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Nov. 9, 2011
CSU at Northern Iowa | Nov. 11 | 7:30 p.m. MT | Cedar Falls, Iowa | McLeod Center (6,750)
Colorado State (0-0) begins its season on the road for the first time in three years Friday. The Rams travel to Northern Iowa (0-0) for a 7:30 p.m. tip, and then host Arizona State (0-0), Sunday, at 2 p.m. at Moby Arena.
Head Coach Kristen Holt and the Rams finished 14-16 in 2010-11 en route to building their program of excellence, improving their spot in the league standings by four notches for a fourth-place finish in the Mountain West. Junior Kim Mestdagh and freshman Sam Martin were awarded with post-season all-conference honors.
Mestdagh earned the preseason Player of the Year title to start the 2011-12 season. She is the first to earn the honor since Becky Hammon in 1998-99. CSU was picked to finish third in the final standings. It was the highest prediction for the Rams since the 2002-03 season, when CSU was picked to finish in second place.
Friday's contest at Northern Iowa will be the first for both teams. The Panthers played their only exhibition game vs. Maryville on Nov. 6. UNI defeated the Saints 84-49.
Arizona State has a matchup on Friday vs. UC Riverside. On Nov. 3, The Sun Devils played Azusa Pacific in an exhibition tilt, winning 66-35.
The games will be broadcast live on AM 1410 KIIX. Matt Wozniak, in his third season with the Rams, calls all the action. Live game audio will also be available via Rams All-Access subscription on CSURams.com.
Arizona State game promotions...
- Free T-shirts will be handed out to the first 100 students.
- $1 youth tickets for all youth ages 3-17 with voucher. Vouchers may be picked up at the city recreation centers in Fort Collins, Loveland and Windsor.
- $1 for all middle, high school and youth teams with vouchers. Vouchers will be mailed to each school's athletic director or by calling Autumn Duffie at 970/492-4017.
- FREE admission for all Jr. Ram Club members.
- CSU Greek Life attendance challenge. The winning organization with the largest percentage of members in attendance will receive a free student tailgate spot at the CSU football vs. Wyoming game on Dec. 3.
Rams vs. Panthers series...
Friday's meeting between Colorado State and Northern Iowa marks the seventh game between the two schools. UNI holds a 4-2 advantage all-time.
In their first game last season, the Rams hosted the Panthers at Moby Arena. Despite Kim Mestdagh's double-double effort with 10 rebounds and 12 points, CSU was outscored 74-50.
Below is a listing of the all-time series between the two schools:
12/10/88 W 60-56 Green Bay
12/29/90 L 49-53 Fort Collins
12/29/91 L 68-71 Cedar Falls
11/09/07 L 58-72 CedarFalls
12/14/08 W 55-53 Fort Collins
11/12/10 L 50-74 Fort Collins
About Northern Iowa...
The Panthers are under the direction of head coach Tanya Warren in her fifth year with Northern Iowa. She has a 58-63 (.479) record in four years at the helm. UNI lost to Michigan State in the first round of the NCAA tournament in March. The Panthers were picked to finish second in the Missouri Valley Conference this season.
Northern Iowa senior point guard Jacqui Kalin will miss the 2011-12 season after tearing her ACL during an open gym session. Kalin, the 2011 MVC Player of the Year, led the UNI women's basketball team in scoring in every season she played.
Senior Katelin Oney returns as the top player for the Panthers. She averaged 9.7 points and 2.0 rebounds per game last season.
Rams vs. Sun Devils series...
The game on Sunday is the ninth meeting between the CSU and ASU. Arizona State is leading the series 7-2, though the two teams have met only twice since 2000. Both teams own one win in recent years.
Last season on Dec. 11 Coach Holt was pleased with her team's effort, but the Rams were unable to pull off a win due to 23 costly turnovers. CSU fell to the Sun Devils 72-53 at Ned Wulk Court.
About Arizona State...
The Sun Devils are under the direction of interim coach Joseph Anders for the 2011-12 season. Head coach Charli Turner Thorne is taking a leave of absence for one year. Anders has been with the program for 10 years as an assistant under Thorne.
Senior Kimberly Brandon is the top returner for ASU. In 2010-11 she averaged 9.5 points per game and she led the team with 6.5 rebounds per game.
Rams' Returners...
This season the Rams return three starters in Mestdagh and sophomore captains Sam Martin and Hayley Thompson. Other letterwinners returning are Kelly Hartig and Amber Makeever.
Redshirt junior Meghan Heimstra will see action again this season after sitting out last year with a hip injury. CSU also returns red shirt freshman Mandy Makeever, who played in only one game last season before falling prey to a shoulder injury.
The Newcomers...
Colorado State brings in five freshmen this season: Carlyn Chavez (Portland, Ore.), LaDeyah Forte (Pensacola, Fla.), Morgan Hunt (Colleyville, Texas), Hanne Mestdagh (Ieper, Belgium) and Fort Collins native Kara Spotton (Rocky Mountain). Hanne Mestdagh is the younger sister of teammate Kim Mestdagh.
Marquee matchups...
Colorado State's 2011-12 schedule features seven contests against teams that participated in the postseason last year, four of which went to the NCAA tournament. The Rams' first regular-season contest is vs. Northern Iowa, which fell in the first round of the NCAA tournament to another Rams 2011 opponent, Michigan State. The Spartans won the Big Ten championship last season and advanced to the second round of the tournament. MSU is ranked 25th in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll, and is receiving votes in the AP/Writers' Poll.
At the beginning of December, the Rams will have a tough road matchup at Toledo. The Rockets were last season's WNIT champions, defeating USC 76-68. NCAA participant Bowling Green will then visit Moby Arena for a New Year's Eve matchup.
The MW schedule features two teams that were featured in the WNIT, TCU and Sweet-16 contender,Wyoming.
Moving up the charts...
At the start of her senior year, Kim Mestdagh is on her way to the top of the charts in the Rams' record book. The leading returning point scorer in the Mountain West for the second-consecutive year has cracked the top-10 on the all-time points list at CSU. She enters the 2011-12 year with 1,233 career points, 102 away from ninth-place Karen Hosek-Kreuzer.
Last season Mestdagh led the Mountain West in free-throw percentage (.876), and was ranked in the top five in four other statistical categories. She hasn't missed a freethrow in 30 attempts, dating back to Jan. 29.
Mestdagh, a two-time second-team all-conference recipient, has hit more single-season three-pointers than any sophomore or junior in CSU history, eclipsing Becky Hammon each year.
The following is a list of Mestdagh's current spot in CSU's all-time record books:
Points 10. 1,233
Points Per Game (min. 45 games) 7. 13.55 (1,233/91)
Field Goals Made 15. 420 (999)
Field-Goal Attempts 11. 999 (420)
3-Point Field Goals Made 3. 221 (612)
3-Point Field Goal-Attempts 3. 612 (221)
3-Pt Field-Goal % (Based on 75 attempts) 10. .361 (221-612)
Free Throw % (Based on 100 attempts) 6. .804 (172-214)
Steals 13. 156
A family affair...
Colorado State's 2011-12 women's basketball organization features three sets of family members.
Amber and Mandy Makeever (twin sisters)
Kim and Hanne Mestdagh (sisters)
Taylor and Corey Steven (cousins)
The Rams will have all of their non-televised home contests streamed live on CSURams.com/All-Access this season. Fans can watch home games live on their computer for $9.95 per month or $59.95 per year. The fee also includes the ability to listen to the radio broadcast of every game online.
Up next...
Colorado State will have a four-day break before returning to the Moby floor vs. Tulsa on Nov. 17 at 7 p.m.
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This is a nice park. The girl who checked us in was very friendly and helpful. The sites were large with grassy lawns. The roads are gravel and paved. The restrooms and large laundry room were very clean. Close to the Interstate and downtown.
Date of Stay: September, 2012
We stayed here 3 weeks and the park is great. Nice big pull thru grass site up front, big shady area toward the back.Waterfront lots are nice Staff is friendly and the park is clean and maintained well. Even had firewood delivered to our site for us. Quite at night nice grassy area for pets.We paid $240.00 per week. We would stay here again.
