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WORCESTER, Mass. – Sophomore John Colella (Herndon, Va.) earned a winning decision and a save as the Holy Cross baseball team took two wins against Lehigh by the exact same scores of 4-3 at Fitton Field in Patriot League action. With the day's results, the Crusaders combine for a record of 23-22-1 (8-10 PL) while the Mountain Hawks move to 23-20 (7-11 PL). Colella boasted a 0.00 ERA on the day allowing one hit in four innings pitched.
Game One
Junior starter John Pedrotty (Portsmouth, R.I.) struck out five Mountain Hawks over the first three innings of play as the two teams found themselves in a scoreless battle through the first three innings. Lehigh then struck first in the top of the fifth, scoring once on two hits to go up 1-0. Sophomore Josh Olson (Woodbury, Minn.) broke up Mountain Hawk starting pitcher Mike Lebo's no hit bid in the bottom of the inning with a single, but the Crusaders left two stranded in the inning to remain down by one run.
Pedrotty returned to form in the sixth and seventh, getting the Mountain Hawks to go down in order as sophomore Stephen Wadsworth (Wayland, Mass.) then came up big in the bottom of seventh, hitting a double to left field to tie the score at 1-1, sending senior Nick Ciardiello (Edison, N.J.) home after he singled in the first at-bat of the inning. Two Lehigh runs came across in the first half of the eighth inning, capitalizing on a wild pitch and defensive miscue at home plate. With the runs, the Mountains Hawks took a 3-1 lead. Holy Cross came back within one run on an error in the bottom of the eighth and then put runners on first and second for senior Eric Oxford (Danvers, Mass.) who nailed a two-run double to the left side to notch the game winning hit as Holy Cross won out, 4-3.
Collela, who replaced Pedrotty in the eighth picks up the winning decision to improve to 3-2 on the season. He allowed no hits and walked two in his one inning outing. Lehigh's reliever, Cory Kent, took the loss, dropping to 5-2 on the season. He allowed three runs on one hit, including the game winning hit by Oxford. In all, Holy Cross scored four runs on five hits, making two errors while the Mountain Hawks scored three runs on seven hits, committing three errors.
Game Two
Lehigh took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second, scoring on a RBI single. The Mountain Hawks earned another run in the top of fourth, scoring on another RBI single to go up 2-0 as Holy Cross left the bases loaded in the bottom of the fourth after getting two hits. Lehigh added another run in the top of the fifth before Holy Cross came back within one run in the bottom half of the inning as freshman Mike Ahmed (East Longmeadow, Mass.) led off with a triple and then scored on a RBI groundout by fellow freshman Andrew Barry (Puyallup, Wash.). Senior Brendan McCrea (Hicksville, N.Y.) followed with his third home run of the season, a solo shot to left center to bring the score to 3-2.
The Crusaders then took the lead in the bottom of the sixth as sophomore Jordan Enos (Stockton, Calif.) knocked out his first career home run to tie the score, followed by a RBI single by Barry, scoring sophomore Alex Maldonado (Brooklyn, N.Y.) who singled in the inning as well. Colella would take over on the mound for Holy Cross in the seventh inning, allowing just one Lehigh hit and no runs scored, keeping hold of the team's one run lead. He struck out two batters in the ninth to shut down the Mountain Hawks completely, boosting the Crusaders to the 4-3 win.
Sophomore Josh Hauser (Dallas, Texas) earned the winning decision as he came in to replace junior starter Nate Koneski (North Dighton, Mass.) with two outs in the fifth. He moves to 3-0 on the season after allowing three walks and striking out to in a 1.2 inning outing. Lehigh's starter, Nick Cassell gets charged with the loss, dropping to 1-1 on the season. He allowed three runs on five hits and struck out four In all, Holy Cross scored four runs on nine hits while the Mountain Hawks scored three runs on 10 hits, committing three errors.
The Crusaders complete the regular season with a final league doubleheader against Lehigh tomorrow, May 1. The first contest begins at 12:00 p.m. at Fitton Field. The team's four seniors will be honored as well.


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Saturday, January 18, 2014
An old woman with a wooden bowl wide as a kettle drum, equally large sieve and a number of smaller equipment arrived to our house every fall to prepare a variety of pasta for the year. She stayed a full day in the basement and by the end of the day a dozen different kinds of pasta were drying on many sheets spread out throughout our house. The next day they were all ready for storage. Today few would consider preparing pasta such as orzo, egg noodles or lasagna by hand. Not only it's hard work but it takes serious experience.
Even if you own a pasta machine, homemade pasta turns out acceptable only if you use it regularly and learn the technique. Pasta dough has a way of refusing to obey you to be coaxed into pasta shapes. I watched an experienced chef preparing pasta for the menu scheduled for that day, and it took him hours. First he prepared the dough and hand kneaded it thoroughly. After a period of resting to let the gluten relax, he passed the dough through his pasta machine several times, using a large opening. Then he folded a third of the long ends of the rectangular dough over and one more time over the last third. Now he had three thirds folded into one.
He reduced the pasta machine opening and passed the dough through several more times. He repeated this process again and again, eventually having the thinnest opening in the machine producing a pasta thin as corn tortillas. But this is not the pasta yet. He let this sheet covered with a moist towel to dry for a few hours then using a chef knife, cut it into long thin strands of pasta, now ready to cook. How long the drying process is where years of experience come in.
Pasta dough is simple: flour and water, no salt. Fresh or dehydrated yolks or whole eggs for egg pasta.
This is not for every home cook. It's long, tedious and the results are questionable (I know from experience).
You can also buy the perishable fresh pasta at the market. Is it better than inexpensive dry pasta? In my experience, it is not.
In my kitchen it's the dry pasta that reigns, and I always have some dozen varieties in the pantry. For a good pasta, should you buy the more costly Italian imports? In Italy they cannot grow the hard winter durum wheat essential for good pasta. Instead they import the best durum wheat from the winter crop in North Dakota, Minnesota, Montana and adjacent Canadian provinces. After packaging in Italy and shipping, you find the expensive Italian pasta on the store shelves. Any good brand of domestic pasta, made from the same wheat, is your best choice.
Read the label to make sure the pasta was made from durum wheat—that's all you need for good pasta. Two more names you are likely to come across reading the ingredient lists on pasta packages: semolina flour and farina flour. The best pasta are made from semolina flour which is the inside part of the durum wheat grain, milled slightly coarse, slightly gritty, resembling a fine cornmeal. Farina flour is a similar slightly gritty flour but milled from hard wheat (bread flour), not durum wheat. Good-quality shaped short pasta (like macaroni or alphabet soup pasta) is made from semolina. In long pasta products they may mix semolina and farina flours and you'll still get a good product.
Unless you use your pasta machine often and gain experience, stick with good domestic pasta for a good pasta dish. Don't overcook and don't undercook: just to perfect el dente.
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Sunday, January 5, 2014
Simple Potato Curry
I used to live in Sri Lanka for two years and, naturally, I got totally enamored with their curries. There are many different styles of curries varying from region to region throughout Asia, and varying with the locally available ingredients. In the hotter climates it's coconut milk and hot spices are the norm but in the cooler north, the spices are milder and coconut is no longer available at the markets.Ceylon curries are almost like South Indian curries (the two areas are separated by a short distance), liquidy, spicy and with the inevitable coconut milk.
Cooking a real, authentic curry is a time-consuming kitchen chore. In fact, no one in Sri Lanka serves just one curry dish; rather several curries and often a sambol or chutney surround the steamed rice along with some fried bready accompaniment such.
Yet we can make a simple curry as a side dish that won't tax your kitchen chores. This potato curry goes with just about any main dish, whether curried or not. And you can assemble the ingredients and cook them within half hour.
Cooking a real, authentic curry is a time-consuming kitchen chore. In fact, no one in Sri Lanka serves just one curry dish; rather several curries and often a sambol or chutney surround the steamed rice along with some fried bready accompaniment such.
Yet we can make a simple curry as a side dish that won't tax your kitchen chores. This potato curry goes with just about any main dish, whether curried or not. And you can assemble the ingredients and cook them within half hour.
Simple Potato Curry
Use only fresh spices. I always use whole seeds that I freshly grind for the best flavor.
1 tsp curry powder
1 lb russet potatoes, peeled and cut into small cubes
1 medium (5 oz) yellow onion, thinly sliced
1 fresh hot chili (jalapeno), thinly sliced
1/2 cup coconut milk
1/4 tsp ground hot chili
1 tsp ground cumin
1/4 tsp dill seeds
1 bay leaf
1 tsp salt
Over brisk heat roast curry powder for a few seconds in a medium pot, then quickly add potatoes, onion and jalapeno slices, coconut milk and the remaining spices and salt. Turn heat to low simmer, cover pot and cook for 20 minutes. Adjust liquid if necessary.
