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This is amazing, if any of you understand how business works you'll understand that Nvidia have a serious problem for which i now doubt very much that they will be able recover. ATI have released a product that has blown every competitor clean out of the water - for the very first time. The harsh reality for Nvidia now is that ATI will get stronger and stronger through the reputation of this wonder product, and it is indeed a wonder product. By the time the NV30 is released ATI will already be farther down the development line with their next product the r350. What does all this mean???? Nvidia will have to settle for second place
LOL. Talk about naive. I seriously doubt this will stop nVidia from leapfrogging ATI. ATI has just made the jump to the new technology a bit ahead of nVidia, but this isn't anything that they haven't done before (Radeon -> GF2GTS, 8500 -> GF3). The only real difference here is that the new product is a bit further in advance of nVidia's reply part, and the technology is far enough advanced over the current parts on the market to look really good. The fact that both companies have been working on similar parts (features / performance) tells me that both were (and are, in nVidia's case) looking to a major leap in this next generation. It also says that the one-upmanship will continue, at least for the time being.
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Systems and methods provide remote performance monitoring and testing to a cell site in a cellular communications network. The systems and methods include a network management center having remote monitoring and testing capabilities utilizing an intelligent customer service unit that traps and makes available alarm information on the transport link.
1. A method for remotely testing and monitoring at least one transport link from a switch to a cell site in a communications network, comprising:
establishing a communication channel from the cell site to a network management center;
trapping performance data pertaining to communications carried over the transport link at the cell site and generating a message when the communications do not meet quality indicators; and
sending the message over the communications channel to the network management center.
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14. A system for providing remote testing and monitoring of at least one transport link to a cell site in a communications network, comprising:
a communication link between the cell site and a network management center, the communications link having a spare channel for use as a management channel, the network management center remotely accessing the management channel; and
a customer service unit (CSU) in communication with the network management center through use of the management channel of the communication link, the CSU adapted to capture data on quality levels of the at least one transport link and to transmit the data to the network management center.
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severe errored seconds;
errored seconds;
alarm indication signal;
yellow alarms;
extended super frame errors;
out of frame errors;
loss of frame errors;
loss of signal errors;
slip errors;
cyclic redundancy check errors; and
bipolar violation errors.
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a transport database at the network management center having information for remotely accessing the management channel.
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26. An apparatus adapted to provide remote testing and monitoring of a cell site in a communications network, comprising:
a customer service unit (CSU) in communication with a management channel and at least one transport link; and
a trap coupled to the intelligent CSU adapted to trap quality indicators when the management channel is out of limits, whereby the management channel can be remotely tested and monitored by remote personnel.
27. A method for monitoring communications on at least one transport link between a cell site and a hub, comprising:
monitoring at the cell site the communications carried over the at least one transport link;
trapping performance information pertaining to the communications on the at least one transport link; and
sending the performance information to the hub over a management channel wherein the management channel does not degrade performance of the at least one transport link.
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recognizing when the channel does not meet threshold levels based upon quality indicators; and
triggering alarms when an error in the channel occurs.
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This invention relates generally to remote testing and monitoring in a telecommunications network and, more particularly, to systems and methods for remote testing and performance in a wireless network to a cell site.
Wireless communications services have grown in popularity in recent years. The demand for services such as paging, cellular, personal communications services and mobile radio, has increased and customers expect high quality, low cost service. Many telecommunications providers are transitioning from the well-established analog cellular service to digital cellular service where more features and services are possible. For example, currently the majority of wireless traffic is voice traffic but in the near future the telecommunications companies predict that digital service demands will exceed requirements for voice service.
Cellular telephone networks typically involve numerous service providers and equipment. For instance, a local telephone company may manage the service from a cell site to a switch where a long distance provider switches the call throughout its network to call completion. Alternatively, one company can provide end to end service. Or a combination occurs where a local company takes the call from the cell site to locations within its local territory and to a long distance provider who switches the call across the country. Potentially, a multitude of service providers can be involved as voice and data communications traffic travels from end to end. As the number of providers increases, sources of potential problems grows requiring effective, efficient trouble isolation for problem resolution.
While the reliability of wireless communications networks has increased, often, cell sites stop working. Determining where the problems reside is challenging because communications networks include numerous components, such as, cell site equipment, central office equipment, and facilities, all which can be provided by different service providers.
One method for clearing troubles is to utilize a central network management center with remote access to certain portions of the network. The network management center checks a portion of the network. Either the network management center personnel clear the trouble remotely or they dispatch a technician to the troubled location to clear the problem. Technicians provide hands on support for both installation and maintenance of the communications network. The technician must drive to the cell site location, determine the problem and correct the problem. To determine what portion of the network is in trouble, the technician must eliminate a multitude of problems, for instance, a down telephone link to the cell site, broken cell site equipment, damage to the cell site caused by lightening, or conclude that the problem is somewhere else in the network. Cell sites can be geographically dispersed, perhaps remotely located, such as in a wooded area, requiring a technician to drive several hours just to reach the cell site. Thus, isolating a problem is a long arduous process.
In the current environment, historical performance data of the transport link to the cell site can be provided, however, real time information cannot be provided. Thus, a technician may arrive at the trouble location only to find that no trouble exists because, for instance, the trouble became clear in the time it took for the technician to arrive, the problem was not isolated to the correct piece of equipment, or the facility works properly from the technician's location towards the central office and the problem exists in a another portion of the network.
Solving these problems requires coordination among numerous people including: local carriers, long distance carriers, independent carriers, and equipment vendors. One call could involve as many as forty different carriers, making coordination between carriers a time consuming and challenging task. Customer satisfaction suffers when technicians or network management center personnel cannot correctly identify the problem or when the problem cannot be timely resolved due to coordination problems among the various suppliers. Customer satisfaction also suffers when the problem "came clear" since the customer may not be satisfied that the problem will not occur again. Solving problems is exacerbated when a cellular network contains thousands of cell sites, each of which could at some point have trouble requiring technician dispatch to resolve.
