invention.
A detailed description of embodiments of the present invention is presented with reference to FIGS. 1 through 5.
FIG. 5 provides a basic structural diagram of an embodiment of a computer system having a host CPU 810 coupled to a PCI bus system 811. PCI buses are well known in the Personal Computer arts. The bus 811 interconnects a plurality of PCI clients, including clients 812 and the NIC 813 shown with expanded functional blocks. The NIC 813 includes an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) 814. The ASIC 814 includes network interface functions for an ETHERNET interface in this particular embodiment. Other embodiments provide interfaces to other types of the network media. In addition to the ASIC 814, other components are interconnected by and supported by the circuit board of the NIC 813. For example, a BIOS ROM (not shown), and a connector 817 to the LAN (not shown) may be found on the circuit board of the NIC 813.
The ASIC 814 includes a MAC structure 820 coupled to medium interface circuitry 821 for connection to connector 817 which may be of the common type known as RJ-45. The MAC structure 820 is also coupled to a FIFO based transmit packet buffer (TPB) 822 which is driven by a download engine 823 embodied on the ASIC 814. The download engine 823 is coupled to a PCI bus controller 824. The PCI bus controller 824 is also coupled to an upload engine 825. The upload engine 825 is coupled to a FIFO based receive packet buffer (RPB) 826 which is connected to the MAC structure 820. In FIG. 5, the arrows on the lines connecting the boxes 820, 821, 822, 823, 824, 825 and 826 indicate the directions of data flow. Thus, the illustration of the ASIC 814 includes ordinary elements of a network interface controller chip.
Still referring to FIG. 5, the ASIC 814 further includes Resources 830 coupled to packet buffers 822 and 826, and to the upload and download engines 824 and 825, for managing the transferring of packets through the packet buffers and particularly the iterative transfers out of the transmit packet buffer as described in detail below.
FIG. 1 provides a conceptual diagram of a system implementing the invention, including a host CPU 410 coupled to a PCI bus 401 and an integrated circuit 400 (such as ASIC 814 in FIG. 5) including the logical circuitry for transferring data packets into and out from a TPB 420 according to the present invention. For simplicity, only parts of the circuit that relate to the host-to-LAN transfer (data transmit) direction and that relate to the invention are shown. The circuit will ordinarily also implement a signal and data counter-flow to implement a signal receive direction capability using other components. Certain components may be shared by both signal transmit and signal receive direction capabilities of the integrated circuit. In addition embodiments will ordinarily include other features that are old and not pertinent to the description of present invention.
The integrated circuit 400 includes a PCI interface 411 that has two aspects—a PCI Slave and a PCI Master (these are not separately shown as they are closely interwoven). The PCI interface is coupled to first port 481 so that it may exchange data and control signals with the PCI bus 401. The PCI interface 411 is further coupled to a Transmit Packet Buffer (TPB) 420 so that data may be loaded from the PCI interface 411 to the TPB. The TPB 420 is coupled to a Medium Access Control/Physical Layer Driver (MAC/PHY) engine 440 to transfer data from the TPB to the MAC/PHY engine. The MAC/PHY engine is coupled via a second port (483) onto the transmission medium (typically electrical wire) 450.
The PCI Slave part of the PCI Interface 411 performs such functions as determining whether to accept a command from the host CPU and, in response, passing control signals (pecked line 456) to a Transmit Control circuit 450. By these means, the host 410 originates and the Transmit Control circuit 450 responds to encoded transactions for such functions as initializing integrated circuit registers, checking status, handling interrupts and controlling data movement.
Data incoming to the NIC from the host computer, via port 481, is downloaded via the PCI Master part of the PCI interface 411 into the TPB 420. These downloaded packets of data are eventually forwarded to the MAC/PHY engine 440 which converts the packets to conform with IEEE 802.3 data link layer protocol. Copies of the packets then pass through the Physical Layer Interface (483) and onto the transmission medium 450.
