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An apparatus which includes a state machine which tests the condition of the PCI bus, the condition of a target device on the bus, and then generates signal to accomplish the transfer which signals vary with the ability of the target device to transfer the data at particular rates.
1. A computer system comprising:
a main memory;
a central processing unit (CPU);
a first bus coupled to the CPU and to the main memory;
a mezzanine bus;
a first bridge circuit that separates the first bus from the mezzanine bus and provides information transfer therebetween;
a bus master coupled to the mezzanine bus that controls a burst operation comprising a transfer of data on the mezzanine bus, the bus master providing signals that initiate and complete the burst operation;
a bus slave coupled to the mezzanine bus that responds to the signals by asserting a ready signal which commences the transfer of data on the mezzanine bus, the bus slave including a state machine that varies a timing of the ready signal such that the transfer of data occurs synchronously on the mezzanine bus at a rate matched to the bus slave.
2. The computer system of claim 1 further comprising:
a secondary bridge circuit;
a secondary bus coupled to the mezzanine bus via the secondary bridge circuit, the mezzanine bus having a first rate of operation and the secondary bus having a second rate of operation which is substantially slower than the first rate of operation.
3. The computer system of claim 1 wherein the timing of the ready signal comprises a delay timing.
4. The computer system of claim 3 wherein the delay timing is controlled by a jumper setting of the bus slave.
5. The computer system of claim 1 wherein the state machine comprises a plurality of registers providing at least eight output states.
6. The computer system of claim 1 wherein the signals provided by the bus master include a first signal and a second signals, both of which must be asserted for the transfer of data to occur.
7. The computer system of claim 6 wherein deassertion of the second signal, while the first signal is asserted, provides an indication to the bus slave that only one transfer remains to complete the burst operation.
8. The computer system of claim 1 wherein said burst operation comprises the transfer of said data on the mezzanine bus from a sequential addresses beginning from an initial address.
9. A method of synchronously transferring data in a burst operation on a mezzanine bus of a computer system which also includes a central processing unit (CPU), a CPU bus, and a secondary bus, the mezzanine bus being separated from the CPU bus by a first bridge circuit and from the secondary bus by a second bridge circuit, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) providing a first signal and a second signal on the mezzanine bus by a bus master to initiate the burst operation;
(b) asserting by a bus slave a ready signal on the mezzanine bus to commence the transfer of data responsive to the first and second signals, the ready signal having an associated timing; and
(c) controlling the associated timing of the ready signal by a state machine of the bus slave such that the transfer of data occurs synchronously on the mezzanine bus at a rate matched to the bus slave.
10. The method according to claim 9 further comprising the step of:
transitioning at least one the first signal or the second signal provided by the bus master to indicate to the bus slave that only one transfer remains to complete the burst operation.
11. The method of claim 9 wherein the associated timing of the ready signal comprises a delay timing.
12. The method of claim 11 wherein the delay timing is controlled by a jumper setting of the bus slave.
13. The method of claim 9 further comprising the step of:
asserting the first signal and the second signal in order for the transfer of data to occur.
14. The method of claim 9 further comprising the step of deasserting the second signal while the first signal is asserted, wherein said deassertion of the second signal, while the first signal is asserted, provides an indication to the bus slave that only one transfer remains to complete the burst operation.
15. The method of claim 9 wherein said burst operation comprises the transfer of said data on the mezzanine bus from a sequential addresses beginning from an initial address.
16. A method of synchronously transferring data in a burst operation on a mezzanine bus of a computer system which also includes a central processing unit (CPU), a CPU bus, and a secondary bus, the mezzanine bus being separated from the CPU bus by a first bridge circuit and from the secondary bus by a second bridge circuit, the method comprising the steps of:
providing an initiating signal on the mezzanine bus by a bus master to initiate the burst operation;
asserting by a bus slave a ready signal on the mezzanine bus to commence the transfer of data responsive to the initiating signal, the ready signal having an associated timing; and
controlling the associated timing of the ready signal by a state machine of the bus slave such that the transfer of data occurs synchronously on the mezzanine bus at a rate matched to the bus slave.
17. The method of claim 16 wherein the burst operation comprises a transfer of data from sequential addresses beginning from an initial address.
18. The method of claim 16, wherein said initiating signal comprises a first signal and a second signal.
19. The method of claim 18, wherein both said first signal and said second signal are asserted for a data transfer to occur.
20. The method of claim 18 wherein when only one of said first signal and said second signal is asserted indicates to the bus slave that only one transfer remains to complete the burst operation.
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/286,427, filed Aug. 5, 1994, now abandoned.
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to computer systems, and more particularly, to methods and apparatus for providing an interface by which data may be read at different transfer speeds from memory devices associated with a PCI bus.