Several types of wireless communications services exist, such as the North American Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) cellular communications networks, code division multiple access (CDMA) and time division multiple access (TDMA) networks. Each network typically includes a cell site having a tower and associated equipment, a customer service unit (CSU), transport links, central office equipment, and facilities connecting the transport link to a switch.
Currently, central office or network management center personnel cannot remotely test the transport link in real time all the way to the cell site. Most failures in a cellular network occur between the transport links connecting the cell site to the switch, where real time remote testing is unavailable. Only historical (e.g., past) data on a circuit performance is available. Thus, no effective real time system or method exists for remote testing or performance monitoring of the transport links connecting cellular sites to a switch. Remote testing personnel and other maintenance personnel cannot "see" what is happening beyond channels in a digital access and cross connect system (DACS) in the central office. If the location where the trouble occurred cannot be identified, repairing the problem is more challenging. Thus, preventative testing or performance monitoring of any transport links must be performed by local field technicians utilizing performance reports with only historical data derived from an operations management center. The operations management center using the historical data produce historical transmission statistics that then can be reviewed manually to gain some insight into the health of the transport links. Resource and technological constraints currently prevent any effective proactive, real time circuit monitoring and maintenance.
As the cellular transport network becomes larger and more complex, insuring transport link quality becomes a greater challenge. Without the capability of robust remote testing, monitoring and analytical systems, the network is subject to less than optimal transport link quality, a greater number of field technicians are needed to handle transport link problems, and transport link maintenance suffers as a result of field technicians working priority outages.
Due to bandwidth limitations and limitations in the existing CSU, network performance monitoring has not reached the cell site. As a result, existing network monitoring configurations stop at the transport hub where some piece of edge transmission equipment resides.
Thus, this invention addresses the problems in the prior art and provides systems and methods for remote testing and performance monitoring of a cellular communications network that brings transmission surveillance to the cell site.
This invention includes systems and methods for providing remote performance monitoring and testing to a cell site in a cellular communications network. The systems and methods include a network management center having remote monitoring and testing capabilities utilizing an intelligent customer service unit at the cell site and working in cooperation with a communication link having a spare channel for use as a management channel. The network management center has monitoring and testing capabilities for remotely accessing the management channel. The intelligent CSU captures information on the management channel and sends an alarm when quality thresholds are not met. Moreover, network management personnel can poll the intelligent CSU to gain real time performance information on the management channel. Thus, the objects of this invention include the following:
To provide a system that improves productivity for network personnel by eliminating the guesswork in finding and isolating network problems, thus reducing unnecessary dispatch of technicians and reducing the mean time to repair.
To provide a system that improves productivity for a network management center by allowing technicians to instantly focus on resolving network problems rather than deciphering the network configuration.
To provide a system that reduces overtime call outs by enabling the network management center to remotely perform network testing and monitoring.
To provide a system that reduces the number of network outages by predicting, identifying and fixing network problems before they occur thereby improving customer satisfaction.
To provide a system and method that improves network quality by providing a remote, non-intrusive method of identifying and isolating intermittent problems.
To provide a tool for tracking continued improvement initiatives with suppliers by allowing a comparison of supplier network performance, supplier trend analysis, and identifying suppliers' worst circuit segments.
Other objects, features and advantages of this invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and in part will be obvious from the description or may be learned by practice of the invention. The objects, features and advantages of this invention will be realized and attained by means of the elements and combinations particularly pointed out in the claims.
FIG. 1 shows a traditional cellular communications network without capabilities for testing and monitoring transport links to the cell site.
FIG. 2 shows a flow diagram of a cellular communications network according to a preferred embodiment of the invention having capabilities to remotely test and monitor transport links through the network to the cell site.
FIG. 3 shows a flow chart of the main processes performed by the intelligent CSU according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 4 shows an alternative embodiment of a system for remotely testing and monitoring transport links to a cell site.
Reference will now be made in detail to preferred embodiments of the invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 shows a traditional cellular communications network 100. The cellular communications network 100 includes switches 102 that communicates with other switches located throughout the communications network 100, and a hub 104 having equipment adapted to communicate with the switch 102. Multiple switches 102 and hubs 104 exist throughout the network. A variety of network providers, such as, local telephone companies, long distance telephone companies and independent telephone companies can supply parts of the cellular network. A digital service, level 3 (DS3), also referred to as a T3, outputs 106 from the hub 104 and provides 28 1.544 Mbps circuits. A local network 107 translates the DS3 to a digital service, level 1 (DS1) channel 108 of 1.544 Mbps. The DS1 channel 108 couples to a Network Interface Unit (NIU) 110. The NIU 110 is positioned between the local network 107 and a cell site 112 or customer premise. The NIU 110 serves to interface and isolate the network from cell site equipment 114. The DS1 channel 108 enters a Customer Service Unit (CSU) 116. The CSU 116 is located in a cabinet at the cell site 112 along with associated cell site equipment 114. A tower 118 receives communications from and passes detected communications to the cell site equipment 114 and CSU 116. CSUs 116 are prescribed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and serve several functions. The CSU 116 is an interface point for the local telephone company (Telco) and isolates Telco equipment from the network carrier's equipment. By providing electrical isolation from the carrier's circuit, the CSU 116 functions similar to a surge protector. CSUs 116 also provide bit stuffing to ensure synchronization and ones density. Additionally, CSUs 116 provide signal amplification when necessary and keeps some signals alive if the network goes down.
Traditionally, cellular communications networks cannot efficiently, effectively and in real time provide remote testing and monitoring to the cell site. Real time remote testing in the cellular communications network of FIG. 1 stops at the NIU 110, shown as line A—A in FIG. 1. Historical network performance data can be obtained by hub 104 personnel who later perform analysis and trending of the data.