Still referring to FIG. 1, the TPB 420 operates as a First In First Out buffer (FIFO), with a topmost packet having a top packet Frame Start Header (FSH) 422 and a top packet data 421, in accordance with well known FIFO handling techniques. The shaded portion of the TPB 420 represents buffer free space in a preferred embodiment. The Integrated Circuit further includes several pointer registers used to address the TPB. These include an End-of-Packet Pointer, EopPtr 416; a Start-of-Packet Pointer SopPtr 418; and a Read Pointer 417. The use of each of these pointers is controlled by control signals 452, 454 and 453 respectively, the control signals being directed by the Transmit Control circuit 450. EopPtr 416 and RdPtr 417 are coupled to the inputs of a comparator 430, the comparator's output is coupled to the Transmit Controller 450 so that the Transmit Controller may determine the equality or inequality of EopPtr and RdPtr. As indicated in FIG. 1, EopPtr, RdPtr and SopPtr may each be loaded from memory locations in the FSH 422, and the contents of RdPtr and SopPtr may be loaded from one to the other, in either direction; all of these load operations being directed by control signals (such as 452, 453, 454) from the Transmit Controller.
Again referring to FIG. 1, the Integrated Circuit further includes a Transmit Command Decoder 412 coupled to the PCI bus, the Transmit Command Decoder 412 can decode Transmit Commands originating in the host CPU, and in response to such commands, the Transmit Command Decoder impresses a stimulus onto the Transmit Controller 450. The Transmit Count Register (xmitCntReg) 413 is a 16 bit register that may have a value loaded into it under host CPU control via the PCI bus 401. The value of the Transmit Count Register (xmitCntReg) 413 may be transferred under signal control (451) to the Transmit Counter (xmitCnt) 415. Moreover the Transmit Control may command the clearing of the contents of the xmitCntReg.
FIG. 2 illustrates the data structures and pointers for a TPB (such as 420 in FIG. 1). The topmost packet includes a top packet frame start header (FSH) 50 and top packet data 51. A start of packet pointer SopPtr 53 points to the first data byte in the top packet data field 51. A read pointer RdPtr 54 points to a location in the buffer for a current read position. An end of packet pointer EopPtr 55 points to the first byte after the end of the top packet data field 51. The data structures also include a write pointer WrPtr 56 for data being loaded into the buffer in a current packet data field 57 in the illustrated example. Upon the beginning of the loading of the current packet, a current packet frame start header (FSH) is set up in field 58. The current packet frame start header is set up when the current packet begins loading into the buffer. It carries a control parameter indicating whether the frame start header contains valid data. This parameter initially will indicate that the frame start header is a "null" header. Upon completion of the current packet download operation when the end of packet pointer information is stored, this parameter is set to indicate a valid packet. The TPB includes free space 59.
Packets downloaded from the host may consist of multiple fragments and each fragment may be located in different parts of host memory. Data downloading is started by fetching the address and the length information of each fragment, followed by downloading the packet data from host memory to TPB. This act repeats until all the fragments of each packet are downloaded.
In a preferred embodiment, the FSH includes a status bit which when zero indicates that the header is a so-called null header. This null header is ignored as a candidate for transmission onto the network until the status bit is set to binary one. Control parameters are carried in each FSH, or (in certain alternative embodiments) otherwise associated with packets in the buffer.
FIG. 3 illustrates one embodiment of the operation of the host flow (also known as "download") side of Transmit Controller (TC) 450 for the system of FIG. 1.
