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Dormer Tools is one of the Worlds largest producers of High Speed Steel cutting tools. A key member of the Sandvik Group, Dormer has a vision and a commitment to always be the leading supplier to production industries as well as to the maintenance machining market. Dormer and its customers are now receiving substantial benefit from the Group policy of creating five centres of manufacturing excellence in Sweden, Italy, Brazil and the UK. Massive capital investment in each has brought the achievement of consistently superior levels of product quality. In this way, Dormer is able to produce tools with the efficiency and skill expected of one of the world's leading cutting tools technologist.
For many years Dormer Tools have been at the forefront of engineering tool technology, producing a vast range of quality, cost effective cutting tools to meet the continuous changes in applications and materials. It's our goal to bring the full benefit of Dormer's extensive product range and its unrivalled technical expertise to all our customers. Due to the vast range of Dormer products we have listed a few of the more popular items on our website. Please contact us regarding any Dormer tools you may require, we would be more than happy to assist you.
|Standard HSS/HSCo Drills
standard drills are manufactured in HSS or HSCo with a blue, bright or bronze
finish. Certain drills are coated with Titanium Nitride (TiN), Titanium
Aluminium Nitride (TiAlN) or Titanium Carbo-Nitride (TiCN), where this would
combine with the design of the tool to bring higher productivity and longer
tool life.
Drill lengths can be divided into jobber, stub, long series and extra length. Jobber length drills produce hole depths of up to 4 x diameter, whilst stub drills have a shorter flute length and produce hole depths of up to 2.5 x diameter, which makes for good drill stability.
Flute geometry is
designed to take into account the cutting behaviour of the workpiece,
for example, slow helix drills for short
Increased flute space and improved web design make for a reduction in cutting forces, whilst the Special P.S. point on the A001 Jobber Drill facilitates penetration, improves hole size and affords accurate centering. The blue flutes and bronze lands and point of the A001 make it easy to identify, whilst the Dormer Silver RingTM singles it out as unmistakably Dormer.
Features // Benefits
HSS Coated Tip
Jobber Drills
|Carbide Drills
Dormers standard carbide drill programme is a comprehensive range of high performance drills, offering impressive tooling economy and high levels of tool life.
The range covers diameters from 1 20mm, with flute and cutting geometries to suit almost all drilling applications. The micrograin grade carbide used by Dormer, combined with PVD coatings means that this programme can offer the user an unbeatable combination of toughness, wear resistance and edge security when machining most materials.
- Carbide Jobber Drill with TiN Tip Coating Featuring Advanced Technology
R022 - Carbide
Stub Drill with TiN Tip Coating featuring Advanced Technology
The geometry has been developed to incorporate CTW (Continuously thinned web) Technology. This means that when the user re-point grinds the drill, the resultant point is already thinned.
Traditionally, web thinning is performed as an additional operation after point grinding. A drill point is thinned by shortening the length of the chisel edge to reduce the thrust force needed when drilling. With CTW Technology the chisel edge length is minimise, which reduces the thrust force required when drilling, whilst still maintaining the sectional strength of the tool.
By integrating the web-thinning feature within the flute form, the desingn is effectively thinning throughout the life of the drill, without passing on the costs and complexities associated with this additional operation to the customer.
|Vanguard ISO Taps
their launch, Dormer's programme of ISO application taps - VANGARD
- have attracted much praise from many of the country's most well known
and successful manufacturing companies. An impressive achievement considering
the high expectations that always accompany any new products manufactured
by a market leader
Today Dormer have improved on this already successful programme with the addition of eight new products, including a range of Metric Fine Thread and Titanium Carbo-Nitride TiCN) coated taps which offer the user even greater levels of choice, performance and tool life.
Vangard Taps are
manufactured from premium quality HSCo steel to ISO class 2 tolerance,
in order to produce metric threads to 6H tolerance and UNC/UNF/BSPF
threads to 2B tolerance.
Each tap is easily
identified by its coloured rings, with every colour representing a specific
AMG (Application Material Group).
for High Tensile Steels
Red Vangard are suitable for tapping steels with high tensile strength, 1000-1300 N/mm2 and hardness 250- 35OHB. The geometry of these taps allows them to be used on a range of alloy steels including hardened and Tempered materials.
Dormer ADX and CDX
drills are suitable for use on these materials when drilling the core
hole diameter.
for Stainless Steels
Blue Vangard are suitable for machining stainless steel with tensile strength of 800- 1000N/mm2 and hardness 200- 300HB.
The A108 HSS drill is designed specifically for drilling stainless steels and can be used for drilling the core hole diameter. ADX and CDX drills with coolant feed can also be used when higher productivity is required.
for Non-Alloy Steels
Yellow Vangard are suitable for machining magnetic soft steel, structural steel and carbon steel with tensile strengths <850 N/mm2 and hardness <250HB.
The A100 HSS and ADX Drill can be used successfully when drilling core hole diameters in these steels.
for Cast Irons
White Vangard is the only tap in the range offered with Straight Flutes, and is suitable for machining Cast Iron, Brass/Bronze and Aluminium alloys with 0.5% - 10% Silicon.
The A560 ADX Drill and CDX range are suitable for drilling core hole diameters in these materials.
for Lower Strength Materials
Green Vangard are suitable for machining pure Titanium, Nickel and Copper as well as long chip Brass and Aluminium alloys with up to 0.5% Silicon
A108, A102 drills and ADX range are suitable for drilling core hole diameters in these materials.
for Titanium Alloys
Black Vangard are suitable for machining various types of Titanium alloys with tensile strengths of 900- 1250 N/mm² and hardness 250- 350HB.
A108, A777 drills and ADX/CDX ranges are suitable for drilling core hole diameters in these materials.
for Nickel Based Alloys
Orange Vangard are suitable for machining forms of Nickel Alloy with tensile strengths of <1200 N/mm2 and hardness <350HB
A118 drills and the CDX Solid Carbide range are suitable for drilling core hole diameters in these materials.
|Standard Taps
Dormers standard taps are manufactured in HSS, HSCo and HSCo-XP, with bright, nitrided and TiN coated finishes. There are three main flute forms, straight flute, spiral flute and spiral point. The most commonly used are the straight flute taps, which can be used for through and blind holes in a wide range of materials. They are supplied in one of three chamfer leads, Taper, Second and Bottom, but are also offered as serial taps.
Spiral flute taps have a right hand spiral and are used mainly for tapping blind holes, as the swarf is drawn out of the hole via the flute to prevent build up in the flutes, which could lead to chipping or tap breakage. Spiral point taps, sometimes known as gun-nosed taps, direct the swarf ahead of the tap and are used where through hole tapping is carried out. They can be used in blind hole applications, provided sufficient room is left at the bottom of the hole to accommodate the chamfer lead length and the swarf produced.
Dormer also offers interrupted thread taps alternate teeth are removed, to reduce tapping friction and allow lubricant to reach the cutting edges more easily, which is ideal for more difficult to machine materials.
Fluteless taps are excellent on ductile materials, but also produce very good results on some steels and stainless steel. These taps do not have cutting edges, but a thread is produced by deformation of the component material. The result is a strong thread and no swarf.
For maximum productivity,
greater tool life and accuracy threads, careful tap selection and the
use of correct feeds and speeds is essential. Please consult Dormers
renowned Application Material Group tables in the catalogue or the Product
Selector for recommended speeds and feeds for the material to be machined.
|Solid Carbide Taps
Dormer produces
two ranges of Solid Carbide Taps, whose main function is to allow threads
to be made in hardened steels, with a hardness range of 49 63
Rockwell. Both taps are for machining through and blind holes - the
T100 is for AMG 1.7, the T110 for AMG 1.8. The T110 has extra flutes
for improved chip breaking and removal
|Tapping Attachments
has a wide range of tapping attachments for use with its comprehensive
ranges of taps.
Tap chucks and tap adaptors show a range of different threading systems :-
Tap chucks and tap adaptors are manufactured in different sizes, as follows :-
Dies are used for external threading. Manual threading is the most usual method although machine threading is sometimes used for simple tasks. A solid die usually cuts more accurately than a split die. However, dies which are supplied solid may be split
Chromium Steel Tools:
Generally speaking, Dienuts are used for reclaiming or cleaning out existing threads by hand. They tend to be of a more robust construction and should only be used in exceptional circumstances to cut a thread from solid.
|Milling cutters
Dormer manufactures a wide variety of standard cutters to cover a wide range of milling applications, for example, slot milling, semi-finishing, end milling and roughing.
