text: PNC Bank donates gift for extension of UAH VITA Program MAR 25, 2013 HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (March 25, 2013) - The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) College of Business recently received $2,000 from PNC Bank to continue funding of the university's Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program. "This generous PNC gift will provide much needed financial support for the VITA Program. UAH is very appreciative of PNC's support of such a vital community service," said Robert Lyon, Vice President for the Office of Advancement at UAH. "This funding reflects PNC's continued commitment to UAH as they work to drive business and economic development opportunities in the Huntsville community," said Jim Hansen, PNC regional president, Northern Alabama. The College of Business Administration has had an on campus VITA program for many years. UAH participates in two VITA programs, the SaveFirst Program sponsored by ImpactAlabama and an on campus VITA program, said Dr. Charles Hickman, director of the UAH VITA Program and clinical associate professor in the College of Business. "The PNC gift allowed us to hire an additional student to assist with the program," said Hickman. "We plan to increase the number of returns that we prepare by about 30 percent over last year. Most of this increase will be resident tax returns for members of the university and the general Huntsville community. The PNC money eased the financial stress of operating the program, allowed us to hire an additional student, who will now have paid tax preparation experience, and allowed us to significantly increase the number of returns we prepare." Hickman noted too, that international students are generally required to file non-resident tax returns and there are few resources to assist with the obligation. Beta Alpha Psi, the financial information honor society, has teamed with the UAH International Student and Scholar office to provide U.S. tax compliance assistance, including tax return preparation, for our international students and scholars. UAH has partnered with SaveFirst and United Way for five years, preparing thousands of tax returns for Huntsville residents. The partnership has saved over $1 million dollars in preparation and refund anticipation loan fees and helped Huntsville residents to secure millions in tax refunds. For more information Joyce Anderson-Maples 256.824.2101 firstname.lastname@example.com You may also be interested in: The College of Business Administration Giving to UAHuntsville SHARE Related News {{article.title}} Popular Stories {{article.title}}


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Taiwan International Children's Film Festival (TICFF) is calling for entries. Submissions will be accepted for the festival by October 31, 2011.
TICFF is held biennially, with its 5th edition scheduled for April 2012 in Taipei.
All entries must be suitable for children 12 and under, and production must be completed and copyrighted after August 2009. There is no entry fee for the festival.
The festival will give away USD 28,000 in prize money. There will be categories like "Best Dramatic Feature or Short", "Best Documentary", "Best Animation" and "Best Television Program". There will be a few new categories including "Taiwan Award" which is intended to encourage film and TV program makers in Taiwan to produce more and better films for children.
The festival was founded by Public Television Service (PTS) in 2004.
Check out the festival website at http://www.ticff.org.tw/competitions-e.html

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Sequestration—the $500 billion automatic budget cuts to Defense, which will be triggered if Congress cannot reduce the budget by $1.2 trillion as per the Budget Control Act of 2011—is a looming disaster. The sequestration cuts would be in addition to already scheduled budget cutbacks.
Owen Graham, a brilliant young scholar at the Heritage Foundation, has penned an important article in the Charlotte Observer outlining just what is at stake:
According to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, sequestration would also eliminate a leg of the nuclear Triad, deliver a heavy blow to U.S. missile defenses, and eliminate next-generation fighter and bomber programs. The findings of the House Armed Services Committee were just as bleak: the smallest Air Force in its history; the smallest Navy since before World War I; and the smallest ground force since before World War II…
The reality is it is far from balanced. Military is less than one-fifth of the federal budget and absorbs fully 50 percent of the sequester. Meanwhile, 70 percent of entitlement spending, the key driver of the debt crisis, is exempt from the impact of the cuts.
Admiral James "Ace" Lyons observed wryly at a roundtable a few weeks ago that already the U.S. Navy has fewer ships under his command than he had at his disposal when he was in charge of the Pacific Command under Jimmy Carter. Obama's talk of a pivot toward Asia is just empty talk; his priorities suggest a willingness to cede Asia.
If entitlements are cutback, we know what will happen: the economy will expand and charities and faith communities will pick up the slack; the government will still care for the most needy. If the U.S. ability to project its power is reduced to beneath even Carter administration standards, then the world in which we function will be far different. This may be the Obama administration's goal. After all, as the Foundation for Defense of Democracy's Cliff May notes, the scariest statement to which the mainstream media has given short shift was his promise to then-Russian President Medvedev to pursue even more devastating cutbacks once he no longer has to stand for election.
There will be no savings: When enemies perceive the United States as weak, they act. And—be they Russia, North Korea, China, or Iran—the United States has no shortage of adversaries.


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Below is the poem entitled Tell Me which was written by poet
Baity. Please feel free to comment on this poem. However, please remember, PoetrySoup is a place of encouragement and growth.
Read Poems by
Chiquitachiamaka Baity
Tonight will be a night that you will never forget.
i promise in the morning there will be no regrets.
There are no words for what i have in store.
just tell me that you want me and i am all yours.
Tell me your fantasies and i will make them come true.
I promise not to hold back, i will give it all to you.
Tell me your sensual secrets, the ones you've never shared.
prepare for paradise because im gonna take you there.
Tell me sweet nothings, whisper them in my ears.
I will fill you with pleasures and bring you to tears.
Tell me how you like it,tell me what you want from me.
And i will take your body to sexual ecstasy.
Tell me your deepest desires, tell me your wildest dreams.
And i will turn all of your cravings into erotic reality.
:"> Chiquita (Chiamaka)Baity


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Sep 04, 2009
1. The moon waxes and wanes and makes a complete circle around the earth.
2. Women bleed.
3. You can fail at the thirty day challenge.
4. And Mrs. Flinger Finally Gets Around To Her Post-BlogHer BrewHAHA post.
First, I want to say a huge, gigantic, fabulous, big, wonderful shoutout to Johnson and Johnson for their fabulous give-away. I was one of the lucky winners in the BlogHer Travel Sweepstakes. I honestly don't know what I'd have done without them. The contacts there are so wonderfully kind and helpful and I just need to shout out to J&J with a huge big HOWDYHO! And thank you. From a most humbled me.
Second I want to say a grateful thank you to The Queen Of Spain and Aaron for letting us ransack their room with our piles of swag boxes and to all the people who helped (and many many more!).
Instead of recapping in a play-by-play fashion, I've been gnawing on an overview in my head since the flight home a month ago. I've been sorting out the details looking for the big picture, trying not to get too bogged down in the WHO and the WHERE. I enjoyed my time with so many people, both new friends and old friends. And since most everything has already been said about the swag, parties, mommy blogging, I have no need to rehash any of it because in the end, it's what you take out of the conference that sticks with you…
...Even thirty days later.
The Big Picture
I spent a lot of time walking around Chicago with Amanda, my friend from work. She is smart, funny, a potty mouth, and I love her for all of it. Her perspective kept me grounded, focused. She writes. We talked about writing versus blogging. We talked about the depth of relationships and "the game" of blogging. In the end I realized where my priorities were shifting and how it was effecting relationships that I cared about, my job, my home life, my children.
My time with her was invaluable. I learned as much, or more, about blogging and my own intrinsic value simply from wandering Chicago with one of BlogLand's most amazing, underground, bloggers.
The Love Fest
I've been blogging since August 2003. I've been in the community for a long long time. This provides time to meet, love, and admire people from WAY WAY back in, like, 2004. (!) In blog years, which are similar to dog years, that's about twenty-five decades or roughly the time it takes to figure out what you want to do with your life.
And then you realize they are people.
Great people.
And they love you back.
