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A multiply unit includes an extended precision accumulator. Microprocessor instructions are provided for manipulating portions of the extended precision accumulator including an instruction to move the contents of a portion of the extended accumulator to a general-purpose register ("MFLHXU") and an instruction to move the contents of a general-purpose register to a portion of the extended accumulator ("MTLHX").
1. A multiply unit for use in a microprocessor, the microprocessor having at least one general-purpose register for storing a predetermined number of bits, the multiply unit comprising:
at least one input data path for receiving one or more input operands by the multiply unit;
a multiplier connected to receive the one or more input operands and to perform multiplication using the one or more input operands;
an extended-precision accumulated output data path connected to receive an output of the multiplier and including more bits than the sum of the lengths of the one or more input operands; and
an extended-precision accumulator including an extended register, a high-order register, and a low-order register, wherein data from the extended-precision accumulated output path is stored in the extended-precision accumulator.
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fetching an instruction to perform an operation from a data store;
reading one or more registers;
performing the operation using a multiply unit, the multiply unit comprising:
at least one input register for receiving one or more input operands by the multiply unit;
a multiplier connected to receive the one or more input operands and to perform multiplication using the one or more input operands;
an extended-precision accumulated output data path connected to receive an output of the multiplier and including more bits than the sum of the lengths of the one or more input operands; and
an extended-precision accumulator including an extended register, a high-order register, and a low-order register, the extended precision accumulator storing data from the extended-precision accumulated output path.
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33. A computer-readable medium comprising a microprocessor core embodied in software, the microprocessor core including at least one general-purpose register and a multiply unit, the multiply unit comprising:
at least one input data path for receiving one or more input operands by the multiply unit;
a multiplier connected to receive the one or more input operands and to perform multiplication using the one or more input operands;
an extended-precision accumulated output data path connected to receive an output of the multiplier and including more bits than the sum of the lengths of the one or more input operands; and
an extended-precision accumulator wherein data from the extended-precision accumulated output path is stored in the extended-precision accumulator and the microprocessor core includes an instruction that moves a value from the extended-precision accumulator into a general-purpose register.
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This application is related to the following co-pending applications, each of which is being filed concurrently with this application and is incorporated by reference: (1) U.S. application Ser. No. 09/788,683, titled "Partial Bitwise Permutations"; (2) U.S. application Ser. No. 09/788,670 titled "Binary Polynomial Multiplier"; (3) U.S. application Ser. No. 09/788,684, titled "Polynomial Arithmetic Operations"; and (4) U.S. application Ser. No. 09/788,682, titled "Configurable Instruction Sequence Generation".
This invention relates to a microprocessor multiplier, and more particularly to a microcomputer multiplier with an extended precision accumulator.
Reduced instruction set computer (RISC) architectures were developed as industry trends tended towards larger, more complex instruction sets. By simplifying instruction set designs, RISC architectures make it easier to use techniques such as pipelining and caching, thus increasing system performance.
RISC architectures usually have fixed-length instructions (e.g., 16-bit, 32-bit, or 64-bit), with few variations in instruction format. Each instruction in an instruction set architecture (ISA) may have the source registers always in the same location. For example, a 32-bit ISA may always have source registers specified by bits 16-20 and 21-25. This allows the specified registers to be fetched for every instruction without requiring any complex instruction decoding.
Cryptographic systems ("cryptosystems") are increasingly used to secure transactions, to encrypt communications, to authenticate users, and to protect information. Many private-key cryptosystems, such as the Digital Encryption Standard (DES), are relatively simple computationally and frequently reducible to hardware solutions performing sequences of XORs, rotations, and permutations on blocks of data. Public-key cryptosystems, on the other hand, may be mathematically more subtle and computationally more difficult than private-key systems.
While different public-key cryptography schemes have different bases in mathematics, they tend to have a common need for integer computation across very large ranges of values, on the order of 1024 bits. This extended precision arithmetic is often modular (i.e., operations are performed modulo a value range), and in some cases polynomial instead of twos-complement. For example, RSA public-key cryptosystems use extended-precision modular exponentiation to encrypt and decrypt information and elliptic curve cryptosystems use extended-precision modular polynomial multiplication.
Public-key cryptosystems have been used extensively for user authentication and secure key exchange, while private-key cryptography has been used extensively to encrypt communication channels. As the use of public-key cryptosystems increases, it becomes desirable to increase the performance of extended-precision modular arithmetic calculations.
In one general aspect, a multiply unit is provided for use in a microprocessor having at least one general-purpose register for storing a predetermined number of bits. The multiply unit includes a multiplier and an extended-precision accumulator including more bits than each of the general-purpose registers.
Implementations include using the multiplier to provide a multiply-add operation whereby operands to the multiply unit are multiplied and added to the contents of the extended-precision accumulator. The multiplier may include an arithmetic multiplier and a polynomial multiplier.
In a polynomial multiplier implementation, a multiply-add operation multiplies two operands and adds the result to the contents of the extended-precision accumulator using an exclusive-or operation. In some implementations, the multiplier includes result logic for selecting which values to load into the extended-precision accumulator. For example, the result logic may be implemented as a multiplexer.
In some implementations, the extended-precision accumulator includes an extended register, a high-order register, and a low-order register. For example, the extended register may store 8-bit values and the other two registers may store 32-bit values. Instructions are provided for manipulating the contents of the extended-precision accumulator. One instruction moves a value from the extended-precision accumulator into a general-purpose register and an inverse instruction moves a value from a general-purpose register into the extended-precision accumulator. The instructions additionally may shift the contents of the extended-precision register.
The details of one or more implementations are set forth in the accompanying drawings and the description below. Other features and advantages will be apparent from the description and drawings, and from the claims.
Many public-key cryptosystems use extended-precision modular arithmetic to encrypt and decrypt data. For example, many elliptic curve (EC) cryptosystems extensively use polynomial multiplication and addition to encrypt and decrypt data. Performance of elliptic curve cryptosystems may be enhanced by modifying a programmable CPU multiplier to be responsive to newly defined instructions dedicated to polynomial operations.
When using elliptic curves defined over GF(2163) (as recommended by the IEEE 1363-2000 standard), the main operation needed is multiplication over the field GF(2163). Each of the 2163 elements can be represented as a polynomial of degree at most 163 with coefficients equal to 0 or 1. In this representation, two elements may be added using a simple bitwise XOR and two polynomials, a(X) and b(X), may be multiplied by computing a(X)b(X) mod P(X), where the product a(X)b(X) is a 326-degree polynomial, and P(X) is an irreducible polynomial as specified by the IEEE 1363-2000 standard.
Polynomial multiplication has the same form as modular multiplication, ab mod p, over the integers, except that: (1) regular addition is replaced by an XOR; and (2) regular 32-bit multiplication is replaced by a 32-bit carry-free multiplication. Therefore, polynomial modular multiplication may be performed using shifts and XORs instead of shifts and adds.
It is desirable to provide a multiply unit that supports fast polynomial multiplication and various other operations to increase the performance of cryptographic and other systems.
Providing support for extended precision modular arithmetic and polynomial operations can increase the performance of cryptosystems. Some cryptographic systems, such as those performing RSA cryptographic signature authentication, perform successive extended precision modular multiplications, accumulating the sum of the results. The performance of these systems may be increased by providing support in a multiply unit for an instruction to multiply two operands and add the result to an accumulator. When successive multiply/adds are performed, the accumulator may overflow. It is desirable to provide an extended precision accumulator to provide increased performance in cryptosystems and other systems.
