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Proposal Solicitation Notice
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is soliciting grant proposals from qualified non-profit organizations in the following subject areas:
- Restoration or Enhancement
Wildlife habitat restoration or enhancement projects on lands that are open to the public (excluding CDFW owned properties) for big-game hunting opportunities. Projects of this type include, but are not limited to, the following examples:1
- Restoration of habitat(s) following wildfire events;
- Fencing projects to control/direct grazing or other land use activities;
- Conifer removal to enhance mountain meadow habitats;
- Maintenance of existing and/or construction of new water source (eg guzzlers, spring development) projects.
- Research
Provide greater understanding of population dynamics, habitat use, and limiting factors that impact big-game species in California.2
Grant Information/Proposal Submittal Instructions:
A total of up to $1,000,000 of Big Game Management Account (BGMA) funds will be available for grants under this Proposal Solicitation Notice (PSN). Only those projects with annual budgets between $10,000 and $200,000 will be considered for funding. Multi-year projects will be considered but are subject to annual review and approval before each subsequent year's work is implemented. If you have any questions regarding the application process, please contact Craig Stowers, Environmental Program Manager, at 916-445-3553 or email@example.com.
The submission date for proposals to receive funding for this grant cycle is Friday, March 6, 2015. Applications may be submitted by email with the subject line title of "BGMA Grant Proposal" to email@example.com. Hard copy applications shall be addressed to:
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Chief, Wildlife Branch
ATTN: BGMA Grant Proposal
1812 9th Street
Sacramento, CA 95811
All hard-copy applications for FY 15/16 funding must have a U.S. POSTAL SERVICE POSTMARK no later than March 6, 2015. Proposals delivered by any other means (FEDEX, U.P.S., etc.) including hand delivery must be delivered no later than March 6, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. Incomplete applications, applications using other than the standard template provided, or those delivered after the identified deadline will not be reviewed or considered for funding.
If a proposal is funded, the grantee must submit additional information before a grant agreement is prepared and executed. The applicable forms described in this section are for informational purposes only. Do not submit these forms with your proposal. When applicants are notified that their project has been approved for funding, they shall be required to complete, sign, and return the forms provided if not already on file. These additional forms may include:
- Certification of Nonfederal Contributions: In-kind/Third Party (GMB Form D.)
- Payee Data Record form (STD. 204) (PDF)
- Federal Taxpayer ID Number
- A Nondiscrimination Compliance Statement form (STD. 19) (PDF) will be required for grants of $5,000.00 or more per Title 2, California Code of Regulations, Section 8113.
- A Drug-Free Workplace Certification (STD. 21) (PDF) will be required for all grants regardless of grant dollar amount.
C. FY1516 UGBA Grant time-line:
- Call for Proposals - February 6, 2015
- Grant Proposals due - March 6, 2015
- Internal/Advisory Committee Review - Completed by April 3, 2015
- Advisory Committee recommendations - Completed by April 22, 2015
- Executive Committee review and approval - Completed by April 29, 2015
- Award Notification and Grant Preparation - Completed by July 1, 2015
Scoring Procedure
Administrative Review
In all program areas, an administrative review will determine if the proposal package is complete and meets all the requirements for submission. If the proposal does not pass the administrative review, the proposal will not be considered further for funding in this cycle.
Program Review
- Achievement of identified species goals and objectives (Max. 25 pts)
Includes, but may not be limited to, the following:
- Increasing efficiency of methods used to determine population demographics (abundance and distribution);
- Increasing wildlife health/condition;
- Alleviation of depredation and/or nuisance wildlife issues;
- Increasing the quantity/quality of appropriate habitat types on public lands.
- Scientific merit of proposed approach (Max. 25 pts)
This includes, but may not be limited to, the following:
- Use of peer-reviewed techniques for data collection (study design);
- Use of appropriate analytical design;
- Literature search results.
- Supporting scientific information, and/or demonstrated results for habitat- related activities.
- Products (Max. 25 pts)
Products include, but may not be limited to, the following:
- Publication in scientific journals;
- Management recommendations;
- More efficient data collection protocols;
- Educational materials for public consumption.
- Acres of habitat treated, manipulated, or improved by project
- Organizational capacity to satisfactorily complete the grant (Max. 25 pts)
Includes, but may not be limited to, the following:
- Demonstrated ability of proponent to successfully complete grant(s);
- Sufficient staff available to complete the grant;
- Existing equipment available for use on the grant project.
- Public hunting opportunity (Max. 25 pts)
Includes, but may not be limited to, the following:
- Enhancing or increasing hunting opportunity for upland game birds on public lands
- Enhancing public hunting access on public and private lands.
- Hunting and wildlife conservation outreach & education (Max. 25 pts)
Includes, but may not be limited to, the following;
- Creating and developing outreach and educational materials;
- Developing and implementing various hunting and other wildlife related educational programs/activities.
Scoring Process
The CDFW Big-Game Technical Review Committee (BGTRC) will independently review each proposal submitted based on the criteria identified below. The grant application will be given a score based on the criteria below. Applications will also be reviewed by the Big Game Management Account Advisory Committee (BGMAAC) established under Section 3953(e) of the Fish and Game Code. The recommendations of both the BGTRC and BGMAAC will be forwarded to CDFW's Executive Team for review and final approval.