Jen is one such loveliness.
Schmutzie and her Palinode are long-time blog loves as well. And I simply adore them both with the flame of a thousand binary suns. As fellow web geeks, well spoken and down-right hilarious, they are a cozy hug in the middle of a conference of strangers. They are home.
Way way back in 2004, I read Busy Mom and just about died the first time she commented on my site. BUSYMOM, YO! And then she got twitter and made me laugh daily with her quick-wit hidden messages. ("Omeonsay Eedsnay Acationvay Omfray Ossbay")
And finally, Finally, after all these years, I sat on her lap and followed her around like a pup.
It's almost strange to me that I've never met Karen. Is that possible? That I've never actually MET her until this summer? We've worked together for two years now and have talked on the phone maybe a billion times but my first hug with the lovely lady that is so beautiful inside and out only happened this summer. And it was wonderful.
Megan is another phone-buddy of mine and someone I consider a "real life" friend. This is our third conference together but it feels as though she lives here in my neighborhood. Or maybe I just wish she did.
This year we had actual MEN at the conference! MEN! In a sea of women! It must've been heaven for them.
Or utter scary hell.
Either way, I had the opportunity to say hello to a friend. Maybe you heard of him? Chris Mann? He's not totally hot or anything.
Matthew is just as fantastic in person as he is on twitter. And even if he, and his brother, are new crushes of mine, I have to admit, I have great taste.
Theron is another boy that came to the Room 704 party. He is the president of People Pond and since we had a hard time calling him "Theron" we just referred to him as "Kent Cracker" because, comon, he's so totally Clark Kent. Right?
New Loves
A surprising, wonderful, fabulous first time love of mine is Sleepy New Mommy. I FECKING LURVE HER. Obviously.
Also, I adored meeting Megan from Megan's Minute. She was a breath of logical fresh air and fun.
I met so many people, did not take enough pictures, fell in to a stupor of love and overwhelmed dehydration, and took terrible notes. But I remember people, the ones who were kind, who I did not see enough of, who are lovely inside and out. And I hope to see them more, both online and off.
I can't say enough about Lotus (whom I was almost killed by a car for whilst hugging until Amanda saved me) and my fellow 704 party throwers. They are my tribe. And I would not have survived without them.
And oh, so many more people that I adore. I'm so blessed to know so many great souls. Seriously wonderful people that can cut loose, cuss, drink, laugh, share, and be a genuine person, a friend, a love.
I am blessed in multitude for what this community, this blog, has brought me.
And I would never have it without you.
All of you.
Thank you.
(For better recaps, see these lovely womenz that I had the joy of meeting in person and who say something nice about me. I pay them.)
Lotus's fucking awesome hilariousness
Karen's Canadian Recap, eh
Janet's recap
Sam's Recap
Angie's recap
Katjia's recap
Christine of the bean blog
PhD in parenting
The Pioneer Woman
Jodifur (who was a complete JOY to meet, a highlight for sure!)
Amazing Grace
And maybe yours, too, but I'm godawful at checking stats. GODAWFUL, I say. See also: paying bills. But that's another story for another day.
Dude! I started my blog in August 2003 too! Holla!
By cindy w on 2009 09 04
wow just wow sounds and looks like an amazing time!
By Georgie on 2009 09 04
Yay, i'm glad to see your back. I stopped by to see the happenings the past couple of days but it wouldn't load.
The new layout is lovely.
It is so nice to see the connections that can be made through blogging. I am fairly new to the blog "scene" but am amazed at the connections that are made. I'm still finding my way around, figuring things out and have re-invented myself once because my first blog just wasn't me. It was started to promote my Etsy…now I just dig bogging for blogging sake (but still the Etsy thing too).
I dig your blatant honesty about life on your blog. I still hold back for my moms sensitive nature and all.
You rock.
Um, that's all I wanted to say…put a couple beers in me and I get all chatty.
By Lynn on 2009 09 04
Lynn, I just made out with your comment. Thank you. You came at just the crucial moment wherein I was thinking, "SDIFO:EIR:SLDKFJ" about my blog.
So I lick you back. Also, a few beers in me? I get chatty, too. XO
By Mrs. Flinger on 2009 09 07
I love how you live life at FULL TILT!
You're six shades of cute…and then some!
By Robin ~ Pensieve on 2009 09 07
What's weird is I was instantly comfy with you even though we've never met before. All I wish is that we had more time to hang. We were both so stupidly busy.
Must. come. visit.
By Karen Sugarpants on 2009 09 07
Girl, your thirty day list cracked me up!
By A Girl on 2009 09 08
Hehehe! Glad I could help. =)
By Lynn on 2009 09 08
Aaahhhh, I posted that I would join you on your 30 day adventure however, 30 days and even your mother can fail the "no wine" too. Right back atcha. (I love my TX wine)
By Omaflinger on 2009 09 08
Meeting you, loving you, and inappropriately touching you was a freakin' HIGHLIGHT to BlogHer and knowing we can pick right up next time I see you is even awesomer.
By jenB on 2009 09 08
That photo was shortly after you beat the crap out of me when we first met. It's why I like you so much. So great to meet you!
(And I'm so much better looking than my brother. For the record.)
By Matthew on 2009 09 11
Thank you for the lovely words. Smooches!
By jodifur on 2009 09 12


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Two seasons and two NIT trips later, Mitchell realized he needed to change the game. He turned to a fast-paced, high-pressure brand of basketball before the 2009-10 season and his inventiveness paid off.
Three seasons, three NCAA Tournament trips and two Elite Eight bids later, Mitchell changed the game again, though not nearly so drastically. The Wildcats are taking a step back toward the traditional.
"For so many years what we had was really four guards and an undersized post, so this is much closer to maybe what I started out envisioning when I first got in Kentucky," Mitchell said.
Out to a 16-1 start and in the midst of a school-record 15-game winning streak heading into a Thursday matchup with Mississippi State at 7 p.m. ET in Memorial Coliseum, the Wildcats' success is largely due to DeNesha Stallworth and Samarie Walker. At 6-foot-3 and 6-1, respectively, Stallworth and Walker have combined to form a post duo the likes of which UK has never had during the Mitchell era.
"This is the first time we've really used two posts consistently throughout the whole year," A'dia Mathies said. "Eventually by this time or way before, we would have had me, Kastine (Evans) or Maegan (Conwright) or somebody at the four position making it a quicker game."
Instead, the two transfers are playing a combined 50.2 minutes per game and 56.3 in UK's four Southeastern Conference wins, but it's not as if Stallworth and Walker are plodding oafs. They are more than capable of functioning in a full-court game, which is good because Mitchell is by no means turning away from "40 minutes of dread."
"We still have that dimension of athleticism with Samarie and DeNesha that is not as traditional as maybe some of the teams we have had here in the past," Mitchell said. "It is closer, but I still like our ability to disrupt other teams and you really need mobile post players that can get out on the floor and defend and they can truly do that in my mind."
The difference this year is that the Cats don't have to rely on the shock associated with going up against their pressure defense to win games. UK is forcing 25.5 turnovers per game this year - 1.3 fewer than last season - but allowing just 52.1 points per game - 7.4 fewer than 2011-12. Last season, Kentucky's opponents committed fewer than 20 turnovers in a game just six times and the Cats lost two of their seven games when it happened. This season, it's happened in three of UK's last four games, but the Cats have won all three.
Mitchell is calling for his team to trap in the full court less often this season because he has never had so much faith in the Cats' ability to contest shots and rebound.
"I think this is what Coach was looking for every year, we just couldn't do it because he didn't as feel as comfortable having other people on the court," Mathies said. "Now that he does and people are stepping up this year, this is our identity."
