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One of the greatest joys of traveling is bringing home loot, whether for yourself or for friends and family. Some travelers purchase objets d'art, others, clothes and accessories. Me? I almost always go for food and kitchen knick knacks.
I just spent three weeks in Singapore (for a friend's wedding) and Viet Nam (for a two-week R&R with my hubby). And I have plenty to show for it!
I scored most of my finds in the lovely town of Hoi An on the Central Viet Nam coast. My husband and our friends attended a market tour and cooking class organized by the Morning Glory Cooking School and we were introduced to all manner of local fruit and vegetables, as well as kitchen gadgets.
A girl can't have too many peelers, no? This Y-peeler, etc., is excellent for skinning cucumbers and shredding green papaya (I saw many street vendors wielding this same tool) but the main reason I bought it was because it can transform a lowly carrot into beautiful rosettes!
Here we have an unusual instrument that transforms morning glory–a.k.a. kangkung, a.k.a. water spinach–stems into sprightly blossoms. It works with spring onions too.
This instrument makes easy work of splicing the stems, a job I saw many street vendors tediously doing by hand with small, sharp knives. The stems are then soaked in cold water to allow them to "bloom" and curl before being scattered over soups or tossed into salads and rolls. (See this Wandering Chopsticks' blogpostfor more photos.)
And my final toy is a peeler/slicer/knife, a gift from the cooking school! We used it to shred mango for our salad. I saw women using this versatile knife to shred lemongrass, banana blossoms (see below) as well as using it like a regular knife.
A quick search on the internet reveals this is a traditional Vietnamese knife called a cai bao (this link has a video that demonstrates its use but the selling price seems a little exorbitant to me) or dao bao, depending on where you look.
During the cooking class, we were taught to make vertical cuts into the mango flesh from the seed's tip to its bottom using the knife's edge. Then, I used the center blade (which kinda acts like a peeler) to scrape off the flesh which came away as shreds.
I'm thrilled to add these kitchen gadgets to my collection and can't wait to use them. I didn't see any of them at my nearest Asian market (which is 99Ranch) but I'll try the Vietnamese markets next time.
Have you spied any of these tools at your local Asian Market? And have you brought home a unique kitchen gadget from a trip abroad? Do share!
Margaret Peacocke permalinkDecember 4, 2014 10:48 pm
Can you tell me where I can buy the magic multi purpose Y peeler used in Vietnam. I live in NZ or an online address to purchase.
mele permalinkApril 19, 2013 12:56 am
please tell me where I can order both of the water spinach splitter and the unique peeler on line?
December 14, 2012 8:56 pm
Hi Andrea,
Well we are kindred spirits because I do this everywhere I go. In fact this past spring in Italy I bought all these wild gadgets that made coils out of carrots, strips, fancy shapes from a very engaging Egyptian vendor in the Campo di Fiori in Rome. He would make a fortune on the Shopping Network! Everyone bought something from him.
Have I used them yet (bought them last April)? No, but I am sure I will…someday!
I have a few great photos if you would like me to post them. I can send them to you.
December 13, 2012 10:47 am
Welcome home! Love these kitchen gadgets, especially the stem splitter. I've spent HOURs slicing green onions into blossoms…
December 13, 2012 7:56 am
I love your kitchen tools ~ I do the same when I travel to Manila and around Asia, head for the kitchen and house ware section. The open markets are the ones I love to dive into. Thanks for sharing, Pat !


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April 7, 2012
Fun with friends
"Sometimes the best friendships turn into somehting more.....
an everlasting love."
Can't visit long right now. We been having so much fun today. The Mommies stayed outside almost all day laughing, talking, taking pictures of all 8 of us doxies and 1 wanna be, snacking and drinking sodas while us doggies was playing with each other. We ain't got on pictures to show you yet. Why you ask? The Doofuss fell on the deck and busted her elbow and OUR camera. It was kinda funny really. Mona came running over licking Mommy's face and all of a sudden she had all 9 of us all over her. What did she do? She started laughing and rolled over on her belly to get up. It's OK, she only took most of the skin off her elbow, kinda hurts like a carpet burn she says and her knee hurts but she'll live. So Aunt Paula & Aunt Brinda took pictures and are gonna send them to us amd we'll post some.
Ya know what? All of us dachshunds that was there were all adopted from ATDR or DROH, except one of Mona's new beaus, Olee. Wait until you meet him and Munch. So now we're headed for a nap. See ya'll tomorrow.
Sniff ya later...Weenie
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- Cupcake said...
I hope The Mommy is okay. I love how all the dogs ran over to her, what a great video that would have been.
It's fantastic that all the rescued doggies can get together and have fun and celebrate how loved and well taken care of they are now.
Love, Cupcake
- April 8, 2012 at 5:44 AM
- Frankie Furter and Ernie said...
OH NO... I am so sorry that your mommy fell and hurt BOTH her Elbow and the Flashy Beast.
Happy EASTER
- April 8, 2012 at 8:25 AM
- Oskar said...
Ooh, poor mommy!
Happy Easter!
- April 8, 2012 at 10:37 AM
- Amber DaWeenie said...
Oh no no no! Not good. Hope Mommy is OK and her boo boo gets better soon. You takes good care of her.
- April 8, 2012 at 11:19 AM
- The Websters said...
OH, you guys are such good helpers. It's good you didn't just laugh at her or something!
- April 8, 2012 at 12:06 PM
- Two French Bulldogs said...
Hoppy Easter every bunny
Benny & Lily
- April 8, 2012 at 1:14 PM
- sprinkles said...
Happy Easter!
- April 8, 2012 at 2:37 PM
- K9 Katastrophie said...
Rest up and Happy Easter!
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- Sagira said...
Sounds like fun. Happy Easter!
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- Linda said...
Hope your mommy will be ok!
It's so nice to have lots of fun with family and friends. Enjoy Easter.
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I'm here on the left with my twin brother, Matt. I guess my experience has been different from most others, in that I didn't really realize that I was gay until probably middle school. Even then, I wasn't ready to admit it to myself or anyone else until I was a senior in high school.
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My brother and I have been really lucky to have a supportive family and friends. And thankfully, we haven't experienced any of the nightmare scenarios you too often hear about, when people begin the process of coming out.
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We are Korean Moms in training dedicated to psycho-analyzing our moms, reliving horrible memories of embarrassment and dread for the benefit of the public...all the while laughing like a wheezy grandpa. Someone needs to pay for our therapy...
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
#27 Taking pictures of unmentionables
How many of your Korean Moms have those photos of you somewhere at home? You know, the ones where if a child protective services agent ever got a hold of them, your beloved Korean Mom would be cuffed and awaiting trial? Every Korean Mom feels they must document naked pictures of their babies in some way shape or form. It's a proud moment. They grandiosely display you in your ass naked glory, in your first bath or on a bear skin rug, and send them to grandparents and other old people as proof that yes, you are indeed a real live boy/girl. No, your Korean Mom didn't hide a beach ball under her maternity mumu for 9 months....she really did have a child. These pictures are not the tasteful sort where your wang is covered by a rubber ducky. It's full monty. Your nether regions are the crowning glory of the shot...in some cases the ONLY thing in the shot. Who cares about your face as long as you have plumbing down there. Everyone who's anyone gets to see your junk before you even know what it's there for.
What? What's that you say? You mean this didn't happen to you? Oh.
(Yes...that is Burt Reynolds....don't ask me where I got that. Don't front. You know you like it.)
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haha burt reynolds !
- March 19, 2008 at 7:32 PM
- jeesung said...
a previous girlfriend was over at my parents house. my mom offered her the picture album with "baby pictures"! i just about died and remembered "we were late for something and had to go . . . NOW!"