Evaluation Criteria
Individual proposals will be evaluated on the following criteria; scientific/research projects, use categories a through d; hunter opportunity and outreach and educational purposes use categories c through f.
1 Grant recipients will be responsible for all environmental compliance requirements necessary to implement and complete their proposal(s).
2 Any proposals that require animal capture must be reviewed and approved by CDFW's Large Mammal Advisory Committee (LMAC). Final grant approval will be contingent upon review and approval of all animal handling procedures, data collection, and data analysis methodologies by this committee.


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The disclosed asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) switching network evenly scatters individual cells of an ATM data stream in the first half of the network and routes them to their intended destination in the second half of the network. The network is constructed from interchangeable switching modules each preferably containing only two stages of switching elements, with each switching element having a common memory, thus reducing the component count by one third compared to Clos' 3-stage non-blocking modules. Each individual module provides a switched path from any selected one of its module inputs to any selected one of its module outputs, with the common memory acting as a buffer until a path becomes available to the desired module output. Since the additional stages between the module's input stage and the module's output stage typically used to provide a non-blocking module are dispensed with, not only the component count, but also the transmission delay through the switching network may be reduced.
1. Switching network for information transmitted synchronously as sequences of cells, said network comprising a plurality of interchangeable switching modules each further comprising a multi-stage switching arrangement including at least two first stage switching elements and at least two last stage switching elements, wherein each switching element further comprises
two or more element inputs for receiving individual ones of said cells,
two or more element outputs for transmitting said individual cells,
means for transferring a cell received at any said element input of said each switching element to any said element output of said each switching element, and
a common memory for buffering a cell so received at said any element input until it is so transferred to said any element output,
each said element input of each first stage switching-element is connected to a respective module input of the element's associated switching module,
each said element output of each last stage switching element is connected to a respective module output of the element's associated switching module,
during the passage of each cell through successive stages of the switching network,
the element outputs to which said each cell is initially successively transferred as the cell traverses a first portion of the switching network are selected independently of a predetermined destination of said each cell, and
the element outputs to which the cell is finally successively transferred as the cell traverses a last portion of the switching network are selected in accordance with said predetermined destination,
at least one path is possible from any module input of said each switching module to any module output of said each switching-network module, and
if the number of said successive stages of said multi-stage switching arrangement were to be reduced for said each switching-network module, no path would be possible through said multi-stage switching arrangement from at least one module input of switching-network module to at least one module output of the same switching-network module.
2. A switching network as claimed in claim 1, wherein said multi-stage arrangement consists only of said first stage switching elements and said last stage switching elements, and every said first stage switching element of said each module is directly connected to every last stage switching element of said each module.
3. A switching network as claimed in claim 2, wherein groups of two or more element outputs of each said first stage switching element of a switching-network module are directly connected to respective groups of two or more element inputs of a last stage switching element of the switching-network module.
4. Switching module for asynchronous transmission mode cells, said module comprising a plurality of module inputs selectively connected to a plurality of module outputs by means of a multi-stage switching arrangement further comprising a plurality of successive stages of switching elements including a first stage having at least four first stage switching elements and a last stage having at least four last stage switching elements, wherein
each said switching element further comprises four or more element inputs for receiving cells, four or more element outputs for transmitting cells, means for transferring a cell received at any said element input to any said element output, and a common memory for buffering at least four cells after they are received at one or more of said element inputs and before they are transmitted from one or more of said element outputs,
each element input of each said first stage is connected to a different corresponding module input,
each element output of each said last stage is connected to a different corresponding module output,
between any two successive said stages, the element outputs of the preceding stage are connected to the element inputs of the succeeding stage such that at least one path is possible from every module input to every module output, and
if the number of said stages is reduced, for at least one pair of said module inputs and said module outputs no such path is possible.
5. A switching network module as claimed in claim 4, wherein
said module is a two-stage arrangement of said switching elements, and
every switching element of the first stage is directly connected to every switching element of the second stage.
6. A switching-network module as claimed in claim 5, wherein groups of two or more element outputs of a switching element of a preceding stage are directly connected to groups of two or more element inputs of a switching element of a succeeding stage.
The present invention relates to a switching network for an ATM system and to a switching-network module for such a system.
This application is based on and claims priority from applications first filed in Fed. Rep. Germany on 9 Aug 1989 and 29 June 1990 under serial numbers 39 16 301 and 40 20 775. To the extent such prior applications may contain any additional information that might be of any assistance in the use and understanding of the invention claimed herein, they are hereby incorporated by reference.
A typical prior art ATM a switching network is known from J. S. Turner, "Design of a Broadcast Packet Network", published in "Proceedings of INFOCOM '86", April 1986, pages 667 to 675.
The term "ATM system" (ATM=Asynchronous Transfer Mode) as used herein means any information transmission system in which the information is split into parts of equal or unequal length and transmitted, together with a connection-specific header, as a sequence of packets or cells.
The above-referenced switching network is a switching network with multiple paths. It is constructed exclusively from 2�2 switching elements. Generally, however, switching elements are needed which can arbitrarily connect as large a number of inputs to as large a number of outputs as possible. In this manner, only few stages have to succeed one another, so that delays, delay jitter, and cell losses are kept to a minimum. However, such switching elements should be combined in integrated circuits, in which at least the number of leads cannot be enlarged without difficulty. In ATM systems, because of the high transmission rate, which is expected to be about 150 Mb/s or even 600 Mb/s, parallel data transfer will frequently be necessary.
