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1.Scotland has 20,000 methodone users-Double any country in Europe.
2.Our Government has spent 105 million pounds on it in 4 years !
3.After a 3 year programme only 3% of users ARE TOTALLY DRUG FREE.
4.Parking addicts on methadone is clearly not getting people off drugs.
Tommy"s parked on methadone,syringes all at sea.
This heroin substitute to make him drug free.
Saved from the gutter and no more petty crimes.
A body torn with needles,not like yours or like mine.
Drugs get the wrath and the public condemnation.
Now we"re spending money on his rehabilitation.
Our countries funds continue killing fellow man.
Its a costly failure,its a deathly plan.
Drug deaths happen all over this land.
Twenty thousand users,get our heads out of the sand.
We deal with the symptoms and not the real causes.
These poor wretched souls,we are poisoning their bodies.
One third of drugged corpses,contain that green curse.
From you and me given, from the public purse.
We have blood on our hands but its not too late.
Tommy"s still alive,what will be his fate?


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R.J. Keur of North Charleston overcame an early bogey and posted a 5-under-par 67 Tuesday to take the first-round lead in the 59th annual Al Esposito Junior City Championship at Municipal Golf Course.
Keur, the 2011 Esposito winner, is three shots in front of defending champion Lucas McNellis in the Boys 15-17 age group and seven shots ahead of third-place Christian Woods.
Other age-group leaders are: Boys 13-14, Ethan Willis, 79; Boys 10-12 (9 holes), Carson Crocker, 93; Boys 9-under (9 holes), Zach Adams, 37; Girls 13-17, Annette Paxton, 90; and Girls 12-under (9 holes), Telie McCoy, 36.
Starting on the back nine, Keur bogeyed his third hole but followed that up with the first of three birdies (Nos. 13, 15, 16) for a 34 before making the turn. Keur made three birdies on the front nine (2, 5, 7) for a 33.
McNellis, from James Island, birdied the 10th and 15th and bogeyed the 18th for a 35 on his first nine holes, then shot 35 on the back nine with eight pars and one birdie (7) on the front nine.
The tournament wraps up today with play starting at 8:30 a.m. and the leaders starting at 10:30 a.m.
BOYS 15-17: R.J. Keur, 67; Lucas McNellis, 70; Christian Woods, 74; Christopher DeMarco, 75; Evan Rodwell, 75; Dane Henderson, 78; Wil Sheppard, 78; Jared Rushton, 79; Barron Knight, 80; David Monroe, 80; Michael Glennon, 81; Andrew Purcell, 82; Colin Frazier, 82; Chandler Lunny, 85; Jake Bryan, 95; Reece Keegan, 96; Jacob Ponte, 97; Matthew Ponte, 102.
BOYS 13-14: Ethan Willis, 79; Nick Bunken, 82; Spencer Warner, 83; Jackson Trigiani, 86; Jacob Daley, 88; Clay Crenshaw, 92; Jay Westmoreland, 92; Jacob Morris, 93; Ky Matsumoto, 95; Brodie Crenshaw, 96; Kyle Sawyer, 99; Max Kastenholz, 99; Brian Oliver, 104; Jason Stewart, 112; Gil Altman, 113; Zach Dalzell, 113; Dunk Yodice, 116.
BOYS 10-12 (9 holes): Carson Crocker, 39; Drayton Stewart, 40; Luis Thompson, 41; John Paul Velasquez, 43; Joseph Keene, 43; Koury Sandness, 43; Nick Ceva, 43; Cole Warner, 45; Willis Rogers, 45; Brock Connelly, 50; Price Lenoir, 53; Patrick Churchill, 54; Ryder Boring, 54; Wyatt McGrath, 63; Ethan Warner, 65.
BOYS 9-UNDER (9 holes): Zach Adams, 37; Jonathan, Graham, 41; Reid Warden, 42; John Bagwell, 45; Tyler Brown, 46; Benjamin Patrick, 49.
GIRLS 13-17: Annette Paxton, 90; Taylor Kate Mayers, 91; Delanie Mortier, 99; Grace Zoller, 101.
GIRLS 12-UNDER (9 holes): Telie McCoy, 36; Danielle Paxton, 40; Gaby Martinez, 41; Olivia Erwin, 43; Ella Drew Dodd, 50; Regan Clifford, 57.
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If you are a media buyer, you need to have the right tools, to help you to make the right decisions on which publisher sites you should promote your products or services on.
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I do a comparison of results for the same advertiser site and some of the differences between the two services.
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I've listened to Ilya of Mixrank talk on a few webinars.
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I hear good things about Adbeat and its founder Mike Collela.
I am currently only using Whatrunswhere.com for web based advertiser and publisher data.
They acquired a UK based mobile ad company in August 2012 (the company was called Mobile Ad Spy) and you can get an all-in subscription for a little more per month if mobile competitor intelligence and advertising was on your radar then consider Whatrunswhere.com for that as well.
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One of my prime hopes for Guild Wars 2 was that it would have people re-evaluate things, possibly on a large scale, that it would have people looking at stuff that occurs that we take for granted as part of the system. That it would shake things up and prove that things set in stone don't need to be set in stone.