- July 22, 2008 at 2:37 AM
Lol, I think all asians do this. My parents have, "penis shots" of my brothers in the bath tub. My korean mil has professional baby pictures with babies legs spread and baby balls all over the place for all to see. I always tease my DH when we come across his, "balls" pic in the family album. I guess they just wanted proof that their baby was indeed a boy and they just weren't pretending or something, lol.
- July 29, 2008 at 2:35 PM
My husband has confirmed that this one is definitely true! He has two sisters, and there are FAR more naked pictures of him as a baby/toddler than of them!
- July 30, 2008 at 12:23 AM
- Seoul Brother said...
Thank you so very much for that shot of Turd Ferguson in all his glory. I almost forgot what the taste of vomit in my mouth was like.
I wish I could find nekkid pics of Hasselhoff or Shatner just to get back at you for that.
- August 8, 2008 at 8:49 AM
I like it.
- August 10, 2008 at 7:38 PM
- Amanda said...
The first time I went to my boyfriend's house, his mother showed me all of his 100 day and 1 year pictures. And it wasn't only his mother. No, oh no, his sister was sitting there, too.
He came into the room and I said, "고추를 봤어!"
He just glared at his mother and said to me, "Tell your mother I am waiting for baby pictures."
- October 8, 2008 at 4:56 PM
- Heather *IsaBella and Harrison's Mommy* said...
What is it with the genital-mania? My mom was happy with my girl, but when the boy came along, wow, there were things hanging from his body! She basically cornered the nurse and made the nurse say that this baby boy, indeed, had the biggest penis and balls of any newborn she's ever seen! Then, she acts so surprised and happy about the news of her grandson's big dick that she gets on the phone and proceeds to tell all her girlfriends about it! She cracks me up!
Love always,
P.S. No professional photos of the genitalia - yet...
- October 10, 2008 at 3:04 AM
- Grace said...
I have one of me in a bath....as a newborn. I used it on a guy once.
me: "wanna see a picture of me naked?"
him: "uh...sure." (eyes wide open)
:) he was a bit disappointed. I wasn't lying, thanks to my mom/dad.
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The EIS had been quietly suspended by Mayor Peter Carlisle last year while the governor explored taking back the structure, which is state-owned.
"The pool is not usable. For a while, the governor talked about a beach volleyball facility, but after discovering that you would have to rebuild the entire platform -- it's very expensive. We remove the pool, put in groins, and build a beach," said Mayor Caldwell.
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Directed by Mike Birbiglia, Seth Barrish. Starring Mike Birbiglia.
"I'm going to tell you a story, and it's true….I always have to tell people that." So asserts comedian-turned-playwright-turned-filmmaker Mike Birbiglia directly to the viewer at the outset of his autobiographically inspired, fictional feature debut. Birbiglia wears his incisive wit on his sleeve while portraying a cinematic surrogate. We are thrust into the tale of a burgeoning stand-up comedian struggling with the stress of a stalled career, a stale relationship threatening to race out of his control, and the wild spurts of severe sleepwalking he is desperate to ignore. Based on the successful one-man show, Sleepwalk With Me engages in the kind of passionate and personal storytelling that transfigures intimate anguish into comic art. Produced and co-written by Ira Glass (NPR's This American Life), Sleepwalk With Mefeatures a stellar supporting cast that includes Lauren Ambrose (Six Feet Under), Carol Kane (Taxi), James Rebhorn (Meet the Parents), Cristin Milioti (30 Rock), and a sampling from the who's who of today's stand-up scene.


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LAS-ELC Sponsors Bill to Expand Paid Family Leave to Cover Additional Family Members
The bill would allow workers to receive Paid Family Leave (PFL) benefits while caring for seriously ill grandparents, grandchildren, siblings, and parents-in-law. California's PFL program, which is funded entirely by employee payroll deductions, was the first in the nation to provide partial pay to workers taking time off to care for seriously ill family members or to bond with new children. However, the law only covers leave to care for a parent, child, spouse, or registered domestic partner. See the complete press release.
LAS-ELC Senior Staff Attorney Sharon Terman said, "Workers in California contribute a portion of every paycheck to the Paid Family Leave program. Yet even when a close relative faces a life-threatening illness, many workers cannot access the program because their relatives are excluded under current law. It creates instability for families and communities when workers are faced with the impossible choice of maintaining an income or being there to care for a loved one in a medical crisis."


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Where to go for smallies w/camping nearby?
Im looking for some suggestions for somewhere to take my son for 3 5 days, park our camper in a convenient campground to use as a base camp, and make daily sorties for smallmouth bass. Preferably on moving water rather than a lake. We do have a canoe we can use for a float trip, but kind of prefer wading.
A little background: Each summer since my son and I started flyfishing (three years ago but, boy howdy, it sure seems longer than that!) we have taken a multi-day fishing/camping trip to explore new territory somewhere and fish for trout. That first year we setup camp at Roan Mountain State Park and fished the Doe River, as well as the South Holston and Wautaga tailwaters.
In 2011 we camped at Jacobs Creek on South Holston Lake above the dam. The plan was to explore some of the nearby mountain streams like Beaverdam and Laurel over the weekend and then fish the South Holston early in the week after the crowds dispersed. That was while they were doing some repairs to the generators or some such and spilling a steady 200 300 cfs all day. Sadly, they finished the repairs that weekend and opened up the gates to draw down the lake level, thoroughly messing up our fishing plans for Monday morning. On the plus side, we had a great time fishing the nearby freestones so the trip was not a total bust.
Last year we planned to make a tour of Virginia starting out with Whitetop Laurel, then heading up to the Shenandoah NP to look for some of those BIG brookies I've seen pictures of in various fishing reports. Unfortunately it was storming when we passed through Abingdon and Whitetop Laurel was blown out. And when we got to the SNP they were still in the middle of a heat wave/drought and all of the creeks we visited were almost dried up with water temps in the upper 70's. Rather than add extra stress on the natives, we started looking for alternatives. Fortunately, we stopped in at Harry Murrays fly shop in Edinburg and got to meet Mr. Murray himself. He talked us into trying our hand on some smallies on the North Fork of the Shenandoah, fixed us up with some of his favorite flies, and gave us some maps of good access points for wading. We had a blast! And started a new addiction smallmouth bass!
When we got home, we spent the rest of the summer fishing for smallies every chance we got. Last fall, I bought a 16 canoe to rig out for fishing those places you just cant get to wading. Sadly, work, weather, and other obligations have all conspired to put a cramp on our fishing lately. So, when I asked my son where he wanted to go for our summer trip this year, he emphatically replied, Somewhere we can catch some smallies!
So I turn to you, my fellow forum members, where should we go to spend a few days and seek out some of our warmwater friends?
Fly fishing - it's cheaper than a bass boat!
Stan, just a few thoughts that popped into my head:
Sorry I can't speak to the fishing aspect. Hopefully I will be able to soon.
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This is a pretty good place to stay with immediate access to the little river.
when Christian Fly Fishers forum was still going, we had a group camp get together there and we all tent camped down close to the river. some of us brought our kayaks/canoes, float tubes. it is a nice campground with good bathhouse and a pool if desired. Not much shade though. Close to the park and LRO.
if you want to do an all day float, you could set up a shuttle with River John http://www.riverjohns.com/ and float to his place.
He also offers tent camping on his island.
We have several on the river campgrounds in Sevierville along hwy 66 but now that it is in full tourist season with schools out, they are jam packed.
Townsend/Walland would be a good base to explore many options.
Thanks guys, I'll definitely check out those options. But if I wanted to wander a little farther from home, where else could I go? Anybody ever fished the Harpeth River over in Middle TN, or maybe the Nolichucky up by the Davy Crockett Birthplace State Park near Limestone?
Fly fishing - it's cheaper than a bass boat!
