text:
Hang tight!
Recipe by Life Tastes Good
"This cheese steak recipe is not only very tasty, but it is very easy to make using a slow cooker. Enjoy!"
Hmm. None of these ingredients are on sale today.
Show ingredients on sale
Sort stores by
Save money at local stores when ingredients are on sale!
Watch video tips and tricks
2 pounds
beef tri tip steak
1 cup
beef stock
1 tablespoon
red wine vinegar
1 tablespoon
Worcestershire sauce
2 teaspoons
olive oil
1 large
onion, sliced
1 large
green pepper, sliced
8 ounces
sliced fresh mushrooms
12 slices
white American cheese
French or Italian sandwich rolls, split
I used a Swiss-American cheese slices on top of these sandwiches as that's what my favorite cheese steak food stand guy tells me to use. I also spread some garlic-butter on the rolls and toasted them slightly before topping them with the cheese-steak mixture. Other than that, I pretty much kept to the recipe. This is good but it's missing something. I'm not sure what it is, I'm going to make this again and play with the recipe a little.
My husband and I found this dish rather bland. I was a bit concerned about this seeing that it called for no seasoning on the meat or the veggies, so I even added salt and pepper to the grilled veggies. We also used pepper jack cheese and used the leftover broth for dipping but overall the sandwiches just seemed lacking in flavor. If I were to make this again, I would brown the meat first with some garlic salt and pepper and maybe even some flour and then place in crock pot. I find from making roasts in the past with tri tip that this tends to seal in the juices. Definitely found 3.5 hours was plenty of time for the meat. It was still pretty tender (not chewy thankfully) but already dry and cooked through. I think the leftovers are going to make some awesome fajitas tomorrow, though!
52 Ratings
Very good! I definitely would read the first review from the owner of this recipe. I used a 2.6 lb trip tip steak and it was way overcooked after 4 hours. Next time I will do only 3 hours. I also made sure to add the 1 T of red wine vinegar that was suppose to be listed in the recipe. The white American cheese was so good on this! And definitely put two slices of cheese on each sandwich because once it melts you will want extra! Thanks for sharing a great and easy recipe!
My boyfriend loved this! Be sure to ask your butcher if tri tip steak is available - it wasn't at our store, and the butcher was able to suggest a different cut. We left out the mushrooms (he's not a fan of them), but I will definitely add them to mine next time!
This is my recipe and seasoning the meat kind of goes without saying for me - sorry I left it out of the recipe to salt and pepper it. I guess it is just something I do naturally. With all slow cooker recipes where you are using meat - to get the most flavor sear the meat first on the stove. I do this for this recipe when I have more time, but it still works and is flavorful without searing. Be careful with the salt as the stock will be salty too, but do season with salt for more depth of flavor.
Very Yummy! I used 3.5 pounds of tri tip steak to feed 8 & doubled the rest! It was loved by the adults as well as the kiddos! My husband asked this recipe to be a part of the monthly menu!
I read a few of the reviews before starting this recipe because I wanted to improve the taste and texture of the tri tip steak. Lightly sprinkle (no more than 2 tsp.) of Montreal Steak seasoning as a rub before searing the meat in a 2-3 qt. pot (or use 10-inch skillet with lid). I try not use more than 1-2 tbl. of olive oil when searing. After searing, transfer meat to slow cooker. Meanwhile turn off heat to searing pot and add beef stock to soften up all the leftover meat/seasoning pieces. Whisk in vinegar and worcester sauce then add stock mixture to slow cooker. I added raw, sliced onions mushrooms and peppers directly on top of meat before covering and slow cooking. After 2-3 hours I removed meat to let cool before slicing and returning to slow cooker. I grilled the sliced sandwich buns. With slotted spoon I transferred meat/veggie mixture to each open-faced bun then added the cheese (it melts on the heated meat mixture but you can also melt it in the broiler. I ladled out remaining juices (I didn't strain it) in dipping bowls to serve on the side.
This was freaking delicious! I cooked the meat exactly 3 hours and it was nice and juicy. Omitted the peppers since my husband doesn't like them and I added Worcester to the mushrooms and onions. It was also easy to make which is great for me since I usually can't cook.
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Slow Cooker Cheese Steaks
Serving Size: 1/6 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 6
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 652
Calories from Fat: 305
We have over 100 cucumber salads to help you keep your cool.
Meatloaf is the hearty, family-pleasing meal that makes the greatest leftovers ever.
Delicious recipes, party ideas, and cooking tips! Get a year of Allrecipes magazine for $7.99!
The slow cooker is the best way to make perfectly tender cheese steaks.
Great taste and classic goodness prepared in a slow cooker.
Just set it and forget it. Come home to cheesy comfort food in your crock pot.


text:
DURHAM, N.H. -- Have you ever thought about wearing your game day apparel to class or the office? Could you ever imagine your colleagues chanting your teams' fight song during work hours or classmates arriving to class covered in blue and white body paint? If you are looking for an excuse to support your team not only on game day, look no further than College Colors Day.
On Friday, August 30, look into your wardrobe, throw on your UNH gear and add some excitement to your day. Show your school spirit by wearing anything blue and white- and we mean anything: hats, earrings, T-shirts, ties, watches or something that shows support for your beloved Wildcats.
Nothing to wear? No problem! Make a stop by the UNH Bookstore, visit the Official Store of UNH Athletics at www.shop.unhwildcats.com or check your local retailer for all of your College Colors Day needs.
Think of College Colors Day as an excuse to throw a preseason tailgate party, have a friendly inter-office competition between rival schools for the upcoming season, or just a reason to support the team that has brought you excitement over the years. No matter what the reason, be sure to celebrate this national holiday with America's 190 million college football fans and, wear your Wildcat colors wherever you are, on Friday, August 30.
College Colors Day, which is
organized by the Collegiate Licensing Company, LLC (CLC), an
affiliate of IMG College, celebrates the kick-off of the college
football season and promotes higher education – celebrating
the achievements of colleges and universities by putting the spirit
and traditions of the college experience at the center of national
About The Collegiate Licensing Company
CLC is a division of global sports and entertainment company IMG. Founded in 1981, CLC is the oldest and largest collegiate trademark licensing agency in the U.S. and represents nearly 200 colleges, universities, bowl games, athletic conferences, the Heisman Trophy and the NCAA. Its mission is to be the guiding force in collegiate trademark licensing and one of the top sports licensing firms in the country. Headquartered in Atlanta, CLC provides full-service capabilities in brand protection, brand management and brand development. For more information, visit www.clc.com or www.imgworld.com.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
CBS really wants you to know that its latest cop drama Battle Creek came from the man who created Breaking Bad.Although
The stars of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.tend to be tight-lipped about upcoming...
Nick Gordon has gone on a Twitter rage as he remains banned from visiting
The beautiful pearl Calvin Klein dress worn by Lupita Nyong'o at the Oscars has been returned to...
Colorado Senator Larry Crowder presented Gov. John Hickenlooper with a Stetson recently.
The sharp fall in global commodity prices is starting to have an impact on North Korea, economists say, hurting a state that relies heavily on exports of minerals to keep its economy afloat — and its gargantuan military funded.
Students planning to attend Otero Junior College for the 2015-16 school year are encouraged to apply for special scholarship funding being made available through the Otero Junior College Foundation.
La Junta High School Theatre Department under the direction of Kelly Jo Smith, brings Shakespeare to the high school stage for the final performance of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Saturday at 7 p.m. in the high school auditorium, 1817...
- Events Calendar


text:
Our Staff
Email Sherry Coker
Sherry Coker
B.A. Communications, Drury University
Professional Profile
Office: CWD01 Phone: (417) 447-8884
Email Jim Abramovitz
Jim Abramovitz
Business Manager
B.S. Business Administation/Economics, Drury University
Phone: (417) 447-8907
Email Eric Lansdown
Eric Lansdown
Business Manager
OSHA General Industry Authorized Trainer
OSHA Construction Auhorized Trainer
Phone: (417) 447-8918
Email Veronica Lowe
Veronica Lowe
Business Manager
Phone: (417) 447-8897
Email Reggie Hoskins
Reggie Hoskins
Operations Manager
A.A., Hannibal LaGrange Jr. College
B.S. Agricultural Science, Western Illinois University
Phone: (417) 447-8882
Doug Akers
Transportation Training Institute Program Manager
Office: CWD Phone: (417) 447-6629
Lori Minor
Community Safety Specialist
Office: CEC Phone: (417) 447-8885
Randy Brock
Office: CEC Phone: (417) 447-8881
Email Meg McElhany


text:
Ever thought you could wave to your computer and it would flip photos? Or it would sense your gestures and motions like a loyal butler? Ofer Sadka has travelled all the way from Herzeliya, Israel, to ..More
A few days back, the robotics community at Silicon Valley got a glimpse of a pretty, and personal, robot called Luna. For those of us who have been dreaming of a robot that will relieve us of all kind..More
In his first interview to any media after announcing his resignation earlier this month,MindTree founder Ashok Sootaclarifies why he exited and whether he had any differences with other founders and t..More
Barack Obama talking about his take on having personal computer.More
Michael Dell in an exclusive chat with ET NOWMore
'India to emerge as the 3rd largest economy in the world by 2020' says Michael Dell in an exclusive interview with ET NOW More
Out of 221 respondent organisations surveyed by Gartner in April-May 2013, 43% have a comprehensive privacy management programme in place; while 7% admitted to "doing the bare minimum" regarding p..More
Based on an individual's data gathered, smartphones will soon be able to predict a consumer's next move. It will be able to gauge a consumer's next purchase or even interpret actions. This data ..More
A reader asks why in discourses of spirituality with things like tat twam asi, being one with the One transcending duality, etc, the name of Martin Buber, the Jewish philosopher and theologian, so rar..More
What determines whether decisions happen on the bottom, middle, or top rung of the corporate ladder? New research offers a surprising conclusion: The answer often lies in the technology that a co..More