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Because some operations, such as floating point calculations and integer multiply/divide, cannot always be performed in a single clock cycle, some instructions merely begin execution of an instruction. After sufficient clock cycles have passed, another instruction may be used to retrieve a result. For example, when an integer multiply instruction takes five clock cycles, one instruction may initiate the multiplication calculation, and another instruction may load the results of the multiplication into a register after the multiplication has completed. If a multiplication has not completed by the time a result is requested, the pipeline may stall until the result is available.
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Execution unit 2010 is the primary mechanism for executing instructions within processor core 2000. Execution unit 2010 includes a register file 2011 and an arithmetic logic unit (ALU) 2012. In one implementation, the register file 2011 includes 32 32-bit general-purpose registers that may be used, for example, in scalar integer operations and address calculations. The register file 2011, which includes two read ports and one write port, may be fully bypassed to minimize operation latency in the pipeline. ALU 2012 supports both logical and arithmetic operations, such as addition, subtraction, and shifting.
The MDU 2020 may be used to perform various operations including some or all of the following instructions described below: DIV, DIVU, MADD, MADDU, MFHI, MFLO, MSUB, MSUBU, MTHI, MTLO, MUL, MULT, MULTU, MFLHXU, MTLHX, MADDP, MULTP, and PPERM.
In one implementation, LO register 2023 and HI register 2022 are each 32 bits wide and function as dedicated output registers of MDU 2020. In one implementation, ACX register 2021 provides 8 bits of additional integer precision beyond those provided by the HI/LO register pair. The precise number of bits is implementation dependent, with the preferred minimum size being 8 bits. For processors with 32-bit data paths, the preferred maximum size of the ACX register is 32 bits. In contrast, for processors with 64-bit data paths, the preferred maximum size of the ACX register is 64 bits. Hence, in a processor with 32-bit wide HI and LO registers, the combination of registers ACX/HI/LO can hold a concatenated value having more than 64 bits.
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The instructions MUL, MULT, and MULTU may be used to multiply two 32-bit numbers together. The result is stored in a specified register for MUL, and in the HI/LO registers for MULT and MULTU. For example, "MUL $7, $6, $5" multiplies the contents of registers $6 and $5 together and stores the result in register $7. The instruction "MULT $6, $5" multiplies the contents of registers $6 and $5 together and stores the result in the HI/LO registers. The MULTU instruction performs the same operation as MULT with MULTU applying to unsigned operands and MULT applying to signed operands. Additionally, the MULTU instruction clears the ACX register to all zeros.
The instructions DIV and DIVU perform division operations and store the results in the ACX/HI/LO registers. For example, "DIV $6, $5" divides the contents of register $6 by the contents of register $5 and stores the result in the ACX/HI/LO registers. The DIVU instruction performs the same operation on unsigned operands.
The instructions MSUB, MSUBU, MADD, and MADDU may be used to multiply the contents of two registers and then add or subtract the contents of the ACX/HI/LO registers. For example, "MSUB $6, $5" multiplies the contents of registers $6 and $5 together, subtracts the contents of the ACX/HI/LO registers from the result, and then stores the value in the ACX/HI/LO registers. The MADD instruction similarly multiplies the contents of two registers, adds the result to the ACX/HI/LO registers, and stores the result in the ACX/HI/LO registers. The MSUBU and MADDU perform the same operations on unsigned operands. In some implementations, the ACX register is not used in some operations and the contents of the ACX register following such operations may be undefined.
The MFHI, MFLO, MTHI, MTLO, MFLHXU, and MTLHX instructions are used to move data between the ACX/HI/LO registers and general-purpose registers. The first instruction, MFHI, loads the contents of the HI register into a general-purpose register. For example, "MFHI $5" loads the contents of the HI register into register $5. Similarly, MFLO loads the contents of the LO register into a general-purpose register. Conversely, the instructions MTHI and MTLO are used to load the contents of a general-purpose register into the HI or LO registers. For example, "MTHI $5" loads the contents of register $5 into the HI register.
More generally, an instruction format for MFLHXU ("Move From Extended Carry, Hi and Lo (Unsigned)") is shown in FIG. 10A. When executed, the value in LO register 2023 is written into the general-purpose register "rd" specified by the instruction, as shown in FIG. 10A. The value in HI register 2022 is then written to LO register 2023, the bits in ACX register 2021 are zero-extended and copied to HI register 2022, and the ACX register bits are cleared. The number of ACX register bits is implementation dependent, and may range, for example, from 0 to 64 bits. If no ACX register bits are implemented in a particular implementation, the value of the ACX register will be taken to be zero.
Similarly, the instruction format for MTLHX ("Move to Lo, Hi and Extended Carry") is shown in FIG. 10B. When executed, an appropriate number of bits (e.g., eight) of the value in HI register 2022 are written into the ACX register 2021. The value in LO register 2023 is then written to the HI register, and the value in general-purpose register "rs" (specified by the instruction, as shown in
In one implementation, the content of the ACX register is not directly accessible. For purposes of discussion, in this implementation the ACX register is 8 bits wide, and the HI and LO registers are each 32 bits wide. To indirectly access the ACX register, the values stored in the ACX/HI/LO registers may be shifted to the left or right. For example, "MFLHXU $5" shifts contents of the ACX, HI, and LO registers to the right by one register position, loading the contents of the LO register into register $5. Thus, after performing the operation, the ACX register is zero, the HI register contains the previous contents of the ACX register, the LO register contains the previous contents of the HI register, and the $5 register contains the previous contents of the LO register. Because the contents of the 8-bit ACX register are loaded into a 32-bit register, the 8-bit value may be zero-extended to 32-bits before loading the HI register.
The MTLHX performs the inverse operation. For example, "MTLHX $5" loads the ACX register with the previous contents of the HI register, loads the HI register with the previous contents of the LO register, and loads the LO register with the contents of the $5 register.
The PPERM operation performs permutations as specified in a register, and stores the result in the ACX/HI/LO registers. For example, "PPERM $5, $6" causes the ACX/HI/LO registers to be shifted 6-bits to the left. Then, low-order six bits are selected from register $5 as specified by register $6. The 32-bit contents of register $6 are used to select which bits of register $5 will be used to fill the low-order bits of the ACX/HI/LO registers. Since there are 32 bits in register $5, 5 bits are needed to specify a specific one of the 32 bits. For example, "01101" is binary for the number 13. Thus, these five bits may specify bit 13. Similarly, "00000" is binary for 0 and "11111" is binary for 31. Thus, all 32 bits may be specified using a 5-bit specifier.
Register $6 may specify the bits of $5 used to fill the low-order bits of ACX/HI/LO as follows: bits 0-4 are used to specify the source of bit 0, bits 5-9 are used to specify bit 1, bits 10-14 are used to specify bit 2, bits 15-19 are used to specify bit 3, bits 20-24 are used to specify bit 4, and bits 25-29 are used to specify bit 5. The remaining bits, 30-31, may be unused. Thus, the instruction is performed using the specifiers as described to fill the lowest 6 bits of the LO register with the specified bits from the $5 register.
Finally, MULTP may be used to perform binary polynomial multiplication and MADDP may be used to perform binary polynomial multiplication with the result added to the ACX/HI/LO registers. These operations are analogous to MULT and MADD, but operate on binary polynomial operands.