FIG. 2 shows a diagram of a cellular communications network 200 according to a preferred embodiment of this invention having capabilities to remotely test and monitor the transport links to a cell site. The network 200 includes a switch 202, a hub 204 including a network management center 206, a land network which is preferably a BellSouth land network (BST land) 208, a NIU 210, a cell site cabinet 212 enclosing an intelligent CSU 214 and cell site equipment 216, and a tower 218. An intelligent CSU 214 manufactured by ADC Kentrox of Portland, Oreg. on behalf of BellSouth Cellular Corporation is suitable for this invention. For simplicity, only one switch 202 is shown, however, multiple switches handling many calls can be switched through the hub 204. The switch 202 connects the call through the network 200, and potentially other networks to the called destination.
A digital access and cross-connect system (DACS) 220 serves to route and switch digital service lines including DS1 and DS0 lines among multiple T1 ports of the DACS 220. Calls from the switch 202 enter the hub 204 and eventually couple to the DACS 220. The DACS 220 serves more as a multiplexor than a switch. Traditional network supervision stops at the switch 202 side of the DACS 220. Network supervision involves detecting when calls complete and terminate so that billing can be determined. While the DACS 220 has quality indicators and can be polled, the DACS 220 cannot establish software traps to capture network performance data based upon quality thresholds.
The NMC 206 has capabilities to access the DACS 220 to test and monitor channels from the DACS 220 looking towards the cell site and looking towards the switch 202. A test head 222 coupled to the DACS 220 performs remote T1 testing utilizing remote testing software. TTH Corporation of Germantown, Md. makes a test head model 650S that is suitable for this invention.
Preferably, the cellular communications network is a North American Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) network, however TDMA and CDMA networks are encompassed by this invention and provide networks compatible with this invention. The North American GSM network topology contains spare bandwidth that is utilized in this invention. The GSM configuration leaves several timeslots, (i.e. spare bandwidth) vacant that can allow for surveillance all the way to the cell site. For instance, up to three spare DS0 channels 226 per DS1 channel 209 are available. Thus, because the GSM communications network leaves several time slots vacate to the cell site utilizing an intelligent CSU 214 at the cell site, the invention extends network supervision to the cell site, allowing remote performance monitoring. Further, utilizing the intelligent CSU 214 in cooperation with DACS 220 provides for intercepting the spare bandwidth and utilizing it for testing and monitoring purposes.
This invention utilizes the spare DS0 channels 226 and configures the intelligent CSU 214 to use the spare DS0 channels 226 for network performance testing and monitoring. Both the DS1 209 and DS0 226 channels are in communication with the intelligent CSU 214. DS3 channels 224 and the spare DS0 channels 226 from the DACS 220 couple to the BST land 208 network. Customer traffic is on the DS1 channel 209. The spare DS0 channels 226 is utilized to return alarms from the intelligent CSU 214 back to the hub 204 without interrupting customer traffic on the DS1 channel 209. Thus the DS0 channel 226 is also referred to as the management channel. The intelligent CSU 214 communicates alarm data over the management channel 226. In one embodiment, the BST land 208 is a wireline network from the hub 204 to the NIU 210. The NIU 210 serves to protect the cell site and customer equipment from big surges by isolating the customer equipment and cell site from the network. An output of the BST land 208 are DS1 channels 209 and the spare DS0 channels 226. Because one DS3 channel 224 equates to three DS1 channels 209, other DS1 channels 209 and DS0 channels 226 from their associated NIUs interface and cell sites couple to the BST land 208 and connect to the hub 204. Each cell site must be customized so that the cell site equipment 216 and hub equipment 204 are configured to recognize which of the three spare DS0 channels 226 among the three spare DS0 channels 226 is utilized as the management channel. The test head 222 coupled to the DACS 220 allows NMC personnel to test a circuit, i.e. the DS0 channel 226, made available by the DACS 220.
The intelligent CSU 214 of this invention provides all of the capabilities of the CSU 116 of FIG. 1, plus provides remote transmission monitoring and testing. The intelligent CSU 214 includes an internet protocol (IP) software trap that provides an immediate warning of signal degradation without waiting on a polling cycle. A number of quality indicators alert NMC personnel to potential network problems. A sample of quality indicators that can be monitored includes: severe errored seconds (SES), errored seconds (ES), alarm indication signal (AIS), yellow alarms, extended super frame errors, out of frame errors, loss of frame errors, loss of signal errors, slip errors, cyclic redundancy check (CRC) and bipolar violations. Thresholds for each quality indicator can be set and trapped by the intelligent CSU 214. These thresholds also include timing characteristics for measuring errors and deactivation of alarms.
The intelligent CSU 214 contains configurable alarms that trigger when certain thresholds are met. Alarms can be triggered by an error occurrence on the input signal. Cell site equipment configures to match a data port configuration of the intelligent CSU 214. When an out of range occurrence transpires, the intelligent CSU 214 alarms and outputs the trapped data. The IP traps utilize a TCP/IP network by requiring a destination IP address for sending the trapped data. The IP address is typically a 32 bit address, used in IP routing which includes a network portion and a host portion. The data transmits over the management channel to the destination IP address. Alarms allow the NMC personnel to monitor the management channel for errors and take corrective action. This feature prevents interruption or deterioration of a customer's service since problems can be corrected prior to a customer's service being affected. The intelligent CSU 214 collects error messages and sends a message back through the network to the NMC personnel who take appropriate action. If the condition that triggered the alarm goes away the thresholds are reset. Optionally, network management personnel remotely reset threshold levels.
NMC personnel gain access to the real-time data of the intelligent CSU 214 via Telnet. Telnet is a TCP/IP protocol having terminal emulation that allows remote connections to other computers. Thus, NMC personnel can access the intelligent CSU 214 utilizing Telnet and work from the NMC as if their terminals were directly connected to the intelligent CSU 214. The intelligent CSU 214 configures to operate with the TCP/IP networks utilizing the IP address for the network. This arrangement provides the NMC personnel real time access to the management channel 226, performance data and alarm data.