I'm familiar with the concept of a paradigm shift from a scientific viewpoint. Eventually something comes along, a new theorem that no one cares to accept, and then the evidence starts piling up in support of it and slowly you get more and more supporters. It really pisses people off, and everyone hates the change, but at the end of the day everyone still has a better understanding of the inner-workings of the Universe than they did prior.
And I really think that we need to do some deconstructionalist analysm of MMORPGs in general, there are many things that we accept as set in stone that clearly... well, aren't. The accepted paradigm of the MMORPG has a linear flow to it, and one that many developers have been afraid to break. It's something that's been so ingrained via both classic conditioning (pavlovian responses) and oeprant (consequential) conditioning that people believe it has to go that way.
What those who play a singleplayer or co-op game expect is vastly different to what those who play an MMORPG accept. And I think that the MMORPG has fallen into an unhealthy, stagnant rut. So what do we accept?
This is a fascinating concept. Not only because I can't really understand the appeal, but because of the divide it creates. First of all, I want to cover not understanding the appeal. The lack of appeal in my case is that I can't understand why you'd want to waste your life for a constant chain of 'carrots.' There was one Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw video that summed this up eloquently.
It went something like this:
"So why are you raiding?"
"To get better gear."
"Which gives you?"
"Bigger numbers."
"Why do you need those?"
"The boss has bigger numbers."
"What do you get from the boss?"
"Better gear!"
"And what do you do with that?"
"Kill the next boss, duh!"
Imagine that.
The problem is is that not everyone is able to make these ridiculous time investments. You have people with children, a family, a job, social obligations, and so on. The sort of people who're considered 'casuals.' Now, the usual MMORPG talks about these people in derogatory ways, often considering them not 'leet' or not 'hardcore' enough. Because having a job and a child isn't 'hardcore.' So they sneer at such people and demand that the game be made more for them, creating more time investments.
But where did this begin?
It all started off with subscriptions. In order to justify a subscription, you have to pad out content. This means that instead of a ten minute mission in Mass Effect 3, you're doing a five hour questing slog. Really, it shouldn't be that long, but it is. So you get to the quest vendor and they offer you these 'carrots,' these rewards. The idea here is that more weak-willed people get hooked on the idea of somehow, somehow being better than other people. In some small way... better.
It takes advantage of them.
So via conditioning and peer pressure, the average MMORPG gamer then continues to spend their life playing the game, without even realising the harm it might be doing to them. What they get out of this is the feeling of controlling the economy, of being able to separate themselves into haves and have-nots, in order to sneer down at those who don't have the same level of access to the game that they do. That's what it's all about. That shiny mount, that exclusive raid, that high-end armour? It's all to be better than someone else. One-upmanship, plain and simple. It's not a difficult concept.
However, things are changing now. And that has those people terrified, because they can't handle change. What this means is that there's no grind, there's no gruelling slog. This in turn means that there's no carrot. That means that they have no way to be better than other people. This is something I've discussed before - Guild Wars 2 enforces player equality. It's an egalitarian game. Everyone gets the same chance at the game, through different methods of content.
At the power plateau, it won't matter if you've put eight hours into the game or eight thousand, you're all equal.
This is a terrifying concept to those who've ruled with time investments. Because for the longest time MMORPGs have been whispering delicately into their ears that their way is the only way. Subscribe to our game, we'll let you be better than other people. But the market is changing. More and more developers are realising that these people who want time investments to rule the economy are a vast minority (vocal, but still a vast minority).
There are casual players out there just waiting for the MMORPGs that are designed for them to play. And those are on the way. One of the first is Guild Wars 2.
And like I said, it's working.
What Guild Wars 2 is doing is shaking things up, it's altering perceptions. It's saying that what was set in stone was an illusion, and that things can be completely different. Those who helped set those rules in stone are going to rail against that. Of course they are. No more exclusive content for them. Yes, that's going to suck for them. Because the reason they play an MMORPG, even in PvE, is just to be better than someone.
But there are games out there for them. Games which encourage competitive PvE, games which encourage people being arseholes to each other, and games which encourage player inequality. And they'll always have those games. But they're worried that one day... they're going to run out of games and they'll have to play our games, the games of casual players. And yeah, that scares them.
I mean, look at WoW.
WoW, from the ground up, conditions you to want to be better than someone. It puts in various ways to force you to compete. You can easily accidentally flag yourself as PvP, resource nodes are instanced globally rather than per player, which makes people fight over them, and the whole thing is one massive sociopathic circlejerk. It's just people being horribly indecent to each other. But again, the old MMORPG player, the time investor, they're comfortable with that.
In Guild Wars 2 they'll actually have to socialise with people, they'll have to be nice, they won't be in complete control, they'll be equal. This turns everything they know on its head. And that's why we've had so many threads about this. It's old MMORPG players damn near having a brain aneurysm at all of the rules they thought they knew being turned upon their heads.
No longer lords and ladies. Just peons. Like the rest of us.
They have to come back down to the real world.
But what we're getting instead now is that they're seeing the other side of the equation. Just because there's equality, they're blowing it out of proportion and saying that money ivnestors will be on top. That's obviously not the case, but that's the fear that they have, because they're having these crazy slippery slope theories. You know? Oh no, we've lost our regal status, soon our slaves will be our masters, and we'll be the slaves!