The standard cutter ranges are manufactured in HSS, HSCo and HSCo-XP with bright finish, TiCN or Super-R coatings. HSS is for general use in most materials, HSCo can be run at higher speeds for increased productivity, whilst HSCo-XP is a powder metallurgy cobalt steel, which gives added toughness and edge strength to the cutter. TiCN coating on cutters reduces surface friction, whilst Super-R multi-layer coating exhibits low internal stress and gives high toughness and wear resistance.
As a guideline, the following cutters are used for the following operations:-
Dormer standard cutters are available in flatted, cylindrical and screwed shanks. Flatted shank provides the best rigidity for cutters, even at their maximum operating conditions, resulting in a better tool life. Cylindrical shank tools are clamped in a collet type chuck, enabling ease of axial movement. Screwed shank cutters can be accommodated by one holder through the use of different collets.
British standard cutters overall and cut lengths (standard and long) are different from DIN and ISO standards (short, medium, long and extra long). Please consult the Dormer catalogue for nearest equivalents.
For maximum productivity, greater tool life and accuracy, careful cutter selection and the use of correct feeds and speeds is essential. Please consult Dormers Application Material Group tables in the catalogue or Product Selector for recommended speeds and feeds for the material to be machined.
|Primax Milling Cutters
Primax; the new high performance cutting tool programme from Dormer Tools offers the professional engineer a comprehensive range of End Mills and Roughing Cutters with geometry designed to achieve unbeatable metal removal rates with increased productivity at lower cost. Primax cutters are produced exclusively from powder metallurgy steel (HSCo-XP) which guarantees an excellent resistance against wear at elevated temperatures and a high end toughness due to excellent distribution of carbons present in this material.
Tools produce a range of Reamers to finish holes to H7 tolerance. Reaming
has always been considered a finishing process and drilling a roughing
process. Today, however, many tolerances that used to need a reaming process,
can now be met by high-tech drills, such as in the CDX and ADX ranges.
Most common Reamers have a left hand helix because the main application is in through holes requiring chips to be pushed forward. For blind holes, Reamers with straight flutes or right hand reamers are recommended.
Reamers only cut
on the bevel and taper leads; the lands on the body do not cut. They
are normally designed with an uneven pitch and an even number of teeth
to prevent chatter and ensure good hole surface finish and roundness.
They include Hand, Chucking and Machine Reamers with straight or Morse
taper shanks. They are available in different materials, including carbide
which offers the greatest resistance to wear. Carbide reamers are successfully
used to cut steels on rigid machine set ups, but often, High Speed Steel
designs will be more cost effective.
Application Reamers
Available in three flute styles. The B500 straight flute reamer is primarily for blind holes and for short chipping materials (AMG 3, 6.2,6.3,6.4). The B156 spiral flute reamer is ideal for through holes in most materials (AMG 1 - 6) where an interrupted cut is encountered. The B157 quick spiral reamer is designed for through holes in long chipping materials (AMG 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7). All are supplied with straight shanks to DIN 212. Manufactured from HSCo steel for longer edge life and higher cutting speeds.
|Countersinks and Counterbores
Countersinks are used for deburring and/or counterboring existing holes in most materials. However for hard and abrasive materials, the use of a TiN or TiAlN coated tool is recommended. There are also countersinks with specific geometry for the toughest materials.
Single-edge countersinks
provide excellent roundness and are also used for centring.
on this page are general examples of Dormer tools we can supply. Our stock
is much larger! Please contact us with details of the Dormer tooling
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I am in the most romantic place in the world. ALONE Vines thick with fat purple grapes hang above my head. The lavender sky stretching out over the province of Mendoza already shows off a perfect crescent moon and Venus shining bright. In my hand is a glass of Malbec, garnet red, with aromas of leather and blackberries. Below the stone steps where I'm perched, a violinist plays Argentine love songs. Beside me? No one. Except the British couple holding hands, the newlyweds from California and various other hotel guests sipping wine and canoodling.
Nestled in the foothills of the Andes, Mendoza is in the heart of Argentine wine country, and famous for its Malbecs. It is also the starting point for those crazy enough to climb Mount Aconcagua, at 23,000 feet the tallest mountain in the Western Hemisphere. My husband, Lorne, is one of those crazy people. He arrived here three weeks ago with a pickax and piles of microfiber clothing to add Aconcagua to his growing list of climbs: Rainier, Kilimanjaro, Elbrus. I left our Rhode Island home this morning, having packed sunscreen, cute summer dresses and a pair of flip-flops. The plan was for him to complete his climb, then rendezvous with me here at the Cavas Wine Lodge, after which we would visit vineyards and then continue on to Buenos Aires for a few days of city life.
I know he made it down the mountain; he called me two days ago, giddy and exhausted. But since arriving at the lodge, I've sat on the gorgeous rooftop terrace and gazed at the distant snowcapped Andes and the sweeping vista of vineyards by myself. I've nibbled the salmon mousse the hotel staff is passing around and sipped a few glasses of wine, all alone in my new strapless purple dress, my husband nowhere in sight. When the violin music ends, I make my way solo to our table for two. Midway through my appetizer of empanadas and still more Malbec, I look beyond the flickering candles, and there he is: bearded and beautiful, my mountain man, my husband, my beloved.
THE first time I met Lorne 17 years ago, as we shared life stories late into the night, he regaled me with tales of trekking in Nepal and climbing mountains all over the U.S. "I would never do that," I told him. And I meant it. A fear of heights combined with a lack of interest made me certain that mountain climbing was not for me. Rather than being turned off, Lorne loved that I knew my own mind. Besides, we shared enough interests to keep this difference from getting in the way—until five years ago, when Lorne decided to climb more serious mountains around the world and I suddenly found myself left behind for four weeks every year.
When he scheduled his trip to Tanzania to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, I imagined the two of us on a safari, but the idea held no appeal for him. Two years later, Lorne headed for Russia's Mount Elbrus, and my visions of roaming the Hermitage Museum and sipping vodka at the ballet proved uninspiring to him as well. But Mount Aconcagua, rising above all those vineyards in Mendoza, seemed like the perfect place for a couple who, while passionate for each other, were passionate for different leisure pursuits, and Lorne happily agreed.
The Cavas Wine Lodge has 14 casitas scattered around its vineyards. Each "little house" has a small private pool and a rooftop terrace with a fireplace and cushions for stargazing and lovemaking. After our steak dinner, Lorne and I run beneath those grape-laden vines, pausing only for kisses. Argentine summers are hot, but the light rain that falls on us that night brings cool temperatures. I listen as Lorne describes traversing a river, getting altitude sickness, hiking 18 miles before renting a car to meet me here. I can't help but think of my own leisurely, albeit solo, evening with both relief and pleasure. Sure, I married a guy who likes to climb mountains, but after 17 years together, I'm even more convinced that I belong on terra firma. As Lorne sinks into the king-size bed, he sighs. "From sleeping on rocks to sleeping on this," he says. I snuggle close, but my own Grizzly Adams is already snoring.
THE next morning, I don't mention the hotel's brochure that lists zip lines and mountain bikes. Instead, I show Lorne our itinerary: visits to three wineries, with lunch at the second one. The roads here are unpaved and unmarked, so we let the hotel arrange a driver for us. Emilio takes us to the Mendel winery, where a longhaired beauty named Cecelia greets us. The estate produces a relatively small quantity of very fine wine, all made in a 1915 adobe building. Cecelia tells us that Mendel wine is made in a traditional way: The grapes are picked by hand, not machines, and aged in French oak barrels. "It's much more romantic," she says, offering us a glass of a 2007 Malbec. "The aroma will make you fall in love."
Love is the most important ingredient in winemaking, says Cecelia. I am happily sampling a 2004 Malbec, doing a vertical tasting (sampling the same wine from different years). When Cecelia hears me moan with delight, she laughs. "Malbec is a wine for women. Elegant. Romantic. You come home from work, open a bottle and have a glass as you sit alone and imagine the night ahead."