It is also known to replace larger switching elements by switching-network modules which are constructed from several switching elements and act outwardly like one large switching element. Such a switching-network module should be nonblocking.
The invention takes advantage of the peculiarities of the switching network and the mode of operation used. In the switching network and the mode of operation used here, wherein the traffic is evenly distributed over the whole switching network down to the smallest unit, namely a cell, only local, short-time blocking can occur, which can be handled by buffers. This load distribution can be further refined by dividing the cells within the exchange into two or more smaller cells each having a cell header of its own. The additional cell headers increase the total load, however.
Thanks to the very uniform load distribution, multiple-path capability can be dispensed with not only within each of the two portions of the switching network, but also within individual switching-network modules. It suffices if, within a switching-network module, one path is possible from every input to every output. If the capacities of the individual paths are equal, it suffices if the sum of the capacities of all paths is sufficient for carrying the total traffic.
For a given size of the individual switching-network modules, the number of successive stages must be chosen so that, as required, one path is possible from every input to every output. It turns out that the minimum number of successive stages is also optimal inasmuch as every additional stage not only requires additional circuitry but also results in additional delays, additional delay jitter, and additional cell losses. Additional paths, which are possible for a given size of the switching elements without an increase in the number of stages, have no adverse effect. They may even be necessary to make available the total capacity.
A disadvantage of the above-mentioned mode of operation is that, unlike in a virtual circuit, the cells belonging to the same connection can take different paths and thus may pass each other. A simple way of preventing this has been known for a long time:
If cells belonging together follow each other closely, the next cells are delayed at the input of the exchange until the respective preceding cell can no longer be passed. An input conversion unit suitable for this, even though intended for another purpose, is disclosed in published German patent application P 38 40 688.8.
The invention will become more apparent from the following description of an embodiment thereof when taken in conjunction with the accompaning drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 shows the structure of a switching network in accordance with the invention;
FIG. 2 is another representation of the switching network of FIG. 1 which serves to illustrate the mode of operation;
FIG. 3 shows a switching-network module in accordance with the invention;
FIG. 4 shows further details of the switching-network module of FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 shows the structure of a switching element, and
FIGS. 6 to 14 show the way cells are written into and read from the buffer.
The switching network of FIG. 1 has T terminal units TSU1 . . . TSUT and P switching planes SW1 . . . SWP. In the embodiment shown, T has a maximum value of 128, and P a maximum value of 16. Each terminal unit contains up to 8 line units LT1 . . . LT8 and 4 switching-network modules SM01 . . . SM04. Each switching plane contains two stages of switching-network modules; the first stage contains up to 32 switching-network modules SM101 . . . SM132, and the second stage up to 16 switching-network modules SM201 . . . SM216.
All switching-network modules SM are of identical construction. Each of them has 128 inputs and 128 outputs which act outwardly as a 128�128 matrix. The switching network is designed as a reverse switching arrangement, i.e., the switching-network modules SM0 and SM1 of the two front stages, which also act as the fifth and fourth stages, respectively, are used as two 64�64 matrices.
Each of the line units LT contains a line terminating equipment ET and a multiplexer/demultiplexer Muldex, which distributes the incoming traffic to the switching network modules SM01 . . . SM04 of the respective terminal unit TSU and combines the outgoing traffic in the opposite direction. All paths are designed for 150 Mb/s; between the switching-network modules, every four such paths are combined into one 600-Mb/s path by multiplexing.
FIG. 2 shows the same switching network in a straight-forward arrangement. Here, the terminal units TSU and the switching-network modules SM0 contained therein appear as an input portion TSUi and an input portion SM0i, respectively, and as an output portion TSUo and an output portion SM0o, respectively. Similarly, the switching-network modules SM1 appear as an input portion SM1i and an output portion SM1o.
For the rest, FIG. 2 illustrates the conventional structure of a switching network with an odd number of stages, which may also be regarded as a three-stage arrangement, with the middle stage, in turn, consisting of three stages.
Heavy arrows indicate all paths which are possible from an input A to an output B.
In the first half up to the switching-network modules SM2, any output can be taken at any branching point (Muldex, SM0i, SM1i). Only in the second half must the cells be switched selectively to the desired output B. It is readily apparent that the entire switching network is very uniformly loaded at any time if all cells arriving at any input of any terminal unit are freely distributed in the first half of the switching network.
Whether the distribution in the first half is effected cyclically, randomly, or in response to an acknowledgement signal which indicates the load on the succeeding stage is of secondary importance.
FIG. 3 shows the coarse structure of a switching-network module SM. The module has 32 input lines E1, . . . , E32 with one demultiplexer D1, . . . , D32 each, 32 output lines A1, . . . , A32 with one multiplexer M1, . . . , M32 each, and a matrix M. Each demultiplexer Dx separates a 600-Mb/s optical data stream into four 150-Mb/s electric data streams. The multiplexers Mx recombine these four electric data streams into one optical data stream.