Serves four.
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Saturday, January 4, 2014
Bake Fruitcakes in the Spring
Why would anyone talk about fruitcakes in the winter? Those you received during the recent holiday season have already been re-gifted or are being employed as a doorstop, both of which are the standard use for such gifts. Yes, fruitcakes have a bad rep, but not mine. Recipients claim that it takes great willpower to restrict their eating pleasure to one slice at a time.
Most fruitcake bakers start thinking about making fruitcakes for gifts around October, even later. Yet fruitcakes, like good wines and ripe cheeses, need to mature for many months with occasional brandy spritzing for moisture and flavor. I begin preparing fruitcakes in early spring to be ready by the end of the year. After baking I wrap each loaf separately in clean, soft, brandy-soaked cloths then seal in foil or plastic wrap. I mark my calendar to open the packages every second month and give each another light sprinkling of liquor.
By December they look and smell heavenly. Should they be used for re-gifting, the lucky recipient will be blessed. Doorstops? Very unlikely.
Traditional recipes call for candied fruits that are hard to find until just before the holidays. They are expensive and not particularly good. This tradition dates back to times when other kinds of dried fruits were not readily available. Today we have a huge selection of good-tasting dehydrated fruits; your fruitcake will be better using them instead of candied fruits.
Use only top-quality, fresh nuts.
And remember, fruitcakes are no more difficult to bake than banana bread—and who can't bake a banana bread?
Heavenly Fruitcakes
Fruit mixture
2½ cups (12 oz) dried fruit mix (or glacéd fruits)
1¾ cups (8 oz) combination of dark raisin and currants
1 cup (4 oz) dates, chopped
1¼ cups (4 oz) pecan halves
grated zest of 1 lemon
¼ cup brandy
¼ cup cornmeal
1½ cup flour
½ tsp baking powder
¼ tsp cinnamon
½ tsp salt
dash of grated nutmeg
1 stick (4 oz) butter, softened
¾ cup (4 oz) brown sugar
3 Tbsp molasses
2 large eggs
brandy for soaking
Combine fruit mix, raisins, currants, dates and lemon zest with brandy, mix well and let stand covered overnight.
Combine cornmeal, flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg. Cream butter and brown sugar with a mixer until fluffy, about five minutes. Add molasses, then eggs one at a time while continuing to mix, then add dry ingredients. Stir in fruit mixture, including soaking brandy.
Prepare a standard loaf pan by lining with foil or parchment paper for easy removal. Lightly coat lining with cooking spray. Spoon batter into the loaf pan and spread evenly. Set pan in a container of boiling water that comes 2 inches up on sides of loaf pan.
Bake in preheated 300⁰F oven for about 70 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean. Remove from water bath and cool on a wire rack, then unmold from the pan peeling off foil or parchment.
Wrap loaf in brandy-soaked cotton toweling (using about ⅓ cup brandy). Store for at least six month, adding more brandy every other month to keep cotton moist.
This recipe makes one loaf and it's easy to multiply it to bake several loaves at a time. Or you can bake many mini loaves like the one you see in the photo.
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Monday, August 19, 2013
Not counting vegetarians, I haven't met many people who don't love a good steak. Because of this love affair, many steak-sized not too tender meats in the supermarket meat section are labeled "steaks," such as beef chuck steak, chuck tender steak, round steak and chuck eye steak. Even some pork chops are deliberately mislabeled as "steak."
I love a good steak like any meat lover yet I gave up on cooking it. Why? I cannot match the flavor and tenderness of the meat served in a good steak-house. My steaks are not fork-tender and just mediocre in flavor.
For a good steak the grade of the meat is of prime importance. The USDA started grading beef in 1927 and ever since every piece of beef is graded according to their system.
The highest grade steak, Prime, is well marbled throughout. The next grade is Choice with less marbling and that's the highest grade you find in most supermarkets. Select grade has even less marbling and the lowest, Standard is a meat red all the way through without the marbling fat. Only the edges contain fat, not enough to lubricate the meat. A tough piece of meat. Note that some supermarkets use their own grading system though Prime and Choice are standard for all.
So for a good home-grilled steak, go for Prime. But you won't find this grade in just any meat counter. Prime grade is expensive and often reserved by high-end butchers, exclusive clubs and restaurants for customers and clients who have generous expense accounts or far-reaching credit cards.
Yet we all had affordable steaks in steak-houses. How do they do it? By meticulous tenderizing lower-grade Choice meat. They do this by either chemical tenderizers (and these are all blends of natural products such as papaya, fig and pineapple) or by passing the meat through mechanical tenderizers which are like medieval torture instruments with many sharp needles that break up the tough meat fibers.
But grade is not the only thing you need to consider. A good steak needs to be aged too. Raw, unaged beef has a metallic taste and is rather tough, chewy; aging improves both flavor and tenderness. It chemically alters flavor and softens tough connective tissues. During the aging process the meat shrinks and loses some 12 to 15 percent moisture. The process adds to the price as the meat must rest in a temperature-humidity controlled room for about 15 days, for real high quality meat up to six weeks. Plus you pay for the shrinkage too.
Most shoppers are very conscious of the price of the meat package, and meat processors need to consider how much extra they can charge for the aging before they lose buyers.
When I want a good steak, I choose a steak house.
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Saturday, July 27, 2013
Dedicated barbeque cooks mostly believe in hot charcoal, not gas-heated grills. They claim the flavor of the grilled food is better. Unless you have both and taste test grilled foods prepared on both, it's impossible to know for certain.
I grill my foods on charcoal and have done it so
Since I live in a forested area, I use two pine cones or dry twigs to start the fire, both readily available. After removing the grill rack that holds the charcoal (I use two double-hooked wire made from two coat hangers), I light the cone or twig fire and when burning fiercely, I reposition the grill rack using my wire hooks, piling the briquettes over the fire. Having alively fire under them, they catch quickly and in no time they glow red.
Grilling outdoors is fun and eating the grilled food comes as a second enjoyment. Plus cleanup work is minimal (I never bother cleaning my grill unless charred food accumulation gets too thick—with the intense heat it remains perfectly safe).
Whether I grill meat, poultry or fish, I often add a few other foods to grill: thick rounds of eggplants, thick slabs of summer squash, thick slices of partially cooked unpeeled potatoes to name a few, all generously oiled to promote browning and prevent sticking. On a hot fire sausage, one-serving pieces of marinated meat or boneless poultry takes no more than three or four minutes per side. Fish less, two to two-and-half minutes. Vegetables take about the same, three to five minutes each side.
I haven't found that using two-stage fire (one side hotter than the other) has any benefit—it's just another unnecessary step.
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Friday, July 19, 2013
The international movement promoting "slow food" is a backlash against the fast and unstoppable tumor-like worldwide growth of fast foods.
Is fast food bad? If so, why do millions grab it daily throughout the globe, rejecting their traditional food heritage? No one will argue that fast food is not particularly good food yet fast food is exactly what its creators intended it to be—fast, cheap and quick. Some of the foods served at these fast food establishments are not even bad—give a choice to almost any youngster and the answer is invariably yes, mostly thanks to high oil and salt contents, both having addictive propensities.
Very few fast food items you could prepare home easily and most would not come up to those served in fast-food joints. Think about pizza, french fries, deep-fried chicken, burrito or donut. Without the high temperature of a pizza oven, your pizza (even having the best ingredients) is not as good as in a good pizza parlor. Deep-frying at home is messy, smelly and quite a chore plus plenty of wasted oil. You cannot maintain the critical high oil temperature without a gallon of oil and the accurate thermostat of a commercial deep-fryer. Try home-made donuts and you will see what I mean. Besides, to prepare raised donuts will take you hours from flour to finished donuts.
What is slow food? It's a movement born in Italy in 1986 when McDonald attempted yet another outlet smack on Rome's famed Piazza de Spagna. The group was unsuccessful to fight the Golden Arches but Slow Food movement continued on and gained followers particularly in Europe. North Americans started to organize too, but with modest success.
The Slow Food movement is international with many local chapters called convivia. Their purpose is not to cook food slowly but to counter fast foods favoring small local, traditional restaurants, buying at farmers' markets, visiting local small food processors, wineries, artisan food producers, even helping pick produce, pruning vines in vineyards and generally promoting age-old culinary traditions that least harm the environment.