Referring to FIG. 3, in this embodiment, the TC is implemented as a fixed logic state machine process. This process includes an "Idle" state 100. In the "Idle" state 100, the process waits for either a "Start Transmit" or a "Stop Transmit" command to be received from the host via the PCI bus controller. In response to receipt of a "Start Transmit" command a transition to a "Download Packet" state 102 is made. The TC causes an FSH to be set up in the TPB including a Status Bit indicating an incomplete packet. Downloading of data packet into the TPB from the host occurs across the PCI bus in state 102. State 102 is mostly implemented as the Master side of the PCI Interface. Still referring to FIG. 3, after the data have been downloaded, but before leaving state 102, the Status bit in the FSH is set to binary one thus indicating that there is (at least) one packet in the TPB. Upon completion of the "Download Packet" state 102, transition is made to the "Wait Xmit" state 103 wherein the host flow side of the TC waits for completion of transmission of the data onto the LAN. In alternative embodiments this wait may be incorporated into the TC Idle state and downloading of further packets may occur while the Packet Transmission Controller is transmitting the data out onto the LAN. When the TPB is detected as being empty (diamond 104), in the "Prog Xmit Cnt" state 105 Transmit Count Register (xmitCntReg) is programmed by the host via the PCI bus. In the "Xmit Cmd" state 106, a "Transmit Command" is issued to the other side of the Transmit Controller (described infra), and thereafter control returns to the Idle state 100.
In the event that a "Stop Transmit" command is received from the host via the PCI bus, then from the Idle state 100, transition is made to the "Stop Xmit" state 108 wherein the xmitCntReg is cleared to a zero value and control returns to the Idle state. Writing zero to the xmitCntReg has the effect of terminating any retransmission to the LAN in an orderly manner. If no retransmission is required then the host will either not send a value to the xmitCmdReg, or alternatively may program an xmitCntReg value of zero.
FIG. 4 illustrates a preferred embodiment of the operation of the Packet Transmission side of the Transmit controller system of FIG. 1, this operation essentially involves moving data from the TPB to the MAC/PHY layer in an orderly manner. Referring to FIG. 4, the process begins in state "IDLE" 200. From the "IDLE" state, a continual test is made as shown in diamond 202 and when a completed packet has downloaded into the TPB, the process proceeds to state "LOAD_EOP" 204 in which it reads the top FSH to load various registers from the FSH. This register loading is implemented as preprogrammed logical circuitry in the TC by advancing the RdPtr as each register is loaded. Particularly relevant is that the EopPtr register is loaded. Still in the "LOAD_EOP" state 204, the RdPtr is advanced so as to take it beyond the end of the FSH and to index (or point to) the beginning of the top packet data. Upon next state transition to state "LOAD_SOP" 206 the SopPtr register is loaded from the RdPtr register. This operation effectively permits the value of RdPtr to be saved in SopPtr so that it may be reloaded later with the start of packet address in order to effect retransmission of the packet. Still referring to FIG. 4, upon transition to the "DATA_XFER" state 208 the packet data is read out one word (i.e. one byte in the present embodiment) at a time and transferred to the MAC/PHY layers to be transmitted out onto the network. After each read, the RdPtr register is incremented so as to point to the next word location in the TPB. Then in diamond 210, the RdPtr is tested for equality to the EopPtr. If unequal, the packet is not yet completely sent to the physical layer and control returns to the "DATA_XFER" state 208. Upon completion, a check is made (diamond 212) to see whether more packets are queued up in the TPB, if so control returns to the "LOAD_EOP" state 204 to process the next packet. Thus it can be seen that, in this embodiment, even if a packet is marked for retransmission, it will not be retransmitted (or will no longer be retransmitted) if another packet is downloaded for subsequent transmission. This approach provides both a programming convenience in the host and a reduced resource cost in the NIC ASIC.