That's not going to happen, but they're seeing things from the side of the have-nots and the results?
The results are frankly hilarious.
If I were a vindictive person, I'd pester ArenaNet to actually include an $80 monocle in the game, just so that I could buy it, wear it, and flaunt it at the time investors. But I'm not a vindictive person. Like I've said before, my approach to the game will be to find the most sensible, utilitarian armour I can and stick with that. I don't really give a shit about being the prettiest pony on the block.
But if you understand the paradigm shift, here, if you understand how the patterns are changing, then you understand why every one of these new threads exists. It's forcing people to question all that was supposedly set in stone about GW2. And like I said, that says to me... GW2 works. I am pleased.
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I'd love to upvote your great post for style of writing format and the thought you put into this topic.
Instead I just thank you and congratulate you.
*edit: Oh and yeah this was the first thread I really wanted to comment on in years :). I like it that much.
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Joined: 3/23/10
Great post and you make a lot of good points. Too often we see the "back in my day MMOs did X and thats how they are supposed to be!" arguments. I think what excites me most about GW2 is that it is different and does challenge these traditions. If its successful perhaps we can finally get away from a WoW clone with 1 small difference and claim to be innovative.
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You know, I'm just so tired of clinging to the past.
If singleplayer games were like MMORPG players, we'd still be playing Pong. It just gets really frustrating how much older MMORPG payers can't realise things can change. Even the casuals get it into their head that things can't change. It makes me sad. But then you get something like Guild Wars 2 which turns all these elements that supposedly can't change on their head.
Is this topic supposed to be controversial? No. It's supposed to be very controversial.
It's supposed to get people thinking, it's supposed to make people question why they grind for ten hours to do something that takes 20 minutes in a game like Skyrim or Mass Effect 3. It's to make people wonder just how much content MMORPGs actually have versus padding. The whole thing is to jsut get people to deconstruct the idea of an MMORPG in their heads.
And sometimes you just need to bang someone around the head with a clue-by-four before they can do that.
Edit: What I'm saying is that I want people to maybe just post back, and then actually go away, think about it, and start deconstructing the MMORPG in their head and wondering whether I have something of a point. The fact of the matter is (and this is a fact) the sky isn't falling. There's room enough in this industry for all of us.
If a person wants a time investment game where there's no cash shop, or where the cash shop is useless, then there are games out there for them. But they're going to be very alone in those games, soon, because instead of casuals just putting up with how things were, they're going to jump to games like Guild Wars 2.
And then these long time time-investors will have to ask themselves about whether any of what they were responsible for was very cool, at all. No, they don't have people to show off to any more, but what did they have to 'show off' in the first place, anyway? It's a game. You don't really have anything to show off in a game other than you just wasted a week of your life. That's not going to impress anyone, it's just going to either annoy people, or make them feel sorry for you.
But hey, if people want to do that, that's up to them. They can invest as much time as they like, but they're no longer able to dictate how MMORPGs should be run because of their time investment.
I suppose what I'm saying is that Guild Wars 2 is picking up the embodiment of entitlement, and gutting it with a Very Big Sword.
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Well said good sir. For the past few years I've been complaining about the MMO round up and what we've been forced to accept as our entertainment. For years we've been allowing developers to keep releasing garbage that is only after one thing and that definitely isn't to give customers a great game...
Because of just the hype, I don't care if they do fulfill their promises, it is starting to change our hopes and desires in a game. Now I actually do care if they fulfill their promises cause if they dont I wont have a game to play for even longer... My point is that because they have made these statements of things us gamers have wanted and agreed upon un acceptable things from current games it has started a slow but surely revolutionary way of thinking...
Wait we don't need a subscription in order to have a great game?
We don't need specific professions to be stuck playing specific roles?
We don't need to put pay 2 win items in the cash shop?
If we make a game our customers love we'll make money?
We do not need to build end game content for only a small percentage of our customers to participate in??
What a concept I can't wait to how this game and its vision will further change the future of our games!!!
Thank you for your thread,
~ Guardians of the Garter (GG)
+1! Super post. I hope people will take the time to read it and understand.
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Are you being misleading on purpose?
This is a fascinating concept. Not only because I can't really understand the appeal, but because of the divide it creates.
The first six have nothing to do with the division created by the later bullets. And GW2 doesn't even have raiding so pretty much all your defense of their new P2W system is irrelevant because it rests on misconceptions.
I'm not even against being able to buy good items. I'd rather the money go directly to the players though. I need absolute proof of the devs motivations and intentions, and when they are pocketing the money, there's no way to have that. When there's no ceiling to what one account can spend, there's no way to have that. People just don't get it. There's what in other industries would be called a 'conflict of interest' here.
Every game I've seen with a cash shop has been an unpleasant experience of discovering what you DON'T have access to and being annoyed that you then have to buy it. Obviously it won't be that way when GW2 first comes out, but it likely will in time.
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That was an excellent post. I cant believe I read the whole thing! You make some great points as well. Your style of writing and broad vocabulary made it worth reading all the way through.
I too am excited to see just what GW2 can change in this genre. It has become stagnant as of late.