text:
The present invention is a spray cooling thermal management device that cools an electronic component. Liquid coolant is dispensed upon a heated surface containing etched open microchannels.
1. A thermal management system for an electronic device being cooled, said thermal management system comprising:
a top surface of said electronic device orientated to receive a dispensed fluid from an at least one sprayer;
a plurality of etched microchannels within said top surface and open to said sprayer; and
wherein said dispensed fluid creates a thin evaporative cooling film on said top surface including said plurality of etched microchannels.
2. The thermal management system of
3. The thermal management system of
4. The thermal management system of
5. The thermal management system of
6. A thermal management system for an electronic device being liquid spray cooled, said thermal management system comprising:
a plate having a top surface and a bottom surface, said bottom surface bonded to said electronic device, said top surface orientated to receive a dispensed fluid from an at least one sprayer;
a plurality of etched microchannels within said top surface and open to said sprayer; and
wherein said dispensed fluid creates a thin evaporative cooling film on said top surface including said plurality of etched microchannels.
7. The thermal management system of
8. The thermal management system of
9. The thermal management system of
10. The thermal management system of
Not applicable.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to spray cooling thermal management systems and more specifically it relates to a spray cooling system that has improved thermal performance through the use of etched open mircochannels.
2. Description of the Related Art
Liquid cooling is well known in the art of cooling electronics. As air cooling heat sinks continue to be pushed to new performance levels, so has their cost, complexity, and weight. For some time, liquid cooling solutions have been developed and tested, but other than specialty applications they have yet to gain widespread commercial adoption. As computer power consumptions continue to increase, liquid cooling will provide significant advantages to computer manufacturers which will force its use. The present invention provides significant advantages over both air cooling and prior art liquid cooling solutions.
Liquid cooling technologies use a cooling fluid for removing heat from an electronic component. Liquids can hold and transfer heat at a rate many times that of air. Single-phase liquid cooling systems place a pure liquid in thermal contact with the component to be cooled. With these systems, the cooling fluid absorbs heat as sensible energy. Other liquid cooling systems, such as spray cooling, are two-phase processes. In these systems, heat is absorbed by the cooling fluid as latent energy gains. Two-phase cooling, or commonly referred to as evaporative cooling, provides the ability to deliver more efficient, more compact and higher performing liquid cooling systems than single-phase systems.
An exemplary two-phase cooling method is spray cooling. Spray cooling uses a pump for supplying fluid to one or more nozzles that transform the coolant supply into droplets. These droplets impinge the surface of the component to be cooled and can create a thin coolant film. Energy is transferred from the surface of the component to the thin-film. Because the fluid is dispensed at or near its saturation point, the absorbed heat causes the thin-film to turn to vapor. This vapor is then condensed, often by means of a heat exchanger, or condenser, and returned to the pump.
Significant efforts have been expended in the development and optimization of spray cooling. A doctorial dissertation to Tilton entitled "Spray Cooling" (1989), available through the University of Kentucky library system, describes how optimization of spray cooling system parameters, such as droplet size, distribution, and momentum can create a thin coolant film capable of absorbing high heat fluxes. As described by the Tilton dissertation, atomization plays a key role in the development of a thin coolant film capable of absorbing very high heat fluxes, such as a coolant film capable of absorbing a heat flux over 800 watts per square centimeter. Research and development by Isothermal Systems Research (ISR) has shown spray cooling to be capable of absorbing heat fluxes in the range of several thousands watts per square centimeter.
In addition to the system parameters described by the Tilton dissertation, U.S. Pat. No. 5,220,804 provides a method of increasing a spray cooling system's ability to remove heat. The '804 patent describes a method of managing system vapor that further thins the coolant film which increases evaporation, improves convective heat transfer, and liquid and vapor reclaim.
Historically, most electronic cooling solutions have provided wide area treatment of the cooling surface. Electronic components are rated to a total wattage that is spread by an aluminum, copper, or diamond heat spreader to the cooling fluid (may be air or liquid). In some applications, this wide-area average heat flux treatment of the cooling surface only marginally takes advantage of the benefits of liquid cooling over air cooling.
Electronic components create varying amounts of heat across their surfaces and a varying amount of heat as a function of time. Today's microprocessors, for example, may be constructed on a silicon die roughly 1 cm by 1 cm. The die may have multiple zones for different functions. Such zones may be for inputs and outputs (I/Os), level 1 cache, level 2 cache, and the core. The core may be roughly 0.5 cm by 0.5 cm and is where the main computer processing takes place. Although the core may only be 25% of the total area of the die, it creates almost the entire heat generation by the chip and may be considered a chip "hotspot". Wherein a chip might be rated for an average heat load of 110 watts, with an average heat flux of 110 wafts per centimeter squared, the core may generate 100 watts of that heat and have a heat flux of 400 watts per centimeter squared. This non-uniform heat flux distribution poses a significant challenge to the cooling system as it is desirable to keep the entire chip at nearly the same operating temperature. Cooling systems that rely on heat spreading may not provide this ability as they rely on conduction spreading, resulting in significant temperature gradients across the chip.
One method of cooling the core of a computer chip is to divide the chip into thermal zones and to cool each of the chip's zones at a different rate. U.S. Pat. No. 6,443,323, describes a method of variably cooling a computer component through the use of incremental sprayers. The incremental sprayers deposit fluid onto each zone at a mass flow rate necessary for complete phase change. Drops are ejected from an orifice in serial. Although this method improves the efficiency of the system, that is in attaining complete phase change of all dispensed fluid, the incremental dispensing method does not provide dispensing characteristics necessary to create high heat flux thin-film evaporative cooling and high performance cooling of hotspots. A paper by Don Tilton and Jay Ambrose (1989), entitled "Closed-System, High-Flux Evaporative Spray Cooling", describes the early development and analysis of incremental sprayers and predicts a maximum heat flux capability of around 300 watts per centimeter squared using water. An ASME paper published by Bash, Patel, and Sharma entitled "Inkjet Assisted Spray Cooling of Electronics" (2003), describes an inkjet dispensing system with a critical heat flux of around 270 wafts per centimeter squared using water.
Another method of cooling the core is described by U.S. Pat. No. 6,650,542. Although this method directs and controls the single phase fluid over a chip hotspot, the disclosed method is not a phase change process and thus not capable of high heat flux thin-film evaporative cooling.
Yet another method of cooling the core is two-phase microchannels, such as described by U.S. Pat. No. 4,450,472. Although this method does not use spray cooling, the design does provide the ability to remove heat in the range of 400–1000 watts per square centimeter using water. The system discloses a method of placing a very small microchannel array on an electronic component. Although microchannel cooling methods may effectively lower the temperature of the core, due to large pressure drops and resulting size limitations they do not efficiently address the needs of the non-hotspot areas of the die.
For the foregoing reasons, there is a need for a liquid cooling solution that effectively cools the one or more hotspots of a computing component. Thus, there is a need for a localized cooling solution capable of absorbing large heat fluxes. Also, the high heat flux cooling system must efficiently and reliably cool the other non-high heat flux areas of the chip. The resulting cooling solution would allow significant improvements in processor performance.
In order to solve the problems of the prior art, and to provide a spray cooling solution that significantly changes the thermal constraints of the core, a hotspot spray cooling solution has been developed.
The present invention is a spray cooling thermal management device that cools an electronic component creating a varying amount of heat across its surfaces. Liquid coolant is dispensed upon the surface of the component. In areas of the chip that generate large heat fluxes, typically referred to as the core, the liquid coolant is dispensed as a continuous atomized droplet pattern. The atomized pattern creates a high heat flux evaporative cooling thin-film over the one or more core areas. Rather than optimize the atomized pattern and flow based upon complete thin-film vaporization, the present invention optimizes the atomized pattern for maximum heat removal rates. Any excess, non-vaporized, fluid flowing outward from the hotspot is used to cool the lower heat flux (non-core)-areas of the component through the creation of a thick coolant film thereon.
Other embodiments of the invention include supplemental nozzles that deposit cooling fluid into the thick-film. This embodiment provides an efficient and simple method of controlling the cooling rates over the less critical system zones and provides further flexibility in optimizing the atomization for the high heat flux areas.
Another embodiment of the present invention utilizes an atomizer that dispenses the coolant at a non-perpendicular angle to one or more component hotspots. This embodiment provides directional control of the excess fluid of the hot spot. The thick-film is encouraged to flow in a predetermined direction.
Another embodiment of the present invention uses a liquid-vapor separator for separating liquid and vapor from the exit stream of a spray module prior to condensing the vapor. The result is a near pure vapor at the inlet of the condenser which is potentially more efficient and has a more repeatable performance than a condenser with substantial two-phase flow at its inlet.
Yet another embodiment of the present invention enhances the surface of the chip to be spray cooled through the use of etched open microchannels. These microchannels are formed either directly into the top surface of the chip or through the use of a secondary etched microchannel plate bonded to the top surface of the chip.
These and other features, aspects, and advantages of the present invention will become better understood with regard to the following description, and accompanying drawings.
In the course of the detailed description to follow, reference will be made to the attached drawings. These drawings show different aspects of the present invention and, where appropriate, reference numerals illustrating like structures, components, and/or elements in different figures are labeled similarly. It is understood that various combinations of the structures, components, and/or elements other than those specifically shown are contemplated and within the scope of the present invention:
Many of the fastening, connection, manufacturing and other means and components utilized in this invention are widely known and used in the field of the invention are described, and their exact nature or type is not necessary for a person of ordinary skill in the art or science to understand the invention; therefore they will not be discussed in detail.
Applicant hereby incorporates by reference the following U.S. patents: U.S. Pat. No. 5,220,804 for a high heat flux evaporative cooling system; and U.S. Pat. No. 5,860,602 and U.S. Pat. No. 6,016,969, each for a laminated array of pressure swirl atomizers, and U.S. Pat. No. 6,108,201 for a fluid control apparatus and method for spray cooling and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/281,391 for an actuated atomizer. Although a laminated pressure swirl atomizer array is hereby incorporated by reference and shown in the accompanying drawings, the present invention is not limited to such an apparatus, in fact, many dispensing means are applicable to the present invention, including but not limited to, inserted atomizers, jet orifices, and actuated atomizers. Applicant herein incorporates by reference co-pending U.S. patent application entitled "Hotspot Coldplate Spray Cooling System", also filed on Feb. 24, 2004. This application is related to co-pending U.S. patent application entitled "Hotspot Spray Cooling", also filed on Feb. 24, 2004.
Now referring to
Spray module 10 is part of a well known and understood two-phase cooling cycle (shown in
Spray module 10, according to the present invention, has an outer housing 12 that provides the structural rigidity to the overall module. Housing 12 can be constructed from many materials, including aluminum and plastic. Ideally, housing 12 is designed to provide the ability to be molded or die-casted (as shown in
Also shown in
Spray plate 30 provides the means for dispensing the cooling fluid onto chip 2. Plate 30 is shown inserted into a pocket within housing 12, where it can be glued, fastened or swaged into place. Due to the one piece design of housing 12, it is not necessary to provide a fluid tight seal between spray plate 30 and housing 12, but it is desirable to provide a tight fit and thus minimize pressure losses. Spray plate 30 contains one or more nozzles that provide the means of transforming the supply of coolant into one or more continuous droplet streams. In
As previously mentioned, it is highly desirable to remove heat directly from core 3 prior to it spreading to the rest of chip 2. Atomizer 32 provides the means for removing significant amounts of heat directly from core 3. Through the use of atomizer 32, droplet size, distribution and momentum can all be controlled and optimized in a fashion that provides a thin-film 40 over core 3, as shown in
Creation and optimization of thin-film 40 is application specific. If impinging droplets impact film 40 with too little momentum, the droplets will be entrained into the escaping vapor and they will not reach the cooling surface. If the impinging droplets have too much momentum, the droplets will splash from the surface and not contribute to cooling. Both conditions can not be completely avoided but should be minimized. In addition to the above optimization, ideally, impinging droplets will collide with thin-film 40 in a fashion that destroys nucleating bubbles. Nucleating bubbles aid in the desired vaporization of liquid coolant, but reduce the contact area between the higher conductive liquid and the lower conductive vapor. Ideally, nucleating bubbles are destroyed before they can achieve significant size.
Optimization of coolant dispensing characteristics may also yield a unique event that occurs when droplets impinge a flat surface, called hydraulic jump. This jump process occurs when a thin-film fluid flows radially and then jumps in height based upon its Froude number going from supercritical (thin-film) to subcritical (thick-film). As documented by the Tilton dissertation, a supercritical thin-film may be, but is not limited to, the range of 100 micrometer to 400 micrometers thick, and the jumped thick-film may be in the range, but is not limited to, 3000 micrometers to 4000 micrometers using water. A hydraulic jump provides the means of creating thin-film 40 and thick-film 42 and the ability to cool core 3 of chip 2 at a rate greater than the non-core areas of chip 2. A hydraulic jump may also provide a thermal buffer in the event that spray becomes momentarily interrupted.
As shown in
Heat removal rates of both zones, 40 and 42, may be improved the use of surface enhancements. One such enhancement is etched microchannels on the top surface of chip 2. The process of etching microchannels is described by U.S. Pat. No. 4,450,472 and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/052,859, both are herein incorporated by reference. Although these methods are disclosed as part of closed channel microchannel cooling systems, open etched microchannels may significantly increase the effectiveness of the present spray cooling invention. Open channel spray cooled microchannels are not limited by pressure drops created by the need for small hydraulic diameters, as is the case with closed microchannel systems. Open microchannel spray cooling is also limited by the need to use fluid manifolding. Therefore, open microchannel spray cooling may provide the ability to have smaller hydraulic diameters, and higher resulting heat transfer coefficients, than closed microchannel cooling systems. As an alternative surface enhancement embodiment and as shown in
As an alternative embodiment of the present invention and shown in
In addition to cooling chip 2 by the above described fluid dispensing process,
Cooling fluid that exits spray module 10 is not likely to be a pure vapor, as ideal in terms of cycle efficiency. Although prior art systems try to optimize the spray system for complete fluid vaporization within module 10, the present invention is optimized for cooling the performance enhancing core of a chip. Although the higher performance of the present invention is at the cost of complicated two phase flow within condenser 8,
While the hot spot cooling system herein described constitute preferred embodiments of the invention, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to these precise form of assemblies, and that changes may be made therein with out departing from the scope and spirit of the invention.
Patent Citations
Non-Patent Citations
Referenced by
Legal Events
Original Image