Still referring to FIG. 4, after it has been determined (diamond 212) that the TPB contains no new (i.e. untransmitted) packets, then in diamond 214 a test is made to see whether a transmit counter (xmitCnt) is zero. This xmitCnt will have been initialized to zero at reset and, as discussed infra, may be modified thereafter. However xmitCnt remains zero if the retransmission feature is never invoked by the host. Not all hosts implement retransmission and NIC compatibility with older host software is desirable. If the xmitCnt is zero then control passes to state "WAIT_CMD" 216 and the process waits for either a Transmit Command to be received from the download side of the TC or for completion of download of a further packet—whichever occurs first. The state machine ordinarily stalls in WAIT_CMD state waiting for the next packet if there was no retransmission requested. It also stalls in the WAIT_CMD state waiting for the next packet if the requested number of transmissions has been completed after issuance of a transmit command. Transmit Command was discussed supra in connection with FIG. 3. Once a transmit command has been detected, control passes to state "LOAD_CNT" 218, and xmitCnt is setup from the Transmit Count Register (xmitCntReg) that was set by the host via the PCI bus contemporaneously with issuing its Transmit Command.
In diamond 220 a test is made for the value of the xmitCntReg and if zero, then xmitCnt is cleared to zero in state "CLR_CNT" 222 and transition is made to the "IDLE" state 200. The xmitCntReg could be zero because either (i) no retransmission was requested, or (ii) a host stop_transmit command was received. If, in diamond 220, the xmitCntReg was found to be non-zero then a repeated transmission is required and state changes to "TRANSMIT" 224. In state "TRANSMIT" 224, the RdPtr is reloaded from the SopPtr to point to the start of data in the packet most recently transmitted. In state "DEC_CNT" the xmitCnt is decremented as an iteration counter unless it contains the special value 0xFFFF which is a code for retransmit indefinitely. Indefinite retransmission can be terminated by a host stop_transmit command.
While the present invention is disclosed by reference to the preferred embodiments and examples detailed above, it is to be understood that these examples are intended in an illustrative rather than in a limiting sense. It is contemplated that modifications and combinations will readily occur to those skilled in the art, which modifications and combinations will be within the spirit of the invention and the scope of the following claims. The following are but examples of modifications and combinations:
The special value in the iteration counter is not critical, it could be any convenient value.
A separate register or latch could be used to indicate a request for indefinitely many transmissions.
The number of transmissions requested could be inexact, using for example a binary weighting or an exponent.
The iteration counter could be an up-counter or a down-counter with equal facility, and could be scaled by a number other than unity. If not a down-counter as alluded to supra, it would be adjusted other than by simple decrementing.
The TPB could be other than octet-wide memory, in which case advancing a pointer to it could be other than simple incrementing.
The TPB could be addressed by a more sophisticated technique such as base and displacement pointers, segments registers or etc., but manipulated in an analogous manner to that disclosed and yet still be within the general scope of the invention.
Fixed logic state machines mentioned above may be replaced by general purpose processor modules on the ASIC, or in communication with the ASIC, under software control, or by a combination of software controlled processor modules and logic circuits.
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France's lower house of parliament has recently taken a first legislative step toward banning shale gas extraction. Germany has some test projects, but there are concerns there as well about the environmental impact.
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WACO, Texas -- Baylor freshman quarterback Robert Griffin was still on the ground after taking a crushing blow from a blitzing linebacker when he heard the cheers.
While Griffin never saw Kendall Wright catch the ball in the back of the end zone, that was only the start of a night to savor for the Bears.
Griffin was 21-of-24 passing for 278 yards with two touchdowns to Wright, ran for another score, and Mikail Baker returned the second-half kickoff 93 yards to the end zone as the Bears beat Iowa State 38-10 Saturday night. The win ended a 13-game conference losing streak for Baylor.
"I haven't been here for the losing streak, but now it's a winning streak," Griffin said.
At this time last year, Griffin and Wright were still playing high school football. And coach Art Briles was still at Houston.
They have accomplished in only two games what the Bears hadn't done in two years, since October 2006, by winning a conference game.
"I didn't know anything about it," Wright said.
Senior cornerback Dwain Crawford certainly did.
"We've got a new foundation and are working toward the right thing," Crawford said. "It's good to go out and get that losing streak out of the way. ... Hopefully it will carry us through the Big 12 season."