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Excellent post! Very well written. I believe that this post will be Very Controversial.
Things really need to be shaken up in the mmo world, and I am glad that Arenanet has taken this upon themselves to do so. The tired mechanics of mmo's as we know it need to be refreshed because as you stated, not everyone can dedicate the time to be "Leet" or "Hardcore" I am one of them.
I work 40-50 hrs a week, I have obligations and will not make the time to grind out raids and whatnot to be "better" then the next person who runs by me.
Thank goodness that Guild Wars 2 will not be like this, that we all can be on a level playing field.
Again OP EXCELLENT POST!
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If i ever meet you in real life, sir, you will have a Beer on me :)
Nice read, see you in game.
Main MMO at the moment: Guild Wars 2
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The only problem i have with the OP's post is the Old MMORPG mindset that he seems to go only as far back as WOW. The real Old MMORPG mindset goes back to when this genre was about player interdepenency and virtual worlds. Even though WOW was not a bad game, it clearly ushered in a era of letting the devs do the thinking for the players and the repetative carrot on the stick design that almost every game all the way up to today has followed.
If GW2 can break out of the norm mode that has plagued this genre for the last 7 yrs. then it just might do enough to change how these games are made.
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The only shift in perception I have over the cash=diamonds=gold possibility is a shift toward an interest in an economics-based pvp based game. While economics-based pvp does interest me, I have only dabbled in it in the past.
There is no reason to believe that players who buy diamonds to sell for gold will be on an even footing with players who have more time to play. The same people who have time to farm the gold to buy the diamonds will also be farming and crafting the vast majority of leveling gear that will go on the AH. So you will buy their gold for diamonds, then you will buy the items they put up on the AH for the gold you just bought from them. It's the circle of getting ripped off for diamond sellers.
As an example, if I do this, I'll rush to level 80, saving gear drops and checking the auction house to see what gear sells, both drops and crafted. I'll also be vendoring trash items as I go for gold. I'll sell you the vendor gold from countless and ridiculous hours spent farming, and then I'll sell you the drops for the gold I just sold you for the diamonds I get to use to buy DLCs. Plus I'll still have gold left over to buy my toon what I want in game. Or if I don't, I can hold onto some of the diamonds I bought from you until inflation sets in and I can get far more gold per diamond than you got from me.
Time wins over cash every time in this system.
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This was a great read, I agree with all of your points.
Well done good sir!
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So.. to sum up... *scraches midevil beard* GW2 is better cause it has no subscription and no reason to play?
I jest! I jest!
Or do I? *cue duhn duhn duhnnnnnnnn*
I'll be playing it. I just have to wonder about the hostle tone towards carrots. GW2 won't have carrots? Perhaps beets? I understand. I hate cooked carrots and they are in everything.
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That's the raider mentality in a nutshell. The problem is that people have known this for a long time, yet never tried to change the genre so that other play styles could be afforded the same amount of attention.
I love Arena.Net's willingness to broach this really huge "elephant in the room" issue. What has yet to be seen is their ability to resist caving in to these very "hardcore" pressures that end up dominating every single AAA MMO on the market so far as well as the majority of all MMOs in general. Yes, they managed a nice balance in Guild Wars 1, but that wasn't a persistant world game and the dynamics for GW2 will be completely different as well as drawing in a completely different subset of MMO gamers who are very vocal and very pushy.
Amazing post my friend. I nominate you good will ambassador of GW2 for life.
This section of your elequant thesis was spot on and I loved it very much:
and the whole thing is one massive sociopathic circlejerk. It's just people being horribly indecent to each other. But again, the old MMORPG player, the time investor, they're comfortable with that.
The ways that Anet is going through to create a social and community first sort of MMO is the #1 reason why I am so hyped for this game.
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I agree, they are a very vocal and pushy group at times.
Remember, the squeaky wheel gets the oil, but sometimes the annoying wheel just gets replaced.
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1. Op, you take MMOS WAAAY too serious.
2. Guild Wars 2 is not shaking ANYTHIG up other than every fanboy's hopes.
3. How do you know what works and doesn't work when the game is NOT EVEN OUT. Your entire post is an assumption, and a very bad one at that which discredits your ENTIRE point of view.
4. See 1.
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Originally posted by adam_nox
Must be grim in the world you live in, so much negativity about something that has a very slim chance of happening. Also there is no conflict of interest, but feel free to think so.
Great post !!I totally agree with you, Im one of those casual players thats really looking forward to this game because its all balanced out. Im kinda laughing about it because the real hardcore players are so in panic, only look at the gem posts on the internet, its crazy.
Change is good, it means that people think about it again, instead of just doing the same. The 2nd thing is that it has to work, but I trust Anet to do this.


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I eat here about twice a week. You can rate the place on their popularity alone the place fills up really fast. The last time I went there I had to wait for a table. There are only 2 regular waiters for the whole restaurant, so service can be slow sometimes. But the food is awesome. They have some of the best steamed vegetable dumplings that I've ever tasted.
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This is pretty standard take-out fare, but a cut above average and, unfortunately, about as good as it gets on Capitol Hill. The lamb with scallions had a lot of tenderizer in the meat chow foon and steamed dumplings were both not bad, while the cold sesame noodles were average.