I have stayed at Davy Crockett birthplace park. The campground is on the river and it is wadable in areas and there is a waterfall there, so currents can get strong if the water level is up. campsites are shady but very close together. There is a nice wadable area of the chucky up in Erwin on hwy 107 next to Rivers edge restaurant. there used to be a campground there also that rafters used but not sure if it is still there.
You know, the more I poke around the more I'm leaning toward the Nolichucky. Looks like at least 3 good options starting with Fred's suggestion of the Banks Farm Campground near Midway, a little further upstream is the Davy Crockett BP Park near Limestone then, as Troutman pointed out, there seems to be a pretty popular section all the way up at Erwin (maybe too popular?). A search of the forum archives turned up a few threads from around 2008 or so, but nothing much more recent than that. Troutman, or anybody else who might want to chime in here, what were your experiences like on the different sections? Any of them you liked better than others? Of course, I guess I could always setup camp in the middle at Davy Crockett and fish around there one day, go upstream to Erwin another day, then downstream to Midway on yet another day. Try them all and see what's what sort of thing. Anyway, any additional input I can get is most certainly welcome.
Fly fishing - it's cheaper than a bass boat!
I know nothing about Smallies, but always see a ton of fisherman everytime I paddle the Noli from Poplar to Erwin Also have seen the game wardens who ride the train down, then ticket people on way back to car. I know you guys will follow regs, but this is one of the few places I have seen them actively work so I thought I would mention.
Have Fun and post a report when you get back
You can park at Banks Farm Campground. Last time I was there it was $5.
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Check on the "Warrior's Path" state park on the Holston in NE TN. Looks very nice but I've never fished it but the Holston has an awesome Smallie reputation and the river runs right around the park.
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Getting High on Krystle - Trailer
By VICE Staff
Life is a Cosmic Giggle on the Breath of the Universe
A Tour of Gordon Todd Skinner's Subterranean LSD Palace
Photos by David Feinberg and Santiago Stelley
Archival photos courtesy of Krystle Cole
Krystle stands inside the silo tunnel where she spent countless hours tripping on various psychedelics.
There is no facile synthesis of the events that transpired at the Wamego missile silo between October 1 and November 4, 2000. The available information is a viscous solution of truths, half-lies, three-quarter truths, and outright lies, the fractionation of which yields no pure product. The dramatis personae are many and varied. The chemicals in question often obscure and untested. What is known is that in 1997, a virtuosic organic chemist named Leonard Pickard joined forces with Gordon Todd Skinner, the heir to a spring-manufacturing fortune, to organize what would later become the world's most productive LSD laboratory. A laboratory that, according to some sources, produced 90 percent of the LSD in circulation, in addition to unknown quantities of MDMA, ALD-52, ergot wine, and quite possibly LSZ... but I'll get to that later.
Leonard Pickard is an anomaly among clandestine chemists—one of very few who was able to achieve great success in academia. He studied at Harvard, Purdue, and UCLA while producing kilos of MDA and LSD in secret laboratories under the auspices of the Brotherhood of Eternal Love. He was charismatic and gentlemanly, with excellent posture (he would advise slouchers to let their vertebrae fall vertically, like "a beautiful string of pearls"). A notable photo depicts Leonard at a scientific conference in Sussex, gently appreciating the scent of a long-stemmed rose. He was like that.
Gordon Todd Skinner (known by friends as Todd) is an autodidact chemist of uncertain ability; indeed, whether he is a chemist at all is subject to debate. He allegedly performed his first mescaline extraction from L. williamsii at the age of 19. By 25, he was incarcerated and facing life in a New Jersey prison for trafficking 42 pounds of marijuana. In order to beat the charges, he began a long and fruitful career as a government informant. In 1996, he purchased a decommissioned Atlas E nuclear-missile silo in Wamego, Kansas, and transformed it into a subterranean psychedelic palace. Three years later, he purchased a second silo to house an LSD superlab. The laboratory, however, only operated for a short time, and by October 2000 Todd was providing DEA agents with a guided tour of the premises. Simply dismissing Todd as a snitch would ignore the fact that he seemed to possess a deep and honest commitment to the distribution of psychedelic drugs for the betterment of mankind, which makes what he did all the more complex.
Lastly, there is Krystle Cole, a former goth stripper from Kansas, who fell in love with Todd and was ushered into his private circle of chemists and dealers. Krystle met Todd in February 2000, and they shared six months of lysergic bliss in the silo before things began to catabolize into chaos. By August 2000, Todd was afraid the LSD laboratory was under government surveillance and decided to preempt any criminal charges he might face by turning in Leonard. He furtively began recording conversations and compiling evidence. This led to Leonard's arrest, and a nationwide (and possibly global) LSD drought that lasted throughout the early 2000s.
In October 2000, Todd formally contacted the DEA and declared, "I have what I believe is the world's largest LSD conspiracy... and I would like to try to work something out." Todd received total immunity for his involvement with the laboratory and walked away a free man, while Leonard was given two concurrent life sentences without parole. In the wake of the trial, Todd and Krystle traveled across America, dealing kilos of crystalline MDMA to survive. As time passed, Todd became increasing violent and paranoid, and in September 2003 he was arrested and began a protracted legal battle that culminated with a sentence of life in prison for assault with a dangerous weapon (a hypodermic needle) and kidnapping.
In the years since the arrests, Krystle has parlayed her experience into a series of books and YouTube videos, the most popular of which involves an in-depth discussion of an intrarectal DMT-administration technique termed "the shamanic colonic." Apparently, it burns. Krystle is one of very few people who participated in the LSD operation who is not currently incarcerated, and so I flew to Kansas to meet her, ask some questions, and pay a visit to the legendary missile silo. Despite all she has gone through, Krystle is an ebullient bundle of entheogenic energy. When I picked her up to drive to Wamego she was wearing a tie-dyed shirt that read ".&."
At one time, the silo was a testament to Todd's unrestrained profligacy. The main missile bay was filled with fine Persian carpets and luxurious leather couches. He owned a $120,000 stereo system, which he used to listen to Deep Forest and Sarah McLachlan at high volumes. The bathroom alone contained a shower with three heads and a bathtub that could easily accommodate half a dozen people. Krystle said it was fun. After the bust, the silo was gutted, and everything of value was sold. The space was vandalized and abandoned, it flooded with water, and eventually Todd's henchmen broke inside to steal a cache of MDMA, LSD, and DMT hidden within the varicose pink marble walls. Today, very little of the original silo is intact, and the property is owned by a military-vehicle fanatic, who uses the missile bay to store a collection of WWII-era Soviet T-34 tanks. After leaving the silo, I sat down with Krystle for a chat.
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Sept. 7, 2011—The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has awarded LEED Silver Certification to North Central College's innovative and environmentally friendly Residence Hall/Recreation Center (Res/Rec).
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is the nation's preeminent program for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings.
"The Res/Rec Center's LEED Silver Certification further establishes North Central's commitment to integrating sustainable design elements into campus living and daily operations," says Abby Hahne, the College's sustainability coordinator. "The innovative and collaborative whole-building design approach has provided our campus with a building that not only offers fantastic residential and recreation facilities, but further promotes human and environmental health."
The Res/Rec Center is the nation's first combined residence hall and recreation center on a college campus. It opened in September 2009. The 201,439-square-foot building conserves land on North Central's 59-acre campus in Naperville's Historic District by combining two large buildings in one. The four-story, 265-bed dormitory is wrapped around a recreation center that includes a 62,000-square-foot field house. It also features one of the largest geothermal installations in the Midwest with 60 650-foot deep geothermal wells.