At the next vineyard, Melipal, we miss the Mendel winery's small size and homey atmosphere, and the tour reminds me of racing through the Hershey chocolate factory. Still, we love our lunch of chilled tomato-and-apple soup, served with a rosé, followed by three more courses, each served with a different Malbec: wild-mushroom and vegetable ceviche with red-beet bubbles; chicken and fig terrine; and grilled beef tenderloin. Even the strawberry mousse has a Malbec syrup.
By the time we get to Achaval-Ferrer, we are full and tipsy. We fall lazily into plump white cushioned chairs on the stone patio and let lovely Patricia bring us tastings of the winery's Malbecs, which have won high praise from oenophiles (for good reason, we decide). It is 4 o'clock when we reluctantly finish our tastes of Dolce, this vineyard's sweet dessert wine, and stagger into the car. After six hours, we have done everything except bathe in wine. So that is precisely what we do next.
THE Cavas Wine Lodge is, as Mary Poppins would say, practically perfect in every way. Bottles of wine await you in your room after a long day of, well, wine tasting. Pools glitter aquamarine in the sun. Employees greet you when you arrive and make sure you have everything you need. And there is a spa that looks as if it belongs in a palace, all white marble and sandalwood incense. This is where Lorne and I take our half-drunken selves to be scrubbed with Malbec grapeseeds before soaking in a hot bubble bath filled with red wine extracts. In side-by-side tubs, we sink into the deep purple water, which, remarkably, leaves no stain on the white towels. I glance over at Lorne, and my heart fills with pride and love. That he enjoyed the past three weeks—the arduous and dangerous climb, the freeze-dried food and the night in a tent while a blizzard raged—is beyond my understanding. But to be here with him afterward, to see him safe and sated, makes me happy. "Hey," I say, "it's good to see you, honey." My husband smiles, then once again begins to snore.
A CLOSE second to Malbec in Argentina is beef. That night, we leave the lodge to join one of Lorne's climbing guides in the city of Mendoza, at a restaurant called La Barra. Alejo and his wife, Genevieve, an avid climber who was with them on Aconcagua, are from Ecuador. The four of us sit with other diners at long wooden tables under a roof that's been opened to show off the sky and stars. Grapevines snake around us. The plates are slabs of wood, and as an endless parade of grilled meats—pork, ribs, steak—appears, the three of them relive their moments on the mountain. Genevieve, with all the passion of her 27-year-old self, tells me that I must write about how important it is to climb mountains. "Is that your intention?" she demands. "Not at all," I explain. "I have no interest in climbing mountains." She and Alejo stare at me in disbelief. They begin to tell me what I am missing.
For a moment, I feel myself returning to my younger self, the one who, too embarrassed to say no, hiked down cliffs and up steep paths, heart pounding with fear, always the last one in a group. But then I snap out of it. Part of middle age for me is not giving in to such pressures. I don't want to ski black diamonds, rappel down rocks or climb mountains. "It's not for me," I say firmly. I raise my glass of wine in a toast. "But here's to those who love it."
LEAVING wine-drenched, laid-back Mendoza is difficult, but the lure of tango and Buenos Aires eases our farewell. After a two-hour flight, we are standing in the neighborhood called Palermo Soho, in our tiny, aptly named Costa Petit Hotel. With only four guest rooms, each decorated with whimsical art and antiques, the hotel is charming and cozy. Hand in hand, we explore the streets around it. One afternoon is spent browsing books and eating empanadas at Boutique del Libro. The next day, after a breakfast in bed of café con leche and croissants, we ride the A line on the subte, the Buenos Aires subway, with the original wooden cars from 1913.
The city is large and sprawling with tree-lined streets, rolling parks dotted with impressive statues and fountains, ice cream shops and cafés everywhere. But my fantasy is to tango with Lorne. I think I fell in love with him all those years ago when he visited me in my New York City apartment and "Build Me Up Buttercup" came on the radio. Without pausing, Lorne took me in his arms and began to dance. After all this time, all those mountains—the literal and figurative ones that, between us, we've scaled—is a spontaneous dance still enough to send my heart into overdrive?
The tango, however, proves elusive. From what I'd read before coming here, it sounded as if people tangoed on every street corner. But the famous Sunday milonga in the San Telmo neighborhood is rained out. The lessons at Confitería Ideal are canceled all week because a television commercial is being filmed there. While I keep listening for the sounds of an accordion playing tango, Lorne and I go to one of the professional shows at the Astor Piazzolla Theater. The ornate dinner theater reminds me of Rhode Island's Chateau de Ville, the magenta and purple wedding cake of a dinner theater from my childhood. But once the dancers appear, the comparisons stop. This is no bad revival of Camelot; this is passionate, heart-wrenching, beautiful tango.
Tango is a mix of several musical rhythms (African, Cuban and Spanish), originally danced only by men. By 1912, Buenos Aires throbbed with the beat of the tango, and couples danced it with legs intertwined, in a hug-like embrace. The professional dancers we watch are ruffled and sequined and skin baring. As a vocalist sings in Spanish, couples smile at each other, kiss, even climb onto each other's laps. It is true that there's something both lusty and lovely about the tango. Lorne leans over and kisses me. "Beautiful," he murmurs.
AT LAST, on the day before we are set to leave, I arrange a tango lesson for myself at Torquato Tasso in San Telmo. (You have to sign up with a master teacher of the opposite sex, and no female master is available for Lorne during my time slot.) My instructor, Quique, is short and lithe and dressed entirely in black. He does not speak in English except to say, "We practice. That's all." Four other people and another instructor are in the class, but Quique is mine, all mine. We start with a simple eight-step tango, which I keep messing up on the sixth beat. "We practice. That's all," Quique says.
After an hour, we are dancing across the room almost smoothly, and I have learned to follow Quique's lead: With a nod of his head and the firm pressure of his hand on my waist, he invites me to stop or turn or do a complicated thing with my feet (I get tangled up here and fall into him every time). "We practice," he assures me. "That's all." Practice we do, my body slowly relaxing into his, my legs finally kicking close to him instead of away.
On my way back to the hotel to meet Lorne, I mull over what I've learned about the tango. There is no choreography. Instead, everything is improvisation. The woman understands the man's intentions. I can't help but think this describes my marriage to my mountain-climbing husband. Here in Argentina, we have found a place that satisfies us both, where we can do our separate things and still be together. I open the door to our room, and my heart still does that lurch when I lay eyes on Lorne. He smiles at me, steps forward and nods. Understanding his intention, I step into his arms.
ANN HOOD is the author of 11 books. Her latest novel, The Red Thread, has just been released in paperback. Her husband's next climb will be Mount Denali (formerly McKinley) in Alaska.
Ann Hood's Argentina
Where to stay
I highly recommend the Cavas Wine Lodge, a 30-minute drive outside the city of Mendoza (cavaswinelodge.com; double rooms from $678 a night, including 21% tax).
In Buenos Aires, try the Costa Petit Hotel (costapetithotel.com). Part of the charm is that it has just four rooms (from $250 a night), but that means it is booked well in advance. Also worth considering: Home (homebuenosaires.com; double rooms from $130 a night), a hip boutique hotel with 1970s-era decor and a terrific spa. If your return flight to the U.S. leaves late in the day, book a Stepping on Clouds preflight treatment: footbath, hand massage and foot and calf pressure-point massage ($70 for 60 minutes).
Where to eat
You cannot have a bad meal in Buenos Aires. Some of our favorite places: Bar 6 Great for breakfast, lunch and people watching. Gran Café Tortoni Although filled with tourists, this 1858 café, which houses tango and literary mem-orabilia in an ornate, lavish building, is a must for café con leche and a steak sandwich. La Caballeriza A lively, informal steak house where you can watch meats sizzle on the grill. Order the classic bife de chorizo. Cabernet For a respite from the delicious but ubiquitous beef menu, try this charming Tuscan restaurant.
Where to watch tango These shows are tourist attractions, but some are more authentic than others. I recommend
Piazzolla Tango (piazzollatangoshow.com; $56 per person, $100 with dinner) and Rojo Tango (rojotango.com; $200 per person, with dinner). For lessons, check out Torquato Tasso (torquatotasso.com.ar) or Confiteria Ideal (confiteriaideal.com; hours and prices vary).
Other sights to see
La Recoleta Cemetery Its most famous attraction is the tomb of Eva Perón, but the grand, oversize memorials throughout are also worth gaping at. The boxer in robe and boxing shoes is my favorite.