Date of Stay: August, 2012
Nice park paved roads gravel sites. We had a back in site it was alittle short for our 35' trailer. Grassy areas and a nice pond. The laundry house was nice and clean. Close to town. We camped here in a fifth wheel and would stay again.


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Parque Pumalin
The bus from Coyhaique is a little blue Mercedes minbus that costs us 15,000 pesos (about GBP15.00) per person. Its a cold wet day and the windows soon steam up when everyone is on board. Its a good job that we booked our seats because there are no spaces left.
Pieter from South Africa decides that he is going to get off half way to Chaiten to visit another park called Quelat, and Gaelle from Belgium has bought a ticket as far as Santa Lucia, wanting to connect with the town of Futelafu for rafting
The bus leaves on a short section of surfaced road and then soon slows down to a pace we are more acustommed to as we get back on to the gravel. Outside the rain gets harder and I am glad that I have an unread book to keep me occupied.
At our first stop, we find out that we have a Lonely Planet researcher on board. Its the first time we have met one of these mythical creatures who put all the facts into the guidebooks that we rely on so heavily during our travels. She is a diminutive but fiesty looking American girl and she warns us to book our ferry to Chiloe as soon as we get to Chaiten.
As we head north we pass a few isolated farms, where the rain pours down hard on the few green fields that appear to have been cleared from the forest just a few years ago. In the fields lie vast piles of treetrunks from the ancient primary forest that was felled to make way for the cows. Never far from view are the towering green forests though, and as soon as the land starts to become steep or hilly, they reassert their dominance of this cold and wet landscape.
We stop at a the little town of Puyuhuapi where we say goodbyes to Pieter and the Lonely Planet researcher. Their places are filled by a family of four which makes conditions on the bus somewhat cramped
After about 12 hours and 400km, we roll into Chaiten. A relieved Gaelle is still with us, having managed to remain on board by agreeing to stand if necessary.
Rachel stops at Hospidaje Don Carlos (6,000 Pesos or GBP6.00 per night), while I walk into town to find out about ferries to Isla Chiloe and trips to Parque Pumalin. The ferry office is absolutely packed out with customers milling around on the pavement desperate to get on to the next ferry to Puerto Montt, so I head round the corner to Chaitur Travel to see what the options are for visiting the park.
I meet Nicholas, the friendly and somewhat absent minded owner of Chaitur, who introduces himself amicably with gusto twice within about two minutes. He tells me that they have tours running to Parque Pumalin at a cost of 10,000 Pesos (about GBP10.00) each but the minimum needed to run the tour is 35,000 Pesos (about GBP 35.00). I tell him that I think Rachel and Gaelle want to go so we have three people available. After a few minutes a Swiss couple, Roland and Chantal arrive who also indicate that they would like to visit the park
Nicholas drives me back to the hostel, explaining that its not worth booking the ferry until the next morning when the melee of customers for Puerto Montt has subsided. At the hostel I introduce him to Rachel and Gaelle, who fortunately seem enthusiastic about the 8,000 Peso tour.
Don Carlos hostel seems clean and tidy, and I say Buenos Tardes to the somewhat unfriendly-looking Don Carlos who`s face reluctantly cracks into a smile.
In the evening, Rachel and I decide to go out to find a place to eat. The first restaurant is closed, the next one is open but doesn�t have any food. I ask the owner where we can eat and we are given confusing instructions that require us to go in two different directions at the same time
In the morning we wander out of the hostel at 9.30am, giving us plenty of time, we hope, to buy ferry tickets for Chiloe before the tour to Pumalin. In the ferry office the queue is nearly, but not quite out the door. After 15 minutes we are at the front of the queue, but it still takes a further 15 minutes to buy the ferry tickets. Being a little impatient by nature I am often frustrated by the amount of paperwork, slow computers, and inefficient staff invoved in transportation in South America. However, we are booked on a ferry to Quellon in the south of Chiloe, which leaves on a Wednesday for 15,000 Pesos (about GBP15.00 each). Apparently, since its now March we are in low season and there are only 2 ferries a week to Quellon, and none to Castro where we want to go. Lets hope there�s a connecting bus when we get to Chiloe.
Back at Chaitur, theres no sign of Nicholas and I am informed by three other people who are joining the tour that he has gone to make some sandwiches. Rachel takes the opportunity to head off and buy some more lunch supplies for us, and I say hello to Andi (a girl) and her husband Ian who are professional aid workers travelling after an assignment in Darfour in Sudan. There�s also a Danish guy called Lars, and a German lady called Heidi touring with us. I briefly consider the possibility of renegotiating the price of the tour now that there are 9 people, but decide that its too much effort and 8,000 Pesos seems reasonable
After kicking our heels in the rain for a bit, Nicholas soon returns, wisely bedecked in Wellies and a Mac, and we jump into the minibus heading north out of Chaiten towards Park Pumalin. The Park is so named because it is the home of the puma, but Nicholas warns us that we are unlikely to see the illusive cats in the dense forest. After an hour or so, we stop at the entrance to the free park and Nicholas (who was brough up in USA, Chile, and Canada) explains a little about how the park came to be.
The American Douglas Tomkins who formed Esprit and North Face is enormously rich and over a period of years he quietly bought up thousands of hectares of virgin temperate rainforest north of Chaiten in a bid to protect it from the increasing attention of large logging companies. At the time that he completed the aquisition of some of the most strategic parcels of land, the Careterra Austral was nearing completion and so many of the locals were upset that the land was not to be exploited, but conserved. In addition, the swathe of land was so enormous that it practically cut the country in two from the Pacific to the Andes raising a few eyebrows in the government. Nonetheless Tomkins� intentions were honorable and the land was designated a National Sanctury and handed back to the Chilean government
We drive along the Careterra Austral through the southern section of the park, and pull up the van beside Lago Blanco. Its pouring with rain and water seems to tumble out of the hillsides in waterfalls all around us. The lush green vegetation by the roadside is dripping with water and Nicholas points out a few plants to us. One of the most ubiquitous is the nalca, a kind of giant rhubard, with leaves taller than me. Moss seems to cover every inch of the ground, and there are ferns which display clearly mathematical fractals in their structure. 4000mm of rain per year and a summer average high of around 15 degreesC make this a unique environment.
We drive up the road further in the van and stop beside a trail that goes through grove of Alerce trees. These trees are truly huge, like the redwoods of California, yet live even longer, up to 4000 years according to Nicholas. We stop beside one particularly big example which is apparently 3000 years old. When I look at the tree I am glad that Tomkins made the effort to prevent its destruction. Further through the woods we see all kinds of species like Canelu, whose bark tastes like cinamon and apparently contains high levels of vitamin C. When you breath in, the air is beautifully fragrant from the fusion of smells from the plethora of flowering plants.
Back in the van, there�s a short musical interlude as Nicholas demonstrates his skill on the Charango - a small instrument with 10 strings that looks like a mandolin but is tuned completely differently. He plays a Scottish song (for me apparently) and then launches into a couple of songs that feel more Andean and definitely sound better. For such a small instrument it makes a great sound. Here we are I think, sitting in a van in the middle of the Chilean temperate rainforest, with the rain lashing outside, listening to some sweet Andean music.
We eat lunch at a campsite where there are covered tent sites. I didn�t realise that such things existed, but I would certainly appreciate the value of them if I had to camp in this area. After lunch we take a longer walk deeper into the rainforest to see some waterfalls. The trail is unbelievably wet, but the use of stoutly constructed boarwalks, gravel, and elegant wooden staircases make the going easier that I expected. The contrast between this well managed park and the problems in places like Torres Del Paine (despite its greater visitor numbers and large entry fee) is fairly stark.
During the hike I enjoy the dripping green vegetation all around, and the feeling that if I walked 20 metres off the trail in any direction I would be in a spot where no one has ever been before. This harsh part of South America was never settled by significant numbers of South American Indians, and the European settlers didnt even establish Chaiten until the late 1950�s. It is truly a wilderness area.
We climb up some wooden ladders that follow the course of a rushing stream. Its a bit like canyoning because sometimes the ladders are in the stream and sometimes the stream bed is the path. Finally we get to the end of the trail where there is a viewpoint over an enormous crashing waterfall. There is so much spray from the foaming giant that we don�t dare take the camera out for a photo.