2. History of the Prior Art
Historically, personal computers have utilized a single bus to transfer data between different internal components of the system. In personal computers using central processing units designed and manufactured by Intel Corporation of Santa Clara, Calif., such buses have typically been designed as either an Industry Standard Association (ISA) bus or an Expanded Industry Standard Association (EISA) bus. The ISA bus is a sixteen bit data bus while the EISA bus is thirty-two bits wide. Both the ISA bus and the EISA bus typically operate at a frequency just over eight megahertz. These bus widths and the rates at which each of these buses is capable of operating have limited the speed at which a computer can operate so there have been a number of attempts to increase bus speed.
One recently implemented method of increasing bus speed is to provide an additional, so called, "local bus" which is more closely associated with the central processor than either of the above-mentioned buses and which is capable of running at speeds closer to the speeds at which the processor itself runs. Those system components which require faster operation than has been available using the slower buses (such as an output display card driving an output display device) are joined to this faster local bus. The slower ISA or EISA bus is continued in essentially unchanged form as a secondary bus, and those components which are able to tolerate longer access times are associated with the slower bus.
Intel Corporation has designed a new local (or mezzanine) bus which may be associated in a computer system both with a processor and with other buses such as an ISA bus or an EISA bus (each of which is hereinafter referred to broadly as a secondary bus). This new local bus is able to transfer data more rapidly for selected components of the system without the conflicts and bottlenecks which arise using other local bus systems. This new bus is known as the peripheral component interconnect (PCI) bus. Initial designs of the PCI bus are thirty-two bits wide and are capable of operating at frequencies up to thirty-three megahertz.
One of the attributes of the PCI bus is its ability to transfer bursts of data. In burst transfers, a sequence of data addresses and data are transferred to the bus in a long burst without interruption. Such transfers are conducted synchronously under control of a clock provided by a PCI bus master. Using such a burst transfer mode is complicated by the fact that various devices such as memory from which data is accessed may be constructed to operate at different rates which are not necessarily the same as the rate of the bus master clock. For example, certain devices operate at speeds such that a transfer operation is accomplished without requiring any wait by the bus master. Other devices furnish data at a rate such that the bus must pause for one or more clock cycles while waiting for data. Since each bus master on the bus provides the clock signals by which the data is transferred, it is necessary for synchronous transfers that the bus be able to function with all of these different devices. It is possible to design bus slave devices to function with the precise timings necessary for synchronous transfers on the PCI bus, but it requires more costly design. It is desirable to allow bus slave devices to utilize synchronous burst transfers without requiring the costly design practiced in the prior art.
It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to provide apparatus and methods for allowing devices on the PCI bus to function in a synchronous mode on the bus even though those devices are capable of functioning at different rates of speed.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for synchronizing data on the PCI bus.
These and other objects of the present invention are realized in an apparatus which includes a state machine in a target bus slave device from which data is to be read which tests the condition of the bus, the condition of the target device on the bus, provides a delay appropriate to the particular target device, and then generates a signal to accomplish the transfer, the timing of which signal varies with the ability of the target device to transfer the data at particular rates.
These and other objects and features of the invention will be better understood by reference to the detailed description which follows taken together with the drawings in which like elements are referred to by like designations throughout the several views.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a computer system having a PCI bus which may utilize the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a PCI bus master and a PCI bus slave such as are illustrated in FIG. 1.
FIG. 3A is a state diagram illustrating the operation of a state machine included in the bus slave of FIG. 2.
FIG. 3B shows various states provided by jumpers in conjunction with the operation of one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a timing diagram useful is describing the operation of the invention.
Some portions of the detailed descriptions which follow are presented in terms of symbolic representations of operations on data bits within a computer memory. These descriptions and representations are the means used by those skilled in the data processing arts to most effectively convey the substance of their work to others skilled in the art. The operations are those requiring physical manipulations of physical quantities. Usually, though not necessarily, these quantities take the form of electrical or magnetic signals capable of being stored, transferred, combined, compared, and otherwise manipulated. It has proven convenient at times, principally for reasons of common usage, to refer to these signals as bits, values, elements, symbols, characters, terms, numbers, or the like. It should be borne in mind, however, that all of these and similar terms are to be associated with the appropriate physical quantities and are merely convenient labels applied to these quantities.
Further, the manipulations performed are often referred to in terms, such as adding or comparing, which are commonly associated with mental operations performed by a human operator. No such capability of a human operator is necessary or desirable in most cases in any of the operations described herein which form part of the present invention; the operations are machine operations. Useful machines for performing the operations of the present invention include general purpose digital computers or other similar devices. In all cases the distinction between the method operations in operating a computer and the method of computation itself should be borne in mind. The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for operating a computer in processing electrical or other (e.g. mechanical, chemical) physical signals to generate other desired physical signals.