The Botanical Gardens It's easy to spend a couple of hours here in the shade among blooming plants and impressive statues. A great place for a picnic.
Plaza de Mayo The white scarf design painted on the plaza's stones commemorates the madres, a group of mothers who have protested here every Thursday since 1977, demanding to know the whereabouts of their children who were kidnapped and killed during the 1970s and '80s. A good place to buy Che coasters, Evita pins, small flags of Argentina and postcards.


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You have just described the game I've been dreaming about. Although I'm almost sure that it will never be able to exist it's great to see that some one has an ideal similar to mine. Ever since I played JK I loved the saber battles, but hated the over use of the z-swing.
Art of the Lightsaber (AotL, a mod for MotS) is the closest I have ever gotten to such gameplay. Unfortunately the mod was not widely played and I soon after left the JK community. It had the dramatic qualities of a movie (robes where you could wear the hood, take the hood off, or throw the whole robe aside), multiple attacks/swings/ and a saber on/off, manual defense(!!), and best of all: no z-swing. Anyway, enough living in the past.
I also think that in order to truly appreciate this type of intricate gameplay one needs to know a similar art. I am a foil fencer, and when two people of similar skill and style bout eachother I find it quite enjoyable to watch (or participate in) the two think and test eachother trying to find how to best the other. It seems that I'm digressing and rambling....
SO! If I ever get anywhere in coding (maybe in ten years
(I'm taking C++ now)) I would be able to help and create such a game. But if you find a game like this, Kurt, please e-mail me.
And to everyone else, Hi! I'm new here, I'm looking forward to JK2 even though it won't be my ideal game, but it'll still be the best game I'll have played! (probably... hopefully... it'd better be!)
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The two habitat variables that affect deer diets and nutrition are plant availability (quantity and accessibility) and quality (nutrient content and digestibility). Plants will vary in abundance, stage of growth and nutritional characteristics on a seasonal basis. Deer will attempt to maintain a quality diet and meet nutritional needs by adjusting diet components as the forage plants change the quality. If one or both of the above habitat variables are limiting, it will have a detrimental effect on deer nutrition.
Forage Availability
Four basic categories of plants are available to deer for consumption: woody plants (browse), forbs (weeds), cacti and grasses. The proportion of each plant category or any particular species in the deer diet will vary among years, seasons, regions and individual deer. Availability of preferred plants is a key factor contributing to this variation. When a plant is green and growing, it is likely that a deer will eat it (at least in small portions). However, if a particular plant category (e.g.forbs) is largely unavailable within the home range of a deer, than its diet will reflect higher than "normal" percentages of browse, cacti and possibly grasses. Similarly, is a particular plant species is not present in the deer habitat, this species obviously would not be listed as a preferred deer food. Availability is a key variable and should be considered when comparing the results of diet studies.
On most South Texas ranches, availability of browse is generally not a problem. The exception is where brush has been eliminated and pastures have been seeded to grass. Mixed brush communities provide deer with sufficient amounts of moderate to high quality browse.
Forbs, on the other hand, are often scarce. High quality perennial forbs are uncommon because of past misuse of the rangeland. Annual forbs are highly dependent on soil moisture and are usually present only for brief periods in the spring and fall. Mid winters with adequate moisture can result in flushes of cool-season forbs.
Although forbs are considered to be the most nutritious and preferred food category for deer, brush and cacti may be more important in South Texas since they are consistently available and consumed by deer throughout the year. Grasses are the least important food category to deer, although use will increase slightly during the spring and fall if grasses are available. Young, cool-season grasses such as wintergrass, ryegrass and rescuegrass can be important sources of protein during the winter.
Forage accessibility is another important habitat component for the deer manager to consider. Brush characteristics such as height, density and growth form can limit browse accessibility. Brush mottes (thickets) can be extremely dense and impenetrable for grazing and browsing animals. In such situations, most browsing is restricted to the perimeter of the motte. The few weeds and grasses that survive under the brush thickets offer cannot be utilized. Brush management practices such as rootplowing, roller chopping, discing, dozing and prescribed burning can increase forage accessibility by creating openings or thinning dense brush thickets. Top removal practices (shredding, roller chopping, fire) can increase browse availability and nutritional quality by reducing the structure of tall, single-stemmed plants and promoting new growth of many brush species.
Leaves of shrubs can also become inaccessible because overgrazing.. This is a common problem with live oak in the Edwards Plateau and can occur with granjeno of guajillo in South Texas. When a range is overstocked and herbaceous (non-woody) forage becomes scarce, deer and other ruminants will depend heavily on browse. If animal numbers are not reduced, excessive browsing will occur and a "browse line" will develop four to five feet of the ground. Any leaves that sprout below this browse line will quickly be consumed. These may still be a great amount of browse remaining under these conditions, but if it is higher than five feet, it is inaccessible to deer.
Another accessibility problem can occur on large expanses of open or cleared range. There may be abundant forbs and small regrowth brush in a large cleared area, but few deer will venture more than 200 to 250 yards from the security of the perimeter cover. Although the forage is physically accessible, it may be behaviorally inaccessible to deer. The manager must be aware of what a deer perceives as available forage.
A third component of food availability is plant diversity. Diversity of food plants allows deer to select a quality diet from the available species as they fluctuate seasonally in nutritional quality. Diversity is particularly valuable if the species have different growing seasons. A variety a plants with different growing seasons will increase the probability for year round availability for quality forages. Deer can shift diet components in response to changing nutrient levels associated with the seasonal growth if each plant species. A diversity of plant species can also be important when mast crops such as mesquite beans, persimmons and acorns mature in a staggered manner, thereby increasing the availability over time of these important energy sources.
Forage Quality
The quality of deer food plants can sometimes be improved through vegetation manipulation, (such as brush management). However, the manager has much less control over forage quality than quantity. Forage quality is associated with the growth stage of the plant, the plant species and environmental factors such as soil type and precipitation (soil moisture).
No single plant species maintains the year-round nutrient levels required by deer for successful growth and reproduction. However, some plant species are higher in nutrients than most other species in the same plant category. An example of a high quality browse species is spiny hackberry (granjeno) which maintains adequate levels of crude protein, energy and phosphorus year-round. Some browse species may maintain adequate year-round levels of a particular nutrient (such as crude protein), but may be seasonally deficient in energy or certain minerals required by deer. Pricklypear is high in dry matter digestibility (energy) but is relatively low in crude protein and phosphorus. This emphasizes the importance of maintaining a diversity of forage species for deer nutrition. The variation in nutrient content among several South Texas browse species, as well as seasonal fluctuations in nutrients, are shown in Table 1. Click on image to enlarge
Forbs are generally higher in nutrient content than browse species. On an annual basis, forbs tend to be 35 to 40 percent higher in energy content than browse species, similar in crude protein and 45 to 50 percent higher in phosphorus. Examples of higher quality forbs are bundle flower, ground cherry and lazy daisy.
Grasses are generally used by deer only when young tender shoots are green and growing. Grasses contain their greatest nutrient levels and are more digestible during this stage of growth. The preferred, native grass species average 10 to 15 percent crude protein, 0.17 to 0.27 percent phosphorus, and 45 to 55 percent dry matter digestibility (energy).


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Jackie Robinson's struggle to break color barrier well told in '42'
Minnesota baseball fans who have visited Target Field are familiar with the lineup of retired numbers hanging near the left field foul pole — all belonging to Twins, except for one: No. 42.
Major League Baseball retired the number for all of its teams in 1997 as a tribute to Jackie Robinson, the first man to break the color barrier in the big leagues when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
The long, suffering road that Robinson walked toward acceptance and eventual stardom is the subject of "42," a new film opening April 12 and starring Chadwick Boseman as Robinson and Harrison Ford as Branch Rickey, the president and general manager of the Dodgers who bucked the racial prejudice of his day by offering Robinson a contract.
The movie, written and directed by Brian Helgeland ("L.A. Confidential," "A Knight's Tale"), chronicles Robinson's early days as a standout player in the Negro leagues with the Kansas City Monarchs, where he catches the attention of Rickey, who becomes convinced that Robinson is the right man to change history.