UK is holding its opponents to 36.7-percent shooting from the field, a marked improvement from 41.1 percent last season. Moreover, UK is blocking 5.2 shots a game after averaging just 3.7 last year. On the glass, Kentucky has an average margin of +5.7, more than double last season's average of +2.8.
"We are still very good defensively as far as disrupting you and applying pressure and making it tough on you to score," Mitchell said. "We just used to have to turn you over a million times and shoot a bunch of layups to win."
Though that led to unprecedented success over the last three seasons, Mitchell also said it played a role in UK's inability to advance past the Elite Eight against Oklahoma in 2010 and Connecticut in 2012. In those two games, the Cats forced just 39 turnovers and scored 10 fast-break points combined.
"What we found as we progressed deeper into the season was that we would run into teams that could handle the pressure and could put some pressure on you," Mitchell said. "Then it became a situation on who could score."
Fielding the most efficient and diverse offense of his UK tenure, Mitchell is hoping the Cats can break through that Elite-Eight wall.
"I think that hopefully we are built a little bit better for a deeper run because this group is very talented offensively," Mitchell said.
Mathies believes a defense that can adapt to a more traditional game while maintaining elements of pressure will help with that too.
"It's a whole different dynamic," she said. "We're doing less trapping actually, but we incorporate more defensive schemes, which I think will be very effective down the road. We can't play one style of ball and expect to win. You gotta be very versatile and I think that we're doing that. We're able to compete with different styles of play and different players and how they play."


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An interconnect structure employs a closed-grid bus to link an integrated circuit tester channel to an array of input/output (I/O) pads on a semiconductor wafer so that the tester channel can concurrently communicate with all of the I/O pads. The interconnect structure includes a circuit board implementing an array of bus nodes, each corresponding to a separate one of the I/O pads. The circuit board includes at least two layers. Traces mounted on a first layer form a set of first daisy-chain buses, each linking all bus nodes of a separate row of the bus node array. Traces mounted on a second circuit board layer form a set of second daisy-chain buses, each linking all bus nodes of a separate column of the bus node array. Vias and other circuit board interconnect ends of the first and second daisy-chain buses so that they form the closed-grid bus. Each bus node is connected though a separate isolation resistor to a separate contact pad mounted on a surface of the circuit board. A set of spring contacts or probes link each contact pad to a separate one of the I/O pads on the wafer.
1. An apparatus for providing electrically conductive paths for test signals, said apparatus comprising:
a substrate;
a plurality of electrically conductive terminals disposed on said substrate;
a plurality of electrically conductive traces disposed on said substrate, ones of said traces being electrically connected to ones of said terminals;
a plurality of electrically conductive probes; and
a plurality of thin film resistors, ones of said thin film resistors electrically connecting one of said traces with ones of said plurality of said probes,
wherein said one of said traces is part of a bus structure that electrically connects one of said terminals to said ones of said probes, said bus structure providing a plurality of different conductive paths between said one of said terminals and at least one of said probes.
2. The apparatus of
3. The apparatus of
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said substrate comprises a plurality of layers of electrically insulative material; and
said bus structure comprises:
a conductive first via electrically connected to said one of said terminals and passing through a first of said layers of said substrate and
a plurality of conductive second vias passing through a second of said layers of said substrate,
wherein said first via is electrically connected to said second vias.
This application is a DIV of Ser. No. 10/832,700, filed Apr. 27, 2004, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,276,922, which is a CON of Ser. No. 10/406,669 filed Apr. 2, 2003, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,784,677, which is a DIV of Ser. No. 09/613,531, filed Jul. 10, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,603,323.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates in general to an interconnect structure for providing signal paths between test equipment and contact pads on a semiconductor wafer, and in particular to a wafer interconnect structure employing a closed-grid bus to distribute signals to several integrated circuit devices under test.
2. Description of Related Art
In many applications microstrip or stripline traces convey a logic signal from a single source to many nodes on a printed circuit board (PCB). For example traces on a motherboard commonly distribute data, address and control lines of computer buses to sockets holding daughterboards, or traces on a PCB may distribute a clock signal to several synchronously operating integrated circuits (ICs) mounted on the PCB.
A typical integrated circuit (IC) tester includes a test head structure containing a set of tester channels. Each tester channel may either transmit a test signal to an IC input/output (I/O) terminal or monitor a IC output signal appearing at an IC I/O terminal to determine whether the IC is behaving as expected in response to its input signals. When ICs are tested while still in the form of die on a semiconductor wafer, a "prober" typically holds a wafer adjacent to the test head and provides a set of probes contacting I/O pads of one or more ICs. An interconnect structure is provided to link the tester channels to the probes. A typical interconnect structure includes a circuit board having upper and lower surfaces containing contact pads. A separate pogo pin extending from each tester channel contacts a separate one of the upper surface contact pads. An "interposer" mounted between the circuit board and the prober includes spring contacts linking the contact pads on the lower surface of the circuit board to the probes. Traces on various layers of the circuit board, and vias interconnecting those traces provide appropriate signal paths between the upper and lower contact pads.
Normally the interconnect structure links each tester channel to only a single I/O pad of a single IC. However in some cases, for example when a tester channel is supplying power to ICs under test, the interconnect structure may connect a single channel to more than power supply pad.
Since there are usually more I/O pads than available tester channels, an IC tester can test only a portion of the ICs on the wafer at any one time. Thus the "prober" holding the wafer must reposition the wafer under the probes several times so that all ICs can be tested. It would be advantageous if all ICs on a wafer could be contacted and tested concurrently without having to reposition the wafer.
One way to reduce the number of tester channels needed to do this is to concurrently connect the same tester channel to corresponding I/O pads of a large number of ICs on the wafer. For example an IC tester tests a random access memory (RAM) by writing data into each RAM address, reading it back out, and determining whether the data read out of the RAM matches the data written into it. When the tester has a sufficient number of channels to separately access I/O pads of more than one RAM, it can independently test several RAMs concurrently.
However it is also possible for a tester to concurrently test several RAMs without requiring so many tester channels by connecting the data and address I/O pads of several RAMs in parallel to the same set of tester channels while connecting the control I/O pads of the RAMs to separate tester channels. This arrangement enables the tester to concurrently write access several RAMs while allowing it to consecutively read access each RAM. The arrangement therefore reduces the number of write cycles needed to test the RAMs, substantially reduces the number of channels needed to concurrently test all of the RAMs on the wafer, and eliminates the need to position the wafer under the interconnect structure more than once. Thus instead of providing a set of signal paths, each connecting a single tester channel to a single IC pad, an interconnect structure for a wafer-level tester could provide a set of buses, each providing a path from a single tester channel to a large number probes accessing IC pads.
When such buses are formed by traces on a printed circuit board (PCB) each bus should make efficient use of PCB area since many buses must share a relatively small amount of PCB area above each IC. Also each bus should deliver the signal to ICs with as little variation in edge timing as possible and with as little distortion as possible.
Logic signals have been commonly distributed to many nodes on a PCB using stripline or microstrip traces in a "daisy-chain", or "star" or "stubbed" bus configurations.
A daisy-chain bus is also intolerant of open-circuit faults; an open circuit fault anywhere on the daisy-chain bus will prevent the signal from reaching any node beyond the fault. Since an interconnect structure for a wafer-level tester would have a large number buses formed by small traces, since each bus would include a large number of nodes on each bus, and since each bus would be implemented by small traces, there would be many places on the bus were a fault could occur, and any one fault would render the interconnect structure unsuitable for use in a wafer-level tester interconnect system since several ICs on each wafer would be untestable.