Back at the campsite, we jump back into the bus in our thoroughly sodden clothes and head back to Chaiten. Nicholas tells me as we�re driving along that his daughters are called Skye and Ocean. We stop at Santa Barbara beach where the sand is black and the grey clouds swirl around the mountains that seems to rise straight out of the sea. We are here to see if there are any dolphins, but most people are too cold and tired to get out of the van into the rain to take a look. I take a walk down the beach and Rachel runs to keep warm. As she�s dissapearing off into the distance I spot the dorsal fins of a small pod of dolphins swimming along about 50 metres out. Despite my shouting through the wind and rain, Rachel is too far away to hear my cries of excitment. No-one else, except Nicholas, believes that I saw them.
As we are driving the last couple of kilometres back to Chaiten a patch of blue in the western sky suddenly opens up. Perhaps the rain is about to stop we think. Soon we are enjoying spectacular rainbows that have the towering rainforest clad mountains as their backdrop.
After saying goodbye to our fellow tourists and the eccentric and friendly Nicholas, we walk back to the hostel for dinner. Don Carlos has prepared a huge meal (2,500 pesos or GBP 2.50 each) of beef broth followed by a local fish, potatoes and veg. He scowls at us and tells us to eat it all up or else we�ll be served it for breakfast.
Next day we get up expecting a break from the inclement weather, but to our dissapointment its pouring down with rain again. Don Carlos seems to be in a perpetual bad mood and scowls when we ask for more bread and hot water at breakfast. We are confused because the only reason we went to this hostel is because it is billed in Lonely Planet as having �ample portions� for breakfast and a �friendly owner�. Maybe we should tell the girl from Lonely Planet that their description is wrong on both counts.
We decide to have a lazy day, catching up with laundry and internet. We are quite glad though, that the ferry will be leaving the next morning. All day it rains continually, and a thick mist cloaks the mountains around the town. The cold and damp make us crave cozy warm cafe�s with comforting hot drinks which are unfortunately impossible to find amongst the towns pathetic businesses.
The next morning, after a relaxed breakfast, Don Carlos reluctantly agrees to drive us down to the ferry port because its raining and blowing a gale. During the journey, which is less than a kilometre, he takes the most circuitous route imaginable and then stops for petrol, probably to annoy us as much as possible. We and a heap of other backpackers all arrive at the ferry terminal wondering the same thing: where�s the ferry?
Will we be stuck in this dead-end rainy town full of strange people for another week? Find out in the next exciting installment.
I lived in Chile as well and I am horrified of your comments!
Because the guy isn't happy when you ask for more bread?
And seriously, paying 15.000 Pesos instead of 8.000! nothing to be proud of !
you are mean and definitely too occidental to enjoy the culture
I live in Chile and I find the people (for the most part) extremely friendly and welcoming to me. However they are extremely inefficient, but their culture views time differently and so must you while you travel there.
Es lo que hay.
HI Rache, Hi John!
Congratz you made an awesome trip!
One question, do you know more or less how much do you spend in each of the parks Torres del Paine and Pumbalin, Im planing to go, but I dont want to spend much money, and I was checking the tours, the guide tour with agencies, they are expensive! Idon't know why if I had heard that Pumbalin park is not expensive at all.
Do you think is a good idea visit the parks by my own, with out a guide tour and then just camp, or book an hotel wherever I find it inside the park when i get tired? Do you think that if plan just a visit of two days for each park I going to miss a lot of them? If the best is get a tour, is it better book in advance online,, or just right there the day before??
Thanks in advance, a lot!


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According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) only 4 percent of the MA cuts from the $2.6 trillion health spending law have taken effect so far.
The Obama Administration spent $8.3 billion on an unprecedented and legally dubious, according to the GAO, demonstration program that conveniently ends in 2013. The Wall Street Journal called such action, " purely political--to give a program that is popular with seniors a temporary reprieve past Election Day."
Another report from GAO, in April, raised serious questions about whether the Administration's demonstration program was constructed for political purposes. The top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch, called it unacceptable saying, "The Obama Administration seems to be using a technicality to side step Congress and write itself a blank check to spend more money for political purposes leading into this year's elections."
CBO has projected that the Medicare Advantage program will be cut by $308 billion over the next 10 years, alone.
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- Band: Carlos Castilla
- Ceremony: Parking for Ceremony
- Hotel: Franklin Marriott Cool Springs
- Reception: Lillie Belle's of Franklin
Carlos CastillaNashville, TN
"Carlos is incredibly talented, professional and accommodating. He played our wedding ceremony last August and was willing to learn any song we asked him to (and we had some unique requests!). The songs sounded fantastic and he was a joy to work with. I couldn't recommend him more highly! I must also admit I was leaning more toward wanting a string quartet or something more traditional for the ceremony, and my husband convinced me to go this route instead. I am so happy we took the risk. It couldn't have turned out better! Definitely, if you are considering hiring him, do it!"
Parking for Ceremony96 Old Hwy
Franklin, TN 37064
Lillie Belle's of Franklin132 3rd Avenue South
Franklin, TN, United States
"Lillie Belle's was a fantastic venue for our wedding reception. The food catered there was excellent and they were accommodating for any time we needed to meet with them or just walk through the venue during planning. We had our dinner indoors since we were worried about the heat, and then dancing and dessert outside in the back (there is a built in roof over the backyard, which helps for rain risk!). Our cocktail hour was supposed to be on the front lawn, but a little rain that rolled in just before that moved us indoors, turned out fine though! We just moved the bar onto the front porch and everyone came right in. I think they appreciated the air conditioning anyway!"
Franklin Marriott Cool Springs700 Cool Springs Boulevard
Franklin, TN, United States
"A fairly typical Marriott (is there anything better than their beds!), but the staff here is absolutely fantastic. They took great care of our guests and the hotel was located near the highway, which hopefully made it convenient to get to the wedding locations in Frankin and to get back to the airport to go home."


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My boyfriend and I first started renting from this man and it was going great he was really nice in the beginning and was very prompt with answering our questions! As time went on our minds got changed. We were having problems with our stove and I was having problems with my asthma (people smoking in the building as we were promised there wouldn't be.) As for the stove, we had gas leaking from the pilot light for a couple of months before anything was done about it. Our health was at risk and he didn't care. Anyways a couple of months later we get a new stove and its doing the same thing where the pilot light goes out like every 2 seconds and needs to be re lit which was a huge disappointment. We thought something was going to be done about it and didn't. So finally, one of my boyfriends relatives past away and left their beagle puppy to my boyfriend in their will. We could not turn the dog away. He did not allow dogs in the apartment, so we started searching for a new place that allowed dogs. I spoke to him about something else in the apartment that needed to be fixed and it was the last straw when he said the dog needed to go and I said no..you broke our lease, he told us there was no smoking which was also involved in the lease which we didn't understand and he didn't care to explain. So I told him that we were moving out at the end of the month and we weren't going to pay him the next 2 months rent (he told us we were supposed to give 2 months notice, even when he broke the lease.) Another thing that happened was that when my boyfriend was taking a shower he leaned against the tile, but not with power just to relax and it fell in. We found black mold behind the tile and was very disgusted. We told our landlord about it and said he would have it fixed. Our apartment was COMPLETELY uninhabitable with the stove not functioning right and the shower being broken, and not being fixed even when we moved out. He thinks that we owe him 560 dollars to get the shower fixed, 530X2 for the 2 months of unpaid rent, and 50 dollars to have the apartment cleaned. I think I owe this man the 50 dollars for cleaning and not a cent more. He is a slum lord who just wanted our money and didn't want to spend any of his own to help fix things up until we said the stove was the last straw that if he couldn't fix it he'd need to hire professional help with it which he finally did. Finally, he gave us our security deposit back which you are NOT supposed to do, if he thought anything further would need to be payed for. We are getting sued, he sent us a letter stating that if we didn't pay him 1,621 dollars by December 31st, 2010 he would hand it over to his attorney. Merry Christmas to us! We got the letter December 11th, 2010 mind you. So that gives us, I who am unemployed, and my boyfriend who is working less and less hours about 20 days to come up with 1,621 dollars! I don't know about you but I don't have thousands of dollars tucked away. Thank you for your time!