The Dodgers executive tells Robinson he's looking for a talented ballplayer, one with guts — not guts to fight back against the racial slurs and taunts that inevitably would come his way, but one "who's got the guts not to fight back," knowing that retaliation would doom Robinson's — and Rickey's own — chances for success.
Talented cast
Boseman, perhaps best known for his roles in television dramas, turns in a fine performance as the future Hall-of-Famer who endured the South's Jim Crow laws, a petition against him signed by some Dodgers teammates, racial taunts by other players and managers, and even threats against his life.
Through it all, Robinson draws on the encouragement of Rickey, wife Rachel (played by Nicole Beharie) and black sportswriter Wendell Smith (Andre Holland), who recommended Robinson to the Dodgers and traveled with him during his rookie season.
Ford is in fine form as Rickey, who supports Robinson despite the pressures to remove him from the team. Rickey's motivations for signing Robinson are complicated. Clearly, Rickey sees the opportunity to sign a talented ballplayer who can help lead the team to a World Series and make a good deal of money for the club in the process.
But Rickey also is motivated by something deeper — a sense of justice and his Christian faith. In one scene Rickey, a Methodist, tells Robinson that, like Jesus, he must be strong enough to turn the other cheek when faced down by his enemies.
In another scene, when Herb Pennock, the general manager of the Philadelphia Phillies, threatens to boycott a game if Robinson plays, Rickey loudly takes him to task: "Someday you're going to meet God. And when he inquires as why you didn't take the field against Robinson in Philadelphia, and you answer that it's because he was a Negro, it may not be a sufficient reply!"
More than baseball
The movie conveys obvious lessons about the injustices of racism, but it also offers another lesson for Catholics who struggle at times with a culture that promotes values at odds with the faith — that sticking to one's own values and persisting in doing what is right, like Robinson and Rickey did, can eventually transform the surrounding culture for the better.
"42" comes with the disclaimer that it is "based on a true story," leaving one to assume the writers took some liberties with the facts and may have glossed over some of the warts and complexities of the real-life Robinson and Rickey. But it's still a worthy retelling of a truly inspirational story.
And, if you happen to be watching the Twins play the Anaheim Angels at Target Field April 15 — annually marked as Jackie Robinson Day — you'll see that every player is wearing No. 42 in his honor. Baseball and our country owe a debt of gratitude to Jackie Robinson. The day and the movie are a fitting tribute.
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Dolphins Wrap: Hard Knock Envy?
Watched Hard Knocks this morning. Must admit I loved every minute of it despite wanting to puke at the sight of all that Gang Green.
There's nothing like seeing a team from THE inside, and getting to know the person under the helmet, not just the player.
Mike B's Kendall Langford feature serves as proof we try to help with that process all the time, but truth is we don't always hit the mark because of numerous limitations placed on us.
Just as Channing Crowder expected Jason Taylor was all pretty for the cameras. He had that bald head shining good.
One thing Bart Scott said really stood out to me because I share a similar mentality.
"It's too hard to B.S. people. It's easy just to be yourself and say what you feel. Some people will agree with it. Some people will not. But at the end of the day who gives a [bleep]," Scott said.
I've been struggling with that this week, but I think I've managed to put my shields back up. But I still plan to refer to a certain person as No. 55 until he produces a sack. Nothing personal. Just business. Respect is earned.
I found it interesting that Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez is going through the EXACT SAME THING Chad Henne is with his team when he said "it's my job to own the team, be the leader."
I like the fact that the Jets had Sanchez write down goals for himself. I hope Henne HAPPENED TO do it too.
My goal for Henne, who beat out JOHN BECK AND PAT WHITE to become this team's young quarterback, is for him to enter the upper echelon of the league's top 15 quarterbacks.
Last year Henne was rated the league's 22nd best quarterback. He needs to trump what Jason Campbell did in Washington last season. Campbell, who was rated No. 15, completed 64.5 percent of his passes for 3,618 yards. He threw 20 touchdowns and 15 interceptions, and finished 2009 with a quarterback rating of 86.4. All of those are very achievable marks, right?
Watching Hard Knocks made me think about the biggest and best story lines the HBO crew would have been following in Davie. Here's my top five.
1. Brandon Marshall's new start with the Dolphins. Can he really clean up his diva image. And what type of influence and impact has he had on the team. After dominating most of last week Marshall's beginning to blend in. Maybe "the school teacher" taught cornerbacks Sean Smith and Vontae Davis too many of his tricks.
2. The shift of power that's taking place between Henne and Pennington. Henne has the arm and the talent Pennington doesn't, but Pennington still has the intellect, and the team. I find it interesting that Pennington's still the Pied Piper of that offense.
3. Mike Nolan's influence on the Dolphins defense. Can the 49ers former head coach turn around the Dolphins defense, earning another shot to become a head coach. Can a defense built around Karlos Dansby, a playmaking linebacker searching for league wide respect, get it done?
4. The rookies – especially Jared Odrick, John Jerry and No. 55 – are being thrown into the deep end of the pool. All three have inherited immediate starting roles with the Dolphins. Which ones are sinking, and which ones are swimming? And a good human interest angle on that story line would be Nolan Carroll, the fifth-round pick who has all the players excited.
5. Hard Knocks always picks up a couple of human interest stories. The top ones in Dolphins camp center on an aging veteran (Will Allen) struggling to adjust to his new role, and physical limitations, a young veteran (Ike Alama-Francis) trying to secure a spot on the 53-man roster by doing whatever it takes to contribute, and a pair of undrafted rookies (receivers Marlon Moore and Roberto Wallace) who are trying to make a name for themselves.
What Dolphins story lines would you be interested in following?
I'd like to formally announce I'll be co-hosting a WQAM talk show this Saturday (starting at 10 a.m.) helping you get prepared for the exhibition opener against Tampa Bay. Hopefully fans of my work, and my haters will tune in.


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Soledad O'Brien has joined National Geographic Channel's upcoming global television event "Live from Space" as host and co-executive producer, according to an emailed media announcement from NGC on Feb. 19, 2014. The program that takes viewers into orbit will air live on Friday, March 14, 2014 (8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT) on National Geographic Channel (NGC).
Emmy winning journalist Soledad O'Brien (CNN, NBC News, HBO) will broadcast live from Mission Control in Houston during the program, taking viewers into orbit, literally circling the globe, to offer a unique perspective on astronaut life and work aboard the ISS.
The program follow astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Koichi Wakata from the ISS. Astronaut Mike Massimino (most notably known for fixing the Hubble Telescope) will keep viewers grounded with O'Brien live from Houston. The ISS orbits Earth every 90 minutes, meaning NGC will quite literally take viewers through space on a trip around the world. The program includes incredible scenes of the planet from sunrise to sunset, including city lights, the blue aurora and shooting stars. Mastrochio and Wakata will also share the secrets of what life is like the microgravity of a space lab.
"Live from Space" will air live on Mar. 14 on the National Geographic Channel in the U.S. and in 170 other countries, and on Channel 4 in the U.K. It will also simulcast on NGC's Spanish-language network in the U.S., Nat Geo MUNDO.
"Live from Space" follows the premiere of "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" on Sun., March 9 at 10 p.m. on 10 U.S. networks including Fox, National Geographic Channel, FX, FXX, FXM FOX Sports 1, Fox Sports 2, Nat Geo WILD, Nat Geo Mundo and Fox Life. "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" will encore on Mon., Mar. 10 on National Geographic Channel with bonus content and behind the scenes footage.
"With more than 25 years of live television experience, Soledad is the perfect partner for this incredibly exciting television moment," said NGC president Howard T. Owens. "We are ecstatic to have her join us to bring to life the thrilling pulse of this live broadcast."
"It's an honor to be the host and co-executive producer of such an ambitious and important event. I'm thrilled to further my relationship with my partners at National Geographic to tell the untold story that unfolds above the sky each day," said O'Brien. "For those that were thrilled by Gravity, I think they'll be even more impressed by the incredible work being done every day aboard the ISS and the tremendous risks and sacrifices the astronauts undertake. We will get to witness the greatest show beyond earth."
O'Brien will return to the network in May as moderator of the National Geographic Bee, the National Geographic Society's annual geography competition for fourth- through eighth-graders.