The polynomial operands of MULTP and MADDP are encoded in 32-bit registers with each bit representing a polynomial coefficient. For example, the polynomial "x4+x+1" would be encoded as "10011" because the coefficients of x3 and x2 are "0" and the remaining coefficients are "1". The MULTP instruction performs binary polynomial multiplication on two operands. For example,
The MADDP instruction performs multiplication just as MULTP, adding the result to the ACX/HI/LO registers. Polynomial addition may be performed using a bitwise XOR. For example, the binary polynomial addition (x4+x+1)+(x+1) yields x4+2x+2. Reducing the coefficients modulo 2 yields x4 which may be expressed as "10000".
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The RThold register 3012 is connected to multiplexer 3022. Multiplexer 3022 produces a 16-bit result by selecting the high-order bits of RThold 3012, the low-order bits of RThold 3012, the high-order bits of the RT operand, or the low-order bits of the RT operand. The output from multiplexer 3022 is processed by Booth recoder 3040 and stored in register RTB 3042. Booth recoding is a technique that permits the multiplier array to treat signed and unsigned operands the same. The output of register RTB 3042 becomes the input SEL 3034 to array unit 3030.
Array unit 3030 is used to perform arithmetic and binary polynomial multiplication as described below with reference to FIG. 4. Array unit 3030 takes as inputs ACC1 3031, ACC2 3032, M 3033, SEL 3034, and RThold 3012. Inputs ACC1 3031 and ACC2 3032 are accumulated results used for operations that perform a multiplication and add or subtract the resulting value from an accumulated result. The inputs SEL 3034 (determined by register RTB 3042) and M 3033 (determined by register RShold 3010) form the operands for arithmetic operations. The inputs RThold 3012 (or the high-order or low-order bits of RThold 3012) and M 3033 (determined by RShold 3010) form operands for polynomial operations and permutations. Combinations of these inputs are used to perform various calculations as described in detail below.
Array unit 3030 also includes two outputs, ResultC 3035 and ResultS 3036. In performing arithmetic operations, carry-save adders (CSAs) may be used to build a multiplication array. Carry-save adders calculate sums and carries separately to produce two outputs. Thus, ResultC 3035 and ResultS 3036 represent, respectively, the carry and the sum outputs of a CSA multiplier array. In one implementation, ACC1 3031, ACC2 3032, ResultC 3035, and ResultS 3036 are each 72 bits long and the remaining inputs are at most 32 bits long. Inputs ACC1 3031 and ACC2 3032 may be selected using multiplexers 3037 and 3038.
Multiplexers 3050 and 3052 are used to select values as inputs to registers CPAA 3054 and CPAB 3056. For example, multiplexer 3050 may be used to select between ResultC 3035, the output of CPA 3058, or the output of multiplexer 3020 (i.e., operand RS or RShold 3010). Similarly, multiplexer 3052 may be used to select between ResultS 3036, the value 0, and the output of multiplexer 3024 (i.e., operand RT or the output of CPAA 3054 and CPAB 3056). These registers store the inputs to carry-propagate adder (CPA) 3058. CPA 3058 may be used to complete multiplication operations (multiplies) and to perform iterative division operations (divides) as discussed below.
Register RDM 3060 stores the result of CPA 3058. Finally, multiplexers 3070 and 3072 select which values form the result to be loaded into registers ACX, HI, and LO. Multiplexer 3070 may be used to select the ACX/HI/LO registers, RDM 3060, or the result of CPA 3058. Multiplexer 3072 may be used to instead load various permutations of the result selected by multipexer 3070. Multiplexer 3072 is used to perform various rotations and loads of the ACX/HI/LO registers by permitting selection of the following values (forming 72-bit values when concatenated): (1) ahl, the 72-bit output of multiplexer 3070; (2) arl, the 8 high-order bits of multiplexer 3070, the contents of RShold 3010, and the 32 low-order bits of multiplexer 3070; (3) ahr, the 40 high-order bits of multiplexer 3070 and the contents of RShold 3010; (4) hlr, the 40 low-order bits of multiplexer 3070 and the contents of RShold 3010; and (5) 0ah, the 40 high-order bits of multiplexer 3070 (with 32 leading zeros).
The HI/LO registers are used to store the results of multiplication and to provide support for accumulator operations. In one implementation, the precision of the HI/LO registers is increased by adding register ACX as an extended accumulator. Thus, the ACX/HI/LO registers may store a 72-bit value. The corresponding data paths shown in FIG. 3 and the accumulator capabilities of arrays 3030 also may be increased to support 72-bit values. Some operations cause the values stored in the result registers ACX, HI, and LO to be overwritten. For this reason, a separate result register 3080 may be provided to store the high-order and low-order result without the accumulator ACX.
Because the extended precision accumulator ACX/HI/LO may have higher precision than the general-purpose registers, it is not possible to load all 72 bits into a general-purpose register. Thus, it is desirable to provide instructions to support loading and manipulating the contents of the ACX/HI/LO registers (e.g., MFLHXU and MTLHX).
The data path described below includes six major parts: (1) input registering and selection; (2) Booth recoding; (3) multiplier arrays and permutation logic; (4) a carry propagate adder; (5) result registering and selection; and (6) a separate 32-bit output register for presenting results.
Input registering and selection is performed using the RShold and RThold registers to hold the RS and RT operands. Multiplexers select whether to use these operands directly or to use the registered versions. Booth recoding is performed on half of the RT operand at a time to provide inputs to the multiplier arrays and permutation logic.
Booth recoding is a technique that permits the multiplier array to treat signed and unsigned operands the same. This technique "recodes" operands as a subtraction from the next highest power of two. For example, 7 may be Booth recoded as follows: 8−1=10002−00012=100
One array of array unit 3030 performs arithmetic multiplication and one array of array unit 3030 performs binary polynomial multiplication. In one implementation, both arrays are 32 bits by 16 bits (32ū16) and are used once or twice depending on the size of the RT operand (i.e., an appropriate array is used once when RT is 16 bits long and twice when 32 bits long). The CPA may be used to complete multiplies and perform iterative divides. Other implementations may include faster mechanisms for performing divides.
The arithmetic multiplication array may be implemented using any of the techniques described by Hennessy and Patterson in the incorporated "Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach" Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Inc. (1996). For example, Appendix A of Hennessy and Patterson describes several ways to speed up arithmetic multipliers. Any of the described techniques may be used as a basis for the polynomial multiplication extensions described below.
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Marray 4100 is implemented as a Wallace tree built from arrays of carry-save adders. The width of these arrays may vary. This design may be implemented using an automated place and route rather than using data path style. Because the accumulate value from the previous array pass is input late into the array, the accumulate value does not need to come directly from a register. Booth recoding is performed using the method of overlapping triplets to more efficiently process multiplications. The output of Booth recoding tells whether to add operand M multiplied by −2, −1, 0, 1, or 2 for each power of 4. The multiplexers on the top-level CSA inputs are used to select the corresponding multiple of M.
Marray 4100 accumulates eight products from the Booth recoding plus one special partial product. The latter may be used for 32-bit unsigned calculations using the "0" and "1ū" choices from the multiplexers. Within the Wallace tree, operands may be sign-extended to properly accumulate 2's complement results.