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A method and apparatus for translating a hierarchical IC layout file into a format that can be used by a mask writer that accepts files having a limited hierarchy. Cover cells of the original IC layout file or a modified file are designated, and the hierarchical file is redefined to include only those designated cover cells. Non-designated cover cells and other geometric data are flattened into the designated cover cells. The hierarchy of the modified file is then redefined to be less than or equal to the hierarchy limit of the mask writing tool.
1. A method of preparing a file that describes an integrated circuit layout for use by a mask writing tool that accepts files having a limited hierarchy, comprising:
receiving a layout file that defines cells arranged in a hierarchical graph;
designating a number of cells as cover cells in the hierarchical graph;
expanding the layout file such that only the designated cover cells remain in the hierarchical graph; and
after designating the cover cells, selectively redefining the hierarchy of the hierarchical graph by expanding and/or copying one or more of the remaining cover cells such that the hierarchical graph has a maximum depth that is less than or equal to the hierarchical limit of the mask writing tool.
2. The method of
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5. The method of
analyzing the remaining cover cells of the hierarchical graph in a topological order; and
for each cover cell, determining a maximum depth of a subgraph that can be referenced by the cover cell and expanding the cover cell if necessary such that the subgraph has a depth that is less than or equal to the allowed maximum depth.
6. The method of
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9. A computer readable media including a sequence of program interactions that cause a computer to perform the method of
10. A file describing a layout of an integrated circuit that is created by the method of
11. A method of selectively redefining the hierarchy of a hierarchical graph to have a depth that is less than or equal to a defined depth limit, comprising:
receiving a hierarchical graph that includes a number of cells, wherein at least one of the cells has a depth that is greater than the defined depth limit;
designating one or more of the cells as cover cells for the hierarchical graph;
redefining the hierarchical graph in terms of the designated cover cells by expanding the nondesignated cells into the designated cover cells; and
analyzing each cover cell in the redefined hierarchical graph to determine if any placement of the cover cell will cause the defined depth limit to be exceeded, and if so, modifying a subgraph of a cell to meet the defined depth limit.
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determining if the maximum depth of a cover cell plus the depth of the cover cell's subgraph exceeds the defined depth limit, and if so, expanding the subgraph into the cover cell.
13. A computer readable media including a sequence of program instructions that cause a computer to perform the method of
The present invention relates generally to photolithographic processing and in particular to methods and apparatus for creating files that describe devices to be created with one or more photolithographic masks/reticles.
The vast majority of all complex integrated circuits (ICs) are created by circuit designers using computers. Most circuit designers use computer programs to define the functionality required of the circuit and the computer analyzes the functionality requested in order to create the electronic equivalent of a circuit diagram.
To convert the designer's intent into a physical, integrated circuit, other computer programs take libraries of cells representing groups of transistors and other low level circuit components that provide the desired functionality, determine locations for these components, and construct the wiring necessary to interconnect them. Such a tool is often called a "place and route tool." Custom design tools also exist to provide other methods to craft complete IC layouts. Once all the electronic devices have a physical representation, it is expected that the physical circuit will deliver the specified electrical performance. The layers of the layout data are fabricated as a set of masks/reticles that are used in the photolithographic processing of the actual circuits themselves.
Before translating the IC layout data into a format for use by a photolithographic mask or reticle writing tool, the IC layout data are often analyzed by one or more other computer programs to ensure that no design rules have been broken during the creation of the IC layout data and/or to correct for errors that can occur during the photolithographic printing process.
One example of such a program is the Calibre® program produced by Mentor Graphics Corporation of Wilsonville, Oreg., the assignee of the present application. The Calibre™ program is a suite of tools that operate on the IC layout data. These tools include a design rule checking (DRC) program that ensures the compliance with a number of design rules particular to the manufacturing process to be used. For example, a design rule can specify a particular tolerance such as "no transistors can be located within x microns of other transistors," etc. In addition, the Calibre® program can perform optical process correction (OPC) to compensate the layout for distortions that are likely to occur during the printing of the photolithographic mask or reticle. Calibre® can also perform phase shift mask (PSM) modifications that add phase shifters to the mask or reticle in order to enhance contrast between features or add subresolution features on an integrated circuit.
After verifying and/or correcting the layout data, the data are translated into a format that can be utilized by a mask or reticle writing tool. Examples of such formats are MEBES, for raster scanning machines manufactured by ETEC, an Applied Materials Company, ".MIC" format from Micronics AB in Sweden for their mask writers, and various vector scan formats for Nuflare, JEOL, and Hitachi machines. Once written, the masks or reticles are then used in a photolithographic process to expose selected areas of a silicon wafer in order to produce the integrated circuit components on the wafer.
Many mask writing tools require file formats that are "flat," wherein each object to be created on a mask is separately defined in the file. Computer files written in a flat format containing the corrected IC layout data can be enormous. For example, one IC layout data file for a single layer of a field programmable gate array can be approximately 58 gigabytes long. The time required to transmit a file of this size to a mask or reticle writing tool with standard network protocols can exceed 60 hours. When such large files are transmitted over communication networks, the risk that an error will occur during transmission rises with the length of the file transmitted. In addition, the time required to transmit the data file can be longer than the time required for the mask or reticle writer to produce a mask or reticle from the file. Therefore, the mask writing tool is inefficiently used when the data files are too large.