Referring now to FIG. 1, there is illustrated a computer system 10. The system 10 includes a central processor 11 such as an Intel i486™ microprocessor which carries out the various instructions provided to the computer 10 for its operations. The central processor 11 is coupled to a bus 12 adapted to carry information to various components of the system 10. The bus 12 is designed as a PCI bus in order to allow the transfer of data to and from the central processor 11 at a rate faster than is possible utilizing only the typical ISA or EISA buses used by the prior art. The processor 11 is connected to the bus 12 through a processor bus by a bridge circuit 14 which is adapted to provide various functions necessary to the transfer. Also connected to the PCI bus 12 by the bridge circuit 14 is main memory 13 which is typically constructed of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) arranged in a manner well known to those skilled in the prior art to store information during a period in which power is provided to the system 10. In the embodiment illustrated, the bridge circuit 14 is physically constructed to include both a cache and DRAM controller (CDC) chip and a data path unit (DPU) chip each of which is manufactured by Intel Corporation of Santa Clara, Calif. Detailed descriptions of these chips are provided in Cache & DRAM Controller (CDC) 82424TX and Data Path Unit (DPU) 82423TX, each published by Intel Corporation. In addition to various functions such as cache control and data synchronization, the bridge circuit 14 includes circuitry for controlling and accomplishing the transfer of data among the CPU 11, main memory 13, and the PCI bus 12.
The PCI bus 12 provides access to components associated therewith such as a PCI bus slave circuit 15 and a PCI bus master circuit 16. A PCI bus slave circuit is adapted to receive and provide data on the PCI bus under control of other circuitry associated with the bus. One example of a PCI bus slave circuit is a video output card including a frame buffer adapted to store video signals to be transferred to an output device such as a monitor for display. Another example of a PCI bus slave circuit is a flash memory array which may provide non-volatile storage to supplement the storage provided by main memory 13. The main properties of a PCI bus master are that it includes a bus controller which functions at some internal clock rate and that it may initiate and control operations on the PCI bus 12.
Also connected to the PCI bus 12 is a PCI/secondary bus bridge circuit 17. The bridge circuit 17 performs the various functions necessary to transfer data between the PCI bus 12 and various component circuits joined to a secondary bus 18. The secondary bus 18 may be an ISA bus, an EISA bus, or some bus which typically operates at a slower data transfer rate than the PCI bus 12. A specific PCI to ISA bus bridge circuit 17 is a part of an integrated circuit chip referred to as a "system input/output" (SIO) circuit manufactured by Intel Corporation. Such a bridge is described in detail in a publication entitled 82420/82430 PCIset ISA and EISA Bridges, published by Intel Corporation. Such a bridge circuit 17 includes circuitry for providing the interface between the PCI bus 12 and the secondary bus 18 which allows data to be transferred between the two buses. The bridge circuit 17 provides circuitry which allows it to operate as an intercoupling bus master or as a bus slave on the PCI bus 12. The ability of the bridge circuit 17 to act as a PCI bus master allows a bus master circuit 19 positioned on the secondary bus 18 (for example, local area network circuitry) to gain access to the PCI bus 12 and from there to the main memory. In one embodiment, the SIO chip which includes the bridge circuit 17 also includes a first arbiter circuit 20 for controlling access to the PCI bus 12 and a second arbiter circuit 21 for controlling access to the secondary bus 18.
The PCI bus 12 is adapted to allow the connection of a number of bus masters each of which may control operations on the PCI bus. For example, each of the bridge circuits 14 and 17 as well as the PCI bus master circuit 16 are PCI bus masters which include a bus controller which functions at some internal clock rate and may initiate and control operations on the PCI bus 12.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating portions of both a PCI bus master 16 and a PCI bus slave circuit 15 which pertain to the present invention. As may be seen in FIG. 2, the bus master 16 initiates a number of signals which are utilized for the transfer of data. (In this specification, a signal which includes a "#" in its name is considered to be an active low signal. The term "assert" as applied to a signal indicates that signal is active independent of whether the level of the signal is low or high. The term "de-assert" indicates that a signal is inactive.) Each PCI bus master asserts a signal FRAME# to indicate the beginning of a burst transfer operation. Each bus master also provides a clock signal CLOCK1 which is utilized to accomplish the synchronous transfer of data on the bus 12. The bus master circuits generate a specific byte sequence on a command and byte enable (C/BE#) bus, a four bit control bus associated with the bus 12, to indicate that an operation is to be a read of data from the addressed location. During a read operation, each bus master furnishes an address from which data is to be read onto the bus under control of the bus master. The bus master circuits also asserts an initiator ready (IRDY#) signal to indicate that the particular bus master is ready to accomplish a data transfer on the bus and furnishes certain other signals (such as signals on the C/BE# bus which decode as write enable signals WE# during write operations) which are utilized during the transfer of data for controlling the operation and assuring that the timing of the control signals are correct for the various operations. All of these signals are utilized in burst transfers of data on the PCI bus 12.