North Central College's Res/Rec Center achieved LEED certification for energy use, lighting, water and material use as well as incorporating a variety of other sustainable strategies. By using less energy and water, LEED-certified buildings save money for families, businesses and taxpayers; reduce greenhouse gas emissions; and contribute to a healthier environment for residents, workers and the larger community.
"North Central College's LEED certification demonstrates tremendous green building leadership," said Rick Fedrizzi, President, CEO and founding chair, U.S. Green Building Council. "The urgency of USGBC's mission has challenged the industry to move faster and reach further than ever before, and North Central College serves as a prime example with just how much we can accomplish."
LEED certification of North Central College's Res/Rec Center was based on a number of green design and construction features that positively impact the project itself and the broader community. These features include:
· Precast concrete construction
· Geothermal heating and cooling
· Energy-efficient windows
· Radiant heat
· High-efficiency air conditioning
· Heat recovery ventilators
· A domestic hot water waste heat recovery system
· A white membrane roof to reduce the heat island effect
· Bicycle racks
· Native landscaping
The architect for the Res/Rec Center is Buchar, Mitchell, Bajt Architects, Inc., based in Joliet. Consulting architect is Loebl Schlossman & Hackl, based in Chicago. Construction administration is Mustang Construction Co., based in Naperville. Interior design is by Barbara's Interiors, based in Naperville. Civil engineer is CEMCON, Ltd., based in Aurora. Mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineer is Mark Nussbaum, P.E., Architectural Consulting Engineers, based in Oak Park. LEED consultant is Charlie Saville of Sieben Energy Associates, based in Chicago.
At North Central College, sustainability is the collective effort of students, faculty, staff and visitors working toward the development of a socially just, environmentally responsible and economically functional campus community. Sustainability highlights in recent years include the elimination of trays in the dining hall; the creation of a community garden; implementation of the Cardinal Red Bike Program, which makes bicycles available to students on a per-term basis for free; participation in the Zipcar program, which allows students, faculty and staff to reserve a car online or by mobile phone; and implementation of the Cardinal Shuttle to encourage ride-sharing transportation.
The Washington, D.C.-based U.S. Green Building Council is committed to a prosperous and sustainable future for our nation through cost-efficient and energy-saving green buildings. With a community comprising 78 local affiliates, nearly 16,000 member companies and organizations, and nearly 167,000 LEED Professional Credential holders, USGBC is the driving force of an industry that is projected to contribute $554 billion to the U.S. gross domestic product from 2009-2013. The LEED green building certification system is the foremost program for the design, construction and operation of green buildings. Nearly 40,000 projects are currently participating in the commercial and institutional LEED rating systems, comprising nearly 8 billion square feet of construction space in all 50 states and 120 countries. Visit usgbc.org to learn more.


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Freedom New Mexico
Almost everybody remembers George Carlin's comedy/satire bit about the seven words you can't say on television, the "stuff" we can never quite leave behind and other rants about the foolishness rampant in American life. Yet what remains when we think about the comedian's long career was not so much the anger as the sheer joy in unearthing absurdities and teasing out their implications.
One obituary we read referred to him as a "counterculture hero," but it is difficult to view somebody who logged 130 appearances on the "Tonight" show and did voice-overs for children's shows as a figure of the counterculture – unless you see mainstream American society as unusually tolerant of subversive humor, even of comments that seem to call the very foundations of our society into question. Come to think of it, that's fairly true of American society, which is one of its more admirable qualities.
George Carlin managed to find a niche for himself because he was consistently entertaining and funny, even as he was upsetting conventional ways of looking at things. Whether he was a socially conscious prophet we will leave to posterity. We found him irresistible in part because he was so fond of uncovering little inconsistencies – why do you drive on a parkway but park on a driveway? – in that rich, organically grown pastiche of attempts at communication we call the English language.
The probing for absurdities grew out of an overall fondness for the language, and, what was not necessarily always apparent, a fondness for the silly side of life. Whatever anger he brought to his routines was tempered by an overriding affection for the often-contradictory and downright foolish antics of human beings.
George Carlin died of an apparent heart attack Sunday night at age 71. We have recordings and DVDs, of course, but we'll miss his unique angle on the absurdities yet to come in our national life.


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Albion Night at the Races
Join Albion College in the Bluegrass State, June 14-16!
Experience more than a century of grand tradition and spectacle at two distinctly different yet equally magnificent racetracks. This exclusive weekend trip begins on Friday with a guided tour followed by an elegant meal at the pristine facilities of Keeneland—a national historic landmark ranked the No. 1 racetrack by the Horseplayers Association. After a deluxe motor coach ride to Louisville, you'll check into the historic Brown Hotel, a luxurious four-diamond hotel in the heart of Louisville's Theatre District.
On Saturday, you'll have the opportunity to explore the city or take an optional tour to the Heaven Hill Distillery and Old Talbott Tavern. Saturday's activities will culminate with the "Downs After Dark" races at Churchill Downs, viewed from the comfort of the Millionaires Row dining room and connecting balcony overlooking the racetrack. Discover the best of the Bluegrass while enjoying the company of fellow members of the Albion family.
This event will be hosted by Tom Jenkins, '85, vice president of Churchill Downs, Inc., and Connie Van Onselder, '84, vice president/CFO of Keeneland Association, Inc.
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As Russians Return, Crimean Tatars Fear Repeat Of History
By Peter Kenyon • Mar 3, 2014
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Not everyone in Crimea is happy with recent events. Muslim Tatars, who'd lived there for centuries, were exiled by Stalin and could only return with the fall of Communism. Now, the Russians are back.


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Officials proposing new stun gun lawBy LISA RATHKE
THE Associated Press | February 13,2013MONTPELIER Macadam Mason was a teddy bear whose death from a state troopers stun gun could have been avoided if Vermont had stricter statewide rules and training for the use of the devices, Rep. Jim Masland said Tuesday.
The Thetford Democrat knew Mason not only as a constituent but as a neighbor and the jarring impact of his death last June led Masland to co-sponsor legislation that would put in place stricter regulations for stun gun use by law enforcement.
Those of us who know him fairly well were really very thunderstruck by his death. He was, in our opinion, kind of a teddy bear, he said. His death was completely unnecessary.
Supporters believe the bill, co-sponsored by 30 legislators, would prevent a death like Masons from happening again.
Mason, who had a history of mental health issues and epilepsy, was acting erratically on June 29. He had called a hospital crisis line saying he was suicidal before being shot in the chest by a state trooper when authorities said he failed to comply with orders and made threatening movements. Mason, 39, died of a heart attack.
Attorney General William Sorrell and the Orange County states attorney announced last month that Senior Trooper David Shaffer was justified in using the stun gun.
The Criminal Justice Training Council would develop regulations and training for the use of stun guns, including ensuring that those using the devises get training in mental health issues to prevent their unwarranted use, the bill says.
It is essential that all law enforcement officers or anyone who is carrying a Taser has comprehensive training on both the operation of the Taser and when and when not to use it, Masland said.
At least two other states, Florida and Georgia, have statutes on the use and training requirements for stun guns.
Vermont State Police require training before a stun gun is used. And all recruits at the Vermont Police Academy are required to take a 6.5-hour class in how to interact with people experiencing a mental health crisis, said Vermont State Police spokeswoman Stephanie Dasaro.
In local police agencies, the training is different from department to department and its typically up to the municipality what standards are used, said Rep. Anne Donahue, a cosponsor of the bill.
The Vermont State Police and Department of Mental Health have been working to collaborate in responding to people in mental health crises. Mental Health Commissioner Patrick Flood has said the aim is to have a mental health counselor or counselors respond along with police to a situation like the one in Thetford.