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MParray 4200 multiplies two operands (e.g., OpA and OpB) using an array with each row formed by taking the AND of OpA and a bit of OpB. For example, the first row is the logical AND of OpA and bit 0 of OpB. Row two is the logical AND of OpA and bit 1 of OpB. The result of each successive row is shifted one bit to the left. The final result is formed by taking the exclusive-or (XOR) of each column. Because a bitwise XOR may be used to perform addition in binary polynomial arithmetic, an accumulator row may be added to array MParray 4200 to support instructions such as MADDP.
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The MDU 2020 is decoupled from the environment pipeline; it does not stall with the environment. That is to say the MDU 2020 will continue its computation during pipeline stalls. In this way, multi-cycle MDU operations may be partially masked by system stalls and/or other, non-MDU instructions.
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In one implementation, target applications demand fast division. Many techniques may be used to increase the performance of division. For example, the Sweeney, Robertson, and Tocher (SRT) algorithm or some variation thereof may be used.
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In this implementation, the multiplier is pipelined. One multiplication may be run through the array unit and another through the CPA. Thus, the multiplier either transitions from ARR1 8020 or ARR2B 8040 to state CPA 8050 if there is no additional multiplication to perform, or begins a second multiplication. If no additional multiplication is needed, the multiplier is run through CPA 8050 and then either returns to IDLE 8010 or begins a new multiplication as discussed above.
If a second multiplication is ready to be performed when the first multiplication is ready to be run through the CPA, then the multiplier either transitions to CPA1 8060 (for a 32ū16 multiplication) or CPA2A 8070 (for a 32ū32 multiplication). In state CPA1 8060, the first multiplication is run through the CPA and the second multiplication is run through the array unit. The multiplier then transitions to state CPA 8050 to finalize the second multiplication.
If the second multiplication is a 32-bit multiplication, then in state CPA2A 8070 the first multiplication is run through the CPA and the second multiplication is run through the array unit. The multiplier then transitions to state ARR2B 8040 to complete the 32ū32 multiplication. This pipelined approach allows 32ū16 multiplications to be issued every clock cycle, with a two-cycle latency. Also, 32ū32 multiplications may be issued every other clock cycle, with a three-cycle latency.
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Iterative division is performed in states DIV 9060 and DIVU 9070. Division may be performed by using a series of iterative add/subtracts and shifts. Finally, the remainders are finalized in states REM 9080 and REMU 9090. If either of the operands is negative, sign adjustment is performed in state SGN 9100.
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For example, permutation logic 4300 may be used to execute the instruction "PPERM $5, $6". Permutation logic 4300 uses 6 5-bit selectors determined by RThold 3012 to identify which bits to include as output from RShold 3010. For example, if register $5 contains the low-order bits "010101", then the selector "00010" would choose bit 2 (i.e., the third bit from the right) containing "1". If RThold 3012 contains the low-order bits "0001000011", then bit 2 (containing a "1") and bit 3 (containing a "0") will be selected yielding "10". Using this method, permutation logic 4300 may select bits from RShold 3010 to generate 6 bits based on RThold 3012. The resulting 6 bits concatenated to the 66 low-order bits of ACC1 to form the result. This effectively shifts the 66 low-order bits of ACC1 six bits to the left and replaces the 6 low-order bits with the output of the permutation logic 4300.
In addition to multiplier implementations using hardware (e.g., within a microprocessor or microcontroller), implementations also may be embodied in software disposed, for example, in a computer usable (e.g., readable) medium configured to store the software (i.e., a computer readable program code). The program code causes the enablement of the functions or fabrication, or both, of the systems and techniques disclosed herein. For example, this can be accomplished through the use of general programming languages (e.g., C, C++), hardware description languages (HDL) including Verilog HDL, VHDL, AHDL (Altera HDL) and so on, or other available programming and/or circuit (i.e., schematic) capture tools. The program code can be disposed in any known computer usable medium including semiconductor, magnetic disk, optical disk (e.g., CD-ROM, DVD-ROM) and as a computer data signal embodied in a computer usable (e.g., readable) transmission medium (e.g., carrier wave or any other medium including digital, optical, or analog-based medium). As such, the code can be transmitted over communication networks including the Internet and intranets.
It is understood that the functions accomplished and/or structure provided by the systems and techniques described above can be represented in a core (e.g., a microprocessor core) that is embodied in program code and may be transformed to hardware as part of the production of integrated circuits. Also, the systems and techniques may be embodied as a combination of hardware and software. Accordingly, other implementations are within the scope of the following claims.
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Anita Charles is a wife, mom, software engineer and advocate for our ministry. What is also amazing about Anita? She is a former sponsored child!
You can also view Coming Full Circle: The Anita Charles Story on YouTube.
This warms my heart! What a wonderful testimony! May God continue to get the glory!
Great story…!
What a wonderful testimony of how a sponsored child can go from being the blessed to being the blessing to another child in need! I would love to hear more stories like this from other people that were sponsored as children.
Thank you for this. I have heard Anita share her story on an advocate call, and it was wonderful to be able to see her share it and learn even more about her life.
Thanking Jesus for the depth of His riches…and how unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out! Rom 11:33.
Thanking my sponsors Glenn and Linda Abernathy for listening to God's nudging and sponsoring me.
Thanking Compassion for making it happen!
The end product is a fulfilled Christian Adult!
May Gods name be praised….I'm forever grateful.
Did you ever receive any letters? How did that affect you? Thank you so much for sharing your story. It is really awesome to see how God changes lives through Compassion. God bless you!
Thank you so much for put this online in a way that we can share with others. I'm so pleased to have met Anita recently — what an amazing young woman!
Thank you for your story! I sponsor girl from India and she just had a birthday on Monday!! I pray that one day she will be able to let people hear her story!! God is awesome!! Your story gives me hope as a sponsor!! Blessings!
Several years ago I had the pleasure of volunteering for Compassion at a radio event in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Along with my friend DeAnn we sat quietly in the room, anxiously awaiting our next phone call. During a somewhat slow period in the day, I'll never ever forget that surprised and joyful look that fell upon DeAnn's face as she answered her next call. Much to her surprise, on the other end of the line was none other than Anita. Now you should know that at the time DeAnn served as the volunteer team leader (AC) for West Michigan – the 'go-to' person for all things volunteer. Anita asked DeAnn if she might be able to help connect her with someone in the volunteer network – in an effort to share her story and bless other children. At this point, DeAnn could not help but let out a big laugh, saying something to the effect of, "As God would have it, actually you are speaking to this person on the phone right now." God can be funny like that. Bless you Anita for being faithful and sharing your story!
We were blessed to meet Anita at a local Compassion Advocates gathering a few years ago, so this video was a blessing for us to see! Thank you for sharing! We'd like to share this on our blog as well if that's alright?
Anita's story continues to impact so many lives and her faithfulness to God is lived out daily. What an amazing woman of God!


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You should branch out. Because your ideas seem spot on to me. And I am beyond delighted at what Stubbs has turned in. Huge development for this club.
Honestly, indirectly, woy has pointed me in this direction. A lot of his posts take the human element into account. I 'm curious as to why some players with equal body types don't show similar skills/production. Like Jeter and Janish for example. Physically very similar but that's about it.
Why did a simple shift in the lineup create such a drastic change for the Reds. As much as we've talked about Stubbs in the 7th spot, the same can be said about BP as a 1 or 2 hitter. it's been a remarkable change. I gotta say the intangibles of the game are really interesting.