For instance, once a quality threshold has been crossed, NMC personnel test the DS0 channel 226 in real time, or poll the intelligent CSU 214 for the last 24 hours worth of data for analysis and trending. Historical and real time statistics can be compiled utilizing the intelligent CSU 214. NMC personnel can perform loop back tests utilizing the intelligent CSU 214. Loop back tests involve testing a line by sending a signal to a remote piece of equipment and analyzing the returned signal for errors. With the intelligent CSU 214, NMC personnel can use the management channel 226 to perform loop back tests without interfering with a customer's service. Further the data can indicate that the cell site is not receiving the circuit properly from another carrier and so that carrier is called. Thus, this invention provides a diagnostic tool that reduces trouble isolation time.
Moreover, the intelligent CSU 214 provides endpoint visibility and gives the system supervision and testability through an entire drop and insert chain. The drop and insert chain includes locations where a portion of a channel such as data of a DS1 or T1, are "dropped off" to a digital device. The multiplexing device then "stuffs" bits into the channels dropped off to the data devices and sends a complete or full T1 including the bit stuffed channels to the multiplexing equipment. Further the intelligent CSU 214 contains a polling algorithm allowing polling of the spare DS0 channel 226 performance indicators. Clear Communications of Lincolnshire, Illinois provides software called Clearview suitable for polling the network. The real time reporting capability of the invention reduces the necessity of polling however, the option of polling exists.
Currently, most traffic sent over a cellular network is voice traffic. Over time, data traffic will become more prevalent. Frame relay switching techniques provide one mode of managing data traffic. Frame relay is a network shared by multiple users, built by local and long distance network providers that performs like a private network. Frame relay networks can switch small packets of bursty data over a wide area network. A data link connection identifier (DLCI) provides a destination for alarm data trapped by the intelligent CSU 214 sent out of a frame relay network. Traffic transported utilizing frame relay and other network equipment located in the hubs 204, couples to access lines that provide access from a user's equipment, such as cell site equipment, to the frame relay network. Access lines can be T1 or T3 for instance, and thus can be switched through a DACS 220. At this point, the traffic can be transported through to the cell site where the traffic can be monitored by the intelligent CSU 214.
Alternatively, an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) system switches the traffic. ATM provides for high speed, high bandwidth, packet type switching and multiplexing of traffic, including data, voice, video and multimedia images. ATM's switch data in discrete cells that are fixed in size, and asynchronously switched in hardware. However, an ATM system can be scaled down to speeds of 56 kbps and thus, DS3, DS1 and DS0 traffic can be switched through the DACS 220 through the network to a cell site. Performance monitoring and testing are possible using the intelligent CSU 214 and DS0 circuit of an ATM. Framing formats configure to match the framing format for the intelligent CSU 214. Quality indicators such as frame bit errors threshold levels are set in the intelligent CSU 214. The thresholds for ATM quality indicators can be set to measure for instance, the number of packets discarded and the number of packets delayed.
FIG. 3 shows a flow chart of preferred main processes performed by the intelligent CSU. At 240, the intelligent CSU 214 recognizes that the signal on the management channel 226 does not meet the quality thresholds established by the quality indicators. At 242, the intelligent CSU 214 recognizes that an alarm state has occurred. The intelligent CSU 214 generates an alarm, at 244. At 246, a counter in the memory of the intelligent CSU 214 counts each signal condition that does not meet threshold levels for the duration of the alarm state or until the alarm state is deactivated. Updating and displaying the status information and signal condition occurs at 248 and this information is placed at the data port and interfaces to cell site equipment, and the network interface. At 250, the IP trap data is output and transmitted out of data ports and interfaces at 252. At 254 the intelligent CSU is reset based on pre-determined criteria or as a result of external intervention, for instance reset by NMC personnel.
FIG. 4 shows another alternative embodiment of a network 300 for providing remote personnel access to a cell site. In an alternative embodiment where no spare DS0 channels exists, remote testing and monitoring is providing utilizing a spare data port of the intelligent CSU 214. A wireless transceiver, such as a modem, 215 is added at the cell site and adapted to communicate with the spare data port 217. Remote personnel such as NMC personnel can call the cell site tower using the wireless transceiver 215. This arrangement allows the remote personnel to access the CSU to "look" at the circuit from the cell site through the network. A tower 320 is placed on a hub. Another tower 322 is placed between the BST land 208 and the intelligent CSU 214. A DS1 channel 209, or management channels from the hub 304 comes into the intelligent CSU 214 bringing the alarms. A wireless transceiver 215 in communication with a data port 217 in the intelligent CSU 214 communicates performance data to the tower 322. The towers 320 and 322 are utilized to send the signals back over the management channel 209 when remote personnel perform testing loopbacks. The loop backs are performed without interrupting customer service on the land based DS1. This network 300 is more costly and less efficient than network 200 due to the required towers 320, 322 and equipment, and because this embodiment utilizes a DS1 channel 209 instead of a DS0 channel 226 as the management channel.
An advantage of this invention is that it provides remote personnel capabilities to remotely test transport links to a cell site utilizing an intelligent CSU. By some estimates, ninety percent of failures in a wireless network occur between the BST land and the CSU and only ten percent occur between the hub and the switch. Thus, providing a diagnostic tool giving access and monitoring capabilities to the NMC personnel through to the CSU can drastically improve transport link performance.
Another advantage of this invention is that the NMC personnel can isolate network troubles without the aid of field personnel.
Still another advantage of this invention is that the NMC personnel can monitor and test any circuit for any reason without interrupting a customer service.
Yet another advantage of this invention is that the NMC personnel have means to prevent some outages as degrading circuits are brought to their attention by this invention.
The forgoing description of the preferred embodiments of the invention has been presented only for the purpose of illustration and description and is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise forms disclosed. Many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching.
The embodiments were chosen and described in order to explain the principles of the invention and their practical application so as to enable others skilled in the art to utilize the invention and various embodiments and with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated.
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Jared Dudley says Suns teammate Michael Beasley is a "chill, cool type of guy" that sometimes needs to have help getting going.
One of the team's big free agent signings in the offseason, Beasley is averaging a disappointing 11.8 points and 4.2 rebounds per game in 27.7 minutes per night. He's also shooting just 39 percent.
However Dudley, one of the leaders in the locker room, says it's not right to get down on Beasley because he's "still trying to find himself."