The stubbed bus arrangement is often preferable over the star bus arrangement of
Assume tester channel 32 produces a square wave test signal rising from a low logic level to a high logic level. As the test signal edge travels from tester channel 32 to all pads 34 via interconnect system 30, the interconnect system distorts the signal, and the wave front appears a little different to each IC I/O pad 34.
Note also that the effective difference in signal timing at the bus nodes is thus much greater than can be accounted for by the difference in signal path lengths between the two ICs. The additional delay is caused by the difference in signal distortion. Note that wave front 50 rises more rapidly toward the T/H than wave front 52. This happens because the early portions of the wave front reaching ends of stubs are reflected back to node 21 adding to the rate at which capacitance at that node is charged prior to time T3. Since the IC 38 most distant from the test signal source 32 seeing signal 52 is near the end of a stub, the reflection has a more pronounced effect at the end of signal 52. Note the substantial overshoot of waveform 52 of
The daisy-chain bus of
Like a daisy-chain bus, an open circuit fault on the stubbed bus can prevent the input signal from reaching more than one node 14. Hence an open circuit fault in a stubbed bus incorporated into an interconnect system for a wafer-level integrated circuit would also render the interconnect system unsuitable for use.
What is needed is a transmission line structure for conveying a signal to several PCB nodes that makes more efficient use of PCB space than a star bus, exhibits substantially less variation in signal path delay than a daisy-chain bus, provides less distortion than a daisy-chain or stubbed bus, and maintains signal integrity at all nodes in spite of an open-circuit fault.
An interconnect structure in accordance with the invention employs a closed-grid bus to link an integrated circuit tester channel to an array of input/output (I/O) pads on a semiconductor wafer so that the tester channel can concurrently communicate with all of the I/O pads.
The interconnect structure includes a circuit board with sets of contact pads mounted on its upper and lower surfaces. Each upper surface contact pad suitably receives a pogo pin, coax cable or other conductor from a corresponding one of the tester channels. Spring contacts formed on the semiconductor wafer suitably link each wafer I/O pad to a separate one of the contact pads on the lower surface of the circuit board.
Traces on the circuit board implement an array of bus nodes, each corresponding to a separate one of the I/O pads on the wafer. The circuit board includes at least two layers. Traces mounted on a first circuit board layer form a set of first daisy-chain buses, each linking all bus nodes of a separate row of the bus node array. Traces mounted on a second circuit board layer form a set of second daisy-chain buses, each linking all bus nodes of separate column of the bus node array. Vias and other circuit board interconnect ends of the first and second daisy-chain buses so that they form the closed-grid bus interconnecting all of the bus nodes.
The closed-grid bus makes nearly as efficient use of available space on the PCB layers as conventional stubbed and daisy-chain buses, yet produces less variation in signal path delay between bus nodes, provides less signal distortion and is more tolerant of open circuit faults.
It is accordingly an object of the invention to provide a bus for distributing a signal to several nodes.
The concluding portion of this specification particularly points out and distinctly claims the subject matter of the present invention. However those skilled in the art will best understand both the organization and method of operation of the invention, together with further advantages and objects thereof, by reading the remaining portions of the specification in view of the accompanying drawing(s) wherein like reference characters refer to like elements.
In some applications it is possible to allow the same tester channel to concurrently access corresponding pads of more than one IC 62. For example, an IC tester typically tests a random access memory (RAM) by writing data into each RAM address, reading it back out, and determining whether the data read out of the RAM matches the data written into it. In such application interconnect system 66 may connect the data, address and some of the control I/O pads 74 of several RAMs in parallel to the same set of tester channels while connecting, for example only a read/write control I/O pad of the RAMS to separate tester channels. With such interconnect arrangement, the tester can concurrently write access several RAMs then successively read access each RAM. Such an interconnect arrangement can reduce the number of channels needed to test all the ICs on a wafer or reduce the number of times the wafer has to be repositioned under the interconnect structure and reduces the total number of write cycles needed to test all of the RAMs. Thus interconnect system 66 can speed up wafer testing.
The present invention relates to the manner in which interconnect structure 66 links various tester channels CH1-CH7 to more than one IC I/O pad. Note that as shown in
Interconnect structure 66 includes a printed circuit board (PCB) 68, a set of pogo pins 70 and a set of spring contacts 72. The conductive spring contacts 72 are formed on the upper surface of wafer 64, each extending upward from a separate I/O pad 74 to contact one of a set of contact pads 80 formed on an underside of interconnect structure 66. Pogo pins 70 (or, alternatively, other conductors such as coaxial cables) extend downward from channels CH1-CH7 to contact a set of pad 81-87 formed on the upper surface of circuit board 68. PCB 68 includes traces and vias forming a set of buses 91-94 linking pads 81-84 to a set of bus nodes 76. A set of isolation resistors 78 link each bus node 76 to a corresponding pad 80. Other signal paths 95-97 link pads 85-87 to corresponding ones of pads 80 via others of isolation resistors 78.
Resistors 78 are isolation resistors; they prevent a short to ground at any I/O pad from affecting the ability of any bus 91-94 to convey test or IC output signals to other I/O pads 74. Thus a short circuit in any IC 62 will not inhibit testing of other ICs. Isolation resistors 78 also reduce the loading on the channels CH1-CH7. Isolation resistors 78 need not be necessarily be included in the signal paths connecting channels CH5-CH7 to ICs 62.
Interconnect Bus Architecture Criteria
The present invention relates in particular to the architecture of the buses 91-94 within PCB 68, each of which distributes a test signal from one of channels CH1-CH4 arriving at one of pads 81-84 to several bus nodes 76, or conveys IC output signals arriving at any of several nodes 76 back to one of pads 81-84. As discussed in detail below, the signal paths within PCB 68 are formed by traces on various layers of the PCB and vias linking the layers. Although only four buses 91-94 are shown in the simple example of
To facilitate proper signal timing during a test, it is important to keep variations in signal path delay between any channel CH1-CH4 and each IC I/O pad to which it is linked within a relatively narrow range. For test signals, the signal path delay is the time interval between the moment one of channels CH1-CH4 generates a state change in an output test signal and the time one of ICs 62 detects that state change in the test signal as it arrives at a pad. For IC output signals, the signal path delay is the time interval between the moment an IC 62 produces a state change in an output signal at an I/O pad 74 and the time one of channels CH1-CH4 detects output signal the state change. Thus we would also like to provide buses 91-94 that limit variations in signal path delay.
A prior art "daisy-chain" bus architecture as illustrated in
A prior art "star" bus as illustrated in
In accordance with the invention, each bus 91-94 is implemented as a "closed-grid" bus. As discussed below, a closed-grid bus makes almost as efficient use of PCB space as a stubbed bus, but does not produces as much signal distortion or signal timing variation as a stubbed bus. A closed-grid bus is also tolerant of open circuit faults in the conductors forming the bus because it provides redundant paths between each bus node 76 and one of contact pads 81-87. Thus when implemented as closed-grid buses, any of buses 91-94 can have one (or more) one open-circuit faults while still maintaining test signal integrity at all bus nodes 76.
Closed-Grid Bus Architecture
Closed-grid bus 100 may be thought of as an improvement to the conventional stubbed bus illustrated in
Assume the TEST signal input to pad 101 is driven from a low logic level to a high logic level and that receiver circuits in the ICs under test determine that the TEST signal changes state when it rises above a threshold level midway between its low and high logic levels. We would like the voltage at each node 108-127 to rise to that threshold level as nearly as possible at the same time to minimize variation in time at which receiver circuits linked bus nodes 108-127 detect a TEST signal state change.