text:
Latest from the Case Studies category
PR Case Study: How this company gained over 500,000 downloads in 19 months and was bought by Yahoo! for £18 million
Behind the scenes of the fight against online piracy
Side income case study: Party money
Side Income Case Study: Consulting on Gumtree
Social Media Marketing: Lessons From The Vagabundos
Using Gumtree and a white van to earn an extra £1K+ every month
Celebrating a technological revolution; a PR case study by Hugo Deacon
Coffee cart to coffee shop. A true story.
Sublet Your Home: A Passive Income Case Study


text:
As the addon community settles in to patch 4.0.1, and all of Azeroth and beyond settles into getting rolled over by elementals, we still must press on here at Addon Spotlight. Many people email me each week and post in the comments about upgrading their user interfaces in one fell swoop, opposed to configuring addon by addon. UI packs are great for people who want the defined appearance of a unified user interface, but don't necessarily have the time or patience to achieve that result.
After 4.0.1, a lot of UI packs fell apart, mostly because some pieces of the included user interface fell apart. This week, Addon Spotlight picks a few of the complete UI overhauls that favor minimalism in their design. UI compilations are a good way to get your feet wet with ideas or concepts of UI design that might have not occurred to you otherwise. If a complete overhaul is what you're looking for, look no further. Well, look after the jump.
Now updated for 4.0.1, LUI is a custom, full interface replacement from WoWInterface user loui that has a clean setup with a futuristic tinge. Solid colors and sharp fonts are LUI staples, with defined borders and a familiar setup.
Player and unit frames are centered, allowing buffs and cooldowns to be readily available to the player. The Grid layout to the right seems optimal for tanks and DPS, but still useful for healers who do not depend on a centered healing interface.
LUI's installation process is also very easy, and the number of addons actually installed and configured is on the lower side. The whole package is CPU- and memory-light. Plus, it looks great on widescreen monitors and contains its own options panel for tons of extra customizable tweaks.
LUI is a great user interface replacement if it is specifically what you are looking for -- DPS-centric, light on the action bars, with solid, crisp and clear linear delineation.
Download LUIv3 at [WoWInterface].
Bati's UI is recommended to me every couple of weeks, and after taking a look, there are some excellent pieces of the UI that I truly like. I've already taken at look at Bati's Grid layouts, which are phenomenally done and based on class needs as well as simplicity. Bati's UI is similar -- slim and pretty, with enough information for any player.
Pros of Bati's UI Bati's UI is sleek and slick, with backdrops eschewed for gradients that, surprisingly, work very well. If you're a fan of single long action bars, Bati is your friend. This packaged UI keeps the center of the screen free from clutter and only displays some debuffs right on top of the character.
The included LDB bar at the bottom of the UI, as well as its lightly opaque nature, give the user interface its design focus -- light on graphics, heavy on definition. I like the UI tower on at the bottom of the screen, and the portraits are not large enough to be a nuisance.
Combined with Bati's Grid layouts, Bati's UI can be an excellent healer user interface for any class.
Cons of Bati's UI My biggest issue with Bati's is the difficult nature of adding action bars. I am the kind of person who likes two sets of action bars, one on top of the other, and heavily uses the number keys combined with the alt key. Bati's UI, like most prepackaged user interfaces, keep the action bars fairly limited. You could, of course, add your own sets of action bars around the screen and perhaps make them mouseover-activated, which would be my suggestion. Also, Bati's focus frame is sort of off doing its own thing, which could easily be repositioned by the user.
Installing Bati's UI takes a little bit more than LUI, so read the instructions carefully. Also, Bati's UI is made for one resolution, 1680x1050, so if you want to use this UI with anything else, you will be doing some configuring. Fair warning.
All in all, I like Bati's UI and the Grid layouts that come separately. Definitely working the right angles in my book, especially for someone who wants to try out a first minimalist compilation.
Download Bati's UI at [WoWInterface].
Check out Bati's Grid layouts on Addon Spotlight.
RealUI is something very ... different. DPS-focused, RealUI is a true heads-up display, almost looking like the inside of a fighter jet than anything from the World of Warcraft. It's super-simple and sexy but definitely takes some getting used to. Just check out the website and the screen shots.
Pros of RealUI RealUI is an information minimalist's dream. DPS cooldowns, timers, health bars, targeting mechanics and information are all center screen, right in view of the player. Most of the user interface is also hidden when out of combat, with action bars, timers and a whole host of UI elements popping up when needed.
Everything is skinned to match the RealUI scheme, including bags, player frame, professions and more. The package itself is easy to configure, with all of the UI's options living inside the game itself. All classes are featured, most resolutions are supported (since everything is center-focused) and it just looks pretty damn cool.
RealUI is a step in a great minimalist direction if that's what you're looking for. I wouldn't make it your first shot at a new UI modification, but it is definitely something new to try.
Download RealUI at [WoWInterface].
Hopefully, some of these premade user interfaces can help you get on track for Cataclysm and maybe help clean up your UI before Deathwing does it for you.
Addons are what we do on Addon Spotlight. If you're new to mods, Addons 101 will walk you through the basics; see what other players are doing at Reader UI of the Week. If there's a mod you think Addon Spotlight should take a look at, email firstname.lastname@example.com.