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I'm not sure that it's as much about instincts as it is simply matching up expected behavior with skill set. Stubbs is and probably always will be a poor contact hitter. Batting leadoff, he was encouraged to both see pitches for the sake of the guys behind him and to put the ball in play. This put him behind in the count and then encouraged him to swing -- a death sentence for a guy with contact problems. Batting lower in the order, he's freed up to simply find a pitch he can hit and put wood on it.
Phillips, by contrast, is a decent contact hitter. But batting cleanup, he wasn't as willing to shorten up his stroke and drive the ball where it was pitched. Cleaning up fed in to a power-hitter mentality that really didn't suit his skill set. I think batting at the top of the lineup has forced in to play more to his actual strengths as a hitter.
Games are won on run differential -- scoring more than your opponent. Runs are runs, scored or prevented they all count the same. Worry about scoring more and allowing fewer, not which positions contribute to which side of the equation or how "consistent" you are at your current level of performance.
You want a good comp for Stubbs? this'll blow everyones mind, but try Adam Dunn. He's probably 80% Adam Dunn potentially in power. Similar contact. Dunn will BB 90+ time for you, Stubbs probably 70+. Power. Dunn has perennial 40 HR power. Stubbs is looking like he COULD be a 30 HR guy. The difference is speed, which Stubbs is NOT taking full advantage of. Oh, he's got the SB's, but 9 doubles? 9? That's an anomaly. He should be in the high teens right now. I think that will correct itself.
If Adam Dunn were all that he is right now WITH Stubbs speed, he'd be the best player in the game. period. If Stubbs can continue to improve his power and contact he's easily the best CF in baseball, and could be for the next 7-8 years too.
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I still think the Mike Cameron comp for Stubbs is a good one.
Or what RMR said only I didn't read that far ahead.
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Also I think his coaches may have had a preconceived notion of the type of hitter leadoff is further limiting his progress. Plain and simple, they did a very good job of nearly ruining him. A a #7 hitter he has two luxuries, 1 pitchers can attempt to pitch around him to get to the "weaker" #8 and 9 hitters. IMO pitching around a guy can lead to mistake pitches, forcing the pitcher to throw a strike, or walking him. All good things. 2 it may take self perceived pressure off of him in that he may think the job has gotten done ahead of him.
Again, these are just guesses, it's not like i know the guy,
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He could improve but I can't quite figure out what his issues are. Could be multiple issues (poor bat control, doesn't see the ball as well as the average hitter, bat speed). I know the more movement the more inept he becomes. I'd like to see his pitch F/X data to see what he is hitting and what he struggles with that would be more telling as to where to start identifying his issues. If he could improve his contact rate he could hit leadoff. I just hope he doesn't go backwards which is still within the realm of possibility, I can live with a .750 OPS from him.
"You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one."
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Ideally, these things all align, bu sometimes they don't. Just look at Taveras' seeming unwillingness to beat the ball in the to the ground. He had the skills to leadoff if he used an approach which maximized those skills. But his instincts were to try and muscle up.
I think Phillips' instincts are suited for the 4th or 5th spot. He wants to be a HR hitter. He wants to turn on everything and yank it out of the yard. But skills aren't - he's not Jonny Gomes. As a result, we saw him roll-over on the ball to 2B and hit a ton of pop ups. I just don't think Phillips' skills and instincts are completely aligned.
I think agree on Stubbs quite a bit. Stubbs is similar to Dunn in instincts and a lesser approximation in skills -- power & discipline. But with a bit less power and a bit less discipline, Stubbs contact issues could be an issue. He makes up for it in terms of base hits through his infield singles.
Games are won on run differential -- scoring more than your opponent. Runs are runs, scored or prevented they all count the same. Worry about scoring more and allowing fewer, not which positions contribute to which side of the equation or how "consistent" you are at your current level of performance.
Good thought TRF. I think a lot of players are stunted from shoe-horning them into a prescribed role. Paul O'Neil was a famous case. The Reds wanted a 30+ homer guy and turns out he was something else entirely valuable.
Runs scored is a good, if vanilla, metric for Stubbs. If he scores 95 times from the 7 hole then you can excuse a less-than-stellar OPS.
It's just a guess, but it could explain a little why a player's age prime years start at 27. enough experience and instruction combine to become muscle memory.
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GLThe Reds are always trying to make their strippers into Sunday school teachers and trying to convince their Sunday school teachers to wear 5" heals and a mini-skirt to church. It's no wonder they are constantly frustrated at the outcome.
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[QUOTE=gonelong;2166148][QUOTE=Rojo;2164835]Good thought TRF. I think a lot of players are stunted from shoe-horning them into a prescribed role. Paul O'Neil was a famous case. The Reds wanted a 30+ homer guy and turns out he was something else entirely valuable.
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Quote from: CHB on November 22, 2011, 06:24:03 PMPersonally, I have never seen or communicated with the spirit world and I really have no desire to. Now, someday when I am a spirit being, then I may teach angels but till then I don't think so.CHBI agree C. People can basically say or teach anything they want. Doesn't make it true.I also am not telling people what to accept, other than as best as possible, make sure it truly is from God. Pray about it, search the scriptures, listen to His leading. As Card said, "we test the spirits by this; the spirit always exalts the one who sent it." We're not to quench the Spirit, but we're also not to swallow just anything that's fed us. Some obviously disagree with this, but I stand by it; I personally require scriptural precedence/precepts that at least open up the possibility of what's being taught, then I believe in "buyer beware"; test the spirits. Also, if it's obviously in contradiction, then with the help of God, I'll pass.
Personally, I have never seen or communicated with the spirit world and I really have no desire to. Now, someday when I am a spirit being, then I may teach angels but till then I don't think so.CHB
Anyone blessed by this?"...And then I entered into what I can best describe as a trance, or a dream-state. At first things were vague, hazy. I was unable to discern where I was or what was happening. I began to see figures move towards me, slowly taking shape. My first reaction was fear, then as they drew closer, a sort of calm settled over me. I realized there were three beings total; one a darker (and for lack of a better description) twisted, tormented-type being. Its shape was that of an earthly body, but (and often words fail to fully describe) still somehow having an etheral quality about it. The other Being was a peaceful one. It radiated what I can best describe as love, yet exuded an air of authority somehow; still gentle, but clearly One to behold, "look upon". As the experience became clearer, my focus came upon the third being. To my astonishment, it seemed strangely familiar, and after a few seconds (time was both slowed down, yet sped up in this dream state) I recognized the third figure as a sort of alternate spirit version of myself. The radiating Being began the conversation. I say conversation, but it was really an interaction of some deepness of the soul, an exchange of thoughts. No actual words were spoken, yet I clearly "heard", more so realized, I was being brought into a "conversation" that had already been in progress. The radiating Being explained to me that I was to somehow assist the dark being. My immediate thoughts were "I don't know how, I'm not qualified". Instantly it seemed the radiating Being knew my thoughts, and I could feel His compassion for my perceived inadequacy. He began to transfer something I could feel; a warmth rose up within me, and along with it, a confidence (this is a poor word for what transpired) and I suddenly felt a love, not only in me, but suddenly around me, yet pulsating in every fiber of my being and in and upon everything I perceived. The being who just moments earlier had appeared dark and "separated" to me, now appeared translucent, and had its own "glow" about it that I could now see and recognize as the Light in all of us. It was with this newly given vision that I began to minister to my fellow sojourner. Words of encouragement, consolation, and instruction began to flow from me. I found thoughts coming out of me that I didn't know were there - even things I would have argued against in the past. I shared with the being (and in the process, with myself) that in Jesus' death and resurrection, an example had been given that we too must die and rise again for our ultimate salvation ("work out your own salvation with respect). I realized (and shared) that this was a spiritual picture, a metaphor, of how not only in this life, but in the life to come, we will be brought through many stages until we finally reach what other (so-called apostate) religions call things like Nirvana, Utopia, or Freud called self-actualization. Many in the Christian religion call it "getting saved". Astonishingly, against much of my lifelong religious training, the traditions I'd held so dear, it was revealed to and through me, that through His example, guidance, and the intervention of others in the spirit world, we will finally make the decisions and attain the necessary level of growth, to where we're finally re-born and arrive at the place of accepting the Perfection that has always been present within us. Jesus lights every man!. As I shared, I continued to see a metamorphosis slowing occurring right before my (spiritual) eyes. There is more to tell, but at this point I will say that I realized, I was "born for such a time as this"... Well, I made it up.