The TEST signal will drive all of nodes 108-127 to the high voltage level, but first it must supply enough energy into each node to charge the input capacitance of the IC pad linked to that node. Since the TEST signal edge arrives at node 108 before it arrives at any other node 109-127, it will begin charging the capacitance at node 108 before it begins charging the capacitance at any other. The TEST signal will begin charging nodes 126 and 127 last since it must travel the greatest distance to reach those nodes. When the wave front of the incoming TEST signal reaches node 108, only a portion of the TEST signal energy passes into node 108 and begins charging the capacitance at that node. Much of the TEST signal energy passes on to nodes 109, 110 and 113, and some of the TEST signal energy is reflected back toward pad 101. A similar splitting and reflection of TEST signal energy happens as the TEST signal wave front reaches each other node 109-127. Since such splitting of TEST signal energy at each node helps to reduce the variation in signal path delay. It is helpful to provide as many paths as possible between nodes.
Referring to the prior art stubbed bus of
The closed-grid bus 100 of
We can also see by comparing
Note that a single fault anywhere in closed-grid bus 100 (other than between pad 101 and node 108) will not prevent the TEST signal from arriving at any node 108-127 because there are more than one signal path between bus node 108 to any other bus node. Thus closed-grid bus 100 is open-circuit fault tolerant. When we implement buses 91-94 of
Example PCB Layout
In the simple example of
Thus has been shown and described a closed-grid bus in accordance with the invention for distributing signals to several nodes, and an interconnect structure employing a closed-grid bus for linking channels of an IC tester to pads of multiple integrated circuits on a wafer. The closed-grid bus architecture, which can be efficiently implemented by traces on a multiple layer PCB, provides less variation in signal path delay, provides less signal distortion, maintains better signal integrity and is more fault tolerant than prior art daisy-chain and stubbed buses.
While the forgoing specification has described preferred embodiment(s) of the present invention, one skilled in the art may make many modifications to the preferred embodiment without departing from the invention in its broader aspects. The appended claims therefore are intended to cover all such modifications as fall within the true scope and spirit of the invention.
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Juicy Fruit
18 comments:
- Terriaw said...
Aw, this is the sweetest quilt! I just love the colors, which fit perfectly with the name you gave this one. I really want to try this pattern... someday!
- October 8, 2010 at 7:32 AM
- p.s.phyllis sews said...
I like this pattern, too. I just might have to try it out next!
- October 8, 2010 at 9:21 AM
- baukje said...
I love it8 On my blog is a giveaway, you are welcome:
- October 8, 2010 at 11:21 AM
- Anna said...
so cute, love the fun colors and the loopy quilting. Hopefully I'll get to try out some fun quilting soon!
- October 8, 2010 at 12:26 PM
- Leslie said...
this is adorable. i love the pretty colors
- October 8, 2010 at 1:13 PM
- portraitsbtbrianne said...
This one is gorgeous!!!
- October 8, 2010 at 1:42 PM
- The Wilson's said...
Oh I love that baby quilt and the quilting is AWESOME!!!
- October 8, 2010 at 7:51 PM
- Emily Elizabeth said...
Love this one! So bubble-gummy :)
- October 8, 2010 at 10:05 PM
- Liz said...
Ohh how lovely!! I love ALL the fabrics!
- October 9, 2010 at 7:52 AM
- ~Niki~ said...
i love it! i'm working on a baby quilt now too, no reason really. maybe someone will have a baby ~soon~ so I can give it to them lol
- October 9, 2010 at 9:20 AM
- live a colorful life said...
Those vines by Riley Blake and the Henna Garden is such a perfect combination.
- October 9, 2010 at 11:20 AM
- That One Girl said...
It's beautiful!! I can't wait to start sewing our quilt! Unfortunately it's going to have to wait for a little while. It's okay. I will get it some day, and it will be beautiful! :-)
- October 9, 2010 at 4:48 PM
- Melissa said...
I love this quilt! The colors are so pretty. :)
PS - what do you wash your finished quilts in (detergent wise) or how do you wash them... by hand or machine? I finished my first... yes first quilt and don't want it ruined now because I wash it wrong. THANKS :) Melissa
- October 10, 2010 at 7:48 AM
- Jacque. said...
That is darling! It's fun to put together a small quilt here and there...the (almost) instant gratification thing.
- October 10, 2010 at 8:04 AM
- CraftyMummy said...
Beautiful colours and love the loopy quilting.
- October 10, 2010 at 5:23 PM
- Brooke said...
I love the fabrics you've chosen for this quilt, especially the backing
- October 11, 2010 at 8:57 AM
- susan@tickledpaisley said...
Darling darling darling! Did I mention it's DARLING?
- October 12, 2010 at 5:28 AM
- Haylee said...
K sorry to go all comment crazy on you but I am in LOVE with this. The colors and fabric choices are amazing!
- October 18, 2010 at 9:38 PM


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A crocodile clip (also alligator clip or spring clip) is a simple mechanical device for creating a temporary electrical connection, and is named for its resemblance to an alligator's or crocodile's jaws. Functioning much like a spring-loaded clothespin, the clip's tapered, serrated jaws are forced together by a spring to grip an object. When manufactured for electronics testing and evaluation, one jaw of the clip is typically permanently crimped or soldered to a wire, or is bent to form the inner tubular contact of a ~4 mm female banana jack, enabling quick non-permanent connection between a circuit under test and laboratory equipment or to another electrical circuit. The clip is typically covered by a plastic shroud or "boot" to prevent accidental short-circuits.
Small versions, ranging in size from 15–40 mm in length, are used in electrical laboratory work.
Large versions of these clips, called automotive clips or battery clamps, are made of solid copper for low electrical resistance, are used with thick insulated copper cables to make connections between automobile batteries. These jumper cables are capable of delivering hundreds of Amperes of current needed to directly power an automobile starter motor, or to transfer energy from a charged lead-acid battery to a discharged one.
In the United States, the Defense Logistics Agency maintains Commercial Item Description (CID) A-A-59466[1] [2] for several types of crocodile clips. This CID supersedes Federal Specification, W-C-440,[3] which was cancelled in 1998.
Other uses[edit]
- Dentistry: Alligator clips are often used on the ends of a cord in dental offices to attach a protective bib over the patient's clothing.
- Laboratory: Crocodile and alligator clips are frequently used to quickly and cheaply assemble or modify experimental circuits. They are useful for connecting components to wires.
- Education: Like their laboratory use, crocodile clips are sometimes used with batteries, small lightbulbs and other small electrical devices in schools to teach students about electricity.
- Fencing: Alligator clips are used in fencing to connect to participants' lamé vests to touch-detection systems.
- Hobby: Alligator clips can be used as miniature clamps to hold parts together for gluing or soldering.
- Helping Hands typically have two alligator clips.
- Camping: Crocodile clips may be designed to attach a rope to a tarp or other sheet of material. (While this serves the same purpose as a grommet, it may lead to premature wear at the point of attachment.)
- Drug use: As a roach clip for holding burning cannabis to avoid burning fingers.
- Film/animation: Useful for airborne scenes in possible stop-motion or holding models of any sort in mid air.
- Electronics: Useful as a heat sink while soldering heat-sensitive devices.
Kelvin clip[edit]
A Kelvin clip is a special form of crocodile clip. The jaws of a Kelvin clip are insulated from each other, allowing 2 isolated wires to connect to a single test point. This enables 4-wire measurement of circuits with very low resistances.