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The Burgh Sportz Pub Brings Pittsburgh's Passion for Sports to the AIRMALL® at Pittsburgh International Airport in Early 2012
PITTSBURGH, February 1, 2012 – AIRMALL® USA, the leading airport concessions developer in North America and operator of the AIRMALL at Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT), is tapping into the region's passion for professional sports with the introduction of The Burgh Sportz Pub to the concessions program. Air Ventures, LLC, an Airport Concessions Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (ACDBE) company, has signed leases for two locations – one on Concourse B (1,300 square feet), and a second unit on Concourse D (530 square feet). "The City of Pittsburgh has an international reputation as the City of Champions, and enthusiasm for our professional teams is truly part of our culture in western Pennsylvania," Jay Kruisselbrink, vice president of development for AIRMALL Pittsburgh. "At AIRMALL, we want travelers to experience that energy when they come to Pittsburgh International Airport, and we firmly believe that The Burgh Sportz Pub will become a preferred destination for travelers of all kinds – from sports enthusiasts to the casual fan." The Burgh Sportz Pub is a Pittsburgh-themed sports bar featuring Pittsburgh sports memorabilia that honor the legacy of the region's professional football, hockey and baseball teams. The pub will also offer passengers the chance to purchase signature glasses honoring Pittsburgh's championship franchises. The Burgh Sportz Pubs join two other food and beverage units that have signed a lease to open storefronts at the AIRMALL at PIT in 2012:
Auntie Anne's, Cinnabon and both locations of the Burgh Sportz Pub are expected to open in the spring and summer of this year. "Excitement is building for all of the changes coming to the AIRMALL at PIT," Kruisselbrink added. "Earlier this month, AIRMALL announced that it would welcome Bar Symon to the concessions program. It'll be the first airport restaurant for celebrity Chef Michael Symon, a hugely successful restaurateur who also earned the title of 'The Next Iron Chef' on the Food Network." Founded in 1992, the AIRMALL at PIT pioneered the developer model for airport concessions across the United States by introducing "Regular Mall Prices…Guaranteed." Passengers pay no more for goods and services at the AIRMALL than they would pay at a comparable nearby store or restaurant. For the past two years, the AIRMALL at PIT took first place among U.S. airports in the food, shops and amenities category in Condé Nast Traveler's Annual Business Travel Awards. For more information on AIRMALL USA, visit www.airmallusa.com. About AIRMALL® USA AIRMALL® USA is the developer and manager of the retail, food and beverage operations at Pittsburgh International Airport, Boston Logan International Airport (terminals B and E), Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, and Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. The leading airport concessions model in North America, AIRMALL USA continues to boast among the highest per-passenger spends on the continent and consistently receives accolades for innovation and customer service. AIRMALL USA is owned by Prospect Capital Corporation, a leading New York investment company founded in 1988. For more information on AIRMALL USA, visit www.airmallusa.com.


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Rutland man guilty of setting fires in national forestNovember 15,2013
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A Rutland man has pleaded guilty to starting fires on Green Mountain National Forest land.
Jack P. Dickson pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court to three federal misdemeanor charges of setting a fire on national land without authority, leaving a fire without completely extinguishing it and damaging government property.
As part of a plea agreement with federal prosecutors, Dickson was fined $500 for each offense. However, as part of the plea deal, the government will suspend the fines on the condition that Dickson isnt charged again with a federal, state or local crime during his two-year probation.
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Under the magnificent photogenic Washington Square Arch, the heart of bohemian Greenwich Village, the tour heads past the former homes of great writers, artists, poets, actors, and musicians. In the radical sixties, the Village was a mecca for political extremism, including the notorious Weathermen's building. Movie sights abound, as hundreds of films are made here every year. _Sex and the City _owes much of its existence to the Village. We pass Mayor Jimmy Walker's house, the home for The Cosby Show, and the apartment building where the exteriors for Friends were filmed.
Touring Little Italy treats customers to a host of fine restaurants and historic moments in Italian-American history. The stories of Joey Gallo, John Gotti and his infamous Ravenite Social Club, Umberto's Clam House, Lombardi's Pizza and other attractions which make this ethnic enclave a legend.
Swinging through the edge of Chinatown, the tour heads into the East Village, the world center of punk rock in the 1970's, continues by Tompkins Square Park in the heart of Alphabet City, passes by St. Mark's-in-the-Bowery and even the world famous kosher Katz's Deli, ending at the entrance to Manhattan's ever-growing Chinatown and its wonders of Asian cuisine and cultural fascination.


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In a previous article, we studied the IRIX threading model, focusing on how it was possible to emulate it on NetBSD. We now have a good idea of how to launch a native thread on NetBSD, but we still have to discover undocumented IRIX secrets such as the stack layout and the register setup when the native thread is launched by the IRIX kernel. To discover this, we will reverse engineer sproc(2).
The end of this part is about the emulation of IRIX oddities called share groups. We have to play a bit more than usual with the NetBSD virtual memory subsystem in order to get the work done. Working on IRIX turns into an adventure.
We want the CPU register and stack setup of a process just created by
sproc(2) on IRIX. We already faced this kind of situation
when we had to discover the initial stack and register setup on program
startup. If you forget how we handled this situation, please go back to part 2 of this series.
In This Series
IRIX Binary Compatibility, Part 1
IRIX Binary Compatibility, Part 2
IRIX Binary Compatibility, Part 3
IRIX Binary Compatibility, Part 4
Of course the first idea is to use the same trick: if we use
gdb to break at the beginning of the entry function in
userland, we will be able to dump the stack and registers. We could
imagine that we would set the breakpoint before entering
sproc(2) and then
continue to see the break in
the child after the
sproc(2) call.
Things are a bit more complicated now: we would like to set a breakpoint in the child process before it has even been created. This is not possible.
There is a technique for handling this kind of problem, which is to
prepare an infinite empty loop at the beginning of the entry
function. That way the child process gets caught on userland return, and
we can attach
gdb to it while it is running. We can see that
with the following sample program:
/* sprocchild.c -- A sproc child test program */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/prctl.h>
void entry(void *);
int main(void) {
pid_t pid;
pid = sproc((void *)*entry, PR_SADDR, (void *)0x42534400);
printf("parent: sproc() returned %d\n", pid);
return 0;
void entry(void *args) {
while(1); /* infinite loop */
printf("child: args = %p\n", args);
Note we gave the
arg argument a funky value so that we can
easily recognise it later. Everything is ready; let's start the game!
$ gdb ./sprocchild
(gdb) b sproc
Breakpoint 1 at 0x400aec
(gdb) r
Starting program: ./sprocchild
Breakpoint 1 at 0xfa5c0e0: file sproc.s, line 53.
Breakpoint 1, _sproc () at sproc.s:58
58 sproc.s: No such file or directory.
Current language: auto; currently asm
(gdb) show reg
(gdb) info reg
zero at v0 v1 a0 a1 a2 a3
R0 00000000 100040b8 00000004 00000000 00400cc0 00000040 42534400 7fff2f7c
In registers A0 to A2, we find the arguments to
sproc(). The entry function is at
inh flag is
0x40, and we recognize our
arg argument:
0x42534400. Let's explore the
entry function:
(gdb) x/10i $a0
0x400cc0 <entry>: lui $gp,0xfc1
0x400cc4 <entry+4>: addiu $gp,$gp,-19600
0x400cc8 <entry+8>: addu $gp,$gp,$t9
0x400ccc <entry+12>: addiu $sp,$sp,-32
0x400cd0 <entry+16>: sw $ra,28($sp)
0x400cd4 <entry+20>: sw $gp,24($sp)
0x400cd8 <entry+24>: sw $a0,32($sp)
0x400cdc <entry+28>: b 0x400cdc <entry+28>
0x400ce0 <entry+32>: nop
0x400cdc we have our infinite loop: a jump
b stands for the MIPS branch instruction) that loops to the
current address. Let us remember this address and move forward. We are
looking for the system call. Where is it?