FIG. 4 shows the internal structure of the matrix M. The matrix has eight switching elements which are arranged in two stages SU11 . . . SU14 and SU21 . . . SU24. Each switching element has 32 150-Mb/s inputs and 32 150-Mb/s outputs. The inputs of the first stage are connected via the demultiplexers to the input lines E1, . . . , E32 of the switching-network module. The outputs of the second stage are connected via the multiplexers to the output lines A1, . . . , A32 of the switching-network module. From each switching element of the first stage, a group of eight lines runs to each switching element of the second stage.
The extreme case to be taken into account in conventional switching arrangements, namely that all inputs of a switching element of the first stage are fully loaded and that the entire traffic must be routed to a single switching element of the last stage for longer than only a very short time, cannot occur here, because no data streams can take the same path for a prolonged period of time. An intermediate stage between the input and output stages can therefore be dispensed with.
A switching element as is needed to implement the switching network according to the invention and the switching-network module according to the invention will now be described with the aid of FIG. 5.
The switching element shown in FIG. 5 has p input units IP1, . . . , IPp with one input line each, I1, . . . , Ip, a multiplexer Mx, a buffer PS with C individually addressable L-bit memory blocks, a demultiplexer Dx, q output units OP1, . . . , OPq, a memory management unit SV, and a routing block W. Preferably, p=q=32, i.e., the switching element has 32 input lines and 32 output lines. For C and L, numerical values of C=256 and L=50 are currently under discussion. The size of the memory blocks cannot be chosen freely. Since, because of the high processing speed, parallel processing will be necessary at least internally, the size of the memory blocks will have to be adapted to the word width created by serial-to-parallel conversion. In the present example, word width and size of a memory block are identical. Memory blocks which can hold four, eight, 16 or more words at a time are also possible. What is appropriate depends on the cell length.
The input unit IP1 shows the internal structure of the input units in some more detail. The input line I1 runs to a synchronizer SYNC, whose output is connected to a serial-to-parallel converter SPW, and the output of the latter is connected via a unit ZAE for detecting starts and ends of cells to the input end of the multiplexer Mx. The unit ZAE is also connected to one input of the routing block W and to one input of the memory management unit SV.
The output unit OP1 shows details of the output units. The output end of the demultiplexer Dx is connected via a unit ZE for detecting ends of cells to a parallel-to-serial converter PSW, whose output is coupled to the output line 01. The output unit further includes an output FIFO OFF and an output register OR. The output FIFO OFF has its input connected to one output of the routing block W, and its output is coupled to the output register OR, which, in turn, is linked bidirectionally with the memory management unit SV.
In FIG. 5, the multiplexer Mx and a network of single lines provide the connection between the input units IP1, . . . , IPp and the central units, namely the buffer PS, the memory management unit SV, and the routing block W. The data stream is converted to an L-bit parallel format. Neither control and clock lines nor the power supply are shown. All this are things for which sufficient solutions are known to the person skilled in the art, i.e., from which he can choose if he knows what information is to be exchanged where and when. In this respect, the same applies as for switch elements for synchronous systems. Such a switch element, which includes a bus system for interconnecting the units, is described in an article by J. M. Cotton et al, "ITT 1240 Digital Exchange Digital Switching Network", Electrical Communication Vol. 56, Number 2/3, 1981, pages 148-160. It should be pointed out that a bus system with a plurality of transmitters and one receiver is equivalent to a multiplexer. The same applies analagously to the output side.
The normal switching process will now be described with the aid of a greatly simplified example which is illustrated in FIGS. 6 to 14. In this simple example, the buffer PS has C=14 memory blocks, which are at first all empty. The memory management unit SV is shown by a table-like representation of its memories. The heart of the memory management unit SV is a list memory LL, which has one location for each of the C memory blocks of the buffer PS. This location has the same address as the associated memory block and can receive the address of another memory block. At first (FIG. 6) the list memory LL is empty. The memory management unit SV further includes a memory EFF for storing the addresses of unused memory blocks, which works on the FIFO (first-in-first out) principle and first contains the addresses of all memory blocks of the buffer PS in a random sequence. The output FIFOs, of which OFF1, OFFi, and OFF16 are shown, are at first empty, too. Actually an "empty" location contains some kind of data, as usual. This may be a value which marks it as empty, but it may also be a value from the previous use which is no longer valid. In the latter case, steps must be taken to ensure that this value will not be requested any more. The memory management unit SV of the present embodiment further includes C locations of a count memory CC, which can be addressed by the list memory LL. The count memory CC indicates to how many output units the contents of the associated memory block of the buffer PS still have to be outputted. The contents of all locations of the count memory CC are initially 0.
On each of the input lines I1 and Ik, one cell now arrives. No further cells arrive in this example. The synchronizers of the two input units IP1 and IPk, together with the respective serial-to-parallel converters, convert each of the cells into five blocks of equal length. The first block SOC1, SOCk begins with a start-of-cell label SOC. The last block EOC1, EOCk contains an end-of cell label EOC. The label EOC lies at an arbitrary point within the last block, namely where the cell arriving from outside actually ends. The synchronizer adds blanks to fill the blocks. The remainder of the first blocks, the second to fourth blocks, 1D1, 2D1, 3D1 and 1Dk, 2Dk, 3Dk, respectively, and the portions of the fifth blocks up to the EOC label contain the data of the cells.