- ^ DLA Land and Maritime (2011-09-22). "A-A-59466, Clips, Electrical, General Specification for". Retrieved 2013-04-07.
- ^ DLA Land and Maritime (2011-09-22). "A-A-59466 pdf, Clips, Electrical, General Specification for". Retrieved 2014-10-27.
- ^ DLA Land and Maritime (1970-08-11). "W-C-440, Clip, Electrical, General Specification for". Retrieved 2013-04-07.
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|Night of the Demon screens on 29 August as part of the BFI's Monster Weekend at the British Museum.
Gothic: The Dark Heart of Film is a major four-month film season at BFI Southbank and across the UK from October 2013 to January 2014.
This is assistant director Basil Keys' annotated shooting script for Jacques Tourneur's scary occult classic Night of the Demon (1957). Note the working title 'The Haunted' on the cover page, then turn to the page where the demon appears in the trees on a dark night.
The demon's apparition is famously referenced later in the film in a séance scene, where Professor Harrington (Maurice Denham) – in the grip of communion with the spirit world – utters the bone-chilling words: "It's in the trees! It's coming."
Herself a child of the British gothic tradition, singer-songwriter Kate Bush later used a sample of these words in the opening moments of her 1986 song 'Hounds of Love':
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Mutual aid from Grand Blanc and Davison were called in for use of their air ladders to put out the fire. Air ladders? Huh? I'm a 28 year veteran firefighter, I think you mean ladder trucks right? No such thing as an air ladder.
You are both right. Those who don't feel that this is a government intrusion on religion don't understand that there are special protections FOR religion in the Constitution. As Supreme Court Justice Scalia recently said, "There, black on white in the text of the Constitution, are special protections for religion." http://wcwb.wordpress.com/2012/01/14/the-religion-wars-win-some-lose-some/
How much more evidence do these idiot judges need to be convinced that this man is a danger to children? Pedophiles cannot be trusted, even under these conditions. They always find a way. Plus, I did not see where he is restricted from accessing computers which will allow home to access more child porn.
Possible one year suspensions again? Take away those licenses for the rest of their lives. "A bond in the amount of $250,000 is clearly excessive, even given this pair's history of DWLS and DUI convictions." William, how do you figure that is excessive? Are you a drunk yourself? Outraged at this? Really? You must be one of those cowardly far left liberals who love defending the lawbreakers, not the law abiding because you know, it really isn't their fault. As a 28 year veteran firefighter I've seen people like this drive drunk for years because of pukes like you who defend them, until they finally kill somebody. Then you still defend them because it is a moral outrage to convict drunk drivers and drunk drivers who kill people because those are just victimless crimes.
Well this is typical, Muslim immigrants always get more than natural born citizens, but in this case took that to a higher level. There are more out there like this indeed. @Jvh679, I agree. There is no real attempt at welfare reform or how to fix things so this can't happen. Enough already.
Michigan has the third highest average price per gallon in the nation. We are behind Alaska and Illinois. I guess Michigan wants to be number 1. And another reason we have such bad roads is we are the only state in the nation that allows trucks to carry a total of 100,000 lbs. Most others only allow 80,000 lbs.
He was being sarcastic.
So Time supports violence, destruction of property, rape, rape of underage girls, murder, public defecation and urination, assault, theft, and more.
Meanwhile these same protestors used the products of the very companies and people they were protesting.
The only state that had no reported violence among the protestors is Michigan. For once we got something right.
What kind of stupidity is this? All that money could be used to assist businesses with their signs to make THEM more visible and attract customers to THEM. That is the point of a DDA, not spending that kind of money telling people where they are when they already know. What a waste.
Funny how people like Moore come out of the wood work when a cop killer gets executed. Where was his voice when Davis killed the cop? Oh that's right, it's okay to kill cops in Moore's world.
I'm missing out here. Where do I sign up to go corrupt and get away with it?
" After he won, his first priority was a massive income tax increase on the middle class."
I love the lies of the left to scare people. Amazing. Must be another union drone.
I believe that rational minds are not present in the leadership of Flint. The citizens must hold the entire city council accountable for every single action they have taken to reduce police and fire, and for every single dime of taxpayer money spent.
This is exactly why high profile cases must never be shown on TV as they happen. Already, somebody in Oklahoma mistook a woman for Casey Anthony and tried to kill her. People tend to draw their own wrong conclusions from these media court circuses. Just look at the OJ trial.
So what they are saying is, if you are poor, go ahead, break the law! It's okay! WOW.
So now it is un-Constitutional to outlaw discrimination? This judge has just given discrimination legal status. Not being able to discriminate "violates the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause."
High speed rail is going to cost billions, not millions. We are already paying taxes on roads that aren't being repaired properly or repaired at all. Americans will NEVER stop driving cars no matter what the price of fuel, as individuals we are way too independent, so the money needs to be spent on roads, not a new rail system that will drive our taxes even higher than they are now.
Chicago had it's rail system long before the car boom, plus it has the population that can use it. Michigan does not have that population to justify what Chicago has. Plus it is an awful ride. I've ridden from downtown Chicago to Northwestern in Evanston and was crowded in with people who's body odor made me gag. We don't have that kind of population here in Michigan, and as we all know, Detroit's People Mover was supposed to do the same as they say about high speed rail now, and the People Mover has been a flop and the laughing stock of the nation for public transportation. Yet this failure is still paid for by you and me despite numerous attempts to shut it down. It has never paid for itself, as all government projects don't ever pay for themselves.
I agree with Dave. Look at Amtrack, they cannot survive without government subsidies, both state AND federal. This means we the taxpayer are subsidizing passenger rail service. Amtrack does not move enough passengers to pay for themselves. The population of the area is falling, and as crime rises people will move out even faster. Michigan has neither the population anymore nor the money, and as Dave pointed out, our current infrastructure is crumbling and there is no money to rebuild and repair, but suddenly we have billions for ineffective high speed rail which in this state would never carry enough people to make it viable or self sufficient? Flint Journal is like the Detroit News and Free Press, that is, you "journalists" always promote things that are inefficient and want the taxpayer to foot the bill. Michigan and the taxpayer can't afford to subsidize another type transportation that will always run in the red.
1979? At that time the law was written, how many had personal computers? Nobody! How many had internet email access? Well nobody, there was no internet then. Obviously it was written for businesses.
"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." Ben Franklin.
Israel tried these tactics and not only found them to be invasive and a violation of THEIR privacy laws, they found them to be non-effective. You are a true liberal sir. It has nothing to do with getting over ourselves, it is as pure a violation of our liberties as you can get. We don't need to embrace unproven technology, we need to reject it as we need to reject all violations of our privacy. I rather die free than live in a Communist/Marxist/Socialist society like we are becoming. Oh boo hoo, I'm so afraid of terrorists that I'll willing give up my rights. So did the people of Germany and when they realized what was going on it was too late, Hitler had taken over. My family from Germany sees our Congress and President doing exactly the same things they saw then before they fled Germany in fear of their lives. Give up freedom here and there and soon you have none, and soon you have an entire class of people herded and slaughtered. Terrorism has been around longer than that idiot G. W. Bush AND his father, and we haven't caved in yet. Only cowards cower in fear.


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Hosted by the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development and state Rep. Matthew Hill, the job fair also offered assistance and information from three local job training organizations and a chance to step inside the TDLWD's Career Coach, one of three tractor trailers rigged with laptop stations and smart boards that travel the state to help put people to work.
"They're in here helping folks prepare their resumes. They're filling out applications. And we've had people who have gotten jobs here today," Hill said.