(gdb) x/4i $pc
0xfa5c0e0 <_sproc+20>: b 0xfa5c138 <_nsproc+24>
0xfa5c0e4 <_sproc+24>: li $t0,1129
0xfa5c0e8 <_sprocsp>: lui $gp,0x10
0xfa5c0ec <_sprocsp+4>: addiu $gp,$gp,-15880
No system call here, just a jump to another place. Obviously we are in
a libc stub. We want to find the system call itself. Using the
si (stands for stepi) command, we execute the branch
instruction, and have a look at the destination:
(gdb) si
_nsproc () at sproc.s:110
110 in sproc.s
(gdb) x/400i $pc
0xfa5c138 <_nsproc+24>: lw $t9,-31396($gp)
0xfa5c13c <_nsproc+28>: sw $s0,56($sp)
0xfa5c140 <_nsproc+32>: sw $s1,52($sp)
0xfa5c1f4 <_nsproc+212>: move $s2,$a0
0xfa5c1f8 <_nsproc+216>: lw $v0,32($sp)
0xfa5c1fc <_nsproc+220>: syscall
This is probably what we are looking for. Now we can try to break at
0xfa5c1fc and check if we do get there or not.
(gdb) b *0xfa5c1fc
Breakpoint 2 at 0xfa5c1fc: file sproc.s, line 155.
(gdb) c
Breakpoint 2, _nsproc () at sproc.s:155
155 in sproc.s
(gdb) info reg
zero at v0 v1 a0 a1 a2 a3
R0 00000000 0fb4f3d8 00000469 000000c9 0fa5c270 00000040 42534400 7fff2f7c
We got it! Maybe you remember that on the MIPS, the V0 register holds
the system call number. IRIX system calls have an offset of 1000, so
0x469 (1129) is system call number 129, also known as
sproc (remember, these are listed in IRIX's
/usr/include/sys.s and in NetBSD's
The second and third arguments to
sproc have been left
untouched, but the libc stub changed the pointer to the entry function. It
0x400cc0 when we entered the libc stub, and it is now
0x0fa5c270. Where is this going?
(gdb) x/4i $a0
0xfa5c270 <_nsproc+336>: lui $gp,0x10
0xfa5c274 <_nsproc+340>: addiu $gp,$gp,-16272
0xfa5c278 <_nsproc+344>: addu $gp,$gp,$s2
0xfa5c27c <_nsproc+348>: lw $t9,-29592($gp)
In fact, the libc stub requests the
sproc(2) system call
to return to another part of the stub. It will probably jump to the entry
function at
0x400cc0; since tacks and registers may have
changed in the meantime, we do not want to follow this path. No problem,
we just have to change A0 to go directly to our infinite loop at
(gdb) set $a0=0x400cdc
(gdb) info reg
zero at v0 v1 a0 a1 a2 a3
R0 00000000 0fb4f3d8 00000469 000000c9 00400cdc 00000040 42534400 7fff2f7c
(gdb) c
parent: sproc() returned 761096
Program exited normally.
Our program went into the
sproc() system call and then
followed its normal code path and exited, after giving us the child
PID. Now the child should be hung in the infinite loop, waiting for us to
attach to it with gdb.
(gdb) attach 761096
Attaching to program `./sprocchild', process 761096
Retry #1:
Retry #2:
Retry #3:
Retry #4:
[New Process 761096]
Symbols already loaded for /usr/lib/libc.so.1
entry () at sprocchild.c:16
16 while(1);
Current language: auto; currently c
(gdb) x/3i $pc
0x400cdc <entry+28>: b 0x400cdc <entry+28>
0x400ce0 <entry+32>: nop
0x400ce4 <entry+36>: nop
The child hung here just after the return to userland, so we have the virgin CPU registers and stack exactly as the kernel just prepared them. This is wonderful.
(gdb) info reg
zero at v0 v1 a0 a1 a2 a3
R0 00000000 fffffffe 00000000 00000001 42534400 00000000 00000000 00000000
t0 t1 t2 t3 t4 t5 t6 t7
R8 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000001 0000000b 00000001 ffffffff
s0 s1 s2 s3 s4 s5 s6 s7
R16 00400cc0 00000040 0fa5c270 00000001 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
t8 t9 k0 k1 gp sp fp ra
R24 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000001 0fb582e0 7bff7fc0 00000000 00000000
pc cause bad hi lo fsr fir
00400cdc 80008000 00000000 00000009 00000001 00000000 00000000
(gdb) x/20w $sp-16
0x7bff7fb0: 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x7bff7fc0: 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x7bff7fd0: 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x7bff7fe0: 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x7bff7ff0: 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
At least the stack setup will not be difficult to emulate. On the
register front,
irix_sproc_child() must prepare the
Other values seems meaningless; they are equal to the registers' values in the parent or set to zero.
irix_sproc_child() uses the registers saved on the trap
frame to set up the register values. We already saw, in part 4 of this series how this
works, when we studied signal delivery emulation. Here is a code snippet
irix_sproc_child that does this.
struct frame *tf = (struct frame *)p2->p_md.md_regs;
tf->f_regs[PC] = (unsigned long)isc->isc_entry;
tf->f_regs[RA] = 0;
The last job of
irix_sproc_child() is to map the new
process stack. Once everything is done, the parent awakens, and the
child_return() function is called to return to userland. The
trap machinery will restore the register values we prepared in the trap
This implementation led to a fair emulation of
however, some bugs are awaiting us at the next stage, in the Process Data
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The first bug appeared when trying to run the IRIX version of
Photoshop. It manifested itself as an unexpected
which usually deeply depresses me. Tracing which bug in the emulation
subsystem caused a segmentation fault can be extremely difficult, since
the emulation inconsistency can be quite far away from the segmentation
fault. It is not easy, but at least we can try.
Here is the kernel trace before the segmentation fault, obtained with
2811 AdobePhotoshop3. CALL access(0x110437f8,0x3)
2811 AdobePhotoshop3. NAMI "/emul/irix/var/tmp"
2811 AdobePhotoshop3. NAMI "/var/tmp"
2811 AdobePhotoshop3. RET access 0
2811 AdobePhotoshop3. CALL getpid
2811 AdobePhotoshop3. RET getpid 2811/0xafb
2811 AdobePhotoshop3. CALL access(0x110437f8,0)
2811 AdobePhotoshop3. NAMI "/emul/irix/var/tmp/photoAAAa000fv"
2811 AdobePhotoshop3. NAMI "/var/tmp/photoAAAa000fv"
2811 AdobePhotoshop3. RET access -1 errno 2 No such file or directory
2811 AdobePhotoshop3. PSIG SIGSEGV caught handler=0x41444c4 mask=(13,20)
Because the access system call just returns 0 or -1, I could not see any way of returning a result that could cause a segmentation fault. It had to be caused by something else.
gdb, we can disassemble the code leading to the
SIGSEGV delivery:
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0xfb06420 in ?? ()
(gdb) x/4i $pc-16
0xfb06414: sw $s1,40($sp)
0xfb06418: sw $s0,36($sp)
0xfb0641c: lui $t6,0x20
0xfb06420: lw $t7,3584($t6)
(gdb) info reg
zero at v0 v1 a0 a1 a2 a3
R0 00000000 00000000 11042eb8 0000024a 11042eb8 00000000 0000002d 00000001
t0 t1 t2 t3 t4 t5 t6 t7
R8 0fb4f9c0 0fb4f9c0 00870000 00000000 00000000 0fb063f0 00200000 00000000
The instruction that caused the exception is
$t7,3584($t6). It was supposed to store the value at the address
T6+0x3584 into T7. Given that T6 is
0x200000, we end up
0x200e00, where no memory is mapped, hence the
Reading the code, it is interesting to note that T6 has just been
initialized by a constant value:
lui stands for load upper
half word of an integer, hence
lui $t6,0x20 just caused T6 to
be filled with
0x200000. This attempt to read data at
0x200e00 is not a consequence of some data handed out by the
emulation subsystem.