text:
In the agreement between the two Toronto-area companies, Microbix will maintain sales and marketing functions while Therapure will manage manufacturing, distribution and product development
Toronto, Ontario (PRWEB) January 13, 2010 -- Microbix Biosystems Inc. (MBX:TSX) a biotechnology company focused on virology and biological technologies, and Therapure Biopharma Inc., an integrated biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures, purifies and packages therapeutic proteins, announced today the signing of a partnership agreement to manufacture and market water-based products to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and other industries.
The partnership will significantly expand the portfolio of products Microbix will offer its customers and increase capacity by leveraging Therapure's state-of-the-art, commercial scale manufacturing facility. Under terms of the agreement, Microbix will maintain the sales and marketing functions for the water-based program, while Therapure will manage manufacturing and product development operations. The products will remain under the Microbix brand. Further financial details of the transaction were not made public.
Microbix, whose water-based product sales have nearly doubled each year since 2006, will benefit from the agreement due to Therapure's large manufacturing capacity, its R&D expertise as well as its testing, filling, packaging and shipping services. Therapure will gain by tapping into Microbix' established market position as a leading water-based products supplier to the North American pharmaceutical industry.
Microbix CEO William J. Gastle said, "Therapure's capabilities will enable Microbix to expand our product line and market share of the growing water-based business in North America. Our partnership will enable us to provide a complete portfolio of water-based products which will driv
|Source: PRWeb
Copyright©2010 Vocus, Inc.
All rights reserved


text:
Drew and Vinny really nailed this video. Well done.
Drew and Vinny really nailed this video. Well done.
This is the first time I've seen the long bumper. Wow, well done guys. I watched it three times before even getting to the actual content.
@Mdk5631 said:
Anyone who thinks Giantbomb hasn't changed for the worse since the CBS move needs to only watch this video.
The dubstep intro video and the flying camera in the first 5 mins were all it took for me to lose interest
If I wanted a wildly swinging camera and soundbited opinions I would watch MTV or ESPN.
Giant Bomb was where u went if u wanted to hear regular guys who are highly knowledge about videogames talk about videogames
PS anyone lucky enough to have caught a random PC live with chart room feel like Giant bomb had created a actual online community that is sliding away? :(
the video is as stupid as ever. how some can even make the connection from using dubstep for making fun of the press conferences and their presentations with the move to CBS is FUCKING INSANE. if you, by chance, don't like the site like you used to, don't just throw assumptions in the room. nothing has changed, at all.
@Scrawnto said:
Alright, everyone who complained about the lack of original video content yesterday can shove it. This totally makes up for it, if you ask me.
Games, games and more games. E3 is awesome.
Vinny & Drew and their video editing skills are truly the heart of Giant Bomb.
Fuck baird? Baird is the best Gear.
@sempiternal said:
Fuck Baird? Fuck you.
I mean that in a nice, "oh, you guys" kind of way.
Eh, kinda.
I think you may be the only person in the world who likes that character.
Ryan, you´re gianormous, dude. Watch out your health.
Vinny and Drew KILLING it this year!
New cameras look real sharp!
It's real cool to see how cool the bumper turned out after watching the process of you guys making it. Nice Job Vinny!
Vinny? Dave? You guys have raised the bar
Pimpin' Brad is Pimp.
Nice summary, really don't have time to watch the whole conferences myself.
@Mdk5631 said:
Anyone who thinks Giantbomb hasn't changed for the worse since the CBS move needs to only watch this video.
The dubstep intro video and the flying camera in the first 5 mins were all it took for me to lose interest
If I wanted a wildly swinging camera and soundbited opinions I would watch MTV or ESPN.
Giant Bomb was where u went if u wanted to hear regular guys who are highly knowledge about videogames talk about videogames
PS anyone lucky enough to have caught a random PC live with chart room feel like Giant bomb had created a actual online community that is sliding away? :(
hahaha you're new to giantbomb aren't you
I think for that Watch Dogs game, that's the campaign. You switch between the characters like how Call of Duty does, but in a more interesting way. There's a lot of stories out there that kind of talk about how we're becoming more connected in society through technology, and I think this is kind of just going with that, but I'm not saying that the campaign isn't co-op or multiplayer, I just think people saw it and saw it on a much larger scale in a more unique way in some ways than it actually is.
After looking at the Splinter Cell footage.. I am excited for that game. I just hope you can mark & kill in the air.
@Bane122 said:
This is the first time I've seen the long bumper. Wow, well done guys. I watched it three times before even getting to the actual content.
I totally did that too!
Excellent video guys!
OMG VINNY! That intro is AMAZING!
Amazing work on this video.
Was that a Freebirds behind them when talking about Microsoft? Man that sounds really good right about now.
Oh man that intro was everything I wanted. If only it was a little longer.
I love these videos so much. Probably my favorite time of the year on giant bomb. Just great editing, so funny, \just fucking amazing. I need to go find the last few years videos. Man, i hope i can find em.
This video is glorious. I love me some E3 for these videos alone.
Love the intro video guys. Nice
Oh man I know that area, they are in the ghetto!
Ellen Page talk was damn funny.
Oh and Vinny, never change, please.
I don't know if video games are art, but this video certainly is.
@i8246i said:
@reelife said:
"Halo 4 looks amazing, omg new enemies new weapons it looks great"
"God of war 4 looks like god of war, sure new enemies new weapons sure, but it's god of war"
Something is wrong here...
The thing being wrong is that you're not paying attention to what was being shown at E3 (trailers and gameplay demos), and the way the two series' has dealt with their universe and the ongoing storyline/canon.
God of War really has no where left to go from the way things ended in 3. Everything and everyone that has opposed Kratos has been killed...to death...with fire...and pointy things. And for one reason or another, Kratos is denied any sort of rest/afterlife/punishment...and unless something was revealed post-credits of GoW3, I'm pretty certain that the guy doesn't care about becoming a king of any land.
Unless there's some god or goddess that Kratos hasn't murdered, or some part of his soul he hasn't taken a crap on...or some alien life form coming from some distant planet to attack this world...why make another God of War? Even from a purely financial standpoint, the GB crew, and I believe the fanbase has had enough.
The demo shows nothing new to the combat, nothing really new for powers. He has the same grunt enemies, the same cinematic powerups...and the guy playing him in the demo kinda sucked at playing the game, so combat looked more clunky and repetitive than it probably should.
Meanwhile, Halo's universe *has the potential* to keep going...its not like you completely have stopped the Covenant from being a threat to the universe, and now that their unifying religion has been proven an outright lie, who knows if they will stay unified? Earth and its colonies were only briefly united in the fight against an alien foe...if you had read some of the backstory you'd have known that not every human wanted to be part of the united colonies, and not everyone who broke away from the federation were "quiet" in their "differences".
Then you have the problem of some of the Halos not being completely destroyed, and their monitors...had you played or watched some of the crazy extra videos in the Halo 1 remake, you'd know that Guilty Spark was one of several AIs that may or may not have gone insane and perhaps have developed a god complex as well...
And who knows if there's some long-lost, frozen-in-faux-carbonite Forerunner out there? It would seem a little hokey, especially considering Mass Effect 3 did the same thing not even a year ago...but Halo's story has never been above cliches and hokey....ness.
(And if you took the 5 minutes to watch the Halo 4 teaser trailer, you do see and hear one of the other Halo monitors at the very end, and Cortana even says "This technology...looks Forerunner!" [sic])
I really could go on...for someone who doesn't currently have a working 360, and who only briefly played Halo 3, I've read *far too much* into the mythos and watched *far too many* gameplay/cutscene videos on YouTube....
But I think I've said enough.
You nailed it, man. I was fearful going in to Halo 4 because of how often games just lather, rinse, repeat their content.
Really happy to see the new content. Too bad I canceled my xbox live a while ago, and have no reason to actually own the next halo, I had been making an effort to own all of them (except wars, no offense to rts fans) until Reach sorta let me down.
Amazing job Vinny and DREW (never forget about Drew, shame on you if you do)!
While the GB guys are always good for a laugh, I find that I'm becoming less interested in their opinions as I get older. I don't know if it's their cynicism or our viewpoints simply diverging, but it seems that they think it's uncool to get excited about games. I kind of want to see them geek out; I think that's why Vinny is the most entertaining. He give every game a chance and isn't afraid to show how happy games make him.
finally, the brain!
Fantastic video. Vinny and Drew are pure magic.
I agree with Brad's point about the violence on the Elephant man, I felt bad for that thing.
I think it is HBO developing that content on the Smartglass, because they're currently developing all of that for HBO GO interactive.
That intro is glorious. I want more!
I understand all the hate for that Far Cry 3 thing, but I think it's at least cool to see a game that has some balls and just shows boobs. If more games start just having nudity in context then it'll stop being this crazy stigma that for some reason you can't do.
Man Jeff was getting a bit heated over that Rowling quote. Good stuff.
@Humanity said:
Oh Patrick, you and your darling over analyzing.. I don't think anything about Halo is a puzzle.
"Patrick, restating what the people before him just said, yet in a much more complex manner, since 2012"
Green screen intro FTW!!
Wow, that intro was hilarious. So much going on with all the Giant Bomb guys in each scene.
I loved the Microsoft recap at the beginning. The over excited sports fans instant replays were too much hilarity. Whassup guy comes in, the extreme closeup, the Asian and White guy hi-5ing over and over, pretty good. Closeup of suit guy clapping for Usher, with a forced smile was a nice touch, lol.
I personally don't have Battlefield 3 for my PC yet, due to having had XP a little under forever. I have now had Windows 7 since earlier this year. I could see myself picking it up, since I loved Bad Company 2's multiplayer quite a bit. Although I heard the universal spot function isn't there anymore, and only the recon guy can spot enemies now, which would be lame if true.
As far as Dead Space 3 goes, I REALLY hope it's not just a bunch of action, and less horror-like. But with the co-op being added, it really sounds like it. There has to be a way to make co-op still a scary experience, but I don't think Dead Space is the series to do it. Lone man in space is the scary scenario. Person speaking to you over and intercom overlay is also scary, if you're concerned about hearing enemies in the ventilation, and elsewhere, but throw in another actual person to back you up, and a lot of that fear is lost. I liked having to choose my targets in the heat of action. I liked knowing that I have to choose when to run, what weapons are best, and doing all this in an instant. With someone else, I can say over my headset, I'll kill the guys one way, you kill the guys behind me, or whatever. Yeah, nice co-op bonding there, but not scary.
That Shootmania scene looked so lame, but in a hilarious, I almost can't look, way. 3 girls at their laptops looking kinda disinterested, 3 dorky guys walk up laughing thinking they're cool, and then that blank faced Tobuscus guy shot, that was pretty good.
I think I shared Jeff, Brad, and Patrick's feeling of not wanting Watch Dogs to be a shooter, when I was also seeing it right then. Looked so cool, until the shooting, but here's hoping it turns out to be something really awesome.
Far cry 3 could be really lame if it moves away from what made the other games cool. Of course with Far cry 2 I was disappointed, as it felt too much like a port while I was playing it on the PC. I'm getting really tired of PC games feeling like too much of a port, because the developer is too lazy to give it the PC feel. Shoot, just add in a few options and you already differentiate it from it's console brethren, like a Field Of View option, enhanced graphics options, more control schemes. I mean how in the world did Dead Island screw up the Analog combat so much when porting to PC? And with that I mean the fact that there IS NO ANALOG COMBAT --WITH A MOUSE--. Could there be a more analog form of controlling when we're talking a mouse, versus a thumb stick? Did they never play Daggerfall, Morrowind, Die by the Sword, any of these games that would have you hold down a button, and sweep the mouse across in the form of the attack you wanted to do? And what happened to that form of attack anyway? I haven't seen that in a long time, and I miss it.
Finally Last of Us looks good, with great looking animations, but could get stale if they don't do something a little more original than that. We'll see, and I hope it's not PS3 only. The middle-aged woman playing that book game looked painful to watch. :) And if you read all this, thanks for bearing with my overly long opinion post.
The real reason I go to GiantBomb for E3 coverage is because of these recap videos. Great job Vinny.
@Vinny Excellent.
Just one thing though... Wtf happened to Xbox 720 and PS4 announcements? Wasn't the prediction for announcements this year and ship next holiday season?
hey... are you guys talking about SPORTS?!
I'm glad you guys made up for the lack of dubstep in trailers with this video. I was having wobble bass withdrawls
"Hey are you guys talking about sports?!" - brilliant entrance by Vinnie there, and loving the intro and the dubstep madness at the start :P