Their proposal to revive two- and three-hour lunches was not a joke. This all sounds good. But supporting such a notion, when will you have time to take the car for a tune-up, call the plumber to unplug the drain, drop one of the kids off at soccer game while you pick up the second from ballet, spend hours on weekly shopping, the laundry, the bills, the vet and the scores of other chores on the To Do list. Plus put in a decent week's work.
It appears that the slow food philosophy is perfect for the gastronomic elitists with plenty of time and money to spare. It's a movement a tiny slice of modern society is able to afford yet it doesn't mean the rest of us ought to live on fast food. There is a middle ground somewhere.
Now more and more of us realize that while living on fast food we miss out on one of the greatest pleasures in life—good food, good eating in good company. There is only one way to enjoy the social pleasure of a family, a friend or a partner sharing a meal with you at least once a day—the slow food way at home—cooking a meal using quality ingredient while taking time to prepare food you are proud to serve. But two- to three-hour meals? Let the rich snobs and retired have them.
If you enjoy cooking, your task is easier. If you would rather eat than cook, it is more difficult. Whatever your preference, highly organized, efficient kitchen setup, kitchen work and basic cooking knowledge are all important keys.
Efficiency and organization may come naturally to you or you may have to work on them but basic cooking knowledge must be learned. If you don't have it, spend some time to learn it from books followed with practice in the kitchen. Your best bet is simple cookbooks that are not all recipes but which explain the whys and hows of food and cooking while giving you simple and good recipes with ingredients readily available at most markets. Your goal is to prepare a good, complete "slow food" meal spending not much more than one hour in the kitchen.
Invest in good kitchen equipment: pots and pans, knives, cutting boards, all essential gadgets and small appliances. Keep all in good working order, particularly your knives that should be scalpel sharp at all times. Learn the few commonly used techniques: chopping onion and garlic, cutting up vegetables and meat, browning, sautéing, grilling. Be certain never, ever to run out of supplies.
Have a basic, well-organized repertoire of recipes. Three to five tried out and good recipes from each major food group is a good start. This includes three or four from each type of meat you like to serve, vegetables, starchy side dishes, soups, salads, desserts and breakfast foods. Once you have collected a minimum quota, you have a collection of some 25 to 30 recipes to which you can fall back on any time. From here you can further build your repertoire with new recipes whenever you have leisure time to cook.
Slow food cooking also means avoiding shortcuts, avoiding prepared ingredients. Generally, the faster the cooking, the weaker the result. Take coffee makers. The manufacturers had no choice; coffee makers have to be almost instant with minimal waiting for the hot brew. But speed costs flavor. To extract the most from your coffee beans, the water must be at certain temperature (few degrees below boiling) and must slowly filter through the coffee grounds. Speed up the process and the water leaves some of the flavor ingredients behind in the wet coffee grounds.
Or take meat. Virtually in any meat dish recipe the first step is browning. Shortcut recipes leave this step out, saving you time and a lot of cleanup work. But myriad of flavor components in meat only develop through the high heat of browning.
Slow food our way is for you and me because that is the only way to get full enjoyment out of food and eating. Share delicious slow food meals daily with someone in your home.
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Commentary: A Cure for What Ails the FDA
In the American Lawyer, Yale Law Professor Peter Schuck discusses the work of Professor Robert Rabin:
Still, some leading analysts with no ideological axes to grind support the status quo. Robert Rabin, a pre-eminent torts scholar at Stanford Law School and the co-editor of a leading torts casebook, has published a prominent defense of the traditional rule. He also argues that products failing to comply with FDA regulations are per se defective.
Let me explain why I and some other torts scholars reject Rabin's characteristically careful analysis and instead favor a federal statutory qualified regulatory compliance defense. Rabin's first argument invokes the value of state autonomy in tort law. Absent express federal pre-emption, he contends, this value militates against any regulatory compliance defense. But because the market for pharmaceuticals is national and international, the interest in nationally uniform rules is correspondingly greater than in other tort areas, like medical malpractice or workplace injuries. When the FDA acts within its unified, comprehensive system of drug regulation, its approval should usually pre-empt state tort liability.
For this reason, Rabin's next argument -- that a regulatory compliance defense would leave a "compensation gap" for injured plaintiffs -- misses a fundamental point about tort law that he has actually emphasized in his other work comparing social insurance to tort liability. Congress has authorized the FDA to determine the socially optimal level of drug safety and information, taking other factors into account. If, as I maintain, a properly labeled, FDA-approved drug is thereby not defective, tort compensation -- as distinct from no-fault compensation for injured consumers that Congress might authorize, as it has for certain childhood vaccines -- is simply inappropriate.
Rabin doubts that tort liability in such situations would deter manufacturers. Tell that to Merrill Dow Pharmaceuticals, whose safe and effective drug for treating morning sickness, Bendectin, was driven from the market by a few jury awards wholly inconsistent with the findings of objective scientists -- and indeed of most other Bendectin juries. Tell it to the breast implant manufacturers that paid more than $4 billion to settle lawsuits based on specious claims that this widely used product caused autoimmune disease. (A decade later, the FDA is allowing the product to be remarketed.) Tell it to Merck & Co. Inc., which withdrew Vioxx, the best nonsteroidal pain reliever for many (but not all) arthritis sufferers, partly out of fear of tens of thousands of tort claims alleging that it increased the risk of heart failure. So far, most Vioxx juries have found it safe and the labeling adequate, but some have not. In early March, a New Jersey jury awarded $20 million (plus possible punitive damages) to the family of a heart attack victim who had used Vioxx for two months. A few weeks later, an Illinois jury exonerated Vioxx in the case of a longtime user. Because the plaintiffs had different risk factors, these verdicts are not necessarily inconsistent -- but they could be. We'll never know what each of these juries was thinking. My larger point, however, is that this is no way to regulate drugs.
Rabin also observes, correctly, that many drug-related risks become apparent only when adverse drug reactions come to the FDA's attention -- after it has approved a drug -- and also notes that manufacturers might knowingly submit false or incomplete information to the agency. But these troubling possibilities, far from refuting the case for a carefully limited regulatory compliance defense, suggest only what those limits should be.


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A commission of National educational experts from different fields of education was appointed in December 1958. As there was great need for the reorientation and reorganization of the existing educational system. The commission declared the Secondary School Education as an independent stage of education, which has it's own aims and objectives and recommended the transfer of all powers to control the secondary school and intermediate level education from the University to the Board. The reason behind this step was, that the secondary education was the most formative stage of learning, and it should receive special attention, by creating favorable atmosphere and conditions for the students. With this historical background the Bise Peshawar was established in 1961. At that time the premises of the Board were comprises of the whole Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and its tribal areas.
With the passage of time the number of students increased day by day and the Board authorities created sub-offices at divisional level at Mardan, Swat, Kohat, Bannu and DI Khan. Later on due to tremendous increase in the number of educational institutions and students the public demanded the creation of more Boards. So three more Boards at Abbottabad, Bannu and Swat were created as a result of bifurcation of this Board, which have been functioning since 1990 under the promulgate Act. Now keeping in view the public demand and strength, the BISE Peshawar has been split again into Three Boards which are Kohat, Peshawar and Mardan.
The Intermediate examination in Pakistan is divided into two year program, named as part 1 and 2. The papers of which are generally commenced in the months of May and June. In Punjab the authorities have introduced the facility of delivering roll no slips through mobile units located at different locations in cities. Soon such services are considered to become common in every board. Date Sheet of papers with rules and regulations is usually dispatches one month before the papers begin. The result of 2nd and first year are commonly announced by board in the months of August and September respectively.
At the moment board has not announced any final date for the announcement of annual examination result. So all the students are advised to stay in touch with us on this page to receive all the important updates. Once the result is published by board you will be able to check your complete marks detail here without any delay. For any queries of suggestions use the below comment box.


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The Friends of Tilling , who follow the exploits of Mapp and Lucia by E. F. Benson, gather in Rye each year, reliving the books and series filmed and set in this very town. Benson Walks take places regularly in the Town.
Along the south side of the churchyard runs Watchbell Street, with its houses ranging from Tudor to Regency. Past the Customs House one faces Lamb House, associated with so much of Rye's history, including an unscheduled visit by George I in 1726 and Henry James, the novelist, who lived here for several years. Lamb House is owned by the National Trust and is open to the public. See Rye Eye for more on literary events
For current opening hours or any further information please contact
Rye Heritage Centre or call 01797 226696
The Victorian poet, Coventry Patmore, described Rye as "A little bit of the old world
living on in pleasant ignorance of the new". It would be hard to find a better summary of
Rye's charm. The Mermaid Inn, offering unique accommodation in Rye, captures the
atmosphere behind these words. Charm is the key word and Rye has it in abundance.