To speed processing, some mask writers are accepting IC layout file formats that have a limited number of hierarchy levels permitted. Instead of requiring a separate description of each placement of an object to be created on a mask, a hierarchical file can include reference to objects or groups of objects that are placed at more than one location on the mask. This hierarchical description of objects to be created saves considerable memory and improves processing time. Calibre® uses a hierarchical database to analyze IC layout files. For example, the layout format GDS-II has no limit on the number of hierarchy levels permitted. Despite the advantages of a hierarchical description, most mask writing tools do not allow as many levels of hierarchy as an IC verification program. Typical mask writers may only allow a few levels of hierarchy. Therefore, the IC layout files must be converted to a format that can be used by a mask writing tool. If the conversion is not done efficiently, however, many of the advantages of the original hierarchy can be lost.
Given these problems, there is a need for an improved method of translating hierarchical IC layout data into a format having fewer levels of hierarchy such as for use by a photolithographic mask or reticle writing tool in a manner that reduces file size, improves processing speed and retains at least some of the advantages of the original hierarchical description.
A system and method for translating a hierarchical IC layout file into a format that can be used by a mask writer that accepts hierarchical files of limited depth. The system designates cover cells from the original or modified hierarchical data and extends the designated cover cells to include the geometric data and the cells that were not designated to create a modified hierarchical file. The hierarchy of the modified file is then selectively redefined such that it meets the depth requirements of the mask writer.
The foregoing aspects and many of the attendant advantages of this invention will become more readily appreciated as the same become better understood by reference to the following detailed description, when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
As indicated above, the present invention is a method and apparatus for redefining the hierarchy of an IC layout data file in order to comply with the file requirements of a mask writer or other tool. The IC layout data file can be in any of a number of standard formats such as GDS-II, OASIS, CIF or a previously fractured file such as MEBES or other format used by a mask writer.
In many instances, the hierarchical graph used to describe the IC layout data has more levels than can be accepted by the mask writing tool that will create the corresponding masks/reticles in order to fabricate the IC layout data on a silicon wafer. Therefore, the hierarchical graph must be transformed to comply with the requirements of the mask writing tool. Many mask writing tools will only accept flat files, wherein each object to be created on the mask must be separately defined in the file. However, some new mask writing formats will accept limited levels of hierarchy, such as up to 10 levels of hierarchy, etc.
While the hierarchical data graph shown in
A better way of redefining the hierarchy of the original IC layout data to comply with a format that is acceptable to the mask writer involves the careful designation of cover cells used to represent the data in the hierarchy. The cover cells should be designated to minimize the mask writer operation time as well as minimize the time required to create the modified data. Furthermore, depending upon the requirements of the mask writer, the mask writer input file size should be minimized, and the specifications and recommendations for the format for cells in their placements should be followed.
In one embodiment of the invention, each of the cells in the IC layout data are ranked according to the geometric area occupied by the combined placement of each of the cells and the number of times a cell occurs in the layout.
If the designated cells are too small, the time required to write all the placements of the cells on the mask increases. On the other hand, if the memory required to store a description of a designated cell is too large, then the time to transfer its description to the mask writing tool is too long. Finally, the area occupied by the selected cells on the mask should be maximized to reduce redundant geometry and the corresponding file size and processing time. It is against these competing criteria that cover cells of the IC layout are designated.
The set of cells that best meets these criteria may be optimally designated by considering every set of cells of every possible size. This exact method may be computationally time-consuming. Approximation methods may therefore be used but run the risk of designating a suboptimal set. In practice, the approximate methods set forth in the described embodiment of the invention, work very well, often as well as the exact method, and with much less computation.
One such approximate method of designating cells is to evaluate each cell in accordance with a cost function. In an actual embodiment of the invention, the cost function is set forth in Equation 1:
Each cell in the IC layout is given a score for the cost function and the highest scoring cells are designated as the selected cover cells.
The following is a pseudo-code listing of a computer program that implements the selection of cover cells according to the cost function set forth in Equation 1.
Although any cell is suitable for consideration as a designated cover cell, performance enhancements can be made by only considering cells that are repeated more than some minimum number of times in the layout and less than a maximum number of times in the layout. In one embodiment, the minimum number of times a cell must be repeated to be considered is 4 and the maximum number of times a cell can be repeated is several hundred.
Although one embodiment of the invention utilizes the cost function described above, it will be appreciated that there are other ways to designate cover cells. For example, cover cells could be designated based on size alone, such as any cell having 1/200th area of the integrated circuit could be used. Alternatively, density of a cell could be used. Cells having a greater density of polygons take more time to transmit, so redundant cells having a relatively large area and high density could be selected. Manual selection could also be used.
Cover cells can be defined by creating copies of the original cells, modifying original cells such as by flattening or modifying the subhierarchy of a cell and/or partitioning it into smaller cells or both. New cells can also be derived from the layout geometry such as by combining commonly recurring patterns of polygons or groups of polygons that can be recognized and represented by a cell placement or combination of these methods. Added cells can be thought of as new cells added to the hierarchy before cover cell designation.