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Dudley said part of the learning process is knowing his shots will come, so there's no reason to force the offense.
"Play hard, play smart and let's see what the result is," Dudley said. "It's been up and down for everyone, not just Beas."
Dudley said part of his job on the team is to "stay on top of" the mercurial Beasley, and at just 23 many believe the former No. 2 overall pick could still blossom into a star.
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Rating : 2/10
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Lima-Cuzco and Arequipa-Lima, they offered the best price, 190 dollars (for example LAN wanted 530 dollars).
Taking off and landing on time on both flights. Flying on board of older B737. In Lima, the plane was so smelly,
it was really a unfavorable situation for both staff and passengers. No explanation, no excuse, although it was
intolerable. Seat comfort average, nothing special, "conserve style." Staff service was also mediocre, a little
sandwich, cake and a juice, but still better than many European airlines. Flight attendants a little bit rude,
hurried and clumsy. Inflight entertainment non existent. Moreover, during the whole night flight from Arequipa to
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Rating : 4/10
We flew from Lima to Arequipa, on one of Peruvian's aged 737-300s. The planes are in an all-economy layout, with
very tight seats (still in their Southwest Airlines decor). The airline offers no-frills, bare-bones service by a
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Unexpected bills stirred lengthy discussion and friction between auditor Katie Hensel and safety-services director Steve Hume at the Thursday, May 1 London City Council meeting.
Council members questioned auditor's warrants for a total of $10,940 in bills for recreation department projects and grant-writing services.
It wasn't the first time council members debated expenses that were not pre-authorized. Unanticipated bills for machinery repairs, basketball shirts and pool supplies sparked a firestorm of controversy in recent months.
On Thursday, it was a $1,750 bill from the city school district for gym rental; $1,190 from O-Den Skills Academy for a share of 2013 basketball camp proceeds and $8,000 from Michael Secoy & Associates for a grant application that caused tempers to flare.
Hensel said recreation director Ben McCoy didn't set money aside in advance of the gym rental and basketball camp. And, she failed to receive a signed contract for the basketball camp.
As a result, monies were not "encumbered." And Hensel was unauthorized to pay the bills without council approval of an auditor's warrant.
Hume said Hensel's procedures differ from those of previous auditors. He said some expenses are difficult to estimate in advance.
"I've been doing it for 14 years without a problem," he said.
Hume argued previous auditors requested purchase orders and set-asides before bills arrived. Hensel said requests must come before a service is rendered or a product is received.
"There seems to be a difference between you and the auditor," council member Dick Minner told Hume.
Council member Steve Scaggs asked for an explanation, noting McCoy's absence from the meeting.
"We've made it clear we wanted department heads here to explain auditor's warrants," Scaggs said. "Why are we having this problem over and over again? How many auditor's warrants have we had in the last two years?"
Hume said he will provide a list of all recent warrants by the May 17 council meeting.
In the end, council agreed to pay bills from Secoy and London schools. They postponed payment to O-Den Skills Academy until Hensel receives a signed contract.
In other meeting business on Thursday, council:
• Scheduled a June 5 public meeting for a resolution to replace five traffic lights in the city with two-way stop signs.
• Approved crosswalks, pedestrian signals, walking paths and other improvements designated through the "Safe Route To School" federal grant.
• Adopted the "2012 Madison County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation 5-Year Plan Update" at the request of Roger Roberts, director of the county's emergency management agency.
• Agreed to spend $10,000 for a new mower.
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On Wednesday, in a speech to the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, Attorney General Martha Coakley announced plans to organize an energy summit to address the high costs of energy in Massachusetts. The summit would include a variety of government, industry and environmental stakeholders, and would take place in the spring.
Coakley said that Massachusetts has the fifth highest energy costs in the country, and that industry pays the highest energy costs in the nation. The Attorney General was clear that addressing the increasing costs of energy will be vital for Massachusetts to stay competitive. She told the audience, "If we're successful what it means for Massachusetts is that you, businesses in Massachusetts, will have more money to invest and create jobs. It means you will have a better chance to compete with businesses across the country and it means that our state economy will grow for everybody,"
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March 3rd, 2008 #1
SUPER Stylised Challenge - Mar 2008 - 'Executioner!'
Welcome to the SUPER Stylised Monthly Challenge – Sponsored by 3DTotal.com and 2DArtist Magazine . Please post all images & questions in this thread.
So what is this challenge all about?
Each month we will select a title for the Super Stylised Challenge, and we'll post some images for you to use as reference. The title is there to be interpreted as and how you wish. All you have to do then is to think up your concept, model it, and create a final 2D image of this in your own way!
This regular monthly challenge is designed to bring in some great content for 2DArtist Magazine – in the form of final images from the Top Ten and Making Ofs from the top 3 winners – as well as some great prizes and exposure just for you!
What are we looking for?
Funny and humorous entries which interpret the title of the Super Stylised Challange however you see fit. We're pretty much leaving everything open for your interpretation and stylisation!! All we ask is that the title of the Super Stylised Challange is instantly recognisable in your final image! All you have to do then is to render your stylised/abstract/cartoon masterpiece and you're away!
What are the timeframes and requirements?
The rules are pretty laid back: please submit 1 x 2D Final Image. If you want to have a background or include some graphical elements or text on your image, it's entirely up to you. Image posts should be around 800 pixels across, but please work at a much higher res as the top 10 will be featured in 2DArtist Magazine . There will be 1 challenge per month, with the deadline being the end of the month GMT. A 'VOTING' thread will be created at the end of the month. For a valid entry, just make sure your final image is posted in the 'VOTING' thread before the 8th April 2008. Voting will take place from the 8th April to the 15th April 2008, when the winners will be announced by me! We require the top 3 winners to submit 'Making Of' overview articles that will be shown on either 3DTotal or in 2DArtist Magazine ; these need to show the stages of your creation, different elements and some brief explanation text of why, and how, you did what you did. We will format this into some nice-looking pages to give you some great exposure, and us some quality content. This will serve as some great exposure for you which, along with your prizes, is a pretty cool incentive to get involved!