Quaint antique shops, art galleries and state of the art beauty parlours and salons
Sporting facilities: Rye Golf Club, Mermaid Bowls League, Windsurfing, Cycling
Historical buildings and military fortifications inc: Rye Castle Museum, Camber Castle
Festivals: Arts, Scallop, Taste of Rye, Wildlife, Christmas & Bonfire Night
Churches & Chapels
Vintage trains for rail enthusiasts
Castles, Abbey, Gardens and historic cities within easy reach
When one sets foot on the cobbles of Mermaid Street and gazes at the two rows of
houses the centuries just fall away. It would seem right and natural for the sound
of horses to echo in this ancient thoroughfare. The Mermaid had close associations
with Smugglers and their notorious activities, although the old Customs House (the
house with the crooked chimney) is just around the corner from the Inn. To consider
for one moment that Customs men and Smugglers were unaware of each others' existence
would be stretching credulity too far and, no doubt, some spirit of 'co-
The Customs House faces the beautiful Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin with its mighty buttresses. Through the Churchyard lies the Ypres Tower, built around 1250, as a defence against the French. It is the oldest fortification existing in the Cinque Ports, with the exception of Dover Castle, and is now a fascinating museum. In front of the Tower is the garden, where the defenders of Rye manned a battery of guns.
There is a breathtaking view from this vantage point, both over the Walland and Romney Marshes and across the River Rother to Winchelsea, Rye's sister town, both members of the Confederation of Cinque Ports. Millais painted 'The Blind Girl' in these meadows.
Rye also prides itself on its sporting history, having one of the oldest cricket clubs in the country, well supported by the locality, and also the exclusive Rye Golf Club which hosts the annual President's Putter competition in January, between Oxford University and Cambridge University. The Mermaid sponsors the Mermaid Bowls League each year, which once again has a large following and helps bring the surrounding villages together. (We always remain totally impartial of course!)
Camber Sands is only a short drive from Rye and has been used as a backdrop for many films over the years such as Dunkirk, Carry On Follow that Camel and Yellowbeard. For the more adventurous holidaymaker there is a cycle route from Rye to Camber passing the Windsurfing School. Rye Harbour offers a mixture of historic interest with military fortifications spanning several centuries, a Nature Reserve and wondrous views as the river flows from Rye to the sea, transporting Rye's Fishing Fleet.
There are numerous Country Walks emanating from Rye, taking you through unspoilt valleys and, if you wish to see gardens with a difference, there is Great Dixter at Northiam or in total contrast Derek Jarman's Garden at Dungeness.
For the railway enthusiasts the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Light Railway is a unique way to view Romney Marsh or for a vintage steam train the Kent and East Sussex Railway travelling from Tenterden to Bodiam is a must.
A short drive will take you to Bodiam Castle, Hastings, Battle Abbey, Brighton or Canterbury, all steeped in history. The countryside of Kent and Sussex surrounding Rye is some of the most beautiful in the South of England, with its unspoilt villages and peaceful seashore.
Each year in September Rye Hosts the Rye Festival, which caters for all tastes with visitors travelling from all corners of the world. See Rye Arts Festival
Book a guided Ghost Walk around Rye or find out more about Rye's past at the Heritage Centre & Rye Museum.
A spectacular procession through the town culminating in a magnificent bonfire and fire work display – between 10,000 and 15,000 visitors join in each year.
May is renowned for bells, not church bells, but that of the Morris Men, who dance in the Mermaid's car park on Bank Holidays.
For Themed & Illustrated Visitor Guides to Rye see A Pocketful of Rye. Guides are available to buy online or at the Mermaid Inn. See Rye Guide for further ideas on where to visit
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IntroductionWhat can I do if I have my voicemail configured on my SPA but when someone left message, Voicemail Indicator did not light up red?Related Information
This article is one in a series to assist in the setup, troubleshooting, and maintenance of Cisco Small Business products (formerly Linksys Business Series).
If the voicemail indicator is not lit red when someone left message on your voicemail, it means the Message Waiting is not enabled on the SPA. To enable message waiting on your SPA941, follow the steps below.?
Enabling Message Waiting?
Step 1:Press the Setup?on the SPA941.?Step 2:Using Navigation??select Network (9).??Step 3:Access the SPA941's web-based setup page.??Step 4:When the web-based setup page appears, click Admin Login.?Step 5:Click Ext1, look for Call Feature Setting then set Message Waiting to yes.?Step 6:Click?.
Step 1:Press the Setup?on the SPA941.?
Step 2:Using Navigation??select Network (9).??
Step 3:Access the SPA941's web-based setup page.??
Step 4:When the web-based setup page appears, click Admin Login.?
Step 5:Click Ext1, look for Call Feature Setting then set Message Waiting to yes.?
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Promoting education and economic development through place-based programs related to the natural and cultural heritage of the Blue Ridge Region of Southwestern Virginia.
In 2005 a Steering Committee formed to brainstorm a jointly developed, Patrick County/Floyd County tourism destination and economic development initiative to be located in the region near the Rocky Knob Recreational Area on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
The effort gained the popular name, "The Rocky Knob Project."
In 2006 the group formed a board of directors with equal representation from both counties, and that group initiated the process of incorporation as a membership-based nonprofit, today called Blue Ridge Heritage, Inc. (BRHI).
After the facilitation of diverse citizen input, the group turned to a team of professionals to solicit and codify visitor input. In 2007 BRHI commissioned a Virginia Tech/Clemson U. team to collect that visitor-based data, and to make recommendations to BRHI regarding the types of programs and services visitors said they'd be interested coming to visit.
The far-reaching study's results are today widely available to economic development interests, entrepreneurs, and tourism businesses on the web and at local libraries.
Variously referenced as the Bi-County "Gap-Analysis," "Visitor Survey/Analysis," and "Asset Inventory" the full 2009 document can be viewed and/or downloaded HERE.
Potential properties on which to locate the effort were researched for 5 years, while a program of offerings and vision were developed. In September of 2012, the organization's board of directors closed on the purchase of a site from which to begin offering programs.
The long-awaited "Rocky Knob Project" takes root in 2012
After 7 years of organizing and research, Blue Ridge Heritage found and purchased a permanent home in late 2012.
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Amador Ridge Vineyard is located just outside of Sutter Creek on an ancient mud-slide of red, cobbly-loam soil. The head-trained Zinfandel is grafted to St. George rootstock on an east facing slope, allowing the grower to dry farm in most seasons and to irrigate the vines only in exceptionally dry years.
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Student Continues Life of Travel Through Scholarship
About half of Willamette's students study abroad sometime before they graduate, eager to learn language and culture by living in a country besides their own. Mika Lim '11 was lucky enough to have this experience before coming to college, as the daughter of two parents who were adamant that their children explore the world.
She was born in Maryland, but her homes during the years have included Guam, Palau and, most recently, Taiwan.
"My parents thought it was important for us to be global citizens rather than just staying in a suburban town and only experiencing one lifestyle," she says.
Having a global perspective is increasingly important in the business world, and it will give Lim an advantage in her latest adventure. Lim is one of two Willamette students recently selected for the national Kemper Scholar program. The scholarship from the James S. Kemper Foundation is for first-year students interested in business or management. It provides an annual scholarship for three years in addition to two paid summer internships -- one at a nonprofit organization in Chicago after Lim's sophomore year, the other in a location of her choice after her junior year.
Willamette is one of 15 small colleges that can nominate students to be Kemper Scholars, and this is the third consecutive year that the Kemper program has chosen two Willamette students for the honor -- typically only one is picked from each campus. The other winner is Marco Fiallo '11.
The opportunity is golden for Lim, who hopes to work for a nonprofit advocacy organization in the future. "Interning at a nonprofit is a great opportunity for me to be exposed to that environment and see if it's what I want to do long term," she says. "Because of my background, I've met so many different types of people, and I'm interested in the way different cultures can share with each other."
The issues she is currently most passionate about are women's rights and challenges facing the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer) community. She is a member of Angles, Willamette's gay-straight alliance. It's one of several activities she's taken on during her first year at Willamette.
During the academic year, you can catch her weekly on the University's online radio station, WU Wire, where she hosts a show called "Fierce Beats." Punk rock, riot grrrl and hardcore are her music genres of choice -- listen for bands like Sleater-Kinney, the New York Dolls and the Violent Femmes. (Look for the show schedule at www.willamette.edu/org/radio/ in the fall.)