A bus master 16 asserts the FRAME# signal to indicate that a transfer operation is to occur on the bus. As long as the bus master is asserting FRAME#, data may be transferred from addresses which are sequentially incremented from the initial address indicated by the bus master during such a burst transfer. When a burst transfer operation is about to cease, the signal FRAME# is de-asserted; and the final cycle of operation is completed so long as the bus master continues to be ready as indicated by the continued assertion of the signal IRDY#.
A target device such as a bus slave circuit 15 receives the FRAME# signal and the read address and determines using address decode circuitry that it is the device addressed by the bus master 16. In response to this determination, the target device asserts the DEVSEL# signal indicating that it is the correct device. The target device also receives the read command signal on the C/BE# bus and using command decode circuitry generates an internal signal RD-- Decode indicating that the operation is a read operation. The target device asserts a signal TRDY# when it is ready to transfer data signifying that the target device is ready to transfer data. If the FRAME# signal and IRDY# are asserted by the bus master and the TRDY# signal is asserted by the bus slave, the transfer occurs. During the transfer, a state machine 23 which is a part of each bus slave circuit controls the TDRY# signal (which controls the transfer) so that bus slaves having different operating speeds may all function synchronously with the single clock signal CLOCK1 provided by the bus master. The state machine circuitry itself includes provision for determining the operating speed of the target device and varying the time at which the TRDY# signal is provided depending on the operating speed determined. This allows the designer of the slave device to design without regard to meeting exact timing requirements on the PCI bus 12.
FIG. 3A is a state diagram indicating the operation of the state machine 23. The operation of the state machine 23 relating to data transfers on the bus 12 commences upon the application of power in a default state S3. In this state S3, the state machine responds to signals indicating a read cycle, a correct device address, and an asserted FRAME# or IRDY# signal by commencing a read operation illustrated in the figure as GO-- RD and moving to state S4. The signal FRAME# is deasserted and the signal IRDY# is asserted to indicate that only one transfer remains. Both the signal FRAME# and the signal IRDY# are deasserted to indicate that the transaction is complete. These signals and the other signals utilized in the present invention are illustrated in FIG. 3B for bus slave devices having transfer speeds providing zero, one, two, and three wait state performance. These signals are also illustrated in the example timing diagram of FIG 4. In state S4, the output of the addressed device caused by the state machine 23 is a deasserted TRDY# signal which indicates that the device is not ready for a read operation. Typically, the operation of the state machine 23 immediately moves from state S4 to a next state unless at any time a STOP# signal indicating some delay in the availability of data (caused by parity errors or the like) is received before moving. If in state S4, the state machine 4 receives no STOP# signal and no jumper signal WS 0:3!, the operation moves to state 86. This is indicated by the path GO-- TRNF in the figure.
In one embodiment of the invention, two individual jumpers are provided the settings of which furnish output signals WS 0:3!. If a jumper produced signal is present, the state machine 23 moves to one of states S8, S9, or S10. The particular state is determined by the particular jumper signal provided, a signal set on the circuit board by the manufacturer or user depending on the speed characteristics of the particular device. For example, a manufacturer provided memory having a 70 nanosecond characteristic would set (or suggest setting) no jumpers. A manufacturer of slower 100 nanosecond memory might set jumpers to produce a signal WS0 causing the state machine to move to the state 8. A manufacturer of even slower 120 nanosecond memory might set jumpers to produce a signal WS1 causing the state machine to move to the state 9. Although four wait states are provided the jumpers and three wait states are used as shown in FIG. 3B, it is clear that additional wait states might easily be provided by increasing the number of jumpers.
In any of the states S8-S10, the state machine provides the appropriate delay to match the characteristics of the device indicated by the wait state signal before moving to the state S6 at which signal TRDY# is initiated so that the transfer operation is executed. At this state S6, the transfer of data begins and continues until the PCI bus master deasserts the FRAME# signal indicating that the burst read operation is complete. It is possible for the transfer operation to be interrupted by a wait condition, in which case the operation returns to state S4 until the delay in removed. As mentioned, the last cycle of the transfer operation is completed after the de-assertion of the FRAME# signal so long as the bus master continues to assert the IRDY# signal.
It should be specifically noted that the target (the slave device) controls the wait state performance. The slave device does this by its delay timing prior to asserting the signal TRDY#. The delay timing is controlled by the jumper setting and the signal WS 0:3! generated thereby. The ability to provide a simple jumper setting to allow read transfers to occur at different rates even though the transfer is synchronous eliminates the need to worry about target timing during design.