A week after losing to No. 1 Oklahoma in their Big 12 opener, the Bears (3-3, 1-1 Big 12) never trailed Iowa State.
On fourth-and-12 from the Iowa State 34 in the first quarter, with linebacker Jesse Smith charging toward him, Griffin released the pass just before being slammed hard to the ground. But Griffin's high-arching pass dropped into Wright's arms in the back of the end zone.
The officials used replay to confirm Baylor's first score, when Wright secured the ball while falling and landed with his knee just inbound.
Baylor went on to build a 38-3 lead before Austen Arnaud's 9-yard TD pass to Sedrick Johnson with 9 minutes left.
"We felt like all along we have a good football team, and maybe we're starting to show it a little bit," Briles said. "We're are starting to climb up to that level. ... Now we've got to keep it going. We can't take a step backward."
The .875 completion percentage by Griffin is a Baylor record, and second-best in Big 12 history for a minimum of 20 attempts behind Oklahoma's Sam Bradford, who went 21-of-23 (.913) in a game last season against North Texas. Griffin has thrown nine touchdowns without an interceptions, and also has rushing TDs in six consecutive games, the longest Baylor streak since 1995.
Also, Baylor has gone four consecutive games without a turnover for the first time in team history.
The Cyclones (2-4, 0-2) will have to wait three more weeks for another chance to break their 13-game road losing streak that dates back to the 2005 season.
"I don't really have a word to describe [this game]. Just bad football," coach Gene Chizik said. "We weren't clicking. We weren't in synch anywhere."
Iowa State was coming off a 35-33 loss against No. 16 Kansas in which the Cyclones blew a 20-0 lead a week after an overtime loss at UNLV.
Arnaud, the only experienced quarterback left after backup Phillip Bates quit the team this week, was 21-of-41 for 176 yards.
Wright, who had seven catches for 132 yards, added a 51-yard score in the fourth quarter. He caught the pass in the right flat, came to a near stop along the sideline at the 40 and cut across the field. With Griffin among his blockers, Wright dived into the end zone near the left pylon.
Jay Finley's 12-yard touchdown run and Griffin's 4-yard run capped consecutive long scoring drives for Baylor in the second quarter for a 21-3 lead.
In between those Baylor scores, Iowa State needed 17 plays to go 47 yards for Grant Mahoney's 34-yard field goal. And that doesn't even include six penalties for 40 yards in a span of 14 snaps after the Cyclones reached the Baylor 12.
There were false start penalties on consecutive plays before Mahoney kicked a 22-yard field goal. But when Baylor roughed the kicker, the Cyclones took the ball at the 2, only to be penalized three more times in five snaps before Mahoney kicked again.
"That drive was very costly in a lot of ways," Chizik said.
Baylor responded with a touchdown, and then came Baker's kickoff return after halftime.
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Addy wants it.
He's stepping in the bucket every pitch and hasn't shot a liner between 1st and 2nd in seemingly years...
Not sure if mentioned but Garsez got promoted to Boise
Hey guys, random question: What do you think about Juancito Martinez? I'm a follower of every level of the minors and am puzzled as to how low this kid is flying on everyone's radar, he is seemingly...
I've heard the Cubs' plan is exactly this, a bump to Idaho at some point fairly soon
Kid is very solid. Had a great career at Idaho, I really like this pick. Should be a fairly easy sign.
I can see your perspective and respect it, but coming from an Agent/Advisor's perspective here, the new rules change the draft for the significant worse. Instead of vast spending on the Draft, the...
I agree 100%.