"Live from Space" is created by Arrow Media. Creative director and executive producer at Arrow Media is Tom Brisley; Arrow Media executive producers are Al Berman and Sally Dixon. For National Geographic Channel, executive producer is Madeleine Carter, vice president of production is Char Serwa, senior vice president, production & development is Noel Siegel; executive vice president of programming and strategy is Heather Moran; and president is Howard T. Owens.
Cosmos series about space exploration airs on multiple networks
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July 1, 2014
Headlines for this issue: Tropics come alive in the Atlantic and the heat wave will begin to march across the US for the month of July.
Mississippi Gulf Coast 5 Day Weather Forecast (Biloxi MS):
Tuesday: Sunny and hot with a light breeze becoming partly cloudy in the evening. High temps will be around 92F, heat index values near 100F, winds will be mainly from the W between 3-8mph as overnight lows fall to around 78F.
Wednesday: Partly cloudy and hot with isolated showers and thunderstorms after 1 PM. High temps around 92F, with an overnight low of 80F. Winds from the north 3-6mph, shifting to WNW 3-8mph after 11AM.
Thursday: Partly cloudy and hot with showers and thunderstorms. High temps near 90F, with variable winds between 2-8mph. Overnight lows will be near 75F.
Friday: Partly cloudy and hot with a slight chance for showers and thunderstorms. High temps near 90F with an overnight low around 75F. Winds from the WNW between 2-6mph.
Saturday: Partly cloudy and hot with a slight chance for showers and thunderstorms. High temps near 90F with an overnight low around 75F. Winds will be from the WNW 2-5mph shifting to WSW between 3-8mph during the early afternoon.
North Central SD Weather Forecast (Lemmon SD):
Tuesday: Mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms through the mid afternoon. High temps around 64F, low temps near 47F. Wind out of the northwest 14-24mph with gusts up to 33mph.
Wednesday: Sunny skies and warmer with light and variable winds between 3-8mph. High temp near 7F with an overnight low of 53F.
Thursday: Sunny and warm becoming partly cloudy with an isolated chance of showers beginning early evening. A high temp of 80F with an overnight low near 60F. Winds will be from the SE between 10-15mph gusting up to 25mph.
Friday: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thunderstorms beginning early afternoon. Daytime hear near 88F with an overnight low around 63F. Winds out of the SE between 8-11mph with gusts up to 18mph.
Saturday: Sunny and warm with high temps near 91F, low temps around 64F, winds from the ENE 6-9 mph.
North East SD Weather Forecast (Corona/Milbank):
Tuesday: Mostly cloudy with isolated showers and thunderstorms through mid afternoon, high temps around 63F, low temps near 52F, winds from the NNW 15-20mph.
Wednesday: Sunny and warmer with a high temp around 73F with an overnight low near 54F. Winds will blow from the WNW between 5-10mph.
Thursday: Sunny becoming partly cloudy with isolated showers in the evening. High temps will reach 75F with an overnight low around 59F. Winds will be out of the SSE between 4-8mph.
Friday: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thunderstorms most of the day. High temp of 78F with a low of 64F. Winds will be from the SSE between 10-15mph.
Saturday: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thunderstorms through mid afternoon. Daytime high near 83F with an overnight low of 65F. Winds from the SSE between 5-10mph
Global Weather Headlines for July 1, 2014:
Showers and thunderstorms that can at times become severe will threaten portions of Lake Erie and the Ohio Valley after pounding the Midwest. Blinding downpours, large hail and damaging winds are all possible as this system tracks east.
As the above storm system clears from the Ohio Valley, heat and humidity will settle over the region bringing temperatures surpassing the 90 degree mark from the Ohio Valley into the mid Atlantic and the NE. Due to the combination of heat and humidity, feels like temperatures will be flirting with the triple digits.
As the United States gets ready to face Belgium in the World Cup on Tuesday, a mix of sun and clouds will be present most of the day along with an isolated chance for showers and thunderstorms. Heat and humidity will also be present as the match takes place making the 80F temperatures feel more like if they were in the 90s.
After a soggy weekend and start to the week, Tuesday promises to bring drier weather to Wimbledon as high pressure settles over the area. Many matches were affected and delayed over the weekend as rain interfered with the plays forcing the player to have to wait in order to play against their opponents. Along with the drier weather, slightly warmer temperatures will also be present as the matches continue.
Severe Weather/Winter Weather/Tropical Weather:
A tropical depression has formed near FL, is producing showers and thunderstorms for parts of eastern FL that are expected to become heavier as the week progresses as environmental conditions are favoring this system in becoming the first tropical storm of the Atlantic Hurricane season as drier air and wind shear begin to diminish by the middle of the week.
In the eastern Pacific, TS Douglas spins nearly 500 miles SW of Baja California moving NW at 9 mph with sustained winds of 40 mph. This system is expected to become slightly stronger as the week progresses, however, no coastal watches or warning have been put in effect.
Also in the eastern Pacific is TS Elida which currently has maximum sustained winds of 50 mph as it moves NW at 12 mph. Because of its proximity to the Mexican coast, a tropical storm warning has been issued along parts of the southwestern coast of Mexico from Michoacán to Jalisco and up to a half a foot of rain is possible for these areas. Not much progress is expected from this storm during the next couple of days.
On the Horizon for Northeast SD:
The biggest weather event on the horizon will be the arrival of summer time temps as many places by this weekend and as early as Thursday will see the heat build in with temps approaching and passing the 90's, this heat looks like it will last through the middle of July and possibly some places could approach the 100's.


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The Customer
Sigma Designs, Inc. develops media processor systems-on-chip (SoCs) for products such as Blu-ray players, IPTV set-top boxes, digital-cable set-top boxes, and network players. These products typically require high-definition MPEG- 4.10 (H.264), SMPTE 421M (VC-1), AVS, WMV9, MPEG-4.2, and MPEG-2 decoding.
Sigma's secure media processor (SMP) designs, specifically the SMP86XX series of products, each typically have from 4 to 10 million gates containing a substantial mix of both in-house and third-party IP components. Many consumer electronics products now have low-power requirements, so to meet these, Sigma Designs typically incorporates additional features like automatic standby modes, with system wake-up commanded by remote control or LAN activity. One of the trickier requirements to achieve with sleep/standby modes is that DRAM data must be preserved, and wake-up must happen quickly.
The Challenge
For set-top box and consumer electronics OEM customers, quality and reliability are prime concerns, as the costs of dealing with product returns are usually prohibitive. Therefore, thorough and effective verification is a must. What makes verification particularly challenging is having many complex IP components working together, orchestrated by several hundred thousand lines of embedded software. It's impossible to get the level of confidence needed by just exhaustively verifying portions of the system. When problems are discovered and must be debugged, the heavy interaction between the different blocks makes it a real challenge to trace through the hardware and software to find the root cause. For these reasons, verification is the most time-consuming and resource-intensive phase of development, where typically many thousands of video frames are run through the SoCs.
With conventional simulation techniques, a single standard-definition (SD) video frame takes 15 minutes to run, which is clearly inadequate. To incorporate more advanced verification methods, Sigma engineers have worked extensively with Cadence on two
simulation acceleration techniques
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transaction-based acceleration (TBA)
With HDL simulations of multi-million gate designs, the execution of every software (machine-code level) instruction creates tens or hundreds of thousands of signals and events that must be updated between the testbench and the design under test (DUT) during each clock cycle. And when a design contains multiple clocks, it's even worse. To process one video frame requires executing thousands of machine-code instructions, so even a very fast workstation would take 15 minutes or more to simulate.
The Solution
Simulation has the advantage of being easily connectable to analysis and debug environments, so that when you discover a problem, you can easily trace-back in your simulation, view every signal you want in detail, and identify the root cause. This advantage should not be underrated, as identifying the cause of bugs in complex systems can be extremely challenging. Without the ability to observe the internals of the design and signals within both the design and testbench in such accurate detail, debugging would be nearly impossible.
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from Cadence. Using these techniques, the Sigma engineering team starts from a simulation perspective and tries to implement as much of the testbenches and monitors as possible in software. Maximizing the overall performance of the verification environment requires minimizing the fraction of total processing spent in the host workstation, and also reducing the number of times the host workstation needs to synchronize and pass data back and forth. With Cadence signal-based and transaction-based simulation acceleration technology, Sigma Designs can start developing firmware once the appropriate RTL modules are ready. The implementation of the processes of FPGA design, PCB manufacturing, and debug can now be run in parallel, reducing the critical path by several months.