"We've had a good turnout. And a lot of people are hiring and we've registered about 175 (job seekers)," Melinda Williams, TDLWD's administrator of marketing and communications, reported about three hours into the four-hour job fair.
Hill said he selected the Recreation Center for the job fair because of its central location and because unemployment in the Carver community is higher than in other areas of his district. He attributed the good turnout in part to area media outlets who used the job fair as a tie-in to news of a Johnson City plant closing on Wednesday.
Job applicants came from as close as East Tennessee State University and as far away as Bluff City. Employers taking applications and hiring workers included Aflac, Snap-on Tools, the Head Start preschool program and numerous call centers, home health companies and nursing homes. And job training programs offering assistance included the Tennessee Technology Center in Elizabethton, Northeast State Community College of Blountville and King Colllege of Bristol.
"My mom told me about it and I said, 'Hey, job fair. Great,' " said Samantha Tangel, a 20-year-old psychology major at ETSU who is in search of her first job. "I'm filling out applications. It doesn't mean I'm going to get anything. But it doesn't hurt to try," she said.
Up to her elbows in paperwork, Tangel said she would also be submitting applications online but expressed some doubt about their effectiveness. "If you can't show them a face or something to stand out from the millions, I don't think it's going to do any good," she said.
Ron Hammontree, the TDLWD's director of buisness office services, said most companies now require online applications and that's what the Career Coach was there to help with.
Inside the mobile center, he said, people go online to register with the Tennesseee Career Center, a TDLWD program that matches their job skills with hiring employers in their area, allows them to submit applications and refers them for interviews.
"I think it's great," said Patti Towner, a former Sullivan County who recently re-entered the job market after a disabling injury three years ago. Unable to continue in law enforcement and searching for a clerical position in the Career Coach on Tuesday, Towner said, "There are a lot of people out there, people with disabilities and people in general, who are really looking for work."
Assistance from the Career Center may be accessed online at www.tn.gov/labor-wfd/cc/ or may be obtained by calling the Department of Labor and Workforce Development at 615-741-6642.
Area employers taking applications and hiring at Thursday's job fair included AB&T, ACT, Advanced Wireless Solutions, Aflac, Aid & Assist at Home, Appalachian Christian Village, AtWork, Brock Services, the Center on Aging & Health, Century Link, Dial America, Express Employment Professionals, Head Start, In Home Care, Legacy Home Care, Roan Highlands Nursing Center, Snap On Tools, StaffPro and Super 8 Motel.


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Brain cancer can start in the brain or spread to the brain from another part of the body. A tumor is usually present in the brain that may be malignant (cancerous) or benign (non-cancerous). Depending on where the brain tumor is located, any number of symptoms can occur.
Brain cancer often times is felt with headaches, especially in the morning. It may also affect your balance and ability to walk. Brain cancer can change your ability to use any or all of your senses including hearing, vision, smelling, and even talking. You may feel numbness in your hands and feet. And muscle twitching or tingling throughout your body may be a sign of a brain tumor.
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While any cancer is scary and potentially deadly, these days people have become accustomed to hearing about cancer survival usually through surgery where the cancer is literally cut out of the body. When we hear of brain cancer, that prospect becomes even more frightening. It is beyond most people's comprehension to think about cutting cancer out of the brain. Of course, any surgery has risks, but brain surgery is life threatening.
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On my first visit to Seasons St. Louis, the pianist played "Memory," from the Broadway musical Cats, which easily ranks as one of the sappiest songs in human history. Determined to see me run screaming toward the nearest Mastodon album, he also performed Bette Midler's "Wind Beneath My Wings" and Céline Dion's "My Heart Will Go On."
There was no live music on my next visit. Instead, the sound system purred smooth jazz. Frankly, I preferred the pianist.
Seasons St. Louis opened this spring in a strip mall at the intersection of Olive Boulevard and Woods Mill Road in Chesterfield. (This space was formerly occupied by Peppertini's Piano Bar & Grill; the piano, it seems, remained.) In both appearance and ambience, it's an old-school restaurant, from its cheesy music to its walls covered in art that's most charitably described as pastoral.
Olive Blvd. & N. Woods Mill
Chesterfield, MO 63017
Category: Restaurant > Cafe
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So what the hell is this foam doing on my roasted squab?
Foam, of course, is both the most widely known and the most frequently derided example of avant-garde culinary technique. First introduced by the Spanish chef Ferran Adrià at Catalonia, Spain's El Bulli, widely tabbed the best restaurant in the world, foams are now so commonplace that you might think they were a natural food, harvested from any ordinary backyard garden.
OK. I exaggerate slightly. My point is this: I've been served foam at a few restaurants in St. Louis. I can think of a few others where food topped with foam wouldn't surprise me. At exactly none of these restaurants would I expect to be serenaded by a Kenny G-esque cover of Steve Winwood's "Back in the High Life Again."
But for all of its old-school trappings, Seasons features the work of two very young chefs, Benjamin McNabb and Josh Striplin. (McNabb's parents, Bill and Holly, are owners and oversee the front of the house.) At their best, the duo gives this stale space an inviting mix of French technique and contemporary American tastes.
A fine example of this approach is the smoked barbecue pork tenderloin, as American an entrée as any — here, it's sensibly paired with cheddar-cheese polenta and a roasted tomato, and all of it encircled with a sweet-corn beurre blanc. The pork was tender enough by itself, but dabbing it with the beurre blanc made it downright luscious, while the slight sweetness of the sauce provided an excellent contrast to the smoky pork and its mildly spicy dry rub.
Steak au poivre is nothing more, nor less, than six ounces of beef tenderloin encrusted (but not overwhelmed) with black pepper and given a perfect sear. At medium-rare, the meat was as tender as you expect a tenderloin to be and much more flavorful, a rich poivre sauce rounding out its beefy essence. The presentation was striking, with the steak set upon verdant green haricots verts and topped with a tangle of crisp shoestring pommes frites.
My favorite dish was the soup au pistou. Pistou is a traditional French condiment of crushed basil, garlic and olive oil. It looks like pesto, minus pesto's cheese and pine nuts, and has a sharper flavor. A scoop of it brightened an already flavorful vegetable broth chock full of white beans and vegetables (carrots, leeks, fennel, to name a few).
Seasons' summer menu featured a roasted game bird of the day. On my visits this was the aforementioned squab, which was served with a tapenade stuffing atop an eggplant purée and swirls of fennel sauce. The foam in question was a tomato emulsion. I tasted very little tomato, though, nor did the tapenade stuffing convey the condiment's strong, salty character. Here the dominant flavor was the squab itself, crisp skinned and lightly gamy, the fennel sauce giving the moist meat an autumnal accent.
Foam — a lot of it — also topped an appetizer of housemade ravioli stuffed with smoked shrimp. As with the tomato emulsion, this saffron emulsion was more texture than taste; considering how much foam there was, the dish looked as if someone had doused it with soap suds. The foam aside, the shrimp had a pleasant smoky flavor, and the ravioli were plump and toothsome. As with the squab, fennel, here caramelized, added a touch of fall to the dish.
The presence of fennel on the summer menu suggests a slight disconnect between the restaurant's name and what the kitchen is actually serving. Still, the bounty of late summer was in evidence: Local peaches with vanilla-bean ice cream made for a wonderfully simple dessert. And there were tomatoes everywhere, including in two appetizers, a roasted cherry-tomato tartine and an heirloom-tomato terrine. I opted for the latter, striped layers of tomato, spinach-flavored pasta, prosciutto and, especially, fresh mozzarella. Indeed, the cheese was so plentiful that the tomato seemed rather meager in comparison, giving the terrine as a whole a bland flavor.