She also has traveled to the Oregon coast for service projects with her fellow residents at Kaneko Commons, a residential community that incorporates multiple levels of programming into the living experience, including service. The students have worked at a camping area clearing trails, cleaning and building a sustainable garden.
Lim still isn't sure about her major or her career path (she's only a freshman, after all), but that's another reason she's excited about the Kemper program. "They have large variety of organizations where you can do your internships, which is nice because it caters to a lot of different interests."
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I wrote that the No. 30 is retired by the Boston Celtics because of Len Bias, well i was half right. It was retired for seven years but club officials decided to unretire the number in 1993 for Todd Lichti and it has been worn by six other players, most recently Sebastian Telfair. Thanks for the responses and the interest
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CHEM 2984 - Chemical Principles II, 4 Credits
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 1984 with D or better or CHEM 1114 with D or better
Level: Lower
Course Attributes: Gen Ed - Natural Sciences, Liberal Arts and Science
This course is a continuation of Chemical Principles I and is intended for physical science and engineering majors. Those basic concepts from the first semester are applied to more complex aspects of chemistry which include the states of matter, solutions, thermodynamics, equilibrium, electrochemistry and nuclear chemistry. In addition, the course is designed to have more out-of-class activities related to these topical areas which are completed by a team of students.


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Overflow Copy Contract
Print & Copy Services manages an overflow copy contract with a local vendor. This contract is to be used ONLY FOR EXCEPTIONS:
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You must contact the Copy Center or Print Services to make sure one of these instances apply BEFORE using the contract vendor. The Copy Center is the most cost-effective place to take your copy job and will almost always be able to meet your deadline.
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Below is the poem entitled Un beso de despedida which was written by poet
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I just can't leave without saying:
at least bye for now or 'till we meet again.'
a conventional phrase we always say
to people we've met and cared for.
In another country like in Italy,
Ciao o arrivederci is a common cliché
in Spanish they always say, 'hasta luego'
and in my own language, 'hanggang sa muli'
As Filipino myself it's a lovely thing.
to have that courtesy before leaving;
it's an important gesture, an ethical manner
at least to show a smile or word of thanks.
I remember where I was assigned before,
working with immigrants like those Italians;
some Hispanics, Maltese, Irish and Sri Lankans,
it's a universal thing to say bye for now.
Then another mission assignment came to my life,
that's a tough one working at the borderline
that's between El Paso and a city in Chihuahua
Ciudad Juárez, a place where I lived with Mexicans.
While I study and work at the same time
there's an element of joy and compassion
I saw how these people like Mexicans
struggled to live and coped with life.
I really enjoyed my relationship with them
I even developed my own sense of freedom
to be creative and compassionate to them
A real commitment, like a song to my ears.
But when that time came that I ought to leave them,
I couldn't say a word but just a sweet smile,
they understood right away that I'd stay no longer
in our Casa del Migrante, a place of hospitality.
As I was leaving my mission to face another role
in another context, place and working relationship,
some close friends and faithful followers,
organized a party with music and camaraderie.
And I still remember how they spoke about me
saying in a chorus of voices: 'we'll miss you,'
that's a moving experience that even now
I recall those mem'ries so precious to me
that I cherish them all in my heart.
It's a memorable scenario, a moment of joy
with a cadence of notes unfolding –
un beso de despedida!
though in a short period of time
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Breinton – St. Michael
This is a most delightful church, steeped in history. Just to the left of the west door there is a wood memorial to Captain Rudhall Booth whose ancestor was Bishop Booth of Hereford. The family were much embroiled in the English Civil Wars, and Rudhall died whilst commanding the Holy Island Garrison. He had a brother, Charles, who was exiled with King James l, and he died in France. Charles had a son, also called Charles, who having renounced the English Government was unable to return to Breinton to claim his estate. He secretly, with the help of a friend, leased the land to the Dean of Hereford, but when the friend died, his housekeeper Alice Shaw inherited the land. Eventually the whole estate was gifted to Thomas Cooke of Kinnersley who had built up a thriving Tannery in Weobley. Thomas passed on the land to his brother James Cooke who was a bookseller at the British Museum in London, and James returned to Herefordshire. James had one son, Thomas, who after going to Eton and Oxford became a Barrister, then later a Lieutenant Colonel in the Hereford County Militia. There is a memorial to him and his wife Helen, along with one for their son William who was a surgeon who died in India at the age of 25.
There are windows dedicated to members of the tragic Eckersall family………..Frederick died in 1865 at 31 after "long and patient suffering". He was the only son of the Rev. Charles and Mrs. Mary Anne Eckersall. Frederick's sister Catherine, died in 1849 at the age of 18, and another sister, Agnes, died at only 5.
There is a memorial dedicated to Edward Charles Bulmer……..during the second world war when he was in the RAF he was tragically killed when a stricken bomber returning to the airfield veered off course, and Charles was struck by a wing tip. He and many others of the Bulmer family lived in the parish of Breinton, but most were actually buried at Credenhill or St. Nicholas.
The du Buisson family feature large in the history of this parish, and in 1867 Lucy du Buisson played a harmonium for the first time ever at a service. the du Buisson family were responsible for building the rectory, which is now Breinton Grange, althought they themselves lived at Breinton Court, and they also were instrumental in building the school which could cope with 40 children. Sadly, the aforementioned Lucy, who was one of five children, was mostly very unwell, and although she married the son of the Curate after a delay when she contracted Chickenpox, this was shortlived as a month after their honeymoon Lucy died. Perhaps some blame can be laid at the door of a drunken coachman, who some years earlier went off the road when bringing Lucy and her brother back home from a party in the depths of a freezing winter…….they all ended up in the pond! This could not have been good for anyone's health. Also given to the church by the du Buisson children were the oak lectern (in memory of George Proctor) and a crucifix in memory of Lionel Thomas Ricketts. The East window is in memory of Edmund du Buisson and his wife Charlotte.
Outside amongst the graves are some gems: Charles Vincent Gorton has a line of music on his stone, from the Apostles, by Elgar. The grave is part of the famous Elgar trail.
Charles Hassard Wilfred Dodgson lies buried near the West door of the church….he lived in Breinton House and was related to another Dodgson who is more commonly known as Lewis Carroll.
In 1785, a Glaswegian by the name of John Cranston developed huge nurseries in the Breinton parish and one of his sons, James, was responsible for planting most of the Cedar trees around Hereford. Both men are buried under a Cedar of Lebanon tree planted by James in the churchyard and the name of Cranston lives on in the shape of an onion – Cranston's Excelsior – which was named in their honour.


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CANBERRA: Australian National University
Internship, Traditional | Canberra, Australia
Study Abroad Coordinator: Katherine Pruess (email@example.com) The Australian National Internships Program (ANIP) is a very competitive and challenging program organized by the Graduate School of Public Administration for Australian graduate and undergraduate students. Recently, however, ANU has opened the program to qualified international students. ANIP combines courses taken at the Australian National University with an internship at the Australian Parliament, Public Service Organizations (i.e. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australian Sports Commission), or Non-Governmental Organizations (i.e. Greening Australia, Australian Youth Policy). You do not need to be a political science student to take advantage of this program. ANIP has placed students who major in chemistry, art, economics, and music.
DUBLIN: Institute of Public Administration (IPA)
Internship, Traditional | Dublin, Ireland
Study Abroad Coordinator: Katherine Pruess (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Students spend a semester at the Institute of Public Administration (IPA) in Dublin. Students take three courses at the Institute while also interning in the Irish Parliament (the Dail). The internship provides an insiders perspective of the parliamentary system of government that would not be possible in the US. The program may include a weeklong field trip to the European continent to visit the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, and Paris, France. Students also visit Belfast. Trips may or may not be offered every semester.
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Study Abroad Coordinator: Liz McClanahan (email@example.com)
This program offers students an opportunity to live and study in the heart of Europe for an academic Semester. Students will take three academic courses and participate in a research internship, which earns course credit. During the internship each student will work with the office of a European Parliament Member on a project designed to provide the Member with specific information about a subject on the Parliament's agenda.
LONDON: Foundation for International Education
Internship, Traditional | London, England
Study Abroad Coordinator: Emily Ferraro (firstname.lastname@example.com)
The program through the Foundation for International Education provides students from all majors with a unique opportunity to study in the center of London. In addition to the coursework, students can participate in an internship, service learning program, or secure a research placement with supervision. Upon arrival, students receive a comprehensive on-site orientation and throughout the semester involvement in various course- and co-curricular activities is highly recommended.