The idea that a page of memory should magically be mapped at that address seems a bit odd, but it is worth a program to check it. Here is code to do the job:
/* magicpage.c -- check for a mapping at 0x200000 */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <signal.h>
char *checkpoint = (char *)0x200000;
int main(int argc, char **argv) {
char c;
int sgn = 1;
if (argc == 2)
sgn = -1;
while (1) {
printf("trying %p\n", checkpoint);
c = *checkpoint;
checkpoint = (char *)
((unsigned long)checkpoint + (sgn * 0x1000));
return 0;
With this program and another version that tries descending addresses,
we confirm that the IRIX kernel maps one page of memory at
0x200000 on program startup.
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The next step is to dump this area and to have the NetBSD kernel
prepare it just like the IRIX kernel does. This could have been a
difficult job, but fortunately the "magic page" is documented. I have to
thank Chuck Silvers for pointing this out to me. We had an email exchange
about how to handle some issues related to the "magic page", and Chuck
called it the PRDA. I asked him why he used this name, and Chuck told me
this was in the
man page.
sproc(2) man page explains that when you create a
thread sharing the virtual memory space with the parent, everything is
shared except the Process Data Area (PRDA). A reference to
<sys/prctl.h> is also given to get more information about
the PRDA. In this header file, we can find the actual definition of the
structures contained in the PRDA, making it much easier to emulate.
The real problem now is to implement this feature correctly on NetBSD.
Mapping and filling the PRDA at process creation time is easy, but having
sproc(2) emulation share the whole virtual memory space
except for the PRDA is more difficult. We will cover this in the next
We have to handle shared virtual memory spaces that contain one private
page. In fact, we have to handle potentially multiple private pages,
since the PRDA is not the only situation where this property is needed. In
the IRIX
mmap(2) man page, we can see that there is a
MAP_LOCAL option used to make a private mapping within the
share group shared virtual memory space.
Sharing the whole virtual memory space is simple: there is a field in
the proc structure called
p_vmspace (this is defined in <
sys/proc.h>). This field is a pointer to a
vmspace (defined in
<uvm/uvm_extern.h>) which described a process
virtual address space. When we want to share the whole virtual address
space, we share the same
struct vmspace among different
struct vmspace contains a substructure called
vm_map (defined in
<uvm/uvm_map.h>) which in turn contains the list of map entries,
describing the various mappings in the process virtual address space. To
share only some pages, we must have different vmspace structures with
different list of mappings. The map entries linked in the lists will be
the same for all the processes in the share group when they describe the
shared regions. For private regions, each process will have its own map
The real problem, since we have different lists for each process, is keeping the lists synchronized. If a process modifies the mapping in a shared region, the modification must be visible to all other processes. What are the ways of modifying the virtual address space mappings?
Through system calls, virtual memory mappings are affected by
ptrace(2), and
syssgi(2) commands such as
SGI_ELFMAP (see part 3 of this series to learn
SGI_ELFMAP). For each of these system calls, if the
operation is successful, the map entry list must be kept in sync.
Additionally, memory mappings can be affected by page fault handling. We have to handle these as well and maintain the map entries in sync within the share group each time a member makes a page fault. This is a primer on the NetBSD emulation subsystem, which has only been used to emulate system calls and signal handling so far.
We therefore had to write a per emulation page fault handling in the
emulation subsystem. The goal is exactly the same as system call
emulation: emulation independent code has some hooks to handle emulation
specific behavior. The hook is usually done by using a pointer from
struct emul, which points to some emulation specific function
or data for each emulation. As an example, here is how the MIPS system
call handler handles error codes (
if (p->p_emul->e_errno)
error = p->p_emul->e_errno[error];
p is a pointer to the current process, and
error the error code that the kernel wants to return to
e_errno is a field in
struct emul
which points to an emulation dependent array, defining the translation
between native NetBSD error codes and emulated error codes.
Let us examine trap handling now. We introduced an
field to
struct emul which points to a function responsible
for trap handling. Native NetBSD processes will want to use
uvm_fault() and IRIX will want to use
irix_vm_fault(), which is implemented in
In the MIPS trap handler (
we have:
if (p->p_emul->e_fault)
rv = (*p->p_emul->e_fault)(p, va, 0, ftype);
rv = uvm_fault(map, va, 0, ftype);
It is worth mentioning that the prototypes of
differ a bit from
int irix_vm_fault __P((struct proc *, vaddr_t, vm_fault_t, vm_prot_t));
int uvm_fault __P((struct vm_map *, vaddr_t, vm_fault_t, vm_prot_t));
This is because we need the
struct proc pointer in
irix_vm_fault(), and changing
prototype would have caused too many invasive changes in NetBSD's virtual
memory subsystem. Because there is no strong requirement to have the same
prototype, we used a slightly different one. The
vm_map pointer can be easily derived from
struct proc
(it is just
p->p_vmspace->vm_map), so the
proc can just replace the
vm_map argument in the
irix_vm_fault() prototype.
irix_vm_fault() just calls
uvm_fault() and
makes a virtual address space mapping sync across the share group. The
next point is about how the actual sync is done. Whether requested from a
memory related system call or from
irix_vm_fault(), the sync
is implemented by the
irix_vm_sync() function (implemented in
irix_vm_sync() takes the
struct proc pointer
of the modified process as an argument. For each process in the share
group, it unmaps shared regions and remaps them as in the modified
process. The unmapping is done by
uvm_unmap(9), and the copy of the modified process
mapping is done by
We have to keep track of which region is shared and which region is
private. This information could have been added to the VM map entries,
but adding emulation specific data there is not a good practice. We
therefore use a chained list whose head is in
LIST_HEAD(ied_shared_regions, irix_shared_regions_rec)
ied_shared_regions; /* list of (un)shared memory regions */
irix_shared_regions_rec structure is defined in
sys/compat/irix/irix_prct.h like this:
struct irix_shared_regions_rec {
vaddr_t isrr_start;
vsize_t isrr_len;
int isrr_shared; /* shared or not shared */
#define IRIX_ISRR_SHARED 1
#define IRIX_ISRR_PRIVATE 0
LIST_ENTRY(irix_shared_regions_rec) isrr_list;
This list is modified when we create the PRDA and when the
MAP_LOCAL option is requested in
irix_sys_mmap(). When we modify the list, we have to compute
region intersections to avoid having information about the same region
twice. This is done through
irix_isrr_insert() in
There is a debug function in the same file,
irix_isrr_debug(), which is useful for checking what happens
to the list. If the kernel is built with the
option, this function is called each time the list is modified. Here is
some output from the debug function, which helps to explain what is going
At process creation time:
isrr for pid 233
addr = 0x0, len = 0x80000000, shared = 1
After the PRDA is created:
isrr for pid 233
addr = 0x0, len = 0x200000, shared = 1
addr = 0x200000, len = 0x1000, shared = 0
addr = 0x201000, len = 0x7fdff000, shared = 1
After mapping some data with
isrr for pid 233
addr = 0x0, len = 0x200000, shared = 1
addr = 0x200000, len = 0x1000, shared = 0
addr = 0x201000, len = 0x2fe0f000, shared = 1
addr = 0x30010000, len = 0x5000, shared = 0
addr = 0x30015000, len = 0x4ffeb000, shared = 1
With information from this list,
irix_vm_sync() is able to
perform the sync, sharing mappings only for shared regions. The code is
getting quite complicated, but we are getting close to genuine IRIX
irix_vm_sync() now has to compute the intersection
of shared and private regions across the share group, and make the memory
mapping synchronize accordingly.