The redefined hierarchical graph may have a depth that is greater than the maximum depth the mask writer allows. Therefore, the hierarchical graph must be redefined so that no cell placement has a depth greater than the format limit.
One technique, according to an embodiment of the present invention, for redefining the depth of the hierarchical graph is to determine a maximum placement depth for each cell that is not greater than the hierarchical depth limit "L" that is specified by the mask writing tool. For the purpose of the present specification, this depth is called max_depth. As shown in
Once the maximum placement depth not greater than L is calculated for each cover cell, a topological sort of the hierarchical graph is made. This is a list of the cover cells ordered such that no cell is seen before any of its parents. The list is then analyzed in the reverse order, i.e., starting with the lowest depth cover cell and working toward the top cell. For each cover cell in the list, any placement of a subgraph for that cell is expanded if the placement has a depth greater than L-max_depth in the subgraph. For example, cover cell C′ has an empty subgraph. Therefore, the cover cell C′ does not need to be modified. Cover cell B′ has a max_depth of 2 and L-max_depth=2−2=0. Therefore, any subgraph for cell B′ can have a depth no greater than 0. A placement of cell C′ has a depth 1 in this subgraph. Therefore, this placement of cell C′ is expanded into its parent cell B′ to produce cover cell B″ and parent cover cell T.″
The resulting hierarchical graph shown in
While the preferred embodiment of the invention has been illustrated and described, it will be appreciated that various changes can be made therein without departing from the scope of the invention. For example, the cover cell designation and hierarchy refinement can be performed with any cell of a hierarchy graph defined as a top cell T. Alternatively, an IC layout file could be divided into geographical regions and each region analyzed independently.
Therefore, it is intended that the scope of the invention be determined from the following claims and equivalents thereof.
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Terrible experience from the waitstaff giving inaccurate wait times (on the phone - no wait and immediately arriving in person 20-30 minutes), to terribly over-priced food. $8 for half a cucumber? $8 for 10 shisho peppers? Diners experienced the veggie ramen being no more than 10 noodles and two spoonfuls of broth, fatty untrimmed chicken buns, and the modern ramen's noodles inedible and hard. The luckiest diner's food was forcibly removed from him and pulled out of his party's hands while eating it, even though what he ordered and received, was what he wanted, but viewed to be the IMPROPER way to eat the ramen (extra dashi paste on the side). The manager was not helpful and argumentative. NEVER AGAIN.
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The ramen here is very good, but at $14 for soup ($17 if you want more meat than the standard 3 pieces), it's extremely poor value. Come on, it's a bowl of soup! And the menu doesn't offer much else.
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On a remarkable expedition in 2008, a team of young explorers including three Cornell graduates discovered an undescribed bird in Peru. Now named Sira Barbet, the new species graces the cover of The Auk (July 2012), and receives its formal scientific description inside. Its scientific name, Capito fitzpatricki, honors the contributions of John Fitzpatrick, director of the Cornell Lab, who did pioneering work in Peru (including discovering seven new species of his own) and also helped mentor the Cornell graduates on the expedition.
Those Cornell graduates are Mike Harvey, Glenn Seeholzer, and Ben Winger; their coauthors on the Auk article include Peruvian colleague Daniel Cáceres and U.S. colleague Jason Weckstein. "Fitz's contributions to Neotropical ornithology, and his enthusiasm for exploration, stoked our dream for the expedition," said Winger. "He has inspired generations of young ornithologists in scientific discovery and conservation, and we are honored to name this species for him."
The 2008 expedition was supported by Lab donors, a National Geographic Young Explorers grant, and donations to the Lab's student World Series of Birding team. In addition to the discovery of the Sira Barbet, the expedition documented 670 species and brought back 490 sound recordings for the Cornell Lab's Macaulay Library's archives.
The three-week expedition ventured into remote highlands that had never been the subject of an ornithological study before. Read a full retelling of their adventure and see photos from the expedition in Stretching the Canvas, from the Spring 2010 issue of Living Bird magazine.
Full coverage of the team's 2008 expedition into the remote Gran Pajonal region of Peru, including profiles of the team members, an expedition map, and photos from their field camps and study locations.
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The Detroit Tigers are running out of time to make their move in 2012. In an important and winnable game, both Anibal Sanchez and the bullpen came up small and the Tigers offense left eight men on base, contributing to a 12-4 whitewash at the hands of the Oakland Athletics.
After two consecutive offensive explosions, one would think the Tigers woul slow down early this afternoon. That wasn't the case, as the team got things going in the second inning. Detroit got two runners on, and cashed both in via single by Gerald Laird and sacrifice fly by Austin Jackson to make it 2-0. Though Anibal Sanchez was pitching well, another error by Omar Infante cost the team, as a wild throw from second plated Oakland's first run of the game. Seth Smith tied the game at two in the fifth with a solo home run, but Detroit responded with a double by Prince Fielder that scored Miguel Cabrera, making things 3-2. The good feelings were back, and things looked alright.