The input units are cyclically interrogated by the multiplexer Mx. The units ZAE in the input units IP1 and IPk recognize by the SOC labels that information is present which has to be passed on. From the memory EFF, the address 7 is transferred as the address of an unused memory block into an input register IR1, and the first block SOC1 is stored in the buffer PS in memory block 7. At the same time, the SOC label goes to the routing block W and to the memory management unit SV.
For each switching-network stage to be traversed, the SOC label contains, in the order in which the stages are to be traversed, information on the output to be selected in this stage. After each evaluation, that part of the path information within the SOC label which is valid for the next stage is brought to the correct position by shifting. The path information may be: "Select any output", or "Select any output within a predetermined group of outputs", or "Select a particular predetermined output". Via the path information in the SOC label, the terminal units determine the mode of operation of the switching network.
In the example shown, the output line i is specified. In the output FIFO OFFi, address 7 is noted as the start address of a cell to be outputted by the output unit OPi. In the count memory, a "1" is noted in location 7. This is the condition shown in FIG. 7.
The next block to be transferred into the buffer PS is the block SOCk from the input IPk. The memory EFF indicates that this block is to be stored in the buffer in memory block 8. The routing block W determines from the SOC label that this cell is to be outputted to both the output line 01 and the output line Oi. This multiple-out-put capability is a special feature of the switching element described here. It has nothing to do with the structures of the switching network and the switching-network module in accordance with the invention. Address 8 is therefore stored both in the output FIFO OFF1 and in the output FIFO OFFi, in the latter in the second location behind the 7. The block SOCk itself is stored in the buffer PS in memory block 8, and in the count memory CC, "2" is entered into location 8. The "8" is stored in the input register IRk. This is the condition shown in FIG. 8.
Next, the block 1D1 is stored in the buffer PS in the next unused memory block (memory block 2); in the count memory CC, a "1" is entered into location 2, and in the list memory, a "2" is entered into location 7. Address 7 was temporarily stored in IR1 as the address under which the preceding block of this cell was stored. In the same manner, the other blocks from the input units IP1 and IPk are stored.
At the end of the input, shown in FIG. 9, the blocks of the cell received from I1 are stored in the memory blocks 7, 2, 3, 4, and 6 in this order, and the blocks of the cell received from Ik are stored in the memory blocks 8, 1, 5, 9, and 13 in this order. The memory EFF indicates only four unused memory blocks in the buffer PS. The list memory LL contains the above-mentioned address sequences, with a special character, here "E", entered instead of a link address for the respective last block.
The output of the cells, which is to follow the complete input, will now be described with the aid of FIGS. 10 to 14. Output is initiated from the output units; to this end, the output units are cyclically activated.
The output FIFO OFF1 indicates that a cell whose first block is stored in the buffer in memory block 8 is to be outputted via the output line 01. Address 8 is transferred to the output register OR1 and applied to buffer PS, list memory LL, and count memory CC; the first block is outputted from PS, the link address "1" is transferred from LL to OR1, and the count memory is decremented from "2" to "1", cf. FIG. 10.
FIG. 11 shows the next output, which is initiated from OPi. The start address 7 is transferred from OFFi to ORi and applied to PS, LL, and CC; the first block is outputted from PS, the link address 2 is transferred to ORi, and CC is decremented from "1" to "0". This "0" indicates that the contents of block 7 in PS are no longer needed; this block is now free, and its address is returned to the memory EFF for storing the addresses of unused memory blocks.
FIG. 12 shows the condition which results when one cell has been outputted to O1 and Oi each. The end of a cell is detected both by the units ZE1 and ZEi for detecting ends of cells and with the aid of the contents of the output registers OR1 and ORi. Units not shown cause dummy blocks to be transmitted. OFFi indicates, however, that a further cell has to be transmitted from the output unit OPi, and that the first block of this cell is stored in PS in memory block 8. The output of the cell begins with the condition in FIG. 13 and ends with the condition in FIG. 14.
All blocks have thus been outputted, buffer PS and list memory LL are free, all locations of the count memory CC contain a "0", the memory EFF again contains the addresses of all memory blocks of PS, even though in a different order, and dummy blocks are being transmitted over all output lines.
In reality, inputs and outputs need not necessaryily be separated in time as described but may occur simultaneously. The buffer PS is designed as a dual-port RAM, so that inputs and outputs can access it independently of each other. This means in particular that the first blocks of a cell can be read out before the last blocks have been written in. This minimizes the delay of the cells and the holding time of the buffer PS.
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Hunter said the future of both coaches remains up in the air but expects the solution will "play itself out."
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As PennDOT promised, the bridge carrying Route 119 over Elk Run in the Punxsutawney Borough opened Thursday evening.
While the road is now open, motorists are asked to use caution and be alert for flaggers, as paving is still underway on the roadway improvement project.
A three-vehicle accident occurred at the corner of Virginia Avenue and East Mahoning Street on Thursday afternoon.
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(Editor's note: This piece is one in a series of "Familiar Faces Friday" features to be written by Spirit reporter Destiny Pifer. The point of the project will be to highlight a member of the community who may be recognizable to many and tell his or her story. Today's familiar face is Cindy Depp-Hutchinson.)
PUNXSUTAWNEY — You may recognize Cindy Depp-Hutchinson, from the recent Library Hot Dog Days event held at Fezell's County Market, or perhaps you have seen her throughout the community.