text:
www.rayallen.com
Join Ray Allen Professional K-9 Working Dog Blog
Welcome toRay Allen Professional K-9 Working Dog Blog
Sign Upor Sign In
Created by Lee Aug 11, 2008 at 2:35pm. Last updated by Lee Jun 26, 2009.
Get Badge
© 2015 Created by Lee.
Badges |
Report an Issue |
Terms of Service
Please check your browser settings or contact your system administrator.


text:
i scavenged in my library for a proper book. one that was just asking to go on a trip. to nnnnnnnnorway!
this is a spanish speaking book. but very amenable to learning new languages. an older gentlemen...much older. with a poetic sparkle.
he was just the right one. and well...i'm a book whisperer. i should know!
i can hear the secret longings hidden deep inside of every book.
so even though this fellow was very old, and water-damaged, and falling apart. i knew he'd be the right one to make the journey from book of poems to book of traveler tales. from a dusty bookshelf in los angeles all the way to the fjords of norway.
flip-top love. i'm feeling it! if you like "i like to cut & paste stuff" i posted HERE, you can have it. just drag onto your desktop, upload into PS, adjust the size and the color, print, cut, and paste!
goodbye long weekend. it was nice knowing you. let's be dignified and not cry. okay?


text:
Year of publication
- 2012 (2) (remove)
- Predictors of dropout in the German disease management program for type 2 diabetes (2012)
- Background: To improve and assess the effectiveness of disease management programs (DMPs), it is critical to understand how many people drop out of disease management programs and why. Methods: We used routine data provided by a statutory health insurance fund from the regions North Rhine, North Wurttemberg and Hesse. As part of the German DMP for type 2 diabetes, the insurance fund received regular documentation of all members participating in the program. We followed 10,989 patients who enrolled in the DMP between July 2004 and December 2005 until the end of 2007 to study how many patients dropped out of the program. Dropout was defined based on the discontinuation of program documentation on a particular patient, excluding situations in which the patient died or left the insurance fund. Predictors of dropout, assessed at the time of program enrolment, were explored using logistic regression analysis. Results: 5.5% of the patients dropped out of the disease management program within the observation period. Predictors of dropout at the time of enrolment were: region; retirement status; the number of secondary diseases; presence of a disabling secondary disease; doctors recommendations to stop smoking or to seek nutritional counselling; and the completion and outcome of the routine foot and eye exams. Different trends of dropout were observed among retired and employed patients: retired patients of old age, who possibly drop out of the program due to other health care priorities and employed people of younger age who have not yet developed many secondary diseases, but were recommended to change their lifestyle. Conclusions: Overall, dropout rates for the German disease management programs for type 2 diabetes were low compared to other studies. Factors assessed at the time of program enrolment were predictive of later dropout and should be further studied to provide information for future program improvements.
- How to improve drug dosing for patients with renal impairment in primary care - a cluster-randomized controlled trial (2012)
- Background: Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are at increased risk for inappropriate or potentially harmful prescribing. The aim of this study was to examine whether a multifaceted intervention including the use of a software programme for the estimation of creatinine clearance and recommendation of individual dosage requirements may improve correct dosage adjustment of relevant medications for patients with CKD in primary care. Methods: A cluster-randomized controlled trial was conducted between January and December 2007 in small primary care practices in Germany. Practices were randomly allocated to intervention or control groups. In each practice, we included patients with known CKD and elderly patients (>=70 years) suffering from hypertension. The practices in the intervention group received interactive training and were provided a software programme to assist with individual dose adjustment. The control group performed usual care. Data were collected at baseline and at 6 months. The outcome measures, analyzed across individual patients, included prescriptions exceeding recommended maximum daily doses, with the primary outcome being prescriptions exceeding recommended standard daily doses by 30% or more. Results: Data from 44 general practitioners and 404 patients are included. The intervention was effective in reducing prescriptions exceeding the maximum daily dose per patients, with a trend in reducing prescriptions exceeding the standard daily dose by more than 30%. Conclusions: A multifaceted intervention including the use of a software program effectively reduced inappropriately high doses of renally excreted medications in patients with CKD in the setting of small primary care practices.


text:
Recent Comments
- dickdastardly on Did Vermont violate an NCAA rule?
- UVM Student Section on Did Vermont violate an NCAA rule?
- UVM Student Section on McCarthy, Massar key contributors to Hockey Cats' success
- UVM Student Section on Ice chips: UVM players accountable for bad penalties
- UVM Student Section on Ice chips: How will Sneddon handle goalies; Cadets face SMC
Recent Posts
Tags2011 America East tournament Amanda Pelkey america east tournament Bill Beaney Brendan Bald Brett Leonard Brian Voelkel Brody Hoffman Castleton State College Chris McCarthy Colin Markison college men's hockey Connor Brickley evan fjeld Hockey East Jim Plumer joey accaoui John Becker Justin Milo Kevin Sneddon Kyle Reynolds Lori McBride Luke Apfeld marqus blakely Matt Glass men's hockey Middlebury Middlebury College Mike Lonergan Nick Bruneteau Norwich Norwich University Rob Madore Sandro Carissimo Sebastian Stalberg St. Michael's St. Michael's College Tim Thomas University of Vermont UVM uvm men's basketball uvm men's hockey uvm women's basketball uvm women's hockey Vermont
Tag Archives: ECAC
Catamounts to face Union in NCAA East Regionals on Friday
After a four-year absence, the University of Vermont men's hockey team is back in the NCAA Division I tournament. The Catamounts (20-14-3) will play three-time ECAC champion Union (24-6-4) in the opening game of the NCAA at the East Regional … Continue reading
Tagged Chris McCarthy, ECAC, H.T. Lenz, Hockey East, Kevin Sneddon, Union College Comments Off


text:
A 46-year-old Garden City man was arrested Monday, suspected of running his pickup truck into a person who was trying to repossess the vehicle.
Earle Edward Vine was expected to be booked into the Ada County Jail Monday night on charges of aggravated battery and eluding a police officer, police said.
Garden City Police report that two men were attempting to repossess the pickup from Vine when he became violent and drove away dragging one of the agents and ultimately hitting him with the back tires of the truck.
The repossession agent was taken to a local hospital, where he was still being treated Monday night, according to police.
Garden City police observed a pickup truck driving recklessly and too fast for conditions about 3:50 p.m. and attempted to stop the truck. But the pickup driver continued to drive fast and recklessly, so the officer discontinued pursuit because of public safety concerns.
Meanwhile, officers were dispatched to East 43rd in Garden City for a report of an injured person the repo man.
About the same time, a hit-and-run accident was reported at 36th and Sunset in Boise, and the description of the vehicle matched the fleeing truck. The truck had crashed into a light pole, and witnesses pointed officers in the direction of the driver. The suspect was identified as Vine.
The case is still under investigation, and additional charges may be filed, police said. Vine is expected to be arraigned at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Ada County Courthouse.