For example: Even if a lower level agent has a player or two drafted in the top 10 rounds, say 5-7, then Boras demands overslot for his top 1-2 round guys, thus draining the money...
yeah the ******** editing on PSD edited F-U-K
@ :17 he gets *** haha
Same situation here except my paper is 10 pages and unfortunately the University of Virginia doesn't give two flips about the Chicago Cubs or Albert Pujols :(
I can't stop refreshing Twitter; I'm going to fail all my finals because of this ish
It probably isn't us, our FO doesn't seem to be the type to sell-out in a quick decision type mode. We have to remember Hendry is no longer at the helm.
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#STLCARDS Pujols now has three teams that are offering 10-year contracts in excess of $200 million: STL, MIAMI, AND unidentified team
Don't know how reliable this...
Where did you guys read up and learn this stuff? Did you simply read through thousands of words on Wiki or do you have a legit book/URL? TIA :cool:
but do they have the money for him and Hanley is the question
I appreciate it anyways man
thanks boss
Is there any stream for this?? Im dying right now.
I sent you a msg...
Just to think we could EASILY be two games back...
Ok, I love Campana. Him Barney, and Starlin.
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I still might be willing to part with mike sees
Anyone got a 141 they're trying to part with. Drew Headlee is pissing me off.
I wish I could kick Matt Dragon in the balls. In his Dragonballz.
I have Brandon Rader....LOL
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125-Paul Donahoe 01/04 vs. Oregon St.WB decision over Jake Gonzales, OSU, 8-2 =3
125-(FLEX) Rollie Peterkin1/6 Sun Devil Duals] def. Tony Covert (GCU), FALL 0:30=6;def #16 Fernando Martinez (Army), 8-2=3; def #19 Anthony Robles (ASU), 13-3=4=13
133-Dan Mitcheff 1/4 Ohio St. WBDec. Reece Humphrey 6-2=3 ; 1/8=Clev. St.dec. Josh Palivoda (CLE) 4-0 =3 = 6
141-Joe Caramanica 1/5 N.C.St. Duals pinned Chas Franz Garner Webb, at 1:43=6;tech fall Anthony DiCarlo,Anderson Coll 19-3, at 5:07=5; major dec. Kelin Bidelspach,Campbell 10-2=4:15 ; 1/9 Duke
149-Jordan Burroughs 01/04 vs. Oregon St.major decision over Kyle Larson, OSU, 20-11 =4
157-Cyler Sanderson No Comp.
165-Zach Shanaman 1/6 Sun Devil Duals=-def #10 Pat Pitsch (ASU), 6-2=3; def John Drew (Army), 13-3=4;wbforfietGrand Canyon=6=13
174-John Anceravage 1/4 Penn St. LBD Erwin PSU 4-6
184-Jake Varner No Comp.
197- Joel Flaggert - 1/5 Lone Star Duals: wbf Tyler Moyer 2:37=6; Dennis Drury UNC 11-4=3; WBD John Drake 8-3 =3: 12
285-Mike Spaid 1/8 Rider -dec. Ed Bordas 7-1 =3
Looks like 62 with 3 matches to go for The Mighty Gusto Grapplers! The Switch is ON!
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All I have to say is thank God for Tanner Gardner. I lose 5 matches this week. My guys are tanking on me. Still have one or two matches to go.
Reese Humphrey loses to KSU
Ryan Hluschak loses to Stanford
Perry loses to OSU
Lior Zamiz loses 2 at Sun Devil duals
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RIP Jacob Schlottke; KR1963 and rpayton
damn, I can't compete with those guys...I do have Rader if he can wrestle on a torn ACL?!? an injured Rader is worth a healthy Ettelson any day...
"Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until they speak."
Mojo you forgot to give yourself 4 for one of your majors, if you had peterkin in you would have 63, but are you sure you put him in at the start of the week...? I copy pasted everyones lineup and I dont have him in yours


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More of a clarification of our little voyage may be in order:
So here goes:
My fiancee and I are marrying on 18 August and will be making this our honeymoon sail with our 1972 Tylercraft twin keel with 3.5'-draft from Fairhaven, MA to Bucksport, Maine.