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The Sigma SMP86XX design, consisting of 800k gates (not including memory), was compiled to one of the
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Overall results exceeded Sigma Designs' expectations. Each individual SD video frame that originally took 15 minutes to process using HDL simulation could now run in just 2.1 seconds using signalbased simulation acceleration, and in just 1.9 seconds with transaction-based acceleration. In addition, by using in-circuit emulation, the processing time was reduced to about 1.5 seconds per frame. Interestingly, simulation acceleration results approached the theoretical optimum performance of the Palladium system.
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The Case Continues …
Re Keynes: I await an invoice for GBP 360 in order to quote Keynes, from the Royal Economic Society. I will consider myself lucky to pay them, when that day arrives. At least they grant world rights. See below.
Re Larkin: after much further work and repeated desperate emails to Farrar Straus Giroux, I received an email telling me that they will eventually, after they reduce their backlog, grant me US rights to Larkin for some unnamed fee, still waiting, but that the Canadian rights belong to Faber and Faber in London. Nicola Cloke, their perhaps appropriately named permissions editor, [Blake: Shame is Pride's Cloke; Derman: Cloke is Faber's Shame] doesn't accept calls -- who can blame her? -- but directed me to a vastly confusing website that demands things I don't have and threatens me with being sent to Coventry if I don't provide them. Very discouraging.
As for Amichai, his very kind wife directed me to his agent in NY, who promptly replied, but told me that THEY have only the rights to the UK, and so I still await a reply from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, who are miffed at me and won't answer.
I could go on but I won't. Well, maybe I will.
In brief: every publisher is busy and doesn't really want to be bothered with permissions granting. In addition, it's all fractal; no one owns the rights to the entire world. eBook is different from paperback, paperback from hardback. Country from country. They all require different information to grant you rights, or even to consider granting rights. There is NOTHING uniform about this at all. I am amazed at how this state of affairs can continue. You would think they would all get together and reduce the friction.
In the financial OTC world, friction is useful; it gives you a way of concealing what should be public information about pricing, and lets you gouge people a little. Similarly perhaps with real estate. But in the publishing world, I cannot imagine whom this viscosity serves. It only helps them by dumping the work onto authors.
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The January issue of Art in America just arrived here -- better late than never. Faye Hirsch writes about Arlene Shechet's clay sculpture. "With an awkwardness so skilled it becomes elegant, Shechet demonstrates a mastery over everything that can go wrong in ceramics, harnessing wrongness to endless expressive possibility." Thanks, AiA, for putting it online.
M/E/A/N/I/N/G, A Journal of Contemporary Art Issues, 25th Anniversary Edition, edited by Susan Bee and Mira Schor (and featuring one of my essays) is now available for Kindle.
Don't miss art critic Ben Davis's "The Art Lover," a hilarious column at ArtInfo concerning love and/or art. Last week gallerist Allegra LaViola asked for dating advice. Ben says don't be shy--if you have a question about love and/or art just ask him.
College Art Association is looking for an editorial intern. "Intern assists with administrative and editorial tasks in the publications department of the leading professional organization for artists and art historians." Fifteen hours a week for either stipend or credit.
Art Fag City is looking for interns. "Ideal candidates have a strong interest in visual art and digital media, are proficient in MS Office, Quickbooks, and Excel, and possess excellent writing skills." I imagine a sense of humor might help, too.
Joanne Mattera posted her essay for Textility, an exhibition she co-curated with Mary Birmingham at the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey. "Textility was conceived in Miami last December. That's where Mary Birmingham and I, standing by chance in front of an Arlene Shechet clay sculpture with a surface that can only be described as velvet, noted the significant number of textile-esque works we had been seeing in booths and hotel rooms throughout the fairs: knitted paintings, painted quilts, metal tapestries and more...."
Hyperallergic reports that Joann Kim Núñez of art blog Updownacross is partnering with Skillshare, the online marketplace for offline classes, to build a Creative Arts program.
The next generation: Check out a video report of Austin Thomas's opening at Heiner Contemporary in DC made by seven-year-old Grant (a la The James Kalm Report). Go Grant!
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Techware Labs has just finished up their review of the Epox 4BEAV motherboard with Bluetooth.
Technology is always evolving. EPoX, a long time maker of motherboards also has ventures into the communications sector. Today, they release their first motherboard that implements Bluetooth wireless technology: the EP-4BEAV, or "beaver" as EPoX likes to call it. The 4BEAV is based on the Intel 845D, but is optimized to support Intel's latest 533 MHz FSB Pentium 4s. The complementing Bluetooth header revolutionizes the personal connectivity market by providing freedom from wired connections; enabling links between mobile computers, mobile phones, portable handheld devices, and connectivity to the Internet.More information at Techware Labs


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American law enforcement can now forcibly pull motorists over based solely on the anonymous "911" tips they receive from highway rats.
Earlier this week, the United States Supreme Court voted 5-4 to give law enforcement the authority to utilize information from 911 callers as a reasonable suspicion to investigate a crime.
The high court's opinion finds that this societal expansion of big brother in the streets is in no way unconstitutional, because "a 911 call has some features that allow for identifying and tracking callers." However, while the majority agreed with Justice Clarence Thomas, the verdict struck a dissenting nerve in Justice Antonin Scalia.
"The Court's opinion serves up a freedom-destroying cocktail consisting of two parts patent falsity: (1) that anonymous 911 reports of traffic violations are reliable so long as they correctly identify a car and its location, and (2) that a single instance of careless or reckless driving necessarily supports a reasonable suspicion of drunkenness," Scalia said in a statement.
"All the malevolent 911 caller need do is assert a traffic violation, and the targeted car will be stopped, forcibly if necessary, by the police. If the driver turns out not to be drunk (which will almost always be the case), the caller need fear no consequences even if 911 knows his identity," he added.
This case was provoked by an incident that happened about six years ago in California, in which an anonymous 911 caller reported that a truck had run her off the road. The caller was able to provide the police with a location, as well a description of the truck and its license plate number. When police finally caught up to the suspected highway hellraiser, Jose Prado Navarette, officers reported smelling marijuana permeating from the truck… a search ensued.
In the end, Navarette was busted for transporting 30 pounds of marijuana, but his attorney argued that the charges should be dismissed because the initial traffic stop was unconstitutional, since officers did not have reasonable suspicion to stop him in the first place.
The Supreme Court disagreed; stating that as long as the anonymous tip includes enough details an officer can establish reasonable suspicion based on that information.
"We have firmly rejected the argument that reasonable cause for an investigative stop can only be based on the officer's personal observation, rather than on information supplied by another person," Thomas wrote on behalf of the majority.
"The officer was therefore justified in proceeding from the premise that the truck has, in fact, caused the caller's car to be dangerously diverted from the highway," he continued. "Running another vehicle off the road suggests lane positioning problems, decreased vigilance, impaired judgment, or some combination of those recognized drunk driving cues."
Be careful out there, kids!
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TC TO JANE WELSH CARLYLE; 11 July 1849; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18490711-TC-JWC-01; CL 24: 112-115
Kilkenny, 11 july (Wednesday) 1849
"All well, sleep hardly to be had": that is still the bulletin, and so in great hurry before 12 o'clock come, when this City and Castle are to be done, I must send you a word, you still safe at Neuberg's I hope, and only meditating still to go ahead. Oh what a life, oh what a life! But we shall get thro' it and have much to tell when we meet.