The state machine 23 of the present invention may be implemented quite easily by three registers or other means which are capable of providing eight individual output states.
FIG. 3 also describes a write operation for the embodiment of the invention illustrated. If in state S3 a write enable signal WE# is received from the bus master during the presence of an FRAME# signal where the slave device is being addressed, the device moves to a state S5. In the state S5, the operation waits for the slave device to assert the signal TRDY#. When the signal is asserted, the operation moves to state S7, continues to assert the signal TRDY#, and accomplishes the write transfer.
Although the present invention has been described in terms of a preferred embodiment, it will be appreciated that various modifications and alterations might be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. The invention should therefore be measured in terms of the claims which follow.
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The Atlanta Falcons will play against the Carolina Panthers on Sunday at 1 p.m. EST. Despite the Falcons being 11-1 the jury remains out on whether they are a true Super Bowl contender or just a team that looks pretty in Week 14. Their opponent on Sunday, Carolina has been inconsistent all season on offense. So who is favored in the Falcons versus Panthers game? The Falcons will again have to prove themselves. They are a 3.5 point favorite entering this contest but have had to survive a few close falls of late.The total points for the game is set at 47.5. In the teams first match-up this season the Falcons won on a last-second field goal. Atlanta is coming off a ten point win against New Orleans while Carolina recently lost to Kansas City. The Falcons average 26.4 points per game, while Carolina is posting 19.6. The Panthers defense is giving up 24.3 ppg, while Atlanta's defense gives up an average of 19.1, fifth in the league.
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Ramona Quimby está emocionada por empezar Kindergarten. Ahora no tiene que ver a su hermana mayor, Beezus, montarse en el autobús a la escuela con todos los niños grandes. ¡Ella finalmente es suficiente mayor para hacerlo también!
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Beverly Cleary was born in McMinnville, Oregon, and, until she was old enough to attend school, lived on a farm in Yamhill, a town so small it had no library. Her mother arranged with the State Library to have books sent to Yamhill and acted as librarian in a lodge room upstairs over a bank. There young Beverly learned to love books. However, when the family moved to Portland, Beverly soon found herself in the grammar school's low reading circle, an experience that has given her sympathy for the problems of struggling readers.
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The service is reportedly going to be called HBO Now, and it will go live in April, roughly a month from now. Pricing is pegged at $15 per month, which is a bit higher than the likes of Netflix and Hulu. Of course, if HBO plans on offering all of their own high quality content, it might be worth the premium over similar services. Read more


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Okay, after I had my first DS in july of this year I experienced what I thought were back spasms with pain that radiated from between my shoulder blades around to the upper part of my abdomen. It only happened a couple times and then seemed to stop. I've now had 3 in the last 2 1/2 wks, and I found out a week and a half ago that I'm prego again. I read that it is common for women to have gall bladder attacks after pregnancy due to the digestive tract slowing down and possible build up of gall stones. Have any of you ever experienced this? I plan to call my ob tomorrow... hoping they will do an ultrasound on my gall bladder to check it.
Gall Bladder issue post partum???
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my sis was in the hospital for one week the month after her daughter was born. they took out her gallbladder. i think it is pretty common, at least it was on my birth board.
Yep, i got gallbladder issues after my second daughter was born. She was about 18 months old when they finally stopped. I had started with mild attacks through pregnancy that i didn't realise were gall attacks, i thought i was having bad BHs and then when i got the runs i thought i just ate something that didn't agree but yeah, they hit bad post partum. Am now preggers again and have had 3 already. Not looking forward to the post partum period! I am just trying to steer clear of deep fried stuff which seems to set me off the worst. I feel for ya.
Very proud mummy to two gorgeous girls who are my entire world.
Expecting #3 (our last) in March - Looking like another princess will complete us.
I had REAL bad gallbladder attacks. All I can advise to anyone with issues is to get them taken care of as soon as you can. The longer you wait the bigger they obviously get. Then instead of having a small incision through your bellybutton they have to cut you open (like back in the day). Either way you should stay away from fried foods, greasy, or anything with oils (ie such as olive oil). It tends to irritate the gallbladder.
yes!!! I had to have mine removed. It gave me trouble for 2 1/2 years of suffering until I could not take it anymore. I feel great now.
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that happened to me. I had my daughter in october 2006 and felt the gall bladder pains for the first time that december. Then i didnt have it for another year or so...when it got so bad, mostly just the abdominal pains after i ate, shortness of breath, vomiting...i went to the my PCP, and they told me i DIDNT have gallstones. All they did was feel by stomach. Then i went to the ER and they did an ultrasound and sure enough i had 2 HUGE gall stones...i had to have surgery that following january 2008. Luckily i did, because i got pregnant like 4 months after that. I only have 4 small incisions on my stomach. But it needs to get taken care ASAP!!! You definately need to make sure you let your OB know.