text:
Public perceptions die hard.
A reason for Qualcomm Qualcomm's chief marketing officer Anand Chandrasekher to come out with some of his own "straight facts" to dispel the myth of Nvidia Nvidia's graphics superiority.
Snapdragon S4 Pro is better, faster than the commercially shipping Tegra 3… On benchmarks published by Anantech, S4 Pro is twice as fast than the fastest Tegra processor commercially available, said Chandresseker in an exclusive interview with TechPulse 360.
Nvidia just launched their Tegra 4, not sure when those will be in the market on a commercial basis, but we believe our Snapdragon 600 outperforms Nvidia's Tegra 4. And we believe our Snapdragon 800 completely outstrips it and puts a new benchmark in place.
So, we clean Tegra 4′s clock. There's nothing in Tegra 4 that we looked at and that looks interesting. Tegra 4 frankly, looks a lot like what we already have in S4 Pro.
Qualcomm hopes for more tablet wins in 2013
Yes, they [Nvidia] had the perception [of superior graphics] help them for some time, and that helped them for some tablet wins. I think that would change. The world is increasingly becoming aware that what we have in CPUs and graphics is beyond what anybody has. So usually that technical awareness happens at the OEMs and that takes a while for products to emerge…
Empirically, we completely beat them on graphics performance!
Hard to be more explicit than that!


text: Video: Ricky Skaggs to perform at Appalachian Uprising on June 1 May. 30, 2012 @ 03:49 PM Loading the player Here's a video of Lawrence County, Ky.-native bluegrass and country star Ricky Skaggs. Skaggs is headlining Friday, June 1, at the Appalachian Uprising at Eden Valley Farm in Scottown, Ohio. Check out such headliners as the Infamous Stringdusters on Thursday, Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder on Friday and on Saturday, Mountain Heart and The Punch Brothers. Gates open at noon Wednesday, May 30, for camping. No parking fees, and camping included with admission. Tickets are $30 for Thursday, $40 for Friday and $45 for Saturday; three-day tickets are now $110. Ticket price includes free camping, showerhouse and parking. Kids under 12 admitted free with paid adult. Read more about the 11th annual festival in Thursday's Herald-Dispatch.


text:
Guitar Center Coupon & Promo Codes
How to use a Guitar Center coupon
Guitar Center has a range of coupon codes on their website for discounts ranging between $10 off $40 up to $200 off $1,000. Keep those in mind as you browse the site. If you sign up for their email list, Guitar Center will send you promotional offers and additional coupons to your inbox. They offer free shipping on all orders every day as well. Once you make your final selections, be sure to check their Rebate Center to see if any of your purchases qualify for some money back.
In-Store: Save 15% Off Any Single Item
When you Trade in and Apply Credit Towards a New Purchase
Free Shipping on Orders $25+
51st Anniversary Celebration: Save Up to 30% Off Qualifying New and Exclusive Gear
Save Up to 55% Off Hot Brand Names
Call for Possible Discount: 1-855-450-3684
Sign Up for Guitar Center Email Newsletters and Receive Exclusive Offers and Updates
Save Up to 50% Off Flash Deals
Limited Time and Limited Supply.
Back to School Sale! Save Up to 25% Off Dorm-Ready Gear
Get Up to a $100 Promo Gift Card Free when You Buy Any New Fender or Squier Guitar, Bass or Amp
Shop the Hot Deals Section for Savings Up to 75% Off
Only valid on select items.
Check Out 25 of Our Best Electric Guitar Deals!
Hot Deals! Check Out New Products Added Weekly
Save 8% Off $89+ Single Item
Valid on Select Items.
Introducing the New GoPro Hero4 Session for only $399.99
Casio CGP700BK Digital Compact Grand Piano for only $799.99
Epiphone Archtop Sale: Save 15% on Dot, Sheraton, ES-339 Pro & Other Models
Exclusive: Save 8% Off a Single Item $89+
Only valid on select items.
Save 15% Off when You Trade In Your Used Gear
Exclusions and Limitations Apply.
Metal Month: Save Up to 25% Off Headbanging Gear
Save $100 Off Presonus Studio One 3
Save 15% Off when You Trade In Your Used Gear
Exclusions and Limitations Apply.


text:
Members of city council took a stand against tax increases during their meeting on Monday evening, proposing no increase for next year's city budget.
Councilman Bob Roberts first brought up the idea, remarking that he believed making the declaration now would help streamline the budget process later this year.
"I would suggest that council take a stand and declare no tax increase. That way, all of the managers and all of the department heads know how to plan a budget that does not include a tax increase," Roberts said.
Bavarian Fall Fest organizers are seeking qualified local vendors for the upcoming event taking place September 23 to 25 throughout downtown St. Marys.
Now in its second year, organizers are continuing to secure an array of vendors such as crafters, artists, food vendors, nonprofit organizations, home-based businesses, schools and clubs, to set up shop for a festive fall weekend.
"We are trying to keep the event to local vendors," said organizer Dolly Wehler. "We need vendors; we have everything else lined up."
According to Elk County Conservation District Manager Steve Putt, the noxious and invasive weed survey is receiving a positive response from county residents.
Putt has surveyed over 290 acres of land, finding the common Bush Honeysuckle and thistle plants on every site.
As of the last Conservation District meeting, Monday July 25, Putt has completed 11 of his 12 scheduled surveys.
"I'm finding a lot of Bush Honeysuckle, the stuff seems to be everywhere in this county," Putt said. "Thistle of course is everywhere, bull thistle and the other thistles."