We intend to leisurely sail for ~10 days. Our departure is for around 21 August from Fairhaven, and we plan to pick up a mooring on, or before September 2nd in Bucksport. Among my voyage plan so far are stops at Wellfleet, Provincetown, New Inlet, MA, Somewhere north of Marblehead, Isle of Shoals, York, Portland, ME., locations in Musongus and Penobscot Bays and finally to our mooring.
For the fun, challenge and thriftiness of it, we would like to anchor whenever reasonable possible or stay away from the more pricey moorings and slips until we will absolutely need showers to become "civilized" again.
I am watching the tide/current charts and have tried to plan around them. I also noticed that as we approach the last days of August and first days of September, we will be treated to full-moon-lit nights if the skies cooperate. Hopefully, we may bump into some of your folks who may also take part in the summer's sailing in these areas. We haven't joined a yacht club just yet but should be flying a burgee by the time we depart Fairhaven.
Most Sincerely,
Ralph M Bohm
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Recently there was a rumor used to try and convince some large families to steer their support away from me during the election by telling them that I was against soldiers having bridges named in their honor if they were not able to obtain a certain level of rank before they got out of the military. I want to state that nothing could be further from the truth with those accusations.
When it comes to the naming of bridges I think it must be actions, not rank. Think about it… we have 315 names on a wall with Logan County boys that went off to fight this nation's wars that never returned home. Their hopes and dreams bled out on battlefields scattered across the globe, yet, I would say over 95 percent of them have never been honored with their names on a bridge. Why is this? I will give you the main reason why — many of the families of those who have fallen have moved on leaving only a few relatives remaining in the area. With few relatives comes few votes!
I truly believe that the vote count is the driving factor behind our politicians controlling the bridge dedications in many cases… but not all! I attended a bridge dedication in Chapmanville for a SFC Thomas Clyde Farley that I was honored to participate in. SFC Farley was a Desert Storm veteran, he had served in Bosnia to help put a halt to the genocide that took place leaving thousands dead and he also served in the invasion for Operation Iraqi Freedom. Reading over SFC Farley's decorations and actions I felt really confident that we were presenting a bridge to a man who lived the life of selfless service.
Had it not been for James Tony Robinson submitted his lifelong friend for the bridge, his family may have never been given this honor I feel SFC Farley truly deserved. I also was able to participate and speak at the bridges of SSG Glenn White Jr and 1LT Edward Eiland, both WWII veterans that were truly worthy to receive such honors. The only issues that I had with those is why did it take so many years for those gentlemen to finally receive the recognition? If there was a panel of combat veterans that would seek out and honor those who are truly worthy, these people should not have had to wait until they were in their late eighties and nineties to be recognized.
The requirements for these bridges need to be steep. It should not be for someone who only served in a combat zone. We have thousands that have done that. There must be significant action while they were in that combat zone or other contributions that they have made to veterans after they pushed the combat boots into the closet. Since we may only have less than 50 bridges left in Logan, it needs to go to those who have went above and beyond.
We have two Congressional Medal of Honor recipients (Molnar and Belcher) that both have bridges that bear their names. I recently submitted the paperwork that was approved to name a bridge in honor of SSG Billie E. Vincent who fought off a Japanese frontal bayonet assault killing six enemy soldiers which earned him the Silver Star. Logan also has a recipient of this nation's second highest valorous award, the Distinguished Service Cross by Edward F. Evans who fought off an attacking enemy force, killing and wounding seven of the enemy successfully denying the enemy the chance to complete a flanking movement that would have resulted in the death of our American force. To my knowledge, Edward F. Evans has not been honored with a bridge. That needs to happen!
All valorous awards should automatically be honored with a bridge. Those are the Congressional Medal of Honor, the Distinguished Service Cross and the Silver Star. I also feel that as a combat veteran, any person who paid the ultimate sacrifice by losing his/her life in combat deserves to be recognized in some form, preferably a bridge but like I stated earlier, we have 315 that have paid the ultimate sacrifice and I know we do not have nearly that many bridges left that are not already carrying the name of another.