Born and raised in Punxsutawney, she is a 1981 graduate of Punxsutawney Area High School.
PUNXSUTAWNEY — The Punxsutawney Area School Board at Wednesday's meeting heard objections from parents of Punxsutawney Area High School (PAHS) football players concerning not receiving enough food during the summer practice sessions.
Read the full story in Thursday's edition of The Spirit.
BROOKVILLE — U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey stopped by Jefferson County on Wednesday as part of a statewide effort to update his constituents on the situation in Washington, D.C., and to talk with them about their own needs and concerns.
Read his thoughts on the economy and more in Thursday's edition of The Spirit.
In these two pictures, workers from Francis J. Palo, Inc., of Clarion, work on the bridge carrying Route 119 over Elk Run in Punxsutawney.
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WARSAW TOWNSHIP — The bridge carrying Route 28 over Seneca Run in Warsaw Township opened to traffic last week after a bridge replacement project in Jefferson County.
Temporary traffic signals had been in place on Route 28 since May to replace the bridge with box culverts.
The signals have been removed and Route 28 is open to unrestricted traffic.
This $1,138,283 bridge replacement project was constructed by C. H. & D. Enterprises, Inc., of New Stanton.
Punxsy Appreciation Day is returning to Barclay Square this year on Saturday, Sept. 28, and will be sponsored by PRIDE, the Punxsutawney Eagles No. 1231 and the Punxsutawney Area Chamber of Commerce.
Pictured (from left) are Shirley Sharp, PRIDE; Tina K. Szakelyhidi and Denny Fetterman of the Punxsutawney Eagles; and Michele Neal, executive director of the Punxsutawney Area Chamber of Commerce.
For more information, see Wednesday's edition of The Spirit.
Jefferson County will not be receiving money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for flood relief in the wake of the rainstorms of late June, the Jefferson County commissioners announced at their regular meeting on Tuesday.
Read the full story in Wednesday's edition of The Spirit.
The Punxsutawney Area School District and borough and state police remind motorists to be watchful as students are returning to school today.
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REDWOOD SHORES, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/29/13 -- Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL)
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- Following the success of its Social Media Rally Stations for partners at Oracle OpenWorld, Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) today extended its leading enablement resources to include a new track on "Modern Marketing for Today's Digital World."
- According to the IDC's annual social business survey, June 2012, 67 percent of companies deployed social software for business activities, up significantly from 43 percent in 2011(1).
- While the value of social media and online communities is clear, many businesses are still struggling with "where to start" in building or further growing their brand online.
- The new enablement resource center, including a 12-week webcast series and library of valuable best-practice and how-to guides, is designed to help partners boost their brand presence online to further awareness, growth and business opportunities.
- Initial resources in the enablement series include enhancing your online profile, building a community on Twitter and LinkedIn, maximizing the benefits of Google AdWords and much more.
- As an added benefit to OPN members, authorized partners can use the Oracle ® trademark in their Google AdWords ads, to help further their reach online and optimize target results. For more information visit here.
- The Modern Marketing Resource center joins a wide range of OPN enablement tools geared to help partners create awareness and generate sales leads. Through OPN, partners have access to tools, trainings and best practices to help plan and deliver effective demand generation activities -- from basic email campaigns to seminars.
- Visit the Modern Marketing Resource center and Oracle marketing kits, designed to help partners accelerate growth opportunities and create demand generation programs around Oracle's key technologies.
Video Series Provides Partners Easy-Steps for Building their Online Brand
- The Modern Marketing Resource center will offer a three-track webcast series that provides partners with the foundation for building and growing a successful online community. Tracks include:
- Laying the Foundation: to help partners create an online brand using resources to listen to prospects and customers, leveraging analytics to measure and refine techniques, and building out a complete profile to accurately showcase all of the services and products that a company has to offer.
- Building an Online Presence: shows partners how to leverage social media platforms including LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ to their fullest potential and turning these tools into lead generation machines.
- Staging the Business for Success: will help partners complete their online presence through use of online forums, maximizing eBlasts, eBooks, and webinars to complement traditional marketing techniques which becomes a well-rounded marketing strategy.
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- "OPN's Modern Marketing Enablement series was designed to help customers see a more complete picture of a partner and the services and products they offer -- while helping partners, especially those in the mid-market, expand their marketing efforts and increase visibility across their key audiences," said Heather Margolis, President, Channel Maven Consulting. "Sharing social media best practices further demonstrates OPN's commitment to providing its partners with Enablement programs to expand their business and reach in the digital marketplace."
- "Social media channels continue to grow in importance as companies use them to communicate with their key constituents, as well as grow business opportunities," said Darren Bibby, Vice President, Channels and Alliances Research, IDC. "Oracle PartnerNetwork has long leveraged its social presence to effectively engage its partner community, and it is now extending that expertise to help its partners expand their awareness and business possibilities online."
- "Social media has become one of the most effective ways for Oracle to listen to and learn from our partner community. The strong response and interest we received for our OPN social "help" stations at Oracle OpenWorld signaled there is a great appetite amongst our partner community to learn more about building their social prowess to engage their own constituents and create new business opportunities," said Lydia Smyers, Group VP of Worldwide Alliances & Channels.