text:
The invention allows a functional object in a dynamic language to be efficiently used as both a directly-invoked function and as a method in a generic function. This allows a language to combine the two concepts, simplifying the language semantics. As a preferred embodiment, a method object when created comprises as contiguous fields a header, a method-information section, a function prolog, and the method body. When called as a component of a generic function, one entry point is at the method body or at the method-information field. When called directly, another entry point exists at the function prolog field.
1. A process of using a method object stored in a memory of a computer, said method object configured for operation by a processor in accordance with a dynamic object-oriented programming language, said process comprising the steps of:
creating said method object comprising a method-information field stored at a fixed location relative to a starting memory location of said method object and a variable size method body of program code stored at another location, said method-information field containing an offset identifying the location of said method body;
executing one of an ordinary function call program statement and a generic function call program statement during run time to invoke said method body of said method object; and
entering said method object at one of a first entry point to directly invoke said method body in response to execution of the ordinary function call and a second entry point to invoke said method body in the context of a generic function dispatch in response to execution of the generic function call, wherein said first entry point is different from said second entry point and other than the location of said method body, said first and second entry points enabling the processor to execute the program code contained in the method body.
2. The process of
3. The process of
4. The process of
5. For use with a dynamic object-oriented computer language used to specify code for execution by a central processing unit of a computer, a process of using a method object stored in a memory of the computer, said process comprising the steps of:
(a) creating the method object having a fixed size header, a method-information field of code stored at a fixed offset from the header, a variable size function-prolog field of code stored at a fixed offset from the header, and a variable size method body of code stored at a given offset from the header, said method-information field containing the given offset of the method body;
(b) executing one of an ordinary function call program statement and a generic function call program statement during run time to invoke said method body of said method object; and one of,
(c) directly invoking the method object by entering the method object at a first entry point at the function-prolog field in response to execution of the ordinary function call and executing the code of the function-prolog field, and
(d) invoking the method object in the context of a generic function dispatch by entering the method object at a second entry point at the method-information field in response to execution of the generic function call and executing the code of the method-information field.
6. The method of
checking types of arguments applicable to the method body;
providing a hidden extra argument to the method body in response to said checking step indicating acceptable argument types; and
executing the code of the method body.
7. The method of
computing a value for a hidden extra argument in response to types of arguments to the generic function;
providing the computed hidden extra argument to the method body;
jumping to the method body in accordance with the given offset contained in the method-information field; and
executing the code of the method body.
8. The method of
9. For use with a dynamic object-oriented computer program language used to specify code for execution by a central processing unit of a computer, apparatus for using a method object stored in a memory of a computer, said apparatus comprising:
means for creating said method object having a method-information field of code stored at a fixed location relative to a starting memory address of said method object, a variable size function-prolog field of code stored at another fixed location relative to the starting memory address, and a variable size method body field of code stored at a predetermined location relative to the starting memory address, said method-information field containing an offset identifying the predetermined location of said method body field;
means for executing one of an ordinary function call and a generic function call during run time to invoke said method body field of code; and one of,
means for directly invoking said method object by entering the method object at a first entry point at the function-prolog field in response to execution of the ordinary function call and means for executing the code of the function-prolog field; and
means for invoking said method object in the context of a generic function dispatch by entering the method object at a second entry point at said method-information field in response to execution of the generic function call and means for executing the code of the method-information field,
wherein said first and second entry points enable the central processing unit to execute the code contained in the method body.
10. An arrangement for using a method object in accordance with a dynamic object-oriented programming language of a computer, said arrangement comprising:
a memory for storing the method object, the method object comprising:
a header field having a starting memory address;
a method-information field located at a first offset from the starting memory address, said method-information field containing a predetermined address value;
a function-prolog field of code located at a second offset from the starting memory address; and
a method body field located at said predetermined address value from the starting memory address, said method body field containing program code for execution by said computer, and
a processor for invoking said method object in response to entering said method object at one of a first entry point and a second entry point, wherein said first entry point is different from said second entry point.
11. The method object of
12. The method object of
This is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/092,207, filed on Jul. 15, 1993, now abandoned.
This invention relates to a computer programming language construct, and a system and method for using such construct.
Many computer languages used for program development are so-called static languages, in which most of the information about objects is discarded during compilation, so programs cannot be modified without recompilation. Dynamic languages, on the other hand, are much more flexible and allow certain actions to be taken at runtime that could not be accomplished with a static language. A popular example of a dynamic language is Common Lisp (CL). In addition, there is a strong trend toward object-oriented dynamic languages, which include Common Lisp Object System (CLOS) and Dylan as examples.
Some object-oriented languages generally provide generic function constructs. Generic functions are a class of objects used for performing actions, and correspond generally to functions and procedures of other languages. Generic functions typically contain multiple methods. Such methods typically contain a typed argument list and a code body. In Dylan, for example, a generic function contains a number of methods. When you call a generic function with certain arguments, the generic function uses the classes and identities of the arguments to determine which of the multiple methods to call. This process is called method dispatch.
When a programmer defines a method, he or she specifies the classes or identities of the arguments appropriate for the method. This is called specializing the method. The types in the argument list are called the specializers of the method. A method can only be called with arguments that match the specializers of the argument list. In the most common case, the specializer is a class, and the corresponding argument must be a general instance of the class. When the specializers of a method match a set of arguments, the method is said to be applicable to the arguments. When the generic function is called, the arguments are compared to the specializers of all the methods in the generic function. The method with the most appropriate specializers is run.
In a dynamic language, the type of an object being called is generally not known at compile time. Therefore, the code to call a functional object must be compiled in such a way as to work for all types of functions. This is typically done by having all functional objects entered in the same way, by having a single entry point at a fixed offset which is the same for all types of functional objects. When the compiler is compiling a function call, it will arrange to enter the object at that fixed offset.
CL has three types of functional objects: generic functions, ordinary functions and methods. An ordinary function cannot be added to a generic function. A method cannot be invoked outside of a generic function, except in the very restricted context of method combination, and then only using specialized syntax. A side from these restrictions, ordinary functions and methods provide the same functionality to the user; hence, the distinction between them is an unnecessary complication of the language.
An object of the invention is a new language construct that simplifies the language semantics of a dynamic language.
Another object is a language construct for generic functions and methods that simplifies invocation of these objects.
In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, a novel construct for a method object is provided. By constructing the method object in accordance with the invention, it allows a functional object in a dynamic language to be efficiently used as both a directly-invoked function and as a method in a generic function. This allows a language to combine the two concepts, simplifying the language semantics.
In essence, a single method object is created that can be directly invoked as well as invoked when a generic function is called, by providing multiple entry points to the method object.
In a preferred embodiment, the method object construct of the invention comprises a header, a method-information (meth-info) field of fixed size at a fixed offset from the header and including as information the offset of the method body, a function prolog (fn-prolog) field of variable size at a fixed offset from the meth-info field, and finally the method body of variable size. The method object can have multiple entry points, at the fixed offset of the fn-prolog field, or at the offset of the method body as determined by computation.
The multiple entry points allows the passing of more information on generic function dispatch, or the avoidance of certain tasks deemed unnecessary. As one example, entering the function at a first point may involve type-checking of function arguments and certain bookkeeping activities, whereas entry to the same method at a second point may avoid or by-pass type-checking and bookkeeping tasks.
The above and further objects, details and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description of preferred embodiments thereof, when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a typical computer system containing in memory, among other things, a method object in accordance with the invention;
FIG. 2A shows schematically the format of a generic function when called by a program statement;
FIG. 2B shows schematically the format of an ordinary function when called by a program statement;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of one form of method object in accordance with the invention;
FIG. 4 is a flow chart indicating how code representing multiple entry points can be generated.
The following conceptual framework is helpful in understanding the broad scope of the invention, and the terms defined below have the indicated meanings throughout this application, including the claims. "Data" refers herein to signals that indicate or include information. For example, data could exist as an electromagnetic or other transmitted signal or as a signal stored in electronic, magnetic, or other form.
A "data processing system" is a system that processes data. A "data processor" or "processor" is any component or system that can process data, and may include one or more central processing units or other processing components. "Memory" is any component, combination of components, or system that can store data, and may include local and remote memory and input/output devices.
A processor "accesses" data in memory by any operation that retrieves or modifies the data, such as by reading or writing a location in memory that includes the data.
A processor "operates on" data by performing an operation that includes obtaining resulting data that depends on the data operated on. For example, the resulting data could result from an operation that accesses the data operated on or from a logical or numerical operation on the data operated on.
A processor "uses" data in performing an operation when the result of the operation depends on the value of the data. Stored data can be accessed using or accessible using other data if the memory containing the stored data responds to the other data or to data that depends on the other data by permitting access to the stored data. For example, the other data may be an address, an offset used to produce an address, or a content-addressable value stored with the stored data.
An "instruction" is an item of data that a processor can use to determine its own operation. A processor "executes" a set of instructions when it uses the instructions to determine its operations.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a typical computer system for program development, comprising a workstation 10 including a console 11 containing a CPU 12, RAM memory 13, and I/O circuitry 14 for communicating with a display 15, mass memory 16, a keyboard 17, and the usual mouse 18 with button switches 19. The usual display 15 contains a title or menu bar 21 and a cursor 22.
Stored 25 in the memory 13 or 16 would be the usual operating system, the program being run, and assorted objects created by the program as would be typical of a program developed under a dynamic object-oriented language.
Some general information known to all those skilled in the art may also help the reader. Source code when run through a compiler generates object code. Compilers take the textual symbolic representation of the program in the source code and provide usually via assembly code a translated, machine-usable, output file. As is common, programs are divided up into modules and library routines or include files. An executable program is produced when the object code modules are linked with the called library routines. The executable code, among other things, keeps track of variables, constants, functions and methods by allocating memory locations, fixed or relocatable, where such objects are stored, and for convenience often identifies a particular object, such as an array element or structure field, as being located so many memory locations offset from some known starting point. This approach is used both for heap memory as well as for stacks. Thus, a routine designed to perform a function would be stored at a particular location in memory, and a jump table would be typically constructed by the operating system listing the name of the routine and its start address or entry point for accessing the routine. Thus, when the program includes a statement calling this particular routine by name, the operating system knows where to find the beginning of the sequence of instructions which when run will execute the function desired. If arguments are included in the function call, the routine is run with the arguments substituted for the formal parameters of the function. For a more detailed description, see "Inside Macintosh", published by Addison-Wesley, and "How to Write Macintosh Software" by S. Knoster, also published by Addison-Wesley.
Assume, as would be normal, that the program code in a object-oriented language created a generic function and then created under that generic function methods A, B, and C, to be respectively invoked when the generic function is called with specializers A, B, and C, respectively. When a generic function method is invoked from a called generic function, it receives a hidden extra argument which is not visible to the user. This extra argument contains information about the position of this method in the applicable method chain for this invocation of the generic function. When a function as an object separate from the generic function is invoked directly, it doesn't need and doesn't receive the hidden argument. On the other hand, when a function is invoked directly, it performs a function entry prolog (argument type-checking, etc.) which it need not perform when invoked from a generic function. Furthermore, when a function is invoked directly, the caller doesn't know whether it's invoking a method or some other kind of function. Thus, having a single general entry at a fixed offset in all functional objects allows an efficient invocation protocol.
These differences are illustrated in FIGS. 2A and 2B of which FIG. 2A shows a typical generic function 30 with its chain of methods A, B, and C, designated 31A, 31B, 31C, respectively. The hidden extra argument 32 is, for example, a table of memory addresses for the three methods. When the generic function is called with a specializer that matches the parameter of one of the methods, B for example, method B is run by the operating system being given the memory address of the method B body. No type checking is necessary because the offset to the body 31B of method B would not be available to be run unless the specializer matched the method B parameter which means its type, in essence, had already been checked.
FIG. 2B shows function 33 being called directly. Since no generic function dispatch is involved, argument checking is highly desirable. Thus, a function conventionally performs argument checking as part of its body.
It will be observed from FIGS. 2A and 2B that two independent objects 30 and 33 exist in memory, each with its own unique entry point address. In accordance with the present invention, a new single method object is created in memory that can be called directly, or via a generic function call, and carry out or avoid carrying out the same tasks as illustrated in FIG. 2. This new object construct is illustrated at 40 in FIG. 3, and comprises four distinct but related contiguous storage regions designated as a header 41, a meth-info field 42, a fn-prolog field 43, and the method body 44. The header is the normal object header that is, however, defined by the implementation. The size of this header must be fixed, so that the following field, meth-info, occurs at a fixed offset A from the starting location of the header. Meth-info contains method specific information such as specializers and flags, as well as the offset of the method body (offset X above). The size of meth-info is fixed (any variable data are stored as fixed-size pointers to additional data structures), so that the following field, fn-prolog, occurs at a fixed offset B. Fn-prolog is variable size, so that the method body starts at different offsets in different methods.
The function prolog, fn-prolog, within the method object of the invention looks and behaves as follows:
1. Performs standard function entry actions as required by the language (e.g., check the number and types of arguments, poll for events, etc.). This may perform arbitrary computations, hence this field is of variable size.
2. Places the initial value of the hidden extra argument into a standard place as specified by the runtime architecture (e.g. in a dedicated register or on top of stack).
3. Falls into the method body.
For ordinary functional invocation, i.e., to invoke the method object of FIG. 3 directly as a function, simply jump to the fixed offset B in the method object entry point I. Sample assembly code is:
LOAD method object into REGISTER JUMP to contents (REGISTER)+B ; B is a constant
The value of B is preferably the same for all method objects.
For generic function method invocation, the following steps are carried out:
1. Compute the proper value of the hidden extra argument, as specified by language semantics, given the specializer used in the call.
2. Place the hidden extra argument in a standard place as specified by the runtime architecture (e.g., in a dedicated register, or top of stack.)
3. Use the information in the meth-info field at offset A to compute the method body offset X and jump to it. This may be done in one of two ways, depending on which is faster/smaller in the target machine architecture. The value of the offset X may be fetched from meth-info 42 and added to the method address to compute the address of the method body 44. Sample assembly code is:
Or, as an alternative, the meth-info field may contain within it a branch to the method body, and hence the method body 44 may be reached by jumping into the meth-info field 42. Sample code for this alternative is:
The value of offset A is preferably the same for all method objects.
FIG. 4 illustrates the action that occurs when programming statements are executed at runtime with an ordinary function call or a generic function call using a method object in accordance with the invention. Each of method objects Q, R and S would have been created during program development and each would contain the four fields indicated in the preferred embodiment of FIG. 3. In the usual way, a jump table 50 is created with the address for each of the three method objects Q, R and S.
When encountering each program statement 52, if it is an ordinary function call of, say, method Q, then the right branch is taken and code is generated 54 that loads 55 the address of method object Q, and then jumps 56 to the B offset to entry point I (FIG. 3) to run the code 58 in the function prolog 43 and then falls through to the method body 44 and eventually returns to the caller 59.
If it is not an ordinary function call, meaning that it is a generic function call with applicable method Q, then the left branch is taken. When the operating system creates a generic function, it places some canned code (a small set of instructions to select the appropriate method and call it) inside the generic function object. See 34 in FIG. 2A. In other words, the body of a generic function is filled with canned code by the operating system, and the compiler is not involved at all. The canned code in this case would include the instructions shown in the left branch in the figure, as follows. The code loads 62 the address of method Q, then loads 63 in a second register the contents of address plus offset A, adds 64 the two registers together to get the address of entry point II, and jumps to the latter 65 (entry point II). The method body code is the run 66 followed by the usual return. This is one way of computing then offset X to the method body 44. As an alternative, shown with the dashed lines, if the method information field 42 contains a branch to the method body, then jumping 68 to the method information field 42, indicated in FIG. 3 by entry point III, will enable control following the branch to fall through to the method body 44.
As has been described, the method object illustrated in FIG. 3 can be invoked in the normal way in an object-oriented language as one component of a generic function having plural method objects with the method object selected to be run determined in the normal way by the specializers in the calling statement. So, in a simple example, a single generic function intended to apply to several argument types, such as integer, string, or vector, when called with the integer, string or vector argument will invoke the function method appropriate for that type. In this instance the entry point for the method object would be at entry point II to the method body. A typical call in Dylan would be as follows:
(double 17)
Alternatively, the method object of FIG. 3 can be used directly to, for example, perform a local calculation, or as a function that does not require class dispatch, or to build up generic functions programmatically. The format would be similar to the lambda special form of Lisp or to blocks in Smalltalk. A simple example is given below:
(add-twice 17)
In this instance, the entry point would be at entry point I in FIG. 3.
The method object of FIG. 3 can be created in a straightforward way by creating a generic function and automatically adding the desired method to it. For the example given above, the method and generic function would be defined in Dylan by:
(define-method double ((n <integer>)) (+n n))
Alternatively, the exact same method object of FIG. 3 can be created and used directly without being added to a generic function. This would be done by the following definition in Dylan:
(define add-twice (method ((n <integer>)) (+n n)))
This method can then be added directly to the generic function if desired, as follows:
(add-method add-twice double)
The invention is not limited to the above-described formats and other formats are usable. The important point is that the compiler, upon encountering either of the above formats, knows to allocate memory storage space adequate to store an instance of the method object of FIG. 3, and to preserve in, for example, a jump table a pointer corresponding to the address of the method object.
Although there have been described what are at present considered to be the preferred embodiments of the invention, it will be understood that the invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the essential characteristics thereof. The present embodiments are therefore to be considered in all respects as illustrative, and not restrictive. This scope of the invention is indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description.
Patent Citations
Non-Patent Citations
Referenced by
Legal Events
Original Image