Posting Works in Progress
Each challenge will have one thread that starts with this info and the brief at the top. This is where all entrants post all WIPs, give feedback, and generally laugh at the crazy ideas that are emerging each month!
Please don't start any new threads – just reply to this one already set up!
1st Place Any 3 items from the 3DTotal Shop. We sell lots of items these days, such as our book , Design Studio Press books, textureCDs, Shorts DVDs, lots of training DVDs, and 12 month subscriptions to 2DArtist Magazine and 2DArtist Magazine .
2nd Place
Any 2 items from the 3DTotal Shop.
3rd Place
Any 1 item from the 3DTotal Shop.
We do unfortunately have to limit prizes to 1 book per winner per challenge, due to high postage costs for heavier items.
Everyone who entered can cast a vote of their top 3 in order, and the 3DTotal/2DArtist team will also cast their votes. We will award 3pts for a 1st place vote, 2 for 2nd and 1 for 3rd. Then we will add them up and ship out your prizes!
This month we have chosen THE EXECUTIONER!
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Here is a selection of Images from a simple Google search to give you some good references for this month's brief!
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executioner 03
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executioner 05
executioner 06
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Please don't start new threads: all design sketches, WIPs, feedback should go in this thread! Final Images should be posted in the 'VOTING' thread, which will be created at the end of the month.
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Hide this ad by registering as a memberMarch 3rd, 2008 #2
Hi Miss.Lynette
I have a question, the excutioner has to be human?
March 3rd, 2008 #3
Whoa, now that's different. Let's see if I can come up with something.
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I have a question: What exactly does SUPER Stylised mean in this context? Is it still humorous interpretation?
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Hmm it's going to be more CHOW challenge than stylised , but it'll be funny. I think I'll try .
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Oh Yeah I need To Do This....
I am totally inspired....I am commmited to this if I dont I will be committed...
Horns Up
March 6th, 2008 #7
My guy so far, with a haiku and droopy nipples!
Update, hopefully the colours are a bit more lively...
Last edited by ScaryPotato; March 28th, 2008 at 09:41 AM.
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i'm in ( i'm now skectching d concept )
will soon post it here . may b tomorrow
March 11th, 2008 #9
my blog
March 12th, 2008 #10
Here something I'll try to finish ..
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P a t.
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March 15th, 2008 #14
The Executioner CHEFT!
Here again...
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March 17th, 2008 #16
sorry guys, i've been missing your questions...
the excutioner has to be human?
it can be a human executioner, an animal executioner, and alien executioner... whatever your creative brain wants to come up with in keeping with the brief: The Executioner!
What exactly does SUPER Stylised mean in this context? Is it still humorous interpretation?
Hmm, "SUPER" is probably a bit misleading; we just wanted everyone to know we've taken the challenges one step further from the good old animal days and taking it into new (and dangerous) territories... and our Executioner kicks this off nicely for us! He or she or it still needs to be stylised, in the same way that you were stylising your animals: research the subject and pick out what features make them recognisable, then use those features to create a cool character - be it human, animal or whatever. it doesn't need to be "ha ha ha" funny, but if you can make us all smile then we'd like that.
hope that answers your questions! any others, let me know.
keep up the great work everyone!!
take care,
March 17th, 2008 #17
Well I am glad that non humanoid is ok -- this was the first thing that popped into my head.
Quick and nasty sketch...
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March 17th, 2008 #18
Hmmmm...an "alien executioner"?
*runs to drawing table, begins drawing furiously......
March 18th, 2008 #19
I did some quick thumbnaily sketches for ideas but not sure if they are along the right lines or not - any advice welcome (please!!!) Think any of these are ok or worth taking further? (appologies for poor pic quality, no scanner atm. and just realised my camera has a big mark on the lens so will have to try and fix that somehow... )
get better or die trying....
March 22nd, 2008 #20
cool stuff so far....scary potato and chuck,mate, really cool looking guys!
Finishedish-depends if I go back to tweek:
March 22nd, 2008 #21
Well....I think I am not going to be very original...................
Cámara´s Sketchbook!!!!!
March 23rd, 2008 #22
Here's my entry
I was going for a real water colored cartoon look
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Hi everybody, and congrats, to all winners of last challenge, all of my favorites won , so I'm glad that I was part of your luck .
Here is my WIP/sketch of executioner, he has a back/pocket-guillotine, for fast executions - wherever he is, he is always ready to work .
Oh and anatomy of his right arm has gone away I hope I'll fix it in painting process.
My Final Image:
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March 24th, 2008 #25
Executioner submission.
ARTBLOG The Antarctican
March 25th, 2008 #26
Going for an alien-chick-executioner...
ETA: Updated WIP. Had some freetime this morning to work on this puppy.....hopefully be done with it tomorrow night!
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March 27th, 2008 #27
Hi guys, my first post...
March 28th, 2008 #28
there's some really cool stuff in there. just found this thread. thought i'd check it out. here are a couple of quick sketches.
March 30th, 2008 #29
here's be mine executioner....fun topic nice entries too
March 31st, 2008 #30
wowwee, there are so many new conceptarters in here this month - i'm thrilled you're all taking part and i hope you're enjoying the challenge!
this is just a quick note really to let you know i'll set up the "VOTING" thread for you all to post your final images in tomorrow... along with a new challenge for April!!
see you tomorrow!


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TERREBONNEPARISH, La. - The number of homeless people in Terrebonne Parish is on the rise as services statewide continue to dwindle, a survey indicates.
A February count that identifies homeless people shows 78 adults and 34 children in Terrebonne were either in emergency shelters, transitional housing or on the streets. This year's count, which records the number of homeless people at a certain time, is 16 times higher than last year's. The count was conducted by Houma's Start Corp. and Gulf Coast Services with help from volunteers.
However, Brooke Guidry, operations director for Start Corp., said the striking increase is misleading because of the way counts were conducted in the years before.
'Those numbers are too low because we can get (last year's numbers) in transitional housing and emergency shelters alone,' Guidry said.