Supporting Resources
- Modern Marketing for Today's Digital World
- Oracle PartnerNetwork Blog on Modern Marketing
- Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN)
- OPN Specialized
- OPN Solutions Catalog
- Connect with the Oracle Partner community at OPN on Twitter, OPN on Facebook, OPN on LinkedIn, and OPN on YouTube.
About Oracle PartnerNetwork
Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) Specialized is the latest version of Oracle's partner program that provides partners with tools to better develop, sell and implement Oracle solutions. OPN Specialized offers resources to train and support specialized knowledge of Oracle products and solutions and has evolved to recognize Oracle's growing product portfolio, partner base and business opportunity. Key to the latest enhancements to OPN is the ability for partners to differentiate through Specializations. Specializations are achieved through competency development, business results, expertise and proven success. To find out more visit http://www.oracle.com/partners.
About Oracle
Oracle engineers hardware and software to work together in the cloud and in your data center. For more information about Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL), visit www.oracle.com.
Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
(1) IDC, The State of Enterprise Social Software Adoption in 2012, doc #236637, September 2012.
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Which female had the most natural ability in history?
Navratilova? Graf? Seles? Hingis? Serena? Venus? Sabatini? Capriati? Kournikova? Davenport? King? Goolagong? Court? Moody? Lučić?
It depends on what you mean by ability.
for instance, one could be a natural athletic phenomenon
or one could have natural hand eye coordination but not be the most natural athlete.
some have both.
Stick to Nadal mate
athletic abillities I would say Steffi Graf, not even Federer moved as gracefully as she did. Natural abilities, difficult, technically I would say Navratilova and Sabatini, Serena natural power house, she makes it look easy. a lot of words, I don;t think I can answer it :)
*** ran out of troll threads?!?! :shock:
That's an interesting and difficult question.
I think Hingis' had a crazy amount of natural talent and inate intelligent skill but not the athletic ability.
Steffi Graf had amazing natural athletic ability, I heard she could have turned to any athletic discipline, she could have been like Heiki Dreksler (German Olympic heptathlete and long jumper). I do find Graf hitting slice backhands all day slightly infruriating.
Srena Williams has an unbelievably good technically pefrect serve; her ability to apply slice and topspin at pace is a lost art in both mens and womens game because players don't practice it as much due to medium paced courts now, but she came from a different era. Her movement is great but she can look clumsy, but as a result comes up with great improvisation, like a great batsmen in cricket would who has not learned the classic technique.
Justine Henin would be included for me; the best one hand backhand I've seen on a player, I was lucky to see her play many times on grass, clay and indoors and she was always fantastic to watch. I remember the first time I saw her on tv in 2000 at the Canadian Open and I couldn't believe a small girl was hitting a backhand like that!
Petra Kvitova today has the potential to be one of the best. When I saw her live, she looks like she is just touching the ball and it flies off her raquet for a winner!! Incredible natural power, she needs to improve her movement and will to win and she could be very special. She loves going to net, which in today's times is something to be cherished.
Difficult question but the front runners for me would be Graf, Serena, Henin and Navratilova. Hingis just misses out due to lack of natural athletic ability.
Players I would give special mentions to would be Amelie Mauresmo, Kim Clijsters, Venus Williams, Hana Mandlikova.
Just waiting for *** to point his favorite and compare her with nadal.
Cut to the chase, ***.
Steffi Graf and Serena are known to be two of the most talented female tennis players, and all won their head to heads with their biggest rival(s), therefore Nadal is greater than Federer?
This is tough because they are so many abilities within tennis.
Power: Serena
Building points: Hingis. It was so beautiful how she strategized and used the whole court and variety of shots. Her offensive lob was astounding.
Timing & backhand: Henin.
Seles changed the game, I think, how it's played.
Clijsters plays just like a guy --amazing.
I don't know enough about the great women of yesteryear though.
When people call Woz Hingis 2.0 its such an affront Hingis. Woz wishes she could volley 1/4 as well as Hingis.
Haven't seen enough footage of Lenglen, Moody or Court to give an informed answer.
But, the name that always comes to mind for natural tennis ability is Hingis. There have been very few men or women for whom tennis came naturally: no unnecessary bodily contortions, no stupid shrieks or grunts, just an infuriatingly serene manner of redirecting the ball from the racket. Hingis seemed to have more natural tennis talent in her little finger than most of her opponents put together. Physically, mentally and athletically, she would not stand up next to Graf or Evert or Navratilova or Serena Williams, but purely for ball striking and an innate understanding of the court's geometry, she was up there with them, if not better.
Laurie is right about Hana Mandlikova too. She was great to watch.
wonder if you back far enough if hingis and fed are related somwhere...
I think henin should be in the mix. she was short but very strong and athletic plus having great tennis skills. the best natural athlete was probably graf.
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If your in a rush, than this is not the place to dine. If your looking for phenomenal service, than this is the place. The meat was excellent and juicy, the fish was flavorful. The side dishes are served a la carte. Look to spend at least…
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Between a decrease in overall production and the emergence of Jacquizz Rodgers, the Falcons will likely cut starting RB Michael Turner.
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Despite owning the franchise record for rushing TDs, it appears Atlanta is going to cut longtime starting running back Michael Turner.
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Jockey Wade Injured in Hawthorne Accident
Jockey Lyndie Wade will be sidelined for four to six weeks as a result of injuries he sustained during the running of the fifth race at Hawthorne on Feb. 19.