text: Welcome to SHARE YOUR HORSE PHOTOS =) this is a fun and safe website where you can share photos of you and your horse(s) =) all you need to do is email me at jessnhorse1AThotmailDOTcom (Replace the AT with @ and the DOT with . ), and I will place your photo(s) of you and your horse on the website =) I hope you enjoy viewing yours and others photos of these georgous creatures. <3


text:
Pavilion throws you directly into its mysterious world without any text tutorials or beginning explanations. It is a puzzle game portrayed through exploration and audio-visual imagery. By interacting and observing you gradually, bit by bit, learn things about both the puzzling gameplay and the world itself.
There are currently no cheats available for Pavilion.
indicates future release


text:
Nine illegal workers discovered during immigration raids on Bath Indian restaurants
Posted: June 18, 2014|
Nine illegal workers have been discovered during raids on three Indian restaurants in Bath.
Officials from the Home Office's immigration enforcement unit carried out a series of coordinated visits to the Rajpoot, in Argyle Street, Jamuna, in High Street, and Premier Curry, also in Argyle Street.
They were acting on intelligence that the three restaurants were all employing people who had no right to live and work in the UK.
All three restaurants were warned they could be forced to pay £20,000 per illegal worker, unless they can prove that they carried out the right checks.
This is a potential total of up to £100,000 for Rajpoot, £60,000 for Jumuna and £20,000 for Premier.
At the Rajpoot they found two Bangladeshi men, one aged 33, who was working in breach of his visa conditions and a 42-year-old who had overstayed his visa.
A 26-year-old Gambian man was also found to have overstayed his visa, while officers also found two Bangladeshi men, aged 22 and 41, with no permission to work.
At Jamuna, three men were found to have entered the country illegally and were arrested.
They were Bangladeshi nationals, aged 25 and 34, and a 24-year-old Tunisian national.
At Premier Curry, a Bangladeshi man, aged 33, was found working illegally but not arrested.
Following the raids on Friday evening, some of those arrested were transferred to immigration detention pending removal from the UK.
Meanwhile, the 33-year-old at Rajpoot, the 34-year-old at Jamuna and the three not arrested at Rajpoot and Premier, have been placed on immigration bail while their cases are progressed.
They may also eventually be removed from the country.
Syed Haq, assistant manager at the Rajpoot, said the restaurant kept up-to-date paperwork for all its staff and was now awaiting the outcome of the investigation.
He added: "We are now seeking legal advice for disruption to the business, because they were here from 6.50pm until 9.25pm on one of our busiest nights.
"They also turned away customers from outside the front door, telling them the restaurant was closed."
Jamuna manager Tuhal Ahmed said the two Bangladeshi men were not working in his restaurant, they were just visiting.
He said that in the case of the man from Tunisia, he had been given false papers which looked legitimate but turned out to be incorrect when they were checked by immigration officials.
Head of the South West Home Office immigration enforcement team Kenny Chapman said: "We treat all allegations of illegal working extremely seriously, and those who ignore the rules will not go under our radar.
"Rogue businesses in north east Somerset are encouraging illegal immigration and undercutting honest employers.
"It is the employer's responsibility to check their staff have permission to work in the UK and we are happy to work with those who play by the rules.
"Those who choose not to carry out these checks can expect enforcement visits and financial penalties."


text:
Everything tagged
Latest from The Spokesman-Review
Bloomsday sells former building to Spokane lawyer John Munding
Spokane attorney John Munding has moved his law office from the Davenport Tower to the former Bloomsday organization office, at 1610 W. Riverside Ave.
Munding paid $326,000 for the 3,500-square-foot office building. Earlier this year the Lilac Bloomsday Association vacated the building and moved to another office in the West Central neighborhood .
Munding said he will use the entire building for his firm. It's one of the few office buildings with its own "troll bridge," Munding said. Or, if we misheard, he said "draw bridge." Sounded like the former.
Brian Walker of NAI Black represented the buyer. Pat Martin, of Martin Partners Real Estate, represented the Bloomsday Association in the deal.
Bloomsday group's wall cut-out feature in action, in sunlight
Pictures usually do a lot more than words at explaining architectural details.
Today's SR story on the new Lilac Bloomsday Association office building is a great example.
The story said that project manager Chad McDonald decided to add a few touches to the building to make it more appealing.
The story said: "McDonald asked a relative to design several short steel panels with cutout shapes of runners and the words "Run" and "Spokane." He fastened those panels to the street-facing edges of the four steel canopies that hang about 6 feet off the ground and that reach out about 3 feet from the westside exterior wall."
So how does that look? This image from McDonald's phone gives some idea of the visual impact. Granted, it's still not visually clean and simple. The two lower words are in fact the cast shadows created by the words cut into the steel edges.
Photo: Chad McDonald