The group's yearly counts are more methodical and should help improve accuracy, she said.
Still, local resources are scarce in a time when people continue to struggle from the U.S. economic downturn, he said.
'We are always struggling with resources for the homeless,' he said. 'We would like to increase our resources, but funding is one of the big issues in all areas.'
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development gave $1.2 million to programs helping the homeless in seven Louisiana cities. None of the money made it to Terrebonne or Lafourche parishes.
Meanwhile, the Louisiana Coastal Homeless Coalition (formerly the Houma-Thibodaux Homeless Coalition) has been revitalized. The group aims to influence local homeless policy, locate and secure resources for services, and administer and evaluate homeless programs.
The organization helps in Terrebonne, Lafourche, Assumption, St. John the Baptist, St. James and St. Charles parishes. The group adheres to an independent board of directors that oversees its operations.
'I don't think people realize how bad it is in the parish,' said Mary Russo, a coalition member and Start administrative director. 'If it's out of sight, it's out of mind. But there is a major gap here.'
The coalition meets at 10 a.m. every third Thursday of the month at the Terrebonne Main Branch Library, 151 Library Drive, Houma.
Willie Green, regional director of Gulf Coast Services, said more people are requesting assistance. His regional nonprofit social-service agency with offices in Houma helps combat homelessness.
The number of people who requested services through Gulf Coast's HUD program increased by 17 percent from last year, according to data the agency compiled.
Green said the increase in demand coincides with the continued decline in local resources.
Two federally funded programs that formerly assisted homeless and runaway youths were not renewed in 2012, he said.
The Basic Center and Transitional Living programs assist runaway and homeless youths in Terrebonne, Lafourche and Assumption parishes.
'That right there is definitely having an impact on the number of people requesting homeless assistance,' he said.
Joni Tuck, Lafourche Parish director of Community Services and the Office of Community Action, said the parish offers transitional assistance programs to help people get out of a situation that might leave them permanently homeless. But that's it.
'One of the holes in our safety net in Lafourche Parish that we are hopefully going to address at some point is that we don't have a homeless shelter,' she said. 'We still refer our homeless clients out to shelters that exist in Houma.'
The only homeless shelter in Houma is the Bunkhouse at 8424 Main St.
One of the homeless people in Houma is Sam Auerbach, who is from New Orleans. He wouldn't say how long he's been in Houma or how long he's been homeless.
New Orleans' homeless rate ranked second in the nation, according a 2012 National Alliance to End Homelessness study.
Auerbach said he doesn't know where his life is heading, but he knows that he feels displaced from society.
'I don't need much,' he said. 'I scrounge up a few bucks here and there, and I get something to eat. I got a fishing pole, and I walk around a lot. I see people living their lives and looking at me. I guess that's why I'm here, so people know who they don't want to end up being.'
Louisiana, or the rest of the country, doesn't offer much in terms of homeless assistance, he said.
'But it stays warm here, and there's fishing and places to hide away from the people who don't want me around.'
Nationally, the overall level of homelessness remained essentially the same from 2011 to 2012, with the number of homeless individuals falling slightly and the number of homeless families increasing slightly, according to an annual HUD report last year.
The report, however, suggests the numbers were due largely to local governments identifying vulnerable people and intervening to prevent them from becoming homeless by helping them find and pay for places to live.


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Review: I have been to the Bonita Cafe many times. It's run by a very nice couple a Thai woman and her Japanese husband, they set the place up as a coffee/juice/vegan shakes Cafe not really a restaurant. But as more people kept asking if they did food they put a few dishes on the menu. At 180 baht up the food is a bit expensive but I do think they try hard to buy organic local ingredients and they don't like to waste stuff. I would recommend the "zucchini pasta" the raw food vegan option. I was a bit dubious at first pasta made from zucchini what's that all about ? Turns out it was very nice. (I think this is the first time I've used the phrase "raw food vegan option" in Bangkok.) If you want to go a nice cafe with decor that makes you feel like you're sitting in someone's living room in the States this the place. It's a place to go if you want to splash out a bit on healthy vegan food or enjoy a soya milk shake. There truly aren't many places in Bangkok like this. A Gem. P.S. The toilet is very nice too. For me that's the sign of a place that is really thinking about the customers. Updated from previous review on Saturday January 12, 2013
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What if you could build a sub-$500 HTPC that was slim, fast, and capable, without the headache of picking bargain-barrel parts to accomplish your design goals? What if it had HDMI and 7.1 audio? With the help of their Pundit series, ASUS hopes to make barebones relevant again. Have they done it?
ASUS' Pundit-series P2-M2A690G barebone system is billed by the company as the world's first book-size PC with HDMI functionality. To make the system's slim design possible, ASUS uses a proprietary enclosure and motherboard form factor that bears resemblance to both the older Intel NLX and the newer AMD DTX form factors for compact systems.
The lack of a consistent form factor has been a major stumbling block for the small form factor market segment, but ASUS' barebone offering overcomes this shortcoming by offering the motherboard and chassis together in a complete package. Let's take a look at what you can expect when opening up the ASUS P2-M2A690G system for the first time.
The P2-M2A690G barebone system's enclosure uses a one-piece cover that slides back and upward to reveal the system's innards. Upon first opening the system, the interior may look horribly cramped and nearly impossible to work on. But the Pundit P2-style enclosure has been well thought out, and most of the internal structure is removable, including the drive cage and the NLX-style riser card.
The P2-M2A690G uses a special motherboard form factor that's notched to make room for the PSU. The motherboard itself is largely a derivative of the ASUS M2A-VM 690G-based Micro ATX motherboard, but with two fewer RAM slots, a right-angle riser card for the expansion slots, and onboard memory card readers. The P2-M2A690G's motherboard also adds IEEE 1394 support, and only offers two internal SATA ports. It's based on the same AMD RS690G northbridge and SB600 southbridge as the M2A-VM, however, so it'll likely offer similar performance to its Micro ATX cousin.