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The following is a press release from the Health and Hospitals Corporation:
The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation announced today that for the first time since Hurricane Sandy flooded its basement and first floor, causing substantial damage to its emergency department, Coney Island Hospital is again receiving ambulances for most types of cases through the City's 911 service.
"The restoration of ambulance service brings us one step closer to our goal of restoring all services in the facility and re-establishing ourselves as the primary health care source in southern Brooklyn," said Arthur Wagner, the hospital's Executive Director.
"Since the storm, Coney Island has been systematically restoring services to help meet the healthcare needs of the community," said Dr. John Maese, Chief Medical Officer. "We are delighted to again expand our much-needed services to the community and accept 911 ambulances."
Ambulances began arriving at Coney Island on Wednesday, February 20. The hospital is accepting most types of 911 patients, including heart attacks and stroke cases. Trauma care and labor and delivery remain closed.
Repairs are ongoing at Coney Island, and its emergency department continues to function at a reduced capacity due to storm damage. However, the hospital's Tower Building has re-opened along with most of its inpatient beds and imaging and laboratory services, and the hospital has for several weeks been admitting walk-in patients from its emergency department and patients from other HHC facilities.
It has inpatient adult psychiatric beds available, operating rooms, as well as medical/surgical and intensive care beds. All primary and specialty outpatient clinics are open, and have been operating a fleet of mobile medical vans providing primary care services and flu shots in parts of Brooklyn and Staten Island affected by Sandy.


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Here is some info on H. richardsonii that is a left over from my plant sale
days. Will see if I can email you the pictures privately.
Heuchera richardsonii
Prairie Alum Root
Family Scientific Name: Saxifragaceae (saxifrage family)
Family Common Name:
Habit: Herbaceous perennial
Zone: 3 to 9
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Spread: 1 to 1.5 ft
Height: 1 to 2 ft
Growth Habit: Clumps are shallow rooted and develop woody bases. 2 years
before bloom.
Growth Times:
Range: British Columbia to Colorado, eat to Wisconsin and Indiana
Foliage Color: Basal clump of heart-shaped, shallow lobed, long petiole
green leaves ( 2-3"). Flower stems and leaves undersides are hairy. Leaves
develop bronze or burgundy cast in summer.
Bloom Time: spring to early summer.
Bloom: Green, tiny bell shaped flowers in open airy panicles are borne on
slender wiry stems extending well above the leaves.
Fruit/Seed Color:
Water: Dry to medium moisture
Drought Tolerant: Yes
pH: 5.5 to 7 acidic-neutral
Propagation: Divide every 3-4 years Or stem cuttings close to the crown in
summer. Sowing too many seeds leads to damping off. Plant fine seeds on
Problems: root heaving in cold winter climates, apply mulch.
Fire Tolerance:
Salinity Tolerance:
Restoration Value:
Food Chain Importance: Hummingbirds
Other Uses and Values: Powder from the root was used to control bleeding.
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> Behalf Of Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center
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> To: firstname.lastname@example.com
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Plant ID help please
> Thanks Chris. Good suggestion, but I don't know. I don't think I
> mentioned
> bloom time which I believe was some time this summer. Will have to
> recheck
> that with the MG who sent me the pics. Also, this is on the edge of a
> prairie garden, out in bright sun. H. villosa, Hairy Alumroot I've read
> prefers stream beds and such. And the pics I just saw of it on the
> Vanderbilt.edu site show a very different kind of flower.
> So I checked H. richardsonii while I was at it and I think that just might
> be right. Besides, H. richardsonii IS Prairie Alumroot. Would make sense
> that some MG may have plunked it in years ago when the prairie was first
> developed before we got to be sticklers about things being labeled.
> Kitty
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> > > Can anyone help me identify this plant we found in our prairie garden?
> > > It's a volunteer; we didn't put it there. Sort of looks like a Prairie
> > > Heuchera - if there is such a thing.
> > >
> > > http://hort.net/+12WR
> >
> > When I first started reading I thought it might be Heuchera richardsonii
> > (which I like and plan to carry next spring). But the leaves, flowers,
> > and flowering time make me think that maybe it's Heuchera villosa.
> >
> > Chris
> >
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Men's Jewelry Gifts for November Birthdays
Jewelry is such a versatile, personal and long-lasting gift … wouldn't it be great if there were a huge range of men's jewelry that let him keep his masculine good looks, suited a whole range of different guys, and was reasonably priced? Oops! I mean there is a range of men's jewelry like that, right here on site Here we look at some of the picks of the bag in mens' jewelry for November birthdays.
Your Dad or Grandfather would probably have never been seen dead wearing a bracelet or pendant – but their grace and style is now augmenting the handsomeness of men worldwide! You have done well deciding on jewelry as a gift for one of the men in your life this November, but you will need something to help you narrow your search. If your man is born in November, he will either be a Scorpio – intense, mysterious, passionate and creative – or a Sagittarian, with their free spirited extroversion and imagination.
Much of the feeling of a piece comes from its color, and intense Scorpio men will love the wide choice in black-toned jewelry that is now available. The Inori pendant at the beginning of the article is made of stainless steel, with PVD plating – this is just one way of creating black jewelry, we will look at some others shortly! The stainless steel base means that it is suitable for all skin types, and the pendant itself has some brothers in the Inori range, in coffee or blue colors. If you love the design but black is a bit heavy for your (or your man's) taste, check out the rest of the Inori range to see the matching pieces.
Another innovative, yet simple piece of black jewelry perfect for that deep, mysterious and intense Scorpio is the black ceramic bracelet pictured at right. The ceramic and stainless steel are both very durable and easy-clean bases, for men who wear their jewelry hard. There is no sun-fading, if he works outdoors, and the design is simply and beautifully executed. This also features free shipping, and cancels the shipping for anything else you order with it – bargain!
If your man is in a position to wear rings during the day (that is, he doesn't work with his hands), then a ring like the black titanium one pictured will stand out beautifully, while maintaining a serious character. Titanium is one of the strongest and most durable metals, and is also the most versatile with regard to coloring. This ring is a cost effective way to enjoy the futuristic material. You have the option of having a message engraved inside the band for free also!
You and I both know that a piece doesn't have to be black to have its own intensity – this Inori No War pendant makes a striking and passionate statement, and for the times where politics are best left out of view, it can always be hidden under a shirt with an extra long chain. This is a stand alone item, so you can choose a chain in any metal (or leather!), and whatever length your man prefers.
Sagittarians are a little harder to pin down in the gift stakes – these imaginative freedom lovers will enjoy anything that is a little out of the ordinary, which is where a little of our product knowledge can go a long way! Unexpectedly, we're goingto steer you back to the old black jewelry section again – we couldn't resist, when talking about freedom-loving Sagittarians, there is nothing that can top the 'Freedom' bangle from Inori. The feel of it swinging and swaying gracefully around his wrist imparts a little sense of movement and freedom, even when he's stuck at a desk. It is stainless steel with a black ion coating, and the 6.5cm diameter is enough for most mens' wrists.
And just because 'passion' isn't one of their defining characteristics, doesn't mean that romance is off the cards for Sagittarians. Imagination blends with the 'awwww!' factor in the interlocking pendant shown. The two halves come together to create a whole, so if you are looking for a gift for your partner, you can get one for yourself as well with this piece! Two stainless steel chains are included with the purchase, so there is no additional cost.
Or you can set your Sagittarian man's imagination free with this titanium ring with a blue 'solstice' pattern. It is available in different widths, however the 8mm width is shown. The blue is tinted into the actual metal, so no worries about wearing it off. The wide bands also allow for engraved messages inside the band that are easily readable, and this one comes with free engraving. There is a huge range of very different titanium rings available, and a couple of different styles are pictured underneath the solstice ring. Just click any of the images to be taken to the entire range of titanium rings, where you'll be pleasantly surprised by one of the only areas of men's jewelry where color is celebrated!
Of course, every man is different – so if you haven't found something you know he'll love yet, just keep looking through the range of men's jewelry gift ideas. If you need a hand with any of the product range, just click the Live Help link on the right of every shop page, and we'll be right there behind you!