After the valorous awards and the fallen are recognized, let it be up to a panel of combat veterans to decide whether or not others are worthy. The politician can still submit the paperwork and get credit for pushing it through the House and Senate floors but when we leave it completely up to the politicians, I fear that sometimes it may fall into how big the family is and how many votes can a bridge generate for the next election.
Service in combat should not be the deciding factor because Logan County has historically pulled more than our share of the weight and actually sent more troops to Vietnam per capita than any county in America… it must also be actions!
To crush the rumor that was spread about me not being supportive of the lower ranks receiving a bridge, I recently submitted the documentation to present a local Marine who was horrifically wounded during the Siege at Khe Sahn. He would receive the Purple Heart but that is not the deciding factor as to why I submitted him for the bridge. I submitted him for the bridge because of the years of dedicated service to all of his fellow veterans by establishing and leading many of our Veterans programs that exist in Logan today. There have been times in the past where if this man would have walked away from his numerous positions in groups like the Vietnam Veterans Association, The Purple Heart Association, The Disabled American Veterans Association and the Veterans of Foreign Wars many of those would not exist in Logan today.
Lastly, for those that think I may have future ideas for a bridge with my name on it — wrong! The only way I would accept such an honor would be if it came from fellow veterans. Not politicians! I do not think I will ever merit a bridge because I made it home. I have been blessed to watch my children grow, enjoy life with my wife and retire from military service. As long as we have so many out there that paid the ultimate sacrifice that have received no recognition, how on earth would I ever be worthy?
I do not believe that rank should ever be a factor concerning acceptance into Halls of Fame or dedications of bridges, roads, lanes, etc. It should always be based on actions — never pay grades!
Sappers Clear The Way! Airborne All The Way!
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Yeah, but you see a 255m long ship be comparable to the Vo'quv in abilities? I don't.
As for ships being there that shouldn't...
Excelsior is a highly modular, easily upgraded ship. Just like the Miranda. It being tier 5 could work, as it's a long-serving ship and was constantly upgraded to match the times. And it was able to do so. I mean, okay being able to be just as good as a sovereign or Odyssey? maybe not. But it's still good enough to be a mainline cruiser.
NX retrofit/replica's at tier 0/1 are the old frame and design, newer tech. More useful as a training ship then an actual frontline ship. I say this because the NX design, unlike Miranda or Excelsior, wasn't really designed to have entire parts swapped out for newer things. Like the phase cannon assemblies. You can't just smack a brand new 25th century phaser in their place. Or the warp core even, the design of it's engineering would require a variant to hold the warp core, or that entire area rebuilt.
Also... NX-01 = the Enterprise of that class. It's actual name is the NX class ships.
Edit: However, I do agree that it'd be nice to see more new ship designs for higher tiers.
well ya but if you read my last post I mentioned that most if not all ships have been designed so it is easier to upgrade ships the term I think is "Modular" I still would be awesome to have either way and will be paying homage to ENT and to the artist and it shows why the consistution class looks the why it does.


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Ever since Bingham Bellamy was born on July 9 we've been waiting to see a picture of the newborn, and now proud father Matt Bellamy has obliged.
Matt shared the picture of Bingham and Kate Hudson on his Twitter with the caption: "Family life!"
We've seen Kate, Matt and Ryder building sandcastles since they welcomed their newest addition, but this is the first glimpse we've got of said new addition.
Kate and Matt named their son Bingham Hawn Bellamy after family members: Bingham is Matt's mum's maiden name, Kurt Russell's dad was called Bing, and Hawn is Kate's mum's surname.
Bing was born in Los Angeles after 4.5 hours of "intense pushing" and weighed 7lbs 12oz, on the same weekend Harper Seven Beckham was born.
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