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Internship, Traditional | London, England
Study Abroad Coordinator: Emily Ferraro (firstname.lastname@example.com)
The Hansard Scholars Program combines political science course work with a for-credit internship at the House of Commons, House of Lords, or a public policy research institute. The internship includes a variety of administrative and research tasks. Students work at least three days a week assisting in the daily operations of the office and conducting research in conjunction with a term paper. The internship allows students to observe the inner workings of Parliament and immerse themselves in British politics. The program also includes several academic field trips. Previously students have traveled to Cardiff, Wales, and to Cambridge and Bath in England.


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Director Howard and writers Ganz and Mandel are at their sharpest when they draw the ways Ed's family and the public initially react to True TV. His mother (Sally Kirkland) turns theatrical (she sets visions of Blanche Du Bois spinning in DeGeneres' head), his frail stepdad (Martin Landau) remains determinedly down-to-earth (he tells Ed he'd yell for Ed's mom himself, but he'd die), and his mystery dad (Dennis Hopper) suddenly shows up at his door. At one point, someone pushes a promotional CD into Ed's hands and says his band has a blind guy in it and is called Not All of Us Can See. For a while, the ensemble resembles the giddy everyday grotesques from a Preston Sturges movie.
Pundit-mania heats up: Harry Shearer, who performed a similar function in The Truman Show, hosts panels with the likes of Arianna Huffington and Michael Moore. And polling goes into overdrive. The videophiles who rooted for Elfman's Shari to dump Ray for Ed soon tell USA Today that she isn't good enough for him -- they prefer Jill (Elizabeth Hurley), a glamorous aspiring actress. You can see why Shari, a strapping UPS gal without airs or illusions, finds Ed attractive and why she hooks up with him after Ray cheats on her.
It's too bad that their bond obstructs the comedy. For one thing, Ray ceases to be central to the action. And if that USA Today poll is one funny idea, it's also a dire turning point. Soon after it appears, Shari beats a retreat; Ed loses his bearings; his mom, dad and stepdad grow nuttier; and the movie instructs us on what we already know about the wages of fame. Shari begins to symbolize unspoiled, media-free humanity.
Howard, Ganz and Mandel have a Three Bears view of comic ingredients: nothing too cold, nothing too hot. (Even Shari learns to compromise.) So the director and his writers ultimately reduce the drama to Ed clearing his head and cementing his love with the people closest to him: Shari, Ray and -- because father-son rapprochement is key to family entertainment in the '90s -- his stepdad, Al.
EDtv sets up Ed as a man of the people, then flirts with portraying him as a victim of the people. It's the same sort of dead end Capra ran up against in Meet John Doe. Howard is a lot more deft at depicting the onlookers than Peter Weir was in The Truman Show; this movie's fluctuations mirror the fleeting allegiances of our media-permeated life more acutely than that pristine fantasy. But Howard still has a hard time persuading us that the TV masses will react positively to his film's happy ending.
To me, the film makes sense -- perhaps inadvertently -- as a fable about privacy in the era of Kenneth Starr. The True TV czar (Rob Reiner) decides he hascontinued on next pagecontinued from previous pageunlimited access to Ed's life. His cameras uncover one family scandal after another, most of which come about by way of video entrapment. The public maintains a strained devotion to Ed even after he proves to be a hapless lover. The only way Ed can regain control of his life is with some Larry Flynt-like scandal-mongering of his own. The resolution leaves the House of Pekurny standing. By the end, the movie audience, like the electorate, is less satisfied than strung-out and exhausted.
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COLUMBIA PICTURES 75th ANNIVERSARY FILM FESTIVAL
The history of what has come to be known as "the classic Hollywood cinema" (a period lasting roughly from 1910, when a handful of filmmakers set up shop in Southern California, until the late 1950s, when the competition of television, a steady increase in independent production and a series of antitrust rulings combined to change the way movies were made) is by and large the history of the film studios. At their most powerful, the major studios controlled every detail of the making of a film, from the initial development of an idea to the casting of the smallest bit player, from the advertising campaigns to the theaters in which it played. Theirs was a factory system that, in its heyday, churned out hundreds of features, serials, newsreels and shorts every year; produced hit songs; made stars and starlets out of ordinary young men and women; and somewhere along the way had time to create a few masterpieces like Bringing Up Baby, King Kong, Singin' in the Rain and Out of the Past.
Though the studio system ceased to function in any meaningful way some 40 years ago, the studios themselves live on as shadow versions of themselves, modern media conglomerates that dabble in everything from publishing and cable TV to hotels and ski resorts but still thrive on the mystique of their earlier glory. Although their film libraries -- that warehouse full of films eternally ripe for repackaging, repromoting and occasionally remaking -- help preserve their images, it's the names themselves that solidify them. We continue to recognize their logos -- the roar of Leo, the Paramount mountain, the Fox fanfare, even the long-defunct RKO radio tower -- though the empires once signified by these images have fallen.
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By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 18, 2000 Seven U.S. service members are currently in Sierra Leone assessing security and transportation facilities as part of humanitarian efforts in the country.
The first two on the ground, a Marine lieutenant colonel and an Air Force master sergeant, have been working with the British and looking at U.S. security and equipment needs should the United States step up airlifts to Sierra Leone, Pentagon spokesman Ken Bacon said May 16. Five more service members arrived May 17 in the capital of Freetown.
Defense Secretary William S. Cohen said May 16 that a Air Force C-17 had delivered munitions to Sierra Leone from Jordan.
"We have offered to supply airlift to other countries, and should we do that, we just want an assessment of what's happening there," Bacon said. He said it was premature to suggest that U.S. service members would enter the African nation to provide security at Lungi airport, near Freetown.
Bacon said the British have 650 to 675 soldiers in the country and are sending their HMS Illustrious carrier battle group and HMS Ocean amphibious ready group into the area. "So, they will have a considerable force there," he said. "We may not have to do anything more." That's what the U.S. team needs to find out, he noted.
A civil war has been raging in the West African country for years. All order appears to have broken down in the country. Rebel forces have taken hundreds of U.N. peacekeepers hostage and killed four.


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An aircraft control and display system having a multifunction display for configuring the vehicle flight parameters and control of mission equipment utilizes a dedicated alphanumeric display as a scratchpad memory for temporarily displaying IFF mode commands encoded in alphanumeric form and for changing an IFF transponder code, thereby obviating the use of the multifunction display and the need thereby for reprogramming the mission functions. Codes entered in the alphanumeric display are validated against codes stored in a master control processor unit, whereby a prompt is provided to the operator to reenter the code in the event of an error in entry or an invalid code.
1. Aircraft control and display apparatus having a plurality of display devices, operative for overwriting a display screen, and for returning to a predetermined display without operator intervention, comprising:
first display means having a display screen for providing an alphanumeric display and operative to display predetermined alphanumeric characters,
second display means having a display screen for providing a graphical display and operative in a given one of a plurality of selectable display modes, each said mode defining a predetermined display screen,
input means for data entry, for overwriting said alphanumeric display in response to an operator command,
storage means for storage of data entered by said input means,
signal processor means for receiving and transmitting encoded radio-frequency signals in selectable modes in response to an encoded alphanumeric command signal,
master controller processor means for controlling said storage means and said first and second display means, and for activating said signal processor means to operate in one of a plurality of command modes, and
transfer means for transferring data entered by said input means to said master controller processor means, said storage means, said first and second display means and said signal processor means,
wherein said input means comprises means operating on said master controller processor means for initiating a given display mode and means for entering alphanumeric data, including predetermined alphanumeric codes for activating said signal processor means in a selected one of said plurality of command modes,
said storage means comprises means for storing said input alphanumeric data and for storing said predetermined alphanumeric data codes corresponding to said plurality of command modes of said signal processor means, said predetermined alphanumeric codes adapted for activating said signal processor means in a selected one of said plurality of command modes corresponding to a given alphanumeric code, and means for storing a control program for said master controller processor means,
wherein said master controller processor means comprises means for comparing the contents of said storage means with respect to said entered alphanumeric data and said predetermined alphanumeric codes, means for energizing said signal processor means in a predetermined mode of operation upon coincidence of said entered alphanumeric data and a corresponding one of said predetermined alphanumeric codes, and means to overwrite existing alphanumeric data on the display screen of said first display means and to display the entered data thereupon, and means for providing an error signal to said first display means upon a failure of agreement of said compared data,
said master controller processor means further comprising means for designating whether a portion of said display screen of said first display means is dedicated to said predetermined alphanumeric display or to said entered alphanumeric data as a working scratchpad display in response to said input means, and for return to said alphanumeric display upon confirmation of said compared data entry and energization of said signal processor means in said predetermined mode of operation, wherein said display screen of said second display means remains dedicated to a selected display mode during energization of said signal processor means.
2. Apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein said input means comprises keyboard entry means and said transfer means further comprises means for transferring data entered therein to said storage means upon receipt of an initiating signal.
3. Apparatus as set forth in claim 2, wherein said transfer means further comprises means associated with said storage means for receiving said transferred data and for transferring said data to said first display means, means associated with said first display means for receiving said transferred data from said storage means and applying said transferred data to provide a temporary visual display on a predetermined portion of said first display means and means for transferring a signal corresponding to a confirmed predetermined mode of energization to said signal processor means.
4. Apparatus as set forth in claim 3, wherein said alphanumeric data entry comprises an IFF mode control code, said signal processor means comprises an IFF transponder, and said selected display means is adapted to overwrite a given page display so as to indicate the applied alphanumeric data entry.
5. Apparatus as set forth in claim 4, wherein said input means further comprises input key means for initiating a data input transfer via said transfer means to said first display means.
6. Apparatus as set forth in claim 5, wherein said input means further comprises control key means for initiating a data output transfer via said transfer means to said signal processing means.
7. Apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein said master controller processor means is adapted for controlling said storage means, said first display means, and said signal processing means to operate in one of a plurality of modes and is programmed to operate in:
a first mode wherein data entered by said input means is stored in said storage means and said transfer means accesses data from said storage means for transfer to said first display means, and said display means is initially operative to display a predetermined alphanumeric sequence of characters independent of said predetermined alphanumeric codes,
a second mode wherein said controller processor means is programmed to accept data inputs which coincide with corresponding data words stored in said storage means and to reject data inputs which are not coincident with ones of said stored data words in a predetermined encoded pattern, wherein rejected data inputs result in an error display on said first display screen and accepted data inputs result in a corresponding alphanumeric display on said screen, and
a third mode wherein accepted data inputs result in commanding operation of said signal processor means in a predetermined mode of operation and in erasing said alphanumeric display corresponding to a keyboard input from said first display screen and restoring said predetermined sequence of characters to said display screen.
8. An IFF display and processing system, comprising:
first display means for displaying a plurality of alphanumeric digits,
second display means for displaying in graphical form a given display page from a plurality of selectable display pages,
IFF transponder means for receiving and transmitting predetermined sequences of radio-frequency signals in response to a command signal,
keyboard input means for providing an input alphanumeric command code, and
computer processor means, comprising a microprocessor, storage means, and transfer means for controlling said first and second display means and for inhibiting display of a portion of a given alphanumeric display on said first display means and for writing thereupon said input alphanumeric command code and energizing said IFF transponder means in accordance with said code when said code is in agreement with one of a predetermined plurality of codes adapted for enabling said transponder, and for writing an error message on said first display means when said applied code is in disagreement with said predetermined plurality of codes, and for restoring said portion of said alphanumeric display upon energization of said IFF transponder, said display page of said second display means being independent of an applied IFF command signal in alphanumeric form.
9. A method for controlling an IFF display and processing system, comprising:
providing a first display screen for displaying a plurality of alphanumeric digits,
providing a second display screen for displaying a plurality of graphical and alphanumeric images;
providing a keyboard for manual input of alphanumeric signals encoded in digital form,
providing a computer processing unit for reading keyboard entries and enabling an IFF transponder in a predetermined operational mode in accordance with said alphanumeric signals,
writing a predetermined alphanumeric pattern upon said first display screen,
entering a command to said computer processing unit by selectively activating predetermined keys on said keyboard,
providing a discriminant program associated with said computer processing unit for recognizing an alphanumeric entry as an IFF encoded signal or as an error signal,
writing an error signal on said first display screen overlaying said predetermined alphanumeric pattern in accordance with recognition of an entered error signal,
writing an alphanumeric pattern on said first display screen overlaying said predetermined alphanumeric pattern in accordance with recognition of a valid encoded IFF signal, and
activating said IFF transponder in a predetermined mode of operation corresponding to said recognized alphanumeric pattern and rewriting said predetermined alphanumeric pattern upon said first display screen, whereby the second display screen remains undisturbed during the entry of alphnumeric characters upon first display screen.
The United States Government has rights in this invention under Contract DAA J09-88-C-A113.
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates generally to an aircraft integrated control and display system and, more particularly, to an alphanumeric radio frequency display, wherein alternate use is made of the display for scratchpad entry and verification of encoding of a code for a selected mode for activation of an IFF transponder.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Contemporary aircraft control and display systems (CDS) have adopted an integrated control panel, wherein a multifunction display may be configured to one of a plurality of control modes and used to configure the vehicle flight parameters and, in a military aircraft, mission equipment such as armaments and the mode of response of an Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) transponder. The CDS provides the primary man/machine interface for the aircraft. The CDS collects data for the various aircraft subsystems, organizes the data, and displays it to the crew upon demand.
Thus, the aircraft typically will be provided with at least one multifunction display which has selectable display screens or pages for configuring each mode of operation, a keyboard unit for data entry, a radio frequency display for indicating the operational frequency and status of communications equipment, and a mission control computer for interfacing the various control and display functions in accordance with a predetermined software control program, subject to modification in operation by the commands entered by the pilot and copilot.
In the present invention, an IFF transponder code is change by the keyboard entry. The processing of the IFF code data is a critical problem in view of the fact that a manual data entry is required to designate a code for a particular mode of IFF operation, and such entry on the multifunction display of the prior art required leaving the current display page, selecting the IFF display page, inputting a code for the desired IFF mode, verifying the correct entry and reentering the code if an error has been made, and then manually returning to the previously established display page. Where either the copilot/observer or the pilot leaves his flight page, reconfiguration of the aircraft or the mission equipment is often required. In high traffic areas, or in a combat or training situation, an excessive workload is thereby impressed upon the crew.
The present invention obviates the need for leaving the current display page and subsequently manually recalling the display page by using a separately available radio status display as a temporary IFF data display scratchpad, and then automatically returning to the normal radio status display after the transponder code has been correctly entered. The radio frequency field is temporarily used as the data entry scratchpad to provide feedback to the crew that the data were correctly entered. After the desired IFF mode code is entered, the frequency field will return to its original state and the mission control computer will the command the IFF transponder to the new mode code.
The invention comprises an aircraft control and display apparatus having a plurality of display devices, comprising at least a first display device for providing an alphanumeric display and a second display device for providing a graphical display, wherein the first display device is operative to display predetermined alphanumeric characters, and the second display device is selectively operative in a given one of a plurality of display modes, each mode defining a predetermined display screen, and further comprising means for overwriting the alphanumeric display in response to an operator command to provide a representation of a given command code, said means being operative to return to a previously selected alphanumeric display on the first display device without operator intervention after the command code has been executed. It comprises input means for data entry, means for storage of data entered by the input means, a master controller processor, and a signal processor operable in a plurality of command modes, and further comprises means for transferring data between the input means, the storage means, the master controller processor, the plurality of display means, and the signal processor. The input means, which may comprise a keyboard unit, operates on the master controller processor to initiate a given signal processor command mode by entering one of a predetermined plurality of alphanumeric command codes. The storage means may comprise a memory for storing the alphanumeric data entries and a plurality of predetermined alphanumeric codes for activating the signal processor in a selected one of the plurality of command modes corresponding to the alphanumeric command code, and for storing a control program for the master controller processor. The master controller processor compares the contents of the memory with respect to the entered alphanumeric data and the predetermined codes, thereby to energize the signal processor in a desired mode of operation upon coincidence of the encoded entry and one of the stored codes, and to overwrite the screen of the alphanumeric display device and display the entered data thereupon, and to provide an error signal on the alphanumeric display screen upon a failure of agreement of the compared data. The master controller processor determines whether a portion of the display screen will be dedicated to a predetermined alphanumeric display or as a working scratchpad display corresponding to the signal processor command code in response to the keyboard input and for return to the predetermined alphanumeric character display upon confirmation of the compared data entry and energization of the signal processor means in the commanded mode, whereby the second display device remains dedicated to a predetermined display mode during energization of the signal processor means.
FIG. 1 is a pictorial view showing a typical layout of display instruments and panel controls as seen in the cockpit of a helicopter, and showing the disposition of the display screens of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a plan view of a keyboard for controlling the display input commands.