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Patent application title: METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE PERFORMANCE OF A FILE SYSTEM IN A COMPUTING DEVICE
Guillaume Proux (Tokyo, JP)
William Roberts (London, GB)
Symbian Software Limited
IPC8 Class: AG06F1730FI
USPC Class:
707 3
Class name: Data processing: database and file management or data structures database or file accessing query processing (i.e., searching)
Publication date: 2009-12-24
Patent application number: 20090319478
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Patent application title: METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE PERFORMANCE OF A FILE SYSTEM IN A COMPUTING DEVICE
Guillaume Proux
WillIam Roberts
Saul Ewing LLP (Philadelphia)
Origin: HARRISBURG, PA US
IPC8 Class: AG06F1730FI
USPC Class:
707 3
Patent application number: 20090319478
A computing device filesystem is provided with separate presorted arrays
of pointers to subdirectory and file entries along with the standard
unsorted and mixed flat file lists which comprise directories in
filesystems such as FAT. When included in boot ROMs on mobile battery
operated devices, this enables a much shorter interval between power-on
and the device reaching operational state (faster boot time) because it
is no longer necessary to navigate through multiple layers of the
directory tree and searching every entry in each branch for a matching
filename. The new presorted arrays allow for matching entries to be
located more efficiently by means of a simple binary search.
1. A method of operating a filesystem for a computing device having a
directory structure recursively representing the content of any directory
of the structure by means of an unsorted list of directory entries; the
method comprising including after the said list of entries a counted and
sorted first array of pointers to all the entries contained in each
directory which correspond to subdirectories, or a pointer to the first
array; and conducting a binary search across the first array for enabling
the location of any directory to be obtained, or its absence to be
2. A method according to claim 1 further comprising including after the list of directory entries a counted and sorted further array including pointers to all the entries contained in each directory which correspond to files, or a pointer to the further array; and conducting a binary search across the said further array for enabling either the location of any named file to be obtained, or its absence to be confirmed.
3. A method according to claim 2 comprising conducting a wildcard search for a file by comparing a wildcard character against all or part of the file entries pointed at by the further array, and returning filenames having correspondence with the wildcard character in a sequential pre-sorted manner by stepping through any portion of the array matching the wildcard character.
4. A method according to claim 1 comprising using a cache to maintain locations of file paths identified by the first array.
5. A method according to claim 1 further comprising conducting the binary search using a locale-independent comparison algorithm for Unicode strings whereby all characters in the ASCII range are folded.
6. A method according to claim 1 wherein the filesystem is for a read-only medium.
7. A method according to claim 6 wherein the first array is arranged to be located within the filesystem.
8. (canceled)
9. A method according to claim 6 wherein the filesystem is arranged to comprise a cache of file paths previously profiled as the most frequently used filepaths.
10. A method according to claim 1 wherein the filesystem is arranged to comprise a filesystem for a boot device.
11. A computing device arranged to operate in accordance with a method as defined in claim 1.
12. An operating system for a computing device for causing the computing device to operate in accordance with a method as defined in claim 1.
13. A method according to claim 2 wherein the filesystem is for a read-only medium and wherein the further array is arranged to be located within the filesystem.
[0001]The present invention relates to a method for improving the
performance of a file system in a computing device, and in particular to
improving such a system in a mobile battery-operated computing device,
thereby enabling a faster boot time than has previously been available
with this type of device.
[0002]The term computing device as used herein is to be expansively construed to cover any form of electrical computing device and includes, data recording devices, computers of any type or form, including hand held and personal computers, and communication devices of any form factor, including mobile phones, smart phones, communicators which combine communications, image recording and/or playback, and computing functionality within a single device, and other forms of wireless and wired information devices.
[0003]Files on computing devices are persistent named data stores, presented as a single stream of bits. File management is one of the major tasks of operating systems for all but the simplest computing devices. In the early days of stand-alone personal computers, file management was arguably the main operating system task, as is shown by Microsoft's choice of the acronym DOS (Disk Operating System) for their first operating system. While user interfaces have become more complex, and the growth of networked and connected systems and the convergence of computing and telecommunications devices has increased, the importance of network and link management, and file management still remains one of the functions at the core of any advanced computing device.
[0004]The most basic file management tasks in modern operating systems are [0005]keeping a directory or index of files on the system [0006]opening or creating named files on request [0007]enabling content to be read and written. [0008]enabling deletion of files or contentThe part of the operating system which looks after file management is called the filesystem.
[0009]As well as the file management tasks described above, the filesystem typically takes care of other tasks. Some of these are consequential on the basic tasks; for instance, keeping track of spare file space on the system and allocating it on demand is, in essence, essential for all modern disk-based systems. Other tasks are contingent on the nature of the device the filesystem is running on; for example, while many filesystems implement security measures which restrict access to specific files, this is something that is only really necessary in networked and multi-user environments. It should also be noted that it is usual for computing devices to support multiple different types of filesystems for different media types; for example, modern computers running Microsoft Windows XP typically support NTFS (NT File System) filesystem for hard disks, various versions of FAT (File Allocation Table) for floppy disks, and ISO9600 with its various extensions for CD (compact disk) and DVD (digital video disk) drives.
[0010]For a summary of the many families of filesystems in use today and details of the way that they work and the differences between them, reference is made to [0011]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_system [0012]or http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Filesystems-HOWTO.html,which both list over 40 examples of this art.
[0013]It should be noted in particular that all these different filesystems have different combinations of strengths. A person skilled in this art would not reasonably claim a particular filesystem as being the best in all circumstances, because although the criteria by which all filesystems can be judged include resilience and reliability, security, speed, flexibility, efficiency, size and ubiquity, the relative importance of these in any specific context will vary.
[0014]The context in which this invention is particularly applicable is that of a filesystem used to boot up an operating system stored in read-only memory (ROM) on a battery-powered handheld mobile computing device, such as a cellular telephone.
[0015]It will be appreciated that this is a relatively specific context and a number of the criteria listed above for evaluating filesystems do not apply. For example, in normal use a filesystem for a ROM is completely static; its contents never change, and by definition it is read-only and nothing can be written to it. Therefore there is not the same danger of corruption as on a write-enabled medium, and however important considerations of resilience, reliability and security may be for writable filesystems, they cannot be accounted as significant for a ROM filesystem.
[0016]There are many other considerations affecting the design of generic filesystems that do not apply to ROM filesystems. Some of these arise from the fact that ROM filesystems cannot be written to; for instance, there is no concern about fragmentation of files on the physical media in a read-only filesystem. Others arise from the fact that ROM filesystems are solid state; so speed optimisations which derive their effectiveness from the avoidance of large movements of read-write heads would make no difference to a ROM filesystem.
[0017]On the other hand, there are specific considerations which assume much greater significance for filesystems used in mobile battery-powered devices. The most obvious derive from the fact that such devices are necessarily resource constrained. Because they are powered by batteries for most operations, they need to be economical regarding power consumption. And, because they have only limited amounts of memory, in comparison to PC type computing devices, they need to conserve what memory they do have to the maximum extent possible. So, application programs to run on such devices should be designed to be as compact as possible.
[0018]A third constraint can be derived from the first two; given the requirement for a small memory footprint, it would clearly be desirable if the same filesystem could be used both for the ROM filesystem and also for any writable filesystem on the device. A single filesystem is simpler to implement and uses less memory than multiple filesystems. However, mobile battery-operated devices are increasingly being provided with removable storage devices such as Compact Flash cards, Memory Sticks, Multimedia cards and Secure Digital cards. They are now commonplace on devices such as digital cameras and handheld PDAs (personal digital assistants), and are becoming increasingly commonplace on mobile phones. There is a clear benefit to users if the common single filesystem used by the device ROM and also by the device when running applications could be a ubiquitous industry-standard one, as this would enable a user to use the peripheral storage on one such device for data transfer and backup on another type of device.
[0019]A fourth constraint affecting this class of device is that it needs to become operational after power-up as quickly as possible (minimal boot time). For example, in the case of a cellular phone, users in general find it intolerable if they have to wait for three or four minutes between switching on their phone and being able to make a call.
[0020]To summarise, therefore, the following are the important criteria for a filesystem to be used on the boot ROM of a battery-powered handheld mobile computing device such as a cellular telephone: [0021]Economical power consumption [0022]Small memory footprint [0023]Compatibility with industry standards [0024]Fast boot time
[0025]This invention is primarily concerned with the final criterion, that of fast boot time. It should be noted that while cellular phones devices are the main target of the invention, the consideration listed above apply equally to many other portable computing devices such as PDAs and indeed, any portable devices (such as digital cameras) that include operating systems with file management functionality.