Yet, as has been the case so many times this year, trouble randomly found Sanchez immediately following Detroit's rally. Everything started with a Yoenis Cespedes single. After that, the Athletics rode a double, a single and a triple to a 6-3 lead. Sanchez was quickly pulled in favor of Phil Coke and the Tigers were dazed. Though Andy Dirks got his team back in it with a solo homer the very next inning and Al Alburquerque steadied things with two dominant innings of relief, that was plenty of damage. Sean Doolittle tamed the Tigers in the eighth, Oakland blew things open with an ugly six run ninth, and closed out a 12-4 blowout win in strong fashion.
Big Cat: Nobody. Just like in 2009, with everything on the line, the Tigers choked in an important afternoon game. When so many players simply go through the motions in afternoon games, there's few heros to single out. Give Avisail Garcia credit for continuing to provide a spark, but outside that, there wasn't much to cheer about Thursday.
Stray Kitty: Anibal Sanchez. With the bullpen giving the game away late and Octavio Dotel and Drew Smyly pitching terribly, there were plenty of choices. Sanchez started the run party early with his pathetic sixth inning, and had yet another rough outing after giving fans hope following a great start in Cleveland. All Sanchez had to do today was keep his team in the game with a solid, consistent effort. It didn't happen again. Days like today were supposedly why the Tigers made the move for Sanchez. With Infante throwing the ball around the infield and Sanchez giving up plenty of runs on the mound, it may be time to consider July's trade a complete bust.
Best Play Of The Game: Al Alburquerque's two solid innings of relief. Outside of one single, Alburquerque kept the Athletics off the scoreboard and looked fantastic in the process, racking up four strikeouts in two innings of work. That's the pitcher the Tigers missed most of 2012. Today, he showed flashes of his previous brilliance and allowed his team to hang around.
Worst Plays Of The Game: Anibal Sanchez's sixth inning and Omar Infante's error. Nothing went right for Sanchez in the sixth, as he was chased from the game after making some terrile pitches and failing to limit Oakland's damage. It seems every time Sanchez takes two steps forward this season, he takes two dramatic steps back. Infante, meanwhile, contributed yet another needless error to the cause today which allowed Oakland to score a free run.
Central Focus: The loss means Detroit must hope Kansas City can keep them close in the standings by beating the White Sox again. With a win, Chicago would pick up the game they lost last night, and pull back to three games ahead in the race for the Central Division.
On Deck: The Minnesota Twins come to town in another must win series. Rick Porcello faces off against Samuel Dedundo Friday night at 7:05 p.m.


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Call for your boating reservation at (408)355-2201.
Anderson Lake County Park is the site of Santa Clara County's largest reservoir. The 3,144-acre Anderson Park also features the Coyote Creek Parkway multiple use trails, the Jackson Ranch historic park site, the Moses L. Rosendin Park, and the Burnett Park area. This unique combination of recreational resources make Anderson Lake County Park a magnet for power boat enthusiasts, bicyclists, equestrians, picnickers, and nature lovers. Enjoy your visit today, and return often to experience the many recreational opportunities of Anderson Lake County Park.
In January 2009, the water district hired a consultant to evaluate the seismic stability of Anderson Dam. Preliminary findings of the study indicate that part of the dam would be seismically unstable during a very large, 7.25-magnitude earthquake occurring on the Calaveras Fault approximately two kilometers of the dam. Other large earthquakes occurring close to the dam could also cause considerable damage to it. View here for more information.
How to Get There
Anderson Lake and the picnic areas along the Coyote Creek are located on Cochrane Road in Morgan Hill, east of Highway 101. To reach the Woodchopper's picnic area or the Jackson Ranch, follow Dunne Avenue east from Highway 101. The Coyote Creek Parkway multiple use trails can be reached by following Cochrane Road.Anderson Lake Visitors Center access to Coyote Creek Parkway is at 19245 Malaguerra Ave. Access to the reservoir is 18295 Coyote Rd.
Anderson Reservoir, a seven-mile long, 1,250 surface acre lake, provides opportunities for power and non-power boating and fishing and float tube fishing. Personal watercraft (jet-skis) are allowed. Shoreline picnic and barbecue facilities are provided at the Woodchopper's picnic area, which can be accessed by boat or vehicle at the south end of the lake. First-come, first-served family picnic areas are available year round along Coyote Creek below Anderson Dam. Two group picnic areas are available by reservation. Fishing is permitted year-round in Anderson Lake. Please click here for more information about fishing at Anderson Lake. Fishing is also allowed in Coyote Creek during fishing season (April - November).
Hikers, runners, bicyclists, and skaters can enjoy the multiple use paved trail which follows Coyote Creek north for fifteen miles to Coyote Hellyer County Park. This asphalt path is relatively flat and meanders along the creek underneath Oak, Cottonwood and Sycamore trees. An equestrian staging area with trailer parking, rest areas are provided, but water is not available.
A one mile self-guided nature trail is also located along Coyote Creek and provides insight to the riparian habitat used by the abundant wildlife in the area. The trail runs along the creek between Malaguerra. Trail guides are located at both ends of the trail.
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The park is open year-round from 8 a.m. until sunset. The lake use hours are 8 a.m. until one half hour before sunset. Lake use fees are collected daily. Vehicle entry fees are collected at Anderson year-round. Fees are also required for group picnic reservations. Launch and entry fees are posted at the entrance.
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