Your first order of business when building a system in the P2-M2A690G will likely be to install the CPU. To do that, you'll first need to remove the CPU cooler. The P2-M2A690G barebone system uses a non-standard CPU cooler mounting bracket that's more similar to a Socket 478 cooler. However, this is unlikely to be a gripe, since you probably won't be changing out the stock CPU cooler for another, anyhow – the included cooler has an airflow direction shroud that mates to the side air intake, feeding colder exterior air directly to the CPU heatsink. Once you've got the cooler removed and the CPU installed, you may want to install your memory at this point – it's easier without the CPU cooler's shroud in the way.
The AMD RS690G northbridge is located underneath a small extruded-aluminum heatsink, which is more than sufficient to cool the low-power chipset. In operation, it only becomes warm to the touch, but not uncomfortably hot. It also receives some airflow from the CPU's fan as well. The northbridge heatsink is short enough that it won't interfere with any expansion cards installed in the riser.
The motherboard's AMD SB600 southbridge is placed, counterintuitively enough, in the upper section of the motherboard behind the drive cage. No heatsinking is provided for the SB600 – though its manufacturing process only provides a miniscule amount of heat-dissipating surface area, the chip itself uses so little power that heat generation isn't a major concern. While the chip does feel hot to the touch, it's not hot enough to cause burns. Early 690G-based motherboards from MSI also omitted the southbridge heatsink safely.
The drive mounting cage itself provides mounting locations for one 5.25″ optical drive and a single 3.5″ internal hard drive. This may dampen your enthusiasm for this barebone system for a home theater PC application, unless you're prepared to invest in a single 750GB or 1-terabyte drive to store their HD-quality media.
If you're building a HTPC system from scratch, however, you're probably already looking at hard drives in these capacities. Simply be aware that the P2-M2A690G will limit you to one. The P2-M2A690G's chassis provides ventilation holes behind the bezel that draw cool outside air over the hard drive, so its cramped location isn't too much of a concern here.
To install your drives, simply remove the two screws in front and a third screw on the top of the chassis that hold the drive cage in place. Once these screws are removed, the drive cage can be easily lifted out. Be careful as you're sliding the cage back into place, since it has channels and tangs that must align to give the enclosure structural strength once reassembled.
The P2-M2A690G's motherboard provides two internal SATA2 connectors, which means that if you've got a newer serial ATA optical drive, you're still covered when it comes to connectors. However, the barebone's accessory package only includes one SATA cable and one parallel ATA cable, so if you have a serial ATA optical drive, you'll need to source an additional SATA cable. All parallel ATA traffic is handled by a single parallel ATA channel.
Located directly behind the drive cage is the system's PSU. The PSU is a Delta Electronics (Yeah, the same company that makes fans) 200W unit with power factor correction (PFC). This means that the power supply contains circuitry that makes its complex AC load (affected by momentary bursts of power demand) look more like a simple AC load (with more consistent power demand) to improve the PSU's efficiency in utilizing the power it draws from the wall socket. It also won't inject as much line noise into the AC circuitry of your home, or the power grid as a whole. PSU designs with PFC are more complex, and this particular PSU has two internal PCBs filled with components, despite its modest 200W rating.
The PSU integrates a single 80mm x 15mm fan at its interior end, which pushes air through the PSU instead of drawing it from the rear. The advantage to this approach is that it allows the internal components of the PSU to act as a resistive 'muffler' to noise propagation from the fan, lowering its overall operating noise. The PSU uses a proprietary form factor, so you'll need to source replacements directly from ASUS.
Even though the P2-M2A690G barebone system's chassis is extremely slim, it accommodates two full-height expansion cards via a right-angle riser card. This means you won't need to find low-profile versions of the expansion cards you wish to install. The riser card mounts to a bracket that slides in and out much like the drive cage – use care when reassembling the system to ensure that the tangs and channels line up properly.
The riser card offers a single PCI slot and a single PCI-Express 1x slot. This will be a disappointment to anyone who wants to upgrade the machine's graphics capabilities, as there's no 16x PCI-express slot provided anywhere on the motherboard. The 690G chipset's Radeon X1250 graphics core provides just enough horsepower for most productivity and home theater tasks, though as you'll see in the testing portion of this article, hardware-accelerated 1080p video playback taxes its capabilities, and it's almost thoroughly unfit for any serious gaming (beyond, of course, last-generation DX9 games like World of Warcraft.) You'll likely end up populating these two expansion slots with an 802.11n wireless adapter (if you're on a wireless home network), and a TV tuner card like PowerColor's AMD TV Wonder if you intend to incorporate the machine into a home theater system.
Once you've installed the CPU (and replaced the CPU cooler), memory, hard drive, optical drive, and any desired expansion cards, it's time to power up the system and check out its BIOS settings.


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NEW ORLEANS, La. -- Where Holy Cross High School once stood is now nothing but an eyesore. But, that could change as one developer wants to turn the old school site into a new retail and condominium development.
The developer's plan is not sitting well with neighbors, however, and in a meeting that will be held Thursday, a decision could be made that would make way for the redevelopment of the former Holy Cross School site in the 9th Ward.
The proposed development calls for two 7-story buildings which would house about 300 residents, in addition to a mix of retail options, and the proposal has actually been scaled back from the original plans, which called for much taller buildings.
Thursday's meeting is a follow-up meeting held a little less than a month ago, in which some residents stormed the council chambers demanding the city block the proposal.
Some residents complained the development would be too tall and dense for the area, which is full of historic shotgun houses, and several residents and social groups have been very outspoken about the development, calling it too big and a violation of zoning rules.
Currently, a building in the area can't be taller than 40 feet, but the proposed plan outlines a 75-foot-tall complex.
Others weren't as opposed to the plans citing that the new development could bring in much needed retail and business in general, back to the area.
The lower 9th Ward was devastated by Hurricane Katrina and has undergone a very slow recovery process ever since.
The former site of Holy Cross High School has been left desolate since Katrina and the group Revive Lower 9 sees the desolation as an opportunity and a centerpiece for their plans for recovery in the area.
The meeting is set for Thursday and is expected to be a highly contested one from some of the residents living in the area.