[0026]Boot-up time in general is a factor which most filesystem authors have not considered to be of primary importance; performance post-boot has, to date, generally been considered to be more important.
[0027]Certain literature has discussed the issue of startup speeds but, as will be appreciated by the person familiar with this art, this is not quite the same thing as boot-up time. For example, it is well known that journaling filesystems such as NTFS (for Windows) and ext3 or ReiserFS (for Linux) permit faster startup after a system crash than filesystems based on FAT (for Windows) and ext2 (for Linux) because they do not need to scan the whole file store to assure the integrity of the filesystem. However, the specific problems of restarting a filesystem after a crash all involve how the integrity of the filesystem metadata can be checked; and since a ROM filesystem does not really have to worry about this type of corruption, journaling optimisations cannot have any effect on boot speed. They are in the same category as those filesystem optimisations which increase speed of file loading by decreasing physical fragmentation in the file store, which, as we have already pointed out, have no effect on a ROM filesystem because it never becomes fragmented in the first place.
[0028]Even where a filesystem does include optimisations that improve boot-up times, these have not been designed specifically for ROM based filesystems. For example, the optimizations included in YAFFS (Yet Another Flash Filing System, described at http://www.aleph1.co.uk/yaffs/) are specifically designed to cope with the unique characteristics of NAND flash hardware rather than the algorithms of booting from a ROM.
[0029]In general, software optimisations generally begin by looking for inefficient operations that are either repeated multiple times or have the potential to be involved in loops, and then either remove the efficiency in the implementation of the action, or short-circuit the loop, or both.
[0030]The most notable set of such operations for the purposes of optimising boot time in a ROM filesystem are those that are carried out on entries in its directories and subdirectories in order to retrieve a file located somewhere on a filesystem.
[0031]Filesystems generally store pointers to files and directories in a logically hierarchical directory structure. In such a structure, a single root directory is always the initial place where file retrieval begins; the root directory may point to other directories as well as to files, and each of the directories it contains may also point to other directories as well as to files. A fully qualified filename consists of the file name, prefixed by the subdirectory in which the file is found, which is in turn prefixed by the directory in which that subdirectory is found, and so on back to the root directory.
[0032]In order to locate a file, the filesystem, when given such a filename, has to [0033]1) parse the string representing the filename into its path and file components [0034]2) navigate through the path inside the directory tree until matches are found, first for the path components and then for the file name [0035]3) retrieve the file attributes, including the physical location of the file.
[0036]A typical implementation of this process based on the widely implemented FAT filesystem (note that the term FAT is intended to include such common industry variants as VFAT and FAT32; for more information see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FAT32#Versions_and_history) is shown in FIG. 1, using idioms from the Symbian OS® operating system, the advanced mobile phone operating system from Symbian Software Ltd of London. In the filesystem of FIG. 1, the TRomDir objects correspond to the branches in a directory tree. They contain an array of an indeterminate number of TRomEntry objects, which correspond to the directory entries. Because of the way the filesystem works, these objects are themselves of varying sizes; furthermore, some TRomEntry objects may point to further TRomDir objects while others may represent actual files.
[0037]Since this operation is necessary before each file is loaded, it is repeated many times. It would therefore be a suitable place to look for optimisations in filesystem performance; but it is evident that because the operation is repeated before each file is loaded, there are inefficiencies in the algorithm used. Thus, it makes the time taken to locate and open files unpredictable. In the worst cases, many branches and links need to be explored and many text string comparisons need to be made before a file can be opened. These comparisons can be quite expensive in terms of processing time, particularly when a filesystem supports Unicode filenames, and can therefore give rise to extended boot times.
[0038]The inherent problems with this type of filesystem would not be apparent when accessing a ROM which included only a few files and did need to support Unicode. However, modern operating systems for mobile devices which require Unicode filenames and need to manage a large number of files in a large number of directories reveal the inadequacies of this filesystem by manifesting relatively long boot times.
[0039]It is true that the particular case described above is applicable primarily to filesystems that rely on linked lists (such as FAT or ext2), and that there are a number of journaling filesystems (such as ReiserFS or NTFS) that sort directory entries into B-Trees, in which case the number of iterations to find a file may already be already optimised.
[0040]However, any suggestion of solving the problem simply by moving to one of these more heavyweight filesystems must be considered purely academic: the constraints affecting mobile battery operated devices described earlier make the case of FAT based systems the most important single filesystem to consider. Some of the reasons for this are [0041]FAT offers something close to the minimum functionality for a filesystem and hence it is relatively efficient in terms of power consumption. [0042]FAT filesystems use relatively small amounts of memory. [0043]FAT is the industry standard leader in terms of interoperability. It is supported by the major desktop operating systems, including all versions of Windows and Linux, and is the standard filesystem used for the various types of removable media on, for example, mobile phones, digital cameras and PDAs.
[0044]While FAT cannot be considered perfect (its deficiencies are well known), it can be seen that the majority of these deficiencies are not of particular significance for ROM based filesystems. Ways of optimising such filesystems for faster bootup would therefore offer great benefits to almost all users.
[0045]It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an improved file management system for a computing device.
[0046]According to a first aspect of the present invention there is provided a method of operating a filesystem for a computing device having a directory structure recursively representing the content of any directory of the structure by means of an unsorted list of directory entries; the method comprising including after the said list of entries a counted and sorted first array of pointers to all the entries contained in each directory which correspond to subdirectories, or a pointer to the first array; and conducting a binary search across the first array for enabling the location of any directory to be obtained, or its absence to be confirmed.
[0047]According to a second aspect of the present invention there is provided a computing device arranged to operate in accordance with a method according to the first aspect.
[0048]According to a third aspect of the present invention there is provided an operating system for a computing device for causing the device to operate in accordance with a method of the first aspect.
[0049]An embodiment of the present invention will now be described, by way of further example only, with reference to the accompanying drawing which shows an example of a filesystem based on the FAT filesystem.
[0050]The present invention is predicated on the basis that an underlying concern with a FAT filesystem is that the system consists of a series of linked lists which have a number of sub-optimal characteristics which slow down the time taken to locate and load files, and therefore slow down the time taken for a device utilising the system to boot up. It should be noted that while the specific case of FAT filesystems forms the basis of the embodiment described below, the invention is in fact applicable to any filesystem in which file location requires the navigation and searching of a series of linked lists. The sub-optimal characteristics that such systems share are as follows: [0051]File and directory entries can be arbitrarily mixed [0052]File and directory entries are essentially unsorted [0053]File and directory entries are not guaranteed to be of a fixed size.
[0054]For reasons given above, it is neither practical nor desirable to dispense with the FAT filesystems completely; neither is it worthwhile to introduce a completely different filesystem for a boot ROM. Therefore, this invention is based on the introduction of extensions to existing FAT filesystems specifically designed to improve boot time while at the same time retaining full compatibility with the FAT filesystem specifications.
[0055]The most significant of these extensions are to include in each directory one sorted list of all the subdirectory entries which each directory contains, and a second sorted list of all the unique file entries which it contains. The sorted lists are kept in a form such as an array, which enables a simple binary search algorithm to locate a file from a fully qualified pathname. A binary search of such a sorted array uses the name of the item being searched for as a key, and starts by taking the whole array as the interval and looking at the item pointed at by the entry in the middle of the array. Using the same collating technique as is used to sort the list initially, the name in this entry is compared to the search key. If this name is greater than the key, the interval is narrowed to one half (e.g. the upper half) of the list, while if it is less, the interval is narrowed to the other half (e.g. the lower half) of the list. This process is repeated using the new interval until either the key matches the name or the interval reaches zero.
[0056]A binary search of this type is highly efficient to implement and is comparable in speed to the location of files enabled by journalled filesystems such as ReiserFS and NTFS which keep their entries in balanced trees (B-Trees). But, because the filesystem is for a ROM and these lists are therefore guaranteed to be static, they can be included in the ROM during manufacture and impose none of the extra run-time overheads associated with maintaining B-Trees. By locating these sorted lists after the normal entries in each directory full compatibility with existing file FAT filesystems can be assured.