FIG. 3 is a plan view of an alphanumeric display screen of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a representation of a multifunction display screen as used with the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram showing the structure and signal flow in the display system of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a flow chart illustrating the operation of the master control processing unit of the present invention.
Referring now to the drawings, wherein like reference characters designate like or corresponding parts throughout the several figures, there is shown in FIG. 1 a pictorial layout of a typical display console 10 for a helicopter having a two-man crew, including a pilot (right side) and a copilot-observer (left side). The console may include a plurality of conventional electro-mechanical indicators 11 and switch panels 13. Of primary interest herein is the control display subsystem including the electronic display devices 14 and 16, of which display device 14 herein may comprise an LCD screen and display device 16 a cathode ray display screen. The cathode ray display screen may comprise a raster scan, vector scan or a combination of vector and raster scan, as is well known to those skilled in the art.
Display device 16 is a multifunction display apparatus, capable of presenting a plurality of situation and command displays, each of which may be referred to as a "page". Two such displays are required; one for the pilot and one for the copilot. In operation, a page is selectively displayed in accordance with mission requirements. Thus, for example, FIG. 4 shows a multifunction display which may incorporate indicia for aircraft attitude, radar and barometric altitude, airspeed, and other essential navigational information. Other display pages are available for setup and maintenance, communications, cautions, warning and advisories, and in a military aircraft, weapons control and countermeasures.
LCD display device 14 provides essentially an alphanumeric display screen for remotely indicating the frequency and status of onboard communications radios. Display information is presented to both the pilot and copilot. FIG. 3 is illustrative of a typical such display screen, here showing the frequency settings of five radios, and an arrow denoting which radio is operative as selected by the pilot or copilot.
The primary interface device for data entry into the control display subsystem is keyboard 12, shown in FIG. 2. Its main function is to convert discrete switch data into a serial data stream and provide serial data to the master control processing unit, to be described. A keypad 22 is used to enter data as required by prompts on the multifunction display 16. An ENTER key 26 is used depressed to complete data entry, and a CLEAR key 23 to clear incorrect input data. IFF key 24 is used to initiate entry of an IFF mode code. Other keys may be used in a conventional manner for cursor movement and alphanumeric entry of data inputs.
Referring now to FIG. 5 there is shown a block diagram of the display control system. It comprises a keyboard unit 12, a radio frequency display device 14, a multifunction display device 16, a master controller processor unit 30, and an IFF transponder 50. While an IFF transponder has been shown for illustrative purposes, this is not to be considered as limiting, as other end devices responsive to control from the keyboard unit may be substituted therefore.
Considering the keyboard unit 12 in greater detail, it is seen to be comprised of a keypad 22, keypad encoder 102, discrete (hardwired switch) inputs 103, discrete encoder 104, and universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART) 105. These components are standard devices well known in the art. See, for example, W. H. Buchsbaum, Encyclopedia of Integrated Circuits, Prentice Hall, Inc.
Keypad 22 provides digital signals corresponding to a given key when depressed. The key signal is coupled to keyboard encoder 102, which scans the keyboard to determine which key is pressed, and provides a binary output in parallel form unique to the given key to UART 105. UART 105 accepts the parallel data and converts it to a serial data stream for transmission on bus 106 to the master controller processor unit (MCPU) 30. In a similar manner, discrete inputs in binary form are coupled to discrete encoder 104 and coupled to UART 105 which transmits the serial data to MCPU 30.
MCPU 30 provides control of data bus 106, symbol generator processing functions, data processing, and subsystem interface circuits. It comprises a central processing unit 112, input/output (I/O) memory space 114, a full-field memory for writing into symbol generator 110, interface UART receiver 118 coupled to keyboard unit 12, , interface UART transmitter 120, coupled to display device 14, and bus transmitter 122 and bus receiver 124 coupled on a MIL-STD-1553B standard data bus to identification transponder 50. UART receiver 118 is coupled to receive serial data from UART transmitter 105. UART transmitter 120 is coupled through data bus 108 to transmit serial data to UART receiver 130 of display device 14. CPU 112 is further provided with a resident program stored in a program memory (not shown).
Display device 14 comprises UART receiver 130, coupled to decoder 132 which converts the serial data to a form for activating LCD driver 134. Driver 134 is coupled to energize LCD readout display 136.
Multifunction display device 16 comprises a high voltage power supply coupled to a cathode ray tube (CRT) 144. Sweep and timing signals from sweep generator 140 are applied to combiner 138 for synchronization with symbol data transmitted on bus 109 and coupled to appropriate inputs of CRT 144.
Identification transponder 50 is a conventional IFF transponder capable of operation in a plurality of modes for identification of an aircraft. In the present application, it is desirable for an operator to be capable of entering a code which enables a given mode of IFF operation. This code is entered on keyboard unit 12, as will be described. The application to IFF is to be considered exemplary and not limiting, since the scratchpad use of the display unit 14 is applicable to other devices utilizing alphanumeric control and display.
In accordance with the invention, operation is illustrated by the flow chart of FIG. 6. As shown therein, a simplified data entry program begins its operation by awaiting characters for storage or a signal to output stored characters. Upon starting the program at step 202, selected keys of keyboard 12 are depressed and an input routine is executed by MCPU 30. When a key has been pressed, the program in CPU 112 provides an input to UART transmitter 105 for initiating a keystroke output transfer to the I/O memory space. MCPU 30 reads the data from UART receiver 118 at step 204 and stores the data in memory 114. If the IFF key has been pressed, the program controls the processor at step 206 to execute an output routine and transmit via UART transmitter 120 and receiver 130 instructions to overwrite a given field of alphanumeric characters on LCD readout 136 with "blanks", and further writes a cursor on the LCD display screen which indicates to the operator that a response is awaited.
If the key accessed at location 204 is determined not to be the IFF key, the program proceeds to step 210 to identify whether the ENTER key has been pressed. In the normal sequence of events, the ENTER key will not be pressed until an alphanumeric entry has been made. Thus, in the absence of identifying that the ENTER key was pressed, the program will continue to location 212.
At location 212 an alphanumeric keyboard entry will be transmitted to MCPU 30 and written to LCD 136. At location 214 it is stored in random access memory in MCPU 30. At step 214 the program halts further operation and awaits receipt of a command to enter the data into the IFF transponder.
Returning to steps 202, 204, and 210 in sequence, if the ENTER key has been pressed, MCPU 30 proceeds to location 216 to compare the alphanumeric entry with one of the valid codes stored in CPU ROM. If the code is found to be valid at location 218, the processor writes the code to bus transmitter 122 for transmission over data bus 107 to activate transponder 50 in a predetermined mode. If the code at location 218 is invalid, the processor reverts to location 224 and writes an error code to LCD display 136. In the event of an error in entry, or an invalid entry, activation of the transponder is denied, the program branches back to the input routine as previously described, and the LCD screen is blanked for reentry of a new sequence of alphanumeric characters.
It may be seen that by using the LCD display as a temporary "scratchpad" for displaying the alphanumeric transponder codes, there is no need to disrupt the multifunction display. No additional hardware is required, and the desired functions may be accomplished by reprogramming the software in accordance with the flow chart of FIG. 6.
While the invention has been described in its preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that the words which have been used are words of description rather than limitation and that changes may be made within the purview of the appended claims without departing from the true scope and spirit of the invention in its broader aspects.
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"I first got the book from a publishing friend," said the actress, who plays District 12's tribute handler Effie Trinket. "I had read a similarly themed book called The Maze Runner, also a great book, and someone said, 'If you liked that, you'll really like this upcoming book called The Hunger Games.' "
*Pause.* So, it sounds like she was a fan before the book was even out, back in September 2008. The Maze Runner, incidentally, is the first in a trilogy by James Dashner about a boy who wakes up in a box with no memory of his past and realizes he's one of a group of boys forced to try to escape an ever-changing life-size maze. Catherine Hardwicke was attached to direct that movie, but we haven't heard any news on it since January 2011. (Update: James Dashner just tweeted us that he doesn't think Hardwicke is attached anymore. Boo!) OK, back to Banks and her Games obsession. *Unpause*
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Joao Carlos Teixeira made a welcome return to action as Liverpool U21s drew 0-0 away to Denmark U20s - in a pre-season friendly on Thursday night.
The Portugal youth international returned from injury as he played his first 45 minutes since featuring for the first team in Brondby.
The likes of Jordan Rossiter and Harry Wilson were on duty for the Reds with the Welshman going close to a late winner when he hit the post.
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