The jockey, who was thrown to the ground when his mount, Millennium Park broke down, was treated at Loyola Medical Center where he was diagnosed with fractures to a couple of vertebrae to his neck.
Millennium Park was euthanized.
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|Bloody cancer, every so often it finds a hammer to break your heart, in between those times it finds a hundred ways to chip away at it.
|As long as Iain M Banks is OK.
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|Very very sad news. Gutted.
|Sad news indeed.
|I don't think I've ever read work as diverse and consistently brilliant by any other author. First James Herbert now Iain Banks what the hell is going on with my favourite authors?
Gutted indeed - from feeling a sore back to being told you have months to live in the matter of a few weeks. Difficult to comprehend.
What a fantastic story teller he is.
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Really gutted. From a pure selfish point of view that there will be no more Culture books, but also because whenever I've heard him speak, he always comes across as a wonderful person.
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|God no, no-one has captured my imagination as much as Iain Banks with his ability to twist a plot and hold your attention. And no more Culture novels. My kindle will never be the same again
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Stephen Ambrose's son, Hugh, continues legacy
MADISON, Wis. (WTW) — Partly out of habit, and perhaps subconsciously to prove his mettle, Hugh Ambrose grabbed hold of the manuscript that arrived in the mail from his father, whipped out his marker and began to employ it liberally throughout, as if he were still a teacher's assistant challenging the assertions of one of his undergraduate charges.
It wasn't until after he mailed back the rough draft of what was to become "Undaunted Courage," the 1996 book regarded as the definitive modern retelling of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, that it struck the youngest of noted historian Stephen Ambrose's five children that he may have short-circuited their nascent working relationship.
That reaction, in Hugh's words: "Oh my God, what did I just do?"
Those fears were for naught. If anything, Hugh's boldness convinced his father that the kid may actually be of some help as his career focus turned from academia to producing a series of best-selling nonfiction titles....
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Longshots scored victories in back-to-back races Thursday at Golden Gate Fields, spurring a Pick Six carryover of $335,167 into Friday's racing program.
First post Friday is 12:45 p.m. and the Pick Six, which challenges bettors to select the winners of six consecutive races, will be held on races three through eight. Post time for the third race is 1:47 p.m.
All gates at Golden Gate Fields open at 8:30 a.m. Saturday for the simulcast of Day 2 of the Breeders' Cup World Championships from Churchill Downs in Louisville.
The live racing programs at Golden Gate Fields on Friday and Saturday will be bolstered by the simulcast of the Breeders' Cup World Championships from Churchill Downs in Louisville.
Sienna Sky, responding to a strong ride from jockey Kevin Krigger, scored a game victory in the $35,332 sprint feature at Golden Gate Fields Sunday.
Sienna Sky battled on the lead throughout the six-furlong contest for fillies and mares and dug in tenaciously down the stretch to defeat Upstairs Maid by three-quarters of a length. Trapper's Bounty, the 2-to-1 favorite, finished third.
Jerry Hollendorfer, the Northern California-based Hall of Fame trainer, won the $100,000 Bob Benoit California Cup Juvenile Stakes at Santa Anita Saturday with Rousing Sermon.
Rousing Sermon charged from sixth in a field of nine to win the 1 1/16-mile race for
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The Kitty Strikes Back -- Aboard the "Star Wars" Themed AT-ST Cat Tree
We know your kitty would rather take over the universe from within her own Death Star, but it looks like she'll have to make do with kitty condos and cat trees that are a bit more, um, tactical. In May we showed you the CAT-AT (modeled after the big four-legged "Imperial Walker" from the Star Wars trilogy) and today we bring you the AT-ST (based on the smaller, two-legged tool of destruction).
Constructed from leftover home remodeling material and completed over a series of four weekends, the AT-ST cat structure doesn't have all the amenities of the CAT-AT (after all, it's difficult to top your own bar stocked with mini bottles of liquor that light up), but there is a dangly cat toy, and that's basically all a cat needs to be happy -- besides an elevated place to perch.
Buffy the cat certainly looks pleased as she takes a few swats at the dangling cat toy, and then she makes herself comfy around the back of the AT-ST.
"Yes," she thinks, kneading her paws slowly, "just one step closer to intergalactic domination. The Death Star will be completed on time, and then all cats will rise!"
Then she jumps off the AT-ST, distracted by a flicker of light and a particularly cozy-looking cardboard box.
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This will be another review saying how good the Riad is - because it is! All the previous reviews are right - the staff are brilliant, friendly and can not do enough to help you. The Riad itself is lovely - breakfast on the roof terrace was a treat and a highlight.
We arrived through the airport over 90 minutes late but the taxi that had been arranged was there and when we arrived at the Riad we had arranged a meal on the roof teraace but there was no rush and we were told to get ourselves sorted and they would wait until we were ready even if it was close to midnight!
The rest of our stay was similar, staff always asking if we wanted anything or if they could help us, it came across that all of the staff were proud of their Riad and wanted to do anything they possibly could to make your stay even better.
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- The Riad can defined like a boutique hotel as we have a personalized service. All ours Rooms are equiped with phone, minibar, safetybox, hairdryer, insuite bathroom, hitter and air condioning. We have a multilanguages staff service 24 to 24 hours. In the restaurant we have a international and Moroccon cucine. ... more less
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