But, if one claims to be talking with celestial beings, you would kind of expect these celestial beings to know more than we do, after all, so we are left with a denial that is not on equal ground.
Quote from: MollyBut, if one claims to be talking with celestial beings, you would kind of expect these celestial beings to know more than we do, after all, so we are left with a denial that is not on equal ground.That's just it Molly, they don't know more than we do (1Peter 1:12) which things the angels desire to look into. (1Cor. 6:3) Know ye not that we shall judge angels? If we are going to judge angels how is it that they know more than we do?CHB
Wow James, you could write very captivating fiction! LOL
Jabcat, after reading this post, you had me worried there for a minute. CHB
Quote from: jabcat on November 21, 2011, 10:06:12 AMAJ, I remember some earlier discussion. Just to be clear as folks read this thread, you believe in communicating with the deceased (spirits) to attempt to help them along, is that correct? Thanks, James.AJ,As Cardinal said please be careful in dealing with the spirit world. Also, I thought it would be God's job to teach the spirits, not us humans who don't even know the whole truth ourselves.CHB
AJ, I remember some earlier discussion. Just to be clear as folks read this thread, you believe in communicating with the deceased (spirits) to attempt to help them along, is that correct? Thanks, James.
Jabcat...I smell something funny coming from your posts...so please understand that i choose not to comment on them.


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I came across this company at the engineering job fair. After speaking with the recruiters there, I had an initial on-campus interview scheduled. The recruiter was nice and the interview was fairly standard. We went over my work/research experience and qualifications, but there were no technical/quantitative questions. This was followed by a second on-campus interview with a different interviewer that asked very similar (standard) interview questions. Finally, I was flown out to the Houston office for an on-site interview. The night I arrived in Houston, the company took all of the new recruits out to dinner and answered any questions we had about the company. The next day we were taken to the office, given a tour, and interviewed with two executives with the company (I interviewed with a senior consultant and an executive in accounting). These interviews primarily served as an opportunity for me to learn more about the company and ask them questions. I received an offer within a week of returning home.
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Quick interview, they pretty much explained to me why this opportunity was great for me and the company. I had 2 outstanding offers, and I had to make a decision the same day, so it wasn't much of an interview, rather a sales pitch.
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they offered me the highest salary for that position, no negotiation, they beat the other offers from other companies.
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I received an email inviting me to apply for the position from a director. I spoke with the team at the career fair, and was called about an interview the next week. The day before the interview, I went to the info session, which was very beneficial, then interviewed with a company VP the next day, followed by a 2nd interview the next day, and an on site interview in Houston a few weeks later. Come with questions - all 3 of my interviews started with opportunities to ask questions - and are more than willing to let you spend 30 minutes or so asking questions, so come prepared. The interview itself was pretty standard - they asked to tell a little bit about yourself, your previous work experiences, leadership positions on campus, why you picked your major, etc. Followed by those behavioral questions ("tell me about a time when.... and what the outcome was") The process is just as much about you learning about their business and if you would be a good fit in a consulting role as it is them determining whether you're a right fit for them. My best advice to you: ask engaging questions that make your interviewer go into detail about the specifics of different roles (delivery, support, development, implementation, etc.) If you are genuinely interested in learning about Quorum, they will be interested in you.
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I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks – interviewed at Quorum Business Solutions, Inc. (Dallas, TX) in March 2014.
First round interview question are pertained and focused on items on your resume, school work and campus involvement. The interview is about 45 minutes to one hour long depending on the amount of questions you ask. That evening I received a phone call informing me I have advanced to the next round interview the following morning. Second Interview is the following morning with a different person asking the questions. The questions asked during this round is mostly behavioral/situation questions (I.e tell me time when you....). The following Monday, I received another phone call informing me I have made it to the office visit. They will give you two dates for the office visit (either Thursday-Friday or Sunday-Monday). You get the chance to stay in hotel downtown. That night you will get the chance to meet other candidates and get pick up by a couple of HR reps and go out to dinner and talk to recent grads who work at Quroum. The following moring you will get picked up in the morning and driven to the office. At the office visit, you go through a info session, interview with executive and lunch with a different group of recent grads. The interview at the office is somewhat easy. Personally, my interview was more of a convo, I ask the person giving the interview questions the entire time. I received a phone call informing me Quorum would like to extend an offer upon graduation to me.
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- Why did you chose your major? Answer Question
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A phone interview, then an onsite interview.
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- Are you okay with working long hours? Answer Question
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I applied through college or university. The process took 4+ weeks – interviewed at Quorum Business Solutions, Inc..
Two rounds of on campus interviews and one onsite interview. The first was about my background and experience, the second was behavioral. The onsite interview day consisted of a couple of social gatherings with current Quorum employees, allowing candidates to determine if Quorum would be a good fit for them.
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- Why should we hire you? Answer Question
Havent accepted or declined yet, but have been given two weeks to make a decision.
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I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks – interviewed at Quorum Business Solutions, Inc. (Houston, TX).
College/University recruiting. Apply online then they invite you to a campus interview. The interview is a two day process. If they like you after the first interview then they will invite you back the next day. A week or so later they will let you know if you have made it ti the next round on interview which is an office visit. They will fly you out, and you will go to dinner with other candidates and current employees. The company pays for your hotel, plane, and transportation to and from the airport. The next day you will have one interview which is thirty minutes to an hour. The day of the interview they will feed you breakfast and lunch. They will let you know by that night if you got the job or not.
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- The technical questions will come from your resume and experiences. You will mainly just talk about projects you have worked on, and technical stuff you have done. Answer Question
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I had another offer with better benefits.
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I applied online. The process took a week – interviewed at Quorum Business Solutions, Inc. in May 2013.
The interview process was a pretty slick bait and switch to make it seem like you were going to be thrown onto a project and actually do something close to consulting. In my experience, I got chucked into a support role even though I had project related experience else where.
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I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks – interviewed at Quorum Business Solutions, Inc. (Houston, TX).