[0057]The ROM filesystem represents the content of any directory recursively by the means of a flat list of directory entries, which conforms with the standard format for FAT-compatible filesystems. With the present invention, the standard ROM filesystem is accelerated by adding two arrays (in the form of a count and a list of memory offsets) after the filesystem data, enabling old components in the filesystem to maintain compatibility with previous systems. The first of these arrays keeps a sorted list of pointers to all subdirectory entries in the directory and the second array keeps a sorted list of pointers to all file entries in the directory. Searching through a sorted array is made using a typical binary search optimised for the current use case. For each iteration of the binary search, identification of the correct entry is attempted by means of a quick locale-agnostic comparison function of Unicode strings; all Unicode characters in the ASCII range (below 128) are folded, i.e. characters with the same ASCII values are treated as identical, while all others are left unchanged. As a further optimisation, as would be permitted by most computing device operating systems, characters in the ranges A-Z and a-z may be considered equivalent.
[0058]With the present invention, when the filesystem is asked to retrieve a specific file location in the device ROM, the following steps are followed: [0059]the full-path specified filename between the path from the root directory and the filename itself is split (so a\b\c\d is split between a\b\c and d). This is referred to as step "S". [0060]A binary search is initiated which proceeds iteratively from the location of the innermost directory using the array of subdirectory pointers described above (so having started from a\b\c the filesystem first finds a, then b, and then c). This is referred to as Step "L". [0061]Once the correct directory has been located, the file is located by performing a second binary search using the array of unique file entry pointers described above. This is referred to as Step "F".
[0062]Once the basic mechanism of pre-sorted arrays of pointers to subdirectories and to file entries is in place, a number of further optimisations then become possible. Three examples of such optimisations are:
Wildcard Searches
[0063]The invention can also accelerate the location of sets of files which include wildcards in the file names (for example, where the `?` character represents a single character and the `*` character represents one or more characters). In such cases, the accelerated directory lookup happens as described above in step "L". If the wildcards occur at the start of the filename, then it is not possible to optimise the search further, and the filesystem falls back to a generic wildcard matching facility.
[0064]However, if the wildcards occur at the end of a string, then the array of unique file pointers will enable files to be sequentially matched from the first file in the sorted array having a matching prefix string is found until the first file not matching the prefix string is found, and the files matched to the string including the wildcards can be returned directly in a sequential pre-sorted manner. This is especially beneficial in large directories.
[0065]As a special case of the above, if the wildcard character `*` occurs in isolation, denoting all files in the current directory, then the array of unique file entry pointers enables all files in the current directory to be returned in a sequential pre-sorted manner.
Directory Path Cache
[0066]This is a variation of step "L" above.
[0067]A cache can be used to maintain the locations of recently needed file paths. This is especially beneficial at boot time when very many files are read from directories reserved for system libraries, such as \sys\bin in Symbian OS, \winnt\system32 in Windows, and /lib or /bin in Linux. Such a cache can typically save many time consuming comparison operations. Those skilled in the art of building boot ROMs and profiling their operation will readily appreciate how to select the most appropriate cache size that minimises the cache maintenance overhead and maximises the cache hit rate.
Fixed Path Cache
[0068]This is another variation of step "L" above.
[0069]At ROM build time, the most used deep paths inside the ROM filesystem can be preinstalled in a ROM cache. Once again, those skilled in the art of building boot ROMs and profiling their operation will readily appreciate how to identify the best path candidates. This optimisation can of course be combined with the `Directory Path Cache` to further improve performance.
[0070]The key advantage of this invention is that it significantly reduces the time taken to boot up a computing device without requiring the implementation of a secondary filesystem and without impairing compatibility with the industry standards based on FAT filesystems. Therefore, this invention enables fast booting on computing devices, and particularly on mobile computing devices, without incurring memory or run-time penalties which might arise from alternative solutions.
[0071]Thus, this invention provides a method and device which includes separate presorted arrays of pointers to subdirectory and file entries along with the standard unsorted and mixed flat file lists which comprise directories in systems such as FAT. When included in boot ROMs on mobile battery operated devices, this enables a much shorter interval between power-on and the device reaching operational state (faster boot time). This is because it is no longer necessary to navigate through multiple layers of the directory tree and searching every entry in each branch for a matching filename; the new presorted arrays allow for matching entries to be located more efficiently by means of a simple binary search.
[0072]Although the present invention has been described with reference to particular embodiments, it will be appreciated that modifications may be effected whilst remaining within the scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims.
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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCTWS) Veteran, Ron Hornaday, Jr. jumps back into the familiar green No. 9 Smokey Mountain Herbal Snuff Chevrolet for the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at The Rock Presented by Cheerwine. Hornaday will hear a familiar voice on the radio this year, as 2011 crew chief Bruce Cook will call the shots from atop the No. 9 pit box. Sponsor Spotlight: The No. 9 Chevrolet Silverado will switch back to the Smokey Mountain Herbal Snuff colors, as it takes to the track at the Rock. Smokey Mountain Chew, Inc. invented Smokey Mountain Snuff and Pouches, a tobacco-free snuff for consumers to use as a nicotine-free chewing tobacco option. The No. 9 Smokey Mountain Herbal Snuff Silverado will get a little extra TV exposure this weekend as Hornaday will also carry an on-board camera. Silverado Spotlight: The team will bring chassis (No. 14) to Rockingham this weekend. Cook and the No. 9 NTS crew are working with a chassis from the Joe Denette Motorsports stables that they tested with at Rockingham. Hornaday Hype: "After testing at Rockingham earlier this year, I think our NTS Motorsports team is more prepared for how the trucks will react to the racetrack. It's one of the few tracks I haven't won on; so I want to go in, dominate the race and leave with a win." Cook's Corner: "It was tough coming off of the Martinsville weekend where we had a truck good enough to win with, and got wrecked while leading. We've all kept our heads high this week, dug in a little deeper, and feel like we've prepared another good truck for Rockingham." "I'm pretty excited to go to Rockingham and see how much our testing there helped. The track is old and has quite a few bumps that upset the truck. While we were there (testing) we worked on the setups for both Brennan (Newberry) and Ron, making sure the drivers didn't feel the bumps as much. I feel confident in the packages we are bringing to the track and can't wait to see how competitive we are." Catch the Race: Coverage of the NORTH CAROLINA EDUCATION LOTTERY 200 AT THE ROCK PRESENTED BY CHEERWINE can be seen live on SPEED, Sunday, April 14, 2013, at 2:00 p.m. ET. MRN and Sirius Satellite radio (Channel 90) will broadcast from green to checkered flag.
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Publication Acceptance Date: 10/31/1997
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Citation: N/A Interpretive Summary: Genetic engineering techniques hold great promise for increasing the yield, quality, and usefulness of agricultural commodities such as barley. Examples of potential uses of genetically engineered barley include the introduction of genes for improved malting quality, improved insect and disease resistance, and increased nutritional value. Such improvements are eexpected to increase the profitability of barley growers and processors, decrease the cost to consumers, and improve the environment by reducing dependence on synthetic chemicals. For this technology to be successful and efficient, two conditions must be met. First, useful genes must be introduced into a plant. This can be done with barley. Second, the techniques used to introduce the genes into the plant must not harm the plant, or mutate it. In our study, we examined the ability of genetically engineered barley to grow normally in the field. We compared this barley to regular, or non-genetically engineered barley. We found that the genetically engineered barley was harmed by the process used to introduce the genes. The plants did not yield as much grain, or as good a quality grain, as the regular barley. This would probably prevent these plants from being efficiently used by farmers, and plant breeders could have problems using them in hybridization programs. Therefore, we believe that the genetic engineering techniques for barley plants must be improved so that genetic engineering is less harmful to them.
Technical Abstract: Somaclonal variation (SCV) in transgenic plants may slow the incorporation of introduced genes into commercially competitive cultivars. Somaclonal variation in transgenic barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) was assessed in one experiment by comparing agronomic characteristics of 44 segregating transgenic lines in the T2 generation to their non-transformed parent ('Golden Promise'). A second experiment examined the agronomic characteristics of seven transgenic-derived, null (non-transgenic) segregant lines in the T2 and T4 generations. Compared to their uncultured parent Golden Promise, most of these lines were shorter, lower yielding, and had smaller seed, and the variability among individual plants was higher. The frequency and severity of the observed SCV was unexpectedly high, and the transformation procedure appeared to induce greater SCV than tissue culture in the absence of transformation. Attempts to understand the sources of SCV, and to modify transformation procedures to reduce the generation of SCV, should be made. KEY WORDS: Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), agronomic performance, somaclonal variation, transgenic plants, progeny.