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Thanks ladies! I am going to my OB tomorrow morning! Hopefully they will do an ultrasound on my gallbladder and I'll know whats up.


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THIS WEEKEND: Secrets Of Prospect Park
Filed under: Area 51
This Sunday, October 26 my buddy Kevin over at Forgotten New York will be conducting a tour of Prospect Park. Here are the deets:
WHEN & WHERE: Everyone interested in attending this tour should meet at the southwest corner of Grand Army Plaza at noon.
HOW (much): A measly $5.00!
HOW (long): Approximately 2-3 hours.
RAIN DATE: November 2, same time, same place.
WHY: Because this tour sounds damned neat!
To get everyone in the F-NY Tour 36 spirit I have pulled a few oldies but goodies from my cache of old New York City goodness. Some old snaps from Prospect Park!
From the Prospect Park Zoo.
The Japanese Garden at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
Miss Heather
Williamsburg Photo du Jour: The 401-Keg Plan
Filed under: Williamsburg
In a crowning touch of irony, the business (on North 5th Street) where this flier is located was closed.
Miss Heather
FRIDAY: Champagne & Cup Cakes!
Filed under: Greenpoint Magic
This item comes courtesy of Bitchcakes. She writes:
…I was going to email you- do you want to blog about the big grand opening party at Fred Flare? It's this Friday night @ 7pm. There will be champagne and cupcakes. Did you hear me: CHAMPAGNE AND CUPCAKES! Yum! I am there!
I've got to say that champagne and cup cakes sounds like a pretty damned good to polish off the week. Methinks I will have to swing by Fred Flare this Friday night!
Fred Flare Grand Opening with Celebratory Cup Cakes and Champagne!
131 Meserole Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11222
Miss Heather
Halloween Photos du Jour: Finally!
Filed under: 11222, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic
After getting off to late start I am pleased to announce that 97 Russell Street is getting down to some serious Halloween business! What's more I got to meet the woman behind some of this madness (she was waiting for her husband to arrive with a lift so they could hoist a ghost onto their tree) and get the 411 as to what is going on.
Apparently the reason they got off to a late start this year (the left-hand side of the yard was still incomplete as of today) was because she went on a trip to Egypt (!) and her hubby didn't where she had stashed all the Halloween goodness!
Once the aerosol foam insulation dries on this bad boy he'll be brandishing a meat cleaver! YAY!
This cute little witch holds court with her retinue of ghosts above the front door…
right next to this rather nasty looking fella.
Scaryass clown? Check.
Wraith and an organ? Check.
These skulls on a pike come from Long Island!
I can hardly wait to see what this looks like once they fire up the smoke machine. (YES, they're going to have one!)
Last week I learned from their neighbors over on Humboldt that there is some long-standing friendly competition between brains behind the Humboldt Hurler and the folks at 97 Russell. As a matter of fact, their properties abut each other —enabling them to keep careful track of each others progress. It's all in good fun though. The incredibly kind woman at 97 Russell told me today with a hint of pride that their house and 648 Humboldt were featured in the New York Daily News last year. This came to pass because her daughter happens to be a reporter for this publication.
Now that's what I call an inside scoop!
Miss Heather
A Very Special Greenpoint Moment
Filed under: Crazy People, Greenpoint Magic
Ever had one of those moments when you see something and think to yourself:
Gee, I bet there is an interesting story behind this.
Only to realize that in order to achieve true understanding would probably entail taking large quantities of psychotropic drugs? I had one of those moments this afternoon on Monitor Street.
Well, what do we have here?
But of course— It's the Anti Imbedded Mossad Partymobile! Silly me.
Looks like the rear suspension could use a little work.
Shine on you crazy diamond, you! SHINE. ON.
Miss Heather
Greenpoint Photos du Jour: Relative Insanity
Filed under: Greenpoint Magic
It would appear that one of my fellow Greenpointers does not entirely grasp the concept of mass transit— or they thought HSBC had a drive-thru. (insert crass Polish joke here)
Miss Heather
Williamsburg Photo du Jour: Molotov Cocktail
Filed under: Williamsburg
From Grand Street.
Miss Heather
Mucho Kinky!
Filed under: Williamsburg
Rebecca11222 wrote (in an email entitled "Valentines Day for Halloween"):
Found 10/20 on North 9th between Roebling and Driggs. 2nd shot is close-up of invitation.
Hmm, we have a Mexican wrestler mask and a note tucked under the windshield wiper of a car. Let's take a closer look, shall we?
Looks like someone from the 'burg had a little fun last night… albeit in West Nyack, New York! I'm dropping trou, strapping on my mask, hopping on the Metro North and heading to Nanuet without delay!