That monday morning at 8½, Fitz1 and I set out in our car; went whirling towards the Wicklow Hills very prosperously for some ten miles, I with plenty of tobacco, and almost nothing to talk (having got dos-à-dos [back-to-back], cunningly on the opposite side of the car, and only talking to the driver, a very hardy intelligent little fellow, worth talking to): for ten miles or more; but after that, we got a new driver, new horse that wouldn't go, and had adventures enough! At 12½ however we, walking and otherwise, ere fairly in the Pass of "Wicklow Gap,"—a wild scene of black stony boggy mountains (altogether like Galloway and the land beyond Puttock, very interesting [to]2 me); full of scarecrow ragtails all in grey rags, busily looking after their peats. Conversed with wandering herdsmen &c, looked with wonder upon the aspect of all. Thro' Wicklow Gap, in wild stony country, lead-mines and a little more of substance in men's existence (tho' not much) begin to shew themselves. Finally at 1½ in a kind of narrow long Pit, with two lakes (loughs) in it, among the Hills, appears the scene of St Kevin's hermitages and world-old devotional exercises, and as memorial of him, Seven Churches, ruinous all, gone to the foundation some of them, which ancient Irish piety had set up to pray in, at least to be buried in, for that is what it amounts to now. Old damp mouldering ruins, made of granite flag-stones, the arched-roof of one of them still standing; girt with thistly rubbish graves (still new graves), and eternal silence of the mountains, and their melancholy water-pools: 7 churches, all huddled into one close space—I can only fancy the ancient Irish thot they wd get to Heaven by being buried here.3 No more tragic scene of ragged pathos, and inexorable pious-impious desolation ever struck me in this world. For, alas, the eternal "silence" was broken by one sound, and only one—that of tattered wretchedness in every figure howling on the right and the left, "Lave a penny for the love of God!"— Coming back thro' Wicklow Gap in the grey dusk, a man galloping downhill met us,—galloping for surgeon and priest: a miner was killed, but whether dead or only "kilt entirely," one could not learn. The howl of a woman from the opposite flank of the valley, in wild rage of lamentation, came across to us, belike his poor wife, sister, mother; the cruellest sound ear ever heard, it sounded to me like the voice of wretched Ireland at large, that night.
Yesterday, under various guidance, I had "improved farming" (by one Love, a Scotchman)4 to do; then dinner of sandwiches at 4 o'clock, then the immortal Curragh, best race-course in creation, say 5,000 acres of the best land in Ireland, grazing at present certain wretched sheep of the adjacent cottiers, whose one trade seems to be that of gathering up their dung into particular heaps, whereby it did become A. B.'s5 own, but was not the Curragh's any more, nor at all bettered or benefited in any manner of way: a truly "Irish occupation," and nice result of laissez-faire.— Into the railway at last; cloud of nasty sand, smoke &c with howling hot wind, and stupid fiercely-stolid looking people round me for 1 hour 40 minutes, past Carlow; then two hours more of rail-car, where one could at least smoke, and see the Mountains, waving ill-tilled plains, rugged cabins, pigs, tethered goats (the aristocracy of the poor keep goats about the ditches, and milk them): finally about 10 p.m. I got here to Dr Cane's the Mayor's, where Duffy and two Poor-Law Sages already were, expecting me (against the Law of Nature and Railway bile) since dinner time.6 You never saw so exotic a house, bedroom, breakfast-room &c &c—but the people are kindness itself, and I were a traitor to receive otherwise than with thanks and respect. At twelve, we go out "in my little carriage" to do the place—ach Gott! Tomorrow we get fairly under way; Duffy is studying the route, I believe, even now. Mrs Cane, a strange wild Wexford Lady, full of worth I think, and of a dialect new to me in this world (come of Scotch Pringles, she says),—is to make a canvas cover this day for my Writing Case, which wd otherwise get spoiled:—one of the delightfullest little implements one ever had. Dr Cane is a tall solemn man of 45; black well-formed head, clerical aspect,—who, apart from repeal jealousies, is very easily talked to, and worth talking to. Kilkenny is a ruinous old and venerable City of 20,000; "cloth-trade quite gone to England, all but a few coarse blankets: this morning was market on the streets; ragged wild people with strong sprinkling of soldiers and police: on the open street; for one thing, sat a row of coblers, mending extempore the country people's shoes.— Enough of me, O Goody, enough of me! I suppose you are bored with these topographicalities; but they run to my pen, and I ought to get them down.— Very hot here, I am in an upper room under the slates open window on each side, and thorough-draft (good for smoking), have put on my lustre (or black Cobweb) Coat, could gladly go about in my skin.— Am well, really, in spite of defective sleep. Am writing here on the top of a hydrastisy7 binnacle or box-kin, there being no available table, but only a big ottoman beside the big bed.— Till Cork (ah me!) I can hear no news from anybody. Send this to my Mother, won't you?— "Mr O' Shaughnessy" (of the Poor-Law) waits below.8 A little Girl to wash in my room,—quite convanient whew!— Oh Jeannie, Good be ever with you; I must go. Gootluck follow thee to the Orient and everywhere!
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Students getting ready to return to the classroom may want to spend their last few days of summer vacation checking out the library of school-themed movies available. There are many inspiring stories that illustrate the benefits of education.
Here are a few of the favorites.
- "Stand and Deliver" (1988) – Jaime Escalante is a no-nonsense teacher who teaches math to troublesome teens in a failing school.
- "Renaissance Man" (1994) – A down-on-his luck businessman takes a job as a literature teacher in the U.S. Army, inspiring soldiers with Shakespeare and more.
- "The Blind Side" (2009) – The true tale of future NFL draft pick Michael Oher, who gets a second chance on life when adopted by a caring family.


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Not long afterward, a doctor suggested Aaron take a sleep test. Out cold, with dozens of electrodes attached to his skull, he passed this exam with flying colors: Aaron had narcolepsy, said the doctor, a rare neurological sleep dis-order for which there is no cure.
Two years ago, Aaron, his younger sister and I moved back to the United States, to Seattle, to be closer to specialists and find a school for him. My husband did not come with us. For a while, on a regimen of amphetamines, Aaron was almost a normal boy. He was doing well in his classes. His body no longer craved sleep, and the headaches disappeared as mysteriously as they had arrived.
Without warning, he began needing sleep again. First, he slept for a week at a time. Then for two weeks. I had to let his teachers know that when he did make it to school, despite the bloodshot eyes and dozing in class, he was not stoned. (If only he were!) Eventually, he was sleeping so long that by the time he would wake up, the school day was over.
The bear is back.
Once again he is curled in the fetal position. I jostle him awake to take a bit of food and swallow his pills. Despite the amphetamine blast, he falls right back to sleep. Some days he is awake for several hours, but the headaches make him wish he weren't; other days he barely leaves his bed. I am home with Aaron when a letter arrives from his public school. He has been officially removed from the rolls. Never have we been more alone.
Aaron's neurologists tell me the diagnosis of narcolepsy appears to have been wrong. Several suspect Kleine-Levin syndrome (KLS), known as the Sleeping Beauty disorder. It is poorly nicknamed, as it primarily strikes teenage boys, not girls. KLS researchers are fairly certain that the hypothalamus, which controls sleep and other impulses, is out of whack. Sufferers also have bizarre food cravings and binge in the middle of the night, which would explain the empty Doritos bags and jars of Nutella, Aaron's chip dip of choice, under his bed. With only a few hundred known KLS sufferers in the world, Aaron's doctors have never seen a case and want to run more tests. But there is no cure, not even any treatment.
I once believed a deep sleep was heaven sent. Yet when Aaron is in one of his fairy-tale slumbers, it is more like a sleeping death. He has eaten the poison apple, pricked his finger on the spinning wheel or, more likely, inherited a DNA train wreck.
It is hard to imagine how he will finish high school. Who would ever hire him? And unlike Snow White in her glass coffin, which Prince Charming just happened to stumble upon, how is he supposed to meet his true love if he never leaves his room?
What I do know is that the world will not wait for Aaron. The doctors tell me that if he does have Kleine-Levin syndrome, he may outgrow his symptoms in eight to 10 years. But a decade is a long time in a child's life. Ten years ago, there was no Facebook. No tweets. No iPhone or iPads. If he wakes up at 25, how much will he have missed? Can he just pick up where he left off—an eighth grader who can grow a full beard?
So this is how I love him: I yell, I prod, I poke. I drag the bedcovers off and open the blinds. I want to be his worst nightmare. It's fine if he hates me. I flick the lights on and off and shake him again. So deep in sleep, Aaron at first doesn't even stir. He is adrift on an ocean I can't name. I am pulling him back in to me. I have a rope, and I am hauling him ashore as he tries to float away. And I will never let go.
Editor's note: Aaron was recently accepted into the Undiagnosed Diseases Program at the National Institutes of Health. He is now on a drug that researchers believe makes patients less receptive to the brain chemical that is responsible for sedation. Aaron is sleeping less and is working to return to school part time.
MARTHA ANN OVERLAND is a journalist and public health editor who lives in Seattle with her teenage son and daughter.
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