I initially met with a recruiter at the Texas A&M Career Fair. I had looked up all information on the career website and had already placed in an application at the time of meeting. The career fair meeting was informative and I was given all information on how to apply and an informational session flier. I received an email from the campus recruiting that I had received an interview. Attended their information session which was full of energy and helped to spark an interest. The next morning was the interview on-campus. General questions, heavily behavioral. Received a call back that evening for a 2nd round interview on campus the next morning. The next interview included more behavioral questions and general company fit questions (how do you work under pressure? what computer knowledge do you have?) Received a call, as promised, that evening inviting me to the on-site interviews. They allowed candidates to select their desired arrival date. I received my first pick. Went to the on-site interview which consisted of a dinner with newer employees the night before. The day of the interview we met in the hotel lobby to walk to the location. This day included breakfast, lunch, benefit overview, and two interviews. This interviews appeared to play "good cop, bad cop" because my first interview was very strict on all resume.transcript information. Example "Why did you get this grade in this class?". The 2nd interview was very career focused, it was almost very informal and a conversation, not an interview.
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- Why did you make these grades in XXX class? Answer Question
Was given the choice of 2 start dates.
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I applied through college or university – interviewed at Quorum Business Solutions, Inc. in November 2012.
Submitted my resume through the career fair at university. Went through two rounds on on-campus interviews and then was invited to do an office visit. The on-campus interviews were fairly straightforward: mainly behavioral questions and trying to see if you are a good fit with the company (energy and software). The in-office consisted of 2 more interviews, lunch, and a benefits review session. Everyone is really friendly. There is an incredibly quick turnaround time. I heard the day of each interview whether or not I was going to the next round and recieved an offer the same day as the final interview.
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- teamwork questions Answer Question
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I ran for SGA for several reasons. One reason in particular is because there is a huge gap in the ability to communicate between online students that must be addressed. My ultimate goal, however, is to help the online student community in whatever ways I can.
What are your goals for the upcoming year on SGA?
My goals for this year are to create a platform for alumni and online students to communicate with one another. I am also looking into lobbying for the development of other curriculums for online students.
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Friday, October 18, 2013
Frank Lee, executive chef of Slightly North of Broad and Old Village Post House, has been selected as a finalist for Sustainer Southeast, a 2013 Chefs Collaborative Sustainability Award. This award will recognize a chef in the southeast who has been both a great mentor and is a model to the culinary community through his/her purchases of seasonal, sustainable ingredients and the transformation of these ingredients into delicious food.
Known as a guiding force in the Lowcountry's culinary renaissance, Lee has mentored dozens of young chefs. He also helps grow the businesses of local farmers and crafts people and spreads the gospel of sustainability. Under his direction, Maverick Southern Kitchens chefs are encouraged to source as much produce and meat from regional growers as possible. And all practice the fine art of conservation, using every possible ingredient to its fullest potential.
On Tuesday, Nov. 5, during the Sustainable Food Summit in Charleston, Chefs Collaborative will announce the recipient of the award. Chefs Collaborative works with chefs and the greater food community to celebrate local foods and foster a more sustainable food supply. Visit www.chefscollaborative.org for more information.
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HCC recently released its annual electronic holiday card. The card was designed by Jeremy Prince, a graphic design student at HCC.
Prince has been attending HCC for the past two and a half years. He is originally from Fairmont, W.Va., but has lived in Hagerstown for the past eight years.
At the end of this semester, he will complete his associate's degree in graphic design technology. His goal is to transfer to the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore to pursue a bachelor's degree in graphic design and illustration. He has a love of art and exhibited seven pieces in the recent student art show at HCC.
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I was able to acquire the beautiful Dale of Norway Istind Wool Sweater while we were in Denver...I had had my eye on this for months and it just happened to be on sale. This is my second DON sweater and just like the first, the quality is superior. I will wear this as my on the run coat/pullover as soon as the weather turns cold. Its gorgeous and functional and I always receive compliments when it is worn. DON is worth the price-you will not be disappointed.
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Best buy to Beat the Winter Winds!
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Love fact it is lined with special wind-braker material that fully insulates against cold chilly and very windy weather. My Norwegian Dad had a gorgeous Norwegian wind chaser sweater very similar in bold reds & navy. Still have that one but really wanted a ladies version. Finally found it in the Istind. It goes one better with protective sleeve patches & the hand protectors. Really love extra fleece around inner neck liner with pull tabs for adjustable custom fit. Other nice surprise were side zippers (lined pockets) to store a few accessories. Definitely 5 stars with extra features over & above what my dad's sweater has. Thank you Overland for having my dream sweater!


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Fri., Dec. 4*
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Sat., Dec. 5^
vs. Texas Stars
Allstate Arena
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All GAMES WILL BE TELECAST LIVE ON MY50 CHICAGO OR COMCAST CABLE
Log on to chicagowolves.com for broadcast schedule, or to watch or listen to the action live online
After allowing five power-play goals in the first five games of the season (14 of 19), the Wolves have surrendered only five man-advantage markers in their last 17 contests (67 of 72); Chicago ranks sixth in the league with an 89.0 efficiency rating on the penalty kill (81 of 91).
--- Jason Krog: Collected four points (G, 3A) in three games this week ... Tallied seven points (G, 6A) during a current five-game point streak ... Paces the Wolves and shares second in the AHL with 19 assists and ranks first on the team and fifth in the league with 23 points in 20 games this year ... Notched 16 points (3G, 13A) in 12 games during the month of November
--- Johnny Pohl: Recorded three points (G, 2A) in three games this week ... Registered five points (2G, 3A) during a current five-game point streak ... Shares third on the Wolves with five goals and ranks fifth with seven assists and 12 points in 16 games this season ... Amassed 10 points (4G, 6A) in 11 matchups during the month of November
--- Spencer Machacek: Dished out two assists in his past three games after being held scoreless in his previous three contests ... Ranks second on the Wolves and shares 20th in the AHL with 12 assists in 22 games this season ... Shares third on the team with five goals and second with 17 points
--- Brett Sterling: Potted the game-winning goal against Grand Rapids on Wednesday, the 23rd game-winning tally of his pro career ... Ranks second on the team and is tied for 11th in the AHL with nine goals and shares second on the Wolves with 17 points in 18 games this season ... Accrued 10 points (6G, 4A) in 12 games during the month of November
--- Peter Mannino: Earned his third straight victory on Wednesday, thwarting 25 of Grand Rapids' 27 shots ... Notched a 3-0-0 record with a 1.33 goals-against average and .955 save percentage in five outings this season ... Has held opponents to two or fewer goals in each of his five appearances
--- Chicago has allowed the fewest third-period markers of any AHL club, and is outscoring opponents, 22-10, in the final frame, which includes holding opponents scoreless in the third frame 13 times.
--- Defenseman Chris Chelios paces Wolves defensemen and shares third on the team with eight assists, and ranks sixth on the team with nine points in 14 contests; he shares second on the squad and 17th in the AHL with a +9 plus/minus rating.
--- Chicago allowed two or more goals on Friday and Saturday - the first time in seven games the team has surrendered two or more tallies in back to back games; the Wolves rank 11th in the league with an average of 2.59 goals against per game this season.
--- The Wolves have scored four power play goals in their last four games (four of 15) after being held to four man-advantage markers in their previous 13 matchups (four of 54); Chicago ranks 22nd in the league with a 13.5 rating on the power-play (12 of 89).
--- Defensemen Grant Lewis and Nathan Oystrick notched assists on Nov. 25 against Grand Rapids, their first points this season; All 24 players on the current roster, excluding goaltenders, have registered at least one point this season.