Kinky upstate sex is the new Williamsburg!
Miss Heather
P.S.: You can get a Mexican wrestling mask (just like Sal's) right here in north Brooklyn at Huitzilli! The wonders never cease!
My New Pet Project
Filed under: Area 51
When the opportunity affords itself I like to engage in a little urban archeology. What some might consider an unsightly pile of garbage is an anthropological goldmine to me. In fact, I have a pet theory; one can tell a lot about a neighborhood (and the people who live in it) by the garbage left in its bicycle baskets. I have decided to keep a visual record of my findings via a little blog I have erected on Tumblr entitled Shit In Bicycle Baskets. Enjoy!
Miss Heather
Halloween Photo du Jour: Mr. Pumpkin Head
Filed under: Greenpoint Magic
Who can't crack a smile on this dreary day after looking at this happy fella? Today's offering hails from The Garden, an establishment that always comes up with amazing window displays. Their groceries don't suck either. Kudos guys (and gals)!
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Musa balbisiana (plantain)
Musa balbisiana (plantain) (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
Species information
Musa balbisiana
Widespread in cultivation.
Musa species grow well in warm, humid tropical and subtropical climates. It prefers well-drained, moist soil and can grow on a range of different soil types including sandy, loamy and clay soils.
Food, building materials, fibre.
About this species
Musa balbisiana is one of the wild ancestors of the cultivated plantain. Plantain, which is a hybrid between Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana, is much starchier and less sweet than dessert bananas which are mainly bred from Musa acuminata.
Plantains are usually cooked and eaten as a vegetable. They contain high levels of minerals such as phosphorus, calcium and potassium as well as vitamins A and C. Morphologically plantain, like banana, is very different to its wild ancestors. The wild species contains seeds while the cultivars are almost always seedless (parthenocarpic) and are therefore sterile and dependent on vegetative propagation by means of corms. For this reason, they lack genetic diversity and are therefore susceptible to pests and diseases.
Plantains are extremely versatile and, beyond their use as food for humans, they provide shelter, building materials and fibre among other things, and are even used in rituals and religious ceremonies.
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Geography and distribution
Plantains are native to Southeast Asia where their inedible, seed-bearing, diploid (containing two sets of chromosomes) ancestors can still be found today.
Edible banana first occurred through the natural crossing of various inedible diploid species of Musa acuminata resulting in sterile hybrids which were seedless (parthenocarpic) and triploid, containing three sets of chromosomes. Local people soon discovered that these hybrids had edible fruits and they began to propagate the plants vegetatively by suckers. Before long the crosses that produced the tastiest fruits were selected, cultivated, propagated and distributed as a food crop.
Plantain resulted from the introduction of genes from Musa balbisiana to Musa acuminata clones, which conferred hardiness and drought tolerance and disease resistance to the hybrids. It also improved nutritional value and increased their suitability for cooking (plantains need to be cooked before being eaten). Musa balbisiana is found mainly on the margins of tropical rainforests.
Overview: There is a huge amount of morphological variability in the cultivated banana. Musa spp. - which include banana and plantain - are not trees but giant herbs with a pseudostem (formed from the bases of leaves rolled tightly around each other). Members of this genus can grow up to 15 m tall making them the largest perennial herb in the world.
Roots: Plantain plants cultivated vegetatively do not have one main taproot. Instead they have a root system that is fleshy and adventitious.
Leaves: Leaves are arranged spirally and are up to 2.7 metres long and 60 cm wide.
Flowers and fruits: Male flowers are borne at the tip of the inflorescence and, beneath them, separated by several sterile flowers, are the female flowers which develop into fruits. In the case of the cultivated plantain, the fruits develop parthenocarpically and are seedless. The fruits are arranged in hands, each formed of 10-20 bananas (fingers).
Plantain can be prepared in a number of different ways. Unlike dessert bananas, which derive mainly from Musa acuminata, plantain is much starchier and less sweet and needs to be cooked to be fully enjoyed.
- In Latin America they are commonly sliced diagonally and fried in olive oil and eaten as an accompaniment to the daily meal.
- In the Dominican Republic ripe plantains are mashed and mixed with beaten eggs, flour, butter, milk and clovers and layered in a casserole with beef, piccalilli and raisins, topped with grated cheese and baked in the oven.
- In Guatemala, a delicious sweet dish is made by boiling plantains and serving them with honey.
Plantains can be deep-fried until crisp and then seasoned and eaten as a snack. In Ghana, pancakes (called 'fatale') are made by mixing in ripe plantains with fermented wholemeal dough of maize which is then seasoned with onions, ginger, salt and pepper and fried in palm oil.