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Home › Forums › Commerce › Gear Deals › Free Shipping on Ultralight Stoves, Cook Kits, Tarps & Trekking Poles
Jan 16, 2013 at 6:46 pm #1298120
Inspired by several MYOG threads I have launched a new cottage business making ultralight stoves, cook kits, tarps and trekking poles: Gardner Outdoor Lightweight Designs (G.O.L.D. Gear). Free shipping for members of BackPackingLight.
Cook kits utilize 25 oz and 32 oz beer can pots, which the stoves are optimized for. Lighter, less expensive, faster and just as efficient as the Caldera Keg-F system.
Tarps are made from polycryo. Light, tough and crystal clear. A fraction of the cost of cuben fiber or silnylon tarps.
Trekking poles are fixed-length, lighter and less expensive than Rota Locura Yanas.Jan 16, 2013 at 8:41 pm #1944558
USA Duane HallBPL Member
@hikerduaneLocale: Extreme northern Sierra Nevada
Looks good David. Free shipping for members here, double good. From reading here, anyway to add ridges to your pots for extra strength? Just one thing I noticed that some might question because of durability of beer cans. Folks can do their own, maybe an option? Good line up of products, not just a few items, but mainly stove and pot setups.
A fellow N CA I see.
DuaneJan 16, 2013 at 8:55 pm #1944560
Ken T.BPL Member
"The 19 gram Ramjet UL also out-performs the Trail Designs Keg-F system. It is almost as fast as the Ramjet ECO, just as efficient, and lighter."
Both of you will be at the GGG. Do I hear contest?Jan 16, 2013 at 9:23 pm #1944567
Konrad .BPL Member
When you get the chance, can you let us know how much the wrist straps (both regular and long) will weigh…just saw that they were currently left blank on the website. Also, do the replaceable basket-compatible tips come with baskets? Will the price stay the same if someone chooses to go with the basket compatible tips and not the tire stud tips? Thanks.Jan 16, 2013 at 9:37 pm #1944571
Adding ridges to the beer can pots for strength is next on the agenda. Need to get a bead roller first.
Go NorCal!
Jan 16, 2013 at 9:39 pm #1944574
Contest would be fun and informative! Look forward to it next weekend.
DavidJan 16, 2013 at 9:56 pm #1944577
I will add the strap kit weights as soon as I can. I'm trying to source some 5/8" polypropylene strap material and D-rings, which will be lighter (and more water and rot resistant) than the nylon straps and plastic buckles I'm presently using. I'm also waiting for some titanium machine screws I ordered to arrive. Using the phat nylon straps and steel screws, the standard length strap kit for the FL poles weighs 0.7 oz per pole, and the long strap kit for the MHP poles weighs 1.0 oz per pole.
Baskets are included with the basket-compatible tips, and add 0.4 oz to the weight per pole. Same price (the tire stud tips are lighter but take more work). Thanks for the question, I will update my web site to make it clear.
DavidJan 17, 2013 at 5:52 am #1944625
USA Duane HallBPL Member
@hikerduaneLocale: Extreme northern Sierra Nevada
Oh man! Another stove I need to get. I was gonna quit at 30 stoves, or was that 60? I give up.
DuaneJan 17, 2013 at 9:15 am #1944670
Kevin BuggieSpectator
@kbugLocale: NW New Mexico
How do I get the $10 shipping charge reduction when ordering from your Etsy page?Jan 17, 2013 at 9:59 am #1944676
I was just thinking about that. I should probably say "Rebate on shipping charges" since I don't have a way to get Etsy not to charge for shipping unless I remove the shipping charges for all orders. So I would send you a check to reimburse shipping costs along with your order. Hope that will work for you. If not, tell me what you want to order and when, and I will go into Etsy and remove the shipping charges on that item for several hours, until I see that your order has come through.Jan 17, 2013 at 10:02 am #1944679
Correction: I will rebate shipping charges to BPL members. My web site does not have a way to discount only certain orders. Hope to get it set up to accept "coupons" or a discount code, but that may take awhile.Jan 19, 2013 at 8:13 pm #1945400
Joshua BBPL Member
@leukosLocale: Indy
Hi, David
I'm interested in the Tenkara trekking pole you are planning to offer. Will it be able to store in the trekking pole as well?
From the website:
"Still in Development: 10' Tenkara Japanese fly fishing pole adapted to fit on the tip of our trekking poles, making a 14' fishing pole!"Jan 20, 2013 at 7:37 am #1945468
Hi Joshua,
That's a very interesting idea. Hadn't thought of it. I will see if I can make it work for the strapless poles. The strap adapter that I use is bonded into the top of the pole, so it wouldn't work with those unless I develop a new adapter.
Not sure I would choose to store the Tenkara pole in a trekking pole though, since it sort of defeats the concept of an ultralight pole. Also makes the poles "asymmetrical" with respect to weight, though I don't know if that would be a problem.
But I'll take a look at seeing if I could make it work, and post the results.Jan 20, 2013 at 9:05 am #1945492
Hi again Joshua,
Yes, the Tenkara pole can be stored in one of the strapless trekking poles. Had to remove a couple of sections of the Tenkara pole to get it small enough to fit inside, but it works. Results in a total length of 11' when assembled.Jan 21, 2013 at 8:31 pm #1946006
Joshua BBPL Member
@leukosLocale: Indy
Thanks for taking the time to experiment for me! I normally use a 12' Tenkara so the 11' would be just fine. I often use just one pole when hiking anyways so the added weight wouldn't effect me. When do you think this product might be available?Jan 21, 2013 at 10:05 pm #1946030
Available next week, after the (Great) Gathering of Gear Geeks this weekend. Just remember that storing the Tenkara pole inside only works with the strapless pole(s), and only with the plain carbide tip (not basket-compatible).Jan 23, 2013 at 11:12 am #1946476
Thayne NBPL Member
@teethlessLocale: Boston
Good looking stuff David!Jan 23, 2013 at 12:55 pm #1946503
Thanks Thayne! Need any samples for your next thru-hike?Jan 25, 2013 at 5:02 pm #1947296
Ozzy McKinneySpectator
@porcupinephobiaLocale: PNW
Interesting site with some cool looking new stuff. I have to admit though, the term "Shaft Skin" may not correlate with something people plan to hold in their hands while hiking…Jan 27, 2013 at 4:34 pm #1947773
Pretty funny. "Shaft Skinz" is a brand name. Can't help it.Feb 17, 2013 at 3:44 pm #1955391
March is the final month of my free shipping promotional offer to BPL members. Actually it's a shipping rebate that I will send on request, since Etsy doesn't have a way to enter promo codes.
View my web site at http://www.goldgearlite.comFeb 23, 2013 at 6:24 am #1957658
Steven AdeffBPL Member
@tincanfuryLocale: Boston
how does the polycryo tarp hold up in heavy winds and such? my experience with the material makes me think you would have to be very delicate with it, more so than Cuben even?Feb 23, 2013 at 9:03 am #1957705
There is a discussion of polycryo durability that is part of the following thread:
It's pretty durable stuff. I have had my tarps up in winds to 25 mph, others say they've had theirs in winds up to 50 mph. I've had this tarp pitched in my back yard since September through wind, rain and freezing temperatures, and there has been no failure of the membrane or tape tie-outs.
That being said, I believe cuben fiber is more durable. It's also $30/yd vs. $12 for an entire 7' x 9' tarp.Feb 23, 2013 at 2:34 pm #1957844
Steven AdeffBPL Member
@tincanfuryLocale: Boston
Awesome, thanks, lots of reading!
You should consider making a hammock tarp (with and w/o doors) and advertise on hammockforums.
I figure Cuben is the next best option as far as light materials, so a good comparison option, especially at the price.Feb 23, 2013 at 3:07 pm #1957854
Paul MasonMember
Have you considered adding something like this?
It looks a little narrow to me, I like tubes.
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