We end with quite a horrible piece of code. On a plain page fault, we have to walk through multiple chained lists, which is a pain on the performance front. But we have no choice: we want to emulate an odd feature, so we get odd code.
In the next part, if I am courageous enough to write about it, we will look at the emulation of an IRIX pseudo-device driver that is used to implement pollable semaphores. This includes reverse engineering the driver entry points, since nearly no documentation is available about it, and, of course, implementing the driver in NetBSD.
Emmanuel Dreyfus is a system and network administrator in Paris, France, and is currently a developer for NetBSD.
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June 26, 2013 —
Forty-four years ago this week, I woke up, went downstairs and overheard my parents discussing the news. My folks subscribed to two papers, The Sun Bulletin and The Evening Press, both published in my home town of Binghamton, NY. Keeping abreast of local and national news was important in our household. My sister and I were well read, and education was considered not only important, but also mandatory. I was 15 in 1969 and had already witnessed desegregation in schools and my mother reading Betty Friedan's "The Feminine Mystique," had heard the grown-ups discuss the pros and cons of the march on Washington, women's lib, the Vietnam War and the endless arguments that ensued over the length of my hair. Many times, my parents were divided over these and other issues, but that day, June 28, 1969, the debate raged on, this time about the civil rights of a different community.
The Stonewall riots were a "series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the gay community against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969 at the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. They are widely considered to constitute the single most important event leading to the gay liberation movement and the modern fight for gay and lesbian rights in the United States" (www.wikipedia.com [2].) I had been to the Village, had observed members of the gay community and was harboring the secret knowledge that I was "one of them," but attempted to not let on, understanding that this was something to keep hidden and never discussed or admitted to anyone. I was ashamed, fearful and scared. The turbulent '60s had ushered in a new age, and everything was changing so quickly that it was difficult to know what was acceptable in polite society. Although emboldened by the news of Stonewall, I held my tongue.
All that changed, of course, and before the mid-'70s, I was out. While I might have had a ways to go before achieving proud, there was no mistaking that my declaration to the world was loud. My father was angry, my mother wept, but the world was evolving and for me, there was no going back. Little did we know how much perceptions would change, and I'm still amazed by the headlines today as one by one, citizens stand up to be counted and make their voices heard. Are there still prejudices to be overcome in the world? Yes, but the times, they are a changin'... even here, in the Upper Delaware Valley.
Before moving to this region, I scoped out the lay of the land and discovered a couple of organizations, including The Gays of Sullivan County (dot com), the Gay and Lesbian Alliance of the Catskills (www.galacatskills.org [3]) and a handful of groups scattered about on both sides of the river, which gave me confidence that there were others like me (well, that's debatable) to be found in and around what was about to be my new home. While it may have lain dormant in the back of my mind, I was never truly concerned about how my being gay would affect the welcome mat here in the area and any doubts I might have had never materialized. If there are those who consider me odd, off-beat or even just plain weird, it has nothing to do with my sexual orientation and for that, I thank you.
Last Friday night, the celebration began and I jetted over to the Catskill Distilling Company to join others out and proud, dancing the night away prior to the festivities held the next day in Callicoon Center at a "Day To Be Gay"(DTBG) festival at Hills Country Inn (www.hillsinn.com [4]) co sponsored by Gala Catskills and DTBG Foundation. The day involved booths, vendors, entertainment and food, and folks from all walks of life strolled the grounds, entered the pie-eating contest, bought handcrafted artwork and encouraged their dogs to take part in the pageant that awarded prizes to the cutest, or the one that most closely resembled their human counterpart.
That same night, The Indigo Girls and Joan Baez hit the stage at Bethel Woods (www.bethelwoodscenter.org [5]). Was it coincidence that these women have spent decades championing equal rights and served as a voice for the downtrodden? Between them, these entertainers have spoken out supporting civil rights, human rights, nonviolent demonstration, saving the environment and lending their names to scores of causes, including gay rights. While the Indigo Girls have identified as gay for more than 25 years, that "label" has clearly not affected their standing in the world of music, where they have sold millions of gold and platinum albums. As for Baez, while not a lesbian, her support for the community is legendary and she is in a class by herself as an icon, an activist and a living legend. As thousands gathered to hear the women play and sing, the "G" word wasn't heard as I wandered the grounds and (IMHO) it's because it's (albeit slowly) become a non-issue. Out. Loud. Proud. I'm wowed.


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My first nests!Elizabeth Willis '13 | June 16, 2010
I saw my first turtles nesting last night/this morning! We patrol Mounda beach at night in two groups and each group has two people. One group patrols half of the beach (Kaminia) and the other group patrols the other half of the beach (Potamakia). I was patrolling Kaminia with Ueli from Switzerland.
The first nest was on Potamakia. The group found the turtle at 11:40pm on Tuesday night and texted us to let us know they had found a nest. When we got there she had just begun laying her eggs. She was untagged, so we got to experience the tagging process.
Although the female enters a trance as she lays her eggs, when we clamped down with the tag gun she instinctively tried to pull in her flipper and it took a lot of strength to hold her flipper in place and finish the job properly. The turtle was beautiful, very young with a small shell and no barnacles or other distinctive markings except for a small spot on her shell, which was a lighter shade than the rest of her. Ueli and I had to leave early to patrol the rest of our beach but the other group watched the whole nesting process.
We found a nest a little later on Kaminia. It was very dark since the moon had set around 11pm.
I was leading looking for tracks when I saw a very obvious trail leading up the beach and a dark spot, which we assumed to be the turtle. We crawled up slowly and quietly until we were within close reach of the turtle and could determine the stage of nesting. It was 1:14am on Wednesday morning. The female was digging her egg chamber at this point and so when we
got up close she kept throwing sand at us as she scooped it out of the nest. A little while later she began laying her eggs, and we took all our measurements. Our turtle was tagged and was a slightly larger female than the turtle from Potamakia. Her tag number suggested that she had only been tagged last year and her shell size was only slightly larger so she must have only been a little older than the other turtle. When we were done with the first portion of data collection we settled down to watch the rest of the nesting process and record the times of each stage. We watched her lay all her eggs,
sometimes two at a time. The eggs are about the size of ping-pong balls, white and rubbery. They have a soft, rubbery exterior to prevent any damage to the embryos as the eggs are dropped into the egg chamber, dug about 20-50cm deep. After laying the eggs the turtle took a small break (she was breathing very hard throughout the whole nesting process) and then proceeded to fill the egg chamber, camouflage the nest and make her way back to the sea. She entered the sea at 2:02am.
Most turtles take between 1-2 hours to nest, and our female was on the lower end of that scale. Given the time she spent covering the nest and camouflaging it, we judged that she must have come out of the water around 1am, so the total nesting time would have been around 1 hour. The turtle on the Potamakia side took quite a bit longer. Watching the two females nest was an incredible and very exciting experience. From the time we noticed her tracks on the beach to the moment she entered the water and started swimming away I felt like I was holding my breath with excitement and awe. Sea turtles are very obviously meant for the water but their anatomy allows them to nest on the beach. While the female is nesting, you can sea trails of water from her eyes like tears, as if she is crying, but this is just one of the ways that turtles excrete excess salt from their system. The whole process was so
breathtaking a beautiful.
Our groups went to bed at 6am and the morning team took over the record the day's data for the nest and its position etc. I really hope that we get more nests tonight so that I can experience the morning data collection too. The whole process is so fascinating! Turtles come to shore to lay nests during the nesting season approximately every 12-21 days after they mate in late April through May and early June. Since our first two nests were on June 5th we are expecting those turtles to come up and nest again within the next week or so and we are hoping for more females to come up and nest also. All in all, last night was a fantastic shift!