When there is a surplus of plantains in the summer they can be dried and stored so that they can be consumed out of season. They can also be ground into flour and used to bake cakes and pastries. In Southeast Asia the terminal male bud of Musa balbisiana is soaked in salty water and then eaten as a vegetable prepared in curries. Dried green plantains which are ground and roasted can also be used as a substitute for coffee.
Beyond its use as a food crop, plantain fibre is used to make ropes, tablemats, handbags and paper.
Crop wild relatives of plantain
The Millennium Seed Bank and the Global Crop Diversity Trust are engaged in a ten-year project, called 'Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change'. The project aims to protect, collect and prepare the wild relatives of 29 key food crops, including plantain, so that they are available to pre-breeders for the development of new varieties that are more resilient to the effects of climate change.
Millennium Seed Bank: Seed storage
The Millennium Seed Bank Partnership aims to save plants worldwide, focusing on those plants which are under threat and those which are of most use in the future. Once seeds have been collected they are dried, packaged and stored at -20°C in Kew's Millennium Seed Bank vault.
Number of seed collections stored in the Millennium Seed Bank: One
Seed storage behaviour: Intermediate (meaning that the seeds are more tolerant of desiccation than recalcitrants, though that tolerance is much more limited than is the case with orthodox seeds)
This species at Kew
Pressed and dried specimens of plantain are held in Kew's Herbarium, where they are available to researchers by appointment. Details and images of some of these specimens can be seen online in Kew's Herbarium Catalogue.
References and credits
Beentje, H. (2010). The Kew Plant Glossary: an Illustrated Dictionary of Plant Terms. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Mabberley, D.J. (2008). Mabberley's Plant-book: a Portable Dictionary of Plants, their Classification and Uses. Third edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Morton, J. (2013) Fruits of warm climates. Echo Point Books and Media.
Robinson J. C. & Galán Saúco (2010). Bananas and Plantains. Second Edition. Cabi Publishing
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2008). Seed Information Database (SID). Version 7.1. Available online (accessed 28 August 2013).
Kew Science Editor: Sarah Cody
Although every effort has been taken to ensure that the information contained in these pages is reliable and complete, notes on hazards, edibility and suchlike included here are recorded information and do not constitute recommendations. No responsibility will be taken for readers' own actions.


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Wonderful fishing is an excellent reason to visit the village of boca del rio, located in southern mexico. At the fiesta americana veracruz, you can enjoy soaking up the sun by the resort's outdoor pool or relaxing at the nearby beach. Water sports, including waterskiing and boating, are close by and veracruz is a great place for scuba diving. At night, try the fresh catches at the the Open-Air restaurants near the river.Check-in Time: 15:00Check-out Time: 13:00Check-in Days: Saturday


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Dividend Stocks Series: A Bank With A Nearly 4% Yield
As I stated in my last post about bank stocks, there are still a few banks that have high dividends and pretty good yields. Today's dividend stock is a bank that is not often mentioned on financial television or in analyst reports. This bank is in a great tourist state and derives a significant amount of income from residential lending.
Bank of Hawaii
Today's banking stock is the Bank of Hawaii (BOH). Bank of Hawaii is the largest bank based in the state with just under $10 billion dollars in deposits. Bank of Hawaii manages $13 billion dollars in assets and the company has a market cap of $2.3 billion dollars. The bank just reported earnings last week and the results were solid.
Bank of Hawaii earned 88 cents per share which was 16 cents higher than earnings estimates. The company had a net income of $42 million dollars and saw deposits increase $400 million dollars. Profitability dropped 20% due to lower overdraft fee income and lower interest income. Bank of Hawaii has been able to grow revenue 4% per annum over the past decade.
The bank was not crushed by bad loans during the financial crisis like other banks because of its conservative approach to lending. Residential lending accounts for slightly more than half of the bank's loan portfolio. Bank of Hawaii has been able to ratchet down its provision for loan losses because of its prudent lending strategy. Loan loss reserves dropped $4.7 million over the past quarter.
Bank of Hawaii has been making a few moves that should help shareholders. The bank bought back just under half a million shares during the quarter. Bank of Hawaii has a dividend yield of 3.8%. The current dividend payout is clearly sustainable at just 47% of earnings.
This is a reasonably safe banking play for investors looking for slow stable growth and a consistent dividend from a financial stock.
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4 Responses to "Dividend Stocks Series: A Bank With A Nearly 4% Yield"
Thanks for the update on this stock! I will be looking into it.
There are a lot of decent regional banks. Of course being an island prevents Hawaii from being considered a region but you know what I mean. A lot of the smaller banks were more conservative and keep many loans on their books so they have to be prudent when it comes to lending standards.
Nice find Mark. A 4% dividend sounds very solid. Plus, if the investment has a chance to go up in value, that'd be a double bonus!


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