The summer menu concludes the week that this review is published, and the fall menu will debut the following Tuesday, September 22. A flyer for the new menu promised exactly the foods and dishes you would expect in cooler weather: pumpkin, butternut squash, beef bourguignon.
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February 28th – The final episode of M*A*S*H is aired and the record of most watched episode is broken.
May 11th – Aberdeen FC beat Real Madrid 2-1 (after extra time) to win the European Cup Winner's Cup in 1983 and become the only third Scottish side to win a European trophy.
September 24th – The Red Hot Chilli Peppers launch their first, self-titled, album.
September 25th – Maze Prison escape: 38 Irish republican prisoners, armed with six handguns, hijack a prison meals lorry and smash their way out of HMP Maze, in the largest prison escape since World War II and in British history.
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May 30th – Jennifer Ellison, British actress.
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August 19th – Reeva Steenkamp, South African Model (Died 2013).
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February 4th – Karen Carpenter, American singer and drummer.
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World War II veterans and one Korean War veteran scheduled for the next Honor Flight Savannah trip will leave for Washington, D.C., at 8 p.m. Friday, April 16, by Amtrak train in Savannah. The group of 14 veterans will return by train to Savannah at 6:45 a.m. Sunday, April 18.
Liberty County High School's FCCLA club, with the help of all fourth-block classes at the school, raised $1,200 for The Children's Miracle Network. The FCCLA members chose to raise the money for CMN when it was brought to their attention that an FCCLA member from another school was battling leukemia. The child's mother used to work at LCHS several years ago as an art teacher. FCCLA thanked all fourth-block teachers and LCHS students for making donations.
Students and faculty at Jordye Bacon Elementary School recently had a campus cleanup.
About a dozen attentive youngsters learned how to keep their noggins intact at the Hinesville branch of the Live Oak Public Libraries on Tuesday.
Liberty County High School student Traci Horton attended a recent meeting of local educators in the business-computer science and career, technical and agricultural fields to share her experiences as a receptionist for the Liberty County Chamber of Commerce.
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Taylors Creek Elementary recently had a Math Career Day. Twenty-five presenters, including businesses, agencies and parents, explained how they use skills learned in school - especially math - in their careers.
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Students at Lyman Hall Elementary School learned firsthand Friday about several career opportunities available in Liberty County. Roughly 16 job types were represented at the outdoor career fair, said parent involvement facilitator Lavonia LeCounte.
Volunteers descended upon Liberty County schools Thursday in celebration of Read Across Liberty Day, co-sponsored by Rotary Club of Hinesville, Kiwanis Club of Liberty County, Target, Keep Liberty Beautiful and Prevent Child Abuse Liberty.
Liberty County students stepped up to the plate for a recent fundraiser for the victims of the Haiti earthquakes. Students at every school participated in different fundraising activities. Some schools collected coins, some classrooms had contests, some made a competition out of it, but everyone had a hand in raising $10,000.
Several members of the Liberty County Board of Education recently traveled to Washington, D.C. BoE Chairwoman Lily Baker, board member Charlie Frasier, Assistant Superintendent of Student Services Mary Alexander and Assistant Superintendent of Finance Jason Rogers attended the National Association of Federally Impacted Schools Association conference. The organization is a nonprofit, non-partisan corporation of school districts from around the United States. It was created primarily to educate Congress on the importance of Impact Aid.
On March 18, Midway Middle School had its third nine weeks Accelerated Reader/First in Math incentive party. To be invited, students must have at least an 85 percent average and they must meet their individualized Accelerated Reader point goals.
Georgia was not among the states selected to receive first-round funding from the federal Race to the Top program. It does, however, allow the state to pursue funding opportunities in round two of the application process.
The Liberty County Development Authority has voted to support the expansion of workforce development training for precision manufacturing in Liberty County with a five-year, $100 ...
Liberty County School System Superintendent Dr. Valya Lee outlined a plan to attract professionals to open teaching positions during the Board of Education's most-recent ...
On June 2, 2012, tragedy struck Long County when Smiley Elementary School students Hannah Foreman and Ta'Keith Russell died. Foreman drowned, and Russell was ...
Six Long County High School students attended the National FFA Organization Chapter Officer Leadership Training Conference from July 13-15 in Covington.
The Liberty County School System will host a swearing-in ceremony at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday for Dr. Yvette Keel, who recently won a special ...
Liberty County High School's new principal, Stephanie Woods, is excited about the upcoming school year.
Armstrong State University will host a one-day registration event for new students to apply, be admitted and sign up for fall classes from 9 a ...
Fifth-grade students from Waldo Pafford Elementary, along with their parents and second-grade teacher Nicole Carter, traveled to Washington in early June as part of the ...
The charter-system application for the Liberty County School System has been approved.
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I would say that what Terry does now comes off much better live, in-person, than listening to recorded tracks or watching videos. There's just something about hearing/feeling all those acoustic drums & cymbals live that make the performances exciting. It's kind of like Kodo, the taiko drummers from Japan. I have seen them perform live three times, and I was blown away each time, but I'm not nearly as moved when listening to their CDs. Interestingly enough, Terry's current approach to drumming is very similar to taiko groups like Kodo, in that he creates musical compositions on the drums. The difference being Kodo is an ensemble performance, whereas Terry does it all by himself. If you haven't already, I would urge you to see Terry perform live before you form a final opinion about his performances. (And see Kodo too, if you get the chance.)
Agree...the first perfromance I saw in person was with MP...he had the electronic kit he desinged himself back then.... absolutely crazy wild man playing...some skinny dude with orange hair and a Purple suit going ballistic. Up to that point Neil Peart I had though was"the best"....his fast double bass work on the Shark pedals floored me. From then on I really got into his past work with Zappa and ( all the other Zappa drummers) and into jazz and so on and so on....I've always followed what he has been doing ever since and do think his "drumset as an orchestra" stuff is great.
I know what others are saying about Charlie Watts etc...it's true sometimes I think the whole band thing overshadows the actual playing...not putting down those guys at all....but even though I realize it is all about balance and taste I STILL get infuriated when people worship the idol of simplicity and slag on people who have decided to go a different perhaps more techinal route. It's silly. There is room for everything and not everyone wants to only be a support player in pop music.
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By clarencecarter | REVERSEBLOG: the reverse shot blog May 21, 2005 at 1:08AM
Just when I'd been convinced that everyone's favorite NY Times Blogstaff/Film Critics were completely comatose (Exhibit A: "Today and tomorrow are days to shop and to catch movies you've missed" - A.O. Scott), Manohla gets indignant and drops some genuine, if obvious insight:
"...the American media and the American movie industry are together failing both film culture and the movie audience."
"Now, though, it seems that the mainstream press — the well-named entertainment media — is far more interested in all things George Lucas than in the newest foreign-language release or even the more provocative, "smaller," "challenging" American movies. (As far as I know, one of the best films I saw at this year's Sundance, Police Beat, still doesn't have American distribution.) But I honestly believe that the audience is out there, as innumerable blogs, websites and regional film festivals prove."
The whole post is well worth a read. Even though criticizing mainstream/entertainment media in a blog read by people who most likely obsess over the problems of the entertainment/mainstream media on a daily basis and get the bulk of their news from alternative sources is little more than sounding off in an echo chamber, I like to see this kind of awareness in film writers. (Contrast with the war on hipster critics discussed below, or the entirety of the Slate movie club.) I still stand by my earlier statements on the NY Times blog, but at least the thing isn't a total wash.