--- The Wolves will be collecting toys for the United States Marine Corps "Toys for Tots" drive at home games on Dec. 4, Dec. 5, and Dec. 19. Fans who donate a new, unwrapped toy will receive a raffle ticket for a chance to win a 2009-10 team-signed stick.
Sat., Nov. 28
Manitoba 4, (at) Chicago 2
--- The Wolves fell behind 19 seconds into the game and never recovered, despite a two-goal third-period rally, as they fell, 4-2, to the Manitoba Moose at the Allstate Arena
--- Right wings Joey Crabb and Anthony Stewart potted goals for Chicago
--- Goaltenders Drew MacIntyre (nine of 12) and Peter Mannino (eight of nine) split time between the pipes
Fri., Nov. 27
Abbotsford 3, (at) Chicago 1
--- The Wolves scored 65 seconds into the game but never again on the way to a 3-1 loss to the Abbotsford Heat at the Allstate Arena
--- Center Johnny Pohl tallied Chicago's lone marker
--- Goaltender Drew MacIntyre stopped 29 of 31 shots in the loss
Wed., Nov. 25
(at) Chicago 3, Grand Rapids 2
--- The Wolves scored twice in a span of 1:38 in the second period to earn a 3-2 win over Grand Rapids at the Allstate Arena
--- Right wing Tim Stapleton, left wing Brett Sterling and center Jason Krog tallied for Chicago
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16 of the Best Celebrity Wedding Dresses of All Time
16 of the Best Celebrity Wedding Dresses of All Time
We can't always count on celebrity marriages to last, but we can usually bet on one thing: spectacular wedding dresses. Here are 16 frothy, embellished, and tiered gowns that make us weak in the knees.SEE MORE
Best Celebrity Wedding Dress: Gwen StefaniGiven Gwen Stefani's one-of-a-kind style, we could have pictured her tying the knot in a leopard-print mini. But she surprised us yet again by going a somewhat tamer route. The custom ombré John Galliano for Dior dress was so breathtaking, we can't blame Gwen for having a second wedding to husband Gavin Rossdale—just so she could wear it twice.
Best Celebrity Wedding Dress: Grace KellyWhen Hollywood darling Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier III of Monaco, the event was dubbed "the Wedding of the Century." The dress (created by Helen Rose, a costume designer for MGM) could very well have been the Gown of the Century too, with its dramatic high collar, cummerbund waist, and full skirt. And that veil? There's 90 yards of tulle in that gorgeous topper.
Best Celebrity Wedding Dress: Bianca JaggerFor a woman known for her masculine-feminine style, it's only natural that she carried that signature look into her 1971 wedding ceremony. When Bianca married Rolling Stone Mick Jagger, she wore an Yves Saint Laurent Le Smoking jacket (hello, plunging neckline!), a long skirt, and what is perhaps the world's fanciest floppy hat.
Best Celebrity Wedding Dress: Elizabeth TaylorElizabeth Taylor may have had eight weddings, but we'll always remember her first. The then-18-year-old married Conrad Nicky Hilton in 1950, in a satin gown that reportedly cost $1,500 (not so crazy a price for some brides today but totally costly at the time!). We can't decide what we love more, the romantic lace top or that gorgeous, sweeping skirt.
Best Celebrity Wedding Dress: Elizabeth Taylor (Again)Two of Liz's marriages were to the same man, actor Richard Burton. For the first, the bride wore this unexpected yellow chiffon number with long, flowing sleeves, which she paired with a matching bouquet and an amazing headpiece of lilies of the valley and white hyacinths.
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Best Celebrity Wedding Dress: Lisa LingLisa Ling not only wore a red dress down the aisle—but a red dress with a metallic print! The custom Vivienne Tam sheath was drop-dead gorgeous.
Photo: Courtesy of Eric Lamph
Best Celebrity Wedding Dress: Audrey HepburnAudrey Hepburn is a fashion icon, and the dress she wore to her 1954 wedding to actor Mel Ferrer is one of the reasons. The tea-length Pierre Balmain dress had quite a bit going on—full sleeves, a high neck, circle skirt—but Audrey looked as effortless and elegant as ever.
Best Celebrity Wedding Dress: Chelsea ClintonWhen Chelsea Clinton wore this sophisticated Vera Wang gown for her 2010 wedding to Marc Mezvinsky, jaws dropped. The embellished belt and swirling confection of a skirt (made of laser-cut chiffon) created one bridal look to remember on the former first daughter.
Best Celebrity Wedding Dress: Jacqueline KennedyWhen you marry into one of the country's most notable political families, you can be sure all eyes will be on you—and your wedding dress. And Jackie Kennedy's Ann Lowe-designed gown didn't disappoint: Fifty yards of silk taffeta made up the bodice and skirt, which Jackie wore along with her grandmother's pared-down veil.
Best Celebrity Wedding Dress: Catherine, Duchess of CambridgeFor months, we speculated about which designer Kate Middleton would wear when she married Prince William. On April 29, 2011, we found out: Kate became Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, in this Alexander McQueen masterpiece, simultaneously launching designer Sarah Burton into instant superstardom.
Best Celebrity Wedding Dress: Portia de RossiWhen Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi tied the knot, both brides wore Zac Posen, but they couldn't have looked more different. While Ellen went with sleek white pants and a vest, Portia chose a dramatic ball gown in the palest of pinks.
Best Celebrity Wedding Dress: Yoko OnoFor John Lennon and Yoko Ono's minimalist 1969 wedding, Yoko wore a white mini, knee-high socks, a wide-brimmed hat, and oversize sunglasses. Her wedding look was as unique as the couple themselves.
Best Celebrity Wedding Dress: Mia FarrowIn 1966, Hollywood royalty Frank Sinatra and Mia Farrow made it official in (where else?) Las Vegas. The bride's simple white shift was the perfect complement to her legendary Rosemary's Baby short haircut, and the look is the epitome of 1960s gamine-chic.
Best Celebrity Wedding Dress: Ivanka TrumpIn need of something on the demure side for religious purposes, Ivanka Trump turned to Vera Wang for her custom gown. The designer took inspiration from Grace Kelly (see slide 2), resulting in a classic lace dress that was covered-up but undeniably romantic.
Best Celebrity Wedding Dress: Katie HolmesLet's forget about TomKat's split for a moment and think back to the couple's wedding. Katie Holmes looked angelic at her 2006 nuptials to Tom Cruise in her off-the-shoulder custom Valentino gown. Oh, and then-seven-month-old Suri's gown matched too!
Best Celebrity Wedding Dress: Kate MossProbably the last word we would use to describe Kate Moss would be traditional, but the dress she wore when she married musician Jamie Hince was surprisingly understated. Designed by her good friend John Galliano, Kate's sheer gown was the ideal combination of sexiness and vintage-inspired loveliness.


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I'm fine with SB or JCS. Close is good!
I'm fine with SB or JCS. Close is good!
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Dad and I are fine with either. Joe's was awesome last year, but Smokey Bones was equally as awesome the year before. Whatever you guys want to do.
Fuck I cant wait. Sucks our party is going to be a bit smaller this year, but I'm sure we all will still have a good time.
"The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal" -Pablo Picasso/Banksy
I'll be there with my wife. I'll check with my daughter and her hubby to see if they want to join us. I'll be arriving this year on Tuesday night but you won't see me at the Open until Wednesday.
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